But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art.
| Isabel Allende, Writer (1942) |
| Irving Babbitt, Critic (1865) |
| James A. Baldwin, Author (1924) |
| Jim Capaldi, Musician (1944) |
| Caleb Carr, Novelist (1955) |
| James Fallows, Journalist (1949) |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer (1905) |
| Lance Ito, Judge (1950) |
| Victoria Jackson, Comedian (1959) |
| George Kimble, Historian (1908) |
| Enrico Caruso, Musician (1921) |
| Thomas Gainsborough, Artist (1788) |
| Warren G. Harding, President (1923) |
| John Keegan, Historian (2012) |
| Fritz Lang, Director (1976) |

