Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

male, deceased (1967)
From Elmhurst, Illinois, from Chicago, writer, House of Vasa, Grammy Award winner, historian…Biographer
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. He was born in...
Conrad Black

Conrad Black

male, 65 years old
fraudster, American, franklin delano roosevelt, criminal, Eddie Greenspan, House of Lords…Biographer
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier and...
Edmund Morris

Edmund Morris

male, 69 years old
Beethoven The Universal Composer, Theodore Rex, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Dutch A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, American Book Award, Harper's Magazine…Biographer
Edmund Morris (born May 27, 1940 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a writer best known for his biographies of United States presidents Theodore Roosevelt and...
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin

female, 66 years old
Political science educator, Harvard University faculty, journalist, Political writer, Bates College alumni, From Long Island…Biographer
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an award-winning author and historian. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995. Widely published...
Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey

male, deceased (1932)
Modern pederasty, From wiltshire, Giles Lytton Strachey, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Pederast, English…Biographer
Giles Lytton Strachey (March 1 1880 - January 21 1932) was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography...
Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd

male, 60 years old
Royal Society of Literature, the observer, London Psychogeographical Association, Psychogeographers, English historical novelist, double first…Biographer
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5 1949, London) is an English author. Ackroyd's mother worked in the personnel department of an engineering firm and...
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

male, deceased (1859)
U.S. minister to Spain, United States Ambassador to Spain, New York lawyer, historian, New York writer, Biographer
Washington Irving was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip van...
John Buchan

John Buchan

male, deceased (1940)
Scottish historical novelist, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Order of the Companions of Honour, Governors General of Canada, from Perth, Scotland, Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order…Biographer
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist, best known for his novel "The...
Hunter Davies

Hunter Davies

male, 73 years old
The Fan, Biographer, Punch magazine, Carlisle United, From Carlisle, tottenham hotspur
Hunter Davies (born 7 January 1936) is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster, best known for his books about The Beatles. He wrote...
Gary Giddins

Gary Giddins

male, 61 years old
Grinnell College, From Long Island, New York writer, jazz, the village voice, Biographer
Gary Giddins (Born March 21, 1948) critic, author, director, best known for his longtime work with The Village Voice. Born in Brooklyn, and raised...