What’s New: March 2024
March 28, 2024
The March 2024 update of the American National Biography adds 25 images from the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution.
Aiken, George David (20 August 1892–19 November 1984), farmer and U.S. senator |
Berle, Milton (12 July 1908–27 March 2002), comic performer in vaudeville, nightclubs, film, radio, and television |
Clark, Mark Wayne (01 May 1896–17 April 1984), general and college president |
Damrosch, Walter Johannes (30 January 1862–22 December 1950), conductor and composer |
Durante, Jimmy (10 February 1893–29 January 1980), comedian |
Finley, John Huston (19 October 1863–07 March 1940), educator and journalist |
Gallup, George Horace (18 November 1901–26 July 1984), public opinion polling expert |
Hamilton, Alice (27 February 1869–22 September 1970), physician |
Hammerstein, Oscar, II (12 July 1895–23 August 1960), Broadway librettist, lyricist, and producer |
Haynes, George Edmund (11 May 1880–08 January 1960), sociologist and social worker |
Hicks, Granville (09 September 1901–18 June 1982), literary critic and author |
Hilton, Conrad (25 December 1887–03 January 1979), businessman |
Ives, Charles (20 October 1874–19 May 1954), composer |
Land, Edwin Herbert (07 May 1909–01 March 1991), inventor |
Loveman, Amy (16 May 1881–11 December 1955), editor and literary critic |
Peale, Norman Vincent (31 May 1898–24 December 1993), minister |
Pons, Lily (12 April 1898–13 February 1976), coloratura soprano |
Serkin, Rudolf (28 March 1903–08 May 1991), pianist |
Stella, Joseph (13 June 1877–05 November 1946), painter |
Strayhorn, Billy (29 November 1915–31 May 1967), composer, arranger, and pianist |
Theiler, Max (30 January 1899–11 August 1972), medical researcher |
Tucker, Sophie (13 January 1884–09 February 1966), entertainer |
Whitney, John Hay (17 August 1904–08 February 1982), financier, philanthropist, and sportsman |
Woodward, C. Vann (13 November 1908–17 December 1999), historian |
Young, Loretta (06 January 1913–12 August 2000), actress |
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