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Featured Biography Al Pacino

American actor Al Pacino, known for his intense, sometimes over-the-top acting style and for his gangster portrayals in The Godfather trilogy (1972–90) and Scarface (1983), was born in New York City this day in 1940.

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Leon Battista Alberti
February 14, 1404 — April 25, 1472
Leon Battista Alberti
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The best “sixth man” in history
April 8, 1940 — April 25, 2019
John Havlicek
John Havlicek was an American collegiate and professional basketball...
Gordon, Dexter
February 27, 1923 — April 25, 1990
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American bop tenor saxophonist. As a youth Gordon...
Abdülmecid I
April 25, 1823 — June 25, 1861
Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I was an Ottoman sultan from 1839 to 1861 who issued two...
Anders Celsius, detail from a drawing by an unknown artist, 18th century.
November 27, 1701 — April 25, 1744
Anders Celsius
Anders Celsius was an astronomer who invented the Celsius temperature...
Vladislav Tretiak
April 25, 1952 —
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak is a Soviet ice hockey player who was considered...
William Cowper, detail of an oil painting by Lemuel Abbott, 1792; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
November 26, 1731 — April 25, 1800
William Cowper
William Cowper was one of the most widely read English poets of his...