Homer
c. 750 BCE
Greek
Ancient Greek poet (c. 8th Century BCE). Homer stands as the foundational figure of the We…
2 booksA Journey Through the Ages
Travel across the eras and meet the 290 authors whose lives and works shaped our library — from antiquity to the modern age.
Cosmos viewAntiquity
750 BCE – 121 · 7 authors
Aesop
620 BCE – 564 BCE 56 yrs
Greek
Aesop (b. 620 BCE) was an ancient Greek storyteller and fabulist who is credited with init…
1 book
Sun Tzu
c. 544 BCE – 496 BCE 48 yrs
Chinese
Sun Tzu (c. 544 BC) was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher. He is tra…
1 book
Thucydides
460 BCE – 400 BCE 60 yrs
Greek
Thucydides (b. 460 BC) was an Athenian historian and military general. He is widely celebr…
1 book
Plato
428 BCE – 348 BCE 80 yrs
Greek
Plato (b. c. 427 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and educator who is widely regarded …
3 books
Aristotle
384 BCE – 322 BCE 62 yrs
Greek
Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath who stands as one of …
2 books
Marcus Aurelius
121 – 180 59 yrs
Roman
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (b. 121) was a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher who ruled the…
1 bookThe Medieval Age
724 – 1226 · 5 authors
Abd Allah ibn al-Muqaffa'
c. 724 – 757 33 yrs
Persian
Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa (724 - 759 AD) was a writer, translator, and thinker of Persian or…
1 book
Al-Jahiz
c. 776 – 868 92 yrs
Arab
Biography: Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri, historically known as Al-Jahiz (c.…
1 book
Avicenna
980 – 1037 57 yrs
Persian
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina (980 CE - 1037 CE), known in the West as "Avicenn…
3 books
Chrétien de Troyes
c. 1130 – 1191 61 yrs
French
Chrétien de Troyes is a French poet and trouvère who serves as a foundational figure in me…
1 book
Bar Hebraeus
1226 – 1286 60 yrs
Syriac
Abu al-Faraj Jamal al-Din ibn Harun al-Malati, known as Bar Hebraeus (1226 - 1286 AD), was…
1 bookThe Renaissance
1469 – 1596 · 6 authors
Niccolò Machiavelli
1469 – 1527 58 yrs
Italian
Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian (1469 to 1527). Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machi…
1 book
Étienne de La Boétie
1530 – 1563 33 yrs
French
Étienne de La Boétie (b. 1530) is a French philosopher, jurist, and writer who stands as a…
1 book
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
1547 – 1616 69 yrs
Spanish
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547 to 1616). Miguel de Cervantes is the preemine…
1 book
William Shakespeare
1564 – 1616 52 yrs
English
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) remains the most influential figure in the history of the …
7 books
Thomas Hobbes
1588 – 1679 91 yrs
English
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was an English philosopher whose deeply cynical, rigorously logi…
1 book
René Descartes
1596 – 1650 54 yrs
French
René Descartes (1596 to 1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. René Desc…
2 booksThe Age of Reason
1606 – 1697 · 15 authors
Pierre Corneille
1606 – 1684 78 yrs
French
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) was a preeminent French dramatist and poet who is widely rega…
8 books
Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
1619 – 1655 36 yrs
French
Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655) was a French writer, poet, and free-thi…
1 book
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 – 1695 74 yrs
French
French poet, fabulist, and writer (1621 to 1695). Jean de La Fontaine was one of the most …
8 books
Molière
1622 – 1673 51 yrs
French
Molière (1622–1673), born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, is widely celebrated as the supreme mast…
20 books
Charles Perrault
1628 – 1703 75 yrs
French
Charles Perrault (1628–1703) was a French author, lawyer, and high-ranking civil servant w…
1 book
John Locke
1632 – 1704 72 yrs
English
John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of…
1 book
Madame de Lafayette
1634 – 1693 59 yrs
French
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (1634-1693), was a French woma…
2 books
Jean Racine
1639 – 1699 60 yrs
French
Jean Racine (1639–1699) was a preeminent French dramatist and one of the three great playw…
10 books
Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle
1657 – 1757 100 yrs
French
Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle (b. 1657) is a French author, scientist, and philosopher w…
1 book
Daniel Defoe
c. 1660 – 1731 71 yrs
English
Daniel Defoe (b. 1660) was an English writer, journalist, merchant, and intelligence agent…
4 books
Jonathan Swift
1667 – 1745 78 yrs
Irish
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and cleric (1667 to 1745). Jonathan…
2 books
Montesquieu
1689 – 1755 66 yrs
French
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689–1755) was a French la…
2 books
Voltaire
1694 – 1778 84 yrs
French
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire (1694–1778), was born in Paris and w…
2 books
Françoise de Graffigny
1695 – 1758 63 yrs
French
Françoise de Graffigny (b. 1695) is a French novelist, playwright, and salonnière who stan…
1 book
Abbé Prévost
1697 – 1763 66 yrs
French
Abbé Prévost (b. 1697) was a French author, translator, and clergyman whose compelling nar…
1 bookThe Enlightenment
