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-____) US Jazz singer, songwriter, director: He is famous for his unaccompanied jazz styled improvisation; had first #1 acapella pop single: "Don't Worry Be Happy," 1989. MCFERRIN ENTERTAINMENT 2254 Mar 11 Antonin Scalia (1936-____) US jurist: He was associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986, well-known for his strong legal conservatism. SCALIA SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2469 Mar 12 Edward Albee (1928-____) US dramatist: He is known for plays critiquing American society, "The Zoo Story," 1960 and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," 1962. ALBEE POETS-DRAMA 461 Mar 12 Andrew Young (1932-____) US politician: He was Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79 and mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90; won Spingarn Medal, 1980. YOUNG GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 915 Mar 12 Liza Minnelli (1946-____) US actress, singer, dancer: She won an Oscar for "Cabaret," 1972; also starred in "Arthur," 1981. MINNELLI ENTERTAINMENT 1364 Mar 12 John Aubrey (1626-1697) English antiquarian, writer: He is best known for his vivid, intimate, and sometimes acid biographical sketches of his contemporaries. AUBREY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1706 Mar 12 Alan Brien (1925-____) English novelist, journalist, critic: He wrote for the "Sunday Telegraph" and "Spectator;" his works include essays in "Domes of Fortune," 1979 and the novel "Lenin: the novel," 1987. BRIEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1806 Mar 12 Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) US novelist, poet: He gave the Beat movement its name and celebrated its code of poverty and freedom in a series of novels, e.g., "On the Road." KEROUAC NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2198 Mar 12 Lane Kirkland (1922-____) US labour-union spokesman: Hw was president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 1975-95. KIRKLAND BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2398 Mar 12 Les Brown (1912-____) US bandleader, songwriter: "Les Brown and His Band of Renown" often played with Bob Hope; he wrote "Sentimental Journey." BROWN ENTERTAINMENT 2522 Mar 12 Philip Guedalla (1889-1944) English historian, writer: His historical works include "The Hundred Days," 1934 and "The Hundred Years," 1936. GUEDALLA SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2615 Mar 13 Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist, political theorist, clergyman: He discovered oxygen and wrote studies of gases in "Observations on Different Kinds of Air," 1786. PRIESTLEY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 558 Mar 13 Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) English novelist, critic, dramatist: He was a natural storyteller with a fine flow of words and romantic invention; wrote "The Dark Forest," 1916. WALPOLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1019 Mar 13 L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) US religious leader: He founded Church of Scientology, 1954 based on his book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." HUBBARD RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1368 Mar 13 Janet Flanner (1892-1978) US journalist: She wrote "Letter From Paris" for the New Yorker for Almost 50 Years. One of Few Women to Be Awarded French Legion of Honor. FLANNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1545 Mar 14 Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Swiss-German-USA physicist: His theories of relativity revolutionized physics; famous for E = MC squared; won Nobel Prize, 1921. EINSTEIN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 43 Mar 14 Diane Arbus (1923-1971) US photographer: She is best known for her photographs of out of the ordinary people, e.g. midgets and giants. ARBUS ARTISTS 943 Mar 14 Billy Crystal (1947-____) US actor, comedian: He is a comic and versatile mimic; starred in "Soap," 1977-81 and "City Slickers," 1991. CRYSTAL ENTERTAINMENT 1366 Mar 14 Michael Caine (1933-____) English actor: He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for "Hannah & Her Sisters," 1987; also starred with Steve Martin in "Dirty Rotten Scondrels." CAINE ENTERTAINMENT 1673 Mar 15 Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) US president (7th), soldier, lawyer, planter: He was "Old Hickory" and the military hero of the War of 1812; he introduced the spoils system and boosted expansionism. JACKSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 484 Mar 15 William Lamb Melbourne (1779-1848) English prime minister: He was twice prime minister, and close friend and chief political adviser during the early reign of Queen Victoria. MELBOURNE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1002 Mar 15 Jimmy Swaggart (1935-____) US evangelist: He proclaims strong right-wing views and claimed, at one time, to have 200 million followers; involved in sex scandal; banned from the pulpit, 1988. SWAGGART RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1381 Mar 15 Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943-____) US businesswoman: She wrote "Men and Women of the Corporation," 1977. KANTER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1609 Mar 16 James Madison (1751-1836) US president (4th), political theorist: He was influential in framing the Constitution, drafted the Bill of Rights, and served as the 4th U.S. president. MADISON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 539 Mar 16 Daniel Moynihan (1927-____) US politician, professor: He was professor of urban politics, Ambassador to India and the U.N., Democratic party politician, and U.S. senator from New York state. MOYNIHAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1018 Mar 16 Pat Nixon (1912-1993) US first lady: She was a high school teacher before marrying Richard Nixon; biography written by daughter, Juli, 1986. NIXON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1076 Mar 17 Jeanne-Marie Roland (1754-1793) French revolutionary: Her salon became a forum for the Girondin revolutionary faction. ROLAND REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 477 Mar 17 Bobby Jones (1902-1971) US golfer: He was the first man to achieve the Grand Slam--winning in a single year the four major JONES SPORTS 872 Mar 17 Nat King Cole (1919-1965) US singer, bandleader: He was famous for his warm, relaxed, easy-listening songs including "Mona Lisa," 1950 and "Ramblin' Rose," 1962; first black to host TV series, 1950s. COLE ENTERTAINMENT 1367 Mar 17 Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) English novelist: INGELOW NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2103 Mar 17 Bayard Ruskin (c. 1910-1987) US civil-rights activist: He spent two years in jail as a conscientious objector during WW II; helped plan the 1941 March on Washington Movement. RUSKIN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2326 Mar 18 John Updike (1932-____) US novelist, short-story writer, poet: He writes about contemporary American small-town life, "Rabbit, Run," 1960. UPDIKE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 232 Mar 18 Manly Hall (1901-1990) Canadian philosopher, author: He founded the Philosophical Research Society; author of many books on philosophy and religion. HALL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 676 Mar 18 Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) US president (22nd, 24th): He was the only President to be re-elected to two separate terms of office, 1885-89 and 1893-97; he worked to stabilize currency. CLEVELAND GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1299 Mar 18 Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898) French poet: He was the originator and a leader, with Paul Verlaine, of the Symbolist movement in poetry. MALLARME POETS-DRAMA 1610 Mar 18 Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) English poet: He was noted for his anger at the cruelty and waste of war and his pity for its victims. OWEN POETS-DRAMA 1884 Mar 18 Bonnie Blair (1964-____) US speedskater: "Blur" is most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic history, won Gold in same event in 3 consecutive Olympics; winningest American in Winter Olympics. BLAIR SPORTS 2335 Mar 18 Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) English political leader: He was the conservative prime minister, 1937-40, who sought "peace in our time" through appeasement of Hitler. CHAMBERLAIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2758 Mar 19 William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) US lawyer, orator, statesman: "The Great Commoner" was a three time populist Democratic presidential candidate. BRYAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 330 Mar 19 Peter Abrahams (1919-____) South African novelist: His early novel "Mine Boy (1946) was the first to emphasize the dehumanizing effect of racism upon South African blacks. ABRAHAMS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 889 Mar 19 Earl Warren (1891-1974) US politician, jurist: He was Chief Justice, 1953-69; presided changes in civil rights and headed the investigation of the JFK assassination. WARREN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1300 Mar 19 William Allingham (1824-1889) Irish poet, editor: He was editor of "Fraser," 1874-79; his volumes of verse include "The Fairies," 1883. ALLINGHAM POETS-DRAMA 1537 Mar 19 Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894-1975) US comedienne: She was noted for her "dirty old lady" comedy routine; starred in "Amazing Grace," 1974. MABLEY ENTERTAINMENT 1633 Mar 19 Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) English scholar, explorer: He was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika and to penetrate hitherto-forbidden Muslim cities; published 43 volumes on his explorations. BURTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1662 Mar 19 David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary, explorer: He extensively explored central Africa and exercised a formative influence upon Western attitudes toward Africa. LIVINGSTONE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1908 Mar 19 Ornette Coleman (1930-____) US jazz musician, composer, bandleader: He was the principal initiator and leading exponent of "free jazz" in the late 1950s. COLEMAN ENTERTAINMENT 2215 Mar 19 Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) Scottish poet: His works include "Ode to Independence" and "Roderick Random." SMOLLETT POETS-DRAMA 2383 Mar 19 William Cobbett (1762-1835) English journalist, author: He wrote "Rural Rides," 1860 pro-British pamphlets while in the U.S. COBBETT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2485 Mar 19 Philip Roth (1933-____) US novelist, short-story writer: His works include an acute ear for dialogue, Jewish middle-class life, and painful entanglements, e.g., "Goodbye Columbus," and "Portnoy's Complaint." ROTH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2728 Mar 20 Ovid (43 BC-AD 17) Roman poet: He was noted for his witty and cosmopolitan legends about the history of the world in "Metamorphoses," (15 vols). OVID POETS-DRAMA 42 Mar 20 B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) US psychologist, author: He was a leading exponent of Behaviorism; considered father of programmed instruction; wrote "Walden II" SKINNER HEALTH-MEDICINE 219 Mar 20 Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Norweigan poet, dramatist: He introduced moral analysis of a realistic middle-class background in "A Doll's House," 1879. IBSEN POETS-DRAMA 616 Mar 20 Isabel Burton (1831-1896) English traveler, author: She wrote books about her travels with husband Sir Richard Frances Burton. BURTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1611 Mar 20 Spike Lee (1957-____) US film producer, director, screenwriter, actor: He is known for his major, and usually controversial, films, e.g. from "Malcolm X" to "School Daze." LEE ENTERTAINMENT 2281 Mar 20 Pat Riley (1945-____) US basketball coach: He coached the LA Lakers to four of their five NBA championships in the 1980s; coined (and patented) the phrase "Three-peat." RILEY SPORTS 2604 Mar 21 Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) German novelist: He combined idealism with "sturm und drang" in "Titan," 1803 and "Hesperus," 1795. RICHTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 208 Mar 21 Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) US author, poet: Her light verse volumes include 1960 Pulitzer winner "Times Three." MCGINLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 808 Mar 21 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) German composer, organist: He was a master of church music and Composer of the Baroque era; works include "Brandenburg Concertos," 1721 and "Well-Tempered Clavier," 1722-44. BACH COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1501 Mar 21 Jean Paul (1763-1825) German novelist, humorist: His works were immensely popular in the first 20 years of the 19th century. PAUL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1866 Mar 22 Marcel Marceau (1923-____) French actor, pantomimist: He was the world's most famous mime and creator of Bip, the white-faced clown. MARCEAU ENTERTAINMENT 412 Mar 22 Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) US author: He was a popular writer of 101 books including Western novels and "Hondo," 1953, his first and best-selling novel. L'AMOUR NOVELISTS(Fiction) 701 Mar 22 Robert Millikan (1868-1953) US physicist: He studied elementary electronic charge and photoelectric effects; won Nobel Prize, 1923. MILLIKAN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1382 Mar 22 Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877) English poet, novelist: Her matrimonial difficulties and efforts to secure legal protection for married women made her a notorious figure in mid-Victorian society. NORTON POETS-DRAMA 1612 Mar 22 Stephen Sondheim (1930-____) US composer, lyricist: His brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theatre in "West Side Story." SONDHEIM COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2634 Mar 22 Al Neuharth (1924-____) US editor: He founded "USA Today" in 1982 as the "McPaper" of the United States. NEUHARTH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2663 Mar 23 Erich Fromm (1900-1980) German-USA psychoanalyst: He dealt with the problem of Western man coming to terms with sense of isolation, e.g., "Escape from Freedom," 1941. FROMM HEALTH-MEDICINE 109 Mar 23 Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) German-USA engineer: He pioneered all aspects of rocketry and space exploration, first in Germany and, after World War II, in the U.S. VON BRAUN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 910 Mar 23 Joan Crawford (1908-1977) US actress, dancer: She won an Oscar for "Mildred Pierce," 1945; her reputation was tarnished by her daughter's 1978 biography "Mommie Dearest." CRAWFORD ENTERTAINMENT 1109 Mar 24 William Morris (1834-1896) English craftsman, poet: He was noted for his wallpaper and tapestry designs, and wrote "The Life and Death of Jason," 1862. MORRIS ARTISTS 523 Mar 24 Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) South African novelist: She produced the first great South African novel, "The Story of an African Farm," 1883; noted for her powerful intellect, and liberal feminist views. SCHREINER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 998 Mar 24 Andrew Mellon (1855-1937) US financier, philanthropist: He was Secretary of Treasury, 1921-32; ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33; endowed Washington's National Art Gallery. MELLON BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1370 Mar 24 Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) US lawyer, politician: He was a successful racket-buster and governor of New York, 1943-55; republican presidential candidate in, 1944 and 1948. DEWEY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1930 Mar 24 Dorothy Height (1912-____) US activist: She spent a lifetime of service with the YWCA and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; president of the National Council of Negro Women since 1957. HEIGHT REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2046 Mar 24 Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) US writer, journalist, critic, educator: He is best known for writing "Observer of Life." MUGGERIDGE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2373 Mar 25 Gloria Steinem (1934-____) US feminist, journalist, lecturer: She was sell-known as a women's rights activist and founder of Women's Political Caucus, 1971. STEINEM REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 272 Mar 25 Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) US author: She wrote fierce, funny stories of Southern locales, e.g., "A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories," 1955. O'CONNOR NOVELISTS(Fiction) 279 Mar 25 Mary Webb (1881-1927) English novelist: She is best-known for "Precious Bane," 1924 which conveys a rich impression of the Shropshire countryside and its people. WEBB NOVELISTS(Fiction) 302 Mar 25 Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) US writer: She wrote "Gorilla, My Love," 1972. BAMBARA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 894 Mar 25 Elton John (1947-____) English singer, songwriter: He is a well known Keyboardist whose hits inclue "Crocodile Rock," and "Candle in the Wind. JOHN ENTERTAINMENT 1962 Mar 25 Simone Signoret (1921-____) German actress: She won an Oscar for "Room at the Top," 1958. SIGNORET ARTISTS 1977 Mar 25 Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) Italian conductor: He is considered by many as one of the great virtuoso conductors of the first half of the 20th century. TOSCANINI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1981 Mar 25 Aretha Franklin (1942-____) US Rhythm and Blues singer: "The Queen of Soul" has earned fifteen Grammys, more than any other female artist; first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall, 1987. FRANKLIN ENTERTAINMENT 2236 Mar 26 Robert Frost (1874-1963) US poet: He was America's unofficial poet laureate who wrote of rural New England, e.g., "The Road Not Taken." FROST POETS-DRAMA 41 Mar 26 Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) US dramatist, author: He won Pulitzers for "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1947 and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 1955. WILLIAMS POETS-DRAMA 243 Mar 26 Erica Jong (1942-____) US author, poet: She is noted for "Fear of Flying," 1973 and "Parachutes and Kisses," 1984. JONG NOVELISTS(Fiction) 284 Mar 26 Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-____) US supreme court justice: She was the first woman Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; nominated by Reagan, 1981. O'CONNOR SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1196 Mar 26 Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) US author, editor: His works on comparative mythology examined the universal functions of mythology in various human cultures. CAMPBELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1678 Mar 26 Diana Ross (1944-____) US singer, actress: She was the lead singer of "Diana Ross and The Supremes;" songs include "Stop in the Name of Love," and "Love Child." ROSS ENTERTAINMENT 1972 Mar 26 A. E. Housman (1859-1936) English scholar, poet: His lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style. HOUSMAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2187 Mar 26 James B. Conant (1893-1978) US university administrator, diplomat: He was president of Harvard University, 1933-53; ambassador to W. Germanry, 1955-57; wrote on secondary education. CONANT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2446 Mar 27 Alfred Victor Vigny (1797-1863) French man of letters: He was an early exponent of French romanticism, e.g., "Cliq-Mars," 1826; he also translated "Othello" into French verse. VIGNY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 561 Mar 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) German-USA architect: He was the master of 20th-c. architecture who built the first steel and glass skyscraper, Seagram Bldg, NYC, 1956. MIES VAN DER ROHE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 997 Mar 27 Gloria Swanson (1897-1983) US actor, producer, business executive: She starred in "Sunset Boulevard," 1950; known primarily as a glamorous Hollywood star during the 1920s and as the fading movie queen. SWANSON ENTERTAINMENT 1255 Mar 27 James Callaghan (1912-) English labour party leader: He succeeded Harold Wilsion as British prime minister from 1976-1979. CALLAGHAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1675 Mar 27 Edward Steichen (1879-1973) US photographer: He pioneered U.S. photography and, with Alfred Stieglitz, was a leader of the Photo-Secession Group; his style evolved from painterly impressionism. STEICHEN ARTISTS 1939 Mar 28 Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) Russian novelist, short-story writer, dramatist: He is considered the father of Soviet literature and founder of Soviet Realism; wrote "The Lower Depths," 1902. GORKY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 369 Mar 28 Nelson Algren (1901-1981) US novelist: His realistic novel, "The Man with the Golden Arm," about drug addiction was made into a 1955 film with Frank Sinatra. ALGREN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 940 Mar 28 Jane Rule (1931-____) US novelist, critic: Her novels include "Desert of the Heart," 1964; and "Lesbian Images," 1975. RULE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1230 Mar 28 Reba McEntire (1954-____) US country singer: She was named CMA's Entertainer of Year four times, 1984-87; albums include "For Broken Heart," 1991. MCENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT 1372 Mar 28 St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet: She was one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic church; author of spiritual classics, e.g., "The interior Castle," 1575. ST. TERESA OF AVILA POETS-DRAMA 1603 Mar 28 Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-____) Peruvian writer: His commitment to social change is evident in his novels, plays, and essays; was an unsuccessful candidate for president of Peru in 1990. LLOSA WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2613 Mar 28 Neil Kinnock (1942-____) Welsh politician: He suceeded Michael Foot as the leader of the British Labour Party, 1983-92. KINNOCK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2705 Mar 29 Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) US singer, actress: She was best known for her starring role in "Hello Dolly", 1967-69. BAILEY ENTERTAINMENT 432 Mar 29 Amelia Barr (1831-1919) US author, journalist: She wrote historical fiction such as "Remember the Alamo," 1888. BARR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 948 Mar 29 Eugene McCarthy (1916-____) US politician, teacher: He was the Democratic senator from MN, 1958-70; presidential candidate 1968, 1976; best known for his stands on peace. MCCARTHY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1371 Mar 29 Judith Guest (1936-____) US novelist: She is best known for "Ordinary People," 1976. GUEST NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1588 Mar 29 Sam Walton (1918-1992) US business executive: He began building the Wal-Mart empire in 1962. WALTON BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2200 Mar 30 Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch artist: He was a post-impressionist painter noted for his brilliant colors and swirling brush strokes, e.g., "Sunflowers." VAN GOGH ARTISTS 234 Mar 30 Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) Irish playwright: He was renowned for realistic dramas of the Dublin slums in war and revolution, in which tragedy and comedy are juxtaposed in a new way. O'CASEY POETS-DRAMA 996 Mar 30 Anna Sewell (1820-1878) English novelist: She is best known for writing the children's classic "Black Beauty," 1877. SEWELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1239 Mar 30 Henry Wotton (1568-1639) English poet, diplomat: He was a noted art connoisseur and friend of Donne and Milton. WOTTON POETS-DRAMA 1924 Mar 30 Warren Beatty (1937-____) US actor: His movies include "Bonnie & Clyde," "Shampoo," and "Dick Tracy." BEATTY ENTERTAINMENT 2166 Mar 30 Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) French poet: His lyrics are known for their musical tone and gracefulness, e.g., "Sagesse," 1881. VERLAINE POETS-DRAMA 2480 Mar 30 Tom Sharpe (1928-____) English comic novelist, historian: His works include "Riotous Assembly," and "Want." SHARPE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2497 Mar 30 Maimonides (1135-1204) Jewish philosopher, jurist, physician: He was one of the foremost intellectual figures of medieval Judaism; wrote "Guide to the Perplexed." MAIMONIDES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2650 Mar 31 Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician, scientist: He was called the father of modern philosophy; invented of analytic geometry and several advances in optics. DESCARTES SCIENCE-INVENTORS 351 Mar 31 Octavio Paz (1914-____) Mexican poet, writer, diplomat: He is recognized as one of the major literary figures in Latin America after World War II. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. PAZ POETS-DRAMA 927 Mar 31 Marge Piercy (1936-____) US writer: She wrote "Woman on the Edge of Time," 1976 and "Mars and Her Children," 1992. PIERCY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1208 Mar 31 Leo Buscaglia (1925-1998) US author, educator: "Dr. Hug" lectures on interpersonal relationaships; wrote "Living, Loving, Learning," 1982. BUSCAGLIA WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1664 Mar 31 Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) English poet: His political reputation overshadowed his poetry until the 20th C; considered to be one of the best secular metaphysical poets. MARVELL POETS-DRAMA 1825 Mar 31 Shirley Jones (1934-____) US actress, singer: She won an Oscar, 1960, for "Elmer Gantry;" starred in "Oklahoma" and "The Music Man;" starred in the TV show "The Partridge Family," 1970-74. JONES ENTERTAINMENT 2017 Mar 31 Judith Rossner (1935-____) US novelist: She is best known for her novel "Looking for Mr Goodbar," 1975. ROSSNER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2090 Mar 31 Jack Johnson (1878-1946) US boxer: He defeated Tommy Burns to become the world's first black heavyweight champion, 1908; he was a powerful symbol of the independent black man. JOHNSON SPORTS 2272 Mar 31 John Fowles (1926-____) English novelist: His works include "The Collector," 1963 and "French Leiutenent's Woman," 1969; both novels were made into films. FOWLES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2699 Apr 1 Agnes Repplier (1858-1950) US essayist: She is known for her collections of scholarly essays in "Compromises," 1904. REPPLIER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 277 Apr 1 Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) German statesman: The "Iron Chancellor," 1870-90, unified the German states into one empire under Prussian leadership. BISMARCK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 322 Apr 1 Joseph Marie De Maistre (1753-1821) French diplomat, writer: He became, after being uprooted by the French Revolution, a great exponent of the conservative tradition. DE MAISTRE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 657 Apr 1 Clara McBride Hale (1905-1992) US social reformer: "Mother Hale" founded "Hale House," 1969 in Harlem to care for babies born to drug-addicted mothers; received Living Legacy Award, 1986. HALE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1149 Apr 1 Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) US psychologist, philosopher: His self-actualization theory of psychology argued that the primary goal of psychotherapy should be the integration of the self. MASLOW SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1838 Apr 1 William Harvey (1578-1657) English physician: The "Father of Modern Physiology"discovered the true nature of the circulation of the blood and of the function of the heart as a pump. HARVEY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1905 Apr 1 Alberta Hunter (1895-1988) US blues singer: She who achieved international fame in the 1930s for her vigorous and rhythmically infectious style. HUNTER ENTERTAINMENT 2262 Apr 1 Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) French dramatist: His plays provided a final, very belated example of Romantic drama in France; wrote "Cyrano de Bergerac." ROSTAND POETS-DRAMA 2362 Apr 1 William Manchester (1922-____) US historian: He is best known for "Death of a President." MANCHESTER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2607 Apr 1 Milan Kundera (1929-____) Czech novelist, playwright, poet: He wrote various works combining erotic comedy with political criticism. KUNDERA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2696 Apr 2 Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish short-story writer, poet: He wrote 168 fairy tales including "The Princess and the Pea," and "The Ugly Duckling." ANDERSEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 540 Apr 2 Emile Zola (1840-1902) French author, journalist: He was a leader of French naturalism; wrote novel, "Nana," 1880. ZOLA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 637 Apr 2 Georgie Anne Geyer (1935-____) US columnist, journalist: She has been a syndicated columnist since 1975; wrote "Buying the Night Flight: The Autobiography of a Woman Foreign Correspondent," 1983. GEYER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1139 Apr 2 Nicholas Butler (1862-1947) US educator: He was president of Columbia University for 43 years; Nobel Prize winner and active worker for peace. BUTLER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1301 Apr 2 Camille Paglia (1947-____) US actress, writer: She wrote "Sensual Personae," 1990; controversial in her critique of feminism. PAGLIA ENTERTAINMENT 1891 Apr 2 Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) US Rhythm and Blues singer: He produced a string of classic soul hits, including "I Heard in Through the Grapevine;" troubled by depression and drugs, he was shot by his father. GAYE ENTERTAINMENT 2241 Apr 2 Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) English theatre critic: He wrote "Tynan Right and Left," 1967. TYNAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2718 Apr 3 John Burroughs (1837-1921) US author, naturalist: He was a popular writer who, like Thoreau, celebrated nature in "Wake Robin," 1871 and "Birds and Poets," 1877. BURROUGHS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 333 Apr 3 George Herbert (1593-1633) English author, poet: He wrote verse volumes such as "The Temple," 1633; Easter Wings, 1633. HERBERT POETS-DRAMA 383 Apr 3 Washington Irving (1783-1859) US short-story writer, essayist: He wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," 1820; was the first U.S. writer to be acclaimed in Europe. IRVING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 606 Apr 3 John Abernethy (1764-????) English surgeon: ABERNETHY HEALTH-MEDICINE 1506 Apr 3 Doris Day (1924-____) US singer, actress: She is best known for her role as Jan in "Pillow Talk," 1959. DAY ENTERTAINMENT 1631 Apr 3 Marlon Brando (1924-____) US actor: He is a controversial and acclaimed actor who won Oscars for "On the Waterfron," 1954 and "The Godfather," 1972. BRANDO ENTERTAINMENT 1648 Apr 3 Herb Caen (1916-1997) US journalist, columnist, author: He is a columnist for the "San Francisco Chronicle." CAEN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1671 Apr 3 Tony Benn (1925-____) English politician: He is a member of the Labour Party, and, from the 1970s, unofficial leader of the party's radical populist left. BENN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1755 Apr 3 Henry R. Luce (1898-1967) US editor, publisher: He built a publishing empire on "Time," "Fortune," and "Life" magazines and became one of the most powerful figures American journalism. LUCE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1864 Apr 3 Otto Weininger (1880-1903) Austrian philosopher: His single work, "Geschlecht und Charakter" 1903 (Sex and Character), served as a sourcebook for anti-Semitic propagandists. WEININGER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2437 Apr 3 Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) US clergy, author: He was active in founding the Unitarian Church of America; wrote short story "Man without a Country," which was made into an opera, 1937. HALE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2667 Apr 4 Maya Angelou (1928-____) US actress, author: She wrote autobiographical best-sellers including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," 1970. ANGELOU WRITERS(Non-fiction) 286 Apr 4 Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915) French novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher: He was one of the most intelligent contemporary critics of the French symbolist movement. GOURMONT RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1001 Apr 4 Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) Scottish writer: Her books on English society included "Salem Chapel," 1876. OLIPHANT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1198 Apr 4 A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938-1989) US university administrator, baseball executive: He was president of Yale, 1978-86; became commissioner of baseball in 1989. GIAMATTI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1373 Apr 4 Marguerite Duras (1914-____) French novelist, playwright: She is internationally known for her screenplays of "Hiroshima mon amour," 1959 and "India Song," 1975 and her novel novel "L'Amant," 1984. DURAS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2131 Apr 4 James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888) US minister, theologian, author: His influence helped elect Grover Cleveland as US president, 1884; wrote "Ten Great Religions," 1883. CLARKE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2577 Apr 4 Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) US playwright: His works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and political. SHERWOOD POETS-DRAMA 2658 Apr 5 Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) US educator, social reformer: He established Tuskegee Institute, 1881 and wrote his autobiography "Up From Slavery," 1901. WASHINGTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 40 Apr 5 Bette Davis (1908-1989) US actress: She was one of the best known movie stars since 1930s; her movies include "Dangerous," 1935, "Jezebel," 1938, and "The Whales of August," 1987. DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT 258 Apr 5 Colin Powell (1937-____) US military leader: He was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush, 1989-92 and a key military leader during the Gulf War. POWELL MILITARY 448 Apr 5 Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) English philosopher: He was the father of modern analytical philosophy; best known work was "Leviathan," 1651. HOBBES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 685 Apr 5 Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) US actor: He was the only actor ever to receive two consecutive Academy Awards for best actor; starred in "Father's Little Dividend," and "Adam's Rib." TRACY ENTERTAINMENT 2553 Apr 6 James D. Watson (1928-____) US biochemist: He established (with Crick) DNA's molecular structure which is the basis for heredity; awarded the Nobel Prize 1962. WATSON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 551 Apr 6 Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) US radio broadcaster, journalist: He was a preeminent explorer, lecturer, author, and journalist; especially remembered for his association with Lawrence of Arabia. THOMAS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1003 Apr 6 John Sculley (1939-____) US business executive: He created "the Pepsi generation" as president and CEO of Pepsi-Cola; also served as president and CEO of Apple Computer. SCULLEY BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1374 Apr 6 John Betjeman (1906-____) English poet: He was the English Poet Laureate, 1972-1984. BETJEMAN POETS-DRAMA 1767 Apr 6 Marilu Henner (1952-____) US actress, health promotor, author: She starred as Elaine Nardo on the TV show "Taxi;" wrote "Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover," 1998. HENNER ENTERTAINMENT 2029 Apr 6 Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) US journalist, social reformer: He was a muckraking editor who exposed government and business corruption. STEFFENS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2395 Apr 7 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet: His "Lyrical Ballads," 1798 are noted for their worship of nature and humanitarianism; poet laureate, 1843-50. WORDSWORTH POETS-DRAMA 246 Apr 7 William E. Channing (1780-1842) US moralist, author, clergyman: The "Apostle of Unitarianism" was a leading figure in the development of Transcendentalism. CHANNING RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 340 Apr 7 Billie Holiday (1915-1959) US singer: She was a noted jazz vocalist whose 1956 autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues," inspired the film, 1972. HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT 443 Apr 7 Gerald Brenan (1894-????) English writer: BRENAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1801 Apr 7 Walter Winchell (1897-1972) US journalist, broadcaster: His newspaper columns and radio broadcasts containing news and gossip gave him a massive audience and much influence in the U.S. during the 1930-50s. WINCHELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1818 Apr 7 David Frost (1939-____) English TV host: He hosted the TV show "That Was the Week That Was." FROST ENTERTAINMENT 2201 Apr 7 Jerry Brown (1938-____) US government official: He served as the Democratice govenor of California, 1975-1983. BROWN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2389 Apr 8 Buddha (563-483 BC) Indian religious leader: He renounced the world to search for a solution to human suffering; founded Buddhism, c. 528 BC. BUDDHA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 503 Apr 8 Mary Pickford (1894-1979) Canadian actress: She was "America's sweetheart" of the silent screen, and one of the first film stars; won an Oscar, 1929, for "Coquette." PICKFORD ENTERTAINMENT 909 Apr 8 Ilka Chase (1905-1978) US actress, writer: She is best remembered for her stage role as Sylvia Flowers in "The Women," 1937; wrote memoirs, "Past Imperfect," 1942. CHASE ENTERTAINMENT 1102 Apr 8 Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) US surgeon: He developed techniques that made brain surgery feasible, including sutures to control severe bleeding. CUSHING HEALTH-MEDICINE 1375 Apr 8 Betty Ford (1918-____) US First Lady, dancer, philanthropist: She established the "Betty Ford" clinic after disclosing that she had become addicated to alcohol and pain killers; wife of president Gerald Ford. FORD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2062 Apr 8 Barbara Kingsolver (1955-____) US novelist: Her fiction is rich with the language and imagery of her native Kentucky in "The Bean Trees," 1989. KINGSOLVER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2172 Apr 9 Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet, critic, translator: He was noted for his powerful expressionistic poetry and translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. BAUDELAIRE POETS-DRAMA 515 Apr 9 Charles Steinmetz (1865-1923) German-USA electrical engineer: His ideas on alternating current systems helped inaugurate the electrical era in the United States. STEINMETZ SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1023 Apr 9 J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) US politician, lawyer, teacher: He was a Democratic senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; founded the Fulbright scholarship program. FULBRIGHT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1302 Apr 9 Paule Marshall (1929-____) US writer, educator: She wrote "The Chosen Place, The Timeless People," 1961 and "Daughters," 1991. MARSHALL SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1596 Apr 9 Leon Blum (1872-1950) French politician: He was the first Socialist (and the first Jewish) premier of France, presiding over the Popular Front coalition government in 1936-37. BLUM GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1786 Apr 9 Paul Robeson (1898-1976) US athlete, scholar, actor, singer: His theater career included starring roles in "Othello," and "The Emperor Jones;" spoke out on labor issues, lynching, and African independence. ROBESON SPORTS 2318 Apr 9 Tom Lehrer (1928-____) US parody/folk singer, songwriter, mathematician: He was a professor of Math at Harvard who wrote many satrical tunes ("Poisioning Pigeons") in the 1960s; appeared on "That Was The Week That Was." LEHRER ENTERTAINMENT 2565 Apr 10 Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese-US poet, artist, philosopher, writer: He is remembered for his mystical prose-poetry in "The Prophet," 1923. GIBRAN POETS-DRAMA 116 Apr 10 William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer, essayist: He wrote "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays," 1817; also noted for essays on value of humanity. HAZLITT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 124 Apr 10 John Madden (1936-____) US football coach, sportscaster: He coached the Oakland Raiders, 1969-79; has won 6 Emmys as analyst on CBS telecasts of NFL games. MADDEN SPORTS 858 Apr 10 Paul Theroux (1941-____) US novelist: He wrote "Picture Palace," 1978 and a best-selling travel yarn "Kingdom by the Sea," 1983. THEROUX NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1451 Apr 10 Frances Perkins (1880-1965) US educator, government official: She was the first woman to hold a cabinet position as FDR's secretary of Labor, 1933-45; dedicated to good working conditions. PERKINS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1549 Apr 10 William Booth (1829-1912) English religious leader: He was founder and general, 1878-1912, of the Salvation Army. BOOTH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2636 Apr 10 Steven Seagal (1951-____) US actor, author: Hies black belt in martial arts in judo, kendo, & aikido is demonstrated in the films "Above the Law," and "Hard to Kill." SEAGAL ENTERTAINMENT 2661 Apr 11 Dean Acheson (1893-1971) US lawyer, statesman: He was prominent in the development of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO. ACHESON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 493 Apr 11 Leo Rosten (1908-____) US novelist: He is best known for his humorous works and character Hyman Kaplan, "The Education of Hyman Kaplan," 1937. ROSTEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1004 Apr 11 Ellen Goodman (1941-____) US journalist: She writes the syndicated feature, "At Large," 1976--; won Pulitzer for commentary, 1980. GOODMAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1143 Apr 11 Edward Everett (1794-1865) US statesman, orator: He is remembered ironically for delivering the main speech preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863; pres. Harvard U., 1846-49. EVERETT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1380 Apr 11 George Canning (1770-1827) English statesman: "Clemency Canning" was known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807-09, 1822-27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827. CANNING GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1682 Apr 11 Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923-____) US psychiatrist, author: He has been a columnist for the "Ladies Home Journal," since 1968; wrote "Lisa and David," 1961. RUBIN HEALTH-MEDICINE 2336 Apr 11 Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) US Supreme Court Justice: Hes was an associate justice of the Supreme Court, 1910-16; as chief justice, 1930-41, he resisted attempts to pack the court with pro-FDR justices. HUGHES SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2745 Apr 12 Henry Clay (1777-1852) US politician, lawyer: He is remembered as the "Great Pacificator"; negotiated the Missouri Compromise of 1850. CLAY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 483 Apr 12 David Letterman (1947-____) US TV personality: He hosts "Late Night with David Letterman"; noted for his offbeat, droll humor. LETTERMAN ENTERTAINMENT 1005 Apr 12 Tama Janowitz (1957-_____) US novelist: She is the best-selling author of "Slaves of New York," 1986; starred in the first "literary video" on MTV, "A Cannibal in Manhattan," 1987. JANOWITZ NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1590 Apr 12 Tom Clancy (1947-____) US novelist: His surprise first hit "The Hunt for Red October," made him the master of a series of military thrillers that include "Patriot Games." CLANCY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2337 Apr 13 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) US president, educator, architect, inventor: He wrote the Declaration of Independence, was the 3rd President, and founded U. of Virginia, 1819. JEFFERSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 39 Apr 13 Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Irish playwright, novelist: He is best known for his play "Waiting for Godot," 1952; won the Noble Prize Literature, 1969. BECKETT POETS-DRAMA 317 Apr 13 Eudora Welty (1909-____) US author: She is noted for her historical works about Southern families; won Pulitzer for "The Optimist's Daughter," 1972. WELTY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1271 Apr 14 Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) US educator: She was widely recognized for educating to a high level a person without sight, hearing or normal speech, Helen Keller. SULLIVAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 548 Apr 14 Loretta Lynn (1935-____) US singer, songwriter: She was the first woman to earn a certified gold country album; the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter," 1977 is based on her life. LYNN ENTERTAINMENT 832 Apr 14 Rod Steiger (1925-____) US actor: He won an Oscar for "In the Heat of the Night," 1967. STEIGER ENTERTAINMENT 1377 Apr 14 James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) US novelist, writer: He was known chiefly for his novel "Jurgen," 1919. CABELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1669 Apr 14 Pete Rose (1941-____) US baseball player: "Charlie hustle" was was noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm; exceeded Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 career of hits. ROSE SPORTS 2425 Apr 15 Henry James, Jr. (1843-1916) English author: He was a master of the psychological novel and innocents abroad motifs, e.g., "The Portrait of a Lady," 1881. JAMES, JR. NOVELISTS(Fiction) 139 Apr 15 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer: He was a "renaissance man" best remembered for his paintings, "Mona Lisa," 1503; "The Last Supper," 1498. LEONARDO DA VINCI ARTISTS 603 Apr 15 Bliss Carman (1861-1929) Canadian poet, author: His volumes of popular verse included "Sappho," 1902 and "Songs from Vagabondia," 1894. CARMAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1303 Apr 15 Bessie Smith (1894-1937) US blues singer, songwriter: The "Queen of the Blues" of 1920s-1930s recorded with most major jazz groups of her day; first recording "Gulf Coast Blues," 1923. SMITH ENTERTAINMENT 1556 Apr 15 Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) English classical scholar: He was considered to be one of the greatest teachers of the 19th century. He was renowned for his translations of Plato. JOWETT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1834 Apr 15 Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) French sociologist: He is noted primarily for his dark work about "Suicide," 1951. DURKHEIM SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2188 Apr 15 A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) US trade unionist, civil-rights leader: He cofounded "The Messenger," 1917; established the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1925; organized a labor protest March on Washington, 1941. RANDOLPH REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2307 Apr 15 Thomas Szasz (1920-____) US pscychiatrist, educator: His books on mental illnes include "Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences," 1986. SZASZ HEALTH-MEDICINE 2525 Apr 16 Anatole France (1844-1924) French author: He was a writer and ironic, skeptical, and urbane critic who was considered the ideal French man of letters; won the Nobel Prize for Lit., 1921. FRANCE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 106 Apr 16 Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) English actor, director, composer: He is considered the greatest comic actor of silent movies, e.g., "The Kid," 1920 and "The Gold Rush," 1924. CHAPLIN ENTERTAINMENT 342 Apr 16 Edward F. Halifax (1881-1959) English statesman: He was viceroy to India, 1926-31 and ambassador to U.S., 1940-46. HALIFAX GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 374 Apr 16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-____) US basketball player: He was a 7-foot 1 3/8-inch center who dominated the basketball throughout the 1970s and the early '80s. ABDUL-JABBAR SPORTS 887 Apr 16 Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) English novelist, poet, critic, teacher: He created in "Lucky Jim," 1954 a comic figure who who became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950s. AMIS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1524 Apr 16 Polly Adler (1900-1953) US madam: She wrote "A House Is Not a Home," 1953. ADLER ENTERTAINMENT 1629 Apr 16 Spike Milligan (1918-____) Indian actor, comedian: He appeared on the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine and was co-creator of the "Goon Show." MILLIGAN ENTERTAINMENT 2376 Apr 16 Peter Ustinov (1921-____) English actor, author, producer, director: He won Oscars as best supporting actor for "Spatacus," 1961 and "Topkap," 1965. USTINOV ENTERTAINMENT 2735 Apr 17 Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) US playwright, novelist: He is well known for his plays Our Town," 1938 and "The Skin of Our Teeth," 1942. WILDER POETS-DRAMA 455 Apr 17 J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) US financier: He formed U.S. Steel, 1901 which became the first billion-dollar corporation in the world. MORGAN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1006 Apr 17 Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) Russian communist leader: He was premier of the Soviet Union, 1958-64; his destalinization policy had widespread repercussions, but favored peaceful coexistence with the