Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek writer, philosopher: He is credited with "inventing" logic and the science of reasoning. ARISTOTLE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 6 Gene Brown () : BROWN 72 Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) English sportsman, writer: He was a noted eccentric, cleric and wine merchant best known for his collection of aphorisms in "Lacon." COLTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 84 Tryon Edwards (1809-1894) : EDWARDS 98 Epictetus (55-135) Greek philosopher: Noted for stoic philosophy based on indifference to external goods. EPICTETUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 100 Franklin P. Jones (1887-1929) US businessman: President, CEO of American Management Assoc. JONES ENTERTAINMENT 140 Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French essayist, moralist: JOUBERT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 141 Juvenal (60-140) Roman satirist: He was known as "the Last Poet of Rome." JUVENAL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 142 Doug Larson () : LARSON 152 Publilius Syrus (1st C. BC) Syrian-born Latin writer: SYRUS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 192 Plutarch (46-120) Greek author: Major influence on philosophers and writers for hundreds of years. PLUTARCH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 202 Charles Simmons (1924-____) : SIMMONS 229 Katharine Whitehorn (1928-____) English writer, essayist: She is a noted writer on food and wine in "How to Survive in the Kitchen," 1979. WHITEHORN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 275 Mary Pettibone Poole () : POOLE 278 Brenda Ueland (1891-1986) US writer: UELAND WRITERS(Non-fiction) 300 Marcus Cato (234-149 BC) Roman statesman, historian: Hew as the first Latin prose writer of importance. CATO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 337 Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French journalist, playwright, aphorist: He was a brilliant conversationalist and man of letters; noted for one-act comedy "La Jeune Indienne," 1764. CHAMFORT POETS-DRAMA 338 Bob Goddard () : GODDARD 368 Henry S. Haskins () : HASKINS 376 Katharine Butler Hathaway () : HATHAWAY 377 Don Herold () : HEROLD 385 Stanislaw Lec (1909-1996) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist: LEC POETS-DRAMA 405 Joseph Roux (circa 1886) French parish priest: ROUX RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 428 Heraclitus of Ephesus (535?-475? BC) Greek philosopher: He was known as "The Weeping Philosopher." HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 478 Sun Tzu (c. 500 BC) Chinese military strategist: TZU MILITARY 581 William A. Ward (1921-1994) US college administrator: He was administrator at Texas Wesleyan College (now University). WARD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 585 Lu Yen (fl. 800 AD) Chinese meditation adept: YEN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 588 Zoroaster (628?-551? BC) Persian religious leader: He was the founder of Zoroastrianism. ZOROASTER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 589 Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Italian theologian, philosopher: "Angelic Doctor"; noted for his synthesis of theology and philosophy known as Thomism in "Summa Theologie," c.1265. THOMAS AQUINAS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 593 Homer (750 -??? BC) Greek author: He is credited with writing "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." HOMER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 615 Lao-Tzu (c. 570 BC) Chinese philosopher: He was the founder of Taoism. His philosophy of quietism urged renunciation of desire. LAO-TZU RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 619 Mencius (371-289 BC) Chinese philosopher: He urged adoption of principles of Confucius; believed in the natural goodness of man. MENCIUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 624 Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) English bishop, theologian: He wrote "Holy Living, Holy Dying," 1650-51. TAYLOR RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 631 Aeschylus (525?-456 BC) Greek playwright: He was "the Father of Greek Drama"; only 7 of his 90 plays survive; wrote "Prometheus Bound." AESCHYLUS POETS-DRAMA 639 Ausonius (310-195) Latin poet, teacher: He held the offices of of quaestor, prefect of Latium and consul of Gaul; his works include epigrams, poems, epistles in verse and prose, and idylls. AUSONIUS POETS-DRAMA 642 Roger W. Babson (1875-1967) US statistician, columnist: BABSON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 643 George Chapman (1560-1634) English dramatist, translator, poet: He was best known for poetic translation of Homer works. CHAPMAN POETS-DRAMA 650 Charles Buxton (1823-1871) English author: BUXTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 652 Demosthenes (382-322 BC) Greek orator, statesman: He was considered the greatest Greek orator; leader of democratic faction, Athens. DEMOSTHENES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 658 Democritus (460-370 BC) Greek philosopher: "The laughing philosopher" developed an atomic theory: reality consists of atoms and space between them. DEMOCRITUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 659 Diogenes (412-323 BC) Greek philosopher: He was a cynic usually depicted with lantern in search of honest man. DIOGENES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 661 John Donne (1573-1631) English poet: Metaphysical poet who wrote sonnet "Death Be Not Proud." DONNE POETS-DRAMA 662 George Gurdjieff (1872?-1949) Russian adept, teacher, writer: He founded the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, 1919. GURDJIEFF ENTERTAINMENT 674 Augustus (and Julius) Hare (1792-1834) English divine: HARE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 679 Herodotus (484?-425? BC) Greek historian: As the "Father of History" he wrote of the rise of Persia, and the development of Greek city-sates. HERODOTUS ENTERTAINMENT 681 John Heywood (1497?-1580?) English proverb collector, dramatist: HEYWOOD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 683 Hippocrates (460-370 BC) Greek physician: He was a Greek Physician and "Father of Medicine." HIPPOCRATES SCHOLARS-HISTORY 684 J. G. Holland (1819-1881) US author: HOLLAND WRITERS(Non-fiction) 686 Junius (1740-1818) English political author: JUNIUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 693 Thomas … Kempis (1379-1471) German mystic, ecclesiastic: He was ordained in 1413, died as superior; his many writings include the influential devotional "The Imitation of Christ," c.1415-24. KEMPIS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 694 Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-____) Western Sufi Master, teacher: KHAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 695 Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) US author: KLEISER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 698 Michael Korda (1919-1973) US publisher: He wrote "Charmed Lives," focusing on the life of Uncle Alexander. KORDA WRITERS(Non-fiction) 699 Malcolm Kushner () : KUSHNER 700 A. L. Linall, Jr. (1947-____) US editor: LINALL, JR. WRITERS(Non-fiction) 706 Titus Livy (59 BC-17 AD) Roman historian: He wrote 142 books comprising "Annals of the Roman People." LIVY ENTERTAINMENT 707 John Lyly (1554-1606) English dramatist, writer: He established literary style "euphuism" from his novel "Euphues," 1578-80. LYLY POETS-DRAMA 710 Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) Japanese warrior, strategist: He was a famous Samurai warrior. MUSASHI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 719 Siddha Nagarjuna (c. 100-200 AD) Indian-Tibetan religious leader: He was the Father of Mahayana Buddhism. NAGARJUNA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 720 Suzanne Curchod Necker (1739-1794) French writer: NECKER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 721 Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184 BC) Roman comic poet: He wrote comedies from original Greek: "Asinaria." PLAUTUS POETS-DRAMA 731 Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) Roman naturalist: He is known for his one surviving work, 37 Vol. "Natural History."; died observing eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. PLINY THE ELDER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 732 Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-90 AD) Roman orator: Noted rhetorician. QUINTILIAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 736 Moslih Eddin Saadi (1184-1291) Persian poet: SAADI POETS-DRAMA 743 Sallust (86-34 BC) Roman historian: SALLUST ENTERTAINMENT 744 Sophocles (496?-406 BC) Greek poet: He was the great tragic poet who wrote "Antigone," and "Oepidus Rex," circa 429 BC. SOPHOCLES POETS-DRAMA 751 Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599) English poet: He developed Spenserian stanza used in allegorical epic "The Faerie Queen," 1596. SPENSER POETS-DRAMA 754 Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) Russian-French writer: She was a noted author and salonist of her time. SWETCHINE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 760 Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117 AD) Roman historian: His writings on Roman history include "Annals" and "Dialogue on Oratory." TACITUS ENTERTAINMENT 761 Terence (185-159 BC) Roman dramatist: Roman writer of comedies. TERENCE POETS-DRAMA 764 Henry Tuckerman (1813-1871) US critic, essayist, poet: TUCKERMAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 767 Martin Tupper (1810-1889) English poet: TUPPER POETS-DRAMA 768 Herbert Prochnow () : PROCHNOW 773 Robert South (1634-1716) English clergyman: SOUTH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 774 Christiane Collange () French writer: COLLANGE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 791 Doroth‚e DeLuzy (1747-1830) French actress: DELUZY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 793 Mary Wilson Little () US writer: LITTLE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 806 Mignon McLaughlin () US journalist, author: MCLAUGHLIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 809 Arthur Bloch () : BLOCH 812 Frank A. Clark () : CLARK 813 Harlan Howard () : HOWARD 830 Cliffie Stone () : STONE 841 Paul Dietzel () : DIETZEL 848 Hank Stram () : STRAM 856 Harvey Penick (1905-1995) US golfer, teacher: PENICK SPORTS 875 Ivern Ball () : BALL 901 Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) Japanese religious leader: He founded the first Soto Zen monastery in the West; wrote "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind". SUZUKI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 952 Dan Bennett () : BENNETT 968 Warren Bennis () : BENNIS 969 Al Bernstein () : BERNSTEIN 975 Lisa Alther () : ALTHER 1080 Minna Thomas Antrim () : ANTRIM 1082 Sheila Ballantyne () US writer: BALLANTYNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1085 Christina Baldwin () US writer: BALDWIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1086 Mary Catherine Bateson () : BATESON 1087 Miriam Beard () : BEARD 1088 Anne Bradstreet (1612?-1672) US poet: Her "Verse," 1650, was considered the first significant literary work in Colonial America. BRADSTREET POETS-DRAMA 1096 Charlotte Bunch (1944-____) US feminist theorist, lecturer, writer: She founded "Quest: A Feminist Quarterly," 1970s. BUNCH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1099 Jane Welsh Carlyle () : CARLYLE 1100 Marguerite de Valois () French princess, scholar: DE VALOIS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1115 Elizabeth Fishel () US writer: FISHEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1118 Gretel Ehrlich () US writer: EHRLICH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1122 Marilyn Ferguson () : FERGUSON 1130 Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1895-1982) US advertising executive: She was director of advertising for Macy's department store. FITZ-GIBBON BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1132 Patricia Fripp () English-USA business speaker, author: She is now based in San Francisco. FRIPP WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1136 Natalie Goldberg () : GOLDBERG 1141 Susan Griffin () US poet, writer, educator: GRIFFIN POETS-DRAMA 1148 Patricia Hampl () : HAMPL 1150 Barbara Grizzuti Harrison () US writer, publicist: HARRISON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1152 Jane Harrison () English classical scholar, writer, archeologist: HARRISON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1153 Jinger Heath () US business executive: She is Chairman of Beauti Control Cosmetics HEATH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1154 Alice James () : JAMES 1161 Madame Chiang Kai-Shek () Chinese sociologist: She was the wife of the president of the Republic of China, CHIANG KAI-SHEK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1164 Alice Koller () US writer: KOLLER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1169 Joan Konner () US journalist, college administrator: KONNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1170 Suzanne LaFollette (1895?-1983) US writer, editor: She wrote "Concerning Women," 1926; founding editor of "The National Review," 1955. LAFOLLETTE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1172 Meridel Le Sueur () US writer, historian: LE SUEUR SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1174 Harriet Lerner () US therapist, writer: LERNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1175 Joyce A. Myers () US Business executive: MYERS BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1189 Paula Nelson (1945-____) US economist: NELSON BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1191 Katherine Paterson () US children's writer: PATERSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1205 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps () US novelist: PHELPS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1207 Letty Cottin Pogrebin () US writer, editor, columnist: POGREBIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1210 Mary Caroline Richards () US poet, potter: RICHARDS POETS-DRAMA 1221 Susan RoAne () US management consultant, writer: ROANE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1224 Helen Rowland () English-USA writer: ROWLAND WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1228 Dora Russell () English writer, activist: RUSSELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1231 Anne Wilson Schaef () : SCHAEF 1235 Florida Scott-Maxwell () US writer, suffragist, psychologist: SCOTT-MAXWELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1238 Florence Scovel Shinn () US illustrator, metaphysicist: SHINN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1241 June Singer () US doctor: SINGER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1243 Starhawk () : STARHAWK 1251 Janet Erskine Stuart () English poet: STUART POETS-DRAMA 1253 Naomi Weisstein () US psychology professor, activist: WEISSTEIN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1268 Marcia Wieder () US writer, motivational speaker: WIEDER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1273 Marion Woodman (1928-____) Canadian analyst, writer: She is best known as a Jungian analyst. WOODMAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1278 Anzia Yezierska (1885-1970) US novelist: She wrote of NY's Jewish immigrants in "Hungry Hearts," 1920. YEZIERSKA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1280 Ingrid Bengis () US writer: BENGIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1281 Marita Bonner () : BONNER 1338 Dorothea Brande () : BRANDE 1340 Vera Brittain () English writer, poet, pacifist: BRITTAIN POETS-DRAMA 1341 Gilbert Adair () : ADAIR 1387 George Matthew Adams () : ADAMS 1507 Renata Adler () : ADLER 1509 Aesop (620?