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Bill Hinds Bill Hinds is a cartoonist whose work includes the comic strips Buzz Beamer, Cleats, and Tank McNamara. He received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1986 and their New Media Award for 2000.
Bill Hogaboam Bill Harold Hogaboam was born on May 9, 1949 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. His professional hockey career began in 1970-71 as a member of the Central Hockey League Omaha Knights, as he played in 63 games, scoring 12 goals, 30 points, and 18 assists.
Bill Holden Bill Holden (born 1948 in Elgin, Illinois), is a teacher who embarked on a 2,100 miles walk, from Arizona to Chicago, during 2005, hoping to raise $250,000 dollars to be donated to the American Diabetes Association so that a cure for juvenile diabetes can be found. Holden made national headlines with his walk.
Bill Houlder Bill Houlder (born March 11, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round, 82nd overall, of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
Bill Hudson William (Bill) Louis Hudson (born 17 October 1947 in Portland, Oregon, USA) is an American musician most famous for being in the band The Hudson Brothers. Hudson married Goldie Hawn in 1976 and had two children, Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson.
Bill Hunter William Dickenson ("Wild Bill") Hunter CM (May 5, 1920 - December 16, 2002) was a Canadian hockey owner, general manager and coach. Hunter was involved in hockey, football, baseball, softball and curling but he is best known for founding the Western Hockey League, being a key player in the upstart World Hockey Association and for his efforts to bring professional hockey to previously overlooked Western Canadian cities, especially in Edmonton and (unsuccessfully) in Saskatoon.
Bill Hutton William David 'Bill' Hutton (January 28, 1910-March 1, 1974) was a Canadian Professional Hockey Defenceman who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Quakers.
Bill Hybels William Hybels (born 1952, Kalamazoo, Michigan) is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Willow Creek's numerous ministries have made it one of the most attended churches in North America, with an average attendance of 17,115 as of 2003.
Bill Chadwick Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick (born October 10, 1915 in New York City) is a former referee for the National Hockey League whose career spanned the greater part of the 1940s and 1950s. He has been elected to both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Bill Charlap William Morrison Charlap is a jazz pianist born October 15, 1966 in New York City. His came from a music background with mother being a singer and his father was Broadway composer Mark "Moose" Charlap.
Bill Church Bill Church started out playing bass with Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album. Also part of Morrison's band at this time was guitarist Ronnie Montrose who went on to Edgar Winter Group's smash They Only Come Out at Night.
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (born April 11, 1950, Santa Monica, California as William Irwin) is an American actor and clown noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He is known for his vaudeville-style stage acts, and has made a number of appearances on film and television.
Bill Irwin (priest) Monsignor William "Bill" Irwin (1928 – August 29 2004) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who founded, in 1961, what has become the largest multi-function social service agency in Canada, the Catholic Social Services.
Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development The Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development is a continuing education center that is part of the Dallas County Community College District that helps small businesses with training, development and other services.
Bill James George William “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949 in Holton, Kansas) is a baseball writer, historian and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics.
Bill Janklow William John "Bill" Janklow (born September 13, 1939) is an American politician with the Republican Party. He was a four-term Governor of South Dakota, and briefly a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Bill Jenkings Bill Jenkings was a reporter for the now defunct Sydney, Australia newspaper The Daily Mirror. A crime reporter, he covered some of the most high-profile cases of the 1960s including the Graeme Thorne kidnapping, the Bogle-Chandler case and the Wanda Beach murders.
Bill Johnson (author) Bill Johnson (born in the late 1950s in South Dakota) is a science fiction writer whose works often have a "regional" tone influenced by his South Dakota origins. This is particularly true of his story We Will Drink a Fish Together, which in 1998 won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Bill Jorgensen Bill Jorgensen was the founding and longtime anchor of New York City's WNEW-TV's (now WNYW Fox 5) Ten O'Clock News from its inception on March 13, 1967 until he left in the spring of 1979 Jorgensen moved to WPIX-TV, also in New York City, where he anchored the news until his retirement in 1987.
Bill Joy William Nelson Joy (born Nov 8, 1954), commonly known as Bill Joy, co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003.
