- male, deceased (1961)
- Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part...
- male, deceased (1920)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (22 December 1887 - 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the greatest...
- male, deceased (1910)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted...
- male, deceased (1879) (ULM, Germany)
- This German born physicist is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers in history. Not only did he shape the way people think of time,...
- male, deceased (1936)
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry,...
- male, deceased (1993)
- Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. In his more...
- 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...
- male, deceased (1827)
- William Blake was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered...
- male, deceased (1519)
- Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect,...
- 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,...
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