-560? BC) Greek author: He was a semi-legendary figure who wrote hundreds of animal fables illustrating human follies and foibles. AESOP NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1510 Akhenaton () : AKHENATON 1514 Robert Alan () : ALAN 1515 Alcuin (735-804) English theologian, scholar: "Ealwhine" organized scholarly culture of time; wrote 310 letters which reveal history of the 8th Century. ALCUIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1516 Cecil Frances Alexander () : ALEXANDER 1518 Scott Alexander () : ALEXANDER 1519 William R. Alger () : ALGER 1520 Saint Ambrose (340-397) Italian religious leader: The Bishop of Milan was the first to use hymns extensively as divine praise. AMBROSE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1523 Barbara De Angelis () : ANGELIS 1527 Robert Anthony () : ANTHONY 1528 Gary Apple () : APPLE 1530 Petronius Arbiter () : ARBITER 1534 Aristophanes (448-385 B.C.) Greek dramatist: He was the greatest comic playwright of ancient world; wrote 55 plays of which 11 survive today. ARISTOPHANES POETS-DRAMA 1536 Antisthenes (444-371 B.C.) Greek philosopher: He founded the "Cynic" school; urged return to simplicity of nature. ANTISTHENES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1538 Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913) US abolitionist, emancipator: "Moses of Her People" escaped slavery at the age 25, but returned to the South 19 times to spirit 300 people to Canada on the Underground Railroad. TUBMAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1572 Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910-1974) US librarian, writer: DAVIS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1580 Colette Dowling (1938-____) US writer: DOWLING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1583 Marjorie Holmes () US writer: HOLMES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1589 Sally Kempton (1943-____) US writer, feminist: KEMPTON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1593 Marsha Sinetar () US writer: SINETAR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1601 Patricia Meyer Spacks (1929-____) US literature scholar, writer: SPACKS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1602 Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) US fashion editor: She was fashion editor of "Harper's Bazaar," 1937-62; editor of "Vogue," 1962-71; created spectacular fashion exhibits at Metropolitan Museum of Art. VREELAND WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1605 Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer: She is remembered for her poems "Live in the Present" and "The Inevitable." BOLTON POETS-DRAMA 1624 Julie Burchill () : BURCHILL 1658 Eric Butterworth () : BUTTERWORTH 1665 Robert Byrne () : BYRNE 1667 Eileen Caddy () : CADDY 1670 Mark Caine () : CAINE 1674 Caius Valerius Catullus (87-54 B.C) Roman poet: He wrote over 100 lyric poems. CATULLUS POETS-DRAMA 1690 Richard Cecil () : CECIL 1692 Roger Ascham (1515-1568) : ASCHAM 1699 Daisy Ashford (1881-1972) English novelist: She wrote, at nine years of age, "The Young Visitors" which was published with original spelling, 1919. ASHFORD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1701 Norman Augustine (1935-____) US author, business executive: He is chairmain of the Martin Marietta Corporation. AUGUSTINE ENTERTAINMENT 1709 Bugs Baer (1886-1969) US journalist, cartoonist: He was a staff writer for "King Features," 1930-69; known for comical sayings. BAER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1713 Monica Baldwin (1896-1975) English writer: BALDWIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1718 Lester Bangs (1948-1982) US critic, author: He was a rock critic for "Rolling Stone" and "Village Voice"; recorded album "Juke Savages on the Brazos," 1981. BANGS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1720 Lynda Barry (1956-____) US cartoonist, writer: She created the syndicated strip "Ernie Pook's Comeek" and wrote the play "The Good Times are Killing Me." BARRY ARTISTS 1728 Gerald Barzan () : BARZAN 1733 Saint Basil (330-379) Greek religious leader: He was the Father of Eastern communal monasticism; feast day Jun 14. BASIL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1735 Al Batt () : BATT 1738 Orlando A. Battista () : BATTISTA 1739 Jean Baudrillard (1929-____) French sociologist: He views the electronic media as the shaper of the reality of things and events; wrote "Amerique," 1986. BAUDRILLARD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1740 Stephen Bayley () : BAYLEY 1742 Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) : BAYLY 1743 Francis Beaumont (1586-1616) English playwright: He collaborated with John Fletcher on 50 tragicomedies, including "Philaster," 1610 and "A Maid's Tragedy," 1611. BEAUMONT POETS-DRAMA 1748 Alan Beck () : BECK 1750 Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco () : BIBESCO NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1770 August Bier () : BIER 1771 Kenneth Blanchard () : BLANCHARD 1781 Maurice Blanchot () : BLANCHOT 1782 Smiley Blanton () : BLANTON 1783 Edwin Bliss () : BLISS 1784 Ronald Blythe () : BLYTHE 1788 Edward De Bono (1933-____) Maltese physician, educator: He has had a major impact on the way we think with the introduction of "lateral thinking;" wrote "The Mechanism of Mind," 1969. BONO HEALTH-MEDICINE 1790 Peg Bracken () : BRACKEN 1794 Ernest Bramah (1867-1942) English humorous writer: He wrote "The Wallet of Kai Lung," and "Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat." BRAMAH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1797 Nathaniel Branden () US psychologist: He is a recognized pioneer and authority in the field of self-esteem and self-esteem development. BRANDEN HEALTH-MEDICINE 1798 Jacob M. Braude () : BRAUDE 1799 Sarah Ban Breathnach () : BREATHNACH 1800 Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861-1922) US writer: DUNCAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2007 Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) US religious leader: She was the first woman in the new world to insist on practicing her religious faith as she chose, including holding religious meetings in her home. HUTCHINSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2014 Emily Blackwell (1826-1910) US physician, author: She was a physician, and sister of Elizabeth Blackwell, who ran the Women's Medical College, providing excellent training for women in medicine. BLACKWELL HEALTH-MEDICINE 2015 Ernestine L. Rose (1810-1892) US activist: She was an early advocate for women's rights traveling for more than three decades giving eloquent speeches and seeking petition signatures. ROSE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2044 Mary Jean LeTendre (1948-____) US educator, government official: LETENDRE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2054 Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) Russian-born traveler: EBERHARDT SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2070 Joanna Field (1900-____) English psychologist: FIELD HEALTH-MEDICINE 2072 Maureen Duffy (1933-____) English poet, writer: Her works include "That's How It Was" and "Illuminations." DUFFY POETS-DRAMA 2080 Eda LeShan (1922-____) US writer: LESHAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2086 Frederick Robertson (1816-1853) English divine: ROBERTSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2087 Lynn Caine (1927-1987) US writer, lecturer: American writer, lecturer CAINE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2093 Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930- ____) US novelist: She is best known for "The Mists of Avalon," 1982 and "The Firebrand," 1987. BRADLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2095 Mary Astell (1666?-1731) English feminist, writer: Her writings include "A Serious Proposal to the Ladies for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest," 1694. ASTELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2096 Adelaide A. Proctor (1825-1864) English poet, activist: Her poems include creative inspiration such as "Dreams grow holy put in action," in "The Poems of Adelaide Proctor," 1869. PROCTOR POETS-DRAMA 2099 Cynthia Heimel () US writer, humorist: HEIMEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2100 Eva Figes (1932-____) German-born English writer: FIGES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2102 Jill Ruckelshaus (1937-____) US government official, lecturer: She was an official for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. RUCKELSHAUS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2104 Molly Haskell () US writer, film critic: HASKELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2105 Diane Ravitch () US educator: RAVITCH SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2106 Gail Hamilton (1833-1896) US writer: HAMILTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2109 Jill Johnston (1929-____) US journalist, critic: She is best known for hr feminst writings including "Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution," 1973. JOHNSTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2110 Katherine F. Gerould (1879-1944) US writer: She wrote "The Tortoise," 1914 and "Modes and Morals," 1920 GEROULD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2111 Carter Heyward () US Episcopal priest: HEYWARD RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2113 Delphine de Girardin (1804-1855) French novelist, poet: She was one of the most important romantic novelist of the 19th century. DE GIRARDIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2115 Emily James Putnam (1865-1944) US educator: She was the first woman dean of Bernard College, New York. PUTNAM SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2116 Marie Anne du Deffand (1697-1780) French intellectual: DEFFAND SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2118 Marjorie Rosen (1942- ____) US film historian: ROSEN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2119 Anya Seton (1916- ____) US writer: SETON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2122 Beatrice Hinkle (1874-1953) US psychiatrist: HINKLE HEALTH-MEDICINE 2123 Dorothy Uhnak (1933-____) US novelist, writer: Her shoot-from-the-hip memoir, "Police Woman," blew the lid off the NYPD, recounting her decade as one of New York City's first female detectives. UHNAK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2124 Estelle Ramey (1917- ____) US physician, physiologist: RAMEY HEALTH-MEDICINE 2125 Gail Parent (1940- ____) US scenarist: PARENT ENTERTAINMENT 2126 Belle Livingstone (1875-1957) US writer, adventurer: LIVINGSTONE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2127 Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) English novelist: He is regarded by many as the most brilliant satirical novelist of his day; wrote "Brideshead Revisited." WAUGH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2128 Napoleon Hill () : HILL 2129 Florence King (1936-____) US writer: She is probably best known for "Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye," 1989. KING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2132 Eliza Cook (1818-1889) English poet: She is best known for her poem "The Old Arm-Chair." COOK POETS-DRAMA 2134 Irene Peter () US writer: PETER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2139 Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940) : MUMFORD 2142 Ann Oakley (1944-____) : She is noted primarily for her views expressed in "Woman's Work: The Housewife, Past and Present," 1974. OAKLEY 2143 Naomi Wolf (1963-____) US writer: She is the author of "The Beauty Myth," 1991 and "Fire With Fire," 1993 WOLF WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2144 Freda Adler (1934-____) US educator, criminal justice specialist: ADLER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2147 Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) English playwright: She is best known for "Who's the Dupe?," 1779 and "The Belle,s Strategem," 1780s. COWLEY POETS-DRAMA 2150 Martha Gellhorn (1908-____) US journalist, author: She is best known for "The Face of War." GELLHORN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2152 Merry Browne () : BROWNE 2153 Shirley Conran (1932-____) English journalist, designer: She is best known for "Superwoman," 1975. CONRAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2155 Sam Ewing () : EWING 2157 Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) German Christian mystic: He stressed the unity of God and the capacity of the individual soul to become one with God during life. ECKHART SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2159 Robert Townsend () US business executive: He was chairman of Avis Rent-a-Car TOWNSEND BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2163 Bern Williams () : WILLIAMS 2165 Pythagoras (582-507 BC) Greek mathemetician, pilosopher: "The Samian Sage" discovered the principles of musical pitch. PYTHAGORAS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2169 Cullen Hightower () : HIGHTOWER 2173 Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) US-English essayist, editor, anthologist: He was a defender of the traditional English language and literary values; wrote "Milton and His Modern Critics," 1940. SMITH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2174 John Churton Collins () : COLLINS 2178 Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) US poet, artist: Her poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era -- racial pride, rediscovery of Africa, celebration of blackness. BENNETT POETS-DRAMA 2184 Alexander Chase (1926-____) US journalist, editor: CHASE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2190 Bernard Mandeville (1670?-1733) English philosopher: MANDEVILLE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2191 Claude Brown (1937-____) US lawyer, playwright: He grew up in a world of crime, gang wars, and drugs described in "Manchild in the Promised Land;" graduate of Howard University. BROWN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2205 H. Rap Brown (1943-____) US activist: In 1967 he headed the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; converted to the Islamic faith in prision and took name of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. BROWN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2206 James Brown (1933-____) US singer: The Godfather of Soul begin his career at 15 singing gospel and rhythm and blues; his hits include "Out of Sight," and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." BROWN ENTERTAINMENT 2207 William Wells Brown (1815-1884) US antislavery lecturer, novelist, playwright: His "Narrative," the story of his escape from slavery; is a classic; first black author to write a novel, "Clotel," and play, "The Escape." BROWN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2209 Nannie Burroughs (1883-1961) US educator: She founded the National Training School for Girls; and was a frequent contributor to the press. BURROUGHS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2210 Lucille Clifton (1936-____) US poet, educator: She has written more than twenty books for children and adults, one of which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. CLIFTON POETS-DRAMA 2214 Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919) US poet: He demonstrated enormous promise as a young poet before his death, from tuberculosis, at the age of twenty-four. COTTER, JR. POETS-DRAMA 2218 Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) US religious leader: He was an early advocate of colonization of Liberia and an outspoken critic of the limited educational opportunities available to African Americans. CRUMMELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2219 Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) US poet, essayist: She published her first book of poems, essays, and stories, "Violets and Other Tales, at age twenty; was also active in politics and women's clubs. DUNBAR-NELSON POETS-DRAMA 2227 Mari Evans (1923-____) US poet, educator, editor: She has written several volumes of poetry and edited the critical anthology "Black Women Writers: 1950-1980." EVANS POETS-DRAMA 2229 Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934) US novelist, physician: He received a medical degree from Howard, 1924; during the Harlem Renaissance he earned a reputation as an accomplished writer of short fiction. FISHER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2233 Francis J. Grimke (1850-1937) US pastor: He was a frequent aduocate of civil rights, particularly during the period of World War I; wrote four volumes edited by Carter Woodson. GRIMKE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2246 Fred Hampton (1947-1969) US activist: He was one of the early leaders of the Black Panther Party; was killed while unarmed by police in a predawn attack in Chicago, 1969. HAMPTON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2248 Lemuel B. Haynes (1753-1833) US minister: He fought in the Revolutionary War and was ordained a Congregational minister, 1785; his orations have nstructive comments about the devil. HAYNES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2251 Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) US legislator, minister: He was elected to the Georgia legislature during Reconstruction, but Southern Democrats attempted to deny him his seat. TURNER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2255 George Moses Horton (c. 1800-c. 1880) US poet: He sold love poems to students in an effort to buy his freedom, though he gained his liberty only with abolition; wrote "Naked Genius," 1865. HORTON POETS-DRAMA 2259 Nathan Huggins (1927-____) US historian, educator: He was professor of history at Harvard University; his works include "Black Odyssey," 1977, and the award-winning "Harlem Renaissance," 1977. HUGGINS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2261 Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) US diarist, writer: She published the classic women's slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Woman," 1861, under the pseudonym Linda Brent. JACOBS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2264 Charles B. Johnson (1948-____) US novelist, short-story writer, artist: He has published numerous short stories as well as the novel "The Middle Passage," which won a National Book Award in 1990. JOHNSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2268 Fenton Johnson (1888-1958) US poet, playwright: He had several plays performed before his first volume of poetry was published; his free verse is often marked by protest. JOHNSON POETS-DRAMA 2270 Etheridge Knight (1931-____) US poet, educator: He published his first poems while he was an inmate in prison; went on to become an award-winning poet and taught at several colleges. KNIGHT POETS-DRAMA 2278 Nella Larsen (1891-1964) US novelist: Her novels portray female characters of great psychological complexity; first African American woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. LARSEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2279 Kelly Miller (1863-1939) US educator, university dean: He was professor and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Howard University; wrote "Race Adjustment," 1909 and numerous articles on education. MILLER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2290 Bob Moses (1935-____) US civil rights activist: He led voter- registration drives during the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964; was assaulted and jailed on several occasions. MOSES REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2293 William C. Nell (1816-1874) US historian, abolitionist: He was the author of one of the earliest works of African American history, "Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812," 1851. NELL SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2296 Huey P. Newton (1942-1989) US political activist: He was cofounder, with Bobby Seale, of the Black Panther Party, Oct 1966. NEWTON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2297 William Pickens (1881-1954) US educator, university dean: He was dean at Morgan State University and was for more than twenty years a field secretary for the NAACP; autobiography, "Bursting Bounds," 1923. PICKENS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2300 P. B. S. Pinchback (1837-1921) US politican: He held a number of offices in Louisiana before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1872, but was denied his seat by a vote of his colleagues. PINCHBACK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2301 Ann Plato (1820?