Stan Laurel was an English comedic actor, movie director and writer who was one-half of the famous duo Laurel and Hardy. With Oliver Hardy, Laurel appeared in over 100 films, beginning in the 1920s silent film era.

American actress Laurie Metcalf is known for her theater work and award-nominated roles on such TV programs as 'Roseanne,' 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'Getting On.'

After Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the uncle of the prime suspect in Tupac Shakur's murder, confessed to TV that a person in his car fired the shots that killed Tupac. A change.org petition is demanding Los Vegas police considerer new arrest warrants in the rapper’s 1996 murder.

Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán won world championships in four weight divisions, but is best remembered for his "no más" loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980.

American athlete Phil Mickelson began golfing as soon as he could walk, and is now one of the foremost successful golfers in the world.

European actor Daniel Brühl starred as famous Formula One driver Niki Lauda in Rush (2013), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.

The prolific Joyce Carol Oates is an acclaimed writer known for novels like A Garden of Earthly Delights, The Falls and them, which won the National Book Award.

Scientist Barbara McClintock won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for her study of corn chromosomes, which revolutionized the field of cytogenetics.