“When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.”
“I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.”
| Abigail Adams, First Lady (1744) |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat, Artist (1960) |
| C. S. Calverley, Poet (1831) |
| Charles Stuart Calverley, Poet (1831) |
| Luther Campbell, Musician (1960) |
| Steve Carlton, Athlete (1944) |
| Dan Devine, Coach (1924) |
| Hector Elizondo, Actor (1936) |
| Jean Henri Fabre, Author (1823) |
| Andrew Fastow, Criminal (1961) |
| George Eliot, Author (1880) |