I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
| Stokely Carmichael, Activist (1941) |
| Jo Ann Davis, Politician (1950) |
| Nelson Eddy, Musician (1901) |
| Robert Evans, Director (1930) |
| Ray Harryhausen, Director (1920) |
| Katherine Jenkins, Musician (1980) |
| Harmon Killebrew, Athlete (1936) |
| Allan Carr, Director (1999) |
| Delphine De Girardin, Novelist (1855) |
| Henri Lefebvre, Sociologist (1991) |

