John Bunyan

John Bunyan

male, deceased (1688)
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 - August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the...
William Faulkner

William Faulkner

male, deceased (1962)
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. He is regarded as one of the most...
Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

male, deceased (1917)
Auguste Rodin was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few...
Hannah Hurnard

Hannah Hurnard

female, deceased (1990)
Hannah Hurnard (1905-1990) is a twentieth century Christian author, best known for her allegory "Hinds' Feet on High Places". Hurnard was born in...

Philo

male, deceased (50)
Philo (20 BC - 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judaeus And as Yedidia, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in...
Martianus Capella

Martianus Capella

male
Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a pagan writer of Late Antiquity, the founder of the "trivium" and "quadrivium" categories that structured...
Sebastian Brant

Sebastian Brant

male, deceased (1521)
Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457 - May 10, 1521), German humanist and satirist, was born in Strasbourg. He studied at Basel, took the degree of...
Alain de Lille

Alain de Lille

male, deceased (1202)
Alain de Lille (or Alanus ab Insulis) (c. 1128 - 1202), French theologian and poet, was born, probably in Lille, some years before 1128. Little is...
Edwin Abbott Abbott

Edwin Abbott Abbott

male, deceased (1926)
Edwin Abbott Abbott (December 20, 1838 - October 12, 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical...

Rex Warner

male, deceased (1986)
Rex Warner (March 9 1905 - June 24 1986) was an English classicist, writer and translator. He is now probably best remembered for "The Aerodrome"...