|
Lucretius
|
Italian
|
Philosophical poet |
99 |
|
Cato the Younger
|
Roman
|
Politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic |
95 |
|
Abd ar-Rahman III
|
Spanish
|
Emir and Caliph of Cordoba |
912 |
|
Sallust
|
Roman
|
Historian and politician |
86 |
|
Mansur Al-Hallaj
|
Persian
|
Islamic mystic |
858 |
|
Sari Al-Saqati
|
Iraqi
|
Sufi imam |
850 |
|
Publilius Syrus
|
Syrian
|
Writer |
85 |
|
Gaius Cassius Longinus
|
Roman
|
Senator and Soldier |
85 |
|
Caius Valerius Catullus
|
Roman
|
Poet and statesman |
84 |
|
Joannes Scotus Erigena
|
Irish
|
Theologian, philosopher, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet |
815 |
|
Bayazid Bastami
|
American
|
|
804 |
|
Lu Yen
|
Chinese
|
Meditation adept |
800 |
|
Suetonius
|
Roman
|
General |
75 |
|
Alcuin
|
English
|
Scholar |
735 |
|
King Herod I
|
Palestinian
|
Monarch |
73 |
|
Bhavabhuti
|
Indian
|
Dramatist and poet |
700 |
|
Hesiod
|
Greek
|
Poet |
700 |
|
Virgil
|
Roman
|
Poet |
70 |
|
Archilochus
|
Greek
|
Poet and mercenary |
680 |
|
Dajian Huineng
|
Chinese
|
Ch'an master, 6th Ch'an Patriarch |
638 |
|
Solon
|
Athenian
|
Statesman |
638 |
|
Hsi-Tang
|
|
Buddhist writer |
638 |
|
Yi Jing
|
Chinese
|
Buddhist Monk |
635 |
|
Sappho
|
Greek
|
Lyric poet |
630 |
|
Augustus
|
Roman
|
Soldier |
63 |
|
Zoroaster
|
Iranian
|
Religious leader |
628 |
|
Thales
|
Greek
|
Philosopher and scientist |
624 |
|
Aesop
|
Greek
|
Fable writer and slave |
620 |
|
Alcaeus
|
Greek
|
Poet and satirist |
611 |
|
Pliny the Younger
|
Roman
|
Lawyer, author and magistrate of Ancient Rome. |
61 |
|
Laozi
|
Chinese
|
Philosopher, founder of Taoism |
604 |
|
Anacharsis
|
Scythian
|
Philosopher |
600 |
|
Bias
|
Greek
|
Sage and maxim writer |
600 |
|
The Bible
|
English
|
Christian Holy Book |
600 |
|
Juvenal
|
Roman
|
Poet and satirist |
60 |
|
Livy
|
Roman
|
Historian, orator and philosopher |
59 |
|
Anaximenes
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
585 |
|
Pythagoras
|
Greek
|
Philosopher and mathematician |
580 |
|
Abu Bakr
|
Saudi Arabian
|
Senior companion of and the first Muslim ruler after Muhammad |
573 |
|
Xenophanes of Colophon
|
Greek
|
Philosopher, theologian, poet and social and religious critic |
570 |
|
Periander
|
Greek
|
One of the seven sages |
570 |
|
Gautama Buddha
|
Indian
|
Founder of Buddhism. philosopher, Prince and spiritual leader |
563 |
|
Chilon of Sparta
|
Greek
|
Sage |
560 |
|
Phocylides
|
Greek
|
Poet |
560 |
|
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
|
Roman
|
Historian and politician |
56 |
|
Simonides of Ceos
|
Greek
|
Poet |
556 |
|
Simonides of Ceos
|
Greek
|
Lyric poet |
556 |
|
Epictetus
|
Greek
|
Slave and stoic philosopher |
55 |
|
Tibullus
|
Roman
|
Elegiac Poet |
55 |
|
Sun Tzu
|
Chinese
|
Soldier |
544 |
|
Pope Gregory I
|
Roman
|
Pontiff 590–604 |
540 |
|
Heraclitus of Ephesus
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
540 |
|
Epicharmus
|
|
|
540 |
|
Heraclitus
|
Greek
|
Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher |
535 |
|
Fortunatus Venantius
|
Italian
|
Poet and Bishop of the early Catholic Church |
530 |
|
Quintus Curtius Rufus
|
Roman
|
Historian |
53 |
|
Quintus Curtius Rufus
|
Roman
|
Historian |
53 |
|
Aeschylus
|
Greek
|
Dramatist, tragic poet and soldier |
525 |
|
Pindar
|
Greek
|
Lyric poet |
522 |
|
Bhagavad Gita
|
|
Sacred Hindu text |
500 |
|
Bian Que
|
Chinese
|
Physician |
500 |
|
Akiba ben Joseph
|
Palestinian
|
Rabbi and sage |
50 |
|
Sextus Propertius
|
Roman
|
Elegiac poet |
50 |
|
Saint Paul
|
|
|
5 |
|
Sophocles
|
Greek
|
Poet |
496 |
|
Pericles
|
Athenian
|
Statesman |
495 |
|
Empedocles
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
490 |
|
Gorgias
|
Greek
|
Sophist and rhetorician |
487 |
|
Herodotus
|
Greek
|
Historian |
484 |
|
Justinian I
|
Roman
|
Emperor |
483 |
|
Protagoras
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
481 |
|
Anicius Manilius Severinus Boethius
|
Roman
|
Philosopher |
480 |
|
Euripides
|
Greek
|
Tragic dramatist |
480 |
|
Socrates
|
Greek
|
Philosopher of Athens, executed for allegedly corrupting the young |
469 |
|
Democritus of Abdera
|
Greek
|
Philosopher - pre-Socratic Philosophy |
460 |
|
Hippocrates
|
Greek
|
Physician |
460 |
|
Thucydides
|
Greek
|
Historian |
460 |
|
Aristophanes
|
Athenian
|
Dramatist, comic poet and satirist |
456 |
|
Kālidāsa
|
Indian
|
Dramatist |
450 |
|
Juang-zu
|
|
Taoist philosopher |
450 |
|
Agathon
|
Greek
|
Poet |
448 |
|
Antisthenes
|
Greek
|
Cynic and philosopher |
445 |
|
Agesilaus II
|
Spartan
|
King of Sparta |
444 |
|
Isocrates
|
Greek
|
Rhetorician and Logographer |
436 |
|
Aristippus
|
Greek
|
Hedonist philosopher |
435 |
|
General Xenophon
|
Greek
|
General and historian |
431 |
|
Marcus Valerius Martialis
|
Latin
|
Poet and epigramist |
43 |
|
Ovid
|
Roman
|
Poet |
43 |
|
Plato
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
427 |
|
Diogenes
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
412 |
|
Antiphanes
|
Greek
|
Playwright |
408 |
|
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
|
Roman
|
Statesman and Orator |
4 |
|
Xenocrates of Chalcedon
|
Greek
|
Philosopher and Mathematician |
396 |
|
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
|
Roman
|
Grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher |
395 |
|
Aristotle
|
Greek
|
Philosopher, critic, logician, naturalist, physicist, and zoologist |
384 |
|
Demosthenes
|
Greek
|
Orator |
384 |
|
King Philip II
|
Macedonian
|
Monarch |
382 |
|
Demades
|
Athenian
|
Orator, poet and demagogue |
380 |
|
Renatus Flavius Vegetius
|
Greek
|
|
375 |
|
Mencius
|
Chinese
|
Mandarin philosopher |
372 |
|
Zhuangzi
|
Chinese
|
Philosopher and Evolutionist |
370 |
|
Flavius Josephus
|
Italian
|
Historian and Hagiographer |
37 |
|
Claudianus
|
Latin
|
Classic poet |
365 |
|
Philemon
|
Greek
|
Poet of new comedy |
362 |
|
Hypatia of Alexandria
|
Greek
|
Atheist, mathematician, teacher, astronomer and philosopher |
360 |
|
Alexander the Great
|
Macedonian
|
Soldier |
356 |
|
Quintilian
|
Roman
|
Rhetorician |
35 |
|
Marcus Fabius Quintillian
|
Roman
|
Rhetorician |
35 |
|
John Chrysostom
|
Greek
|
Archbishop of Constantinople |
347 |
|
Saint Jerome
|
Greek
|
Illyrian Christian priest |
347 |
|
Menander
|
Greek
|
Dramatic poet |
342 |
|
Epicurus
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
341 |
|
Persius
|
Roman
|
Satirical poet |
34 |
|
Saint Ambrose
|
Roman
|
Theologian |
337 |
|
Zeno of Citium
|
Greek
|
Philosopher, Logician, Scientist and Ethicist |
334 |
|
Julian the Apostate
|
Roman
|
Emperor |
332 |
|
Basil
|
Cappadocian
|
Religious leader |
329 |
|
Crates
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
320 |
|
Arcesilaus
|
Greek
|
Philosopher |
316 |
|
Ausonius
|
Roman
|
Poet and man of letters |
310 |
|
Callimachus
|
Cyrenian
|
Poet, Critic and Scholar |
305 |
|
Dionysius Cato
|
Roman
|
Writer |
300 |
|
Aelius Donatus
|
Italian
|
Grammarian and teacher of rhetoric |
300 |
|
Euclid
|
Greek
|
Geometer and mathematician |
300 |
|
Pilpay
|
Indian
|
Sanskrit writer of fables |
300 |
|
Theocritus
|
Greek
|
