Who Is The Most Famous Stan Or Stanley In The World?

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How many celebrities named Stan or Stanley can you think of? The famous Stans and Stanleys below have many different professions, including notable actors named Stanley, famous athletes named Stan, and even musicians named Stanley.

Stan Lee is certainly one of the most famous Stans on this list. One of the famous writers named Stan, he spent much of his career with Marvel Comics. He created or co-created such characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Black Panther, and many more.

Another of the famous people with the first name Stanley is Stanley Tucci. He is an actor best known for films including The Devil Wears Prada, Spotlight, and Road to Perdition. He played another famous Stanley, Stanley Kubrick, in the TV movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

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  • Stan Lee
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    Stan Lee

    12/28/1922
    Stan Lee, born as Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922, was an iconic writer, editor, and producer who revolutionized the comic book industry with his innovative storytelling. Known for co-creating Marvel Comics' most famous superheroes, Lee is credited with transforming comic books from a niche product to a major part of the entertainment industry. Born in New York City, Lee began his career in the comic book industry at Timely Comics, which would later become Marvel Comics. As an imaginative storyteller, Stan Lee co-created an array of superhero characters including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Ant-Man. His characters were unique, often possessing human flaws and struggles, unlike the perfect archetypes that dominated the genre during that period. This remarkable approach resonated with readers, making his creations relatable and intriguing, which significantly contributed to the immense popularity of Marvel Comics worldwide. Apart from creating memorable characters, Stan Lee also introduced the practice of regularly crediting writers and artists, earning him immense respect among his peers. Lee's influence extends beyond comic books; his characters have been featured in numerous blockbuster films, television series, and video games, further cementing his legacy in the world of pop culture. Stan Lee passed away on November 12, 2018, leaving behind a monumental legacy that continues to inspire countless individuals around the globe. He will always be remembered as the man who brought joy, excitement, and depth to the realm of comic books and beyond.
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  • Stan Ridgway
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    Stan Ridgway

    04/05/1954
    Stanard "Stan" Ridgway (born April 5, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo.
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    Stanley Morgan

    02/17/1955
    Stanley Douglas Morgan (born February 17, 1955) is an American former football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.
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  • Stan Levey
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    Stan Levey

    04/05/1926
    Stan Levey (April 5, 1926 – April 19, 2005) was an American jazz drummer.
  • Stan Laurel
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    Stan Laurel

    06/16/1890
    Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in 1890, was a prolific English comic actor, writer, and film director who was known for his significant contributions to the world of comedy. His narrative is that of a humble lad from Lancashire, England, who rose through the ranks in the entertainment industry to become one of Hollywood's most loved icons. The foundation of his career was laid with his performances in music halls before he moved to the United States in 1910 as part of Fred Karno's troupe. It was during this time that Laurel shared a room with Charlie Chaplin, another acclaimed comedian. Laurel made his mark on cinema history as one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, alongside Oliver Hardy. He was known for his slapstick humor and distinctive bowler hat, which became his trademark. His partnership with Hardy lasted for over two decades and included more than 100 films. He played a pivotal role in the creation of these films, not just as an actor but also as a writer, contributing to the scripts, gags, and even directing some of the silent classics. Apart from his individual awards, Laurel was recognized posthumously when Laurel and Hardy were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, further cementing their legacy. Despite personal tragedies, including the loss of his son at a young age and two divorces, Stan Laurel remained dedicated to making people laugh. His dedication to comedy persisted until his peaceful death in 1965. Today, he continues to be remembered, respected, and adored by fans worldwide who cherish the laughs he provided through his timeless body of work.
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  • Stan Getz
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    Stan Getz

    02/02/1927
    Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he popularized bossa nova in America with the hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).
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  • Stan Winston
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    Stan Winston

    04/07/1946
    Stanley "Stan" Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects creator. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man and Edward Scissorhands. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but he had recently expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.
  • Stanley Tucci
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    Stanley Tucci

    11/11/1960
    Stanley Tucci, born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York, is a renowned actor, writer, producer, and film director. Of Italian descent, he grew up in a family deeply rooted in art and culture, which ignited his passion for the entertainment industry from an early age. He attended State University of New York at Purchase, where he further honed his acting skills and laid the groundwork for his successful career. Tucci's cinematic journey began in the mid-1980s, but it was his role in Big Night (1996), which he also co-wrote and directed, that brought him into the limelight. The film received critical acclaim and established Tucci as a formidable talent in Hollywood. His versatility has spanned genres and mediums, with notable performances in films like The Lovely Bones (2009), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and Spotlight (2015), that won the Oscar for Best Picture. He is also recognized for his work in popular franchises such as The Hunger Games. In addition to his acting prowess, Tucci has made significant contributions behind the camera. He directed episodes of the TV series Oz and Bull, along with movies like Joe Gould's Secret and Blind Date. His endeavors extend beyond film and television into the culinary arts, proven by his Emmy Award-winning show Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.
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  • Stanley Donen
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    Stanley Donen

