Newsmakers
Subtitle: 2011 cumulation : the people behind today's headlines
By: Laura Avery, project editor
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 731
ISBN-13: 9781414453361; 9781414441689
Subjects: Celebrities; Biography
Other titles: Newsmakers 11
Description: Provides timely and informative profiles of the world's most interesting people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: AC/DC, rock group; title: Jay Adelson 1970-, chief executive officer of Digg.com; title: Justin Allgaier 1986-, race car driver; title: Benigno Aquino III 1960-, president of the Philippines; title: Michael Arrington 1970-, founder of TechCrunch; title: Ron Artest 1979-, professional basketball player; title: Ben Bailey 1970-, comedian and television show host; title: Sheila Bair 1954-, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; title: Ban Ki-moon 1944-, secretary general of the United Nations; title: Melody Barnes 1964-, director of White House Domestic Policy Council; title: Jeff Beck 1944-, guitarist; title: Regina Benjamin 1956-, U.S. Surgeon General; title: Kathryn Bigelow 1951-, film director, producer, and screenwriter; title: Patrick Blanc 1953-, botanist; title: Amy Bloom 1953-, author and psychotherapist; title: Chris Bradford 1937 -, chief executive officer of Valcent; title: Libba Bray 1964-, author; title: Drew Brees 1979-, professional football player; title: Jan Brewer 1944-, governor of Arizona; title: Jeff Bridges 1949-, actor; title: Alton Brown 1962-, television host and cookbook author; title: Samantha Brown 1969-, television personality; title: Scott Brown 1959-, U.S. senator; title: Kyle Busch 1985-, professional race car driver; title: Gerard Butler 1969-, actor; title: Cassandra Butts 1965-, senior advisor at Millennium Challenge Corporation; title: Magnus Carlsen 1990-, chess player; title: Anibal Cavaco Silva 1939-, president of Portugal; title: William B. Chiasson 1953; title: chief executive officer of Leapfrog; title: Chris Christie 1962-, governor of New Jersey; title: Doo-Ri Chung 1973-, fashion designer.; title: Salvatore Cipriano 1941 -, chief executive officer of Better Made Snack Foods; title: Arianne Cohen 1981 -, author and journalist; title: Miranda Cosgrove 1993-, actress and singer; title: Scott Cowen 1946 -, president of Tulane University; title: Sloane Crosley 1978-, author; title: Michael Crow 1956-, president of Arizona State University; title: Andrew Cuomo 1957-, Attorney General of the state of New York; title: Viola Davis 1965-, actress; title: Giada De Laurentiis 1970-, chef and television personality; title: Landon Donovan 1982-, professional soccer player; title: Anne L. Doubilet 1948 -, photographer; title: Arne Duncan 1964-, U.S. Secretary of Education; title: Steve Earle 1955-, singer and songwriter; title: Johan Eliasch 1962-, chief executive officer of Head; title: Rahm Emanuel 1959-, White House Chief of Staff; title: Nathan Fillion 1971-, actor; title: Bela Fleck 1958-, musician and songwriter; title: Tyler Florence 1971-, chef and television personality; title: Jonathan Safran Foer 1977-, author; title: Steven J. Frieberg 1957 -, chief executive officer of E*TRADE; title: Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman, founders of College Hunks Hauling Junk; title: Juliet Garcia 1949-, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville; title: E. Gordon Gee 1944-, President of Ohio State University; title: Sean Gerrity 1958 -, president of the American Prairie Foudnation; title: Tavi Gevinson 1996-, blogger; title: Elizabeth Gilbert 1969-, author; title: Julia Gillard 1961-, prime minister of Australia; title: Selena Gomez 1992-, actress and singer; title: Mary Gordon 1947 -, educator; title: Toni Griffin 1964 -, urban planner.; title: Robert M. Groves 1949 -, director of U.S. Census Bureau; title: Michael C. Hall 1971-, actor; title: Bonnie Hammer 1950-, president of NBC Universal Cable; title: Jeff Han 1975 -, inventor and research scientist; title: Woody Harrelson 1961-, actor and activist; title: Heather Headley 1974-, actress and singer; title: Abbe Held 1966 -, creative director of Kooba; title: Tom Henderson 1950 -, chief executive officer of ShelterBox; title: Dan Hesse 1954 -, chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel; title: Steven Holcomb 1980-, bobsled racer; title: Bill Hybels 1951-, minister and author; title: Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, creators of Yo Gabba Gabba!; title: Ha Jin 1956-, author and professor; title: Judas Priest, heavy metal group; title: Elena Kagan 1960- U.S. Supreme Court Justice; title: Rob Kalin 1980; title: chief executive officer of Etsy; title: Patrick Kane 1988-, professional hockey player; title: Mary Karr 1955-, poet and memoirist; title: Garrison Keillor 1942-, author and radio personality; title: Anna Kendrick 1985-, actress; title: James Keyes 1955-, chief executive officer of Blockbuster; title: Vinod Khosla 1955-, entrepreneur and business executive; title: Kim Yu-Na 1990-, figure skater; title: Lady Antebellum, country-music group; title: Lady Gaga 1986-, singer; title: Lori Lansens 1962-, author; title: W. Howard Lester 1935-, company executive for Williams-Sonoma; title: Harvey Levin 1950-, television personality; title: Ronald Liebowitz 