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• William Blake

  Poet

  Monday, Nov 28, 1757
  Sunday, Aug 12, 1827

• Walt Disney

  Animator

  Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
  Thursday, Dec 15, 1966

• Isaac Newton

  Physicist

  Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

• Napoleon Hill

  Author

  Friday, Oct 26, 1883
  Sunday, Nov 08, 1970

• Carl Sagan

  Astronomer

  Friday, Nov 09, 1934
  Friday, Dec 20, 1996

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• Oscar Wilde

  Writer

  Monday, Oct 16, 1854
  Friday, Nov 30, 1900

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  34Th U.s. President

  Tuesday, Oct 14, 1890
  Friday, Mar 28, 1969

• Yogi Berra

  Baseball Manager

  Tuesday, May 12, 1925
  Tuesday, Sep 22, 2015

• W. Edwards Deming

  Statistician

  Sunday, Oct 14, 1900
  Monday, Dec 20, 1993

• George Orwell

  Novelist

  Thursday, Jun 25, 1903
  Saturday, Jan 21, 1950

• Albert Camus

  Author

  Friday, Nov 07, 1913
  Monday, Jan 04, 1960

• Rodney Dangerfield

  Comedian

  Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
  Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• Les Brown

  Author

  Saturday, Feb 17, 1945