Maeve Binchy was the author of various literary works, including 16 novels. Her most popular books include Light a Penny Candle, Echoes, Circle of Friends and Tara Road.
The arrest and trial of Larry Davis, arrested after a 1986 shootout with the NYPD, drew national interest and ignited racial tensions in New York City.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was an opera singer known for his deep baritone and preeminence in the lieder.
Ian Fleming is a 20th-century novelist known for inventing popular spy character James Bond.
Rudy Giuliani is a former major of New York City who served during the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001.
Ekaterina Gordeeva is a Russian figure skater who, with her late partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, was a two-time Olympian and four-time world champion.
Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is the youngest and most politically conservative co-host of the talk show The View.
Singer Gladys Knight has given voice to multiple R&B hits (with and without her Pips), including "Midnight Train to Georgia."
Kylie Minogue is an actress and singer who's dominated the international pop and dance charts with hits like "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Slow."
Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, satirist, composer, singer and close friend of Lord Byron.
Michael Oher is an NFL football player with the Baltimore Ravens. He was the subject of Michael Lewis's book, The Blind Side, and the 2009 film of the same name.
Walker Percy was a novelist known chiefly for his first novel, The Moviegoer, which explored spiritual emptiness.
Young Republican politician Marco Rubio won an impressive victory in his 2009 campaign for one of Florida's seats in the U.S. Senate.
Betty Shabazz is best known as the wife of African-American nationalist leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated in New York City in 1965.
Jim Thorpe was a Native American professional football and baseball player, known for his all-around athleticism. He was a gold-medal runner at the 1912 Olympics.
Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter T-Bone Walker is best known for his hit song "Stormy Monday" and has been called the Charlie Parker of Blues guitar.
Jerry West is a former basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers who went on to become the team’s head coach and general manager.