William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born
November 27,
1955), popularly known as
Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an
American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, and scientist who began his career as a mechanical engineer at Boeing
. He is best known as the host of the
Disney/
PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (
1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born
February 16,
1957), professionally known as
LeVar Burton, is an
American actor, presenter, director, producer, and author.
Burton is best known for his roles as the young
Kunta Kinte in the
1977 award-winning
ABC television miniseries
Roots,
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in
Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as the host and executive producer of the long-running PBS children's series
Reading Rainbow. He is also known for directing the
1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House, starring
Katey Sagal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton
Frederick "
Fred" McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 –
February 27, 2003) was an American educator,
Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (
1968–
2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences.[1]
Initially educated to be a minister, Rogers was displeased with the way television addressed children and made an effort to change this when he began to write for and perform on local Pittsburgh-area shows dedicated to youth.
WQED developed his own show in 1968 and it was distributed nationwide by Eastern
Educational Television Network. Over the course of three decades on television,
Fred Rogers became an indelible American icon of children's entertainment and education, as well as a
symbol of compassion, patience, and morality.[2] He was also known for his advocacy of various public causes. His testimony before a lower court in favor of fair use recording of television shows to play at another time (now known as time shifting) was cited in a
U.S. Supreme Court decision on the
Betamax case, and he gave now-famous testimony to a
U.S. Senate committee, advocating government funding for children's television.[3]
Rogers received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, some forty honorary degrees,[4] and a
Peabody Award. He was inducted into the
Television Hall of Fame, was recognized by two Congressional resolutions, and was ranked No. 35 among TV
Guide's Fifty
Greatest TV
Stars of All
Time.[5] Several buildings and artworks in
Pennsylvania are dedicated to his memory, and the
Smithsonian Institution displays one of his trademark sweaters as a "
Treasure of
American History".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers
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