| Author | Profession | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn Ashmore | Actor | 1979 |
| Rachel McAdams | Actress | 1976 |
| Nicole Ari Parker | Actress | 1970 |
| Toni Braxton | Musician | 1968 |
| Thom Yorke | Musician | 1968 |
| Sherman Alexie | Writer | 1966 |
| Sam Brown | Activist | 1964 |
| Dan Savage | Writer | 1964 |
| Simon Cowell | Entertainer | 1959 |
| Michael W. Smith | Musician | 1957 |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Musician | 1955 |
| Vladimir Putin | Statesman | 1952 |
| John Mellencamp | Musician | 1951 |
| Jakaya Kikwete | Politician | 1950 |
| Alice Walton | Businesswoman | 1949 |
| Diane Ackerman | Poet | 1948 |
| Catharine MacKinnon | Activist | 1946 |
| George Nethercutt | Politician | 1944 |
| Oliver North | Soldier | 1943 |
| Paul Weyrich | Critic | 1942 |
| Bruce Vento | Politician | 1940 |
| Clive James | Writer | 1939 |
| Thomas Keneally | Novelist | 1935 |
| Amiri Baraka | Poet | 1934 |
| Ulrike Meinhof | Journalist | 1934 |
| Desmond Tutu | Leader | 1931 |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons | Coach | 1931 |
| R. D. Laing | Psychologist | 1927 |
| Diana Lynn | Actress | 1926 |
| June Allyson | Actress | 1917 |
| Charles Templeton | Cartoonist | 1915 |
| Elizabeth Janeway | Author | 1913 |
| Vaughn Monroe | Musician | 1911 |
| Meyer Levin | Novelist | 1905 |
| Heinrich Himmler | Criminal | 1900 |
| Henry A. Wallace | Vice President | 1888 |
| Niels Bohr | Physicist | 1885 |
| Joe Hill | Activist | 1879 |
| Christiaan Rudolf de Wet | Politician | 1854 |
| James Whitcomb Riley | Poet | 1849 |
| Henry Alford | Clergyman | 1810 |
| William Billings | Composer | 1746 |
| Henry Rutgers | Soldier | 1745 |
| Caesar Rodney | Lawyer | 1728 |
| William Samuel Johnson | Politician | 1727 |
| John Marston | Poet | 1576 |
| William Laud | Clergyman | 1573 |
