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Helen Keller
(American Author and First Deaf-Blind Person to Earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree)
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: June 27, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Died: June 1, 1968
2
Homer
(Ancient Greek Author Who is Considered One of the Greatest and Most Influential Authors of All Time)
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Harper Lee
(American Author Best Known for Her Novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’)
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16
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 28, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Monroeville, Alabama, United States
Died: February 19, 2016
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
4
H. P. Lovecraft
(American Weird-Fiction Writer Known for Creating the Mythopoeia 'Cthulhu Mythos')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: March 15, 1937
5
Hans Christian Andersen
(Danish Author Best Remembered for His Literary Fairy Tales)
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24
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 2, 1805
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Odense, Denmark
Died: August 4, 1875
6
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
(Crown Prince of Dubai )
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1982
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7
H. G. Wells
(British Author Who Has Been Called the 'Father of Science Fiction')
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25
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 21, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kent, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 13, 1946
8
Hunter S. Thompson
(Journalist, Author and Founder of the Gonzo Journalism Movement)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 20, 2005
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
9
Henry David Thoreau
(Naturalist, Philosopher & Author Of 'Walden')
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11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 12, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 6, 1862
10
Herman Melville
(Novelist & Short Story Writer of the American Renaissance Period Best Known for His Works 'Moby-Dick' & 'Typee')
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3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28, 1891
11
Haruki Murakami
(Writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 12, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
12
Henry Rollins
(Lead Vocalist of Los Angeles Hardcore Group 'Black Flag')
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7
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 13, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
13
Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Author)
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10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 14, 1811
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 1, 1896
14
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(First American poet to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy)
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12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 27, 1807
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: March 24, 1882
15
Hal Moore
(Former lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the American War in Vietnam)
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7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bardstown, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 10, 2017
16
Henry James
(British Author Who is Regarded as a Key Transitional Figure Between Literary Realism and Literary Modernism)
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4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 15, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York City, United States
Died: February 28, 1916
17
Hill Harper
(Actor)
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6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
18
Hannah Arendt
(One of the Most Influential Political Theorists of the 20th Century)
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4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 14, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Linden - Mitte, Hanover, Germany
Died: December 4, 1975
19
Hermann Hesse
(Poet, Novelist & Painter Who Won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Calw, Germany
Died: August 9, 1962
20
Henrik Ibsen
(Norwegian-Danish Playwright and Theatre Director)
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29
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Skien, Telemark, Norway
Died: May 23, 1906
21
Helena Blavatsky
(Russian Writer and Co-Founder of the 'Theosophical Society')
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2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
Died: May 8, 1891
22
Hafez
(14th Century Persian Lyric Poet)
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Horace
(Leading Roman Lyric Poet During the Time of Augustus)
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3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 8, 0065
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Venosa, Italy
Died: November 27, 0008
24
Heather Thomas
(Actress)
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3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 8, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Henry Graham Greene
(Novelist)
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4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, England
Died: April 3, 1991
26
Harold Pinter
(Playwright, Screenwriter)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 10, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
Died: December 24, 2008
27
Harlan Ellison
(Writer)
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2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 27, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: June 28, 2018
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
28
Honoré de Balzac
(French Novelist and Playwright Known for His Magnum Opus 'La Comédie humaine')
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10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: August 18, 1850
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H. L. Mencken
(One of the Greatest and Most Influential American Literary Critic in the 1920s)
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3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: January 29, 1956
30
Henry Valentine Miller
(Writer)
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2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: June 7, 1980
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Hugh Downs
(Broadcaster)
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4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 14, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: July 1, 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Homer Hickam
(Aerospace Engineer)
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2
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: February 19, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Coalwood, West Virginia, United States
33
Hesiod
(Ancient Greek Poet and Philosopher)
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Howard Ashman
(Playwright, Lyricist & Stage Director)
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4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 17, 1950
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: March 14, 1991
35
Henry Lawson
(Writer)
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12
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 17, 1867
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Grenfell
Died: September 2, 1922
36
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(Indian Poet and Writer of the 'Nayi Kavita Literary Movement' Best Known for His Early Work 'Madhushala')
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4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: January 18, 2003
37
Heinrich Heine
(German Poet & Literary Critic Know for His Works 'Germany. A Winter's Tale' and 'Buch der Lieder')
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 13, 1797
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: February 17, 1856
38
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
(German Polymath and Occult Writer Known for His Book 'Three Books of Occult Philosophy')
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0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 14, 1486
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: February 18, 1535
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H. Rider Haggard
(Writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 22, 1856
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bradenham, England
Died: May 14, 1925
40
Henryk Sienkiewicz
(Polish Writer Who Won the '1905 Nobel Prize in Literature')
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1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 5, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wola Okrzejska, Poland
Died: November 15, 1916
41
Henry Ward Beecher
(Clergyman, Preacher & Abolitionist)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1813
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S
Died: March 8, 1887
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Howard Zinn
(American Historian, Playwright, Philosopher and World War II Veteran)
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4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 27, 2010
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Harold Robbins
(Author)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 21, 1916
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: October 14, 1997
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Harvey Pekar
(Comics artist, Autobiographer, Writer, Music critic, Journalist)
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1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 8, 1939
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland
Died: July 12, 2010
45
Hilary Mantel
(Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Film critic, Poet lawyer, Literary critic)
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Henry Darger
(Novelist, Artist, and Writer)
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1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 12, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: April 13, 1973
47
Harry Turtledove
(American Author Best Known for His Works: 'Southern Victory', 'Worldwar' and 'Crosstime Traffic')
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3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 14, 1949
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
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Hironobu Sakaguchi
(Game designer)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 25, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
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Harriet Martineau
(First female sociologist)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 12, 1802
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died: June 27, 1876
50
Hélène Cixous
(French Feminist Writer and Philosopher Best Known for Her Article ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’)
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