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“The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.”
| Edmondo De Amicis, Novelist (1846) |
| Patti Davis, Celebrity (1952) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1820) |
| Will Estes, Actor (1978) |
| Carrie Fisher, Actress (1956) |
| Whitey Ford, Athlete (1928) |
| Martin Gardner, Mathematician (1914) |
| Dizzy Gillespie, Musician (1917) |
| Paul Ince, Athlete (1967) |
| Kim Kardashian, Celebrity (1980) |
| Isabelle Eberhardt, Explorer (1904) |
| Samuel Foote, Dramatist (1777) |
| Jim Garrison, Public Servant (1992) |
| Jack Kerouac, Novelist (1969) |