“Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield.”
| Charles Baudelaire, Poet (1821) |
| Thomas Cavendish, Explorer (1908) |
| Jackie Evancho, Musician (2000) |
| Sam Ewing, Athlete (1949) |
| Elle Fanning, Actress (1998) |
| Marc Jacobs, Designer (1963) |
| Mark Kelly, Musician (1961) |
| Frank King, Cartoonist (1883) |
| Joshua Ledet, Musician (1992) |
| Tom Lehrer, Musician (1928) |
| Francis Bacon, Philosopher (1626) |
| Wilhelm Canaris, Soldier (1945) |
| Stephen J. Field, Judge (1899) |