1706 – 1799 · 22 authors
Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790 84 yrs
American
Benjamin Franklin (b. 1706) was an American polymath, writer, scientist, and statesman who…
1 book
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712 – 1778 66 yrs
Swiss
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose po…
7 books
T. Smollett
1721 – 1771 50 yrs
Scottish
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) was a Scottish physician and author who became one of the defi…
2 books
Adam Smith
1723 – 1790 67 yrs
Scottish
Adam Smith (b. 1723) was a Scottish philosopher and economist who is widely recognized as …
1 book
Beaumarchais
1732 – 1799 67 yrs
French
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (b. 1732) was a French polymath who achieved lasting…
5 books
Thomas Paine
1737 – 1809 72 yrs
English
Thomas Paine (d. 1809) is an Anglo-American political activist, philosopher, and writer wh…
1 book
Johann David Wyss
1743 – 1818 75 yrs
Swiss
Johann David Wyss (1743) is a Swiss author, clergyman, and military chaplain best known fo…
1 book
Olaudah Equiano
1745 – 1797 52 yrs
Nigerian
Olaudah Equiano (b. 1745) was an African-British abolitionist, writer, and merchant seaman…
1 book
William Blake
1757 – 1827 70 yrs
English
William Blake (b. 1757) is an English poet, painter, and printmaker who is celebrated as a…
1 book
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 – 1848 80 yrs
French
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was a French writer, diplomat, and statesman wh…
4 books
William Wordsworth
1770 – 1850 80 yrs
English
William Wordsworth (1770) is an English poet and foundational figure of the Romantic liter…
1 book
Jane Austen
1775 – 1817 42 yrs
English
English novelist (1775 to 1817). Jane Austen was a preeminent figure in English literature…
10 books
Charles Lamb
1775 – 1834 59 yrs
English
Charles Lamb (1775–1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian who is best rememb…
2 books
Washington Irving
1783 – 1859 76 yrs
American
Washington Irving (b. 1783) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, and …
1 book
Jacob Grimm
1785 – 1863 78 yrs
German
German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785 to 1863) was a…
5 books
Henri Guys
1787 – 1877 90 yrs
French
Henri-Joseph Guys (1787–1878) was a French diplomat, orientalist, and travel writer who se…
1 book
James Fenimore Cooper
1789 – 1851 62 yrs
American
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) was the first great myth-maker of American literature, p…
3 books
Alphonse de Lamartine
1790 – 1869 79 yrs
French
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790–1869) was a prominent French poet, statesm…
4 books
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797 – 1851 54 yrs
English
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) was born into radical intellectual royalty, the da…
1 book
Auguste Comte
1798 – 1857 59 yrs
French
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) was a French philosopher and mathematician who is widely recogni…
2 books
Honoré de Balzac
1799 – 1850 51 yrs
French
French novelist and playwright (1799 to 1850). Honoré de Balzac was a titan of world liter…
25 books
Countess of Ségur
1799 – 1874 75 yrs
French
Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Segur (1799–1874), was a prolific French novelist of Russi…
5 booksThe Romantic Age
1802 – 1849 · 56 authors
Alexandre Dumas
1802 – 1870 68 yrs
French
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) lived with an unbridled energy that mirrored the grand scale o…
15 books
Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885 83 yrs
French
Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist who became the pr…
21 books
Jacob Abbott
1803 – 1879 76 yrs
American
Jacob Abbott (1803–1879) was a prolific American author and educator best known as a pione…
1 book
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 – 1864 60 yrs
American
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) remains the undisputed master of American dark romanticism…
1 book
George Sand
1804 – 1876 72 yrs
French
George Sand (1804–1876), born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a pioneering French noveli…
7 books
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 – 1875 70 yrs
Danish
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author, poet, and playwright who achieved…
3 books
John Stuart Mill
1806 – 1873 67 yrs
English
John Stuart Mill (b. 1806) was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil serva…
1 book
Louis Sédillot
1808 – 1875 67 yrs
French
Louis-Amélie Sédillot (1808–1875) was a French historian, orientalist, and scholar known f…
1 book
Solomon Northup
c. 1808
American
Solomon Northup (b. 1808) is an American author and abolitionist best known for his harrow…
1 book
Charles Darwin
1809 – 1882 73 yrs
English
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) possessed a rare, radical patience. While his five-year voyage …
3 books
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 – 1849 40 yrs
American
Edgar Allan Poe (b. 1809) is an American author, poet, and literary critic who is widely r…
5 books
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
1810 – 1865 55 yrs
English
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865) was a prominent English novelist and short story wr…