Creator of ancient Greek Bucolic Poetry |
300 |
|
The Dhammapada
|
|
Buddhist Scripture |
300 |
|
Thiruvalluvar
|
|
Tamil Poet |
30 |
|
Archimedes
|
Greek
|
Mathematician, scientist and inventor |
287 |
|
Apollonius
|
Greek
|
Mathematician and poet |
257 |
|
Titus Maccius Plautus
|
Roman
|
Comic poet |
254 |
|
Diogenes Laërtius
|
Greek
|
Writer and philosopher |
250 |
|
Lactantius
|
Latin
|
Writer and apologist |
240 |
|
Quintus Ennius
|
Roman
|
Epic poet |
239 |
|
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
|
Roman
|
Patriot and statesman |
234 |
|
Pliny the Elder
|
Roman
|
Naturalist philosopher, naval and military commander |
23 |
|
Polybius
|
Greek
|
Historian |
203 |
|
Adaptation
|
American
|
Dramatic |
2002 |
|
Catch Me If You Can
|
American
|
Dramatic |
2002 |
|
Legally Blonde
|
American
|
Comedy |
2001 |
|
The Office
|
British
|
Comedy |
2001 |
|
Wisdom of Solomon
|
Jewish
|
Holy Book |
200 |
|
The Talmud
|
Jewish
|
Holy Book |
200 |
|
Valerius Maximus
|
Roman
|
Writer |
20 |
|
Petronius
|
Roman
|
Satirist |
2 |
|
10 Things I Hate About You
|
|
Comedy |
1999 |
|
Limp Bizkit
|
American
|
Band |
1995 |
|
Forrest Gump
|
American
|
Dramatic |
1994 |
|
Peter Davies
|
Welsh
|
Actor |
1989 |
|
Driving Miss Daisy
|
American
|
Dramatic |
1989 |
|
The Simpsons
|
American
|
Cartoon |
1989 |
|
Fry and Laurie
|
British
|
Sketch Comedy |
1982 |
|
David Broadfoot
|
|
|
1981 |
|
Ben Frost
|
Australian
|
Musician, composer and producer |
1980 |
|
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
|
English
|
Comedy |
1979 |
|
Alexandra Robbins
|
|
Investigative journalist, lecturer and author |
1976 |
|
U2
|
Irish
|
Band |
1976 |
|
The Muppets
|
American
|
Puppet |
1974 |
|
Luis Marin
|
Costa Rican
|
Footballer |
1974 |
|
Wendy Ward
|
American
|
Golfer |
1973 |
|
Benedict Andrews
|
Australian
|
Director |
1972 |
|
The Godfather
|
American
|
Drama |
1972 |
|
Julian Paul Assange
|
Australian
|
Journalist, programmer and Internet activist |
1971 |
|
Leslie Richard Groves
|
American
|
Army officer |
1970 |
|
Michael D. Adams
|
Canadian
|
Electrical engineer |
1969 |
|
The Wild Bunch
|
American
|
Western |
1969 |
|
Monty Python's Flying Circus
|
British
|
Comedy |
1969 |
|
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
|
American
|
Science fiction and fantasy author |
1968 |
|
Barbarella
|
American
|
Science Fiction |
1968 |
|
Bizarro
|
|
Fictional character that appears in publications published by DC Comics. |
1967 |
|
Barefoot In The Park
|
American
|
Comedy |
1967 |
|
Doug Saunders
|
Canadian
|
Author, Columnist and Journalist |
1967 |
|
Sam Harris
|
American
|
CEO of Project Reason, neuroscientist and author |
1967 |
|
Rob Gibson
|
|
Sports physician |
1966 |
|
Mission Impossible
|
American
|
Dramatic |
1966 |
|
John Leonard
|
Australian
|
Poet |
1965 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel
|
American
|
Band |
1965 |
|
Elizabeth Foley
|
|
Professor of Law |
1965 |
|
Steve Gray
|
New Zealander
|
Television presenter |
1965 |
|
Cat Ballou
|
American
|
Comedy Western |
1965 |
|
Dr. Strangelove
|
English
|
Black Comedy |
1964 |
|
Po Bronson
|
American
|
Journalist and author |
1964 |
|
The Moody Blues
|
English
|
Band |
1964 |
|
Paul Graham
|
|
Programmer, venture capitalist and essayist |
1964 |
|
Rebecca Wells
|
American
|
Novelist and actress |
1964 |
|
Whitney Houston
|
American
|
Singer and movie actress |
1963 |
|
Pink Floyd
|
English
|
Band |
1963 |
|
Raymond J. Bartholomeuz
|
Australian
|
Comedian |
1963 |
|
Doctor Who
|
British
|
Science Fiction |
1963 |
|
Keith Bradshaw
|
Australian
|
Cricketer, accountant and administrator |
1963 |
|
Paul Beatty
|
American
|
Author |
1962 |
|
Tom Frame
|
Australian
|
Bishop to the Defence Forces |
1962 |
|
Mark O'Connor
|
American
|
|
1961 |
|
Joseph Chilton Pearce
|
English
|
Writer |
1961 |
|
Anthony Fisher
|
|
Bishop of Sydney
|
1960 |
|
The Beatles
|
British
|
Band |
1960 |
|
Mike Rich
|
American
|
Screenwriter, disk jockey and news director |
1959 |
|
George Saunders
|
American
|
Writer |
1958 |
|
Al Seckel
|
American
|
Researcher |
1958 |
|
Katie Anne Couric
|
American
|
Broadcast journalist and newscaster |
1957 |
|
Andrew Mark Cuomo
|
American
|
Politician |
1957 |
|
Danny Rubin
|
American
|
Screenwriter, actor, lecturer and blogger |
1957 |
|
Rodney Yee
|
American
|
Yoga instructor |
1957 |
|
Pico Iyer
|
British
|
Essayist and author |
1957 |
|
Marty Calladine
|
Australian
|
Sculptor, painter and philosopher |
1957 |
|
Michael Kelly
|
American
|
Journalist |
1957 |
|
Nathaniel Borenstein
|
|
Chief Open Standards Strategist and Engineer at IBM |
1957 |
|
Eric Steven Raymond
|
American
|
Computer programmer, author and open source software advocate |
1957 |
|
Nick Faldo
|
English
|
Golfer |
1957 |
|
James Bovard
|
American
|
Author and lecturer |
1956 |
|
Denise Caruso
|
American
|
Digital commerce columnist and Journalist |
1956 |
|
Arthur Golden
|
American
|
Author |
1956 |
|
The Bad Seed
|
American
|
Horror |
1956 |
|
Carrie Frances Fisher
|
American
|
Writer, actress and screenwriter |
1956 |
|
Tom Jennings
|
American
|
Writer |
1955 |
|
Gregory Nunn
|
American
|
|
1955 |
|
David Holmgren
|
|
Ecologist, ecological design engineer and writer |
1955 |
|
Cathy Ladman
|
American
|
Television writer and actor |
1955 |
|
Susan McDougal
|
American
|
Businesswoman and personal assistant |
1955 |
|
Tom Flood
|
Australian
|
Author, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician |
1955 |
|
Mufti Muhammad Naeem
|
Pakistani
|
Cleric, Islamic scholar, Theologian |
1955 |
|
N. W. Dougherty
|
|
|
1955 |
|
Lee Child
|
British
|
Author |
1954 |
|
David Russell
|
Scottish
|
Classical guitarist |
1953 |
|
Adrienne E. Gusoff
|
American
|
Teacher, humorist and greeting card writer |
1953 |
|
Robert X. Cringely
|
|
|
1953 |
|
Bill Kristol
|
American
|
Neoconservative and commentator. |
1952 |
|
Amy Tan
|
American
|
Novelist |
1952 |
|
Alan Whitney Brown
|
|
Writer and humorist |
1952 |
|
John R. Jensen
|
American
|
College professor |
1952 |
|
Patrick O'Leary
|
American
|
Advertising director and poet |
1952 |
|
Neil Peart
|
Canadian
|
Musician and rock drummer |
1952 |
|
Robert N Quillan
|
|
|
1951 |
|
Merrill Markoe
|
American
|
Author, television writer and comedian |
1951 |
|
Roy Goodman
|
English
|
Conductor, violinist and organist |
1951 |
|
The Goon Show
|
English
|
Comedy Trio |
1951 |
|
Jenny Holzer
|
American
|
Artist |
1950 |
|
Robert B. Mackay
|
Australian
|
Analyst |
1950 |
|
Donald W. Foster
|
American
|
English Professor |
1950 |
|
Jack Handey
|
American
|
Comedian |
1949 |
|
George Edward Foreman
|
American
|
Boxer |
1949 |
|
Adam's Rib
|
American
|
Romantic Comedy |
1949 |
|
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
American
|
Science fiction author |
1949 |
|
Reverend Mary Manin Morrissey
|
American
|
Clergywoman and Fraudster |
1949 |
|
Albert Arnold Gore
|
|
Politician |
1948 |
|
Karl Kruszelnicki
|
Australian
|
Author and science commentator |
1948 |
|
Archaeopteryx
|
|
Bible and previous gods Researcher - who doesn't sport three fingers with claws |
