Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
Charles Brockden Brown

Charles Brockden Brown

male, deceased (1810)
Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 - February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is...
James A. Michener

James A. Michener

male, deceased (1997)
James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of...
Owen Wister

Owen Wister

male, deceased (1938)
Owen Wister was an American writer of western novels. Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

male, 72 years old
He joined the Navy and served at the Marine Base at Quantico, Virginia and at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. It was there that he...
Tina Fey

Tina Fey

female, 39 years old
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedian and actress. Fey currently co-produces, writes and stars in the...
Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal

male, 55 years old
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook April 24, 1954) is an African-American journalist, political activist, and former militant leader from...
Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

female, deceased (1888) (Concord, Massachusetts, United States)
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel "Little Women", published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her...
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

male, deceased (1963)
Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 - March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism...