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1A - Richard Nixon
(1913-1994) Thirty-seventh president of the United States, and vice president under Dwight Eisenhower. Nicknamed "Tricky Dicky".

1B - Richard B. (Dick) Cheney
(1941- ) Vice president of the United States, former U.S. representative, and former secretary of defense.

1C - Richard Chamberlain
(1935- ) Television actor; born in Los Angeles, Calif. Gained great popularity as the lead in Dr. Kildare (1961-66). Assumed the role as a romantic leading man in television films and mini-series including Shogun (1980), The Thorn Birds (1983), and The Bourne Identity (1988).

1D - Dick Martin
Comedian; Partner with Dan Rowen as hosts of the late 1960's-early 1970's television show "Rowen & Martin's Laugh-In".

1E - Andy Dick
Comedian; A Chicago native and former student of Del Close at Second City, Andy Dick is probably best known as neurotic reporter Matthew on NBC's comedy series "News Radio." His film credits include Ted, In the Army Now, Best Men, The Cable Guy, Reality Bites, and Inspector Gadget.

1F - Angie Dickinson
(1931- ) Actress. Memorable roles include those in (1980) and the television series "Police Woman" for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1974.

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2A2 - Dick York
(1928-1992) Television actor; best remembered as Darrin Stephens (number 1) in the TV show Bewitched from 1964-1969

2B2 - Richard Petty
The King of NASCAR racing. Between winning his first race at the long gone Charlotte Speedway in 1960, and running his last race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1992, he saw this sport grow from dirt tracks to the most popular form of motor sports in America today.

2C2 - Dick Sargent
(1930-1994) Television actor; best remembered as Darrin Stephens (number 2) in the TV show Bewitched. To prepare viewers for the switch, ABC ran all of the shows in which Dick York did not appear during the summer 1969.

2D2 - Dick Smothers
(1937- ) Tom and Dick Smothers - Folk musicians/comedians. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-69) was a critical success, but their politically satiric skits were frequently cut by CBS and their show ended when Tom complained publicly.

2E2 - Richard Burton
(1925-1984) Actor. Born Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr. in Pontrhydyfen, Wales. He is best known for his Shakespearean stage performances, his commanding voice and stage presence, and for his collaborations with actress Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married twice.

2F2 - Richard Benjamin
Best known for his characterizations of two Philip Roth characters, in "Goodbye Columbus" (1969) and "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972) Acting highlights include "Catch-22" (1970) and "The Sunshine Boys" (1975). Made a promising directorial debut with "My Favorite Year" (1982), a comic look at the early days of TV featuring Peter O'Toole.

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3A3 - Richard Dreyfuss
(1947- ) US film actor; After working on Broadway and in repertory, he gained attention with his roles in Dillinger (1973) and American Graffiti (1973). He became well known following his performances in Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and The Goodbye Girl (1977, Oscar).

3B3 - Congressman Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt
(1941- ) A lawyer and Democratic alderman in St. Louis, Mo., he went to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1977. He ran for the Democratic nomination as president in 1986, losing to Michael Dukakis, and served as house majority leader (1989-95).

3C3 - Richard Gere
(1949- ) Actor. Born August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gere's status as a movie idol heartthrob is assured by his performances in , An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Runaway Bride. In his latest film, Unfaithful, Gere plays a wronged husband whose wife becomes involved with an unstable lover.

3D3 - Richard Harris
(1932-2002) Actor, writer, singer, director; Born in Limerick, Ireland he agreed to take the part of Albus Dumbledor in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) after his 11 year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he didn't.

3E3 - Rich Little
Impressionist, singer, comedian and actor of stage, film and television, Rich Little is master mimic of over 200 voices.

3F3 - Richard Boone
(1917-1981) From 1957 through 1963, Boone portrayed Paladin, erudite western soldier of fortune, on the popular western series Have Gun, Will Travel. His unique TV anthology series The Richard Boone Show featured a cast of eleven regulars who appeared in different parts each week.

