“I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.”
“The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.”
| Wayne Allard, Politician (1943) |
| John Barbirolli, Musician (1899) |
| Steven Bauer, Actor (1956) |
| Maria Callas, Musician (1923) |
| Howard Finster, Artist (1916) |
| Alexander Haig, Public Servant (1924) |
| Julie Harris, Actress (1925) |
| Joey Adams, Comedian (1999) |
| Ferdinand Christian Baur, Theologian (1860) |
| Robertson Davies, Novelist (1995) |
| Marty Feldman, Comedian (1982) |
| Romain Gary, Novelist (1980) |
| Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (2007) |
| Ivan Illich, Sociologist (2002) |
| Philip Larkin, Poet (1985) |