Curated category
United States Navy personnel of World War II
- John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy entered the world on the 29th of May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was born on the 9th of January 1913, in a small house built by his father on a lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, California.
- Arthur E. BrysonArthur Earl Bryson Jr. was born on the 7th of October 1925, and he would come to be called the father of modern optimal control theory.
- Kirk DouglasKirk Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch on the 9th of December 1916, in Amsterdam, New York. He grew up as the fourth of seven children and the only son of…
- Johnny CarsonJohn William Carson entered the world on the 23rd of October 1925, in Corning, Iowa. He grew up moving between small towns like Avoca and Clarinda before…
- John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born in his parents' apartment at 200 Hamlet Avenue in Hamlet, North Carolina, on the 23rd of September 1926.
- Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson was born on the 27th of August 1908, in a small farmhouse near Stonewall, Texas. His family lived on the Pedernales River where the…
- Alan ShepardAlan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was born on the 18th of November 1923, at 64 East Derry Road in Derry, New Hampshire. His father worked in the Derry National Bank…
- William R. LucasWilliam Ray Lucas was born in Newbern, Tennessee on the 1st of March 1922. He graduated from Memphis State College with a degree in chemistry in 1943.
- Chuck Cooper (basketball)Charles Henry Cooper entered the world on the 29th of September 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father Daniel worked as a mailman while his mother Emma…
- Wally SchirraWalter Marty Schirra Jr. was born on the 12th of March 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey. His family history stretched back to the Italian-speaking village of…
- Pete RozelleAlvin Ray Rozelle grew up in Lynwood, California during the Great Depression. He graduated from Compton High School in 1944 alongside Duke Snider.
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- James TobinJames Tobin entered the world on the 5th of March 1918 in Champaign, Illinois. His father Louis Michael Tobin worked as a journalist at the University of…
- L. Sprague de CampLyon Sprague de Camp was born on the 27th of November 1907 in New York City. He grew up as one of three sons to Lyon de Camp, a businessman dealing in real…
- James M. BuchananJames McGill Buchanan Jr. was born on the 3rd of October 1919 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He grew up on a farm that suffered during the 1920s when his father…
- Joseph Francis SheaJoseph Francis Shea was born on the 5th of September, 1925, in the Bronx borough of New York City. He grew up as the eldest son in a working-class Irish…
- George HalasGeorge Halas was born on the 2nd of February 1895 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in a home filled with Czech-Bohemian immigrants from Pilsen…
- Daniel Patrick MoynihanDaniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 16th of March 1927. He moved to New York City at age six with his Irish Catholic family.
- Maxime FagetMaxime Allen Faget entered the world on the 26th of August 1921 in Stann Creek Town. This location sat within British Honduras before becoming Dangriga…
- Red AuerbachArnold Jacob Auerbach arrived in the world on the 20th of September 1917. He grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as one of four children born to Marie and…