** Program Chair: Benjamin G. Zorn

He also met Count Rumford ( born Benjamin Thompson in Woburn, Mass. ) who was then serving the Elector of Bavaria, and the physicist Ritter ; ;

The son of Harry and Sarah ( Lee ) Whorf, Benjamin Lee Whorf was born on April 24, 1897 in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706 and baptized at Old South Meeting House.

In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan.

Some classical rabbinical literature argues that this was the original form of the name and was a reference to the advanced age of Jacob when Benjamin was born.

According to classical rabbinical sources, Benjamin was only born after Rachel had fasted for a long time, as a religious devotion with the hope of a new child as a reward.

Muslim tradition, however, fleshes out the details regarding Benjamin and refers to him as being born from Jacob's wife Rachel, and further links a connection, as does Jewish tradition, between the names of Benjamin's children and Joseph.

The description of Benjamin being born after the arrival in Canaan is thought by some scholars to refer to the tribe of Benjamin coming into existence by branching from the Joseph group after the tribe had settled in Canaan.

Lancaster was born in Manhattan, New York City, at his parents ' home at 209 East 106th Street, between Second and Third Avenues, today the site of Benjamin Franklin Plaza.

Dr. Benjamin D. Santer ( born June 3, 1955 in Washington, DC, United States ) is a climate researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and former researcher at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.

Israel ’ s youngest son Benjamin, born from Rachel, stayed behind by his father ’ s order to keep him safe.

He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children born to Cynthia Ann ( née Stanton ) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood.

On 12 August 2008, Benjamin Boukpeti ( born to a Togolese father and a French mother ) won a bronze medal in the Men's K1 Kayak Slalom, the first medal ever won by a member of the Togolese team at the Olympics.

* March 13 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States ( born 1833 )

* August 20 – Future United States President Benjamin Harrison is born in Ohio.

George Smith Patton Jr. was born in San Gabriel, California in 1885, to George Smith Patton Sr. ( 1856 – 1927 ) and his wife Ruth Wilson ( 1861 – 1928 ), daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson.

Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born 15 February 1951 in Hayes, Middlesex, England, the daughter of John Benjamin Frankenberg, an obstetrician, and Mieke van Trigt, a nurse.

Félix was the ninth of twelve children born to Bernardo Félix, descendant of Yaqui Indians and Josefina Güereña, who was of Spanish descent: Josefina, María de la Paz, Bernardo, Miguel, María Mercedes, Fernando, María del Sacramento, Pablo, Victoria Eugenia, Ricardo and Benjamin.

Benjamin McLane Spock was born May 2, 1903, in New Haven, Connecticut ; his parents were Benjamin Ives Spock, a Yale graduate and long-time general counsel of the New Haven Railroad, and Mildred Louise Stoughton Spock.

Alexander Bache was born in Philadelphia, the son of Richard Bache, Jr., and Sophia Burrell Dallas, nephew of George M. Dallas, and great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.

* Ben Sherman ( 1925 – 1987, born Arthur Benjamin Sugarman ), British clothing company founder

* Benjamin Brown ( born 1968 ), actor, attended Plainfield High School.

* 1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer ( d. 1960 )

Benjamin Britten wrote the leading role of Oberon in his setting of A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 1960 ) especially for him ; the countertenor role of Apollo in Britten's Death in Venice ( 1973 ) was created by James Bowman, the best-known amongst the next generation of English countertenors.

In 1960, Deller sang the role of Oberon in Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Between 1960 and 1963, CORE wrote letters about the conditions of schools to the Board of Education ( headed by Superintendent Benjamin Willis ), Mayor Richard J. Daley, the Illinois State House of Representatives and the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw ( born 30 August 1960 ) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Exeter since 1997, and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Composers of Slovenian Lieder and art songs include Emil Adamič ( 1877 – 1936 ), Fran Gerbič ( 1840 – 1917 ), Alojz Geržinič ( 1915 – 2008 ), Benjamin Ipavec ( 1829 – 1908 ), Davorin Jenko ( 1835 – 1914 ), Anton Lajovic ( 1878 – 1960 ), Kamilo Mašek ( 1831 – 1859 ), Josip Pavčič ( 1870 – 1949 ), Zorko Prelovec ( 1887 – 1939 ), and Lucijan Marija Škerjanc ( 1900 – 1973 ).

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe ( November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996 ), usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe and popularly known as " Zik ", was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism who became the first President of Nigeria after Nigeria secured its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960 ; holding the presidency throughout the Nigerian First Republic.

* † Cletus Joseph Benjamin ( 1960 – 1961 )

George William John Benjamin, CBE ( born 31 January 1960, London, England ) is a British composer of classical music.

* Benjamin S. Graham ( 1900 – 1960 ), the " father of Paperwork Simplification " creator of the first business process mapping ( flowcharting ) methodology

Terry gave the premières of music by Vaughan Williams ( whose Mass in G minor received its liturgical performance at a Mass in the Cathedral ), Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells and Charles Wood ; in 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote his Missa brevis for the choristers ; and since 1960 works by Lennox Berkeley, William Mathias, Colin Mawby and Francis Grier have been added to the repertoire.

Benjamin was born in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad, and emigrated to the UK in 1960.

In the 1960 revue Beyond the Fringe, the English humourist and musician Dudley Moore sang " Little Miss Muffet " in the style of Peter Pears and as if it had been set to music by Benjamin Britten.

Max Hall, author of Benjamin Franklin and Polly Baker: The History of a Literary Deception ( 1960 ) proved conclusively that Franklin wrote the piece, a conclusion accepted by scholars.

Benjamin F. Lindheimer acquired control of Arlington Park in 1940 and owned it until his death in 1960.

* Herbert, J. D. and Benjamin Stevens, A Model for the Distribution of Residential Activity in Urban Areas ,” Journal of Regional Science, 2 pp. 21 – 39 1960.

In " Soda Pop and Paper Flags ," Alan Alda guested as a surgeon, a precursor to his career-defining role as Dr. Benjamin Franklin " Hawkeye " Pierce on M * A * S * H. Also in the first season episode The Strengthening Angels that aired November 4, 1960 Hal Smith, who played town drunk Otis Campbell in The Andy Griffith Show, also plays a drunk named Howard and is listed in the credits as " Drunk ".

Benjamin Atwood Smith II ( March 26, 1916September 6, 1991 ) was a United States Senator from the state of Massachusetts from December 1960 until November 1962.

Despite the obvious atonal influence on the earlier Universal film scores, Benjamin Frankel's 1960 score for The Curse of the Werewolf ( 1960 ) is believed by some to contain the first film theme to be based entirely on Arnold Schoenberg's Twelve-Tone scale.

** Benjamin A. Smith II ( D ), from December 27, 1960

Benjamin Bassarab ( born March 3, 1960 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada ) is a Canadian former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion throughout the 1980s.

Philip B. Perlman ( March 5, 1890, Baltimore-July 31, 1960 ) was a Baltimore native, the son of Benjamin and Rose Nathan Perlman.