John Wesley Powell 1834 - 1902 John Wesley Powell was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and directo... John Wesley Powell
Eleanor Gates 1874 - 1951 Eleanor Gates was an American playwright who created seven plays that were staged on Broadway. Her best known work was the play The Poor Little Rich G... Eleanor Gates
Katharine Elizabeth Dopp 1863 - 1944 Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (first name sometimes misspelt as "Katherine", and signed her books of fiction as "Katharine E. Dopp") (b. March 1, 1863 in P... Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
Nagarjuna 150 CE - 250 CE Nāgārjuna was an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thinker, scholar-saint and philosopher. He is widely considered as one of the most important Buddhist philos... Nagarjuna
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BCE - 43 BCE Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher and Academic Skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the pol... Marcus Tullius Cicero
Johanna Brandt 1876 - 1964 Johanna Brandt was a South African propagandist of Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and writer on controversial health subjects... Johanna Brandt
C.J. Dennis 1876 - 1938 Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a... C.J. Dennis
E.M. Bounds 1835 - 1913 Edward McKendree Bounds prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy.... E.M. Bounds
H.P. Lovecraft 1890 - 1937 Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became known as the Cthulhu Mythos... H.P. Lovecraft
Aeschylus 524 BCE - 456 BCE Aeschylus was an ancient Greek author of Greek tragedy, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with... Aeschylus
Aristophanes 446 BCE - 386 BCE Aristophanes son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Elev... Aristophanes
Robert Ingersoll 1833 - 1899 Robert Green Ingersoll was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. He... Robert Ingersoll
Mary Shelley 1797 - 1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an... Mary Shelley
Fanny Burney 1752 - 184 Frances Burney also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. Born in Lynn Regis, no... Fanny Burney
Christopher Marlowe 1564 - 1593 Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Modern scholars count Marlowe am... Christopher Marlowe
Aphra Behn 1640 - 1689 Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her livi... Aphra Behn
DeWitt Peters 1865 - 1948 Peters was born in the Army Hospital at Fort McHenry in Baltimore to Emilia Peters and Dewit Peters, an army surgeon who served during the Civil War a... DeWitt Peters
