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Introduction xiii

Cumulative Nationality Index 537

Cumulative Occupation Index 569

Cumulative Subject Index 611

Cumulative Newsmakers Index 651

Mahmoud Abbas 1935- ............................................. 1
President of the Palestinian National Authority

Amy Adams 1974- ..................................................... 5
Actress

Yolanda Adams 1961- ................................................ 8
Singer

Cecelia Ahern 1981- ................................................. 12
Author

Jananne al-Ani 1966- ............................................... 16
Artist and photographer

Marin Alsop 1956- .................................................... 19
Conductor and musician

Martin Amis 1949- ................................................... 23
Author

Javier Bardem 1969- ................................................. 27
Actor

Francine Benes 1946- ............................................... 31
Brain researcher and psychiatrist

Andy and Rachel Berliner ...................................... 34
Founders of Amy’s Kitchen

Ben Bernanke 1953- ................................................. 36
Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Anthony Bourdain 1956- ........................................ 40
Chef, television personality, and author

Wayne Brady 1972- .................................................. 44
Actor and talk-show host

Jim Broadbent 1949- ................................................ 47
Actor

Gordon Brown 1951- ............................................... 51
Prime Minister of Britain

Rhonda Byrne 1955- ................................................ 54
Television producer and writer

Meg Cabot 1967- ...................................................... 57
Author

Cristina Carlino 1961(?)- ......................................... 61
Founder of Biomedic Clinical Care/Philosophycosmetics

Stephen L. Carter 1954- .......................................... 63
Law professor and author

Cecil Castellucci 1969- ............................................. 67
Author, filmmaker, and musician

Gina Centrello 1959(?)- ........................................... 70
President and publisher of Random HouseBallantine Publishing Group

Joba Chamberlain 1985- .......................................... 72
Professional baseball player

Dov Charney 1969- .................................................. 75
Chief Executive Officer of American Apparel

Kenny Chesney 1968- .............................................. 77
Singer and songwriter

Julie Christie 1941- ................................................... 81
Actress

Rafael Correa 1963- .................................................. 85
President of Ecuador

Daniel Craig 1968- ................................................... 88
Actor

Scott Crump 1954(?)- ............................................... 92
Chief Executive Officer of Stratasys, Inc.

Alfonso Cuarón 1961- ............................................. 94
Film director, screenwriter, and film producer

Miley Cyrus 1992- .................................................... 98
Actress and singer

Paula Deen 1947- .................................................... 101
Television personality, chef, and author

Dana Delany 1956- ................................................. 105
Actress

Novak Djokovic 1987- ........................................... 109
Professional tennis player

Roddy Doyle 1958- ................................................ 112
Author

Zac Efron 1987- ....................................................... 116
Actor

Albert Elbaz 1961- .................................................. 120
Fashion designer

Lynda Fassa 1963(?)- .............................................. 123
Founder of Green Babies, Inc.

Drew Gilpin Faust 1947- ....................................... 125
President of Harvard University

Dario Franchitti 1973- ............................................ 129
Professional race car driver

Lew Frankfort 1946- .............................................. 131
Chief Executive Officer of Coach

Simon Fuller 1960- ................................................. 133
Entertainment entrepreneur andtelevision producer

Clara Furse 1957- ................................................... 137
Chief Executive Officer of LondonStock Exchange

Helene Gayle 1955- ................................................ 139
Epidemiologist and pediatrician

Lou Gentine 1947- .................................................. 141
Chairman and Chief Executive Officerof Sargento Foods

Carlos Ghosn 1954- ................................................ 144
Chief Executive Officer of Nissan and Renault

Dana Gioia 1950- .................................................... 148
Chairman of the National Endowment forthe Arts and poet

Ira Glass 1959- ........................................................ 151
Radio host and author

Christina Gold 1947- .............................................. 154
President and Chief Executive Officerof Western Union

Philip Green 1952- ................................................. 157
Retail executive

Julie Greenwald 1970- ........................................... 160
President of Atlantic Records

Rogan Gregory 1972- ............................................. 162
Fashion designer

Armando Guebuza 1943- ...................................... 164
President of Mozambique

Amy Gutmann 1949- ............................................. 166
President of the University of Pennsylvania

Rafi Haladjian 1962(?)- .......................................... 170
Co-founder of Violet

Victoria Hale 1961(?)- ............................................ 173
Chemist and pharmaceutical executive

Laurell K. Hamilton 1963- .................................... 176
Author

Lewis Hamilton 1985- ........................................... 180
Professional race car driver

Katharine Heigl 1978- ........................................... 184
Actress

Felix Hernandez 1986- .......................................... 188
Professional baseball player

Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough ......... 191
Fashion designers for Proenza Schouler

Rachel S. Herz 1963- .............................................. 194
Research psychologist

India Hicks 1967- ................................................... 196
Interior designer and author

Anya Hindmarch 1969- ......................................... 199
Accessories designer

