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“Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.”
“We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.”
| Kamal Ahmed, Comedian (1966) |
| Sidney Altman, Scientist (1939) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman (1956) |
| Anne Baxter, Actress (1923) |
| Joseph Cannon, Politician (1836) |
| Angela Carter, Novelist (1940) |
| Owen Hart, Entertainer (1965) |
| Joseph Joubert, Writer (1754) |
| Edwin Land, Inventor (1909) |
| Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1974) |
| Stanislaw Lec, Poet (1966) |