Popular Authors
| Name | Born | |
|---|---|---|
 | Johnny Depp Actor | 1963 |
 | Natalie Portman Actress | 1981 |
 | Michael J. Fox Actor | 1961 |
 | Matthew Bellamy Musician | 1978 |
 | Peter the Great Former Emperor of All Russia | 1672 |
 | Cole Porter Composer | 1891 |
 | Mae Whitman Actress | 1988 |
 | Sonam Kapoor Film actress | 1985 |
 | Patricia Cornwell Crime writer | 1956 |
 | Aaron Sorkin Screenwriter | 1961 |
 | Les Paul Guitarist | 1915 |
 | Anoushka Shankar Composer | 1981 |
 | Charles Saatchi Art collector | 1943 |
 | Wesley Sneijder Athlete | 1984 |
 | Curzio Malaparte Journalist | 1898 |
All authors
| Name | Occupation | Born |
|---|---|---|
| L. M. Boyd | Columnist | 1927 |
| Keith Laumer | Author | 1925 |
| George Axelrod | Screenwriter | 1922 |
| John Gillespie Magee, Jr. | Aviator | 1922 |
| Forrest Bird | Inventor | 1921 |
| Mark Roberts | Actor | 1921 |
| Arthur Hertzberg | Activist | 1921 |
| Isaac Boleslavsky | Chess Player | 1919 |
| John Hospers | American Politician | 1918 |
| Eric Hobsbawm | Historian | 1917 |
| Robert McNamara | Former United States Secretary of Defense | 1916 |
| Les Paul | Guitarist | 1915 |
| Kenneth L. Pike | Sociologist | 1912 |
| Kenneth Lee Pike | Anthropologist | 1912 |
| Fred Waring | Musician | 1900 |
| Curzio Malaparte | Journalist | 1898 |
| Wilbur Moorehead Smith | Author | 1894 |
| S. N. Behrman | Playwright | 1893 |
| Cole Porter | Composer | 1891 |
| Leslie Banks | Actor | 1890 |
| E. M. Delafield | Author | 1890 |
| Ida Rentoul Outhwaite | Illustrator | 1888 |
| John Edensor Littlewood | Mathematician | 1885 |
| Lena Sadler | Physician | 1875 |
| Carl Nielsen | Composer | 1865 |
| Pierre Duhem | Philosopher | 1861 |
| Bertha von Suttner | Novelist | 1843 |
| Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie | Writer | 1837 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | Physician | 1836 |
| Johann Gottfried Galle | Astronomer | 1812 |
| John Howard Payne | Actor | 1791 |
| Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet | Surgeon | 1783 |
| George Stephenson | Civil engineer | 1781 |
| Peter the Great | Former Emperor of All Russia | 1672 |