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4A4 - Little Richard
(1932- ) Rock musician. Born Richard Wayne Penniman. In 1955 he cut a rock & roll version of an old filler song, "Tutti-Frutti," adding his wild falsetto voice and manic piano playing. This breakthrough single sold three million copies and paved the way for his influential rock & roll career.

4B4 - Richard (Wilhelm) Wagner
(1813-1883) Composer, born in Leipzig, Germany. His early efforts at composition were unsuccessful, but in 1853 he began to write Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), followed by Die Walkuere (The Valkyries) and the first two acts of Siegfried (1857). He started the now famous theatre at Bayreuth, in 1876.

4C4 - Dick van Patton
(1928- ) Actor. Patriarchal Tom Bradford in the TV series Eight is Enough (1977-81).

4D4 - Richard the Third
(1452-1485) King of England 1483 - Succeeded his brother Edward IV after his nephews were declared illegitimate by Parliament. The "evil" Richard III is based on Sir Thomas Moore's work whose reputation as a saint and martyr has much to do with history's acceptance.

E4 - Richard Simmons
(1948- ) Fitness guru. A severely overweight child, he overcame obesity and successfully marketed his image to the public, while writing self-help books, creating the "Deal-A-Meal" food maintenance program, and producing the Sweatin' to the Oldies line of exercise videos.

4F4 - Admiral Richard Byrd
(1888-1957) Aviator and explorer; In 1926, he and his co-pilot Floyd Bennett made the first flight over the North Pole. Both received the Congressional Medal of Honour for the feat. In his Antarctic expedition of 1928-30, he established the Little America base, and made the first flight over the South Pole.

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5A5 - Clara Blandick
(1881-1962) a character actress; (Real name: Clara Dickey) She is best remembered as Auntie Em in 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939). Suffering from severe arthritis and impending blindness, she fixed her hair, dressed up in her best outfit, placed her favourite photos and memorabilia around her room and sadly left this world by overdosing on sleeping tablets.

B5 - Dick Trickle
(1941- ) NASCAR driver; Born in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year (1989, age 48), NASCAR Winston Open Winner 1990, 1997 and 1998 voted by fans as NASCAR Winston Cup's 4th Most Popular Driver, Selected test driver for International Race of Champions "IROC" nine consecutive years 1991-1999.

5C - Dick Van Dyke
(1925- ) Actor. Co-starred in the 1960 Broadway musical Bye, Bye, Birdie. Well known as Rob Petrie on the The Dick Van Dyke Show which ran until 1966 and was a fundamental step towards the modern notion of a TV sitcom. He appeared as Burt the Chimney Sweep in the classic 1964 Disney musical Mary Poppins, opposite Julie Andrews.

5D - Moby Dick-the great white whale
Written by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851, Moby-Dick, the allegorical adventure of Captain Ahab and the white whale which Melville dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne, is now regarded as one of the great masterpieces of world literature.

5E - Richard the Lion-Hearted
(1157-1199) RICHARD I - King of England from 1189 to 1199, Richard was called "Lionheart" (in French, Coeur de Lion) for his fighting skill and bravery. Often has been portrayed heroically in literature, most famously in Sir Walter Scott's book Ivanhoe, in which he is assisted by the outlaw Robin Hood.

F5 - Dick Cavett
(1936- ) Television host. Originally a comedy writer, he hosted ABC television's late night show (1969-74). Despite critical acclaim, he ran third in the ratings behind Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin. Subsequently he attracted a loyal following with The Dick Cavett Show on WNET, New York City's Public television station (1977-82).

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6A - Dick Clark
(1929- ) Entertainer, media personality. Host of American Bandstand for more than 30 years. He introduced rock 'n' roll via television to a generation of teenaged Americans while reassuring parents that the music would not lead their children to perdition. He remains active after nearly half a century in broadcasting.

6B - Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) Novelist. Dickens worked relentlessly, producing several successful novels which created a Shakespearean gallery of characters. His novels include Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, and The Old Curiosity Shop, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations.

