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.'

• Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
  (1955–)

Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996, leaving behind an influential musical legacy at the age of 25.

• Actor, Rapper
  (1971–1996)

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.

• Boxer
  (1951–)

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

• Golfer
  (1970–)

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

• Film Actor
  (1978–)

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.

• Journalist, Author
  (1938–)

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

• Botanist, Geneticist
  (1902–1992)