On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.

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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States

  Wednesday, Mar 15, 1933
  

• Abraham Lincoln

  16Th U.S. President

  Sunday, Feb 12, 1809
  Saturday, Apr 15, 1865

• Charles Spurgeon

  Preacher

  Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
  Sunday, Jan 31, 1892

• Paulo Coelho

  Lyricist

  Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
  

• Voltaire

  Writer

  Sunday, Nov 21, 1694
  Saturday, May 30, 1778

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

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

• Walt Whitman

  Poet

  Monday, May 31, 1819
  Saturday, Mar 26, 1892

• Carl Sagan

  Astronomer

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

• Billy Graham

  Professional Wrestler

  Monday, Jun 07, 1943
  

• John Muir

  Author

  Saturday, Apr 21, 1838
  Thursday, Dec 24, 1914

• Michael Jordan

  Basketball Player

  Sunday, Feb 17, 1963
  

• William Blake

  Poet

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

• Les Brown

  Author

  Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
  

• Edgar Allan Poe

  Author

  Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
  Sunday, Oct 07, 1849

• Dolly Parton

  Singer-Songwriter

  Saturday, Jan 19, 1946