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Joe Zieja is an American ex-USAF officer, now a voice actor and author in Los Angeles. Works include Fire Emblem Three Houses (Claude Von Riegan), Just Cause 4 (Cesar), Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, (Fox McCloud), Fate/Apocrypha, (Achilles) and many other anime and video game roles, as well as sidekick Issei Hoshino in Yakuza: Judgment. He is the author of the Epic Failure Trilogy, a whimsical, military sci-fi series described as "Terry Pratchett in space."- Actor
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Angeria Paris VanMicheals was born on 25 July 1993 in Sparta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dynasty (2017), Kylie Sonique Love: True Colors (2023) and The Syd + TP Show (2023).- Robert Broyles was born on 20 January 1933 in Sparta, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Poltergeist (1982) and Sonny Boy (1989). He died on 12 February 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Donald K. Slayton was one of the original Mercury project astronauts, but he was grounded by an irregular heartbeat. He was chief of the NASA astronaut office and director of flight crew operations. In 1975 he flew on the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission. He died in 1993 at his home.
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Country singer/songwriter Franklin Delano Reeves was born on July 14, 1932 in Sparta, North Carolina. The youngest of eleven children, Reeves learned how to play guitar with his mother's help (he borrowed his brothers' instruments while they were serving in World War II) and was a local radio star at age twelve. Del attended Appalachian State College in Boone, North Carolina and served in the Air Force, where he wrote and performed songs while stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California. He then became a regular on "The Chester Smith Show" from 1958 to 1961. Reeves signed with Capitol Records in 1954 and recorded songs for Decca Records, Reprise Records, and Columbia Records throughout the 50's. Del moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the early 60's, signed up with United Artists Records, and scored his first hit song with "Be Quiet Mind" in 1961. Reeves and his wife formed a professional songwriting duo; they penned songs for such established country singers as Carl Smith, Sheb Wooley, Rose Maddox, and Roy Drusky. In 1965 Del had his biggest and most beloved smash success with the delightful trucker's country tune "Girl on the Billboard," which soared all the way to #1 on the country radio charts and sold a million copies. The follow-up song "The Belles of Southern Bell" was a Top 5 country radio hit. Reeves' other hit songs include "Women Do Funny Things to Me," "A Dime At a Time," "Looking At the World Through a Windshield," his signature number "Good Time Charlie's," "Be Glad," and "The Philadelphia Fillies." Del became a regular performer at the Grand Ole Opry in 1966 and was well regarded as a great entertainer thanks to his deft comic timing, positive attitude, and amusing impressions of such stars as Jimmy Stewart, Walter Brennan, and Johnny Cash. He hosted his own syndicated TV program called "Del Reeves' Country Carnival" in the late 60's. Moreover, Reeves also acted in the movies "Sam Whiskey," "Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers," "Second Fiddle to a Steal Guitar," "The Gold Guitar," and "Forty Acre Feud." In the early to mid 70's Del recorded duets with Bobby Goldsboro, Penny DeHaven, and Billie Jo Spears. After his career waned in the mid 70's, Reeves became a music executive in 1979 and helped to promote the career of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus in the early 90's. Del Reeves died at age 74 from emphysema on January 1, 2007.- Actress
Nada Rowand was born on 30 November 1936 in Sparta, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Nancy (1970), Masquerade (1988) and F.I.S.T. (1978).- Actor
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Notis Peryalis was born on 16 August 1920 in Sparta, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Electra (1962), The Red Lanterns (1963) and Prodosia (1964). He died on 10 November 2009 in Athens, Greece.- On Broadway from 1901, vivacious, blonde Vivian Martin was one of the first stars of the stage to be signed by the fledgling World Film Corporation in 1914 (then under the auspices of Arthur Spiegel and Lewis J. Selznick). Vivian's first step to fame had come in 1911, when the impresario George M. Cohan cast her as an ingénue for "The Only Son". She then had several back-to-back hits in romantic plays which brought her the attention of the film studios. Vivian rapidly emerged as the youngest major star at Paramount-Artcraft, even briefly regarded as a serious rival to the great Mary Pickford and dubbed "the world's sweetheart" (her other nickname was "The Dresden China Figurine"). She acted opposite most of the popular leading men of the period, including Harold Lockwood, Harrison Ford (no relation to THE Harrison Ford), Ralph Graves and Niles Welch.
She was inevitably cast as emotive, engagingly sweet, or naive mademoiselles, waifs, models, country girls and débutantes. In 1920, Vivian set up her own production company. However, the public were unwilling to accept her in more emancipated roles and her films flopped, and mounting studio rentals and an expensive lawsuit further diminished what was left of her career. Between 1926 and 1929, Vivian enjoyed a brief resurgence in marital dramas on Broadway, but not enough to resuscitate her acting prospects. By 1935, she effectively disappeared from stage and screen, but remained in public view as a philanthropist, a noted benefactor to the New York Professional Children's School. Vivian was married to Arthur H. Samuels, a former editor for The New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar. - Nadine Marcelletti was born on 14 April 1975 in Sparta, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Crazytown (2019).
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Sam Parker was born on 30 October 1906 in Sparta, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fowl Ball Player (1940). He was married to Blanche Rae Parker. He died on 30 March 1986 in Eustis, Florida, USA.- Giota Karounou was born in 1978 in Sparta, Greece. She is an actress, known for S1ngles (2004) and Bar (2002).
- Alicia Selby was born in 1986 in Sparta, Tennessee, USA.
- In 1986 a man attending Mr. Bestrom's church noticed his resemblance to Mr. Lincoln without a beard and said, "You look like Lincoln!". Upon his suggestion, Mr. Bestrom started growing a beard and them it all fell into place. Several years later he terminated his employment, at age 61, and "hit the road". Mr. Bestrom has been in 26 states and many schools. He traveled the country in an RV painted to resemble a log cabin. Now he gives his time and talent to senior citizens, those forgotten people of the last generation who have given so much to us and our heritage. Mr. Bestrom is able to rekindle the era of Lincoln for them. They love it as does he. Mr. Bestrom's family includes a former wife, three children, and two grandchildren.
- Billie Jo Konze was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, and studied Theatre Arts at the University of Minnesota. She is an actress, known for Queen of Snakes (2019), Sign Here, Please (2018) and The Giant Spider (2013).
In addition to her work in film, Billie Jo has performed in over 40 full-length stage productions, including playing the roles of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Eurydice in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, and Chick in Crimes of the Heart. - Additional Crew
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Mike Doto was born on 9 September 1974 in Sparta, New Jersey, USA. He is an assistant director and producer, known for The Legacy (2010), Last Flight to Minneapolis (1997) and Always Picked Last. He has been married to Darlene Fish since 16 August 2008.- Actor
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Matthew Catania was born on 12 October 1985 in Sparta, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Filler! (2008), Who's Your Father? (2010) and Losers (2014).- Edgar Stillman Kelly was born on 14 April 1857 in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA. He was a composer, known for Corianton (1931). He was married to Jessie Gregg. He died on 12 November 1944 in Oxford, Ohio, USA.
- John Wittenborn was born on 1 March 1936 in Sparta, Illinois, USA. He died on 29 March 2016 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA.
- Doane Robinson was born on 19 October 1856 in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 27 November 1946 in Pierre, South Dakota, USA.
- Lindsey Fleagle was born on 15 April 1977 in Sparta, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Mustang Psycho (2010).