“The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible.”
“I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.”
| Danny Aiello, Actor (1933) |
| Anna Letitia Barbauld, Poet (1743) |
| Paul Castellano, Criminal (1915) |
| Len Dawson, Athlete (1935) |
| Jacques Delors, Economist (1925) |
| Adam Ferguson, Philosopher (1723) |
| Errol Flynn, Actor (1909) |
| Peter Gay, Historian (1923) |
| Frank Lampard, Athlete (1978) |
| Martin Landau, Actor (1928) |
| Bernard Baruch, Businessman (1965) |
| Clifton Fadiman, Writer (1999) |
| Timothy Findley, Novelist (2002) |
| Vittorio Gassman, Actor (2000) |
| Jack Kilby, Scientist (2005) |