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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (139)10/15/1999 8:11:00 PM
From: w molloy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3246
 
West centric Showbiz centric.

What the hell has Tom Hanks and Julie Andrews influenced?

Anyway, add Ho Chi Minh (Freedom fighter) and Willy Messerschmidt
(plane designer), and possibly Frank Whipple (co-inventor Jet engine).

Thinking about inventors - Marconi (radio) Baird (TV). I know an American chappie also worked on TV, but I've forgotten his name.