Albert Kachellek (1890 - 1929)

Organized Crime Figure. Also known as James “Jim” Clark, he was a gangster working for Bugs Moran that fell victim to the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois (the other victims were Reinhardt Schwimmer, Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter Gusenberg, Adam Heyer (aka Adam Meyer), John May and Albert Weinshank aka Albert […]

Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942)

Industrial Architect. He is remembered for designing a number of historical architectural buildings, and for pioneering the use of concrete construction, which opened up large tracks of interior building space unhampered by support beams.  His basic industrial design style was based on simple construction, use of standard materials, and ease of construction, all of which […]

Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942)

Industrial Architect. He is remembered for designing a number of historical architectural buildings, and for pioneering the use of concrete construction, which opened up large tracks of interior building space unhampered by support beams.  His basic industrial design style was based on simple construction, use of standard materials, and ease of construction, all of which […]

Albert King Calder (1898 - 1964)

Albert King Calder Actor. He is best remembered for his role as ‘Lieutenant Grey’ in the television series “Martin Kane, Private Eye” from 1952 to 1954. He appeared in the films, “Ready For The People” (1964), “Everything’s Ducky” (1961), “Hong Kong Confidential” (1958), “Mardi Gras” (1958), “On The Threshold Of Space” (1956), “Timetable” (1956), “The […]

Albert Murray (1916 - 2013)

Murray was born in Nokomis, Escambia County, Alabama. He attended the Tuskegee Institute and received a Bachelor’s degree in 1939. He later earned a M.A. from New York University in 1948. In 1943 he entered the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired as a major in 1962.  Murray began his writing career in earnest […]

Albert N. “Wallpaper” Wolff (1903 - 1998)

Crime Fighter / Member of ‘The Untouchables.’ Note that the inscription on the grave marker is incorrect as the Untouchables were part of what is now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) which is part the Treasury Department.

Albert N. “Wallpaper” Wolff (1903 - 1998)

Crime Fighter / Member of ‘The Untouchables.’ Note that the inscription on the grave marker is incorrect as the Untouchables were part of what is now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) which is part the Treasury Department.

Albert of Saxony (1828 - 1902)

Albert’s education, as usual with German princes, concentrated to a great extent on military matters, but he attended lectures at the University of Bonn. His first experience of warfare came in 1849, when he served as a captain in the First War of Schleswig against Denmark.  When the Austro-Prussian War broke out in 1866, Albert […]

Albert Russel Erskine (1871 - 1933)

Industrialist. As president of the Studebaker Corporation from 1915 to 1933, he literally guided the Studebaker company from the “horse and buggy” days into the position of a major player in modern auto production. The 1927 Studebaker Erskine Roadster Model 50J with rumble seat was named for him. Only six are known to exist worldwide […]

Albert Salmi (1928 - 1990)

Albert Salmi was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Finnish immigrant parents. He attended Haaren High School in Manhattan. Following a stint in the United States Army during World War II, Salmi took up acting as a career, studying Method acting at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg. In 1955, Salmi starred as Bo […]

Albert Smith White (1803 - 1864)

US Congressman and Senator. After graduation from Union College in his native New York, he moved to Lafayette, Indiana where he spent the rest of his life in public service. In 1836 he was elected, as a member of the Whig Party, to Congress representing Indiana’s twenty-fifth district. He served one term before running for […]

Albert W. Bloemker (1906 - 1996)

Journalist. Popular sportswriter for the “Indianapolis Star” who subsequently served the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 to 1987. At the height of his career, he served as the Speedway’s Director of Publicity. His premier works include “500 Miles to Go,” a history of the Indianapolis 500-mile classic. The Albert W. Bloemker Media Center at the […]

Alberta Vaughn (1904 - 1992)

Actress. Pert, saucy comedienne of silent films and early talkies. Many of Vaughn’s roles were in spoofs of popular dramatic movies of the time. Her credits include “Rough and Ready” (1923), “Nip and Tuck” (1923),  “The Going of Cumming” (1924),  “The Fast Male” (1925),  “The Vanishing Armenian” (1925),  “The Big Charade” (1926),  “Forbidden Hours” (1928), […]

Alberta Watson (1955 - 2015)

Alberta Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1955. She grew up in Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She began performing with a local Toronto theater group, T.H.O.G. (Theater House of God), of the Bathurst Street United Church at age 15. Watson took a workshop for the Hair musical. While […]

Alberto Ascari (1918 - 1955)

Alberto Ascari (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto asˈkari]; 13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion. He was a multitalented racer who completed in motorcycle racing before switching to cars. Back to back World titles in 1952 and 1953 sandwiched an appearance in the Indianapolis 500 in […]