6C - James Dickey
(1923-1997) Poet, writer; born in Atlanta, Ga. He is known for his metaphysical poetry, as in Buckdancer's Choice (1965), and his award-winning novel, Deliverance (1970).

6D - Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886) Poet. Born December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts, the eldest daughter of Edward Dickinson—a successful lawyer, member of Congress, and for many years treasurer of Amherst College—and Emily Norcross Dickinson.

6E - Dick Gregory
(1932- ) Comedian, civil rights activist, nutritionist. Known for his ground-breaking use of socially conscious racial humor, Gregory overcame his origins in extreme poverty to become the first African-American comedian to perform for white audiences.

6F - Ricardo Montalban
(1920- ) Actor; Latin leading man in Hollywood movies of the 50s and 60s. Television viewers remember him as Mr. Roarke, the mysterious host of Fantasy Island (1978-1984), and as the pitchman for the "rich Corinthian leather" of Chrysler Cordobas. Montalban also played creepy superdude Khan, Captain Kirk's nemesis in Star Trek.

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7A - Ricky Nelson
(1940-1985) Popular singer; He sang on his parents' television show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In the 50s and 60s his hits were regularly on the radio. After a decline in his popularity, his single, "Garden Party" (1972), sold over a million copies. He died in a plane crash.

7B - Richard Pryor
(1940- ) Comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer. Pryor received notoriety for his distinct style and delivery, which set him apart from other comedians. In 1977, at the pinnacle of his stardom, Pryor endured a heart attack triggered by his cocaine abuse. In 1986, Pryor publicly conceded that he suffered from multiple sclerosis.

7C - Ricky Ricardo - character
Cuban bandleader, actor; Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball's real-life husband, played her TV husband on I Love Lucy (1951). In its six-year run, the show never ranked lower than third in the Nielsen ratings-it was No. 1 for four of those years and won over 200 awards, including five Emmys.

7D - Richard Strauss
(1864-1949) Composer, born in Munich, Germany. He is best known for his symphonic poems, such as Also sprach Zarathustra (1895-6, Thus Spoke Zarathustra) which was used as the theme for the movie 2001: A Space Odyessy.

7E - Dick Butkus
(1942 - ) Football player, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. An aggressive, 245-pound linebacker, he was chosen All-America at the University of Illinois (1963-4) and All-NFL (National Football League) seven times in nine years with the Chicago Bears (1965-73).

7F - Richard Roundtree
Actor; Made his name as the smooth title character in the classic action film "Shaft" (1971), which while not exactly a blaxploitation movie itself, spawned a generation of them. He starred in two sequels-"Shaft's Big Score" (1972) and "Shaft in Africa" (1973)-as well as a CBS TV series, "Shaft" (1973-74).

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8A - A Dickie
A piece of apparel popular during the late sixties which was worn around the neck, much like an ascot, under a shirt or jacket giving the appearance of a turtleneck. AKA mock turtleneck.

8B - Richard Marx
(1963- ) Singer, songwriter; His first single, "Don't Mean Nothing," and his self-titled debut album kicked off his career as a solo artist in 1987. Beyond his success as a singer/songwriter, he has earned a reputation as a sought-after producer.

8C - Dick Dastardly
Cartoon character from The Wacky Races (1968) The evil villian, with his sometimes faithful companion, Muttley, would go to any length to win the race by cheating with the most ridiculous schemes imaginable. He of course, never won.

8D - Dick Deadeye - charcter
Character of an Able Seaman in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "H.M.S. Pinafore". First produced at the Opera Comique on May 25, 1878. Sings the song "Kind Captain, I've important information"

8E - Dickie Moore
(1925- ) Actor; One of the Little Rascals. Currently lives in New York. Today, Dick Moore has his own Public Relations firm.

