Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896)

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist, teacher and author. She
was born Harriet Elisabeth Beecher in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh of
13 children, She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio when she was 21 where she met  
Calvin Ellis Stowe, a widower and professor at Lane Theological Seminary.The 
two married on January 6, 1836.

Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) depicted the life of African-Americans
under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play. She wrote more than
20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles
and letters. She was influential both for her writings and her public stands
on social issues of the day.

Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945)

Anne Frank was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the
Holocaust. Her diary, which was given to her on her 13th birthday,
chronicles her life from 12 June 1942 until her last entry 1 August
1944. It has been the basis for several plays and films.

Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, both died of typhus in Bergen-
Belsen concentration camp in March of 1945.
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The diary on display at the Westerbork Remembrance Centre in Hooghalen, northeast Netherlands.

"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" is a
baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published in
The San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized
by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances.The poem was
originally published anonymously (under the pen name "Phin",
based on Thayer’s college nickname, "Phineas").

Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940)

James Earl Jones

     Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875)

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer,and
poet noted for his children’s stories such as “The Little Mermaid”,
”Thumbelina”, and “The Ugly Duckling”. His works have been
translated into more than 150 languages and inspired many
animated films, plays, and ballets.

Statue of Hans Christian Andersen and "The Ugly Duckling” in New York’s Central Park.

  
           Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905)

French author Jules Verne is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864),
and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). He wrote about space, air, and
underwater travel before the invention of such means of transportation. Jules
Verne is often referred to as the “Father of Science Fiction”. Some of his books
have been made into live-action and animated films and TV shows.