West. KHRUSHCHEV GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1025 Apr 17 Isak Dinesen (1885-1962) Danish short-story writer: Her finely crafted stories, set in the past and pervaded with an aura of supernaturalism, incorporate the themes of Eros and dreams. DINESEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1117 Apr 17 Cynthia Ozick (1928-___) US novelist, short-story writer: Her books explore dilemmas of being Jewish in a Christian World; "Trust," 1966; Levitation: Five Fictions," 1982; "The Messiah of Stockholm," 1987. OZICK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1202 Apr 17 Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) Austrian pianist, teacher: His performances and recordings made him a legend and a model of scholarly musicianship to all later pianists including Vladimir Horowitz. SCHNABEL COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1850 Apr 17 Henry Vaughan (1622-1695) Anglo-Welsh poet, mystic: He was remarkable for the range and intensity of his spiritual intuitions. VAUGHAN POETS-DRAMA 1949 Apr 17 Harry Reasoner (1923-1991) US newscaster, correspondent, journalist: He won numerous awards as a commentatior with ABC and CBS news and as the first co-editor of "60 Minutes." REASONER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2597 Apr 17 William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) US novelist: He was generally recongnized as an outstanding Southern novelist. SIMMS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2637 Apr 18 Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) US lawyer: He defended John Scopes in the defense of evolution "monkey" trial, 1925. DARROW SCHOLARS-HISTORY 89 Apr 18 George Henry Lewes (1817-1878) English philosopher, critic, dramatist, scientist: He is remembered for his theory of metaphysical development of positivism and for his liaison with the English novelist Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot). LEWES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1022 Apr 18 Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) English dramatist: His satirical comedies include "A Chast Mayd in Cheape-side," 1630. MIDDLETON POETS-DRAMA 1379 Apr 18 Susan Faludi (1959-____) US writer, feminist: Her best-selling book, "Backlash," 1991, characterized media distortions of women's issues as retaliation for women asserting themselves. FALUDI REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1584 Apr 19 Richard Hughes (1900-1976) Welsh author, dramatist: He is best known for "High Wind in Jamaica," 1929. HUGHES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 517 Apr 19 Edith Clara Summerskill (1901-1980) English politician, physician, author: She was an advocate of women's rights as member of the House of Commons, 1938-61 and chair of the Labour Party, 1954-55. SUMMERSKILL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1024 Apr 19 Al Unser, Jr. (1962-____) US auto racer: "Little Al" won the Indianapolis 500 by .043 second, closest finish in race's history. UNSER, JR. SPORTS 1378 Apr 20 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) Roman ruler, philosopher, author: He was Roman emperor, 161-180 and advocated stoicism in his "Meditations". MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 464 Apr 20 Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) German political leader: He founded National Socialism; started WW II; and engineered the Holocaust murder of over six million Jews. HITLER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 614 Apr 20 Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) Italian poet, writer, dramatist: He was celebrated throughout Europe in his time for his fiery letters and insolent literary attacks on the powerful. ARETINO WRITERS(Non-fiction) 953 Apr 20 Dinah Mulock Craik (1826-1887) English novelist: She is best known for her novel "John Halifax, Gentleman," 1857. CRAIK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1108 Apr 20 Lionel Hampton (1908-____) US swing jazz musician: "Hamp" was the first to use the vibraharp (vibes) in jazz and known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing; led his own band for 35 years. HAMPTON ENTERTAINMENT 1376 Apr 21 Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) English novelist, poet: She was the most successful of the three Bronte sisters; wrote of women's drive for independence in "Jane Eyre," 1847. BRONTE POETS-DRAMA 38 Apr 21 Josh Billings (1818-1885) US writer: His plain language philosophical, bucolic aphorisms and hapless grammer were widely popular after the Civil War. BILLINGS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 65 Apr 21 Rollo May (1909-1994) US psychoanalyst: He provided excellent insights into creativity in "The Courage to Create," 1975; also wrote "Man's Search for Himself," 1952. MAY HEALTH-MEDICINE 1304 Apr 21 Elizabeth II (1926-____) British ruler: She has been Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952. ELIZABETH II GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1826 Apr 21 Robert Brustein (1927-____) US edcuator, critic, author: He was dean of the Yale School of Drama and the founder/director of the "American Repertory Theater." BRUSTEIN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2632 Apr 22 Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) German philosopher: He was a leading thinker of the Enlightenment to define rational understanding in "Critique of Practical Reason." KANT RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 143 Apr 22 J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) US physicist: The "Father of the Atom Bomb" headed Los Alamos, NM lab A-bomb team. OPPENHEIMER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 196 Apr 22 Ellen Glasgow (1874-1945) US author: Her novels were studies in Southern life; won Pulitzer, 1942; works include "Barren Ground" and "The Sheltered Life." GLASGOW NOVELISTS(Fiction) 289 Apr 22 Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist: He perfected the English novel in his masterpiece "Tom Jones," 1749. FIELDING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 600 Apr 22 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) Russian communist leader, author: He founded the Russian Communist Party; premier, 1918-24; introduced socialist reforms. LENIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 620 Apr 22 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) French-Swiss woman of letters, novelist: She was a respected political propagandist and conversationalist who epitomized the European culture of her time. STAEL SCHOLARS-HISTORY 757 Apr 22 Philip James Bailey (1816-1902) English poet: BAILEY POETS-DRAMA 1716 Apr 23 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet: He is considered the greatest writer in any language for his 154 sonnets and 37 plays, e.g., "Hamlet," 1600. SHAKESPEARE POETS-DRAMA 7 Apr 23 James A. Froude (1818-1894) English historian: He wrote "The History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada," 1856-70. FROUDE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 668 Apr 23 Max Planck (1858-1947) German physicist: He pioneered modern physics by proposing the quantum theory, 1900-01; won 1918 Nobel Prize. PLANCK SCIENCE-INVENTORS 730 Apr 23 Bud Wilkinson (1916-____) US football coach: He was head coach at U. of Oklahoma, 1947-63; won three national championships. WILKINSON SPORTS 861 Apr 23 Shirley Temple Black (1928-____) US actress, diplomat: As a child actress she was the #1 Hollywood attraction, 1938; U.S. ambassador to Ghana, 1974-76. BLACK ENTERTAINMENT 1542 Apr 23 Edwin Markham (1852-1940) US poet, lecturer: He is best-known for his poem of social protest, "The Man with the Hoe." MARKHAM POETS-DRAMA 1856 Apr 23 Bernadette Devlin (1947-____) Irish politician: She was elected as the youngest member of the British House of Commons, 1969-1974; founding member of Irish Republican Socialist Party, 1975. DEVLIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2083 Apr 23 James Buchanan (1791-1868) US president (15th): As the 15th U.S. president, 1857-61, he tried, but failed, to find a compromise in the conflict between the North and the South. BUCHANAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2370 Apr 23 J. P. Donleavy (1926-____) US dramatist, novelist: His novel "The Ginger Man," 1955 was adapted to a play. DONLEAVY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2468 Apr 23 George Steiner (1929-____) French-born US literary critic, educator, scholar: His works include "Language and Silence," 1963 and "Fields of Force," 1974. STEINER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2704 Apr 23 Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Russian-U.S. novelist: He was the foremost of the post-1917 ‚migr‚ authors; his workds include "Lolita," 1955. NABOKOV NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2729 Apr 24 Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) English author: He wrote 50 novels including "Barsetshire Chronicles," 1850s-1860s. TROLLOPE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 518 Apr 24 Barbra Streisand (1942-____) US actress, singer: She has been one of the most popular vocalists and motion-picture comediennes since 1960s, star of "Funny Girl." STREISAND ENTERTAINMENT 926 Apr 24 Shirley MacLaine (1934-____) US actress, dancer, writer, metaphysician: She won 1984 Oscar for "Terms of Endearment;" her books include "Out on a Limb," 1983. MACLAINE ENTERTAINMENT 1178 Apr 24 A. C. Benson (1862-1925) English writer: He wrote many popular essays as well as the words to "Land of Hope and Glory." BENSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1758 Apr 24 Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Dutch-USA painter: He was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting. KOONING ARTISTS 1907 Apr 24 Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) US novelist, poet, critic, teacher: He was best-known for his treatment of moral dilemmas in a South beset by the erosion of traditional, rural values; first U.S. poet laureate, 1986. WARREN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1923 Apr 24 Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) British military and political leader: He was an army commandor during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain, 1828-30. WELLESLEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2571 Apr 25 Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) US broadcast journalist: He was TV moderator of "See It Now," 1951-58 and director of the U.S. Information Agency, 1962-64. MURROW WRITERS(Non-fiction) 422 Apr 25 Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English soldier, statesman: He ruled England as Lord Proector, 1653-58; was noted for favoring religious freedom. CROMWELL MILITARY 610 Apr 25 Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) US jazz singer: The "First Lady of Song" was adept at improvising jazz and scat; won 13 Grammys. FITZGERALD ENTERTAINMENT 1071 Apr 25 William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997) US jurist: He was Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; received Medal of Freedom. BRENNAN, JR. SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1802 Apr 25 John Keble (1792-1866) English priest, theologian, poet: He originated the Oxford Movement, 1833 to revive Anglicanism the High Church; wrote a popular collection of sacred verse, "The Christian Year," 1827. KEBLE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2550 Apr 26 Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French painter: He was a leading Romantic painter known his for Moroccan scenes and vivid colors. DELACROIX ARTISTS 92 Apr 26 Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet: He was a Cavalier poet whose love lyrics, pastorals includes "To Daffodils," in "Hesperiedes," 1648. HERRICK POETS-DRAMA 682 Apr 26 Carol Burnett (1933-____) US actress, comedienne: He is one of the classic funny women who hosted her own show, "The Carol Burnett Show," 1966-77; won five Emmys. BURNETT ENTERTAINMENT 787 Apr 26 Anita Loos (1893-1981) US screenwriter, dramatist, author: She is celebrated for her novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," 1925 which became the basis of a popular play and movie. LOOS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1177 Apr 26 Artemus Ward (1834-1867) US humorist: One of the most popular 19th-century American humorists, whose lecture techniques exercised much influence on such humorists as Mark Twain. WARD ENTERTAINMENT 1839 Apr 26 Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) US novelist, short-story writer: He made parables out of Jewish immigrant life. MALAMUD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1863 Apr 26 Ma Rainey (1886-1939) US Blues singer: The "Mother of the Blues," was the first great black professional blues vocalist; she played vaudeville and established a recording career, 1920s. RAINEY ENTERTAINMENT 2306 Apr 26 Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English author: He is best known for "Robinson Crusoe," 1719, based on adventures of Alexander Selkirk. DEFOE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2374 Apr 26 Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Austrian-born English philosopher: He was one of the most influential figures in British philosophy; produced two original and influential systems of philosophical thought. WITTGENSTEIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2691 Apr 27 August Wilson (1945-____) US dramatist: He won a Pulitzer and Tony for "Fences", a drama about a 1950s black American family. WILSON POETS-DRAMA 452 Apr 27 Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) US president (18th): He was union commander-in-chief during the Civil War; his presidency (18th) was marred, however, by several scandals. GRANT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 671 Apr 27 Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) English naturalist, philosopher: He applied Darwin's theory of evolution to philosophy and popularized the idea of "survival of the fittest;" wrote "Principles of Sociology," 1876-96. SPENCER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 753 Apr 27 Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English writer, women's rights activist: She was an early advocate of women's rights; wrote "Vindication of the Rights of Women, 1792; mother of Mary Shelly; wife of Wm Godwin. WOLLSTONECRAFT REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1277 Apr 27 Coretta Scott King (1927-____) US civil rights activist: She is best known as a humanitarian and widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. KING REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1973 Apr 27 Anouk Aimee (1932-____) French actress: She made films in various languagees, including "La Dolce Vita." AIMEE ENTERTAINMENT 2060 Apr 27 Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) US poet, novelist: She was a significant figure of the Harlem Renaissance as literary editor of "The Crisis;" wrote four novels, including "There Is Confusion." FAUSET POETS-DRAMA 2232 Apr 28 Harper Lee (1926-____) US novelist: She won a Pulitzer prize in 1961 for her only novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1960. LEE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 406 Apr 28 James Monroe (1758-1831) US president (5th): He, as 5th U.S. president, announced the "Monroe Doctrine," 1832 and created the "era of good feeling." MONROE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1021 Apr 28 James Baker (1930-____) US government official: He was Secretary of State under Bush, 1989-92; Secretary of Treasury under Reagan, 1985-88; and Reagan's chief of staff, 1981-85. BAKER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1305 Apr 28 Jay Leno (1950-____) US comedian, talk show host: He has hosted the "Tonight Show starring Jay Leno" since 1992. LENO ENTERTAINMENT 1963 Apr 28 Karl Kraus (1874-1936) Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, poet: He has been compared to Juvenal and Jonathan Swift for his satiric vision and command of language. KRAUS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2186 Apr 29 Duke Ellington (1899-1974) US bandleader, songwriter: He was an outstanding jazz personality who wrote over 5000 original works, e.g., "Take the 'A' Train." ELLINGTON ENTERTAINMENT 440 Apr 29 Henri Poincare (1854-1912) French mathematician: He was noted for contributions in many important areas of mathematics -- cosmology, relativity and topography. POINCARE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 733 Apr 29 George Allen (1922-1990) US football coach: He coached the LA Rams and Washington Redskins; noted for his hard-driving work ethic. ALLEN SPORTS 844 Apr 29 Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) English conductor: He founded the British National Opera Co. and London Philharmonic; 1932. BEECHAM COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 866 Apr 29 John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) English physician: He wrote five "John Bull" pamphlets, 1712, which popularized idea of John Bull as a typical Englishman. ARBUTHNOT HEALTH-MEDICINE 1535 Apr 29 Michelle Pfeiffer (1958-____) US actress: She starred in films "The Fabulous Baker Boys," 1989; "Married to the Mob," 1988; and "One Fine Day," 1996. PFEIFFER ENTERTAINMENT 1642 Apr 29 William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) US newspaper publisher: He founded he nation's largest newspaper chain; his "yellow journalism" to promote social reform profoundly influenced journalism. HEARST WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1906 Apr 29 Jerry Seinfeld (1955-____) US comedian: He was the co-creator and star of "Seinfeld," the TV show that changed the "sitcom" forever. SEINFELD ENTERTAINMENT 1970 Apr 30 Annie Dillard (1945-____) US author: She won a Pulitzer prize for "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", 1975. DILLARD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 259 Apr 30 Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) US clergyman: He is noted as the founder of "Universalism;" his unorthodox sermons linked religious expression to daily experience. BALLOU RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 644 Apr 30 John Lubbock (1834-1913) English naturalist, banker, statesman: LUBBOCK SCHOLARS-HISTORY 709 Apr 30 Willie Nelson (1933-____) US musician, singer: He won Grammys for country songs "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," 1975 and "Georgia on My Mind," 1978. NELSON ENTERTAINMENT 835 Apr 30 Dolores Huerta (1930-____) US Chicana activist, labor leader: She worked with Cesar Chavez, to unionize farm workers and to prevent takeover of the union by the Teamsters; VP United Farm Workers, 1977--. HUERTA REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1158 May 1 Joseph Heller (1923-1999) US novelist: He is best known for his comic satirical American masterpiece, "Catch-22," 1961. HELLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 380 May 1 Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English poet, essayist, playwright: He was a regular contributor to "The Tatler" (1709-11). ADDISON POETS-DRAMA 638 May 1 Jack Paar (1918-____) US entertainer, talk show host: He pioneered the talk show concept; star of "Tonight Show," 1957-1962; "The Jack Paar Show," 1962-1965, 1973. PAAR ENTERTAINMENT 1306 May 1 Robert Heller (1933-____) US editor: HELLER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1307 May 1 Judy Collins (1939-____) US folksinger, film maker: She was a 1960s coffee house singer who hit it big with "Both Sides Now;" 29 albums including "Wildflowers," 1967 and "Living," 1971. COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT 1567 May 1 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) French philosopher, paleontologist: He was known for his theory, blending science and Christianity, that man is evolving, mentally and socially, toward a final spiritual unity. CHARDIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1920 May 1 Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1860-1930) US labor organizer: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was a labor organizer and agitator who was a major figure in the American labor movement. JONES REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2051 May 1 Sterling Brown (1901-1989) US poet, critic, educator: He tapped a rich poetic source in the folk songs and blues in "Southern Road," 1932; co-edited important anthologies, e.g., "The Negro Caravan," 1941. BROWN POETS-DRAMA 2208 May 2 Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English author: His warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual humour won him wide following, e.g., "Three Men in a Boat", 1889. JEROME NOVELISTS(Fiction) 388 May 2 Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) US physician, author: He was a major influence on modern U.S. child-rearing practices; "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care," 1946 has sold millions of copies. SPOCK HEALTH-MEDICINE 1007 May 2 Catherine the Great (1729-1796) Russian empress: As Empress, 1762-1796, she worked toward westernization, expansion, and made St. Petersburg a cultural rival with Paris. CATHERINE THE GREAT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1392 May 2 James F. Byrnes (1879-1972) US politician, administrator: He was popularly known duirng WW II as "assistant president for domestic affairs" in as U.S. director of war mobilization, 1943-45. BYRNES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1668 May 2 Novalis (1772-1801) German poet: He was an early Romantic poet and theorist who greatly influenced later Romantic thought. NOVALIS POETS-DRAMA 1862 May 3 Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937) US editor, novelist, essayist: He was known as the "Sage of Potato Hill." HOWE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 129 May 3 Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian philosopher, statesman, writer: He wrote "The Prince," 1513, outlining pragmatic theory of government. MACHIAVELLI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 162 May 3 May Sarton (1912-1995) US author, poet: Her writings include a volume of verse "A Durable Fire," 1972 and "As We Are Now," 1973. SARTON POETS-DRAMA 211 May 3 Golda Meir (1898-1978) Israeli political leader: She was the first woman premier of Israel, 1969-1974; received Living Legacy Award, 1987. MEIR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 265 May 3 Dodie Smith (1896-1990) English dramatist: She wrote "The One Hundred and One Dalmations," 1956. SMITH POETS-DRAMA 295 May 3 Sugar Ray Robinson (1920-1989) US boxer: He was noted for his boxing brains and brawn; welterweight champ, 1946-51 and five times middleweight champ, 1951-60. ROBINSON SPORTS 2321 May 3 Earl Wilson (1907-1987) US newspaper columnist: "Midnight Earl" was best known as a Broadway gossip columnist. WILSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2506 May 3 Ed Howe (1853-1937) Same as Edgar Watson Howe?????: HOWE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2726 May 4 Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist: He was an advocate of Darwin's natural selection theory and named the phylum Coelenterata (Jellyfish). HUXLEY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 36 May 4 Horace Mann (1796-1859) US educator, politician: He is considered the father of American public education; founder and president of Antioch College, 1852-59. MANN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 410 May 4 Jane Howard (1935-1996) US journalist, writer: Her books included "Families," 1978 and "Margaret Mead: A Life," 1984. HOWARD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1157 May 4 George Will (1941-____) US journalist, TV personality: He is a conservative political syndicated columnist, including "Newsweek" and "Washington Post;" won Pulitzer 1977. WILL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1308 May 4 W. Clement Stone (1902-____) US businessman, philantropist: He was founder and CEO of the worldwide "Combined Insurance Co. of America;" editor/publisher of "Success: The Magazine for Achievers." STONE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2510 May 4 Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) US ballet authority, impresario, writer: He collaborated with George Balanchine to found/direct the "NY City Ballet," 1946 and "School of American Ballet," 1934. KIRSTEIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2649 May 5 Christopher Morley (1890-1957) US novelist, journalist: His works included the best-selling novel "Kitty Foyle," 1939. MORLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 308 May 5 Mary Astor (1906-1987) US actress: She made over 100 films in her 44 year career; best known role as Brigid in "The Maltese Falcon," 1941; won Oscar for "The Great Lie," 1941. ASTOR ENTERTAINMENT 313 May 5 Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) US educator, novelist, poet: He was noted for his poetry in "Cobwebs and Cosmos," 1930; and "Maxims for a Modern Man," 1965. ELDRIDGE POETS-DRAMA 359 May 5 Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher, writer: He was the founder of existentialism and famous for his critique of systematic rational philosophy, e.g., Hegelianism. KIERKEGAARD RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 393 May 5 Karl Marx (1818-1883) German socialist leader, philosopher: He originated the idea of modern communism (Marxism); wrote "Communist Manifesto," 1848. MARX REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 623 May 5 James Beard (1903-1985) US chef, author: He popularized American cooking with "Beard on Bread," 1973 as the definitive text on home cooking. BEARD BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1745 May 6 Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian psychoanalyst: He was the first to develop the concept of the subconscious mind; founded psychoanalysis, 1895-1900. FREUD HEALTH-MEDICINE 5 May 6 Orson Welles (1915-1985) US actor, director, producer, writer: He was considered a major film genius; noted for radio dramatization "War of the Worlds;" starred in "Citizen Kane," 1940. WELLES ENTERTAINMENT 238 May 6 Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Bengali poet, novelist, composer: He introduced the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature; won the Nobel Prize for literature, 1913. TAGORE POETS-DRAMA 762 May 6 Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851) English children's author: She wrote children's classic "History of the Fairchild Family," 1818-47. SHERWOOD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1613 May 6 Martin Delany (1812-1885) US physician, activist, novelist: "The father of black nationalism"served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was active in Southern politics during Reconstruction. DELANY HEALTH-MEDICINE 2221 May 6 Willie Mays (1931-____) US baseball player: He maintained a .302 average and hit 654 home runs, the third highest total on record; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1979. MAYS SPORTS 2289 May 6 Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) US critic, poet, novelist: He is noted for his critical writing in "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," 1960. JARRELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2352 May 7 Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet: He was master of dramatic monologue, e.g., "My Last Duchess," 1842. BROWNING POETS-DRAMA 35 May 7 David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher, historian: He was a philosophical skeptic who influenced metaphysical thought; wrote "History of England," 1754-62. HUME SCHOLARS-HISTORY 687 May 7 Eva Peron (1919-1952) Argentine political leader: "Evita" was the second wife of Argentine president Juan Per˘n; she "co-governed" during his first term as president, 1946-52. PERON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1393 May 7 Angela Carter (1940-1992) English novelist, short-story writer: She wrote "The Bloody Chamber, and Other Stories," 1979. CARTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1685 May 7 Anne Baxter (1923-87) US actress: She was best known for films "The Razor's Edge," 1946 and "All About Eve," 1950. BAXTER ENTERTAINMENT 1741 May 7 Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) US poet, playwright, teacher, public official: His concern for liberal democracy figured in much of his work, although his most memorable lyrics are of a more private nature. MACLEISH POETS-DRAMA 1848 May 8 Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) US religious leader: He was a Roman Catholic bishop and an outstanding orator and well-known radio broadcaster from 1930; wrote "The Cross and the Crisis," 1938. SHEEN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 136 May 8 Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) US president (33rd), politician: He was U.S. president from 1945-53 when he propounded a doctrine of containment of communism. TRUMAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 226 May 8 Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian: His masterpiece was "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 1776-1788. GIBBON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 669 May 8 Francis Quarles (1592-1644) English poet: His works include "Argalus & Parthenia," and "Emblems." QUARLES POETS-DRAMA 735 May 8 Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) US critic, essayist: He was recognized as the leading critic of his time. WILSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1846 May 8 Beth Henley (1952-____) US dramatist: She won the Pulitzer prize for "Crimes of the Heart," 1981 (filmed 1986). HENLEY POETS-DRAMA 2010 May 8 Sonny Liston (1917-1990) US boxer: He became the heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, 25 Sep 1962; lost to Ali, 25 Feb 1964. LISTON SPORTS 2283 May 8 Sloan Wilson (1920-____) US novelist: He is best known for his novel "The Man in the Gray Flannal Suit." WILSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2690 May 9 Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish philosopher: He was the foremost Spanish thinker of 20th century and wrote "Concord and Liberty," 1946. ORTEGA Y GASSET RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 198 May 9 James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish dramatist, novelist: He is best known as the creator of "Peter Pan," 1904 and "Little Minister," 1897. BARRIE POETS-DRAMA 315 May 9 Harry Vardon (1870-1937) English golfer: He pioneered accurate and reliable hitting techniques that are still the basis of the modern golf swing. VARDON SPORTS 874 May 9 Alan Bennett (1934-____) English dramatist, actor: His was co-author of and actor in "Beyond the Fringe," 1960. BENNETT POETS-DRAMA 967 May 9 Candice Bergen (1946-____) US actress, photojournalist: She won a Golden Globe for the TV series "Murphy Brown;" starred in "Starting Over," 1979; daughter of Edgar Bergen. BERGEN ENTERTAINMENT 1055 May 9 Glenda Jackson (1936-____) US actress: She won Oscars for "Women in Love," 1970 and "A Touch of Class," 1973. JACKSON ENTERTAINMENT 1160 May 9 Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967) US industrialist: He was a noted bridge and boat builder. KAISER ENTERTAINMENT 1942 May 9 Billy Joel (1949-____) US singer, songwriter: He had five #1 songs from his album "An Innocent Man," 1983. JOEL ENTERTAINMENT 2622 May 10 Fred Astaire (1899-1987) US dancer, actor: He was the leading dance star of his generation in "Top Hat," 1935 and "Daddy Long Legs," 1955. ASTAIRE ENTERTAINMENT 485 May 10 Ariel Durant (1898-1981) US author: She co-authored, with her husband Will, the 11-volume Pulitzer winning "The Story of Civilization," 1926. DURANT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 796 May 10 James Bryce (1838-1922) English diplomat, author: He was ambassador to the U.S. 1907-13; wrote classics "Holy Roman Empire," 1864; "American Commonwealth," 1888. BRYCE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1394 May 10 Karl Barth (1886-1968) Swiss theologian: He was among the most influential 20th C. theologians initiated a radical change in Protestant thought, stressing the "wholly otherness of God." BARTH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1731 May 10 Eric Berne (1910-____) US psychiatrist, writer: He wrote the best-seller "Games People Play," 1964. BERNE HEALTH-MEDICINE 1765 May 10 Ella T. Grasso (1919-1981) US politician: She was the first women to be elected governor [of Connecticut] in her own right, 1974-1980. GRASSO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2048 May 10 Judith Jamison (1943-____) US modern dancer: She's played the world and on Broadway in "Sophisticated Ladies;" artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since 1989. JAMISON COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2265 May 10 Wayne Dyer (1940-____) US psychologist: His works includ "Your Erroneous Zones," 1976, "The Sky's the Limit," 1980 and "THe Universe Within You." DYER HEALTH-MEDICINE 2692 May 11 Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish painter, printmaker: He led the Surrealist Movement; noted for his explorations of subconscious imagery, e.g., "Persistence of Memory," 1931. DALI ARTISTS 88 May 11 Irving Berlin (1888-1989) US composer: He led the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals; wrote more than 800 pop songs. BERLIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 911 May 11 Martha Graham (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer: She was the doyenne of modern dance and choreographed over 150 works; founded "Martha Graham Dance Co," 1926. GRAHAM COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1146 May 11 Faith Popcorn (1947-____) US management consultant: She is noted for trend analyst and predicting new areas of consumer interest; predicted Coke's "New Coke" flavor would fail. POPCORN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1211 May 11 Louis Farrakhan (1933-____) US religious leader: He is the leader of the Nation of Islam; organized the "Million Man March," 1995 in which they pledged to improve themselves and to forswear violence. FARRAKHAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2231 May 11 Mort Sahl (1927-____) Canadian journalist, humorist: He wrote "Big Party." SAHL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2654 May 12 Yogi Berra (1925-____) US baseball player, manager: He was a long time catcher for the N.Y. Yankees (1946-63) who was well known for his "Berraisms." BERRA SPORTS 64 May 12 Mary Kay Ash (1915-____) US businesswoman: She founded "Mary Kay Cosmetics," 1963. ASH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 307 May 12 Katharine Hepburn (1907-____) US actress: Her films spanned 50 years including "The African Queen," 1951; "On Golden Pond," 1982. HEPBURN ENTERTAINMENT 534 May 12 George Carlin (1937-____) US comedian: He created the characters "Biff Burns," sportscaster and "Al Street," weatherman. CARLIN ENTERTAINMENT 1309 May 12 Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) English painter, poet: He helped found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of painters treating religious, moral, and medieval subjects in a nonacademic manner. ROSSETTI ARTISTS 1909 May 12 Edward Lear (1812-1888) English poet, landscape painter: He was best known for his nonsense poems, which portray a world of fantastic creatures in nonsense words. LEAR POETS-DRAMA 1948 May 12 Theodor Reik (1888-1969) US psychoanalyst, author: He was a pupil of Freud who disagreed with him on theories of sex and love; wrote "The Psychology of Sex Relations," 1945. REIK HEALTH-MEDICINE 2458 May 13 Georges Braque (1882-1963) French painter, sculptor, designer: He was the principal founder of modern art, collage, cubism, e.g., "Man with Guitar," 1911. BRAQUE ARTISTS 516 May 13 Stevie Wonder (1951-____) US singer, musician, songwriter: His hits included "My Cherie Amour," and "You are the Sunshine of My Life." WONDER ENTERTAINMENT 912 May 13 Daphne DuMaurier (1907-1989) English novelist: Her classic gothic novels include "Rebecca," 1938 and "Jamaica Inn," 1936. DUMAURIER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1310 May 13 Clive Barnes (1927-____) English journalist, critic, writer: He is a well-known dance and dramA critic with the "New York Post" since 1978. BARNES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1725 May 13 Joe Louis (1914-1981) US boxer: He was world heavyweight champion from June 1937, when he knocked out James Braddock in eight rounds, until March 1949, when he retired undefeated. LOUIS SPORTS 1916 May 14 Hal Borland (1900-1978) US journalist: He was noted for his outdoor/nature editorials in the N.Y. Times; wrote "An American Year." BORLAND WRITERS(Non-fiction) 324 May 14 B. C. Forbes (1880-1954) Scottish journalist: He founded and edited "Forbes" magazine, 1916; wrote about business and finance. FORBES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 665 May 14 George Lucas (1944-____) US film director: His films include "Star Wars," 1977; "The Empire Strikes Back," 1980; and "The Return of the Jedi," 1983. LUCAS ENTERTAINMENT 1395 May 14 Francesca Annis (1944-____) English actress: She played Lille Langtry in the TV series "Lillie," on PBS, 1979. ANNIS ENTERTAINMENT 2035 May 15 Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English nurse, reformer: She introduced improved nursing practices and made nursing a respectable profession. NIGHTINGALE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 180 May 15 Eddy Arnold (1918-____) US singer, musician: "The Tennessee Plowboy" made his debut as a country singer, 1936; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, 1966. ARNOLD ENTERTAINMENT 823 May 15 Katherine Anne Porter (1894-1980) US novelist, short-story writer: She was a master stylist of texture and complexity of character delineation; won Pulitzer, 1966, for her only full length novel "Ship of Fools." PORTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1212 May 15 David Cronenberg (1943-____) Canadian film maker: "The King of Venereal Horror" produced "The Dead Zone," 1983 and "The Fly," 1986. CRONENBERG ENTERTAINMENT 1365 May 15 Clifton Fadiman (1904-____) US radio performer, author: He was radio's host of "Information Please," 1938-48; wrote "Party of One," 1955. FADIMAN ENTERTAINMENT 2488 May 15 Max Frisch (1911-1991) Swiss dramatist, author: He was considered the dean of German-language literature; his plays "The Firebugs" and "Andorra" became standard theater repertory in 37 languages. FRISCH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2677 May 15 Peter Shaffer (1926-____) English playwright: His considerable range moved easily from farce to the portrayal of human anguish; e.g., "5 Finger Exercise," and "Equus." SHAFFER POETS-DRAMA 2682 May 16 Adrienne Rich (1929-____) US poet, educator: Her works explore themes of relationships and sexuality, e.g., "Diving into the Wreck," 1972. RICH POETS-DRAMA 562 May 16 William Seward (1801-1872) US politician, abolitionist: He was secretary of state from 1861 to 1869; remembered for the purchase of Alaska in 1867--referred to at that time as "Seward's Folly." SEWARD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1008 May 16 Debra Winger (1955-____) US actress: She was an Oscar nominee for "Terms of Endearment," 1983; starred in "Urban Cowboy," 1980; "An Officer and a Gentleman," 1982; & "Shadowlands," 1994. WINGER ENTERTAINMENT 1396 May 16 Virgilia Peterson (1904-1966) US writer, TV personality: PETERSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2121 May 16 Betty Carter (1929-1998) US jazz singer: She began her career as a be-bop and scat singer by winning amateur night at the Apollo; worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles and Charlie Parker. CARTER ENTERTAINMENT 2212 May 17 Erik Satie (1866-1925) French composer: He is remembered for his avant-garde works for the piano, e.g., "Socrate," 1918 and for influencing Debussy and Ravel. SATIE COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 55 May 17 Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician: He discovered and named the process of vaccination against smallpox, 1796; paved the way for the science of immunology. JENNER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1397 May 17 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900-1989) Iranian religious leader: He was the Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979-89 and leader of Shite Moslems in Iran. KHOMEINI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1500 May 17 Harriet Van Horne (1920-____) US columnist: She is a syndicated columnist since 1967 whose writings focus on the quality of radio and TV. VAN HORNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1604 May 17 Dorothy Miller Richardson (1873-1957) English novelist: She was a pioneer in stream-of-consciousness fiction, "Pilgrimage," 1938. RICHARDSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1614 May 17 Sugar Ray Leonard (1956-____) US boxer: He won Golden Gloves, 1972 and Olympic Gold, 1976; enormously popular with classic bouts against Duran and Hearns; record of 36-2-1 with 25 KOs. LEONARD SPORTS 2282 May 17 R. S. Surtees (1805-1864) English author: He was the creator of Mr. Jorrocks, the sporting grocer, who was one of the great comic characters of English literature. SURTEES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2759 May 18 Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Welsh philosopher, mathematician, essayist: He made major contributions to symbolic logic and political stands, e.g., resisting conscription in WW I. RUSSELL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 34 May 18 Frank Capra (1897-1991) US director: His movies are known for their folksy, sentimental style; won Oscars for "It Happened One Night," and "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." CAPRA ENTERTAINMENT 978 May 18 James Stephens (1882-1950) English author, poet: He was especially noted for his prose fantasy "Crock of Gold," 1912. STEPHENS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1311 May 18 Margot Fonteyn (1919-____) English dancer: She was prima ballerina of Britain's Royal Ballet; formed a partnership "made in heaven" with Rudolf Nureyev, 1962-79. FONTEYN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1369 May 18 Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer: He was renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements. KHAYYAM POETS-DRAMA 1872 May 18 John Paul II (1920-____) Polish religious leader: He has been the Pope from 1978, the first non-Italian pope in 456 years. JOHN PAUL II RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1917 May 18 Reggie Jackson (1946-____) US baseball player: "Mr. October" hit three consecutive home runs in the 1977 World Series and established or tied seven Series records; entered Hall of Fame, 1993. JACKSON SPORTS 2263 May 18 Walter Gropius (1883-1969) German architect: He was a leader of the Bauhaus school of design; co-designed the Pan Am Building, NYC with Pietro Belluschi. GROPIUS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2662 May 18 Pope John Paul II (1920-____) Polish religious leader: He is the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, elected October 16, 1978. POPE JOHN PAUL II RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2700 May 19 Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) US playwright, author: He was noted for "The Only Law," 1909; "The Deep Purple," 1910; and "The Greyhound," 1912. MIZNER POETS-DRAMA 171 May 19 Malcolm X (1925-1965) US political activist: He was a radical civil rights leader who formed the Organization for Afro-American Unity, 1964. MALCOLM X REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 454 May 19 Nancy Astor (1879-1964) English stateswoman: She was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, and well known for her great energy and wit. ASTOR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 778 May 19 Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) US playwright: Her "Raisin in the Sun," 1959 was the first play by a black woman produced on Broadway. HANSBERRY POETS-DRAMA 1072 May 19 Nora Ephron (1941-____) US author, screenwriter: She wrote the best-seller "Heartburn," 1983; received Oscar nominations for screenplay writing of films "Silkwood," 1984 and "When Harry Met Sally," 1 EPHRON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1124 May 19 Nellie Melba (1861-1931) Australian opera singer: She was an outstanding coloratura soprano of her day a singer of great popularity. MELBA COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1183 May 19 Harvey Cox (1929-____) U.S. theologian, social reformer, author: He is a believer of the socially relevant church; wrote "Secular City," 1965. COX RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2418 May 20 John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English economist, philosopher: He applied the principles of utility to political theory urging reform and expanded democracy, "On Liberty," 1859. MILL BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 169 May 20 Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) French author: He developed the realistic novel describing French society in "Comedie Humaine," 1841. BALZAC NOVELISTS(Fiction) 645 May 20 Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921) US abolitionist, feminist, clergy: She was the first woman ordained minister in the U.S., 1853; wrote "The Making of the Universe," 1914. BLACKWELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1091 May 20 Cher (1946-____) US singer, actress: She, and husband Sonny Bono, were a famous pop duo, 1960s-70s; won Oscar, 1988, for "Moonstruck." CHER ENTERTAINMENT 1103 May 20 Margery Allingham (1904-1966) English detective story writer: She is remembered as the mystery writer who created sleuth Atbert Campion in "Mind Readers," 1965. ALLINGHAM NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1331 May 20 Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988) US journalist: She was a tough-minded newspaper, magazine, and radio/TV Investigative Reporter; won the Living Legacy Award (Posthumous) in 1987. ST. JOHNS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2056 May 20 George Gobel (1919-1991) US comedian: He won a 1954 Emmy for the TV show "The George Gobel Show." GOBEL ENTERTAINMENT 2496 May 21 Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet: He is remembered as a major satirist of Augustan age; wrote "The Rape of the Lock," 1714 and "Moral Essays," 1731-35. POPE POETS-DRAMA 184 May 21 Plato (427-347 BC) Greek philosopher, author: He was the world's most influential philosopher who wrote in dialectic "dialogue" form and was a student of Socrates. PLATO RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 201 May 21 Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) French artist: He was the archetype of the modern naive artist; his primitive works possess a dreamlike quality: "The Sleeping Gypsy," 1897. ROUSSEAU ARTISTS 1398 May 21 Mary Robinson (1944-____) Irish political leader: She was the first woman elected to be the President of Ireland, 1990. ROBINSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2022 May 21 Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist: She was one of the chief promoters of prison reform in Europe, who also helped to improve the British hospital system. FRY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2041 May 22 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Scottish author, physician: He created the detective Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet," 1887. DOYLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 354 May 22 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German opera composer: His opera themes were based on medieval legends; wrote "Lohengrin" and "Die Meistersinger" WAGNER COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 605 May 22 Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) English actor, producer, director: "Sir Larry" was the English-speaking world's most revered actor; won Oscar for "Hamlet," 1948; once wed to Vivian Leigh. OLIVIER ENTERTAINMENT 1315 May 22 Judith Crist (1922-____) US film critic: She was film critic for "TV Guide," 1966-88; "Saturday Review," 1980-; wrote "The Private Eye, the Cowboy and the Very Naked Girl," 1968. CRIST WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1562 May 22 T. Boone Pickens (1928-____) US businessman: He became an oil magnate as the founder and president of Mesa Petroleum Co; a descendant of Daniel Boone. PICKENS ENTERTAINMENT 1901 May 22 Vance Packard (1914-1996) US nonfiction writer: He is the author of popular sociological tracts, "The Hidden Persuaders," 1957. PACKARD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1925 May 22 Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Indian philosopher: He was a advocate of self-knowledge; wrote "The Future of Humanity," 1986. KRISHNAMURTI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2354 May 23 Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) US critic, social reformer, writer: She was the first U.S. foreign correspondent and a women's rights leader who edited "The Dial, 1840-42. FULLER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 111 May 23 Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish botanist: He created the modern scientific taxonomy system of using two names -- genus species. LINNAEUS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1009 May 23 Barbara Ward (1914-1981) English economist, journalist, educator: She wrote on political and economic affairs; "India and the Wesc," 1961 WARD BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1266 May 23 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966) US auto executive: He was president of General Motors 1923-1937; founded the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1945. SLOAN, JR. BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1399 May 23 Joan Collins (1933-____) English-US actress: She played Alexis Carrington Colby on TV soap opera "Dynasty," 1981-89. COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT 2071 May 23 Marvin Hagler (1952-____) US boxer: "Marvelous Marvin" was world middleweight champion 1980-87; pro record 62-3-2 with 52 KOs. HAGLER SPORTS 2247 May 23 Thomas Hood (1799-1845) English poet, editor: His humanitarian verses, such as "The Song of the Shirt," served as models for a whole school of social-protest poets. HOOD POETS-DRAMA 2695 May 24 Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) US clergyman: He was a liberal Protestant minister who founded the "National Vespers" radio program, 1926-46. FOSDICK RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 519 May 24 Coleman Young (1918-1997) US politician: He was the first black mayor of Detroit, 1974-1993; won Spingarn Medal, 1980. YOUNG GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 916 May 24 Bob Dylan (1941-____) US singer, songwriter: His songs include "Blowin' in the Wind," 1962; "The Times are Changin'," 1964; inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, 1988. DYLAN ENTERTAINMENT 1312 May 24 Queen Victoria (1819-1901) British royalty: She had the longest reign in British history, 1837-1901 as Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India. QUEEN VICTORIA GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1543 May 24 Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938) US supreme court justice, writer: He served as a supreme court justice 1932-38; wrote "Nature of the Judicial Process," 1921. CARDOZO SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1684 May 24 Elsa Maxwell (1883-1963) US writer, TV hostess, columnist: She was a famous Hollywood partier of the 1930's-50's. MAXWELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2135 May 24 Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) Russian-US poet: He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 for his important lyric and elegiac poems; first foreign-born US poet laureate, 1991. BRODSKY POETS-DRAMA 2603 May 25 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) US philosopher, poet, essayist: He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: "Self-Reliance," 1844. EMERSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1 May 25 Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English statesman, poet: He is chiefly remembered as a prolific novelist and his skill in anticipating and satisfying changes in public taste. BULWER-LYTTON POETS-DRAMA 22 May 25 Miles Davis (1926-1991) US jazz musician, composer: He was considered one of the top jazz trumpeters; formed the "Miles Davis Quintet," 1955. DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT 437 May 25 Tom T. Hall (1936-____) US singer, songwriter: "The Storyteller" wrote the song "Harper Valley PTA"; sold over 45 million copies. HALL ENTERTAINMENT 829 May 25 Beverly Sills (1929-____) US opera singer: She is a coloratura soprano; director of the NYC Opera, 1979-88; won two Emmys, Medal of Freedom, 1980; received Living Legacy Award, 1985. SILLS COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1242 May 25 Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) US journalist, publisher: He co-founded Random House Publishers, 1927; panelist on TVs "What's My Line?," 1952-68. CERF WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1694 May 25 William Maxwell Beaverbrook (1879-1964) English publisher, statesman: He was a British newspaper mogul and Churchill's minister of aircraft production during WW II, 1940-45. BEAVERBROOK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1749 May 25 Jamaica Kincaid (1949-____) Antigua-US journalist: Eleanor P. Richardson came to the US at age 16; joined "The New Yorker;" 1976, as a journalist; published short stones "At the Bottom of the River." KINCAID WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2277 May 25 Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-____) US clergy, university administrator: He served as president of Notre Dame longer than anyone, 1952-87. HESBURGH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2481 May 25 Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) US poet: He is best known for "Words for the Wind." ROETHKE POETS-DRAMA 2562 May 26 Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) English author: She wrote witty, descriptive letters of Middle Eastern life. MONTAGU NOVELISTS(Fiction) 520 May 26 Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French diarist: He collaborated on social histories and novels with his brother Jules, e.g., "Madame Bervaisais," 1869. GONCOURT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1010 May 26 John Wayne (1907-1979) US actor, director: He was the biggest box office attraction in Hollywood history; starred in over 200 westerns; won Oscar, 1968, for "True Grit." WAYNE ENTERTAINMENT 1313 May 26 Robert Morley (1908-1992) English actor, director, playwright: He was a prolific director whose forte was comedy and comedy-drama, "High Road to China," and "African Queen." MORLEY ENTERTAINMENT 2617 May 27 Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) US politician, pharmacist: He was "The Happy Warrior" who served 23 yrs as Dem. senator from Minnesota and 5 yrs as vice-president. HUMPHREY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 133 May 27 Henry Kissinger (1923-____) US government official: "Henry the K" was Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford; won Nobel Peace Prize, 1973. KISSINGER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 148 May 27 Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) English novelist: He was noted for his realistic work about "Five Towns." BENNETT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 321 May 27 Peter Marshall (1902-1949) US religious leader: He was Senate chaplain, 1947-48; subject of "A Man Called Peter," written by his wife Catherine, 1951. MARSHALL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 414 May 27 Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) US dancer: She was among the first to raise interpretive dance to the status of creative art. DUNCAN ENTERTAINMENT 611 May 27 Dante (1265-1321) Italian poet: He wrote the celebrated masterpiece "The Divine Comedy," 1307-21. DANTE POETS-DRAMA 656 May 27 Rachel Carson (1907-1964) US biologist, writer: Her writings combined scientific accuracy with lyrical prose: "The Sea Around Us," 1951, "Silent Spring," 1962. CARSON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 790 May 27 Sam Snead (1912-____) US golfer: He won 84 Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tournaments including every major championship except the U.S. Open. SNEAD SPORTS 881 May 27 Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) US social reformer: She wrote "Battle Hymn of the Republic;" first woman elected to Nat'l Institute of Arts and Letters. HOWE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1639 May 27 Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) French writer, physician: He travelled extensively on medical missions for the League of Nations, and wrote novels in his spare time. CELINE HEALTH-MEDICINE 1693 May 27 John Barth (1930-____) US novelist: He is best known for novels that combine philosophical depth and complexity with biting satire and boisterous, frequently bawdy humour. BARTH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1730 May 27 Herman Wouk (1915-) US novelist: He is best known for his epic war novels; "The Caine Mutiny," 1952; "The Winds of War," 1971. WOUK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1840 May 27 John Cheever (1912-1982) US short-story writer, novelist: His work described, often through fantasy and ironic comedy, the life, manners, and morals of middle-class, suburban America. CHEEVER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2098 May 28 Barry Commoner (1917-____) US biologist, environmentalist: He was a major advocate of environmental protection and the use of solar energy; wrote "Science and Survival," 1966. COMMONER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 344 May 28 Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Irish poet: He was noted for "Irish Melodies," 1807-35. MOORE POETS-DRAMA 717 May 28 Ian Fleming (1908-1964) English author: He created James Bond; wrote "Dr. No," 1958 and "Goldfinger," 1959. FLEMING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1400 May 28 Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) Swiss-USA naturalist, geologist, teacher: He made revolutionary contributions to natural science with landmark work on glacier activity and extinct fishes; opposed Darwin's theory. AGASSIZ SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1511 May 28 May Swenson (1919-____) US poet: She wrote "New and Selected Things Taking Place," 1978. SWENSON POETS-DRAMA 1638 May 28 Patrick White (1912-1990) Australian novelist: He was among the influential group of mid-20th-century writers in Australia; winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1973; wrote "Happy Valley." WHITE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2655 May 29 G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) English essayist, novelist, journalist, poet: He is noted for the detective series with sleuth Father Brown. CHESTERTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 32 May 29 John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) US president, politician: "JFK" was the first Roman Catholic president; won Pulitzer for "Profiles in Courage;" was 35th president, 1961-63. KENNEDY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 144 May 29 Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US statesman, orator: He was a brilliant orator of the Amer. Revolution ("Give me liberty or give me death", 1755); first governor of VA. HENRY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 613 May 29 Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) German philosopher: He was best known for "Decline of the West," 1981-22. SPENGLER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 629 May 29 Bob Hope (1903-____) US comedian, actor: He made annual trips to entertain American troops, 1940-1991; theme song "Thanks for the Memory." HOPE ENTERTAINMENT 1314 May 29 Beatrice Lillie (1898-1989) English comedienne: Her 50-year dance hall entertainment career was known for the signature song "Mad Dogs and Englishmen." LILLIE ENTERTAINMENT 1557 Jun 13 Charles II (1630-1685) British ruler: The "Merry Monarch" was King of Great Britain, Ireland, 1660-85; wanted to strengthen monarchy and reduce financial power of Parliament. CHARLES II GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1842 May 29 Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) English critic, author: She was a versatile writer of psychological novels and literary studies, e.g., "Catherine Carter," 1952. JOHNSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2145 May 30 Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) Russian anarchist: He was a founder of Nihilism and wrote "God and the Sate," 1872-74. BAKUNIN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 573 May 30 Countee Cullen (1903-1946) US poet: He wrote "Color," 1925 and "The Black Christ," 1930. CULLEN POETS-DRAMA 922 May 30 Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901-1979) US actress, author: She wrote satirical and witty light verse, monologues and monodramas; appeared in "Blood and Sand," 1921 with her father Otis Skinner. SKINNER ENTERTAINMENT 1245 May 31 Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) US evangelist: He is best known for writing "The Power of Positive Thinking," 1952. PEALE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 108 May 31 Walt Whitman (1819-1892) US poet: His innovative use of free verse in "Leaves of Grass," 1855 inspired a generation of poets. WHITMAN POETS-DRAMA 240 May 31 Fred Allen (1894-1956) US comedian, vaudeville juggler: He is best remembered for "Allen's Alley" radio program, 1932-49. ALLEN ENTERTAINMENT 312 May 31 Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893-1986) US poet, children's author: She won the Newbery Award for "The Cat Who Went to Heaven," 1930. COATSWORTH POETS-DRAMA 1579 May 31 Joe Namath (1943-____) US football player: He led the N.Y. Jets to 1969 Super Bowl title upset; firstto pass as high as 4007 in a season. NAMATH SPORTS 1995 May 31 Clint Eastwood (1930-____) US actor, director: His movies include "Dirty Harry," "A Fistful of Dollars," "In the Line of Fire," and " The Bridges Of Madison County." EASTWOOD ENTERTAINMENT 2005 Jun 1 Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) US actress: She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in "Some Like It Hot," 1959 and "Bus Stop," 1956. MONROE ENTERTAINMENT 565 Jun 1 John Masefield (1878-1967) English novelist, poet, playwright: He was poet laureate of England, 1930-67; best known for his poems of the sea, "Salt-Water Ballads," 1902. MASEFIELD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 714 Jun 1 Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) Prussian military leader, author: His writings and book "On War," expounded the philosophy of war and had enormous effect on military strategy, tactics in World Wars. CLAUSEWITZ MILITARY 954 Jun 1 Brigham Young (1801-1877) US religious leader: He was the 2nd president of the Mormon church, and colonizer who influenced the development of the American West by establishing Salt Lake City. YOUNG RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1823 Jun 2 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) English novelist, poet: He was noted for his pessimistic and powerful novels of rural life, e.g., "The Return of the Native," 1878. HARDY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 458 Jun 2 John Hope (1868-1936) US educator: He advocated advanced liberal-arts instruction for blacks at a time when the opposing views of Booker T. Washington for technical training held sway. HOPE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1011 Jun 2 Hedda Hopper (1890-1966) US journalist, actress: She had a 28-year career as a Hollywood gossip columnist; also quite famous for her hats. HOPPER ENTERTAINMENT 1057 Jun 2 Addison Gayle, Jr. (1932-____) US educator, critic, author: He has published numerous volumes, including "The Way of the New World,"and edited the important anthology "The Black Aesthetic," 1971. GAYLE, JR. SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2242 Jun 2 John Randolph (1773-1833) US political leader: He was an important proponent of the doctrine of states' rights in opposition to a strong centralized government. RANDOLPH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2675 Jun 2 Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) French novelist: He was the author of erotic writings that gave rise to the term sadism; wrote "Justine." SADE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2731 Jun 3 Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) French painter, designer: He was noted for brightly coloured and highly decorative scenes of luxury, e.g., "Bois de Boulogne," 1929. DUFY ARTISTS 543 Jun 3 Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) US poet: His epic poem "Howl," 1956 is considered to be one of the most significant products of the Beat movement. GINSBERG POETS-DRAMA 925 Jun 3 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) US political leader: He was president of the Confederacy, 1861-65. DAVIS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1401 Jun 3 Josephine Baker (1906-1975) French dancer, singer, entertainer: She was Folies-Bergere's "Dark Star," 1920s who introduced hot jazz to Paris; active in Resistance, WW II and outspoken about civil rights. BAKER ENTERTAINMENT 1559 Jun 3 Richard Cobden (1804-1865) English politician: He was best known for his successful fight for repeal (1846) of the Corn Laws and his defense of free trade. COBDEN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1922 Jun 3 Larry McMurtry (1936-____) US scriptwriter, novelist: He is best known for "Lonesome Dove;" won Pulitzer, 1986. MCMURTRY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2533 Jun 4 Robert Fulghum (1937-____) US author: He is best known for "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," 1989. FULGHUM NOVELISTS(Fiction) 571 Jun 4 George III (1738-1820) British ruler: He was King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1760-1820; known for mental attacks and his support of policy that led to the loss of the American colonies. GEORGE III GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1013 Jun 4 Rosalind Russell (1911-1976) US actress, philanthropist: Her films included "His Girl Friday;" "My Sister Eileen;" and "Auntie Mame." RUSSELL ENTERTAINMENT 1232 Jun 4 Ruth Westheimer (1928-____) German-born USA psychiatrist, author, lecturer: Dr. Ruth is a well known hosts of radio and TV shows on sexual relationships. WESTHEIMER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1272 Jun 5 John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist: He was the most influential modern economist and well known for his theories of unbalanced budgets. KEYNES BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 392 Jun 5 Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist: He laid the foundation for classical economics with "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," 1776. SMITH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 601 Jun 5 Ivy Compton-Burnett (1892-1969) English novelist: She wrote witty, chilling social comedies of Edwardian family line in "Mother and Son," 1955. COMPTON-BURNETT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1107 Jun 5 Margaret Drabble (1939-____) English novelist, critic: Her novels are skillfully modulated variations on the theme of a girl's development toward maturity; wrote "The Needle's Eye," 1972. DRABBLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1120 Jun 5 Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) Spanish poet, dramatist: He was noted for his poems of death and for his dramatic trilogy: "Blood Wedding,"1933; "Yerma," 1934; and "The House of Bernarda Alba," 1936. LORCA POETS-DRAMA 1852 Jun 5 Bill Moyers (1934-____) US newscaster, journalist, commentator, author: He is best known for his TV documentaries, e.g., "Our Times." MOYERS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2379 Jun 5 David Hare (1947-____) English playwright: He is an award-winng playwright whose works inlude "Strapless," "Plenty," "Wetherby," and "Fatale." HARE POETS-DRAMA 2721 Jun 5 Alfred Kazin (1915-____) US critic, teacher, editor: He is best known for "On Native Grounds," 1942 and "The Inmost Leaf," 1955. KAZIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2742 Jun 6 William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) English religious leader, author: "The Gloomy Dean" was divinity professor at Oxford, 1907-11; dean, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 1911-34. INGE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 135 Jun 6 Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist: He was a leading preacher of his day who championed Catholic emancipation in "Letters of Peter Plymley," 1807. SMITH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 231 Jun 6 Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German-USA novelist: He was known for psychological studies and explorations of mythology; Nobel Prize, 1929. MANN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 411 Jun 6 Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French dramatist, poet: He wrote "Le Cid," 1637 and "Le Menteur," 1643. CORNEILLE POETS-DRAMA 655 Jun 6 Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) US anthropologist: She was an expert on American Indian tribes; wrote classic "Patterns of Culture," 1934; "Race, Science and Politics," 1940. BENEDICT SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1090 Jun 6 Marian Wright Edelman (1939-____) US social reformer, lawyer, author: She founded the "Children's Defense Fund;" wrote "The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours," 1992. EDELMAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1121 Jun 6 Sandra Bernhard (1955-____) US actress, commedienne: Her works include "Follow That Bird" and "King of Comedy." BERNHARD ENTERTAINMENT 2097 Jun 6 Maxine Kumin (1925-____) US poet, novelist, essayist: KUMIN POETS-DRAMA 2120 Jun 6 Harry Crews (1935-____) US novelist: He is a southern gothic novelist who wrote "Florida Frenzy," 1892 and "Indian Runner. CREWS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2575 Jun 7 Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) Irish author: She was noted for her sensitive language and characters, e.g., "The Heat of the Day," 1949. BOWEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 256 Jun 7 Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-____) US poet: Her works deal with the everyday life of urban blacks; the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize. BROOKS POETS-DRAMA 893 Jun 7 Nikki Giovanni (1943-____) US author, poet: The "Princess of Black Poetry" wrote "My House," 1972 and "The Women and the Men," 1975. GIOVANNI POETS-DRAMA 1140 Jun 7 Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French painter: He was a post-impressionist Romantic painter noted for massive simplified themes, impassive figures and exotic backgrounds. GAUGUIN ARTISTS 1316 Jun 7 Deborah Tannen (1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer: TANNEN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1951 Jun 8 Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) US architect, writer: He created and wrote about "Organic Architecture," 1939 for homes and buildings of functional, dramatic simplicity. WRIGHT ARTISTS 31 Jun 8 Barbara Bush (1925-____) US first lady: She founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy; wrote "C. Fred's Story: A Dog's Life," 1984 as a contribution to literacy campaign. BUSH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 788 Jun 8 Joan Rivers (1937-____) US comedian, TV personality: She is famous for her dry wit; had her own talk show, "The Late Show," 1986-7; won Emmy for guest hosting "The Tonight Show," 1983. RIVERS ENTERTAINMENT 1223 Jun 8 Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) German composer: He was renowned particularly for his piano music, songs (lieder), and orchestral music. SCHUMANN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1404 Jun 8 Scott Adams (1957-____) US cartoonist, author: He created the "Dilbert" character and comic strip; 1989; became re-engineering sage, 1996. ADAMS ARTISTS 1508 Jun 8 Charles Reade (1814-1884) English novelist: His novels exposed social injustices of his times; best known for "The Cloister and the Hearth," 1861 on the adventures of the father of Erasmus. READE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1844 Jun 8 Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) Belgian-USA novelist, essayist: She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise (French Academy), an exclusive literary institution with a membership limited to 40. YOURCENAR NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1858 Jun 8 Byron R. White (1917-____) US jurist: He was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-93. WHITE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2573 Jun 9 Cole Porter (1893-1964) US composer, lyricist: He is known for his sophisticated musicals, e.g., "Kiss Me Kate," 1948 and his song "Night and Day." PORTER COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 564 Jun 9 Robert McNamara (1916-____) US politician, statesman: He was Defense secretary, 1961-68; played a major role in the Vietnam War; president, World Bank, 1968-81. MCNAMARA GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1014 Jun 9 Michael J. Fox (1961-____) US actor: He played Alex Keaton on TV series "Family Ties," 1982-1989; starred in "Back to the Future" trilogy; star of TV series "Spin City," 1996-. FOX ENTERTAINMENT 1407 Jun 9 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) English physician: She was the first English doctor, 1870s, and the first female mayor, 1908; worked to admit women to professional education, especially in medicine. ANDERSON HEALTH-MEDICINE 2037 Jun 9 Jackie Mason (1934-____) US comedian: He is noted for "World According to Me," "Chicken Soup," and being the voice of Simpsons' Rabbi Krustofsky. MASON ENTERTAINMENT 2199 Jun 10 Saul Bellow (1915-____) US novelist, author: He won Pulitzer Prize, 1976 for "Humboldt's Gift;" won Nobel Prize in literature, 1976. BELLOW NOVELISTS(Fiction) 320 Jun 10 Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) French painter: He was a leader of the realist movement rebelling against the "romantics"; painted "The Stone Breakers," 1849. COURBET ARTISTS 546 Jun 10 Judy Garland (1922-1969) US actress, singer: She is best and most fondly remembered as "Dorothy" in "Wizard of Oz," 1939. GARLAND ENTERTAINMENT 1138 Jun 10 Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) English playwright: He was a master of the well-made play, e.g., "Winslow Boy," and "Browning Version." RATTIGAN POETS-DRAMA 2635 Jun 11 Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) US football coach: He coached the Green Bay Packers, 1959-1968, and won the first two Super Bowls. LOMBARDI SPORTS 407 Jun 11 Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English poet, dramatist: He is regarded by many as second only to Shakespeare; his comedies include "Every Man in His Humour." JONSON POETS-DRAMA 691 Jun 11 Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) US suffragist, politician: She was the first woman to serve in Congress, 1917-19; only member to oppose entry into World War I, II. RANKIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1217 Jun 11 Hazel Scott (1920-1981) Trinidad-USA pianist, singer, writer: She was a popular pianist and singer in 1940s; sang "FDR Jones;" had own TV show. SCOTT ENTERTAINMENT 1237 Jun 11 Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) French naval officer, explorer: He was well known for his extensive underseas investigations; co-iventor of the aqualung which made SCUBA diving possible. COUSTEAU MILITARY 1816 Jun 11 William Styron (1925-____) US novelist: He is noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style, e.g., "Confessions of Nat Turner." STYRON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2417 Jun 11 Harold S. Geneen (1910-____) US businessman: He was CEO of ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph), 1959-77. GENEEN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2455 Jun 12 Anne Frank (1929-1945) German-Dutch diarist: Her diary depicted life as a young Jewish girl during WW II. FRANK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 30 Jun 12 Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) English clergyman, writer: His novels, widely read in the Victorian era, influenced social developments, "Westward Ho," 1855. KINGSLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 696 Jun 12 Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) English social reformer, writer: Despite deafness and heart disease, she was prominent among English intellectuals of her time; wrote "The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte." MARTINEAU RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1182 Jun 12 Brigid Brophy (1929-____) English-Irish writer, novelist, playwright: Her satiric, witty novels explore the psychology of sex, art, and opera; wrote "A Literary Person's Guide to Opera," 1965. BROPHY ENTERTAINMENT 1576 Jun 12 Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist: She was critically acclaimed, though not widely read, for her short stories and one-act plays, many of which she illustrated, e.g. "Nightwood," 1936. BARNES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1726 Jun 12 George Bush (1924-____) US 41st president: He was U.S. Ambassador to China; Vice President to Ronald Reagan, 1981-89, and President, 1989-93. BUSH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1984 Jun 12 Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) Swiss novelist: Her story for children, "Heidi," is known all over the world for its psychological insight into the child mind. SPYRI NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2089 Jun 12 Anthony Eden (1897-1977) English politican: He was British foreign secretary in 1935-38, 1940-45, and 1951-55 and prime minister from 1955 to 1957. EDEN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2176 Jun 13 Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) English author: She wrote sophisticated detective stories featuring the amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, e.g., "Strong Poison," 1930. SAYERS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 213 Jun 13 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist: He was the leader of the Irish literary renaissance; Founded Abbey Theater, Dublin. YEATS POETS-DRAMA 247 Jun 13 Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937-____) US government official: She was the asst. legal director of the ACLU, 1965- 70; professor of Law, Georgetown University, 1982-____. NORTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1194 Jun 13 Fanny Burney (1752-1840) English novelist, letter writer: She is best known for "Diaries and Letters," 1778-1840. BURNEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1661 Jun 13 Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) English educator: As headmaster of Rugby School, he had much influence on public school education in England; the father of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold. ARNOLD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1697 Jun 13 Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-____) Latin-American novelist: He is a novelist, short-story and film-script writer of national and international fame; wrote "I the Supreme," 1974. BASTOS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1737 Jun 13 Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) US poet, writer: He was an eminent teacher who upheld the writing of verse in traditional forms throughout a lengthy period of experiment in poetry. DOREN POETS-DRAMA 1944 Jun 14 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) US author: She aroused considerable anti-slavery feeling before the Civil War with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1852. STOWE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 298 Jun 14 Che Guevara (1928-1967) Argentine revolutionary: He was a Marxist intellectual who helped Castro takeover Cuba in the 1950s; tired to spread revolution to Latin America and Africa. GUEVARA REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1012 Jun 14 Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) US photojournalist: She was a photographer for "Life," 1963-69 and the first official woman photojournalist of WW II; wrote "You Have Seen Their Faces," 1937. BOURKE-WHITE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1339 Jun 14 Donald Trump (1946-____) US businessman: He is one of Manhattan's most grandiose builders and billionaires. TRUMP BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2311 Jun 14 David Thomas (1953-____) US singer, songwriter: THOMAS COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2639 Jun 15 William McFee (1881-1966) US author: He is known for his nautical writings, "Casuals of the Sea," 1916 and "Harbourmaster," 1932. MCFEE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 416 Jun 15 Mario Cuomo (1932-____) US politician, lawyer, talk show host: He was democratic governor of New York, 1982-1994; wrote "Reason to Believe;" hosts weekly radio show, "Mario Talk Show - Talk to Mario." CUOMO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1028 Jun 15 Saul Steinberg (1914-____) US artist, cartoonist: He is well known for his cartoons and cover-art for "New Yorker;" his art often combine cubism and pointalism. STEINBERG ARTISTS 1403 Jun 15 Rachel Donaldson Jackson (1767-1828) US first lady: She caused a scandal when she married Andrew Jackson before divorcing her first husband, Lewis Robards. JACKSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2020 Jun 16 Katharine Graham (1917-____) US newspaper executive: She is owner and publisher of "The Washington Post" and "Newsweek," and one of the most influential women in the U.S. GRAHAM BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 370 Jun 16 Erich Segal (1937-____) US novelist, dramatist: His "Love Story," 1970 was translated into 23 languages; also wrote "Oliver's Story, 1977." SEGAL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1026 Jun 16 Joyce Carol Oates (1938-____) US novelist, poet, educator: She is a prolific novelist who wrote the award-winning "Them," 1969 and Bellefleur, 1980. OATES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1197 Jun 16 Barbara McClintock (1902-____) US scientist: She was one of the most important figures in the history of genetics; discovered mobile "jumping" genes; won Nobel Prize, 1983. MCCLINTOCK SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2061 Jun 17 Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) US educator, diplomat: He was professor of Law and President of Yale U. (1963-77); noted for is resourceful handling of student protests. BREWSTER, JR. SCHOLARS-HISTORY 327 Jun 17 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian composer: He greatly influence modern music through his ballets, "The Firebird," 1910 and "The Rite of Spring," 1912. STRAVINSKY COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 604 Jun 17 James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) US poet, diplomat, anthologist: He is noted for his poetry and anthologies of black culture; wrote "The Book of American Negro Poetry," 1921. JOHNSON POETS-DRAMA 961 Jun 17 Martin Bormann (1900-1945) German political leader: He was a party leader in Nazi Germany and one of Adolf Hitler's closest lieutenants. BORMANN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1791 Jun 17 Dean Martin (1917-1995) US singer, actor: "America's favorite drunk" and crooner was best known for comedy his films with Jerry Lewis, 1946-56. MARTIN ENTERTAINMENT 1894 Jun 17 Phylicia Rashad (1948-____) US actress, Equal Rights activist: She played Claire Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," 1984-92. RASHAD ENTERTAINMENT 2030 Jun 17 Newt Gingrich (1943-____) US politician: He was a Republican congressmen and Speaker of the House who was noted for his guerrilla-style tactics. GINGRICH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2359 Jun 18 Gail Godwin (1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist: She is best known for "Glass People," 1972. GODWIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 524 Jun 18 Carolyn Wells (1869-1942) US author: She wrote over 170 mysteries, nonsense tales and children's books. WELLS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 531 Jun 18 Sylvia Porter (1913-1991) US journalist, finance expert: She wrote a syndicated financial column as well as " Sylvia Porter's Your Finances in the 1990's," 1990. PORTER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1213 Jun 18 Lou Brock (1939-____) US baseball player: He held the all-time stolen-base record of 938 (1961-79) until 1991; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1985. BROCK SPORTS 2204 Jun 18 Paul McCartney (1942-____) English musician: He was the lead singer and songwriter (with John Lenon) for The Beatles. MCCARTNEY ENTERTAINMENT 2411 Jun 19 Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English scholar, preacher: He was one of the most witty and prolific authors of the 17th century. FULLER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 110 Jun 19 Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) US publisher, author: He established the "Roycroft Press" and inspirational magazines and wrote the moralistic essay "A Message to Garcia." HUBBARD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 130 Jun 19 Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist, theologian: He formulated the modern theory of probability and Pascal's law of fluid pressure. PASCAL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 181 Jun 19 Pauline Kael (1919-____) US critic: She has been a noted New Yorker movie critic since1968; her philosophy of film reviewing was collected in "When the Lights Go Down," 1980. KAEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 281 Jun 19 Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) English preacher: His humorous sermons at the Metropolitan Tabernacle drew congregations of 6,000; wrote collections of pithy sayings, "John Ploughman's Talk," 1869. SPURGEON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 756 Jun 19 Salman Rushdie (1947-____) Indian-English novelist: His novel, "The Satanic Verses," enraged Moslems, branded an "enemy of Islam," and forced him into hiding. RUSHDIE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1831 Jun 19 Kathleen Turner (1954-____) US actress: Her credits include "Romancing The Stone," "Accidental Tourist," "Jewel of Nile," and the sexy voice of Jessica Rabbit. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT 2075 Jun 19 James I (1566-1625) British ruler: He ruled as James 1, King of England, 1603-25 and as James VI, King of Scotland, 1567-1625; son of Mary Queen of Scots. JAMES I GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2366 Jun 20 Lillian Hellman (1905-1987) US dramatist: She is best known for her memoirs and play "The Little Foxes," 1959. HELLMAN POETS-DRAMA 29 Jun 20 Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) US novelist, lawyer: His works depicted the struggle of American blacks, "The Conjure Women," 1899; awarded Spingarn Medal. CHESNUTT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 436 Jun 20 Chet Atkins (1924-____) US musician: "Mr. Guitar" is a virtuoso guitarist who has been associated with Grand Ole Opry since 1950. ATKINS ENTERTAINMENT 825 Jun 20 Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825) English poet, writer: She was one of the foremost radical intellectual women of her time; edited the fifty volumes of "The British Novelists," 1810. BARBAULD POETS-DRAMA 2168 Jun 21 Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French author, dramatist: He was a major playwright and exponent of existentialism, e.g., "Being and Nothingness, 1943. SARTRE POETS-DRAMA 212 Jun 21 Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) US novelist, critic: She was noted for witty acerbic novels and writings about art and politics; wrote "The Company She Keeps," 1942 and "How I Grew," 1987. MCCARTHY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 263 Jun 21 Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) US theologian, author: He pioneered the philosophy of "Christian realism"; wrote "Nature and Destiny of Man," 1943; received Medal of Freedom, 1964. NIEBUHR RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 466 Jun 21 Martha Washington (1732-____) US First Lady: She was America's first First Lady; also the first U.S. woman to have her likeness appear on a U.S. stamp. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2078 Jun 21 Francoise Sagan (1935-____) French novelist: She is best known for her novel "A Certain Smile," 1956. SAGAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2137 Jun 21 Carl Stokes (1927-1996) US mayor, lawyer: He was the first black mayor of a mayor U.S. city, Cleveland, 1967. STOKES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2332 Jun 22 Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-____) US writer: She wrote "Listen! The Wind," 1938 and "A Gift From the Sea," 1955, and was the wife of Charles Lindbergh. LINDBERGH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 157 Jun 22 Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) US educator, author, critic: He is noted for popularizing intellectual topics; wrote "Anatomy of Satire," 1962. HIGHET SCHOLARS-HISTORY 920 Jun 22 Dianne Feinstein (1933-____) US politician: She is democratic senator from California; mayor of San Francisco, 1978-88. FEINSTEIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1128 Jun 22 Greg Anderson (1964-____) U.S. basketball player: He was NBA forward/center for the San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks. ANDERSON SPORTS 1526 Jun 22 Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) Genoese propagandist, revolutionary: He was the founder of the secret revolutionary society Young Italy (1832), and a champion of the movement for Italian unity known as the Risorgimento. MAZZINI REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1827 Jun 22 Meryl Streep (1949-____) US actress: She has starred in many films including "The Deer Hunter," 1978 and "Kramer vs. Kramer," 1979. STREEP ENTERTAINMENT 1897 Jun 22 Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) German scholar, philosopher, diplomat, educator: His contribution to the development of language science was highly valued in the 20th century. HUMBOLDT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2189 Jun 22 Katherine Dunham (1910-) US dancer, choreographer, anthropologist: She created one of the first professional Black dance companies; noted for her innovative interpretations of ethnic dances. DUNHAM COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2228 Jun 22 Billy Wilder (1906-____) Austrian-US film scenarist, director, producer: He films treat humorously subjects of controversy and offer biting indictments of American life, e.g., "Some Like It Hot," and "Stalag 17." WILDER ENTERTAINMENT 2725 Jun 23 David Ogilvy (1911-____) US advertising executive: He founded Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency and created the Hathaway "eyepatch" man. OGILVY BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 486 Jun 23 Richard Bach (1936-____) US novelist, author: He wrote the allegorical novel "Jonathan Livingston Seagull; filmed, 1973. BACH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 865 Jun 23 Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) French dramatist, screenwriter: He was one of the strongest personalities of the French theatre whose plays expressed personal messages and grudges against specific persons. ANOUILH POETS-DRAMA 900 Jun 23 Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) US track athlete: As a sprinter, she was the first woman to win three gold medals, 1960 Olympics RUDOLPH SPORTS 1229 Jun 23 Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) Italian philosopher: He is recognized today as a forerunner of cultural anthropology, or ethnology. VICO RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1832 Jun 23 Clarence Thomas (1948-____) US Supreme Court Justice: After volatile hearings, in which he was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, Thomas was confirmed as the 106th Supreme Court Justice. THOMAS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2333 Jun 23 Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) US journalist, author: He was a noted humor columnist and after-dinner speaker; wrote "Speaking Operations," 1915 and "Old Judge Priest," 1916. COBB WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2569 Jun 24 Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) US journalist, short-story writer: He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution. BIERCE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 24 Jun 24 Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) US clergyman, abolitionist: He was famed as an orator of anti-slavery and woman suffrage; wrote "Seven Lectures to Young Men," 1844. BEECHER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 61 Jun 24 Billy Casper (1931-____) US golfer: He was the second player, after Arnold Palmer, to win $1 million on tour; won U.S. Open 1959, 1966, Masters 1970. CASPER SPORTS 871 Jun 24 John Ciardi (1916-1986) English dramatist, actor, author: He was an award-winning writer best known for English translation of Dante's "Inferno," 1954. CIARDI POETS-DRAMA 1317 Jun 24 Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) US author, journalist, critic: She wrote "Waiting for the Verdict," 1867 and "Bits of Gossip," 1904. DAVIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1581 Jun 24 Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) US boxer: "The Manassa Mauler" was heavyweight boxing champ, 1919-26 and 1931-1940; Hall of Fame, 1954. DEMPSEY SPORTS 1992 Jun 24 Fred Hoyle (1915-____) Englsih astronomer, author: He proposed steady-state universe theory, that the universe is steadily expanding, in "Nature of the Universe," 1951. HOYLE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2410 Jun 24 Pete Hamill (1935-____) US journalist, author: He was a journalist for the "New York Post;" wrote " The Gift," 1973 and "Flesh and Blood." HAMILL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2681 Jun 24 Norman Cousins (1912-1990) US editor, essayist: He was editor of the "Saturday Review," 1937-72; author of 25 books on the nature of illness: "Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient," 19 COUSINS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2693 Jun 25 Robert Henri (1865-1929) US painter: He was leader in the "Ashcan" school of painters and one of the most influential teachers of art in the U.S. HENRI ARTISTS 545 Jun 25 Aime Cesaire (1913-____) Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist: He co-founded, with L#opold Senghor, Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of black Africans. CESAIRE POETS-DRAMA 919 Jun 25 George Orwell (1903-1950) English novelist, critic: He is best known for "Animal Farm," 1946 and "1984," 1949. ORWELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1318 Jun 25 Phyllis George (1949-____) US sportscaster: She was Miss America (1971), the First Lady of Kentucky, and America's pioneer female sportscaster. GEORGE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1553 Jun 25 Dorothy Gilman (1923-____) US mystery novelist: She created the geriatic sleuth, Mrs. Pollifax, in a mystery series for young people, e.g., "Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish," 1990. GILMAN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1568 Jun 26 Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) US art historian: He was a noted Italian Renaissance expert; wrote "Drawings of the Florentine Painters," 1903. BERENSON ARTISTS 62 Jun 26 Pearl Buck (1892-1973) US author: She was known for her novels of life in China, e.g., "The Good Earth"; won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. BUCK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 254 Jun 26 Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801) French journalist, epigrammatist: He was a would-be nobleman whose works supported monarchy and traditionalism during the French Revolution. RIVAROL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 739 Jun 26 Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956) US sportswoman, golfer: She was one of the greatest woman athletes in basketball, track and field, and golf; won 2 gold medals at the 1932 Olympics and the U.S. Open 3 times. ZAHARIAS SPORTS 886 Jun 27 Helen Keller (1880-1968) US author, lecturer: She learned to speak and write despite being blind and deaf; wrote "The Story of My Life," 1903. KELLER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 28 Jun 27 H. Ross Perot (1930-____) US computer industrialist, philanthropist: He is a self-made billionaire; founder/owner of Electronics Data Systems, 1962-84; presidential candidate, 1992. PEROT BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 728 Jun 27 Emma Goldman (1869-1940) US anarchist: She was an international anarchist who conducted leftist activities in the United States; published "Anarchism and Other Essays," 1910. GOLDMAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1142 Jun 27 Gaston Bachelard (1884-????) French philosopher: He worte "The Pyschoanalysis of Fire," (La psychanalyse du feu). BACHELARD RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1711 Jun 27 Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) US poet, novelist, short-story writer: He was the first African American poet to gain a national audience; wrote four volumes of poetry including "Oak and Ivy." DUNBAR POETS-DRAMA 2226 Jun 28 Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher, author: He was an influential educational reformer; His teacher-student contract changed education. ROUSSEAU RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 210 Jun 28 Gilda Radner (1946-1989) US actress, comedienne: She was in the original "Saturday Night Live" cast; wrote of her battle with cancer in "It's Always Something," 1989. RADNER ENTERTAINMENT 293 Jun 28 John Wesley (1703-1791) English preacher: He was the founder of Methodism; name derived from methodical devotion to study and religion. WESLEY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 586 Jun 28 Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) US surgeon, biologist: He invented, with C. Lindbergh, the perfusion pump called artificial heart, 1936; Nobelist, 1912. CARREL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 678 Jun 28 Mel Brooks (1926-____) US comedian, producer, director: He wrote and directed "The Producers," 1968 and "Blazing Saddles," 1974. BROOKS ENTERTAINMENT 1650 Jun 28 Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) Italian playwright, novelist, short-story writer: He invented the "theatre within the theatre" in the play :Six Characters in Search of an Author," 1921; won the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature. PIRANDELLO POETS-DRAMA 1861 Jun 28 Ashley Montagu (1905-____) British-American anthropologist: He was noted for his works popularizing anthropology and science. MONTAGU HEALTH-MEDICINE 2587 Jun 29 Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) French novelist, aviator: He opened transatlantic airmail routes to S. American and Africa and wrote "The Little Prince," 1943. SAINT-EXUPERY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 496 Jun 29 James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936) US historian: He was one of the founders of the "new history" that broadened historical scholarship in relation to social sciences; wrote "The New History," 1912. ROBINSON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1027 Jun 29 Oriana Fallaci (1930-____) Italian writer, journalist: Her interviews with national leaders were collected in "Interviews with History," 1976. FALLACI WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1127 Jun 29 William James Mayo (1861-1939) US surgeon: He is best known ans the founder of the Mayo Clinic, 1915. MAYO HEALTH-MEDICINE 1405 Jun 29 John Bradshaw (1933-____) US philosopher, lecturer, author: He has been called "America's leading personal growth expert;" wrote five bestsellers on "The Family," and "Healing the Shame That Binds You." BRADSHAW RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1815 Jun 29 Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) US civil rights leader: He first usee the "Black Power" slogan to describe grass-roots efforts at political and economic self-empowerment; changed his name to Kwame Ture. CARMICHAEL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2211 Jun 30 Ann (and Jane) Taylor (1782-1866) English children's author, poet: She wrote, with sister Jane, "Original Poems for Infant Minds," 1804. TAYLOR POETS-DRAMA 557 Jun 30 John Gay (1685-1732) English poet, dramatist: He was known for "The Beggar's Opera," 1728, a work distinguished by good-humored satire and technical assurance. GAY POETS-DRAMA 572 Jun 30 Lena Horne (1917-____) US singer, actress: As a nightclub entertainer she was known for the song "Stormy Weather;" starred on Broadway in "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," 1980-82. HORNE ENTERTAINMENT 1406 Jul 1 G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German physicist, writer: He is best known for his satirical wit ridiculing metaphysical and romantic excesses. LICHTENBERG SCIENCE-INVENTORS 156 Jul 1 George Sand (1804-1876) French author: She was noted for her rustic novel, "Lelia" (1833), her unconventionality and her liaison with Chopin. SAND NOVELISTS(Fiction) 276 Jul 1 Jean Stafford (1915-1979) US short-story writer, novelist: She is noted for her deft development of fictional characters, "The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford" 1969. STAFFORD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1029 Jul 1 Est‚e Lauder (1908?