“I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.”
“Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease.”
| Abu Abbas, Politician (1948) |
| Charlie Adam, Athlete (1985) |
| Clive Anderson, Entertainer (1952) |
| Melvil Dewey, Inventor (1851) |
| Susan Dey, Actress (1952) |
| Edward Eggleston, Editor (1837) |
| Greg Giraldo, Comedian (1965) |
| Jahangir Khan, Athlete (1963) |
| Karl Barth, Theologian (1968) |
| Rick Danko, Musician (1999) |
| Armand Hammer, Businessman (1990) |
| Walter Johnson, Athlete (1946) |