Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

male, deceased (1731)
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel "Robinson Crusoe". Defoe is notable for being one of...
Alexander Selkirk

Alexander Selkirk

male, deceased (1721)
Alexander Selkirk, born Alexander Selcraig, (1676-13 December 1721) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway on an uninhabited...
N. C. Wyeth

N. C. Wyeth

male, deceased (1945)
Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 - October 19, 1945), known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Needham,...
Johann David Wyss

Johann David Wyss

male, deceased (1818)
Johann David Wyss (Bern, March 4, 1743 - January 11, 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book "The Swiss Family Robinson" (1812),...
Pierre Richard

Pierre Richard

male, 75 years old
Pierre Richard is a comic actor who often plays the character of a clumsy daydreamer. Richard is also a film director and occasional singer.
Saint-John Perse

Saint-John Perse

male, deceased (1975)
Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Léger, also Alexis Saint-Legér Léger was a French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Lit...
Felipe de Alba

Felipe de Alba

male, deceased (2005)
Felipe de Alba was a Mexican attorney who, in the 1940s and 1950s, was a popular actor. He appeared in films such as "Robinson Crusoe" (1952,...
Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders

male, deceased (1814)
Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career th...
Justus van Effen

Justus van Effen

male, deceased (1735)
Justus van Effen (born February 21, 1684 in Utrecht - died September 18, 1735 in 's-Hertogenbosch) was a Dutch author, who wrote chiefly in French....
Ibn Tufail

Ibn Tufail

male, deceased (1185)
Ibn Tufail full name: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القي...