Random House Famous Name Finder: Concise Biographies of over 10,000 Legendary People, Indexed Four Ways : Last Name, First Name, Nickname, Spoue's Name - Softcover

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9780375706028: Random House Famous Name Finder: Concise Biographies of over 10,000 Legendary People, Indexed Four Ways : Last Name, First Name, Nickname, Spoue's Name
Softcover
ISBN 10: 037570602X ISBN 13: 9780375706028
Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

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Identifies thousands of famous people in various walks of life, indexed by last name, first name, nickname, and spouse's name

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,000 Popular Figures in a Single, Easy-to-Use Book!

¸ Need to know which baseball player was nicknamed "The Old Professor"?
¸ Stumped over Nicholas Cage's real name?
¸ Curious which of William Faulkner's books won the Pulitzer Prize?
¸ Can't remember Jimmy Durante's theme song?

Whether you are a puzzler, trivia buff, or just an information hound, the Random House Famous Name Finder can help you quickly and easily look up information on over 10,000 people from arts, sports,
literature, history, and other fields.
Four alphabetical indexes list people by last name, first name, nickname, and spouse, so it's easy to find concise biographical information on anyone from Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Pynchon, from the Queen of Crime (Agatha Christie) to the Queen of Mean (Leona Helmsley).

Listings include symphony conductors and rock musicians, politicians and busine

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From Last Name Index:

Powers, Stefanie (Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz) (1942-) Am. actress ("Hart to Hart" TV series)

Powhatan (c. 1550-1618) Am. Indian chief (father of Pocahontas)

Powter, Susan (1958-) Am. weight-loss specialist/author (Stop the Insanity!)

Prado, Perez (Damaso Perez Prado; "The King of Mambo") (1916-1989) Cub,bandleader/organist ("Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White")

Prater, Dave (David Prater) (1937-1988) Am. soul singer (with Sam & Dave; "Soul Man")

Praxiteles (fl. 370-330 b.c.) Ath. sculptor (Dionysius)

Preminger, Otto (Otto Ludwig Preminger) (1905-1986) Aus.-Am. film producer/director (Laura;
Anatomy of a Murder; Exodus; Advise and Consent)

Prendergast, Maurice (Maurice Brazil Prendergast) (1859-1924) Am. pointillist painter
(Umbrellas in the Rain)

Prentiss, Paula (Paula Ragusa) (1939-) Am. actress ("He and She" TV series; The World of
Henry Orient)

Presley, Elvis (Elvis Aron Presley; "Elvis the Pelvis"; "The King"; "King of Rock 'n' Roll")
(1935-1977) Am. rock singer ("Heartbreak Hotel"; "Don't Be Cruel"; "Hound Dog"; "Love Me
Tender")/actor (Viva Las Vegas; Jailhouse Rock)



From Index by First Name
Calvin
Coolidge (govt./mil.)
Klein (arts/ent.)
Murphy (sports)
Peete (sports)
Trillin (arts/ent.)

Cameron
Crowe (arts/ent.)
Diaz (arts/ent.)
Mitchell (arts/ent.)

Camilla
Parker-Bowles (misc.)

Camille
Paglia (arts/ent.)
Pissarro (arts/ent.)
Saint-Saëns (arts/ent.)

Camilo
Cela (arts/ent.)

Camryn
Manheim (arts/ent.)

Canada
Lee (arts/ent.)

Candice
Bergen (arts/ent.)

Candy
Clark (arts/ent.)
Cummings (sports)

Cannonball
Adderley (arts/ent.)



From Index by Nickname
Singing Rage, The
Patti Page

Sir Larry
Laurence Olivier

Sir Timothy
Tim Keefe

Sister Aimee
Aimee Semple McPherson

Skeeter
Wilma Rudolph

Skoonj
Carl Furillo

Slammin' Sam
Sam Snead

Slingin' Sam
Sammy Baugh

Slug
Harry Heilmann

Sly
Sylvester Stallone

Smack
Fletcher Henderson

Smiling Whirlwind, The
Hoot Gibson

Smokin' Joe
Joe Frazier

Smoky Mountain Boy, The
Roy Acuff

Snake, The
Ken Stabler

Son of Sam
David Berkowitz

Soul Brother Number One
James Brown

Southern Gentleman, The
Sonny James



From Index by Spouse's Name
Penn, Sean
Madonna

Peppard, George
Elizabeth Ashley

Perlman, Rhea
Danny DeVito

Perón, Evita
Juan Perón

Peters, Jean
Howard Hughes

Pfeiffer, Michelle
Peter Horton
David Kelley

Phillips, John
Michelle Phillips

Phillips, Julianne
Bruce Springsteen

Phillips, Michelle
Dennis Hopper
John Phillips

Phillips, Sam
T-Bone Burnet

Phillips, Sian
Peter O'Toole

Pickford, Mary
Douglas Fairbanks
Buddy Rogers

Pileggi, Nicholas
Nora Ephron

Pinkett, Jada
Will Smith

Pinter, Harold
Antonia Fraser
Vivien Merchant

Plath, Sylvia
Ted Hughes

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Verlag
Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
037570602X
ISBN 13 
9780375706028
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
383
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