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John Tavares (born September 20, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2009 NHL entry draft, he was selected first overall by the New York Islanders, for whom he played nine seasons and served as captain for five seasons. He also served as the captain of the Maple Leafs ...
David Ben-Gurion (/ bɛn ˈɡʊəriən / ben GOOR-ee-ən; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן [daˈvid ben ɡuʁˈjon] ⓘ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel.
Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.. Yoakam had considerable success throughout the late 1980s onward, with a total of ten studio albums for Reprise Records. Later projects have been released on Audium (now MNRK Music ...
Clyburn was born in Sumter, South Carolina, the son of Enos Lloyd Clyburn, a fundamentalist minister, and his wife Almeta (née Dizzley), a beautician. [4][5] A distant kinsman was George W. Murray, an organizer for the Colored Farmers Alliance (CFA), who was a Republican South Carolina Congressman in the 53rd and 54th U.S. Congresses in the late 19th century. [6] He and other black ...
Eden Michael Walter Lucien Hazard [8] was born on 7 January 1991 [9] in La Louvière and grew up in Braine-le-Comte. His mother Carine, and father Thierry, were both footballers. His father spent most of his career at semi-professional level with La Louvière in the Belgian Second Division, [10] playing mainly as a defensive midfielder. [10] His mother played as a striker in the Belgian Women ...
Pineapple Express is a 2008 American action stoner comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring Rogen and James Franco alongside Gary Cole, Rosie Perez and Danny McBride. The plot centers on a process server (Rogen) and his marijuana dealer (Franco) as they are forced to flee from hitmen and a corrupt police officer (Perez) after witnessing ...
Benjamin Orr (né Benjamin Orzechowski, 1947–2000), lead singer and bassist (The Cars) Norman Paris (né Norman Thaddeus Pawlak, 1925–1977), pianist, arranger, composer, conductor, bandleader; both parents Polish immigrants [110][111] Ken Peplowski (1959–2026), jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Christina Perri (born 1986), singer-songwriter
Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970) is an American politician who has served as a member of the California State Senate from the 11th district since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, his district encompasses San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County. He previously served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 8th district from 2011 to 2016. Raised in New Jersey ...