Alan Applegate is an American musician who started his career in music at only 5th grade when he started playing the clarinet. While in high school, Applegate started a band and studied with a former clarinetist from the NY Philharmonic Orchestra. Later on he learned to play saxophone and also performed at Disneyland in the parades. Later on in his... read full bio
The HOPE Foundation was formed by award-winning author and educational leader Alan Blankstein, who served as its president for 25 years. Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu served as the foundation's honorary chair. Alan, a former "high-risk" young person, started out as a music teacher. He was employed by March of Dimes, Phi Delta Kappa, and Solution Tree, which he... read full bio
Alan Blinder is an American economist and the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Blinder was born in New York City, New York, and he earned his B.A. from Princeton University before going on to earn his M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. in economics from the... read full bio
Alan Cedric Page is a jurist and former professional American football player. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1963, received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967, and received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. Justice Page is particularly notable for the fact that he is... read full bio
Alan Cumming is a Scottish-American actor, comedian, singer, director, producer, writer, and activist. He is best known for his acting on stage and on screen and some productions he’s acted in on stage include ‘Hamlet’, ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’, ‘Bent’, ‘The Threepenny Opera’, ‘Cabaret’, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Design for Living’. Cumming was born in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, and he had... read full bio
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs is the name of the hugely acclaimed cabaret show Alan premiered at New York's legendary Cafe Carlyle. He has since toured the show extensively throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. He returned with the show to NYC and made his sold out, solo debut at Carnegie Hall, and released a live album of... read full bio
Alan Doyle, lead singer of Great Big Sea, is a veteran front man who performs all the Great Big Sea smash hits as well as his own solo material. He is known for playing a Takamine guitar with a self-cartoon on the bottom of it. He is also linked to Russell Crowe for producing and co-writing many songs on Crowe's... read full bio
Alan Fitzpatrick is a successful DJ artist from the United Kingdom. He is regarded as one of the most influential electronic artists of this age, as he has transformed the underground techno scene towards the main stage of electronic music. He has attracted attention from the likes of BBC Radio 1, Mixmag, and Resident Advisor, making his name a global... read full bio
Alan Frew is a Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and public speaker who is best known for having been the lead singer of the band Glass Tiger. Frew was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, and he moved to Ontario when he was a teenager. When he was in his 30’s, Frew formed Glass Tiger alongside Wayne Parker, Michael Hanson, and Sam Reid.... read full bio
Alan Gilbert is an American conductor and violinist and has been the director of the New York Philharmonic and the chief conductor-designate of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Gilbert grew up in New York City and is the son of two Philharmonic violinists so naturally he grew into his career. He went on to study music at Harvard University and also... read full bio
Alan Gordon is a retired American professional soccer player who has played forward. Gordon was born in Long Beach, California, and he later played college soccer for Yavapai College as well as Oregon State University where he won All-Pac-10 honors twice. After graduating from college, Gordon was drafted in the MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy but he didn’t... read full bio
Alan Hunter was one of the original five VJs when MTV premiered in 1981. Throughout his 6 years with the channel, he interviewed the biggest names of the day including Andy Warhol, The Cars, Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, and more. Currently, Hunter is a host on the 80s on 8 SiriusXM channel and co-owns production... read full bio
Alan Jackson has provided the soundtrack of America for over 25 years. The Georgia native has sold almost 60 million albums and released more than 60 singles. Of all of his releases, at least 50 have landed in the top ten charts and 35 have reached number one. Some of his most popular songs include, “Remember When”, “Chattahoochee”, “Livin’ on... read full bio
As former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Alan Keyes is an expert on national and foreign policy issues. Keyes spent eleven years with the U.S. State Department. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service and on the staff of the National Security Council, before becoming Ronald Reagans ambassador to the United... read full bio
Alan Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator. Currently, he is John Burchard Professor of Humanities and senior lecturer in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is married to Jean Greenblatt Lightman, a painter, and has two daughters, Elyse and Kara. Lightman's books have been translated into 30 languages. He has written countless essays on the... read full bio
Alan Menken is a legendary musical theatre, film score composer, and pianist. Best known for his scores in The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas; Menken has earned two Academy Awards for his work on the films. In addition, Menken has contributed to Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the... read full bio
Alan O’Neill is a businessman who is known for working and speaking as The Change Agent. He is also currently Managing Director for Kara.ie where he worked with clients from business to business and business to client who want to refresh their strategy and culture to reach higher business goals. Through his work as the speaker known as The Change... read full bio
Alan Page is an American retired attorney and judge and a former professional football player. Page was born in Canton, Ohio, and he knew from a young age that he wanted to be a lawyer. While Page was studying in high school, he began played football and went on to play college football for the University of Notre Dame where... read full bio
Alan Parisse is an authority on how organizations and individuals can harness the energy of change to fuel new opportunities and shape their futures. His insights come from more than 25 years' experience in the investment business. He served as a senior executive for Oppenheimer and other nationally-known firms. In these roles, Mr. Parisse was instrumental in developing and marketing... read full bio
Alan Parsons is an influential rock musician and producer. Best known for his production of the The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Let It Be, and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. He has also engineered albums for Ambrosia, Paul McCartney and The Hollies. He began the band ‘The Alan Parsons Project’, who’s debut album, ‘Tales Of Mystery And... read full bio