1 book
Alfred de Musset
1810 – 1857 47 yrs
French
Alfred de Musset (b. 1810) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist celebrated as a cent…
8 books
Elizabeth Gaskell
1810 – 1865 55 yrs
English
Elizabeth Gaskell (b. 1810) is a celebrated English novelist and biographer best known for…
1 book
Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870 58 yrs
English
English novelist and social critic (1812 to 1870). Charles John Huffam Dickens was the def…
5 books
Richard Wagner
1813 – 1883 70 yrs
German
Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was a titanic, fiercely polarizing figure in 19th-century Germa…
1 book
Linda Brent
1813 – 1897 84 yrs
American
Linda Brent (b. 1813), the pen name of Harriet Jacobs, was an American author, abolitionis…
1 book
Charlotte Brontë
1816 – 1855 39 yrs
English
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was a pioneering English novelist whose fiercely independent…
1 book
Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862 45 yrs
American
American naturalist, philosopher, and essayist (1817 to 1862). Henry David Thoreau was a l…
2 books
Emily Brontë
1818 – 1848 30 yrs
English
Emily Jane Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet who remains one of the most…
1 book
Karl Marx
1818 – 1883 65 yrs
German
Karl Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary soc…
1 book
Frederick Douglass
1818 – 1895 77 yrs
American
Frederick Douglass (b. 1818) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer…
3 books
George Eliot
1819 – 1880 61 yrs
English
George Eliot (1819–1880) born Mary Ann Evans, possessed one of the most formidable intelle…
1 book
Herman Melville
1819 – 1891 72 yrs
American
Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American literary titan whose most profound work went e…
7 books
Walt Whitman
1819 – 1892 73 yrs
American
Walter Whitman (b. 1819) is an American poet, essayist, and journalist who is widely recog…
1 book
John Ruskin
1819 – 1900 81 yrs
English
John Ruskin (1819) is a British polymath, art critic, and social thinker who profoundly sh…
1 book
Reinhart Dozy
1820 – 1883 63 yrs
Dutch
Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy (b. 1820) was a distinguished Dutch Orientalist, historian, and …
1 book
Friedrich Engels
1820 – 1895 75 yrs
German
Friedrich Engels (b. 1820) was a German political philosopher, social scientist, and journ…
1 book
Anna Sewell
1820 – 1878 58 yrs
English
Anna Sewell (b. 1820) is an English author and novelist best remembered for creating one o…
2 books
Fortuné du Boisgobey
1821 – 1891 70 yrs
French
Fortuné Du Boisgobey (1821–1891) picked up the torch of the French detective novel when th…
1 book
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 – 1881 60 yrs
Russian
Russian novelist, philosopher, and essayist (1821 to 1881). Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky…
28 books
Gustave Flaubert
1821 – 1880 59 yrs
French
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was a titan of French literature and the demanding architect …
9 books
Charles Baudelaire
1821 – 1867 46 yrs
French
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867) was a French poet, essayist, and art critic who is w…
3 books
Alexandre Dumas (fils)
1824 – 1895 71 yrs
French
Alexandre Dumas fils (1824–1895) While his father conquered the world with swashbuckling h…
1 book
R. M. Ballantyne
1825 – 1894 69 yrs
Scottish
Robert Michael Ballantyne (b. 1825) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction and adventur…
15 books
Lew Wallace
1827 – 1905 78 yrs
American
Lew Wallace (b. 1827) is an American author, Union general, and statesman best known for p…
2 books
Leo Tolstoy
1828 – 1910 82 yrs
Russian
Born into the highest echelons of Russian nobility, Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1…
25 books
Henrik Ibsen
1828 – 1906 78 yrs
Norwegian
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) was a Norwegian playwright whose uncompromising vision dismantled…
1 book
Jules Verne
1828 – 1905 77 yrs
French
Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a globally renowned French writer, considered one of t…
70 books
graf Leo Tolstoy
1828 – 1910 82 yrs
Russian
Graf Leo Tolstoy (b. 1828) is a Russian novelist, philosopher, and essayist widely regarde…
2 books
Emily Dickinson
1830 – 1886 56 yrs
American
Emily Dickinson (b. 1830) is an American poet recognized as one of the most original and i…
1 book
Lewis Carroll
1832 – 1898 66 yrs
English
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, led a fascinating doub…
1 book
Louisa May Alcott
1832 – 1888 56 yrs
American
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) grew up in the intellectual heart of 19th-century New Englan…
3 books
G. A. Henty
1832 – 1902 70 yrs
English
G. A. Henty (b. 1832) was a prolific English novelist, war correspondent, and historian be…
4 books
Mark Twain
1835 – 1910 75 yrs
American
Mark Twain (1835–1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is widely celebrated as the father …
4 books
Susan Coolidge
1835 – 1905 70 yrs
American
Susan Coolidge (d. 1905) was an American author and children's writer best known for creat…
2 books
Alphonse Daudet
1840 – 1897 57 yrs
French
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) was a prominent French novelist, playwright, and short story w…
8 books
Émile Zola