8F - Renč Richards / Richard Raskind
A truly unique tennis player. Raskind, a nationally ranked men's player, underwent a sex-change operation and, as Renč Richards, played from 1977 to 1981, achieving a ranking in the low 20's. After his/her playing career ended, she coached Martina Navratilova, arguably the greatest player in the history of women's tennis.

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9A - Keith Richards
Musician; A rekindled friendship with Mick Jagger (they were sandbox mates) and a mutual love of American blues led to the formation, in 1962, of a band called the Rolling Stones. Richards' edgy guitar style set the band apart, and once he and Jagger discovered that they could actually write songs, there was no stopping them.

9B - Richard Dawson
(1932- ) Actor; Game Show Host; played Corporal Newkirk in the World War II sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965). appeared in Laugh-In and the game show Match Game before taking what became his signature job: wisecracking, contestant-kissing host of the game show Family Feud.

9C - Denise Richards
(1971- ) Model, Actress; Best known as fresh-scrubbed and big-lipped heartthrob pilot Carmen Ibanez in the sci-fi war film Starship Troopers (1997). Shared a kiss with Neve Campbell in Wild Things (1998) and starred as Christmas Jones in the The World Is Not Enough (1999).

9D - Richie Rich - Comic book character
Richie Rich, the poor little rich boy (a.k.a. the Richest Kid in the World) made his debut as a backup feature in "Little Dot", in 1953. In 1994, Macaulay Culkin starred in the live-action version of "Richie Rich". Along with Casper, Richie Rich is Harvey Comic's most memorable and enduring character.

9E - Macaulay Culkin
(1980-) In 1994, Macaulay Culkin starred in the live-action version of "Richie Rich", the poor little rich boy (a.k.a. the Richest Kid in the World) a comic book character. He was paid $8 million - the highest salary ever paid for a child star.

9F - Richard Feynman
(1918-1988) Physicist. Was a key player in the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he worked with some of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, including Bohr, Fermi and Oppenheimer. His work on quantum electrodynamics led to his sharing the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965.

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10A - Dorthea Dix
(1802-1887) A noted social reformer. The Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. She convinced skeptical military officials, unaccustomed to female nurses, that women could perform the work acceptably, and then recruited women. Called "Dragon Dix" by some.

10B - Richard Leakey
(1944- ) Palaeoanthropologist. Son of L.S.B. and Mary Leakey. From an early age worked in the field with his parents, and archaeologist Glynn Isaac, discovering crania of Australopithecus boisei (1969), Homo habilis (1972), and Homo erectus (1975).

10C - Otto Dix
(1891-1969) German Expressionist Painter

10D - Richie Cunningham - character
Ron Howard (1954- ) Actor, director, producer. Played the role of Richie Cunningham, a charmingly innocent boy-next-door, on ABC's Happy Days. The show, set in the '50s, was an incredible success, capturing thirty percent of its evening's viewing audience.

10E - Michael Richards
Actor; With a gift for manic, restless, physical comedy, Richards' portrayal of Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld's neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld" (NBC, 1989-98), helped elevate the proceedings to the plane of the believably absurd.

10F - Dick Dale
"The King of the Surf Guitars" Dale's 1961 West Coast hit, "Let's Go Trippin,'" released two months before the Beach Boys' "Surfin," is considered the beginning of the Sixties surf music craze. Dick Dale invented surf music in the 1950's.

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11A - Richard Moll
(1943- ) Actor; 6 foot 8 inch Richard Moll is probably best recognized from his role as the bald-headed bailiff Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon on the TV sitcom Night Court. Moll toured the country in a stage production of the Lincoln/Douglas debates, and his performance has been hailed as the "definitive" Abraham Lincoln.

11B - Richard Crenna
Actor; A squeaky-voiced juvenile on radio serials, he moved to adult roles on TV as Luke in "The Real McCoys" (1957-63). Films include "Wait Until Dark" (1967), and "First Blood" (1982) as Colonel Trautman, Rambo's Green Beret mentor. In "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993) he spoofs Trautman.

11C - Richard Lewis
Energetic, idiosyncratic American stand-up comedian and actor who terms himself "a neurotic Jewish guy from New Jersey".

