>寄件者:射鷹英雌 (abhuma...@bbs.openfind.com.tw)
>主旨:我們的師資水平竟是如此。 Re: 標準化測驗
>這是唯一的留言
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>日期:2002-04-24 02:39:45 PST
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>有人好為人師, 小弟虛心來上研習來也! 總得有人捧場,
>勿讓熱心掉到冷凍庫, 那也非教育研討新聞討論群組之福, 是不是?
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:38:46 +0800 (CST), "射鷹英雌"
<abhuma...@bbs.openfind.com.tw> wrote:
>> ※ 引述《leapi...@bbs.ee.ncu.edu.tw (my beautiful way)》之銘言:
>
>> > 同性戀、雙性戀者佔世界總人口數的3~5%之間,從蘇格拉底到莎士比亞
>> > Emily Dickinson 到普魯斯特....,他們對人類文明的貢獻,你瞭解嗎?
>> > 你一系列要「矯正同性戀」的發言,在在顯示你對人類文明史、當代醫學、
>> > 心理學的盲昧,不肯探索無知的領域,一切訴諸個人感覺好惡。
>> > 在先進國家,同性戀者、雙性戀者喜歡聚居在知識水準高的大都會,
>> > 頂尖的高等院校尤其是 GL&B最如魚得水的所在,
>> > 臺灣的高等院校卻充斥著一堆彷彿 Rush Limbaugh 信徒的 intellectual
>> > rednecks。
>> > 且看看一個名單,再想想應該對同性戀、雙性戀採取什麼態度吧!
>> 以下的名單也許可以也拿到tw.bbs.lang.english去炫耀的.
>
>> > Louise Abbema (1858-1927), French painter
>> > Bernice Abbott (1898-1991), U.S. photographer
>> > J.R. Ackerly (Joe Randolph Ackerly, 1896-1967), British writer
>> > Abu Nuwas (756?-810), Arabian poet
>> > Valentine Ackland (1906-1958), British writer
>> > Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1967), U.S. writer
>> > Nick Adams (Nicholas Adamschock, 1931-1968), U.S. actor
>> > Jane Addams (1866-1935), U.S. social reformer
>> > Baron Jacques d'Adelsward Fersen (1880-1923), French writer
>> > James Agate (1877-1942), British critic
>> > Agathon (450?-400? B.C.E.), Greek playwright and musician
>> > Akhenaton (ruled 1375?-1358? B.C.E.), Egyptian pharoah
>> > Edward Albee (1928- ), U.S. playwright*
>> > Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752), Italian statesman
>> > Alcibiades (450?-404 B.C.E.), Greek general
>> > Alexander I (1777-1825), Russian ruler
>> > Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.), Macedonian general and ruler
>> > Vincente Aleixandre (1898-1984), Spanish poet
>> > Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764), Italian philosopher and art
>> > connoiseur
>> > Horatio Alger (1832-1899), U.S. writer
>> > Washington Allston (1779-1843), U.S. painter and art critic
>> > Nestor Almendros (1930- ), Spanish-born filmmaker*
>> > Pedro Almodovar (1949- ), Spanish filmmaker*
>> > Manuel Altolaguirre (1904-1959), Spanish poet and printer
>> > Amanullah Khan (1892-1960), Afghani ruler
>> > Anacreon (572?-485? B.C.E.), Greek poet
>> > Emily Anderson (1956- ), British photographer*
>> > Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish writer
>> > Guy Irving Anderson (1906- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Margaret C. Anderson (1886-1973), U.S. editor and writer
>> > Anne (1665-1714), British queen
>> > Katherine (Susan) Anthony (1877-1965), U.S. writer, teacher, activist
>> > Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), U.S. social reformer
>> > Antigonus II Gonatus (319?-239 B.C.E.), Macedonian ruler
>> > Antiochus I ("Soter," 324-c.261 B.C.E.), Greek ruler of Syria
>> > Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), French ruler
>> > Pavel Grigorievich Antolkolsky (1896-1978), Russian poet, critic,
>> > stage director, publisher
>> > Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), French poet and critic
>> > Virginia M. Apuzzo (1940- ), U.S. activist*
>> > Louis Aragon (1897-1982), French writer
>> > Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966), Canadian entrepreneur
>> > Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), Cuban-born U.S. writer
>> > Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), Italian statesman and writer
>> > Aristippus (435?-356 B.C.E.), Ancient Greek philosopher born in North
>> > Africa
>> > Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher
>> > Gustave Mauritz Armfelt (1757-1814), Finnish-born Swedish statesman
>> > Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), British composer
>> > Frederick Newton Arvin, Jr. (1900-1963), U.S. writer and literary
>> > critic
>> > Dorothy Arzner (1900-1979), U.S. filmmaker
>> > John Ash (1948- ), British poet and literary critic*
>> > Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942), British architect, designer, and
>> > writer
>> > John Ashbery (1927- ), U.S. poet and critic*
>> > Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (1358-1408), Japanese military and political
>> > leader
>> > Howard Ashman (1950-1991), U.S. songwriter
>> > Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish ruler
>> > W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907-1973), British poet, critic, and
>> > scholar
>> > Anita Augspurg (1857-1943), German social reformer
>> > Saint Augustine (354-430), priest, scholar, theologian
>> > Augustus (Gaius Caesar Octavianus, 63 B.C.E.-C.E. 14), Roman ruler
>> > (Elizabeth) Alice Austen (1866-1952), U.S. photographer
>> > Manuel Azana y Diaz (1880-1940), Spanish ruler
>> > Babur (1483-1530), Indian military leader, ruler, and writer
>> > R.S.S. Baden-Powell (1857-1941), British soldier (and founder of the
>> > Boy Scouts)
>> > Don Bachardy (1934- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Guido Bachmann (1940- ), German writer*
>> > Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), British scientist, writer, statesman
>> > Francis Bacon (1910-1992), Irish-born British painter
>> > Joan Baez (1941- ), U.S. singer*
>> > Dorothy Baker (1907-1968), U.S. writer
>> > Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945), U.S. health reformer
>> > James Baldwin (1924-1988), U.S. writer
>> > Ann Bancroft (1955- ), U.S. explorer and teacher*
>> > Herman Bang (1857-1912), Danish novelist
>> > Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), U.S. actress
>> > Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), U.S. scientist
>> > John Banting (1902-1972), British artist
>> > Samuel Barber (1910-1981), U.S. composer
>> > Dame Lillian Charlotte Barker (1874-1955), British educator and prison
>> > administrator
>> > Djuna Barnes (1892-1982), U.S. writer
>> > Natalie Clifford Barney (1877-1972), U.S. writer, arts patron
>> > Sir James M. Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish writer
>> > Paul Bartel (1938- ), U.S. filmmaker*
>> > Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French writer, critic, philosopher
>> > Basil II (c. 958-1025), Byzantine ruler
>> > Katherine Lee Bates (1859-1929), U.S. poet
>> > Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet
>> > Robert Bauman (1937- ), U.S. politician*
>> > Giovanni Antonio Bazzi ("Il Sodoma," 1477?-1549), Italian painter
>> > Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), U.S. arts patron, publisher
>> > Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), British illustrator and writer
>> > Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), British designer, photographer, writer
>> > Hugh Beaumont (1908-1973), British film producer
>> > Pia Beck (1925- ), Dutch singer and pianist*
>> > William Beckford (1760-1844), British writer
>> > Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849), British poet and playwright
>> > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
>> > Brendan Behan (1923-1964), Irish playwright and poet
>> > Arthur Bell (1939-1984), U.S. writer, activist
>> > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Italian composer
>> > Jacinto Benavente y Martinez (1866-1954), Spanish playwright
>> > Benedict IX (1020-1055), pope
>> > Michael Bennett (1943-1987), U.S. choreographer
>> > A.C. (Arthur Christopher) Benson (1862-1925), British educator, writer
>> > Eric Bentley (1916- ), British-born U.S. critic, theatre director, and
>> > translator*
>> > Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), U.S. entertainer
>> > Christian Berard (1902-1949), French painter, art director, and
>> > fashion designer
>> > Anita Berber (1899-1928), German dancer and actress
>> > Pierre Bernac (1899-1979), French singer
>> > Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress
>> > Leonard Bernstein (1918-1991), U.S. composer, conductor
>> > Beyazid I (1347-1403), Ottoman ruler
>> > Theodore Beza (1519-1605), French theologian, poet, and scholar
>> > George Birimisa (1924- ), U.S. actor and playwright*
>> > Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), U.S. poet
>> > Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), U.S. activist and feminist
>> > Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell (1825-1921), U.S. minister and
>> > feminist
>> > Emily Blackwell (1826-1910), U.S. physician
>> > Marie-Claire Blais (1939- ), Canadian novelist*
>> > Nayland Blake (1960- ), U.S. artist*
>> > William Blake (1757-1827), British poet, artist
>> > Anna Blaman (1905-1960), Dutch novelist
>> > Robin Blaser (1925- ), Canadian writer born in U.S.*
>> > Ross Bleckner (1949- ), U. S artist*
>> > Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), U.S. composer
>> > Diana Blok (1952- ), Dutch photographer*
>> > Sir Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), British art historian and political
>> > advisor
>> > Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916), Italian artist
>> > Dirk Bogarde (Dirk Niven van de Bogaerde, 1921- ), British actor*
>> > Francois Le Metel de Boisrobert (1592-1662), French literary patron
>> > Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), French artist
