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“I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.”
“Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.”
| Khandi Alexander, Dancer (1957) |
| Phoebe Cary, Poet (1824) |
| Max Delbruck, Scientist (1906) |
| Bob Filner, Politician (1942) |
| Ray Floyd, Athlete (1942) |
| Raymond Floyd, Athlete (1942) |
| Ken Harrelson, Athlete (1941) |
| Paul Harvey, Journalist (1918) |
| Ivan Illich, Sociologist (1926) |
| Bernard Kerik, Public Servant (1955) |
| Creighton Abrams, Soldier (1974) |
| Marcel Achard, Playwright (1974) |
| Edward Eggleston, Editor (1902) |
| Hans Eysenck, Psychologist (1997) |
| Steve Irwin, Scientist (2006) |
| Walter Kaufmann, Philosopher (1980) |