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American culture
Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.
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American culture
John Waters
Culture; American culture
(born 1946) Director. Baltimore-born independent auteur/ cult director who sarcastically celebrates and skewers his city the middle class and suburbia gone bad. After his initial experience of ...
Michael Milken
Culture; American culture
(born 1946) Michael Milken helped forge the corporate junk bond concept that fueled explosive profit earnings for Wall Street securities traders in the 1980s. After amassing a personal fortune in the ...
Donald Trump
Culture; American culture
Donald John Trump Sr. is a real-estate financier, American business magnate and investor. He was born on June 14, 1946 in New York City. Donald's father, Fred Trump was also an American real estate ...
Steven Spielberg
Culture; American culture
(born 1946) The most financially successful Hollywood director/producer, with blockbusters E.T. the ExtraTerrestnal (1982), Jurassic Park (1993; 1997) and Indiana Jones (1981; 1984; 1989). Spielberg ...
Robert Mapplethorpe
Culture; American culture
(1946 – 1984) Photographer. A master of neo-classical black-andwhite composition, Mapplethorpe challenged the art world and American society with his subject matter. Alongside stunning flowers and ...
Danielle Steele
Culture; American culture
(born 1947) Alternatively termed a “teflon novelist,” and the companion to “Sunday afternoons with a box of bonbons,” Danielle Steele remains unarguably a publishing sensation. Her romance novels, ...
Tom Daschle
Culture; American culture
(born 1947) Born in South Dakota, Democrat Tom Daschle was first elected to the United States Congress in 1978 by only 139 votes. He served four terms in the House of Representatives before winning ...
