Mark Twain

Mark Twain

male, deceased
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted...
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

female, deceased
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American writer and is considered to have acted as a catalyst in the development of modern...
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

male, deceased
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Black Muslim minister...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe

female
Margery Kempe is known for writing "The Book of Margery Kempe", a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language....
Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

male, deceased
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In India, he is recognized as the "Father of the Nation" and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as...
Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

male, deceased
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective...
Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll

male
Jim Carroll (born August 1, 1950 in New York City) is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978...