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When Spielberg showed John Williams the a cut of ‘Schindler’s List,’ the composer became so moved that he could barely speak and had to step out for a few minutes. When he returned, he told Spielberg the film deserved a better composer to which Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”

Star Wars composer John William's son is the lead singer for the rock group Toto

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  1. John Williams lost at the 50th Academy Awards (Close Encounters)...to himself (Star Wars).

  2. John Williams has been nominated for an Oscar 51 times, averaging one nomination a year since his first in 1967

  3. When Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of Schindler's List, Williams was so moved he had to take a walk outside to collect himself. Upon his return, Williams told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, "I know, but they're all dead."

  4. Seth MacFarlane, John Lithgow, Richard Gere, Sarah Palin, Howard Dean, Elizabeth Shue, and Bing Crosby are all descendants of the same Mayflower passenger, William Brewster.

  5. When JJ Abrams chose to have John Williams score The Force Awakens, he gave his frequent composer/collaborator Michael Giacchino a role as stormtrooper FN-3181 in the raid on Jakku as an apology.

  6. In the 1970s when John Williams first demonstrated the two-note "Jaws" danger theme to director Steven Spielberg, he laughed, thinking it was a joke. Spielberg later said the movie would have been only half as successful without Williams.

  7. John Williams has been nominated for an Academy Award 50 times, and only won 5 times - the last in 1993, for Schindler's List

  8. Film composer John Williams is the second most Academy Award nominated person in history with 49 nominations, right after Walt Disney

  9. John Williams subtly put the Imperial March into Anakin's Theme from Episode I, foreshadowing his turn to the Dark Side.

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Composer John Williams has been nominated for 49 Academy Awards, a record for any living person.

John Harrison - the only person to be both the child (William Henry Harrison) and the parent (Benjamin Harrison) of U.S. Presidents. - source

Academy Award winning composer John Williams (Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones) is the father of Toto ("Africa") frontman Joseph Williams. - source

When John Williams first played Steven Spielberg the theme song for 'Jaws,' the director laughed and thought it was a joke. He then asked Williams if he could try something a little more swashbuckling, but luckily the composer was able to convince him otherwise.

The lead singer of Toto, Joseph Williams, was the writer of the original English lyrics for the song performed by Jabba the Hutt's palace band in the original 1983 release of "Return of the Jedi," which was scored and conducted by his father John Williams. - source

FDR is related – by blood or marriage – to a total of eleven presidents: Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Madison, Taylor, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Van Buren, Grant, and Taft.

The lead singer of the 80's band Toto is musical composer, John Williams' son.

John Williams, legendary 'Star Wars' composer, says he's never seen any of the movies

Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were with John Belushi on the night of his death

John Williams and Stephen Spielberg met in 1972 after Spielberg got a Universal executive to arrange for their meeting. Williams, charmed by Spielberg's enthusiastic personality, agreed to work with him, cementing one of the best known film and music partnerships.

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William Jackson Marion, who was hanged for the murder of John Cameron. Four years later, the "victim" returned from his travels

Steven Spielberg thought John Williams was joking the first time he played the JAWS theme for him.

Detective John St. John (Jigsaw John), the man who caught William Bonin, The Freeway Killer, got a confession out of him by writing a fake letter from one of the victims' mothers begging him to tell her what he did with her son.

When John Williams first played the theme song to the film "Jaws" by playing just two notes on piano, Steven Spielberg laughed and thought it was a joke.

Composer John Williams signs autographs with the first two bars from the original Star Wars theme.

Famed EC Comics artist John Severin refused to draw any horror stories for moral reasons. When publisher William Gaines suggested he was making excuses and just couldn't draw the style, Severin drew something so horrific that it gave Gaines nightmares.

The Gummy Bears Theme Song was performed by Joseph Williams, former lead singer of the band Toto, who happens to be the son of famous composer John Williams.

The Gummi Bears theme song was performed by Joseph Williams, frontman of Toto and son of composer John Williams

James William Boyd, a Confederate soldier who disappeared. It has been theorized that he was John Wilkes Booth's decoy after Lincoln was assassinated.

John Shakespeare - William's dad - was, in his time, a court-appointed ale taster (this is why pubs must legally have signs), a 'brogger' (an illegal wool dealer), a farmer, a glover and Mayor of Stratford, before falling on hard times for unknown reasons

John Peter Zenger apprenticed with William Bradford for eight years beginning in 1711, learning the printing trade. He was 14 years old when he began.

Danielle Steel was married to Claude-Eric Lazard, Danny Zugelder, William George Toth, John Traina, and Thomas Perkins. It is believed that some of her writing is inspired by her relationships.

John William Godward, an English painter who committed suicide at the age of 61, he left a suicide note saying "the world is not big enough for myself and a Picasso".

John Williams, famed composer of the themes from Star Wars and Jaws also wrote many television themes, including Gilligan's Island, Lost In Space and Wagon Train.

The Baldwin brothers; (Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen), Julia Child, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, John Lithgow, Christopher Reeve, and many other notable people are all descended from William Bradford (1590–1657), Mayflower passenger and colonial governor of Plymouth Colony.

Lizzie is still considered the prime suspect, however others have been considered including Bridget Sullivan (the maid), William Borden (Andrew's illegitimate son), Emma Borden (Lizzie's sister), and John Morse (Lizzie's uncle on her mother's side).

A single composer, John Williams, is responsible for the theme songs to Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Harry Potter.

Swainson was born in London, England, and was the oldest son of John Timothy Swainson.

He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1820 and began publication of his studies in natural history including Zoological Illustrations and Exotic Conchology.

In 1734 New York's Governor William Cosby had John Peter Zenger charged with criminal libel, but Zenger was acquitted by a grand jury.

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