After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award-nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker ; his first film, The Famous Comedians School, was a satiric short that appeared on PBS and was an early example of the mockumentary sub-genre.

The ballad, " Lost Someone ", credited with the Famous Flames, became, along with " Please, Please, Please ", an early show-stopper to Brown's shows, while the recording of the Joe Tex composition, " Baby You're Right " ( to which Brown altered completely from the original ), increased his reputation with R & B audiences.

Famous manga artists like Osamu Tezuka, Tetsuji Fukushima and Sanpei Shirato influenced his early works.

Beginning in 1914, both Lasky and Famous Players released their films through a start-up company, Paramount Pictures Corporation, organized early that year by a Utah theatre owner, W. W. Hodkinson, who had bought and merged several smaller firms.

Famous examples include Yasser Arafat in 2004, Pope John Paul II in 2005, Fidel Castro in late 2006 and early 2007, and Hosni Mubarak in 2012.

In 1992, the MGM library, which included Warner Brothers properties including the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries and also the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, became the core of Cartoon Network.

The neck pinch itself ( referred to in scripts as ' FSNP ', or ' Famous Spock Neck Pinch ') was created by Leonard Nimoy, who objected to a scene in one early episode that required Spock to knock a guard unconscious by hitting him over the head.

In early scripts for Star Trek, the nerve pinch was referred to as the " F. S. N. P .," which stood for " Famous Spock Neck Pinch.

Famous Dons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries included Scotti and Maurel, as well as Portugal's Francisco d ' Andrade and Sweden's John Forsell.

Famous early figures include Kit Carson, who took part in a fight that gave name to Bloody Island and Battle Creek, Jedediah Smith, John Fremont, and William B. Ide, the first and only president of the California Republic.

Famous early Romantic composers include Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bellini, and Berlioz.

It can be heard in the music of The Miracles, particularly in their early hits such as " Got A Job " ( an answer song to " Get a Job "), " Bad Girl ", " Who's Loving You ", "( You Can ) Depend on Me ", and " Ooo Baby Baby ". Also, in the early days of The Famous Flames, led by James Brown, the group recorded several Doo-Wop hits, including " Please, Please, Please ", " Try Me ", " Bewildered ", " Oh Baby Don't You Weep " and their hit cover of The " 5 " Royales ' " Think ".

Famous people who visited and lived in Vernon include: Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian Church and Bethany College ; Henry Ward Beecher came to Vernon early in the Civil War and made a plea for Lincoln and the Union at the Courthouse ; and Lord Flanigan, English nobleman, was a one time a citizen of Vernon.

Famous early residents include political figure Parker Wickham and his nephew John Wickham.

Famous early residents include: Joshua H. Bean, brother of Judge Roy Bean and the first mayor of San Diego, CA ; Orlando C. Phelps, one of the few surviving members of the Mier Expedition ; Edwin Rainwater, hero of the Texas Revolution ; Edward R. Hord, an influential early South Texas statesman ; and John L. Haynes, a native Virginian politician and writer who was an outspoken anti-secessionist and strong proponent of Mexican-American rights.

Ben Jonson's poem On the Famous Voyage ( discussed in Andrew McRae's article, cited below ) provides a mock-epic account of a journey along the excrement-lined ditch during the early seventeenth century.

Famous Art Nouveau architects Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde have influenced the early 20th century architecture in Belgium and abroad.

* Jimmy Muller, ( Famous actor early 50's )

Famous local Sheikhs include Abdirahman bin Isma ' il al-Jabarti, an early Muslim leader in northern Somalia ; Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, the patron saint of Harar ; Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Sheikh of the riwaq in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt ; Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla ' i, scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyyah movement in Somalia and East Africa ; Shaykh Sufi, 19th century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist ; Abdallah al-Qutbi, polemicist, theologian and philosopher best known for his five-part Al-Majmu ' at al-mubaraka (" The Blessed Collection "); and Muhammad Al-Sumaalee, teacher in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca who influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.

After Famous Studios took over the Popeye cartoons, Mercer moved back to New York by early 1944.

She is best known as the wife of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while they were working together at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London, during the early 1920s.

The firm later introduced — either through development or acquisition — Fig Newtons, Nabisco Wafers ( early 1900s, later sold in one form as Biscos, a sugar wafer originally containing a variety of flavored fillings ), Anola Wafers ( early 1900s, later discontinued ; a chocolate wafer with chocolate filling ), Barnum's Animal Crackers ( 1902 ), Cameos ( 1910 ), Lorna Doones ( 1912 ; shortbread ), Oreos ( 1912 ), and Famous Chocolate Wafers ( 1924 ; a thin wafer without filling ).

Famous visitors, including the British Royal family have signed the visitor book here.

Famous visitors to Luxembourg in the 18th and 19th centuries included the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the French writers Emile Zola and Victor Hugo, the composer Franz Liszt, and the English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Famous visitors to the springs included Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Wagner, and Johannes Brahms.

Famous historical visitors include William Wallace and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Famous visitors to the mayoral residence include:

Famous regular visitors to Gstaad have included Michael Jackson, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, haute couture designer Valentino Garavani, writer William F. Buckley, Jr., and various members of the House of Cavendish.