1840 – 1902 62 yrs
French
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, playwright, and jour…
56 books
Gustave Le Bon
1841 – 1931 90 yrs
French
Gustave Le Bon (1841 - 1931) was a renowned French physician, historian, and social psycho…
4 books
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
1844 – 1900 56 yrs
German
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (b. 1844) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, and class…
5 books
Andrew Lang
1844 – 1912 68 yrs
Scottish
Andrew Lang (b. 1844) is a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and anthropologist be…
3 books
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1846 – 1916 70 yrs
Polish
Henryk Sienkiewicz (b. 1846) is a renowned Polish journalist, novelist, and Nobel laureate…
1 book
Bram Stoker
1847 – 1912 65 yrs
Irish
Bram Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish author whose name became synonymous with the most end…
2 books
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 – 1924 75 yrs
English
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (b. 1849) was a British-American novelist and playwright bes…
3 books
Robert Barr
1849 – 1912 63 yrs
Scottish
Robert Barr (b. 1849) was a Scottish-Canadian novelist, journalist, and short story writer…
2 books
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849 – 1924 75 yrs
English
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright, best k…
1 bookThe Victorian Era
1850 – 1899 · 128 authors
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 – 1894 44 yrs
Scottish
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer celebr…
7 books
William Chapman
1850 – 1917 67 yrs
Canadian
William Chapman (1850–1917) was a prominent French-Canadian poet, journalist, and civil se…
1 book
Guy de Maupassant
1850 – 1893 43 yrs
French
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was a French writer and journalist who is widely celebrated …
33 books
Kate Chopin
1850 – 1904 54 yrs
American
Kate Chopin (b. 1850) is an American author and short story writer celebrated for her pion…
2 books
Edward Page Mitchell
1852 – 1927 75 yrs
American
Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) was an American journalist and author who stood as a foun…
1 book
Ya'qub Sarruf
1852 – 1927 75 yrs
Lebanese
Yaqub Sarruf (1852-1927) was a pioneering Lebanese journalist, novelist, and publisher who…
1 book
Isabella Gregory
1852 – 1932 80 yrs
Irish
Isabella Gregory (b. 1852) is an Irish folklorist, dramatist, and writer who served as a p…
1 book
Howard Pyle
1853 – 1911 58 yrs
American
Howard Pyle (b. 1853) is an American illustrator and author who profoundly shaped children…
4 books
Oscar Wilde
1854 – 1900 46 yrs
Irish
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was the dazzling, controversial epicenter of late-Victorian London…
3 books
Stanley Lane-Poole
1854 – 1931 77 yrs
English
Stanley Edward Lane-Poole (b. 1854) was a British orientalist, archaeologist, and historia…
1 book
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 – 1891 37 yrs
French
Arthur Rimbaud (b. 1854) is a French poet and visionary writer who stands as one of the mo…
2 books
Amy Ella Blanchard
1854 – 1926 72 yrs
American
Amy Ella Blanchard (b. 1856) is an American author and journalist celebrated for her proli…
2 books
Sigmund Freud
1856 – 1939 83 yrs
Austrian
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was an Austrian neurologist who fundamentally shattered the mode…
9 books
L. Frank Baum
1856 – 1919 63 yrs
American
Lyman Frank Baum (b. 1856) was an American author, playwright, and journalist best known a…
3 books
George Bernard Shaw
1856 – 1950 94 yrs
Irish
George Bernard Shaw (b. 1856) was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist whose work f…
35 books
H. Rider Haggard
1856 – 1925 69 yrs
English
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (b. 1856) is an English Victorian adventure novelist and barrister…
26 books
Henry Rider Haggard
1856 – 1925 69 yrs
English
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (b. 1856) is an English writer and pioneer of the lost world liter…
1 book
Frank L. Baum
1856 – 1919 63 yrs
American
Frank Lyman Baum (b. 1856) was an American author, journalist, and playwright best known a…
1 book
Joseph Conrad
1857 – 1924 67 yrs
Polish
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish-British novelist and short-story writer who is wide…
7 books
Edith Nesbit
1858 – 1924 66 yrs
English
Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) was an English novelist and poet who revolutionized children's li…
3 books
J. Meade Falkner
1858 – 1932 74 yrs
English
John Meade Falkner (b. 1858) is an English novelist and poet best known for his classic ad…
1 book
E. Nesbit
1858 – 1924 66 yrs
English
E. Nesbit (b. 1858) is an English author and poet celebrated as a pioneering figure in chi…
4 books
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930 71 yrs
Scottish
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician who revolutionized the mystery…
2 books
Kenneth Grahame
1859 – 1932 73 yrs
Scottish
Kenneth Grahame (b. 1859) was a prominent Scottish-born British writer best known for his …
2 books
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930 71 yrs
Scottish
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (b. 1859) was a British writer, physician, and historical novelist …
