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20th-century authors

74 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Albrecht BehmelArtist · PaintingsAlbrecht Behmel (born 24 March 1971) is a German artist, novelist, historian, non-fiction writer and award-winning playwright.
Alexander MitscherlichAuthor · BooksAlexander Harbord Mitscherlich (20 September 1908 – 26 June 1982) was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Alpha CondéAuthor · BooksAlpha Condé (N'Ko: ߊߟߑߝߊ߫ ߞߐ߲ߘߍ߫; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021.
Andrea SawatzkiPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrea Sawatzki (born 23 February 1963) is a German actress. From 2002 to 2010 she starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police…
Billie HolidayPerson · Music memorabiliaBillie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.
Bob DylanArtist · PaintingsBob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Bobby ToddPerson · Film memorabiliaBobby Todd (22 June 1904 – 7 September 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1961.
Bruce ChatwinPhotographer · PhotographyCharles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist.
Carlos PachecoArtist · Comics and comic artCarlos Pacheco Perujo (14 November 1961 – 9 November 2022) was a Spanish comics penciller.
Charles BukowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaHenry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Christian TramitzPerson · Film memorabiliaChristian Tramitz (born 13 July 1955) is a German actor and comedian.
Christiane F.Person · Film memorabiliaChristiane Vera Felscherinow (born 20 May 1962) is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1978 autobiographical book Zoo Station: The Story of…
Christine NeubauerPerson · Film memorabilia
Claude SautetPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Cressida CowellIllustrator · IllustrationCressida Cowell (née Hare, born 15 April 1966) is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as…
Elisabetta GnoneArtist · Comics and comic artElisabetta Gnone (born 13 November 1965) is an Italian writer. She is best known as the co-creator of the Italian comic series W.I.T.C.H.
Federico FelliniAuthor · BooksFederico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness.
Han SuyinAuthor · Books
Heidi KabelPerson · Film memorabiliaHeidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (German: [ˈhaɪdiː ˈkaːbl̩]; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician.
IhsahnPerson · Music memorabiliaVegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn, is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his…
Ingrid Vang NymanIllustrator · IllustrationIngrid Vang Nyman (21 August 1916 – 13 December 1959) was a Danish illustrator noted for her work on the Pippi Longstocking books of which she was the original illustrator.
Jim StarlinArtist · Comics and comic artJames P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel…
John UpdikeAuthor · BooksJohn Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
Kevin HartPerson · Music memorabiliaKevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. After winning several stand-up comedy competitions, Hart had his first breakthrough when Judd Apatow cast him in a…
Klaus EbnerAuthor · BooksKlaus Ebner (born 8 August 1964) is an Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He started submitting stories to magazines in the 1980s, and also publi
Krzysztof KieślowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaKrzysztof Kieślowski (27 June 1941 – 14 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter.
Leonard CohenPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist.
Luchino ViscontiAuthor · BooksLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter.
Marco FerreriPerson · Film memorabiliaMarco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films…
Martina SchettinaArtist · SculptureMartina Schettina (born 1961) is an Austrian artist. The main part of her work is Mathematical art.
Matt GroeningArtist · Comics and comic artMatthew Abram Groening (GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist and animator.
Naguib MahfouzAuthor · BooksNaguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Pénélope BagieuArtist · Comics and comic artPénélope Bagieu (born 22 January 1982, Paris) is a French illustrator and comic designer.
Pete TownshendPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician and songwriter.
Peter O'ToolePerson · Film memorabiliaPeter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English and Irish actor.
Phyllis LambertDesigner · DesignPhyllis Barbara Lambert (née Bronfman; born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
Raoul ServaisArtist · Comics and comic artRaoul Servais (lang; 1 May 1928 – 17 March 2023) was a Belgian filmmaker, animator and comics artist.
Rose AusländerAuthor · BooksRose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English.
Ruth-Maria KubitschekPerson · Film memorabiliaRuth Maria Kubitschek (2 August 1931 – 1 June 2024) was a German actress born in Czechoslovakia.
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Sarah ConnorPerson · Music memorabiliaSarah Terenzi-Fischer (born Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe; 13 June 1980), known professionally as Sarah Connor, is a German pop singer.
ShagrathPerson · Music memorabiliaStian Tomt Thoresen (born 18 November 1976), known professionally as Shagrath, is a Norwegian musician.
Victoria FrancésArtist · PaintingsVictoria Francés (born October 25, 1982) is a Spanish illustrator.[1]
Ville ValoPerson · Music memorabiliaVille Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM.
Werner HerzogPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Munich.
Yoshitoki ŌimaArtist · Comics and comic artYoshitoki Ōima is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.

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