* Lester Brown

Writers such as Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, in The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World ( 2000 ), Fredrick Turner in A Culture of Hope and Lester Brown in Plan B, have articulated a critique of the basic idea of modernism itself – that individual creative expression should conform to the realities of technology.

* 1974 — The institute was founded by Lester Brown.

* Lester R. Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute

Among the many piano players he listened to were Doc Perry, Lester Dishman, Louis Brown, Turner Layton, Gertie Wells, Clarence Bowser, Sticky Mack, Blind Johnny, Cliff Jackson, Claude Hopkins, Phil Wurd, Caroline Thornton, Luckey Roberts, Eubie Blake, Joe Rochester, and Harvey Brooks.

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, has said: " It would take 1. 5 Earths to sustain our present level of consumption.

This group generally consists of those who were playing during the " Golden Age " in the 1950s, including Wade Mainer and his Mountaineers, Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, the Stanley Brothers, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys, Hylo Brown and The Timberliners, Ervin T. Rouse, who wrote the standard " Orange Blossom Special ", Reno and Smiley, the Sauceman Brothers, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Jim & Jesse, Jimmy Martin and the Osborne Brothers, Red Allen ( who also recorded with the Osborne Brothers for MGM in the mid-fifties ), Mac Wiseman, Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers, Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers, Buzz Busby, The Lilly Brothers, Bill Clifton and Jim Eanes.

Recent lectures have focused on environmental challenges with speakers including Lester R. Brown, Paul Ekins, Carl Folke, and Robert Costanza.

Lester Raymond " Les " Brown, Sr. ( March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001 ) and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, that Brown led while a student at Duke University.

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, has said: " It would take 1. 5 Earths to sustain our present level of consumption.

Lester R. Brown, a prominent environmentalist and founder of the Worldwatch Institute and Earth Policy Institute, describes sustainable living in the 21st century as " shifting to a renewable energy-based, reuse / recycle economy with a diversified transport system.

More recently, the Gathering hosted Lester Brown, Shane Claiborne, and Ben Pink Dandelion.

From then until he died twenty years later Hines recorded endlessly both solo and with jazz notables like Cat Anderson, Harold Ashby, Barney Bigard, Lawrence Brown, Dave Brubeck ( they recorded duets in 1975 ), Jaki Byard ( duets in 1972 ), Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Cozy Cole, Wallace Davenport, Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington ( duets in 1966 ), Ella Fitzgerald, Panama Francis, Bud Freeman, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Gonsalves, Stephane Grappelli, Sonny Greer, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Peanuts Hucko, Helen Humes, Budd Johnson, Jonah Jones, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Ellis Larkins, Marian McPartland ( duets in 1970 ), Gerry Mulligan, Ray Nance, Oscar Peterson ( duets in 1968 ), Russell Procope, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Rushing, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Buddy Tate, Jack Teagarden, Clark Terry, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Venuti, Earle Warren, Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson ( duets in 1965 & 1970 ), Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Woode and Lester Young.

Criticizing Ehrlich on similar grounds as Simon was Ronald Bailey, a leader in the wise use movement, who wrote a book in 1993 entitled Eco-Scam where he blasted the views of Ehrlich, Lester Brown, Carl Sagan and other environmental theorists.

* Lester R. Brown ( MPA ' 62 )-founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute

Over the years, Jazz at the Philharmonic featured many of the era's preeminent musicians, including Louie Bellson, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, Nat " King " Cole, Sonny Criss, Buddy DeFranco, Harry " Sweets " Edison, Roy Eldridge, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Bill Harris, Coleman Hawkins, J. C. Heard, Billie Holiday, Helen Humes, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Illinois Jacquet, J. J. Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Barney Kessel, Kenny Kersey, Gene Krupa, Lou Levy, Meade Lux Lewis, Shelly Manne, Fats Navarro, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Buddy Rich, Charlie Shavers, Willie Smith, Sonny Stitt, Slim Gaillard, Clark Terry, Tommy Turk, T-Bone Walker, Ben Webster, Lee Young and Lester Young.

