Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln ( née Hanks ), in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky ( now LaRue County ).

Lincoln's mother, Nancy, was the daughter of Lucy Hanks, and was born in what is now Mineral County, West Virginia, then part of Virginia.

In March 2005, the British network Sky TV reported that Tom Hanks was planning to produce a biopic on the life of Bill Haley, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in 2006.

However this rumor was quickly debunked by Hanks.

It was also unfavorably compared to the 1988 film Big, in which Tom Hanks also played a child in a grown man's body.

Palin was in the cast of You've Got Mail, the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy as a subplot novelist, but his role was eventually cut entirely.

He was influenced by very few people ; but does recall an elderly, unrecorded, blues singer from that area, Rufus Hanks, who played twelve-string guitar and harmonica.

Although the character was written with Cromwell in mind, Tom Hanks, a big fan of Star Trek, was approached for the role by Paramount first, but he had already committed to the film That Thing You Do!

The script was submitted to producer Mark Gordon, who handed it to Hanks.

Hanks was born in Concord, California.

His father, Amos Mefford Hanks ( born in Glenn County, California, on March 9, 1924 – died in Alameda, California, on January 31, 1992 ), was an itinerant cook.

In addition to having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks was a " Bible-toting evangelical teenager " for several years.

In school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine: " I was a geek, a spaz.

Early in 1979, Hanks was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Mandrake, directed by Daniel Southern.

" But if Praiser knew it, he was not able to convince Hanks.

Hanks has admitted that his acting in earlier roles was not great and that he has improved.

It was labeled one of the finest war films ever made and earned Spielberg his second Academy Award for direction, and Hanks another Best Actor nomination.

In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hanks was a lessee of an EV1 before it was recalled, as chronicled in the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?

Nancy Hanks married Thomas, who became a respected citizen.

" In 1965, Amos Hanks married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent.

In 1988, Hanks married actress Rita Wilson.

Abraham Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks in 1806 in Washington County, Kentucky.

She has been married to actor Tom Hanks since April 1988, and the couple have two sons, Chester and Truman.

On June 12, 1806, Hanks married Thomas Lincoln.

She was married four times and had one son, Robert Lowery Hanks.

* 1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress

* 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor

* 1977 – Colin Hanks, American actor

* July 9 – Tom Hanks, American actor and director

Michael Quinion and Patrick Hanks argue that the term refers to the Dutch nickname and surname Janneke ( from Jan and the diminutive-eke, meaning " Little John " or Johnny in Dutch ), Anglicized to Yankee ( in Dutch, the letter " J " is pronounced the same as the English consonantal " Y " sound ) and " used as a nickname for a Dutch-speaking American in colonial times ".

Thomas Jeffrey " Tom " Hanks ( born July 9, 1956 ) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

About a week later, Hanks apologized for the remark, saying that nothing is more American than voting one's conscience.

Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

In April 2011 it was announced that American Gods will be adapted into a series for HBO by Playtone ( Tom Hanks ' production company ), with Robert Richardson & Gaiman writing the pilot.

In December 2003, Hervey secured a small part in the 2004 American film RX opposite Colin Hanks ( son of Tom Hanks ) as a waitress in a diner.

* Tom Hanks ( born 1956 ), American actor

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Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Dody Goodman.

Tyler Lee Hoechlin (; September 11, 1987 ) is an American actor who got his big break starring as Tom Hanks ' son in the film Road to Perdition ( 2002 ).

Orange County is a 2002 American comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black.

John Hanks Alexander ( 6 January 1864 – 26 March 1894 ) was the first African American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy.

Other events have included the AFI Life Achievement Award to Tom Hanks, the ESPY Awards for excellence in sports performance yearly, the BET Awards and American Idol finales.

The ' Burbs is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Joe Dante starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman and Henry Gibson.

Fearing that the Native Americans on the British side would massacre his men and allies, American Lieutenant Hanks accepted the British offer of surrender without a fight.

In an interesting epilogue to the capture of Fort Mackinac, Lieutenant Hanks made his way to Detroit and the American military post there.

The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson.