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20th-century autobiographers

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

Aart StaartjesPerson · Film memorabiliaAart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam.
Achim ReichelPerson · Music memorabiliaAchim Reichel (born 28 January 1944) is a German singer, musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg.
Adam DariusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Adam Darius: Helsinki, 2007.
Adrienne ClarksonPerson · Film memorabiliaAdrienne Louise Clarkson (born February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005.
Al GoldsteinAuthor · BooksAlvin Goldstein (January 10, 1936December 19, 2013) was an American pornographer best known for publishing the sex newspaper Screw and normalizing hardcore pornography in the United States.
Alex FergusonAuthor · BooksSir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a Scottish former professional football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester…
Allen GinsbergAuthor · BooksIrwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.
Althea GibsonPerson · Film memorabiliaAlthea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international…
Amber DawnAuthor · BooksAmber Dawn is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.
Amy KlobucharAuthor · BooksAmy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007.
Arthur KoestlerAuthor · BooksArthur Koestler (5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. In 1931, Koestler joine
B. F. SkinnerAuthor · BooksBurrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher.[2][3] He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of…
Ba JinAuthor · Books
Baldur von SchirachPerson · Film memorabiliaBaldur Benedikt von Schirach (ˈbaldʊʁ ˈbeːnedɪkt fɔn ˈʃiːʁax; 9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who was the leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to…
Balraj SahniPerson · Film memorabiliaBalraj Sahni (born Yudhishthir Sahni; 1 May 1913 – 13 April 1973) was an Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Hum Log (1951), Do Bigha Zameen (1953),…
Barbara HammerPerson · Film memorabiliaBarbara Jean Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019) was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer.
Barbara PaytonPerson · Film memorabiliaBarbara Lee Payton (née Redfield; November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and battles with alcohol abuse and drug addiction.
Benjamin ZephaniahAuthor · BooksBenjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing.
Bernie NolanPerson · Film memorabiliaBernadette Therese Doneathy (Nolan; 17 October 1960 – 4 July 2013) was an Irish actress, singer and television personality.
Bette DavisPerson · Film memorabiliaBetty Davis (disambiguation)Betty Davis
Betty FordAuthor · BooksElizabeth Anne Ford (Bloomer; formerly Warren; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford.[2] As first lady,…
Betty MahmoodyAuthor · BooksBetty Mahmoody (née Lover; born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker.
Bob DylanArtist · PaintingsBob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Carolina Maria de JesusAuthor · BooksCarolina Maria de Jesus (14 March 1914 – 13 February 1977) was a Brazilian outskirts memoirist who lived most of her life as a slum-dweller.
Cary GrantAuthor · BooksCary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; 18 January 190429 November 1986) was a British-American actor.
Cecil BeatonPhotographer · PhotographySir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British photographer, designer, and diarist.
Chaim GradeAuthor · BooksChaim Grade (April 4, 1910 – June 26, 1982) was one of the leading Yiddish writers of the twentieth century.
Charles LindberghAuthor · BooksCharles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author.
Charlotte KerrPerson · Film memorabiliaCharlotte Kerr (29 May 1927 – 28 December 2011) was a German director, film producer, actress, writer and journalist.
Charlotte StrandgaardPerson · Film memorabiliaCharlotte Strandgaard (15 February 1943 – 9 October 2021) was a Danish author and director. She wrote more than 50 books, including novels, memoirs, reportage, poetry, and non-fiction.
Charlton HestonAuthor · BooksCharlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.
Chris Costner SizemoreArtist · PaintingsChristine Costner Sizemore (April 4, 1927 – July 24, 2016) was an American woman who, in the 1950s, was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity…
Chrissie HyndePerson · Music memorabiliaChristine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American-British singer, songwriter, and musician.
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…
Christy BrownArtist · PaintingsChristopher Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot.
Christy CanyonPerson · Film memorabiliaChristy Canyon (born June 17, 1966) is an American pornographic film actress and radio personality.
Clara MorganePerson · Music memorabiliaClara Morgane is a French singer and former pornographic film actress.
