* 1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky

* 1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian ( d. 1935 )

* 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian ( d. 1970 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and educator

* 1999 – Byron Farwell, American historian ( b. 1921 )

* 1922 – Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian

* 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian ( d. 1992 )

* 1938 – Ellen Schrecker, American historian

* 1957 – Brooks D. Simpson, American historian

* 1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian ( b. 1673 )

Art historian Richard Poss took a more flexible approach, maintaining that the astronomical rock art of the North American Southwest should be read employing " the hermeneutic traditions of western art history and art criticism " Astronomers, however, raise different questions, seeking to provide their students with identifiable precursors of their discipline, and are especially concerned with the important question of how to confirm that specific sites are, indeed, intentionally astronomical.

The title of the album was apparently inspired by historian Eric Lott's book Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class, which was published in 1993.

The historian Richard Hofstadter addressed the role of paranoia and conspiracism throughout American history in his essay The Paranoid Style in American Politics, published in 1964.

* Cyrus Townsend Brady, American journalist, historian and adventure writer

* Aviva Chomsky ( born 1957 ), American historian

* 1910 – Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine ( d. 1991 )

* 1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American historian

* 1726 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian ( b. 1665 )

* 1914 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian ( b. 1840 )

* 1947 – Michael Burns, American historian

* 1904 – William L. Shirer, American historian ( d. 1993 )

* 1957 – Steve Farhood, American boxing historian and analyst

* 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian

* 1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor

* 1969 – Keith R. A. DeCandido, American author

* 1944 – Keith Erickson, American basketball player

* 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American industrialist and food manufacturer, founder of the Kellogg's Company ( d. 1951 )

David Keith Lynch ( born January 20, 1946 ) is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor.

* 1950 – Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer

* 1965 – Keith Moseley, American musician ( The String Cheese Incident )

* 1948 – Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter ( The Doobie Brothers ) ( d. 2005 )

After reuniting with the other Pythons in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Chapman began a lengthy series of American college tours where he would tell the audience anecdotes about Monty Python, the Dangerous Sports Club, Keith Moon, and other subjects.

* 1955 – Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1989 )

* 1959 – Keith Olbermann, American news anchor & political commentator

* 1961 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

* 1969 – Keith Gordon, American baseball player

* 1920 – Keith Andes, American actor ( d. 2005 )

* 1968 – Keith Mullings, American boxer

* 1961 – Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer

* 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player ( Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band ) ( d. 1980 )

* 1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor

* 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer

* 1954 – David Keith, American actor

* 1980 – Keith Bogans, American basketball player

* 1899 – Elmer Keith, American firearms developer ( d. 1984 )

* 1979 – Keith Buckley, American singer ( Every Time I Die )

* 1959 – Keith Lockhart, American orchestral conductor

* Keith Null, American football player