-___?) US educator: Her "Plato s Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Poetry" was the second volume published by a black woman. PLATO SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2302 Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972) US politican, pastor: He first ran for Congress, in 1944; became a prominent liberal legislator and civil-rights leader. POWELL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2303 Richard Pryor (1940-____) US actor, comedian, producer/director: He is a brilliant but volatile performer whose movies includes "Lady Sings the Blues," 1972, "Stir Crazy," and "Blazing Saddles." PRYOR ENTERTAINMENT 2304 Robert Purvis (1810-1898) US activist, Underground Railroad organizer: He unsuccessfully protested the disenfranchisement of blacks in Philadelphia, 1830s; cofounded the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. PURVIS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2305 Burton Hillis () : HILLIS 2313 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) US suffragist: She was a major force in the black women's club movement; led the First National Conference of Colored Women, Boston, 1895. RUFFIN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2324 David Ruggles (1819-1849) US editor: He edited the "Mirror of Liberty" and "Genius of Freedom;" secretary of the NY Vigilance Committee to rescue blacks kidnaped into slavery. RUGGLES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2325 Arthur Schomburg (1874-1938) US educator, administrator: He co-founded the Negro Society for Historical Research, 1911; established an extraordinary collection of works by people of color. SCHOMBURG SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2327 Anne Spencer (1882-1975) US poet, social worker: She is best known for her writings that were published during the Harlem Renaissance. SPENCER POETS-DRAMA 2330 Malcolm De Chazal () : CHAZAL 2339 Emile M. Cioran () : CIORAN 2340 Terry Eagleton () : EAGLETON 2342 John Florio (1553?-1625) English translator, lexicographer: He compiled an Italian-English dictionary; wrote "A World of Words," 1598; translated Montaigne's essays, 1613. FLORIO WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2345 David Grayson () : GRAYSON 2346 Joe L. Griffith () : GRIFFITH 2347 Thomas Griffith () : GRIFFITH 2348 Haniel Long () : LONG 2355 Charles Swindoll () : SWINDOLL 2356 Paul Sweeney () : SWEENEY 2358 Frank Crane () : CRANE 2364 A. P. Gouthey () : GOUTHEY 2367 Luc De Clapiers () : CLAPIERS 2368 Charles Fillmore () : FILLMORE 2371 Dwight L. Moody () US evangelist: He promoted, with Ira Sankey, Evangelism in the U.S. and Britain; published "Gospel Hymns," 1875. MOODY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2375 Gerald F. Lieberman () : LIEBERMAN 2380 Harold Coffin () : COFFIN 2381 J. B. Morton () : MORTON 2382 David Viscott () : VISCOTT 2384 Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) English journalist, editor, author: JACKSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2385 Benjamin Whichcote () : WHICHCOTE 2390 St. Jerome (345-420) Roman religious leader: He translated the Bible into Latin; also noted for the feast day on September 30. ST. JEROME RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2392 St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) Italian religious leader: He has been called the greatest of all Christian saints; founded Franciscans, 1209; often depicted preaching to birds. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2393 Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65) Spanish-bom Roman poet: LUCANUS POETS-DRAMA 2396 Jim Fiebig () : FIEBIG 2403 Evan Esar () : ESAR 2414 Lane Olinghouse () : OLINGHOUSE 2415 Arianna Stassinopoulos () : STASSINOPOULOS 2427 Jack Herbert () : HERBERT 2429 Martin Buxbaum () : BUXBAUM 2430 Pericles (495-429 BC) Greek statesman: PERICLES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2432 Victoria Billings () : BILLINGS 2433 Wilhelm Stekel () : STEKEL 2434 Laurens Van der Post () : POST 2440 Alan Coren () : COREN 2441 Hesiod (c. 700) Greek poet: "The Father of Greek Didactic Poetry" wrote "Works and Days," "Theogony," and "The Shield of Heracles." HESIOD POETS-DRAMA 2442 Al Ries () : RIES 2443 Roger von Oech () : OECH 2444 Menander (342-292 BC) Greek dramatist: He has been called the greatest representative of Greek New Comedy; wrote "The Shearing of Glycera" and "The Sikyonion." MENANDER POETS-DRAMA 2451 Frank Tyger () : TYGER 2452 Philip Massinger (1583-1640) English dramatist: His plays include "New Way to Pay Old Debts," 1633; he frequently collaborated with Fletcher. MASSINGER POETS-DRAMA 2453 Stephen Vizinczey () : VIZINCZEY 2456 Robert Half (1918-) U.S. personnel-agency executive: HALF BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2457 David Lodge () : LODGE 2459 Hal Boyle () : BOYLE 2460 John Naisbitt (1929-) U.S. business writer, social researcher: NAISBITT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2462 Charles E. Wilson () : WILSON 2464 Charles Krauthammer () : KRAUTHAMMER 2465 Claude McDonald () : MCDONALD 2467 Zig Ziglar () : ZIGLAR 2471 Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English navigator, historian, courtier: He is remembered for introducing tobacco to English and for trying to colonize Virginia. RALEIGH SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2473 Lucretius (99-55 BC) Roman poet, philosopher: He wrote six books and an unfinished didactic poem, "De Rerum Natura," based on Epicurean doctrine. LUCRETIUS POETS-DRAMA 2475 Clive James () : JAMES 2476 Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692) English dramatist, poet: He wrote "Medal of John Bayes," 1682; succeeded Dryden as poet laureate, 1688-92. SHADWELL POETS-DRAMA 2482 Arnold Glasow () : GLASOW 2483 Orison Swett Marden (1906-1975) U.S. lawyer: MARDEN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2487 Ben Sweetland () : SWEETLAND 2498 Amanda Cross () : CROSS 2499 Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Roman philospher, statesman: He was a famed stoic who wrote eight tragedies; committed suicide at Nero's command. SENECA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2500 Maxwell Maltz () : MALTZ 2504 Anatole Broyard () : BROYARD 2508 Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) French author: He is noted for his ribald humor; wrote "Garfantua and Pantagruel." RABELAIS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2512 D. Sutten () : SUTTEN 2518 Richard J. Needham () : NEEDHAM 2520 Anthony Robbins () : ROBBINS 2523 Denis Waitley () US motivational speaker: His "The Psychology of Winning", is the all-time, best-selling audio cassette program on personal and professional excellence. WAITLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2524 Joel Goodman () : GOODMAN 2530 Olin Miller () : MILLER 2531 Addison Mizner (1872-1933) US architect: He was noted for creating the look of Palm Beach, Florida with Spanish architecture. MIZNER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2535 James L. Hayes () : HAYES 2536 John Hay () : HAY 2537 Kenneth Hildebrand () : HILDEBRAND 2538 Lord Darling () : DARLING 2539 Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) English poet: He is best remembered as the author of "The Canterbury Tales," circa 1387. CHAUCER POETS-DRAMA 2542 Gregory Nunn () : NUNN 2543 A. W. Tozer () : TOZER 2546 Cecil Day Lewis () : LEWIS 2719 Jim Rohn () : ROHN 2750 Og Mandino () : MANDINO 2753 Phaedrus (15 BC- 50 AD) Roman poet, short-story writer: He wrote fables in verse based on Aesop. PHAEDRUS POETS-DRAMA 2754 Ada Louise Huxtable (1921-____) US critic, editor: She was an architecture critic for the "NY Times," 1963-82; won Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism, 1970; wrote "Pier Luigi Nervi," 1960. HUXTABLE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2755 Deepak Chopra (1949-____) Indian physician, author: His practices a form of medicine known as Maharishi Ayur-Veda; executive director, Chopa Center for Well Being, 1966-. CHOPRA HEALTH-MEDICINE 2757 John Tillotson () : TILLOTSON 2760 Jan 1 E. M. Forster (1879-1970) English novelist: He wrote of British/Indian and middle class conflicts in "A Passage to India," 1924 and "A Room With A View," 1908. FORSTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 104 Jan 1 Anna Jameson (1794-1860) Irish author, art critic: She was a Victorian, feminist, and woman of letters; traveled through upper Canada and wrote "Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada," 1838. JAMESON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 689 Jan 1 Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) US writer: She wrote the best-selling "John Adams and the American Revolution," 1950. BOWEN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 785 Jan 1 Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) English children's author: Her novels depict Irish life and moral tales for children. EDGEWORTH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1059 Jan 1 Ouida (1839-1908) English novelist, social critic: She was known for her extravagant melodramatic romances of fashionable life, "A Dog of Flanders," 1872. OUIDA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1201 Jan 1 Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) English poet: His work reflects the perplexity and religious doubt of mid-19th century England. CLOUGH POETS-DRAMA 1849 Jan 1 J. D. Salinger (1919-____) US novelist, short-story writer: His novel "The Catcher in the Rye," 1951 won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-WW II generation of college students. SALINGER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1989 Jan 1 J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) US government official: He was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1924 until his death in 1972. HOOVER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1990 Jan 1 Shelby Steele (1946-____) US essayist, political thinker, educator: His collections of essays, "The Content of Our Character," 1990, received the National Book Critics Circle Award. STEELE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2331 Jan 1 Joe Orton (1933-1967) English playwright: He is noted for his outrageous and macabre farces; wrote "Prick Up Your Ears." ORTON POETS-DRAMA 2611 Jan 1 Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) US politician: "The father of modern conservatism" was a Republican senator from Arizona and presidential candidate,1964, against Lyndon Baines Johnson. GOLDWATER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2722 Jan 2 Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) US science writer, science-fiction writer: He was a prolific non-fiction and SF author who created the "robotic laws" and the "Foundation" series. ASIMOV SCIENCE-INVENTORS 9 Jan 2 Roger Miller (1936-____) US singer, songwriter: He is a country-pop singer who won 11 Grammys, including one for "King of the Road," 1965. MILLER ENTERTAINMENT 833 Jan 2 William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) US educator, journalist: He was a Yale English professor, 1892-1933; popularized the arts through his lectures and essays. PHELPS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1283 Jan 2 David Bailey (1938-____) English photographer: BAILEY ARTISTS 1715 Jan 2 Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935) US educator, feminist: She championed excellence in higher education for women; helped found, and then was the first dean and president of Bryn Mawr College. THOMAS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2016 Jan 2 John Hope Franklin (1915-____) US educator, historian: He wrote numerous scholarly volumes of history, essay, and autobiography; served as president of academic societies, e.g., Amer. Historical Assoc. FRANKLIN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2237 Jan 2 Robert Nathan (1894-1985) US novelist, poet: He is best known for "Portrait of Jennie." NATHAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2686 Jan 3 Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman statesman, scholar, orator: He introduced Greek philosophy to ancient Rome; wrote "De Republica." CICERO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 253 Jan 3 Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) English humorist, playwright, journalist: He edited "Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine," 1856; wrote "Handbook of Swindling, and Other Papers," c. 1900. JERROLD POETS-DRAMA 690 Jan 3 Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) US social reformer: She was a leader in the anti-slavery movement and co-founded the U.S. women's rights movement. MOTT REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1053 Jan 3 Victor Borge (1909-____) US pianist, comedian: He combines music with humor to create musical satire; guest with major symphonies. BORGE ENTERTAINMENT 1647 Jan 3 Clement Attlee (1883-1967) English labour party leader: As prime minister, 1945-1951, he presided over the establishment of the welfare state in Great Britain and over the granting of independence to India. ATTLEE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1705 Jan 3 J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) English novelist, scholar: He achieved fame for his richly inventive epic trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," 1954-55. TOLKIEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1991 Jan 3 John Russell (1921-____) : OR LA Calif, actor, (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo), RUSSELL 2591 Jan 4 Max Eastman (1883-1969) US author: He was best known for "Enjoyment of Poetry," 1913; founded and edited "The Masses," 1913-1918. EASTMAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 357 Jan 4 Don Shula (1930-____) US football coach: He was co-owner and head coach of the Miami, 1970-1995; played in Super Bowl five times ('72, '73, '74, '84, '85). SHULA SPORTS 855 Jan 4 Phyllis Battelle (1922-____) US journalist: She had a weekly syndicated column, "Assiqnment: America," 1955-88. BATTELLE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1335 Jan 4 Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) US physician, congressman: He was the most famous doctor of his time; signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Surgeon General of the Continental Army, 1777-1778. RUSH HEALTH-MEDICINE 1343 Jan 4 Floyd Patterson (1935-____) US boxer: He won the heavyweight title by defeating Archie Moore, 1956; first to gain the title a second time in a rematch with Ingemar Johansson. PATTERSON SPORTS 2299 Jan 4 Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969) US politician: He was a Republican sentor known for his oratory; played a major role in the passage of civil rights legislation, 1960s. DIRKSEN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2338 Jan 5 Socrates (470?-399? BC) Greek philosopher: He viewed philosophy as necessary pursuit of all intelligent men; Teacher of Plato. SOCRATES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 220 Jan 5 George Washington Carver (1864-1903) US chemist, educator: He was a noted agricultural researcher who discovered many industrial uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes. CARVER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 431 Jan 5 Chuck Noll (1932-____) US football coach: He was head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1969-1991; won four Super Bowls ('74, '75, '78, '79). NOLL SPORTS 854 Jan 5 Konrad Adenauer (1876-1976) German statesman: He was the first Chancellor of Federal Republic of (West) Germany; presided over the reconstruction after World War II. ADENAUER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1284 Jan 5 Maria Schell (1926-____) Austrian actress: Her film career included "The Brothers Karamazov," 1958. SCHELL ENTERTAINMENT 1634 Jan 5 Walter F. Mondale (1928-____) US lawyer, politician: He served as vice president of the United States (1977-81) and in 1984 was the Democratic nominee for the presidency. MONDALE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1819 Jan 5 Umberto Eco (1932-____) Italian novelist: He is best known for his novel "The Name of the Rose," 1981 which was made into a film. ECO NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2707 Jan 6 Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) US poet, biographer: He is remembered for his vigorous free verse in "The People, Yes," 1936 and his biography of Lincoln. SANDBURG POETS-DRAMA 53 Jan 6 Lou Holtz (1937-____) US football coach: He has been head coach for William and Mary, NC State, NY Jets, Arkansas, Minnesota and Notre Dame. HOLTZ SPORTS 852 Jan 6 Nancy Lopez (1957-____) US golfer: She turned pro in 1977; won five consecutive LPGA tournaments, 1978; her 35 tour wins qualified her for LPGA Hall of Fame in 1987. LOPEZ SPORTS 879 Jan 6 E. L. Doctorow (1931-____) US author, editor: He combined historical figures and events with fiction in "Ragtime," 1975. DOCTOROW NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1285 Jan 6 Joey Adams (1911-____) US comedian, author: He is a nightclub and film performer who starred in "Joey Adams" TV show, 1956-58. ADAMS ENTERTAINMENT 1385 Jan 6 Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) US politician, lawyer: He was responsible for passage of New Deal legislation. RAYBURN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1873 Jan 6 Charles Sumner (1811-1874) US statesman: He was dedicated to human equality and to the abolition of slavery. SUMNER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1940 Jan 6 Kathryn Hulme (1900-1981) US writer: She is best known for writing the best-selling biography "The Nun's Story," 1957. HULME WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2148 Jan 6 Alan W. Watts (1915-1973) US philosopher: He was a proponent of Eastern philosophy and Western culture; wrote "The Spirit of Zen," 1936. WATTS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2593 Jan 7 Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) US dramatist, author: Her writings chronicled rural black life, e.g., "Mules and Men", 1935. HURSTON POETS-DRAMA 445 Jan 7 Charles Peguy (1873-1914) French philosopher, poet: He combined Christianity, socialism, and patriotism into a deeply personal faith that he carried into action. PEGUY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 986 Jan 7 James Harrington (1611-1677) English political philosopher: His major work, "The Common-wealth of Oceana," 1656, was a restatement of Aristotle's theory of constitutional stability and revolution. HARRINGTON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1348 Jan 8 Stephen Hawking (1942-____) English physicist, educator, author: He used black holes to help explain universal physical laws in "A Brief History of Time," 1987. HAWKING SCIENCE-INVENTORS 542 Jan 8 Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish philosopher, writer: He was an exponent of "conceptism," a way of dealing with ideas involving the use of terse and subtle exaggerated wit. GRACIAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 670 Jan 8 Elvis Presley (1935-1977) US singer, actor: He was "The King" of Rock 'n Roll; hits include "Hound Dog," 1956 and "All Shook Up," 1957. PRESLEY ENTERTAINMENT 838 Jan 8 Alexandra Ripley (1934-____) US novelist: She was chosen hy Margaret Mitchell' s estate, 1988 to write the sequel to "Gone with the Wind;" called "Scarlett," 1991. RIPLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1222 Jan 8 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) English novelist: He wrote mystery novels "Moonstone," 