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Podres, Johny

Johny PodresJohny Podres, Lithuanian American, son of immigrant parents, born and raised Upstate New York, pitched 2 historic World Series wins against the New York Yankees in 1955. The World Series championship was the one and only victory in the history of the "Brooklyn" Dodgers. Subsequently, the Dodgers (and Podres) moved to Los Angeles in 1958.

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Bronson, Charles

Charles BronsonCharles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, Lithuanian name Karolis Bucinskis, November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor of "tough guy", or "macho" roles. In most of his roles, he played a police detective, western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or Mafia hitman.

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Unitas, Johnny

Johnny UnitasJohn Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Johnny U, was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s. He was a record-setting quarterback and the National Football League's most valuable player in 1959, 1964 and 1967. His record of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (between 1956-1960) is unsurpassed. [read more]

Berzins, Aldis

Berzins AldisAldis Imants Berzins (born October 3, 1956) is a former volleyball player from the United States, who was a member of the American Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Biedrins, Andris

Biedris, AndrisAndris Biedrinš (born April 2, 1986 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays the power forward and center positions for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He was drafted by the Warriors with the 11th overall selection in the 2004 NBA Draft.

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Dubrin, Dick

Dick DubrinSenator Dick Durbin was elected by his fellow Democratic senators in December 2006 to the post of Assistant Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip. It is the Senate's second highest ranking position. In 2004, Durbin was elected as Minority Whip. Durbin's election to leadership marked only the fifth time in history that an Illinois senator has served as a Senate leader. [read more]

Gublis, Natalie

Gulbis NatalieNatalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983 in Sacramento, CA) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour.

She started finding interest in the game at the early age of 4. By the time she was 7 years old she had won her first tournament. In three years when she was only 10 years old, she could regularly break 80 and sometimes even par. (Off of the front tees).

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Ilgauskas, Zydrunas

Ilgauskas, ZydrunasŽydrunas Ilgauskas (born June 5, 1975 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Jarvi, Paavo

Jarvi PaavoGrammy-award winning Paavo Järvi has built a remarkable conducting reputation. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, he studied percussion and conducting at the Tallinn School of Music then, in 1980, moved to the USA where he continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, with Leonard Bernstein. He became Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in September 2001 and has recently extended his contract with the orchestra until 2010. During his Music Directorship they have toured together throughout America and Japan. They will make their second tour of Europe in Spring 2008.

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Mikelsons, J. George

Mikelsons, J. GeorgeJuris George Mikelsons founded ATA Airlines. He was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938 during the end of the World War II. His family fled to Germany during the mid 1940s to escape the Soviet occupation.

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Shimkus, John

Shimkus, JohnJohn M. Shimkus (shim' cuss) married Karen Muth in 1987. They met while he was assigned to his last duty station in California. They have three sons: David, 14, Joshua, 12, and Daniel, seven. The family maintains their residence in Collinsville, Illinois, John's hometown.

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Sudeikis, Jason

Sudeikis, JasonJason Sudeikis (born September 18, 1975) is an American actor and comedian.

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Suvari, Mena

Suvari, MenaSuvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of Candice, a Greek American nurse, and Ando Süvari, an Estonian-American psychiatrist. She has 3 older brothers, 1 of them in the US army. By the age of twelve, Suvari was modeling.

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