The Actors Name Game, Last is First

[TexasJeff]

Originally Posted by allenb12

AlleN IversoN

NicholaS NegropontE (Architect)

Founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte is the author of the 1995 book Being Digital translated into more than forty languages.

In response to the controversy of the MIT Media Lab accepting funding from Jeffrey Epstein five years after Epstein's conviction for sex trafficking minors, Negroponte told MIT staff, "If you wind back the clock, I would still say, 'Take it.'"

Negroponte said that in the fund-raising world these types of occurrences were not out of the ordinary, and they should not be reason enough to cut off business relationships.

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Originally Posted by TexasJeff

NicholaS NegropontE (Architect)

StevE EllS (businessman)


Born 1965 Ells founded the fast food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1993. He served as CEO and Chief Executive until 2017, when he helped select a new CEO. He served as Chief Executive until he left the company in 2020. Ells attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York, and graduated in 1990. He worked for a couple of years as a sous chef at Stars Restaurant in San Francisco before opening his taco themed restaurant in Denver in 1993.

By 1998, there were 16 locations when McDonalds became a major investor. In 2005, McDonalds divested itself from Chipotle, and at that time there were over 500 stores across the country. There are currently over 2000 locations worldwide with a staff of over 45000 employees.

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StevE EllS (businessman)

EmilianO Zapata SalazaR

Emiliano Zapata Salazar (8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.

Zapata was born in the rural village of Anenecuilco, in an era when peasant communities came under increasing repression from the small-landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugarcane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz (President from 1877 to 1880 and 1884 to 1911). Zapata early on participated in political movements against Díaz and the landowning hacendados, and when the Revolution broke out in 1910 he became a leader of the peasant revolt in Morelos. Cooperating with a number of other peasant leaders, he formed the Liberation Army of the South, of which he soon became the undisputed leader. Zapata's forces contributed to the fall of Díaz, defeating the Federal Army in the Battle of Cuautla in May 1911, but when the revolutionary leader Francisco I. Madero became president he disavowed the role of the Zapatistas, denouncing them as mere bandits.

In November 1911, Zapata promulgated the Plan de Ayala, which called for substantial land reforms, redistributing lands to the peasants. Madero sent the Federal Army to root out the Zapatistas in Morelos. Madero's generals employed a scorched-earth policy, burning villages and forcibly removing their inhabitants, and drafting many men into the Army or sending them to forced-labor camps in southern Mexico. Such actions strengthened Zapata's standing among the peasants, and succeeded in driving the forces of Madero, led by Victoriano Huerta, out of Morelos. In a coup against Madero in February 1913, Huerta took power in Mexico, but a coalition of Constitutionalist forces in northern Mexico, led by Venustiano Carranza, Álvaro Obregón and Francisco "Pancho" Villa, ousted him in July 1914 with the support of Zapata's troops. Zapata did not recognize the authority that Carranza asserted as leader of the revolutionary movement, continuing his adherence to the Plan de Ayala.

In the aftermath of the revolutionaries' victory over Huerta, they attempted to sort out power relations in the Convention of Aguascalientes (October to November 1914). Zapata and Villa broke with Carranza, and Mexico descended into a civil war among the winners. Dismayed with the alliance with Villa, Zapata focused his energies on rebuilding society in Morelos (which he now controlled), instituting the land reforms of the Plan de Ayala. As Carranza consolidated his power and defeated Villa in 1915, Zapata initiated guerrilla warfare against the Carrancistas, who in turn invaded Morelos, employing once again scorched-earth tactics to oust the Zapatista rebels. Zapata re-took Morelos in 1917 and held most of the state against Carranza's troops until he was killed in an ambush in April 1919. After his death, Zapatista generals aligned with Obregón against Carranza and helped drive Carranza from power. In 1920, Zapatistas obtained important positions in the government of Morelos after Carranza's fall, instituting many of the land reforms envisioned by Zapata.

Zapata remains an iconic figure in Mexico, used both as a nationalist symbol as well as a symbol of the neo-Zapatista movement. Article 27 of the 1917 Mexican Constitution was drafted in response to Zapata's agrarian demands.

[TexasJeff]

Originally Posted by allenb12

EmilianO Zapata SalazaR

OtiS ReddinG (Performer)

Sittin' in the morning sun
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Redding is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing drew inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His vocal style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.

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OtiS ReddinG (Performer)

GeorgE Harvey StraiT

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer.

