Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Poet
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Martha Washington (1731-1802)
First Lady
2
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Novelist
3
Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005)
Voice Actor
4
Marsh McCall (1964-2017)
TV Producer
5
Aminah Robinson (1940-2015)
Painter
6
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943)
Political Wife
7
Daniel Brooks (1958-2023)
Director
8
Jerry Sloan (1942-2020)
Basketball Coach
9
Nicky Hayden (1981-2017)
Motorcycle Racer
10
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Movie Actress
11
Lefty Grove (1900-1975)
Baseball Player
12
Mory Kante (1950-2020)
World Music Singer
13
Dina Merrill (1923-2017)
14
Martin Gardner (1914-2010)
Mathematician
15
Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873)
16
Richard Biggs (1960-2004)
TV Actor
17
John Marley (1907-1984)
Movie Actor
18
Thomas Edward McConnell (1868-1938)
Politician
19
John H. Striebel (1891-1962)
Cartoonist
20
Lily Parr (1905-1978)
Soccer Player
21
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
22
Zara Abid (1992-2020)
Model
23
Richard Thorp (1932-2013)
Soap Opera Actor
24
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Darryl Hickman (1931-2024)
25
Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985)
26
Matthew Cowles (1944-2014)
27
Velimir Bata Zivojinovic (1933-2016)
28
Yuan Longping (1930-2021)
29
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
Children's Author
30
Mickey Roker (1932-2017)
Drummer
31
Norman Read (1931-1994)
Race Walker
32
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
33
John Derek (1926-1998)
34
Philip Roth (1933-2018)
35
Aubrey Fitch (1883-1978)
War Hero
36
Rocky Graziano (1919-1990)
Boxer
37
Elizabeth Sung (1954-2018)
TV Actress
38
Joan Davis (1907-1961)
39
Myrtle Bachelder (1908-1997)
Chemist
40
William Marsters (1831-1899)
Explorer
41
Chi Modu (1966-2021)
Photographer
42
Alfred Hershey (1908-1997)
Physiologist
43
Hampton Hawes (1928-1977)
Pianist
44
Hugh Williamson (1735-1819)
45
Wayne Miller (1918-2013)
46
Warren Hacker (1924-2002)
47
Sarath Babu (1951-2023)
48
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