But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them.
Josephine Baker, Dancer (1906) |
Chuck Barris, Producer (1929) |
Roscoe Bartlett, Politician (1926) |
Jefferson Davis, Leader (1808) |
Allen Ginsberg, Poet (1926) |
Hale Irwin, Athlete (1945) |
Kelly Jones, Musician (1974) |
Kerry King, Musician (1964) |
Bert Lance, Politician (1931) |
William Harvey, Scientist (1657) |
Pope John XXIII, Clergyman (1963) |
Franz Kafka, Novelist (1924) |
Raj Kapoor, Actor (1988) |
Ayatollah Khomeini, Statesman (1989) |