Alberto Busaid (1970 - 2002)

Stage, T.V. and cinema actor. He participated in 32 movies. (bio by: 380W)

Alberto Cavalcanti (1897 - 1982)

Alberto Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law […]

Alberto Closas (1921 - 1994)

Renowned Spanish-born stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for his films “Muerte de un Ciclista” (1955), “El Baile” (1959), “La Gran Familia” (1962), “Esquilache” (1988), and “El Maestro de Esgrima” (1992). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Alberto Erede (1909 - 2001)

Alberto Erede (8 November 1909 – 12 April 2001) was an Italian conductor, particularly associated with operatic work. Born in Genoa, Erede studied there before studying at the Verdi Conservatory in Milan, then with Felix Weingartner at Basle, and after this with Fritz Busch at Dresden. He made his debut in Turin in 1935, conducting Der […]

Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)

Sculptor.  His signature works are elongated human figures that convey a sense of isolation and anguish.  Their rough,  charred-looking surfaces capture light and shadow in compelling ways.  Giacometti arrived at this style after World War II and many see it as existential commentary on the postwar human condition,  though the artist himself claimed he was […]

Alberto Korda (1928 - 2001)

Photographer. Born in Havana, Cuba under the name of Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, it was during a memorial service in Havana on May 5, 1960 that he took a picture of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. That picture became monumentally famous, even being deemed by the Maryland Institute of Art as “the most famous image of the 20th […]

Alberto Moravia (1907 - 1990)

Alberto Pincherle (the pen-name “Moravia” was the surname of his paternal grandmother) was born in Via Sgambati in Rome, Italy, to a wealthy middle-class family. His Jewish Venetian father, Carlo, was an architect and a painter. His Catholic Anconitan mother, Teresa Iginia de Marsanich, was of Dalmatian origin.  The family he was born in had […]

Alberto Sordi (1920 - 2003)

Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician, Sordi enrolled in Milan’s dramatic arts academy but was kicked out because of his thick Roman accent. In the meantime he studied to be an opera singer, a bass. It was his accent and voice that would later prove to be his trademark. In a career that […]

Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528)

Painter. His early training was in drawing, woodcutting and printing, which were to remain his main and favorite media throughout his artistic career. From 1486 till 1489 he was apprenticed in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut. Durer traveled in Italy many times. In 1495 he established his own workshop in Nuremberg. His best known works […]

Alden B. Dow (1904 - 1983)

Son of Dow Chemical founder, Herbert Dow. He was an architect, famous for his Studio and Home located in Midland, Michigan. Studied under Frank Lloyd Wright. (bio by: anonymus)  Family links:  Parents:  Herbert Dow (1866 – 1930)  Grace Anna Ball Dow (1869 – 1953)  Spouse:  Vada Bennett Dow (1906 – 1991)*  Siblings:  Helen Dow Hale […]

Alden Joseph “The Colonel” Blethen (1845 - 1915)

Newspaper Publisher. Born in Knox, Waldo County, Maine, he began his career as a school teacher and attorney. He received his formal education from Wesleyan Seminary and College in 1868, and a Masters degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1872. From 1869 to 1873 he served as principal of the Abbott family school […]

Aldo Fabrizi (1905 - 1990)

Beloved, hugely popular Italian comic character actor/writer/director, in music halls and variety shows for much of his early career. Fabrizi entered films in 1942 and often wrote and directed his vehicles, winning international acclaim in the Roberto Rossellini’s neorealist drama Rome, Open City (1945), in which he played a priest who bravely defies the fascist […]

Aldo Bigatti (1970 - 2004)

Stage, cinema and T.V. actor. Born Aldo Alberto Bigatti Cóppola, he also participated in 15 movies. (bio by: 380W)

Aldo Fabrizi (1905 - 1990)

Italian Actor, Writer and Director. He appeared as actor in films such as “Roma, Città Aperta” (1945), “Vivere in Pace” (1947), “Vita da Cani” (1950), “Guardie e Ladri” (1951), “Parigi è Sempre Pariggi” (1952), “El Maestro” (1957), “The Angel Wore Red” (1960), “Totò Contra I 4” (1963) and “Nerone” (1977). (bio by: José L Bernabé […]

Aldo Giuffrè (1924 - 2010)

Actor. Best known internationally for his role as Alcoholic Union Captain in the epic film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966) by Sergio Leone. In 1942, he began his career as a stage actor into the company of Eduardo De Filippo where he had a long apprenticeship that allowed him to experience himself […]