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Aleksander FredroAuthor · BooksAleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires.
Aleksandr AdabashyanArtist · PaintingsAleksandr Artyomovich Adabashyan (Russian: Алекса́ндр Артёмович Адабашья́н; born August 10, 1945, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film writer, artist, director and actor.
Aleksey PisemskyAuthor · BooksAleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky (23 March 18212 February 1881) was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s,…
Alice EvansPerson · Film memorabiliaAlice Evans is a British-American actress. She played Chloe Simon in the film 102 Dalmatians and Esther Mikaelson in the third season of the CW's The Vampire Diaries and its spin off The…
Anita LoosPerson · Film memorabiliaCorinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
AristophanesAuthor · BooksAristophanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c.
Bad MachinerySeries · Comics and comic artBad Machinery is a webcomic written and drawn by John Allison and set in the fictional town of Tackleford, West Yorkshire, England.
Bengt AhlforsPerson · Music memorabiliaBengt Gunnar Richard Ahlfors (born 1937 12 28) is a Finland-Swedish playwright, composer, and former journalist. He is noted for works such as Finns det tigrar i Kongo?
Bo BurnhamPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, actor, musician and filmmaker.
Bruce LeungPerson · Film memorabiliaBruce Leung was born on 28 April 1948. Leung i
Cactus's SecretSeries · Comics and comic art
Carlo VanzinaPerson · Film memorabiliaCarlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Chris O'NeillArtist · Comics and comic artChristopher Luke O'Neill (born 21 November 1990), also known by his pseudonym Oney or OneyNG, is an Irish YouTuber, animator, cartoonist, video game designer, musician, and voice actor.
Chris TuckerPerson · Film memorabiliaChristopher Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Clark GreggPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Clark Gregg Jr. (born April 2, 1962) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
Damon HerrimanPerson · Film memorabiliaDamon Herriman (born 31 March 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dewey Crowe on the FX neo-western crime series Justified (2010–15), Romeo on the Starz drama…
Danny KayePerson · Music memorabiliaDanny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer and comedian.
David CroftPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Croft was a British playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter and actor (1922–2011). He was born in Sandbanks and died in Tavira.
Eddie McClintockPerson · Film memorabiliaEdward Theodore McClintock (born May 27, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Secret Service agent Pete Lattimer on the Syfy series Warehouse 13.
Edgar WrightPerson · Film memorabiliaEdgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive use of expressive popular music,…
François Tristan l'HermiteAuthor · BooksFrançois l'Hermite (c. 16017 September 1655) was a French dramatist who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite.
Greg GarciaPerson · Film memorabiliaGregory Thomas Garcia (born April 4, 1970) is an American television writer, producer and director.
Ivan PyryevPerson · Film memorabiliaIvan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.
Jamel DebbouzePerson · Film memorabiliaJamel Debbouze (born 18 June 1975) is a French actor, comedian and filmmaker. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and…
Jason LeeAuthor · BooksJason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder.
Jean RotrouAuthor · BooksJean Rotrou (21 August 1609 – 28 June 1650) was a French poet and tragedian.
Jean-Antoine de BaïfPerson · Music memorabiliaJean Antoine de Baïf[1] (19 February 1532 – 19 September 1589) was a French poet and member of the Pléiade.
Jemaine ClementPerson · Film memorabiliaJemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker.
Linda HamiltonPerson · Film memorabiliaLinda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her…
Lope de RuedaAuthor · BooksLope de Rueda (c.1505<1510–1565) was a Spanish dramatist and author, regarded by some as the best of his era. A versatile writer, he also wrote comedies, farces, and pasos.
Mario BregaPerson · Film memorabiliaMario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in…
Mauritz StillerPerson · Film memorabiliaMauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Swedish-Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to…
Melissa RauchPerson · Film memorabiliaMelissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress. She is well known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2009 to 2019, for…
MenanderAuthor · BooksMenander (Ménandros; c. 342/341 – c.
Michel HazanaviciusPerson · Film memorabiliaMichel Hazanavicius (Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer.
Miguel de CervantesAuthor · BooksMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's…
Mika KaurismäkiPerson · Film memorabiliaMika Juhani Kaurismäki (born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director.
MolièreAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Poquelin (ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one…
Nicolette KrebitzPerson · Film memorabiliaNicolette Krebitz (born 2 September 1972) is a German director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works.
Otogi no Machi no RenaSeries · Comics and comic artMitsuru Hattori is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his works Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō, Sankarea: Undying Love, and Wash It All Away, all of which were adapted into anime…
Pedro Calderón de la BarcaAuthor · BooksPedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.
Peter SellersPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian.
Phil HarrisPerson · Music memorabiliaWonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, bandleader, and musician.
Pierre de MarivauxAuthor · BooksPierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (lang; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
Rhys IfansPerson · Music memorabiliaRhys Owain Evans (r̥ɨːs ˈivans; born 22 July 1967), known as Rhys Ifans, is a Welsh actor and musician.
Robert ThomasPerson · Film memorabilia
Rodney DangerfieldPerson · Film memorabiliaJack Roy (born Jacob Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), better known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Rolf HarrisPerson · Music memorabiliaRolf Harris (30 March 1930 – 10 May 2023) was an Australian musician, television personality, painter, and actor.
Sándor ZsótérPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Sándor Zsótér, photo by Gáspár Stekovics
Schlock MercenarySeries · Comics and comic artSchlock Mercenary is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler. It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century…
Shane DawsonPerson · Music memorabiliaShane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known online as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, comedian, writer, and musician.
Sophia LorenPerson · Film memorabilia
StenoPerson · Film memorabiliaStefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), known by the artistic name of Steno, was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Stephen FurstPerson · Film memorabiliaStephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor, director and producer.
Suleyman Sani AkhundovAuthor · BooksSuleyman Sani Rzagulu bey oghlu Akhundov (Süleyman Sani Rzaqulu bəy oğlu Axundov; 3 October 1875 – 29 March 1939), was an Azerbaijani playwright, journalist, author, and teacher.
TerenceAuthor · BooksPublius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185 – c.
Thanasis VeggosPerson · Film memorabiliaAthanasios Veggos (Vegkos; 29 May 1927 – 3 May 2011) was a Greek actor, filmmaker, comedian, and CEO of Greek film studio Thanasis Vengos Tainies Geliou.
Thomas KingPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas King (born April 24, 1943) is an American-born Canadian writer and broadcast presenter who most often writes about First Nations.
Walter MoersArtist · Comics and comic artWalter Moers (born 24 May 1957) is a German comic artist, illustrator and writer. He is the creator of the character of Captain Bluebear and became a best-selling author in Europe with his…

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