Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland – died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France) was a Swiss-born philosopher, writer, political theorist, and composer....
Read MoreMaximilian Karl Emil Weber (born April 21, 1864, Erfurt, Germany – died June 14, 1920, Munich, Germany) was a German sociologist and political economist,...
Read MoreMarilyn Monroe, original name Norma Jeane Mortenson, (born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S. – died August 5, 1962, Los Angeles, California, U.S.)...
Read MoreLudwig Wittgenstein, in full Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, (born April 26, 1889, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – died April 29, 1951, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was an...
Read MoreSamuel Beckett, in full Samuel Barclay Beckett, (born April 13, 1906, Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland – died December 22, 1989, Paris, France) was an Irish...
Read MoreThomas Lanier Williams, known as Tennessee Williams, (born March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. – died February 25, 1983, New York, New York, U.S.)...
Read MoreDr. Seuss, pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel, (born March 2, 1904, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. – died September 24, 1991, La Jolla, California, U.S.) was...
Read MoreAnton Chekhov (born January 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia – died July 15, 1904, Badenweiler, Germany), in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a Russian playwright...
Read MoreJean-Baptiste Poquelin (baptized January 15, 1622, Paris, France – died February 17, 1673, Paris, France), known by his pseudonym Molière, was a French playwright...
Read MoreBaruch Spinoza (born November 24, 1632, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic – died February 21, 1677, The Hague, Dutch Republic) was a Dutch philosopher and one...
Read MoreSylvia Plath, pseudonym Victoria Lucas, (born October 27, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. – died February 11, 1963, London, England) was an American poet, novelist,...
Read MoreAnna Eleanor Roosevelt (born October 11, 1884, New York City, U.S. – died November 7, 1962, New York City, U.S.) was an American political...
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