Carl Hodges 1937- ................................................. 201
Scientist and entrepreneur

David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim ...................... 203
Founders of Pretty Ugly LLC

Khaled Hosseini 1965- ........................................... 206
Author and physician

Dawn Hudson 1957- .............................................. 210
President and Chief Executive Officerof Pepsi-Cola North America

Jennifer Hudson 1981- .......................................... 213
Singer and actress

Eddie Izzard 1962- ................................................. 215
Actor and comedian

Bharrat Jagdeo 1964- ............................................. 219
President of Guyana

Jonas Brothers ......................................................... 221
Pop group

Miranda July 1974- ................................................ 225
Filmmaker, artist, and author

Cristie Kerr 1977- ................................................... 229
Professional golfer

Fred Krupp 1954- ................................................... 232
Executive director of the EnvironmentalDefense Fund

Shia LaBeouf 1986- ................................................ 235
Actor

Frank Langella 1940- ............................................. 239
Actor

Justine Larbalestier 1968(?)- ................................... 243
Author and editor

Isaac Larian 1954- .................................................. 246
Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment

Sandra Lee 1966- .................................................... 249
Television personality, chef, and author

Doris Lessing 1919- ................................................ 253
Author

Arthur D. Levinson 1950- ..................................... 258
Chief Executive Officer of Genentech

Phillip Lim 1974(?)- ............................................... 260
Fashion designer

David Lindsay-Abaire 1970(?)- ............................ 262
Playwright and screenwriter

Liesel Litzenburger 1967(?)- ................................. 266
Author

Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan ................................ 268
Founders of Method Home Care

John Mackey 1953- ................................................. 271
Chief Executive Officer of Whole Foods

Eli Manning 1981- .................................................. 273
Professional football player

JoAnn E. Manson 1953- ........................................ 276
Physician and researcher

Maroon 5 ................................................................. 279
Rock group

Manny Mashouf 1938(?)- ...................................... 283
Founder of Bebe

Dietrich Mateschitz 1944- ..................................... 285
Founder of Red Bull International

Cormac McCarthy 1933- ....................................... 287
Author

Mary McDonnell 1952- ......................................... 291
Actress

Douglas Melton 1954- ........................................... 295
Professor and research scientist

Frank Miller 1957- .................................................. 298
Comic book author, screenwriter, andfilm director

Mike Modano 1970- ............................................... 302
Professional hockey player

Mo’Nique 1967- ...................................................... 306
Actress and comedian

Rachel Moore 1965- ............................................... 310
Dance company executive

Ron Mueck 1958- ................................................... 313
Sculptor

Haruki Murakami 1949- ....................................... 315
Author

Robert Nardelli 1948- ............................................ 319
Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler

Daniel Ortega 1945- ............................................... 323
President of Nicaragua

Brad Paisley 1972- .................................................. 327
Singer

Hayden Panettiere 1989- ....................................... 331
Actress

Tony Parker 1982- .................................................. 335
Professional basketball player

Mary E. Peters 1948- .............................................. 338
U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Jodi Picoult 1966- ................................................... 341
Author

Gordon Ramsay 1966- ........................................... 345
Chef and television personality

Tim Redmond 1947- .............................................. 349
President of Blue Horizon Organic Seafood Co.

Paula Rosput Reynolds 1956- .............................. 352
Chief Executive Officer of Safeco

Rihanna 1988- ......................................................... 354
Singer

Tony Romo 1980- ................................................... 358
Professional football player

Irene Rosenfeld 1953- ............................................ 361
Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods

Patricia Russo 1952- ............................................... 364
Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent

Mikhail Saakashvili 1967- ..................................... 367
President of the Republic of Georgia

Zainab Salbi 1969(?)- ............................................. 371
Activist and author

Johan Santana 1979- ............................................... 374
Professional baseball player

Nicolas Sarkozy 1955- ........................................... 377
President of France

Allen Schwartz 1945(?)- ........................................ 381
Founder of A.B.S. by Allen Schwartz

H. Lee Scott, Jr. 1949- ............................................ 383
Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart

Kathleen Sebelius 1948- ........................................ 386
Governor of Kansas

Danny Seo 1977- ..................................................... 390
Environmentalist, television host, and author

Michele Serros 1967(?)- ......................................... 393
Author

Simran Sethi 1971(?)- ............................................. 396
Television producer and journalist

Lionel Shriver 1957- ............................................... 399
Author and journalist

Sarah Silverman 1970- ........................................... 403
Actress and comedian

Lorna Simpson 1960- ............................................. 406
Artist and photographer

Alfonso Soriano 1976- ........................................... 409
Professional baseball player

Tori Spelling 1973- ................................................. 412
Actress

Spice Girls ............................................................... 416
Pop group

John Stamos 1963- .................................................. 421
Actor

Arran and Ratana Stephens ................................. 425
Founders of Nature’s Path

