“The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of its characteristics, the interest of its history, the rapidity of its advance, and the stupendous promise of its future.”
| 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) |