Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

male, deceased (1799)
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 - June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his "Give me...
Hart Crane

Hart Crane

male, deceased (1932)
Harold Hart Crane was an American poet. Finding both inspiration and provocation in the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote poetry that was...
August Wilson

August Wilson

male, deceased (2005)
August Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. Wilson's singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of wh...
Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel

male, 78 years old
Alfred Brendel (born January 5, 1931) is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia. He is renowned as one of the most distinguished classical...
Alex Haley

Alex Haley

male, deceased (1992)
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer. He is best known for "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", which he co-wrote in collaboration...
Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly

male, 57 years old
Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

female, deceased (1861)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 - June 29, 1861) was a member of the Barrett family and one of the most respected poets of the Victorian...
Frances Burney

Frances Burney

female, deceased (1840)
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and after marriage as Madame d’Arblay, was born in King’s Lynn, England, on 13 June 1752, to musical hist...
Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

male, 65 years old (San Francisco, United States)
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company.
John Major

John Major

male, 66 years old
Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a former British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British...