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The former King of Saudi Arabia | King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz |
He was an All Star baseball catcher and manager. Most of his playing career was with the NY Yankees where he won 10 World Series Championships. He would later manage the Mets and later the Yankees | Yogi Berra |
He was born in Nashville and graduated from Morehouse College. He served as chair of the NAACP from 1998-2010. He was also a Founder of SNCC and wrote A Time to speak, A Time to Act | Julian Bond |
He was born in Itta Bena, MS and was known as the King of the Blues | B.B. King |
He was Gov. of NY from 1983-1995 and his son is the current governor | Mario Cuomo |
This famous director is the creator of the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream film franchises | Wes Craven |
This Ivy League mathametican was the basis for the movie A Beautiful Mind | John Nash |
This actor was most famous for his role of Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek series | Leonard Nimoy |
This famous college basketball coach was the long time coach of the University of NC. Among the players he coached was Michael Jordan | Dean Smith |
This politician served as a Senator from TN he was also an attorney who got into movies by playing himself on screen. He would also appear on TV as the District Attorney in Law and Order | Fred Thompson |
This former Speaker of the House from Texas was tripped up due to ethics violations | Jim Wright |
Hall of Fame infielder with the Chicago Cubs (1952-1971) known as Mr. Cub | Ernie Banks |
First African American elected to the US Senate (MA 1967-1979) | Edward Brooke |
First women mayor of Chicago (1979-1983) | Jane Byrne |
British Grammy Winner known for "You are so Beautiful" and "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker |
Basketball player known for his backboard smashing dunks | Darryl Dawkins |
Cofounder of the Subway chain who started it when he was 17 years old | Fred DeLuca |
Hall of Fame runningback for the NY Giants and long time announcer on Monday Night Football | Frank Gifford (Husband of Kathy Lee ) |
British actor known for horror films and playing villans | Christopher Lee |
Cuban born outlfielder who first played in the Negro Leagues and helped integrate baseball | Orestes (Minnie) Minoso |
British science fiction author known for his Discworld series | Terry Pratchett |
Broadcaster for ESPN who created catchphrases | Stuart Scott |
Noble Prize winning German born author whose first book was The Tin Drum (late in life admitted that during WWII he was a member of the Waffen SS) | Gunter Grass |
Three Time NBA MVP known as the Chairman of the Boards for his rebounding | Moses Malone |
Musician who introduced the song "We Shall Overcome" to the Civil Rights Movement | Guy Carawan |
This famous singer was known for "Unforgetable" which her father made famous | Natalie Cole |
This British singer known for"StarDust" and "Major Tom" | David Bowie |
British born actor known as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter franchise | Alan Rickman (Also was the first villain in the Die Hard franchise) |