Cliff RichardPerson · Music memorabiliaCliff Richard is established in FAST under 15472. Established in IdRef (Frenc
Cordelia EdvardsonAuthor · BooksCordelia Maria Edvardson (née Langgässer; 1 January 1929 – 29 October 2012) was a German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor.
Count BasiePerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
Cy FeuerPerson · Music memorabiliaCyrus "Cy" Feuer (born Seymour Arnold Feuerman; January 15, 1911 – May 17, 2006) was an American theatre producer, director, composer, musician, and half of the celebrated producing duo…
Daevid AllenPerson · Music memorabiliaChristopher David "Daevid" Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015) was an Australian musician.
Dan TurèllAuthor · BooksDan Turèll (March 19, 1946 – October 15, 1993), affectionately nicknamed "Onkel Danny" (English: Uncle Danny), was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature.
Darius Campbell DaneshPerson · Film memorabiliaDarius Campbell Danesh (19 August 1980 – 11 August 2022) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, actor and film producer.
David AmramPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings.
David BrownPerson · Film memorabiliaDavid Brown (July 28, 1916 February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by…
David HicksAuthor · BooksDavid Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian who attended al-Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
David JasonPerson · Film memorabiliaSir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally as David Jason, is an English actor.
David NivenPerson · Film memorabiliaJames David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist.
Dee BrownAuthor · BooksDorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29, 1908 – December 12, 2002) was an American novelist, historian, and librarian.
Dieter BaumannAuthor · BooksDieter Baumann (born 9 February 1965) is a German former athlete and 5000 m Olympic champion at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Dirk BogardePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter.
Dolly PartonPerson · Film memorabiliaDolly Rebecca Parton Dean (Parton; January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.
Dominique RolinAuthor · BooksDominique Rolin (dɔminik ʁɔlɛ̃; 22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist.
Donald SindenPerson · Film memorabiliaSir Donald Alfred Sinden (9 October 1923 – 12 September 2014) was an English actor.
Donna WilliamsArtist · SculptureDonna Leanne Williams (born Donna Keene; 12 October 1963 – 22 April 2017), also known by her married name Donna Leanne Samuel and as Polly Samuel, was an Australian writer, artist,…
Doris LessingAuthor · BooksDoris May Lessing (Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature…
Duff McKaganPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician. He was the bassist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses for twelve years, with whom he achieved worldwide success…
Ed van ThijnAuthor · BooksEduard van Thijn (16 August 1934 – 19 December 2021) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian.
Eric SykesPerson · Film memorabiliaEric Sykes (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years.
Erika MannAuthor · BooksErika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann.
Eve EnslerPerson · Film memorabiliaV (born Eve Ensler; May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.
Farley GrangerPerson · Film memorabiliaFarley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor.
Frederick BuechnerAuthor · BooksCarl Frederick Buechner (July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian.
Gary GlitterPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is a British former singer who achieved fame and success during the 1970s and 1980s.
Gene TierneyPerson · Film memorabiliaGene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920November 6, 1991) was an American stage and film actress. Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
George HarrisonPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
George MacDonald FraserAuthor · BooksGeorge MacDonald Fraser FRSL (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman.
George Mackay BrownAuthor · BooksGeorge Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orcadian character.
George W. BushArtist · PaintingsGeorge Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to…
Gloria VanderbiltDesigner · FashionGloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite.[4]
Graham ChapmanPerson · Music memorabiliaGraham Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python.
Graham GreeneAuthor · BooksHenry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Graham StarkPerson · Film memorabiliaGraham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an English comedian, actor, writer and director, known for his close friendship with actor Peter Sellers and appearances in…
Guy DebordPerson · Film memorabiliaGuy-Ernest Debord (lang; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a…
Guy PrattPerson · Music memorabiliaGuy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is an English bassist. He has worked with artists including Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Gary Moore, Madonna, Peter Cetera, Michael Jackson, the Smiths,…
Hamed Abdel-SamadAuthor · BooksHamed Abdel-Samad (Ḥāmid ʿAbd aṣ-Ṣamad, ˈħæːmed ʕæbdesˈsˤɑmɑd; Born 1 February 1972) is a German-Egyptian author critical of Islam.
