Ernest Hemingway

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...
Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan

male, deceased
Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (22 December 1887 - 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the greatest...
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...
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

male, deceased
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E...
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

male, deceased
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry,...
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

male, deceased
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. In his more...
Kendall Hailey

Kendall Hailey

female
Kendall Hailey is a famous autodidact. She dropped out of school at age 16 to pursue unschooling and wrote about her experiences in the book, "The...
William Blake

William Blake

male, deceased
William Blake was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered...
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

male, deceased
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect,...
Benjamin Franklin

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,...