Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy

male, 80 years old
musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Business Person, from Detroit, American, Motown…Autobiographer
Berry Gordy, Jr. (b. November 28 1929, Detroit, Michigan) is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label and its many...
Angela Bowie

Angela Bowie

female, 60 years old
British, greek, musician, Angie Bowie, Mary Angela Barnett, Cyprus Mines Corporation…Autobiographer
Angela Bowie, most commonly known as Angie Bowie, was born 1949 in Cyprus, as Mary Angela Barnett. She is an American citizen who has been a...
Norman Douglas

Norman Douglas

male, deceased (1952)
novelist, Autobiographer, British, Travel writer, Capri, LGBT writer
George Norman Douglas (December 8 1868 - February 7 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel "South Wind".
Anna Howard Shaw

Anna Howard Shaw

female, deceased (1919)
Albion College alumni, Boston University School of Theology alumni, Methodism, tax resister, Autobiographer, World War I
Anna Howard Shaw, (February 14, 1847 - July 2, 1919) was a leading United States civil rights leader; a physician; and the first female Methodist...
W. C. Handy

W. C. Handy

male, deceased (1958)
Methodist, Vaudeville performer, buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, African American, Songwriter, guitarist…Autobiographer
William Christopher Handy (November 16 1873 - March 28 1958) was a blues composer and musician, often known as "the Father of the Blues." W. C....
Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda

male, deceased (1952)
yoga, Autobiography of a Yogi, kriya yoga, Yogi, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, From Gorakhpur…Autobiographer
Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ "Pôromôhongsho Joganondo", Hindi: परमहंस योगानन्‍द; January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952),...
Otto Jespersen

Otto Jespersen

male, deceased (1943)
Linguistics writer, Linguistics educator, Autobiographer, University of Copenhagen faculty, Alumni of the University of Oxford, teacher
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen (July 16, 1860-April 30, 1943) was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English...
Brander Matthews

Brander Matthews

male, deceased (1929)
Columbia University, Columbia, professor, writer, Columbia University alumni, Autobiographer
James Brander Matthews (born February 21, 1852 in New Orleans; died March 31, 1929 in New York City), was a U.S. writer and educator. Matthews was...
Jung Chang

Jung Chang

female, 57 years old
historian, Mao The Unknown Story, censorship in the People's Republic of China, Simplified Chinese character, Alumni of the University of York, Traditional Chinese character…Autobiographer
Jung Chang (born March 25, 1952) is a Chinese-born British writer, best known for her family autobiography "Wild Swans", selling over 10 million...