Benjamin Franklin17 January 1706, British, American
Founding Father of the United States
Ben Shapiro15 January 1984, American
Political Commentator, Public Speaker
J. R. R. Tolkien03 January 1892, British, South African
Writer
Stan Lee28 December 1922, American
Creator of Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron
Sean Hannity30 December 1961, American
Talk Show Host
Edgar Allan Poe19 January 1809, American
Writer
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Writer, Professor
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Patti Smith30 December 1946, American
Singer
Alan Watts06 January 1915, British, American
Philosopher, Writer & Speaker
Rudyard Kipling30 December 1865, British
Author & Poet
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Television Producer
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Rush Limbaugh12 January 1951, American
Radio Host, Political Commentator, Author, Former
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Novelist, Playwright, Poet
J. D. Salinger01 January 1919, American
Writer
Nigella Lawson06 January 1960, British
Television Personality, Gourmet, Food Writer
Rod Serling25 December 1924, American
Screenwriter, TV Producer, Narrator
Mark Rylance18 January 1960, British
Actor
Yukio Mishima14 January 1925, Japanese
Playwright
Jack London12 January 1876, American
Author
Ree Drummond06 January 1969, American
Blogger
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Morris Chestnut01 January 1969, American
Actor
Edmund Burke12 January 1729, Irish, British
Statesman
Holly Madison23 December 1979, American
Author, Model, Reality TV Star
E. M. Forster01 January 1879, British
Writer
Federico Fellini20 January 1920, Italian
Film Director and Scriptwriter
Nicholas Sparks31 December 1965, American
Novelist
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Simon Wiesenthal31 December 1908, Austrian
Nazi Hunter
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Folklorist, Anthropologist
Umberto Eco05 January 1932, Italian
Italian Semiotician, Philosopher
Willow Bay28 December 1963, American
Journalist
Donna Tartt23 December 1963, American
Author
Princess Michael of Kent15 January 1945, British
Author
Carlos Castaneda25 December 1925, American
Author
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Richard Briers14 January 1934, British
Actor
Anne Brontë17 January 1820, British
Writer
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918, Indian
Director
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Screenplay Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Rory Stewart03 January 1973, British
Political Leader
Elijah Daniel09 January 1994, American
Comedian
Liu Xiaobo28 December 1955, Chinese
Chinese Human Rights Activist
Paula Poundstone29 December 1959, American
Comedian
Charlayne Woodard29 December 1953, American
Actress
René Girard25 December 1923, French
Philosopher
Charles Perrault12 January 1628, French
Author
Matthew Arnold24 December 1822, British
Poet
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908, British
English Writer & Gay Icon
Carl Sandburg06 January 1878, American
Writer & Editor
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Garth Ennis16 January 1970, British, American
Comics writer
Savitribai Phule03 January 1831, Indian
Social Reformer, Poet
Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Writer
R. A. Salvatore20 January 1959, American
Novelist
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
Horatio Alger13 January 1832, American
American writer
Junot Díaz31 December 1968, Dominican, American
Writer
C. L. R. James04 January 1901, Trinidadian, British
Journalist, Writer, Historian, Theorist, Socialist
Aldo Leopold11 January 1887, American
Oscar Micheaux02 January 1884, American
Author
Kuvempu29 December 1904, Indian
Novelist
Rigoberta Menchú09 January 1959, Guatemalan
Activist,Politician,Author
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Writer
Paul Bowles30 December 1910, American
Writer, Music Composer
Vicki Iovine13 January 1954, American
Model, Writer, Lawyer
Robert W. Service16 January 1874, Canadian, French, British
Poet & Writer
Rubén Darío18 January 1867, Nicaraguan
Poet
Edwidge Danticat19 January 1969, Haitian
Author
Emilia Lanier31 December 1569, British
Poet
Stephen Leacock30 December 1869, Canadian
Canadian writer
Hristo Botev06 January 1848, Bulgarian
Bulgarian Revolutionary
Khalil Gibran06 January 1883, Lebanese
Artist
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Author
Mirza Ghalib27 December 1797, Indian
Poet
Alexander Woollcott19 January 1887, American
American critic
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American author
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Angelus Silesius25 December 1624, German
Priest
Norman Angell26 December 1872, British
British Journalist & Author
Cheryl Howard23 December 1953, American
Actress
Alexandra Ripley08 January 1934, American
American writer
Robin McGraw28 December 1953, American
Author, Entrepreneur, Television Personality
Moliere15 January 1622, French
Playwright, Actor and Stage Manager
Subir Chowdhury12 January 1967, Bangladeshi
Author
Peyo Yavorov01 January 1878, Bulgarian
Poet
Wilbur A. Smith09 January 1933, Central African
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Henry Valentine Miller26 December 1891, American
Writer
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Television personality
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