Steve PrefontaineBorn: Jan. 25, 1951Track & Field All-America distance runner at Oregon; first athlete to win same event at NCAA championships 4 straight years (5,000 meters from 1970-73…
Paul RobesonBorn: Apr. 9, 1898Black 4-sport star and 2-time football All-America (1917-18) at Rutgers 3-year NFL pro; also scholar, lawyer, singer, actor and political activist; long-tainted…
Alex RodriguezBorn: July 27, 1975Baseball SS led AL in hitting (.358) his first full season in the majors 1996); in 1998 became third player ever with 40 HRs and 40 steals in one season;…
Pete RoseBorn: Apr. 14, 1941Baseball OF-IF all-time hits leader with 4,256 and games leader with 3562; led NL in batting 3 times; regular-season MVP in 1973; World Series MVP in 1975; had 44-…
Foo Fightersmusicians Seattle-based grunge band formed by Dave Grohl, who is perhaps better known as the drummer in Kurt Cobain's group, Nirvana. With Nate Mendel, bass; Taylor Hawkins,…
Elizabeth Hurley
actress, model
Born: 6/10/1965
Birthplace: Basingstoke, England
Actress and model best known for her modeling contract with Estee Lauder and her relationship with actor Hugh…
Rob Lowe
actorBorn: 3/17/1964Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia
Film actor who was part of the Brat Pack in the early eighties. Appearing in films such as Class (1983) and St. Elmo's Fire (…
Serena WilliamsBorn: Sept. 26, 1981Tennis beat Martina Hingis for 1999 U.S. Open championship to become the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title since Althea Gibson in 1958…
Kobe BryantBorn: Aug. 23, 1978Basketball guard/forward for the LA Lakers; graduated from Lower Merion (Penn.) HS and made the jump directly to the NBA; youngest player (18 yrs., 2 mos., 11…
Michael PhelpsBorn: June 30, 1985American Swimmer Tied with Russian gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin as the winningest athlete at a single Olympic Games, having earned eight medals in Athens.…
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