“Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.”
“I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.”
| Herb Alpert, Musician (1935) |
| Alejandro Amenabar, Director (1972) |
| Dennis Cardoza, Politician (1959) |
| William Daniels, Actor (1927) |
| Rene Descartes, Mathematician (1596) |
| Edward Fitzgerald, Poet (1809) |
| Robert Hamer, Director (1911) |
| John Jakes, Writer (1932) |
| Jack Johnson, Athlete (1878) |
| Shirley Jones, Actress (1933) |
| Bella Abzug, Lawyer (1998) |
| Eugenie Anderson, Diplomat (1997) |
| Enid Bagnold, Author (1981) |
| John C. Calhoun, Statesman (1850) |
| Tim Flock, Celebrity (1998) |
| Brandon Lee, Actor (1993) |