Compton Mackenzie
English-born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories, & a memoir born in 1883.
Horatio Alger
American writer born in 1832 known for novels about impoverished boys rising to the middle class.
Linda Lovelace
American actor & author, known for her coerced role in the pornographic film, Deep Throat.
Patricia Highsmith
American writer best known for novels incl. Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley, & The Price of Salt.
Marie d’Agoult
Franco-German romantic author & historian born in 1805. Also known by her pen name, Daniel Stern.
Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, writer, & co-founder of the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre.
Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States born in 1808. Succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.
Paul Vaillant-Couturier
French writer born in 1892. Founding member of the French Communist Party.
Emanuel Lasker
German chess player, mathematician, & philosopher born in 1868. World Chess Champion for 27 years.
Isaac Asimov
American writer & professor of biochemistry best known for his sci-fi novels the Foundation series.