“Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.”
“As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.”
| 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) |