>> > Claude-Alexandre Comte Claude de Bonneval (Kumbaracibasi Ahmet Pasha,
>> > 1675-1747), French-born soldier
>> > Anne Bonney (17th-18th century), British pirate
>> > Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745-1832), Swiss writer
>> > Henriette Hilda Bosmans (1895-1952), Dutch pianist and composer
>> > Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510), Italian artist
>> > Antonio Botto (1902-1959), Portuguese poet
>> > Emile-Marie Bouchard ("Polaire," 1877-1939, French actress and singer
>> > Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), French composer
>> > Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, Duc de Vendome (1654-1712), French soldier
>> > Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), Irish writer
>> > David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947- ), British singer, actor*
>> > Jane Bowles (1917-1973), U.S. writer
>> > Paul Bowles (1910- ), U.S. writer*
>> > William Alan Bowne (1945?-1989), U.S. playwright and novelist
>> > C.M. Bowra (Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra, 1898-1970), British literary
>> > critic born in China
>> > Malcolm Boyd (1923- ), U.S. minister, activist, writer*
>> > Karin Boye (1900-1941), Swedish writer
>> > Katherine Bradley (1848-1914), British playwright and poet
>> > Joe Brainard (1942- ), U.S. poet, artist*
>> > Marlon Brando (1924- ), U.S. actor*
>> > Harry Britt (1938- ), U.S. minister and politician*
>> > Benjamin Britten (1913-1977), British composer
>> > Il Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, 1503-1572), Italian painter
>> > Romaine Brooks (Beatrice Romaine Goddard, 1874-1970), Italian-born
>> > U.S. painter who lived in France
>> > James Broughton (1913- ), U.S. poet, filmmaker, and playwright*
>> > Olga Broumas (1949- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Howard Brown (1924-1975), U.S. public health administrator and writer
>> > Rita Mae Brown (1944- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Oscar Browning (1837-1923), British educator, writer
>> > John Brunner (1934- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellermann, 1894-1983), British writer
>> > James Buchanan (1791-1868), U.S. president
>> > Charlotte Bunch (1944- ), U.S. writer and editor*
>> > Guy Burgess (1911-1963), British spy
>> > John Horne Burns (1916-1953), U.S. novelist
>> > Edward Burra (1905-1976), British painter
>> > William Burroughs (1914- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890), British explorer and scholar
>> > Scott Burton (1939- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Aldo Busi (1948- ), Italian novelist*
>> > Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Italian pianist, composer
>> > Lady Eleanor Butler ("Lady of Llangollen," 1738 or 1739-1829), Irish
>> > recluse
>> > Samuel Butler (1835-1902), British writer, painter, composer
>> > Merritt Butrick (1959-1989), U.S. actor
>> > Dick Button (1929- ), U.S. athlete*
>> > George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), British poet
>> > Paul Cadmus (1904- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Julius Caesar (100?-44 B.C.E.), Roman ruler
>> > John Cage (1942- ), U.S. composer and music theorist*
>> > Alesandro, Counte di Cagliostro (1743-1795) Italian adventurer
>> > Hall Caine (1853-1931), British novelist
>> > Jerome Caja (1958- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Caligula (C.E. 12-41), Roman ruler
>> > Simon Callow (1949- ), British actor*
>> > Emma Calve (1858-1942), French opera singer
>> > Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres (1753-1824), French lawmaker
>> > Roy Campbell (1901-1957), South African poet
>> > Renaud Camus (1946- ), French novelist*
>> > Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Italian sculptor
>> > Truman Capote (1924-1984), U.S. writer
>> > Caracalla (C.E. 188-217), Roman ruler
>> > Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1569-1609), Italian artist
>> > Benedetta Carlini (17th century), Italian abbess
>> > Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish writer and historian
>> > Bliss Carman (1861-1929), Canadian poet
>> > Marcel Carne (1909- ), French filmmaker*
>> > Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), British poet, philosopher, reformer
>> > Emily Carr (1871-1945), Canadian artist and writer
>> > Dora de Houghton Carrington (1893-1932), British painter
>> > Craig Carver (1954- ), U.S. artist*
>> > George Washington Carver (1864-1943), U.S. scientist and teacher
>> > Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), Irish poet and reformer
>> > Willa Cather (1873-1947), U.S. writer
>> > Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Russian ruler born in Germany
>> > Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947), U.S. suffragist
>> > Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus, 87-54 B.C.E.), Latin poet
>> > Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1935), Greek poet
>> > Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian sculptor, writer
>> > Luis Cernuda y Bidon (1902-1963), Spanish poet, critic, educator
>> > Jane Chambers (1937-1983), U.S. writer
>> > Charlotte Charke (1713-1760), British actress
>> > Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgandy (1433-1477), French nobleman
>> > Charles IX (1550-1574), French ruler
>> > Charles XII (1682-1718), Swedish ruler
>> > Charles XV (1826-1872), Swedish and Norwegian ruler
>> > John Cheever (1912-1982), U.S. writer
>> > Robert Chesley (1943-1990), U.S. playwright
>> > Georgy Vasilievich Chicherin (1872-1936), Russian diplomat
>> > Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), French composer born in Poland
>> > Christian VII (1749-1808), Danish and Norwegian ruler
>> > Christina (1626-1689), Swedish queen
>> > Ralph Nicholas Chubb (1892-1960), British poet
>> > Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.), Roman statesman, orator, writer
>> > Craig Claiborne (1920- ), U.S. writer, gourmet*
>> > Claudius (10 B.C.E.-C.E. 54), Roman ruler
>> > Gabrielle De Veaux Clements (1858-1948), U.S. painter
>> > Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (1846-1918), U.S. writer, educator, lecturer,
>> > editor
>> > Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), U.S. actor
>> > Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), British journalist, feminist,
>> > lecturer, social reformer
>> > Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French writer, artist, filmmaker
>> > Roy Cohn (1927-1986), U.S. attorney
>> > Jack Cole (1911-1974), U.S. dancer and choreographer
>> > Colette (Sidonie-Gabrille Colette Goudeket, 1873-1954), French writer
>> > Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962), British artist and theatre designer
>> > Commodus (C.E. 161-192), Roman ruler
>> > Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969), British novelist
>> > Louis Conde (1621-1686), French and Spanish general
>> > Arch Connelly (1950- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), British editor, critic
>> > Conradin (1252-1268), Bavarian prince
>> > Constantine V ("Copronymus," 718-775), Byzantine ruler
>> > Constantine VIII (d. 947), Byzantine ruler
>> > Constantine IX (961-1028), Byzantine ruler
>> > Florence Converse (1871-1967), U.S. teacher and novelist
>> > Eliza Cook (1818-1889), British poet
>> > Janet Cooling (1951- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Edith Cooper (1862-1913), British playwright and poet
>> > Aaron Copland (1900-1991), U.S. composer
>> > Philip Core (1951- ), British painter*
>> > Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Italian composer
>> > Marie Corelli ("Mary MacKay," 1855-1924), British novelist
>> > John Corigliano (1938- ), U.S. composer*
>> > Alfred Corn (1943- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Katharine Cornell (1893-1974), U.S. actress
>> > Tee A. Corrine (1943- ), U.S. artist
>> > Baron Corvo (Frederick William Serafino Austin Lewis Mary Rolfe,
>> > 1860-1913), British adventurer and writer
>> > Antonio Allegri Correggio (1494-1534), Italian artist
>> > Kate Cory, (1861-1958), U.S. photographer
>> > Louis Couperus (1863-1923), Dutch novelist
>> > Edilberto Coutinho (1933?-1938?), Brazilian writer*
>> > Thomas Couture (1815-1879), U.S. artist
>> > Sir Noel Coward (1899-1973), British playwright, actor, composer
>> > Henry Cowell (1897-1965), U.S. composer
>> > Edith ("Edy") Craig ("Ailsa Craig," 1869-1947), British actress, stage
>> > producer, costume designer, activist
>> > Hart Crane (1899-1932), U.S. poet
>> > Stephen Crane (1871-1900), U.S. writer
>> > John Cyril Cranko (1927-1973), South African ballet dancer and
>> > choreographer
>> > Joan Crawford (1908-1977), U.S. actress
>> > Rene Crevel (1900-1935), French writer and art critic
>> > Quentin Crisp (1908- ), British writer and critic*
>> > Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979), British writer
>> > Aleister Crowley (Edward Alexander Crowley, 1875-1947), British
>> > adventurer, occultist, and writer
>> > Enzo Cucci (1950- ), Italian artist*
>> > George Cukor (1899-1983), U.S. film director
>> > Countee Cullen (1903-1946), U.S. poet
>> > Merce Cunningham (1919- ), U.S. dancer and choreographer*