11D - Hazel Dickens
Appalachian singer-songwriter. Songs: "Working Girl Blues," "Black Lung," and "West Virginia, My Home," Her music became more widely known through the movie Harlan County, U.S.A. and live performance of songs in Matewan.

11E - Dick Powell
(1904 -1963) Actor, singer, director, producer. Paired by Busby Berkeley with actress Ruby Keeler they were cinema's most popular romantic couple. Known for his portrayal of private detective Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet (1944).

11F - Dick Solomon - character
John Lithgow (1945 - ) Third Rock From The Sun is a TV show about a group of explorers that came to earth. Here they take human form. Dick Solomon, their High Commander, is a physics teacher at an Ohio University.

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12A - Dick King-Smith
Author. Born in Gloucestershire, England. Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

12B - Dick Turpin
(1706-1739) Robber, smuggler, housebreaker, highwayman, and horse thief in England. Was hanged at York for murder. In 1676 is said to have robbed a sailor 4 am, and to have made a legendary ride from London to York by 7:45 pm to establish an "alibi'. Shown riding Black Bess, his horse.

12C - Richard Kiel
(1939- ) Actor; Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Height 7' 2". He is best known for playing Jaws, a giant and seemingly unstoppable assassin with steel teeth who battled James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

12D - Dick
(1950's) From the Dick & Jane series of childhood reading primers.

12E - Poor Richards Almanack
Printed at intervals from 1733 through 1758, this bright, lively, and sly almanac contained agricultural predictions, charts of the moon's phases, and, in Benjamin Franklin's words, "entertaining remarks."

12F - Dick Durbin
(1944- ) Richard J. Durbin, a Democrat, is the 47th U.S. senator from the State of Illinois and the first Illinois senator to serve on the powerful U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee in more than a quarter of a century.

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13A - Ralph Richardson
(1902-1983) Actor; came out of the Old Vic to become one of England's stage royalty, alongside Guinness, Olivier, and his dear friend John Gielgud. He preferred to work in the theater, but made enough movies to leave us generous cinematic samples of his genius.

13B - Richard Attenborough
(1923- ) Actor, Director, Producer; 1982: Directed and produced Gandhi; film won 8 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. He was named Commander of the British Empire in 1967.

13C - Richard Jaeckel
(1926-1997) Character actor; Short, solidly built, with light-colored, usually close-cropped hair and a boyish face he's portrayed good guys, bad guys, cops, soldiers, astronauts, gangsters, juvenile delinquents, and Western heavies.

13D - Richard Dix
(1893-1949) Actor; Richard Dix was a major leading man at RKO Radio Pictures from 1929 through 1943. He appeared in the "Whistler" series of mystery films at Columbia in the mid 1940's.

13E - Richard Kiley
(1922-1999) Actor; Best known for his Broadway portrayal of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, a role that won him a Tony Award. His trademark baritone was so famous that Steven Spielberg cast it as the official voice of the Jurassic Park tram.

13F - Dick Francis
(1920- ) Author; Richard Stanley Francis has had three main careers: Air Force pilot and airframe fitter (during the war years), jockey and novelist. His 36th novel, 10 Lb. Penalty, was published in the U.S. by G.P. Putnam's Sons in September 1997.

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14A - Richard Starkey Jr.
(1940- ) Musician; better known as Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles.

14B - Ritchie Valens
(1941-1959) Musician; Mexican-Amercan singer known for his hits 'Come On Let's Go', "Donna" and "La Bamba'. Died in a a plane crash with Buddy Holly and "The Big Bopper" (J P Richardson).

14C - Rick Dees Rick
A local Memphis singer he made an amazing multi-million hit 45 with "Disco Duck". For the past 20 years he has been and remains a tremendously popular radio personality, heard each weekday morning on KIIS-FM (102.7) in Los Angeles, California.