Bill Joyce (baseball player) Bill Joyce (September 21, 1865 - May 8, 1941) was a former professional baseball player. He was a third baseman over parts of 8 seasons with the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders (of the Players League), Boston Reds (of the American Association), Brooklyn Grooms, Washington Senators, and New York Giants.
Bill Kauffman Bill Kauffman (born November 15, 1959) is an American political writer generally aligned with the paleoconservative movement. He was born in Batavia, New York and currently resides in Elba, New York with his wife and daughter.
Bill Kaysing William Charles Kaysing (July 31, 1922 – April 21, 2005) was a writer who is best known for claiming that the six Apollo moon landings that took place between July 1969 and December 1972 were hoaxes. He was regarded as the father of the moon hoax movement.
Bill Keene Memorial Interchange The Four Level Interchange was the first stack interchange in the world. Opened in 1953 at the northern edge of downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, it connects the Harbor, Hollywood, Pasadena, and Santa Ana freeways.
Bill Keith Bill Keith (January 20 1929 – 2004) began his artistic life as a painter, but moved into photography and visual poetry. His visual poetry ran a full gamut from calligrams inspired by Apollinaire and other early 20th Century French poets to Lettrisme to the Minimalism and Op Art of the 1960s.
Bill Kelty Bill Kelty was a politician in the Australian labour movement, who served as Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions during the 1980s and 1990s. He was one of the authors of The Accord between the unions and the Labor government, and was Paul Keating's witness to the Kiribilli Pact concerning leadership of the Australian Labor Party.
Bill Kempling William James Kempling (February 5, 1921 – May 20, 1996) was a Canadian politician. Born in Grimsby, Ontario, he represented the electoral districts of Halton—Wentworth in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1979, and Burlington from 1979 to 1993.
Bill Kennedy (actor) Willard "Bill" Kennedy was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit based television show Bill Kennedy at the Movies, first at CKLW-TV and later at WKBD. Kennedy's voice is heard doing the opening narration of the television series Adventures of Superman.
Bill Kennedy Shaw Bill Kennedy Shaw, during World War II, served as a Captain, later Major, in the British Army's Long Range Desert Group. Immediately prior to the war, Shaw was employed in the Department of Antiquities of the Palestine government.
Bill Kenney William Patrick "Bill" Kenney (born January 20, 1955) is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator.
Bill Ketron Bill Ketron, born September 4, 1953, is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 13th district, which is composed of Lincoln, Marshall, and Maury counties, as well as part of Rutherford County.
Bill Killefer William Killefer (October 10 1887 - July 3 1960), nicknamed "Reindeer Bill", was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who had a 12-year career for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs.
Bill King (rugby league player) William â€Bill’ King was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League's foundation season of 1908. A fullback, King played for the Eastern Suburbs club before joining the North Sydney club in 1912.
Bill Kirchenbauer Bill Kirchenbauer (born February 19, 1953 in Salzburg, Austria) is an American stand-up comedian who appeared on numerous television shows from the 1970s to the 1990s. He is most famous for his recurring role of Coach Lubbock on the series Growing Pains.
Bill Klem William Joseph Klem, born William Joseph Klimm (February 22 1874 – September 16 1951), known as the "father of baseball umpires", was a National League umpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. He had the longest career of any major league umpire (37 years), and was also the oldest umpire in history at age 67.
Bill Kurtis Bill Kurtis (born September 21, 1940) is a television journalist and producer best known as the host of numerous A&E crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. Previously he anchored The CBS Morning News and was a popular news anchor of the CBS affiliate in Chicago.
Bill Lacey (1889-1969) Bill Lacey (born September 24, 1889, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; died May 30 1969) was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Shelbourne, Everton and Liverpool. As an international, he played for both Ireland teams - the IFA XI and the FAI XI.
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball released in 1991 by Hudson Soft, is a basketball video game with the main premise being to shove around opposing players in order to succeed. Aside from the directional pad the controls during a match consist of one button for all actions.
Bill Landrum Bill Landrum (born August 17, 1957 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played eight seasons with four teams, the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal Expos from 1986 to 1993.
Bill Lange William Alexander Lange (June 6, 1871 in San Francisco, California - July 23, 1950 in San Francisco), nicknamed "Little Eva", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Colts & Orphans from 1893-1899. Lange retired at the height of his fame to get married.