>> > John Curry (1949- ), British athlete*
>> > Charlotte Cushman (1816-1976), U.S. actress
>> > Elizabeth Cushier (1837-1932), U.S. physician
>> > Astolphe, Marquis de Custine (1790-1857), French writer
>> > Karl Czerny (1791-1857), Austrian pianist, composer
>> > Vasco da Gama (1460-1524), Portuguese admiral, explorer
>> > Gasparino Damata (Gasparino da Mata e Silva, 1918- ), Brazilian
>> > writer*
>> > Anne Seymour Damer (1749-1828), British sculptor
>> > Betsy Damon (1940- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian poet and politician
>> > David Dar (1910-1980), Russian poet
>> > Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French artist
>> > Juan Davila (1946- ), Australian writer born in Chile*
>> > Frederick Holland Day (1864-1933), U.S. photographer
>> > James Dean (1931-1955), U.S. actor
>> > Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer
>> > Eugene Delacroix (1799-1863), French artist
>> > Samuel Delany (1942- ), U.S. novelist*
>> > Frederick Delius (1862-1934), British composer
>> > Mazo Del la Roche (1885-1961), Canadian novelist
>> > Giovanni Della Casa (1503-1556), Italian poet and religious leader
>> > Barbara Deming (1917-1984), U.S. writer and activist
>> > Charles Demuth (1833-1935), U.S. artist
>> > Patrick Dennis (Edward Everett Tanner III, 1921- ), U.S. novelist*
>> > Billy De Wolfe (William Andrew Jones, 1907-1974), U.S. actor
>> > Elsie De Wolfe (Lady Elsie De Wolfe Mendl, 1865-1950), U.S. interior
>> > designer
>> > Serge de Diaghilev (1872-1918), Russian ballet impresario
>> > David Diamond (1915- ), U.S. composer*
>> > Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932), U.S. writer, orator, social
>> > reformer
>> > Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet
>> > Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932), British historian and
>> > humanist
>> > Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdalene von Losch, 1901-1992), German-born
>> > actress
>> > Johannes Willem DiMaria-Kuiper (1943- ), Dutch-born U.S. minister*
>> > Jim Dine (1935- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Christian Dior (1905-1957)), French fashion designer
>> > Owen Dodson (1914-1983), U.S. writer
>> > Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), British poet
>> > Sir Anton Dolin (Patrick Healy-Kay, 1904-1983), British dancer
>> > Domitian (C.E. 51-96), Roman ruler
>> > Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardo, 1386-1466), Italian
>> > sculptor
>> > Hilda Doolittle ("H.D.," 1886-1961), U.S. poet and scholar
>> > Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), British writer
>> > Norman Douglas (1868-1952), British writer
>> > Jerry Dreva ("Jerri Bonbon," 1945- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Guillaume Cardinal Dubois (1656-1723), French statesman
>> > Alice Dunbar (Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935), U.S. editor,
>> > writer, and activist
>> > Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), U.S. choreographer and dancer
>> > Robert Edward Howard Duncan (1919-1988), U.S. poet
>> > Jerome Duquesnoy (1602-1654), Flemish sculptor and engraver
>> > George Dureau (1930- ), U.S. photographer*
>> > Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), German artist
>> > Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812), Czech pianist and composer
>> > Andrea Dworkin (1946- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Jeanne Eagles (1890-1929), U.S. actress
>> > Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), U.S. painter
>> > Joan Eardley (1921-1963), Scottish painter
>> > Edward II (1284-1327), British ruler
>> > John Menlove Edwards (1910-1958), British psychiatrist and
>> > mountaineer/athlete
>> > Sally Edwards (1947- ), U.S. athlete and entrepreneur*
>> > Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), Russian film director
>> > Karl Eitel (1839-1914), German-born Rumanian ruler
>> > Vilhelm Ekelund (1880-1949), Swedish poet
>> > Elisarion (Elisar von Kupffer, 1872-1942), German painter, writer, and
>> > philosopher
>> > Edith Lees Ellis (1856-1916), British writer and lecturer
>> > Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), British psychologist
>> > Perry Ellis (1940-1986), U.S. fashion designer
>> > Kenward Elmslie (1929- ), U.S. writer and opera librettist*
>> > Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), U.S. philosopher and writer
>> > Enrique IV of Castile (1425-1474), ruler of Castile and Leon
>> > Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Dutch scholar and theologian
>> > Magnus Eriksson (1316-1374), Swedish/Norwegian ruler
>> > Erte (Romain de Tirtoff, 1892-1990), Russian-born designer and artist
>> > Evelien Eshius (1942- ), Dutch politician*
>> > Sergei Esenin (1895-1925), Russian poet
>> > Angel Estrada (1958-1989), Spanish fashion designer living in the U.S.
>> > Eugene, Prince of Savoy (1663-1736), French-Italian-Austrian general
>> > Prince zu Philipp Eulenberg-Hertefeld (1847-1921), German diplomat
>> > Euripides (480-406 B.C.E.), Athenian playwright
>> > Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), British hymn-writer and
>> > theologian
>> > Emily Faithfull (1835-1895), British printer and activist
>> > Manuel de Falla y Mattheu (1876-1946), Spanish composer
>> > Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1946-1982), German film director, actor,
>> > writer
>> > Bernard Faucon (1950- ), French photographer*
>> > Frank Faulkner (1946- ), U.S. painter*
>> > Ellen Thorneycroft Felkin (1860-1929), British novelist
>> > Ferdinand I (1861-1948), Bulgarian ruler
>> > Dominique Fernandez (1929- ), French novelist*
>> > Rainer Fetting (1949- ), German artist*
>> > Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1896-1992), British actress
>> > Hubert Fichte (1935-1986), German writer
>> > Edward Field (1924- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Leonor Fini (b. 1908), Italian painter*
>> > Ronald Firbank (Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank, 1886-1926), British
>> > writer
>> > Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), British writer and scholar
>> > H. Harkness Flagler (1870-1952), U.S. financier and socialite
>> > William Flanagan (1926?-1969), U.S. composer
>> > Janet Flanner ("Genet," 1892-1978), U.S. journalist
>> > Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French writer
>> > James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), British playwright, novelist, and
>> > poet
>> > John Fletcher (1579-1625), British playwright
>> > Wayland Flowers, Jr. (1939-1988), U.S. comedian
>> > Errol Flynn (1909-1959), U.S. actor
>> > Mary Anna Hallock Foote (1847-1938), U.S. illustrator and writer
>> > E.M. (Edward Morgan) Forster (1879-1970), British writer
>> > Stephen Foster (1826-1864), U.S. composer
>> > Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher and scholar
>> > Barney Frank (1940- ), U.S. politician*
>> > Miles Franklin (Stella Maria Miles Lampe Franklin, 1879-1954),
>> > Australian writer
>> > Frederick the Great (1712-1786), Prussian ruler
>> > Olive Fremstad (1871-1951), U.S. opera singer
>> > Nancy Fried (1945- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Donald Friend (1915-1989), Australian artist
>> > Roger Fry (1866-1934), British artist
>> > Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929), U.S. novelist
>> > Loie Fuller (1862-1928), U.S. choreographer and dancer
>> > Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), U.S. journalist and reformer
>> > Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish actress
>> > Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), Spanish writer
>> > Jedd Garet (1955- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Jane Gay (1830-1919), U.S. photographer
>> > Sally Miller Gearhart (1931- ), U.S. activist, writer*
>> > Jean Genet (1910-1986), French writer
>> > George III (1738-1820), British ruler
>> > Stefan George (1868-1933), German poet and translator
>> > Georges II (1890-1947), Greek ruler
>> > Jean-Louis Gericault (1791-1824), French artist
>> > Rudi Gernreich (1922-1985), U.S. fashion designer
>> > George Gershwin (1898-1937), U.S. composer
>> > Andre Gide (1869-1951), French writer
>> > Sir (Arthur) John Gielgud (1904- ), British actor, director*
>> > Gilles de Raiz (1404-1440), French general
>> > Laura Gilpin (1891-1979), U.S. photographer
>> > Allen Ginsberg (1926- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912- ), Australian composer*
>> > Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931), German photographer
>> > Hannah Gluckstein ("Gluck," 1895-1978), British painter
>> > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer and scientist
>> > Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian writer
>> > Emma Goldman (1869-1940), Lithuanian-born U.S. revolutionary,
>> > lecturer, journalist
>> > Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), Polish writer
>> > Jewelle Gomez (1948- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Paul Goodman (1911-1972), U.S. psychologist, writer, reformer
>> > Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), British military hero
>> > Laura de Force Gordon (1838-1907), U.S. journalist, lawyer,
