Amrita Pritam

Amrita Pritam

female, deceased (2005)
Amrita Pritam (',, ') was an Indian writer. She is considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist. When the former...
William Allan

William Allan

male, deceased (1850)
Sir William Allan (1782 - 1850) was a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born at Edinburgh. Many of his paintings were on national...
Leslie What

Leslie What

female, 54 years old
Leslie What (born Leslie Nelson, 1955) is a writer of fantasy and literary fiction and nonfiction. She began publishing in 1992 with a story for...

Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz

female, deceased (1968)
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, code name “Alinka"” or “Alicja”, was a leading figure in Warsaw's underground resistance movement throughout the year...

Solomon Ettinger

male
Solomon Ettinger (circa 1800-circa 1855) was a 19th century Yiddish- and Hebrew-language playwright, poet and writer of songs and fables whose...
Albert Lortzing

Albert Lortzing

male, deceased (1851)
Gustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer. Born in Berlin to parents who both were actors, at the age of 19 Lortzing began to play the role of...
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski

male, deceased (1823)
Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski was a Polish noble, writer, literary and theater critic, and statesman. He was the son of Prince August...
Adam Asnyk

Adam Asnyk

male, deceased (1897)
Adam Asnyk, was a Polish poet and dramatist. Born September 11, 1838 in Kalisz to a szlachta family, he was educated for a heir of his family's...
Leon Sapieha

Leon Sapieha

male, deceased (1878)
Leon Sapieha (1803-1878) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), political and economic activist. Leon was born and educated in Warsaw, and studied law and...
Tomasz Adam Ostrowski

Tomasz Adam Ostrowski

male, deceased (1817)
Tomasz Adam Ostrowski was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Count since 1798 Tomasz became Colonel of the Crown Army in 1765, Chamberlain of King...