Creative Quotations by Last Name

• Hank Aaron (1934-____) US baseball player
• Edward Abbey (1927-1989) US author
• Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) US photographer
• Lyman Abbott (1835-1922) US religious leader
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-____) US basketball player
• Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990) US religious and civil rights leader
• John Abernethy (1764-????) English surgeon
• Peter Abrahams (1919-____) South African novelist
• Bella Abzug (1920-____) US lawyer, politician
• Jane Sherwood Ace (1905-1974) US actress, comedienne
• Chinua Achebe (1930-____) Nigerian novelist
• Dean Acheson (1893-1971) US lawyer, statesman
• Diane Ackerman (1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker
• John Dalberg Acton (1834-1902) English historian
• Roy Acuff (1903-1992) US singer
• Gilbert Adair ()
• Abigail Adams (1744-1818) US first lady
• Ansel Adams (1902-1984) US landscape photographer, conservationist
• Douglas Adams (1952-____) English novelist
• Franklin P. Adams (1881-1960) US journalist
• George Matthew Adams ()
• Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) US historian, author
• James Truslow Adams (1878-????) English historian
• Joey Adams (1911-____) US comedian, author
• John Adams (1767-1848) US president (2nd)
• John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US president (6th)
• Samuel Adams (1722-1803) US revolutionary, statesman
• Scott Adams (1957-____) US cartoonist, author
• Jane Addams (1869-1935) US social worker, suffragist
• Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English poet, essayist, playwright
• George Ade (1866-1944) US humorist, playwright
• Konrad Adenauer (1876-1976) German statesman
• Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychiatrist
• Freda Adler (1934-____) US educator, criminal justice specialist
• Mortimer Adler (1902-____) US philosopher, educator, editor
• Polly Adler (1900-1953) US madam
• Renata Adler ()
• Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) German philosopher
• Aeschylus (525?-456 BC) Greek playwright
• Aesop (620?-560? BC) Greek author
• Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) Swiss-USA naturalist, geologist, teacher
• James Agate (1877-1947) English critic, author
• James Agee (1909-1955) US novelist, poet
• Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996) US politician
• Anouk Aimee (1932-____) French actress
• Akhenaton ()
• Robert Alan ()
• Edward Albee (1928-____) US dramatist
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) Italian architect, philospher, poet
• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) US teacher, philosopher, reformer
• Amy Strum Alcott (1956-____) US golfer
• Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) US novelist
• Alcuin (735-804) English theologian, scholar
• Alan Alda (1936-____) US actor
• Brian Aldiss (1925-____) English science-fiction writer
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) US poet, writer, editor
• Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916) Russian author
• Cecil Frances Alexander ()
• Scott Alexander ()
• Shana Alexander (1925-____) US news commentator
• Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Macedonian ruler
• William R. Alger ()
• Nelson Algren (1901-1981) US novelist
• Muhammad Ali (1942-____) US boxer
• Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) US political activist
• Fred Allen (1894-1956) US comedian, vaudeville juggler
• George Allen (1922-1990) US football coach
• Gracie Allen (1906-1964) US comedienne
• James Allen (1849-1925) US novelist
• Paula Gunn Allen (1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer
• Richard Allen (1760-1831) US religious leader, activist
• Steve Allen (1921-____) US TV personality, songwriter
• Woody Allen (1935-____) US comedian, actor, film director
• Kirstie Alley (1955-____) US actress
• Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926-____) Russian-USA political celebrity
• Margery Allingham (1904-1966) English detective story writer
• William Allingham (1824-1889) Irish poet, editor
• Joseph W. Alsop, Jr. (1910-1989) US journalist, author
• Lisa Alther ()
• Saint Ambrose (340-397) Italian religious leader
• Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss writer
• Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) English novelist, poet, critic, teacher
• Cleveland Amory (1917-____) US historian, writer
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish short-story writer, poet
• Bill Anderson (1937-____) US singer, songwriter
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) English physician
• Greg Anderson (1964-____) U.S. basketball player
• Margaret Anderson (1886-1973) US editor
• Marian Anderson (1897-1993) US singer
• Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) US dramatist
• Mario Andretti (1940-____) US auto racer
• Julie Andrews (1935-____) English actress, singer, author
• Ethel Percy Andrus (1884-1967) US social activist
• Barbara De Angelis ()
• Maya Angelou (1928-____) US actress, author
• Francesca Annis (1944-____) English actress
• Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) French dramatist, screenwriter
• Robert Anthony ()
• Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) US social reformer, suffragist
• Antisthenes (444-371 B.C.) Greek philosopher
• Marie Antoinette (1755-1795) Austrian ruler
• Minna Thomas Antrim ()
• Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua (1942-____) US Tejana-Chicana poet
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) French novelist, critic
• Gary Apple ()
• R. W. Apple, Jr. (1934-____) US journalist
• Corazon Aquino (1933-____) Filipino political leader
• Louis Aragon (1897-1982) French poet
• Petronius Arbiter ()
• Diane Arbus (1923-1971) US photographer
• John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) English physician
• Elizabeth Arden (1884-1966) US cosmetics executive
• Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-USA political scientist
• Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) Italian poet, writer, dramatist
• Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Italian poet
• Aristophanes (448-385 B.C.) Greek dramatist
• Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek writer, philosopher
• Richard Armour (1906-1989) US poet
• Louis Armstrong (1900-1971) US musician, bandleader
• Neil Armstrong (1930-____) US astronaut
• Peter Arno (1904-1968) US cartoonist, musical revue writer
• Eddy Arnold (1918-____) US singer, musician
• Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) English poet, critic
• Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) English educator
• Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) French dramatist, poet, actor
• Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886) US president (21st)
• Molefi Kete Asante (1942-____) US educator
• Sholem Asch (1880-1957) US novelist
• Roger Ascham (1515-1568)
• Mary Kay Ash (1915-____) US businesswoman
• John Ashbery (1927-____) US poet
• Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) US tennis player, AIDS spokesperson
• Daisy Ashford (1881-1972) English novelist
• Elizabeth Ashley (1941-____) US actress
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908-1984) New Zealander educator, writer, novelist, poet
• Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) US science writer, science-fiction writer
• Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) English statesman
• Margot Asquith (1864-1945) English author
• Fred Astaire (1899-1987) US dancer, actor
• Mary Astell (1666?-1731) English feminist, writer
• Mary Astor (1906-1987) US actress
• Nancy Astor (1879-1964) English stateswoman
• Chet Atkins (1924-____) US musician
• Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) US drama critic, journalist
• Clement Attlee (1883-1967) English labour party leader
• Margaret Atwood (1939-____) Canadian novelist, poet
• John Aubrey (1626-1697) English antiquarian, writer
• Louis Auchincloss (1917-___) US novelist
• W. H. Auden (1907-1973) English-USA poet, dramatist, editor
• Red Auerbach (1917-____) US basketball coach
• Norman Augustine (1935-____) US author, business executive
• Saint Augustine (354-430) Roman religious figure, philosopher
• Ausonius (310-195) Latin poet, teacher
• Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
• Mary Austin (1868-1934) US writer, suffragist
• Roger W. Babson (1875-1967) US statistician, columnist
• Lauren Bacall (1924-____) US actress
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) German composer, organist
• Richard Bach (1936-____) US novelist, author
• Gaston Bachelard (1884-????) French philosopher
• Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, statesman, essayist
• Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) English soldier
• Bugs Baer (1886-1969) US journalist, cartoonist
• Joan Baez (1941-____) US folksinger, political activist
• Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) English economist, editor, critic, analyst
• Enid Bagnold (1889-1981) English novelist, playwright
• David Bailey (1938-____) English photographer
• Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) US singer, actress
• Philip James Bailey (1816-1902) English poet
• Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) Scottish poet, dramatist
• Ella Baker (1903-1986) US civil rights activist
• James Baker (1930-____) US government official
• Josephine Baker (1906-1975) French dancer, singer, entertainer
• Russell Baker (1925-____) US journalist, author, humorist
• Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-____) US evangelist
• Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) Russian anarchist
• George Balanchine (1904-1983) Russian choreographer
• Christina Baldwin () US writer
• Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) US novelist
• James Baldwin (1924-1987) US novelist, essayist
• Monica Baldwin (1896-1975) English writer
• Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) English statesman
• A. J. Balfour (1848-1930) English statesman
• Ivern Ball ()
• Lucille Ball (1911-1989) US comic actress
• Sheila Ballantyne () US writer
• J. G. Ballard (1930-____) English novelist
• Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) US clergyman
• Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) French author
• Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) US writer
• George Bancroft (1800-1891) US historian, author
• Lester Bangs (1948-1982) US critic, author
• Tallulah Bankhead (1903-1968) US actress
• Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) US astronomer, inventor, poet
• Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934-____) US playwright, poet, novelist, essayist
• Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825) English poet, writer
• Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) Spanish dramatist, poet
• Brigitte Bardot (1934-____) French actress
• Charles Barkley (1963-____) US basketball player
• Christiaan Barnard (1922-____) South African surgeon
• Clive Barnes (1927-____) English journalist, critic, writer
• Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) US author
• P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) US circus owner
• Amelia Barr (1831-1919) US author, journalist
• Roseanne Barr (1952-____) US actress, comedian
• Rona Barrett (1936-____) US journalist
• James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish dramatist, novelist
• Dave Barry (1947-____) US columnist, humorist
• Lynda Barry (1956-____) US cartoonist, writer
• Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) US actress
• John Barrymore (1882-1942) US actor
• John Barth (1930-____) US novelist
• Karl Barth (1886-1968) Swiss theologian
• Roland Barthes (1915-1980) French critic
• Bruce Barton (1886-1967) US author, advertising executive
• Clara Barton (1821-1912) US humanitarian
• Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) US businessman, statesman
• Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-____) Latvian-USA ballet dancer
• Gerald Barzan ()
• Jacques Barzun (1907-____) French-USA teacher, historian, author
• Count Basie (1904-1984) US jazz pianist, composer
• Saint Basil (330-379) Greek religious leader
• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-____) Latin-American novelist
• Georges Bataille (1897-1962) French librarian, writer
• Mary Catherine Bateson ()
• Al Batt ()
• Phyllis Battelle (1922-____) US journalist
• Orlando A. Battista ()
• Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet, critic, translator
• Jean Baudrillard (1929-____) French sociologist
• Vicki Baum (1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist
• Anne Baxter (1923-87) US actress
• Stephen Bayley ()
• Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)
• Charles A. Beard (1874-1948) US historian
• James Beard (1903-1985) US chef, author
• Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) US historian, writer
• Miriam Beard ()
• Romare Howard Bearden (1914-1988) US artist, collagist
• Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) English photographer
• Warren Beatty (1937-____) US actor
• Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) French dramatist
• Francis Beaumont (1586-1616) English playwright
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French writer
• William Maxwell Beaverbrook (1879-1964) English publisher, statesman
• Alan Beck ()
• Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Irish playwright, novelist
• Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) English conductor
• Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) US educator, author
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) US clergyman, abolitionist
• Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) English essayist, caricaturist, parodist
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) German composer
• Brendan Behan (1923-1964) Irish dramatist, author
• Aphra Behn (1640-1689) English playwright, poet
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-USA, Canadian inventor
• Clive Bell (1881-1964) English art critic
• Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) Scottish-USA mathematician, educator, writer
• Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) English writer, poet
• Saul Bellow (1915-____) US novelist, author
• Eleanor Robson Belmont (1879-1979) English-USA actor, writer, nurse
• David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) Israeli political leader
• Robert Benchley (1889-1945) US humorist
• Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) US anthropologist
• Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) US poet, novelist, short-story writer
• Ingrid Bengis () US writer
• Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) German man of letters, aesthetician
• Tony Benn (1925-____) English politician
• Alan Bennett (1934-____) English dramatist, actor
• Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) English novelist
• Dan Bennett ()
• Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) US poet, artist
• James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) Scottish-USA editor
• William J. Bennett (1943-____) US government officer
• Warren Bennis ()
• Jack Benny (1894-1974) US comedian
• A. C. Benson (1862-1925) English writer
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) US political, religious leader
• Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English philosopher, economist, jurist
• Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) English journalist, novelist
• Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) US art historian
• Patty Berg (1918-____) US golfer
• Candice Bergen (1946-____) US actress, photojournalist
• John Berger (1926-____) English painter, teacher, art critic
• Ingmar Bergman (1918-____) Swedish film director
• Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress
• Henri Bergson (1859-1941) French philosopher
• Milton Berle (1908-____) US comedian
• Irving Berlin (1888-1989) US composer
• Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) French composer
• Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) French novelist, polemical writer
• Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist
• Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) French playwright, novelist, journalist, lawyer
• William Bernbach (1911-1982) US advertising executive, copywriter
• Eric Berne (1910-____) US psychiatrist, writer
• Sandra Bernhard (1955-____) US actress, commedienne
• Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actress
• Al Bernstein ()
• Carl Bernstein (1944-____) US journalist, author
• Jeremy Bernstein (1929-____) US physicist, educator, writer
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) US composer, conductor
• Yogi Berra (1925-____) US baseball player, manager
• Mary Frances Berry (1938-____) US government official, author
• John Berryman (1914-____) US poet, writer, educator
• Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) US educator, writer
• John Betjeman (1906-____) English poet
• Ugo Betti (1892-1953) Italian playwright
• Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) English politician
• W. H. Beveridge (1879-1963) English economist
• Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco ()
• August Bier ()
• Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) US journalist, short-story writer
• Josh Billings (1818-1885) US writer
• Victoria Billings ()
• Rudolf Bing (1902-____) Austrian Manager
• Larry Bird (1956-____) US basketball player, coach
• Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-____) US justice
• Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) English politician, man of letters
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) US poet
• Jim Bishop (1907-1987) US author, journalist
• Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) German statesman
• Jacqueline Bisset (1944-____) English actress
• Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US supreme court justice
• Shirley Temple Black (1928-____) US actress, diplomat