>> > politician, orator, activist
>> > Eva Selina Gore-Booth (1870-1926), Irish poet and social reformer
>> > Edward Gorey (1925- ), U.S. artist and illustrator*
>> > Sir Edmund (William) Gosse (1849-1928), British critic, scholar
>> > Wallace Gould (1882-1940), U.S. novelist
>> > Edmund Goulding (1891-1959), British-born filmmaker
>> > Juan Goytisolo Gay (1931- ), Spanish writer*
>> > Judy Grahn (1940- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Duncan Grant (1885-1978), Scottish painter, decorator, and designer
>> > Morris Graves (1910- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Eileen Gray (Kathleen Eileen Moray Gray, 1878-1976), Irish architect,
>> > designer
>> > Thomas Gray (1716-1771), British poet
>> > Grace Greenwood (Sara Jane Clarke Lippincott, 1823-1904), U.S. writer
>> > Annemarie Grewel (1935- ), Dutch politician and scholar*
>> > Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norwegian composer
>> > Barbara Grier ("Gene Damon," 1933- ), U.S. writer and publisher*
>> > Francis Grierson (Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard, 1848-1927),
>> > English-born
>> > U.S. writer and singer
>> > Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920), U.S. composer
>> > Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian playwright
>> > Angelina Emily Grimke Weld (1805?-1879), U.S. writer, feminist
>> > Doris Grumbach (1918- ), U.S. writer and critic*
>> > Gustav Grundgens (1899-1963), German actor and director
>> > Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666), Italian painter
>> > Daniel Guerin (1904- ), French journalist*
>> > Karoline von Gunderode (1780-1806), German poet
>> > Thom Gunn (1929- ), British poet*
>> > Allan Gurganus (1947- ), U.S. novelist*
>> > Gustavus III (1746-1792), Swedish ruler
>> > Gustavus V (1858-1950), Swedish ruler
>> > Marilyn Hacker (1942- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrian, C.E. 76-138), Roman ruler
>> > Hafiz (Shams ud-Din Mohammed, d. 1389?), Persian poet
>> > Reynaldo Hahn (Reynaldo Hahn Echenagucia, 1875-1947), Venezuelan
>> > composer who lived in France
>> > William Haines (1900-1973), U.S. actor, interior decorator
>> > Ellen Day Hale (1855-1940), U.S. painter
>> > Radclyffe Hall (Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, 1880-1943), British writer
>> > Richard Halliburton (1900-1939), U.S. adventurer, writer
>> > Halston (Roy Halston Frowick, 1932-1990), U.S. fashion designer
>> > Alexander Hamilton (1757?-1804), U.S. politician and political
>> > theorist
>> > Cicely Hamilton (Cecily Mary Hammill, 1875-1952), British actress,
>> > playwright, activist
>> > Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), U.S. classicist
>> > Lady Emma Hamilton (1761?-1815), British mistress of Admiral Nelson
>> > Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961), Swedish diplomat
>> > Barbara Hammer (1939- ), U.S. filmmaker*
>> > Harmony Lynn Hammond (1944- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Christopher Hampton (1946- ), British playwright*
>> > Mabel Hampton (1902-1989), U.S. activist
>> > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German composer
>> > Hannibal (247-182 B.C.E.), Cartagenian military leader
>> > Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), U.S. playwright
>> > Keith Haring (1958-1990), U.S. artist
>> > Frances E.W. Harper (1825-1911), U.S. writer and social reformer
>> > Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928), British scholar and translator
>> > Lou Harrison (1917- ), U.S. composer*
>> > Lorenz Hart (1895-1943), U.S. songwriter
>> > Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), U.S. artist and writer
>> > Viscountess Clementia Hawarden (1822-1865), British photographer
>> > Harry Hay (1912- ), U.S. activist*
>> > Mary Garrett Hay (1857-1928), U.S. suffragist
>> > Gerald Heard (1889-1971), British writer
>> > Heliogabulus (Varius Avitus Bassianus, C.E. 204-222), Roman ruler
>> > Essex Hemphill (1957- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Henry (1726-1802), Prussian prince
>> > Henry III (1551-1589), French ruler
>> > Henry IV of Castile (1425-1472), Castlian ruler
>> > John Hervey (1696-1743), British politician
>> > Robert Smyth Hichens (1864-1950), British novelist
>> > Lorena Hickok (1892-1968), U.S. journalist, writer
>> > Colin Higgins (1941-1988), U.S. filmmaker
>> > Octavia Hill (1838-1917), British social reformer
>> > Kurt Hiller (1885-1972), German writer and social activist born in
>> > Prague
>> > Jon Hinson (1942- ), U.S. politician*
>> > Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), German sociologist
>> > Hannah Hoch (1899-1978), German painter
>> > David Hockney (1937- ), British artist*
>> > Guy Hocquenghem (1946-1988), French writer, filmmaker, activist
>> > Heinrich Hoessli (1784-1864), Swiss-German writer
>> > Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966), U.S. sculptor
>> > William M. Hoffmann (1939- ), U.S. playwright*
>> > Johann Christian Holderlin (1770-1843), German writer
>> > Billie Holiday (1915-1959), U.S. singer
>> > Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim, 1922-1965), U.S. actress
>> > Libby Holman (1906-1971), U.S. actress and entertainer
>> > Winslow Homer (1836-1910), U.S. artist
>> > J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), U.S. criminologist
>> > Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), British poet
>> > Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 B.C.E.), Roman poet
>> > Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989), Russian-born U.S. pianist
>> > Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970), U.S. actor
>> > Harriet (Goodhue) Hosmer (1830-1908), U.S. sculptor
>> > A.E. Housman (1859-1936), British poet, teacher, scholar
>> > Laurence Housman (1865-1959), British illustrator and playwright
>> > Richard Howard (1929- ), U.S. poet, translator, and editor*
>> > Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent (1886-1940), Spanish writer
>> > Nan Hudson (Ann Hope Hudson, 1869-1957), U.S. painter
>> > Rock Hudson (Roy Scherer, 1925-1985), U.S. actor
>> > Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. writer
>> > Peter Hujar (1934-1987), U.S. photographer
>> > Helen Rose Hull (1888-1971), U.S. writer and teacher
>> > Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German scientist, explorer,
>> > and geographer
>> > Alberta Hunter (1895-1984), U.S. singer
>> > David Hutter (1935- ), British painter*
>> > J.K. Huysmans (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans, 1848-1907), French
>> > writer
>> > Gladys Hynes (1888-1958), British painter
>> > Janis Ian (1951- ), U.S. singer and songwriter*
>> > August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814), German playwright
>> > Robert Indiana (1928- ), U.S. artist*
>> > William Inge (1913-1973), U.S. playwright
>> > Edward Irving (1792-1834), British theologian
>> > Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986), U.S. writer born in England
>> > Viacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1947?), Russian writer
>> > Anna Ivanovna (1693-1740), Russian ruler
>> > George Cecil Ives (1867-1950), British writer born in Germany
>> > Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980), Polish writer
>> > Max Jacob (1876-1944), French poet, artist
>> > Harold Jackman (1901-1961), U.S. educator and arts patron
>> > Rebecca Jackson (1795-1871), U.S. religious leader
>> > Tony Jackson (1888-1921), U.S. composer, musician
>> > Naomi Ellington Jacob (1889-1964), British novelist
>> > Jahangir (1569-1627), Hindustani ruler
>> > Hans Henny Jahnn (1894-1959), German novelist and dramatist
>> > James I (1566-1625), British and Scottish ruler
>> > Alice James (1848-1892), U.S. diarist
>> > Henry James (1843-1916), British writer
>> > Anna Brownell Murphy Jameson (1794-1860), Irish writer
>> > Derek Jarman (1942- ), British painter, theatre designer, and
>> > filmmaker*
>> > Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), U.S. writer
>> > Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (1812-1880), British writer
>> > Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912), English doctor and educator
>> > Klara Johanson (1875-1948), Swedish writer and critic*
>> > Elton John (1947- ), British singer*
>> > Gwen John (1876-1939), British painter
>> > John XXII (1249-1334), pope
>> > Jasper Johns (1930- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Frances Benjamin Johnson (1864-1952), U.S. photographer
>> > Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), British journalist, editor
>> > Sonia Johnson (1936- ), U.S. activist*
>> > Janis Joplin (1943-1970), U.S. singer
>> > Marcel Jouhandeau (1888-1979), French writer
>> > Juan II of Castile and Leon (1405-1454), Spanish ruler and literary
>> > patron
>> > Julius III (1487-1555), pope
>> > Philippe Jullian (1919-1977), French artist
>> > Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican painter
>> > Chester Kallman (1921-1975), U.S. poet
>> > Christian Kampmann (1939-1988), Danish novelist
>> > Arnie Kantrowitz (1940- ), writer, teacher, activist*
>> > Ernst Kantorowicz (1895-1963), German-American historian
>> > Dennis Kelly (1943- ), U.S. poet*
