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Legends in Their Own Time

REFERENCE WORK

Coral Amende, Legends in Their Own Time: A Popular Biographical Dictionary, New York: Prentice Hall, 1994. A checklist of over 10,000 names, mostly in pop culture but a smattering of historical names as well, each with year of birth and death and very short description.

People in this reference:2298
Those presently living:896
Those deceased:1402
  
White:2031
Black:147
Hispanic:57
Multiracial:32
Middle Eastern:15
Asian:8
Asian/Indian:4
American Aborigine:2
Other:1
(not specified):1
  
United States:1585
England:247
France:114
Italy:48
Canada:35
Germany:29
Spain:24
Scotland:18
Ancient Rome:15
Russia:15
Ancient Greece:14
Ireland:12
Australia:12
Austria:11
Sweden:8
Denmark:7
(not specified):5
South Africa:5
Wales:4
Netherlands:4
(others):86
      Lee Aaker
      Alvar Aalto
      Willie Aames
      Hank Aaron
      Edward Abbey
      Bud Abbott
      George Abbott
      John Abbott
      Paula Abdul
      Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
      Sid Abel
      Peter Abelard
      Ralph Abernathy
      Abraham
      F. Murray Abraham
            ·
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(2268 names omitted for brevity)
            ·
            ·
      Biz Markie
      Al Di Meola
      Agnes de Mille
      Rebecca De Mornay
      John Dos Passos
      Oscar de la Renta
      Vittorio De Sica
      Howard Da Silva
      Mary Decker Slaney
      Hernando de Soto
      Vincent du Vigneaud
      Wernher von Braun
      Boxcar Willie
      Deng Xiaoping
      Babe Zaharias



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