George Washington male, deceased (Mount Vernon, VA, United States)

George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He...

Ernest Hemingway male, deceased

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part...

Walt Elias Disney male, deceased (Anaheim, CA, United States)

Walter Elias Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is...

Benjamin Franklin male, deceased

Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...

Piers Anthony male

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is an American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing...

Raymond Chandler male, deceased

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has...

Cotton Mather male, deceased

Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was...

Taylor Caldwell female, deceased

Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900-August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction,...

W. H. Auden male, deceased

Wystan Hugh Auden IPA: ;, who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th...

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock Kbe male, deceased

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13 1899 – April 29 1980) was a highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered ma...