George "Mack" Flenniken was an American football player, coach, and sports figure in the United States. He played professionally in the National Football League and also coached college football.

Flenniken played college football for Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and later played at Geneva College. His college career mirrored Cal Hubbard who played for both colleges and also later became a coach at Geneva. Both players were following Bo McMillin, who coached first at Centenary and then later at Geneva.

Flenniken got his start in the NFL with the Chicago Cardinals in 1930. He was a flexible player on both sides of the ball, recording three rushing touchdowns and also showing a threat using the forward pass and picked up an interception while playing defense. At Chicago, he played alongside future Hall of Famer Ernie Nevers.

In 1931, Flenniken moved to the New York Giants, where he was a part of the "committee of quarterbacks" along with Red Smith and Hap Moran. For the Giants, Flenniken saw less playing time but in his four games and one start he recorded successes in both passing and rushing.

David Hammons (born 1943) is an African-American artist mostly known for his works in and around New York City during the 1970s and 1980s.

Much of his work, including Spade with Chains (1973), reflects his commitment to the civil rights and Black Power movements. In this particular work, the artist employs a provocative, derogatory term, coupled with the literal gardening instrument, in order to make a statement about the issues of bondage and resistance.

Along with these cultural overtones, Hammons’s work also blurs the notions of public and private spaces, as well as what constitutes a valuable commodity. An illustration of these concepts can be seen in Bliz-aard Ball Sale (1983), a performance piece in which Hammons situates himself alongside street vendors in downtown Manhattan in order to sell snowballs which are priced according to size. This act serves both as a parody on commodity exchange and a commentary on the capitalistic nature of art fostered by art galleries. Furthermore, it puts a satirical premium on 'whiteness', ridiculing the superficial luxury of racial classification as well as critiquing the hard social realities of street vending experienced by those who have been discriminated against in terms of race or class.

Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He produced much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, for which he is uncredited, and he also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. He is often referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics. His grandmother was songwriter Marilyn McLeod. He is the great-nephew of the late Alice Coltrane, whose husband was John Coltrane. He is also the cousin of musician Ravi Coltrane.

In 2007, he announced that he signed with Warp Records. Following his Warp debut, the six-track Reset EP, he quickly became one of the label’s cornerstone artists and released his second album, titled Los Angeles, on June 10, 2008. In 2008, Flying Lotus also remixed "Reckoner" from Radiohead's album In Rainbows. His third album, Cosmogramma, was released on May 3, 2010, in the UK and May 4, 2010, in the US. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.

Benjamin B. Busch is an American actor, writer, film maker, photographer, and former United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his portrayal of Anthony Colicchio on the HBO original series The Wire.

Benjamin Busch was born in December 1968 in Manhattan and grew up in Poolville, New York. He attended Vassar College from 1987 through 1991. Busch graduated with a major in Studio Art and joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served as an active duty officer from 1992 to 1996. Resigning from active duty service in 1996, he continued to serve in the Marine Forces Reserve. In 1997 he began a career in acting, appearing in Party of Five, Homicide: Life on the Street, and The West Wing. He deployed to Iraq in 2003, where he served two tours of duty with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. After his first deployment in 2004, he began playing the role of Officer Anthony Colicchio on the HBO series The Wire, appearing in the final three seasons of the show. In 2005, he deployed to Ramadi, Iraq as Team Leader for Detachment 3 of the 5th Civil Affairs Group. He later played the role of Major Todd Eckloff on the HBO mini-series Generation Kill. His first film as a writer/director, "Sympathetic Details", was released in February 2008. His latest release, "Bright", was featured at the 2011 Traverse City Film Festival.

Tony Angell is a figure in both the Seattle art scene and the Puget Sound environmental scene. His life’s work encourages aesthetic beauty and unflinching natural integrity, be it through artwork, publications, advocacy, or illustration. Angell brings a passion and ferocity to his love of nature that leaves audience members and readers alike inspired.

Tony Angell was born in Los Angeles, California on November 15, 1940 to Florence Brown Angell and Frank Angell. Florence Brown Angell, third generation Irish on her mother’s side, is the daughter of Jay and Jennie Brown of Blomingdale Michigan. Florence attended Western Michigan University where she earned her Elementary Teaching Certificate before her marriage to Frank Angell. Frank, born in Hastings Michigan, is the son of Horace and Mildred Angell who are Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch. Frank Angell graduated from Alma College and then received his law degree from the same institution in l938. His parents had moved to LA after a succession of residencies connected with his father’s assignments with the FBI.