Famous people born in Hannibal
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Cliff Edwards
Clifton Avon Edwards known as Ukulele Ike was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a numberone hit with Singin In The Rain in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disneys Pinocchio .....
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James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American landscape, portrait and genre painter whose Naturalist style led to his recognition in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth century as a respected figure in American art.....
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Bill Lear
William Powell Bill Lear was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding the Lear Jet Corporation, a manufacturer of business jets. He also invented the battery eliminator for the B battery, and developed the 8track cartridge, an audio tape system. Throughout his career of 46 years, Lear received over 120 patents.....
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Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown , was an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist. She became famous when, after surviving the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic in Lifeboat No. 6 , she exhorted the crew to return to the capsize site to look for survivors. It is unclear whether any survivors were found after Lifeboat No. 6 returned to search. During her lifetime, her friends called her Maggie, but after her death, a 1960 Broadway musical based on her life and its 1964 film adaptation were each entitled Th....
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Larry Thompson
Larry Dean Thompson is an American lawyer, most notable for his service as deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President George W. Bush until August 2003. While Deputy Attorney General he signed a memo in 2002 denying deportation of Canadian citizen Maher Arar to Canada ultimately leading to his deportation to Syria where he faced torture. Among other accomplishments, he oversaw prosecutions against officials at Enron.....
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Clarence Earl Gideon
Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter accused in a Florida state court of felony theft. His case resulted in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, holding that a criminal defendant who cannot afford to hire a lawyer must be provided with a lawyer at no cost. At Gideons first trial, he represented himself, and he was convicted. After the Supreme Court ruled that the state had to provide defense counsel for the indigent, Florida retried Gideon. At his second trial, whic....
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Jacqueline S Moore
Jacqueline S. Moore , often known as Jackie Moore, was an American poet and author of Moments of My Life , a book of poems from her youth through her life including many inspired by her struggle with Parkinsons disease.....
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Albert L Rendlen
Albert L. Rendlen was judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1977 until 1992, and the Chief Justice of that Court from January 1982 until June 1985. Previously, Judge Rendlen was a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District. Before becoming an attorney, Judge Rendlen served in the United States Army and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. As a member of the commission charged with selecting nominees to the Supreme Court, Judge Rendlen was investigated for misconduct but ....
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Mary Rhodes Russell
Mary Rhodes Russell is a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She served a twoyear term as chief justice from July 2013 through June 2015. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2004 by Governor Bob Holden, a Democrat.....
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Jesse S Greever
Jesse Scot Greever is an American author of literary short stories, many of which have graced international bestseller lists.....
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Harlan Thompson
Harlan Thompson was an American theatre director, screenwriter, lyricist, film director, and film and television producer. He wrote the Broadway hit Little Jessie James , and several other Broadway musicals. He moved to Hollywood, where he was in turn a writer, director and producer.....
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