-____) U.S. cosmetics executive: She introduced her first line of Est‚e Lauder cosmetic products to retail stores in 1946; CEO, 1946-82; chairman of board, 1982--. LAUDER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1173 Jul 1 Mary Steichen Calderone (1904-1998) US physician, author: She wrote several books including "Talking With Your Child About Sex." CALDERONE HEALTH-MEDICINE 1573 Jul 1 Wallace Thurman (1902-1934) US journalist, dramatist, literary editor: His satiric portrait of the Harlem Renaissance period, "Infants of the Spring," was perhaps more effective as an acerbic comment than as a novel. THURMAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2334 Jul 1 Joseph Hall (1574-1656) English bishop, moral philosopher, satirist: He is remembered for his remarkable literary versatility and innovations. HALL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2646 Jul 1 Princess of Wales Diana (1961-1997) British royalty: "Lady Di" married Prince Charles, 1981; divorced 1996; mother of Princes William and Henry; died in car accident. DIANA GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2751 Jul 2 Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) German-Swiss novelist: He dealt with man's breaking out of the established modes of civilization to find his essential spirit. HESSE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 386 Jul 2 Bob Zuppke (1879-1957) US football coach: "Zupp" is credited with introducing (in the early 1920s) the offensive huddle, enabling the team with the ball to plan each play before executing it. ZUPPKE SPORTS 857 Jul 2 Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) US supreme court justice: He successfully argued "Brown v. Board of Education," 1954 to desegregate public schools; became the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court. MARSHALL SCHOLARS-HISTORY 965 Jul 2 Imelda Marcos (1929-____) Filipino first lady: The "Iron Butterfly" was the wife of Ferdinand Marcos, president of Philippines, 1996-86; known for extravagant life style. MARCOS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1547 Jul 3 Tom Stoppard (1937-____) English dramatist, author: He is particularly noted for the verbal brilliance of his plays, e.g., "Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead," 1967. STOPPARD POETS-DRAMA 228 Jul 3 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) US economist, lecturer, author, feminist: She was the leading theorist of the women's movement in the U.S. GILMAN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 367 Jul 3 Franz Kafka (1882-1924) Austrian author, poet: His visionary fiction expressed themes of loneliness, "The Trial," 1925 and "The Castle," 1926. KAFKA NOVELISTS(Fiction) 618 Jul 3 Edward Young (1683-1765) English poet, dramatist: The "Graveyard School" poet write blank verse in "Complaint or Night Thoughts," 1742-44. YOUNG POETS-DRAMA 775 Jul 3 Dave Barry (1947-____) US columnist, humorist: He is a syndicated columnist with the "Miami Herald," 1983--. BARRY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1727 Jul 3 M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992) U.S. culinary expert, author: She was best known for her writings on basic human needs, especially food: "The Art of Eating," 1954. FISHER HEALTH-MEDICINE 2013 Jul 3 John Mason Brown (1900-1969) US critic, lecturer: His works include "Tonight on Broadway," "Morning Faces," 1949 and "Through These Men," 1956. BROWN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2478 Jul 4 Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US president (30th), lawyer: He assumed office on death of Harding, 1923; re-elected, 1924. COOLIDGE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 85 Jul 4 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) US novelist, short-story writer: He was the leading U.S. fiction-writer of 19th century; wrote "The Scarlet Letter," 1850. HAWTHORNE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 123 Jul 4 Louis Armstrong (1900-1971) US musician, bandleader: "Satchmo" has been called the world's greatest trumpeter who introduced "scat" singing. ARMSTRONG ENTERTAINMENT 433 Jul 4 Abigail Van Buren (1918-____) US journalist: "Dear Abby" is noted for her widely syndicated advise column and "Dear Abby on Marriage," 1962. VAN BUREN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 582 Jul 4 Ann Landers (1918-____) US advice columnist: Her advise column is syndicated in over 1,000 newspapers. LANDERS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 702 Jul 4 Virginia Graham (1912-1998) US actress, TV personality: She was the talk show host for "Food For Thought," "Girl Talk," and the "Virginia Graham Show." GRAHAM ENTERTAINMENT 1979 Jul 4 Neil Simon (1927-____) US playwright, screenwriter: He is one of the most popular playwrights in the history of the American theatre. SIMON POETS-DRAMA 2193 Jul 4 Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) US literary critic, teacher: His criticism was informed by psychological, sociological, and philosophical methods and insights. TRILLING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2697 Jul 5 Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) French poet, novelist, director: He was a leader of the 20th century avant-garde movements; wrote the play "Orpheus,"1926. COCTEAU POETS-DRAMA 343 Jul 5 John McKay (1923-____) U. S. football coach: He was head coach, USC, 1960-75, with 121-37-8 record; in NFL with Tampa Bay, 1976-84. MCKAY SPORTS 853 Jul 5 P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) US circus owner: He created "The Greatest Show on Earth," 1871, complete with flashy ads and freak shows. BARNUM ENTERTAINMENT 1319 Jul 5 Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) English actress, sculptor: She was one of the greatest of English tragic actresses, especially Lady MacBeth, 1785-1812. SIDDONS ENTERTAINMENT 1555 Jul 5 George Borrow (1803-1881) English traveler, linguist: He was one of the most imaginative prose writers of the 19th century. BORROW SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1792 Jul 5 Georges Pompidou (1911-1974) French statesman, bank director, teacher: He was premier of the Fifth French Republic from 1962 to 1968 and president from 1969 until his death. POMPIDOU GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2424 Jul 5 Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) English statesman, financier: He established of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. empire of S. Africa. RHODES BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2744 Jul 6 Louise Erdrich (1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet: She wrote "Where I Ought to Be," 1985. ERDRICH POETS-DRAMA 547 Jul 6 Nancy Reagan (1921-____) US first lady: She made movies, "Hellcats" with Ronald Reagan, 1957; as First Lady she was active in anti-drug campaign, "Just Say No." REAGAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1030 Jul 6 Sylvester Stallone (1946-____) US actor: He is best known for his "Rocky" films, 1976-90 and "Rambo" films. STALLONE ENTERTAINMENT 1320 Jul 6 John Paul Jones (1747-1792) US naval officer: He is considered the founder of the American Navy. JONES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1503 Jul 7 Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Russian-French painter, graphic artist: He was well known for his colorful "cubic" fantasy narrative paintings depicting Russian village life. CHAGALL ARTISTS 27 Jul 7 Robert Heinlein (1907-1988) US science-fiction writer: He was noted for his "future history" science fiction writing; wrote SF classics "Space Cadet," "Citizen of the Galaxy," and "Starman Jones." HEINLEIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 125 Jul 7 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Austrian composer, conductor: He is noted for his ten symphonies and various songs with orchestra, which drew together many different strands of Romanticism. MAHLER COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1408 Jul 7 Margaret Walker (1915-____) US writer, educator: She was one of the most important poets, 1930s; "For My People" captured the struggles of Southern blacks and won the Yale Younger Poets Award, 1942. WALKER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1606 Jul 7 Satchel Paige (1906-1982) US baseball pitcher: He earned legendary fame during his years in the Negro leagues; was finally allowed to enter the major leagues in 1948. PAIGE SPORTS 2175 Jul 7 Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) Soviet Georgian poet: He was a leading poet of the Russian Revolution and of the early Soviet period; wrote "Ode to Revolution." MAYAKOVSKY POETS-DRAMA 2556 Jul 7 Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-____) Italian composer: His realistic operas on his own librettos represent a successful combination of 20th-century dramatic situations with the traditional Italian opera. MENOTTI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2627 Jul 8 Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) German artist: She is remembered for her prints conveying social justice themes, e.g., "The Peasant War." KOLLWITZ ARTISTS 282 Jul 8 Jean de LaFontaine (1621-1695) French poet: He was noted for "Fables," published in 12 books, 1668-94. LAFONTAINE POETS-DRAMA 703 Jul 8 Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-____) Swiss-USA psychiatrist: She pioneered the advancement of thanotology, the study of death; wrote "On Death and Dying," 1969. KUBLER-ROSS HEALTH-MEDICINE 802 Jul 8 Anna Quindlen (1953-____) US journalist, novelist: She won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for her commentary; author of novel, "Object Lessons," 1991; syndicated columnist, 1989-94. QUINDLEN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1215 Jul 8 Marianne Williamson (1952-____) US lecturer, author: She founded the spiritual organizations Los Angeles and Manhattan "Centers for Living," 1987; author of spiritual guide "Return to Love," 1992. WILLIAMSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1274 Jul 8 Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) French poet: His "Fables" rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. FONTAINE POETS-DRAMA 1915 Jul 8 Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979) US politician: He was a moderate Republican govenor of New York, 1959-73; served as Vice-President under Gerald Ford, 1974-76. ROCKEFELLER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2532 Jul 8 Walter Kerr (1913-1996) US critic, author: He was an influential "NY Times" critic, 1966-81 who won a Pultizer Prize for his criticism, 1978; entred Theater Hall of Fame, 1982. KERR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2620 Jul 8 Philip Johnson (1906-____) US architect, author: He designed the Lincoln Center, 1964 and Manhattan's AT&T headquarters, 1978. JOHNSON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2656 Jul 8 Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) English politician, businessman, social reformer: He was an ardent imperialist who favored social reform at home and expansion abroad; father to Neville and Austen Chamberlain. CHAMBERLAIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2676 Jul 9 Ernest Dimnet (1866-1954) French cleric: He wrote "The Art of Thinking," 1930. DIMNET RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 94 Jul 9 Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) US journalist, writer: She was one of the most famous journalists of the 20th century; columnist "NY Health Tribune;" 1936-41; writer "Ladies Home Journal," 1937-1961. THOMPSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1031 Jul 9 O. J. Simpson (1947-____) US football player, actor: The "Juice" set many NFL rusing records including the first to rush 2000 yds in one season. SIMPSON SPORTS 1409 Jul 9 June Jordan (1936-____) US writer, poet, journalist: Her books for children include "Dry Victories," 1972 and "His Own Where," 1971. JORDAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1443 Jul 9 Barbara Cartland (1901-____) English novelist: "The Queen of Romance" is the world's top-selling romance novelist; step-grandmother of Princess Diana. CARTLAND NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1689 Jul 9 David Hockney (1937-____) English artist, painter, draftsman, printmaker: His early success as a pop artist came with a set of satirical etchings: "The Rake's Proress;" he is master of the double portrait. HOCKNEY ARTISTS 2350 Jul 9 Donald Rumsfeld (1932-____) US pharmaceutical executive, political leader: He was secretary of defense under Nixon and involved in Watergate. RUMSFELD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2540 Jul 9 Edward Heath (1916-____) English political leader: He was prime minister 1970-74; knighted by Queen Elizabeth, 1992. HEATH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2567 Jul 9 Paul Brown (1908-1991) US footbal coach: He is a NFL hall of famer who, as a coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, was known for calling plays from the sidelines. BROWN SPORTS 2680 Jul 10 Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author: He wrote "Remembrance of Things Past," 1922-32, a novel in seven parts based on the PROUST NOVELISTS(Fiction) 206 Jul 10 James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) US artist, author: He is known for his studies in color tone and famous for his "Whistler's Mother" painting. WHISTLER ARTISTS 239 Jul 10 Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) US educator, writer: She was active in national black affairs and a special adviser to FDR on the problems of minority groups. BETHUNE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 784 Jul 10 Jean Kerr (1923-____) US humorist, author, playwright: She wrote humorous autobiographical work "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," 1957. KERR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 801 Jul 10 Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) US tennis player, AIDS spokesperson: He was the first black player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, 1975. ASHE SPORTS 892 Jul 10 David Brinkley (1920-____) US broadcast journalist: He co-anchored, with Chet Huntley, 1958-70; Hosted "This Week", 1981-1996. BRINKLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1017 Jul 10 Aphra Behn (1640-1689) English playwright, poet: She was the first English woman to support herself by writing; most popular play was "The Rover," 1677. BEHN POETS-DRAMA 1089 Jul 10 John Calvin (1509-1564) French theologian, ecclesiastical statesman: He was one of the most important Protestant Reformers of the 16th C; noted for his work with the concepts of "predestination" and "original sin." CALVIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1676 Jul 10 Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) English journalist, novelist: He wrote detective classic "Trent's Last Case," 1912. BENTLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1761 Jul 10 William Blackstone (1723-1780) English jurist: He was the author of "Commentaries on the Laws of England," 4 vol., 1765-69, the best known description of the doctrines of English law. BLACKSTONE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1780 Jul 10 David Dinkins (1927-____) US politician: He was the first black mayor of New York, a post he held from 1990 to 1994. DINKINS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2224 Jul 10 Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) US journalist, humorist: He is best known as the creator of "Mr Dooley" who commented on political issues for 30 years. DUNNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2502 Jul 11 E. B. White (1899-1985) US humorist, essayist, novelist: His children's books have become classics, e.g., "Charlotte's Web," 1952 and "Stuart Little," 1945. WHITE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 174 Jul 11 John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US president (6th): "The Second John" was the 6th U.S. president; son of John Adams; catalyst behind "Monroe Doctrine," 1823. ADAMS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 816 Jul 11 Yul Brynner (1920-1985) US actor: He won a Tony (1951) and Oscar (1956) for his role as the Siamese monarch in "The King and I." BRYNNER ENTERTAINMENT 1410 Jul 11 Suzanne Vega (1959-____) US singer, songwriter: She blends jazz, rock and roll, and minimalism; had hit single "Luka," 1987. VEGA ENTERTAINMENT 1615 Jul 11 Susan Warner (1819-1885) US novelist: She wrote sentimental juvenile novels "Wide, Wide World," 1851 and "Queechy," 1852. WARNER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1616 Jul 11 Frederick Buechner (1926-____) US clergy, novelist: He is the prize-winning writer of psychological novels "Long Days of Dying," 1950 and "Return of Ansel Gibbs," 1959. BUECHNER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1654 Jul 11 John Wanamaker (1838-1922) US businessman: He was founder of one of the first department stores in the United States. WANAMAKER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1918 Jul 11 Blind Lemon Johnson (c. 1897-1930) US Blues singer: Blind from birth, "the King of the Country Blues" recorded during the 1920s; died in Chicago, lost in the streets during a snowstorm. JOHNSON ENTERTAINMENT 2267 Jul 12 Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) US essayist, poet, naturalist: He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, "Walden," 1854 and his essay "Civil Disobedience," 1849. THOREAU SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2 Jul 12 Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist: He was called the founder of experimental medicine. BERNARD HEALTH-MEDICINE 63 Jul 12 Bill Cosby (1937-____) US comedian, actor, author: He is the ever popular stand-up comedian/philosopher; TV star of "The Cosby Show," 1984-1992. COSBY ENTERTAINMENT 348 Jul 12 Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) Roman statesman, army officer: He conquered all Gaul, Britain, 58-49 BC; known for his reforms, his writings on Gallic wars, being assassinated by Brutus, and the month of "July." JULIUS CAESAR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 595 Jul 12 William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician: He helped develop modern medical practice; wrote "The Principles and Practice of Medicine," 1882. OSLER HEALTH-MEDICINE 723 Jul 12 Milton Berle (1908-____) US comedian: "Uncle Miltie" dominated early television with "The Milton Berle Show," 1948-56; known for collecting colleagues' jokes. BERLE ENTERTAINMENT 972 Jul 12 Beah Richards (1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress: She is best noted for her poetry in "A Black Woman Speaks and Other Poems," 1974. RICHARDS POETS-DRAMA 1560 Jul 12 Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960) US lyricist, musical comedy author: He was influential in the development of musical comedy; known especially for his collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers. HAMMERSTEIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1958 Jul 12 Andrew Wyeth (1917-____) US watercolorist, painter: He is noted primarily for painting in a realistic manner the old buildings, the fields and hills, and the people of his private world. WYETH ARTISTS 1982 Jul 12 Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) US architect, author: He inivented the geodesic dome, c. 1940. FULLER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2162 Jul 12 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) Chilean poet, diplomat, Marxist: He wonn the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 and the Lenin Prize for Peace in 1953; wrote "Residence on Earth-Nobel," 1971. NERUDA POETS-DRAMA 2679 Jul 13 John Clare (1793-1864) English poet: He was the "peasant poet" and nature writer of the Romantic school; wrote "Rural Muse," 1835. CLARE POETS-DRAMA 574 Jul 13 Wole Soyinka (1934-____) Nigerian playwright, novelist, critic: He wrote of W. Africa satirically with a tragic sense of obstacles to human progress; first African, first black to win the Nobel Prize Lit., 1986. SOYINKA POETS-DRAMA 950 Jul 13 Harrison Ford (1942-____) US actor: He is best known for his roles as Hans Solo in "Star Wars" films and Indiana Jones; received oscar nomiation for "The Witness," 1985. FORD ENTERTAINMENT 1411 Jul 13 Didi Conn (1951-____) US actress: She starred in "You Light Up My Life," but is best known for her role as "Frenchy" in the original move "Grease." CONN ENTERTAINMENT 2036 Jul 13 Jack Kemp (1935-____) US politician, football player: He was quarterback, 1957-70, mostly with Buffalo; Republican congressman from NY, 1970-88; vice-presidential candidate, 1996. KEMP GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2448 Jul 13 Kenneth MacKenzie Clark (1903-1983) English art historian, author: He was a prominent supporter of British arts who created and narrated the acclaimed TV series, "Civilization," 1969. CLARK SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2578 Jul 14 Isaac Singer (1904-1991) Polish-USA novelist, short-story writer: He was the foremost Yiddish writer noted for his imagination, irony and wit, e.g., "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," 1983. SINGER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 230 Jul 14 Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) Italian author: She was the novelist of many family-slanted books, including "The City and the House", 1987. GINZBURG NOVELISTS(Fiction) 288 Jul 14 Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) English suffragist: She was a militant reformer of woman suffrage known for hunger strikes and bombings. PANKHURST REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1203 Jul 14 Ingmar Bergman (1918-____) Swedish film director: He achieved world fame for his psycholocially penetrating films, e.g., "The Seventh Seal," 1956 and "Through a Glass Darkly," 1961. BERGMAN ENTERTAINMENT 1762 Jul 14 Gerald Ford (1913-____) US 38th president: He was the first non-elected Vice-President and non-elected President, 1974-76. FORD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1986 Jul 14 Northrop Frye (1912-1991) Canadian literary critic, educator: He is noted for tracking myths and symbols to biblical sources; author of influential theories of criticism, "Anatomy of Criticism," 1957. FRYE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2590 Jul 14 Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) US folksinger, songwriter, balladeer: He wrote over 1000 songs, 1930s-40s including, "This Land is Your Land," 1956; inducted into the Hall of Fame, 1988. GUTHRIE ENTERTAINMENT 2602 Jul 14 Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) US activist: He became famous for anti-Vietnam War protests during the 1968 Democratic national convention. RUBIN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2644 Jul 15 Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) Irish author: She wrote 26 thought-provoking novels, e.g., "Black Prince," 1973 and "The Good Apprentice," 1985, and "Jackson's Dilemma," 1995. MURDOCH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 280 Jul 15 John Denham (1615-1668) English poet, dramatist: DENHAM POETS-DRAMA 660 Jul 15 Richard Armour (1906-1989) US poet: He was a whimsical poet know for poking fun at everything; had a syndicated column "Armour's Armory." ARMOUR POETS-DRAMA 862 Jul 15 Linda Ronstadt (1946-____) US singer: She has six platinum albums; starred on Broadway "Pirates of Penzance," 1981. RONSTADT ENTERTAINMENT 1226 Jul 15 Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) German man of letters, aesthetician: He is now considered to have been the most important German literary critic in the first half of the 20th century. BENJAMIN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1754 Jul 16 Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) English artist: He is known for painting more than 2000 portraits and historical scenes. REYNOLDS ARTISTS 207 Jul 16 Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) US religious leader, writer: She founded Christian Science Religious Movement; organized the first church, 1879. EDDY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 797 Jul 16 Kathleen Norris (1880-1960) US novelist: She is best known for her book "Mother," 1911; her 82 novels sold 10 million copies. NORRIS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1193 Jul 16 Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) US actress: She starred in 80 films including "Stella Dallas," 1937; "Sorry, Wrong Number," 1948; and "The Thorn Birds." STANWYCK ENTERTAINMENT 1412 Jul 16 Anita Brookner (1928-____) English art historian, writer: She wrote biographical studies of 18th C. painters, including "Jacques-Louis David," 1981; wrote novel "Hotel du Lac," 1984. BROOKNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1649 Jul 16 Jimmy Johnson (1943-____) US football coach: He was the first coach to win a national college title, with U. of Miami (1983-88) and a SuperBowl, with the Dallas Cowboys (1989-94). JOHNSON SPORTS 2671 Jul 17 Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English minister: He is regarded as the "father of English hymnody" and best known for "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," 1707. WATTS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 532 Jul 17 Phyllis Diller (1917-____) US comedienne: She is known for her outrageous appearance and stories about her husband, Fang; she is also a concert pianist. DILLER ENTERTAINMENT 1032 Jul 17 Art Linkletter (1912-____) US TV personality: He was the star of radio and TV in "People are Funny" and "House Party." LINKLETTER ENTERTAINMENT 1321 Jul 17 Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) US photographer: She is best known for preserving the works of photographer EugSne Atget and for her photographic documentation of New York City in the late 1930s. ABBOTT ARTISTS 1330 Jul 18 Jessamyn West (1902-1984) US author: She wrote stories based on her Quaker ancestors, e.g., "The Friendly Persuasion," 1945. WEST NOVELISTS(Fiction) 305 Jul 18 William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) English novelist: He was noted for his satirical novel about London life, "Vanity Fair," 1848. THACKERAY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 765 Jul 18 Nelson Mandela (1918-____) South African president, lawyer, nationalist: He was imprisoned from 1962-1990 for his political activities; head of the African National Congress since 1990; became president of S.A. in 1994. MANDELA GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 964 Jul 18 Red Skelton (1913-1997) US comedian, actor: He was a master of pantomime and slapstick comedy; hosted "The Red Skelton Show" from 1951 to 1971. SKELTON ENTERTAINMENT 1900 Jul 18 S. I. Hayakawa (1906-1992) US scholar, university president, politician: He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College. HAYAKAWA SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1959 Jul 18 Hunter S. Thompson (1939-____) US journalist: THOMPSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2605 Jul 18 Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-____) Russian poet: He was spokesman for the post-Stalin generation of Russian poets, and their demands for greater artistic freedom; wrote "Bratsk Station." YEVTUSHENKO POETS-DRAMA 2709 Jul 19 Edgar Degas (1834-1917) French artist: He was an impressionist noted for his paintings of ballet dancers and cafe life. DEGAS ARTISTS 488 Jul 19 George McGovern (1922-____) US senator: He was the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate; he advocated an immediate end to the Vietnam War and liberal and social reforms at home. MCGOVERN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1033 Jul 19 Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-____) US medical physicist: She developed the radioimmunoassay to measure amounts of biological substances in the body; second woman to win the Nobel Prize in medicine, 1977. YALOW SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1279 Jul 19 Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) German-USA political philosopher: His Marxist critical philosophy and Freudian psychological analyses of Western society were popular among student leftist radicals during the 1960s. MARCUSE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1865 Jul 2 Medgar Evers (1925-1963) US civil rights leader: He was shot to death in front of his home; became martyr for civil rights cause; awarded 1963 Spingarn Medal. EVERS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2230 Jul 19 Chester Himes (1909-1984) US novelist, writer: He published a popular series of detective novels featuring Coffin Ed Smith and Gravedigger Jones. HIMES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2252 Jul 20 Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian poet: His "Petrarchan" sonnets of idealized love served as a model for Italian literature for three centuries. PETRARCH POETS-DRAMA 575 Jul 20 Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) US psychoanalyst, philosopher: His "The Wretched of the Earth," 1961 was a major contribution to revolutionary thought of Third World countries. FANON HEALTH-MEDICINE 923 Jul 20 Edmund Hillary (1919-____) New Zealander mountaineer, explorer: He as the first, with Tenzing Norkay, to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 1953. HILLARY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1413 Jul 20 Barbara Mikulski (1936-____) US politician: She is the Democratic senator from Maryland since 1987. MIKULSKI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1617 Jul 21 Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961) US journalist, novelist, short-story writer: He is known for his terse understated journalistic style, e.g., "The Old Man and the Sea," 1953. HEMINGWAY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 25 Jul 21 John Muir (1838-1914) US naturalist, writer: He is remembered as the conservationist who helped establish Yosemite National Park. MUIR SCIENCE-INVENTORS 421 Jul 21 Matthew Prior (1664-1721) English poet, diplomat: He was a noted epigrammist; co-wrote "Country Mouse and the City Mouse," 1687 and philosophical prose. PRIOR POETS-DRAMA 734 Jul 21 Diane Trilling (1905-1996) US author, critic: She wrote "Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor," 1981. TRILLING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1636 Jul 21 Robin Williams (1952-____) US comedian, actor: He starred as Mork in TV's "Mork & Mindy;" films include "Popeye," "World According to Garp," "Good Morning Vietnam," "Mrs. Doubtfire," and "Jumanji." WILLIAMS ENTERTAINMENT 1971 Jul 21 Isaac Stern (1920-____) Russian-USA violinist: He is best known for the soundtrack of "Fiddler On The Roof." STERN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1988 Jul 21 Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) Canadian educator, author: His aphorism "the medium is the message" summarized his view of the potent influence of television, computers, and other electronic information. MCLUHAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2412 Jul 22 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) US sculptor: He invented the mobile, delicately balanced suspended moving sculptors, e.g, "Spiral," 1958. CALDER ARTISTS 491 Jul 22 Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) US poet, novelist, short-story writer: He is best known for John Brown's Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War. BENET POETS-DRAMA 966 Jul 22 Rose Kennedy (1890-1995) US author, political relative: She was the matriarch of a political prominent Kennedy family; wrote autobiography "Times to Remember," 1974. KENNEDY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1165 Jul 22 Amy Vanderbilt (1908-1974) US etiquette authority: She was the author of "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette," 1952, a book that has been called a "guide to gracious living." VANDERBILT COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1974 Jul 22 Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) US poet: She was a spokesperson for Judaism who is best known for "New Colossus" which is inscribed on the base of Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. LAZARUS POETS-DRAMA 2055 Jul 23 Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) US short-story writer, novelist: He was considered master of "hard-boiled" crime stories, e.g., "The Big Sleep," 1939 and "Playback," 1958. CHANDLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 339 Jul 23 Karl A. Menninger (1893-1990) US psychiatrist: He pioneered popularization of psychiatry and reform of mental hospitals by using group practice methods; co-founded Menninger Clinic and Foundation. MENNINGER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1034 Jul 23 Haile Selassie (1892-1975) Ethiopian political leader: He as Emperor, 1930-74; sought to modernize his country and steer it into the mainstream of post-WW II African politics - League of Nations and UN. SELASSIE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1414 Jul 23 Barbara Deming (1917-____) US author, pacifist, political activist: She wrote and spoke about the connections between feminism and nonviolence; wrote "Prisons That Could Not Hold," 1995. DEMING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1582 Jul 23 Michael Foot (1913-____) English politician, journalist: He is an intellectual left-wing socialist who led Britain's Labour Party, 1980-1983; wrote "Debts of Honour," 1980. FOOT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2651 Jul 24 Alexandre Dumas, pŠre (1802-1870) French novelist, dramatist: He published almost 300 books with a "factory" of collaborators, e.g., "The Three Musketeers," 1844. DUMAS, P+RE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 355 Jul 24 Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) US aviatrix: She was the first woman to solo across the Atlantic and from Hawaii to California; mysteriously disappeared, 1937. EARHART SCIENCE-INVENTORS 356 Jul 24 Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) US writer, celebrity relative: She wrote "Save Me the Waltz," 1932; was married to F. Scott Fitzgerald. FITZGERALD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 799 Jul 24 Bella Abzug (1920-____) US lawyer, politician: "Battling Bella" was the first Jewish congresswoman; wide-brimmed hats are her trademark. ABZUG SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1078 Jul 25 Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) US writer, philosopher, longshoreman: His writings on life, power, and social order brought him celebrity and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1983. HOFFER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 126 Jul 25 A. J. Balfour (1848-1930) English statesman: He was Prime Minister, 1902-05; wrote "Balfour Declaration," 1917, approving the establishment of Jewish state in Palestine. BALFOUR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 946 Jul 25 Elias Canetti (1905-1994) Swiss author: His works explore the emotions of crowds, and the position of the individual at odds with the society around him; wrote "Crowds and Power," 1960. CANETTI NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1322 Jul 25 Maria Weston Chapman (1806-1885) US abolitionist, editor: She was the organiser of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1834. CHAPMAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1552 Jul 25 Midge Decter (1927-____) US journalist, writer: She was executive director for the "Committee for Free World," 1980-90; her writings include "Liberal Parents, Radical Children," 1975. DECTER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2734 Jul 26 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, critic: His works were notable for their elegance, wit, and pessimistic satire of contemporary life, "Brave New World," 1932. HUXLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 134 Jul 26 George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) English dramatist, critic: He is generally recognized as the best dramatist since Shakespeare; promoted social reform with "drama of ideas." SHAW POETS-DRAMA 190 Jul 26 Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist, psychiatrist: The "Father of Analytical Psychology" classified personalities as extroverted and introverted; wrote "Psychology of the Unconcious," 1912. JUNG HEALTH-MEDICINE 692 Jul 26 Gracie Allen (1906-1964) US comedienne: She starred, with husband George, in the "Burns and Allen Show," 1922-1958. ALLEN ENTERTAINMENT 1074 Jul 26 Mick Jagger (1943-____) English singer, songwriter, actor: He went solo after a 20-year career with the self-proclaimed, "greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world" (Rolling Stones). JAGGER ENTERTAINMENT 1961 Jul 26 Andre Maurois (1885-1967) French biographer, novelist, essayist: He was a prominent personality in French letters for 50 years. MAUROIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2372 Jul 26 Stanley Kubrick (1928-____) US film director, writer: His films have a cool, formal visual style, meticulous attention to detail, and often ironic pessimism -- "2001," "Dr Strangelove," and "Lolita." KUBRICK ENTERTAINMENT 2560 Jul 26 Robert Graves (1895-1985) English novelist, poet, writer: He authored more than 120 novels, books of poetry and criticism; best known for his historical novel, "I, Claudius," 1934. GRAVES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2736 Jul 27 Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) English writer, poet: He was one of the most versatile English writers noted for his light verse, witty children's poetry. BELLOC POETS-DRAMA 906 Jul 27 Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-____) US author, critic: She was the first woman recipient of the Nathan Drama Criticism Award, 1967. HARDWICK WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1151 Jul 27 Leo Durocher (1906-1991) US baseball player, manager: He was an infielder, 1928-1941; manager for 24 years; coined the phrase "Nice guys finish last." DUROCHER SPORTS 1389 Jul 27 Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) Scotish poet: He is remembered chiefly for his sentimental and martial lyrics; he was one of the initiators of a plan to found what became the University of London. CAMPBELL POETS-DRAMA 1415 Jul 27 Vincent Canby (1924-____) US journalist, critic: He wrote for the "New York Times." CANBY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1681 Jul 27 Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824-1895) French dramatist: He wrote "La Dam aux Camelias," 1852 which became the basis of an opera by Verdi. DUMAS, FILS POETS-DRAMA 2529 Jul 28 Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) French-USA artist: He was an important cubist and founder of Dadaism who painted "Nude Descending a Staircase," 1912. DUCHAMP ARTISTS 525 Jul 28 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) US first lady: She redefined the role of first lady with dignified elegance, magnetic charm, trend-setting style, and cool composure after the assassination of JFK. ONASSIS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1035 Jul 28 Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) English author: She created Peter Rabbit, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and other animal characters in her children's books. POTTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1416 Jul 28 Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) US poet, author: She is best remembered for "White Cliffs," 1941, a long narrative poem extolling Britain's resistance during WW II; also wrote "I Have Loved England." MILLER POETS-DRAMA 1539 Jul 28 John Ashbery (1927-____) US poet: He is noted for the elegance, originality, and obscurity of his poetry. ASHBERY POETS-DRAMA 1700 Jul 28 Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) English poet, religious leader: He was Jesuit priest and one of the most individual of Victorian writers whose work influenced many leading 20th-century poets. HOPKINS POETS-DRAMA 1847 Jul 28 Vida Blue (1949-____) US baseball player: He was the fifth pitcher to wing the Cy Young award; MVP in same year, 1971. BLUE SPORTS 2179 Jul 28 Robert Hughes (1938-____) Australian critic: He is an Art critic for "Time" magazine, 1970-; wrote "Art of Australia," 1966 and "The Fatal Shore," 1987. HUGHES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2717 Jul 29 Don Marquis (1878-1937) US journalist, poet, dramatist, humorist: He was a popular columnist of N.Y. "Sun" and "Tribune," and wrote "The Old Soak," 1921. MARQUIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 163 Jul 29 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish diplomat, political economist: He was the well respected Secretary General of the U.N., 1953-61; died in plane crash. HAMMARSKJOLD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 596 Jul 29 Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Italian political leader: "Il Duce" was prime minister (1922-43) and the first of 20th-century Europe's fascist dictators; allied with Adolf Hitler, 1939. MUSSOLINI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1323 Jul 29 Elizabeth Dole (1936-____) US government official, business executive: She was secretary of transportation, 1983-87; secretary of labor, 1989-90; president of the American Red Cross, 1991-99. DOLE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1564 Jul 29 Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) US novelist, dramatist: He is best-known for his satirical and sometimes romanticized pictures of American Midwesterners. TARKINGTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2001 Jul 29 Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1879) French scientist, historian, politician: He is best-known for "Democracy in America," 4 vol., 1835-40, a perceptive analysis of the political and social system of the U.S. in early 19th C. TOCQUEVILLE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2544 Jul 30 Henry Ford (1863-1947) US auto manufacturer: He built first inexpensive auto, Model T, 1909; introduced the assembly line approach to manufacturing, 1913. FORD BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 103 Jul 30 Henry Moore (1898-1986) English sculptor: He was an abstract sculptor known as "The Father of the Hole". MOORE ARTISTS 177 Jul 30 Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) US economist, social scientist: He applied an evolutionary, dynamic approach to the study of economics in "Theory of the Leisure Class," 1899. VEBLEN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 633 Jul 30 Emily Bronte (1818-1848) English novelist: She is best known for her novel "Wuthering Heights," 1848. BRONTE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1097 Jul 30 Patricia Schroeder (1940-____) US political leader: She is a congresswoman from colorado; ran for U.S. Presidency, 1988. SCHROEDER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1236 Jul 30 Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-____) Austrian actor: He was 5 times Mr. Universe and 6 times Mr. Olympia; star of numerous films including "Twins," 1988 and "Total Recall," 1990. SCHWARZENEGGER ENTERTAINMENT 1391 Jul 30 Casey Stengel (1890-1975) US baseball player, manager: "The Old Professor" began playing baseball in 1912; managed for 25 years, including the N.Y. Yankees; won 10 pennets and 7 World Series. STENGEL SPORTS 1953 Jul 30 C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) Brtitish historian, philosopher: He was the formulator of "Parkinson's Law," the satiric dictum that "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion. PARKINSON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2507 Jul 31 Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971) US civil rights leader: He has promoted programs to improve opportunities for blacks in housing, employment and social welfare. YOUNG, JR. REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 576 Jul 31 Milton Friedman (1912-____) US economist: He was one of the leading conservative "laissez-fire" economists in the second half of the 20th-c.; awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976. FRIEDMAN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 977 Jul 31 Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) French painter, sculptor, printmaker: He is best known for his development of art brut [raw] of primitive-style paintings and large-scale representational sculptures. DUBUFFET ARTISTS 1417 Jul 31 William J. Bennett (1943-____) US government officer: He was secretary of Education, 1985-88 and the Drug Czar (Director of the National Drug Contol Policy), 1989-90. BENNETT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1757 Jul 31 Primo Levi (1919-1987) Italian-Jewish writer, chemist: He was noted for his restrained and moving autobiographical account of and reflections on survival in the Nazi concentration camps. LEVI SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1921 Jul 31 Geraldine Chaplin (1944-____) US actress: Her films include "Dr. Zhivago," 1965 and "Nashville," 1975; daughter of Charlie Chaplin. CHAPLIN ENTERTAINMENT 2028 Aug 1 Herman Melville (1819-1891) US novelist: He is noted for his stories of the sea, especially the classic "Moby Dick," 1851. MELVILLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 175 Aug 1 Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) US astronomer, educator: She was the first professional woman astronomer; discovered a comet in 1847; first woman elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. MITCHELL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 176 Aug 1 Benjamin E. Mays (1895-1984) US educator, clergyman: He was dean of the School of Religion, Howard College, and president of Morehouse College. MAYS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 956 Aug 1 Claudius (10 BC-54 AD) Roman emperor: He extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a province. CLAUDIUS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1911 Aug 1 Yves Saint Laurent (1936-____) French fashion designer: He is noted, among other things, for his popularization of women's trousers for all occasions. LAURENT ARTISTS 2194 Aug 1 Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) US musician, singer: He was the founder and lead guitarist of "The Grateful Dead; "In the Dark" was one of the Top Ten Albums of all time. GARCIA ENTERTAINMENT 2599 Aug 1 Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) English novelist, writer: Her novels and travel books are characterized by intelligence, wit, and lively scholarship. MACAULAY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2606 Aug 2 James Baldwin (1924-1987) US novelist, essayist: He was a noted spokesman for American blacks in 1950s-60s. BALDWIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 23 Aug 2 John Tyndall (1820-1893) English physicist: He helped popularize science; his experiments showed why the sky is blue; wrote "On Radiation," 1865. TYNDALL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 770 Aug 2 Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969) US journalist: He was an outspoken, controversial reporter; won Pulitzer for reporting on racketeering in labor union, 1941. PEGLER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1432 Aug 2 William Watson (1858-1935) English poet: He was the author of lyrical and political verse, with a special gift for occasional poems. WATSON POETS-DRAMA 1929 Aug 2 Rose Tremain (1942-____) English novelist, playwright: Her works include "Restoration." TREMAIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2031 Aug 3 Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) English statesman: He guided his country during the abdication of Edward VIII. BALDWIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 514 Aug 3 P. D. James (1920-____) English mystery novelist: Phyllis Dorothy James is best known for creating the intelligent, perceptive poet and inspector, Adam Dalgliesh, "Cover Her Face," 1962. JAMES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 999 Aug 3 Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) US activist, social worker: She founded the "Gray Panthers," 1970, a group dedicated to improving the conditions of senior citizens. KUHN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1171 Aug 3 Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) English poet: He was a gifted youth whose early death in World War I contributed to his idealized image; best known work is the sonnet sequence "1914." BROOKE POETS-DRAMA 1418 Aug 3 Diane Wakoski () US poet: WAKOSKI POETS-DRAMA 2107 Aug 4 Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet: He is famous for his grandeur, beauty and mastery of language, e.g., "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," 1816. SHELLEY POETS-DRAMA 218 Aug 4 Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) Norwegian novelist: He was a leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt who rescued the novel from excessive naturalism; "Growth of the Soil," 1917. HAMSUN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 958 Aug 4 Harry Lauder (1870-1950) Scottish comedian: He excited enthusiasm throughout the English-speaking world as singer and composer of simplehearted Scottish songs. LAUDER ENTERTAINMENT 1419 Aug 4 Queen Mother Elizabeth (1900-____) British royalty: She was the wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II. QUEEN MOTHER ELIZABETH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1640 Aug 4 Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) US political, religious leader: As the Mormon's president, 1985-94, he stressed the importance of the Book of Mormon; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61. BENSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1759 Aug 4 Robert Hayden (1913-1980) US educator, poet: He taught at Fisk University for twenty-two years; elected to the American Academy of Poets, 1975; poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. HAYDEN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2250 Aug 5 Bruce Barton (1886-1967) US author, advertising executive: He wrote "Man Nobody Knows," which depicted Jesus as the prototype of a