`` Billions of American dollars, not only from capital investors but also from the pockets of U.S. taxpayers '', this author states, `` are being poured into South Africa to support a system dedicated to the oppression, the persecution, and the almost diabolical exploitation of 12 million people the color of whose skins happens not to be white ''.

Not only should this provision be enforced but other economic and political actions might be taken which, this author believes, `` must surely be supported by every American who values the freedom that has been won for him and whose conscience is not so dominated by the lines in his account books that he can willingly and knowingly contribute to the enslavement of another nation ''.

* The Atlas ( novel ), by American author William T. Vollmann

Mark Twain was a prominent American author of the 19th century.

* 1978 – Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1947 – Tom Clancy, American author

* 1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author

* 1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress, producer, director, and author

* 1938 – Larry Niven, American author

* 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist

* 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author ( d. 1945 )

* 1929 – Ira Levin, American author ( d. 2007 )

* 1936 – Joel Kovel, American politician, scholar, and author

* 1939 – William Least Heat-Moon, American author

* 1957 – Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author

* 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author ( d. 2010 )

* 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author

* 1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American journalist, lawyer, and author

* 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author

* 1944 – Patricia McKissack, American author

* 1945 – Barbara Delinsky, American author

* 1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American author

* 1947 – Lawrence Wright, American author

* 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1938 – Diana Muldaur, American actress

* Elisa Diana, a character from the American Broadcasting Company's popular TV drama, Lost

A. Alföldi " Diana Nemorensis " in American Journal of Archaeology 64 1960 p. 137-144.

E. Paribeni " A note on Diana Nemorensis " in American Journal of Archeology 65 1961 p. 55.

* 1946 – Susan Kyle ( aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie ), American writer

* 1936 – Diana Hyland, American actress ( d. 1977 )

* 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author

* 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer and actress

* 1977 – Diana Hyland, American actress ( b. 1936 )

The new china, White House renovations, expensive clothing, and her attendance at the wedding of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, gave her an aura of being " out of touch " with the American people during an economic recession.

* 1991 – Diana Danielle, American / Malaysian actress

* 1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress ( d. 1971 )

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The American performer and recording artist Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, creating the largest public mourning since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.

* January 25 – Diana Barrymore, American stage & film actress ( b 1921 )

** Diana Danielle, American actress

** Diana Barrymore, American actress ( died 1960 )

** Diana Lynn, American actress ( b. 1926 )

** Diana Sands, American actress ( b. 1934 )

** Diana Vreeland, American fashion editor ( b. 1929 )

* January 22 – Diana Douglas, American actress

* Diana Serra Cary ( b. 1918 ), American actress