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“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.”
“This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.”
| Phillip Adams, Writer (1939) |
| Eric Carr, Musician (1950) |
| Lisa Nicole Carson, Actress (1969) |
| Lord Edward Cecil, Soldier (1867) |
| George Eastman, Inventor (1854) |
| Ron Fairly, Athlete (1938) |
| Robert Fisk, Journalist (1946) |
| Tim Gane, Musician (1964) |
| Gareth Gates, Musician (1984) |
| Oscar Hammerstein, Writer (1895) |
| Ray Stannard Baker, Journalist (1946) |
| Benny Carter, Musician (2003) |
| Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher (1536) |
| L. Wolfe Gilbert, Musician (1970) |
| Alexander Hamilton, Politician (1804) |