Strait has sold over 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He holds the RIAA record for most certified albums by any artist, with 33 different albums that are certified platinum or gold. Considering singles and albums, he has a total of 20 multi-platinum, 33 platinum and 24 gold certification. According to the RIAA, Strait is the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall selling over 70 million records across the United States.

He is credited for pioneering the neotraditional country style in the 1980s, famed for his authentic cowboy image and roots-oriented sound at a time when the Nashville music industry was dominated by country pop crossover acts. Given his influence on the genre, Strait has been nicknamed the "King of Country Music" by writers and music critics. He currently holds the record for the most number one songs on all charts by an artist, in any genre of music.

Strait's career in country music began performing with his band Ace in the Hole in Texas honky-tonks in the 1970s, recording tracks for the Houston-based independent record label D Records. Strait's success began when his first single "Unwound" was a hit in 1981, helping introduce the neotraditional movement to the mainstream. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, he was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music, elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.

Strait has been known for his touring career beginning when he designed a 360-degree configuration and introduced festival style tours. His final concert for The Cowboy Rides Away Tour at AT&T Stadium drew 104,793 people, setting a new record for the largest indoor concert in North America. In mid-2024, Strait set the record for the largest ticketed concert for a single act in U.S. history, with over 110,905 people at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. He additionally was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the same year for its class of 2025.

[TexasJeff]

Originally Posted by allenb12

GeorgE Harvey StraiT

EdwarD ThorndikE (Psychologist)

His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to his "theory of connectionism" and helped lay the scientific foundation for educational psychology. He also worked on solving industrial problems, such as employee exams and testing.

Thorndike had a powerful impact on reinforcement theory and behavior analysis, providing the basic framework for empirical laws in behavior psychology with his law of effect. Through his contributions to the behavioral psychology field came his major impacts on education, where the law of effect has great influence in the classroom.

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EdwarD ThorndikE (Psychologist)

DanA EwelL

Dana Ewell (born January 28, 1971) is a convicted American murderer who was sentenced to three life sentences for ordering the killing of his father, mother, and sister in 1992.

Dale, Glee, and Tiffany Ewell were murdered on Sunday, April 19, 1992, in their Fresno home. At the time of the murders, Ewell lived at the family home but was away with his girlfriend for the Easter weekend. The bodies were discovered two days after the murders, when Ewell notified family friends in Sunnyside that he was unable to contact his parents. Glee Ewell was shot four times while Tiffany and Dale Ewell were each shot once.

After the murders, police spent four days at the Ewell home investigating the crime scene. The case was investigated by Fresno County Sheriff's Office homicide detectives John Souza and Chris Curtice. They suspected the killer had been hiding in the house, waiting for the family to return. The murders appeared to have been planned and executed with care. The shooter retrieved the discarded shell casings after firing the fatal gunshots. The shooter's aim was good, as he had missed only one of the multiple shots that were fired. A box of 9mm ammunition, purchased by Dale Ewell in the early 1970s, was found in the home and were believed to have been used to kill the family. The bullets recovered from the victims' bodies showed signs of the gun having been fitted with a homemade silencer. While the home appeared to have been searched for valuables, Detective Souza, who had extensive experience investigating burglaries, concluded the scene had been staged in an attempt to make the murders appear as if the family had interrupted a thief.

Police looked into the victims' background and found possible motives for the crime. In the 1970s, Dale Ewell had sold airplanes for a California man named Frank Lambe who had been convicted for drug smuggling, after which Dale took over the business. Dale Ewell had also been involved in a troubled real estate development deal with his brother Ben, which threatened to cost investors millions in losses. Investigation ruled out these factors as possible motives for the murders.

Although Dana Ewell's alibi for the time of the murders included having spent the Easter weekend with his girlfriend and her family in San Francisco, some 200 miles away, authorities came to focus on him after eliminating other possible culprits. Extended family members, like Ewell's uncle, reported that after his family's death, Dana was inordinately fixated on the details of his parents' will and testament, and was "visibly shaken and angry" upon learning he would be unable to access most of his family's wealth until his thirties.

Dana's parents estate plan created a legal trust that locked up most of their assets upon their death. A trustee was required to pay for Dana Ewell's care and expenses until the age of 25, while from 25 to 30 he was to receive dividends from investments, but had no access to the principal. Dana Ewell would receive half the principal at age 30, and the remainder at age 35. However, Ewell was the immediate beneficiary of over $300,000 in life insurance payments that were not subject to trust restrictions or probate court oversight.

