I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'
Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can do as a director is to make sure that everybody is in the same world - you have to create the world and make sure everyone buys into it.
| Eden Ahbez, Musician (1908) |
| Claudia Cardinale, Actress (1938) |
| Bliss Carman, Poet (1861) |
| Joe Davis, Celebrity (1901) |
| Dave Edmunds, Musician (1944) |
| Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1707) |
| Luke Evans, Actor (1979) |
| Eva Figes, (1932) |
| Jay Garner, Soldier (1938) |
| Henry James, Writer (1843) |
| Simon Dach, Poet (1659) |
| William Empson, Poet (1984) |
| Oliver Evans, Inventor (1819) |
| Greta Garbo, Actress (1990) |
| Jean Genet, Dramatist (1986) |
| Abraham Lincoln, President (1865) |

