Ben Shapiro15 January 1984, American
Political Commentator, Public Speaker
Nigella Lawson06 January 1960, British
Television Personality, Gourmet, Food Writer
Benjamin Franklin17 January 1706, British, American
Founding Father of the United States
J. R. R. Tolkien03 January 1892, British, South African
Writer
Stan Lee28 December 1922, American
Creator of Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron
Edgar Allan Poe19 January 1809, American
Writer
Sean Hannity30 December 1961, American
Talk Show Host
Rush Limbaugh12 January 1951, American
Radio Host, Political Commentator, Author, Former
Shonda Rhimes13 January 1970, American
Television Producer
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Yukio Mishima14 January 1925, Japanese
Playwright
Mark Rylance18 January 1960, British
Actor
Patti Smith30 December 1946, American
Singer
Isaac Asimov02 January 1920, American
Writer, Professor
Rudyard Kipling30 December 1865, British
Author & Poet
Alan Watts06 January 1915, British, American
Philosopher, Writer & Speaker
Haruki Murakami12 January 1949, Japanese
J. D. Salinger01 January 1919, American
Writer
Jack London12 January 1876, American
Author
Rod Serling25 December 1924, American
Screenwriter, TV Producer, Narrator
Fareed Zakaria20 January 1964, Indian, American
Journalist
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Morris Chestnut01 January 1969, American
Actor
Ree Drummond06 January 1969, American
Blogger
Nicholas Sparks31 December 1965, American
Novelist
Holly Madison23 December 1979, American
Author, Model, Reality TV Star
A. A. Milne18 January 1882, British
Novelist, Playwright, Poet
Edmund Burke12 January 1729, Irish, British
Statesman
Federico Fellini20 January 1920, Italian
Film Director and Scriptwriter
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Garth Ennis16 January 1970, British, American
Comics writer
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Author
Paula Deen19 January 1947, American
TV personality
Richard Briers14 January 1934, British
Actor
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Simon Wiesenthal31 December 1908, Austrian
Nazi Hunter
Umberto Eco05 January 1932, Italian
Italian Semiotician, Philosopher
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
E. M. Forster01 January 1879, British
Writer
Henry Valentine Miller26 December 1891, American
Writer
Savitribai Phule03 January 1831, Indian
Social Reformer, Poet
Diana Gabaldon11 January 1952, American
Author
Mirza Ghalib27 December 1797, Indian
Poet
Rory Stewart03 January 1973, British
Political Leader
Moliere15 January 1622, French
Playwright, Actor and Stage Manager
Carlos Castaneda25 December 1925, American
Author
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Anne Brontë17 January 1820, British
Writer
Donna Tartt23 December 1963, American
Author
David Horowitz10 January 1939, American
Writer
Burnie Burns18 January 1973, American
Screenplay Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker
Matthew Arnold24 December 1822, British
Poet
Kuvempu29 December 1904, Indian
Novelist
Charles Perrault12 January 1628, French
Author
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908, British
English Writer & Gay Icon
Liu Xiaobo28 December 1955, Chinese
Chinese Human Rights Activist
Wilbur A. Smith09 January 1933, Central African
Novelist
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918, Indian
Director
Paula Poundstone29 December 1959, American
Comedian
Charlayne Woodard29 December 1953, American
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Willow Bay28 December 1963, American
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René Girard25 December 1923, French
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Carl Sandburg06 January 1878, American
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C. L. R. James04 January 1901, Trinidadian, British
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Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Writer
Rigoberta Menchú09 January 1959, Guatemalan
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Elijah Daniel09 January 1994, American
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Terry Brooks08 January 1944, American
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Junot Díaz31 December 1968, Dominican, American
Writer
Aldo Leopold11 January 1887, American
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
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Model, Writer, Lawyer
Paul Bowles30 December 1910, American
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Writer
Emilia Lanier31 December 1569, British
Poet
Oscar Micheaux02 January 1884, American
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Rubén Darío18 January 1867, Nicaraguan
Poet
Stephen Leacock30 December 1869, Canadian
Canadian writer
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Robin McGraw28 December 1953, American
Author, Entrepreneur, Television Personality
Alexander Woollcott19 January 1887, American
American critic
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Artist
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Bulgarian Revolutionary
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Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
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Robert Cormier17 January 1925, American
American author
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British Journalist & Author
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American writer
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American writer
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