Famous rats

Some well-known people born in the Year of the Rat.

Galileo Galillei, Italian scientist, 15 Feb, 1564

William Shakespeare (right), the bard himself, April 23, 1564

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, Jan 27, 1756

Charlotte Bronte, English writer, April 21, 1816

Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, Aug 28, 1828

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, May 7, 1840

Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, Nov 14, 1840

Jimmy Carter, former US President, Oct 1, 1924

Chin Peng, outlawed secretary-general of the disbanded Communist Part of Malaya, Oct 21, 1924

Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Works Minister, June 30, 1936

Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, Nov 14, 1948

Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, Sept 27, 1972

Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (left), our first angkasawan, 27 July, 1972

Eminem, rapper (real name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III), 17 Oct, 1972

Amir Muhammad, writer, filmmaker, 5 Dec, 1972

**Is it me, or did the pool of talent got watered down over the years...Looks like we're in dire need of a Saviour...Fear not my friends...

Paul Lee Hann Ker, Born on a Monday, 8 Jan, 1985