Joel Patrick Radovcich, a college friend of Dana Ewell, abruptly dropped out of college shortly after the murders, and he came under suspicion. Ewell was described as being obsessed with money and social status, and Radovcich was preoccupied with guns and explosives. Ewell had come under suspicion only days after the murders when Detective Curtice had walked Dana through the crime scene, and thought his reactions to the crime scene highly unusual, later recalling his impressions as "that kid's dirty".

Dana and Radovcich attracted additional suspicion by occupying the Ewell family home only a few weeks after the murders. The pair were reported to have made many cash purchases for items such as helicopter flight lessons (despite Radovcich being unemployed) and communicating via a complex system of pagers and pay telephone calls, seemingly designed to avoid being overheard. The police kept Ewell and Radovcich under close surveillance for several months. In one instance, a detective wore a recording device and stood close to Radovcich at a pay phone in May 1993, overhearing him make comments such as "they don't have evidence. They will try to catch you in a lie."

Forensic analysis found the murder weapon was a high-end 9mm specialty rifle manufactured by Feather Industries in Trinidad, Colorado. Company records showed one such rifle had been purchased by Ernest Jack Ponce, a friend of the Radovcich family, shortly before the murders. Ponce admitted buying the rifle for Radovcich, but denied knowing it would be used for a crime. Ponce also concealed evidence after the murders, making him an accessory. He was granted immunity from prosecution and agreed to testify against Ewell and Radovcich, who were arrested on March 2, 1995.

James Oppliger and Jeffrey Hammerschmidt of the Fresno County District Attorney's Office prosecuted Ewell and Radovcich in a jury trial that lasted more than eight months. Prosecutors argued that Ewell was motivated by greed, and that he promised Radovcich a share of his family's wealth. Ewell and Radovcich were represented by separate attorneys who took different strategies. Ewell's attorneys, Ernest Kinney, Pete Jones, Mike Castro and Galatea DeLapp asserted their client was innocent. Radovcich's attorney, Phil Cherney, believing the evidence was so overwhelming against Radovcich that a guilty verdict was probable, made his main goal avoiding the death penalty.

Jurors deliberated for 11 days. Although they considered Ponce's testimony unreliable and suspected he was more involved with the murders than he admitted, they found Ewell and Radovcich both guilty of three counts of first degree murder. The two men were subject to stricter sentencing due to aggravating circumstances: multiple victims, murder for profit, and murder committed by lying in wait. The jury was deadlocked during the sentencing phase of the trial, and the judge declared a penalty phase mistrial. On July 20, 1998, the judge delivered default sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Ewell is in the Protective Housing Unit of California State Prison, Corcoran, along with other murderers requiring isolation from the general prison population.

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Originally Posted by allenb12

DanA EwelL

AdA LovelacE (Mathematician)


1815 - 1852 Lovelace was an English mathematician known primarily for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed general purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognize the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. She was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron, born as Ada Byron. Lord and Lady Byron separated a month after Lovelace was born, and he died when Ada was eight years old. Lady Byron promoted her daughter's interest in math in order to prevent her from developing her father's perceived insanity. She married William King in 1835, and in 1838 he became the Earl of Lovelace, and she became the Countess of Lovelace, taking that as her last name.


Her social and educational exploits brought her in contact with many famous scientists of the time, including Babbage, Andrew Crosse, Sir David Brewster, and Michael Farraday. She also found contacts in publishing through her relationship with author Charles Dickens. Between 1842 and 1843 she published a series of articles about Babbage's analytical engine. Included in those articles is what is considered one of the first computer programs. She died at age 36 from uterine cancer. The computer language Ada, created on behalf of the US Department of Defense, is named after her. Since 2015, all British passports contain an image of Lovelace and Babbage.

[TexasJeff]

Originally Posted by chindog

AdA LovelacE (Mathematician)

AlberT ElliS (Psychologist)

Founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and an early proponent and developer of cognitive-behavioral therapies.

Based on a 1982 professional survey of American and Canadian psychologists, he was considered the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third). Psychology Today noted that, "No individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy."

[chindog]

Originally Posted by TexasJeff

AlberT ElliS (Psychologist)

TiM StormS (singer)
Born 1972 Storms is a singer who holds the Guinness world records for the lowest note produced by a human and the widest vocal range. His record for lowest note was set in 2012 when he sang a G -7 at 0.189 Hz. His vocal range record was set in 2008 when he demonstrated a range of 10 octaves. His 10 octave range was extended by 2 octaves when he set his lowest note record four years later.