successful businessman. BARTON ENTERTAINMENT 526 Aug 5 Walter Pater (1839-1894) English essayist, critic: He wrote "Studies in History of the Renaissance," 1873. PATER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 724 Aug 5 John Huston (1906-1987) US film director, actor: He won an Oscar for "The Treasure of Sierra Madre," 1948; also directed "The African Queen," 1952 and "The Bible," 1966. HUSTON ENTERTAINMENT 1324 Aug 5 Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) US historian, writer: She championed women's causes and labor movements in "Woman as a Force in History," 1946. BEARD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1561 Aug 5 Neil Armstrong (1930-____) US astronaut: He was the first man to set foot on the Moon, 20 Jul 1969, on the mission of Apollo XI. ARMSTRONG SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1696 Aug 5 James Cone (1938-____) US theologian: He is the author of several important works on liberation theology, including "Black Theology and Black Power," 1969. CONE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2217 Aug 6 Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet: He was the Poet Laureate, 1850-92 who wrote "Charge of the Light Brigade," 1854 and "Idylls of the King," 1885. TENNYSON POETS-DRAMA 221 Aug 6 Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (1715-1747) French moralist, essayist: He was noted for his optimistic view of individual's capacity for goodness. VAUVENARGUES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 350 Aug 6 Andy Warhol (1928-1987) US artist, author: He was the leader of pop art in the 1960s with paintings of soup cans and celebrities. WARHOL ARTISTS 634 Aug 6 Lucille Ball (1911-1989) US comic actress: She was the star of "I Love Lucy," the most popular TV comedy series of all times. BALL ENTERTAINMENT 781 Aug 6 John Sterling (1806-????) : OR writer, (Representative Victorian), , STERLING 2388 Aug 6 Francois de Salignac Fenelon (1651-1715) French theologian, author: He wrote the prose epic "Adventures of Telemachus," 1699. FENELON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2756 Aug 7 Garrison Keillor (1942-____) US author, producer: He created the radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" about Minnesota life at Lake Wobegon, 1947-87; wrote "Lake Wobegon Days," 1985. KEILLOR WRITERS(Non-fiction) 391 Aug 7 Rodney Crowell (1950-____) US singer, songwriter: He wrote many songs recorded by Emmylou Harris; top ten single, "It's Such a Small World," 1988, was recorded as a duet with his wife, Roseanne Cash. CROWELL ENTERTAINMENT 827 Aug 7 Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) US diplomat, educator: He won the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace for his successful negotiation of an Arab-Israeli truce in Palestine the previous year. BUNCHE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 895 Aug 7 Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985) English novelist: Her works include "The Sound of Thunder," 1957; "Testimony of Two Men," 1968 and "The Captains and the Kings," 1972. CALDWELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2011 Aug 8 Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) US author, poet: Her writings include "Rivers to the Sea," 1915 and "Stars Tonight," 1930. TEASDALE POETS-DRAMA 299 Aug 8 Dustin Hoffman (1937-____) US actor: He starred in "The Graduate," 1967; won Oscars for "Kramer vs. Kramer," 1979 and "Rainman," 1982. HOFFMAN ENTERTAINMENT 1037 Aug 8 Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990) US supreme court justice, ambassador: He served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-65) and U.S. representative to the United Nations (1965-68). GOLDBERG SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1420 Aug 9 John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist, critic: He so dominated the literary scene of his day that it was called the "Age of Dryden;" he was poet laureate, 1668-89. DRYDEN POETS-DRAMA 97 Aug 9 Izaak Walton (1593-1683) English author: He wrote "Compleat Angler," 1676 as well as the biographies of John Dunne and George Herbert. WALTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 584 Aug 9 Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, author, librarian: He gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse; wrote "Jill," 1940 and "High Windows," 1974. LARKIN POETS-DRAMA 1421 Aug 9 Whitney Houston (1963-____) US singer: She won a Grammy, 1986, for top female volcalist; hits include "How Will I Know," 1987; film debut in "The Bodyguard," 1992. HOUSTON ENTERTAINMENT 1635 Aug 10 Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US president (31st), engineer: He was chief Allied relief administrator during WW I; ed the U.S. as president during the early years of the Depression. HOOVER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 128 Aug 10 Anna Julia Cooper (1859-1964) US educator, feminist, writer: She was the fourth African American woman to earn a Ph.D.; her teachings and writings disclosed a modern view of racism and sexism in W. civilization. COOPER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1040 Aug 10 Witter Bynner (1881-1968) US author: He wrote "The Jade Mountain," 1929, translation of Chinese poetry; "Indian Earth," 1929. BYNNER POETS-DRAMA 1431 Aug 11 Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) US lawyer, orator: He was known as "the great agnostic" who popularized the higher criticism of the Bible and humanistic philosophy. INGERSOLL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 138 Aug 11 Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) US politician, conservationist: He pioneered conservation as head of the Forestry Service, 1898-1910, and as governor of PA, 1923-27. PINCHOT SCIENCE-INVENTORS 934 Aug 11 Marilyn vos Savant (1946-____) US columnist, writer: Her IQ of 228 is highest ever recorded; writes column, "Ask Marilyn," in "Parade magazine." SAVANT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1233 Aug 11 Louise A. Bogan (1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic: She wrote "Body of This Death," 1923; "A Poet's AIphahet," 1970. BOGAN POETS-DRAMA 1282 Aug 11 Alex Haley (1921-1992) US novelist, journalist: His historical fiction, "Roots," 1976, depicted the struggles of American blacks and became the most-watched dramatic show in TV history. HALEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1422 Aug 11 Carl Rowan (1925-____) US columnist, journalist, diplomat: He was appointed ambassador to Finland in 1963 and head of the U.S. Information Agency in 1964; first African American to attend Cabinet meetings. ROWAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2323 Aug 11 Angus Wilson (1913-1991) English novelist: His fiction, serious and richly satirical, portrays conflicts in contemporary English social and intellectual life, e.g., "Mulberry Bush," 1955. WILSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2743 Aug 12 Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) US writer, educator: She is recognized as a Mythology expert for "The Greek Way," 1930 and "The Roman Way," 1932. HAMILTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 121 Aug 12 Helena Petrova Blavatsky (1831-1891) Russian author, translator, theosophist: She was co-founder of the Theosophical Society to promote Theosophy, a pantheistic philosophical-religious system. BLAVATSKY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 647 Aug 12 Robert Southey (1774-1843) English author: He is chiefly remembered for his association with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. SOUTHEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 752 Aug 12 Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) US novelist, playwright: She is best known for her mystery stories about Miss Pinkerton; originator of the phrase "The butler did it." RINEHART NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2079 Aug 13 Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) English director: He was the "Master of Suspense" renown for his suspense films, e.g., "North by Northwest," 1959 and "Psycho," 1960. HITCHCOCK ENTERTAINMENT 387 Aug 13 Ben Hogan (1912-____) US golfer: He was the leading golfer in the decade after World War II; he even won after a severe and crippling auto accident. HOGAN SPORTS 870 Aug 13 Fidel Castro (1927-____) Cuban political leader: He led the campaign to overthrww the Batista regime, 1959; prime minister of Cuba 1959-1976; president since 1976. CASTRO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1325 Aug 13 Lucy Stone (1818-1893) US suffragist, feminist: She founded the American Woman's Suffrage Assn; first known woman to keep her own name after marriage. STONE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1550 Aug 13 William Bernbach (1911-1982) US advertising executive, copywriter: He pioneered the subtle, low-pressure advertising that became a hallmark of the agency which he founded, Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. BERNBACH ENTERTAINMENT 1764 Aug 14 John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English author, dramatist: He was best known for his social satire trilogy about a late Victorian man of property in "The Forsyte Saga," 1922. GALSWORTHY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 364 Aug 14 Letitia Landon (1802-1838) English poet, novelist: She wrote of passionate love at a time when women were restricted in their themes; remembered for her high-spirited social life and mysterious death. LANDON POETS-DRAMA 803 Aug 14 Russell Baker (1925-____) US journalist, author, humorist: He was a columnist for the "NY Times;" won a Pulitzer, 1982, for his autobiography, "Growing Up." BAKER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 945 Aug 14 Steve Martin (1945-____) US comedian, actor: His movies have included "Roxanne," "The Jerk," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Father of the Bride," and "Simple Twist of Fate." -- EXCUUUUSE ME! MARTIN ENTERTAINMENT 1964 Aug 14 Molefi Kete Asante (1942-____) US educator: He is a leading proponent of the doctrine of Afrocentricity; chairman of African American Studies at Temple University. ASANTE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2182 Aug 14 Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1959-____) US basketball player: He led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers to five championships in the 1980s. JOHNSON SPORTS 2269 Aug 14 Frederic Raphael (1931-____) English novelist, screenwriter: He is best known for "After the War," and "California Time." RAPHAEL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2413 Aug 15 Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French soldier, emperor: He established the Napoleonic Code, 1804-10 as the French legal system; remembered for his defeat at Waterloo, 1815. BONAPARTE MILITARY 21 Aug 15 Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) US actress: The "First Lady of the American Theatre" starred in "Corn Is Green," 1942; won Oscar for "None but the Lonely Heart," 1944. BARRYMORE ENTERTAINMENT 316 Aug 15 Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Scottish novelist, poet, historian, biographer: He is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel. SCOTT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 747 Aug 15 Edna Ferber (1885-1968) US novelist: Her best-selling novels included "So Big: Show Boat," 1926, "Giant," 1952. FERBER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 798 Aug 15 Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Dutch evangelist: She wrote of her experiences in a WW II concentration camp in "The Hiding Place," 1971. BOOM WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1093 Aug 15 Julia Child (1912-____) US chef, author, TV personality: She is the star of "The French Chef," 1962-83; wrote "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," 1961. CHILD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1104 Aug 15 Linda Ellerbee (1944-____) US broadcast journalist: She is founder and owner of "Lucky Duck Productions," 1987; commentator with NBC news, 1978-86 and CNN, 1989-. ELLERBEE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1123 Aug 15 Lillian Carter (1898-1983) US nurse, first mother: "Bessie" was the mother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter; joined Peace Corps ans served in India at age 68. CARTER HEALTH-MEDICINE 1577 Aug 15 Princess Anne (1950-____) British royalty: She is the daugther of Queen Elizabeth II; noted sportsfigure and Olympic athelete in equestrian sports. PRINCESS ANNE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1892 Aug 15 T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) English soldier, author: "Lawrence of Arabia" spied against Turks in Arabia during WW I; wrote "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom," 1926. LAWRENCE MILITARY 2363 Aug 15 Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) English essayist, critic: He is best known for his "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." QUINCEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2401 Aug 15 Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English playwright, screen writer: His plays include "A Man for All Seasons," 1960; also wrote screenplays for "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962, and Dr. Zhivago, 1965. BOLT POETS-DRAMA 2684 Aug 16 Jean de LaBruyere (1645-1696) French philosopher, writer: "The Theophrastus of France" wrote social satire on characters of Theophraste, 1688. LABRUYERE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 506 Aug 16 Shimon Peres (1923-____) Israeli political leader: He served as prime minister of Israel, 1984-86; in 1993; as foreign minister, he helped negotiate a peace accord with Yasir 'Arafat. PERES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1036 Aug 16 Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) French conductor, educator: She was the first woman to Conduct Boston Symphony and NY Philharmonic. BOULANGER COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1095 Aug 16 Madonna (1958-____) US singer, actress: Her controversial image and works have included the album "Like a Virgin," the book, "Sex," and the movie "Evita," 1996. MADONNA ENTERTAINMENT 1179 Aug 16 Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) US author: He wrote "Post Office," 1971 and "Hollywood," 1989. BUKOWSKI WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1656 Aug 16 Carol Moseley-Braun (1947-____) US politican, lawyer: She was the first black woman to be seated in the U.S. Senate. MOSELEY-BRAUN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2292 Aug 16 E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977) Engish economist, write: He wrote "Small in Beautiful," 1973 and "A Guide for the Perplexed," 1977; his works fused economic philosophy and Christian and Buddhist theology. SCHUMACHER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2541 Aug 17 Mae West (1892-1980) US actress: She is famous for her sex appeal, frankness, and film with W.C. Field, "My Little Chickadee," 1940. WEST ENTERTAINMENT 303 Aug 17 Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) Jamaican political leader: He led the "Back to Africa" movement; founded Universal Negro Improvement Assn., 1914. GARVEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 924 Aug 17 V. S. Naipaul (1932-____) West Indian novelist, journalist: He is noted for satirical portraits of vanishing culture; wrote "A Bend in the River," 1976. NAIPAUL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1423 Aug 17 Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) US sociologist: He followed a socio-psychological approach to the understanding of society. COOLEY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1841 Aug 17 Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish clergyman, naturalist: He attempted to reconcile Christianity and Darwinism; wrote "Natural Law of the Spiritual World" 1883, and "The Ascent of Man," 1894. DRUMMOND SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1941 Aug 17 Davy Crockett (1786-1836) US frontiersman, soldier, politician: "The King of the Wild Frontier" was said to have grinned down bears; was one of the legendary figures to die at the Alamo. CROCKETT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1954 Aug 17 Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837-1914) US educator, diarist: She became the first black teacher to ex-slaves and began her "bequest to humanity," a detailed journal of the Civil War era, published in 1953. GRIMKE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2245 Aug 18 Marshall Field (1834-1906) US merchant: He opened Chicago's Marshall Field Dept. Store, 1881 where he introduced the first in-store restaurant. FIELD BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 541 Aug 18 Brian Aldiss (1925-____) English science-fiction writer: He was a Hugo-winning Science Fiction writer who wrote "Moreau's Other Island," 1980; "Greybeard," 1964, and the "Helleconia" series. ALDISS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 898 Aug 18 Elayne Boosler (1952-____) US comedian: She is a stand-up comedian with four Showtime specials; noted for her sound delivery style. BOOSLER ENTERTAINMENT 1094 Aug 18 Shelley Winters (1922-____) US actress: She won Oscars for "The Diary of Anne Frank," 1959 and "A Patch of Blue," 1966. WINTERS ENTERTAINMENT 1276 Aug 18 Robert Redford (1937-____) US actor, producer, director: His movies have included "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "All the Presidents Men," "The Natural," and "Out of Africa." REDFORD ENTERTAINMENT 1966 Aug 18 Rosalynn Carter (1927-____) US First Lady: As First Lady, and wife of president Jimmy Carter, she was a well known advocate of mental health and Equal Rights Amendment. CARTER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2094 Aug 19 Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) US businessman, statesman: He was advisor to several U.S. presidents and special WW II advisor on war mobilization. BARUCH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 59 Aug 19 Coco Chanel (1883-1971) French fashion designer: She revolutionized post-WW II women's fashions; created Chanel No. 5 perfume, 1924; subject of Broadway musical "Coco." CHANEL ARTISTS 257 Aug 19 Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) US publisher, editor: He was a millionaire publisher of "Forbes" magazine; known for extravagant parties. FORBES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 666 Aug 19 Ogden Nash (1902-1971) US poet: He was noted for off-beat poems like "Candy is Dandy, But Liquor Is Quicker." NASH POETS-DRAMA 1829 Aug 19 Bill Clinton (1946-____) US 42nd president: He was governor of Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; 42nd U.S. president, 1993-2001. CLINTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1983 Aug 19 Orville Wright (1871-1948) US inventor, aviation pioneer: He, with brother Wilbur, were the aviation pioneers who achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight, 1903. WRIGHT SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2436 Aug 19 Bernard Levin (1928-____) British journalist, critic: He was an award-winning newspaper, magazine, and television writer since 1953; his books include "Enthusiasms," 1983. LEVIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2463 Aug 19 Willie Shoemaker (1931-____) US jockey: He was one of the "winningest" jockeys in history with 8,833 wins out of 40,350 starts. SHOEMAKER SPORTS 2601 Aug 19 Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) British philosopher: He was a leading figure in the "Oxford philosophy," or "ordinary language," movement. RYLE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2670 Aug 20 Paul Tillich (1886-1965) German-USA theologian: He was a leading Protestant thinker who brought Christianity and contemporary culture together, e.g., "I Loved a Girl." TILLICH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 224 Aug 20 Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) US poet, journalist: He was noted for homespun verse collections; Hosted Detroit radio show, 1931-42; wrote "Just Folks," 1917 and "Heap O' Livin!," 1916. GUEST POETS-DRAMA 373 Aug 20 Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) US 23rd president: His election was decided by the electoral college even though the popular vote favored Grover Cleveland. HARRISON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1326 Aug 20 Elizabeth Ashley (1941-____) US actress: She won a Tony, 1962; films include "The Carpetbaggers," 1963; played Freida Evans on TV show "Evening Shade," 1990-94. ASHLEY ENTERTAINMENT 1332 Aug 21 Robert Stone (1937-____) US author: He is best known for "A Hall of Mirrors," 1967 and "Children of Light," 1986. STONE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 577 Aug 21 Kenny Rogers (1938-____) US singer, actor: He is a well known country-rock singer whose best songs include "Ruby" and "Lucille" and "Lady." ROGERS ENTERTAINMENT 840 Aug 21 Count Basie (1904-1984) US jazz pianist, composer: He was one of the outstanding organizers of big bands in jazz history; hits include "One O'Clock Jump," 1941. BASIE ENTERTAINMENT 1424 Aug 21 Kim Cattrall (1956-____) English actress: Her film roles have included the films "Mannequin," 1987 and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," 1991. CATTRALL ENTERTAINMENT 2034 Aug 22 Ray Bradbury (1920-____) US science-fiction writer: He is best known for SF stories combining social criticism, e.g., "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles." BRADBURY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 70 Aug 22 Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) US author, poet, journalist, humorist: She was the celebrated caustic wit of the 1920s; wrote "Enough Rope," 1926 and "The Little Hours," 1944. PARKER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 269 Aug 22 Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-____) US military leader: He was the Army General who was responsible for military plan Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Jan-Feb1991. SCHWARZKOPF MILITARY 1390 Aug 22 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) French composer: He was the creator of musical impressionism; wrote piano piece "Claire de Lune," 1905. DEBUSSY COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1425 Aug 22 John Lee Hooker (1920-____) US Blues guitarist: He was especially popular during the 1960s blues revival and influenced many early rock musicians. HOOKER ENTERTAINMENT 2256 Aug 22 Bill Parcells (1941-____) US football coach: He coached the NY Giants to two Super Bowl titles, 1986, 1990; returned from retirement to coach the NE Partriots and now the NY Jets. PARCELLS SPORTS 2435 Aug 23 Will Cuppy (1884-1949) US writer, critic: His satirical "How To" books include "How to Become Extinct," 1941. CUPPY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 494 Aug 23 Peter Thomson (1929-____) Australian golfer: He was the first Australian to win the British Open. THOMSON SPORTS 880 Aug 23 Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883) English economist, reformer: He was noted for his public service activities on behalf of the working class. TOYNBEE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1426 Aug 23 Shelley Long (1950-____) US actress: She played Diane Chambers on TV series "Cheers," 1982-87, winning an Emmy, 1983; films include "Outrageous Fortune," 1986. LONG ENTERTAINMENT 1637 Aug 23 William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) English poet, critic, editor: His journals introduced the early work of many of the great English writers of the 1890s; best known for his poem "Invictus." HENLEY POETS-DRAMA 2739 Aug 24 Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) English essayist, caricaturist, parodist: "The Incomparable Max" wrote many elegant essays; the novel "Zuleika Dobson" 1911, and a pictorial volume of caricatures. BEERBOHM WRITERS(Non-fiction) 20 Aug 24 Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine poet, short-story writer: He was leader of modernist Ultraist literary movement in S. America combining surrealism and imagism. BORGES POETS-DRAMA 68 Aug 24 Shirley Hufstedler (1925-____) US government official: She was first secretary of Education during the Carter administration, 1979-1981. HUFSTEDLER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 800 Aug 24 Jean Rhys (1894-1979) English novelist: She wrote "After leaving Mr. MacKenzie," 1931 and "Good Morning, Midnight," 1939. RHYS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1219 Aug 24 Theodore Parker (1810-1860) US theologian, pastor, scholar: He repudiated much traditional Christian dogma, putting in its place an intuitive knowledge of God derived from man's experience of nature. PARKER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2486 Aug 24 Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) US critic, author: He was assistant editor of the "New Republic," 1929-44; wrote "Flowering of New England" and the autobiographical "Exiles Return," 1934. COWLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2630 Aug 25 William Feather (1889-1981) US author, publisher: He wrote "As We Were Saying," 1921; edited and published "The William Feather Magazine." FEATHER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 362 Aug 25 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) US composer, conductor: He was the immensely popular conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic and best known for "West Side Story," 1957. BERNSTEIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 476 Aug 25 Bret Harte (1836-1902) US short-story writer, verse writer: He was the most influential writer of his time about the American West; wrote "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," and "Miggles." HARTE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1327 Aug 25 Althea Gibson (1927-____) US tennis player: She was the first Afro-American player to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon championships, 1957. GIBSON SPORTS 1540 Aug 25 Walt Kelly (1913-1973) US cartoonist: He created the comic strip "Pogo," 1943 which was nationally syndicated in 1949. KELLY ARTISTS 2495 Aug 25 Brian Moore (1921-1999) Irish novelist: He immigrated to Canada and is best known for his first novel, "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne," 1955. MOORE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2595 Aug 25 John Newton (1823-????) : OR Major General, (Union volunteers), died in 1895, NEWTON 2629 Aug 26 John Buchan (1875-1940) Scottish author, government official: His adventure novels include the classic "Thirty-Nine Steps," 1915. BUCHAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 550 Aug 26 Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Italian explorer: He was the first historically important European discoverer of the New World; his 4 voyages opened the way for European exploration and exploitation. COLUMBUS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1039 Aug 26 Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) US author, dramatist: His stories "Goodbye to Berlin," 1935 became the basis of the play "Cabaret," 1966. ISHERWOOD POETS-DRAMA 1427 Aug 26 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) French novelist, critic: He was an avant-garde writer who coined the term "surrealism," promoted early Cubist painters. APOLLINAIRE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1529 Aug 26 Geraldine Ferraro (1935-____) US politician: She was the first woman nominated for U.S. vice president for Walter Mondale, 1984. FERRARO GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1585 Aug 26 Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-____) US writer: She wrote "Withces, Midwives, and Nurses," 1972. EHRENREICH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2130 Aug 26 Robert Walpole (1676-1745) British statesman: He was generally regarded as the first prime minister, 1721-42; known for his frank, hearty manner and political subtlety. WALPOLE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2659 Aug 27 Confucius (c. 551-479 BC) Chinese philosopher: He was the most influential philosopher in Chinese history; emphasized moral character as the source of social order. CONFUCIUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 19 Aug 27 Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) US producer: He co-founded MGM and well known for his fractured English - "Goldwynisms." GOLDWYN ENTERTAINMENT 119 Aug 27 Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary: She is the famous "Saint of the Gutters" who has devoted her life to caring for lepers and poor in India; awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. TERESA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 222 Aug 27 Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) US president (36th): His domestic improvements were overshadowed by U.S. involvement in Vietnam. JOHNSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 390 Aug 27 Georg Hegel (1770-1831) German philosopher: His philosophical system emphasized history and ideas from thesis to antithesis; influenced Sartre, Marx and others. HEGEL RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 680 Aug 27 Frank Leahy (1908-1973) US football coach: His teams at the University of Notre Dame won 87 games, lost 11, and tied 9, a record second only to that of Knute Rockne. LEAHY SPORTS 1854 Aug 27 Man Ray (1890-1976) U.S. painter, sculptor, photographer: He is remembered as the father of "Surrealism" and for his "rayograph" photography technique RAY ARTISTS 2394 Aug 27 Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) US novelist, editor: His books "Sister Carie," 1900 and "American Tragedy," 1925 were attacked as being immoral. DREISER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2423 Aug 28 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist: He was the greatest figure of the German Romantic period, e.g., "Faust," 1808. GOETHE POETS-DRAMA 117 Aug 28 Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist, philosopher: He is known as one of the world's greatest novelists; wrote "War and Peace," 1865-69 and "Resurrection," 1899. TOLSTOY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 225 Aug 28 Vance Palmer (1885-1959) Australian novelist: His novels, short stories, and plays are noted for disciplined diction and frequent understatement. PALMER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1428 Aug 28 Janet Frame (1924-____) New Zealander novelist, short-story writer, poet: Her works include "Intensive Care" and "Owls Do Cry." FRAME NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1994 Aug 28 Rita Dove (1952-____) US poet, educator: Her poetry in "Thomas and Beulah," was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987; chosen poet laureate at the Library of Congress in 1993. DOVE POETS-DRAMA 2225 Aug 28 Robertson Davies (1913-1995) Canadian author: He was one of Canada's most accomplished writers; best known for Deptford triology. DAVIES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2521 Aug 29 Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) US poet, essayist, scholar: He was noted for witty and warmly humane sketches; First Dean Harvard Med Sch, 1847-53. HOLMES POETS-DRAMA 127 Aug 29 Charles Kettering (1876-1958) US engineer, inventor: "Boss"; invented the electric starter, 1911 and the electric cash register. KETTERING SCIENCE-INVENTORS 146 Aug 29 John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher: His theory of knowledge, e.g., "tabula rasa," and his political philosophy influenced writers of the U.S. Constitution. LOCKE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 159 Aug 29 Charlie Parker (1920-1955) US musician: "Yardbird" was a legendary jazz saxophonist and co-creator of "bebop." PARKER ENTERTAINMENT 446 Aug 29 Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) Belgian dramatist, author: His rhythmic prose dramas are the outstanding works of the Symbolist theatre; "The Blue Bird," 1909. MAETERLINCK POETS-DRAMA 713 Aug 29 Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress: She was one of the most popular actresses from 1940s until her death; won Oscars for Gaslight, 1944; Anastasia, 1956. BERGMAN ENTERTAINMENT 783 Aug 29 Michael Jackson (1958-____) US singer, songwriter: He was the the top multi-platinum record seller of the 80s with "Thriller." JACKSON ENTERTAINMENT 1960 Aug 30 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) English author: She is best known as the creator and author of "Frankenstein," 1818. SHELLEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 294 Aug 30 Ted Williams (1918-____) US baseball player: "The Thumper" was the last baseball player to bat over .400; had .344 lifetime batting average; Hall of Fame, 1966. WILLIAMS SPORTS 1038 Aug 30 Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) US social reformer, civil rights leader: He served as the executive director (1955-77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). WILKINS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1430 Aug 30 Warren Buffett (1930-____) US business executive: He is chairman of "Berkshire, Hathaway, Inc.;" made $1 billion in stock market. BUFFETT BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1655 Aug 30 Shirley Booth (1907-____) US actress: She won an Oscar for her role in "Come Back Little Sheba," 1953; starred in the TV comedy "Hazel." BOOTH ENTERTAINMENT 2058 Aug 30 Denis Healey (1917-____) : OR English politician, , , HEALEY 2583 Aug 30 John Gunther (1901-1970) US journalist: He became famous for his series of sociopolitical books describing "Inside Europe," 1936; also wrote "Death Be Not Proud," 1949. GUNTHER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2612 Aug 31 Maria Montessori (1870-1952) Italian educator, reformer: She originated the Montessori method of education stressing development of initiative and freedom of the child. MONTESSORI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 521 Aug 31 William Saroyan (1908-1981) US writer, novelist, playwright: He won the Pulitzer Prize, 1940, for "The Time of Your Life." SAROYAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 745 Aug 31 Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) US dramatist, lyricist, composer: He was known for collaboration with Loewe including "Gigi," 1958 and "My Fair Lady." LERNER POETS-DRAMA 1429 Aug 31 Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) US political activist, civil rights leader: His early troubles led to prison where he read voraciously and wrote "Soul on Ice" essays; later became Minister of Information of the Black Panthers. CLEAVER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2213 Aug 31 Frank Robinson (1935-____) US baseball player, manager: He was Rookie of the Year, 1956; first Black manager of a major league team; only player to be voted MVP in both National and American Leagues. ROBINSON SPORTS 2319 Sep 1 Kin Hubbard (1868-1930) US journalist, humorist: He created the cartoon character "Abe Martin," a home-cured philosopher, 1906-29. HUBBARD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 131 Sep 1 Lily Tomlin (1939-____) US actress, comedienne: She got her start in "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," but also makes movies, e.g., "9 to 5," 1980 and "All of Me," 1984. TOMLIN ENTERTAINMENT 255 Sep 1 Liz Carpenter (1920-____) US writer, feminist: She was press secretary and staff director for Lady Bird Johnson, 1963-69. CARPENTER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 789 Sep 1 Conway Twitty (1933-1993) US singer, songwriter: "The High Priest of Country Music" began as a rock-n-roll singer, later turned to country music including "Lonely Boy Blue," 1960. TWITTY ENTERTAINMENT 842 Sep 1 Lady Marguerite Blessington (1789-1849) English socialite, writer: She is chiefly remembered for her "Conversations of Lord Byron" and for the intellectual circle which she headed in London. BLESSINGTON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1075 Sep 1 Ann Richards (1933-____) US politician, governor: She was Democratic governor of Texas, I 990-95. RICHARDS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1220 Sep 1 James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) Scottish-USA editor: He shaped many of the methods of modern journalism. BENNETT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1756 Sep 2 Romare Howard Bearden (1914-1988) US artist, collagist: He was America's foremost collagist portraying images common to all cultures. BEARDEN ARTISTS 434 Sep 2 Henry George (1839-1897) US economist, journalist: He was known for his theory of tax on land, described in "Progress and Poverty," 1879. GEORGE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 590 Sep 2 Jimmy Connors (1952-____) US tennis player: He won the US Open four times and Wimbledon two times. CONNORS SPORTS 1433 Sep 2 Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) US teacher: She was the first teacher in space; died in explosion of space shuttle Challenger, 28 Jan 1986. MCAULIFFE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1434 Sep 2 Cleveland Amory (1917-____) US historian, writer: He is a note conservationist and founder of "The Fund for Animals;" wrote "Last Resorts." 1952. AMORY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1525 Sep 2 Eugene Field (1850-1895) US poet, journalist: He is best known for his children's poems. FIELD POETS-DRAMA 1912 Sep 2 James Forten (1766-1842) US businessman: He fought in the Revolutionary War; successful Philadelphia businessman and early proponent of the political convention and abolition movements. FORTEN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2234 Sep 3 Sarah Orne Jewett (1848-1909) US author: She was noted for stories depicting New England countryside charm, e.g., "The Life of Nancy," 1895. JEWETT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 389 Sep 3 Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) US anthropologist, educator, author: He wrote about anthropology for the lay person in eloquent, poetic style; wrote "The Star Thrower," 1949 and "The Unexpected Universe," 1969. EISELEY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1043 Sep 3 Charlie Sheen (1965-____) US actor: He has starred in films "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Platoon," 1986 and "Major League," 1988. SHEEN ENTERTAINMENT 1450 Sep 3 Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891-1995) US dentist: She was a doctor of dental surgery; her autobiography (with sister Sarah), "Having Our Say," was a bestseller. DELANY HEALTH-MEDICINE 2223 Sep 3 Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) US lawyer, educator: He was dean of the law school at Howard Univ; headed the NAACP legal team that began the assault on the nation's system of segregated schools, 1930s. HOUSTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2260 Sep 4 Pindar (c. 518-438 BC) Greek poet: He greatly influenced Western poets as the master of "epinicia," odes celebrating athletic victory. PINDAR POETS-DRAMA 495 Sep 4 Tom Watson (1949-____) US golfer: He won the British Open five times; Masters twice, U.S. Open once. WATSON SPORTS 883 Sep 4 Richard Wright (1908-1960) US novelist, short-story writer: He was among the first black American writers to protest white treatment of blacks, notably in his novel "Native Son," 1940. WRIGHT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 914 Sep 4 Mary Renault (1905-1983) English African novelist: She was best known for her scholarship and her skill in re-creating classical history and legend. RENAULT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1218 Sep 4 Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) French dramatist, poet, actor: He was theoretician of the Surrealist movement; tried to replace "bourgeois" classical theatre with his primitive ceremonies of "theatre of cruelty." ARTAUD POETS-DRAMA 1698 Sep 4 Paul Harvey (1918-____) US broadcast journalist: He is a well known optimistic, opinionated, and colorful radio news commentator, 1957-; syndicated columnist, "LA Times," since 1954. HARVEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1898 Sep 4 Craig Claiborne (1920-____) US editor, author: He was the food editor/columnist for the "NY Times;" wrote "The New York Times Cookbook," 1979. CLAIBORNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2494 Sep 5 Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) Hungarian-English novelist, essayist: He is vest known for his anti-Stalinist novel, "Darkness at Noon", 1941. KOESTLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 149 Sep 5 Will Rogers (1879-1935) US actor, lecturer, humorist: He is remembered as a "Comedy roper" in Ziegfield Follies and a witty columnist, 1926-35. ROGERS ENTERTAINMENT 186 Sep 5 Richard C. Trench (1807-1886) English archbishop, philogist, poet: He was a noted philologist who popularized the study of language: "Study of Words." TRENCH RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 766 Sep 5 Raquel Welch (1940-____) US actress, model: She starred in "One Million Years, BC," 1967; famous for her figure and sexiness; starred on Broadway in "Woman of the Year," 1982. WELCH ENTERTAINMENT 1269 Sep 5 John Cage (1912-1992) US composer, poet, essayist, painter, pianist: His avante-garde, inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas, e.g. with 12-tone scales, profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music. CAGE COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1672 Sep 5 Louis XIV (1638-1715) French ruler: He was King of France, 1643-1715, who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles. LOUIS XIV GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1869 Sep 5 Larry Neal (1937-____) US editor, poet: He edited, with Amiri Baraka, the important anthology "Black Fire," 1968, during the Black Arts Movement. NEAL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2295 Sep 6 Jane Addams (1869-1935) US social worker, suffragist: She founded Hull House, a pioneer N. American social settlement; first U.S. woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize, 1931. ADDAMS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 474 Sep 6 Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) US financier, diplomat: He was the self-made millionaire who founded the Kennedy political dynasty; was ambassador to Great Britain, 1937-40. KENNEDY BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 815 Sep 6 Jeff Foxworthy (1958-____) US comedian: He is the king of "red-neck" humor; star of "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," 1995-____. FOXWORTHY ENTERTAINMENT 1435 Sep 6 Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) US educator, author: She popularized and shaped a conservative ideological movement to both elevate and entrench woman's place in the domestic sphere of American culture. BEECHER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1751 Sep 7 Grandma Moses (1860-1961) US folk painter: She started painting in her late 70s; best known for her documentary paintings of rural life. MOSES ARTISTS 18 Sep 7 George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788) French naturalist: He was the first to develop a theory of geological eras and organic evolution in "Histoire Naturelle," 1749-88. BUFFON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 505 Sep 7 Elizabeth I (1533-1603) English ruler: "Good Queen Bess" ruled Great Britain and N. Ireland, 1558-1603; during her reign England became a world power. ELIZABETH I GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 612 Sep 7 Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) English poet: She wrote a poetry volume entitled "Street Songs," 1943 and a biographical study "English Eccentrics," 1933. SITWELL POETS-DRAMA 1244 Sep 7 Malcolm Bradbury (1932-____) English novelist: His novels reflect changes in university life in past 30 years; "Eating People is Wrong," 1959 and "The History of Man," 1975. BRADBURY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1329 Sep 7 Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) French playwright, novelist, journalist, lawyer: He who wrote for the "theatre de boulevard", a genre meant to entertain middle-class Parisian audiences. BERNARD POETS-DRAMA 1763 Sep 7 Peggy Noonan (1950-____) US writer: She is best known for "What I Saw at the Revolution," 1990. NOONAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2133 Sep 7 Sonny Rollins (1930-____) US Jazz musician: He was a tenor saxophonist who was among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s. ROLLINS ENTERTAINMENT 2322 Sep 7 Al McGuire (1928-____) US collegiate basketball coach: He was a master at game coaching for Marquette. MCGUIRE SPORTS 2493 Sep 8 Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Italian poet: He produced the finest Italian romantic epic, "Orlando Furioso," 1532. ARIOSTO POETS-DRAMA 552 Sep 8 Joaquin Miller (1839-1913) US poet: He wrote several volumes of verse including "Specimens," 1868 and "Pacific Poems," 1870. MILLER POETS-DRAMA 715 Sep 8 Sivananda (1887-1963) Indian physician, sage: SIVANANDA SCHOLARS-HISTORY 749 Sep 8 Duffy Daugherty (1915-1987) US football coach: He was head coach at Michigan State Univ. 1954-72; won national title, 1965. DAUGHERTY SPORTS 847 Sep 8 Grace Metalious (1924-1964) US novelist: She wrote "Peyton Place," 1956 which was adapted into a movie and TV series. METALIOUS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1644 Sep 8 Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) French writer: He was the creator of the grotesque and wild satirical farce "Ubu roi," 1896; (King Ubu), which was a forerunner of the Theatre of the Absurd. JARRY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1836 Sep 8 Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) English poet, soldier, author: He is best known for his semi-authbiographical triology which includes the prize-winning "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man," 1928 SASSOON MILITARY 2561 Sep 8 Claude Pepper (1900-1989) US congressman: He is best known as a champion of the elderly, who served for more than 60 years in public office. PEPPER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2625 Sep 8 Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Scottish theologian, religious leader: He was an influential bishop who offered confidential advise to William and Mary; wrote "History of His Time," 1734. BURNET RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2669 Sep 9 James Agate (1877-1947) English critic, author: He was a veteran theater columnist who wrote a nine-volume autobiography, "Ego," 1935. AGATE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 482 Sep 9 Sonia Sanchez (1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator: She is noted for her black activism; "Homecoming," 1969 was her first volume of poetry; she has taught at Rutgers, Amherst and Temple Universities. SANCHEZ POETS-DRAMA 1042 Sep 9 Paul Goodman (1911-1972) US author, poet, educator: He is noted for his book "Growing Up Absurb," 1960 and play "The Young Disciple," 1955. GOODMAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1328 Sep 9 Mary Austin (1868-1934) US writer, suffragist: She wrote on American Indian culture and social problems in "Land of Little Rain," 1903. AUSTIN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1710 Sep 9 Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) Italian poet, critic, novelist, translator: He introduced many modern U.S. and English writers to Italy. PAVESE POETS-DRAMA 1845 Sep 9 Ivy Baker Priest (1905-1975) US government official: She was U.S. secretary of the Treasury. PRIEST GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1886 Sep 9 Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962) English poet: Hew was noted for simple and mystical lyrics that express a love of nature and a concern for modern man's progressive alienation from it. HODGSON POETS-DRAMA 2570 Sep 9 Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) Ghanian political leader: He was the communist/premier of the Gold Coast who later became, at indepedence, the first president of Ghana, 1960-66. NKRUMAH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2600 Sep 10 Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) English journalist, editor, writer: He edited "Horizon magazine," 1939-50 and wrote "Condemned Playground," 1945. CONNOLLY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 345 Sep 10 Arnold Palmer (1929-____) US golfer: He was the first to win the Masters Tournament four times and the first to earn $1,000,000 in tournament prize money. PALMER SPORTS 869 Sep 10 Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) US author, teacher: His writings range through surveys of literature to novels, biography, and criticism; won Pulitzer for biograhy of Benjamin Franklin, 1938. DOREN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1436 Sep 10 Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) US philosopher, scientist, logician: He was noted for his work on the logic of relations and on pragmatism as a method of research. PEIRCE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1439 Sep 10 Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) Italian-French designer: Her use of accessories and dramatic colours enlivened the fashion scene for 40 years; introduced the padded sshoulder, 1932. SCHIAPARELLI ARTISTS 1618 Sep 10 Georges Bataille (1897-1962) French librarian, writer: His essays, novels, and poetry expressed his fascination with eroticism, mysticism, and the irrational. BATAILLE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1736 Sep 10 Georgia Douglas Johnson (1866-1967) US poet: She was one of the most prominent women poets of the Harlem Renaissance; she published three volumes of poems, including "The Heart of a Woman," 1918. JOHNSON POETS-DRAMA 2271 Sep 10 Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) US newscaster, correspondent, journalist, author: He was best known for his itinerant commentaires for CBS News, Sunday Morning in "On the Road." KURALT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2391 Sep 11 O. Henry (1862-1910) US short-story writer, journalist: William Sidney Porter was a prolific writer of short stories with surprise endings, e.g., "The Gift of the Magi." HENRY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 382 Sep 11 D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist, short-story writer, poet: He is best known for "Lady Chatterley's Lover", 1928 which was banned in the U.S. and England for many years. LAWRENCE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 403 Sep 11 Bear Bryant (1913-1983) US football coach: "The Titan of Tuscaloosa" coached football at Alabama 1958-83; compile 323 wins and six national championships. BRYANT SPORTS 846 Sep 11 Tom Landry (1924-____) US football coach: He was the first coach of Dallas Cowboys, 1960-88; won