Han SuyinAuthor · Books
Hape KerkelingPerson · Film memorabiliaHans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.
Harold NorseAuthor · BooksHarold Norse (July 6, 1916 – June 8, 2009) was an American writer who created a body of work using the American idiom of everyday language and images.
Harry WuAuthor · BooksHarry Wu (February 8, 1937 – April 26, 2016) was a Chinese-American human rights activist.
Hedy LamarrPerson · Film memorabiliaHedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 January 19, 2000) was an Austrian and American actress and inventor.[1] Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented…
Heidelinde WeisPerson · Music memorabiliaHeidelinde Weis (17 September 1940 – 24 November 2023) was an Austrian actress. Weis died on 24 November 2023, at the age of 83.
Heiner LauterbachPerson · Music memorabilia
Helen HayesPerson · Film memorabiliaHelen Hayes MacArthur (Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress.
Helen WillsAuthor · BooksHelen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player.
Hervé GuibertPhotographer · PhotographyHervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer, photographer, photography critic and filmmaker.
Homer HickamAuthor · BooksHomer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts.
Howard MarksPerson · Film memorabiliaDennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases.
Hunter S. ThompsonPhotographer · PhotographyHunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman…
Isaac Bashevis SingerAuthor · BooksIsaac Bashevis Singer (November 11, 1903[1][2] – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States.
Isabella RosselliniPerson · Film memorabiliaIsabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian and American actress and model.
Israel TsvaygenbaumArtist · PaintingsIsrael Iosifovich Tsvaygenbaum (born February 1, 1961) is a Russian and American artist of Jewish descent.
Ivana TrumpDesigner · Modern designIvana Marie Trump (Zelníčková; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model.
Jade GoodyAuthor · BooksJade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English media personality and businesswoman.
James BestPerson · Film memorabiliaJewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting…
Jan GuillouAuthor · BooksJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (lang; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author, journalist and convicted spy.
Jane LynchPerson · Film memorabiliaJane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, and singer.
Janine Pommy VegaAuthor · BooksJanine Pommy Vega (February 5, 1942 – December 23, 2010) was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation.
Janis IanPerson · Music memorabiliaJanis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jenny McCarthyPerson · Film memorabiliaJennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg (' McCarthy; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, television personality, and anti-vaccine activist.
Jessica WatsonAuthor · BooksJessica Rose Watson (born 18 May 1993) is an Australian sailor who attempted a solo circumnavigation at the age of 16 from 18 October 2009 to 15 May 2010.
Jessie JPerson · Music memorabiliaJessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter.
Jimmy NailPerson · Music memorabiliaJames Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known professionally as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer.
Joanna LumleyDesigner · Modern designDame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model.
John CleesePerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter.
John Howard GriffinAuthor · BooksJohn Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality.
John MayallPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Brumwell Mayall (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer.
John McCainAuthor · BooksJohn Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a…
Joseph HellerAuthor · BooksJoseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays.
Joyce JohnsonAuthor · BooksShe was born in New York City.
Judi DenchPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actresses, she is noted for her versatile roles on stage and screen.
Judith KerrIllustrator · IllustrationAnna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr (surname pronounced; 14 June 1923 – 22 May 2019) was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the…
Juliana HatfieldPerson · Music memorabiliaJuliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area.
Juliet PannettArtist · PaintingsJuliet Kathleen Pannett FRSA (née Somers; 15 July 1911 – 22 August 2005) was an English portrait painter.
June SpencerPerson · Film memorabiliaJune Rosalind Spencer (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress best known for her long-running role as Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.
Jung ChangAuthor · BooksJung Chang (born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in…
KalpanaPerson · Film memorabiliaKalpana Priyadarshini (5 October 1965 – 25 January 2016), better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and…
Kang Gyeong-aeAuthor · BooksKang Kyŏngae (20 April 1906 – 26 April 1944) was a Korean writer, novelist and poet involved with the feminist movement. She is also known by her penname Kang Gama.
Kate SmithAuthor · BooksKathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American contralto. Referred to as The First Lady of Radio, Smith became well known for her renditions of "God Bless America"…

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