John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And the attraction was not always immediately apparent. Most considered the act of exchanging saliva revolting.
| Clara Barton, Public Servant (1821) |
| Cab Calloway, Musician (1907) |
| Carlos Castaneda, Writer (1931) |
| Carlos Castenada, Writer (1925) |
| Orlando Gibbons, Composer (1583) |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Politician (1876) |
| Karl Abraham, Psychologist (1925) |
| Derek Bailey, Musician (2005) |
| Karel Capek, Writer (1938) |
| W. C. Fields, Comedian (1946) |
| James Gadsden, Politician (1858) |
| Matthew Hale, Historian (1676) |

