“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
“If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.”
| Aaliyah, Musician (1979) |
| Sade Adu, Musician (1959) |
| Bill Alexander, Politician (1934) |
| Vittorio Alfieri, Dramatist (1749) |
| Debbie Allen, Actress (1950) |
| John Carpenter, Director (1948) |
| Dizzy Dean, Athlete (1910) |
| Nigel Dennis, Writer (1912) |
| Garth Ennis, Writer (1970) |
| Jake Epstein, Actor (1987) |
| Edmond About, Novelist (1885) |
| Leo Delibes, Composer (1891) |
| Robert Fitzgerald, Author (1985) |
| Edward Gibbon, Historian (1794) |