    04/13/1924
    Stanley Donen ( DON-ən; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are On the Town (1949) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), both of which starred Gene Kelly who co-directed. His other films include Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957), Indiscreet (1958), and Charade (1963). He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly. From 1943, he was in Hollywood and worked as a choreographer before beginning to collaborate with Kelly. After On the Town, Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing critically well-received box-office hits. Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, released in April 1952, which has appeared on lists of the best films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated during their final collaboration, It's Always Fair Weather (1955). He then broke his contract with MGM to become an independent producer in 1957. He continued making films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, often financial successes that gained positive attention. His film output became less frequent in the early 1980s and he briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002. Donen is credited with having transitioned Hollywood musical films from realistic backstage dramas to a more integrated art form in which the songs were a natural continuation of the story. Before Donen and Kelly made their films, musicals – such as the extravagant and stylized work of Busby Berkeley – were often set in a Broadway stage environment where the musical numbers were part of a stage show. Donen and Kelly's films created a more cinematic form and included dances that could only be achieved in the film medium. Donen stated that what he was doing was a "direct continuation from the Astaire – Rogers musicals ... which in turn came from René Clair and from Lubitsch ... What we did was not geared towards realism but towards the unreal." Donen is highly respected by film historians; however his career is often compared to Kelly's, and there is debate over who deserves more credit for their collaborations. Donen and Kelly's relationship was complicated, both professionally and personally, but Donen's films as a solo director are generally better regarded by critics than Kelly's. French film critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon has said that Donen's contribution to the evolution of the Hollywood musical "outshines anybody else's, including Vincente Minnelli's". David Quinlan called him "the King of the Hollywood musicals". Among his awards are an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Donen married five times and had three children. Film director and comedian Elaine May was his partner from 1999 until his death in 2019. He was the last surviving notable director of Hollywood's Golden Age.
  • Stanley Kubrick
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    Stanley Kubrick

    07/26/1928
    Stanley Kubrick, a name synonymous with the world of cinema, was born on July 26, 1928, in New York City. Raised in the Bronx by his father, a doctor, and mother, a homemaker, Kubrick's fascination with visual storytelling began from an early age. He was an avid reader and a very intelligent, albeit not academically inclined student. While still at high school, he developed a passion for photography, leading him to become a staff photographer at Look magazine immediately after graduation. Over the course of his illustrious career, Kubrick directed a collection of critically acclaimed films spanning several genres. His filmography includes iconic titles like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket. Each of his films is renowned for their unique visual style, meticulous attention to detail, and innovative narrative techniques. Kubrick's works challenged conventional norms and pushed cinematic boundaries. Despite his reputation as a reclusive genius, Kubrick was known to foster close relationships with his actors, often encouraging them to contribute ideas during the filmmaking process. This collaborative approach resulted in unforgettable performances and gave rise to some of cinema's most memorable characters. Kubrick passed away in 1999, but his legacy continues to inspire filmmakers across the world. His contribution to the art of filmmaking is unparalleled, making Stanley Kubrick one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema.
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  • Stan Brakhage
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    Stan Brakhage

    01/14/1933
    James Stanley Brakhage ( BRAK-ij; January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003), better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film. Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures. Interested in mythology and inspired by music, poetry, and visual phenomena, Brakhage sought to reveal the universal, in particular exploring themes of birth, mortality, sexuality, and innocence.Brakhage's films are often noted for their expressiveness and lyricism.
  • Stan Kroenke
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    Stan Kroenke

    07/29/1947
    Enos Stanley Kroenke (; born July 29, 1947) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of English Premier League football club Arsenal, the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, Denver Nuggets of the NBA, Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League, and the newly formed Los Angeles Gladiators of the Overwatch League. The Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche franchises are currently owned by his wife, Ann Walton Kroenke, to satisfy NFL ownership restrictions that forbid a team owner from owning teams in other markets. Ann is the daughter of Walmart co-founder James "Bud" Walton. He was estimated to be worth US$8.5 billion by Forbes in 2018.
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  • Stan Mikita
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    Stan Mikita

    05/20/1940
    Stanley Mikita (born Stanislav Guoth; May 20, 1940 – August 7, 2018) was a Slovak-born Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players.
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  • Stan Musial
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    Stan Musial

