As one of the co-leaders of Steely Dan, Donald Fagen developed a smooth, sophisticated blend of jazz, R&B, pop, and rock, a fusion that relied on lyrical wit.
Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, the premier or president of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980. He was the first Communist leader in power.
Hakim Abu'l-Qasem Ferdowsi (940–1025) was born in the family of wealthy land owners (the class known as dehqan) in Tus, in northeast Iran's province of Khorasan.