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Michael Johnson
Michael JohnsonBorn: Sep 13, 1967Track & Field Shattered world record in 200m (19.32) and set Olympic record in 400m (43.49) to become first man to win the gold in both races in the same…Michael Moorer
Michael MoorerBorn: Nov. 12, 1967Boxer became first left-hander to win heavyweight title when he scored majority decision over Evander Holyfield on Apr. 22, 1994; lost title to George Foreman…Michael Chang
Michael ChangBorn: Feb. 22, 1972Tennis won the 1989 French Open , becoming the youngest men's champion of a grand slam event (17 years, 3 months.); went 11 consecutive years (1988-98) with at…Michael Andretti
Michael AndrettiBorn: Oct. 5, 1962Auto racer 1991 CART national champion with single-season record 8 wins; Indy 500 Rookie of Year (1984); left IndyCar circuit for ill-fated Formula One try…Innes, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Innes, Michael, pseud. of John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, 1906–94, British writer and scholar, b. near Edinburgh. From 1969 to 1973 he was a reader in English literature at Oxford.…Dahl, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Dahl, MichaelDahl, Michaeldäl [key], 1656–1743, Swedish portrait painter. In 1688, after traveling on the Continent, he settled in England. After the death of Kneller in 1723, Dahl…Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold
(Encyclopedia) Lenz, Jakob Michael ReinholdLenz, Jakob Michael Reinholdyäˈkôp mĭkhˈäĕl rīnˈhôlt lĕnts [key], 1751–92, German writer. He was a friend of Goethe, whom he first imitated, then lampooned…Bennett, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Bennett, Michael, 1943–87, American dancer and choreographer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. He appeared in West Side Story and Subways Are for Sleeping. During the 1970s, he was one of the most…Hogan, Ben
(Encyclopedia) Hogan, BenHogan, Benhōˈgən [key], 1912–97, American golfer, b. Dublin, Tex. A former caddie, Hogan began his professional playing career in 1937. One of the game's great money winners…Warren, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Warren, Joseph, 1741–75, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Roxbury, Mass. A Boston physician, he participated in the agitation against the Stamp Act (1765). He became a…