1905-2002
Student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 30 people on Virginia Tech's campus in 2007. The mass murder ended when he turned the gun and shot himself in the head.
1984-2007
Film actor and director Kevin Costner directed and starred in the epic film Dances With Wolves (1990), which won seven Oscars.
1955-
Rubén Darío was an acclaimed Nicaraguan poet, essayist and journalist who introduced the style known as modernism to Spanish literature.
1867-1916
1876-1936
Actor Cary Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several Hitchcock films, including the 1959 hit North by Northwest.
1904-1986
1937-
Actor and comedian Danny Kaye was enormously popular across stage, radio, TV and movie venues for his singing, dancing, impersonations and improvisations.
1913-1987
Jesse L. Martin is a singer and a TV, film and stage performer known for his roles in Rent and Law & Order.
1969-
Author A.A. Milne wrote beloved classic children's books about the adventures of Christopher Robin and the toy animal Winnie-the-Pooh.
1882-1956
1779-1869
David Ruffin was an American soul singer who rose to fame as one of the lead singers of the Temptations.
1941-1991
A comedic actor, Jason Segel has appeared on television and in such films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bad Teacher and The Muppets.
1980-
Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and Whig Part leader who served as a congressman and secretary of state.
1782-1852
Daniel Hale Williams was a physician who performed the first known open-heart surgery in the United States and who founded a hospital with an interracial staff.
1856-1931