Life & People

Jackie Mason Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; Yiddish: יעקב משה מזא; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian an...

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African-American revolu...

Zig Ziglar Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational ...

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) William Arthur Ward (1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America's most qu...

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926- ) Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ˈtɪk ˈnjʌt ˈhʌn/; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk ɲɜ̌t hɐ̂ʔɲ]; born October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Zen B...

Sidney Poitier (1927- ) Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE ( /ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ or /ˈpwɑːti.eɪ/; born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian American actor, fil...

Satya Sai Baba (1926-2001) Śri Sathya Sai Baba (born as Sathyanarayana Raju (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) was an Indian guru, spiri...

Robert H. Schuller (1926- ) Robert Harold Schuller (born September 16, 1926, in Alton, Iowa) is an American televangelist, pastor, speak...

Maya Angelou (1928- ) Maya Angelou ( /ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/; born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928) is an American author and poet who ...

Marlon Brando (1924-2004) Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American movie star and political activist. "Unc...

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) Marilyn Monroe ( /mɒnˈroʊ/ or /mənˈroʊ/; born Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Ba...

Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010) Leslie William Nielsen, OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American acto...

James Baldwin (1924-1987) James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwrigh...

Edward Abbey Edward Paul Abbey (29 January 1927 – 14 March 1989) was an American writer noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and...

James Dickey (1923-1997) James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointe...

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American author and biochemist. @ A planet full of peop...

Hank Williams (1923-1953) Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953), born Hiram King Williams, was an American singer-songwri...

Frank Rizzo (1920-1991) Francis Lazarro "Frank" Rizzo, Sr. (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991) was an American police officer a...

François Cavanna (1923- ) François Cavanna (born 2 February 1923 in Nogent-sur-Marne) is a French author and satirical newspaper editor....

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004) Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross M.D. (8 July 1926 – 24 August 2004) was a psychiatrist, and a pioneer of nea...