My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.
Luther Allison, Musician (1939) |
Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman (1941) |
Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist (1938) |
William Carey, Clergyman (1761) |
Belinda Carlisle, Musician (1958) |
Larry Ellison, Businessman (1944) |
W. Mark Felt, Public Servant (1913) |
Marcus Garvey, Publisher (1887) |
John C. Hawkes, Novelist (1925) |
Dave Jones, Coach (1956) |
Conrad Aiken, Author (1973) |
Pearl Bailey, Actress (1990) |
Ruth First, Activist (1982) |
Duncan Forbes, Writer (1868) |
Ira Gershwin, Musician (1983) |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1935) |
Moses Hadas, Writer (1966) |
Fernand Leger, Artist (1955) |