1868 and "The Woman in White," 1860. COLLINS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2042 Jan 8 Peter Arno (1904-1968) US cartoonist, musical revue writer: He set the tone of "The (New Yorker," with his cartoons that satirize cafe society. ARNO ARTISTS 2439 Jan 9 Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French writer: She was noted for her attack on the inferior role of women in "The Second Sex," 1949. BEAUVOIR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 60 Jan 9 Richard Nixon (1913-1994) US president (37th), author: He was the first president to resign; he ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam, repaired relations with China, and initiated detente with the USSR. NIXON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 425 Jan 9 Joan Baez (1941-____) US folksinger, political activist: She interested large, young audiences in folk music during and political activism the 1960s; founded Humanitas/ Int'l Human Rights Committee, 1979. BAEZ ENTERTAINMENT 780 Jan 9 Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921) US socialite: She was a vivacious society leader; mother of Winston Churchill CHURCHILL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1106 Jan 9 Judith Krantz (1928-____) US novelist: She wrote "Scruples," 1978, "Princess Daisy," 1980 and "Minstral's Daughter," 1982. KRANTZ NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1595 Jan 9 Rudolf Bing (1902-____) Austrian Manager: He was general manager of the New York Met (Metropolitan), 1950-1972[ noted for controversial dealings with prima donnas. BING BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1772 Jan 10 John Dalberg Acton (1834-1902) English historian: He was a noted Christian liberal who edited "The Rambler" and planned the "Cambridge Modern History." ACTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 492 Jan 10 George Foreman (1949-____) US boxer: He won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics; pro heavyweight champ, 1973-1974; made comeback, 1987. FOREMAN SPORTS 987 Jan 10 Rod Stewart (1945-____) English singer: He sang with "Jeff Back Group," 1968-69; "Faces," 1969-75; and as a solo performer. STEWART ENTERTAINMENT 1344 Jan 10 Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) English sculptor: She designed large geometric shapes from wood and stone; introduced the "hole," painted hollows to abstract sculpture. HEPWORTH ARTISTS 2021 Jan 10 Max Roach (1925-____) US Jazz drummer: He was one of the greatest jazz drummers; he refused to record in the U.S., 1970-76, in protest against the economic explotation of musicians. ROACH ENTERTAINMENT 2317 Jan 11 William James (1842-1910) US philosopher, psychologist: He was one of the founders of pragmatism and wrote "The Meaning of Truth," 1909. JAMES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 52 Jan 11 Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) US statesman, author: He was the first U.S. treasury secretary, 1789-95; pictured on the ten dollar bill. HAMILTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 375 Jan 11 Naomi Judd (1946-____) US singer: She was the mother in the country duo, "The Judds, winner of seven Grammy awards. JUDD ENTERTAINMENT 831 Jan 11 Alice Paul (1885-1977) US lawyer: She founded the World Woman's Party, 1913; author of the proposed "Equal Rights Amendment." PAUL SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1206 Jan 11 Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African novelist: He is best known for his first novel, "Cry, the Beloved Country," 1948, a passionate tale of racial injustice and apartheid. PATON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2566 Jan 11 Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) US forester, conservationist: He is best known as the founder of the Wilderness Society. LEOPOLD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2664 Jan 11 Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) US diplomat: He was ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30 and senator, 1930-31; his daugther, Anne, married Charles Lindbergh. MORROW GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2748 Jan 12 Edmund Burke (1729-1797) English statesman, orator: He was a prominent political thinker in public life from 1765-1795 who was much admired by American conservatives. BURKE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 8 Jan 12 Jack London (1876-1916) US novelist: He was noted for books dealing with brutal realism, e.g. "The Call of the Wild," 1903. LONDON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 204 Jan 12 Henny Youngman (1906-1998) US comedian: He is best known for the line, "Take my wife, please." YOUNGMAN ENTERTAINMENT 1287 Jan 12 Rush Limbaugh (1951-____) US talk show host, commentator, author: His "The Rush Limbaugh Show", TV Talk Show, was syndicated in 1990. LIMBAUGH ENTERTAINMENT 1999 Jan 12 Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971) U.S. comedian, actor: He was a nightblub comedian whose problems with gangsters were depicted in the film "The Joker Is Wild," 1957, starring Frank Sinatra. LEWIS ENTERTAINMENT 2008 Jan 12 Kirstie Alley (1955-____) US actress: She played "Rebecca Howe" in the TV Series "Cheers," 1987-93; films include "Star Trek II," 1982. ALLEY ENTERTAINMENT 2019 Jan 12 Hermann Goering (1893-1946) German political leader: He created the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force in 1935; poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. GOERING GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2202 Jan 12 Joe Frazier (1944-____) US boxer: "Smokin' Joe" was the US world heavyweight-boxing champion from 1968 to 1973; elected to Boxing Hall of Fame in 1980. FRAZIER SPORTS 2239 Jan 12 Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976) US educator, university president: He was president of Howard University for more than three decades; awarded the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP, 1928. JOHNSON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2273 Jan 13 Elmer Davis (1890-1958) US journalist, news commentator: He was an early opponent of Joe McCarthy's hearings; wrote "But We Were Born Free," 1954. DAVIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 569 Jan 13 Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) US singer: Her 62-year stage career included burlesque, vaudeville, and nightclubs and billed her as the "last of the red-hot mamas." TUCKER ENTERTAINMENT 988 Jan 13 Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-____) US writer, educator: She is noted for mysteries and books on feminist issues. including best-seller "Writing a Women's Life," 1988. HEILBRUN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1155 Jan 13 Potter Stewart (1915-1985) US supreme court justice: He was a Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81 and the youngest ever to resign. STEWART SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1345 Jan 14 Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) French theologian, musician, medical missionary: He was a brilliant scholar who became a missionary doctor to Africa; he won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. SCHWEITZER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 216 Jan 14 John Dos Passos (1896-1970) US writer: His reputation as a social historian and as a radical critic of the quality of American life rests primarily on his trilogy "U.S.A." DOS PASSOS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 959 Jan 14 Tillie Olsen (1912-____) US novelist: She wrote "Tell Me a Riddle," 1962 which won an O'Henry Award. OLSEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1199 Jan 14 Andy Rooney (1919-____) US commentator, producer, author: He is a feature commentator on "60 Minutes" and the author of numerous books. ROONEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1288 Jan 14 Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) English photographer: He is noted primarily for his decorative portraits of celebrated persons. BEATON ARTISTS 1746 Jan 14 John Oliver Killens (1916-____) US novelist, lawyer: He is the author of "Youngblood," and other novels, and a collection of essays, "Black Man's Burden." 1965. KILLENS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2276 Jan 14 Maureen Dowd (1952-____) US journalist: She is an opinion editor columnist for "The New York Times," 1975-. DOWD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2431 Jan 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US civil rights leader, clergyman: He eloquently led the non-violent Civil Rights movement, 1950-1968 and won the Nobel Prize, 1964. KING, JR. REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 51 Jan 15 Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) Dutch lawyer, writer: She is remembered for "An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943;" died in Auschwitz, 1943. HILLESUM SCHOLARS-HISTORY 291 Jan 15 Ernest J. Gaines (1933-____) US author: He wrote the novel, "The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," 1971; won Book Critics GAINES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 442 Jan 15 MoliŠre (1622-1673) French dramatist, actor: He was noted for high comedy to broad farce championning the common man as in "Les Mis‚rables" and "Le Misanthrope." MOLI+RE POETS-DRAMA 1822 Jan 15 Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975) Greek shipping magnate: He developed a fleet of supertankers and freighters larger than the navies of many countries. ONASSIS ENTERTAINMENT 1980 Jan 15 Edward Teller (1908-____) Hungarian-US nuclear physicist: He participated in the production of the first atomic bomb, 1945, and led the development of the first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. TELLER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2584 Jan 15 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) French libertarian socialist, journalist: His doctrines became the basis for later radical and anarchist theory. PROUDHON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2683 Jan 16 Susan Sontag (1933-____) US author, critic: She was one of the most influential contemporary American critics, utilizing new sensibility to evaluate art. SONTAG WRITERS(Non-fiction) 297 Jan 16 Ronnie Milsap (1944-____) US singer: He is a blind country singer whose hits have included "Any Day Now," 1982. MILSAP ENTERTAINMENT 834 Jan 16 Ethel Merman (1909-1984) US singer, actor: She starred in more than a dozen Broadway musicals including "Annie et Your Gun," 1946 and "Hello Dolly," 1970. MERMAN ENTERTAINMENT 1289 Jan 16 Marilyn Horne (1934-____) US opera singer: She is a mezzo-soprano noted for her seamless quality and exceptional range; instrumental in reviving interest in their lesser-known operas. HORNE COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2077 Jan 16 Dizzy Dean (1911-1974) US baseball player, sportscaster: As a pitcher, 1930-41, he was the only pitcher (except Denny McLain, 1968) to win 30 games in one season, 1934; inducted into the Hall of Fame, 1953. DEAN SPORTS 2746 Jan 17 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US statesman, diplomat, inventor, printer: He published "Poor Richard's Almanac", 1732-57 ; invented bifocal glasses and the lightning rod. FRANKLIN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 4 Jan 17 Muhammad Ali (1942-____) US boxer: He was the first boxer to hold heavyweight title three times; probably the most widely recognized, and loved, sports personalities of all times. ALI SPORTS 311 Jan 17 James Earl Jones (1931-____) US actor: He won Tonys for "The Great White Hope", 1969; Won 1991 Emmy for "Gabriel's Fire". JONES ENTERTAINMENT 465 Jan 17 Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian short-story writer, dramatist: He wrote "Three Sisters," 1901; and "The Cherry Orchard," 1904. CHEKHOV NOVELISTS(Fiction) 653 Jan 17 Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) US educator, writer: He criticized over-specialization; sought to balance college curriculum; and to maintain the W. intellectual tradition. HUTCHINS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 688 Jan 17 David Lloyd George (1863-1945) English statesman: He was the British prime minister (1916-22) who dominated the British political scene in the latter part of WW I. GEORGE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 708 Jan 17 Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938) Russian actor, director: He co-founder the Moscow Art Theatre, 1898; develped the "method" theory of acting in which the actor identifies with the role. STANISLAVSKY ENTERTAINMENT 1286 Jan 17 Anne Bronte (1820-1849) English novelist, poet: She is best known for her novel "Agnes Grey," 1947; sister of Emily and Charlotte Bronte. BRONTE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1544 Jan 17 Al Capone (1899-1947) US gangster: "Scarface Al" dominated Chicago crime scene and gang warfare during the 1920s; implicated in St. Valentine's Day massacre, 1929. CAPONE ENTERTAINMENT 1683 Jan 17 Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) Spanish dramatist, poet: He succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age; wrote "The Surgeon of His Honour," 1635. BARCA POETS-DRAMA 1722 Jan 17 Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) US novelist: He wrote penetraing novels "Caprice," 1917 and "Prancing Nigger," 1924. FIRBANK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2660 Jan 18 Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) English historian, mathematician: He was a writer on science and human value who developed the TV series "The Ascent of Man," 1973. BRONOWSKI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 71 Jan 18 Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US orator, statesman: He was noted for brilliant constitutional speeches; senator from MA, 1820s-50s. WEBSTER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 635 Jan 18 Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755) French lawyer, political philosopher: He wrote "Lettres Persanes," 1721; "De L'Esprit des Lois," 1748. MONTESQUIEU SCHOLARS-HISTORY 716 Jan 18 Cary Grant (1904-1986) English-USA actor: He was one of Hollywood's most enduring leading men; starred in "The Philadelphia Story," 1940 and "North by Northwest," 1959. GRANT ENTERTAINMENT 1813 Jan 18 A. A. Milne (1882-1965) English humorist, children's author: He was the originator of the immensely popular stories of Christopher Robin and his toy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. MILNE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1821 Jan 18 Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) English suffragist: She launched, with her daughters, the British feminist movement; forerunner of the US version; won women's voting rights, 1918. PANKHURST RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2023 Jan 18 Danny Kaye (1913-1987) US actor, comedian: He was noted for comic patter songs; starred in motion pictures ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," on stage and TV; ambassador-at-large for UNICEF. KAYE ENTERTAINMENT 2438 Jan 18 Austin Dobson (1840-1921) English poet, critic, biographer: His love and knowledge of the 18th century lent a graceful elegance to his poetry and inspired his critical studies. DOBSON POETS-DRAMA 2665 Jan 19 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) US poet, short-story writer: He is famous for his mysterious, macabre stories and poems, e.g., "The Gold Bug," 1843 and "The Raven," 1845. POE POETS-DRAMA 183 Jan 19 Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) US army officer: He was commander of the Confederate Army; president of Washington College, 1865-70. LEE MILITARY 598 Jan 19 Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) French painter: He was one of the greatest of the post-impressionists, whose works Influenced many 20th Century artists and art movements, especially cubism. CEZANNE ARTISTS 602 Jan 19 Dolly Parton (1946-____) US singer, songwriter, actress: Her first gold record was "Here You Come Again," 1978; made her movie debut in "Nine to Five," 1980; creator of "DollyWood." PARTON ENTERTAINMENT 836 Jan 19 John H. Johnson (1918-____) US publisher: He was the first black American to attain major success in American book and magazine book publishing, "Ebony" and "Jet" magazines. JOHNSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 960 Jan 19 Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) English politician, man of letters: His policies, as British chief secretary for Ireland (1907-16), contributed to the Easter Week rising of Irish nationalists in Dublin, 1916. BIRRELL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1774 Jan 19 Janis Joplin (1943-1970) US singer: She was best known as a White Blues and Soul Singer. JOPLIN ENTERTAINMENT 1913 Jan 19 Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) US novelist, critic, actor: He was known for his acerbic wit and his book "The Man Who Came to Dinner;" self-appointed leader of the Algonquin Round Table. WOOLLCOTT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2449 Jan 19 Dogen (1200-1253) Japanese religious leader: He was a leading Japanese Buddhist during the Kamakura period, 1192-1333, who introduced Zen to Japan in the form of the Soto school. DOGEN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2747 Jan 20 George Burns (1896-1996) US comedian, actor: He was famous, with wife Gracie Allen, in vaudeville, radio, and TV's "Burns and Allen Show," 1950-58. BURNS ENTERTAINMENT 75 Jan 20 Federico Fellini (1920-1993) Italian film director: He helped inaugurate the Neo-realist cinema movement, but he soon developed his own distinctive style of typically autobiographical films. FELLINI ENTERTAINMENT 989 Jan 20 Patricia Neal (1926-____) US actress: She won a Tony for "Another Part of the Forest," 1947 and an Oscar for "Hud," 1963. NEAL ENTERTAINMENT 1346 Jan 21 Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) US confederate army general: He was famous for his "stonewall" stance at Bull Run, but killed by fire from his own troops. JACKSON MILITARY 570 Jan 21 Jack Nicklaus (1940-____) US golfer: He was the dominating figure in world golf from the 1960s to the 1980s. NICKLAUS SPORTS 877 Jan 21 Benny Hill (1924-1992) English comedian: He is best known as the off-color, slapstick star of "The Benny Hill Show." HILL ENTERTAINMENT 1347 Jan 21 Geena Davis (1957-____) US actress: She won an Academy Award for "The Accidental Tourist," 1989; and for roles in "Tootsie," 1982 and "The Fly," 1986. DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT 1628 Jan 22 Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, statesman, essayist: He was an early advocate of inductive