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Autobiographers

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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.
Adam OehlenschlägerAuthor · BooksAdam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (14 November 177920 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature.
Adolf Bernhard MarxPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Heinrich Adolf Bernhard Marx, also known as A. B. Marx (15 May 1795 – 17 May 1866), was a German music theorist, critic, and pedagogue.
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.
Afanasy FetPerson · Music memorabiliaAfanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt]), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn]; 5 December [O.S.
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.
Al-GhazaliAuthor · BooksAl-Ghazali, (Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi (c. 1058 – 19 December 1111), Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath.
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…
Alice Babette ToklasAuthor · BooksAlice Babette Toklas (April 30, 1877 – March 7, 1967) was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude…
Allen GinsbergAuthor · BooksIrwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.
Alphonse DaudetAuthor · BooksLouis Marie Alphonse Daudet (lang; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist and writer of short stories.[1][2] He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and…
Alphonse de LamartineAuthor · BooksAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (21 October 179028 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman.
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.
Andrei BelyIllustrator · IllustrationBoris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 January 1934), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian and Soviet novelist, Symbolist poet,…
Anita LoosPerson · Film memorabiliaCorinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
Anna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of QuedlinburgPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of Quedlinburg was a composer, autobiographer, patron of the arts and abbess (1723–1787). She was born in Berlin.
Anna LeonowensAuthor · BooksAnna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.
Arthur KoestlerAuthor · BooksArthur Koestler (5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. In 1931, Koestler joine
August Wilhelm IfflandAuthor · BooksAugust Wilhelm Iffland (19 April 1759 – 22 September 1814) was a German actor and dramatic author.
Augusta, Lady GregoryAuthor · BooksIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.
Augustine of HippoAuthor · BooksAugustine of Hippo (USalso; Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste,…
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
BaburAuthor · BooksBabur (lang; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia.
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.
Benvenuto CelliniArtist · SculptureBenvenuto Cellini (lang; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.
Bernhard CrusellPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Finland-Swedish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born…
Bernhard Severin IngemannAuthor · BooksBernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet.
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.
Bo BergmanAuthor · BooksBo Hjalmar Bergman (6 October 1869 – 17 November 1967) was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death.
Bob DylanArtist · PaintingsBob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Brander MatthewsAuthor · BooksJames Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Bruno WalterPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Walter was born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933.
BryherAuthor · BooksAnnie Winifred Ellerman (2 September 1894 – 28 January 1983), known by the pen name Bryher, was an English novelist, poet, memoirist, magazine editor, and a member of the Ellerman…
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
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.
Charles Robert LeslieArtist · PaintingsCharles Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 – 5 May 1859) was an American[1] genre painter and writer, who was born and spent his career in England.
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.
Charlotte von KalbAuthor · BooksCharlotte Sophia Juliana von Kalb (25 July 1761 – 12 May 1843) was a German writer who associated with poets Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin and Jean…
Charlton HestonAuthor · BooksCharlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.
Chen JiruArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Portrait of Chen Jiru
Chief Dan GeorgeAuthor · BooksChief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot; July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet…
Chŏng KuAuthor · BooksChŏng Ku (9 July 1543 – 5 January 1620) was a Korean historian, philosopher, poet, and politician of the Joseon period.
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…
Christoph von SchmidAuthor · BooksChristoph von Schmid (15 August 1768 Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria – 3 September 1854 Augsburg) was a writer of children's stories and an educator.
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
Compton MackenzieAuthor · BooksSir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur…
Constant von WurzbachAuthor · BooksConstantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author.
Cordelia EdvardsonAuthor · BooksCordelia Maria Edvardson (née Langgässer; 1 January 1929 – 29 October 2012) was a German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor.
Corrie ten BoomArtist · WatchesCornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten…
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.
Daniel Paul SchreberAuthor · BooksDaniel Paul Schreber (lang; 25 July 1842 – 14 April 1911) was a German judge who was famous for his personal account of his own experience with schizophrenia.
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.
David Starr JordanAuthor · BooksDavid Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
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…
Dorothy DayAuthor · BooksDorothy May Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic.
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…
Duke EllingtonPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Ed van ThijnAuthor · BooksEduard van Thijn (16 August 1934 – 19 December 2021) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian.
Eleanor RooseveltAuthor · BooksAnna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.
Elise Konstantin-HansenArtist · CeramicsElise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946) was a Danish painter and ceramist. She developed her own naturalistic style, often painting sea birds, animals, plants and beach scenes.
Emily CarrArtist · CeramicsEmily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia.
Emmy GöringPerson · Film memorabiliaEmma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring (Sonnemann; 24 March 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a German actress and the second wife of Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring.[1] She served as Adolf…
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.
Erich LudendorffAuthor · BooksErich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a Prussian-born German general and politician.
Erika MannAuthor · BooksErika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann.
Ernest Vincent WrightAuthor · BooksErnest Vincent Wright (March 26, 1871 – October 6, 1939) was an American writer best known for his novel Gadsby (1939), a lipogrammatic work of more than 50,000 words that largely omits the…
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.
Ezra PoundAuthor · BooksEzra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and…
Farley GrangerPerson · Film memorabiliaFarley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor.
Fedde SchurerPhotographer · PhotographyFedde Schurer (lang, lang; 25 July 1898 – 19 March 1968) was a Dutch schoolteacher, journalist, language activist and politician, and one of the most influential poets in the West Frisian…
Frank WilkesonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Frank Wilkeson
Frederick BuechnerAuthor · BooksCarl Frederick Buechner (July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian.
G. K. ChestertonIllustrator · IllustrationGilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer.
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 ArlissPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States.
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…
Gerhart HauptmannAuthor · BooksGerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈhaʊptman]; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist.
Gertrude SteinAuthor · BooksGertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Giuseppe GaribaldiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Maria Garibaldi (4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican.

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American autobiographers171
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British autobiographers95
German autobiographers32
Autobiographers from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland30
French autobiographers27
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