One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.
Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
| Charles Eames, Designer (1907) |
| Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist (1942) |
| M. C. Escher, Artist (1898) |
| Bobby Farrelly, Director (1958) |
| Newt Gingrich, Politician (1943) |
| Francois Jacob, Scientist (1920) |
| James Weldon Johnson, Poet (1871) |
| Marcy Kaptur, Politician (1946) |
| Kendrick Lamar, Musician (1987) |
| Henry Lawson, Writer (1867) |
| Joseph Addison, Writer (1719) |
| Richard Harris Barham, Comedian (1845) |
| Roberto Calvi, Businessman (1982) |
| Lewis Cass, Soldier (1866) |
| Gianfranco Ferre, Designer (2007) |
| Giovanni Giolitti, Statesman (1928) |
| Thomas Jordan Jarvis, Politician (1915) |
| Rodney King, Celebrity (2012) |

