51.   Born into the family of a prosperous Somerville physician, Miss Mongan became one of the finest art connoisseurs of her age.

52.   Born into wealth, she had devoted her life to fighting for the rights of women and the poor and against the forces of religious fundamentalism.

53.   Born into wealth, tutored at home until high school, he never went to college.

54.   Born Joan Partridge Mills, and known as Penny, Mrs. McCall was born into wealth.

55.   Born into a family of prominent lawyers in Elizabeth, English graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

56.   Born into a family of refugees from land inside Israel, he became a student activist at his university in Gaza.

57.   Born into a family that roots for Everton, Smith sheepishly admits that as a left wing she emulates Ryan Giggs, the Welsh left wing for Manchester United.

58.   Born into a middle-class family in Brooklyn, Albert Samuel Gallin built a career from the ground up.

59.   Born into a poor family, Woods moved from apartment to apartment, shifting from one school to another.

60.   Born into a strict Irish-Catholic family on Long Island, he had rejected the rigid values of his parents.