• Harry A. Blackmun (1908-____) US supreme court justice
• William Blackstone (1723-1780) English jurist
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921) US abolitionist, feminist, clergy
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) US physician, author
• Emily Blackwell (1826-1910) US physician, author
• Red Blaik (1897-1989) US football coach
• Bonnie Blair (1964-____) US speedskater
• William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, artist, visionary
• Kenneth Blanchard ()
• Maurice Blanchot ()
• Smiley Blanton ()
• Helena Petrova Blavatsky (1831-1891) Russian author, translator, theosophist
• Lady Marguerite Blessington (1789-1849) English socialite, writer
• Edwin Bliss ()
• Arthur Bloch ()
• Allan Bloom (1930-1992) US educator, actor
• Vida Blue (1949-____) US baseball player
• Leon Blum (1872-1950) French politician
• Judy Blume (1938-____) US novelist, writer
• Robert Bly (1926-____) US poet
• Ronald Blythe ()
• Louise A. Bogan (1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic
• Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) US actor
• Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist
• Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) French literary poet, critic
• Sissela Bok (1934-____) Swedish philosopher
• Henry St. John Bolingbroke (1678-1751) English statesman
• Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English playwright, screen writer
• Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer
• Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) US journalist, author, humorist
• Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French soldier, emperor
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) German theologian
• Marita Bonner ()
• Edward De Bono (1933-____) Maltese physician, educator
• Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) US poet, writer
• Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Dutch evangelist
• Daniel Boorstin (1914-____) US historian
• Elayne Boosler (1952-____) US comedian
• Shirley Booth (1907-____) US actress
• William Booth (1829-1912) English religious leader
• Victor Borge (1909-____) US pianist, comedian
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine poet, short-story writer
• Hal Borland (1900-1978) US journalist
• Martin Bormann (1900-1945) German political leader
• Max Born (1882-1970) German-British physicist, educator
• George Borrow (1803-1881) English traveler, linguist
• James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish lawyer, biographer
• Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) French conductor, educator
• Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) US photojournalist
• Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) US author, lawyer
• Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) US writer
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) Irish author
• Hal Boyle ()
• Peg Bracken ()
• Malcolm Bradbury (1932-____) English novelist
• Ray Bradbury (1920-____) US science-fiction writer
• Francis H. Bradley (1846-1924) English philosopher
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930- ____) US novelist
• Omar Bradley (1893-1981) US army general
• Tom Bradley (1917-____) US mayor
• John Bradshaw (1933-____) US philosopher, lecturer, author
• Anne Bradstreet (1612?-1672) US poet
• Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Danish astronomer
• William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962) US educator, poet, critic
• Ernest Bramah (1867-1942) English humorous writer
• Dorothea Brande ()
• Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) US supreme court justice
• Nathaniel Branden () US psychologist
• Marlon Brando (1924-____) US actor
• Georges Braque (1882-1963) French painter, sculptor, designer
• Jacob M. Braude ()
• Sarah Ban Breathnach ()
• Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German dramatist, poet
• Gerald Brenan (1894-????) English writer
• William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997) US jurist
• Jimmy Breslin (1930-____) US talk show host, columnist, journalist
• Robert Bresson (1917-____) French film director
• Andre Breton (1896-1966) French poet, essayist, critic, editor
• Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) US educator, diplomat
• Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982) Russian political leader
• Fanny Brice (1891-1951) US singing comedienne
• Robert Bridges (1844-1930) English poet
• Alan Brien (1925-____) English novelist, journalist, critic
• John Bright (1811-1889) English politician, orator
• Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-____) English-USA writer, cartoonist, columnist
• David Brinkley (1920-____) US broadcast journalist
• Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936) US newspaper editor, writer
• Vera Brittain () English writer, poet, pacifist
• Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English composer
• Hermann Broch (1886-1951) German writer
• Lou Brock (1939-____) US baseball player
• Fawn M. Brodie (1915-1981) US author
• Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) Russian-US poet
• Tom Brokaw (1940-____) US broadcast journalist
• Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) English historian, mathematician
• Anne Bronte (1820-1849) English novelist, poet
• Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) English novelist, poet
• Emily Bronte (1818-1848) English novelist
• Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) English poet
• Anita Brookner (1928-____) English art historian, writer
• Garth Brooks (1962-____) US singer, songwriter
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-____) US poet
• Louise Brooks (1906-1985) US actress
• Mel Brooks (1926-____) US comedian, producer, director
• Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) US clergyman
• Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963) US literary critic, cultural historian
• Brigid Brophy (1929-____) English-Irish writer, novelist, playwright
• Joyce Brothers (1928-____) US psychologist, author
• Heywood C. Broun (1888-1939) US journalist, author
• Heywood Hale Broun (1918-____) US broadcast journalist, actor, author
• Claude Brown (1937-____) US lawyer, playwright
• Gene Brown ()
• H. Rap Brown (1943-____) US activist
• Helen Gurley Brown (1922-____) US editor, author
• James Brown (1933-____) US singer
• Jerry Brown (1938-____) US government official
• John Mason Brown (1900-1969) US critic, lecturer
• Les Brown (1912-____) US bandleader, songwriter
• Paul Brown (1908-1991) US footbal coach
• Rita Mae Brown (1944-____) US writer, playwright
• Sterling Brown (1901-1989) US poet, critic, educator
• William Wells Brown (1815-1884) US antislavery lecturer, novelist, playwright
• Merry Browne ()
• Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English physician, writer
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
• Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet
• Anatole Broyard ()
• Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) US comedian, satirist, author
• Robert Brustein (1927-____) US edcuator, critic, author
• William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) US lawyer, orator, statesman
• Bear Bryant (1913-1983) US football coach
• William C. Bryant (1794-1878) US poet, editor
• James Bryce (1838-1922) English diplomat, author
• Yul Brynner (1920-1985) US actor
• Bill Bryson (1946-____)
• Martin Buber (1878-1965) German-Jewish religious philosopher
• John Buchan (1875-1940) Scottish author, government official
• James Buchanan (1791-1868) US president (15th)
• Patrick Buchanan (1938-____) US politician
• Art Buchwald (1925-____) US columnist
• Pearl Buck (1892-1973) US author
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-____) US editor
• Buddha (563-483 BC) Indian religious leader
• Frederick Buechner (1926-____) US clergy, novelist
• Warren Buffett (1930-____) US business executive
• George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788) French naturalist
• Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) US author
• Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English statesman, poet
• Charlotte Bunch (1944-____) US feminist theorist, lecturer, writer
• Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) US diplomat, educator
• Basil Bunting (1900-1985) English poet
• John Bunyan (1628-1688) English clergyman, author
• Luther Burbank (1849-1926) US naturalist, plant breeder
• Julie Burchill ()
• Warren E. Burger (1907-1995) US supreme court justice
• Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist, critic, man of letters
• Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) US writer, poet, humorist
• Edmund Burke (1729-1797) English statesman, orator
• Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Scottish theologian, religious leader
• Carol Burnett (1933-____) US actress, comedienne
• Leo Burnett (1891-1971) US advertising executive
• Fanny Burney (1752-1840) English novelist, letter writer
• George Burns (1896-1996) US comedian, actor
• Robert Burns (1759-1796) Scottish poet
• John Burroughs (1837-1921) US author, naturalist
• Nannie Burroughs (1883-1961) US educator
• William S. Burroughs (1914-____) US writer
• Isabel Burton (1831-1896) English traveler, author
• Richard Burton (1925-1984) Welsh actor
• Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) English scholar, explorer
• Robert Burton (1577-1640) English scholar, writer, clergyman
• Leo Buscaglia (1925-1998) US author, educator
• Barbara Bush (1925-____) US first lady
• George Bush (1924-____) US 41st president
• Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) US electrical engineer, government official
• Nicholas Butler (1862-1947) US educator
• Samuel Butler (a) (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher
• Samuel Butler (b) (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar
• Eric Butterworth ()
• Martin Buxbaum ()
• Charles Buxton (1823-1871) English author
• Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) Mexican film director
• Witter Bynner (1881-1968) US author
• Robert Byrne ()
• James F. Byrnes (1879-1972) US politician, administrator
• George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) English poet
• James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) US novelist, writer
• Eileen Caddy ()
• Herb Caen (1916-1997) US journalist, columnist, author
• John Cage (1912-1992) US composer, poet, essayist, painter, pianist
• Lynn Caine (1927-1987) US writer, lecturer
• Mark Caine ()
• Michael Caine (1933-____) English actor
• Alexander Calder (1898-1976) US sculptor
• Mary Steichen Calderone (1904-1998) US physician, author
• Sarah Caldwell (1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario
• Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985) English novelist
• Hortense Calisher (1911-____) US writer
• James Callaghan (1912-) English labour party leader
• Maria Callas (1923-1977) US opera singer
• John Calvin (1509-1564) French theologian, ecclesiastical statesman
• Italo Calvino (1923-1985) Italian journalist, short-story writer, novelist
• Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) US author, editor
• Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) English actress
• Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) Scotish poet
• Thomas Campion (1567-1620) English poet, composer, physician
• Albert Camus (1913-1960) French philosopher, novelist, dramatist
• Vincent Canby (1924-____) US journalist, critic
• Elias Canetti (1905-1994) Swiss author
• George Canning (1770-1827) English statesman
• Al Capone (1899-1947) US gangster
• Truman Capote (1924-1984) US novelist, short-story writer
• Al Capp (1909-1979) US cartoonist
• Frank Capra (1897-1991) US director
• Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938) US supreme court justice, writer
• George Carlin (1937-____) US comedian
• Jane Welsh Carlyle ()
• Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist, historian
• Bliss Carman (1861-1929) Canadian poet, author
• Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) US civil rights leader
• Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) US industrialist, philanthropist
• Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) US teacher, writer
• Karen Carpenter (1950-1983) US singer
• Liz Carpenter (1920-____) US writer, feminist
• Emily Carr (1871-1945) Canadian artist, writer
• Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) US surgeon, biologist
• Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English author
• Johnny Carson (1925-____) US talk show host, comedian
• Rachel Carson (1907-1964) US biologist, writer
• Angela Carter (1940-1992) English novelist, short-story writer
• Betty Carter (1929-1998) US jazz singer
• Jimmy Carter (1924-____) US president (39th)
• Lillian Carter (1898-1983) US nurse, first mother
• Rosalynn Carter (1927-____) US First Lady
• Barbara Cartland (1901-____) English novelist
• George Washington Carver (1864-1903) US chemist, educator
• Joyce Cary (1888-1957) English novelist
• Pablo Casals (1876 -1973) Spanish cellist, conductor
• Johnny Cash (1932-____) US singer, songwriter
• Billy Casper (1931-____) US golfer
• Carlos Castaneda (1931-____) US anthropologist, writer
• Fidel Castro (1927-____) Cuban political leader
• Willa Cather (1876-1947) US novelist, short-story writer
• Catherine the Great (1729-1796) Russian empress
• Marcus Cato (234-149 BC) Roman statesman, historian
• Kim Cattrall (1956-____) English actress
• Caius Valerius Catullus (87-54 B.C) Roman poet
• Dick Cavett (1936-____) US talk show host
• Richard Cecil ()
• Robert Cecil (1830-????) English political leader
• Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) French writer, physician
• Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) US journalist, publisher
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet
• Aime Cesaire (1913-____) Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist
• Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) French painter
• Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Russian-French painter, graphic artist
• Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) English politician, businessman, social reformer
• Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) English political leader
• Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French journalist, playwright, aphorist
• Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) US short-story writer, novelist
• Coco Chanel (1883-1971) French fashion designer
• William E. Channing (1780-1842) US moralist, author, clergyman
• Edwin Hubbel Chapin (1814-1880) US clergyman, author
• Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) English actor, director, composer
• Geraldine Chaplin (1944-____) US actress
• George Chapman (1560-1634) English dramatist, translator, poet
• John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) US poet, dramatist, critic
• Maria Weston Chapman (1806-1885) US abolitionist, editor
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) French philosopher, paleontologist
• Prince of Wales Charles (1948-____) British royalty
• Ray Charles (1930-____) US singer, songwriter, musician
• Charles II (1630-1685) British ruler
• Charles V (1500-1558) Roman emperorer, ruler
• Emile Chartier (1868-1951)
• Alexander Chase (1926-____) US journalist, editor
• Ilka Chase (1905-1978) US actress, writer
• Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) English poet
• Malcolm De Chazal ()
• John Cheever (1912-1982) US short-story writer, novelist
• Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian short-story writer, dramatist
• Cher (1946-____) US singer, actress
• Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) US novelist, lawyer
• Philip Dormer Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, author
• G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) English essayist, novelist, journalist, poet
• Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) French actor, singer
• Chiang Kai-Shek (1886-1975) Chinese soldier, statesman
• Madame Chiang Kai-Shek () Chinese sociologist
• Julia Child (1912-____) US chef, author, TV personality
• Lydia M. Child (1802-1880) US author
• Alice Childress (1920-1994) US playwright, actress, director
• Shirley Chisholm (1924-____) US politician, author
• Rufus Choate (1799-1859) US lawyer, politican
• Noam Chomsky (1928-____) US linguist, political activitist
• Kate Chopin (1851-1904) US author
• Deepak Chopra (1949-____) Indian physician, author
• Agatha Christie (1890-1976) English author, dramatist
• Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) Swedish ruler
• Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921) US socialite
• Winston Churchill (1874-1965) English statesman, author
• John Ciardi (1916-1986) English dramatist, actor, author
• Colley Cibber (1671-1757) English playwright, poet, actor
• Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman statesman, scholar, orator
• Emile M. Cioran ()
• Craig Claiborne (1920-____) US editor, author
• Tom Clancy (1947-____) US novelist
• Luc De Clapiers ()
• John Clare (1793-1864) English poet
• Frank A. Clark ()
• Kenneth MacKenzie Clark (1903-1983) English art historian, author
• Ramsey Clark (1927-____) US governmental official
• Arthur C. Clarke (1917-____) English science writer, science-fiction writer
• James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888) US minister, theologian, author
• Claudius (10 BC-54 AD) Roman emperor
• Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) Prussian military leader, author
• Henry Clay (1777-1852) US politician, lawyer
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) US political activist, civil rights leader
• John Cleese (1939-____) English actor, writer
• Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French statesman
• Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) US president (22nd, 24th)
• Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) US actor
• Lucille Clifton (1936-____) US poet, educator
• Bill Clinton (1946-____) US 42nd president
