It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
| Elisabetta Canalis, Actress (1978) |
| Jan Egeland, Public Servant (1957) |
| Anselm Feuerbach, Artist (1829) |
| Ben Folds, Musician (1966) |
| Sigmar Gabriel, Politician (1959) |
| George Jones, Musician (1931) |
| Florence Kelley, Activist (1859) |
| Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1891) |
| Richard Lamm, Politician (1935) |
| Stanislaw Lem, Writer (1921) |
| Johnny Cash, Musician (2003) |
| Ernst Haas, Photographer (1986) |
| Serge Lang, Mathematician (2005) |
| Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Photographer (1986) |

