Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Poet
1
Martha Washington (1731-1802)
First Lady
2
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Novelist
3
Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005)
Voice Actor
4
Aminah Robinson (1940-2015)
Painter
5
Marsh McCall (1964-2017)
TV Producer
6
Daniel Brooks (1958-2023)
Director
7
John Derek (1926-1998)
8
Daniel Williams (1985-2025)
Drummer
9
Edward Bellamy (1850-1898)
10
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Movie Actress
11
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970)
12
Dina Merrill (1923-2017)
13
Nicky Hayden (1981-2017)
Motorcycle Racer
14
Jerry Sloan (1942-2020)
Basketball Coach
15
Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985)
Cartoonist
16
Richard Thorp (1932-2013)
Soap Opera Actor
17
Lefty Grove (1900-1975)
Baseball Player
18
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943)
Political Wife
19
Matthew Cowles (1944-2014)
TV Actor
20
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William Marsters (1831-1899)
Explorer
21
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
22
Mory Kante (1950-2020)
World Music Singer
23
Buddy Hall (1945-2025)
Billiards Player
24
Lily Parr (1905-1978)
Soccer Player
25
Yuan Longping (1930-2021)
26
Thomas Edward McConnell (1868-1938)
Politician
27
Tom Bernard (1932-2018)
Movie Actor
28
Richard Biggs (1960-2004)
29
Zara Abid (1992-2020)
Model
30
Pippa Scott (1934-2025)
TV Actress
31
Philip Roth (1933-2018)
32
Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873)
33
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
34
Joan Davis (1907-1961)
35
Hugh Williamson (1735-1819)
36
Myrtle Bachelder (1908-1997)
Chemist
37
Chief Bender (1884-1954)
38
John Marley (1907-1984)
39
Martin Gardner (1914-2010)
Mathematician
40
Darryl Hickman (1931-2024)
41
Rocky Graziano (1919-1990)
Boxer
42
Aubrey Fitch (1883-1978)
War Hero
43
Alfred Hershey (1908-1997)
Physiologist
44
Chi Modu (1966-2021)
Photographer
45
Elizabeth Sung (1954-2018)
46
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
Children's Author
47
Velimir Bata Zivojinovic (1933-2016)
48
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