Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist and author of Things Fall Apart, a work that in part led to his being called the "patriarch of the African novel."
1930-2013
1904-1996
1977-
1977-
W.C. Handy was an African-American composer and a leader in popularizing blues music in the early 20th century, with hits like "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues."
1873-1958
1958-
Siva Kaneswaran is a young Irish model and singer best known for his movie-star looks and as a member of the British boy band the Wanted.
1988-
American playwright George S. Kaufman co-wrote a number of Broadway hits, two of which received Pulitzer Prizes.
1889-1961
1946-
1964-
1907-1997
Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956) was the second president of the Independent Republic of the Philippines.
1890-1956
José Saramago was a Portuguese novelist and man of letters who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
1922-2010
Tiberius was an ancient Roman emperor who ruled from year 14 to 37.
42-37