14D - Dr. Richard Kimble
character from the television series The Fugitive (1963-1967) played by David Jansson (1931-1980). Kimball had been wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder but escaped and was trying to find the real killer- "the one-armed man."

14E - Dr. Richard David Kimball
character from the movie The Fugitive (1993) played by Harrison Ford (1942- ). Kimball had been wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder but escaped and was trying to find the real killer- "the one-armed man."

14F - Richie Havens
(1941- ) musician, actor, poet, artist; As the Woodstock Festival's opening act, he held the multitudes spellbound for nearly three hours. Called back for yet another encore, he improvised a song based on the spiritual "Motherless Child" that became "Freedom" which eventually reached an audience of millions.

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15A - Richard Speck
(1941- ) Speck was ultimately prosecuted - and is known today - for the final spasm of violence that claimed eight lives in a single massacre, but evidence suggests that there were actually a dozen victims, murdered in a three-month period of 1966.

15B - Richard Greene
(1918-1985) Actor; He became very famous as the title-role star of the long-running British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which was syndicated world-wide.

15C - Rich Trethewey
Plumbing & Heating Expert; For more than twenty years, Richard Trethewey has been an integral part of the This Old House team on PBS. Richard is the third-longest series member after Russell Morash, the show's creator, and master carpenter Norm Abram.

15D - Buddy Rich - Comic book character
Richie Rich, the poor little rich boy (a.k.a. the Richest Kid in the World) made his debut as a backup feature in "Little Dot", in 1953. In 1994, Macaulay Culkin starred in the live-action version of "Richie Rich". Along with Casper, Richie Rich is Harvey Comic's most memorable and enduring character.

15E - Rev. Bob Richards
(1926-) An ordained minister, known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was the second man to pole vault 15 feet and the first athlete to appear on the front of the Wheaties box. Winner of two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault, the first in 1952.

15F - Richard A. Loeb
(1905-1936) In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Loeb, kidnapped and murdered a fourteen-year-old, Robert Franks. They confessed they had done it for the exhilaration of planning and executing "the perfect crime." Defended brilliantly by Clarence Darrow but convicted.

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16A - Richard Virenque
(1969- ) French professional cyclist; In 2002, winner of the 14 2nd stage of the Turn of Lodève France - Ventoux Mount In 2001, 4th Turn of Lombardy, Winner of Paris-Turns, 2nd Andorra - Port Ventured (13th turn of Spain), and 3rd with critérium of Montpon-Very (the Dordogne).

16B - Dick Schapp
(1934-2001) Sports commentator; Host of ESPN show ''The Sports Reporters'', author of more than 30 books, won three sports Emmy Awards for his work on ESPN and three more Emmys for features on ABC's ''20/20'' and ABC's ''World News Tonight,'' where he worked for 20 years.

16C - Richard S. Schweiker
(1926- ) Politician, Pennsylvania. House of Representatives, in 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1966. U.S. Senate in 1968 and 1974. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Mr. Schweiker Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, a position he held until 1983.

16D - Rick James
1952- ) Musician; Unparalleled funk hit maker, compared to Prince and George Clinton due to his creativity and prolificacy. Sidelined by personal issues and upstaged by the very DJs and rappers who frequently sampled his works, including M.C. Hammer, whose "U Can't Touch This" was merely a rap over a loop of "Super Freak."

16E - Rich Rodriguez
(1963- ) Baseball player; M#44 Texas Rangers

16F - Richard Avedon
(1923- ) Photographer; 1957 Visual consultant for the film Funny Face, with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, based on Avedon's career. 1958 Popular Photography declared him one of the World's Ten Greatest Photographers. 1966-90 photographer for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue,

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17A - Dick and Dee
Dick St. John and DeeDee Sperling. Best known songs include "The Mountain's High" (1961) and "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (1965). A difficult-to-categorize male-female duo from L.A., Dick Dee Dee had pretty fair success with material that drew from doo wop, teen idol fare, pop, and even soul/RB in the first half of the 1960s.

