Famous Writers
Famous novelists, poets, playwrights, and journalists whose words changed minds and moved hearts.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
b. 1844
Gerrit Komrij
b. 1944
Gerry Goffin
b. 1939
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
b.
Giacomo Leopardi
b. 1798 — d. 1837
Gotthelf Bergsträsser
b. 1886
Graham Greene
b. 1904 — d. 1991
H. W. Fowler
b. 1858
Hans Christian Andersen
b. 1805 — d. 1875
Hans F. K. Günther
b. 1891
Hans Morgenthau
b. 1904
Hans Vogt
b. 1909
Harper Lee
b. 1926 — d. 2016
Harry Browne
b. 1933 — d. 2006
Harun Farocki
b. 1944
Heinrich Harrer
b. 1912 — d. 2006
Henk van Woerden
b. 1947
Henrik Ibsen
b. 1828 — d. 1906
Henry Fuseli
b. 1741
Herb Gardner
b. 1934
Honoré de Balzac
b. 1799 — d. 1850
Ian Fleming
b. 1908 — d. 1964
Ibn Taymiyya
b. 1263
Jack Hyles
b. 1926
Jacqueline Audry
b. 1908
Jake Phelps
b. 1962
Jake Thackray
b. 1938
Jakushitsu Genkō
b. 1290
James I of Scotland
b. 1394
James Whitcomb Riley
b. 1849
Jamil Ahmad
b. 1931
Jan Brzechwa
b. 1898
Jane Cowl
b. 1884
Jay Asher
b. 1975
Jean Racine
b. 1639
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui
b. 1694
Jessica Anderson
b. 1916
Joe Ansolabehere
b. 1959
Joe Simon
b. 1913
Johann Nikolaus Forkel
b. 1749
Johanna Spyri
b. 1827
Johannes Secundus
b. 1511
John M. Ford
b.
John Ralston Saul
b. 1947
Johnny Wayne
b. 1918
Jon Fosse
b. 1959
Jorge Luis Borges
b. 1899 — d. 1986
Jørgen Juve
b. 1906