1948 |
|
Roger Diggle
|
American
|
Computer Scientist |
1948 |
|
Natalie Goldberg
|
American
|
Author |
1948 |
|
Terry Goodkind
|
American
|
Author |
1948 |
|
A. L. Linall Jr.
|
American
|
Editor |
1947 |
|
Dick Fosbury
|
American
|
Athlete |
1947 |
|
Paula Giddings
|
African-American
|
Historian and Writer |
1947 |
|
Bob Edwards
|
American
|
Broadcast journalist and radio host |
1947 |
|
Peter M. Senge
|
American
|
Engineer and Scientist |
1947 |
|
Barbara Johnson
|
American
|
Literary critic and Translator |
1947 |
|
Robert Bielak
|
American
|
Screenwriter |
1946 |
|
Cheech Marin
|
American
|
Comedian and actor |
1946 |
|
Edwina Currie
|
British
|
Former British Member of Parliament |
1946 |
|
Richard Galen
|
American
|
Columnist and Republican strategist and former press-secretary to Vice President Dan Quayle and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich |
1946 |
|
Steve Grossman
|
American
|
Politician |
1946 |
|
Barbara Hall
|
Canadian
|
Lawyer, public servant and former politician |
1946 |
|
Jim Dodge
|
American
|
Novelist and poet |
1945 |
|
Jeffrey Robinson
|
American
|
Financial crime journalist |
1945 |
|
Curtis R. Carlson
|
|
CEO of SRI International |
1945 |
|
Winston Groom
|
American
|
Novelist |
1944 |
|
Lew Rockwell
|
American
|
Political Commentator |
1944 |
|
Brian Tracy
|
Canadian
|
Author |
1944 |
|
George Lucas
|
American
|
Movie director |
1944 |
|
Alice Malsenior Walker
|
American
|
Novelist, poet, feminist and womanist |
1944 |
|
Ingrid Bengis
|
American
|
|
1944 |
|
Eve Babitz
|
|
Artist and author |
1943 |
|
Professor Mark R. Cohen
|
American
|
Professor of Near Eastern Studies |
1943 |
|
Susan Griffin
|
American
|
Author, Poet, Playwright and Feminist |
1943 |
|
Harry Shearer
|
American
|
Actor, writer and musician |
1943 |
|
Rosabeth Moss Cantor
|
American
|
Educator |
1943 |
|
Robert Fritz
|
American
|
Author, management consultant, composer and filmmaker. |
1943 |
|
Matt Cartmill
|
American
|
Anthropology Professor and Writer |
1943 |
|
Donald Carl Hinrichs
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Writer |
1943 |
|
Dale Spender
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Australian
|
Feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant |
1943 |
|
David T. Wolf
|
|
|
1943 |
|
Cokie Roberts
|
American
|
Journalist and author |
1943 |
|
Robert Hewison
|
British
|
Academic and author |
1943 |
|
Casablanca
|
American
|
Drama |
1943 |
|
Anwar Mohammed Abdulrahman
|
Bahrainian
|
Journalist |
1942 |
|
Joe Brainard
|
|
Artist |
1942 |
|
Allan Beck
|
|
|
1942 |
|
Bob Ellis
|
Australian
|
Writer, journalist, film-maker, and political commentator |
1942 |
|
Theodore Kaczynski
|
American
|
Former Assistant Professor of Mathematics and terrorist |
1942 |
|
Cal Thomas
|
American
|
Columnist and author |
1942 |
|
Phil Gramm
|
American
|
Republican Congressman |
1942 |
|
Mohammed Aldouri
|
Iraqi
|
U.N.Ambassador |
1942 |
|
Nora Ephron
|
American
|
Screenwriter, director and columnist |
1941 |
|
Jarvis Tyner
|
American
|
Communist Politician |
1941 |
|
Thomas Buckner
|
American
|
Baritone vocalist |
1941 |
|
Citizen Kane
|
American
|
Dramatic |
1941 |
|
Alex Morrison
|
Canadian
|
Former Lieutenant Colonel of the Canadian Forces |
1941 |
|
Gail Parent
|
American
|
Comic novelist and screenwriter |
1941 |
|
Jeraldine Saunders
|
|
Novelist |
1941 |
|
Paul Efthemios Tsongas
|
American
|
Politician |
1941 |
|
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
Italian
|
Movie director |
1940 |
|
David Budbill
|
|
Poet and writer |
1940 |
|
John Maxwell Coetzee
|
Australian
|
Novelist |
1940 |
|
H. K. Jackson Brown Jr.
|
|
|
1940 |
|
Eleanor Clift
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American
|
News editor, columnist, political commentator, pundit, reporter and author |
1940 |
|
Manfred Jurgensen
|
Australian
|
Poet |
1940 |
|
Barney Frank
|
American
|
Democrat Politician |
1940 |
|
Wizard Of Oz
|
American
|
Fantasy |
1939 |
|
Najmuddin A. Shaikh
|
Pakistani
|
Journalist |
1939 |
|
Maria Isabel Barreno
|
|
Writer |
1939 |
|
Judy Collins
|
American
|
Singer and songwriter |
1939 |
|
Michael Keller Ditka
|
American
|
Football player and coach |
1939 |
|
Gone With The Wind
|
American
|
Drama |
1939 |
|
Joyce Carol Oates
|
American
|
Novelist and short story writer |
1938 |
|
Pauline Parker
|
New Zealander
|
|
1938 |
|
Mary Pettibone Poole
|
|
|
1938 |
|
Joan Wester Anderson
|
American
|
Author |
1938 |
|
Lester Carl Thurow
|
American
|
Former dean and author |
1938 |
|
Colleen McCullough
|
Australian
|
Novelist, teacher, and librarian |
1937 |
|
Bill Cosby
|
American
|
Actor, writer and comedian |
1937 |
|
Joseph P. Martino
|
American
|
Author |
1937 |
|
Kaleem Omar
|
Pakistani
|
Journalist and poet |
1937 |
|
Jim Maury Henson
|
American
|
Producer and Puppeteer |
1936 |
|
John Madden
|
American
|
Football coach and sportscaster |
1936 |
|
Dr. Morgan Scott Peck
|
|
Psychiatrist and inspirational writer |
1936 |
|
Carole Burnett
|
American
|
Actor and comedian |
1936 |
|
Dick Cavett
|
American
|
Comedian |
1936 |
|
Anthony Brandt
|
American
|
Author |
1936 |
|
Celia Green
|
British
|
Author |
1935 |
|
Jack Welch Jr.
|
American
|
Business Executive, author and chemical engineer |
1935 |
|
Monique Wittig
|
American
|
Writer, feminist and gay rights activist |
1935 |
|
Dalai Lama
|
Tibetan
|
14th Dalai Lama |
1935 |
|
Paul Henry O'Neill
|
|
Businessman and bureaucrat |
1935 |
|
Jane Howard
|
American
|
Author |
1935 |
|
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
|
American
|
United States Army General - 1956-1981 |
1934 |
|
Vartan Gregorian
|
American
|
President of Carnegie Corporation of New York |
1934 |
|
Hazel Henderson
|
American
|
Author and television producer |
1933 |
|
David Rueben
|
|
|
1933 |
|
Harvey Mackay
|
American
|
Businessman and speaker |
1933 |
|
Robert Bennett
|
American
|
Politician - Republican |
1933 |
|
William Bridges
|
American
|
Employment Consultant |
1933 |
|
Joseph Nicholas Barth
|
American
|
Pastor |
1932 |
|
Robert Fulford
|
Canadian
|
Journalist |
1932 |
|
Ferenc Madl
|
Hungarian
|
President of Hungary - 2000 – 2005 |
1931 |
|
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
|
Russian
|
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 |
1931 |
|
Edward Lawrence Doctorow
|
|
Novelist and editor |
1931 |
|
George Lois
|
|
Advertising executive |
1931 |
|
Derek Curtis Bok
|
American
|
Educator and lawyer |
1930 |
|
G. Gordon Liddy
|
|
Orator and lawyer |
1930 |
|
Meg Greenfield
|
American
|
Editor |
1930 |
|
Harold Pinter
|
British
|
Playwright, actor and director |
1930 |
|
Warren Buffett
|
American
|
Business executive |
1930 |
|
Ursula Kroeber LeGuin
|
American
|
Science fiction author |
1929 |
|
Milan Kundera
|
Czechoslovakian
|
Author and critic |
1929 |
|
Dory Previn
|
American
|
Singer and songwriter |
1929 |
|
R. E. Hellmund
|
|
|
1929 |
|
Dee W. Hock
|
American
|
Businessman |
1929 |
|
Joe Girard
|
American
|
Salesman and motivational speaker |
1928 |
|
Tom Jones II
|
|
Lyricist and writer |
1928 |
|
Eugene Cullen Kennedy
|
|
Psychology professor, former Catholic priest, writer and novelist |
1928 |
|
Robert Maynard Pirsig
|
American
|
Metaphysical writer |
1928 |
|
John Train
|
|
Attorney, investment banker and political activist |
1928 |
|
Bill Mollison
|
Australian
|
Researcher, author, scientist, teacher, naturalist, visionary and Father of Permaculture |
1928 |
|
Rex Mossop
|
Australian
|
Sportsman |
1928 |
