“I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story are less read, and I lose interest.”
“All was well, until I reached the port of Havre. Three officers with the rank of lieutenant, whom afterwards I knew to be Scotland Yard men, came aboard and demanded to see my papers which they took away from me.”
| Bhumibol Adulyadej, Statesman (1927) |
| Rodney Alexander, Politician (1946) |
| Gary Allan, Musician (1967) |
| Joseph Barbara, Actor (1967) |
| William Barclay, Theologian (1907) |
| Jimmy Cannon, Journalist (1973) |
| Jose Carreras, Musician (1946) |
| Milton H. Erickson, Psychologist (1901) |
| Shalom Harlow, Model (1973) |
| Nunnally Johnson, Director (1897) |
| Robert Aldrich, Director (1983) |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer (1963) |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson, Athlete (1951) |