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Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and…

— Aaron Klug

I was born in Africa but brought up in the north-east of England. Most of my childhood was spent living on a council estate…

— David Olusoga

I was born in South Africa and lived there until I was 19.

— St. Lucia

I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties of Virginia.…

— John Marshall

I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

I was born and raised in Charleston, SC.

— Khris Middleton

My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge…

— Kary Mullis

My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a…

— Aliko Dangote

I was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but I live in New York City.

— Topaz Page-Green

My family came to Newark in the '20s. We've been there a long, long time. My father's name was LeRoi, the French-ified aspect of…

— Amiri Baraka

Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of…

— Tahir Shah

I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I…

— Nancy Roman