Famous Writers - page 5

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
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg was a famous multiple Pulitzer Prize winner writer and poet

AmericanJanuary 6, 1878291 views

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was a famous Welsh-born poet and writer known for his important poems and short stories

WelshOctober 27, 1914124 views

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American writer famous for her ‘Little House series’ of novels

John Grisham

John Grisham is a best-selling American novelist, politician and lawyer

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American writer, poet and a transcendentalist thinker, most famous for his classic book ‘Walden’.

AmericanJuly 12, 1817118 views

Alan Watts

Alan Watts was a famous British philosopher known for his Zen teachings and interpretations of Eastern philosophy

BritishJanuary 6, 1915796 views

Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer is an acclaimed Australian author and academician

AustralianJanuary 29, 1939149 views

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician and physicist who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities

FrenchJune 19, 1623189 views

Sylvia Plath

Pulitzer Prize winner, Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer

AmericanOctober 27, 1932131 views