Anton Chekhov, in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, (born January 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia – died July 15, 1904, Badenweiler, Germany) was a Russian playwright...
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his pseudonym Molière, (baptized January 15, 1622, Paris, France – died February 17, 1673, Paris, France) was a French playwright...
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Baruch Spinoza (born November 24, 1632, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic – died February 21, 1677, The Hague, Dutch Republic) was a Dutch philosopher and one...
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Sylvia Plath, pseudonym Victoria Lucas, (born October 27, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. – died February 11, 1963, London, England) was an American poet, novelist,...
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Anna 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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F. Scott Fitzgerald, in full Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, (born September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. – died December 21, 1940, Hollywood, California,...
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John Locke (born August 29, 1632, Wrington, Somerset, England – died October 28, 1704, High Laver, Essex, England) was an English philosopher, physician, political...
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George Bernard Shaw (born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ireland – died November 2, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England) was an Irish playwright, comic...
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Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, (born June 25, 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India – died January 21, 1950, London, England)...
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Margaret Fuller, in full Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, (born May 23, 1810, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, U.S. – died July 19, 1850, Fire Island, New York,...
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Niccolò Machiavelli (born May 3, 1469, Florence, Italy – died June 21, 1527, Florence, Italy) was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, writer, and an important...
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Charlie Chaplin, byname of Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (born April 16, 1889, London, England – died December 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland) was an...
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