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-____) US first lady, author, lawyer
• Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) English poet
• Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893-1986) US poet, children's author
• Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) US journalist, author
• William Cobbett (1762-1835) English journalist, author
• Richard Cobden (1804-1865) English politician
• Alexander Cockburn (1802-1880) English lawyer
• Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) French poet, novelist, director
• Harold Coffin ()
• Leonard Cohen (1934-____) Canadian singer, songwriter
• Edward Coke (1552-1634) English judge, politician
• Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) French actress
• Frank Moore Colby (1865-1925) US encyclopedia editor, essayist
• Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936-____) US educator, anthropologist, college president
• Nat King Cole (1919-1965) US singer, bandleader
• Ornette Coleman (1930-____) US jazz musician, composer, bandleader
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet, critic, essayist
• Colette (1873-1954) French author
• Christiane Collange () French writer
• Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) English bishop
• Joan Collins (1933-____) English-US actress
• John Churton Collins ()
• Judy Collins (1939-____) US folksinger, film maker
• Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) English novelist
• Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) English sportsman, writer
• John Coltrane (1926-1967) US jazz musician, composer, bandleader
• Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Italian explorer
• Amie Comeaux (1976-1997) US country singer
• Barry Commoner (1917-____) US biologist, environmentalist
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1892-1969) English novelist
• James B. Conant (1893-1978) US university administrator, diplomat
• James Cone (1938-____) US theologian
• Confucius (c. 551-479 BC) Chinese philosopher
• William Congreve (1670-1729) English dramatist
• Didi Conn (1951-____) US actress
• Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) English journalist, editor, writer
• Jimmy Connors (1952-____) US tennis player
• Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Polish novelist, short-story writer
• Shirley Conran (1932-____) English journalist, designer
• Eliza Cook (1818-1889) English poet
• Peter Cook (1937-____) English actor, comedian
• Alistair Cooke (1908-____) English-USA journalist, broadcaster
• Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) US sociologist
• Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) US president (30th), lawyer
• Anna Julia Cooper (1859-1964) US educator, feminist, writer
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) US novelist
• Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer
• Aaron Copland (1900-1990) US composer
• Alan Coren ()
• Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French dramatist, poet
• Bill Cosby (1937-____) US comedian, actor, author
• Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919) US poet
• Henry Cotton (1907-1987) English golfer
• Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) French painter
• Norman Cousins (1912-1990) US editor, essayist
• Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) French naval officer, explorer
• Stephen R. Covey (1932-____) US consultant, author
• Noel Coward (1899-1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director
• Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) English playwright
• Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) US critic, author
• William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet
• Harvey Cox (1929-____) U.S. theologian, social reformer, author
• George Crabbe (1754-1832) English poet, short-story writer
• Dinah Mulock Craik (1826-1887) English novelist
• Frank Crane ()
• Stephen Crane (1871-1900) US novelist, poet, short-story writer,
• Joan Crawford (1908-1977) US actress, dancer
• Harry Crews (1935-____) US novelist
• Michael Crichton (1942-____) US novelist
• Quentin Crisp (1908-____) English author
• Judith Crist (1922-____) US film critic
• Davy Crockett (1786-1836) US frontiersman, soldier, politician
• Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English soldier, statesman
• David Cronenberg (1943-____) Canadian film maker
• Walter Cronkite (1916-____) US broadcast journalist
• Amanda Cross ()
• Rodney Crowell (1950-____) US singer, songwriter
• Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) US religious leader
• Billy Crystal (1947-____) US actor, comedian
• Countee Cullen (1903-1946) US poet
• Mario Cuomo (1932-____) US politician, lawyer, talk show host
• Will Cuppy (1884-1949) US writer, critic
• Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-French chemist
• George William Curtis (1824-1892) US author, editor
• Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) US surgeon
• Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish painter, printmaker
• Mary Daly (1928-____) US theologian
• Rodney Dangerfield (1921-____) US comedian, actor
• Dante (1265-1321) Italian poet
• Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) French revolutionary leader, orator
• Lord Darling () ?? Frank Fraser
• Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) US lawyer
• Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist, author
• Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) English physician, poet
• Duffy Daugherty (1915-1987) US football coach
• Robertson Davies (1913-1995) Canadian author
• Adelle Davis (1904-1974) US nutritionist, author
• Angela Davis (1944-____) US political activist, revolutionary, author
• Bette Davis (1908-1989) US actress
• Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910-1974) US librarian, writer
• Elmer Davis (1890-1958) US journalist, news commentator
• Geena Davis (1957-____) US actress
• Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) US political leader
• Miles Davis (1926-1991) US jazz musician, composer
• Ossie Davis (1917-____) US actor, playwright, director
• Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) US author, journalist, critic
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990) US actor, singer, dancer
• Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) English chemist
• Clarence Day (1874-1935) US biographer, essayist
• Doris Day (1924-____) US singer, actress
• Dorothy Day (1897-1980) US editor, humanitarian, women's rights advocate
• Joseph Marie De Maistre (1753-1821) French diplomat, writer
• Charles DeGaulle (1890-1970) French president, politician, military leader
• Dorothée DeLuzy (1747-1830) French actress
• Agnes George DeMille (1905-____) US dancer, choreographer
• Dizzy Dean (1911-1974) US baseball player, sportscaster
• Guy Debord (1931-1994) French social reformer, author
• Eugene Debs (1855-1926) US labor organizer
• Claude Debussy (1862-1918) French composer
• Midge Decter (1927-____) US journalist, writer
• Ruby Dee (1923-____) US actress
• Marie Anne du Deffand (1697-1780) French intellectual
• Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English author
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917) French artist
• Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French painter
• Shelagh Delaney (1939-____) English playwright
• Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891-1995) US dentist
• Martin Delany (1812-1885) US physician, activist, novelist
• Sarah Louise Delany (1889-199?) US educator
• Don Delillo (1936-____) US novelist
• Barbara Deming (1917-____) US author, pacifist, political activist
• W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) US management consultant, statistician, educator
• Democritus (460-370 BC) Greek philosopher
• Demosthenes (382-322 BC) Greek orator, statesman
• Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) US boxer
• John Denham (1615-1668) English poet, dramatist
• Morarji Desai (1896-1995) Indian government official
• Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician, scientist
• Helene Deutsch (1884-1982) US psychoanalyst
• Bernadette Devlin (1947-____) Irish politician
• John Dewey (1859-1952) US philosopher, educator
• Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) US lawyer, politician
• Neil Diamond (1941-____) US singer, songwriter, actor
• Princess of Wales Diana (1961-1997) British royalty
• Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) English dramatist, songwriter
• Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) US science fiction writer
• Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist, dramatist
• Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) US poet
• Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French editor, philosopher
• Joan Didion (1934-____) US screenwriter, author
• Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) German-USA actress, singer
• Paul Dietzel ()
• Annie Dillard (1945-____) US author
• Phyllis Diller (1917-____) US comedienne
• Ernest Dimnet (1866-1954) French cleric
• Isak Dinesen (1885-1962) Danish short-story writer
• David Dinkins (1927-____) US politician
• Diogenes (412-323 BC) Greek philosopher
• Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969) US politician
• Walt Disney (1901-1966) US movie, producer
• Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English statesman, novelist
• Mike Ditka (1939-____) US football player, coach
• Dorothy Dix (1870-1951) US journalist, writer
• Austin Dobson (1840-1921) English poet, critic, biographer
• E. L. Doctorow (1931-____) US author, editor
• Dogen (1200-1253) Japanese religious leader
• Elizabeth Dole (1936-____) US government official, business executive
• Phil Donahue (1935-____) US TV talk show host
• J. P. Donleavy (1926-____) US dramatist, novelist
• John Donne (1573-1631) English poet
• Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) US author, teacher
• Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) US poet, writer
• John Dos Passos (1896-1970) US writer
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Russian novelist
• Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) US actress, opera singer, politician
• Michael Douglas (1944-____) US actor
• Norman Douglas (1868-1952) Scottish novelist
• William O. Douglas (1898-1980) US supreme court justice
• Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) US lecturer, author
• Rita Dove (1952-____) US poet, educator
• Maureen Dowd (1952-____) US journalist
• Colette Dowling (1938-____) US writer
• Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Scottish author, physician
• Margaret Drabble (1939-____) English novelist, critic
• Ruth Draper (1884-1956) US actress
• Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) US novelist, editor
• Marie Dressler (1869-1934) Canadian-USA actress
• Elizabeth Drew (1935-____) US journalist, commentator
• Peter Drucker (1909-____) US writer, educator, management consultant
• Henry Drummond (1851-1897) Scottish clergyman, naturalist
• John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist, critic
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) US writer, social reformer
• Daphne DuMaurier (1907-1989) English novelist
• Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) French painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) French-USA artist
• Maureen Duffy (1933-____) English poet, writer
• Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) French painter, designer
• John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) US government official
• Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824-1895) French dramatist
• Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) French novelist, dramatist
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) US poet, novelist, short-story writer
• Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) US poet, essayist
• Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) US dancer
• Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861-1922) US writer
• Katherine Dunham (1910-) US dancer, choreographer, anthropologist
• Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) US journalist, humorist
• Ariel Durant (1898-1981) US author
• Will Durant (1885-1981) US historian, author
• Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) US comedian
• Marguerite Duras (1914-____) French novelist, playwright
• Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) French sociologist
• Leo Durocher (1906-1991) US baseball player, manager
• Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) Indian-English novelist
• Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) Italian actress
• Wayne Dyer (1940-____) US psychologist
• Henry Vandyke (1852-1933) US poet, clergy, educator
• Bob Dylan (1941-____) US singer, songwriter
• Freeman Dyson (1923-____) English physicist, educator
• Terry Eagleton ()
• Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) US aviatrix
• Max Eastman (1883-1969) US author
• Clint Eastwood (1930-____) US actor, director
• Abba Eban (1915-____) Israeli diplomat
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) Russian-born traveler
• Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) German Christian mystic
• Umberto Eco (1932-____) Italian novelist
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) US religious leader, writer
• Marian Wright Edelman (1939-____) US social reformer, lawyer, author
• Anthony Eden (1897-1977) English politican
• Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) English children's author
• Thomas Edison (1847-1931) US inventor
• Tryon Edwards (1809-1894)
• Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-____) US writer
• Gretel Ehrlich () US writer
• Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Swiss-German-USA physicist
• Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) US anthropologist, educator, author
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) US president, military leader
• William Pitt the Elder (1708-????)
• Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) US educator, novelist, poet
• George Eliot (1819-1880) English novelist
• T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) US-English poet, critic, playwright
• Elizabeth I (1533-1603) English ruler
• Elizabeth II (1926-____) British ruler
• Linda Ellerbee (1944-____) US broadcast journalist
• Duke Ellington (1899-1974) US bandleader, songwriter
• Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) English psychologist
• Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) US author
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) US philosopher, poet, essayist
• Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) German philosopher
• Paul Engle (1908-1991) US poet, author
• Nora Ephron (1941-____) US author, screenwriter
• Epictetus (55-135) Greek philosopher
• Desiderius Erasmus (1469?-1536) Dutch scholar, philosopher, author
• Louise Erdrich (1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet
• John Erskine (1879-1951) US educator, musician, novelist
• Sam Ervin (1896-1985) US politician
• Evan Esar ()
• Ruth Etting (1897-1978) US singer
• Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek dramatist
• Bergen Evans (1904-1978) US lexicographer, educator
• Mari Evans (1923-____) US poet, educator, editor
• Edward Everett (1794-1865) US statesman, orator
• Medgar Evers (1925-1963) US civil rights leader
• Chris Evert Lloyd (1954-____) US tennis player
• Sam Ewing ()
• Clifton Fadiman (1904-____) US radio performer, author
• Oriana Fallaci (1930-____) Italian writer, journalist
• Susan Faludi (1959-____) US writer, feminist
• Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) US psychoanalyst, philosopher
• Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English physicist, chemist
• Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) US social reformer, lecturer
• Louis Farrakhan (1933-____) US religious leader
• William Faulkner (1897-1962) US novelist
• Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) US poet, novelist
• William Feather (1889-1981) US author, publisher
• Jules Feiffer (1929-____) US cartoonist, screenwriter
• Dianne Feinstein (1933-____) US politician
• Federico Fellini (1920-1993) Italian film director
• Francois de Salignac Fenelon (1651-1715) French theologian, author
• Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992) US diplomat, congresswoman
• Edna Ferber (1885-1968) US novelist
• Marilyn Ferguson ()
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935-____) US politician
• Jim Fiebig ()
• Eugene Field (1850-1895) US poet, journalist
• Joanna Field (1900-____) English psychologist
• Marshall Field (1834-1906) US merchant
• Rachel Field (1894-1942) US children's author
• Sally Field (1946-____) US actress
• Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist
• Debbi Fields (1956-____) US business executive
• W. C. Fields (1880-1946) US actor, comedian
• Eva Figes (1932-____) German-born English writer
• Charles Fillmore ()
• Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) US novelist
• Harvey S. Firestone (1868-1938) US industrialist
• Bobby Fischer (1943-____) US chess player
• Ernst Fischer (1918-____) German chemist, educator
• Elizabeth Fishel () US writer
• Carrie Fisher (1956-____) US actress, author
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) US author, essayist
• M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992) U.S. culinary expert, author
• Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934) US novelist, physician
• Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865-1932) US actress
• Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1895-1982) US advertising executive
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) US jazz singer
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) US author
• Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) US writer, celebrity relative
• Janet Flanner (1892-1978) US journalist
• Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) French novelist
• James Elroy Flecker (1884-????)
