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Featured Biography Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand—one of the most popular singers of her generation, a star of stage and screen (especially in musicals), and one of the most powerful women in show business—was born in Brooklyn this day in 1942.

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Richard M. Daley, c. 1989.
April 24, 1942 —
Richard M. Daley
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Anthony Trollope, oil painting by S. Laurence, 1865; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
April 24, 1815 — December 6, 1882
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist whose popular success concealed...
Willa Cather
December 7, 1873 — April 24, 1947
Willa Cather
Willa Cather was an American novelist noted for her portrayals of...
Jean Paul Gaultier
April 24, 1952 —
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier is a French fashion designer whose iconoclastic...
Erich Raeder, 1928
April 24, 1876 — November 6, 1960
Erich Raeder
Erich Raeder was the commander in chief of the German Navy (1928–43)...
Estee Lauder seated in an upholstered chair, wearing a patterned dress and matching hat, with her hand resting on her chin and a vase of flowers in the background.
July 1, 1908? — April 24, 2004
Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman who cofounded (1946) Estée...
Bridget Riley: Fall
April 24, 1931 —
Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley is an English artist whose vibrant optical pattern paintings...
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
October 26, 1800 — April 24, 1891
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke was the chief of the Prussian and German General...