Born George Christophes in Arcadia, Greece, the son of James Christophes and Mary Koines Christophes, Christopher and his family emigrated to the United States in 1910 and settled in San Francisco's South of Market Street neighborhood, then known as " Greektown ", when Christopher was two years old.

* Born: Willa Ford, American singer / actor, in Ruskin, FL ; Beverley Mitchell, American singer / actor, in Arcadia, CA ; and Ben Moody, American singer / actor ( formerly of Evanescence ), in Little Rock

Other productions the Goodman has staged over the years include Hay Fever, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Little Foxes, You Can't Take it With You, Born Yesterday, Pal Joey, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, Guys and Dolls, Talley's Folly, A House Not Meant to Stand, A Soldier's Play, Fences, Sunday in the Park with George, The Visit, Dancing at Lughnasa, Arcadia, Floyd Collins, Hollywood Arms, Dinner with Friends, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia ?, The Light in the Piazza, I Am My Own Wife, and Rabbit Hole.

Born in Louisiana and raised in Florida, Lincks was inspired to write the play after visiting the Pleasant Hills Shaker village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, a restored community that the Shakers occupied for more than a century, before abandoning it in 1927 because of the inability of the sect to attract new converts.

Born in Miami, Florida, Allen attended and graduated from high school in Gainesville, Texas, in 1942.

Born in Tampa, Florida, Kittinger was educated at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and the University of Florida.

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, McNally moved to New York City in 1956 to attend Columbia University, where he majored in English and wrote Columbia's annual Varsity Show, graduating in 1960, the same year in which he gained membership into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Born in San Francisco, California, and raised in the College Park neighborhood of Orlando, Florida.

Born in Hanover, West Germany, to Bajan parents, he lived in Leicester, England and attended Rushey Mead School, before moving to Miami, Florida.

Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career in the music business.

Born in Miami, Florida and currently living in Platteville, Wisconsin, Adams was the first person known to create an adventure-style game for personal computers, in 1978 on a 16KB Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I, written in the BASIC programming language.

Born Robert Davis in Tallahassee, Florida to Welsh American Eugene Davis ( a dentist whose career declined due to alcoholism ) and his wife, Anne Davis, who was Irish American.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Brown earned a bachelor of science from Florida A & M University in 1969 In college she became a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, one of four African American Greek letter sororities in the United States.

Born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Hastings was educated at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and Howard University in Washington, D. C.

Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to Bobby Allison and wife Judy.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Dent grew up in Sylvania, Georgia, and Hialeah, Florida, graduating from Hialeah High School.

Born as Hugh Edward Douglas, Jr. in Miami, Florida, Kyan Douglas was raised in Tampa and Tallahassee.

Born Thelma McQueen in Tampa, Florida, she had planned to become a nurse until a high school teacher suggested that she try acting.

Born and raised in Brooksville, Florida, McCollum graduated from Hernando High School and earned his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Florida.

Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Carter was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, leading Mainland to its first Class 6A state title in 56 years before spending three seasons playing college basketball at North Carolina under Dean Smith and later, Bill Guthridge.

Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to be his hometown.

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Beasley joined IMG Academy, the United States Soccer Federation's Residency program in Bradenton, Florida.

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the older sister of actor Jack Kelly, who played " Bart Maverick " alongside James Garner and Roger Moore in the television series Maverick.

Born in Canton, Ohio, Garner's mother pushed her into the limelight and entered her in talent quests while Garner was still a child.

Born in Batley, Yorkshire, England, Garner came to Canada in 1919 with his parents, and was raised in Toronto, Ontario.

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, Garner was educated in his hometown at Boston Grammar School.

Born in Saudi Arabia, Nami had served as a muezzin and was a college student.

Born to the Quraish tribe of Saudi Arabia, Nami served as a muezzin at the Seqeley mosque after having reportedly become very religious sometime in early 1999.

Erfurt is the home of the Born Feinkost, producing the mustard served with the Thuringian Bratwurst.

Described as the " Maestro's spiritual testament ” by his biographer Tullio Kezich, excerpts culled from the conversations later served as the basis of their feature documentary, Fellini: I'm a Born Liar ( 2002 ) and the book, I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon.

Born at Marostica, in the Republic of Venice, in his youth he served for a time in the Milanese army, but in 1574 he went to study medicine at Padua.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Kranzberg graduated from Amherst College, received a master's and a PhD from Harvard College and served in the Army in Europe during World War II.

Born in Broadstairs, Kent, Heath studied at Oxford and served in the Second World War.

Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada.

Born as Leo Marcellus in the year 401 to a Thraco-Roman family ( of the Daci or Bessi tribe ), he served in the Roman army, rising to the rank of comes.

Born to Turkish parents in Merzifon, he was adopted into the powerful Köprülü family at a young age and served as a messenger to Damascus for his brother-in-law, the grand vizier Ahmed Köprülü.

Ahmed Asım Bey's predecessor was his son ; Mehmed Nebil Bey ( Born in Istanbul, 1888 ) who also served as a governor during Ottoman Empire in Syria.

Born in Pennsylvania and a resident of Maine, Blaine had served as Secretary of State, U. S. Senator, and Speaker of the House.

Born in England and educated in France, he served Savannah as alderman or mayor for 20 years, refusing higher offices.

Born in 1075, Magnus was the son of Erlend Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney, and he first served Magnus III of Norway as skutilsvein ( approx.

* Edwin W. Rawlings ( 1904 – 1997 ) – Born in Milroy, he served in the United States Air Force from 1929 to 1959, rising to the rank of four-star general ; after his retirement from military service, he went on to become president and board chairman of General Mills, based in Golden Valley, Minnesota.

Born in Clontibret, Co Monaghan, Ireland, he had previously served as a Colonel in the United States Army before resigning his commission and becoming active in the Fenian Brotherhood.

Giovanni Turini, a sculptor from Italy, who was born in 1841 and died in 1899, made the statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a man he served in the fighting surrounding the unification of Italy, in Washington Square, and also the bust of Giuseppe Mazzini in Central Park ; Actress Anne Bancroft ( Brooks ) ( Born: September 17, 1931 – Died: June 6, 2005 ).

Born at Scottsville in 1847, Martin served in the Confederate Army, then went on to practice law.

Born in Derker, Oldham, Lancashire, Cribbins served an apprenticeship at the Oldham Repertory Theatre, taking a break during his years of study to undertake national service with the Parachute Regiment in his late teens.

Born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Butler Senior High School in 1945 and served in the United States Army as an enlisted man from 1946 to 1947, including service in the Occupation of Japan.

Born in San Francisco, California, Weinberger served in the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific theater of World War II.

Born into a Prussian family with a long military tradition, Rundstedt entered the Imperial German Army in 1892 and rose through the ranks until World War I, in which he served mainly as a staff officer.

Born in the Netherlands to an upper-class family, she was a graduate student at the University of Leiden at the start of World War II and became a courier in the Dutch resistance, where she served under the code name Zip.

Born in New York City, Guinier is the daughter of a white Jewish mother, Eugenia Paprin, and the black Jamaican-born scholar Ewart Guinier, who also served as Harvard professor ( and chair ) of the Afro-American Studies Department in 1969.