>> > George Kelly (1887-1974), U.S. playwright
>> > Fanny Kemble (1809-1893), British actress and writer
>> > William Sloan Kennedy (1850-1929), U.S. writer
>> > Maurice Kenny (1929- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), U.S. writer
>> > Ludwig Andreas Khevenhuller Frankenburg (1683-1744), Austrian military
>> > leader
>> > John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), British economist
>> > Amanullah Khan (ruled 1919-1929), Afghan ruler
>> > Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941?-1981), Russian writer
>> > Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1955), Danish philosopher, theologian
>> > Billie Jean King (1943- ), U.S. athlete, sports commentator*
>> > William Rufus De Vane King (1786-1853), U.S. politician
>> > Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), British general
>> > Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), German writer
>> > Nikolai Kliuev (1887-1937), Russian poet
>> > Anna (Elizabeth) Klumpke (1856-1942), U.S. painter
>> > Dave Kopay (1942- ), U.S. athlete*
>> > Sonya Kovalesky (1850-1891), Russian mathematician
>> > Mikhail Alexandrovich Kovalev ("Riurik Ivnev,"1891-1981), Russian poet
>> > Larry Kramer (1935- ), U.S. writer and activist*
>> > Friedrich Krohnke (1956- ), German writer*
>> > Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854-1902), German industrialist
>> > Elisar von Kupffer ("Elisarion," 1872-1942), German painter, writer,
>> > and philosopher
>> > Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813), Russian military leader
>> > Mikhail Alexeevich Kuz'min (1872-1936), Russian poet and translator
>> > Louise Labe (c. 1524-1566), French poet
>> > Edward Lacey (1938- ), Canadian poet
>> > Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), French soldier and statesman
>> > Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940), Swedish novelist
>> > Lili Lakich (1944- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Lamoriciere (Christophe Louis Leon Juchault de Lamoriciere,
>> > 1806-1865), French military leader
>> > Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), Polish musician and composer
>> > lang, k.d. (Kathy Dawn Lang, 1961- ), Canadian singer*
>> > Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (1948- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Charles Laughton (1899-1962), British actor
>> > Marie Laurencin (1885-1956), French painter
>> > John Laurens (1754-1782), U.S. colonel
>> > Lautreamont (Isidore Lucien Ducasse, Comte de Lautreamont, 1846-1870),
>> > French poet
>> > D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930), British writer
>> > T.E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence (1888-1935), British soldier and scholar
>> > C.W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater (1847-1934), British clergyman and
>> > occultist
>> > Edward Lear (1812-1888), British writer and illustrator
>> > Jan Lechon (1899-1956), Polish writer and critic
>> > Violette Leduc (1907-1972), French writer
>> > Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget, 1856-1935), British writer
>> > Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849-1892), Swedish writer
>> > Ursula Kroeber LeGuin (1929- ), U.S. novelist*
>> > John Lehmann (1907-1987), British publisher, editor, and poet
>> > Frederick Leighton (1830-1896), British painter and sculptor
>> > (James) Mitchell Leisen (1898-1972), U.S. filmmaker
>> > Sergei Iakovlevich Lemeshev (1902- ), Russian opera singer*
>> > Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist, scientist, inventor
>> > Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontiev (1831-1891), Russian novelist and
>> > critic
>> > Raymond Leppard (1927- ), British composer*
>> > Edmonia (Mary) Lewis (1845-1911), U.S. artist
>> > Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), British writer
>> > J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), U.S. illustrator
>> > Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace, 1919-1987), U.S. entertainer
>> > Hans Licht (Paul Brandts, 1875-1929), German classics scholar
>> > Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist
>> > Marvin Liebman (1923- ), U.S. political advisor*
>> > Sergei Lifar (1905-1986), Russian dancer, choreographer
>> > Beatrice Lillie (1898-1989), Canadian-born U.S. actress
>> > Jose Lezama Lima (1910-1976), Cuban novelist and poet
>> > Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet
>> > Herbert List (1903-1975), German photographer
>> > Alain Locke (1886-1954), U.S. philosopher, author
>> > Jack London (1876-1916), U.S. writer
>> > Audre Lorde (1934-1992), U.S. writer
>> > Frances (Norma) Loring (1887-1968), Canadian sculptor
>> > Pierre Loti (Louis Marie Julien Viand, 1850-1923), French writer
>> > Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Conde (1621-1686), French military
>> > leader
>> > Louis XIII (1601-1643), French ruler
>> > Louis XVIII (1755-1824), French ruler
>> > Pierre Louys (Pierre-Felix Louis, 1870-1925), French poet
>> > Amy Lowell (1874-1925), U.S. poet
>> > Ludwig II (1845-1886), Bavarian ruler
>> > Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962), U.S. writer, arts patron
>> > Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Italian-born French composer
>> > Paul Lynde (1926-1982), U.S. actor
>> > George Platt Lynes (1907-1955), U.S. photographer
>> > Phyllis Lyon (1924- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Robert MacBryde (1913-1966), British artist and theatre designer
>> > Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (1853-1903), British general
>> > John Henry MacKay (1864-1933), German poet, novelist, activist
>> > Donald Duart Maclean (1913- ), British spy*
>> > Robert McAlmon (1896-1956), U.S. writer and publisher
>> > Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), U.S. politician
>> > Carson McCullers (1917-1967), U.S. writer
>> > David McDermott (1952- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Sir Hector McDonald (1853-1903), British military leader
>> > Peter McGough (1958- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Ian McKellen (1939- ), British actor*
>> > Rollie McKenna (1918- ), U.S. photographer*
>> > Stuart McKinney (1931- ), U.S. politician*
>> > Claude McKay (Festus Claudius McKay, 1890-1948), U.S. poet, author
>> > Rod McKuen (1933- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Brian McNaught (1948- ), U.S. writer and activist*
>> > John J. McNeill (1925- ), U.S. priest, scholar, writer*
>> > Jackie "Moms" Mabley (Mary Aiken, 1894-1975), U.S. singer, actor
>> > Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman, philosopher
>> > Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese-Spanish admiral, explorer
>> > Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976), German graphic artist
>> > Klaus Mann (1906-1949), German writer and critic
>> > Thomas Mann (1875-1955), German writer
>> > Rosemary Manning ("Sara Davys," 1911-1988), English writer
>> > Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), New Zealand writer
>> > Robert Mapplethorpe (1947-1989), U.S. photographer
>> > Jean Marais (Jean Alfred Villain-Marais, 1913- ), French actor*
>> > Miriam Margoyles (1941- ), British actress*
>> > Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Italian poet, scholar
>> > Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875-1964), U.S. educator
>> > Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), British playwright
>> > Helen Marot (1865-1940), U.S. labor activist
>> > Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953), British poet, translator, and painter
>> > Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis, C.E. 43-104), Roman poet, orator
>> > Del Martin (1921- ), U.S. writer, activist*
>> > Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), British writer and political economist
>> > Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953), U.S. composer
>> > Leonide Massine (1896-1979), Russian dancer and choreographer
>> > Margrethe Mather (c. 1885-1952), U.S. photographer
>> > Johnny Mathis (1925- ), U.S. singer*
>> > Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), U.S. soldier, activist
>> > Johann Mattheson (1681-1764), German organist, singer, and composer
>> > F.O. (Francis Otto) Matthiessen (1902-1950), U.S. teacher, critic
>> > W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), British writer
>> > Armistead Maupin (1944- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), French writer
>> > Constance Louisa Maynard (1849-1935), British educator
>> > Elsa Maxwell (1883-1963), U.S. journalist, socialite
>> > Jules Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661), French statesman
>> > Margaret Mead (1901-1978), U.S. anthropologist
>> > Taylor Mead (1940- ), U.S. poet and actor*
>> > Robert Medley (1905- ), English painter*
>> > Mary Meigs (1917- ), U.S. painter*
>> > Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), Danish opera singer
>> > Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. writer
>> > Elsie De Wolfe Mendl (1865-1950), U.S. interior designer
>> > Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868), French actress and poet
