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  • Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
    Apr 22, 1899 – Jul 2, 1977
    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков; 23 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to...
  • Willie Nelson
    1933 –
  • David Niven
    1910 – 1983
  • Trevor Noah
    Feb 20, 1984 –
    Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television host, writer, producer, political commentator, and actor.
  • Flann O'Brien
    Oct 5, 1911 – Apr 1, 1966
    Brian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist and satirist, best known for his novels At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman written under the nom de plume Flann O'Brien. He also wrote the novel An Béal Bocht as well as many satirical columns in the Irish T...
  • Tim O'Brien
    Oct 1, 1946 –
    William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He is best known for his book *The Things They Carried* (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010...
  • George Orwell
    Jun 25, 1903 – Jan 21, 1950
    George Orwell, originally born as Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion...
  • Sylvia Plath
    Oct 27, 1932 – Feb 11, 1963
    Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932 and educated at Smith College and Newham College, Cambridge. There she met the poet Ted Hughs, whom she m...
  • Terry Pratchett
    Apr 28, 1948 – Mar 12, 2015
    Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy nov...