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  2. Bill Cosby - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Bill Cosby. Not to be confused with Bill Cobbs, William Cosby, or Bing Crosby. William Henry Cosby Jr. (/ ˈkɒzbi / KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American former comedian, actor, and media personality. He performed over a period of decades in film, television, and stand-up comedy, with his longest-running live-action role being ...

  3. Bill Thompson (New York politician) - Wikipedia

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    Bill Thompson (New York politician) William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953) [1][2][3] is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009.

  4. William H. Macy - Wikipedia

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    Macy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. [4] His father, William Hall Macy Sr. (1922–2007), was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked for Dun & Bradstreet before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency ...

  5. William Hale Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Mary Walker Wyse. . (m. 1901) . Signature. William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as " Big Bill ", [1] he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical ...

  6. Livingston family - Wikipedia

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    The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).

  7. William H. Thompson - Wikipedia

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    William H. Thompson may refer to: William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. William Henry Thompson (1853–1937), U.S. senator from Nebraska. William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), U.S. senator from Kansas. William Hale Thompson (1868–1944), mayor of Chicago.

  8. Hugh Thompson Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence ...

  9. William Shippen Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Alma mater. College of New Jersey. University of Edinburgh Medical School. William Shippen Jr. (October 21, 1736 – July 11, 1808), was the first systematic teacher of anatomy, surgery and obstetrics in Colonial America and founded the first maternity hospital in America. [1] He was the 3rd Director General of Hospitals of the Continental Army ...