Tony Blair was leader of the British Labour Party from 1994 to 2007, and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.
1953-
At the height of his career, boxer Rubin Carter was twice wrongly convicted of a triple murder and was imprisoned for nearly two decades.
1937-
People's sexiest man alive George Clooney is an Oscar-winning actor best known for playing Dr. Doug Ross on TV's ER and Danny Ocean in the Ocean's Eleven films.
1961-
Maximilien de Robespierre was an official during the French Revolution and one of the principal architects of the Reign of Terror.
1758-1794
Abolitionist Martin Robison Delany was both a physician and newspaper editor, and became one of the most influential and successful anti-slavery activists of the 19th century.
1812-1885
1836-1906
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist best known for developing the theories and techniques of psychoanalysis.
1856-1939
1870-1949
1929-2007
Willie Mays played professional baseball for the Giants and the Mets. He was one of the best batters and fielders at the time.
1931-
1861-1931
American explorer Robert Edwin Peary is best known for claiming to be the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.
1856-1920
Virginia planter and colonial official John Rolfe was the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan. He sold Virginia tobacco to England.
1585-1622
1945-
1983-
Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino was admired as the “Great Lover” of the 1920s.
1895-1926
Orson Welles wrote, directed and starred in the film Citizen Kane, among others, which remains one of the most influential films ever made.
1915-1985
1915-1986