Bill Lawrence (guitar maker) Bill Lawrence (born Willi Lorenz Stich on March 24, 1931 in Wahn-Heide (near Cologne), Germany) is a recording musician and an electric guitar pickup designer/maker and guitar designer/maker in the musical instrument industry, designing pickups and guitars for Fender, Gibson, Peavey and other guitar companies from the late 1960s to the present, with many patents (see below).
Bill Lawrence (trademark) Bill Lawrence is the trademark of a guitar pickup manufacturer, and the anglicized name of Willi Lorenz Stich, its principal. However, Lawrence’s former partner, Jzchak Wajcman, alleges that he is the rightful trademark holder, and this matter is currently before the US courts.
Bill Leader Bill Leader was an American-English recording engineer and producer. He is particularly associated with the British folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s, producing records by Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and others.
Bill Leavy Bill Leavy (pronounced LEE-vee) is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since 1995 and is a retired San Jose, California Police Officer and Firefighter, serving for 27 years. Leavy has thus far been assigned to nine playoff games and two Super Bowls in his NFL officiating career.
Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) William Francis Lee III (born December 28, 1946), (nicknamed "Spaceman"), is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1969-1978 and the Montreal Expos from 1979-1982.
Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) William Crutcher Lee (October 21, 1909 - June 15 1977) was a Major League Baseball player from 1934 to 1947 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Boston Braves. Lee was mainly a pitcher and had his best year in 1938 when he helped lead the Cubs to the World Series with a record of 22-9 and 2.
Bill Lee (Stargate) Bill Lee is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, portrayed by Bill Dow. He is a civilian scientist and engineer who works at Stargate Command and is often called upon to work with alien technology.
Bill Lester Bill Lester (born February 6, 1961) is the driver of the #22 Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the #23 Waste Management, Inc. Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series for Bill Davis Racing.
Bill Lesuk Bill Anton Lesuk (born November 1, 1946 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward who played with the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Capitals, and Winnipeg Jets.
Bill Lewis (character) Harlan Billy "Bill" Lewis III was a fictional character on the long-running CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light. The character is the son of twice-divorced couple Billy Lewis and Vanessa Chamberlain Reardon and was born in November 1984 on-screen.
Bill Lichtenstein Bill Lichtenstein is an award-winning former investigative producer for 20/20, World News Tonight and Nightline, and founded Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM) in 1990, following his diagnosis and recovery from bipolar disorder. The company has distinguished itself by its production of films, TV and radio programs that show that people can — and do — recover from serious mental illness.
Bill Lindsay Bill Lindsay (born May 17, 1971 in Fernie, British Columbia) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He has played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens and the Atlanta Thrashers and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey League in Germany for the Cologne Sharks.
Bill Lipinski William Oliver "Bill" Lipinski (born December 22 1937), American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing the 3rd District of Illinois (mainly the southwest side of Chicago).
Bill Lippert William J. "Bill" Lippert (born Danville, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1950) is a noted gay activist from Vermont who currently serves in the Vermont House of Representatives as a representative of the Chittenden-1-1 House district in Hinesburg.
Bill Lishman Bill Lishman is a Canadian inventor, artist, and ultralight aircraft enthusiast. Bill started out by flying a revolutionary fixed-wing glider called the Easy Riser, a bi-wing craft designed in California by Larry Mauro.
Bill Lockyer William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.
Bill Long William Douglas (Bill) Long (born February 29, 1960 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1985 through 1991, Long played for the Chicago White Sox (1985-1990[start]), Chicago Cubs (1990[end]) and Montreal Expos (1991).
Bill Long (hockey coach) Bill Long (born in 1917 or 1918 in Barrie, Ontario, died in London, Ontario, July 24, 2006) was a retired ice hockey coach who spent three decades coaching in the Ontario Hockey League with the Niagara Falls Flyers, London Knights and Ottawa 67's. He played with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the IAHL in the 1939-40 season.
Bill Long Award The Bill Long Award for Distinguished Service is presented in recognition and appreciation of an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Ontario Hockey League. The recipient must be or have been actively engaged in junior hockey.