|
Shirley Temple
|
American
|
Actor and diplomat |
1928 |
|
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn
|
British
|
Journalist |
1928 |
|
Bob Monkhouse
|
English
|
Comedy writer, comedian and actor |
1928 |
|
Ramsey Clark
|
American
|
Lawyer |
1927 |
|
Guy Mattison Davenport
|
American
|
Writer, translator, painter, illustrator, intellectual and teacher |
1927 |
|
Ken Arthur Dodd
|
English
|
Comedian and singer |
1927 |
|
Alan Seymour
|
Australian
|
Writer of plays radio scripts, novels, articles |
1927 |
|
Kenneth Peacock Tynan
|
English
|
Author and theatre critic |
1927 |
|
John Joseph McLaughlin
|
|
Catholic clergyman, journalist and political commentator |
1927 |
|
David Wagoner
|
|
Poet |
1926 |
|
Bob Richards
|
American
|
Athlete |
1926 |
|
James Hillman
|
American
|
Psychologist |
1926 |
|
Quentin Crewe
|
|
Writer |
1926 |
|
Art Buchwald
|
American
|
Journalist and dramatist |
1925 |
|
Warren Bennis
|
American
|
Writer, educator and Sociologist at University of Southern California |
1925 |
|
Bess Myerson
|
American
|
|
1924 |
|
Jean Francois Lyotard
|
French
|
Philosopher |
1924 |
|
James David Barber
|
Canadian
|
Cooking Show host |
1923 |
|
Mary Frances Berry
|
American
|
Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History |
1923 |
|
Sir William Yeo
|
Australian
|
Military veteran and politician |
1923 |
|
Og Mandino
|
American
|
Motivational author and speaker |
1923 |
|
Freeman John Dyson
|
English
|
Physicist and mathematician |
1923 |
|
Hal Abelson
|
American
|
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering |
1922 |
|
Gerald Holton
|
American
|
Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus, at Harvard University |
1922 |
|
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
|
American
|
Novelist |
1922 |
|
Alex Carey
|
Australian
|
Writer and Social Psychologist |
1922 |
|
Henry Grunwald
|
Austrian
|
Journalist and diplomat |
1922 |
|
Alexander Dubcek
|
Slovenian
|
Politician |
1921 |
|
Simon Nora
|
French
|
|
1921 |
|
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
|
American
|
Politician and business man |
1921 |
|
Federico Fellini
|
Italian
|
Film maker and director |
1920 |
|
Major Robert S. Johnson
|
American
|
Fighter pilot |
1920 |
|
Idi Amin
|
Ugandan
|
Dictator and politician |
1920 |
|
Roy Harris Jenkins
|
British
|
Labour MP |
1920 |
|
Pete Seeger
|
American
|
Folksinger and songwriter |
1919 |
|
Vernon Linwood Howard
|
American
|
Author |
1918 |
|
Lou Dorfsman
|
American
|
Graphic Designer |
1918 |
|
Spike Milligan
|
British
|
Actor, writer, poet, philosopher and comedian |
1918 |
|
Gwendolyn Brooks
|
African-American
|
Poet |
1917 |
|
Naomi Bliven
|
|
Writer and critic |
1916 |
|
Ted W. Engstrom
|
|
Former head of Youth for Christ International and World Vision International |
1916 |
|
Penelope Fitzgerald
|
English
|
Novelist |
1916 |
|
Charles Bradley Templeton
|
Canadian
|
Politician, Evangelist, Politician and Broadcaster and Agnostic |
1915 |
|
Fred Hoyle
|
English
|
Astronomer and Mathematician |
1915 |
|
Professor Scott Elledge
|
|
Professor of English Literature and Writer. |
1914 |
|
Gypsy Rose Lee
|
American
|
Actor, entertainer and writer |
1914 |
|
H. V. Wade
|
American
|
Lawyer |
1914 |
|
Joe DiMaggio
|
American
|
Major League Baseball center fielder |
1914 |
|
Ethel Barrett
|
American
|
Christian Writer |
1914 |
|
Marjorie Nicholson
|
|
Labor leader |
1914 |
|
Bonnie Prudden
|
American
|
Fitness trainer |
1914 |
|
Michael Joseph
|
British
|
Author |
1914 |
|
Nan Fairbrother
|
English
|
Journalist and writer |
1913 |
|
Elizabeth Janeway
|
American
|
Author and critic |
1913 |
|
Bill Shankley
|
British
|
Football manager |
1913 |
|
Robertson Davies
|
Canadian
|
Novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor |
1913 |
|
Germain G. Glidden
|
|
Artist and Squash Player |
1913 |
|
Don Byas
|
American
|
Jazz musician |
1912 |
|
Lady Bird Johnson
|
American
|
First Lady of the United States - November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 |
1912 |
|
William Baziotes
|
American
|
Painter |
1912 |
|
Lewis Samuel Feuer
|
American
|
Author and sociologist |
1912 |
|
Pamela Hansford Johnson
|
British
|
Critic and writer |
1912 |
|
Shaun Herron
|
|
Novelist |
1912 |
|
Tip O'Neill Jr.
|
American
|
Politician |
1912 |
|
Sir John Grey Gorton
|
Australian
|
Politician |
1911 |
|
E. F. Schumacher
|
English
|
Economist and writer |
1911 |
|
Hal Boyle
|
American
|
Journalist |
1911 |
|
Clark Kerr
|
American
|
Educator and labor relations scholar |
1911 |
|
Margaret Halsey
|
American
|
Writer |
1910 |
|
Alfred A. Montapert
|
American
|
Inventor, industrialist and writer |
1910 |
|
Dame C. V. Wedgewood
|
English
|
Historian |
1910 |
|
Philip S. Bernstein
|
English
|
Musical Director at the Yiddish theatre |
1910 |
|
Russell Lynes
|
American
|
Art historian and author |
1910 |
|
Aaron Levenstein
|
|
Writer |
1910 |
|
David Victor
|
|
Television producer and writer |
1910 |
|
Harold Parrott
|
American
|
Sportswriter and Baseball Executive |
1909 |
|
Calvin Hall
|
American
|
Psychologist |
1909 |
|
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
|
|
Food critic and writer |
1908 |
|
Ian Fleming
|
English
|
Novelist and journalist |
1908 |
|
Lieutenant Howell Forgy
|
American
|
Chaplain |
1908 |
|
J. K. Galbraith
|
American
|
Economist |
1908 |
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
|
36th President of the United States of America - Democrat 1963 - 1969 |
1908 |
|
Ross F. Papprill
|
|
|
1908 |
|
Abraham Maslow
|
American
|
Psychologist |
1908 |
|
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs
|
English
|
Explorer |
1908 |
|
Robert Morley
|
British
|
Actor, director and playwright |
1908 |
|
Louis MacNiece
|
British
|
Poet |
1907 |
|
Rachel Carson
|
American
|
Ecologist and writer |
1907 |
|
Dame Daphne du Maurier
|
British
|
Author and playwright. |
1907 |
|
Barnett Cocks
|
|
Political writer |
1907 |
|
Johannes Daniel (Hans) Jensen
|
German
|
Physicist |
1907 |
|
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
|
American
|
Computer scientist |
1906 |
|
Richard Armour
|
American
|
Poet author and humourist |
1906 |
|
Alan Barth
|
American
|
Journalist |
1906 |
|
Clara Bow
|
American
|
Actress |
1906 |
|
J. J. Furnas
|
American
|
Freelance Writer |
1906 |
|
Greta Garbo
|
American
|
Actor |
1905 |
|
Elizabeth Jenkins
|
English
|
Author |
1905 |
|
Justice McClemens
|
Australian
|
Judge |
1905 |
|
Maria Augusta von Trapp
|
Austrian
|
|
1905 |
|
Max Schmelling
|
German
|
Boxer |
1905 |
|
John Crow
|
|
Professor and journalist |
1904 |
|
Robert K. Greenleaf
|
American
|
Founder of the modern Servant Leadership Movement |
1904 |
|
Abbott Joseph Liebling
|
|
Journalist and columnist |
1904 |
|
Pablo Neruda
|
Chilean
|
Poet and politician |
1904 |
|
Adelle Davis
|
American
|
Writer |
1904 |
|
Marya Mannes
|
American
|
Journalist |
1904 |
|
Nancy Mitford
|
British
|
Writer |
1904 |
|
J. G. Cozzens
|
American
|
Writer |
1903 |
|
Evelyn Waugh
|
English
|
Novelist and satirist |
1903 |
|
William Plomer
|
South African
|
Novelist, poet and literary editor |
1903 |
|
Stella Dorothea Gibbons
|
English
|
Novelist, poet and short-story writer |
1902 |
|
Thomas Edmund Dewey
|
American
|
Politician |
1902 |
|
Richard Butler
|
Indian
|
Politician and diplomat |
1902 |
|
Sidney Homer
|
|
Financier |
1902 |
|
Doug Larson
|
American
|
Athlete, olympic gold medalist |
1902 |
|
Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr.