    11/21/1920
    Stanley Frank Musial (; born Stanisław Franciszek Musiał; November 21, 1920 – January 19, 2013), nicknamed Stan the Man, was an American baseball outfielder and first baseman. He spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1941 to 1944 and 1946 to 1963. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history, Musial was a first-ballot inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, and was also selected to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2014. Musial batted .331 over the course of his career and set National League (NL) records for career hits (3,630), runs batted in (1,951), games played (3,026), at bats (10,972), runs scored (1,949) and doubles (725). His 475 career home runs then ranked second in NL history behind Mel Ott's total of 511. His 6,134 total bases remained a major league record until surpassed by Hank Aaron, and his hit total still ranks fourth all-time, and is the highest by any player who spent his career with only one team. A seven-time batting champion with identical totals of 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 hits on the road, he was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and led St. Louis to three World Series championships. He also shares the major league record for the most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, where he frequently played baseball informally or in organized settings, and eventually played on the baseball team at Donora High School. Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 1938, Musial had arm problems and performed erratically on the mound for two seasons. On the recommendation of minor league manager Dickie Kerr, Musial was converted into an outfielder and made his major league debut in 1941. Noted for his unique batting stance, he quickly established himself as a consistent and productive hitter. In his first full season, 1942, the Cardinals won the World Series. The following year, he led the NL in six different offensive categories and earned his first MVP award. He was also named to the NL All-Star squad for the first time; he appeared in every All-Star game in every subsequent season he played. Musial won his second World Series championship in 1944, then missed the entire 1945 season while serving in the Navy. After completing his military service during the war, Musial returned to baseball in 1946 and resumed his consistent hitting. That year he earned his second MVP award and third World Series title. His third MVP award came in 1948, when he finished one home run short of winning baseball's Triple Crown. After struggling offensively in 1959, Musial used a personal trainer to help maintain his productivity until he decided to retire in 1963. At the time of his retirement, he held or shared 17 major league records, 29 National League records, and nine All-Star Game records. Ironically, in 1964, the season following his retirement, the Cardinals went on to defeat the New York Yankees in an epic 7-game clash, for St. Louis' first World Series championship in nearly two decades (a team which included future Hall of Famer Lou Brock performing what would have likely been Musial's left field duties). In addition to overseeing businesses, such as a restaurant both before and after his playing career, Musial served as the Cardinals' general manager in 1967, winning the pennant and World Series, then quitting that position. He also became noted for his harmonica playing, a skill he acquired during his playing career. Known for his modesty and sportsmanship, Musial was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. In February 2011, President Barack Obama presented Musial with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award that can be bestowed on a person by the United States government.
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  • Stan Ovshinsky
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    Stan Ovshinsky

    11/24/1922
    Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 – October 17, 2012) was an American inventor and scientist who over a span of fifty years was granted well over 400 patents, mostly in the areas of energy and information. Many of his inventions have had wide ranging applications. Among the most prominent are: an environmentally friendly nickel-metal hydride battery, which has been widely used in laptop computers, digital cameras, cell phones, and electric and hybrid cars; flexible thin-film solar energy laminates and panels; flat screen liquid crystal displays; rewritable CD and DVD discs; hydrogen fuel cells; and nonvolatile phase-change memory.Ovshinsky opened the scientific field of amorphous and disordered materials in the course of his research in the 1940s and 50s in neurophysiology, neural disease, the nature of intelligence in mammals and machines, and cybernetics. Amorphous silicon semiconductors have become the basis of many technologies and industries. Ovshinsky is also distinguished in being self-taught, without formal college or graduate training. Throughout his life, his love for science and his social convictions were the primary engines for his inventive work.In 1960, Ovshinsky and his soon-to-be second wife, Iris Dibner, founded Energy Conversion Laboratory in a storefront in Detroit, dedicating the laboratory to the solution of important societal problems using science and technology. Focusing on the critical areas of energy and information, their new company, reconstituted in 1964 as Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), went on to become a forefront invention and development laboratory whose products have built new industries, many of them aimed at making fossil fuel obsolete. ECD continues (through joint ventures and license partners) to be a leading solar energy and battery production firm.Roughly a year after Iris Ovshinsky's death in August 2006, Ovshinsky left ECD and established a new company, Ovshinsky Innovation LLC, devoted to developing the scientific basis for new energy and information technologies. In October 2007 he married Rosa Young, a physicist who had worked at ECD on numerous energy technologies including a hydrogen-powered hybrid car and on Ovshinsky's vision of a hydrogen-based economy.
  • Stanley Adams
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    Stanley Adams

    04/07/1915
    Stanley Adams (April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in many television series and films, notably Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), and TV series from Gunsmoke to Star Trek. He died in 1977 as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 62.
  • Stanley Blystone
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    Stanley Blystone