1 book
J. M. Barrie
1860 – 1937 77 yrs
Scottish
James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright whose enduring leg…
2 books
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1860 – 1935 75 yrs
American
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was a trailblazing American feminist, sociologist, an…
1 book
Anton Chekhov
1860 – 1904 44 yrs
Russian
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (b. 1860) was a Russian physician, playwright, and short-story wri…
25 books
As'ad Khalil Dagher
1860 – 1935 75 yrs
Lebanese
As'ad Khalil Dagher (1860–1935) was a Lebanese writer, historian, and translator, regarded…
1 book
Jurji Zaydan
1861 – 1914 53 yrs
Lebanese
Jurji Habib Zaydan (1861 - 1914) was a Lebanese writer, novelist, and historian, considere…
15 books
Edith Wharton
1862 – 1937 75 yrs
American
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer who b…
6 books
O. Henry
1862 – 1910 48 yrs
American
O. Henry (b. 1862) was an American short story writer widely celebrated for his wit, chara…
1 book
Antony Hope
1863 – 1933 70 yrs
English
Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863–1933), known professionally as Antony Hope, was a prolific Brit…
2 books
Kakuzo Okakura
1863 – 1913 50 yrs
Japanese
Kakuzo Okakura (1863). He is a Japanese scholar, art critic, and educator who played a piv…
1 book
Maurice Leblanc
1864 – 1941 77 yrs
French
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (1864-1941) was a renowned French novelist and short story wri…
3 books
Richard Harding Davis
1864 – 1916 52 yrs
American
Richard Harding Davis (b. 1864) was an American journalist, novelist, and playwright who e…
3 books
Robert W. Chambers
1865 – 1933 68 yrs
American
Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) was a prolific American artist and author who achieved…
1 book
Emma Orczy
1865 – 1947 82 yrs
Hungarian
Emma Orczy (b. 1865) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright best known for c…
5 books
Rudyard Kipling
1865 – 1936 71 yrs
English
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (b. 1865) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and …
6 books
A. E. W. Mason
1865 – 1948 83 yrs
English
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (b. 1865) is an English novelist and politician best known for…
1 book
Emmuska Orczy
1865 – 1947 82 yrs
Hungarian
Emmuska Orczy (b. 1865) was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright, and artist who …
2 books
Elizabeth Von Arnim
1866 – 1941 75 yrs
English
Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia and raised in England, Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–…
1 book
H. G. Wells
1866 – 1946 80 yrs
English
Herbert George Wells known as H. G. Wells (1866–1946) didn't merely predict the future; he…
45 books
Najib al-Haddad
1867 – 1899 32 yrs
Lebanese
Sheikh Najib Suleiman Al-Haddad (1867–1899 AD) was a Lebanese journalist, translator, poet…
1 book
W. E. B. Du Bois
1868 – 1963 95 yrs
American
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil…
1 book
Felix Salten
1869 – 1945 76 yrs
Austrian
Born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest and raised in Vienna, Felix Salten (1869–1945) was a ce…
1 book
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 – 1948 79 yrs
Indian
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist (18…
1 book
Vladimir Lenin
1870 – 1924 54 yrs
Russian
Biography: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (born 1870) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and…
1 book
Frank Norris
1870 – 1902 32 yrs
American
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (b. 1870) is an American novelist and journalist who stands a…
1 book
Saki
1870 – 1916 46 yrs
Scottish
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1871 – 1945 74 yrs
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1872 – 1954 82 yrs
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1874 – 1942 68 yrs
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1874 – 1950 76 yrs
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1874 – 1932 58 yrs
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1 book
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1874 – 1965 91 yrs
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1874 – 1936 62 yrs
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1875 – 1941 66 yrs
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1875 – 1932 57 yrs
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1875 – 1950 75 yrs
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1875 – 1940 65 yrs
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9 books
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1875 – 1950 75 yrs
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28 books
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1875 – 1962 87 yrs
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1 book
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1876 – 1916 40 yrs
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13 books
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1876 – 1958 82 yrs
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1 book
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1876 – 1940 64 yrs
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13 books