two Super Bowls. LANDRY SPORTS 859 Sep 11 Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) English-USA journalist: She is best remembered for her best-seller "American Way of Death," 1963. MITFORD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1184 Sep 11 Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) German philosopher: He was known for his contribution to the Frankfurt school of critical theory, which contributed to the German intellectual revival after WW II. ADORNO RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1513 Sep 11 Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) Scottish poet, dramatist: Her plays, mainly in verse, were highly praised at a period when serious drama was in decline; wrote her "Plays on the Passions," 3 vol., 1798-1812. BAILLIE POETS-DRAMA 2088 Sep 11 James Jeans (1877-1946) English Mathematician, astronomer: He is known for his considerable work on kinetic theory of gases, multiple star systems, and radiation. JEANS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2489 Sep 12 H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) US editor, satirist: He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in "The American Mercury," 1924-33. MENCKEN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 168 Sep 12 Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete: He set a world record in the long jump that stood for 25 years and who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. OWENS SPORTS 955 Sep 12 Han Suyin (1917-____) Chinese writer, physician: She writes fiction and nonfiction about Modern China; wrote "Tigers and Butterflies : Selected Writings on Politics, Culture and Society," 1990. SUYIN HEALTH-MEDICINE 1254 Sep 12 Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) French actor, singer: He was the most popular French entertainer of the century; starred in film "Gigi," 1958. CHEVALIER ENTERTAINMENT 1437 Sep 12 Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) English statesman: He was the first Earl of Oxford, 1858-1928, and the Liberal party prime minister, 1908-16. ASQUITH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1702 Sep 12 Stanislaw Lem (1921-____) Polish writer, physician: He scrutinizes ethical questions of modern science and technology in his fantasy satires, philosophical essays, and science fiction; wrote "Solaris." LEM HEALTH-MEDICINE 2043 Sep 12 Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) US newspaperman, author, editor, publisher: He is credited with making the statement "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." WARNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2515 Sep 13 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) Austrian novelist: She is best known for her sensitive portrayals of Austrian life among both the poor and the aristocratic. VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 249 Sep 13 Judith Martin (1938-____) US author, journalist: "Miss Manners" has written a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette, since 1978. MARTIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 262 Sep 13 J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist: He wrote "Angel Pavement," "Literature and Western Man," and "The Edwardians." PRIESTLEY POETS-DRAMA 1438 Sep 13 Jacqueline Bisset (1944-____) English actress: Her films include "Airport," "The Deep," and "Casino Royale." BISSET ENTERTAINMENT 1777 Sep 13 Alain Locke (1886-1954) US philosopher, educator, writer: He is best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance in "The New Negro," 1925. LOCKE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2284 Sep 13 Bill Monroe (1920-1996) US musician, instrumentalist: He was the originator of the Bluegrass style of country popular music; also known as a singer and mandolin player. MONROE ENTERTAINMENT 2492 Sep 13 Larry Speakes (1939-____) US governmental official: He was presidential press secretary for president George Bush. SPEAKES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2648 Sep 14 Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) US journalist, author: He wrote a syndicated column, "Strictly Personnel," from 1944-86. HARRIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 122 Sep 14 Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) Russian physiologist: He discovered conditioned reflex [Pavlovian reflexes] with experiments on dogs; won Nobel Prize, 1904. PAVLOV HEALTH-MEDICINE 727 Sep 14 Margaret Sanger (1883-1966) US nurse, social reformer: She was the leading crusader in U.S. for birth control; opened first clinic which later became Planned Parenthood. SANGER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1440 Sep 14 Allan Bloom (1930-1992) US educator, actor: He wrote the best-seller "Closing of the American Mind," 1987, a damning critique of U.S. higher education. BLOOM SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1785 Sep 14 Kate Millett (1934-____) US writer, sculptor, educator: She is the feminist author who wrote "Sexual Politics," 1970. MILLETT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2074 Sep 15 Francois LaRochefoucauld (1613-1680) French author: He wrote "Maxims," 1665-85; Noted for biting observations on human conduct. LAROCHEFOUCAULD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 90 Sep 15 Agatha Christie (1890-1976) English author, dramatist: She created detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot with sales of 100 million books; her play "Mousetrap" is the longest running in British history. CHRISTIE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 251 Sep 15 Robert Benchley (1889-1945) US humorist: He was noted for his understated comic essays including "From Bed to Worse," 1934. BENCHLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 319 Sep 15 James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) US novelist: He was the first important American novelist; wrote "The Spy," 1821 and "The Last of the Mohicans," 1826. COOPER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 347 Sep 15 Roy Acuff (1903-1992) US singer: "The King of Country Music" sold 30 million records including "Wabash Cannonball;" first living member inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 1962. ACUFF ENTERTAINMENT 822 Sep 15 Sheilah Graham (1904-1988) US columnist: She was a well known gossip columnist; wrote "The Rest of the Story," 1964. GRAHAM WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1587 Sep 15 Fawn M. Brodie (1915-1981) US author: She wrote biographies of Sir Richard Burton, Joesph Smith, Thomas Jefferson; won Knopf biography award, 1943. BRODIE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1812 Sep 15 Claude McKay (1889-1984) Jamaican-US poet, novelist: His "Harlem Shadows" was one of the inaugural works of file Harlem Renaissance; his novels include " Home to Harlem" and "Banana Bottom." MCKAY POETS-DRAMA 2286 Sep 15 Jessye Norman (1945-____) US operatic and concert singer: She is a popular recitalist and recording star who is said to be the inspiration for Beineix's film "Diva;" made her Metropolitan Opera debut, 1983. NORMAN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2298 Sep 15 William Howard Taft (1857-1930) US president (27th ): He was the 27th U.S. president, 1909-13, and tenth chief justice of the U.S., 1921-30. TAFT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2369 Sep 16 Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Canadian-USA educator, author: He described the "The Peter Principle," i.e., promotion within a hierarchy to attain your level of incompetence. PETER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 17 Sep 16 Robert Schuller (1926-____) US evangelist: He was founder and president of "Hour of Power" TV ministry, 1970; wrote "The Be Happy Attitudes," 1985. SCHULLER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 107 Sep 16 Henry St. John Bolingbroke (1678-1751) English statesman: He was a prominent Tory politician and a major political propagandist in opposition to the Whig Party. BOLINGBROKE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 649 Sep 16 Lauren Bacall (1924-____) US actress: She won Tonys for "Applause," 1970 and "Woman of the Year," 1981; once married to Humphrey Bogart. BACALL ENTERTAINMENT 944 Sep 16 Karen Horney (1885-1952) US psychoanalyst, writer: She funded the American Institute of Psychoanalysis, 1941. HORNEY HEALTH-MEDICINE 1156 Sep 16 Clive Bell (1881-1964) English art critic: He helped gain popular acceptance in Great Britain for the art of the Post-Impressionists during the early 20th century. BELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1752 Sep 16 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986) Hugarian-USA biochemist: He was the first to isolate Vitamin C. SZENT-GYORGYI SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1893 Sep 16 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (1950-____) US educator, critic, author: He is the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities at Harvard University; won the American Book Award for "The Signifying Monkey." GATES, JR. SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2240 Sep 16 B. B. King (1925-____) US blues singer, musician: "The King of the Blues" and his guitar "Lucille" created a signature vibrato style; his 50+ albums include "Six Silver Strings," 1985; won 5 Grammys. KING ENTERTAINMENT 2408 Sep 17 William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) US poet: He made the ordinary appear extraordinary by the clarity and discreteness of his imagery, e.g., "Sour Grapes," 1921. WILLIAMS POETS-DRAMA 522 Sep 17 Hank Williams, Sr. (1923-1953) US singer, songwriter: "The Hillbilly Shakespeare" was instrumental in popularizing country-western music with "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "Jambalaya." WILLIAMS, SR. ENTERTAINMENT 843 Sep 17 Mary Stewart (1916-____) English novelist: She wrote a triology about Merlin and King Authur, "The Last Enchantment," 1979. STEWART NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1441 Sep 17 Warren E. Burger (1907-1995) US supreme court justice: He was appoint chief justice by Richard Nixon, 1969; retired 1986; advocated judicial reforms. BURGER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1659 Sep 17 Rita Rudner (1956-____) US comedienne, essayist, actress: She cohosted the TV show "Funny People," 1988; coauthored and actress in film "Peter's Friends," 1993. RUDNER ENTERTAINMENT 1885 Sep 17 Ken Kesey (1935-____) US novelist: He is best known for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1962; adapted to film with Jack Nicholson, 1975. KESEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2647 Sep 18 Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English lexicographer, critic: He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and "Dictionary of the English Language," 1755. JOHNSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 16 Sep 18 Agnes George DeMille (1905-____) US dancer, choreographer: She choreographed musicals "Oklahoma," 1943, "Brigadoon," 1947; won Tonys, 1947. DEMILLE ENTERTAINMENT 794 Sep 18 Debbi Fields (1956-____) US business executive: She is the founder of "Mrs. Fields Cookies, Inc.," 1979. FIELDS BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1077 Sep 18 Greta Garbo (1905-1990) Swedish actress: She became a famed recluse with her "I want to be alone" line in the film "Grand Hotel," 1932. GARBO ENTERTAINMENT 1442 Sep 18 Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) French actress: She won an Oscar for best actress in "It Happened One Night," 1934; also starred in "Cleopatra," 1934. COLBERT ENTERTAINMENT 2063 Sep 19 William Golding (1911-1993) English novelist: He was best known for his allegorical cult novel, "The Lord of the Flies," 1954; won the Nobel Prize in Lit., 1983. GOLDING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 118 Sep 19 Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938-____) South African poet, essayist: His writings and poetry focus on Pan-African liberation as the fruit of informed heroism and compassionate humanism. KGOSITSILE POETS-DRAMA 963 Sep 19 Rachel Field (1894-1942) US children's author: Her writings include the Newberry-winning "Hitty," 1929 and an adult bestseller "All This and Heaven Too," 1938. FIELD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1126 Sep 19 Sarah Louise Delany (1889-199?) US educator: She earned a master's degree in education from Columbia University; her autobiography (with sister Bessie), "Having Our Say," was a bestseller. DELANY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2222 Sep 19 Bergen Evans (1904-1978) US lexicographer, educator: He was an English professor who became the master of ceremonies for the "$64,000 Question;" wrote "Word A Day Vocabulary Builder," 1963. EVANS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2491 Sep 20 Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) US novelist: He championed reform of federal food inspection laws with his muckraking novels, e.g., "The Jungle," 1906. SINCLAIR NOVELISTS(Fiction) 500 Sep 20 Sophia Loren (1934-____) Italian actress: She won an Oscar for "Two Women"; wrote autobiography "Sophia: Living and Loving," 1979. LOREN ENTERTAINMENT 807 Sep 20 Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Macedonian ruler: "The Conqueror of the World" forged the largest western empire of ancient world, from Greece to North India. ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1444 Sep 20 Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952) Australian nurse: She developed a therapy for polio victims, 1933. KENNY HEALTH-MEDICINE 1594 Sep 20 Red Auerbach (1917-____) US basketball coach: His NBA Boston Celtics won nine NBA championships and 1,037 games against 548 losses. AUERBACH SPORTS 1708 Sep 20 Stevie Smith (1902-1971) English poet: She expressed an original and visionary personality in her work, combining a lively wit with penetrating honesty and an absence of sentiment. SMITH POETS-DRAMA 1978 Sep 20 Jelly Roll Morton (c. 1885-1941) US Jazz singer, composer, pianist, bandleader: He was the first great composer of orchestral jazz. MORTON ENTERTAINMENT 2291 Sep 21 H. G. Wells (1866-1946) English writer: He in renown for his science-fiction and imaginative social philosophy, e.g., "Time Machine," 1895. WELLS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 459 Sep 21 Stephen King (1947-____) US novelist, short-story writer: He is the current master of popular horror stories; wrote "Carrie," 1954; "The Shining," 1976; and "It," 1986. KING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1041 Sep 21 Marsha Norman (1947-____) US dramatist: Her work is characterized by honesty, natural dialogue, and broken dramas; won Pulitzer, 1983, for her play "Night Mother." NORMAN POETS-DRAMA 1192 Sep 21 Ethel Percy Andrus (1884-1967) US social activist: She founded the National Retired Teachers Association, 1947 and the Americm Association of Retired Persons, 1958. ANDRUS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1383 Sep 21 Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) US government official: He exercised a strong influence on U.S. foreign policy in the 1930s and 1940s; served in the administrations of five presidents. STIMSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1445 Sep 21 Leonard Cohen (1934-____) Canadian singer, songwriter: His songs include "Death of Ladies Man," "Bird on a Wire," 1969 and "Beautiful Losers," 1966. COHEN ENTERTAINMENT 2712 Sep 22 Philip Dormer Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, author: He typified the 18th-century gentleman; wrote "Letters to His Son," 1774 as a guide to manners and worldly success. CHESTERFIELD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 81 Sep 22 Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English physicist, chemist: He discovered electrolysis and invented both the transformer and electrical generator. FARADAY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 907 Sep 22 Fay Weldon (1931-____) English novelist: Her novels focus on issues in women's lives; "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil," 1983; "Leader of the Band," 1988. WELDON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1270 Sep 22 Alice Meynell (1847-1922) English poet, essayist: Her prose essays were collected in "Colour of Life," 1896; befriended poet Francis Thompson. MEYNELL POETS-DRAMA 1446 Sep 22 Tommy Lasorda (1927-____) US baseball manager: He managed the LA Dodgers to two World Series titles (1981,88; 1,422 regular-season wins in 18 years; retired in 1996. LASORDA SPORTS 2361 Sep 22 David Riesman (1909-____) US sociologist, author: He is most noted for "The Lonely Crowd," 1950, a work dealing primarily with the social character of the urban middle class. RIESMAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2387 Sep 23 Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) US journalist, editor, author: He won Pulitzers 1958, 1962, for his syndicated column, "Today and Tomorrow." LIPPMANN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 158 Sep 23 Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) US sculptor, painter: She was the pioneer creator of large wall, environmental wooden sculpture. NEVELSON ARTISTS 266 Sep 23 Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek dramatist: He wrote approximately 90 tragedies, e.g., "Medea" and "Electra." EURIPIDES POETS-DRAMA 361 Sep 23 Ray Charles (1930-____) US singer, songwriter, musician: He is "The Genius" who helped developed soul, a style which melds gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz music; signature song is "Georgia on My Mind." CHARLES ENTERTAINMENT 435 Sep 23 Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) US social reformer: She worked to improve women's rights and equality for blacks; first president of National Association of Colored Women, 1896-1904. TERRELL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1258 Sep 23 Victoria Claffin Woodhull (1838-1927) US reformer: She championed such diverse causes as woman suffrage, free love, and the Greenback Movement; first woman nominated for U.S. president WOODHULL REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1887 Sep 23 Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) English bishop: He was Bishop of the nonjurors, clergy who refused to take the oaths of allegiance to William III and Mary II in 1689. COLLIER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1914 Sep 23 Mickey Rooney (1920-____) US actor: His noted movies include "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "National Velvet." ROONEY ENTERTAINMENT 1968 Sep 23 Bruce Springsteen (1949-____) US singer, songwriter: He was the top rock star of the 80s; best known for "Born in the USA." SPRINGSTEEN ENTERTAINMENT 2003 Sep 23 Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) Hungarian-born British novelist: She is chiefly remembered as author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," one of the greatest popular successes of the 20th century. ORCZY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2141 Sep 23 John Coltrane (1926-1967) US jazz musician, composer, bandleader: His influence on jazz of the 1960s and '70s was at least as strong as Charlie Parker's had been in the 1940s and '50s. COLTRANE ENTERTAINMENT 2216 Sep 24 Horace Walpole (1717-1797) English novelist, letter writer: He is remembered for his 3,000 charming letters about England. WALPOLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 15 Sep 24 F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) US author: His writings and lifestyle epitomized 1920s "Jazz Age" in "The Great Gatsby," 1925. FITZGERALD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 102 Sep 24 Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911) US poet: She was among the earliest U.S. black writers; wrote anti-slavery verse, 1850s-1860s; co-organized the National Association of Colored Women. HARPER POETS-DRAMA 479 Sep 24 E. Franklin Frazier (1894-1962) US sociologist, educator: His work on black social structure provided insights into and solutions to many of the problems affecting the black community. FRAZIER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2238 Sep 24 A. P. Herbert (1890-1971) English statesman, author: He was a member of parliament, 1935-50; wrote "Secret Battle," 1919. HERBERT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2428 Sep 25 William Faulkner (1897-1962) US novelist: He wrote about a microcosm of the post-Civil War deep South in "The Sound and the Fury," 1929. FAULKNER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 101 Sep 25 Robert Bresson (1917-____) French film director: His motion pictures are intense psychological probings executed in a pristine, formal photographic style. BRESSON ENTERTAINMENT 976 Sep 25 Barbara Walters (1931-____) US broadcast journalist: She was the first woman to co-anchor the "Today" show; well known and famous for her one-on-one interviews. WALTERS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1265 Sep 25 Michael Douglas (1944-____) US actor: His movies include "Fatal Attraction," "Wall Street," and "Jewel of the Nile." DOUGLAS ENTERTAINMENT 2170 Sep 25 bell hooks (1952?-____) US educator, feminist theorist, poet: Born Gloria Watkins, she assumed her great-grandmother's name; became professor of English and Women's Studies at Oberlin. HOOKS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2257 Sep 26 T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) US-English poet, critic, playwright: He dwelled on the theme of emptiness of modern life, e.g., "The Cocktail Party," 1950. ELIOT POETS-DRAMA 99 Sep 26 Robert Lynd (1892-1970) US sociologist: He, with wife Helen, applied cultural anthropology to study of modern Western city in "Middletown," 1929. LYND HEALTH-MEDICINE 161 Sep 26 Marty Robbins (1925-1982) US singer, songwriter: He was a much loved country and western singer-songwriter who is best remembered for "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" and "El Paso." ROBBINS ENTERTAINMENT 839 Sep 26 Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua (1942-____) US Tejana-Chicana poet: She published anthologies "This Bridge Called My Back," 1981; and Making Face/Making Soul," 1990. ANZALDUA WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1083 Sep 26 Jane Smiley (1949-____) US writer: She was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "A Thousand Acres," 1992. SMILEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1246 Sep 26 Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) Italian religious leader: He was the 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78. POPE PAUL VI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2706 Sep 27 Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss writer: He is best known for his "Journal" which is considered a masterpiece of self-analysis. AMIEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 56 Sep 27 Samuel Adams (1722-1803) US revolutionary, statesman: He was leader of the Massachusetts "radicals," and the force behind the Boston Tea Party, 1773; signer of the Declaration of Independence. ADAMS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 933 Sep 27 Edward Westcott (1846-1898) US novelist, banker: His posthumously published novel "David Harum: A Story of American Life," 1898 proved to be immensely popular. WESTCOTT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1447 Sep 27 Clementine Paddleford (1900-1967) US journalist, editor: She was called the "best known food editor" in America, 1953 with12 million estimated weekly readers; known for her vivid descriptions of food. PADDLEFORD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1597 Sep 27 Louis Auchincloss (1917-___) US novelist: He wrote over 30 books including "The Indifferent Children," 1947. AUCHINCLOSS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1707 Sep 27 Sam Ervin (1896-1985) US politician: He was a folksy Democratic senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; best known for his role as the Watergate committee chairman. ERVIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2343 Sep 28 Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French statesman: He was the forceful wartime premier of France, 1917-20; opposed leniency toward Germany after WW I. CLEMENCEAU GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 490 Sep 28 Al Capp (1909-1979) US cartoonist: He created the popular comic strip "Li'l Abner", 1934-1977 which was syndicated in over 900 newspapers. CAPP ARTISTS 502 Sep 28 Brigitte Bardot (1934-____) French actress: She was an international sex symbol best known for "And God Created Woman," 1956; became a conservationist and defender of animal rights. BARDOT ENTERTAINMENT 1058 Sep 28 Stephen Spender (1909-____) English poet, critic: His poems expressing the politically conscience-stricken, leftist "new writing" of the 1930s period. SPENDER POETS-DRAMA 2563 Sep 29 Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) English naval officer: He was commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; won crucial victories and defeated the French at Trafalgar, 1805. NELSON MILITARY 468 Sep 29 Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet: He was the most important figure in Spanish literature; creator of "Don Quixote," 1605, a satirical romance of chivalry. CERVANTES POETS-DRAMA 489 Sep 29 Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) English novelist, short-story writer: She was known for a sympathetic portrayal of the working class, "Cranford," 1853; first biographer of Charlotte Bronte GASKELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 820 Sep 29 Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) Spanish educator, philosopher, author: His essays had considerable influence in early 20th-century Spain. UNAMUNO SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1870 Sep 29 Lech Walesa (1943-____) Polish labor activist, politician: He was a charismatic leader of millions of Polish workers; President of Poland, 1990-; won Nobel Prize for Peace, 1983. WALESA REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1997 Sep 29 Bum Phillips (1923-____) US football player, coach: He coached the Houston Oilers and the New Orlean Saints. PHILLIPS SPORTS 2582 Sep 30 Truman Capote (1924-1984) US novelist, short-story writer: He is best known for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and his journalistic approach with "In Cold Blood." CAPOTE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 335 Sep 30 Elie Wiesel (1928-____) Romanian-USA novelist: His works provide a sober yet passionate testament of the plight of Jews during WW II; awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986. WIESEL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 935 Sep 30 Deborah Kerr (1921-____) Scottish actress: She starred in "From Here to Eternity," 1953, "Tea and Sympathy," 1956, and "The Night of the Iguana," 1964. KERR ENTERTAINMENT 1448 Oct 1 Jimmy Carter (1924-____) US president (39th): He was the 39th U.S. president (1977-81) and the first elected from the deep south. CARTER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 33 Oct 1 Daniel Boorstin (1914-____) US historian: He is an influential social historian and educator known for his 3 volumes on American civilization in "The Americans." BOORSTIN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 513 Oct 1 Julie Andrews (1935-____) English actress, singer, author: She won an Oscar, 1964, for "Mary Poppins;" Oscar nominee for "Sound of Music," 1965; writes children's books as Julie Edwards. ANDREWS ENTERTAINMENT 1081 Oct 1 Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) US novelist: She is remembered as a romantic novelist; wrote "American Family," 1935. BALDWIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1333 Oct 1 Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Russian-USA virtuoso pianist: He was a virtuoso pianist in the Romantic tradition who was known for his flawless technique and an almost orchestral quality of tone. HOROWITZ ENTERTAINMENT 1820 Oct 1 Helen Lawrenson (1904-1982) US editor: LAWRENSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2066 Oct 1 Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) US physician, humorist: He wrote "Keystone of Thought." O'MALLEY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2177 Oct 1 Rufus Choate (1799-1859) US lawyer, politican: He succeeded Daniel Webster in the Senate, 1841-45. CHOATE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2422 Oct 1 Fletcher Knebel (1911-93) US journalist, author: He was a Washington correspondent, 1937-50; wrote "Crossing in Berlin," 1981. KNEBEL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2445 Oct 1 Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970) US religious leader: He was a popular New York City pastor, 1916-61, who broadcast weekly sermons for 35 years. SOCKMAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2616 Oct 2 Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian philosopher: He was known for his fasts and civil disobedience which played a role in the struggle for Indian independence. GANDHI RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 14 Oct 2 Groucho Marx (1890-1977) US comedian: He was the leader of the Marx brother team and famous for his ad-lib insults in his TV show "You Bet Your Life," 1950-1961. MARX ENTERTAINMENT 164 Oct 2 Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) French field marshal: He was supreme commander of Allied forces, 1918; directed final victorious offensive, WW I. FOCH MILITARY 664 Oct 2 Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) English intellectual, conversationalist: She was one of the first "Bluestockings", English women who organized conversation evenings to find a more worthy pastime than card playing. MONTAGU SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1619 Oct 2 Jan Morris (1926-____) English writer, journalist: MORRIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2140 Oct 2 Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) US poet, author: He was noted for subtle verse of reality and imagination; won 1955 Pulitzer for "Collected Poems." STEVENS POETS-DRAMA 2158 Oct 2 Robert Runcie (1921-____) English religious leader: As Archbishop of Canterbury he was titular head of the Anglican Communion, 1980-1991. RUNCIE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2592 Oct 2 Graham Henry Greene (1904-1991) English novelist: He wrote 24 novels including, "The Power and the Glory," 1940, and "The Heart of the Matter," 1948. GREENE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2733 Oct 3 Gore Vidal (1925-____) US novelist, dramatist, critic: He is known for his irreverent and intellectually adroit novels, e.g.,"Burr," 1973 AND "Lincoln: A Novel," 1984. VIDAL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 527 Oct 3 Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) US novelist: He is best known for his first novel, "Look Homeward Angel," 1929. WOLFE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 636 Oct 3 Fulke Greville (1554-1628) English poet: He is best remembered as a powerful philosophical poet and exponent of a plain style of writing. GREVILLE POETS-DRAMA 673 Oct 3 George Bancroft (1800-1891) US historian, author: His comprehensive 10-vol. "History of U.S. origins and development caused him to be called the "father of American history." BANCROFT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 902 Oct 3 Louis Aragon (1897-1982) French poet: One of the founders of French Surrealism, 1924. ARAGON POETS-DRAMA 1533 Oct 3 Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) Italian actress: She was a famed trafedienne who made her debut in New Yord in 1893; was a great rival of Sarah Bernhardt. DUSE ENTERTAINMENT 2012 Oct 3 T. Thomas Fortune (1856-1928) US journalist, editor: He was the leading black American journalist of the late 19th century and editor of the "New York Globe." FORTUNE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2235 Oct 4 Alvin Toffler (1928-____) US author: He is best known for his futuristic views in "Future Shock," 1970 and "The Third Wave," 1980. TOFFLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 528 Oct 4 Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) US president (19th): He brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South and who tried to establish new standards of official integrity. HAYES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1045 Oct 4 Damon Runyon (1884-1946) US journalist, short-story writer: He is best known for his book "Guys and Dolls," 1932 written in the regional slang that became his trademark. RUNYON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1452 Oct 4 Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-____) US musician, museum director: She founded the folk-music group, "Sweet Honey in the Rock," 1973; curator of National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1988-93. REAGON ENTERTAINMENT 1598 Oct 4 Anne Rice (1941-____) US novelist: She wrote " Interview With A Vampire." RICE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1620 Oct 4 Brendan Gill (1914-____) US critic, author: He has been a regular contributer to "The New Yorker" magazine since 1936. GILL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2623 Oct 5 Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French editor, philosopher: He edited the first modern "Encyclopedia," 1745. DIDEROT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 353 Oct 5 Ray Kroc (1902-1984) US businessman, restaurateur: He pioneered the fast-food industry with his worldwide McDonald's enterprise. KROC BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 908 Oct 5 Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886) US president (21st): He was the 21st U.S. president 1881-85; became president after the assassination of James Garfield; supported civil service reform, 1883. ARTHUR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1453 Oct 5 Maya Ying Lin (1959-____) US architect, sculptor: She designed the Vietnam War Memorial, dedicated 1982; also designed the memorial to those who have died in the civil rights movement, 1988. LIN ARTISTS 1621 Oct 5 John Erskine (1879-1951) US educator, musician, novelist: He was noted for energetic, skilled work in several different fields. ERSKINE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1875 Oct 5 Bob Geldof (1954-____) Irish actor, musician, singer: He was the organizer of Live-Aid, which raised $84 million for African famine, 1985; runner-up for Nobel Peace Prize, 1986. GELDOF ENTERTAINMENT 2594 Oct 5 Vaclav Havel (1936-____) Czech playwright, poet, politician: He was a prominent playwright and political dissident under communism, who eventually served as the president of Czechoslovakia, 1989-92. HAVEL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2732 Oct 6 George Lorimer (1867-1937) US editor, writer: He edited the "Saturday Evening Post," and raised its circulation from 1,800 to 3 million, 1899-1936. LORIMER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 408 Oct 6 Shana Alexander (1925-____) US news commentator: She was a liberal commentator, "CBS 60 minutes," 1975-79; wrote "Nutcracker, Money, Madness and Murder." ALEXANDER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 939 Oct 6 LeCorbusier (1887-1965) Swiss architect, city planner: He pioneered functionalist architecture with the use of reinforced concrete and the concept of a house as a "machine for living." LECORBUSIER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1454 Oct 6 Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) US activist: She was a Mississippi sharecropper and organizer of the Mississippi Freedom Party, which challenged the white domination of the Democratic Party. HAMER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2049 Oct 6 Joseph Losery (1924-____) US minister, civil rights leader: He was active in the 1960s civil rights movement as president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference; continues to speak out on political issues. LOSERY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2285 Oct 7 Diane Ackerman (1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker: She is noted for stretching the limits of what poets write about; wrote "The Other Night," 1974. ACKERMAN POETS-DRAMA 285 Oct 7 Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist: He was the major contributor for 50 years to developing quantum physics and established the Bohr theory of the atom. BOHR SCIENCE-INVENTORS 323 Oct 7 Elizabeth Janeway (1913-____) US writer: Her writings include "Powers of the Weak," 1980 and "Cross Sections: From a Decade of Change," 1982. JANEWAY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1162 Oct 7 Desmond Tutu (1931-____) South African religious leader: He was first black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg; won Nobel Prize for Peace, 1984, for his role in the opposition to apartheid. TUTU RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1455 Oct 7 Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934-____) US playwright, poet, novelist, essayist: He wrote of the experiences and anger of black Americans with an affirmation of black life; was also a leading black nationalist. BARAKA POETS-DRAMA 1721 Oct 7 Charleszetta Waddles (1912-____) US nun, writer: WADDLES RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2114 Oct 7 Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) US religious leader: He founded the black separatist religious group "The Nation of Islam," also called Black Muslims; later renamed "World Community of Islam" by his son. MUHAMMAD RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2294 Oct 7 R. D. Laing (1927-1989) English psychiatrist: He was noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia. LAING HEALTH-MEDICINE 2702 Oct 8 John W. Gardner (1912-____) US writer, government official: He was U.S. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare; founded and chaired the "Common Cause," 1970-77. GARDNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 113 Oct 8 Bill Vaughan (1915-1977) US journalist, author: He wrote a nationally syndicated column,"Starbeams." VAUGHAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 235 Oct 8 Edward Rickenbacker (1890-1973) US war hero, airline executive: He won the Medal of Honor in WW I; head of Eastern Airlines, 1938-63. RICKENBACKER MILITARY 738 Oct 8 Rona Barrett (1936-____) US journalist: She has been a gossip columnist since 1957; wrote "Rona Barrett's Gossip," 1974 which sold over one million copies. BARRETT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1558 Oct 8 Jesse Jackson (1941-____) US civil rights leader, minister, politician: He was the first black man to make a serious bid for the U.S. presidency in the Democratic Party's nomination races in 1983-84 and 1987-88. JACKSON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1867 Oct 8 Frank Herbert (1920-1986) US science fiction writer: He is best known for "Dune" and its sequels; won and Nebula, 1965 and Hugo, 1966. HERBERT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2195 Oct 9 John Lennon (1940-1980) English singer, songwriter, musician: He wrote with Paul McCartney, the songs/music of "The Beatles"; their first song was "Love Me Do,"1962. LENNON ENTERTAINMENT 553 Oct 9 Leopold Senghor (1906-____) Senegalese poet, statesman: He was president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. He was a major proponent of a moderate "African socialism." SENGHOR GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 918 Oct 9 Aimee Semple Mcpherson (1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist: She was the most famous evangelist of her day; founder of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; built Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, CA. MCPHERSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1456 Oct 9 Helene Deutsch (1884-1982) US psychoanalyst: She was the Grande Dame of Boston Psychoanalysts. DEUTSCH HEALTH-MEDICINE 2067 Oct 10 Lin Yu-t'ang (1895-1976) Chinese writer: He was a prolific writer in Chinese and English; he founded several Chinese magazines specializing in social satire and Western journalism, 1930s. YU-T'ANG WRITERS(Non-fiction) 248 Oct 10 Helen Hayes (1900-1993) US actress: She was the "First Lady of the American Theater" whose films included "A Farewell to Arms," 1932 and "Airport," 1970. HAYES ENTERTAINMENT 378 Oct 10 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Italian composer: He was the leading opera composer in the 19th c.; his works include "Rigoletto," 1851; "Il trovatore," 1853; "La traviata," 1853. VERDI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1457 Oct 10 Harold Pinter (1930-____) English playwright: He is one of the most complex and challenging post-WW II dramatists; his plays are noted for understatement, e.g., "Homecoming," and "Servant." PINTER POETS-DRAMA 2596 Oct 11 Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) US first lady, social reformer: She was "First Lady of the World", U.S. delegate to U.N., 1945-53, and wrote "It's Up to the Women," 1953. ROOSEVELT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 13 Oct 11 Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) French novelist, essayist, poet, playwright: He was a French Catholic writer who examined the ugly realities of modern life in the light of eternity; won the Nobel Prize for Lit, 1952. MAURIAC NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1046 Oct 11 Joseph W. Alsop, Jr. (1910-1989) US journalist, author: He was a longtime syndicated political columnist known for straightforward but opinionated political reporting; wrote "We Accuse," 1955. ALSOP, JR. WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1458 Oct 12 Jane Sherwood Ace (1905-1974) US actress, comedienne: She starred with husband, Goodman, in radio comedy, "Easy Aces," 1928-1945. ACE ENTERTAINMENT 578 Oct 12 Luciano Pavarotti (1935-____) Italian lyric tenor: He is the outstanding tenor of his generation, noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range. PAVAROTTI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1044 Oct 12 Dick Gregory (1932-____) US comedian, author, political activist: He is noted for social consciousness expressed through fasting and lifestyle; first black comedian to perform for white audiences. GREGORY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1459 Oct 12 Alice Childress (1920-1994) US playwright, actress, director: She was a successful actress and director before becoming a playwright; her plays include "Florence," 1950 and "Trouble in Mind," 1955. CHILDRESS ENTERTAINMENT 1578 Oct 12 Paul Engle (1908-1991) US poet, author: His award-winning writings include "Embrace: Selected Love Poems," 1969 and "Who's Afraid?," 1962. ENGLE POETS-DRAMA 2397 Oct 13 Margaret Thatcher (1925-____) English political leader: "The Iron Lady" was Britain's first woman prime minister, 1979-91. THATCHER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 467 Oct 13 Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) US poet, writer: He was a leader of the "Harlem Renaissance," movement, 1920s; wrote "Black Thunder," 1936 depicting the lives and struggles of black Americans. BONTEMPS POETS-DRAMA 1047 Oct 13 Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) US comedian, satirist, author: He was famous for his off-color material and for using four-letter words in his act; life depicted in the film "Lenny," 1974 starring Dustin Hoffman. BRUCE ENTERTAINMENT 1470 Oct 13 Paul Simon (1941-____) US singer, songwriter: He established his fame as part of "Simon & Garfunkel" with "Sounds of Slence," then continued a solo career of innovative music with "Graceland." SIMON ENTERTAINMENT 2000 Oct 13 J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) US historian, educator, essayist, critic: He a prolific critic and essayist whose works include "To Make a Poet Black," and the autobiography, "No Day of Triumph." REDDING SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2308 Oct 14 William Penn (1644-1718) English colonizer: He was a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, 1682, based on religious, political freedom. PENN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 182 Oct 14 Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander author: She is considered one of founders of modern short story; wrote "Prelude," 1918; "The Garden Party," 1922. MANSFIELD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 261 Oct 14 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) US president, military leader: He was supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in WW II; was U.S. 34th president. EISENHOWER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 358 Oct 14 Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-USA political scientist: She is best known for her critical writing on Jewish affairs and her study of totalitarianism. ARENDT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 777 Oct 14 e. e. cummings (1894-1962) US poet, novelist: He is well known for his eccentric language and typography; wrote "Tulips are Chimneys," 1923 and the autobiographical "The Enormous Room," 1922. CUMMINGS POETS-DRAMA 814 Oct 14 Lillian Gish (1893-1993) US entertainer: She was an early silent film and stage actress; starred in "Birth of a Nation." GISH ENTERTAINMENT 2053 Oct 14 John Wooden (1910-____) US college basketball coach: He coached UCLA to 10 national titles, 1964-65,67-73,75; only member of Basketball Hall of Fame inducted as player and coach. WOODEN SPORTS 2316 Oct 14 W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) US management consultant, statistician, educator: He introduced the revolutionary concept of quality-control methods in industrial production that enabled Japan to become an economic giant. DEMING BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2619 Oct 15 Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher, poet: He was a noted critic of Christianity, conformism and nationalism who wrote "The Birth of Tragedy," 1872. NIETZSCHE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 12 Oct 15 John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-____) US economist, diplomat, author: He was a Harvard professor, 1948-60; Advisor to JFKennedy. GALBRAITH BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 112 Oct 15 Virgil (70 -19 BC) Roman poet: He dominated Latin literature during its golden age; his unfinished epic poem "Aeneid" was about the founding of Rome. VIRGIL POETS-DRAMA 236 Oct 15 P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) English novelist, humorist: He is best known for farces of English gentry; created characters Wooster and Jeeves in "The Inimitable Jeeves," 1924. WODEHOUSE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 244 Oct 15 William Temple (1628-1699) English statesman, author: He was a leader in the ecumenical movement and in educational and labor reforms. TEMPLE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 763 Oct 15 Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) US novelist, poet, essayist: She was an activiist for Native American rights; wrote "Ramona," 1884. JACKSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1546 Oct 15 Italo Calvino (1923-1985) Italian journalist, short-story writer, novelist: His whimsical and imaginative fables made him one of the most important Italian fiction writers in the 20th century. CALVINO NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1677 Oct 15 Lee Iacocca (1924-____) US auto business executive: As president and chairman of the foundering Chrysler Corp., he secured the largest federal financial assistance ever given to a private corporation. IACOCCA ENTERTAINMENT 1857 Oct 15 C. P. Snow (1905-1980) English novelist, scientist, government official: His series of 11 novels, "Strangers and Brothers," depicts stresses of contemporary British life. SNOW NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1889 Oct 15 Mario Puzo (1921-____) US novelist: His works include "Godfather," "Cotton Club," and "Earthquake." PUZO NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2203 Oct 15 Michel Foucault (1926-1984) English historian, philosopher: He was a cultural historian who wrote the award-winning "Madness and Civilization," 1961. FOUCAULT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2545 Oct 16 Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist: He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895. WILDE POETS-DRAMA 195 Oct 16 Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) US dramatist: He was a foremost U.S. dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936; his masterpiece was "Long Day's Journey into Night," 1956. O'NEILL POETS-DRAMA 626 Oct 16 Mary Daly (1928-____) US theologian: She wrote several books and articles on patriarchy and the misogyny of religion; "Gyn/Ecology," 1978. DALY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1110 Oct 16 Sarah Winnemucca (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist: She scouted more than 100 miles of hostile territory for the U.S. army; lectured across the U.S. and petitioned gov't for land to the Paiurtes tribe. WINNEMUCCA SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1275 Oct 16 David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) Israeli political leader: He was the first prime minister, 1948-53, 1955-63, and defense minister, 1948-53; 1955-63, of Israel. BEN-GURION GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1460 Oct 16 William O. Douglas (1898-1980) US supreme court justice: He was the Liberal justice, 1939-1975, best known for his consistent and outspoken defense of civil liberties. DOUGLAS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2472 Oct 17 Arthur Miller (1915-____) US dramatist: He dealt with social and political problems in "Death of a Salesman," 1950 and "The Crucible," 1953. MILLER POETS-DRAMA 529 Oct 17 Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) US actor: He was best known for playing troubled heros: "From Here to Eternity," 1953; "The Misfits," 1961. CLIFT ENTERTAINMENT 1052 Oct 17 Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) English novelist, short-story writer: She was known for her highly romantic tales with luxurious settings and improbable plots; wrote "Three Weeks," 1907; "It," 1927; and "Did She?," 1934. GLYN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1461 Oct 17 Jimmy Breslin (1930-____) US talk show host, columnist, journalist: He is a Pulitzer-winning New York columnist who wrote "Table Money," 1983. BRESLIN ENTERTAINMENT 1803 Oct 18 A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) US journalist, author: He wrote NY city histories and a column for the "New Yorker" called "Wayward Press," 1946-63. LIEBLING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 511 Oct 18 Henri Bergson (1859-1941) French philosopher: He was one of the first "process" philosophers; wrote "Creative Evolution," 