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“If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.”
| Otto Bauer, Writer (1881) |
| Amy Marcy Beach, Musician (1867) |
| John Cage, Composer (1912) |
| Tommaso Campanella, Philosopher (1568) |
| John Griffin Carlisle, Politician (1834) |
| John C. Danforth, Politician (1936) |
| William Devane, Actor (1940) |
| Werner Erhard, Celebrity (1935) |
| Alcee Hastings, Politician (1936) |
| Jesse James, Criminal (1847) |
| Douglas Bader, Soldier (1982) |
| Lord Caradon, Diplomat (1990) |
| Leon Edel, Critic (1997) |
| Paul Gillmor, Politician (2007) |
| Mother Teresa, Leader (1997) |