Union leader and labor organizer Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to improving treatment, pay and working conditions for farm workers.
1927-1993
Howard Cosell was a sports broadcaster who had a distinctive and influential on-air personality.
1918-1995
Charles G. Dawes was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who became the 30th U.S. vice president under Calvin Coolidge.
1865-1951
One of Spain's most famous writers, Miguel de Cervantes created one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces, Don Quixote, in the early 1600s.
1547-1616
1910-1990
John Mills was an award-winning actor, dancer and producer whose career spanned eight decades with works like Great Expectations and Ryan’s Daughter.
1908-2005
1906-1986
James Earl Ray is best known for assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1968.
1928-1998
William Shakespeare, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time.
1564-1616
LeRoy Walker was the first black coach of an American Olympic team and the first black president of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
1918-2012
1770-1850
Boris Yeltsin was the first freely elected President of Russia. He voluntarily resigned from the post after nine years, leaving the job to Putin.
1931-2007