>> > Gian Carlo Menotti (1911- ), U.S. composer*
>> > Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (1672-1729), Russian military leader
>> > and statesman
>> > William Meredith (1919- ), U.S. poet*
>> > James Ingram Merrill (1926- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Stuart Merrill (1863-1915), U.S. poet who wrote in French
>> > Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshchersky (1839-1914), Russian novelist
>> > and publisher
>> > Oliver Messel (1904-1978), British theatre set designer
>> > Charlotte Mary Mew (1869-1928), English poet
>> > Duane Michals (1932- ), U.S. photographer*
>> > Louise Michel (1830-1905), French anarchist
>> > Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italian artist
>> > Jules Michelet (1798-1874), French historian
>> > Harvey Milk (1930-1978), U.S. politician, political activist
>> > Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1915), U.S. poet, playwright
>> > Marilyn Miller (1898-1936), U.S. entertainer
>> > Merle Miller (1919-1986), U.S. writer
>> > Kate Millet (1934- ), U.S. writer, feminist*
>> > Ernest Milton (1890-1974), British playwright
>> > John Milton (1608-1674), British poet, writer
>> > Sal Mineo (1939-1976), U.S. actor
>> > John Francis Minton (1917-1957), British painter and illustrator
>> > Honore Gabriel Rigueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791), French statesman
>> > Yukio Mishima (Kimitake Hiraoka, 1925-1970), Japanese writer
>> > Dmitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), Greek conductor
>> > Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (1622-1673), French playwright
>> > Theodor Ernst Mommsen (1905-1958), German historian
>> > Harold Monro (1879-1932), British poet, editor, bookstore owner,
>> > publisher
>> > Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French writer
>> > Montezuma II (1480-1520), Aztec ruler
>> > Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British general
>> > Henry de Montherlant (1895-1970), French writer
>> > Antony Moorcroft (1960-1989), U.S. fashion designer
>> > Marianne Moore (1887-1972), U.S. poet
>> > Cherrie Moraga (1952- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Henry More (1614-1687), British philosopher and theologian
>> > Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), French artist
>> > Marguerite Moreno (1871-1948), French actress
>> > Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), French artist
>> > Julia Morgan (1872-1957), U.S. architect
>> > Karl Philipp Moritz (1756-1793), German novelist
>> > Mark Morris (1957- ), U.S. dancer and choreographer*
>> > Thomas Bird Mosher (1852-1923), U.S. publisher
>> > Johannes von Muller (1752-1809), Swiss historian
>> > Marc-Antoine Muret (1526-1585), French philologist and scholar
>> > Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe Murnau (1889-1931), German film director
>> > Robert Musil (1880-1942), Austrian writer
>> > Benjamin Francis Musser (1889-1951), U.S. poet
>> > Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), composer
>> > al-Mu'tamid (1069-1095), Spanish ruler
>> > Mwanga (1866?-1903), Bugandan ruler
>> > F.W.H. Myers (Frederic William Henry Myers, 1843-1901), British poet
>> > and literary critic
>> > Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973), U.S. pacifist and writer
>> > Yevdokia Appolonovna Nagrodskaya (1866-1930), Russian writer
>> > Yves Navarre (1940- ), French novelist*
>> > Martina Navratilova (1956- ), U.S. athlete*
>> > Alla Nazimova (1879-1945), Russian actress
>> > Nero (12-41), Roman ruler
>> > Nerva (C.E. 30?-98), Roman ruler
>> > Joan Nestle (1940- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Theodor Antoine, Baron de Neuhof (1694-1756), German adventurer
>> > John Henry (Cardinal) Newman (1801-1890), British priest, scholar
>> > Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British scientist
>> > Sir Harold Nicolson (1886-1968), British diplomat, gardener,
>> > publisher, writer
>> > Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), British nurse and reformer
>> > Vaslav Fomitch Nijinski (1890?-1950), Russian dancer
>> > Alexei Nikolaevich (1840-1893), Russian poet
>> > Anais Nin (1903-1977), U.S. writer
>> > Simon Nkoli (1959- ), South African activist*
>> > Harold Norse (1916- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Ramon Novarro (Ramon Samaniegos, 1899-1968), Mexican-American actor
>> > Ivor Novello (1893-1951), British actor, playwright, songwriter
>> > Richard Bruce Nugent (1906- ), U.S. writer and artist*
>> > Rudolf Nureyev (1938- ), Russian dancer*
>> > Violet Oakley (1874-1961), U.S. painter and illustrator
>> > Frank O'Hara (1926-1946), U.S. poet, critic
>> > Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), U.S. painter
>> > Seiko Okuhara (1837-1913), Japanese poet
>> > Erwin Olaf (Erwin Olaf Springveld, 1959- ), Dutch photographer
>> > Leonora O'Reilly (1870-1977), U.S. labor activist
>> > Joe Orton (John Kingsley Orton, 1933-1967), British playwright
>> > Miguel Angel Osirio [Benitez] ("Porfirio Barba Jacob" and "Ricardo
>> > Arenales," 1883-1942), Columbian poet
>> > Otto I (C.E. 912-973), Roman ruler
>> > Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 B.C.E.-C.E. 18), Roman poet
>> > Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), British poet
>> > Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958), British lawyer, writer,
>> > activist
>> > Sophia Iakovlevna Parnok ("Andrei Polianin," 1885-1933), Russian poet,
>> > translator
>> > Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), Italian film director
>> > Walter Pater (1839-1894), British writer and critic
>> > Robert Patrick (1937- ), U.S. playwright*
>> > Paul VI (1897-1978), pope
>> > Ross Paxton (1931- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Elizabeth Peabody (1804-1894), U.S. educator, feminist
>> > Louise Pearce (1885-1959), U.S. medical researcher
>> > Peter Pears (1910-1986), British singer
>> > James Mills Peirce (1834-1906), U.S. mathematician
>> > Sandro Penna (1906-1977), Italian poet and prose writer
>> > Richard W. Penniman ("Little Richard," 1937- ), U.S. singer,
>> > songwriter, pianist*
>> > Darcy Penteado (1926- ), Brazilian writer*
>> > Roger Peyrefitte (1907- ), French writer*
>> > Esme Percy (1887-1957), British actor
>> > Antonio Perez (1540-1611), Spanish writer and politician
>> > Thomas Sergeant Perry (1845-1928), U.S. writer
>> > Troy Perry (1940- ), U.S. minister, activist*
>> > Stan Persky (1941- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), Portuguese poet
>> > Peter I (Peter the Great, 1672-1725), Russian tsar
>> > Robert Peters (1924- ), U.S. poet, critic, and teacher*
>> > Kuz'ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939), Russian artist
>> > Phidias (500-432 B.C.E.), Athenian sculptor
>> > Philip II (382-336 B.C.E.), Macedonian ruler
>> > Philip, Duc d'Orleans (1640-1701), French aristocrat
>> > Gerard Philipe (1922-1959), French actor
>> > Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937), British painter
>> > Pablo Picasso (1881- 1973), Spanish painter and sculptor
>> > Pindar (522?-443 B.C.E.), Theban poet
>> > Jody Pinto (1942- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Pius XII (1876-1958), pope, theologian
>> > Count August von Platen-Hallermunde (August, Graf von
>> > Platen-Hallermunde, 1796-1835), German poet and playwright
>> > Plato (427-347 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher
>> > Plautus (died about 184 B.C.E.), Latin playwright
>> > William (Charles Franklyn) Plomer (1903-1973), South African writer
>> > Demetrius I. Poliorcetes (336-283 B.C.E.), Macedonian ruler
>> > Politian (Angelo Ambrogini, 1454-1494), Italian poet and humanist
>> > Sarah Ponsonby ("Lady of Llangollen," 1754 or 1755-1831), Irish
>> > recluse
>> > Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet
>> > James Pope-Hennessy (1906-1916), British editor and author
>> > Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), Italian composer
>> > Cole Porter (1891-1964), U.S. songwriter
>> > Jill Posner (1953- ), British photographer*
>> > Liane de Pougy (Anne Marie de Chassaigne, 1869-1950), French princess,
>> > writer
>> > Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), French composer
>> > John Powell (1892-1963), U.S. composer and writer
>> > Tyrone Power (1914-1958), U.S. actor
>> > Minnie Bruce Pratt (1946- ), U.S. teacher and poet*
>> > Rosa von Praunheim (Holger Mischwitzky, 1942- ), German filmmaker*
>> > Edwards Reynolds Price (1933- ), U.S. novelist*
>> > Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989), U.S. novelist
>> > Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French philosopher and reformer
>> > Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French writer
>> > Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Russian explorer and
>> > naturalist
>> > Ptolemy IV ("Philopater," 222-205 B.C.E.), ancient Greek ruler
>> > Ptolemy VI ("Philometor," 181-146 B.C.E.), ancient Greek ruler
>> > Henry Pu Yi (Hsuan T'ung, 1906-1967), Chinese ruler
>> > Manuel Puig (1932-1990), Argentine writer
>> > Raymond Radiguet (1903-1923), French writer
>> > "Ma" Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, 1886-1939), U.S.
