For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc.
| Enid Bagnold, Author (1889) |
| Ruby Dee, Actress (1924) |
| Giovanni Giolitti, Statesman (1842) |
| H. R. Haldeman, Politician (1926) |
| J. A. Jance, Author (1944) |
| Ralph Kiner, Athlete (1922) |
| Maxine Hong Kingston, Writer (1940) |
| Simon LeBon, Musician (1958) |
| Fran Lebowitz, Journalist (1951) |
| Lascelles Abercrombie, Poet (1938) |
| Morey Amsterdam, Actor (1996) |
| James M. Cain, Novelist (1977) |


