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“If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.”
| Mary Decker, Athlete (1958) |
| Lane Evans, Politician (1951) |
| Greta Gerwig, Actress (1983) |
| William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician (1805) |
| Knut Hamsun, Author (1859) |
| John Harrington, Writer (1561) |
| Edward Irving, Clergyman (1792) |
| Daniel Dae Kim, Actor (1968) |
| Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1908) |
| Harry Lauder, Entertainer (1870) |
| Hans Christian Andersen, Author (1875) |
| John Bacon, Sculptor (1799) |
| Jeanne Calment, Celebrity (1997) |
| Lord Thomson Of Fleet, Publisher (1976) |
| William Floyd, Politician (1821) |