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."
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."
American playwright George S. Kaufman co-wrote a number of Broadway hits, two of which received Pulitzer Prizes.
Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956) was the second president of the Independent Republic of the Philippines.
José Saramago was a Portuguese novelist and man of letters who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
Tiberius was an ancient Roman emperor who ruled from year 14 to 37.