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| 1. | Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis ), born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete. |
| 2. | C(ecil) Day, 1904–72, British poet: poet laureate after 1968. |
| 3. | C(live) S(ta⋅ples) [stey-puhlz] , (“Clive Hamilton”), 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist. |
| 4. | Edward, 1918–2004, U.S. biologist: Nobel prize 1995. |
| 5. | Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, U.S. chemist. |
| 6. | (Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel prize 1930. |
| 7. | Henry, 1932–96, U.S. orchestral conductor. |
| 8. | Isaac Newton, 1858–1931, U.S. soldier and inventor. |
| 9. | Jerry Lee, born 1935, U.S. country-and-western and rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer. |
| 10. | John (Aaron), 1920–2001, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and musical director. |
| 11. | John L(lewellyn), 1880–1969, U.S. labor leader. |
| 12. | Matthew Gregory (“Monk Lewis”), 1775–1809, English novelist, dramatist, and poet. |
| 13. | Mer⋅i⋅weth⋅er [mer-i-weth-er] , 1774–1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–06. |
| 14. | (Percy) Wynd⋅ham [win-duhm] , 1884–1957, English novelist, essayist, and painter; born in the U.S. |
| 15. | R(ichard) W(arrington) B(aldwin), 1917–2002, U.S. biographer, literary critic, and scholar. |
| 16. | a male given name. |
| Lewis, (Harry) American novelist who satirized middle-class America in his 22 works, including Babbitt (1922) and Elmer Gantry (1927). He was the first American to receive (1930) a Nobel Prize for literature. |