17B - Ricky Martin
(1971- ) Musician; Enrique Martin IV was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Best known songs include: "Livin' La Vida Loca" (the single with the highest #1 sales figures in Columbia Records' history), "She's All I Ever Had" and "Shake Your Bon-Bon."

17C - Dick Smith
Theatrical makeup artist; Movies include Cyrano de Bergerac (1949 - Jose Ferrar), Little Big Man (1969 - 121 year-old Dustin Hoffman), Mark Twain Tonight (1967) EMMY AWARD) The Godfather (1971 - aging Brando), The Exorcist (1973) - first "special make-up effects" credit and Taxi Driver (1975).

17D - Little Jimmy Dickens
(1920- ) Musician; born in West Virginia, began performing at 15 and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1948. His first record, "Take an Old Cold Tater," became the first of many hits for the 4' 11" entertainer. In 1965 became one of the first artists to take a country road show around the world. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1983.

17E - Richard Tyler
(1946- ) Fashion designer; In 1987, Tyler met Lisa Trafficante, who would become his wife and business partner. Together they founded Tyler Trafficante, Inc. Widely known as the designer of choice for celebreties to wear to award shows and other functions. Launched Richard Tyler Bride in 1999.

17F - Rick Moranis
(1953- ) Actor, comedian; Born In Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Moranis and Dave Thomas created the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, as an SCTV skit "The Great White North" featured two dim witted brothers who combined as many negative Canadian stereotypes as possible.

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18A - Rikki Lake
TV Host; The sweetheart of Generation X talk TV tapes the "Rikki Lake Show" out of WWOR"s studios on 38th Street and Fifth Avenue.

18B - Richard Thomas
(1951- ) Actor; Making his first Broadway appearance in Sunrise at Campobello (1958), the wide-eyed, mole-cheeked, sensitive-looking Thomas soon found himself very much in demand for television roles. Best known as John-Boy Walton the weekly series The Waltons (1972-81), he earned a 1973 Emmy for his performance.

18C - Dick Haymes
(1916-1980) Actor; One of the most popular male vocalists of the forties, often considered to have the best baritone voice of the Twentieth Century. Hollywood's Balladeer Supreme, he was the personification of the smooth, romantic singing leading man on the silver screen.

18D - Ricky Lee Jones
(1955- ) Musician; Jazz vocalist. Nominated for Grammies for: best record, best pop vocal, best rock vocal, best song (Last Chance Texaco), best new artist. Wins Grammy for Best New Artist 1979.

18E - Charlie Dick
(1934- ) Married Virginia P. H. Cline (Patsy Cline) on Sunday, September 15, 1957 , with whom he had two children. (the Cline came from her first marriage, to Gerald Cline). On March 5, 1963, Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Randy Hughes lost their lives in a plane crash.

18F - Richard Widmark
(1914- ) Actor; Unforgettable in his screen debut (in 1947's 'Kiss of Death') as Tommy Udo, a psychopathic mob hit-man, who giggles gleefully even as he sends a wheelchair-bound old woman tumbling down a long stairway to her demise. Widmark starred in his own TV series in 1972, "Madigan".

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19A - D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. Brewery
Founded in 1829 D. G. Yuengling & Son is officially recognized as America's Oldest Brewery. The Yuengling family has declined buyout offers from industry giants such as Anheuser-Busch. President and CEO Dick Yuengling is active in the Republican Party.

19B - Paul William Richards
(1964- ) NASA Astronaut (former) Richards flew on STS-102 and has logged over 307 hours in space, including 6.4 EVA hours. He was assigned as a back-up crewmember for ISS Expedition-7. Richards retired from NASA in February 2002 to pursue private interests.

19C - Philip Kindred Dick
(1928-1982) Author; a major figure in modern science fiction. Several of his works have been filmed - "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" became Total Recall, "Second Variety" became Screamers, an opera has been based on "Valis", and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" became Bladerunner.

