Malachy McCourt

Malachy McCourt

male, 78 years old
US Green Party politician, From Limerick, 'Tis, WBAI, All My Children, memoirist
Malachy McCourt (born September 20, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish-American actor, writer and politician. He was the 2006 Green party...
Russell Baker

Russell Baker

male, 84 years old
New York Times, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winner, George Polk Award recipient, from Virginia, Virginia writer, memoirist
Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose....
Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

female, deceased (2003)
Nazi, triumph des willens, NUBA, Triumph of the Will, third reich, nuremberg…memoirist
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film...
Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day

female, deceased (1980)
Roman Catholic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Christian, sexual revolution, industrial worker of the world, Anti-war activist…memoirist
Dorothy Day was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice...
Jill Ker Conway

Jill Ker Conway

female, 75 years old
Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, University of Sydney alumni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Harvard University alumni, Australian American, University of Toronto faculty…memoirist
Jill Ker Conway (born 9 October 1934) is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoirs, "The...
Stephen J. Dubner

Stephen J. Dubner

male, 46 years old
blogger, Appalachian State University Alumni, Freakonomics, American, Jewish, economics…memoirist
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author and journalist who lives in New York City. In addition to Freakonomics , he is the author of Turbulent...
Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

male, deceased (1798)
librarian, Gian Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, Histoire de ma vie, Italian writer in French, Escapees, memoirist
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr...
Alan Alda

Alan Alda

male, 73 years old
actor, M*A*S*H, television actor, Roman Catholic, Fordham University alumni, The West Wing actor…memoirist
Alan Alda (b. January 28, 1936) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is...
Loung Ung

Loung Ung

female, 39 years old
Chinese American, Asian American, the Killing Fields, Vietnam Veteran of America Foundation, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Saint Michael's College alumni…memoirist
Loung Ung (born 1970) is a Cambodian American human-rights activist, an internationally-recognized lecturer, and the national spokesperson for the...
Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased (1993)
Bebop trumpeter, harmony, Improviser, musician, Jazz trumpeter, modern jazz…memoirist
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...