“And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known to me. As if the story has already taken place, and it's my responsibility to put it in the right order to tell it to you.”
| Keith Carradine, Actor (1949) |
| Benny Carter, Musician (1907) |
| William M. Daley, Politician (1948) |
| Kool Moe Dee, Musician (1962) |
| Roger Federer, Athlete (1981) |
| George Gerbner, Journalist (1919) |
| Brian Harvey, Musician (1974) |
| Alija Izetbegovic, Activist (1925) |
| Dino De Laurentiis, Director (1919) |
| Ernest Lawrence, Scientist (1901) |
| George Canning, Statesman (1827) |
| Ernst Haeckel, Scientist (1919) |
| James Irwin, Astronaut (1991) |
| Shirley Jackson, Novelist (1965) |
| John H. Johnson, Businessman (2005) |