Born in Upper Manhattan, New York to Dominican parents, Santana's career in show business began with a push from his parents who wanted to keep him off the tough streets of New York.

Born in Manhattan in New York City to Samuel and Rachel Schuman, Schuman was named after the twenty-seventh U. S. president, William Howard Taft, although his family preferred to call him Bill.

Born in Manhattan, she was influenced by Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock's paintings and by Clement Greenberg.

Born in Manhattan, Loomis was the son of Julia Josephine Stimson and Henry Patterson Loomis, and grandson of Alfred Lebbeus Loomis.

Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City in the NYCHA Alfred E. Smith Houses public housing development, Vandross began playing the piano at the age of three.

Born into a Jewish family, Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Jaffe grew up in affluent circumstances on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the only child of Samuel Jaffe, an elementary-school principal and his first wife, Diana ( née Ginsberg ).

As a teenager she returned to Manhattan, and using variations of her given name, such as Jane Adriance and Jane Sterling, began her career by making a Broadway appearance in Bachelor Born, and went on to appear in such major stage works as Panama Hattie, Over 21 and Present Laughter.

* Holton D. Robinson ( 1886 ), Born in Massena, NY he invented stronger suspension bridge cable, and built such famous spans as the Manhattan Bridge and the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Born Michael Stuart Rubin in Manhattan, Stewart attended Queens College, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts in 1953.

Born in The Bronx, Scully grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.

Born in Manhattan, Kansas, Peterson grew up near Randolph, until the area was flooded to create Tuttle Creek Reservoir ; her family then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Born in New York City, and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where he attended the Horace Mann School, Furst received a B. A.

* Ethyl Eichelberger DNG — Born James Roy Eichelberger, a famous drag queen, playwright and actor, for whom a prize was founded by the downtown Manhattan theatre institution P. S.

Born in Manhattan in 1953, Moore moved with his family to Long Island, N. Y., first to Great Neck, and then to Roslyn, where he first attended Roslyn Junior High School.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dane began his advertising career in his mid-teens, working as a secretary to the manager of advertising at Stern Brothers in Manhattan, and later, as retail promotion manager at the New York Evening Post.

Born in New York City, he spent the earliest years of his life in Manhattan.

Born in Milan, Italy on April 6, 1914 to American and Swiss / Dutch parents of Jewish extraction, Manhattan was educated at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics.

Born February 26, 1957, in New York City, New York, Mullen grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan when it was controlled by the Gambino crime family.

Born in Manhattan, Wunder grew up in Kingston, New York.

Born in Manhattan, Dowd grew up playing piano, tuba, violin, and string bass.

Born in Manhattan, Rose attended Townsend High School and briefly attended City College ( now part of the City University of New York ) before serving in the U. S. Army in 1942-46, where he became a first lieutenant.

Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, he is best remembered for his role in director Norman Jewison's film, A Soldier's Story for which he received a nomination for " Best Actor in a Supporting Role " from both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes.

Born Patricia Buckley ( called Pat ) on Staten Island in New York City, she attended Washington Irving High School for the Fine Arts in Manhattan.

Karl Wallau and Stephen Born ( real name Simon Buttermilch ) were both German immigrant typesetters who settled in Brussels to help Marx and Engles with their Communist League work.

In the middle, Simon embarked on the successful Born at the Right Time Tour and promoted the album with further singles, including " Proof " – accompanied with a humorous video featuring, again, Chevy Chase.

English indie rock band Cherry Ghost took its name from a lyric from the Wilco song " Theologians " ( from A Ghost Is Born )— lead singer Simon Aldred is a self-proclaimed " massive Wilco fan ".

Born in Paris, he attracted the notice of Chancellor Séguier, who placed him at the age of eleven in the studio of Simon Vouet.

Born to Simon Dearborn and Sarah Marston in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, where he attended public schools.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighbouring city of North Vancouver and attended Simon Fraser University.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, he attended the University of Manitoba, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, where he is currently a professor emeritus.

She had a hit in 1974 with the Simon May penned " Born With a Smile on My Face " which reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Simon Guggenheim attended Central High School and Peirce College before settling in Pueblo, Colorado, where he worked as the chief ore buyer for his father's mining and smelting operation, M. Guggenheim ’ s Sons.

Born in New York City, New York, on November 22, 1943, Simon is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama.

Born in Wimbledon, London, Talbot studied composition at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Brian Elias and Simon Bainbridge.

Born as Mae Kwestel in New York City to Simon and Freida Kwestel, she attended Morris High School and studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and with the Theatre Guild.

* Simon Raven's Alms for Oblivion and The First Born of Egypt

The first concert took place that evening, Paul Simon playing as part of his " Born At The Right Time " tour.

Born Karl Rudolf Bromme in Anger ( now part of Leipzig ), in the Electorate of Saxony, he was the fifth child of Johann Simon Bromme and his wife, Louise ; he was orphaned while still a child.

Born in Athy, County Kildare, Ryan's political interest arises from his involvement in the 1970s and 80s with The Simon Community, an organisation which works with and for homeless people.

Born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, ( France ), she studied acting under René Simon ( 1898 – 1966 ), making her stage debut in 1940 and her first motion picture in 1943.

Born in Middletown, Pennsylvania in the family home, the son of Simon Cameron, the 26th Secretary of War and a powerful Pennsylvania politician and Margaret Brua.

Born as Edward Felbin, he grew up in the Logan neighborhood of upper North Philadelphia, graduating from that city's Simon Gratz High School, graduating in 1934.

Born in New York City, he was the son of Daniel Guggenheim ( 1856 – 1930 ), brother of Harry Frank Guggenheim, and nephew of Simon Guggenheim.

* Born Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper, in Grabs, four-time Olympic gold medalist ( 2002 and 2010 )

Born in Darmstadt-Eberstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Simon Bamberger was the son of Emanuel Bamberger and the former Helen Fleisch.

Born in British Columbia, Falcon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Moore is best known for his direction of the ground-breaking play The Boys in the Band, his Broadway productions ( which garnered him five Tony Award nominations ), and his collaborations-three plays and three films-with Neil Simon, including the classic detective spoof, Murder By Death.