Born on April 2, 1905, in Kiev and the son of a civil servant, Lifar began studying ballet at the late age of 16.

Loubet was born on December 31, 1828, the son of a peasant proprietor and mayor of Marsanne (Drôme).

Andersen was born on September 13, 2008, the son of Cook and her husband, Nathan Andersen.

Hoff was born on the Isle of Man, the son of a stone and wood carver of Dutch descent.

North was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 30 January 1842, the son of a coal merchant and a churchwarden.

Roger Jocelyn Parker was born on February 25 1923, the son of a naval captain and his wife, a member of the Kleinwort banking family.

Trent Lott was born in Grenada, Miss., on Oct. 9, 1941, the son of a cotton farmer and sometime school bus driver.

He was born on September 30, 1932, the son of a middle-weight boxer and a mother who was a seamstress.

Mr. Chapel was born in Lyons on Dec. 30, 1937, the son of a maitre d'hotel and his wife.

He was born on 11 October 1748, the son of Thomas and Mary (née Leverly) Molyneux.