Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
Poet
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Martha Washington (1731-1802)
First Lady
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Rob Base (1967-2026)
Rapper
3
Lily Parr (1905-1978)
Soccer Player
4
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Novelist
5
Marsh McCall (1964-2017)
TV Producer
6
John Marley (1907-1984)
Movie Actor
7
Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005)
Voice Actor
8
Lefty Grove (1900-1975)
Baseball Player
9
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
Composer
10
Nicky Hayden (1981-2017)
Motorcycle Racer
11
Daniel Williams (1985-2025)
Drummer
12
Jerry Sloan (1942-2020)
Basketball Coach
13
Aminah Robinson (1940-2015)
Painter
14
Philip Roth (1933-2018)
15
Rocky Graziano (1919-1990)
Boxer
16
John Derek (1926-1998)
Director
17
Mory Kante (1950-2020)
World Music Singer
18
Richard Biggs (1960-2004)
TV Actor
19
Richard Thorp (1932-2013)
Soap Opera Actor
20
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Martin Gardner (1914-2010)
Mathematician
21
Thomas Edward McConnell (1868-1938)
Politician
22
Wayne Miller (1918-2013)
Photographer
23
Matthew Cowles (1944-2014)
24
Robert Asprin (1946-2008)
25
Dina Merrill (1923-2017)
Movie Actress
26
Daniel Brooks (1958-2023)
27
Rick Hoyt (1962-2023)
Runner
28
Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939-2000)
29
Pippa Scott (1934-2025)
TV Actress
30
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
31
Yuan Longping (1930-2021)
32
Darryl Hickman (1931-2024)
33
Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985)
Cartoonist
34
Claude McKay (1889-1948)
35
Dick Parry (1942-2026)
Saxophonist
36
Velimir Bata Zivojinovic (1933-2016)
37
Alfred Hershey (1908-1997)
Physiologist
38
Myrtle Bachelder (1908-1997)
Chemist
39
Chi Modu (1966-2021)
40
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943)
Political Wife
41
Elizabeth Sung (1954-2018)
42
Chief Bender (1884-1954)
43
Joan Davis (1907-1961)
44
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892-1993)
Pianist
45
Zara Abid (1992-2020)
Model
46
Aubrey Fitch (1883-1978)
War Hero
47
Stephan Rosti (1891-1964)
48
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