Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882)

John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990)

Arthur Kennedy got his big break when he was discovered by James
Cagney. His first film role was of Cagney’s younger brother in City for
Conquest in 1940. He appeared in many Western films and police
dramas, equally adapting as hero or villain.

Kennedy won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his stage
portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman in 1949. His role in Trial
(1955) won him a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor
and his part as the newspaper reporter in Elmer Gantry (1960)
gained him a Film Daily Award and a Limelight Award.   

1952

Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, and James Stewart from Bend of the River

 
Arthur Kennedy as seen in Elmer Gantry

  
           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.  

      Charles John Huffam Dickens  (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870)

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956)

Milne was a noted English writer and playwright, best known for his
classic children’s books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. 

Christopher Robin Milne, the author’s only child, was the inspiration
for the Pooh books.