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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</