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Akron, OH
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/ Population:
217074 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1825 County:
Summit County Founded 1825 by Simon Perkins, Commissioner of the Ohio Canal Fund. SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Lola Albright |
Actor |
20-Jul-1925 |
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Lord Love a Duck |
| Anthony J. Alexander |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of FirstEnergy |
| David Allan Coe |
Country Musician |
6-Sep-1939 |
|
Take This Job and Shove It |
| Thomas A. Dattilo |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Cooper Tire & Rubber, 2000-06 |
| John Dean |
Government |
14-Oct-1938 |
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Nixon's White House Counsel |
| Rita Dove |
Poet |
28-Aug-1952 |
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7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95 |
| Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
|
20/20 |
| Angie Everhart |
Actor |
7-Sep-1969 |
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Redhead model turned actor |
| John F. Fiedler |
Business |
1938 |
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CEO of BorgWarner, 1995-2003 |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Trent Ford |
Actor |
16-Jan-1979 |
|
How to Deal |
| Lanny Griffith |
Government |
13-Aug-1951 |
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Lobbyist, Barbour Griffith & Rogers |
| Howard Hewett |
Singer |
1-Oct-1955 |
|
Former Shalamar vocalist |
| Chrissie Hynde |
Musician |
7-Sep-1951 |
|
Lead singer, The Pretenders |
| LeBron James |
Basketball |
30-Dec-1984 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Jim Jarmusch |
Film Director |
22-Jan-1953 |
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Permanent Vacation |
| Melina Kanakaredes |
Actor |
23-Apr-1967 |
|
Det. Bonasera on CSI: NY |
| Jani Lane |
Singer |
1-Feb-1964 |
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Lead singer of Warrant |
| Harley Lappin |
Government |
c. 1956 |
|
Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Dan Moldea |
Journalist |
27-Feb-1950 |
|
Muckraker |
| Mark Mothersbaugh |
Musician |
18-May-1950 |
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Devo |
| Thurman Munson |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1947 |
2-Aug-1979 |
Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash |
| Ara Parseghian |
Football |
10-Mar-1923 |
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Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74 |
| William D. Perez |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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CEO of Wrigley |
| Gary Pinkel |
Football |
27-Apr-1952 |
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Missouri Head Coach |
| Robert Quine |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1942 |
31-May-2004 |
Sonic punk rock guitarist |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
25-Jun-1908 |
25-Dec-2000 |
Two Dogmas of Empiricism |
| Michael D. Rose |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Holiday Inn, 1981-90 |
| Thomas C. Sawyer |
Politician |
15-Aug-1945 |
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Congressman from Ohio, 1987-2003 |
| John F. Seiberling |
Politician |
8-Sep-1918 |
2-Aug-2008 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87 |
| Richard E. Smalley |
Chemist |
6-Jun-1943 |
28-Oct-2005 |
Co-Discovered first fullerine |
| Nate Thurmond |
Basketball |
25-Jul-1941 |
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NBA Hall of Famer |
| Charles R. Williamson |
Business |
1948 |
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CEO of Unocal, 2001-05 |
| Ray Wise |
Actor |
29-Aug-1947 |
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Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Benjamin F. Goodrich |
Business |
4-Nov-1841 |
3-Aug-1888 |
Founder of Goodrich Corporation |
| Herman Keiser |
Golf |
7-Oct-1914 |
24-Dec-2003 |
Winner, 1946 Masters Tournament |
| Denny Shute |
Golf |
25-Oct-1904 |
13-May-1974 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
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