    08/01/1894
    William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances between 1924 and 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley.
  • Stanley Matthews
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    Stanley Matthews

    11/20/1945
    Stanley John Matthews is an English former professional tennis player. He became Wimbledon Boys' Champion in 1962 and reached the second round of the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He is the son of former professional footballer Sir Stanley Matthews.
  • Stanley Baker
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    Stanley Baker

    02/28/1928
    Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 1928 – 28 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer.
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  • Stan Freberg
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    Stan Freberg

    08/07/1926
    Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1943. He remained active in the industry into his late 80s, more than 70 years after entering it. His best-known works include "St. George and the Dragonet", Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, his role on the television series Time for Beany, and a number of classic television commercials.
  • Stanley Kunitz
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    Stanley Kunitz

    07/29/1905
    Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.
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    Stan Hansen

    08/29/1949
    John Stanley Hansen II (born August 29, 1949) is a retired professional wrestler. Hansen is known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesight. He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody, which he further emphasized by appearing in interviews with a cowboy hat, leather vest and bullrope while often chewing on tobacco. Considered the most successful and popular gaijin in professional wrestling history, he became more well-known and revered in Japan than in his native United States, where he also won championships.In 1989, he played a small role in the movie No Holds Barred. In 2011, he released his co-written biography, The Last Outlaw.
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  • Stanley Turrentine
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    Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion during a stint on CTI in the 1970s. He was described by critic Steve Huey as "renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone [and] earthy grounding in the blues." Turrentine was married to organist Shirley Scott in the 1960s, with whom he frequently recorded, and was the younger brother of trumpeter Tommy Turrentine.
  • Stan McDonald
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    Stan McDonald

    08/28/1935
    Stanley Montrose McDonald (born August 28, 1935) is a traditional jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophone player. He was one of the founding members of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band in 1971. Ten years later he founded the Blue Horizon Jazz Band. He made numerous recordings with the New Black Eagles. In 1973 the recording "On the River" was nominated for an Emmy Award.McDonald was listed as one of the top five soprano saxophone players in the world in a 1985 Mississippi Rag poll. He has played with Ralph Sutton, Tommy Benford, Buzzy Drootin, Ross Petot, Sammy Price, Benny Waters, Doc Cheatham, Dick Wetmore, Marty Grosz, and Scott Hamilton. In 2010, McDonald was the subject of a three-part series entitled Visiting Stan McDonald on Dave Radlauer's Jazz Rhythm radio series. The program won a Gabriel Award in 2011. Blue Horizon Jazz Band Discography: A Real Love Strong I Remember When Inside Track Dawn of the Blue Horizon Jazz Band Banned in Boston Classic Jazz Variations
  • Stanley Jordan
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    Stanley Jordan

    07/31/1959
    Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist whose technique involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.
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  • Stan Kenton
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    Stan Kenton

    12/15/1911
    Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.
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    Stan Hack

    12/06/1909
    Stanley Camfield Hack (December 6, 1909 – December 15, 1979), nicknamed "Smiling Stan", was an American third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Usually a leadoff hitter, he batted .301 lifetime, scored 100 runs seven times and led the NL in hits and stolen bases twice each. His 1092 walks ranked fourth in NL history when he retired, and remain a franchise record; he also hit .348 over four World Series. His .394 career on-base percentage was the highest by a 20th-century third baseman until Wade Boggs exceeded it in the late 1980s, and was the top NL mark until 2001. Hack led the NL in putouts five times, in double plays three times and in assists and fielding percentage twice each. At the end of his career he ranked second in major league history to Pie Traynor in games (1836) at third base, second in NL history to Traynor in putouts (1944), assists (3494) and total chances (5684), and third in NL history in double plays (255).
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  • Stan Humphries
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    Stan Humphries

    04/14/1965
    William Stanley Humphries (born April 14, 1965) is a former professional American football quarterback. He played for the Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He played high school football at Southwood High School and college football at Northeast Louisiana (now named the University of Louisiana at Monroe). He was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft.
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    Stan Jones

    11/24/1931
    Stanley Paul Jones (November 24, 1931 – May 21, 2010) was an American football guard and tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991. Jones is credited as the first professional player to use weight training to improve his conditioning for football.
  • Stan Lopata
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    Stan Lopata

    09/12/1925
    Stanley Edward Lopata (September 12, 1925 – June 15, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, Lopata played in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves. In 853 career games, Lopata recorded a batting average of .254 and accumulated 661 hits, 116 home runs, and 379 runs batted in (RBI). A two-time all-star, he was the first National League catcher to wear glasses.