learning from intensive observation; wrote "Novum Organum," 1620. BACON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 58 Jan 22 George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) English poet: He wrote many romantic narrative poems, including "Childe Harold's Pilgrimagae," 1812. BYRON POETS-DRAMA 334 Jan 22 Gotthold Lessing (1729-1781) German philosopher, dramatist, critic: He helped free German drama from the influence of classical and French models, "Laocoon," 1766. LESSING RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 705 Jan 22 Beatrice Potter Webb (1858-1943) US social economist: She co-authored, with husband Sidney, works on labor, history, and economics; cofounded Fabian Society, 1883; founded London School of Economics. WEBB BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1607 Jan 22 George Balanchine (1904-1983) Russian choreographer: He was the most influential choreographer of classical ballet in U.S. in the 20th C.; his works of cool neoclassicism include "The Nutcracker," 1954. BALANCHINE COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1717 Jan 22 Francis Picabia (1879-1953) French painter, illustrator, designer, editor: He was successively involved with the Cubist, Dadaist, and Surrealist movements. PICABIA ARTISTS 1835 Jan 22 Charles Morgan (1894-????) : OR England, writer, (Fountain), MORGAN 2419 Jan 23 Stendhal (1783-1842) French novelist: He was a leading literary figure best known for psychological and political insight in "The Red and the Black," 1830. STENDHAL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 497 Jan 23 Susan L. Taylor (1946-____) US journalist: She has been editor of the black women's magazine, "Essence," since 1981. TAYLOR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 917 Jan 23 Jeanne Moreau (1928-____) French actress: Her films include "Frantic: Lovers." MOREAU ENTERTAINMENT 1186 Jan 23 Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) Italian intellectual, politician: He was a founder of the Italian Communist Party whose ideas still greatly influence Italian Communism. GRAMSCI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1947 Jan 23 Derek Walcott (1930-____) West Indian poet, playwright: He was noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience; received the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1992 WALCOTT POETS-DRAMA 2640 Jan 24 Edith Wharton (1862-1937) US novelist, short-story writer: She wrote about upper-class New York society in "Ethan Frome," 1911 and "The Age of Innocence," 1920. WHARTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 50 Jan 24 William Congreve (1670-1729) English dramatist: He was a neoclassical dramatist who shaped the English comedy of manners through his brilliant comic dialogue in "The Way of the World," 1770. CONGREVE POETS-DRAMA 654 Jan 24 Vicki Baum (1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist: Her "Menchen in Hotel," became the best-seller novel "Grand Hotel," and was adapted as a successful play, 1930. BAUM NOVELISTS(Fiction) 951 Jan 24 Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) French dramatist: He wrote two outstanding comedies of intrigue that still popular today -- "The Barber of S‚ville," 1775, and "The Marriage of Figaro," 1785. BEAUMARCHAIS POETS-DRAMA 1747 Jan 24 Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) US painter: He was one of founders of Abstract Expressionism, 1940s. MOTHERWELL ARTISTS 1899 Jan 24 Charles James Fox (1749-1806) English government official: As Britain's first foreign secretary he was a famous champion of liberty; conducted against King George III a long and brilliant vendetta. FOX GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1910 Jan 24 Neil Diamond (1941-____) US singer, songwriter, actor: His career spans 4 decades with hits and over 14 gold albums; his hits include "I Am...I Said" and "Song Sung Blue." DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT 1955 Jan 24 Desmond Morris (1928-____) English zoologist: He is best known for "Human Ape," and "Body Language." MORRIS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2552 Jan 24 John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) English dramatist, architect: His works included "The Relapse," 1697 and "The Confederacy." VANBRUGH POETS-DRAMA 2576 Jan 25 W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist, short-story writer, playwright: He was an expert storyteller set in exotic locales; "Of Human Bondage," 1915 and "The Razor's Edge," 1944. MAUGHAM NOVELISTS(Fiction) 166 Jan 25 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) English author, critic: She is best known for her classic feminist essay, "A Room of One's Own," 1929. WOOLF WRITERS(Non-fiction) 245 Jan 25 Robert Burns (1759-1796) Scottish poet: He was the National poet of Scotland who wrote about nature, vernacular and lowland life; wrote songs "Auld Lang Syne" and "Comin' thro' the Rye" BURNS POETS-DRAMA 1290 Jan 25 Corazon Aquino (1933-____) Filipino political leader: She was president of Philippines, 1986-94; received the Living Legacy Award, 1991. AQUINO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1532 Jan 25 Gloria Naylor (1950-____) US novelist, educator: Her first novel, "The Women of Brewster Place," received the American Book Award in 1983. NAYLOR NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2117 Jan 26 Paul Newman (1925-____) US actor: He is famous for his roles in "Cool Hand Luke," 1967 , "The Sting," 1973; and his philanthropic salad dressing. NEWMAN ENTERTAINMENT 537 Jan 26 Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) US army officer: He was Supreme Allied commander in SW Pacific; accepted Japanese surrender, 1945. MACARTHUR MILITARY 599 Jan 26 Henry Cotton (1907-1987) English golfer: He was a preeminent British golfer in the decades following World War I. COTTON SPORTS 876 Jan 26 Angela Davis (1944-____) US political activist, revolutionary, author: She was on the FBI's ten most-wanted list, 1970; wrote her autobiography, 1974. DAVIS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1112 Jan 26 Wayne Gretzky (1961-____) Canadian ice-hockey player: He became perhaps the greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL); first player to win the MVP Hart Trophy 8 years in a row. GRETZKY SPORTS 1903 Jan 26 Jules Feiffer (1929-____) US cartoonist, screenwriter: The "Iconoclast with a Pencil" was the philosphizing satirist for "Village Voice" since 1956; wrote screenplay "Carnal Knowledge," 1971. FEIFFER ARTISTS 2344 Jan 26 Hans Selye (1907-1982) Austrian-Hungarian endocrinologist: He is best known for his studies of the effects of stress on the human body. SELYE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2585 Jan 26 Christopher Hampton (1946-____) English playwright: He wrote the Tony Award-winner "The Philantropist;" other works include "Oviri," and "Hotel du Lac." HAMPTON POETS-DRAMA 2710 Jan 27 Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English author: He was a noted lecturer in mathematics, but best known as the creator of "Alice in Wonderland," 1865 and "Through the Looking Glass," 1872. CARROLL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 336 Jan 27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austrian composer: He was child prodigy who composed 600+ works - chamber music, symphonies and operas, e.g., "The Magic Flute," 1787. MOZART COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 430 Jan 27 Learned Hand (1872-1961) US jurist: He was noted for a profound mind, philosophical skepticism and faith in the U.S. during a 52 yr record as federal judge. HAND SCHOLARS-HISTORY 677 Jan 27 Donna Reed (1921-1986) US actress: She won an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity," 1953; but gained greatest success on TVs "Donna Reed Show," 1958-66. REED ENTERTAINMENT 2024 Jan 27 Samuel Foote (1720-????) English dramatist, author: "The English Aristophanes" was a one-legged comedian who starred in "Lame Lover," 1770 and mimicked prominent persons; wrote "The Minor," 1760. FOOTE POETS-DRAMA 2618 Jan 27 Mordecai Richler (1931-____) Canadian novelist: His incisive and penetrating works explore fundamental human dilemmas and values; wrote "Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz." RICHLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2652 Jan 28 Colette (1873-1954) French author: Her novels are noted for intimate style and deep feeling for nature, e.g., "Claudine at School," 1930 and "GiGi," 1943. COLETTE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 287 Jan 28 Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) US painter: He was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting; developed the radical "drip painting" technique. POLLOCK ARTISTS 903 Jan 28 Alan Alda (1936-____) US actor: He is best known for his role as Hawkeye in the TV series "MASH," 1972-83. ALDA ENTERTAINMENT 938 Jan 28 Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-____) Latvian-USA ballet dancer: He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and '80s. BARYSHNIKOV COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1732 Jan 28 Jose Marti (1853-1895) Cuban poet, patriot: He was a leader during the Cuban struggle for independence. MARTI POETS-DRAMA 1868 Jan 28 Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish-USA virtuoso pianist: He was regarded by many as the 20th century's foremost interpreter of the repertoire. RUBINSTEIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1890 Jan 29 W. C. Fields (1880-1946) US actor, comedian: He was famous in vaudeville, stage, film and radio for hard drinking and dislike of children; starred with Mae West in "My Little Chickadee," 1940. FIELDS ENTERTAINMENT 49 Jan 29 Thomas Paine (1737-1809) US philosopher, pamphleteer: He was a famous advocate of colonial independence in "Common Sense," 1776. PAINE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 199 Jan 29 Oprah Winfrey (1954-____) US TV personality, actress: She is a well known talk show host who also Sophia in "The Color Purple," 1985. WINFREY ENTERTAINMENT 453 Jan 29 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) US oil magnate, philanthropist: He was involved in helping to restore colonial Williamsburg, VA, 1926-60. ROCKEFELLER, JR. ENTERTAINMENT 628 Jan 29 Germaine Greer (1939-____) English reformer, author, educator: She championed the sexual freedom of women in "The Female Eunuch," 1970; however her book "Sex and Destiny," 1984 was called anti-feminist by critics. GREER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1147 Jan 29 Robin Morgan (1941-____) US editor, feminist, writer: She was editor in chief of "Ms. magazine," 1989-93; wrote "Sisterhood Is Powerful," 1970. MORGAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1187 Jan 29 Edward Abbey (1927-1989) US author: The "Thoreau of the American West" championed environmental concerns: "Desert Solitaire," 1968. ABBEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1504 Jan 29 Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-____) US politician: She was a Congresswoman from Michigan 1955-1975, best known for adding sex discrimination as a prohibited act in the 1962 Civil Rights Act. GRIFFITHS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2050 Jan 29 Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1889?-1949) US Folk and Blues singer, songwriter, guitarist: The "King Of The 12 String Guitar" began his career with the blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson, but never really achieved true commercial success. LEDBETTER ENTERTAINMENT 2280 Jan 29 Romain Rolland (1866-1944) French novelist, dramatist, essayist: He was one of the great mystics of 20th-century French literature; deeply involved in the major social, political, and spiritual events of his age. ROLLAND NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2688 Jan 29 William McKinley (1843-1901) US president (25th): He was a staunch Republican who rose to national prominence as president, 1897-1901, by championing tariff protectionism and opposing free silver. MCKINLEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2740 Jan 30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) US president (32nd): "FDR" was the only president elected to four terms, 1933-1945; created the New Deal to combat the Depression and increased influence of federal gov't. ROOSEVELT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 209 Jan 30 Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) US historian: She is known for her Pulitzer prize-winning historical books, e.g., "The Guns of August." TUCHMAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 273 Jan 30 Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) US writer, poet, humorist: He is best known for his humoristic poem "The Purple Cow." BURGESS POETS-DRAMA 332 Jan 30 Mohammed (570-632) Arab religious leader: He was a wealthy merchant who received a call from God, c. 610, and became the prophet who founded Islam, 622, as a theocracy in Medina. MOHAMMED RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 625 Jan 30 Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) English poet, essayist: He is noted for his principal prose "Imaginary Conversations," 1824-53. LANDOR POETS-DRAMA 704 Jan 30 Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) US political activist: He established the "Industrial Area Foundation," 1940; wrote "Rules for Radicalis," 1971. ALINSKY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1521 Jan 30 Francis H. Bradley (1846-1924) English philosopher: He attacked utilitarianism in "Appearance and Reality," 1893. BRADLEY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1795 Jan 30 Shirley Hazzard (1931-____) Australian novelist: She is best known for "The Transit of Venus," 1980 and "The Evening of the Holiday," 1965. HAZZARD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2156 Jan 31 Norman Mailer (1923-____) US novelist, journalist: He won a 1980 Pulitzer for "The Executioner's Song" and wrote "The Naked and the Dead," 1948. MAILER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 409 Jan 31 Tallulah Bankhead (1903-1968) US actress: She was a flamboyant, husky-voiced actress best known for Broadway's "The Little Foxes," 1939. BANKHEAD ENTERTAINMENT 782 Jan 31 Freya Stark () French-English travel writer: STARK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1252 Jan 31 Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballerina: She was the most celebrated dancer of her time who performed in Paris and New York. PAVLOVA COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1291 Jan 31 Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-____) US jurist, minister, government official: He was executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1977 to 1993. HOOKS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2258 Jan 31 Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) US baseball player: He was the first black player in the major leagues and the first Black to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; .311 career average. ROBINSON SPORTS 2320 Jan 31 Derek Jarman (1942-1994) English filmmaker: His films include "The Angelic Conversation," 1985 and "Edward II," 1991. JARMAN ENTERTAINMENT 2608 Jan 31 John O'Hara (1905-1970) US novelist, short-story writer: His fiction stands as a social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s-1940s; wrote "Appointment at Samarra." O'HARA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2674 Jan 31 Thomas Merton (1915-1968) French monk, poet: He was a prolific Roman Catholic writer on spiritual and social themes, one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century. MERTON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2701 Feb 1 Langston Hughes (1902-1967) US poet, writer, editor: He was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "The Weary Blues," 1926. HUGHES POETS-DRAMA 444 Feb 1 Richard Whately (1787-1863) English prelate, writer: He was the Anglican archbishop of Dublin, educator, logician, and social reformer. WHATELY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 587 Feb 1 Muriel Spark (1918-____) Scottish novelist, satirist: Her best-known novel, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," 1961 was adapted to film and stage. SPARK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1249 Feb 1 John Sean O'Feeny Ford (1895-1973) US director: He is best known for western films including "Stagecoach," 1939; his films won six Oscars. FORD ENTERTAINMENT 1292 Feb 1 John Ford (1586-1640) English dramatist: His melancholy plays include "Broken Heart," 1633. FORD POETS-DRAMA 1356 Feb 1 Boris Yeltsin (1931-____) Russian politician: He was mayor of Moscow, 1985-1987, and president of Russia since 1990; he became the first popularly elected leader. YELTSIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1888 Feb 1 Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1873) US abolitionist: He was a leading abolitionist and a prominent member of the Anti-Slavery Society. REMOND REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2309 Feb 1 Stephen Potter (1900-1969) English humorist: He is best known for "School for Scoundrels," and "Shipbuilders." POTTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2580 Feb 1 Edward Coke (1552-1634) English judge, politician: He defended common law and wrote "The Petition of Right," 1628; attorney-general to Elizabeth I and prosecutor of Raleigh and Essex. COKE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2633 Feb 2 Ayn Rand (1905-1982) US author: She is known for her novels reflecting "objectivist" philosophy in "The Fountainhead," 1943 and "Atlas Shrugged," 1957. RAND NOVELISTS(Fiction) 270 Feb 2 Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) English psychologist: He pioneered the way for modern discussion of sex; wrote "Studies of the Psychology of Sex," 1897-1928. ELLIS HEALTH-MEDICINE 360 Feb 2 James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish novelist, poet, playwright: He was best known for his novels of subtle, frank portraits of human nature; wrote "Ulysses," 1922; "Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man," 1914. JOYCE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 617 Feb 2 Hannah More (1745-1833) English writer: She was a religious writer, best known as a writer of popular tracts and as an educator of the poor. MORE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 718 Feb 2 George Halas (1895-9183) US football coach: He was one of the founders of the NFL, coach of the Chicago Bears, and charter member of the Hall of Fame, 1963. HALAS SPORTS 849 Feb 2 Liz Smith (1923-____) US columnist: Her gossip column runs in "NY Daily News," and over 60 syndicated