>> > singer
>> > Rama IV (1881-1925), Siamese ruler
>> > Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), U.S. actress, writer, scholar
>> > Antonio Ranieri (1806-1888), Italian writer, historian
>> > Raphael (Raphael Santi, 1483-1520), Italian artist
>> > Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946), British activist, politician, writer
>> > Terrence Rattigan (1911-1977), British playwright
>> > Raucourt (Francoise Marie Antoinette Joseph Saucerotte, 1756-1815),
>> > French actress
>> > Robert Rauschenburg (1925- ), U.S. artist
>> > Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), French composer
>> > Johnnie Ray (1927-1990), U.S. singer
>> > Mary Read (d.1720), British pirate
>> > Jeanne Recamier (1777-1849), French arts patron
>> > John Rechy (1934- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), British actor
>> > Alfred Redl (1864-1913), Austro-Hungarian soldier and diplomat
>> > John Reed (1887-1920), U.S. journalist, revolutionary
>> > Forrest Reid (1875-1947), Irish novelist
>> > Mary Renault (Mary Challans, 1905-1983), British novelist
>> > Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British statesman, capitalist
>> > Vicountess Rhonnda (Margaret Haig Thomas Mackworth, 1883-1958),
>> > British businesswoman, political journalist, editor, and activist
>> > Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), British editor and writer
>> > Wallace Rice (Wallace de Groot Cecil Rice, 1859-1939), U.S. poet
>> > Adrienne Rich (1929- ), U.S. poet, critic*
>> > Richard I ("The Lion Heart," 1157-1199), British ruler
>> > Richard II (1367-1400), British ruler
>> > Charles Ricketts (Charles de Sousy Ricketts, 1866-1931), Swiss-born
>> > British artist
>> > and art collector
>> > Sviatoslav Teofilovich Rikhter (1915- ), Russian pianist*
>> > James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), U.S. poet
>> > Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Austrian poet
>> > Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), French poet
>> > N.A. Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908), Russian composer
>> > Larry Rivers (1923- ), U.S. painter and sculptor*
>> > Ethel F.L.R. Robertson ("Henry Handel Richardson," 1870-1946),
>> > Australian novelist
>> > Paul Robeson (1898-1976), U.S. singer, actor, political activist
>> > Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary
>> > Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952), U.S. actress, playwright, novelist
>> > Mabel Louise Robinson (1882?-1962), U.S. writer and teacher
>> > Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), French artist
>> > Eduoard Herbert Roditi (1910- ), French-born U.S. writer*
>> > Ernst Rohm (1887-1934), German Nazi leader
>> > Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), U.S. diplomat and reformer
>> > Ned Rorem (1923- ), U.S. composer, writer, critic*
>> > Paul Rosenfels (1909-1985), U.S. therapist and writer
>> > Martin Ross (pseud. Violet Florence Martin, 1862-1915), Irish novelist
>> > Maurice Rostand (1891-1968), French poet, dramatist
>> > Raymond Roussel (1877-1933), French writer
>> > Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (1856-1919), Russian writer and social
>> > critic
>> > Rudolf II (1552-1612), German-Bohemian-Hungarian ruler
>> > Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), U.S. poet
>> > Jane Rule (1931- ), Canadian writer*
>> > Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), North American-born
>> > British scientist
>> > Rumi (Jelal al-Din, 1207-1273), Persian poet and mystic
>> > Vito Russo (1946-1990), U.S. film critic, film historian, and activist
>> > Bayard Rustin (1910-1987), U.S. political activist
>> > Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian writer
>> > Maurice Sachs (1906-1945), French writer
>> > Vita Sackville-West (Victoria Mary Sackville-West, 1892-1962), British
>> > writer
>> > Sadi (1184-1291), Persian writer
>> > Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), French composer
>> > Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916), British writer
>> > Saladin (1138-1193), Egyptian-Syrian soldier and ruler
>> > Adolfo Salazar (1890-1958), Spanish music critic and historian
>> > Pedro Salinas (Pedro Salinas y Serrano, 1892-1951), Spanish poet
>> > Salome (1954- ), German painter*
>> > Edgar Saltus (1855-1921), U.S. novelist
>> > Lucas Samaras (1936- ), U.S. artist*
>> > George Sand (Aurore Dupin, 1803-1876), French writer
>> > Ethel Sands (1873-1962), U.S.-born painter and arts patron
>> > George Santayana (1863-1952), U.S. philosopher
>> > Vassily Sapelnikov (1868-1941), Russian pianist and composer
>> > Sappho (6th century B.C.E.), Greek poet
>> > John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), U.S. painter
>> > May Sarton (1912-1995), U.S. writer
>> > Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet
>> > Charles Edward Sayle (1864-1924), British bibliographer, editor, and
>> > poet
>> > Thomas Schippers (1930- ), U.S. conductor
>> > John Schlesinger (1926- ), British filmmaker*
>> > Maria Schneider (1952- ), Belgian actress*
>> > Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher
>> > Franz Schubert (1797-1828), German composer
>> > James Schuyler (1923- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871), German artist
>> > Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954), U.S. teacher and social reformer
>> > Michael Servetus (1511-1553), Spanish physician, theologian
>> > Louis Settembrini (1813-1876), Italian writer and patriot
>> > Marie de Sevigne (1626-1696), French writer
>> > Anne Seward (1747-1809), British poet
>> > William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British playwright, poet, actor
>> > Charles Hazelwood Shannon (1863-1937), British artist and art
>> > collector
>> > Ted Shawn (1891-1972), U.S. dancer and choreographer
>> > Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), British poet
>> > Antony Sher (1949- ), British actor born in South Africa*
>> > Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet
>> > Aguinaldo Silva (Aguinaldo Ferreira da Silva, 1944- ), Brazilian
>> > writer*
>> > Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), Sikh ruler
>> > Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943), U.S.-born arts patron and
>> > philanthropist
>> > Renee Sintenis (1888-1965), German sculptor
>> > Clara Sipprell (1885- 1975), U.S. photographer
>> > Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), British poet
>> > Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1964), British writer
>> > Sixtus IV (1414-1484), pope
>> > Aleksander Nikolayevich Skriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer
>> > Bessie Smith (1894-1937), U.S. singer
>> > Jerry Smith (1943-1986), U.S. athlete
>> > Willi Smith (1948-1987), U.S. fashion designer
>> > Dame Ethyl Smyth (1858-1944), British composer
>> > Hannah Snell (1723-1792), British soldier
>> > Socrates (469?-339 B.C.E.), Athenian philosopher
>> > Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), British artist
>> > Edith Somerville (1858-1949), Irish novelist
>> > Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939), Russian painter and graphic
>> > artist
>> > Sophocles (496?-406 B.C.E.), Athenian dramatist and soldier
>> > James Spada (1950- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Nancy Spain (Nancy Brooker Spain, 1917-1964), British writer and TV
>> > personality
>> > Allan Spear, U.S. politician*
>> > Stephen Spender (1909- ), British poet and critic*
>> > Martin Sperr (1815-1882), German writer*
>> > Jack Spicer (John Lester, 1925-1965), U.S. writer
>> > Madame de Stael (1766-1817), French writer
>> > Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839), British adventurer
>> > Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940), U.S. social reformer
>> > Emma Stebbins (1815-1882), U.S. sculptor
>> > Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), U.S.-born writer and arts patron
>> > Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860-1895), Russian-born writer living
>> > in England
>> > Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944), U.S. painter
>> > Baron Friedrich von Steuben (1730-1794), Prussian-born U.S. general
>> > Edward Iraneus Prime Stevenson ("Xavier Mayne," 1868-1942), U.S.