19D - Dick Whittington
(c 1350-1423) The legend: a poor boy gave his cat to the captain of a sailing voyage to sell. Arriving in a foreign land where the king's court was overrun by rats the cat killed or drove out all the rats. In thanks the king paid a huge sum of gold to buy the cat. Dick was now a very wealthy man and eventually became Lord Mayor of London.

19E - Dick O'Neill
(1928-1998) Actor; Cagney & Lacey (1982) as Charlie Cagney; Dharma & Greg (1997), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Night Court (1984), Cheers (1982), Facts of Life (1979), Diff'rent Strokes (1978), CHiPs (1977), Maude (1972), M*A*S*H (1972), Barney Miller (1975), Good Times (1974), Sanford and Son (1972), Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)

19F - Dick Lexic - character
A character in a series of posters available from concertposter.com

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20A - Sergeant Dick
Sergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted Police. A Thrilling Story of the Canadian Woods by John G. Rowe. Cupples & Leon Co. NY, 1929. Frontpiece has Dick rescuing a beautiful maid tied to a tree.

20B - Cliff Richard
(1940- ) Musician; Harry Rodger Webb has been a musical icon for more than four decades. In 1958, his raw teenage energy established him as Europe's first rock 'n' roll star. 41 years and a staggering 250 million record sales later, Cliff continues to delight his fans with new music and spectacular live performances.

20C - Richard 'Rick' Blaine - character
Owner of Rick's Cafe Americain in the movie Casablanca (1942). Played by Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)

20D - The Great Dictator
(1940) dir. Charlie Chaplin Chaplin's first full talkie; an unusual comedy that combines slapstick, satire, and social commentary, as Chaplin plays the dual roles of Jewish ghetto barber and dictator Adenoid Hynkel of Tomania.

20E - Richard D. Zanuck
(1934 -) American producer; The son of illustrious production executive Darryl F. Zanuck, co-founded a company with David Brown. Among the Zanuck-Brown company's top-grossing films are The Sting (1973), Jaws (1975), Cocoon (1985), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Deep Impact (1998).

20F - Dictaphone
Dictating Machine (circa 1950) They were cumbersome, intimidating, and poor recording machines. It took magnetic tape in the 1950s to make dictating a practical office operating procedure that continues today, valued more by managers than by stenographers.

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21A - The Dictator
a 13-inch Civil War mortar Weighed over 17,000 pounds and was intended for seige and fortifications. Was made portable during the Seige of Petersburg by being mounted on a railroad car. Fired a 218 pound shell about two and one-half miles with a charge of 20 pounds of powder.

21B - Kinky (Richard,'Big Dick') Friedman
Song writer, country western singer and author. www.kinkyfriedman.com

21C - Mary Richards - character
Mary Tyler Moore (1936-) Best known for her work as a bubbly comedienne in the TV sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrey and in The Mary Tyler Moore Show portraying Mary Richards, the quintessential girl-next-door, who worked in a TV station.

21D - Richard Carpenter
Performing songs that some condemned as fluff but millions loved, Karen and Richard Carpenter had 12 Top Ten singles and released 17 albums during the 1970s with their soft-rock sound, which was "the squeaky-clean antidote to the early-70s brew of antiwar protests and acid rock."

21E - Rick Springfield
Singer, Actor; Australian teen singing idol who landed roles in television shows including "Wonder Woman," "The Incredible Hulk," "Battlestar Gallactica" and the soap opera "General Hospital."

21F - Richard Ramirez
(1960- ) Known as The Night Stalker his reign of terror lasted from 3/17/85 to 8/31/85. Ramirez was charged with 63 crimes: including 13 murders, and 30 other offences including attempted murder, rape and sexual assaults. He was sentenced to death, and is on death row in San Quentin jail.

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22A - Richard Dean Anderson
(1950 -) Actor; best known as MacGyver, the clever and inventive nonviolent hero who solved problems in his own unique way for seven successful seasons on ABC. Also portrayed Dr. Jeff Webber on General Hospital (1976) for five years and produced and starred in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 (1997).

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