Anne Bancroft was an Oscar Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress famous for her roles in The Miracle Worker and The Graduate. She was married to comedian and film director Mel Brooks.
Rube Foster was a baseball player and manager who organized the Negro National League, the first long-lasting professional league for African American players.
Phil Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association after leading his teams to nine NBA titles.
Novelist Ken Kesey wrote One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, which in the U.S. became one of the most widely read books of the 1960s.
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director and screenwriter best known for his films Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.
J. Willard Marriott is a 20th-century American entrepreneur who started in food service and eventually opened a hotel chain.
James Marsden is an American actor best known for his role as Cyclops in the action adventure movie X-Men and its two sequels.
Actor Roddy McDowall had a recurring role on the Batman television series, and played Cornelius in the film and TV versions of Planet of the Apes.
American actress Cassandra Peterson became famous in the 1980s for her television role as the vampy Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Hank Williams became one of America's first country music superstars, with hits like "Your Cheatin' Heart," before his early death at 29.