1789 James Fennimore Cooper – US author (The Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, The Prairie)

Hawkeye from M*A*S*H was named from The Last of the Mohicans.







1889 Robert Benchley – US humorist, author (From Bed to Worse, Pluck and Luck, The Early Worm, Inside Benchley) and actor (The Bride Wore Boots, National Barn Dance) He was the grandfather of Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws

I have The Encyclopedia of American Humor, which was compiled by him.







1890 Dame Agatha Christie – British detective novelist and playwright who wrote numerous books, and created the beloved characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

She is responsible for a large portion of the mysteries we all watched on A&E back when we first got together.