Storms is a Christian music singer, and has performed in several countries. He performs at the Pierce Arrow theater in Branson, MO, and has been inducted in the Branson Entertainer's Hall of Fame.

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TiM StormS (singer)

MargareT SangeR

Margaret Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and collaborated in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the birth control movement.

Sanger worked as a nurse in the slums of New York City, where she often treated mothers desperate to avoid conceiving additional children, some of whom were suffering the effects of unsanitary back-alley abortions. Out of these encounters arose a determination to give women the power to choose when to have children. Her drive to promote birth control was influenced by Malthusian concerns about the detrimental effects of overpopulation. She was also an adherent of the eugenic movement, and believed that birth control would reduce the number of unfit people and improve the overall health of the human race.

To promote birth control, Sanger gave speeches, wrote books, and published periodicals. She frequently provoked arrest by distributing birth control literature in contravention of obscenity laws. She was arrested several times, and each time she hoped to get a favorable legal ruling that would overturn laws that impeded birth control. She was responsible for several major legal victories, including one that enabled physicians to dispense contraceptives; and another – Griswold v Connecticut – which legalized contraception, without a prescription, for couples nationwide.

Sanger established a network of dozens of birth control clinics across the country, which provided reproductive health services to hundreds of thousands of patients. She discouraged abortion, and her clinics never offered abortion services during her lifetime. She co-founded several organizations dedicated to family planning, including Planned Parenthood and International Planned Parenthood Federation. In the early 1950s, Sanger persuaded philanthropists to provide funding for biologist Gregory Pincus to develop the first birth control pill. She died in Arizona in 1966.

[TexasJeff]

Originally Posted by allenb12

MargareT SangeR

TiM ReiD (Comedian, Actor)

Best known for his roles in prime-time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati. Reid received a Virginia Commonwealth University honorary doctorate for his many outstanding and distinguished contributions after he delivered a commencement speech.

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Originally Posted by TexasJeff

TiM ReiD (Comedian, Actor)

MikE DouglaS (singer, actor, talk show host)


1920 - 2006 Douglas was born in Chicago, and as a child became a choir boy at his church. By his teens, he was working as a singer at nightclubs and cruise ships. He then got a job as a staff singer at Oklahoma City radio station WKY. When WWII came along, he served in the US Navy on a munitions ship. After the war, he continued his singing career first in Chicago, then in Los Angeles. He met up with and was hired by big band leader Kay Kyser, singing for the band until 1951. He was the singing voice of Prince Charming in the Disney film Cinderella. In 1953 he began hosting a local Chicago show, Showcase. In 1957 he began working as a singer for Dennis James on his talk show. Douglas and James became lifelong friends, and Douglas frequently guest hosted for James. In 1961 he started his own talk show, The Mike Douglas Show, in Chicago. It went national in 1963, and lasted until 1981. He died unexpectedly on his 86th birthday, suffering from complications from dehydration.

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MikE DouglaS (singer, actor, talk show host)


EdmunD Kirby SmitH

Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a Confederate States Army general, who oversaw the Trans-Mississippi Department (comprising Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, western Louisiana, Arizona Territory and the Indian Territory) from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served as an officer of the United States Army.

Smith was wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run and distinguished himself during the Heartland Offensive, the Confederacy's unsuccessful attempt to capture Kentucky in 1862. He was appointed as commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department in January 1863. The area included most actions east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River. In 1863, Smith dispatched troops in an unsuccessful attempt to relieve the Siege of Vicksburg. After the United States took control of Vicksburg in July, the Trans-Mississippi Department was cut off from the rest of the Confederacy and became virtually an independent nation, nicknamed "Kirby Smithdom". In the Red River Campaign of Spring 1864, he commanded victorious Confederate troops under Major-General Richard Taylor, who defeated a combined Union Army and Navy assault under U.S. Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks. On June 2, 1865, Smith surrendered his army at Galveston, Texas, the last general with a major field force.

He quickly fled to Mexico and then to Cuba to avoid arrest for treason. His wife negotiated his return during the period when the U.S. government offered amnesty to those who would take an oath of loyalty to the United States. After the war, Smith worked in the telegraph and railway industries. He also served as a professor of mathematics at the University of the South in Tennessee. He botanized plant specimens and bequeathed his collection to the University of Florida.