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Upton Sinclair
(American writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 20, 1878
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Died: November 25, 1968
2
Ursula K. Le Guin
(American Author Best Known for Her Works of Speculative Fiction)
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Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: October 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States
Died: January 22, 2018
3
Umberto Eco
(Medievalist, Philosopher and Author of 'The Name of the Rose' and 'Foucault's Pendulum')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 5, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alessandria, Italy
Died: February 19, 2016
4
Uri Geller
(Magician)
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2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 20, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tel Aviv
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Ursula Haverbeck
(Writer)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 8, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Winterscheid, Gilserberg, Germany
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Ursula Kuczynski
(German Communist Activist Who Worked as a Spy for the Soviet Union)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
Died: July 7, 2000
7
Ulpian
(Roman jurist)
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0
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Utah Phillips
(Former folk singer known for Goodnight-Loving Trail and Daddy, What's a Train?)
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1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: May 23, 2008
9
Ulrich Seidl
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Writer)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 24, 1952
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna
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U Ottama
(Theravada Buddhist Monk, Author, and Freedom Fighter)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 28, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: September 9, 1939
11
Uuno Kailas
(One of the Most Prominent Finnish Poet of the 1930s)
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0
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Upamanyu Chatterjee
(Author, Civil Servant)
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0
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Ulrich von Hutten
(Scholar)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 21, 1488
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: near Fulda, Germany
Died: August 29, 1523
14
Uzodinma Iweala
(Nigerian-American Author and Doctor Known for Authoring the Novel ‘Beasts of No Nation’)
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3
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Ugo Betti
(Poet, Writer, Playwright, Judge)
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0
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Uzra Jafari
(Afghan Women's Rights Activist Who Was the Country's First Female Mayor)
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0
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U.A. Fanthorpe
(Poet)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 28, 2009
18
Uwe Johnson
(One of Germany’s Greatest and Most-Influential Post-war Writers)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Died: February 22, 1984
19
Umberto Saba
(Poet)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 9, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trieste, Italy
Died: August 25, 1957
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Ulrich von Liechtenstein
(Poet)
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1
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Ulli Beier
(German Writer Who Played an Important Role in the Development of Literature in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 30, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Germany
Died: April 3, 2011
22
Uchimura Kanzō
(Japanese Author, Christian Evangelist, and the Founder of the 'Nonchurch Movement')
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 26, 1861
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: March 28, 1930
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Unity Dow
(Lawyer, judge and politician)
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0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: April 23, 1959
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mochudi, Bechuanaland Protectorate
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Uri Zvi Greenberg
(Israeli Poet)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 22, 1896
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bilyi Kamin', Ukraine
Died: May 8, 1981
25
Uys Krige
(Writer)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 4, 1910
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bontebokskloof, South Africa
Died: August 10, 1987
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Ulrich Boner
(Swiss Writer and Dominican Monk)
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0
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Umera Ahmad
(Writer, Author best known for her novels and plays Shehr-e-Zaat, Pir-e-Kamil, Zindagi Gulzar Hai)
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1
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Upendra Subba
(Poet)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 26, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Angsarang, Panchthar, Nepal
29
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
(The First Published African Writer in Britain)
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0
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Unica Zürn
(Author)
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1
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Ugo Foscolo
(Writer)
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2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 6, 1778
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zakynthos, Greece
Died: September 10, 1827
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Ulf Lundell
(Swedish Writer, Musician, Composer, Poet, and Songwriter)
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1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 20, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Uragami Gyokudō
(Japanese Musician, Painter, Poet and Calligrapher)
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0
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Uschi Glas
(Actress)
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2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
(Writer)
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0
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Ueda Akinari
(Author)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 25, 1734
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: August 8, 1809
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U. A. Khader
(Author)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 16, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bilin, Rangoon, Burma
Died: December 12, 2020
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Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah
(Poet)
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