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| 1. | Ben Ames [eymz] , 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. |
| 2. | Bert (Egbert Austin Williams), 1876?–1922, U.S. comedian and songwriter. |
| 3. | Betty (Smyth) [smith] , born 1943, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel peace prize 1976. |
| 4. | Charles Melvin (Cootie), 1910–85, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader. |
| 5. | Daniel Hale, 1858–1931, U.S. surgeon and educator: performed first successful heart surgery 1893. |
| 6. | Elizabeth (Betty), born 1943, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel prize 1976. |
| 7. | Em⋅lyn [em-lin] , born 1905, Welsh playwright and actor. |
| 8. | Eric Eustace, 1911–81, Trinidadian politician: first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago 1962–81. |
| 9. | G. Men⋅nen [men-uhn] , born 1911, U.S. politician and diplomat. |
| 10. | Hank, 1923–53, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer. |
| 11. | John Towner, born 1932, U.S. composer and conductor. |
| 12. | Ralph Vaughan. Vaughan Williams, Ralph. |
| 13. | Roger, 1603?–83, English clergyman in America: founder of Rhode Island colony 1636. |
| 14. | Serena, born 1981, U.S. tennis player (sister of Venus Williams). |
| 15. | Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, U.S. dramatist. |
| 16. | Theodore Samuel (Ted), born 1918, U.S. baseball player. |
| 17. | William, 1731–1811, U.S. merchant and revolutionary statesman. |
| 18. | William Car⋅los [kahr-lohs] , 1883–1963, U.S. poet and novelist. |
| Williams, Serena Born 1981. American tennis player who in 2002 won the French Open, the US Open, and Wimbledon. She won the gold medal in doubles with her sister Venus (b. 1980) in the 2000 Summer Olympics. |