From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business.

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• George Orwell

  Novelist

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

• Rodney Dangerfield

  Comedian

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

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  34Th U.s. President

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

• Barack Obama

  44Th U.s. President

  Friday, Aug 04, 1961
  

• Charles Spurgeon

  Preacher

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

• Mother Teresa

  Saint

  Friday, Aug 26, 1910
  Friday, Sep 05, 1997

• Francis Of Assisi

  Saint

  Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
  Saturday, Oct 03, 1226

• Billy Graham

  Evangelist

  Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
  

• Walt Whitman

  Poet

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

• Jean De La Bruyere

  Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
  Thursday, May 10, 1696

• Oscar Wilde

  Writer

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

• Stephen Covey

  Author

  Monday, Oct 24, 1932
  Monday, Jul 16, 2012

• Leonardo Da Vinci

  Painter

  Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
  Friday, May 02, 1519

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

  Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
  Saturday, Apr 17, 1790

• Mae West

  Actress

  Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
  Saturday, Nov 22, 1980