Famous Writers - page 4

The Most Famous Writers

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Malik YobaSeptember 17, 1967AmericanMalik Yoba is an American actor, writer, and singer who made his film debut in 1993 with ‘Cool Runnings.’
Alan WattsJanuary 6, 1915British, AmericanAlan Watts was a famous British philosopher known for his Zen teachings and interpretations of Eastern philosophy
Boris PasternakFebruary 10, 1890RussianBoris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian novelist, poet and translator
Carl SandburgJanuary 6, 1878AmericanCarl Sandburg was a famous multiple Pulitzer Prize winner writer and poet
John GrishamFebruary 8, 1955AmericanJohn Grisham is a best-selling American novelist, politician and lawyer
Varg VikernesFebruary 11, 1973NorwegianVarg Vikernes is a Norwegian black metal rock artist, writer and producer
Maxim GorkyMarch 28, 1868RussianAlexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian author
Barbara EhrenreichAugust 26, 1941AmericanBarbara Ehrenreich is an American writer and political activist, most famous as a social critic and journalist
Eugenio EspejoFebruary 21, 1747EcuadorianFrancisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a significant figure in colonial Ecuador
Blaise PascalJune 19, 1623FrenchBlaise Pascal was a French mathematician and physicist who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities
Malik Yoba

Malik Yoba

Malik Yoba is an American actor, writer, and singer who made his film debut in 1993 with ‘Cool Runnings.’

AmericanSeptember 17, 19671,114 views

Horatio Alger

Horatio Alger was a popular American writer, famous for his rags-to-riches story formula

AmericanJanuary 13, 183299 views

Pearl Buck

Pearl Buck was a Nobel Prize winning American writer best known for her novel ‘The Good Earth.’ This biography of Pearl Buck provides detailed information about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

AmericanJune 26, 1892139 views

Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock was a Canadian political scientist, teacher and writer

CanadianDecember 30, 1869114 views

Alexandra Ripley

Alexandra Ripley was a celebrated novelist of America

AmericanJanuary 8, 1934127 views

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland was a renowned American composer, writer, and conductor

AmericanNovember 14, 1900151 views

William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt is considered as one of the greatest literary critics and essayists

BritishApril 10, 1778139 views

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize winning author and a social reformer

AmericanSeptember 20, 1878125 views

Robert W. Service

Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer of his time

CanadianJanuary 16, 187493 views

Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp was an English writer and one of the popular gay icons of the 1970s

BritishDecember 25, 1908115 views