Gump Worsley (1929)
Lorne John “Gump” Worsley was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, ‘Gump’ was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like a comic-strip…
Lorne John “Gump” Worsley was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, ‘Gump’ was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like a comic-strip…
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called Blue Bird, including…
Terence Richard McAuliffe is an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was co-chairman of President…
Julia Lee was an American blues and dirty blues musician. Her most commercially successful number was the US Billboard R&B chart topping hit “(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It” in 1947.
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot, killed, and robbed seven of her male clients.
Anthony Robert Kushner is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for Angels in America, which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as…
Willie Smits is a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal welfare activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur. He has lived in Indonesia since 1985 and is an Indonesian…