“No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.”
| John Agar, Actor (1921) |
| Tallulah Bankhead, Actress (1903) |
| Ernie Banks, Athlete (1931) |
| Bernard Barton, Poet (1784) |
| Eddie Cantor, Comedian (1892) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1882) |
| Dick Gephardt, Politician (1941) |
| Philip Glass, Composer (1937) |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu, Leader (1543) |
| Derek Jarman, Director (1942) |
| George Washington Cable, Novelist (1925) |
| John Galsworthy, Author (1933) |
| Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist (1944) |
| Molly Ivins, Journalist (2007) |
| Gil Kane, Artist (2000) |
| Coretta Scott King, Activist (2006) |