Atheists Atheists Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American comedic radio personality and television personality, best known for co-hosting the radio show Loveline and The Man Show on TV. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adam Carolla"
Amanda Donohoe (born June 29, 1962 in London) is an English actress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amanda Donohoe"
Andrew Bernstein is an Objectivist philosopher and professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Purchase. He has written the CliffsNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem. Dr. Bernstein is author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire. He has lectured at Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, the United States Military Academy, and elsewhere. He is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Bernstein"
Andrew Aitken Rooney (born January 14, 1919 in Albany, New York) is an American journalist and commentator. He is seen on the weekly news program 60 Minutes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andy Rooney"
Ani DiFranco ( IPA: ɑ-ni) (born Angela Marie Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. DiFranco is prolific, having produced three studio albums of new material and one remix album just in 1999 (see list below). She has released at least one album every year since 1990, with the exception of 2000 (perhaps because she released three albums in 1999 and a double album in 2001.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Ani DiFranco"
Atheists of Silicon Valley (Godless Geeks) is a group of people in and around Mountain View, California who like to debate the merits of atheism compared to religion. Most attendees are ex-Christians, but active Christians sometimes attend. ASV is affiliated with American Atheists. In addition to discussion the meetings often have videos and special guest speakers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atheists of Silicon Valley"
Ayn Rand ( , – March 6 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of individualism, rational egoism (" rational self-interest"), and capitalism. Believing government has a legitimate but relatively minimal role in a free society, she was not an anarchist, but a minarchist (though she did not use the term). Her novels were based upon the projection of the Randian hero, a man whose ability and independence causes conflict with the masses (not due to his fault, but because he acts rationally and with his own self-interest at heart; the whole point of her philosophy is that there is no conflict between rational minds), but who perseveres nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed: ...more on Wikipedia about "Ayn Rand"
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Barbara Smoker (born 1923) is a British humanist activist and freethought advocate. She is also former President of the National Secular Society (1971-1996), former Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society (1981-1985) and current Honorary Vice President of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association in the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbara Smoker"
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17 1943) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his hit recordings " I Write The Songs", "Mandy" and " Copacabana (At The Copa)". ...more on Wikipedia about "Barry Manilow"
William Joseph Martin Joel (born 9 May, 1949, in Levittown, Long Island, New York) better known as Billy Joel, is a pianist, singer and songwriter. He recorded a staggering number of pop music hits from 1973 (beginning with the single " Piano Man") to his retirement from recording pop music in 1993. Joel could be considered, with Elton John, the father of piano rock. He has sold well over 100 million albums worldwide and is the sixth best selling artist in the United States. Joel's induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999) has further solidified his status as one of America's leading music icons. He has continued to tour occasionally (usually with Elton John) in addition to writing and recording classical music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Billy Joel"
Brandy Alexandre (born on July 17, 1964 in Huntington Beach, California) is an American adult actress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brandy Alexandre (porn star)"
Brian Wilshire (insists on his last name pronounced "WIL-sha") was born at Strathfield (Sydney's inner west), New South Wales Australia on March 30, 1944. His radio career started in November, 1969. A radio talkback host veteran who has worked in stations in places like Tamworth, Canberra and Sydney. Since 1979, his radio show has frequently been very high up in the rankings of his time slot. His program averages twice the audience share of the station as a whole, a huge achievement. His radio station, 2GB, is nearly always the highest rating radio station in Sydney. It is currently the longest-running program in the city, and is also the highest rating at night, with (as of August 2005) a 21.4% audience share. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brian Wilshire"
Bruce Junfan Lee ( November 27, 1940 — July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. Lee's movies, especially his performance in the Hollywood-produced Enter the Dragon, elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of quality and popularity. Lee would use filmmaking to prove and to demonstrate his fighting theories in Jeet Kune Do. Lee's pioneering efforts paved the way for future martial artists and actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Chuck Norris. These martial artists and actors like Lee would utilize the Martial Arts in their films. Bruce Lee movies sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of Bruce Lee's movies have forever changed and influence martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong, China, and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese; as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies. . Many see Lee as a model for acquiring a strong and efficient body as well as developing a high degree of martial arts and hand to hand combat skills. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Lee"
Bryan Caplan (b. 1971) is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his B.S. in economics from University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. A great deal of his professional work has been devoted to the philosophies of libertarianism and free-market capitalism. He has published in notable journals such as American Economic Review, Public Choice, and the Journal of Law and Economics, among others. He is a blogger at EconLog along with Arnold Kling, and occasionally has been a guest blogger at Marginal Revolution with two of his colleagues at George Mason, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bryan Caplan"
Butterfly McQueen ( January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American film and television actress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Butterfly McQueen"
Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947 in Endicott, New York) is a social critic, author, and a believer of Amazon Feminism. She is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camille Paglia"
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, KBE, ( April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was a British born actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director. His principal character was " The Tramp": a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman who wears a tight coat, oversized pants and shoes, a derby or bowler hat, a bamboo cane, and his signature toothbrush moustache. Chaplin was one of the most creative personalities in the silent film era; he acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charlie Chaplin"
Christian "Flake" Lorenz [pronounced Lor-ents] (born November 16, 1966, and sometimes called "Doktor Lorenz") is a German musician, best known as keyboardist in the German Tanz-Metall ( dance metal) band Rammstein. He is also known for his role in the band Feeling B. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian Lorenz"
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British journalist, author, and literary critic. He was educated at The Leys School Cambridge and Balliol College, Oxford. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christopher Hitchens"
Chumbawamba is a band from the UK who play pop music with influences of folk and several other styles of popular music. They use their music to promote anarchist ideas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chumbawamba"
Culbert Levy Olson ( November 7, 1876 – April 13, 1962) was an American politician and governor of California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culbert Olson"
David Scott Foley is a Canadian actor, most notable as one of the Kids in the Hall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dave Foley"
David Cross (born April 4th, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor and comedian. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Cross"
David Deutsch (born 1953) is a physicist at Oxford University. He pioneered the field of quantum computers, and is a proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Deutsch"
David Rovics ( April 10, 1967 - ) is an indie singer/songwriter and outspoken grassroots political protester from the United States. His music is most accurately described as protest-folk and concerns topical subjects such as the 2003 Iraq war, anti-globalisation and social justice issues. Rovics is also an outspoken critic of George W. Bush, but also of John Kerry. He is also vocal on these subjects on stage, radio shows and in press releases. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Rovics" shortopedia Is Good For You. shortopedia
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