1957-, president of Middlebury College; title: Porfirio Lobo 1947-, president of Honduras; title: Demi Lovato 1992-, actress and singer; title: Mitch Lowe 1953 -, president of Redbox.; title: Jane Lynch 1960-, actress; title: Evan Lysacek 1985-, figure skater; title: Hilary Mantel 1952-, author; title: Julianna Margulies 1966-, actress; title: Matthew K. McCauley 1973-, chief executive officer of Gymboree; title: Stanley McChrystal 1954-, U.S. Army General; title: Nick McDonell 1984-, author; title: Bob McDonnell 1954-, governor of Virginia; title: Bret Michaels 1963-, singer and television personality; title: Jillian Michaels 1974-, personal trainer and television personality; title: Barbara and Richard Mikkelson, founders of Snopes.com; title: Rebecca Minkoff 1981 -, fashion designer; title: Elizabeth Mitchell 1970-, actress; title: Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, ice dancers; title: Greg Mortenson 1957-, philanthropist and author; title: Jim Muller 1943-, physician and activist; title: Elon Musk 1971-, entrepreneur; title: Chris O'Donnell 1970-, actor; title: Kathryn Olson 1961 -, chief executive officer of the Women's Sports Foundation; title: Manny Pacquiao 1978-, professional boxer; title: Eduardo Padron 1946 -, president of Miami Dade College; title: Keke Palmer 1993-, actress and singer; title: Louise Penny 1958-, author and journalist; title: Phoenix, rock group; title: Mark Pincus 1966-, chief executive officer of Zynga; title: Sebastien Pinera 1949-, president of Chile; title: Maria Pinto 1957 -, fashion designer; title: Michael Pollan 1955-, author and journalist; title: Jeff Probst 1962-, television host; title: Datuk Seri Mohamed Najib Tun Abdul Razak 1953-, prime minister of Malaysia; title: Jason Reitman 1977-, filmmaker; title: Lela Rose 1969, fashion designer; title: Philip Rosedale 1968-, chief executive officer of Linden Lab.; title: Mark Ruffalo 1967-, actor; title: Ken Salazar 1955-, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; title: Alejandro Sanz 1968-, singer and songwriter; title: John Sexton 1942-, president of New York University; title: Bruce Springsteen 1949-, singer and songwriter; title: Curtis Stone 1975-, chef; title: Aksel Lund Svindal 1982-, alpine skier; title: Channing Tatum 1980-, actor and model; title: Third Day, Christian-rock group; title: Betty Thomas 1948-, actress and director; title: Joyce Tischler 1956 -, founder of Animal Legal Defense Fund; title: Akio Toyoda 1956-, president of Toyota Motor Corp.; title: Buddy Valastro 1977-, baker and television personality; title: Ron Vigdor 1970 -, president of BornFree; title: Tom Vilsack 1950-, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; title: Lindsey Vonn 1984-, alpine skier; title: Christophe Waltz 1956-, actor; title: Alexander Wang 1984-, fashion designer; title: Shaun White 1986-, professional snowboarder and skateboarder; title: Robin Wright 1966-, actress; title: Viktor Yanukovych 1950-, president of Ukraine; title: Gerard Yosca 1955 -, jewelry designer; title: Obituaries : Francisco Ayala 1906-2009, novelist and literary scholar ; Gene Barry 1919-2009, actor ; Arthur Bartlett 1933-2009, founder of Century 21 Real Estate ; Aage Bohr 1922-2009, physicist ; Norman Borlaug 1914-2009, agronomist ; Dennis Brutus 1924-2009, poet and activist ; Rafael Caldera 1916-2009, politician ; Jim Carroll 1949-2009, poet and musician ; Vic Chesnutt 1964-2009, singer and songwriter ; Nick Counger 1940-2009, attorney ; Albert Crewe 1927-2009, physicist ; Alicia de Larrocha 1923-2009, pianist.; title: Larry Gelbart 1928-2009, screenwriter ; Israel M. Gelfand 1913-2009, mathematician ; Vitaly L. Ginzburg 1916-2009, physicist ; Alfred Gottschalk 1930-2009, rabbi ; Esther Hautzig 1930-2009, author ; Paula Hawkins 1927-2009, politician ; Tommy Henrich 1913-2009, professional baseball player ; Mahlon Hoagland 1921-2009, biochemist ; Thomas Hoving 1931-2009, museum director ; Jeanne-Claude 1935-2009, artist ; Jennifer Jones 1919-2009, actress ; Ted Kennedy 1932-2009, U.S. senator ; Leon Kirchner 1919-2009, composer; title: Jack Kramer 1921-2009, professional tennis player; title: Edwin Krebs 1918-2009, scientist ; H.C. Robbins Landon 1926-2009, musicologist ; Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-2009, anthropologist ; James R. Lilley 1928-2009, diplomat ; Daniel Melnick 1932-2009, producer ; Jack Nelson 1929-2009, journalist ; Patriarch Pavle 1914-2009, leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church ; Irving Penn 1917-2009, photographer ; Sol Price 1916-2009, founder of Price Club ; Trevor Rhone 1940-2009, playwright and screenwriter ; Oral Roberts 1918-2009, televangelist ; Nan Robertson 1926-2009, journalist ; Willy Ronis 1910-2009, photographer ; Soupy Sales 1926-2009, comedian ; Paul A. Samuelson 1915-2009, economist ; Shelden J. Segal 1926-2009, scientist ; Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921-2009, activist ; Theodore R. Sizer 1932-2009, educator ; Elisabeth Soderstrom 1927-2009, soprano ; Richard Sonnenfeldt 1923-2009, interpreter ; Mercedes Sosa 1935-2009, singer ; Percy E. Sutton 1920-2009, politician ; Patrick Swayze 1952-2009, actor and dancer ; Mary Travers 1936-2009, singer ; Richard T. Whitcomb 1921-2009, scientist ; Edward Woodward 1930-2009, actor.