[Answer] Who is the first person mentioned in Billy Joel's 1989 hit song, "We Didn't Start the Fire"?

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Who is the first person mentioned in Billy Joel's 1989 hit song, "We Didn't Start the Fire"?

• Harry Truman:"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel. A list song, its fast-paced lyrics include brief references to 118 significant political, cultural, scientific, and sporting events between 1949, the year of Joel's birth, and 1989, in chronological order. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became Joel's third single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1989. The song begins with the opening line: "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio."

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