Maria Gaetana Agnesi is best known for writing the first book discussing integral and differential calculus.
1718-1799
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan is best known for his recurring role as British spy James Bond in the popular James Bond film series.
1953-
Bob Edwards is best known as the host of the long-running public radio news program Morning Edition, a post he held for close to 25 years.
1947-
Henry Fonda was an award-winning American actor best known for him film roles in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and On Golden Pond (1981).
1905-1982
Megan Fox is an starred in the first two blockbuster Transformers films. She is consistently ranked with the hottest up-and-coming young actresses.
1986-
Tracey Gold is an actress who shot to stardom in the 1980s on the hit TV show Growing Pains.
1969-
Charles Melville Hays was president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and a victim of the Titanic disaster of 1912.
1856-1912
1913-1987
H.H. Holmes was the alias of one of America's first serial killers. During the 1893 Columbian Exposition, he lured victims into his elaborate "murder castle."
1861-1896
The younger sister of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson is one of the best-selling artists in contemporary history. Her albums include Control and Rhythym Nation.
1966-
1955-
Liberace was a flamboyant pianist who twice had his own TV show and frequently performed in Las Vegas.
1919-1987
1928-1989
1845-1916
As the bassist of the grunge band Nirvana, Krist Novoselic was a part of the music revolution that brought alternative rock to the mainstream.
1965-
Adrienne Rich is a U.S. poet, scholar and critic whose work exhibits her commitment to the women's movement and a lesbian/feminist aesthetic influence.
1929-2012
1918-1986
William Seward was a New York governor and U.S. senator before serving as secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
1801-1872
Tori Spelling is an actress who has appeared on TV and in films, notably on the TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
1973-
Studs Terkel was a Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian who compiled books of interviews with everyday people.
1912-2008
1887-1948
A versatile performer, actress Mare Winningham has won raves for such films as 1994's Georgia and such television work as 2011's Mildred Pierce.
1959-