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             ·             · (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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