* Plan B 2. 0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, a book by Lester R. Brown

Guayule's viability as a potential biofuel has been enhanced recently in light of commentary from a variety of experts, including Lester R. Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, stating that " based biofuels pit the 800 million people with cars against the 800 million people with hunger problems ," meaning that biofuels derived from food crops ( like maize ) raise world food prices.

* Lester R. Brown ( Founder and president, Earth Policy Institute )

Environmentalist Lester Brown was accused of genocide and told he would be hanged from a lamppost.

Punk magazine was home to ( many of whom were being published for the first time ) writers Mary Harron, Steve Taylor, Lester Bangs, Pam Brown, artists Buz Vaultz, Anya Phillips, and Screaming Mad George, and photographers Bob Gruen, Barak Berkowitz, Roberta Bayley and David Godlis.

* Environ Days-John Fischer ( with Lester Bowie, Perry Robinson, Charles Tyler, Marion Brown, Arthur Blythe & Phillip Wilson ) ( recorded 1970's, Released 1991 )

It continued as a bi-monthly, running stories by Forrest J Ackerman, Poul Anderson, Hal Annas, Ray Bradbury, Eando Binder, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fredric Brown, Lester del Rey, David H. Keller, Daniel Keyes, Fritz Leiber, Rog Phillips, Mack Reynolds, Eric Frank Russell, E. E. Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, William F. Temple, A. E.

* Adrian Lester ( born 1968 ), British actor

Patinkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Doris " Doralee " ( Sinton ), a homemaker, and Lester Patinkin, who worked for the People's Iron & Metal Company and the Scrap Corporation of America.

Richard Hell ( born Richard Lester Meyers ; October 2, 1949 ) is a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.

* Lester Cook ( born 1984 ) is an American professional tennis player.

William Christopher ( born October 20, 1932 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the television series M * A * S * H and Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C.

* Sean Lester ( 1888 – 1959 ) was born in Carrickfergus.

Lester Dickinson was born in Derby.

* Lester " Tug " Wilson ( 1885 – 1969 ), who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1911 season, was born in St. Louis.

* Tom Lester ( born 1938 ), actor who played " Eb " on the sitcom Green Acres

* Lester Archambeau ( born 1967 ), former professional football player.

* Lester C. McClelland, aircraft commander of Air Force One under Presidents Ford and Carter, 1974 – 1980 ; born September 25, 1932.

Les Paul was born Lester William Polsfuss outside Milwaukee, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to George and Evelyn ( 1888 – 1989 ) ( née Stutz ) Polsfus.

They had two children, Gene ( Lester Jr .), born in 1941 and named after actor-songwriter Gene Lockhart, and Russell ( Rusty ), born 1944, before divorcing in 1949.

Crawford was born William Broderick Crawford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lester Crawford and Helen Broderick, who were both vaudeville performers, as his grandparents had been.

Eisner was born in Mount Kisco, New York, the son of Margaret ( née Dammann ) and Lester Eisner, Jr. His great-grandfather, Sigmund Eisner, was one of the first uniform suppliers to the Boy Scouts of America.

He was born Lester Franklin Melrose in Sumner, Illinois, United States, the second of six children of Frank and Mollie Melrose who owned a small farm.

Richard Lester ( born 19 January 1932 ) is an American film director based in Britain.

Lester was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

John Lester Wallack ( born John Johnstone Wallack ) ( January 1, 1820 New York, NY – September 6, 1888 Stamford, CT ), was an American actor and son of James William Wallack.

Lester Neil Smith III ( born May 12, 1946 ), better known as L. Neil Smith, is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist.

* Lester Piggott, jockey, was born in Wantage in 1935.

Taymor was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elizabeth ( née Bernstein ), a political science teacher, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a gynecologist.

* Lester Crown ( born 1926 ), American businessman

Lester Bryant Bird ( born February 21, 1938 ) was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete.