John George Children

John George Children

male, deceased (1852)
John George Children (May 18, 1777 - January 1, 1852 in Halstead/Kent) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. Children studied at...
Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

male, deceased (1990)
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a wr...
J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

male, 90 years old
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...
Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano

female, 51 years old
Janet Napolitano, elected governor that fall, made the newspaper's mission her own. Fixing CPS, she announced, would be one of her top priorities....
Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

male, deceased (1980)
Jean Piaget (August 9, 1896 - September 16, 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist, well known for his...
Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman

female, 70 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president...
Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones

female, 75 years old
Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small...
James Brolin

James Brolin

male, 69 years old
James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American television, film, character actor,...
Greg Bear

Greg Bear

male, 58 years old
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is a science fiction author and more recently an author of mainstream novels. His work has covered themes...