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1877 – 1951 74 yrs
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1 book
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1877 – 1962 85 yrs
German
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1 book
Lord Dunsany
1878 – 1957 79 yrs
Irish
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1 book
E. M. Forster
1879 – 1970 91 yrs
English
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2 books
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1879 – 1926 47 yrs
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1 book
Ibrahim Zeidan
1879 – 1956 77 yrs
Lebanese
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1 book
Cecil Delisle Burns
1879 – 1942 63 yrs
English
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1 book
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1879 – 1955 76 yrs
German
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2 books
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1879 – 1944 65 yrs
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Helen Keller
1880 – 1968 88 yrs
American
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2 books
P. G. Wodehouse
1881 – 1975 94 yrs
English
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20 books
Stefan Zweig
1881 – 1942 61 yrs
Austrian
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Muhammad Salim al-Jundi
1881 – 1955 74 yrs
Syrian
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1 book
Emil Ludwig
1881 – 1948 67 yrs
German
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James Joyce
1882 – 1941 59 yrs
Irish
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A. A. Milne
1882 – 1956 74 yrs
English
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1882 – 1941 59 yrs
English
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Khalil Gibran
1883 – 1931 48 yrs
Lebanese
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21 books
Johnston McCulley
1883 – 1958 75 yrs
American
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1 book
Hugh Walpole
1884 – 1941 57 yrs
English
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5 books
Ibrahim Ramzi
1884 – 1949 65 yrs
Egyptian
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1 book
Will Durant
1885 – 1981 96 yrs
American
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Sinclair Lewis
1885 – 1951 66 yrs
American
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D. H. Lawrence
1885 – 1930 45 yrs
English
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1 book
Maroun Abboud
1886 – 1962 76 yrs
Lebanese
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32 books
Alain-Fournier
1886 – 1914 28 yrs
French
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Charles Williams
1886 – 1945 59 yrs
English
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1 book
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1887 – 1948 61 yrs
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1888 – 1969 81 yrs
Egyptian
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1888 – 1956 68 yrs
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1888 – 1955 67 yrs
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1888 – 1937 49 yrs
English
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1888 – 1937 49 yrs
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1889 – 1951 62 yrs
Austrian
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1889 – 1964 75 yrs
Egyptian
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1889 – 1973 84 yrs
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1889 – 1949 60 yrs
Egyptian
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1890 – 1976 86 yrs
English
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1893 – 1968 75 yrs
English
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Dorothy Leigh Sayers
1893 – 1957 64 yrs
English
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1893 – 1952 59 yrs
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1893 – 1966 73 yrs
English
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1894 – 1963 69 yrs
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1895 – 1959 64 yrs
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1896 – 1940 44 yrs
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1897 – 1965 68 yrs
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1897 – 1968 71 yrs
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1897 – 1959 62 yrs
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1898 – 1963 65 yrs
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1898 – 1989 91 yrs
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1899 – 1961 62 yrs
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1899 – 1951 52 yrs
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1899 – 1963 64 yrs
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1899 – 1960 61 yrs
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1900 – 1944 44 yrs
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1900 – 1954 54 yrs
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1903 – 1950 47 yrs
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1903 – 1950 47 yrs
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1903 – 1966 63 yrs
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1906 – 1936 30 yrs
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