* 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger ( d. 1996 )

* 1956 – Gerry Cooney, American boxer

Elbridge Thomas Gerry (; July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814 ) was an American statesman and diplomat.

Gerry was elected to serve on the Massachusetts Provincial Congress when the American Revolutionary War broke out, where he used his merchant connections to see that the Continental Army besieging Boston was supplied.

* 1939 – Gerry Goffin, American lyricist

* Kantele. com, American maker Gerry Henkel

* 1952 – Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and musician ( America )

* January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician ( b. 1927 )

* August 4 – Gerry Cooney, American former boxer

* March 20 – Gerry Bertier, American college football player ( b. 1953 )

* April 6 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician ( d. 1996 )

* July 17 – Elbridge Gerry, American politician ( d. 1814 )

Before leaving Paris he heard, and was deeply impressed by, the octet of the American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan which was to give him the idea of forming his own octet on his return to Buenos Aires.

* Gerry Conway, American comic book writer

* Patrick McGoohan drives an SM in a 1975 episode of the American television series Columbo (" Identity Crisis ", Season 5, Episode 3 ), while Gerry Anderson's 1971 television series The Protectors featured a platinum blue SM.

Two successful albums and two No. 1 hit singles resulted: the Don Brewer penned " We're an American Band " ( from We're an American Band ) and " The Loco-Motion " ( from Shinin ' On, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and originally recorded by Little Eva ).

Having overseen Gerry Anderson's work since the creation of Supercar in 1960 – and going on to buy his production company, AP Films, during the making of Fireball XL5 – Grade was enthusiastic for Anderson's programmes to be transmitted abroad, in the lucrative American market, and decided that a new concept would do more to attract potential bidders than a second season of Thunderbirds.

* Gerry ( company ), an American manufacturer of outdoor sports gear

Inspired by the works of Hungarian director Bela Tarr and American maverick John Cassavetes, Van Sant retreated to the deserts of Argentina, Utah, and Death Valley for 2002's Gerry, a loosely devised, largely improvised feature in which stars Matt Damon and Casey Affleck — both playing characters named Gerry — wander through the desert, discussing Wheel of Fortune, video games, and nothing in particular.

The loss of American Columbia product had forced English Columbia to groom its own talent such as Russ Conway, Acker Bilk, John Barry, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Helen Shapiro, Frank Ifield, Rolf Harris, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Dave Clark Five, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Des O ' Connor, Ken Dodd, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Seekers, Pink Floyd ( who have been on both Columbia UK and US ), and The Yardbirds.

In 1980 and 1981 two compilation TV movies were made for the US market, airing on American television as part of an ITC Entertainment package of " movies " called Super Space Theater ; this practice was common at the time for many of Gerry Anderson's series.

Besides Crumb, other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Gary Dumm, Frank Stack, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Sacco, Gerry Shamray, Jim Woodring, Joe Zabel, Ed Piskor, and Greg Budgett.

Gerald Joseph " Gerry " Mulligan ( April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996 ) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger.

He emphasizes the importance of the agrarian myth in American politics and life even after industrialization had revolutionized the American economy and life.

His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.

Opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869, with the driving of the " Last Spike " at Promontory Summit, Utah, the road established a mechanized transcontinental transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West.

The Wasp exhibited performance and reliability that revolutionized American aviation.

American composer John Philip Sousa revolutionized the march.

* George McJunkin ( 1851 – 1922 ) Black cowboy and finder of the Folsom site which revolutionized American archaeology

In Latin America in the 1980s and 1990s, power rock trio Soda Stereo revolutionized Latin rock and became one of the biggest rock bands in the history of Latin American music.

Harold Stephen Black ( April 14, 1898 – December 11, 1983 ) was an American electrical engineer, who revolutionized the field of applied electronics by inventing the negative feedback amplifier in 1927.

The rudimentary Wang 1200 machine was the precursor of the Wang Office Information System ( OIS ), which revolutionized the way typing projects were performed in the American workplace.

The American Society of Civil Engineers cite the many transformative projects that have shaped the growth of the United States including the Transcontinental Railroad that connected major cities from the Atlantic to Pacific coast ; the Panama Canal that revolutionized shipment in connected the two oceans in the Western hemisphere ; the Interstate Highway System that spawned the mobility of the masses ; and still others that include the Hoover Dam, Trans-Alaskan pipeline, and many bridges ( the Golden Gate, Brooklyn, and Bay Bridge ).

Willard Frank Libby ( December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980 ) was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology.

Musicians included Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, The Supremes and The Jackson 5. Led by Berry Gordy, Motown revolutionized soul and made Detroit one of the American centers of musical innovation.

* E. O. Wilson ( 1929 — ), Pulitzer Prize winning American myrmecologist, revolutionized the field of sociobiology

The American Football League, which he revolutionized.

The " Penman of the Constitution ", Gouverneur Morris, wrote this of the Zenger case: " The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

He is considered the " father of method acting in America ," according to author Mel Gussow, and from the 1920s until his death in 1982 " he revolutionized the art of acting by having a profound influence on performance in American theater and movies ".

" As a teacher and acting theorist, he revolutionized American actor training and engaged such remarkable performers as Kim Hunter, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, and Al Pacino.

By increasing industrial production in the summer months, air conditioning revolutionized American life.

This development was closely followed by the diesel-electrics which revolutionized the American transportation system.

In the early 1960s, British R & B and beat bands inspired Danish counterparts like The Hitmakers, Sir Henry & His Butlers, The Defenders and The Beefeaters, as well as the breakthrough band Steppeulvene, whose 1967 LP Hip revolutionized the field of Danish rock by fusing American folk rock.

In the 1930s, the " Latin invasion " that had begun with the tango took off again when American jazz, dance music, and popular song were revolutionized by the " discovery " of other music forms of the Caribbean, Central and South America, a process that was triggered by a significant influx of migrants to the United States from Cuba, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands in the 1940s.

Together with Herbert Wilf, Zeilberger was awarded the American Mathematical Society's Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contributions to Research in 1998 for their development of WZ theory, which has revolutionized the field of hypergeometric summation.

The speed, climb performance, and reliability that the engine offered revolutionized American aviation.