J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

male, 90 years old
right of first refusal, a perfect day for bananafish, autobiography, ban, adolescent, banned
Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye", as well as his reclusive...
Jung Chang

Jung Chang

female, 57 years old
historian, Mao The Unknown Story, censorship in the People's Republic of China, Simplified Chinese character, Alumni of the University of York, Traditional Chinese character…banned
Jung Chang (born March 25, 1952) is a Chinese-born British writer, best known for her family autobiography "Wild Swans", selling over 10 million...
Judge Dread

Judge Dread

male, deceased (1998)
banned songs, Demography of the United Kingdom, Musicians who died on stage, censorship of music, comic book, reggae…banned
Alexander Minto Hughes (2 May 1945 - 13 March 1998), better known as Judge Dread, was an English reggae and ska artist. Born in Kent, Judge Dread...

Bob Flanagan

male, deceased (1996)
Sheree Rose, The Kid Is A Man, from New York City, California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Irvine, The Groundlings…banned
Bob Flanagan (December 27 1952-January 4 1996) was an American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic. He was born in New York City...
David Hampton

David Hampton

male, deceased (2003)
LGBT African American, ban, AIDS-related death, Impostor, banned, Urologist
David Hampton (1964-2003) was an African-American con artist who gained infamy in the 1980s after bilking a group of wealthy Manhattanites out of...
Greg Meyer

Greg Meyer

male
road racing, Gasparilla, prize money, Detroit Marathon, Sullivan Award, Chicago Marathon…banned
Greg Meyer is best known for his accomplishments in distance running. Most notably, he is the last American male to win the Boston Marathon.

G. B. Jones

female
juvenile delinquent, super 8, The Yo-Yo Gang, underground film, riot grrrl, exploitation…banned
G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. From the early eighties to the late nineties, she performed with the...

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

female, deceased (1873)
Cuban, Censorship, banned, slavery, interracial, sab
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a Cuban writer. She came from a noble background where her father, Manuel Gomez de Avellaneda was part o...
Kamran Shirdel

Kamran Shirdel

male, 70 years old
iranian, Gli Specchi, Kish International Documentary Film Festival, the Bible, Persian Gulf, ROME UNIVERSITY…banned
Kamran Shirdel (born 1939 in Tehran) is a renowned Iranian documentarist. He studied architecture and urbanism at Rome University and film...
Gustav Regler

Gustav Regler

male
writer, German, banned, Spanish Civil War, Battle of Guadalajara, XII International Brigade
Gustav Regler (b. 25 May 1898 in Merzig; d. 14 January 1963 in New Delhi) - German Socialist novelist - and political commissar of the XII...