papers. SMITH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1248 Feb 2 Judith Viorst (1931-____) US novelist, poet: Her writings include "The Village Square," 1965; and "People and Other Aggravations," 1971. VIORST NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1263 Feb 2 Jane Wagner (1935-____) US humorist, writer, director: She won three Emmys for Lily Tomlin specials; wrote film "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," 1980. WAGNER ENTERTAINMENT 1264 Feb 2 Margot Asquith (1864-1945) English author: She was an eccentric, outspoken and shrewd influence on social, fashionable English life. ASQUITH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1703 Feb 2 Harold Rosenberg (1906-1978) US writer, educator, philosopher: He was particularly known for his insightful contributions to the understanding of 20th-century visual art. ROSENBERG SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1874 Feb 2 Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) Russian-US classical violinist: He was a child prodigy noted for his conscientious musical interpretation, smooth tone, and technical proficiency; considered the best of the century. HEIFETZ COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2400 Feb 2 Abba Eban (1915-____) Israeli diplomat: He was the representative to the U.N., 1949-59 and ambassador to the U.S., 1950-59; wrote "Israel in the World," 1966. EBAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2450 Feb 3 Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) English economist, editor, critic, analyst: He founded and edited "The Economist" 1860-77; wrote "English Constitution," 1867. BAGEHOT BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 137 Feb 3 Edna St. Vincent Millay (1882-1950) US author, poet: She won the Pulitzer for "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver," 1922. MILLAY POETS-DRAMA 264 Feb 3 Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) US author: She organized a writer's salon in Paris for post- WW I American expatriates known as the "Lost Generation." STEIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 271 Feb 3 Simone Weil (1909-1943) French philosopher: She was a mystic and activist in the French Resistance during WW II; wrote "Gravity and Grace." WEIL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 274 Feb 3 Horace Greeley (1811-1872) US newspaper editor, reformer: He was a crusader against slavery; Rep. presidential candidate 1872. GREELEY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 371 Feb 3 James Michener (1907-1997) US novelist: He is famous for novels about specific locales; wrote "Tales of the South Pacific," 1947; Hawaii, 1959; "Centennial," 1974; Alaska, 1988. MICHENER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 419 Feb 3 Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) US physician, author: She was the first woman to receive MD in modern times, 1849; founded London School of Medicine for Women, 1875. BLACKWELL HEALTH-MEDICINE 1092 Feb 3 Robert Cecil (1830-????) English political leader: The Marquess of Salisbury was British PM, 1885-1902. CECIL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1691 Feb 4 Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) US aviator: "The Lone Eagle," made 1st solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight NY to Paris, 1927; wrote "The Spirit of St. Louis," 1953. LINDBERGH SCIENCE-INVENTORS 510 Feb 4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) German theologian: He is noted for his support of ecumenism, his view of Christianity's role in a secular world and for plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler. BONHOEFFER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 928 Feb 4 Betty Friedan (1921-____) US feminist, activist, writer: She founded "NOW," 1960; president until 1970; wrote "The Feminine Mystique," 1963. FRIEDAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1135 Feb 4 Rosa Parks (1913-____) US civil rights leader: Her refusal to give up bus seat to a white man initiated a bus boycott and sparked the civil rights movement; won Spingarn, 1978. PARKS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1204 Feb 4 Mark Hopkins (1802-1887) US educator: He was the professor of philosophy, 1830-87; president of Williams College, 1836-72. HOPKINS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1449 Feb 4 Ugo Betti (1892-1953) Italian playwright: He was the foremost internationally known playwright, after Luigi Pirandello, in the first half of the 20th century. BETTI POETS-DRAMA 1768 Feb 4 Byron Nelson (1912-____) US golfer: He set several records during his short career, once winning eleven tournaments in a row in 1945. NELSON SPORTS 2426 Feb 4 Dan Quayle (1947-____) US politician: He was the 44th vice-president, 1989-93, under George Bush. QUAYLE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2703 Feb 4 Russell Hoban (1925-____) US novielist, children's book author, artist: His works for children include "Bedtime for Frances," 1960 and "The Atomic Submarine;" adullt fiction includes "Riddley Walker," 1986. HOBAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2708 Feb 5 Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) US diplomat, politician, lawyer: He was the democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, and U.N. ambassador, 1961-65. STEVENSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 227 Feb 5 William S. Burroughs (1914-____) US writer: He was a chief spokesman for the "beat movement," 1950s; wrote "Naked Lunch," 1959. BURROUGHS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 868 Feb 5 Jane Bryant Quinn (1939-____) US journalist: She is a financial business columnist for "Newsweek;" wrote "Everyone's Money Book." QUINN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1216 Feb 5 Hank Aaron (1934-____) US baseball player: "The Hammer" played outfield for the Braves, 1954-76; broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, 1974. AARON SPORTS 1386 Feb 5 Marie de Sevigne (1626-1696) French diarist: She was a prolific correspondent whose 1700 letters to her daughter reflected the social history of the reign of Louis XIV. SEVIGNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1570 Feb 6 Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist, poet: He was the first great English dramatist who established blank verse in "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus," 1604. MARLOWE POETS-DRAMA 413 Feb 6 Louis Nizer (1902-1994) English lawyer: He was a legal wizard whose spellbinding oratorical skills to defended such celebrities as Charlie Chaplin and Salvador Dali. NIZER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 904 Feb 6 Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919-____) Hungarian actress: She is a witty, exotic performer known for many husbands and films, including "Three Ring Circus," 1954. GABOR ENTERTAINMENT 1137 Feb 6 Babe Ruth (1895-1948) US baseball player: One of U.S. baseball's most popular figures, longtime holder of a record of 60 home runs in a major-league season, 1927. RUTH SPORTS 1952 Feb 6 Ronald Reagan (1911-____) US 40th president: He was an All American football player, movie star in "Bedtime For Bonzo," President, 1981-89. REAGAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1985 Feb 6 Melvin Tolson (1900-1966) US poet, educator: He is best known for his volume "Harlem Gallery" and his Washington Tribune column, "Caviar and Cabbage," 1937-1944. TOLSON POETS-DRAMA 2266 Feb 6 Tom Brokaw (1940-____) US broadcast journalist: He has been the news anchor for NBC Nightly News since 1981; hosted the "Today" show, 1976-1981. BROKAW WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2534 Feb 6 Frank Rich (1949-____) : OR US politician, (?), , RICH 2641 Feb 7 Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist, dramatist: He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., "A Christmas Carol," 1843 & "Tale of Two Cities," 1859. DICKENS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 93 Feb 7 Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author: She championed feminist causes and the right of young women to attend college; co-founded Women's Christian Temperance Union. SMITH REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 296 Feb 7 Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) US author: She is best known for her autobiographical "Little House..." series. WILDER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 310 Feb 7 Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) US novelist, playwright: He was the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature; wrote "Babbitt," 1922; and "Arrowsmith," 1925. LEWIS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 621 Feb 7 Garth Brooks (1962-____) US singer, songwriter: He was the first country music singer to win six Academy of Country Music Awards, 1991; album "Ropin' the Wind," 1991. BROOKS ENTERTAINMENT 826 Feb 7 Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) Scottish-USA mathematician, educator, writer: He discovered several important theorems in the field of number theory, dealing with the properties of integers. BELL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 867 Feb 7 Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychiatrist: He was noted for his work in evaluating and publishing sources for Austrian history found in the Vienna state archives. ADLER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1497 Feb 7 An Wang (1920-1990) Chinese-USA electronics engineer, executive: He founded the computer company of Wang Laboratories. WANG SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1933 Feb 7 Thomas More (1478-1535) English humanist , statesman: He was the chancellor of England, 1529-32, who was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. MORE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2581 Feb 8 John Ruskin (1819-1900) English critic, author: He wrote about social problems and championed the landscape painter in "The Seven Lamps of Architecture," 1849. RUSKIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 188 Feb 8 Robert Burton (1577-1640) English scholar, writer, clergyman: His "Anatomy of Melancholy" was considered a masterpiece of style and valuable index to philosophers of the time. BURTON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 651 Feb 8 Jack Lemmon (1925-____) US actor: He won Oscars for "Mister Roberts," 1955 and "Save the Tiger," 1971; youngest person to receive the Life Achievement Award, 1988. LEMMON ENTERTAINMENT 1293 Feb 8 Kate Chopin (1851-1904) US author: She was known as an interpreter of New Orleans culture; wrote "The Awakening," 1899. CHOPIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1548 Feb 8 Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) US poet: She was known for her polished, witty verse; her short stories appeared in "The New Yorker" and other magazines. BISHOP POETS-DRAMA 1775 Feb 8 Martin Buber (1878-1965) German-Jewish religious philosopher: As a biblical translator and interpreter, he was a master of German prose style; his philosophy centred on the dialogue of man with other beings. BUBER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1859 Feb 8 Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) Moravian-USA economist, sociologist: He was well known for his theories of capitalist development and business cycles. SCHUMPETER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1877 Feb 8 Lana Turner (1920-1995) US actress: She was a legendary Hollywood sweater girl of the 1940s; her movies includes "The Survivors," and "Falcon Crest's." TURNER ENTERTAINMENT 2091 Feb 8 Ted Koppel (1940-____) US broadcast journalist: He has been the anchor for ABC's "Nightline," 1980, which was started to cover the Hostages in Irran; won an Emmy, 1981. KOPPEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2353 Feb 9 Alice Walker (1944-____) US author: She won a Pulitzer for her novel "The Color Purple", 1982 which was filmed in 1985. WALKER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 301 Feb 9 Dean Rusk (1909-____) US government official: He was U.S. secretary of state during the terms of Kennedy and Johnson; defended U.S. involvement in Vietnam. RUSK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 742 Feb 9 Brendan Behan (1923-1964) Irish dramatist, author: His humorous, vibrant books captured the spirit of Irish nationalism; best known for his autobiographical "Borstal Boy," 1958. BEHAN POETS-DRAMA 1294 Feb 9 George Ade (1866-1944) US humorist, playwright: He was the author of a humorous fables published as "Fables in Slang," 1990; columnist for the "Chicago Record." ADE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1384 Feb 9 Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) English actress: She was known for her portrayals of passionate and intelligent characters. CAMPBELL ENTERTAINMENT 1679 Feb 9 Amy Lowell (1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer: She was a leading poet of the Imagist school. LOWELL POETS-DRAMA 1833 Feb 9 Gypsy Rose Lee (1914-1970) US entertainer: She was a witty and sophisticated entertainer who was one of the first burlesque artists to imbue a striptease with grace and style. LEE ENTERTAINMENT 2052 Feb 9 Anthony Hope (1863-????) : HOPE 2547 Feb 10 Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist, author: "The Mitre Courtier" was master of the essay, e.g., "Essays of Elia," 1823. LAMB WRITERS(Non-fiction) 151 Feb 10 E. L. Konigsburg (1930-____) US children's author: She is best known as the author of "The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler." KONIGSBURG NOVELISTS(Fiction) 283 Feb 10 Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German dramatist, poet: He was the foremost German playwright of 20th century; best known for "Threepenny Opera," 1928 (in collaboration with Kurt Weill). BRECHT POETS-DRAMA 326 Feb 10 Leontyne Price (1927-____) US opera singer: She was the soprano star in "Porgy and Bess," 1952-54; with NY Met since 1960-1985; won Spingarn, 1964. PRICE COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1227 Feb 10 Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) English politician: He was prime minister from January 1957 to October 1963. MACMILLAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1828 Feb 10 Frank Moore Colby (1865-1925) US encyclopedia editor, essayist: His collection of essays, "The Colby Essays," 1921, includes "On Seeing Ten Bad Plays" and "Trials of an Encyclopedist." COLBY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1855 Feb 10 Aaron Hill (1685-1750) English poet, dramatist, essayist: His adaptations of Voltaire's plays "Za‹re" ("The Tragedy of Zara," 1736) and "M‚rope," 1749 enjoyed considerable success. HILL POETS-DRAMA 1945 Feb 10 Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) US comedian: His career in every major entertainment performance medium spanned more than six decades. DURANTE ENTERTAINMENT 1957 Feb 10 Greg Norman (1955-____) Australian golfer: The "Great White Shark" was the 2-time leading money winner on PGA Tour (1986, 90) and 2-time British Open winner (1986,93). NORMAN SPORTS 1987 Feb 10 William Allen White (1868-1944) US journalist, editor: The "Sage of Emporia's" mixed tolerance, optimism, liberal Republicanism, and provincialism to edit his small-town newspaper, the "Emporia Gazette." WHITE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2621 Feb 10 Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) Russian novelist, poet: His novel "Doctor Zhivago" helped win him the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1958 but aroused so much opposition at home that he declined the honor. PASTERNAK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2737 Feb 11 Thomas Edison (1847-1931) US inventor: He changed U.S. lifestyle with over 1,000 inventions including the phonograph and light bulb. EDISON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 48 Feb 11 Lydia M. Child (1802-1880) US author: Her anti-slavery works had great influence in her time; edited "Juvenile Miscellany," 1826-34, the first children's monthly in U.S. CHILD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 983 Feb 11 Leo Szilard (1898-1964) Hungarian-USA scientist: He, with Enrico Fermi, conducted the first nuclear chain reaction, 1942; was instrumental in initiating the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb. SZILARD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1350 Feb 11 Mary Quant (1934-____) English fashion designer: She was responsible in the 1960s for the "Chelsea look" of England and the widespread popularity of the miniskirt and "hot pants." QUANT ARTISTS 1965 Feb 11 Burt Reynolds (1936-____) US actor, producer, director, cartoon voicist: His movies have included "Longest Yard," "Smokey & the Bandit," "Cannonball Run," and "Deliverance." REYNOLDS ENTERTAINMENT 2004 Feb 12 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) US president, lawyer: He was the 16th U.S. president during the Civil War; wrote "Emancipation Proclamation," and "Gettysburg Address," 1863. LINCOLN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 47 Feb 12 Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist, author: He expounded the theory of evolution through natural selection in "Origin of the Species," 1859. DARWIN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 771 Feb 12 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) US author, socialite, celebrity relative: She was known as "Washington's Other Monument" and noted for her caustic remarks; daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. LONGWORTH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 818 Feb 12 Thomas Campion (1567-1620) English poet, composer, physician: He was a musical and literary theorist who was one of the outstanding songwriters of the English lutenist school of 16th and early 17th centuries. CAMPION POETS-DRAMA 1680 Feb 12 Judy Blume (1938-____) US novelist, writer: She is best known for her pre-teen books, e.g., "Are You There, God? It,s Me, Margaret," 1970. BLUME NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1787 Feb 12 Omar Bradley (1893-1981) US army general: He commanded the highly effective 12th Army Group to ensure Allied victory during WW II; first chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-53. BRADLEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1796 Feb 12 George Meredith (1828-1909) English novelist, poet: His novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language; "The Ordeal of Richard Fevrel," 1859. MEREDITH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1937 Feb 12 Marie Lloyd (1870-1922) English singer: She was a music-hall artiste of the late 19th century, who became