On May 20, 2012, the weekly NPR Sunday Puzzle consisted of phrases describing famous people,
where the initials of the words in the phrases were the same as those of the person being described.

Will Shortz's example (using HIS own initials, coincidentally!) was "Wrote Sonnets" --> William Shakespeare.

I liked that idea, so I have created some of my own.
Hover your mouse over either HINT or ANSWER in each case to get either a Hint or the Answer.

Those marked with asterisks were submitted by other authors.