|
American
|
Novelist, historian, and literary historian |
1901 |
|
Fred Schwed
|
|
Economist and writer |
1901 |
|
Maryon Pearson
|
Canadian
|
Teacher |
1901 |
|
Mohammed Neguib
|
Egyptian
|
Politician |
1901 |
|
Enrico Fermi
|
American
|
Physicist |
1901 |
|
Edward Dahlberg
|
American
|
Novelist |
1900 |
|
Luis Bunuel
|
Spanish
|
Filmmaker |
1900 |
|
Helen Douglas
|
American
|
Actress and Politician |
1900 |
|
Joanna Field
|
British
|
Psychologist and author |
1900 |
|
Bernie Newman
|
|
Deputy director, weather bureau |
1899 |
|
Louis Booker Wright
|
American
|
Director, educator and librarian |
1899 |
|
Elizabeth Bowen
|
Irish
|
Novelist and writer |
1899 |
|
Hart Crane
|
American
|
Poet |
1899 |
|
Charles Duell
|
American
|
Patents officer |
1899 |
|
Evan Esar
|
American
|
Humorist |
1899 |
|
Leslie Haylen
|
Australian
|
Politician |
1898 |
|
Friedrich Otto Hertz
|
|
|
1898 |
|
Thomas Leo McCarey
|
|
Screenwriter and director |
1898 |
|
William Griffith Wilson
|
American
|
Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous |
1895 |
|
Isaak Emmanuelovich Babel
|
Russian
|
Short story writer |
1894 |
|
E. E. Cummings
|
American
|
Poet |
1894 |
|
Susan Ertz
|
British
|
Writer |
1894 |
|
Suzanne Le Moy
|
Australian
|
Philosopher |
1894 |
|
Felix Morley
|
American
|
Journalist |
1894 |
|
F. L. Lucas
|
English
|
Essayist and poet |
1894 |
|
Dorothea Brande
|
American
|
Writer and editor |
1893 |
|
Dr. Louis J. Camuti
|
American
|
|
1893 |
|
Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
|
American
|
Physiologist |
1893 |
|
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
|
German
|
Nazi politician |
1893 |
|
Mao Tse-Tung
|
Chinese
|
Communist politician and revolutionary |
1893 |
|
Ted Kavanagh
|
British
|
Radio scriptwriter and producer |
1892 |
|
L. M. Boston
|
|
Author |
1892 |
|
Pearl S. Buck
|
American
|
Novelist |
1892 |
|
Robert H. Jackson
|
American
|
Supreme Court Justice |
1892 |
|
Robert Staughton Lynd
|
American
|
Sociologist |
1892 |
|
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
British
|
Writer, poet, philologist and university professor |
1892 |
|
Earl Warren
|
American
|
Chief Justice - Republican |
1891 |
|
Jack Herbert
|
American
|
|
1891 |
|
Gerald White Johnson
|
|
|
1890 |
|
Mary Buckley
|
|
Language professor |
1889 |
|
Joseph Lewis
|
American
|
Athiest |
1889 |
|
Henry Merritt Wriston
|
American
|
Educator |
1889 |
|
Percival Arland Ussher
|
British
|
Academic, essayist and translator |
1889 |
|
Raymond Chandler
|
American
|
Detective novelist and screenwriter |
1888 |
|
Joannah Olson
|
|
|
1888 |
|
Theodor Reik
|
American
|
Psychologist and writer |
1888 |
|
Stuart Chase
|
American
|
Economist and engineer |
1888 |
|
Morris Leopold Ernst
|
American
|
Lawyer |
1888 |
|
Mourning Dove
|
Native American (Salish)
|
|
1888 |
|
Patrick Kennedy
|
American
|
Businessman, diplomat and political patriarch |
1888 |
|
Ronald Knox
|
English
|
Roman catholic priest |
1888 |
|
Knute Rockne
|
American
|
Football player |
1888 |
|
Harpo Marx
|
American
|
Comedian |
1888 |
|
Rupert Brooke
|
English
|
Poet |
1887 |
|
Frank C. Whitmore
|
American
|
Chemist |
1887 |
|
Rupert Brooke
|
English
|
Poet |
1887 |
|
Marianne Moore
|
American
|
Poet |
1887 |
|
John Silas Reed
|
American
|
Journalist |
1887 |
|
Isaac Goldberg
|
American
|
Journalist, author, editor, publisher and lecturer |
1887 |
|
Frances C. Cornford
|
English
|
Poet |
1886 |
|
Salvador de Madariaga
|
Spanish
|
Diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist |
1886 |
|
Maurice Evan Hare
|
|
|
1886 |
|
Walter R Brooks
|
American
|
Editor, columnist and writer |
1886 |
|
Aldo Leopold
|
American
|
Conservationist, ecologist and forester |
1886 |
|
Niels Henrik Bohr
|
Danish
|
Physicist and professor |
1885 |
|
Ashley Dukes
|
|
|
1885 |
|
William Norman Ewer
|
British
|
Journalist |
1885 |
|
Baroness Isak Dinesen
|
Danish
|
Writer |
1885 |
|
Keith Preston
|
|
|
1884 |
|
Damon Runyon
|
American
|
Journalist |
1884 |
|
Eli Stanley Jones
|
English
|
Missionary |
1884 |
|
Viscountess Rhonda
|
|
|
1883 |
|
Dr. William Carlos Williams
|
American
|
Physician and poet |
1883 |
|
Lewis E. Lawes
|
American
|
Warden of Sing Sing Prison |
1883 |
|
Jessie Sampter
|
American
|
Zionist educator, a poet, and a Zionist pioneer |
1883 |
|
Sir Arthur Eddington
|
English
|
Astrophysicist |
1882 |
|
Sir Horace John Wilson
|
British
|
Diplomat |
1882 |
|
Anzia Yezierska
|
American
|
Writer |
1881 |
|
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
|
Turkish
|
Soldier and politician |
1881 |
|
Franklin P. Jones
|
American
|
Humorist |
1881 |
|
Thomas Russell Ybarra
|
Venezuelan
|
Writer |
1880 |
|
Henry Howarth Bashford
|
English
|
Doctor and writer |
1880 |
|
Henry P. Fairchild
|
American
|
Marxist sociologist |
1880 |
|
Albert Guerard
|
|
Scholar of Comparative Literature |
1880 |
|
Reverend John H. Holmes
|
American
|
Unitarian clergyman |
1879 |
|
Padraic Pearse
|
Irish
|
Teacher, poet, writer and political activist |
1879 |
|
Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
|
|
Doctor, author |
1879 |
|
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
|
American
|
Novelist |
1879 |
|
Dixon Lanier Merritt
|
American
|
Journalist, editor and poet |
1879 |
|
Jack Judge
|
English
|
Songwriter |
1878 |
|
Ethel Mumford
|
American
|
Author |
1878 |
|
Joseph F. Newton
|
American
|
Theologian |
1878 |
|
Louis K. Anspacher
|
American
|
Dramatist |
1878 |
|
George M. Cohan
|
American
|
Actor and Composer |
1878 |
|
Edward Plunkett
|
Irish
|
Writer and dramatist |
1878 |
|
Arthur E. Morgan
|
American
|
Civil engineer, U.S. administrator and educator |
1878 |
|
Rose Fyleman
|
English
|
Writer and poet |
1877 |
|
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
|
American
|
Educator |
1877 |
|
Willa Silbert Cather
|
American
|
Novelist and writer |
1876 |
|
Irvin S. Cobb
|
American
|
Humorist and columnist |
1876 |
|
Herm Albright
|
|
|
1876 |
|
Pablo Casals
|
Spanish
|
Cellist, composer and conductor |
1876 |
|
Edward Keating
|
|
Politician and writer |
1875 |
|
Antonio Machado
|
Spanish
|
Lyric poet |
1875 |
|
Helen Rowland
|
American
|
Writer, journalist and humorist |
1875 |
|
Holbrook Jackson
|
British
|
Essayist, literary historian and editor |
1874 |
|
Roselle Mercier Montgomery
|
American
|
Writer |
1874 |
|
Zona Gale
|
American
|
Novelist, playwright, and journalist |
1874 |
|
John Andrew Holmes
|
|
Writer |
1874 |
|
Christian Larson
|
|
New Thought leader and teacher |
1874 |
|
Stewart E. White
|
American
|
Writer |
1873 |
|
Carl Becker
|
American
|
Historian |
1873 |
|
William Boetcker
|
American
|
Presbyterian minister |
1873 |
|
Charles B. Cochran
|
|
|
1872 |
|
John C. Powys
|
English
|
Novelist, essayist, poet, philosopher and orator |
1872 |
|
Ralph T. Flewelling
|
American
|
Philosophy professor, |
1871 |
|
John Garland Pollard
|
American
|
Politician Democrat |
1871 |
|
Oscar Ameringer
|
American
|
Politician |
1870 |
|
William Henry Davies
|
American
|
Patriot partisan |
1870 |
|
Henry Doherty
|
|
|
1870 |
|
Herbert Louis Samuel
|
British
|
Politician |
1870 |
|
Erskine Childers
|
British
|
Writer and patriot |
1870 |
|
Dorothy Dix
|
American
|
Journalist |
1870 |
|
Maria Montessori
|
Italian
|
Physician and pioneer educator |
1870 |
|
William McGregor Paxton
|
American
|
Artist |
1869 |
|
William Strunk Jr.