1911. BERGSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 592 Oct 18 Mike Ditka (1939-____) US football player, coach: "Hammer" was a five-time all-pro tight end, 1961-72; coached Chicago Bears, 1982-1991 and won Super Bowl 1986; coach of New Orleans Saints, 1997--. DITKA SPORTS 860 Oct 18 Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) US screenwriter, novelist, dramatist: She is best known for her work as a movie scenarist. HURST ENTERTAINMENT 1159 Oct 18 Martina Navratilova (1956-____) US tennis player: She was one of the most dominating women's tennis players in recent times. NAVRATILOVA SPORTS 1190 Oct 18 Wendy Wasserstein (1950-____) US playwright: Her playwright's work details changes in modern womens' lives; "The Heidi Chronicles," 1989. WASSERSTEIN POETS-DRAMA 1267 Oct 18 James Truslow Adams (1878-????) English historian: He won the Pulitzer, 1921, for "Founding of New England." ADAMS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1388 Oct 18 Ntozake Shange (1948-____) US poet, playwright: She wrote the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf," 1977; won Obie. SHANGE POETS-DRAMA 1600 Oct 18 James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish lawyer, biographer: He wrote "Life of [Samual] Johnson," 1791 which is the best-known biography in the English language. BOSWELL WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1793 Oct 18 Terry McMillan (1951-____) US novelist, editor: She is the author of the bestselling novels "Mama," "Disappearing Acts," and "Waiting to Exhale." MCMILLAN POETS-DRAMA 2287 Oct 18 Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) English novelist, poet: He satirized the intellectual tendencies of his day in novels in which conversation predominates over character or plot. PEACOCK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2549 Oct 18 Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-____) Canadian political leader: He was prime minister of Canada, 1969-79, 1980-84; established of diplomatic relations with China, 1970. TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2555 Oct 19 Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English physician, writer: He was best known for his book of reflections, "Religio Medici." BROWNE HEALTH-MEDICINE 329 Oct 19 Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) US urban planner, historian: He analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history. MUMFORD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 936 Oct 19 John LeCarre (1931-____) English novelist: He made George Smiley, antithesis of James Bond, famous in "Call from the Dead," 1962; also wrote "Little Drummer Girl," 1983 and "Perfect Spy," 1986. LECARRE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1462 Oct 19 Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936-____) US educator, anthropologist, college president: She was the first black female president of Spelman College, 1987-. COLE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1565 Oct 19 Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) English poet, writer: He wrote verse "About Ben Adhem," 1834; edited literary periodicals and associated with Byron, Shelley and Keats. HUNT POETS-DRAMA 2714 Oct 20 John Dewey (1859-1952) US philosopher, educator: He was a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the U.S. DEWEY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 352 Oct 20 Stanislaus I (1677-1766) Polish ruler: He was King of Poland (1704-09, 1733) during a period of turmoil with several foreign attempts to dominate Poland. STANISLAUS I GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 758 Oct 20 Joyce Brothers (1928-____) US psychologist, author: She is a syndicated columnist, radio, TV show hostess; wrote "What Every Woman Ought to Know About Love and Marriage," 1984. BROTHERS HEALTH-MEDICINE 786 Oct 20 Art Buchwald (1925-____) US columnist: His column is syndicated in over 550 newspapers; wrote "The Buchwald Stops Here," 1978. BUCHWALD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1652 Oct 20 Bobby Seale (1937-____) US political activist: He co-founded the Black Panther Party, 1966; one of the Chicago Eight, charged with disrupting the 1968 Democratic National Convention. SEALE REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2328 Oct 20 Lewis Grizzard (1946-1996) US writer: He wrote "Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself," 1984 and "Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night," 1989. GRIZZARD WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2503 Oct 20 Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) French poet, adventurer: He identified with the Symbolists and, for a time, associated with Paul Verlaine; wrote "Illuminations." RIMBAUD POETS-DRAMA 2698 Oct 21 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet, critic, essayist: He was a noted poet of Romantic movement; wrote "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," 1798. COLERIDGE POETS-DRAMA 83 Oct 21 Ursula Le Guin (1929-____) US science-fiction writer: She is well known for her science fiction and fantasy, "Left Hand of Darkness," 1969. LE GUIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 804 Oct 21 Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, inventor, philanthropist: He invented dynamite and other, more powerful, explosives; founded the Nobel Prizes. NOBEL SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1463 Oct 21 Leo Burnett (1891-1971) US advertising executive: He founded "Leo Burnett, Co." which is the world's fifth largest advertising agency, 1935-71. BURNETT BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1660 Oct 21 Carrie Fisher (1956-____) US actress, author: She played Princess Lelia in "Star Wars;" appeared in "Blues Brothers," and "Hannah and Her Sisters;" daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. FISHER ENTERTAINMENT 2136 Oct 21 Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) US jazz trumpeter, musician, composer, bandleader: His 1948 concert in Paris established the popularity of jazz in Europe; founder of the modern jazz style known as bebop. GILLESPIE ENTERTAINMENT 2244 Oct 21 Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869) French poet, historian: The "Narcissus of France" was noted for his popular "Meditations poetiques," 1820, which strongly influenced the Romantic movement. LAMARTINE POETS-DRAMA 2407 Oct 22 Timothy Leary (1920-1996) US educator, lecturer, psychologist: He was an outspoken advocate of LSD, 1960s, and recorded "Give Peace a Chance," with John Lennon, 1969. LEARY HEALTH-MEDICINE 404 Oct 22 Doris Lessing (1919-____) English author, playwright: Her works concern people in social and political upheaval;"Children of Violence," 1951-69. LESSING WRITERS(Non-fiction) 805 Oct 22 Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actress: She performed throughout Europe and in America and became one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage. BERNHARDT ENTERTAINMENT 974 Oct 23 Ned Rorem (1923-____) US composer: He won the 1976 Pulitzer for his Bicentennial commission "Air Music," and published many diaries. ROREM COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 530 Oct 23 John Heisman (1869-1936) US football coach: He was one of the greatest innovators of football; legalized the forward pass; originated the center snap and count signals of the quarterback. HEISMAN SPORTS 851 Oct 23 Anita Roddick (1942-____) English businesswoman, social reformer: She founded "The Body Shop" shampoos, lotions, and creams from natural ingredients; uses business as a vehicle for social and environmental concerns. RODDICK BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1225 Oct 23 Johnny Carson (1925-____) US talk show host, comedian: He is famous as a stand up comic and the host of "The Tonight Show," 1962-92 CARSON ENTERTAINMENT 1464 Oct 23 Robert Bridges (1844-1930) English poet: He was noted for his technical mastery of prosody and for his sponsorship of the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins. BRIDGES POETS-DRAMA 1805 Oct 23 Michael Crichton (1942-____) US novelist: His works include "Jurassic Park," "The Great Train Robbery," "Terminal Man," "Rising Sun," and "Congo." CRICHTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1998 Oct 23 Chi Chi Rodriguez (1935-____) Puerto Rican golfer: He is a crowd favorite with his golf club/sword antics; wrote "Chi-Chi's Secrets of Power Golf," 1967. RODRIGUEZ SPORTS 2160 Oct 24 Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet: She was the author of "Mary had a Little Lamb," and the first woman magazine editor in the U.S. HALE POETS-DRAMA 579 Oct 24 Denise Levertov (1923-____) English-USA poet: She writes deceptively matter-of-fact verse; works include "The Sorrow Dance," 1967. LEVERTOV POETS-DRAMA 1051 Oct 24 Paula Gunn Allen (1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer: Her poetry collections include "The Blind Lion," 1974 and "Skins and Bones," 1988. ALLEN POETS-DRAMA 1079 Oct 24 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch biologist: He pioneered lens-grinding and microscopy; discovered protozoa; described bacteria, 1683; studied capillary circulation. LEEUWENHOEK SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1465 Oct 24 Belva Lockwood (1830-1917) US social reformer, lawyer: She was the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1879; effective women's right advocate. LOCKWOOD REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1571 Oct 24 Stephen R. Covey (1932-____) US consultant, author: He is the founder of the Institute for Principle-Centered Leadership; wrote "Executive Excellence," 1984. COVEY BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2474 Oct 25 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter, sculptor: He was a seminal modern artist who, with Braque, founded the Cubist movement, e.g., "Guernica," 1937. PICASSO ARTISTS 11 Oct 25 Thomas B. Macaulay (1800-1859) English author, historian, statesman, poet: He is best known for his "History of England," 5 vol. (1849-61) which covers the period 1688-1702. MACAULAY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 711 Oct 25 Minnie Pearl (1912-1996) US comedienne: Her trademark was a straw hat with price tag hanging on it; appeared on TV's "Hee Haw;" Country Hall of Fame, 1975. PEARL ENTERTAINMENT 837 Oct 25 Anne Tyler (1941-____) US novelist, short-story writer: Her comedies of manners are marked by compassionate wit and precise details of domestic life. TYLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1260 Oct 25 Bobby Knight (1940-____) US college basketball coach: He has been the coach for Indiana University since 1971; known for his tempermental outbursts. KNIGHT SPORTS 2312 Oct 25 John Berryman (1914-____) US poet, writer, educator: His is noted for his almost agonizing self-revealing poetry; known especially for his long poem "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet," 1956; BERRYMAN POETS-DRAMA 2673 Oct 26 Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) US gospel singer: Her works exemplified the links between religious and secular roots of jazz. JACKSON ENTERTAINMENT 556 Oct 26 Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-____) US first lady, author, lawyer: She was a partner in the Rose Law Firm, 1977-92; married Bill Clinton, 1975; wrote "It Takes a Village," 1996. CLINTON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1050 Oct 26 Beryl Markham (1902-1986) English aviator: She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic east to west, 1936; wrote memoirs in "West With the Night," reissued 1983. MARKHAM SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1181 Oct 26 Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) French revolutionary leader, orator: He is often credited as the chief force in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic. DANTON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1466 Oct 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) US president (26th): He led the "Rough Riders" during Spanish-American War, and served as the 26th U.S. president, 1901-09. ROOSEVELT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 187 Oct 27 Fran Lebowitz (1950-____) US journalist: She is a magazine columnist noted for her satirical essays on urban life. LEBOWITZ WRITERS(Non-fiction) 260 Oct 27 Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906-1963) US educator, historian: He was president of Yale University, 1950-1963. GRISWOLD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 372 Oct 27 Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-____) US author: Her books blend Chinese-American history, myth; "The Woman Warrior", 1977. KINGSTON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 395 Oct 27 Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet, writer: His work is known for its comic exuberance, rhapsodic lilt, and pathos; Under Milk Wood, 1954. THOMAS POETS-DRAMA 632 Oct 27 Desiderius Erasmus (1469?-1536) Dutch scholar, philosopher, author: He was a renaissance humanist who advanced reform in Catholic Church; best known for satire "The Praise of Folly," 1509. ERASMUS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 663 Oct 27 Sylvia Plath () US novelist, poet: She wrote confessional verse which was collected in "Ariel," 1965; wrote autobiographical novel, "The Bell Jar," 1962. PLATH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1209 Oct 27 Emily Post (1872-1960) US etiquette authority: She was the authority on social behaviour whose definitive work was "Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage," 1922. POST COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1214 Oct 27 Enid Bagnold (1889-1981) English novelist, playwright: She was known for her broad range of subject and style; wrote "National Velvet," 1935 and the prize-winning play "The Chalk Garden," 1956. BAGNOLD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1714 Dec 27 John Cleese (1939-____) English actor, writer: He is noted for humor based on the senselessness of life; created "Monty Python," 1969. CLEESE ENTERTAINMENT 1928 Oct 27 Ruby Dee (1923-____) US actress: He movies have included "Raisin in the Sun," "Cat People," and "Roots." DEE ENTERTAINMENT 2082 Oct 27 Owen D. Young (1874-1962) US lawyer, businessman: He was best known for his efforts to solve reparations issues after World War I. YOUNG BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2614 Oct 28 Jonas Salk (1914-1995) US microbiologist: He developed the first polio vaccine using dead viruses, 1952-55. SALK SCIENCE-INVENTORS 456 Oct 28 William H. Gates (1955-____) US business executive: He co-founded "Microsoft Corp.", world's largest computer software company, 1975; at age 31 was the youngest person to become a billionaire. GATES BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1049 Oct 28 Bruce Jenner (1949-____) US track athlete, sportscaster: He won the gold medal in decathlon at the 1976 Olympics. JENNER SPORTS 1468 Oct 28 Edith Head (1898-1981) US costume designer: She was the leading Hollywood designer of her time with 1,000 screen credits; won eight Oscars. HEAD ARTISTS 1551 Oct 28 Julia Roberts (1967-____) US actress: Her films include "Pretty Woman," "Mystic Pizza," "Steel Magnolias," "I Love Trouble," and "My Best Friend's Wedding;" first woman on G.Q. mag cover. ROBERTS ENTERTAINMENT 1967 Oct 29 Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) French dramatist, novelist, diplomat: He created an impressionistic drama emphasizing dialogue and style over realism, e.g., "Madwoman of Chaillot," 1945. GIRAUDOUX POETS-DRAMA 74 Oct 29 Fanny Brice (1891-1951) US singing comedienne: She performed satiric sketches of ballet dancers, fan dancers, and "vamp" actresses for many years in the "Ziegfeld Follies." BRICE ENTERTAINMENT 1048 Oct 29 Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) German political leader: He was Minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler; promoted a favourable image of the Nazi regime to the German people. GOEBBELS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1467 Oct 30 Ezra Pound (1885-1972) US poet, critic, translator: He exerted a profound influence on 20th c. literature; wrote "Cantos," 1925-60; indicted for treason, WW II. POUND POETS-DRAMA 205 Oct 30 Paul Valery (1871-1945) French poet, critic: He is best known for his association with the symbolists and his greatest poem "The Young Fate," 1917. VALERY POETS-DRAMA 233 Oct 30 Jean Rostand (1894-1977) French biologist, writer: He was called the "venerable dean of biological generalists," popularized evolutionary theory, genetics and entomology. ROSTAND SCIENCE-INVENTORS 427 Oct 30 John Adams (1767-1848) US president (2nd): "The Atlas of Independence;" 2nd U.S. president; signed "Declaration of Independence,"; drew up "Treaty of Paris," 1793. ADAMS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 594 Oct 30 Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) US actress: She wrote, with her husband, "Adam's Rib," 1952; won Oscar for "Rosemary's Baby," 1968. GORDON ENTERTAINMENT 1145 Oct 30 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Irish dramatist, parliamentary orator: He is best known for "School for Scandal." SHERIDAN POETS-DRAMA 2694 Oct 31 John Keats (1795-1821) English poet: He was one of the foremost Romantic poets whose poems included "Ode on a Grecian Urn." KEATS POETS-DRAMA 10 Oct 31 Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) US author: She was hostess of a celebrated Parisian literary salon, 1920s-1930s; wrote risque memoirs. BARNEY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 947 Oct 31 Chiang Kai-Shek (1886-1975) Chinese soldier, statesman: He headed the Chinese Nationalist government, 1928-49; defeated by Mao Zedong, he withdrew to Taiwan where he retained the office of President. CHIANG KAI-SHEK MILITARY 1469 Oct 31 Dan Rather (1931-____) US news anchorman: He has been the anchor for "The CBS Evening News" since 1981; co-editor of "Sixty Minutes" and host of "48 hours." RATHER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2310 Nov 1 Sholem Asch (1880-1957) US novelist: He was noted for tales of Jewish life and Biblical novels including "The Apostle," 1943 and "Moses," 1951. ASCH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 535 Nov 1 Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) French literary poet, critic: He was a leading literary critic who defined and upheld classical standards in French and English literature; wrote "Art Poetique," 1674. BOILEAU POETS-DRAMA 648 Nov 1 Bill Anderson (1937-____) US singer, songwriter: "Whispering Bill" was a top country music star of 1960s; wrote "Walk Out Backward," 1962 and "Strangers," 1965. ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT 824 Nov 1 Gary Player (1935-____) South African golfer: He was the third golfer (after Sarazen and Hogan) to win the modern golf Grand Slam. PLAYER SPORTS 873 Nov 1 Hermann Broch (1886-1951) German writer: He achieved wide recognition for his "multidimensional novels," with innovative literary techniques to present a wide range of human experience. BROCH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1811 Nov 1 Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) Scottish novelist: Her numerous works include the historcial novel "The Conquered," 1923; and the children's book "Snake," 1976. MITCHISON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2032 Nov 1 Stephen Crane (1871-1900) US novelist, poet, short-story writer,: He is best-known for his novels "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," 1893 and "The Red Badge of Courage," 1895. CRANE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2365 Nov 1 Grantland Rice (1880-1954) US sports columnist, author: He was for many years one of the leading sports authorities; wrote for the "NY Herald Tribune," 1914-30 and "Colliers," 1925-37. RICE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2628 Nov 2 Warren Harding (1865-1923) US president (29th): He was the U.S. president who established the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Naval Academy. HARDING GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 469 Nov 2 Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-____) US justice: She was the first woman chief justice of California. BIRD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1060 Nov 2 James K. Polk (1795-1849) US president (11th): He was the 11th U.S. president, 1845-49; led US in war against Mexico, resulting in the annexation of the Southwest. POLK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1471 Nov 2 Patrick Buchanan (1938-____) US politician: He was director of communication under Reagan, 1985-87; presidential candidate, 1992, 1996. BUCHANAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1651 Nov 2 Marie Antoinette (1755-1795) Austrian ruler: She was the Queen Consort of Louis Xvi of France remembered as being frivolous, imprudent, and prodigal and an enemy of reform. ANTOINETTE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1695 Nov 3 Andre Malraux (1901-1976) French novelist, art historian, public official: He was a hero of French Resistance during WW II and wrote "The Voices of Silence," 1951. MALRAUX NOVELISTS(Fiction) 549 Nov 3 William C. Bryant (1794-1878) US poet, editor: His best known poem was "Thanatopsis," 1811; edited "NY Evening Post." BRYANT POETS-DRAMA 609 Nov 3 Roseanne Barr (1952-____) US actress, comedian: She is a standup comedienne who turned actress in the TV series, "Roseanne," 1988; wrote "Roseanne: My Life as a Woman," 1989. BARR ENTERTAINMENT 1334 Nov 3 Dennis Miller (1953-____) US comedian, TV personality: He was a comic anchorman for "Saturday Night Live" weekend update segments, 1985-81; star of "Dennis Miller Live," since 1996. MILLER ENTERTAINMENT 1472 Nov 3 Larry Holmes (1949-____) US boxer: He won the WBC heavyweight title from Ken Norton, 1978; holds one of the highest records for consecutive wins (48) for a career of 53 to 3. HOLMES SPORTS 2253 Nov 4 Walter Cronkite (1916-____) US broadcast journalist: He was considered the preeminent broadcast journalist in the U.S.; Anchored "CBS Evening News," 1962-1981. CRONKITE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 472 Nov 4 Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) English novelist, playwright, dramatist: His more than 250 works depict rural life, environment of west England; wrote "Children of the Mist," 1898. PHILLPOTTS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1061 Nov 4 James Montgomery (1771-1854) Scottish poet, journalist: He is best remembered for his hymns and versified renderings of the Psalms, which are among the finest in English. MONTGOMERY POETS-DRAMA 1473 Nov 4 Loretta Swit (1937-____) US actress: She played Margaret Houlihan in TV series "M*A*S*H," 1972-83; won Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series 1979-81. SWIT ENTERTAINMENT 1641 Nov 5 Will Durant (1885-1981) US historian, author: He humanized knowledge and speculative thinking; produced, with wife Ariel, 11-volume 1926 Pulitzer winner "Story of Civilization." DURANT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 26 Nov 5 Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist: She wrote 40 volumes of sentimental verse including "Solitude." WILCOX POETS-DRAMA 241 Nov 5 John Berger (1926-____) English painter, teacher, art critic: He began his career as a painter and teacher of drawing; became art critic for the "Tribune," and "New Statesman." BERGER ARTISTS 971 Nov 5 Eugene Debs (1855-1926) US labor organizer: He was the Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. DEBS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1936 Nov 5 James Elroy Flecker (1884-????) : OR English poet/dramatist, (Hassan), , FLECKER 2589 Nov 6 Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909) Italian criminologist, physician, educator: He founded the concept of "the born criminal", but advocated humane treatment in "L'umo delinquente," 1876. LOMBROSO HEALTH-MEDICINE 507 Nov 6 Colley Cibber (1671-1757) English playwright, poet, actor: His play "The Fool in Fashion," 1696, is considered the first sentimental, drama form that dominated the English stage for nearly a century. CIBBER POETS-DRAMA 984 Nov 6 Sally Field (1946-____) US actress: She won Oscars for "Norma Rae," 1979 and "Places in the Heart," 1985. FIELD ENTERTAINMENT 1131 Nov 7 Billy Graham (1918-____) US evangelist: He is known world-wide for his "Billy Graham Crusades,: wrote "The Seven Deadly Sins," 1955. GRAHAM RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 37 Nov 7 Albert Camus (1913-1960) French philosopher, novelist, dramatist: He was a proponent of absurdism philosophy; wrote novel "L'Etranger," 1942; won Nobel Prize in literature, 1957. CAMUS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 77 Nov 7 Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) Austro-German ethologist: He pioneered animal behavior studies and imprinting; shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1973. LORENZ SCHOLARS-HISTORY 203 Nov 7 Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-French chemist: She was renown for her work on radioactivity and discovering polonium and radium; two time winner of the Nobel Prize. CURIE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 401 Nov 7 Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian communist revolutionary: He was a communist theorist and agitator and a leader in Russia's October Revolution, 1917. TROTSKY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1881 Nov 7 Joni Mitchell (1943-____) Canadian singer, songwriter: She was a Hall of Famer folk performer; best known for "Both Sides Now." MITCHELL ENTERTAINMENT 1919 Nov 7 Tom Peters (1942-____) US consultant, author: He wrote "In Search of Excellence," 1982 and "Liberation Management: Necessary Disorganization for the Nanosecond Nineties," 1992. PETERS BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2378 Nov 8 Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) US novelist: She won Pulitzer for her only book "Gone with the Wind," 1936. MITCHELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1073 Nov 8 Dorothy Day (1897-1980) US editor, humanitarian, women's rights advocate: She founded the Catholic Workers Movement, 1933. DAY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1114 Nov 8 Christiaan Barnard (1922-____) South African surgeon: He performed the first human heart transplant operation. BARNARD HEALTH-MEDICINE 1724 Nov 8 Morley Safer (1931-____) Canadian newscaster, correspondent, journalist,: He is best known for his work on "60 Minutes." SAFER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2653 Nov 9 Peter Drucker (1909-____) US writer, educator, management consultant: He was an influential force in business management; wrote "Innovation and Entrepreneurship," 1985. DRUCKER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 96 Nov 9 Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) Russian novelist, short-story writer: He attacked serfdom in simple but powerful style in his masterpiece "Fathers and Sons," 1862; wrote a popular comedy, "A Month in the Country," 1850. TURGENEV NOVELISTS(Fiction) 769 Nov 9 Anne Sexton (1928-1974) US poet: She is noted for her "confessional" verse; won Pulitzer for "Live or Die," 1967; she later committed suicide. SEXTON POETS-DRAMA 1240 Nov 9 Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996) US politician: He was the 39th vice-president of the U.S. under Nixon; only the 2nd person to quit the V-P position (J.C. Calhoun was the first, in 1832). AGNEW GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1512 Nov 9 Carl Sagan (1934-1996) US astronomer: He provided insight in the origin of life by producing amino acids in a mixture of chemicals irradiated by ultraviolet light; wrote "Contact." SAGAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1969 Nov 9 Marie Dressler (1869-1934) Canadian-USA actress: Her heartwarming portrayals of strongly self-sufficient, humorous old women made her one of Hollywood's most popular screen stars during the 1930s. DRESSLER ENTERTAINMENT 1975 Nov 9 Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) US astronomer, inventor, poet: He helped design the city plan of Washington, DC; published an "Banneker's Almanac" annually beginning in 1792. BANNEKER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2183 Nov 9 Bob Gibson (1935-____) US baseball player: He pitched a record thirty-one strike-outs in the 1964 World Series; won the Cy Young Award in 1968, 1970; inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, 1981. GIBSON SPORTS 2243 Nov 10 Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish-British poet, dramatist, author: He is noted for "She Stoops to Conquer," 1773 and "The Vicar of Wakefield," 1766. GOLDSMITH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 120 Nov 10 Martin Luther (1483-1546) German religious reformer: He was the leader of the Protestant Reformation, 1517; Lutheran religion named for him. LUTHER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 160 Nov 10 Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) German dramatist, poet, historian: He was a leading German playwright of Weimar Classicism movement and wrote "Wilhelm Tell," 1804. SCHILLER POETS-DRAMA 214 Nov 10 Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr. (1852-1933) US clergyman, educator, author: He wrote "The White Bees, and Other Poems," 1909. VANDYKE, JR. RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 583 Nov 10 Ninon de Lenclos (1620-1705) French society figure, courtesan: Her beauty and wit attracted famous men of the day; wrote "La Coquette Vengee," 1659. LENCLOS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1563 Nov 10 Kate Seredy (1899-1975) Hungarian children's writer, illustrator: She won the 1938 Newbery Medal for "The White Stag." SEREDY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1599 Nov 10 Richard Burton (1925-1984) Welsh actor: He was a well-known British stage and motion-picture actor; won Tony, 1961, for "Camelot." BURTON ENTERTAINMENT 1663 Nov 10 Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) US poet: He helped to revive poetry as an oral art form by writing and reading compositions with powerful rhythms and an immediate appeal to audiences. LINDSAY POETS-DRAMA 1902 Nov 10 Bill Bryson (1946-____) : OR Evanston Ill, singer, (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), BRYSON 2386 Nov 10 Henry Vandyke (1852-1933) US poet, clergy, educator: He was a popular poet in the early 1900s with "The White Bees, and Other Poems," 1909 and "Chosen Poems," 1927. DYKE POETS-DRAMA 2514 Nov 10 Ernst Fischer (1918-____) German chemist, educator: He was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1973. FISCHER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2668 Nov 11 Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Russian novelist: He was noted for his powerful realistic novels of psychology, e.g., "Crime and Punishment," 1866; "The Idiot," 1869. DOSTOYEVSKY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 95 Nov 11 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-____) US author, journalist: He is known for black-humor novels about the horrors of the 20th century, "Slaughterhouse Five," 1969. VONNEGUT, JR. WRITERS(Non-fiction) 237 Nov 11 Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) US poet, writer, editor: He was best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, "Story of a Bad Boy," 1870. ALDRICH POETS-DRAMA 641 Nov 11 George S. Patton (1885-1945) US army officer, armored-warfare tactician: "Old Blood and Guts" led U.S. forces in during WW II in N. Africa and in the "Battle of the Bulge," 1944. PATTON MILITARY 726 Nov 11 Abigail Adams (1744-1818) US first lady: Her prolific letter writing vividly portrayed the life of the young republic; only woman to be wife of one president and the mother to another. ADAMS GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 897 Nov 11 Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) German-Swiss physician: He established the role of chemistry in medicine; published "Die grosse Wundartzney" ("Great Surgery..."). PARACELSUS HEALTH-MEDICINE 2405 Nov 11 Carlos Fuentes (1928-____) Mexican novelist, playwright, critic, diplomat: His experimental novels won him an international literary reputation; writings include "Our Land," 1974 and "Change of Skin," 1968. FUENTES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2672 Nov 11 William Proxmire (1915-____) US politician: He was a Democratic Sentor from Wisconsin, 1957-88); originator of the Golden Fleece Awards. PROXMIRE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2741 Nov 12 Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) French sculptor: He is best known for his sculptures, e.g., "The Thinker," 1880 and "Le Baiser," 1886. RODIN ARTISTS 487 Nov 12 Roland Barthes (1915-1980) French critic: He was known for his contributions to structural linguistics and New Criticism intellectual movement; wrote "Writing Degree Zero," 1953. BARTHES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 949 Nov 12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) US social reformer, feminist: She co-founded, with Lucretia Mott, the women's rights movement; first president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. STANTON REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1250 Nov 12 Harry A. Blackmun (1908-____) US supreme court justice: He was a moderate/conservative justice appointed by Richard Nixon, 1970. BLACKMUN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1779 Nov 13 Saint Augustine (354-430) Roman religious figure, philosopher: He was considered the founder of Christian theology who wrote "City of God," 413-426. AUGUSTINE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 57 Nov 13 Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) US supreme court justice: "The People's Attorney" was the first Jewish associate justice, 1916-1939; noted for his devotion to free speech. BRANDEIS SCHOLARS-HISTORY 325 Nov 13 Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author, poet, essayist, critic: He is best known for "Treasure Island," "A Child's Garden of Verses," and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." STEVENSON POETS-DRAMA 400 Nov 13 Whoopi Goldberg (1949-____) US actress, comedienne: Her films include "Color Purple," 1985; "Jumpin' Jack Flash," 1986; "Sister Act I and II;" and "Ghost," for which she won an Oscar, 1991. GOLDBERG ENTERTAINMENT 1541 Nov 14 Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian political leader: He was the first prime minister of independent India, 1947-64, and the father of Indira Gandhi. NEHRU GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 179 Nov 14 Claude Monet (1840-1926) French artist: He was an impressionist leader whose painting "Impression: Sunrise" gave group its name. MONET ARTISTS 309 Nov 14 Marya Mannes (1904-1990) US journalist, writer: She was a free-lance write and columnist; wrote "Uncoupling: The Art of Coming Apart," 1973. MANNES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 810 Nov 14 Louise Brooks (1906-1985) US actress: She was noted for her seemingly effortless incarnation of corrupt sensuality in silent-picture roles during the 1920s. BROOKS ENTERTAINMENT 2151 Nov 14 P. J. O'Rourke (1947-____) US humorist, editor: He was editor of "National Lampoon," 1973-1981; wrote "Parliament of Whores," 1991. O'ROURKE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2314 Nov 14 Aaron Copland (1900-1990) US composer: He was one of America's best-known composers whose works include "Billy the Kid," 1938 and the Purlizer-winning "Appalachian Spring," 1944. COPLAND COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2554 Nov 14 Prince of Wales Charles (1948-____) British royalty: He is the first child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip amd the current heir to the British throne. CHARLES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2752 Nov 15 William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet: He is best known for the hymn "Oh for a Closer Walk with God," 1779. COWPER POETS-DRAMA 86 Nov 15 Johann Casper Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss theologian, author: He was an advocate of physiogamy, judging character from facial characteristics. LAVATER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 153 Nov 15 Franklin P. Adams (1881-1960) US journalist: He was a noted columnist for "NY Herald-Tribune" and panelist on radio's "Information Please." ADAMS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 215 Nov 15 Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) US painter: She was one of the founders of Modernism and best known for "Black Iris," 1926 and "Cow's Skull," 1931. O'KEEFFE ARTISTS 268 Nov 15 Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) US supreme court justice: He was associate justice, 1939-62; prominent advocate of judicial self-restraint. FRANKFURTER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 667 Nov 15 Marianne Moore (1887-1972) US poet, editor: She was noted for witty intelligent poems in "Observations," 1924; won Pulitzer for "Collected Poems," 1951. MOORE POETS-DRAMA 1185 Nov 15 J. G. Ballard (1930-____) English novelist: He writes books of surrealistic fiction with apocalyptic themes; wrote the best-selling novel "Empire of the Sun," 1984. BALLARD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1719 Nov 15 Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) English politician: He wa a controversial figure in post-WWar II British politics; one of the finest orators of the time and the architect of the national health service. BEVAN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1769 Nov 15 William Pitt the Elder (1708-????) : OR (Whig) UK PM, (1756-61, 66-68) `Great Commoner', ELDER 2461 Nov 16 Elizabeth Drew (1935-____) US journalist, commentator: She has been a writer with the "New Yorker" magazine since 1973. DREW WRITERS(Non-fiction) 554 Nov 16 Chinua Achebe (1930-____) Nigerian novelist: He described how imposed Western values led to social and psychological disorientation of traditional African society; "Things Fall Apart," 1959. ACHEBE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 890 Nov 16 George S. Kaufman (1889-1961) US dramatist, journalist: "The Great Collaborator" wrote, with Moss Hart, many popular Broadway plays: "You Can't Take It with You," 1936; "The Man Who Came to Dinner," 1939. KAUFMAN POETS-DRAMA 1474 Nov 16 John Bright (1811-1889) English politician, orator: He was active in the early Victorian campaigns for free trade and lower grain prices; co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League. BRIGHT GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1807 Nov 16 Barbara Smith (1846-____) US editor, writer: She was co-founder and publisher of "Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press." SMITH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2045 Nov 16 W. C. Handy (1873-1958) US composer, singer: "The Father of the Blues" integrated the blues idiom into the then-fashionable ragtime; composed the classic "St. Louis Blues." HANDY COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2249 Nov 17 Peter Cook (1937-____) English actor, comedian: He won a Tony for "Beyond the Fringe," 1963; his films included "The Wrong Box," 1966. COOK ENTERTAINMENT 555 Nov 17 William Hastie (1904-1976) US judge, politician: He was the first black Federal Appeals judge, 1949; governor, Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Spingarn winner, 1943. HASTIE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1062 Nov 17 Eugene Wigner (1902-1995) Hungarian-USA physicist: He was the joint winner, with Jensen and Mayer, of the Nobel Prize, 1963, for extensive work on quantum mechanics. WIGNER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1475 Nov 17 Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) US social reformer, lecturer: She was head of the women's department of Sing-Sing, 1840s; instituted penal reforms. FARNHAM REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1622 Nov 18 Clarence Day (1874-1935) US biographer, essayist: His autobiography "Life With Father" was the longest running play in the U.S., 1940-50. DAY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 349 Nov 18 William Gilbert (1836-1911) English dramatist: He collaborated with Sullivan on 14 comic operas, including "Pirates of Penzance," 1880; "The Mikado," 1885. GILBERT POETS-DRAMA 366 Nov 18 Howard Thurman (1900-1981) US educator, theologian: He was the first full-time black professor, Boston U., School of Theology, 1953-65. THURMAN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 450 Nov 18 Margaret Atwood (1939-____) Canadian novelist, poet: She wrote best-selling novel "The Handmaid's Tale," 1986; also wrote "Cat's Eye," 1990. ATWOOD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1084 Nov 18 Dorothy Dix (1870-1951) US journalist, writer: She wrote a syndicated column on advice to the lovelorn, beginning 1896. DIX WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1119 Nov 18 Wilma Pearl Mankiller (1945-____) US-American Indian Cherokee chief: She was the first woman to serve as the chief of a major North American Indian tribe; Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, 1985-87. MANKILLER GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1180 Nov 18 Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883) US abolitionist, reformer: She was a freed slave and noted orator who advocated emancipation and women's rights TRUTH REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1259 Nov 18 William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet, gardener, collector: As a "man of taste," he influenced the trend away from Neoclassical formality in the direction of greater naturalness and simplicity. SHENSTONE POETS-DRAMA 1932 Nov 18 Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) French philosopher: He was respected both for his interpretation of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and for his own Thomist philosophy. MARITAIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2404 Nov 18 Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) English author, painter: He founded the abstract Vorticist movement, which, in painting and literature before WW I, sought to relate art to the industrial process. LEWIS ARTISTS 2730 Nov 19 Billy Sunday (1862-1935) US revivalist, baseball player: He was an urban evangelist who possessed a theatrical mastery of idiomatic language. SUNDAY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 193 Nov 19 James A. Garfield (1831-1881) US president, lay preacher: He was the U.S. 20th president, but was shot in a railway station after only four months in office; died 80 days later. GARFIELD GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 533 Nov 19 Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian political leader: As prime minister she worked for economic planning and social reform; was the daughter of Nehru. GANDHI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 817 Nov 19 Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926-____) US diplomat: She was the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, 1981; resigned, 185. KIRKPATRICK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1168 Nov 19 Dick Cavett (1936-____) US talk show host: He won 3 Emmys for the "Dick Cavett Show," 1968-72; wrote "Cavett," 1974. CAVETT ENTERTAINMENT 1688 Nov 19 Ted Turner (1938-____) US media executive, sportsman: He skippered the "Courageous" to America's Cup win in 1977; owner of owner of superstation WTBS, CNN, TNT, and TCM; 1991 Time Man of Year; TURNER BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2197 Nov 20 Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) US politician, lawyer: He was an aggressive fighter for civil rights and served as U.S. Attorney General, 1961-64. KENNEDY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 145 Nov 20 Alistair Cooke (1908-____) English-USA journalist, broadcaster: He is best known for his lively and insightful interpretations of American history and culture. COOKE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 985 Nov 20 Nadine Gordimer (1923-____) South African novelist: She is noted for her major anti-apartheid themes of exile and alienation in "Burger's Daughter," 1979; won Nobel Prize for Literature, 1991. GORDIMER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1144 Nov 20 Corita Kent (1918-1986) US graphic artist: She is best known for designing the "Love" postage stamp; she was formerly a nun. KENT ARTISTS 1166 Nov 20 R. W. Apple, Jr. (1934-____) US journalist: He was the Washington. DC. bureau chief of the "NY Times," 1993-; author of "Europe: An Uncommon Guide," 1986. APPLE, JR. WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1531 Nov 20 Don Delillo (1936-____) US novelist: His works include "White Noise," 1985, "Libra," 1988 and "Mao II," 1991; won PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1992. DELILLO NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2477 Nov 20 Norman Thomas (1884-1968) US socialist, social reformer: He helped found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and was a frequent candidate for political office including presidential candidate, 1928-48. THOMAS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2631 Nov 20 Bobby Locke (1917-1987) South African golfer: He won the British Open four times. LOCKE SPORTS 2666 Nov 21 Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, poet, novelist, playwright: He attacked tyranny, bigotry and religious fanaticism while working toward political reform; wrote "Candide," 1759. VOLTAIRE RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 194 Nov 21 Marlo Thomas (1938-____) US actress: She starred in "That Girl," 1966-71; won Emmys for "Free to Be You and Me," 1977 and "Nobody's Child," 1986. THOMAS ENTERTAINMENT 1064 Nov 21 Marilyn French (1929-____) US writer: She wrote "The Women's Room," 1977; "The Bleeding Heart," 1980. FRENCH WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1134 Nov 21 Goldie Hawn (1945-____) US actress, comedienne, producer: She won an Oscar for "Cactus Flower," 1969; other films include "Protocol," 1984 and "The First Wives Club," 1996. HAWN ENTERTAINMENT 1476 Nov 21 Jim Bishop (1907-1987) US author, journalist: He was a syndicated columist for 27 years; wrote "The Day Lincoln was Shot," 1955 which sold over 3 million copies. BISHOP WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1776 Nov 22 Charles DeGaulle (1890-1970) French president, politician, military leader: He was an Army general, 1940, who assumed leadership of his country after WW II. DEGAULLE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 91 Nov 22 Andre Gide (1869-1951) French novelist, essayist: He was the founder of the literary journal "Nouvelle Revue Francaise." GIDE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 115 Nov 22 Billie Jean King (1943-____) US tennis player, activist: She is the most famous woman tennis player; promoter of equal pay for women tennis and other sports professionals; won Living Legacy Award, 1985. KING SPORTS 394 Nov 22 George Eliot (1819-1880) English novelist: Mary Ann Evans was the foremost woman novelist of her time, e.g., "Silas Marner," 1861. ELIOT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 399 Nov 22 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English composer: He was the leading British composer of the mid-20th C.; his operas are considered the finest English operas since Henry Purcell in the 17th century. BRITTEN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1810 Nov 22 Rodney Dangerfield (1921-____) US comedian, actor: He "never gets no respect" in his films such as "Chaddyshack," "Back to School," and "Meet Wally Sparks." DANGERFIELD ENTERTAINMENT 2196 Nov 22 Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718) English writer, poet: He was the first to attempt a critical edition of the works of William Shakespeare; became poet laureate in 1715. ROWE POETS-DRAMA 2678 Nov 23 James Thomson (1834-1882) Scottish poet, essayist: He was best known for "The City of Dreadful Night," about his despair of political affairs. THOMSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 580 Nov 23 Alexander Kroll (1938-____) US advertising executive: He is CEO/chairman of Young and Rubicam, one of the largest advertising agencies in the U.S. KROLL BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1065 Nov 23 Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) US president (14th): He was the 14th U.S. president, 1853-57; tried unsuccessfully to end sectional controversy over slavery. PIERCE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1477 Nov 23 Ruth Etting (1897-1978) US singer: She was one of the most popular radio stars of the 1920s-30s; songs include "Love Me or Leave Me," and "Ten Cents a Dance." ETTING ENTERTAINMENT 2038 Nov 23 Gayl Jones (1949-____) US short story writer, novelist: She has a particular interest in black oral culture; her short stories and novels, notably "Corregidora," 1977, capture the black idiom. JONES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2274 Nov 24 Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) US teacher, writer: He was a popular and enduring author on poise and concentration, e.g., "How to Win Friends and Influence People," 1936. CARNEGIE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 463 Nov 24 Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) Dutch philosopher: He was the foremost exponent of 17th-century Rationalism; wrote "Ethics Demonstrated with Geometrical Order," 1674. SPINOZA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 755 Nov 24 Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) English novelist: His stories are subordinate to the free associations and digressions of the novelist, "Tristram Shandy," 1759-67. STERNE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 759 Nov 24 Margaret Anderson (1886-1973) US editor: She founded and edited the literary magazine "The Little Review" which published avant-garde writers, 1914-29. ANDERSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 942 Nov 24 William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-____) US editor: "The Scourge of American Liberalism" edited the "National Review" magazine, 1955-88; wrote "Atlantic High," 1982. BUCKLEY, JR. WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1653 Nov 24 Scott Joplin (1868-1971) US pianist, composer: His "Maple Leaf Rag," 1894, ushered in the era of ragtime; was awarded a special Bi-centennial Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to American-music. JOPLIN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2275 Nov 24 Garson Kanin (1912-____) US playwright, producer: He wrote "Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir," 1971; directed "Funny Girl," 1964. KANIN ENTERTAINMENT 2421 Nov 25 Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) US industrialist, philanthropist: He led the expansion of the steel industry and endowed 2800+ libraries; wrote "The Gospel of Wealth," 1889. CARNEGIE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 79 Nov 25 Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) US actress, opera singer, politician: She was the U.S. delegate to the U.N., 1946; Democratic congresswoman, CA, 1944-50; lost bid for Senate to Richard Nixon. DOUGLAS ENTERTAINMENT 1063 Nov 25 Carry Nation (1846-1911) US social reformer: She was a proponent of temperance and prohibition; famous for using a hatchet to smash saloons. NATION REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1478 Nov 25 Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Roman religious leader: He was the Catholic "Popular Pope," noted for he openess to change. POPE JOHN XXIII RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1830 Nov 25 Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) US naturalist, conservationist, writer, critic.: He wrote for "The Nation," 1924-1951; his varied works included "The Measure of Man," 1955. KRUTCH SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1879 Nov 25 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) US composer, conductor, music critic: His forward-looking ideas stimulated new lines of thought among contemporary musicians. THOMSON COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1927 Nov 25 Shelagh Delaney (1939-____) English playwright: She won critical acclaim, at the age of 19, with the London production of her first play, "A Taste of Honey," 1958. DELANEY POETS-DRAMA 1976 Nov 25 Ben Stein (1944-____) US actor, author, game show host: He is best known as Mr. Cantwell, the science teacher, on "The Wonder Years';" was also MC for "Win Ben Stein's Money." STEIN ENTERTAINMENT 2572 Nov 25 Lewis Thomas (1913-1993) English biologist, essayist: He translated the intricate mysteries of the Earth's biology into a series of finely crafted, award-winning essays. THOMAS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2716 Nov 26 Charles Schulz (1922-2000) US cartoonist: He created Charlie Brown and Snoopy in "Peanuts", and won an Emmy for "A Charlie Brown Christmas," 1966. SCHULZ ARTISTS 498 Nov 26 Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) US mathematician: He established the science of cybernetics, common factors of control and communication in living organisms, automatic machines, and organizations. WIENER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 957 Nov 26 Tina Turner (1938-____) US singer: She wond Grammys for "Proud Mary," 1972 and "What's Love Got to Do With It?," 1984. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT 1479 Nov 26 Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994) Romanian-French dramatist: His one-act "antiplay" "La Cantatrice Chauve," 1949 (The Bald Soprano) inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques including parody and slapstick. IONESCO POETS-DRAMA 1851 Nov 26 Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) US newscaster: He was an eloquent commentator and scholarly writer for CBS News, 1939-77; pioneered a new journalism by introducing opinion/analysis in news reports. SEVAREID WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2192 Nov 27 Gail Sheehy (1937-____) US writer, journalist, editor: She is best known for "Pathfinders: Predictable Crises of Adult Life," 1976. SHEEHY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 217 Nov 27 Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon (1635-1719) French writer, consort: She was the author of essays and letters on education; second wife of Louis XIV of France; DE MAINTENON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1113 Nov 27 James Agee (1909-1955) US novelist, poet: He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for "A Death in the Family." AGEE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1480 Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) US musician, blues & rock guitarist: He was known for his innovative playing of the electric guitar and as a symbol of the 1960s youth counterculture. HENDRIX ENTERTAINMENT 1498 Nov 27 Charles A. Beard (1874-1948) US historian: He is best-known for his iconoclastic studies of the development of U.S. political institutions and the dynamics of socioeconomic conflict and change. BEARD SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1744 Nov 27 Bruce Lee (1940-1973) US martial arts expert, actor: His movies include "Enter the Dragon," and "The Green Hornet's & Batman's Kato." LEE SPORTS 2002 Nov 28 William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, artist, visionary: He created an elaborate mythology of poetry and art; "Songs of Innocence." 1789. BLAKE POETS-DRAMA 66 Nov 28 Madeleine L'Engle (1918-____) US novelist: She won the 1963 Newberry award for "A Wrinkle in Time." L'ENGLE NOVELISTS(Fiction) 150 Nov 28 Rita Mae Brown (1944-____) US writer, playwright: She is best known for "Rubyfruit Jungle," an adventure story of a female Huck Finn named Molly Bolt. BROWN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 328 Nov 28 John Bunyan (1628-1688) English clergyman, author: He was the author of the allegory "Pilgrim's Progress," 1678, which he wrote while in prison. BUNYAN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 331 Nov 28 Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) US drama critic, journalist: He wrote "Once around the Sun," 1951. ATKINSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1704 Nov 28 Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-____) French social anthropologist: He is a leading exponent of structuralism # the analysis of cultural systems (e.g., kinship, mythical systems) in terms of the structural relations. LEVI-STRAUSS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1824 Nov 28 Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) English novelist: She is noted for her witty novels of upper-class life such as "Noblesse Oblige," 1956. MITFORD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1860 Nov 28 Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) German philosopher: He was the closest collaborator of Karl Marx in the foundation of modern Communism; they co-authored the "Communist Manifesto." ENGELS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1895 Nov 28 Carol Gilligan () US writer, researcher: GILLIGAN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2112 Nov 28 Gary Hart (1936-____) US politician: He was the Democratic senator from Colorado, 1975-86; his scandel-ridden bid for the presidential nomination in 1984 rocked the party. HART GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2642 Nov 29 C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) English author, scholar: He wrote Christian apologetic, "The Screwtape Letters," 1942 and children fantasy, "The Chronicles of Narnia," 1954-62. LEWIS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 155 Nov 29 Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) US novelist: Her book "Little Women," 1868. sold millions of copies. ALCOTT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 252 Nov 29 Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) US teacher, philosopher, reformer: He started several innovative schools and wrote "Conversations with Children on the Gospels," 1836-37. ALCOTT SCHOLARS-HISTORY 640 Nov 29 John Ray (1627-1705) English naturalist: He is best known for his contributions to taxonomy. RAY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 737 Nov 29 Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) US abolitionist: His oratorical eloquence helped fire the antislavery cause during the period leading up to the U.S. Civil War. PHILLIPS REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2527 Nov 30 Mark Twain (1835-1910) US novelist, journalist, river pilot: The "Great American humorist" was also known as "The People's Author" and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. TWAIN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 3 Nov 30 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, author, clergyman: He was a noted satirist and Irish hero; best known as the author of "Gulliver's Travels," 1726 SWIFT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 191 Nov 30 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) English statesman, author: He was prime minister, orator and author; inspired and rallied the British people during WW II. CHURCHILL GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 398 Oct 30 Gordon Parks (1912-____) US photographer, director: He was a photographer for "Life" magazine, 1948-72; directed film "Shaft", 1972; won Spingarn, 1972. PARKS ARTISTS 447 Nov 30 Shirley Chisholm (1924-____) US politician, author: She was the first black woman elected to Congress, 1968; Democrat from NY, 1969-83; wrote "Good Fight," 1973. CHISHOLM GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1105 Nov 30 Jacques Barzun (1907-____) French-USA teacher, historian, author: He influenced U.S. higher education by insisting that undergraduates avoid early specialization and be given broad instruction in humanities. BARZUN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1734 Nov 30 Abbie Hoffman (1936-____) US political activist: He founded the Youth International Party (Yippies), who was known for his successful media events. HOFFMAN REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1837 Nov 30 Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English courtier, statesman: He was an Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day. SIDNEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1882 Nov 30 David Mamet (1947-____) US dramatist, playwright, director: His films include "Speed the Plow," and "House of Games." MAMET POETS-DRAMA 2713 Dec 1 Woody Allen (1935-____) US comedian, actor, film director: He is a sophisticated deadpan comic in films about New York, "Annie Hall," 1977 and "Manhattan," 1979. ALLEN ENTERTAINMENT 250 Dec 1 Oliver Herford (1863-1935) US author, illustrator: His self-illustrated books include "Little Book of Bores," 1906. HERFORD ARTISTS 384 Dec 1 Bette Midler (1945-____) US singer, actress: "The Divine Miss M" starred in "Beaches," 1988; "For The Boys," 1992; and "The First Wives Club," 1996; winner of two Grammys, a Tony, and an Emmy. MIDLER ENTERTAINMENT 811 Dec 1 Lee Trevino (1939-____) US golfer: He became an immediate success after joining the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) tour in 1967. TREVINO SPORTS 878 Dec 2 J. Russel Lynes (1910-1991) US author, editor: He was managing editor of "Harpers" magazine and wrote "Snobs," 1950. LYNES WRITERS(Non-fiction) 544 Dec 2 Ruth Draper (1884-1956) US actress: She wrote and performed dramatic monologues such as "Opening a Bazaar, Three Generations." DRAPER ENTERTAINMENT 1067 Dec 2 Sissela Bok (1934-____) Swedish philosopher: He wrote "Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life," 1978 and "Common Values," 1995. BOK RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1337 Dec 2 Georges Seurat (1859-1891) French artist, painter: He devised the pointillist style of painting using tiny dots of color. SEURAT ARTISTS 1482 Dec 2 Nikos Kazantzakis (1885-1957) Greek writer: His prolific output and wide variety of work represent a major contribution to modern Greek literature. KAZANTZAKIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1871 Dec 3 Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Polish novelist, short-story writer: He was considered a master of English prose, e.g., "Lord Jim," 1900 and "Heart of Darkness," 1902. CONRAD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 346 Dec 3 Maria Callas (1923-1977) US opera singer: Her brilliant coloratura singing and powerful dramatic presence brought he acclaim in opera houses around the world. CALLAS COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1066 Dec 3 Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist: Her innovative studies of air, water, food created disciplines of sanitary engineering and home economics; first U.S. woman to earn B.A. in chemistry. RICHARDS SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1481 Dec 3 Jean-Luc Godard (1930-____) French director: He was a founder of French New Wave cinema; his controversial films include "Breathless," 1960 and "Hail Mary," 1985. GODARD ENTERTAINMENT 2598 Dec 4 Samuel Butler (b) (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar: He was known for his ironic, witty semi-autobiographical novel, "Way of All Flesh," and "Erewhon," 1872. BUTLER (B) WRITERS(Non-fiction) 76 Dec 4 Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist, historian: He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote "The French Revolution," 1837. CARLYLE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 78 Dec 4 Rainer M. Rilke (1875-1926) Austro-German poet: He became internationally famous with such works as "Duino Elegies" and "Sonnets to Orpheus." RILKE POETS-DRAMA 627 Dec 4 Amie Comeaux (1976-1997) US country singer: She was a promising young country singer who died tragically in a car accident; her first album was "Moving Out." COMEAUX ENTERTAINMENT 2033 Dec 5 Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) German physicist: He discovered the "uncertainty principle" and wrote "Physics and Philosophy," 1958. HEISENBERG SCIENCE-INVENTORS 457 Dec 5 Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) English poet: She was one of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality; "Goblin Market," 1862. ROSSETTI POETS-DRAMA 741 Dec 5 Joan Didion (1934-____) US screenwriter, author: Her writings include "Democracy," 1984; co-wrote film "A Star is Born," 1976. DIDION ENTERTAINMENT 1116 Dec 5 Walt Disney (1901-1966) US movie, producer: He pioneered animated cartoons; creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Disneyland. DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT 1956 Dec 5 Phil Donahue (1935-____) US TV talk show host: He hosted the "Phil Donahue Show" and "Donahue" since 1967; won Emmys, 1977, 79; wrote "Donahue: My Own Story," 1980. DONAHUE ENTERTAINMENT 2558 Dec 5 Calvin Trillin (1935-____) US journalist, writer: He is well known for his writing in the "New Yorker." TRILLIN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2711 Dec 6 Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) English author: He wrote the novel "Before the Bombardment," 1926 and a five-volume memoir about his eccentric family. SITWELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 538 Dec 6 Steven Wright (1955-____) US comedian: He has been a stand-up comic since 1979; films include "Desperately Seeking Susan," 1985. WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT 921 Dec 6 Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) US poet: He is best known for his nature poems, including "Trees," 1913; killed in WW I. KILMER POETS-DRAMA 1483 Dec 6 Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) US actress: She formed, with husband Alfred Lunt, one of the great stage duos: "O Mistress Mine," 1946 and "The Visit," 1960. FONTANNE ENTERTAINMENT 1586 Dec 6 Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) English-born Canadian pioneer: She wrote a book of instruction for future pioneers # a realistic, insightful account of life in the wilderness in "Roughing It in the Bush," 1852. MOODIE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2149 Dec 6 William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962) US educator, poet, critic: He was one of the first to articulate the canonical works of black letters; taught for more than two decades at Atlanta University. BRAITHWAITE SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2185 Dec 7 Willa Cather (1876-1947) US novelist, short-story writer: She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "One of Ours," 1922; she also wrote "O Pioneers," 1913. CATHER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 80 Dec 7 Heywood C. Broun (1888-1939) US journalist, author: He helped found "The Newspaper Guild," 1934, which presents annual reporting awards in his name; noted NYC newsman, 1908-1940. BROUN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 979 Dec 7 Joyce Cary (1888-1957) English novelist: He developed a trilogy form in which each volume is narrated by one of three protagonists. CARY NOVELISTS(Fiction) 981 Dec 7 Helen Gurley Brown (1922-____) US editor, author: She edited "Cosmopolitan" Magazine, 1965-97; wrote best-selling novel "Sex & the Single Girl," 1962. BROWN WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1098 Dec 7 Larry Bird (1956-____) US basketball player, coach: He was forward for the Boston Celtics, 1980-92 and three-time NBA MVP; coach for Indiana Pacers. BIRD ENTERTAINMENT 1773 Dec 7 Victor Kiam (1926-____) US businessman: He has been president/CEO of "Remington Products," 1979-; former owner of NFL New England Patriots. KIAM BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2416 Dec 7 Noam Chomsky (1928-____) US linguist, political activitist: He founded transformational grammar and Cartesian theory which influenced the development of modern linguistics. CHOMSKY SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2516 Dec 8 James Thurber (1894-1961) US novelist, humorist, cartoonist: He is noted for his whimsical writings, cartoons; best known short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," 1945. THURBER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 223 Dec 8 Horace (65 - 8 BC) Roman poet, satirist: His "Ars Poetica" was used as style handbook by 16th-, 17th-c. neoclassicists. HORACE POETS-DRAMA 397 Dec 8 Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990) US actor, singer, dancer: His sixty year career spanned vaudeville, stage, nightclubs, TV and movies; last movie role in "Tap," 1989. DAVIS, JR. ENTERTAINMENT 1484 Dec 8 Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) Swedish ruler: As Queen of Sweden (1644-54) she stunned all Europe by abdicating her throne. CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1569 Dec 8 Flip Wilson (1933-1988) US comedian, actor: He was a stand up comic with alter egos Geraldine & Reverend Leroy; variety show host of "The Flip Wilson Show." WILSON ENTERTAINMENT 1993 Dec 8 Norman Douglas (1868-1952) Scottish novelist: He was best known for his Caprian novel "South Wind," 1917 and his travel book "Old Calabria," 1915. DOUGLAS NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2505 Dec 9 John Milton (1608-1674) English poet, essayist: He was a master epic poetry; Wrote in four languages including "Paradise Lost," 1676, after losing his sight. MILTON POETS-DRAMA 170 Dec 9 Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) US military leader, mathematician, educator: She was co- inventor of the computer language COBOL and coined the term "bug." HOPPER MILITARY 292 Dec 9 Donny Osmond (1957-____) US actor, singer: He's been an entertainer since the age of 5 ; now stars in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." OSMOND ENTERTAINMENT 819 Dec 9 Tom Kite (1949-____) US golfer: He was player of the year and top career money-winner in 1989; rookie of the year, 1973. KITE SPORTS 882 Dec 9 Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-____) English-USA writer, cartoonist, columnist: He created and syndicated "Pot-Shots,"in more than thirty newspapers; wrote "Be a Good Neighbor and Leave Me Alone," 1992. BRILLIANT WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1808 Dec 9 Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) US editor, short-story writer: He created the folk character Uncle Remus; editor of "Altantic Constitution," 1890-1900. HARRIS WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2402 Dec 9 Louis Kronenberger (1904-1980) US critic, author: He was drama critic for "Time," 1938-61 and theater arts professor at Brandeis University; author of many novels, e.g., "The Grand Manner," 1929. KRONENBERGER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2513 Dec 10 Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) US poet: She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction. DICKINSON POETS-DRAMA 396 Dec 10 George MacDonald (1824-1905) Scottish novelist: He wrote allegories of man's pilgrimage back to God and juvenile fantasy, "At the Back of the North Wind," 1871. MACDONALD NOVELISTS(Fiction) 712 Dec 10 Chet Huntley (1911-1975) US broadcast journalist: He teamed with David Brinkley for nightly newscasts, 1956-70; wrote "Generous Years," 1968. HUNTLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1485 Dec 10 Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) German poet, dramatist: She was transformed by the Nazi experience from dilettante into poignant spokesman for the grief of fellow Jews; won Nobel Prize for Literature, 1966. SACHS POETS-DRAMA 1878 Dec 10 William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) US journalist: He was a crusader who published a newspaper, "The Liberator," 1831-65, and helped lead the successful Abolitionist campaign against slavery. GARRISON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1883 Dec 10 William Plomer (1903-1973) South African-British man of letters: His writings covered many genres: poetry, novels, short stories, anti-racist essays, memoirs, and even opera librettos. PLOMER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1904 Dec 10 Rumer Godden (1907-____) English novelist: She is a prolific writer of children's stories and adult fiction; six novels were adapted for films and TV, including "In This House of Brede," 1975. GODDEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2689 Dec 11 Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-____) Russian novelist: He is well known for his books describing forced labor camps, e.g., "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," 1962. SOLZHENITSYN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 499 Dec 11 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) French composer: He was a Romantic symphony and opera composer best known for "Symphonie Fantastique," 1830. BERLIOZ COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 646 Dec 11 Ellen Key (1849-1926) Swedish writer, feminist: The "Pallas of Sweden" developed advanced ideas on sex, love and marriage, and moral conduct which had wide influence. KEY REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 1167 Dec 11 Max Born (1882-1970) German-British physicist, educator: He won the Nobel Prize for Physics,1954, for his statistical intepretation of the quantum theory. BORN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1486 Dec 11 Grace Paley (1922-____) US writer: She won the 1970 Arts & Letters Award. PALEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2065 Dec 12 Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) French novelist: He was a proponent of Realism and "art for art's sake"; he was prosecuted and acquitted for "Madame Bovary," 1857. FLAUBERT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 363 Dec 12 Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) English physician, poet: He verified the principles of botany in "The Botanic Garden," 1789 and the laws of organic existence in "Zoonomia;" grandfather of Charles Darwin. DARWIN HEALTH-MEDICINE 1068 Dec 12 Lillian Smith (1897-1966) US novelist, educator: She wrote the popular novel "Strange Fruit," 1944, which was banned in Boston. SMITH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1247 Dec 12 Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) US singer, actor: "Ol' Blue Eyes" was regarded as the biggest entertainment attraction in the 20th c.; won Oscar, 1953, for "From Here to Eternity." SINATRA ENTERTAINMENT 1487 Dec 12 Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936) US newspaper editor, writer: He was known as the master of the big, blaring headline and of the atrocity story. BRISBANE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1809 Dec 12 Hermione Gingold (1897-1987) English actress: She starred in "Gigi," and "Music Man." GINGOLD ENTERTAINMENT 2068 Dec 12 John Osborne (1929-1994) English playwright: He revolutionized the British drama by spearheading the "Angry Young Men" movement with his landmark play "Look Back in Anger," 1956. OSBORNE POETS-DRAMA 2724 Dec 13 Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) German poet, critic: His poetry has been used in more than 3000 musical works; wrote "Book of Songs," 1827. HEINE POETS-DRAMA 379 Dec 13 Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) US clergyman: He was an Episcopal minister who said sermon over Abraham Lincoln's body, 1865; wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem." BROOKS RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 608 Dec 13 Emily Carr (1871-1945) Canadian artist, writer: She painted and wrote about British Columbia Indians in "Heart of a Peacock," 1953. CARR ARTISTS 1101 Dec 13 Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) US first lady: She suffered mental instability after her husband's death. LINCOLN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1176 Dec 13 Eleanor Robson Belmont (1879-1979) English-USA actor, writer, nurse: She founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild; associated with Red Cross mor over 25 years; wrote play "Major Barbara" based on her life. BELMONT ENTERTAINMENT 1753 Dec 13 Ella Baker (1903-1986) US civil rights activist: She was a founding member of Young Negroes Cooperative League, Student Non-violent Coordinating Com (SNCC), and the So. Christian Leadership Confer. BAKER REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2047 Dec 13 George P. Shultz (1920-____) US industrialist, political leader: He was appointed the 60th secretary of state in 1982 by a vote of 97-0. SHULTZ GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2357 Dec 14 Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Danish astronomer: He recorded the first exploding star seen in Europe and coined the term "nova." BRAHE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 566 Dec 14 Margaret Chase Smith (1897- 1995) US politician: She was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress; first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party (Republican). SMITH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1070 Dec 14 Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) US novelist: She wrote stories dealing with supernatural in everyday settings, for example, "The Lottery," 1949. JACKSON NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1488 Dec 15 J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) US oil man: He invested in Arab land, struck oil in 1953, founded "Getty Oil Co.," 1956 and became one of the richest men in the world. GETTY BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 365 Dec 15 Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) US poet: She was noted for writing about feminist, social and political problems; "The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser," 1979. RUKEYSER POETS-DRAMA 932 Dec 15 Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) US dramatist: His plays include "Key Largo," 1939 and the Pulitzer-winning "Both Your House," 1933. ANDERSON POETS-DRAMA 1069 Dec 15 Edna O'Brien (1932-____) Irish novelist, pacifist: Her work has been noted for its portrayal of women, evocative description, and sexual candor. O'BRIEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1195 Dec 15 Betty Smith (1896-1972) US novelist: She is best known for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," 1943. SMITH NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2084 Dec 15 Freeman Dyson (1923-____) English physicist, educator: He is noted for his works in the field of mathematical physics; professor at Princeton Univeristy, 1953-94. DYSON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2341 Dec 16 Arthur C. Clarke (1917-____) English science writer, science-fiction writer: He was an early advocate of space flight and cosmic unity; wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968. CLARKE SCIENCE-INVENTORS 82 Dec 16 Noel Coward (1899-1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director: He was noted for sophisticated witty comedies about the spoiled, snobbish rich. COWARD POETS-DRAMA 87 Dec 16 Margaret Mead (1901-1978) US anthropologist, author: She specialized in the study of primitive cultures; wrote "Cooperation and Competition among Primitive Peoples," 1937. MEAD SCIENCE-INVENTORS 167 Dec 16 George Santayana (1863-1952) US philosopher, author, educator, poet: He was a Harvard professor who applied psychological approach to life of the mind in "The Life of Reason," 1906. SANTAYANA RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 189 Dec 16 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) German composer: He was the dominant figure between the Classical and Romantic eras who composed his Ninth Symphony when totally deaf. BEETHOVEN COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 318 Dec 16 John Selden (1584-1654) English jurist, scholar: He was the leading figure in the Antiquarian Society, the center of English historical research during the 17th century. SELDEN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 748 Dec 16 Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist: She was known as the "masterful miniaturist"; wrote "Pride and Prejudice," 1813; "Sense and Sensibility," 1811. AUSTEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 779 Dec 16 Liv Ullmann (1938-____) Norwegian actress, humanitarian: She starred in Ingmar Bergman films; goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 1980. ULLMANN ENTERTAINMENT 1261 Dec 16 V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) English novelist, short-story writer, critic: He was known for his ironic style and his lively portraits of middle-class life. PRITCHETT NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1931 Dec 16 Piet Hein (1905-____) Dutch inventor and poet: HEIN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 2101 Dec 16 Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) US science fiction writer: He is a science fiction author who won the 1962 Hugo award for "Man in the High Castle." DICK NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2519 Dec 17 John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) US poet, essayist: He was a popular rural poet, e.g., "Barbara Frietchie," who devoted his life to social causes and reform. WHITTIER POETS-DRAMA 563 Dec 17 Thomas C. Haliburton (1796-1865) Canadian jurist, author: He created Sam Slick, a resourceful Yankee clock peddler and cracker-barrel philosopher of human nature who appears in "The Clockmaker," 1836-40. HALIBURTON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 675 Dec 17 Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) English chemist: He discovered laughing gas, 1799 as well as calcium and sodium; invented miner's safety lamp, 1815. DAVY SCIENCE-INVENTORS 772 Dec 17 Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908-1984) New Zealander educator, writer, novelist, poet: She was known for her innovative work in adapting traditional British teaching methods to the special needs of Maori children. ASHTON-WARNER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 1575 Dec 17 William Safire (1929-____) US journalist, author: He is a political columnist for the "NY Times," 1973-; speech writer for Richard Nixon; won Pulitzer, 1978. SAFIRE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2167 Dec 17 Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) English actor, theater manager: He was one of the great figures of the English theatre, who became the most successful actor-manager of his time. TREE ENTERTAINMENT 2548 Dec 18 Saki (1870-1916) Scottish short-story writer: H. H. Munro wrote fantastic, witty stories about the Edwardian social scene, e.g., "Not So Stories," 1902. SAKI NOVELISTS(Fiction) 429 Dec 18 Paul Klee (1879-1940) Swiss painter: He was an abstract painter noted for his highly inventive pictorial language of fantastic shapes and exotic colors. KLEE ARTISTS 697 Dec 18 Charles Wesley (1707-1788) English clergyman, poet, hymn writer: He started, with his elder brother John, the Methodist movement in the Church of England. WESLEY RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1489 Dec 18 Steven Spielberg (1947-____) US director, producer: He is famous for imaginative block-buster movies including "Jaws," 1975; "Schindler's List," 1993; "ET," 1982; and "Jurassic Park." SPIELBERG ENTERTAINMENT 1490 Dec 18 Lyman Abbott (1835-1922) US religious leader: He was a leading exponent of the Social Gospel movement. ABBOTT RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1505 Dec 18 Francis Thompson (1859-1907) English poet: He was of the Aesthetic movement of the 1890s; his most famous poem, "The Hound of Heaven," describes the pursuit of the human soul by God. THOMPSON POETS-DRAMA 1853 Dec 18 Betty Grable (1916-1973) US actress: She was a WW II pin-up girl; her marriages included Jackie Coogan and Henry James. GRABLE ENTERTAINMENT 2018 Dec 18 Ossie Davis (1917-____) US actor, playwright, director: He performed in numerous film and stage roles, including the play "Purlie Victorious" which he wrote. DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT 2220 Dec 18 George D. Prentice (1802-1870) US newspaperman, editor, poet: PRENTICE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2447 Dec 18 Ramsey Clark (1927-____) US governmental official: He was the attorney General, 1967-69, undeer Lyndon Johnson. CLARK GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2579 Dec 18 Christopher Fry (1907-____) English dramatist, playwright: He wrote plays "The Lady's Not for Burning," 1949 and "Venus Observed," 1950. FRY POETS-DRAMA 2723 Dec 18 John Webster (c. 1580-1625) English playwright: He is best known for "The White Devil," a play based on the life of Vittoria Accoramboni. WEBSTER POETS-DRAMA 2727 Dec 19 Jean Genet (1910-1986) French dramatist, author: He transformed erotic material into poetic vision, e.g., "Our Lady of the Flowers," 1942 which was a cult classic. GENET NOVELISTS(Fiction) 473 Dec 19 Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) US historian, editor: He opened and popularized the long-neglected field of black studies to scholars and also popularized; wrote "The African Background Outlined," 1936. WOODSON SCHOLARS-HISTORY 913 Dec 19 Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982) Russian political leader: He was leader of the Soviet Union and head of the Soviet Communist Party, 1964-1982. BREZHNEV GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1491 Dec 19 Mary Ashton Livermore (1820-1905) US journalist, social reformer, lecturer: She edited "The Agitator," 1869 and "Woman's Journal," 1870-72; lectured for 25 years for temperance and suffrage. LIVERMORE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1625 Dec 19 Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865-1932) US actress: She was one of the leading exemplars of realism on the American stage, especially through her performances in plays by Henrik Ibsen. FISKE ENTERTAINMENT 1626 Dec 19 Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920) US novelist: She is best remembered as the author of "Polyanna," 1912. PORTER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1627 Dec 19 Ralph Richardson (1902-1983) British stage, motion-picture actor: He starred in "Anna Karenina," and "Dr Zhivago;" knighted in 1947. RICHARDSON ENTERTAINMENT 2657 Dec 20 Suzanne K. Langer (1895-1985) US philosopher: Her book "Philosophy in a New Key" was Harvard Univ. Press' all-time best-seller. LANGER RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 509 Dec 20 Max Lerner (1902-1992) US political columnist, educator: He was an influential spokesman for liberal political and economic views. LERNER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 931 Dec 20 Branch Rickey (1881-1965) US baseball player, manager, executive: He devised the farm system of training ballplayers, 1919; broke the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, 1946. RICKEY SPORTS 1492 Dec 20 Hortense Calisher (1911-____) US writer: She received an Arts & Letters award in1967. CALISHER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2069 Dec 20 Harvey S. Firestone (1868-1938) US industrialist: He established the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, a major U.S. tire manufacturer. FIRESTONE BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 2315 Dec 20 John Fletcher (1579-1625) English dramatist, author: He collaborated with Francis Beaumont in famed partnership; sold 16 plays. FLETCHER POETS-DRAMA 2645 Dec 20 Robert Menzies (1894-1978) Australian political leader: As prime minister, 1939-41, 1949-66, he strengthened military ties with the United States and fostered industrial growth and immigration from Europe. MENZIES GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2685 Dec 21 Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English statesman, novelist: He founded the modern Conservative party and was prime minister in 1868 and from 1874-80. DISRAELI GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 314 Dec 21 Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Russian political leader: He was successor of Lenin who was dictator, 1929-53; tried to establish socialism by force and terror. STALIN GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 630 Dec 21 Joe Paterno (1926-____) US football coach: He is head coach at Penn. State, 1966-; won several national championships. PATERNO SPORTS 725 Dec 21 Walter Hagen (1892-1969) US golfer: He is credited, through his skill, self-confidence and dress, with doing more than any other golfer to raise the social standing of his profession. HAGEN SPORTS 885 Dec 21 James Allen (1849-1925) US novelist: He popularized Blue Grass Kentucky life in novels "Kentucky Cardinal," 1894 and "Choir Invisible," 1897. ALLEN NOVELISTS(Fiction) 941 Dec 21 Chris Evert Lloyd (1954-____) US tennis player: She was ranked number one, 1972-1978; won 18 Grand Slam singles titles; first woman to reach $1 million in career tournament earnings. EVERT LLOYD SPORTS 1125 Dec 21 Jane Fonda (1937-____) US actress, political activist: She won Oscars for "Klute," 1971 and "Coming Home," 1978; wrote "Jane Fonda's Workout Book, 1982; star of many fitness videos. FONDA ENTERTAINMENT 1133 Dec 21 Anthony Powell (1905-____) English novelist: He is best known for his autobiographical and satiric 12-volume series of novels, "A Dance to the Music of Time." POWELL NOVELISTS(Fiction) 1946 Dec 21 Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-1998) US track athlete: "Flojo" set world records in 100 and 200 meters in 1988; won 3 gold medals at the '88 Olympics. JOYNER SPORTS 2108 Dec 21 Frank Zappa (1940-1993) US singer, guitarist, philosopher, actor: He was the lead guitarist of "Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention;" now has a planet in the galaxy, Zappafrank, named in his memory. ZAPPA ENTERTAINMENT 2377 Dec 22 Thomas W. Higginson (1823-1911) US clergyman, author: He was a Unitarian minister and abolitionist who led the first colored regiment in the Civil War. HIGGINSON RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 567 Dec 22 Edwin A. Robinson (1869-1935) US poet: His Pulitzer prize winners included "Collected Poems," 1921; "Man Who Died Twice," 1924. ROBINSON POETS-DRAMA 740 Dec 22 Lady Bird Johnson (1912-____) US first lady: She was noted as an environmentalist and beautification activist who promoted national conservation programs; wrote "White House Diary," 1971. JOHNSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 1163 Dec 22 Diane Sawyer (1945-____) US broadcast journalist: She was the first female correspondent on TV's "60 Minutes," 1984-89; host of "Prime Time Live," 1989-; co-anchor of "Day One" and "Turning Point." SAWYER WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1234 Dec 22 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Italian composer: He wrote many operas with exotic settings including "La Boheme," 1896 and "Madame Butterfly," 1904. PUCCINI COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 2161 Dec 23 Robert Bly (1926-____) US poet: He was a leading figure in the revolt against rhetoric in poetry; wrote "The Light Around the Body," 1968. BLY POETS-DRAMA 568 Dec 23 Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Scottish author: He was best known for "Self-Help," 1859 which enshrined the Victorian values associated with the "gospel of work." SMILES NOVELISTS(Fiction) 750 Dec 23 Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) US editor, poet: She founded and edited "Poetry: A magazine of Verse," 1912-36 which championed modern, new verse, poetry. MONROE POETS-DRAMA 1493 Dec 23 Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) US clergyman, abolitionist: He was an early proponent of armed revolt against slaveholders; first Black clergyman to deliver a sermon in Congress; ambassador to Liberia, 1881. GARNET RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 2138 Dec 23 Yousuf Karsh (1908-____) Canadian photographer, journalist: He is best known for portraits of the great personages of his time, e.g. Winston Churchill, in "Life Magazine;" wrote "Faces of Our Time," 1971. KARSH ARTISTS 2638 Dec 24 Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) English poet, critic: He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem "Dover Beach," 1853 and as a crusader for classicism. ARNOLD POETS-DRAMA 462 Dec 24 Ava Gardner (1922-1990) US actress: She made over 60 films including Mogambo, 1951 (nominated for an Oscar); known for her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Frank Sinatra. GARDNER ENTERTAINMENT 1015 Dec 24 Howard Hughes (1905-1976) US manufacturer, aviator, producer: He amassed a huge fortune through film production, real estate and aircraft manufacture; known in later years for his reclusive, eccentric lifestyle. HUGHES BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1494 Dec 24 George Crabbe (1754-1832) English poet, short-story writer: He is noted for his memorable tales with their realistic details of everyday life. CRABBE POETS-DRAMA 1935 Dec 24 Alexander Cockburn (1802-1880) English lawyer: He was the Lord Chief justice of England, 1859-80. COCKBURN SCHOLARS-HISTORY 2466 Dec 24 I. F. Stone (1907-1989) US journalist, pamphleteer, author: The "Godfather of New Left Journalism" edited the newsletter "I F Stone's Bi-Weekly," 1953-71; wrote "Underground to Palestine," 1946. STONE WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2509 Dec 24 John Morley (1838-1923) English journalist, politician, historian: He was a member of parliament, 1880s-1890s and editor of "Fortnightly Review," 1867-82; wrote "Voltaire," 1872. MORLEY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2749 Dec 25 Rebecca West (1892-1983) Irish author, journalist: Her works include "The Meaning of Treason," 1949 and "The Fountain Overflows," 1957. WEST WRITERS(Non-fiction) 304 Dec 25 Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English mathematician, philosopher: He was first to describe the laws of motion and universal gravitation; also invented the reflecting telescope, 1668. NEWTON SCIENCE-INVENTORS 424 Dec 25 Rod Serling (1924-1975) US writer: He produced T.V. dramas and screenplays; creator/writer/narrator of "The Twilight Zone." SERLING NOVELISTS(Fiction) 929 Dec 25 Jesus Christ (4 BC-29 AD) Roman religious leader: "The Son of God" is the central figure of Christianity; he was crucified on the cross for the sins of man, then rose from the dead on the third day. JESUS CHRIST RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 1000 Dec 25 Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965) US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist: She was the founder and president of Helena Rubinstein, Inc., 1902, a leading manufacturer and distributor of women's cosmetics. RUBINSTEIN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1402 Dec 25 Carlos Castaneda (1931-____) US anthropologist, writer: He wrote "Teaching of Don Juan: The Yaqui Way of Knowledge," 1968. CASTANEDA SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1687 Dec 25 Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) US actor: He created the image of a weather-beaten, individualistic adventurer and tough guy with a touch of idealism; was a box-office attraction in 1940-50s. BOGART ENTERTAINMENT 1789 Dec 25 Clara Barton (1821-1912) US humanitarian: The "Angel of the Battlefield" ministered to injured soldiers during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross. BARTON HEALTH-MEDICINE 2085 Dec 25 Quentin Crisp (1908-____) English author: He is noted for his autobiography "The Naked Civil Servant," 1968. CRISP WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2470 Dec 26 Henry Miller (1891-1980) US novelist: His sexually candid novels, "Tropic of Cancer," 1934 and "Tropic of Capricorn," 1939 were banned in U.S. until 1960s. MILLER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 420 Dec 26 Jean Toomer (1894-1967) US author, poet: He was the "Harlem Renaissance" writer who wrote "Cane", 1933. TOOMER NOVELISTS(Fiction) 451 Dec 26 Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet: His "An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" is one of the best known of English lyric poems. GRAY POETS-DRAMA 672 Dec 26 Steve Allen (1921-____) US TV personality, songwriter: He as an early host of "Tonight Show" and "I've Got a Secret;" known for ad-libbed witticisms. ALLEN ENTERTAINMENT 899 Dec 26 Doris Lilly (1926-1991) US journalist, writer: She was a syndicated gossip columist who wrote "How to Marry a Millionaire," 1951 which later became a move; syndicated gossip columnist, 1977-91. LILLY WRITERS(Non-fiction) 1645 Dec 26 Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976) Chinese political leader: He was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led his nation's communist revolution. TSE-TUNG GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2528 Dec 27 Oscar Levant (1906-1972) US composer, musician, actor: He was a concert pianist of caustic wit who appeared in "A Rhapsody in Blue," 1945 and "An American in Paris, 1951. LEVANT COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 54 Dec 27 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, bacteriologist: He proposed "germ" theory and developed the process of food sterilization -- "pasteurization." PASTEUR SCIENCE-INVENTORS 200 Dec 27 Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) German-USA actress, singer: She was renown for her sultry looks and long legs in "The Blue Angel," 1930, "Destry Rides Again," 1939. DIETRICH ENTERTAINMENT 795 Dec 27 Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) German astronomer: He discovered that the Earth and planets travel about the Sun in elliptical orbits. KEPLER SCIENCE-INVENTORS 1996 Dec 27 Wilfrid Sheed (1930-____) English novelist: His works include "Boys of Winter" and "Hack." SHEED NOVELISTS(Fiction) 2420 Dec 28 Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) US president, political scientist, educator: He was the 28th U.S. president and labored for a League of Nations following WW I. WILSON GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 306 Dec 28 Mortimer Adler (1902-____) US philosopher, educator, editor: He is an advocate of adult and general education by study of the great writings of the Western world. ADLER SCHOLARS-HISTORY 937 Dec 28 Denzel Washington (1954-____) US actor: He played Dr. Philip Chandler on TV series "St. Elsewhere," 1982-84; films include "Glory," 1990 and "Malcolm X," 1992. WASHINGTON ENTERTAINMENT 1495 Dec 28 Maggie Smith (1934-____) US actress: She is noted for her poignancy and wit in comic roles, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," 1969. SMITH ENTERTAINMENT 1643 Dec 28 Sam Levenson (1911-1980) U.S. humorist, author: He wrote the best-seller "Sex and the Single Child," 1969; hosted "Sam Levenson Show," 1959-64. LEVENSON WRITERS(Non-fiction) 2009 Dec 28 Guy Debord (1931-1994) French social reformer, author: He was a leader of the "Situationist International;" his "The Society of the Spectacle" in one of the great theoretical works on cultural imperialism. DEBORD REFORMERS-ACTIVISTS 2609 Dec 29 Edwin Hubbel Chapin (1814-1880) US clergyman, author: He was an eloquent speaker, a voluminous writer, and long time pastor of "The Church of the Divine Paternity," New York. CHAPIN RELIGION-PHILOSOPHY 341 Dec 29 Albert Pike (1809-1891) US lawyer, historian: Masonic author. Brig General, (Confederate Army), died in 1891, PIKE ENTERTAINMENT 729 Dec 29 Mary Tyler Moore (1936-____) US actress, humanitarian: She starred in "The Dick Van Dyke Show," 1961-66; "Mary Tyler Moore Show," 1970-77; deeply Involved for "Cure of Children's Diabetes Programs." MOORE ENTERTAINMENT 821 Dec 29 Tom Bradley (1917-____) US mayor: He was mayor of Los Angeles. BRADLEY GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 896 Dec 29 Pablo Casals (1876 -1973) Spanish cellist, conductor: He was known for his virtuosic technique, skilled interpretation, and consummate musicianship. CASALS COMPOSERS-CLASSICS 1686 Dec 29 William E. Gladstone (1809-1898) English statesman, author: He was British prime minister four times, 1868-1894, and the most prominent man in politics of his time. GLADSTONE GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2454 Dec 30 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English poet, novelist, short-story writer: He is known for his books about India and British imperialism, e.g., "Jungle Book," 1894 and "Just So Stories," 1902. KIPLING POETS-DRAMA 147 Dec 30 Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) Canadian author, educator, economist, humorist: He was an economic professor noted for popular humor books, literary biographies. LEACOCK SCHOLARS-HISTORY 154 Dec 30 Tiger Woods (1975-____) US golfer: He was the youngest player to compete in the Masters, 1995 and to win the Masters, 1997. WOODS SPORTS 1496 Dec 30 Patti Smith (1946-____) US rock singer, poet: Her single "Because the Night," was written with Bruce Springsteen, 1978. SMITH ENTERTAINMENT 1623 Dec 30 Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) US political leader: He was a four-term governor of New York; first Catholic to run for president, 1928. SMITH GOVERNMENT-POLITICS 2761 Dec 31 Henri Matisse (1869-1954) French artist, author: He was pioneer of modern art of room interiors, vivid female nudes, and stilllifes, e.g., "The Red Studio," 1911. MATISSE ARTISTS 165 Dec 31 Jeremy Bernstein (1929-____) US physicist, educator, writer: He is widely known for the clarity of his writing for the lay reader on the major issues of modern physics. BERNSTEIN SCIENCE-INVENTORS 930 Dec 31 Elizabeth Arden (1884-1966) US cosmetics executive: She pioneered the advertising of beauty aids. ARDEN BUSINESS-ECONOMICS 1056 Dec 31 Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet: His works include "A Life Drama." SMITH POETS-DRAMA 2511