>> > novelist and scholar
>> > Samuel Steward ("Phil Andros," 1909- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Lucy Stone (1818-1893), U.S. reformer, feminist
>> > Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955), British historian and colonial
>> > administrator
>> > Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), British writer, critic
>> > Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Russian-born composer
>> > Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), U.S. musician
>> > August Strindberg (1849-1912), Swedish writer
>> > Gerry E. Studds (1937- ), U.S. politician*
>> > Pierre Andre de Suffren de Saint-Tropez (1729-1788), French military
>> > leader
>> > Suleiman I (1494-1566), Turkish sultan
>> > Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), British composer
>> > Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), U.S. psychologist
>> > Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924), U.S. architect
>> > May Swenson (1913-1989), U.S. poet
>> > Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), British poet
>> > Sylvester (Sylvester James, 1942-1988), U.S. singer, musician
>> > John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), British writer and critic
>> > Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Polish composer and novelist born in
>> > the Ukraine
>> > Mutsuo Takahashi (1937- ), Japanese poet*
>> > Carla Tardi (1948- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), Italian poet
>> > Ronald Tavel (1940- ), U.S. playwright*
>> > Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), U.S. writer and diplomat
>> > Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
>> > Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957), Russian-born U.S. artist, designer
>> > Sara Teasdale (1884-1933), U.S. poet
>> > Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), German composer
>> > Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), British poet
>> > Octave Thanet (pseudonym of Alice French, 1850-1934), U.S. novelist
>> > Theocritus (c. 301 - c. 260, B.C.E.), Greek philologist and poet
>> > Theognis (flourished c. 544-541 B.C.E.), Greek poet
>> > Ernest Thesiger (1879-1961), British actor
>> > Edna Lewis Thomas (1886-1974), U.S. actress
>> > Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935), U.S. educator
>> > Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961), U.S. journalist
>> > Karen Thompson (1947- ), U.S. activist*
>> > Virgil Thompson (1896-1989), U.S. composer and music critic
>> > Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), U.S. writer
>> > Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934), U.S. editor, novelist
>> > Tiberius (42 B.C.E.-37 C.E.), Roman ruler
>> > Albius Tibullus (55-19 B.C.E.), Roman poet
>> > Bill Tilden (1893-1953), U.S. athlete
>> > Mark Tobey (1890-1976), U.S. artist
>> > Alice B. Toklas (1880-1967), U.S. writer
>> > Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604-1651), Japanese military leader
>> > Tsunayoshi Tokugawa (1646-1709), Japanese military leader
>> > George Tooker (1920- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Michel Tournier (1924- ), French writer*
>> > Raymond Toussel (1877-1933), French poet, novelist, playwright
>> > Prescott Townsend (1894-1973), U.S. activist
>> > Peter Townshend (1945- ), British composer, musician, writer*
>> > Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, C.E. 53?-117), Roman ruler
>> > Pierre Yves Tremois (1920- ), French artist*
>> > Arthur Tress (1940- ), U.S. photographer*
>> > Lady Una Troubridge (1887-1963), British writer, singer, sculptor
>> > Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), Russian poet
>> > Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), British painter
>> > Alan Turing (1912-1954), British mathematician
>> > Cy Twombly (1928- ), U.S. artist
>> > Parker Tyler (1907-1974), U.S. writer
>> > Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron Berners (1883-1950), British composer
>> > Karl H. Ulrichs (1825-1895), German lawyer, sociologist, reformer
>> > Umberto II (1904-1983), Italian ruler
>> > Valentian III (C.E. 419-455), Roman ruler
>> > Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), Italian-American actor
>> > Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565), Florentine writer and historian
>> > Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), U.S. writer, photographer
>> > Elihu Vedder (1836-1923), U.S. painter and illustrator
>> > Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Italian composer
>> > Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), French poet
>> > Jules Verne (1828-1905), French writer
>> > Felicja Vestfali (Felicja Westfalowicz, 1824-1880), Polish opera
>> > singer
>> > Theophile de Viau (1590-1629), French poet
>> > Gore Vidal (1925- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Jean Vigo (1905-1934), French filmmaker
>> > Duke Claude de Villars (1653-1734), French general
>> > Ricardo Vines (1875-1943), Spanish pianist and composer
>> > Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 B.C.-C.E. 19), Roman poet
>> > Luchino Visconti (1906-1976), Italian filmmaker
>> > Rene Viviani (1863-1925), French statesman
>> > Renee Vivien (Pauline Mary Tarn, 1877-1909), French writer born in
>> > England
>> > Bruno Vogel (1895-1987), German writer
>> > Tom Waddell (1937-1987), U.S. physician, athlete
>> > Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer
>> > Claire Waldoff (1884-1957), German singer
>> > Ethel Walker (1861-1951), British painter
>> > Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), U.S. physician and reformer
>> > Hugh Walpole (1884-1941), British writer
>> > Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, II, 1928-1987), U.S. artist and filmmaker
>> > Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), English writer
>> > Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928), U.S. art connoisseur and poet
>> > Ethel Waters (1900-1977), U.S. singer
>> > Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), British writer
>> > Bruce Webber (1951- ), U.S. photographer*
>> > Anna Elisabet Weirauch (1887-1970), German writer
>> > Denton Welch (Maurice Denton Welch, 1915-1948), British writer
>> > (Benjamin) Sumner Welles (1892-1961), U.S. statesman
>> > Glenway Wescott (1901-1987), U.S. writer
>> > Edward Westermarck (1862-1939), Finnish anthropologist
>> > James Whale (1896-1957), U.S. filmmaker
>> > Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918), U.S. educator and diplomat
>> > Minor Martin White (1908-1976), U.S. photographer
>> > Patrick White (1912-1990), Australian writer
>> > Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet
>> > John Wieners (1934- ), U.S. poet*
>> > Oscar Wilde (1856-1900), Irish writer
>> > Thronton Wilder (1897-1975), U.S. writer
>> > Gale Wilhelm (1908-1991), U.S. novelist*
>> > Frances E. Willard (1839-1898), U.S. reformer
>> > William II (1056-1100), English ruler
>> > William III (1650-1702), English and Dutch ruler
>> > George Emlyn Williams (1905-1987), British actor, playwright, and
>> > theatre director
>> > Jonathan Williams (1929- ), U.S. poet and teacher*
>> > Tennessee Williams (1911-1985), U.S. playwright
>> > Val Wilmer (1944- ), British photographer and writer*
>> > John Wilmot (Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680), British poet
>> > Millie Wilson (1948- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Fran Winant (1943- ), U.S. artist*
>> > Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), German archeologist
>> > Donald Windham (1920- ), U.S. writer*
>> > Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973), U.S. pacifist and political
>> > activist
>> > Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian philosopher
>> > Monique Wittig (1935- ), French novelist*
>> > David Wojnarowicz (1955-1992), U.S. writer and artist
>> > Charlotte Wolff (1897-1986), Polish-born English psychiatrist and
>> > scholar
>> > Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), British writer
>> > Thelma Wood (1901-1970), U.S. sculptor
>> > George Edward Woodberry (1855-1930), U.S. poet
>> > Mary Emma Wooley (1863-1947), U.S. educator
>> > Monty Wooley (1888-1963), U.S. teacher and actor
>> > Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), British writer
>> > Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943), U.S. journalist and critic
>> > Florence Wyle (1881-1968), Canadian sculptor
>> > I.A.R. Wylie (Ida Alexa Ross Wylie, 1885-1959), Australian novelist
>> > Tomiko Yamakawa (1879-1909), Japanese writer
>> > Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), Japanese poet
>> > Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), U.S. songwriter
>> > Stark Young (1881-1963), U.S. writer and educator
>> > Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987), French writer, critic, scholar
>> > Mei Yuan (1716-1798), Chinese poet
>> > Yury Alexandrovich Zavadsky (1894-1977), Russian actor and director
>> > Franco Zeffirelli (1924- ), Italian filmmaker and theatre set
>> > designer*
>> > Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866-1907), Russian novelist
>> > Zeno (336-264 B.C.E.), Greek philosopher
>> > Count Graf von Zinzendorf (Nicolaus Ludwig, 1700-1760), German
>> > theologian and poet
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