Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

male, deceased (1862)
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, de...
Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

male, deceased (1999)
Stanley Kubrick was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer considered among the greatest of the 20th Century. He directed...
Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

male, deceased (1982)
Philip Kindred Dick was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. In addition to his published novels, Dick wrote...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
Herman Melville

Herman Melville

male, deceased (1891) (bronx, New York, United States)
Herman Melville (August 1 1819 - September 28 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His earliest novels were...
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

female, deceased (1976)
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE, and many have been adapted for television and radio and video games.
Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell

male, deceased (1987)
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythology professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and...
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

male, 46 years old
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an...
Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

male, 89 years old
Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for "The...
Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday

male, deceased (1867)
Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or "natural philosopher", in the terminology of th...