well known in the London, or Cockney, low comedy then popular. LLOYD ENTERTAINMENT 2076 Feb 12 Joe Garagiola (1926-____) US baseball player, sportscaster: He was a catcher for the Cardinals, 1946-54 and TV sportscaster since 1955; he was also a regular on "Today" show, 1969-73, 1990-92. GARAGIOLA SPORTS 2559 Feb 13 Margaret Halsey (1910-____) US author: She is noted for her books "With Malice Towards Some," 1938 and "Color Blind," 1946. HALSEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 290 Feb 13 Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) US singer, actor: He sang gospel and country music; had a hit song with "Sixteen Tons," 1955; TV star 1950s-60s. FORD ENTERTAINMENT 828 Feb 13 Chuck Yeager (1923-____) US aviator, brigadier general: He was the first man to break the sound barrier, 1947; featured in Tom Wolf's book, movie "The Right Stuff." YEAGER MILITARY 1295 Feb 13 Patty Berg (1918-____) US golfer: She was the founder and 1st president of LPGA; 57 career pro wins including 15 Majors; 3-time AP Female Athlete of Year, 1938,43, & 55. BERG SPORTS 2081 Feb 13 Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838) French statesman: He was minister of Foreign Affairs, 1797-99; opposed Lousiana Purchase, 1803. TALLEYRAND GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2738 Feb 14 George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) US editor, critic: He was known for writing on contemporary theater; co-founded and edited "American Mercury," 1924-30. NATHAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 423 Feb 14 Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) US lecturer, author: He escaped slavery in 1838, became active in anti-slavery cause and edited anti-slavery journal. DOUGLASS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 438 Feb 14 Woody Hayes (1913-1987) US football coach: He was head coach at Ohio State, 1951-79; won two national championships. HAYES SPORTS 850 Feb 14 Jack Benny (1894-1974) US comedian: His unusual comedic deadpan method and expert timing made him a legendary success in U.S. radio and TV for more than 30 years. BENNY ENTERTAINMENT 970 Feb 14 Thelma Ritter (1905-1969) US actress: Her films included "All About Eve," 1950' "Pillow Talk," 1959; and "Bird Man of Alcatraz," 1961; six-time Oscar nominee. RITTER ENTERTAINMENT 1632 Feb 14 Samuel Butler (a) (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher: He was famous for his mock epic "Hudibras," ridiculing the Puritans. BUTLER (A) POETS-DRAMA 1666 Feb 14 Carl Bernstein (1944-____) US journalist, author: He exposed, with Bob Woodward, the Watergate scandal which led to the resignataion of Richard Nixon; wrote "All the President's Men," 1974. BERNSTEIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1766 Feb 14 Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) English novelist, playwright, religioius leader: He was a Zionist and one of the earliest English interpreters of Jewish immigrant life. ZANGWILL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1814 Feb 14 Richard Allen (1760-1831) US religious leader, activist: He was a leader of free Blacks who opposed the resettlement of free blacks to Africa; first bishop of the Africa Methodist Episcopal Church. ALLEN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2181 Feb 14 Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) Italian architect, philospher, poet: He was the principal initiator of Renaissance art theory; wrote "De re aedificatoria," 10 vols 1485 which stimulated interest in Roman architecture. ALBERTI ARTISTS 2406 Feb 15 Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English mathematician, philosopher: He made important contributions in math, logic and philosophy of science, e.g., "Science and the Modern World," 1925. WHITEHEAD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 173 Feb 15 Galileo (1564-1642) Italian physicist, astronomer: He developed the scientific method and established mechanics as a science; invented the astronomical telescope, 1609; discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons. GALILEO SCIENCE-INVENTORS 591 Feb 15 Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) US social reformer, suffragist: She was a social reformer and champion for women's rights; co-founder of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1869. ANTHONY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 776 Feb 15 Red Blaik (1897-1989) US football coach: He coached football at Army in the 1940s. BLAIK SPORTS 845 Feb 15 John Barrymore (1882-1942) US actor: The "great profile" is remembered both for his roles as a debonair leading man and for his interpretations of Shakespeare's Richard III and Hamlet. BARRYMORE ENTERTAINMENT 1729 Feb 15 Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English philosopher, economist, jurist: He was the earliest and chief expounder of Utilitarianism. BENTHAM RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1760 Feb 15 Jane Seymour (1951-____) English actress: She is best known fpr her starring role in the TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." SEYMOUR ENTERTAINMENT 2057 Feb 15 George Mikes (1912-____) British writer: He wrote "How to Be an Alien." MIKES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2568 Feb 16 Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963) US literary critic, cultural historian: He saw literature as an outgrowth of a national culture; wrote "America's Coming of Age," 1915. BROOKS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 512 Feb 16 Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) US historian, author: He won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 1919. ADAMS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 864 Feb 16 John McEnroe (1959-____) US tennis player: "Superbrat" was infamous for his temper and on-court antics; won U.S. Open 1979-81, 1984; became a respected tennis commentator. MCENROE SPORTS 1296 Feb 16 Francis Galton (1822-1911) English scientist, explorer: He founded the modern technique of weather mapping, 1861; early investigator of human intelligence. GALTON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1351 Feb 16 Vera-Ellen (1926-1981) US actress: She was the only woman dancer to be considered the peer of both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; starred in "White Christmas," 1954. VERA-ELLEN ENTERTAINMENT 2040 Feb 17 Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) US author, essayist: Her numerous novels included "Best Twig," 1915 and "Seasoned Timber," 1939. FISHER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 559 Feb 17 Michael Jordan (1963-____) US basketball player: He led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Chicago Bulls to three consecutive championships (1991-93). JORDAN SPORTS 888 Feb 17 Mary Frances Berry (1938-____) US government official, author: She was chief educational officer of U.S., 1977-80; headed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1980-; wrote "Black Resistance/White Law," 1971. BERRY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1336 Feb 17 Edgar Quinet (1803-1875) French poet, historian, political philosopher: He made a significant contribution to the developing tradition of liberalism in France. QUINET GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1352 Feb 17 Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) English economist: He pioneered the studies in modern population; wrote "Essays on the Principle of Population," 1798. MALTHUS BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1355 Feb 17 Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) US business executive: He was the innovative chairman and CEO of IBM who brought the company into the computer era. WATSON, SR. BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2164 Feb 18 Charles Schwab (1862-1939) US manufacturer: He was the "Boy Wonder" of the steel industry who moved "Bethlehem Steel" into leadership in metals manufacture. SCHWAB BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 460 Feb 18 Audre Lorde (1934-1992) US poet, feminist: She won a 1989 American Book Award for "A Burst of Light;" poet laureate, NY, 1991. LORDE POETS-DRAMA 905 Feb 18 Toni Morrison (1931-____) US novelist: She won the Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved;" won Nobel Prize for Literature, 1993. MORRISON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1188 Feb 18 Yoko Ono (1933-____) US artist, musician: She recorded, with her husband John Lenon, "Double Fantasy," 1980. ONO ENTERTAINMENT 1200 Feb 18 Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916) Russian author: The "Yiddish Mark Twain" wrote of Jewish Ukranian life; his work "Tevye" was basis for "Fiddler on the Roof," 1964. ALEICHEM NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1517 Feb 18 Andre Breton (1896-1966) French poet, essayist, critic, editor: He was the chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. BRETON POETS-DRAMA 1804 Feb 19 Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer: He was first to propose that planets revolved around the sun; wrote "Mathematics of Heliocentric Solar System," 1543. COPERNICUS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 470 Feb 19 Carson McCullers (1917-1967) US novelist, short-story writer: Her novels and stories that depict the inner lives of lonely people, e.g., "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," 1940. MCCULLERS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 990 Feb 19 Amy Tan (1952-____) US novelist: She wrote "The Joy Luck Club," 1989; "The Kitchen God's Wife," 1991; and "The Hundred Secret Senses," I995. TAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1256 Feb 19 David Garrick (1717-1779) English actor, theater manager, dramatist: He revolutionized acting with his naturalistic Shakespearean heros; comanagee the Drury Lane Theatre introducing many theatrical reforms. GARRICK ENTERTAINMENT 1353 Feb 20 Ansel Adams (1902-1984) US landscape photographer, conservationist: He helped establish photography as an art form while capturing the beauty of western U.S. ADAMS ARTISTS 501 Feb 20 Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) French novelist, polemical writer: His masterpiece, "The Diary of a Country Priest," established him as one of the most original and independent Roman Catholic writers of his time. BERNANOS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 973 Feb 20 Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-____) US designer, poet: Her "Gloria Vanderbilt" jeans influenced the "designer jeans" craze, 1980s VANDERBILT ARTISTS 1262 Feb 20 Charles Barkley (1963-____) US basketball player: "Sir Charles" is famous for his outspoken augumentative style on and off the basketball court; part of 1992 Olympic Dream Team; NBA MVP, 1993. BARKLEY SPORTS 1723 Feb 20 Angelina Grimke (1805-1879) US abolitionist, women's rights advocate: She, with her sister Sarah, wrote numerous published papers which championed abolition and women's rights. GRIMKE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1934 Feb 20 Hesketh Pearson (1887-1964) English actor, director, biographer: His works included "Writ for Libel." PEARSON ENTERTAINMENT 2006 Feb 21 Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) US journalist, author, humorist: She dealt humorously with her life as a suburban housewife, e.g., "The Grass is Greener Over the Septic Tank," 1976. BOMBECK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 67 Feb 21 Anais Nin (1903-1977) US author: She is best known for diaries; wrote "A Spy in the House of Love," 1954 and "Death of Venus," 1977. NIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 267 Feb 21 W. H. Auden (1907-1973) English-USA poet, dramatist, editor: He wrote passionately about social problems and post-WW I anxiety; won Pulitzer for verse "Age of Anxiety," 1948. AUDEN POETS-DRAMA 607 Feb 21 John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English religious leader, prelate, writer: He confounded Oxford Movement and helped define liberal arts education. NEWMAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 722 Feb 21 Barbara Jordan (1936-____) US lawyer, educator, politician: She served as U.S. congressional representative from Texas. 1972-78; first black congresswoman to come from the Deep South. JORDAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 962 Feb 21 Nina Simone (1933-____) US Jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter: She is an accomplished pianist as well as an elastic singer; her repertoire extends from gospel to jazz, soul to pop. SIMONE ENTERTAINMENT 2329 Feb 21 Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) French filmmaker, dramatist, actor: He was a prodigious playwright who generally acted in his own plays including "Story of a Cheat." GUITRY ENTERTAINMENT 2399 Feb 22 James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) US poet, critic, editor, diplomat: He was the first editor of "Atlantic Monthly," 1857-61; ambassador to Spain and Great Britain, 1877-85. LOWELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 46 Feb 22 Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) US author, lawyer: His "Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies," 1857 was the source for many popular epigrammatic sayings. BOVEE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 69 Feb 22 Jules Renard (1864-1910) French dramatist, author: "Hunter of Images" wrote bitter ironic account of his childhood. RENARD POETS-DRAMA 185 Feb 22 George Washington (1732-1799) US president (1st), soldier, surveyor, farmer: He was Commander of the Continental forces; as U.S. president he shaped the office and warned against party politics. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 242 Feb 22 Ishmael Reed (1938-____) US author: He was a noted satirist whose books include "Chattanooga", 1973; "Flight to Canada", 1976. REED NOVELISTS(Fiction) 449 Feb 22 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher: He was the "philosopher of pessimism" and an important exponent of a metaphysical anti-Hegelian doctrine of the will. SCHOPENHAUER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 746 Feb 22 Amy Strum Alcott (1956-____) US golfer: She won the U.S. Women's Open, 1980. ALCOTT SPORTS 1574 Feb 22 Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) English soldier: He was founder of the Boy Scouts. BADEN-POWELL MILITARY 1712 Feb 22 Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) Mexican film director: He began his career by working with Salvador Dali on surrealist film "An Andalusian Dog," 1928. BU-UEL ENTERTAINMENT 2551 Feb 22 Edward M. Kennedy (1932-____) US politician: "Ted" has been the Democratic senator from MA since 1962; brother of John and Robert Kennedy. KENNEDY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2557 Feb 22 Eric Gill (1882-1940) English sculptor, engraver, author: He is noted for his wood engravings for prestigious Golden Cockerel Press, from 1924; also designed numerous typefaces. GILL ARTISTS 2626 Feb 23 W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) US writer, social reformer: He was prominent in the early movement for racial equality and helped create the NAACP, 1909. DU BOIS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 439 Feb 23 Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) English diarist, naval administrator: He is noted for his "Diary" which gives a fascinating picture of the official and upper-class life of Restoration London from 1660-1669. PEPYS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 991 Feb 23 Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870) US educator: She pioneered higher education for women; founded Troy Female Seminary, 1821 which became the Emma Willard School. WILLARD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1354 Feb 23 Haki Madhubuti (1942-____) US poet, writer, editor: He was an important force in the Black Arts Movement, 1960s; author of 11 books of poetry, essays, and criticism; director of the "Third World Press." MADHUBUTI POETS-DRAMA 2288 Feb 24 George Moore (1852-1933) Irish author, poet, dramatist: He was a noted figure in Irish literary revival who wrote "The Emperor of Ice Cream," 1965. MOORE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 178 Feb 24 Samuel Lover (1797-1868) Anglo-Irish novelist, songwriter, painter: He was a successful portrait painter and songwriter, "Rosy O'More," 1826 which he also developed into a novel and play. LOVER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 992 Feb 24 Michael Harrington (1928-1989) US writer: He was a noted leftist author who awakened the U.S. to American poverty in "The Other America," 1962; "Taking Sides," 1965. HARRINGTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1297 Feb 24 Marjorie Main (1890-1975) US actress: She played Ma Kettle in nine films, 1949-57. MAIN ENTERTAINMENT 1646 Feb 24 Charles V (1500-1558) Roman emperorer, ruler: He was Holy Roman emperor, 1519-56 and king of Spain (as Charles I, 1516-56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I, 1519-21). CHARLES V GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1843 Feb 24 George William Curtis (1824-1892) US author, editor: He was a leader in civil service reform. CURTIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1938 Feb 25 Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French artist: He was a founder of the French impressionist movement noted for its optimistic view of life, e.g., "Le Moulin...," 1876. RENOIR ARTISTS 426 Feb 25 Tony Lema (1934-1966) US golfer: He won the British Open in 1964; killed in a plane crash. LEMA SPORTS 884 Feb 25 Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist, critic, man of letters: His fictional explorations of modern dilemmas combined wit, moral earnestness, and a note of the bizarre. BURGESS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 980 Feb 25 Adelle Davis (1904-1974) US nutritionist, author: She is best known for "Let's Cook It Right," 1947 and "Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit," I954. DAVIS HEALTH-MEDICINE 1111 Feb 25 Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992) US diplomat, congresswoman: "Outhouse Millie" was the inspiration for the Doonesbury comic strip character, Lacey Davenport; Republican congresswoman from NJ, 1975-82. FENWICK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1129 Feb 25 John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) US government official: He was secretary of state, 1953-59, under President Eisenhower; architect of many major elements of U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War. DULLES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1876 Feb 25 Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) French playwright: He won fame as a master of stage comedy and critical acclaim for his filmmaking. He was the first filmaker elected to the French Academy, 1946. PAGNOL POETS-DRAMA 1943 Feb 26 Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French author, dramatist: He is best known for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," 1831 and "Les Miserables," 1862. HUGO POETS-DRAMA 132 Feb 26 Johnny Cash (1932-____) US singer, songwriter: His work sparked a revival of American country and western music, e.g., "Ring of Fire." CASH ENTERTAINMENT 994 Feb 26 Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) US actor, comedian: "The Great One" was best known for his role as Ralph Kramden in the TV series, "The Honeymooners." GLEASON ENTERTAINMENT 1349 Feb 26 Betty Hutton (1921-____) US singer, dancer, actress: She was a well known singer, dancer and actress of the 30s-50s who later earned a masters dregree and taught acting at two Rhode Island universities. HUTTON ENTERTAINMENT 2039 Feb 26 James Goldsmith (1933-1997) French financier: His reputation as a corporate raider and various business deals resulted in a net work of several billion dollars. GOLDSMITH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2643 Feb 27 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) US poet, educator: He was the most popular 19th c. poet, e.g., "Village Blacksmith," 1842, and 1st American with bust in Westminster Abbey. LONGFELLOW POETS-DRAMA 45 Feb 27 Marian Anderson (1897-1993) US singer: She transcended racial and cultural barriers with quiet dignity; her rich contralto voice brilliantly interpreted the works of Schubert and Brahms. ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT 891 Feb 27 Elizabeth Taylor (1932-____) English actress: She was a child star in "National Velvet," 1944 and an adult star in "Cat of a Hot Tin Roof," 1958; founded Amer. Foundation for AIDS Research, 1985. TAYLOR ENTERTAINMENT 1257 Feb 27 Sonia Johnson () US activist, religious leader: She was excommunicated by the Mormon Church because of her outspoken support for the Equal Rights Amendment; wrote "From Housewife to Heretic," 1981. JOHNSON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1591 Feb 27 Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US supreme court justice: He was best known for his absolutist belief in the Bill of Rights as a guarantee of civil liberties; served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. BLACK SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1778 Feb 27 John Steinbeck (1902-1968) US novelist: He aroused widespread sympathy for the plight of migratory farm workers in "The Grapes of Wrath," 1939; won Nobel Prize, 1962. STEINBECK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1817 Feb 27 Joanne Woodward (1930-____) US actress: She starred in "The Three Faces of Eve." WOODWARD ENTERTAINMENT 2073 Feb 27 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) German opera singer: She was a lyric-dramatic soprano renowned for her performances of the songs of Robert Schumann and the role of Leonore in Beethoven's opera "Fidelio." LEHMANN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2092 Feb 27 Ellen Terry (1847-1928) British actress: She was the acting partner with Henry Irving, 1878-1902; best known for her famed correspondence with George Bernard Shaw. TERRY ENTERTAINMENT 2146 Feb 27 David Sarnoff (1891-1971) Russian-US inventor, pioneer, executive: He pioneered the development of both radio and television broadcasting; founded NBC & RCA. SARNOFF BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2484 Feb 27 Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) Indian-English novelist: His chief work was the four-art novel "Alexandria Quartet," completed in 1960. DURRELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2517 Feb 27 Peter De Vries (1910-1993) US novelist, editor: He was well known as a satirist, linguist, and critically acclaimed for his comic novels "The Tunnel of Love," 1954, & "Comfort Me with Apples," 1956. VRIES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2526 Feb 27 Ralph Nader (1934-____) US lawyer, consumer advocate: He is the recognized leader of the consumer protection movement; wrote "Unsafe at Any Speed." NADER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2586 Feb 28 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1553-1592) French essayist, courtier: His "Essais" (Essays) established a new literary form, and often used quotations from classical writers. MONTAIGNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 172 Feb 28 Peter Medawar (1915-1987) English zoologist: He discovered that immunity is acquired in embryo; won Nobel Prize in medicine for work on immunity and skin grafts. MEDAWAR SCIENCE-INVENTORS 417 Feb 28 Mary Lyon (1797-1849) US educator: She founded and was president of Mount Holyoke College, 1837-49. LYON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 622 Feb 28 Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926-____) Russian-USA political celebrity: She is the Russian-born daughter of Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin; her defection to the U.S. in 1967 caused an international sensation. ALLILUYEVA GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1522 Feb 28 Linus Pauling (1901-1994) US chemist: He was the first to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes in separate fields (Chemistry, '54 & Peace, '62). PAULING SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1896 Feb 28 Mario Andretti (1940-____) US auto racer: He is one of the world's wealthiest sports figures; won Indianapolis 500, 1968; World Grand Prix champion, 1978. ANDRETTI SPORTS 2171 Feb 28 Ben Hecht (1893-1964) US novelist, playwright, screenwriter: He wrote many novels about city life and co-wrote many Hollywood and Broadway hits, including "Front Page," 1928. HECHT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2501 Feb 28 Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French philosopher, historian, scholar: He was a leader of the school of critical philosophy in France. RENAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2715 Feb 29 Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Italian opera composer: He wrote 39 operas including "The Barber of Seville," 1816 and "William Tell," 1929. ROSSINI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 481 Feb 29 Morarji Desai (1896-1995) Indian government official: He held various posts. including prime minister of India, 1977-79. DESAI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1499 Feb 29 Pope Paul III (1468-1549) Italian religious leader: He was the last of the Renaissance popes and the first pope of the Counter-Reformation, 1534-49; gave approval to create Jesuits, 1540. POPE PAUL III RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1502 Feb 29 Patricia McKillip (1948-____) US science fiction writer: She won the World Fantasy Award in 1975 for "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld," the Locus Award in 1980 for "Harpist in the Wind." MCKILLIP NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2027 Mar 1 Martial (43-104) Roman epigrammatic poet: He wrote 11 books of witty epigrams describing Roman life. MARTIAL POETS-DRAMA 415 Mar 1 Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) US author: He proclaimed the beginning of the 1960s civil rights movement with his novel "The Invisible Man", 1952. ELLISON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 441 Mar 1 Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) English biographer, critic: He opened a new era of biographical writing by adopting an irreverent attitude to the past , especially to the volumes of Victorian biography. STRACHEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 993 Mar 1 Dinah Shore (1917-1994) US singer, actress: She began singing in 1938; won ten Emmys for various TV shows including "Dinah Shore Chevy Show," 1956-63; advocate and promoter of sports for women. SHORE ENTERTAINMENT 1554 Mar 1 Basil Bunting (1900-1985) English poet: His greatest popularity was during the 1960s as the leader of British literary avant-garde. BUNTING POETS-DRAMA 1657 Mar 1 Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) US poet, novelist, critic: His poetry, marked by irony and self-deprecatory wit, is often about nature; won Pulitzer Prize, 1978, for "The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov." NEMEROV POETS-DRAMA 1950 Mar 1 Robert Lowell (1917-1977) US poet, pacifist: He was noted for his complex, autobiographical poetry, e.g., "Lord Weary's Castle," and "Near the Ocean." LOWELL POETS-DRAMA 2564 Mar 2 Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) US author, illustrator: Theodore Seuss Geisel launched the "beginner" book industry with "Cat in the Hat," 1957. SEUSS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 114 Mar 2 John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) US poet, dramatist, critic: He attacked the get-rich-quick morality of the post-Civil War "Gilded Age" in political action and in his writings. CHAPMAN POETS-DRAMA 982 Mar 2 Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-____) Russian political leader: He was Secretary General of USSR, 1985-92; initiated glasnost; won Nobel Peace Prize, 1990; "Time" magazine's Man of the Decade. GORBACHEV GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1298 Mar 2 Karen Carpenter (1950-1983) US singer: She sold, with brother Richard, over 80 million records; first hit was "Close to You," 1970. CARPENTER ENTERTAINMENT 1630 Mar 2 John Irving (1942-____) US novelist, short-story writer: His novels include "The World According to Garp," 1978 and "The Hotel New Hampshire," 1981; both were adapted to films. IRVING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2351 Mar 2 Tom Wolfe (1931-____) US journalist, author: He is best known for his bestseller "The Right Stuff," about the U.S. space program. WOLFE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2720 Mar 3 Ring Lardner (1885-1933) US humorist, journalist, short-story writer: He was known for social satire using American vernacular speech, "Treat 'Em Rough," 1918. LARDNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 402 Mar 3 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-USA, Canadian inventor: He invented the telephone and organized Bell Telephone Co., 1877. BELL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 475 Mar 3 Emile Chartier (1868-1951) : CHARTIER 1342 Mar 3 Thomas Otway (1652-1685) English dramatist, poet: He was one of the creators of sentimental drama through his convincing presentation of human emotions. OTWAY POETS-DRAMA 1357 Mar 3 Jean Harlow (1911-1937) US actress: She was a screen star of 30's and 40's who portrayed frankly sensuous types. HARLOW ENTERTAINMENT 1566 Mar 3 Edmund Waller (1606-1687) English poet: His adoption of smooth, regular versification prepared the way for the heroic couplet's emergence as the dominant form of poetic expression. WALLER POETS-DRAMA 2574 Mar 3 Edward Thomas (1878-1917) English poet, critic: His poems, "If I Should Ever By Chance" and "Early One Morning" have been collected into "Poems," 1917 and "Last Poems," 1918. THOMAS POETS-DRAMA 2610 Mar 4 Robert Orben (1927-____) US editor, writer: He was a humor and speech writer for Jack Parr and Red Skelton. ORBEN ENTERTAINMENT 197 Mar 4 Knute Rockne (1888-1931) US football coach: He built Notre Dame into a football powerhouse and created the "Four Horsemen" backfield. ROCKNE SPORTS 471 Mar 4 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901-1937) Malagasy poet: He was one of the most important of African poets writing in French, considered to be the father of modern literature in his native land. RABEARIVELO POETS-DRAMA 1358 Mar 4 Miriam Makeba (1932-____) South African singer: "Mother Africa" sang African melodies; often starred with Harry Belafonte, 1960s; member of Paul Simon's Graceland Tour, 1987. MAKEBA ENTERTAINMENT 1608 Mar 4 Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) English dramatist, songwriter: He wrote 30 popular plays and one-man table entertainments; his 1,400 songs include "Tom Bowling." DIBDIN POETS-DRAMA 2624 Mar 5 Frank Norris (1870-1902) US novelist: He was an influential muckraker best known for "The Octopus," 1901 and "The Pit," 1903. NORRIS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 536 Mar 5 W. H. Beveridge (1879-1963) English economist: He wrote the "Beveridge Report," 1942 which became basis for British welfare legislation. BEVERIDGE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 995 Mar 5 Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Polish German socialist, writer: "Bloody Rosa" played a key role in the founding of the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus party, 1918. LUXEMBURG WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1359 Mar 6 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet: She was noted for writing her own love story in verse. BROWNING POETS-DRAMA 73 Mar 6 Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet: He lead the High Renaissance with monumental style, e.g., "David," 1504 and "Paintings of Sistine Chapel," 1508-12. MICHELANGELO ARTISTS 418 Mar 6 Sarah Caldwell (1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario: She founded the Opera Co. of Boston, 1957; first woman to conduct a NY Met, 1976. CALDWELL COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1054 Mar 6 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-____) Colombian novelist, short story writer: He was a central figure in the so-called magical realism movement in Latin-American literature. MARQUEZ NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2588 Mar 7 Arthur Helps (1813-1875) English historian, novelist, essayist: He was noted for imaginary dialogue, short essays and collected aphorisms, e.g., "Friends of Council," and "Brevia." HELPS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 381 Mar 7 Luther Burbank (1849-1926) US naturalist, plant breeder: He contributed to the study of genetics by breeding many useful varieties of fruits, vegetables and grains. BURBANK SCIENCE-INVENTORS 504 Mar 7 Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-____) US evangelist: She was at one time the co-host of PTL TV ministry and wife of Jim Bakker who was imprisoned for defrauding his followers. BAKKER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1360 Mar 8 Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) US essayist: He is noted for "Literature and Life: Genius," 1871. WHIPPLE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 44 Mar 8 Gene Fowler (1890-1960) US journalist, biographer: He wrote an outstanding biography of John Barrymore, "Goodnight Sweet Prince," 1944. FOWLER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 105 Mar 8 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) US jurist: He was called "The Great Dissenter" ; He often disagreed with the conservative majority. HOLMES, JR. SCHOLARS-HISTORY 597 Mar 8 Constantine Karamanlis (1907-____) Greek political leader: "Costas" was prime minister of Greece, 1955-63; president, 1980-85 and 1990-94. KARAMANLIS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1592 Mar 8 Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) Scottish author: He is best known for his children's books, "The Wind in the Willows," 1908. GRAHAME NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1880 Mar 8 Kathy Ireland (1963-____) US model: She is best known for modeling swimsuits in Sports Illustrated magazine. IRELAND ENTERTAINMENT 2025 Mar 9 Mickey Spillane (1918-____) US author: He was one of the originators of "Captain Marvel" and created detective Mike Hammer, e.g., "The Girl Hunters," 1962. SPILLANE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 560 Mar 9 Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) English novelist, poet: She wrote chiefly about the Kentish countryside, where she spent most of her life. SACKVILLE-WEST POETS-DRAMA 1016 Mar 9 Bobby Fischer (1943-____) US chess player: He defeated Boris Spassky, 1972, in a high profile world championship; stripped of title for refusing to defend it; returned to defeat Spassky in '92. FISCHER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1361 Mar 10 Clare Boothe Luce (1905-1987) US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat: She was one of the most influential women in 20th c. and author of the hit play "The Women," 1936. LUCE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 508 Mar 10 Heywood Hale Broun (1918-____) US broadcast journalist, actor, author: He was a news and sports correspondent with CNS news; made his stage debut in "I Remember Momma," 1949. BROUN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1020 Mar 10 Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829) German critic, writer: He originated many philosophical ideas that inspired the early German Romantic movement; wrote history of literature and the novel "Lucinde," 1799. SCHLEGEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1362 Mar 10 Sharon Stone (1958-____) US actress: She became well known for her roles in "Basic Instinct," and "Total Recall." STONE ENTERTAINMENT 2154 Mar 10 Jim Valvano (1946-1993) US basketball coach, sportscaster: He was coach of North Carolina State U., 1980-1990; won NCAA championship, 1983. VALVANO SPORTS 2479 Mar 11 Harold Wilson (1916-1995) English statesman: He was leader of Labour Party's left wing and served twice as prime minister, but was plagued by economic problems. WILSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 480 Mar 11 Douglas Adams (1952-____) English novelist: He wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," 1979. ADAMS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 863 Mar 11 Rupert Murdoch (1931-____) US publisher: He is the founder of News Corp. a global empire; owned "Star," "London Times," and Fox Television Network. MURDOCH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1363 Mar 11 Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) US electrical engineer, government official: He developed the differential analyzer, the first electronic analogue computer. BUSH SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1926 Mar 11 Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) US actress: She played in more than 75 films, 1912-22, including "Orphans of the Storm." GISH ENTERTAINMENT 2026 Mar 11 Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990) US religious and civil rights leader: He was Martin Luther King's chief aide and closest associate during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s. ABERNATHY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2180 Mar 11 Bobby McFerrin (1950-