• Ian Fleming (1908-1964) English author
• John Fletcher (1579-1625) English dramatist, author
• John Florio (1553?-1625) English translator, lexicographer
• Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) French field marshal
• Jane Fonda (1937-____) US actress, political activist
• Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) French poet
• Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) US actress
• Margot Fonteyn (1919-____) English dancer
• Michael Foot (1913-____) English politician, journalist
• Samuel Foote (1720-????) English dramatist, author
• B. C. Forbes (1880-1954) Scottish journalist
• Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) US publisher, editor
• Betty Ford (1918-____) US First Lady, dancer, philanthropist
• Gerald Ford (1913-____) US 38th president
• Harrison Ford (1942-____) US actor
• Henry Ford (1863-1947) US auto manufacturer
• John Ford (1586-1640) English dramatist
• John Sean O'Feeny Ford (1895-1973) US director
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) US singer, actor
• George Foreman (1949-____) US boxer
• E. M. Forster (1879-1970) English novelist
• James Forten (1766-1842) US businessman
• T. Thomas Fortune (1856-1928) US journalist, editor
• Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) US clergyman
• Michel Foucault (1926-1984) English historian, philosopher
• Gene Fowler (1890-1960) US journalist, biographer
• John Fowles (1926-____) English novelist
• Charles James Fox (1749-1806) English government official
• Michael J. Fox (1961-____) US actor
• Jeff Foxworthy (1958-____) US comedian
• Janet Frame (1924-____) New Zealander novelist, short-story writer, poet
• Anatole France (1844-1924) French author
• Anne Frank (1929-1945) German-Dutch diarist
• Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) US supreme court justice
• Aretha Franklin (1942-____) US Rhythm and Blues singer
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US statesman, diplomat, inventor, printer
• John Hope Franklin (1915-____) US educator, historian
• E. Franklin Frazier (1894-1962) US sociologist, educator
• Joe Frazier (1944-____) US boxer
• Marilyn French (1929-____) US writer
• Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
• Betty Friedan (1921-____) US feminist, activist, writer
• Milton Friedman (1912-____) US economist
• Patricia Fripp () English-USA business speaker, author
• Max Frisch (1911-1991) Swiss dramatist, author
• Erich Fromm (1900-1980) German-USA psychoanalyst
• David Frost (1939-____) English TV host
• Robert Frost (1874-1963) US poet
• James A. Froude (1818-1894) English historian
• Christopher Fry (1907-____) English dramatist, playwright
• Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist
• Northrop Frye (1912-1991) Canadian literary critic, educator
• Carlos Fuentes (1928-____) Mexican novelist, playwright, critic, diplomat
• J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) US politician, lawyer, teacher
• Robert Fulghum (1937-____) US author
• Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) US critic, social reformer, writer
• Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) US architect, author
• Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English scholar, preacher
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919-____) Hungarian actress
• Ernest J. Gaines (1933-____) US author
• John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-____) US economist, diplomat, author
• Galileo (1564-1642) Italian physicist, astronomer
• John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English author, dramatist
• Francis Galton (1822-1911) English scientist, explorer
• Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian political leader
• Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian philosopher
• Joe Garagiola (1926-____) US baseball player, sportscaster
• Greta Garbo (1905-1990) Swedish actress
• Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) US musician, singer
• Ava Gardner (1922-1990) US actress
• John W. Gardner (1912-____) US writer, government official
• James A. Garfield (1831-1881) US president, lay preacher
• Judy Garland (1922-1969) US actress, singer
• Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) US clergyman, abolitionist
• David Garrick (1717-1779) English actor, theater manager, dramatist
• William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) US journalist
• Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) Jamaican political leader
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) English novelist, short-story writer
• William H. Gates (1955-____) US business executive
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (1950-____) US educator, critic, author
• Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French painter
• John Gay (1685-1732) English poet, dramatist
• Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) US Rhythm and Blues singer
• Addison Gayle, Jr. (1932-____) US educator, critic, author
• Bob Geldof (1954-____) Irish actor, musician, singer
• Martha Gellhorn (1908-____) US journalist, author
• Harold S. Geneen (1910-____) US businessman
• Jean Genet (1910-1986) French dramatist, author
• David Lloyd George (1863-1945) English statesman
• Henry George (1839-1897) US economist, journalist
• Phyllis George (1949-____) US sportscaster
• George III (1738-1820) British ruler
• Katherine F. Gerould (1879-1944) US writer
• J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) US oil man
• Georgie Anne Geyer (1935-____) US columnist, journalist
• A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938-1989) US university administrator, baseball executive
• Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian
• Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese-US poet, artist, philosopher, writer
• Althea Gibson (1927-____) US tennis player
• Bob Gibson (1935-____) US baseball player
• Andre Gide (1869-1951) French novelist, essayist
• William Gilbert (1836-1911) English dramatist
• Brendan Gill (1914-____) US critic, author
• Eric Gill (1882-1940) English sculptor, engraver, author
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) US jazz trumpeter, musician, composer, bandleader
• Carol Gilligan () US writer, researcher
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) US economist, lecturer, author, feminist
• Dorothy Gilman (1923-____) US mystery novelist
• Hermione Gingold (1897-1987) English actress
• Newt Gingrich (1943-____) US politician
• Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) US poet
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) Italian author
• Nikki Giovanni (1943-____) US author, poet
• Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) French dramatist, novelist, diplomat
• Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) US actress
• Lillian Gish (1893-1993) US entertainer
• William E. Gladstone (1809-1898) English statesman, author
• Ellen Glasgow (1874-1945) US author
• Arnold Glasow ()
• Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) US actor, comedian
• Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) English novelist, short-story writer
• George Gobel (1919-1991) US comedian
• Jean-Luc Godard (1930-____) French director
• Bob Goddard ()
• Rumer Godden (1907-____) English novelist
• Gail Godwin (1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
• Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) German political leader
• Hermann Goering (1893-1946) German political leader
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist
• Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990) US supreme court justice, ambassador
• Natalie Goldberg ()
• Whoopi Goldberg (1949-____) US actress, comedienne
• William Golding (1911-1993) English novelist
• Emma Goldman (1869-1940) US anarchist
• James Goldsmith (1933-1997) French financier
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish-British poet, dramatist, author
• Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) US politician
• Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) US producer
• Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French diarist
• Ellen Goodman (1941-____) US journalist
• Joel Goodman ()
• Paul Goodman (1911-1972) US author, poet, educator
• Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-____) Russian political leader
• Nadine Gordimer (1923-____) South African novelist
• Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) US actress
• Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) Russian novelist, short-story writer, dramatist
• Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915) French novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher
• A. P. Gouthey ()
• Betty Grable (1916-1973) US actress
• Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish philosopher, writer
• Billy Graham (1918-____) US evangelist
• Katharine Graham (1917-____) US newspaper executive
• Martha Graham (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer
• Sheilah Graham (1904-1988) US columnist
• Virginia Graham (1912-1998) US actress, TV personality
• Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) Scottish author
• Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) Italian intellectual, politician
• Cary Grant (1904-1986) English-USA actor
• Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) US president (18th)
• Ella T. Grasso (1919-1981) US politician
• Robert Graves (1895-1985) English novelist, poet, writer
• Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet
• David Grayson ()
• Horace Greeley (1811-1872) US newspaper editor, reformer
• Graham Henry Greene (1904-1991) English novelist
• Germaine Greer (1939-____) English reformer, author, educator
• Dick Gregory (1932-____) US comedian, author, political activist
• Wayne Gretzky (1961-____) Canadian ice-hockey player
• Fulke Greville (1554-1628) English poet
• Susan Griffin () US poet, writer, educator
• Joe L. Griffith ()
• Thomas Griffith ()
• Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-____) US politician
• Angelina Grimke (1805-1879) US abolitionist, women's rights advocate
• Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837-1914) US educator, diarist
• Francis J. Grimke (1850-1937) US pastor
• Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906-1963) US educator, historian
• Lewis Grizzard (1946-1996) US writer
• Walter Gropius (1883-1969) German architect
• Philip Guedalla (1889-1944) English historian, writer
• Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) US poet, journalist
• Judith Guest (1936-____) US novelist
• Che Guevara (1928-1967) Argentine revolutionary
• Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) French filmmaker, dramatist, actor
• John Gunther (1901-1970) US journalist
• George Gurdjieff (1872?-1949) Russian adept, teacher, writer
• Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) US folksinger, songwriter, balladeer
• Walter Hagen (1892-1969) US golfer
• Marvin Hagler (1952-____) US boxer
• George Halas (1895-9183) US football coach
• Clara McBride Hale (1905-1992) US social reformer
• Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) US clergy, author
• Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet
• Alex Haley (1921-1992) US novelist, journalist
• Robert Half (1918-) U.S. personnel-agency executive
• Thomas C. Haliburton (1796-1865) Canadian jurist, author
• Edward F. Halifax (1881-1959) English statesman
• Joseph Hall (1574-1656) English bishop, moral philosopher, satirist
• Manly Hall (1901-1990) Canadian philosopher, author
• Tom T. Hall (1936-____) US singer, songwriter
• Margaret Halsey (1910-____) US author
• Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) US activist
• Pete Hamill (1935-____) US journalist, author
• Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) US statesman, author
• Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) US writer, educator
• Gail Hamilton (1833-1896) US writer
• William Hamilton (1917-____) ?????? several WHs exist. Recheck quotes
• Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish diplomat, political economist
• Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960) US lyricist, musical comedy author
• Patricia Hampl ()
• Christopher Hampton (1946-____) English playwright
• Fred Hampton (1947-1969) US activist
• Lionel Hampton (1908-____) US swing jazz musician
• Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) Norwegian novelist
• Learned Hand (1872-1961) US jurist
• W. C. Handy (1873-1958) US composer, singer
• Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) US playwright
• Warren Harding (1865-1923) US president (29th)
• Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-____) US author, critic
• Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) English novelist, poet
• Augustus (and Julius) Hare (1792-1834) English divine
• David Hare (1947-____) English playwright
• Jean Harlow (1911-1937) US actress
• Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911) US poet
• James Harrington (1611-1677) English political philosopher
• Michael Harrington (1928-1989) US writer
• Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) US editor, short-story writer
• Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) US journalist, author
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison () US writer, publicist
• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) US 23rd president
• Jane Harrison () English classical scholar, writer, archeologist
• Gary Hart (1936-____) US politician
• Bret Harte (1836-1902) US short-story writer, verse writer
• Paul Harvey (1918-____) US broadcast journalist
• William Harvey (1578-1657) English physician
• Molly Haskell () US writer, film critic
• Henry S. Haskins ()
• William Hastie (1904-1976) US judge, politician
• Katharine Butler Hathaway ()
• Vaclav Havel (1936-____) Czech playwright, poet, politician
• Stephen Hawking (1942-____) English physicist, educator, author
• Goldie Hawn (1945-____) US actress, comedienne, producer
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) US novelist, short-story writer
• John Hay ()
• S. I. Hayakawa (1906-1992) US scholar, university president, politician
• Robert Hayden (1913-1980) US educator, poet
• Helen Hayes (1900-1993) US actress
• James L. Hayes ()
• Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) US president (19th)
• Woody Hayes (1913-1987) US football coach
• Lemuel B. Haynes (1753-1833) US minister
• William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer, essayist
• Shirley Hazzard (1931-____) Australian novelist
• Edith Head (1898-1981) US costume designer
• Denis Healey (1917-____)
• William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) US newspaper publisher
• Edward Heath (1916-____) English political leader
• Jinger Heath () US business executive
• Ben Hecht (1893-1964) US novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Georg Hegel (1770-1831) German philosopher
• Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) Russian-US classical violinist
• Dorothy Height (1912-____) US activist
• Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-____) US writer, educator
• Cynthia Heimel () US writer, humorist
• Piet Hein (1905-____) Dutch inventor and poet
• Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) German poet, critic
• Robert Heinlein (1907-1988) US science-fiction writer
• Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) German physicist
• John Heisman (1869-1936) US football coach
• Joseph Heller (1923-1999) US novelist
• Robert Heller (1933-____) US editor
• Lillian Hellman (1905-1987) US dramatist
• Arthur Helps (1813-1875) English historian, novelist, essayist
• Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961) US journalist, novelist, short-story writer
• Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) US musician, blues & rock guitarist
• Beth Henley (1952-____) US dramatist
• William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) English poet, critic, editor
• Marilu Henner (1952-____) US actress, health promotor, author
• Robert Henri (1865-1929) US painter
• O. Henry (1862-1910) US short-story writer, journalist
• Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US statesman, orator
• Katharine Hepburn (1907-____) US actress
• Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) English sculptor
• Heraclitus of Ephesus (535?-475? BC) Greek philosopher
• A. P. Herbert (1890-1971) English statesman, author
• Frank Herbert (1920-1986) US science fiction writer
• George Herbert (1593-1633) English author, poet
• Jack Herbert ()
• Oliver Herford (1863-1935) US author, illustrator
• Herodotus (484?-425? BC) Greek historian
• Don Herold ()
• Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet
• Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-____) US clergy, university administrator
• Hesiod (c. 700) Greek poet
• Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) German-Swiss novelist
• Carter Heyward () US Episcopal priest
• John Heywood (1497?-1580?) English proverb collector, dramatist
• Thomas W. Higginson (1823-1911) US clergyman, author
• Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) US educator, author, critic
• Cullen Hightower ()
• Kenneth Hildebrand ()
• Aaron Hill (1685-1750) English poet, dramatist, essayist
• Benny Hill (1924-1992) English comedian
• Napoleon Hill ()
• Edmund Hillary (1919-____) New Zealander mountaineer, explorer
• Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) Dutch lawyer, writer
• Burton Hillis ()
• Chester Himes (1909-1984) US novelist, writer
• Beatrice Hinkle (1874-1953) US psychiatrist
• Hippocrates (460-370 BC) Greek physician
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) English director
• Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) German political leader
• Russell Hoban (1925-____) US novielist, children's book author, artist
• Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) English philosopher
• David Hockney (1937-____) English artist, painter, draftsman, printmaker
• Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962) English poet
• Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) US writer, philosopher, longshoreman
• Abbie Hoffman (1936-____) US political activist
• Dustin Hoffman (1937-____) US actor
• Ben Hogan (1912-____) US golfer
• Billie Holiday (1915-1959) US singer
• J. G. Holland (1819-1881) US author
• Larry Holmes (1949-____) US boxer
• Marjorie Holmes () US writer
• Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) US poet, essayist, scholar
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) US jurist
• Lou Holtz (1937-____) US football coach
• Homer (750 -??? BC) Greek author
• Thomas Hood (1799-1845) English poet, editor
• John Lee Hooker (1920-____) US Blues guitarist
• Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-____) US jurist, minister, government official
• Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US president (31st), engineer
• J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) US government official
• Anthony Hope (1863-????)
• Bob Hope (1903-____) US comedian, actor
• John Hope (1868-1936) US educator
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) English poet, religious leader
• Mark Hopkins (1802-1887) US educator
• Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) US military leader, mathematician, educator
• Hedda Hopper (1890-1966) US journalist, actress
• Horace (65 - 8 BC) Roman poet, satirist
• Lena Horne (1917-____) US singer, actress
• Marilyn Horne (1934-____) US opera singer
• Karen Horney (1885-1952) US psychoanalyst, writer
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Russian-USA virtuoso pianist
• George Moses Horton (c. 1800-c. 1880) US poet
• A. E. Housman (1859-1936) English scholar, poet
• Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) US lawyer, educator
• Whitney Houston (1963-____) US singer
• Harlan Howard ()
• Jane Howard (1935-1996) US journalist, writer
• Ed Howe (1853-1937) Same as Edgar Watson Howe?????
• Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937) US editor, novelist, essayist
• Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) US social reformer
• Fred Hoyle (1915-____) Englsih astronomer, author
• Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) US publisher, author
• Kin Hubbard (1868-1930) US journalist, humorist
• L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) US religious leader
• Dolores Huerta (1930-____) US Chicana activist, labor leader
• Shirley Hufstedler (1925-____) US government official
• Nathan Huggins (1927-____) US historian, educator
• Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) US Supreme Court Justice
• Howard Hughes (1905-1976) US manufacturer, aviator, producer
• Langston Hughes (1902-1967) US poet, writer, editor
• Richard Hughes (1900-1976) Welsh author, dramatist
• Robert Hughes (1938-____) Australian critic
• Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French author, dramatist
• Kathryn Hulme (1900-1981) US writer
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) German scholar, philosopher, diplomat, educator
• David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher, historian
• Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) US politician, pharmacist
• Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) English poet, writer
• Alberta Hunter (1895-1988) US blues singer
• Chet Huntley (1911-1975) US broadcast journalist
• Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) US screenwriter, novelist, dramatist
• Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) US dramatist, author
• John Huston (1906-1987) US film director, actor
• Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) US educator, writer
• Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) US religious leader
• Betty Hutton (1921-____) US singer, dancer, actress
• Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, critic
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist
• Ada Louise Huxtable (1921-____) US critic, editor
• Lee Iacocca (1924-____) US auto business executive
• Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Norweigan poet, dramatist
• William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) English religious leader, author
• Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) English novelist
• Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) US lawyer, orator
• Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994) Romanian-French dramatist
• Kathy Ireland (1963-____) US model
• John Irving (1942-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Washington Irving (1783-1859) US short-story writer, essayist
• Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) US author, dramatist
• Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) US president (7th), soldier, lawyer, planter
• Glenda Jackson (1936-____) US actress
• Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) US novelist, poet, essayist
• Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) English journalist, editor, author
• Jesse Jackson (1941-____) US civil rights leader, minister, politician
• Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) US gospel singer
• Michael Jackson (1958-____) US singer, songwriter
• Rachel Donaldson Jackson (1767-1828) US first lady
• Reggie Jackson (1946-____) US baseball player
• Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) US novelist
• Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) US confederate army general
• Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) US diarist, writer
• Mick Jagger (1943-____) English singer, songwriter, actor
• Alice James ()
• Clive James ()
• P. D. James (1920-____) English mystery novelist
• William James (1842-1910) US philosopher, psychologist
• James I (1566-1625) British ruler
• Henry James, Jr. (1843-1916) English author
• Anna Jameson (1794-1860) Irish author, art critic
• Judith Jamison (1943-____) US modern dancer
• Elizabeth Janeway (1913-____) US writer
• Tama Janowitz (1957-_____) US novelist
• Derek Jarman (1942-1994) English filmmaker
• Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) US critic, poet, novelist
• Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) French writer
• James Jeans (1877-1946) English Mathematician, astronomer
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) US president, educator, architect, inventor
• Bruce Jenner (1949-____) US track athlete, sportscaster
• Edward Jenner (1749-1823) English physician
• Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English author
• Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) English humorist, playwright, journalist
• Jesus Christ (4 BC-29 AD) Roman religious leader
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1848-1909) US author
• Billy Joel (1949-____) US singer, songwriter
• Elton John (1947-____) English singer, songwriter
• John Paul II (1920-____) Polish religious leader
• Blind Lemon Johnson (c. 1897-1930) US Blues singer
• Charles B. Johnson (1948-____) US novelist, short-story writer, artist
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1959-____) US basketball player
• Fenton Johnson (1888-1958) US poet, playwright
• Georgia Douglas Johnson (1866-1967) US poet
• Jack Johnson (1878-1946) US boxer
• James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) US poet, diplomat, anthologist
• Jimmy Johnson (1943-____) US football coach
• John H. Johnson (1918-____) US publisher
• Lady Bird Johnson (1912-____) US first lady
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) US president (36th)
• Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976) US educator, university president
• Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) English critic, author
• Philip Johnson (1906-____) US architect, author
• Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English lexicographer, critic
• Sonia Johnson () US activist, religious leader
• Jill Johnston (1929-____) US journalist, critic
• Bobby Jones (1902-1971) US golfer
• Franklin P. Jones (1887-1929) US businessman
• Gayl Jones (1949-____) US short story writer, novelist
• James Earl Jones (1931-____) US actor
• John Paul Jones (1747-1792) US naval officer
• Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1860-1930) US labor organizer
• Shirley Jones (1934-____) US actress, singer
• Erica Jong (1942-____) US author, poet
• Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English poet, dramatist
• Janis Joplin (1943-1970) US singer
• Scott Joplin (1868-1971) US pianist, composer
• Barbara Jordan (1936-____) US lawyer, educator, politician
• June Jordan (1936-____) US writer, poet, journalist
• Michael Jordan (1963-____) US basketball player
• Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French essayist, moralist
• Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) English classical scholar
• James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish novelist, poet, playwright
• Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-1998) US track athlete
• Naomi Judd (1946-____) US singer
• Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) Roman statesman, army officer
• Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist, psychiatrist
• Junius (1740-1818) English political author
• Juvenal (60-140) Roman satirist
• Pauline Kael (1919-____) US critic
• Franz Kafka (1882-1924) Austrian author, poet
• Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967) US industrialist
• Garson Kanin (1912-____) US playwright, producer
• Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) German philosopher
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943-____) US businesswoman
• Constantine Karamanlis (1907-____) Greek political leader
• Yousuf Karsh (1908-____) Canadian photographer, journalist
• George S. Kaufman (1889-1961) US dramatist, journalist
• Danny Kaye (1913-1987) US actor, comedian
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1885-1957) Greek writer
• Alfred Kazin (1915-____) US critic, teacher, editor
• John Keats (1795-1821) English poet
• John Keble (1792-1866) English priest, theologian, poet
• Garrison Keillor (1942-____) US author, producer
• Helen Keller (1880-1968) US author, lecturer
• Walt Kelly (1913-1973) US cartoonist
• Jack Kemp (1935-____) US politician, football player
• Thomas à Kempis (1379-1471) German mystic, ecclesiastic
• Sally Kempton (1943-____) US writer, feminist
• Edward M. Kennedy (1932-____) US politician
• John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) US president, politician
• Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) US financier, diplomat
• Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) US politician, lawyer
• Rose Kennedy (1890-1995) US author, political relative
• Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952) Australian nurse
• Corita Kent (1918-1986) US graphic artist
• Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) German astronomer
• Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) US novelist, poet
• Deborah Kerr (1921-____) Scottish actress
• Jean Kerr (1923-____) US humorist, author, playwright
• Walter Kerr (1913-1996) US critic, author
• Ken Kesey (1935-____) US novelist
• Charles Kettering (1876-1958) US engineer, inventor
• Ellen Key (1849-1926) Swedish writer, feminist
• John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
• Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938-____) South African poet, essayist
• Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916-____) Western Sufi Master, teacher
• Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer
• Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1900-1989) Iranian religious leader
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) Russian communist leader
• Victor Kiam (1926-____) US businessman
• Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher, writer
• John Oliver Killens (1916-____) US novelist, lawyer
• Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) US poet
• Jamaica Kincaid (1949-____) Antigua-US journalist
• B. B. King (1925-____) US blues singer, musician
• Billie Jean King (1943-____) US tennis player, activist
• Coretta Scott King (1927-____) US civil rights activist
• Florence King (1936-____) US writer
• Stephen King (1947-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US civil rights leader, clergyman
• Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) English clergyman, writer
• Barbara Kingsolver (1955-____) US novelist
• Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-____) US author
• Neil Kinnock (1942-____) Welsh politician
• Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English poet, novelist, short-story writer
• Lane Kirkland (1922-____) US labour-union spokesman
• Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926-____) US diplomat
• Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) US ballet authority, impresario, writer
• Henry Kissinger (1923-____) US government official
• Tom Kite (1949-____) US golfer
• Paul Klee (1879-1940) Swiss painter
• Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) US author
• Fletcher Knebel (1911-93) US journalist, author
• Bobby Knight (1940-____) US college basketball coach
• Etheridge Knight (1931-____) US poet, educator
• Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) Hungarian-English novelist, essayist
• Alice Koller () US writer
• Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) German artist
• E. L. Konigsburg (1930-____) US children's author
• Joan Konner () US journalist, college administrator
• Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Dutch-USA painter
• Ted Koppel (1940-____) US broadcast journalist
• Michael Korda (1919-1973) US publisher
• Judith Krantz (1928-____) US novelist
• Karl Kraus (1874-1936) Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, poet
• Charles Krauthammer ()
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Indian philosopher
• Ray Kroc (1902-1984) US businessman, restaurateur
• Alexander Kroll (1938-____) US advertising executive
• Louis Kronenberger (1904-1980) US critic, author
• Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) US naturalist, conservationist, writer, critic.
• Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-____) Swiss-USA psychiatrist
• Stanley Kubrick (1928-____) US film director, writer
• Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) US activist, social worker
• Maxine Kumin (1925-____) US poet, novelist, essayist
• Milan Kundera (1929-____) Czech novelist, playwright, poet
• Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) US newscaster, correspondent, journalist, author
• Malcolm Kushner ()
• Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) US author
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918-____) US novelist
• Jean de LaBruyere (1645-1696) French philosopher, writer
• Suzanne LaFollette (1895?-1983) US writer, editor
• Jean de LaFontaine (1621-1695) French poet
• Francois LaRochefoucauld (1613-1680) French author
• R. D. Laing (1927-1989) English psychiatrist
• Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869) French poet, historian
• Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist, author
• Ann Landers (1918-____) US advice columnist
• Letitia Landon (1802-1838) English poet, novelist
• Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) English poet, essayist
• Tom Landry (1924-____) US football coach
• Suzanne K. Langer (1895-1985) US philosopher
• Lao-Tzu (c. 570 BC) Chinese philosopher
• Ring Lardner (1885-1933) US humorist, journalist, short-story writer
• Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, author, librarian
• Nella Larsen (1891-1964) US novelist
• Doug Larson ()
• Tommy Lasorda (1927-____) US baseball manager
• Estée Lauder (1908?-____) U.S. cosmetics executive
• Harry Lauder (1870-1950) Scottish comedian
• Yves Saint Laurent (1936-____) French fashion designer
• Johann Casper Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss theologian, author
• D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist, short-story writer, poet
• T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) English soldier, author
• Helen Lawrenson (1904-1982) US editor
• Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) US poet
• Ursula Le Guin (1929-____) US science-fiction writer
• Meridel Le Sueur () US writer, historian
• John LeCarre (1931-____) English novelist
• LeCorbusier (1887-1965) Swiss architect, city planner
• Eda LeShan (1922-____) US writer
• Mary Jean LeTendre (1948-____) US educator, government official
• Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) Canadian author, educator, economist, humorist
• Frank Leahy (1908-1973) US football coach
• Edward Lear (1812-1888) English poet, landscape painter
• Timothy Leary (1920-1996) US educator, lecturer, psychologist
• Fran Lebowitz (1950-____) US journalist
• Stanislaw Lec (1909-1996) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
• Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1889?-1949) US Folk and Blues singer, songwriter, guitarist
• Bruce Lee (1940-1973) US martial arts expert, actor
• Gypsy Rose Lee (1914-1970) US entertainer
• Harper Lee (1926-____) US novelist
• Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) US army officer
• Spike Lee (1957-____) US film producer, director, screenwriter, actor
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch biologist
• Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) German opera singer
• Tom Lehrer (1928-____) US parody/folk singer, songwriter, mathematician
• Stanislaw Lem (1921-____) Polish writer, physician
• Tony Lema (1934-1966) US golfer
• Jack Lemmon (1925-____) US actor
• Ninon de Lenclos (1620-1705) French society figure, courtesan
• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) Russian communist leader, author
• John Lennon (1940-1980) English singer, songwriter, musician
• Jay Leno (1950-____) US comedian, talk show host
• Sugar Ray Leonard (1956-____) US boxer
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer
• Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) US forester, conservationist
• Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) US dramatist, lyricist, composer
• Harriet Lerner () US therapist, writer
• Max Lerner (1902-1992) US political columnist, educator
• Doris Lessing (1919-____) English author, playwright
• Gotthold Lessing (1729-1781) German philosopher, dramatist, critic
• David Letterman (1947-____) US TV personality
• Oscar Levant (1906-1972) US composer, musician, actor
• Sam Levenson (1911-1980) U.S. humorist, author
• Denise Levertov (1923-____) English-USA poet
• Primo Levi (1919-1987) Italian-Jewish writer, chemist
• Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-____) French social anthropologist
• Bernard Levin (1928-____) British journalist, critic
• George Henry Lewes (1817-1878) English philosopher, critic, dramatist, scientist
• C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) English author, scholar
• Cecil Day Lewis ()
• Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971) U.S. comedian, actor
• Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) US novelist, playwright
• Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) English author, painter
• G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German physicist, writer
• Gerald F. Lieberman ()
• A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) US journalist, author
• Beatrice Lillie (1898-1989) English comedienne
• Doris Lilly (1926-1991) US journalist, writer
• Rush Limbaugh (1951-____) US talk show host, commentator, author
• Maya Ying Lin (1959-____) US architect, sculptor
• A. L. Linall, Jr. (1947-____) US editor
• Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) US president, lawyer
• Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) US first lady
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-____) US writer
• Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) US aviator
• Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) US poet
• Art Linkletter (1912-____) US TV personality
• Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish botanist
• Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) US journalist, editor, author
• Sonny Liston (1917-1990) US boxer
• Mary Wilson Little () US writer
• Mary Ashton Livermore (1820-1905) US journalist, social reformer, lecturer
• Belle Livingstone (1875-1957) US writer, adventurer
• David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary, explorer
• Titus Livy (59 BC-17 AD) Roman historian
• Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-____) Peruvian writer
• Marie Lloyd (1870-1922) English singer
• Alain Locke (1886-1954) US philosopher, educator, writer
• Bobby Locke (1917-1987) South African golfer
• John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher
• Belva Lockwood (1830-1917) US social reformer, lawyer
• David Lodge ()
• Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) US football coach
• Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909) Italian criminologist, physician, educator
• Jack London (1876-1916) US novelist
• Haniel Long ()
• Shelley Long (1950-____) US actress
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) US poet, educator
• Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) US author, socialite, celebrity relative
• Anita Loos (1893-1981) US screenwriter, dramatist, author
• Nancy Lopez (1957-____) US golfer
• Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) Spanish poet, dramatist
• Audre Lorde (1934-1992) US poet, feminist
• Sophia Loren (1934-____) Italian actress
• Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) Austro-German ethologist
• George Lorimer (1867-1937) US editor, writer
• Joseph Losery (1924-____) US minister, civil rights leader
• Joe Louis (1914-1981) US boxer
• Louis XIV (1638-1715) French ruler
• Samuel Lover (1797-1868) Anglo-Irish novelist, songwriter, painter
• Amy Lowell (1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer
• James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) US poet, critic, editor, diplomat
• Robert Lowell (1917-1977) US poet, pacifist
• John Lubbock (1834-1913) English naturalist, banker, statesman
• Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65) Spanish-bom Roman poet
• George Lucas (1944-____) US film director
• Clare Boothe Luce (1905-1987) US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat
• Henry R. Luce (1898-1967) US editor, publisher
• Lucretius (99-55 BC) Roman poet, philosopher
• Martin Luther (1483-1546) German religious reformer
• Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Polish German socialist, writer
• John Lyly (1554-1606) English dramatist, writer
• Robert Lynd (1892-1970) US sociologist
• J. Russel Lynes (1910-1991) US author, editor
• Loretta Lynn (1935-____) US singer, songwriter
• Mary Lyon (1797-1849) US educator
• Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894-1975) US comedienne
• Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) US army officer
• George MacDonald (1824-1905) Scottish novelist
• Shirley MacLaine (1934-____) US actress, dancer, writer, metaphysician
• Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) US poet, playwright, teacher, public official
• Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) English novelist, writer
• Thomas B. Macaulay (1800-1859) English author, historian, statesman, poet
• Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian philosopher, statesman, writer
• Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) English politician
• John Madden (1936-____) US football coach, sportscaster
• Haki Madhubuti (1942-____) US poet, writer, editor
• James Madison (1751-1836) US president (4th), political theorist
• Madonna (1958-____) US singer, actress
• Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) Belgian dramatist, author
• Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Austrian composer, conductor
• Norman Mailer (1923-____) US novelist, journalist
• Maimonides (1135-1204) Jewish philosopher, jurist, physician
• Marjorie Main (1890-1975) US actress
• Miriam Makeba (1932-____) South African singer
• Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) US novelist, short-story writer
• Malcolm X (1925-1965) US political activist
• Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898) French poet
• Andre Malraux (1901-1976) French novelist, art historian, public official
• Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) English economist
• Maxwell Maltz ()
• David Mamet (1947-____) US dramatist, playwright, director
• William Manchester (1922-____) US historian
• Nelson Mandela (1918-____) South African president, lawyer, nationalist
• Bernard Mandeville (1670?-1733) English philosopher
• Og Mandino ()
• Wilma Pearl Mankiller (1945-____) US-American Indian Cherokee chief
• Horace Mann (1796-1859) US educator, politician
• Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German-USA novelist
• Marya Mannes (1904-1990) US journalist, writer
• Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander author
• Marcel Marceau (1923-____) French actor, pantomimist
• Imelda Marcos (1929-____) Filipino first lady
• Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) Roman ruler, philosopher, author
• Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) German-USA political philosopher
• Orison Swett Marden (1906-1975) U.S. lawyer
• Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) French philosopher
• Beryl Markham (1902-1986) English aviator
• Edwin Markham (1852-1940) US poet, lecturer
• Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist, poet
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-____) Colombian novelist, short story writer
• Don Marquis (1878-1937) US journalist, poet, dramatist, humorist
• Paule Marshall (1929-____) US writer, educator
• Peter Marshall (1902-1949) US religious leader
• Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) US supreme court justice
• Jose Marti (1853-1895) Cuban poet, patriot
• Martial (43-104) Roman epigrammatic poet
• Dean Martin (1917-1995) US singer, actor
• Judith Martin (1938-____) US author, journalist
• Steve Martin (1945-____) US comedian, actor
• Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) English social reformer, writer
• Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) English poet
• Groucho Marx (1890-1977) US comedian
• Karl Marx (1818-1883) German socialist leader, philosopher
• John Masefield (1878-1967) English novelist, poet, playwright
• Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) US psychologist, philosopher
• Jackie Mason (1934-____) US comedian
• Philip Massinger (1583-1640) English dramatist
• Henri Matisse (1869-1954) French artist, author
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist, short-story writer, playwright
• Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) French novelist, essayist, poet, playwright
• Andre Maurois (1885-1967) French biographer, novelist, essayist
• Elsa Maxwell (1883-1963) US writer, TV hostess, columnist
• Rollo May (1909-1994) US psychoanalyst
• Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) Soviet Georgian poet
• William James Mayo (1861-1939) US surgeon
• Benjamin E. Mays (1895-1984) US educator, clergyman
• Willie Mays (1931-____) US baseball player
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) Genoese propagandist, revolutionary
• Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) US teacher
• Eugene McCarthy (1916-____) US politician, teacher
• Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) US novelist, critic
• Paul McCartney (1942-____) English musician
• Barbara McClintock (1902-____) US scientist
• Carson McCullers (1917-1967) US novelist, short-story writer
• Claude McDonald ()
• John McEnroe (1959-____) US tennis player
• Reba McEntire (1954-____) US country singer
• William McFee (1881-1966) US author
• Bobby McFerrin (1950-____) US Jazz singer, songwriter, director
• Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) US author, poet
• George McGovern (1922-____) US senator
• Al McGuire (1928-____) US collegiate basketball coach
• Claude McKay (1889-1984) Jamaican-US poet, novelist
• John McKay (1923-____) U. S. football coach
• Patricia McKillip (1948-____) US science fiction writer
• William McKinley (1843-1901) US president (25th)
• Mignon McLaughlin () US journalist, author
• Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) Canadian educator, author
• Terry McMillan (1951-____) US novelist, editor
• Larry McMurtry (1936-____) US scriptwriter, novelist
• Robert McNamara (1916-____) US politician, statesman
• Aimee Semple Mcpherson (1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist
• Margaret Mead (1901-1978) US anthropologist, author
• Peter Medawar (1915-1987) English zoologist
• Golda Meir (1898-1978) Israeli political leader
• Nellie Melba (1861-1931) Australian opera singer
• William Lamb Melbourne (1779-1848) English prime minister
• Andrew Mellon (1855-1937) US financier, philanthropist
• Herman Melville (1819-1891) US novelist
• Menander (342-292 BC) Greek dramatist
• Mencius (371-289 BC) Chinese philosopher
• H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) US editor, satirist
• Karl A. Menninger (1893-1990) US psychiatrist
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-____) Italian composer
• Robert Menzies (1894-1978) Australian political leader
• George Meredith (1828-1909) English novelist, poet
• Ethel Merman (1909-1984) US singer, actor
• Thomas Merton (1915-1968) French monk, poet
• Grace Metalious (1924-1964) US novelist
• Alice Meynell (1847-1922) English poet, essayist
• Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet
• James Michener (1907-1997) US novelist
• Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) English dramatist
• Bette Midler (1945-____) US singer, actress
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) German-USA architect
• George Mikes (1912-____) British writer
• Barbara Mikulski (1936-____) US politician
• John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English economist, philosopher
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1882-1950) US author, poet
• Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) US poet, author
• Arthur Miller (1915-____) US dramatist
• Dennis Miller (1953-____) US comedian, TV personality
• Henry Miller (1891-1980) US novelist
• Joaquin Miller (1839-1913) US poet
• Kelly Miller (1863-1939) US educator, university dean
• Olin Miller ()
• Roger Miller (1936-____) US singer, songwriter
• Kate Millett (1934-____) US writer, sculptor, educator
• Spike Milligan (1918-____) Indian actor, comedian
• Robert Millikan (1868-1953) US physicist
• A. A. Milne (1882-1965) English humorist, children's author
• Ronnie Milsap (1944-____) US singer
• John Milton (1608-1674) English poet, essayist
• Liza Minnelli (1946-____) US actress, singer, dancer
• Joni Mitchell (1943-____) Canadian singer, songwriter
• Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) US novelist
• Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) US astronomer, educator
• Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) Scottish novelist
• Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) English-USA journalist
• Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) English novelist
• Addison Mizner (1872-1933) US architect
• Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) US playwright, author
• Mohammed (570-632) Arab religious leader
• Molière (1622-1673) French dramatist, actor
• Walter F. Mondale (1928-____) US lawyer, politician
• Claude Monet (1840-1926) French artist
• Bill Monroe (1920-1996) US musician, instrumentalist
• Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) US editor, poet
• James Monroe (1758-1831) US president (5th)
• Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) US actress
• Ashley Montagu (1905-____) British-American anthropologist
• Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) English intellectual, conversationalist
• Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) English author
• Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1553-1592) French essayist, courtier
• Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755) French lawyer, political philosopher
• Maria Montessori (1870-1952) Italian educator, reformer
• James Montgomery (1771-1854) Scottish poet, journalist
• Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) English-born Canadian pioneer
• Dwight L. Moody () US evangelist
• Brian Moore (1921-1999) Irish novelist
• George Moore (1852-1933) Irish author, poet, dramatist
• Henry Moore (1898-1986) English sculptor
• Marianne Moore (1887-1972) US poet, editor
• Mary Tyler Moore (1936-____) US actress, humanitarian
• Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Irish poet
• Hannah More (1745-1833) English writer
• Thomas More (1478-1535) English humanist , statesman
• Jeanne Moreau (1928-____) French actress
• Charles Morgan (1894-????)
• J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) US financier
• Robin Morgan (1941-____) US editor, feminist, writer
• Christopher Morley (1890-1957) US novelist, journalist
• John Morley (1838-1923) English journalist, politician, historian
• Robert Morley (1908-1992) English actor, director, playwright
• Desmond Morris (1928-____) English zoologist
• Jan Morris (1926-____) English writer, journalist
• William Morris (1834-1896) English craftsman, poet
• Toni Morrison (1931-____) US novelist
• Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) US diplomat
• J. B. Morton ()
• Jelly Roll Morton (c. 1885-1941) US Jazz singer, composer, pianist, bandleader
• Carol Moseley-Braun (1947-____) US politican, lawyer
• Bob Moses (1935-____) US civil rights activist
• Grandma Moses (1860-1961) US folk painter
• Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) US painter
• Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) US social reformer
• Bill Moyers (1934-____) US newscaster, journalist, commentator, author
• Daniel Moynihan (1927-____) US politician, professor
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austrian composer
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) US writer, journalist, critic, educator
• Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) US religious leader
• John Muir (1838-1914) US naturalist, writer
• Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940)
• Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) US urban planner, historian
• Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) Irish author
• Rupert Murdoch (1931-____) US publisher
• Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) US broadcast journalist
• Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) Japanese warrior, strategist
• Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Italian political leader
• Joyce A. Myers () US Business executive
• Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Russian-U.S. novelist
• Ralph Nader (1934-____) US lawyer, consumer advocate
• Siddha Nagarjuna (c. 100-200 AD) Indian-Tibetan religious leader
• V. S. Naipaul (1932-____) West Indian novelist, journalist
• John Naisbitt (1929-) U.S. business writer, social researcher
• Joe Namath (1943-____) US football player
• Ogden Nash (1902-1971) US poet
• George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) US editor, critic
• Robert Nathan (1894-1985) US novelist, poet
• Carry Nation (1846-1911) US social reformer
• Martina Navratilova (1956-____) US tennis player
• Gloria Naylor (1950-____) US novelist, educator
• Larry Neal (1937-____) US editor, poet
• Patricia Neal (1926-____) US actress
• Suzanne Curchod Necker (1739-1794) French writer
• Richard J. Needham ()
• Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian political leader
• William C. Nell (1816-1874) US historian, abolitionist
• Byron Nelson (1912-____) US golfer
• Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) English naval officer
• Paula Nelson (1945-____) US economist
• Willie Nelson (1933-____) US musician, singer
• Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) US poet, novelist, critic
• Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) Chilean poet, diplomat, Marxist
• Al Neuharth (1924-____) US editor
• Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) US sculptor, painter
• John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English religious leader, prelate, writer
• Paul Newman (1925-____) US actor
• Huey P. Newton (1942-1989) US political activist
• Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English mathematician, philosopher
• John Newton (1823-????)
• Jack Nicklaus (1940-____) US golfer
• Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) US theologian, author
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher, poet
• Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English nurse, reformer
• Anais Nin (1903-1977) US author
• Pat Nixon (1912-1993) US first lady
• Richard Nixon (1913-1994) US president (37th), author
• Louis Nizer (1902-1994) English lawyer
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) Ghanian political leader
• Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, inventor, philanthropist
• Chuck Noll (1932-____) US football coach
• Peggy Noonan (1950-____) US writer
• Greg Norman (1955-____) Australian golfer
• Jessye Norman (1945-____) US operatic and concert singer
• Marsha Norman (1947-____) US dramatist
• Frank Norris (1870-1902) US novelist
• Kathleen Norris (1880-1960) US novelist
• Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877) English poet, novelist
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937-____) US government official
• Novalis (1772-1801) German poet
• Gregory Nunn ()
• Edna O'Brien (1932-____) Irish novelist, pacifist
• Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) Irish playwright
• Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) US author
• Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-____) US supreme court justice
• John O'Hara (1905-1970) US novelist, short-story writer
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) US painter
• Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) US physician, humorist
• Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) US dramatist
• P. J. O'Rourke (1947-____) US humorist, editor
• Ann Oakley (1944-____)
• Joyce Carol Oates (1938-____) US novelist, poet, educator
• Roger von Oech ()
• David Ogilvy (1911-____) US advertising executive
• Lane Olinghouse ()
• Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) Scottish writer
• Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) English actor, producer, director
• Tillie Olsen (1912-____) US novelist
• Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975) Greek shipping magnate
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) US first lady
• Yoko Ono (1933-____) US artist, musician
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) US physicist
• Robert Orben (1927-____) US editor, writer
• Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) Hungarian-born British novelist
• Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish philosopher
• Joe Orton (1933-1967) English playwright
• George Orwell (1903-1950) English novelist, critic
• John Osborne (1929-1994) English playwright
• William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
• Donny Osmond (1957-____) US actor, singer
• Thomas Otway (1652-1685) English dramatist, poet
• Ouida (1839-1908) English novelist, social critic
• Ovid (43 BC-AD 17) Roman poet
• Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) English poet
• Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete
• Cynthia Ozick (1928-___) US novelist, short-story writer
• Jack Paar (1918-____) US entertainer, talk show host
• Vance Packard (1914-1996) US nonfiction writer
• Clementine Paddleford (1900-1967) US journalist, editor
• Camille Paglia (1947-____) US actress, writer
• Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) French playwright
• Satchel Paige (1906-1982) US baseball pitcher
• Thomas Paine (1737-1809) US philosopher, pamphleteer
• Grace Paley (1922-____) US writer
• Arnold Palmer (1929-____) US golfer
• Vance Palmer (1885-1959) Australian novelist
• Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) English suffragist
• Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) English suffragist
• Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) German-Swiss physician
• Bill Parcells (1941-____) US football coach
• Gail Parent (1940- ____) US scenarist
• Charlie Parker (1920-1955) US musician
• Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) US author, poet, journalist, humorist
• Theodore Parker (1810-1860) US theologian, pastor, scholar
• C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) Brtitish historian, philosopher
• Gordon Parks (1912-____) US photographer, director
• Rosa Parks (1913-____) US civil rights leader
• Dolly Parton (1946-____) US singer, songwriter, actress
• Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist, theologian
• Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) Russian novelist, poet
• Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, bacteriologist
• Walter Pater (1839-1894) English essayist, critic
• Joe Paterno (1926-____) US football coach
• Katherine Paterson () US children's writer
• Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African novelist
• Floyd Patterson (1935-____) US boxer
• George S. Patton (1885-1945) US army officer, armored-warfare tactician
• Alice Paul (1885-1977) US lawyer
• Jean Paul (1763-1825) German novelist, humorist
• Linus Pauling (1901-1994) US chemist
• Luciano Pavarotti (1935-____) Italian lyric tenor
• Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) Italian poet, critic, novelist, translator
• Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) Russian physiologist
• Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballerina
• Octavio Paz (1914-____) Mexican poet, writer, diplomat
• Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) English novelist, poet
• Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) US evangelist
• Minnie Pearl (1912-1996) US comedienne
• Hesketh Pearson (1887-1964) English actor, director, biographer
• Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969) US journalist
• Charles Peguy (1873-1914) French philosopher, poet
• Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) US philosopher, scientist, logician
• Harvey Penick (1905-1995) US golfer, teacher
• William Penn (1644-1718) English colonizer
• Claude Pepper (1900-1989) US congressman
• Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) English diarist, naval administrator
• Shimon Peres (1923-____) Israeli political leader
• Pericles (495-429 BC) Greek statesman
• Frances Perkins (1880-1965) US educator, government official
• Eva Peron (1919-1952) Argentine political leader
• H. Ross Perot (1930-____) US computer industrialist, philanthropist
• Irene Peter () US writer
• Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Canadian-USA educator, author
• Tom Peters (1942-____) US consultant, author
• Virgilia Peterson (1904-1966) US writer, TV personality
• Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian poet
• Michelle Pfeiffer (1958-____) US actress
• Phaedrus (15 BC- 50 AD) Roman poet, short-story writer
• Elizabeth Stuart Phelps () US novelist
• William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) US educator, journalist
• Bum Phillips (1923-____) US football player, coach
• Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) US abolitionist
• Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) English novelist, playwright, dramatist
• Francis Picabia (1879-1953) French painter, illustrator, designer, editor
• Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter, sculptor
• T. Boone Pickens (1928-____) US businessman
• William Pickens (1881-1954) US educator, university dean
• Mary Pickford (1894-1979) Canadian actress
• Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) US president (14th)
• Marge Piercy (1936-____) US writer
• Albert Pike (1809-1891) US lawyer, historian
• P. B. S. Pinchback (1837-1921) US politican
• Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) US politician, conservationist
• Pindar (c. 518-438 BC) Greek poet
• Harold Pinter (1930-____) English playwright
• Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) Italian playwright, novelist, short-story writer
• Max Planck (1858-1947) German physicist
• Sylvia Plath () US novelist, poet
• Plato (427-347 BC) Greek philosopher, author
• Ann Plato (1820?-___?) US educator
• Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184 BC) Roman comic poet
• Gary Player (1935-____) South African golfer
• Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) Roman naturalist
• William Plomer (1903-1973) South African-British man of letters
• Plutarch (46-120) Greek author
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) US poet, short-story writer
• Letty Cottin Pogrebin () US writer, editor, columnist
• Henri Poincare (1854-1912) French mathematician
• James K. Polk (1795-1849) US president (11th)
• Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) US painter
• Georges Pompidou (1911-1974) French statesman, bank director, teacher
• Mary Pettibone Poole ()
• Faith Popcorn (1947-____) US management consultant
• Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet
• Pope John Paul II (1920-____) Polish religious leader
• Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Roman religious leader
