1985-
Daisy Bates was an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas.
1914-1999
1913-1983
Glen Campbell is best known for his country music career, and his later crossover success as an actor in films such as 1969's True Grit.
1936-
Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose music innovatively mixed country, rock, blues, and gospel influences.
1932-2003
1935-1998
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, and the second to be impeached. He oversaw the country's longest peacetime economic expansion.
1946-
Chelsea Clinton is a media correspondent and activist who is the daughter of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton.
1980-
Dizzy Dean was a Major League Baseball pitcher who led the St. Louis Cardinals to World Series victory in 1937.
1911-1974
M. Joycelyn Elders is a physician who briefly served as U.S. Surgeon General under President Clinton.
1933-
1974-
Al Green is known for the hit song "Let's Stay Together," and for leaving his musical career at its height in the 1970s to become a reverend at his own church.
1946-
Helen Gurley Brown served as Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief for more than 30 years.
1922-2012
Musician and singer Levon Helm was a member of the influential rock group, The Band, and a Grammy Award-winning solo artist.
1940-2012
Mike Huckabee is a Republican politician and former governor of Arkansas. He ran for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, but lost to John McCain.
1955-
Joseph Jackson is best known for being the father of of international pop superstar Michael Jackson.
1929-
1966-
1908-1975
Sonny Liston was introduced to boxing while serving time in a Missouri State penitentiary. He became a professional fighter in 1953.
1932-1970
Douglas MacArthur was an American general best known for his command of Allied forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
1880-1964
1904-1963
Florence Beatrice Price was an award-winning pianist and composer who became the first African-American woman to have her work performed by a major symphony.
1887-1953
Musician Charlie Rich had several No. 1 country songs in the 1970s, including "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl."
1932-1995
1953-
American singer Rosetta Tharpe is credited with popularizing gospel music among secular audiences during the 1930s and '40s.
1915-1973
Billy Bob Thornton is an actor who has appeared in such films as Monster's Ball and who wrote, directed, and starred in Sling Blade.
1955-