“As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia.”
“It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.”
| Howard Aiken, Scientist (1900) |
| Eben Alexander, Educator (1851) |
| Samuel Barber, Composer (1910) |
| Luis Barragan, Architect (1902) |
| John Cale, Musician (1942) |
| Bert Campaneris, Athlete (1942) |
| Linda Fiorentino, Actress (1960) |
| Bobby Fischer, Celebrity (1943) |
| Yuri Gagarin, Astronaut (1934) |
| Carlos Ghosn, Businessman (1954) |
| Anna Letitia Barbauld, Poet (1825) |
| Max Delbruck, Scientist (1981) |
| Brad Delp, Musician (2007) |
| Chris LeDoux, Musician (2005) |