• Pope Paul III (1468-1549) Italian religious leader
• Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) Italian religious leader
• Cole Porter (1893-1964) US composer, lyricist
• Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920) US novelist
• Katherine Anne Porter (1894-1980) US novelist, short-story writer
• Sylvia Porter (1913-1991) US journalist, finance expert
• Emily Post (1872-1960) US etiquette authority
• Laurens Van der Post ()
• Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) English author
• Stephen Potter (1900-1969) English humorist
• Ezra Pound (1885-1972) US poet, critic, translator
• Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972) US politican, pastor
• Anthony Powell (1905-____) English novelist
• Colin Powell (1937-____) US military leader
• George D. Prentice (1802-1870) US newspaperman, editor, poet
• Elvis Presley (1935-1977) US singer, actor
• Leontyne Price (1927-____) US opera singer
• Ivy Baker Priest (1905-1975) US government official
• J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist
• Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist, political theorist, clergyman
• Princess Anne (1950-____) British royalty
• Matthew Prior (1664-1721) English poet, diplomat
• V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) English novelist, short-story writer, critic
• Herbert Prochnow ()
• Adelaide A. Proctor (1825-1864) English poet, activist
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) French libertarian socialist, journalist
• Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French author
• William Proxmire (1915-____) US politician
• Richard Pryor (1940-____) US actor, comedian, producer/director
• Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Italian composer
• Robert Purvis (1810-1898) US activist, Underground Railroad organizer
• Emily James Putnam (1865-1944) US educator
• Mario Puzo (1921-____) US novelist
• Pythagoras (582-507 BC) Greek mathemetician, pilosopher
• Mary Quant (1934-____) English fashion designer
• Francis Quarles (1592-1644) English poet
• Dan Quayle (1947-____) US politician
• Queen Mother Elizabeth (1900-____) British royalty
• Queen Victoria (1819-1901) British royalty
• Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) English essayist, critic
• Anna Quindlen (1953-____) US journalist, novelist
• Edgar Quinet (1803-1875) French poet, historian, political philosopher
• Jane Bryant Quinn (1939-____) US journalist
• Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-90 AD) Roman orator
• Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901-1937) Malagasy poet
• Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) French author
• Gilda Radner (1946-1989) US actress, comedienne
• Ma Rainey (1886-1939) US Blues singer
• Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English navigator, historian, courtier
• Estelle Ramey (1917- ____) US physician, physiologist
• Ayn Rand (1905-1982) US author
• A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) US trade unionist, civil-rights leader
• John Randolph (1773-1833) US political leader
• Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) US suffragist, politician
• Frederic Raphael (1931-____) English novelist, screenwriter
• Phylicia Rashad (1948-____) US actress, Equal Rights activist
• Dan Rather (1931-____) US news anchorman
• Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) English playwright
• Diane Ravitch () US educator
• John Ray (1627-1705) English naturalist
• Man Ray (1890-1976) U.S. painter, sculptor, photographer
• Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) US politician, lawyer
• Charles Reade (1814-1884) English novelist
• Nancy Reagan (1921-____) US first lady
• Ronald Reagan (1911-____) US 40th president
• Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-____) US musician, museum director
• Harry Reasoner (1923-1991) US newscaster, correspondent, journalist
• J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) US historian, educator, essayist, critic
• Robert Redford (1937-____) US actor, producer, director
• Donna Reed (1921-1986) US actress
• Ishmael Reed (1938-____) US author
• Theodor Reik (1888-1969) US psychoanalyst, author
• Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1873) US abolitionist
• Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French philosopher, historian, scholar
• Jules Renard (1864-1910) French dramatist, author
• Mary Renault (1905-1983) English African novelist
• Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French artist
• Agnes Repplier (1858-1950) US essayist
• Burt Reynolds (1936-____) US actor, producer, director, cartoon voicist
• Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) English artist
• Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) English statesman, financier
• Jean Rhys (1894-1979) English novelist
• Anne Rice (1941-____) US novelist
• Grantland Rice (1880-1954) US sports columnist, author
• Adrienne Rich (1929-____) US poet, educator
• Frank Rich (1949-____)
• Ann Richards (1933-____) US politician, governor
• Beah Richards (1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist
• Mary Caroline Richards () US poet, potter
• Dorothy Miller Richardson (1873-1957) English novelist
• Ralph Richardson (1902-1983) British stage, motion-picture actor
• Mordecai Richler (1931-____) Canadian novelist
• Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) German novelist
• Edward Rickenbacker (1890-1973) US war hero, airline executive
• Branch Rickey (1881-1965) US baseball player, manager, executive
• Al Ries ()
• David Riesman (1909-____) US sociologist, author
• Pat Riley (1945-____) US basketball coach
• Rainer M. Rilke (1875-1926) Austro-German poet
• Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) French poet, adventurer
• Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) US novelist, playwright
• Alexandra Ripley (1934-____) US novelist
• Thelma Ritter (1905-1969) US actress
• Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801) French journalist, epigrammatist
• Joan Rivers (1937-____) US comedian, TV personality
• Susan RoAne () US management consultant, writer
• Max Roach (1925-____) US Jazz drummer
• Anthony Robbins ()
• Marty Robbins (1925-1982) US singer, songwriter
• Julia Roberts (1967-____) US actress
• Frederick Robertson (1816-1853) English divine
• Paul Robeson (1898-1976) US athlete, scholar, actor, singer
• Edwin A. Robinson (1869-1935) US poet
• Frank Robinson (1935-____) US baseball player, manager
• Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) US baseball player
• James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936) US historian
• Mary Robinson (1944-____) Irish political leader
• Sugar Ray Robinson (1920-1989) US boxer
• Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979) US politician
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) US oil magnate, philanthropist
• Knute Rockne (1888-1931) US football coach
• Anita Roddick (1942-____) English businesswoman, social reformer
• Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) French sculptor
• Chi Chi Rodriguez (1935-____) Puerto Rican golfer
• Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) US poet
• Kenny Rogers (1938-____) US singer, actor
• Will Rogers (1879-1935) US actor, lecturer, humorist
• Jim Rohn ()
• Jeanne-Marie Roland (1754-1793) French revolutionary
• Romain Rolland (1866-1944) French novelist, dramatist, essayist
• Sonny Rollins (1930-____) US Jazz musician
• Linda Ronstadt (1946-____) US singer
• Andy Rooney (1919-____) US commentator, producer, author
• Mickey Rooney (1920-____) US actor
• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) US first lady, social reformer
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) US president (32nd)
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) US president (26th)
• Ned Rorem (1923-____) US composer
• Ernestine L. Rose (1810-1892) US activist
• Pete Rose (1941-____) US baseball player
• Marjorie Rosen (1942- ____) US film historian
• Harold Rosenberg (1906-1978) US writer, educator, philosopher
• Diana Ross (1944-____) US singer, actress
• Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) English poet
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) English painter, poet
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Italian opera composer
• Judith Rossner (1935-____) US novelist
• Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) French dramatist
• Jean Rostand (1894-1977) French biologist, writer
• Leo Rosten (1908-____) US novelist
• Philip Roth (1933-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) French artist
• Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher, author
• Joseph Roux (circa 1886) French parish priest
• Carl Rowan (1925-____) US columnist, journalist, diplomat
• Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718) English writer, poet
• Helen Rowland () English-USA writer
• Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) US activist
• Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923-____) US psychiatrist, author
• Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish-USA virtuoso pianist
• Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965) US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist
• Jill Ruckelshaus (1937-____) US government official, lecturer
• Rita Rudner (1956-____) US comedienne, essayist, actress
• Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) US track athlete
• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) US suffragist
• David Ruggles (1819-1849) US editor
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) US poet
• Jane Rule (1931-____) US novelist, critic
• Donald Rumsfeld (1932-____) US pharmaceutical executive, political leader
• Robert Runcie (1921-____) English religious leader
• Damon Runyon (1884-1946) US journalist, short-story writer
• Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) US physician, congressman
• Salman Rushdie (1947-____) Indian-English novelist
• Dean Rusk (1909-____) US government official
• Bayard Ruskin (c. 1910-1987) US civil-rights activist
• John Ruskin (1819-1900) English critic, author
• Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Welsh philosopher, mathematician, essayist
• Dora Russell () English writer, activist
• John Russell (1921-____)
• Rosalind Russell (1911-1976) US actress, philanthropist
• Babe Ruth (1895-1948) US baseball player
• Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) British philosopher
• Moslih Eddin Saadi (1184-1291) Persian poet
• Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) German poet, dramatist
• Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) English novelist, poet
• Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) French novelist
• Morley Safer (1931-____) Canadian newscaster, correspondent, journalist,
• William Safire (1929-____) US journalist, author
• Carl Sagan (1934-1996) US astronomer
• Francoise Sagan (1935-____) French novelist
• Mort Sahl (1927-____) Canadian journalist, humorist
• Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) French novelist, aviator
• Saki (1870-1916) Scottish short-story writer
• J. D. Salinger (1919-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Jonas Salk (1914-1995) US microbiologist
• Sallust (86-34 BC) Roman historian
• Sonia Sanchez (1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator
• George Sand (1804-1876) French author
• Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) US poet, biographer
• Margaret Sanger (1883-1966) US nurse, social reformer
• George Santayana (1863-1952) US philosopher, author, educator, poet
• David Sarnoff (1891-1971) Russian-US inventor, pioneer, executive
• William Saroyan (1908-1981) US writer, novelist, playwright
• May Sarton (1912-1995) US author, poet
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French author, dramatist
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) English poet, soldier, author
• Erik Satie (1866-1925) French composer
• Marilyn vos Savant (1946-____) US columnist, writer
• Diane Sawyer (1945-____) US broadcast journalist
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) English author
• Antonin Scalia (1936-____) US jurist
• Anne Wilson Schaef ()
• Maria Schell (1926-____) Austrian actress
• Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) Italian-French designer
• Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) German dramatist, poet, historian
• Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829) German critic, writer
• Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) Austrian pianist, teacher
• Arthur Schomburg (1874-1938) US educator, administrator
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
• Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) South African novelist
• Patricia Schroeder (1940-____) US political leader
• Robert Schuller (1926-____) US evangelist
• Charles Schulz (1922-2000) US cartoonist
• E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977) Engish economist, write
• Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) German composer
• Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950) Moravian-USA economist, sociologist
• Charles Schwab (1862-1939) US manufacturer
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-____) Austrian actor
• Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-____) US military leader
• Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) French theologian, musician, medical missionary
• Hazel Scott (1920-1981) Trinidad-USA pianist, singer, writer
• Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Scottish novelist, poet, historian, biographer
• Florida Scott-Maxwell () US writer, suffragist, psychologist
• John Sculley (1939-____) US business executive
• Steven Seagal (1951-____) US actor, author
• Bobby Seale (1937-____) US political activist
• Erich Segal (1937-____) US novelist, dramatist
• Jerry Seinfeld (1955-____) US comedian
• Haile Selassie (1892-1975) Ethiopian political leader
• John Selden (1584-1654) English jurist, scholar
• Hans Selye (1907-1982) Austrian-Hungarian endocrinologist
• Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Roman philospher, statesman
• Leopold Senghor (1906-____) Senegalese poet, statesman
• Kate Seredy (1899-1975) Hungarian children's writer, illustrator
• Rod Serling (1924-1975) US writer
• Anya Seton (1916- ____) US writer
• Georges Seurat (1859-1891) French artist, painter
• Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) US author, illustrator
• Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) US newscaster
• Marie de Sevigne (1626-1696) French diarist
• William Seward (1801-1872) US politician, abolitionist
• Anna Sewell (1820-1878) English novelist
• Anne Sexton (1928-1974) US poet
• Jane Seymour (1951-____) English actress
• Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692) English dramatist, poet
• Peter Shaffer (1926-____) English playwright
• William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet
• Ntozake Shange (1948-____) US poet, playwright
• Tom Sharpe (1928-____) English comic novelist, historian
• George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) English dramatist, critic
• Wilfrid Sheed (1930-____) English novelist
• Gail Sheehy (1937-____) US writer, journalist, editor
• Charlie Sheen (1965-____) US actor
• Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) US religious leader
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) English author
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet
• William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet, gardener, collector
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Irish dramatist, parliamentary orator
• Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851) English children's author
• Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) US playwright
• Florence Scovel Shinn () US illustrator, metaphysicist
• Willie Shoemaker (1931-____) US jockey
• Dinah Shore (1917-1994) US singer, actress
• Don Shula (1930-____) US football coach
• George P. Shultz (1920-____) US industrialist, political leader
• Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) English actress, sculptor
• Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English courtier, statesman
• Simone Signoret (1921-____) German actress
• Beverly Sills (1929-____) US opera singer
• Charles Simmons (1924-____)
• William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) US novelist
• Neil Simon (1927-____) US playwright, screenwriter
• Paul Simon (1941-____) US singer, songwriter
• Nina Simone (1933-____) US Jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter
• O. J. Simpson (1947-____) US football player, actor
• Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) US singer, actor
• Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) US novelist
• Marsha Sinetar () US writer
• Isaac Singer (1904-1991) Polish-USA novelist, short-story writer
• June Singer () US doctor
• Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) English poet
• Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) English author
• Sivananda (1887-1963) Indian physician, sage
• Red Skelton (1913-1997) US comedian, actor
• B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) US psychologist, author
• Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901-1979) US actress, author
• Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966) US auto executive
• Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Scottish author
• Jane Smiley (1949-____) US writer
• Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist
• Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet
• Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) US political leader
• Barbara Smith (1846-____) US editor, writer
• Bessie Smith (1894-1937) US blues singer, songwriter
• Betty Smith (1896-1972) US novelist
• Dodie Smith (1896-1990) English dramatist
• Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author
• Lillian Smith (1897-1966) US novelist, educator
• Liz Smith (1923-____) US columnist
• Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) US-English essayist, editor, anthologist
• Maggie Smith (1934-____) US actress
• Margaret Chase Smith (1897- 1995) US politician
• Patti Smith (1946-____) US rock singer, poet
• Stevie Smith (1902-1971) English poet
• Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist
• Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) Scottish poet
• Sam Snead (1912-____) US golfer
• C. P. Snow (1905-1980) English novelist, scientist, government official
• Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970) US religious leader
• Socrates (470?-399? BC) Greek philosopher
• Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-____) Russian novelist
• Stephen Sondheim (1930-____) US composer, lyricist
• Susan Sontag (1933-____) US author, critic
• Sophocles (496?-406 BC) Greek poet
• Robert South (1634-1716) English clergyman
• Robert Southey (1774-1843) English author
• Wole Soyinka (1934-____) Nigerian playwright, novelist, critic
• Patricia Meyer Spacks (1929-____) US literature scholar, writer
• Muriel Spark (1918-____) Scottish novelist, satirist
• Larry Speakes (1939-____) US governmental official
• Anne Spencer (1882-1975) US poet, social worker
• Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) English naturalist, philosopher
• Stephen Spender (1909-____) English poet, critic
• Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) German philosopher
• Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599) English poet
• Steven Spielberg (1947-____) US director, producer
• Mickey Spillane (1918-____) US author
• Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) Dutch philosopher
• Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) US physician, author
• Bruce Springsteen (1949-____) US singer, songwriter
• Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) English preacher
• Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) Swiss novelist
• St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) Italian religious leader
• St. Jerome (345-420) Roman religious leader
• Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988) US journalist
• St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet
• Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) French-Swiss woman of letters, novelist
• Jean Stafford (1915-1979) US short-story writer, novelist
• Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Russian political leader
• Sylvester Stallone (1946-____) US actor
• Stanislaus I (1677-1766) Polish ruler
• Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938) Russian actor, director
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) US social reformer, feminist
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) US actress
• Starhawk ()
• Freya Stark () French-English travel writer
• Arianna Stassinopoulos ()
• Shelby Steele (1946-____) US essayist, political thinker, educator
• Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) US journalist, social reformer
• Edward Steichen (1879-1973) US photographer
• Rod Steiger (1925-____) US actor
• Ben Stein (1944-____) US actor, author, game show host
• Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) US author
• John Steinbeck (1902-1968) US novelist
• Saul Steinberg (1914-____) US artist, cartoonist
• Gloria Steinem (1934-____) US feminist, journalist, lecturer
• George Steiner (1929-____) French-born US literary critic, educator, scholar
• Charles Steinmetz (1865-1923) German-USA electrical engineer
• Wilhelm Stekel ()
• Stendhal (1783-1842) French novelist
• Casey Stengel (1890-1975) US baseball player, manager
• James Stephens (1882-1950) English author, poet
• John Sterling (1806-????)
