Jacques Anquetil
French road racing cyclist born in 1934. First cyclist to win the Tour de France five times.
Jacobus Kapteijn
Dutch astronomer born in 1851. Extensively studied the Milky Way & discovered evidence for galactic rotation.
Mary Tyler Moore
American actor, producer, & social advocate known for her TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Giovanni Pierluigi
Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music in the 16th-century.
Compton Mackenzie
English-born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories, & a memoir born in 1883.
Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman who founded the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics empire, born in 1881.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, philosopher, historian, & political prisoner who brought awareness to the Soviet Gulag system.
Ludovic Trarieux
French Republican statesman, prominent Dreyfusard, & pioneer of international human rights born in 1840.
Marie Thérèse
French royal & eldest child of Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI, born in 1778. Queen of France for 20 minutes.
Max Papart
French painter & printmaker born in 1911. Known for semi-cubist style.