228 years of his birth

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian. He was also an actor and author, and won four Grammy Awards for his comedy albums

Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC)

medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)

Actor

John Eardley Wilmot was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain.

English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)

You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.