Bill Longmuir Bill Longmuir (born 10 June 1953 in Thundersley, Essex, England) is a British golfer. He was born in England and has lived there all his life but his parents are Scottish and he regards himself as Scottish and is classified as such for international competition.
Bill Lumbergh Bill Lumbergh, or just Lumbergh, is a fictional character played by Gary Cole in the 1999 cult movie Office Space. A sort of everyboss, Lumbergh's demeanor is very evocative of the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert.
Bill Luther William Paul "Bill" Luther (born June 27 1945) is an American politician. Luther was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, representing the 6th District of Minnesota.
Bill Maas Bill Maas (born March 2, 1962) is a former American Football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs (1984-1992), and the Green Bay Packers (1993). Maas was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1986 and 1987.
Bill MacCormick Bill MacCormick (born 1951 in London) is an English bassist and vocalist. He was a member of the bands Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, brother Ian MacCormick (also known as Ian MacDonald) and others; Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and others; 801 with Manzanera, Brian Eno and others; and Random Hold.
Bill MacMillan William "Bill" MacMillan (born 1943-03-07 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) was a player and coach in the National Hockey League. He spent 9 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames, and New York Islanders, and was the head coach of the Colorado Rockies in 1980-81 and coached the New Jersey Devils from 1981 to 1983.
Bill Macrae Bill Macrae (born Bill Moat), was the other half of the early 1980s British New Wave duo Seona Dancing. Macrae attended University College London, where he met Ricky Gervais in June of 1982, and they ended up making a demo tape with sixteen songs.
Bill Macy Bill Macy (born Wolf Marvin Garber, May 18 1922, Revere, Massachusetts) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Walter Findlay, Bea Arthur's long-suffering husband on the 1970s television sitcom Maude.
Bill Malinchak Bill Malinchak (born April 2, 1944, in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monessen, Pennsylvania) was an American football player who played wide receiver in the NFL in the 1960's and 1970's and played in a Super Bowl. He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Monessen High School.
Bill Mallory William G. "Bill" Mallory (born May 20, 1935) has served as the football head coach at NCAA Division I-A programs including Miami University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Northern Illinois University, and Indiana University (IU).
Bill Mantlo Bill Mantlo (born November 9, 1951) is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, and an attorney, best-known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom.
Bill Mason Bill Mason was an award winning author, commercial artist, painter, filmmaker, and environmentalist, noted primarily for his popular canoeing books, films, and artwork. He was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1951.
Bill Mason (jewel thief) Bill Mason (born 1940 in Hundred, West Virginia) is an American jewel thief who, in his autobiography Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, avers that he has stolen $35,000,000 in property from private residences over his life.
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey. The winner is selected by a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association after each teams nominates one player in competition.
Bill Maynard Walter Frederick George Williams (born 8 October 1928), more commonly known as Bill Maynard is a British comedian and actor who played Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the television series Heartbeat and its spin-off series The Royal, and earlier Fred Moffatt in the underrated The Gaffer. Before that he was best known for his role as Selwyn Froggitt in the sitcom Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!.
Bill Mays Willliam Allen Mays(February 5, 1944) is a jazz pianist from Northern California who is normally referred to as "Bill Mays." He came from a musical family and at sixteen he became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines concert.
Bill Mazeroski William Stanley Mazeroski (born September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, West Virginia), nicknamed "Maz", and also called simply "The Glove" by radio broadcaster Bob Prince, is a former Major League Baseball player. Although primarily a sterling defensive player, he is best known for winning the 1960 World Series with a game-ending home run in the seventh game.
Bill McBride (candidate) Bill McBride (born May 10, 1945) is a lawyer and politician who unsuccessfully ran for governor of Florida in 2002. His loss allowed Jeb Bush to serve a second term, making him the first Republican governor of Florida to do so.
Bill McCartney William Paul McCartney (born August 22,1940 in Riverview, Michigan) is the founder and former president of the international men’s ministry known as the Promise Keepers and was the voice of the radio program 4th and Goal from 2000–2002. Currently he is the founder and chairman of Road to Jerusalem ministry.
Bill McCreary (referee) William "Bill" McCreary (born November 17, 1955, in Guelph, Ontario) is a referee in the National Hockey League. McCreary first refereed an NHL game in 1984, and since has since refereed in over 1300 NHL games.