|
American
|
Literary critic and writing educator |
1869 |
|
Corra Harris
|
American
|
Writer |
1869 |
|
Jessie Rittenhouse
|
American
|
Poet and anthologist |
1869 |
|
Grenville Kleiser
|
American
|
Writer |
1868 |
|
Robert Falcon Scott
|
English
|
Antarctic explorer |
1868 |
|
Kin Hubbard
|
American
|
Caricaturist and humorist |
1868 |
|
Luther Standing Bear
|
Native American
|
Writer and actor |
1868 |
|
Ernest Christopher Dowson
|
English
|
Poet |
1867 |
|
Roderic Quinn
|
Australian
|
Poet |
1867 |
|
Fanny Fern Andrews
|
American
|
Lecturer, social worker, and writer |
1867 |
|
John Oliver Hobbes
|
American
|
Writer and Dramatist |
1867 |
|
Henry L. Stimson
|
American
|
Republican Politician |
1867 |
|
Edith Hamilton
|
American
|
Educator and writer |
1867 |
|
Luigi Pirandello
|
Italian
|
Playwright, novelist and short story writer |
1867 |
|
John Galsworthy
|
English
|
Dramatist and novelist |
1867 |
|
John F. Hall
|
English
|
Comedian |
1867 |
|
James Ramsay MacDonald
|
British
|
Labor Politician |
1866 |
|
Walter Malone
|
American
|
Jurist |
1866 |
|
Philander Chase Johnson
|
American
|
Journalist, humorist, poet, and dramatic editor |
1866 |
|
Thomas Lansing Masson
|
American
|
Author and editor |
1866 |
|
Bert Leston Taylor
|
American
|
Columnist, humorist, poet, and author |
1866 |
|
Frank Moore Colby
|
American
|
Writer |
1865 |
|
Raymond Hitchcock
|
American
|
Actor |
1865 |
|
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
|
English
|
Medical missionary |
1865 |
|
Warren G. Harding
|
|
29th President of the United States of America - Republican 1921 died in office 1923 |
1865 |
|
Anandabai Joshee
|
Indian
|
Physician |
1865 |
|
Lord Thomas Dewar
|
British
|
Scotch Distiller, writer and wit |
1864 |
|
Richard Hovey
|
American
|
Poet |
1864 |
|
Arthur Brisbane
|
American
|
Newspaper editor |
1864 |
|
Oliver Herford
|
American
|
Writer, artist and illustrator |
1863 |
|
Albert Guinon
|
French
|
Writer, playwright and poet |
1863 |
|
Herbert Hensley Henson
|
English
|
Preacher |
1863 |
|
Black Elk
|
Native American
|
Holy man |
1863 |
|
Count Maurice Polydore Maeterlinck
|
Belgian
|
Poet, dramatist, essayist and Nobel Laureate |
1862 |
|
Montague John Rendall
|
|
|
1862 |
|
John Jay Chapman
|
American
|
Writer |
1862 |
|
O. Henry
|
American
|
Short story writer |
1862 |
|
William Cooper
|
Australian Aboriginal
|
|
1861 |
|
Minna Antrim
|
American
|
Writer |
1861 |
|
Richard E. Burton
|
American
|
Poet, journalist and critic |
1861 |
|
Henry Harland
|
American
|
Author |
1861 |
|
Grandma Moses
|
American
|
Artist |
1860 |
|
Clinton Scollard
|
American
|
Poet, editor and writer |
1860 |
|
Kaiser Wilhelm II
|
German
|
Monarch |
1859 |
|
Charles Eliot
|
American
|
Landscape architect |
1859 |
|
Dorothy Gurney
|
English
|
Poet |
1858 |
|
Austin O'Malley
|
American
|
Scientist and Author |
1858 |
|
Emmeline Pankhurst
|
British
|
Social activist |
1858 |
|
Jules de Gaultier
|
French
|
Philosopher |
1858 |
|
Edith Nesbit
|
English
|
Children's writer |
1858 |
|
Martha Matilda Harper
|
American
|
Businesswoman |
1857 |
|
Thorstein Bunde Veblen
|
American
|
Economist and sociologist |
1857 |
|
Ahad Haam
|
Ukrainian
|
Zionist thinker |
1856 |
|
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
|
English
|
Playwright, actor, dramatist and stage director |
1855 |
|
Sir Mungo MacCallum
|
Australian
|
Writer and educator |
1854 |
|
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
|
English
|
Actor |
1853 |
|
Cecil John Rhodes
|
British
|
Businessman, mining magnate and politician |
1853 |
|
Henry van Dyke
|
American
|
Theologian, educator and writer |
1852 |
|
Kate Chopin
|
American
|
Writer |
1851 |
|
George Burton Adams
|
American
|
Educator and historian |
1851 |
|
Orison S. Marden
|
American
|
Editor and motivational writer |
1850 |
|
Terence
|
Roman
|
Playwright |
185 |
|
James L. Allen
|
American
|
Novelist and writer |
1849 |
|
Samuel M. Hageman
|
American
|
Clergyman |
1848 |
|
Archibald Phillip Primrose
|
British
|
Liberal statesman and Prime Minister |
1847 |
|
Denis Kearney
|
American
|
Politician |
1847 |
|
E. N. Westcott
|
|
Novelist |
1846 |
|
George W. Young
|
|
|
1846 |
|
Hamilton Wright Mabie
|
American
|
Editor and lecturer |
1846 |
|
Francis Marion Smith
|
American
|
Businessman, civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California |
1846 |
|
Hamilton Wright Mabi
|
American
|
Lecturer, essayist and editor |
1846 |
|
Nathan F. Spielvogel
|
|
|
1845 |
|
Madeline Bridges
|
American
|
Poet |
1844 |
|
Ada Cambridge
|
English
|
Writer |
1844 |
|
Richard Watson Gilder
|
American
|
Editor and poet |
1844 |
|
Paul Verlaine
|
French
|
Poet |
1844 |
|
John Boyle O'Reilly
|
Irish
|
Writer |
1844 |
|
Bishop Mandell Creighton
|
English
|
Ecclesiastic and Historian |
1843 |
|
George Leybourne
|
English
|
Music Hall Performer |
1842 |
|
Robert Williams Buchanan
|
Scottish
|
Novelist, Dramatist and Poet |
1841 |
|
Joaquin Miller
|
American
|
Poet |
1841 |
|
John Fisher
|
English
|
Admiral of the Fleet |
1841 |
|
Sarah Winnemucca
|
Native American (Paiute)
|
|
1841 |
|
Crazy Horse
|
Native American
|
Leader of the Oglala Lakota |
1840 |
|
Rossiter W. Raymond
|
|
|
1840 |
|
Chief Joseph
|
Native American
|
Leader |
1840 |
|
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
|
American
|
Industrialist |
1839 |
|
Phillippe-Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
|
French
|
|
1838 |
|
Margaret Sangster
|
American
|
Writer and editor |
1838 |
|
John Wilkes Booth
|
American
|
Actor and conspirator |
1838 |
|
William P. Merrill
|
American
|
Soldier and military engineer |
1837 |
|
J. P. Morgan
|
American
|
Financier, philanthropist and yachtsman |
1837 |
|
Isabella Mary Beeton
|
British
|
Writer and housewife |
1836 |
|
Jane Ellice Hopkins
|
English
|
Social Reformer |
1836 |
|
Thomas Benton Brooks
|
American
|
Engineer |
1836 |
|
Lord Bowen
|
English
|
Judge |
1835 |
|
John McCreery
|
American
|
Journalist |
1835 |
|
H. R. Palmer
|
|
|
1834 |
|
Joseph Roux
|
French
|
Priest |
1834 |
|
Sir John Robert Seeley
|
English
|
Historian and essayist |
1834 |
|
Standing Bear
|
|
Ponca Native American Chief |
1834 |
|
Charles Henry Grosvenor
|
American
|
Lawyer and politician |
1833 |
|
Sir James Fergusson
|
Scottish
|
Conservative politician and colonial administrator |
1832 |
|
Frederic William Farrar
|
English
|
Theologian and writer |
1831 |
|
Phillip Henry Sheridan
|
American
|
Army officer |
1831 |
|
Owen Meredith
|
English
|
Politician and poet |
1831 |
|
Crowfoot
|
Native American (Blackfoot)
|
Warrior and orator |
1830 |
|
G. W. Hunt
|
|
|
1829 |
|
Carl Schurz
|
American
|
General, politician, Secretary of the Interior Republican |
1829 |
|
John H. Aughey
|
American
|
|
1828 |
|
George Walter Thornbury
|
English
|
Author |
1828 |
|
Ernest Hello
|
French
|
Critic |
1828 |
|
Mortimer Collins
|
English
|
Novelist and poet |
1827 |
|
Rolf Boldrewood
|
Australian
|
Writer |
1826 |
|
George McClellan
|
American
|
|
1826 |
|
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage
|
Native American
|
Abolitionist and suffragist |
1826 |
|
General Thomas Hewson Neill
|
American
|
General, Union Army |
1826 |
|
Julia Caroline Dorr
|
American
|
Poet and novelist |
1825 |
|
William Whiting
|
English
|
Hymnist |
1825 |
|
J. Ernest Renan
|
French
|
Philosopher and poet |
1823 |
|
Augustine J. Duganne
|
American
|
Poet, playwright, and dime novelist |
1823 |
|
Rabbi Zadok Rabinowitz
|
Lithuanian
|
|
1823 |
|
Spotted Tail
|
Native American
|
Brulé Lakota Tribal Chief - Sioux |
1823 |
|
William Henry Monk
|
|
Musician and composer |
1823 |
|
William Rounseville Alger
|
American
|
Writer and theologian |
1822 |
|
James Parton
|
American
|
Biographer |
1822 |
|
Frederick Locker-Lampson
|
English
|
Bibliophile and poet |
1821 |
|
Christian Nestell Bovee
|
American
|
Writer and editor |
1820 |
|
Margaret Preston
|
American
|
Writer |
1820 |
|
Charles Anderson Dana
|
American
|
Journalist |
1819 |
|
Josiah Holland
|
American
|
Writer |
1819 |
|
William Ross Wallace
|
|
|
1819 |
|
Cecil Frances Alexander
|
Irish
|
Poet and hymn writer |
1818 |
|
Emily Brontë
|
English
|
Writer |
1818 |
|
George Duffield
|
English
|
|
1818 |
|
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
|
Russian
|
Novelist, poet and playwright |
1818 |
|
John Weiss
|
American
|
Unitarian minister, writer and philosopher |
1818 |
|
John Ross Macduff
|
Scottish
|
Clergyman |
1818 |
|
George Copway
|
Native American
|
Mississaugas Ojibwa Writer, Lecturer, and Advocate of Native Americans. |
1818 |
|
Frederick Douglass
|
American
|
Abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer |
1817 |
|
Charlotte Brontë
|
English
|
Writer |
1816 |
|
Peter Cunningham
|
Scottish
|
Poet and playwright |
1816 |
|
John Babsone Lane Soule
|
|
Newspaperman |
1815 |
|
Epes Sargent
|
American
|
Editor, writer, playwright and poet |
1813 |
|
Norman MacLeod
|
Scottish
|
|
1812 |
|
Reverend Elias Root Beadle
|
American
|
Minister |
1812 |
|
J. S. B. Monsell
|
|
|
1811 |
|
Wendell Phillips
|
American
|
Orator |
1811 |
|
William M. Kelly
|
American
|
Inventor |
1811 |
|
Elizabeth Clementine Stedman
|
American
|
Writer |
1810 |
|
Charles Darwin
|
English
|
Biologist, naturalist and writer |
1809 |
|
Tryon Edwards
|
American
|
Theologian |
1809 |
|
Felix Mendelssohn
|
German
|
Composer |
1809 |
|
Park Benjamin, Sr.