• Isaac Stern (1920-____) Russian-USA violinist
• Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) English novelist
• Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) US poet, author
• Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) US diplomat, politician, lawyer
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author, poet, essayist, critic
• Mary Stewart (1916-____) English novelist
• Potter Stewart (1915-1985) US supreme court justice
• Rod Stewart (1945-____) English singer
• Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) US government official
• Carl Stokes (1927-1996) US mayor, lawyer
• Cliffie Stone ()
• I. F. Stone (1907-1989) US journalist, pamphleteer, author
• Lucy Stone (1818-1893) US suffragist, feminist
• Robert Stone (1937-____) US author
• Sharon Stone (1958-____) US actress
• W. Clement Stone (1902-____) US businessman, philantropist
• Tom Stoppard (1937-____) English dramatist, author
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) US author
• Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) English biographer, critic
• Hank Stram ()
• Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian composer
• Meryl Streep (1949-____) US actress
• Barbra Streisand (1942-____) US actress, singer
• Janet Erskine Stuart () English poet
• William Styron (1925-____) US novelist
• Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) US educator
• Edith Clara Summerskill (1901-1980) English politician, physician, author
• Charles Sumner (1811-1874) US statesman
• Billy Sunday (1862-1935) US revivalist, baseball player
• R. S. Surtees (1805-1864) English author
• D. Sutten ()
• Han Suyin (1917-____) Chinese writer, physician
• Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) Japanese religious leader
• Jimmy Swaggart (1935-____) US evangelist
• Gloria Swanson (1897-1983) US actor, producer, business executive
• Paul Sweeney ()
• Ben Sweetland ()
• May Swenson (1919-____) US poet
• Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) Russian-French writer
• Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, author, clergyman
• Charles Swindoll ()
• Loretta Swit (1937-____) US actress
• Publilius Syrus (1st C. BC) Syrian-born Latin writer
• Thomas Szasz (1920-____) US pscychiatrist, educator
• Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986) Hugarian-USA biochemist
• Leo Szilard (1898-1964) Hungarian-USA scientist
• Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117 AD) Roman historian
• William Howard Taft (1857-1930) US president (27th )
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Bengali poet, novelist, composer
• Gay Talese (1932-____) US novelist, journalist
• Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838) French statesman
• Amy Tan (1952-____) US novelist
• Deborah Tannen (1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer
• Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) US novelist, dramatist
• Ann (and Jane) Taylor (1782-1866) English children's author, poet
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932-____) English actress
• Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) English bishop, theologian
• Susan L. Taylor (1946-____) US journalist
• Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) US author, poet
• Edward Teller (1908-____) Hungarian-US nuclear physicist
• William Temple (1628-1699) English statesman, author
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet
• Terence (185-159 BC) Roman dramatist
• Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary
• Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) US social reformer
• Ellen Terry (1847-1928) British actress
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) English novelist
• Margaret Thatcher (1925-____) English political leader
• Paul Theroux (1941-____) US novelist
• Clarence Thomas (1948-____) US Supreme Court Justice
• David Thomas (1953-____) US singer, songwriter
• Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet, writer
• Edward Thomas (1878-1917) English poet, critic
• Lewis Thomas (1913-1993) English biologist, essayist
• Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) US radio broadcaster, journalist
• Marlo Thomas (1938-____) US actress
• Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935) US educator, feminist
• Norman Thomas (1884-1968) US socialist, social reformer
• Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Italian theologian, philosopher
• Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) US journalist, writer
• Francis Thompson (1859-1907) English poet
• Hunter S. Thompson (1939-____) US journalist
• James Thomson (1834-1882) Scottish poet, essayist
• Peter Thomson (1929-____) Australian golfer
• Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) US composer, conductor, music critic
• Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) US essayist, poet, naturalist
• James Thurber (1894-1961) US novelist, humorist, cartoonist
• Howard Thurman (1900-1981) US educator, theologian
• Wallace Thurman (1902-1934) US journalist, dramatist, literary editor
• Paul Tillich (1886-1965) German-USA theologian
• John Tillotson ()
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1879) French scientist, historian, politician
• Alvin Toffler (1928-____) US author
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) English novelist, scholar
• Melvin Tolson (1900-1966) US poet, educator
• Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist, philosopher
• Lily Tomlin (1939-____) US actress, comedienne
• Jean Toomer (1894-1967) US author, poet
• Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) Italian conductor
• Robert Townsend () US business executive
• Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883) English economist, reformer
• A. W. Tozer ()
• Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) US actor
• Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) English actor, theater manager
• Rose Tremain (1942-____) English novelist, playwright
• Richard C. Trench (1807-1886) English archbishop, philogist, poet
• Lee Trevino (1939-____) US golfer
• Calvin Trillin (1935-____) US journalist, writer
• Diane Trilling (1905-1996) US author, critic
• Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) US literary critic, teacher
• Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) English author
• Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian communist revolutionary
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-____) Canadian political leader
• Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) US president (33rd), politician
• Donald Trump (1946-____) US businessman
• Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883) US abolitionist, reformer
• Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976) Chinese political leader
• Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913) US abolitionist, emancipator
• Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) US historian
• Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) US singer
• Henry Tuckerman (1813-1871) US critic, essayist, poet
• Martin Tupper (1810-1889) English poet
• Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) Russian novelist, short-story writer
• Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) US legislator, minister
• Kathleen Turner (1954-____) US actress
• Lana Turner (1920-1995) US actress
• Ted Turner (1938-____) US media executive, sportsman
• Tina Turner (1938-____) US singer
• Desmond Tutu (1931-____) South African religious leader
• Mark Twain (1835-1910) US novelist, journalist, river pilot
• Conway Twitty (1933-1993) US singer, songwriter
• Frank Tyger ()
• Anne Tyler (1941-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) English theatre critic
• John Tyndall (1820-1893) English physicist
• Sun Tzu (c. 500 BC) Chinese military strategist
• Brenda Ueland (1891-1986) US writer
• Dorothy Uhnak (1933-____) US novelist, writer
• Liv Ullmann (1938-____) Norwegian actress, humanitarian
• Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) Spanish educator, philosopher, author
• Al Unser, Jr. (1962-____) US auto racer
• John Updike (1932-____) US novelist, short-story writer, poet
• Peter Ustinov (1921-____) English actor, author, producer, director
• Paul Valery (1871-1945) French poet, critic
• Jim Valvano (1946-1993) US basketball coach, sportscaster
• Abigail Van Buren (1918-____) US journalist
• Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch artist
• Harriet Van Horne (1920-____) US columnist
• John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) English dramatist, architect
• Amy Vanderbilt (1908-1974) US etiquette authority
• Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-____) US designer, poet
• Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr. (1852-1933) US clergyman, educator, author
• Harry Vardon (1870-1937) English golfer
• Bill Vaughan (1915-1977) US journalist, author
• Henry Vaughan (1622-1695) Anglo-Welsh poet, mystic
• Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues (1715-1747) French moralist, essayist
• Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) US economist, social scientist
• Suzanne Vega (1959-____) US singer, songwriter
• Vera-Ellen (1926-1981) US actress
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Italian composer
• Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) French poet
• Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) Italian philosopher
• Gore Vidal (1925-____) US novelist, dramatist, critic
• Alfred Victor Vigny (1797-1863) French man of letters
• Judith Viorst (1931-____) US novelist, poet
• Virgil (70 -19 BC) Roman poet
• David Viscott ()
• Stephen Vizinczey ()
• Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, poet, novelist, playwright
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-____) US author, journalist
• Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) US fashion editor
• Peter De Vries (1910-1993) US novelist, editor
• Charleszetta Waddles (1912-____) US nun, writer
• Jane Wagner (1935-____) US humorist, writer, director
• Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German opera composer
• Denis Waitley () US motivational speaker
• Diane Wakoski () US poet
• Derek Walcott (1930-____) West Indian poet, playwright
• Lech Walesa (1943-____) Polish labor activist, politician
• Alice Walker (1944-____) US author
• Margaret Walker (1915-____) US writer, educator
• Edmund Waller (1606-1687) English poet
• Horace Walpole (1717-1797) English novelist, letter writer
• Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) English novelist, critic, dramatist
• Robert Walpole (1676-1745) British statesman
• Barbara Walters (1931-____) US broadcast journalist
• Izaak Walton (1593-1683) English author
• Sam Walton (1918-1992) US business executive
• John Wanamaker (1838-1922) US businessman
• An Wang (1920-1990) Chinese-USA electronics engineer, executive
• Artemus Ward (1834-1867) US humorist
• Barbara Ward (1914-1981) English economist, journalist, educator
• William A. Ward (1921-1994) US college administrator
• Andy Warhol (1928-1987) US artist, author
• Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) US newspaperman, author, editor, publisher
• Susan Warner (1819-1885) US novelist
• Earl Warren (1891-1974) US politician, jurist
• Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) US novelist, poet, critic, teacher
• Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) US educator, social reformer
• Denzel Washington (1954-____) US actor
• George Washington (1732-1799) US president (1st), soldier, surveyor, farmer
• Martha Washington (1732-____) US First Lady
• Wendy Wasserstein (1950-____) US playwright
• James D. Watson (1928-____) US biochemist
• Tom Watson (1949-____) US golfer
• William Watson (1858-1935) English poet
• Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) US business executive
• Alan W. Watts (1915-1973) US philosopher
• Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English minister
• Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) English novelist
• John Wayne (1907-1979) US actor, director
• Beatrice Potter Webb (1858-1943) US social economist
• Mary Webb (1881-1927) English novelist
• Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US orator, statesman
• John Webster (c. 1580-1625) English playwright
• Simone Weil (1909-1943) French philosopher
• Otto Weininger (1880-1903) Austrian philosopher
• Naomi Weisstein () US psychology professor, activist
• Raquel Welch (1940-____) US actress, model
• Fay Weldon (1931-____) English novelist
• Orson Welles (1915-1985) US actor, director, producer, writer
• Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) British military and political leader
• Carolyn Wells (1869-1942) US author
• H. G. Wells (1866-1946) English writer
• Eudora Welty (1909-____) US author
• Charles Wesley (1707-1788) English clergyman, poet, hymn writer
• John Wesley (1703-1791) English preacher
• Jessamyn West (1902-1984) US author
• Mae West (1892-1980) US actress
• Rebecca West (1892-1983) Irish author, journalist
• Edward Westcott (1846-1898) US novelist, banker
• Ruth Westheimer (1928-____) German-born USA psychiatrist, author, lecturer
• Edith Wharton (1862-1937) US novelist, short-story writer
• Richard Whately (1787-1863) English prelate, writer
• Benjamin Whichcote ()
• Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) US essayist
• James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) US artist, author
• Byron R. White (1917-____) US jurist
• E. B. White (1899-1985) US humorist, essayist, novelist
• Patrick White (1912-1990) Australian novelist
• William Allen White (1868-1944) US journalist, editor
• Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English mathematician, philosopher
• Katharine Whitehorn (1928-____) English writer, essayist
• Walt Whitman (1819-1892) US poet
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) US poet, essayist
• Marcia Wieder () US writer, motivational speaker
• Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) US mathematician
• Elie Wiesel (1928-____) Romanian-USA novelist
• Eugene Wigner (1902-1995) Hungarian-USA physicist
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist
• Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist
• Billy Wilder (1906-____) Austrian-US film scenarist, director, producer
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) US author
• Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) US playwright, novelist
• Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) US social reformer, civil rights leader
• Bud Wilkinson (1916-____) US football coach
• George Will (1941-____) US journalist, TV personality
• Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870) US educator
• Bern Williams ()
• Robin Williams (1952-____) US comedian, actor
• Ted Williams (1918-____) US baseball player
• Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) US dramatist, author
• William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) US poet
• Hank Williams, Sr. (1923-1953) US singer, songwriter
• Marianne Williamson (1952-____) US lecturer, author
• Angus Wilson (1913-1991) English novelist
• August Wilson (1945-____) US dramatist
• Charles E. Wilson ()
• Earl Wilson (1907-1987) US newspaper columnist
• Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) US critic, essayist
• Flip Wilson (1933-1988) US comedian, actor
• Harold Wilson (1916-1995) English statesman
• Sloan Wilson (1920-____) US novelist
• Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) US president, political scientist, educator
• Walter Winchell (1897-1972) US journalist, broadcaster
• Oprah Winfrey (1954-____) US TV personality, actress
• Debra Winger (1955-____) US actress
• Sarah Winnemucca (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist
• Shelley Winters (1922-____) US actress
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Austrian-born English philosopher
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) English novelist, humorist
• Naomi Wolf (1963-____) US writer
• Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) US novelist
• Tom Wolfe (1931-____) US journalist, author
• Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English writer, women's rights activist
• Stevie Wonder (1951-____) US singer, musician, songwriter
• John Wooden (1910-____) US college basketball coach
• Victoria Claffin Woodhull (1838-1927) US reformer
• Marion Woodman (1928-____) Canadian analyst, writer
• Tiger Woods (1975-____) US golfer
• Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) US historian, editor
• Joanne Woodward (1930-____) US actress
• Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) English author, critic
• Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) US novelist, critic, actor
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet
• Henry Wotton (1568-1639) English poet, diplomat
• Herman Wouk (1915-) US novelist
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) US architect, writer
• Orville Wright (1871-1948) US inventor, aviation pioneer
• Richard Wright (1908-1960) US novelist, short-story writer
• Steven Wright (1955-____) US comedian
• Andrew Wyeth (1917-____) US watercolorist, painter
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-____) US medical physicist
• Chuck Yeager (1923-____) US aviator, brigadier general
• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist
• Boris Yeltsin (1931-____) Russian politician
• Lu Yen (fl. 800 AD) Chinese meditation adept
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-____) Russian poet
• Anzia Yezierska (1885-1970) US novelist
• Andrew Young (1932-____) US politician
• Brigham Young (1801-1877) US religious leader
• Coleman Young (1918-1997) US politician
• Edward Young (1683-1765) English poet, dramatist
• Owen D. Young (1874-1962) US lawyer, businessman
• Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971) US civil rights leader
• Henny Youngman (1906-1998) US comedian
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) Belgian-USA novelist, essayist
• Lin Yu-t'ang (1895-1976) Chinese writer
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956) US sportswoman, golfer
• Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) English novelist, playwright, religioius leader
• Frank Zappa (1940-1993) US singer, guitarist, philosopher, actor
• Zig Ziglar ()
• Emile Zola (1840-1902) French author, journalist
• Zoroaster (628?-551? BC) Persian religious leader
• Bob Zuppke (1879-1957) US football coach
• e. e. cummings (1894-1962) US poet, novelist
• Delphine de Girardin (1804-1855) French novelist, poet
• Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon (1635-1719) French writer, consort
• Marguerite de Valois () French princess, scholar
• bell hooks (1952?-____) US educator, feminist theorist, poet
• Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) German-USA engineer
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) Austrian novelist
    
                     

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