“The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.”
| Steve Allen, Entertainer (1921) |
| Charles Babbage, Mathematician (1792) |
| Evan Bayh, Politician (1955) |
| Alejo Carpentier, Novelist (1904) |
| Elizabeth David, Writer (1913) |
| Gray Davis, Politician (1942) |
| Gnassingbe Eyadema, Statesman (1937) |
| Carlton Fisk, Athlete (1947) |
| Kit Harington, Actor (1986) |
| Joyce Jillson, Celebrity (1946) |
| Melvil Dewey, Inventor (1931) |
| Gerald R. Ford, President (2006) |
| Doug Harvey, Athlete (1989) |
| Elsa Lanchester, Actress (1986) |
| Kenneth Scott Latourette, Historian (1968) |