Bill McCutcheon Bill McCutcheon (born May 23, 1924 in Russell, Kentucky; died January 9, 2002 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) was a notable American character actor known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, several of which won him Emmy and Tony awards.
Bill McGuffie Bill McGuffie (11 December 1927 – 22 March 1987) was a highly experienced pianist who went on to become a film composer and conductor. He also made several television appearances before this, most notably in Softly, Softly as a pub pianist.
Bill McGuire Professor Bill McGuire, is a professor of Volcanology at University College London is widely accepted as one of Britain's leading volcanologists. His main interests include monitoring volcanoes and global geophysical events ("gee-gees").
Bill McGunnigle William Henry McGunnigle (January 1 1855 - March 9 1899) was an American baseball manager for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburg Pirates and Louisville Colonels. He was nicknamed "Gunner" or "Mac" during his playing days.
Bill McKechnie William Boyd McKechnie (August 7, 1886 - October 29, 1965) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. Nicknamed "Deacon" because he sang in his church choir and generally lived a quiet life, his 1892 wins as a manager ranks 11th all-time.
Bill McKibben Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. Beginning in the summer of 2006, he led the organization of the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history.
Bill McKinney Bill McKinney (born September 12, 1931 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American character actor whose most famous role was Don Job, the mountain man who abused and then sodomized Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) in the movie Deliverance.
Bill Meier William Carl "Bill" Meier (born 1940) is an attorney and former Texas state senator from Hurst in Tarrant County who holds the world's filibuster record in a legislative body. In May 1977, near the close of the regular session, Meier spoke for 43 hours against a worker's compensation bill that he opposed as "anti-business" in scope.
Bill Melendez Bill Melendez (born José Cuauhtemoc Melendez on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers and the Charlie Brown series. Melendez provided the voice of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well.
Bill Melton William Edwin Melton (born July 7, 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi), nicknamed "Beltin' Bill", is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Chicago White Sox. His 10-year career spanned 1968 to 1977, the last two years playing for the California Angels and Cleveland Indians respectively.
Bill Michaels Bill Michaels is the host of "Sports Central," (no relation to 720 WGN's Sports Central) a radio talk show on Milwaukee's WTMJ-AM. Nicknamed "The Big Unit," Michaels is famous for his distinct, booming voice and his knowledge of Wisconsin sports.
Bill Milbrodt Bill Milbrodt is a composer and creator of the "Car Music Project", a band that plays music on instruments made from car parts. The instruments have names like "exhaustaphone", "tank bass", "doorimba", "tube flute", and "percarsion".
Bill Miner Bill Miner (1847 - September 2, 1913) was a noted American criminal, originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky, who served several prison terms for stagecoach robbery. Known for his unusual politeness while committing robberies, he was widely nicknamed The Gentleman Robber or The Gentleman Bandit.
Bill Mlkvy William P. "Bill" Mlkvy (born January 19, 1931 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player who spent his one year career with the Philadelphia Warriors (now the Golden State Warriors).
Bill Mollison Bill Mollison (born 1928 in Tasmania, Australia) is a researcher, author, scientist, teacher, naturalist and has been called the 'father of permaculture', an integrated system of design co-developed with David Holmgren that encompasses not only agriculture, horticulture, architecture and ecology but also economic systems, land access strategies and legal systems for businesses and communities.
Bill Monbouquette William Charles (Bill) Monbouquette (born August 11 1936 in Medford, Massachusetts) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1958 -65), Detroit Tigers (1966-67), New York Yankees (1967-68) and San Francisco Giants (1968). He batted and threw right handed.
Bill Monroe Museum The Bill Monroe Museum is an ongoing project by the Monroe Brothers Foundation to build a museum encompassing the life of Bill Monroe and the early foundations of bluegrass music. The museum is located at the home in Rosine, Kentucky where Monroe grew up.
Bill Moog Bill Moog is the inventor of the electrohydraulic servo valve and is the founder of Moog, Inc, a company which produces precision control components and systems. He is cousin to Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
Bill Morris William Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union.
Bill Morrissey Bill Morrissey (born on November 25, 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American folk singer/songwriter from New Hampshire. Many of his songs reflect the harsh realities of life in crumbling New England mill towns.
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