Meyer was born near Mequon, Wisconsin, the son of Henry and Louise (Wiepking) Meyer.

Birkett was born at Unstone, near Dronfield, Derbyshire, the son of John Burkitt a farmer, and his wife Ann.

He was born in Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Jones and Margaret Thomas.

Furlong was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank, the son of Eleanor (née Tafoya), a youth-center worker, and an unknown father.

He was born near Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, the son of John Gibson and Jane Neilson.

Redhouse was born near London, the eldest son of James Redhouse and his wife Elizabeth Saunders.

Burt was born on August 26, 1831 in the town of Pike, near Rochester, New York, the ninth of thirteen siblings and the eldest son.

Boone was born near Lexington, Kentucky, the seventh son of Squire and Anna Grubbs Boone.

Cardin was born near Venice in 1922, the son of a wine merchant, and at the age of two moved with his family to Avignon, France.

Borah was born near Fairfield, Illinois, the son of Elizabeth (West) and William Nathan Borah.