|
American
|
Poet, journalist and editor |
1809 |
|
Sir James Barron Hope
|
English
|
Navy Officer |
1808 |
|
Gérard de Nerval
|
French
|
Poet, Essayist and Translator |
1808 |
|
Giovanni Ruffini
|
Italian
|
Poet |
1807 |
|
Frederick Tennyson
|
English
|
Poet |
1807 |
|
Andrew Young
|
|
|
1807 |
|
Ernest Legouve
|
French
|
Writer |
1807 |
|
Frederick Saunders
|
American
|
Journalist and librarian |
1807 |
|
Emile de Girardin
|
French
|
Journalist, publicist, and politician |
1806 |
|
Frederick Henry Hedge
|
American
|
Unitarian theologian and writer |
1805 |
|
Giuseppe Ma ini
|
Italian
|
Patriot and writer |
1805 |
|
Samuel Palmer
|
English
|
Landscape painter |
1805 |
|
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
|
|
Literary critic |
1804 |
|
Richard Cobden
|
British
|
Manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman |
1804 |
|
Dr. John M. N. Hilton
|
British
|
Surgeon |
1804 |
|
George Sand
|
French
|
Novelist |
1804 |
|
Robert Stephen Hawker
|
English
|
Anglican clergyman and poet |
1803 |
|
Maria Lovell
|
|
|
1803 |
|
Charles Swain
|
English
|
Poet and engraver |
1803 |
|
William Edward Hickson
|
|
Socialist and educational writer |
1803 |
|
Victor Hugo
|
French
|
Novelist, poet and dramatist |
1802 |
|
Julia Crawford
|
Irish
|
Poet |
1800 |
|
Tobias S. Gibson
|
|
United States Supreme Court Judge |
1800 |
|
General Ramón Maria Narváez
|
Spanish
|
General and political leader |
1800 |
|
John Dyer
|
Welsh
|
Nature poet |
1799 |
|
Robert Pollok
|
Scottish
|
Religious poet |
1798 |
|
Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet
|
Swiss
|
Theologian |
1797 |
|
Kaiser Wilhelm I
|
Prussian
|
Monarch - King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany |
1797 |
|
Hosea Ballou II
|
American
|
Christian Universalist Minister |
1796 |
|
Emperor Nicholas I
|
Russian
|
Tsar of Russia - 1825-1855 |
1796 |
|
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy
|
French
|
Satirical Poet |
1796 |
|
H. G. Bohn
|
English
|
Bibliographer |
1796 |
|
James Percival
|
American
|
Poet and geologist |
1795 |
|
Liu Hua-Yang
|
Chinese
|
Monk |
1794 |
|
John Clare
|
English
|
Poet |
1793 |
|
Henry Francis Lyte
|
Scottish
|
Hymn-writer |
1793 |
|
Old Farmer's Almanac
|
American
|
Farmer's Almanac |
1792 |
|
August Hare
|
|
|
1792 |
|
John Petit-Senn
|
French
|
|
1792 |
|
Joel Hawes
|
American
|
Clergyman |
1789 |
|
Jacob Bigelow
|
American
|
Physician and botanist |
1786 |
|
Barry O'Meara
|
Irish
|
Physician and Surgeon |
1786 |
|
Chief Seattle
|
Native American
|
|
1786 |
|
Christopher North
|
|
|
1785 |
|
Anne Swetchine
|
Russian
|
Mystic |
1782 |
|
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel
|
German
|
Educator |
1782 |
|
Horace Binney
|
American
|
Jurist |
1780 |
|
Charles Caleb Colton
|
English
|
Clergyman and writer |
1780 |
|
Lord Henry Brougham
|
English
|
Lawyer and politician |
1778 |
|
José de Palafox y Melzi
|
Spanish
|
Soldier |
1776 |
|
Jane Porter
|
English
|
Novelist |
1776 |
|
John Braham
|
English
|
Jewish tenor opera singer |
1774 |
|
Lord Francis Jeffery
|
Scottish
|
Lawyer and critic |
1773 |
|
Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich
|
Austrian
|
Politician |
1773 |
|
Hugh Lawson White
|
American
|
Democratic-Republican, Whig Politician |
1773 |
|
John Foster
|
English
|
Theologian and essayist |
1770 |
|
David Everett
|
American
|
newspaper editor, proprietor, and poet |
1769 |
|
Francoise Rene Auguste Chateaubriand
|
French
|
Writer and statesman |
1768 |
|
Chief Black Hawk
|
Native American (Sauk)
|
Leader and warrior |
1767 |
|
de Lévis
|
|
|
1764 |
|
Nathaniel Howe
|
American
|
Preacher |
1764 |
|
Susanna Haswell Rowson
|
English
|
Novelist, journalist and actress |
1762 |
|
John Ferriar
|
English
|
Physician and writer |
1761 |
|
John Opie
|
English
|
Portrait and historical painter |
1761 |
|
Katsushika Hokusai
|
Japanese
|
Painter |
1760 |
|
Richard Porson
|
English
|
Scholar |
1759 |
|
Thomas Cooper
|
American
|
Scientist, educator and philosopher |
1759 |
|
John Marshall
|
American
|
Jurist and statesman |
1755 |
|
Fanny Burney
|
English
|
Novelist |
1752 |
|
John Philpot Curran
|
Irish
|
Statesman and orator |
1750 |
|
Mirabeau
|
French
|
Statesman |
1749 |
|
Conte Vittorio Alfieri
|
Italian
|
Dramatist |
1749 |
|
de la Rochefoucaluld-Liancourt
|
French
|
|
1747 |
|
Rowland Hill
|
English
|
Preacher |
1744 |
|
John Murray
|
American
|
Theologian |
1741 |
|
Junius
|
English
|
Political writer |
1740 |
|
Peter Pindar
|
|
|
1738 |
|
Suzanne Curchod
|
Swiss
|
Writer |
1737 |
|
Boyle Roche
|
Irish
|
Politician |
1736 |
|
George Middleton
|
African-American
|
Revolutionary War veteran, a Prince Hall freemason and a Community Civil Rights Activist |
1735 |
|
Isaac Bickerstaff
|
Irish
|
Dramatist |
1733 |
|
Pierri-Augustin de Beaumarchais
|
French
|
Dramatist and writer |
1732 |
|
William Falconer
|
Scottish
|
Poet and lexicographer |
1732 |
|
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
|
British
|
Poet and Officer |
1730 |
|
Samuel Paterson
|
|
Bookseller |
1728 |
|
Thomas Gainsborough
|
English
|
Painter |
1727 |
|
Samuel Davies
|
American
|
Clergyman and educator |
1723 |
|
Lord Braxfield
|
|
|
1722 |
|
William Collins
|
English
|
Poet |
1721 |
|
Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin
|
Russian
|
Statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great |
1718 |
|
Horace Walpole
|
English
|
Novelist, essayist and politician |
1717 |
|
Thomas Gray
|
English
|
Poet |
1716 |
|
Jonathan Shipley
|
English
|
Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of St Asaph |
1714 |
|
Pierre Abelard
|
French
|
Scholastic philosopher, theologian, logician and composer |
1709 |
|
Nathaniel Cotton
|
English
|
Physician and poet |
1705 |
|
Henry Brooke
|
Irish
|
Writer and Poet |
1703 |
|
Thomas Morell
|
|
|
1703 |
|
Léonor Jean D'Allainval
|
French
|
Playwright |
1700 |
|
Lucius Accius
|
Roman
|
Dramatist |
170 |
|
Robert Blair
|
Scottish
|
Poet |
1699 |
|
Marquise Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond
|
French
|
Hostess and patron of the Arts |
1697 |
|
Hervey le Breton
|
|
|
1696 |
|
Henry Home
|
Scottish
|
Philosopher |
1696 |
|
ltaire
|
French
|
Historian and writer |
1694 |
|
Thomas Secker
|
English
|
Archbishop of Canterbury |
1693 |
|
George Farquhar
|
Irish
|
Playwright |
1678 |
|
Thomas Sherlock
|
English
|
Preacher |
1678 |
|
William Somerville
|
English
|
Poet |
1675 |
|
Nicholas Rowe
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1674 |
|
John Pomfret
|
English
|
Poet and cleric |
1667 |
|
William King
|
English
|
Poet |
1663 |
|
Daniel Defoe
|
English
|
Journalist, novelist and adventurer |
1661 |
|
Samuel Garth
|
English
|
Poet and physician |
1661 |
|
John Dennis
|
English
|
Critic and dramatist |
1657 |
|
Charles Davenant
|
English
|
Economist |
1656 |
|
Jean Galbert de Campistron
|
French
|
Dramatist |
1655 |
|
Andrew Fletcher
|
Scottish
|
Writer, politician and patriot |
1653 |
|
Nahum Tate
|
English
|
Poet and dramatist |
1652 |
|
Henry Aldrich
|
English
|
Theologian |
1647 |
|
Gottfried Leibniz
|
German
|
Mathematician and philosopher |
1646 |
|
Jean la Bruyere
|