Famous for its fleet of steam locos and scenic location, it attracts thousands of visitors and tourists during occasional summer openings for charity.

Famous visitors included actors Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, and Myrna Loy, singer Bing Crosby, author William Faulkner, journalist Ernie Pyle, radio comedians Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, circus performer Emmett Kelly, and football star Norm van Brocklin.

Famous for its strawberry crop, Nirayama sees many visitors from bigger cities ( such as Tokyo ) coming for seasonal picking and the picturesque views of Mount Fuji.

Famous visitors since 1982 include:

" Famous visitors included presidential hopefuls James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant, William Jennings Bryan, and William McKinley ; writers Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum, and Oscar Wilde ; and actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanora Duse.

Famous visitors include Charlemagne and Pope John Paul II.

Famous to nature-lovers, adventurers, campers and mountaineers, the town has marvelled its visitors with its version of the rice terraces, the 142-feet Aw-asen Falls, the kilometric hanging bridge, and its picturesque rivers.

Famous victory marches around or under the Arc have included the Germans in 1871, the French in 1919, the Germans in 1940, and the French and Allies in 1944 and 1945.

Famous inhabitants of the city at that time included native sons Hans von Bodeck and Samuel Hartlib.

Famous political figures to be sent to the islands included Alfred Dreyfus and Henri Charrière, who managed to escape.

Brown and his fellow Famous Flame, Bobby Byrd, recruited several members of the Cincinnati band, The Pacemakers, which included Bootsy Collins and his brother Phelps " Catfish " Collins, and, using some remaining members of Brown's 1960s road band and other newer musicians, dubbed the band simply as The J. B .' s.

Famous admirals included Andrea Doria, Hayreddin Barbarossa, and Don John of Austria.

Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and TV library, which included nearly all of MGM's material made before the merger, and a small portion of United Artists ' film and TV properties which included few UA pictures, the TV series Gilligan's Island, the U. S and Canadian distribution rights to RKO Radio Pictures library, and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library and the Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons that both were once the property of Associated Artists Productions, which merged with UA Television in 1958 ).

Famous scientists who experimented with such tubes included Thomas Edison, Eugen Goldstein, Nikola Tesla, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf among many others.

When Valentino returned to the United States, it was to an offer from Ritz-Carlton Pictures ( working through Famous Players ), which included $ 7, 500 a week, creative control, and filming in New York.

Famous residents have included Mary, Queen of Scots ; King James VI of Scotland ; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ; documentary film pioneer John Grierson ; film music composer Muir Mathieson ; animation pioneer Norman McLaren ; TV presenter Kirsty Young ; and footballers Billy Bremner ( captain of Leeds United and Scotland ) and Frank Beattie ( captain of Kilmarnock ).

Famous protégés for a time included Oscar Wilde and painter Walter Sickert.

During the Renaissance, Boccaccio, a 14th century humanist, included Eirene in De mulieribus claris ( Latin for On Famous Women ).

Famous Otellos of the past have included Tamagno, the role's trumpet-voiced creator, as well as Giovanni De Negri, Albert Alvarez, Francisco Viñas, Giuseppe Borgatti, Antonio Paoli, Giovanni Zenatello, Renato Zanelli, Giovanni Martinelli, Aureliano Pertile, Francesco Merli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Frank Mullings, Leo Slezak, Jose Luccioni, Ramón Vinay, Mario del Monaco, James McCracken, Jon Vickers and Carlo Cossutta.

Famous residents have included comedian Jim Davidson, who grew up in Holburne Road ; interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, who lived in a bungalow on Kidbrooke Park Road until 2004 ; and singer Sandie Shaw.

Famous residents both past and present have included Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, his son Enrique Iglesias, pro golfer Raymond Floyd, coaches Rick Pitino and Don Shula, US Senator George Smathers, Sheik Mohammed al-Fassi of Saudi Arabia, television host Don Francisco, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, co-founder of Calvin Klein Barry Schwartz, billionaire developer Donny Soffer, banker and developer Jamie Gilinski, steel executive Leroy Schecter, wireless executive Rajendra Singh, radio magnate Raul Alarcon, real estate billionaire Peter Breton, coal and oil executive Christopher F. Viegas, Perry Ellis head George Feldenkreis, former Philadelphia Eagles owner and billionaire art collector Norman Braman, heiress and philanthropist Suzie Linden, and former cable company CEO Ken Bagwell.

Famous residents and property owners within the area now known as Mettawa have included two-time presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson, city planner Edward H. Bennett and more recently, news anchor and rancher Bill Kurtis.

Famous residents of Tisbury have included: Art Buchwald, William Styron, Mike Wallace, Lillian Hellman, Carly Simon, Thornton Wilder, Dashiell Hammett, Katharine Cornell, and Diane Sawyer.

Famous guests who credited the water with cures included detective Allan Pinkerton and Civil War general " Fighting Joe " Hooker.

Famous Mason residents have included:

Famous modular synthesizer manufacturers included Buchla & Associates, Moog Music, ARP Instruments, Inc., and Electronic Music Studios.