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Siaka Probyn Stevens (24 August 1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was often characterized by patrimonial rule and self-indulgence, consolidating power by means of corruption and exploitation.
Hari Nef (born October 21, 1992) [3] is an American actress, model, and writer. [4] Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent, for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016.
Ernestine began playing Sapphire Stevens in 1939, [7] [8] [9] but originally came to the Amos 'n' Andy radio show in the role of Valada Green, a lady who believed she had married Andy. [2] In her interview that is part of the documentary Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy , Wade related how she got the job with the radio show.
Dalton Stevens (April 28, 1930 – November 21, 2016), better known as the Button King, was a hobbyist, outsider artist and musician notable for his unusual button art and related media appearances. Since 1983, Stevens had painstakingly decorated various objects with thousands of colorful buttons .
Jessica Stevens (born July 5, 2000) is an American individual and synchronised trampoline gymnast. She will represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics . Career
Edwin Wallace Neff was born January 28, 1895, to Edwin Neff and Nannie McNally, daughter of Chicago printing tycoon Andrew McNally (Rand-McNally Corporation). [2] Since Andrew McNally moved to Altadena, California , in 1887, and founded Rancho La Mirada, La Mirada, California , would be Neff's birthplace.
Samuel Holmes Sheppard (() December 29, 1923 – () April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath.He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant [1] wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial.
Stevens' son Byam Kerby Stevens (who married the daughter of Albert Gallatin) inherited the house. Gallatin himself died at the home in 1849. The house was later inherited by Stevens' son, Byam Kerby Stevens Jr. , a banker who was prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age .