James Stockdale (1923)
James Bond Stockdale was a U.S. Navy vice admiral, aviator, and Stoic philosopher who received the Medal of Honor in 1976 for his leadership as a POW for more than seven years during the Vietnam War.
Similar Posts
Chespirito (1929)
Roberto Mario Gómez y Bolaños, more commonly known by his stage name Chespirito, or “Little Shakespeare”, was a Mexican actor, comedian, screenwriter, humorist, director, producer, and author. He…
Alan Lightman (1948)
Alan Paige Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently…
Nicholas F. Brady (1930)
Nicholas Frederick Brady is an American banker and politician from New Jersey who briefly served in the United States Senate for eight months in 1982 and served as the 68th United States Secretary…
Albert Kotin (1907)
Albert Kotin was a Russian-born American abstract expressionist painter. He belonged to the early generation of New York School artists whose innovations by the 1950s had gained recognition across…
Pe Maung Tin (1888)
Pe Maung Tin was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism and educator in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Born to an Anglican family at Pauktaw, Insein Township, Rangoon, he was the fifth child of U Pe and Daw Myaing.
Pino Presti (1943)
Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in…