Julia Stewart 1955- ................................................. 428
Chief Executive Officer of International Houseof Pancakes

Tilda Swinton 1960- ............................................... 430
Actress

Alice Temperley 1975- ........................................... 434
Fashion designer

T. I. 1980- ................................................................. 436
Rap musician

Justin Timberlake 1981- ......................................... 439
Singer and actor

Jean Touitou 1952(?)- ............................................. 443
Founder of A.P.C. and fashion designer

Natasha Tretheway 1966- ...................................... 445
Poet and professor

Spencer Tunick 1967- ............................................. 448
Photographer

Carrie Underwood 1983- ...................................... 450
Singer

Giambattista Valli 1966- ........................................ 453
Fashion designer

Kat Von D 1982- ..................................................... 455
Tattoo artist and television personality

Julie White 1961- .................................................... 458
Actress

Amy Winehouse 1983- .......................................... 461
Singer and songwriter

Len Wiseman 1973- ................................................ 465
Film director

Umaru Yar’Adua 1951- ......................................... 468
President of Nigeria

Ken Yeang 1948- ..................................................... 471
Architect and author

Laura Ziskin 1950- ................................................. 474
Director and producer

Mark Zuckerberg 1984- ......................................... 477
Founder of Facebook.com

Obituaries

Brooke Astor 1902-2007 ......................................... 479
Philanthropist

Red Auerbach 1917-2006 ....................................... 480
Basketball coach

John W. Backus 1924-2007 .................................... 481
Computer programmer

Joey Bishop 1918-2007 ........................................... 482
Comedian

P. W. Botha 1916-2006 ............................................ 484
Politician

Ed Bradley 1941-2006 ............................................ 485
CBS News correspondent and anchor

Ruth Brown 1928-2006 .......................................... 486
Singer and actress

Art Buchwald 1925-2007 ....................................... 488
Humor columnist

Denny Doherty 1940-2007 .................................... 489
Singer and songwriter

Bulent Ecevit 1925-2006 ........................................ 490
Politician

Jerry Falwell 1933-2007 ......................................... 491
Religious leader and political activist

Gianfranco Ferré 1944-2007 .................................. 493
Fashion designer

Gerald R. Ford 1913-2006 ..................................... 494
Politician

Milton Friedman 1912-2006 .................................. 496
Economist and educator

Robert Goulet 1933-2007 ....................................... 497
Singer and actor

Merv Griffin 1925-2007 .......................................... 499
Television host and game-show creator

David Halberstam 1934-2007 ............................... 500
Journalist

Johnny Hart 1931-2007 .......................................... 501
Cartoonist

Kitty Carlisle Hart 1910-2007 ............................... 502
Actress and singer

Don Herbert 1917-2007 ......................................... 503
Television personality

Andrew Hill 1931-2007 ......................................... 504
Jazz musician

Don Ho 1930-2007 .................................................. 505
Musician

Lady Bird Johnson 1912-2007 .............................. 506
First Lady, business owner, and advocate

Deborah Kerr 1921-2007 ....................................... 507
Actress

Jeane Kirkpatrick 1926-2006 ................................. 508
Government official

R. B. Kitaj 1932-2007 .............................................. 509
Painter

Kisho Kurokawa 1934-2007 .................................. 511
Architect

Madeleine L’Engle 1918-2007 ............................... 512
Author

John Macquarrie 1919-2007 .................................. 513
Theologian

Theodore Maiman 1927-2007 ............................... 514
Physicist and electrical engineer

Marcel Marceau 1923-2007 ................................... 515
Mime

Anita O’Day 1919-2006 ......................................... 516
Singer

Jack Palance 1919-2006 .......................................... 517
Actor

Wolfgang Panofsky 1919-2007 ............................. 518
Physicist

Brant Parker 1920-2007 ......................................... 519
Cartoonist

Willie Pep 1922-2006 .............................................. 520
Professional boxer

Carlo Ponti 1912-2007 ............................................ 521
Film producer

Tom Poston 1921-2007 ........................................... 522
Actor

Charles Nelson Reilly 1931-2007 ......................... 523
Actor, director, and game show panelist

Eddie Robinson 1919-2007 .................................... 524
Football coach

Mstislav Rostropovich 1927-2007 ........................ 525
Cellist, pianist, and conductor

Wally Schirra 1923-2007 ........................................ 526
Astronaut

Sidney Sheldon 1917-2007 .................................... 527
Playwright, screenwriter, producer, and author

Anna Nicole Smith 1967-2007 .............................. 528
Model and actress

William Styron 1925-2006 ..................................... 529
Author

Miyoshi Umeki 1929-2007 .................................... 530
Actress

Jack Valenti 1921-2007 ........................................... 531
Motion-picture industry executive

Porter Wagoner 1927-2007 .................................... 532
Musician

Jane Wyatt 1910-2006 ............................................. 534
Actress

Jane Wyman 1917-2007 ......................................... 535
Actress

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