Joseph Banks was a late-18th to early-19th century British explorer and botanist who pushed for the advancement of science.
1743-1820
Anders Behring Breivik is the admitted perpetrator of the July 2011 attacks in Norway that killed 77 people.
1979-
Stockard Channing is an award-winning American actress best known for her roles in Grease (1978), Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and The West Wing (2002).
1944-
Tennessee Ernie Ford was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop and gospel musical genres.
1919-1991
1950-
1892-1954
Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., nicknamed "Prince," is the first child of the late pop star Michael Jackson.
1997-
Sarojini Naidu was an India political leader best known as the first female President of the India National Congress.
1879-1949
Film actress Kim Novak was a leading box-office attraction of the 1950s, perhaps the last of the ‘sex goddesses’ produced by the Hollywood star system.
1933-
William Shockley was an engineer and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for his development of the transistor.
1910-1989
Jerry Springer is an American talk show host, best known for his tabloid talk show, The Jerry Springer Show. He is also a former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1944-
As a member of the Monkees, Peter Tork achieved big pop music success in the 1960s, with such hits as "Daydream Believer" and "Last Train to Clarksville."
1942-
1929-1981
1885-1982
1891-1942
A World War II fighter pilot ace, Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 670 mph in level flight in 1947.
1923-