orig. Issur Danielovitch later Isadore Demskey born Dec. 9, 1916, Amsterdam, N.Y., U.S. U.S. film actor and producer. He had minor Broadway roles before making his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) and emerged as a major star in Champion (1949). Despite giving sensitive performances in The Glass Menagerie (1950) and Paths of Glory (1957), he became identified with the intense, forceful roles he played in films such as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Lust for Life (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), and Seven Days in May (1964). He produced and starred in Spartacus (1960). He continued to appear in films into the 21st century
born April 29, 1970, Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. U.S. tennis player. Agassi won the Wimbledon men's singles in 1992, the U.S. Open in 1994, and the Australian Open in 1995. By 1997 he had dropped to 122 in the international rankings, but he recovered to become the world's top-ranked player by 2000. In 2001 he married retired German tennis player Steffi Graf. Agassi is known for his aggressive style and demeanour on and off the court
one of the main characters in the television programme Star Trek, whose full name is Captain James T. Kirk. Captain Kirk is a brave, determined man who is in charge of the Starship Enterprise