French
|
Moralist and writer |
1645 |
|
Matsuo Basho
|
Japanese
|
Poet |
1644 |
|
Thomas Shadwell
|
English
|
Dramatist and poet |
1642 |
|
John Crowne
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1641 |
|
Shorter Catechism
|
|
|
1640 |
|
William Wycherley
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1640 |
|
Nicholas Boileau-Despréaux
|
French
|
Literary poet and critic |
1636 |
|
Francoise de Maintenon
|
French
|
Monarch |
1635 |
|
Thomas Sprat
|
English
|
Clergyman and writer |
1635 |
|
Samual Pepys
|
English
|
Diarist and Member of Parliament |
1633 |
|
Earl Roscommon
|
English
|
Poet and scholar |
1633 |
|
Sir George Savile
|
English
|
|
1633 |
|
Richard Cumberland
|
English
|
Philosopher and theologian |
1631 |
|
John Tillotson
|
English
|
Theologian |
1630 |
|
George Villiers
|
English
|
Poet and statesman |
1628 |
|
Sir Robert Howard
|
English
|
Courtier and playwright |
1626 |
|
Marquise Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
|
French
|
|
1626 |
|
Richard Rumbold
|
British
|
|
1622 |
|
Abraham Cowley
|
English
|
Poet |
1618 |
|
Richard Lovelace
|
English
|
Poet |
1618 |
|
John Denham
|
English
|
Poet and dramatist |
1615 |
|
John Wilkins
|
English
|
Prelate and scientist |
1614 |
|
Richard Crashaw
|
English
|
Poet |
1613 |
|
Bishop Jeremy Taylor
|
English
|
Bishop and theologian |
1613 |
|
Anne Bradstreet
|
English
|
Poet |
1612 |
|
Robert Leyton
|
Scottish
|
Prelate and classical scholar |
1611 |
|
Viscount Lucius Cary
|
English
|
Politician, soldier and author |
1610 |
|
Sir Matthew Hale
|
English
|
Lord Chief Justice of England |
1609 |
|
Friedrich von Logau
|
German
|
Epigrammatist |
1605 |
|
Bishop Joseph Henshaw
|
|
|
1603 |
|
Owen Feltham
|
English
|
Writer |
1602 |
|
Tertullian
|
Carthaginian
|
Theologian |
160 |
|
Sextus Empiricus
|
Greek
|
Physician and Philosopher |
160 |
|
Thomas Carew
|
English
|
Poet |
1595 |
|
James Howell
|
British
|
Historian and writer |
1594 |
|
Robert Herrick
|
English
|
Poet and cleric |
1591 |
|
John Mason
|
British
|
Sailor and explorer |
1586 |
|
Francis Beaumont
|
English
|
Dramatist and poet |
1584 |
|
Miyamoto Musashi
|
Japanese
|
Samurai and strategist |
1584 |
|
Philip Massinger
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1583 |
|
Nicolas Caussin
|
French
|
Jesuit preacher and moralist |
1583 |
|
Phineas Fletcher
|
English
|
Poet |
1582 |
|
Rui de Alarcon
|
Spanish
|
Dramatic poet |
1581 |
|
Thomas Overbury
|
English
|
Writer and courtier |
1581 |
|
John Webster
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1580 |
|
Edward Fairfax
|
British
|
Translator |
1580 |
|
Sir Jacob Astley
|
English
|
Royalist commander in the English Civil War |
1579 |
|
John Fletcher
|
English
|
Dramatist |
1579 |
|
John Taylor
|
English
|
Poet |
1578 |
|
Nathaniel Ward
|
English
|
Pastor |
1578 |
|
William Ames
|
English
|
Protestant Philosopher |
1576 |
|
Richard Shacklock
|
|
|
1575 |
|
Thomas Dekker
|
English
|
Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer |
1572 |
|
William Alexander
|
Scottish
|
Poet and statesman |
1570 |
|
Sir Henry Wotton
|
English
|
Poet and diplomat |
1568 |
|
Thomas Nashe
|
English
|
Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist |
1567 |
|
Michael Drayton
|
English
|
Poet |
1563 |
|
Samuel Daniel
|
English
|
Poet |
1562 |
|
Lope Félix de Vega Carpio
|
Spanish
|
Dramatist and poet |
1562 |
|
Sir John Harington
|
English
|
|
1561 |
|
John Harrington
|
English
|
Writer |
1561 |
|
John Owen
|
Welsh
|
Epigrammatist |
1560 |
|
George Chapman
|
English
|
Dramatist, translator and poet |
1557 |
|
George Peele
|
English
|
Dramatist and poet |
1556 |
|
Bishop Lancelot Andrewes
|
English
|
Bishop of Chichester and Ely |
1555 |
|
Francois de Malherbe
|
French
|
Poet and critic |
1555 |
|
John Lyly
|
English
|
Dramatist and prose writer |
1554 |
|
Baron Fulke Greville
|
English
|
Poet and dramatist |
1554 |
|
John Florio
|
English
|
Linguist and lexicographer |
1553 |
|
Walter Raleigh
|
English
|
Writer, poet, courtier, explorer and historian |
1552 |
|
Edmund Spenser
|
English
|
Poet |
1552 |
|
Book of Common Prayer
|
|
Prayer book of the Church of England |
1549 |
|
Giordano Bruno
|
Italian
|
Philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and occultist |
1548 |
|
Nicholas Breton
|
English
|
Poet and Novelist |
1545 |
|
William Byrd
|
English
|
Composer |
1543 |
|
Pierre Charron
|
French
|
Theologian and philosopher |
1541 |
|
Sir Francis Drake
|
English
|
Privateer, navigator, slave trader and politician |
1540 |
|
Shah Hussain
|
Pakistani
|
Punjabi Sufi Poet and India's Gay Saint |
1538 |
|
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
|
English
|
Navigator and explorer |
1537 |
|
Jean Bodin
|
French
|
Political philosopher |
1530 |
|
Thomas Tusser
|
English
|
Writer on agriculture |
1524 |
|
Thomas Wilson
|
English
|
Scholar and politician |
1524 |
|
William Cecil
|
English
|
Politician |
1521 |
|
William Cecil Burleigh
|
English
|
Politician |
1520 |
|
Bernard Gilpin
|
English
|
Preacher |
1517 |
|
John Bradford
|
English
|
Protestant Reformer |
1510 |
|
John Knox
|
Scottish
|
A leader of the Protestant Reformation |
1510 |
|
John Erskine
|
Scottish
|
Religious reformer |
1509 |
|
Ann Boleyn
|
English
|
Queen Consort of England |
1507 |
|
Sir Thomas Wyatt
|
|
Diplomat and poet |
1503 |
|
Acharya Nagarjuna
|
Indian
|
Theologian |
150 |
|
Saint Clement of Alexandria
|
Greek
|
Theologian |
150 |
|
Phaedrus
|
Macedonian
|
Writer |
15 |
|
Diane de Poitiers
|
French
|
Courtesan |
1499 |
|
John Heywood
|
English
|
Dramatist and proverb collector |
1497 |
|
Philip Melanchton
|
German
|
Scholar and humanist |
1497 |
|
François Rabelais
|
French
|
Renaissance writer, physician and humanist |
1494 |
|
St. Ignatius Loyola
|
Spanish
|
Theologian |
1491 |
|
Thomas Cranmer
|
English
|
Cleric, Archbishop of Canterbury |
1489 |
|
Bishop Hugh Latimer
|
|
|
1485 |
|
Thomas Cromwell
|
English
|
Statesman |
1485 |
|
Robert Whittinton
|
|
|
1480 |
|
Ferdinand Magellan
|
Portuguese
|
Explorer |
1480 |
|
Robert Whittington
|
English
|
Grammarian |
1480 |
|
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
|
English
|
Politician and prelate |
1471 |
|
Fernando de Rojas
|
Spanish
|
Writer |
1465 |
|
Fernando de Rojas
|
Spanish
|
Writer |
1465 |
|
Aldus Manutius
|
Italian
|
Printer |
1449 |
|
Pietro Perugino
|
Italian
|
Painter of the Umbrian School |
1446 |
|
Kabir
|
Indian
|
Mystic and poet |
1440 |
|
Andrea del Verrocchio
|
Italian
|
Sculptor, goldsmith and painter |
1435 |
|
François Villon
|
French
|
Poet |
1431 |
|
Joan of Arc
|
French
|
|
1412 |
|
Sir Thomas Malory
|
English
|
Poet |
1405 |
|
Thomas à Kempis
|
German
|
Medieval Catholic monk |
1380 |
|
Akhenaten
|
|
A Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt |
1375 |
|
Seami Motokiyo
|
Japanese
|
Playwright, Actor and Aesthetician |
1363 |
|
Eustache Deschamps
|
French
|
Poet |
1346 |
|
Geoffrey Chaucer
|
English
|
Diplomat, philosopher, author, poet, bureaucrat and courtier |
1343 |
|
William of Wykeham
|
|
Catholic Bishop of Winchester |
1324 |
|
John Barbour
|
Scottish
|
Poet |
1316 |
|
Hafez
|
Persian
|
Lyric poet |
1315 |