List of diarists

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This is an international list of diarists who have Wikipedia pages and whose journals have been published.

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Last name[a] Wikipedia articleLife spanBirth[b]Death[c]Notes
AbboudLayal Abboud1982–1982Lebanese singer and dancer
AbdullahuRreze Abdullahu1990–1990Kosovo Albanian writer
Abutsu-niAbutsu-ni1222–128312221283Japanese nun and poet
AckerleyJ. R. Ackerley1896–196718961967Joe Randolph Ackerley, English literary editor and biographer
AckermannLouise-Victorine Ackermann1813–189018131890French writer and philosopher
AclandLady Harriet Acland1750–181517501815English noblewoman and nurse
AdamsJohn Adams1735–1826173518262nd President of the United States, statesman and diplomat
AdamsJohn Quincy Adams1767–1848176718486th President of the United States, statesman and diplomat
AdamsonCatherine Adamson1868–192518681925New Zealand homemaker
AdercaFelix Aderca1891–196218911962Romanian novelist, playwright and poet
AgateJames Agate1877–194718771947English writer and critic
al-RadiNuha al-Radi1941–200419412004Iraqi potter and painter
al-WindawiThura al-Windawi1983–1983Iraqi pharmacologist and political commentator
AlcottLouisa May Alcott1832–188818321888American novelist
AllinghamWilliam Allingham1824–188918241889Irish poet
AmbroseIsaac Ambrose1604–166416041664English Puritan
AmielHenri-Frédéric Amiel1821–188118211881Swiss philosopher, poet and critic
AndræHansine Andræ1817–189818171898Danish feminist
ApollinaireGuillaume Apollinaire1880–191818801918French writer
ArbuthnotHarriet Arbuthnot1793–183417931834English associate of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arishima TakeoTakeo Arishima1878–192318781923Japanese novelist
ArtaudAntonin Artaud1896–194818961948French writer and critic
AsquithLady Cynthia Asquith1887–196018871960English writer
AubertElise Aubert1837–190918371909Norwegian fiction and non-fiction writer
Aya KitōAya Kitō1962–198819621988Japanese sufferer from spinocerebellar ataxia
AytonCharles John Ayton1846–192218461922New Zealand gold miner and rabbiter
BadinGustav Badin1747–182217471822Swedish court servant
BakerElizabeth Baker1720–179717201797English secretary and geologist
BalfourDavid Paton Balfour1841–189418411894New Zealand sheep farmer and roading supervisor
BallardMartha Ballard1735–181217351812American midwife and healer
BamfordSamuel Bamford1788–187217881872English dialect poet and dialect theorist
BanușMaria Banuș1914–199919141999Romanian poet and essayist
BanzetSara Banzet1745–177417451774French educator
BarangaAurel Baranga1913–197919131979Romanian playwright and poet
BarbellionW. N. P. Barbellion1889–191918891919Pseudonym of Bruce Frederick Cummings, English naturalist, essayist & & writer
BarkerMary Anne Barker1831–191118311911Jamaican-born Australian writer
BarwickArchie Barwick1890–196618901966Australian farmer and soldier
BasheerVaikom Muhammad Basheer1908–199419081994Indian independence activist and writer
BashkirtseffMarie Bashkirtseff1858–188418581884Ukrainian painter and sculptor (in French)
BasonFred Bason1907–197319071973English bookseller, broadcaster and writer
BassFranta Bass1930–194419301944Jewish Czech child poet, Holocaust victim
BaxterAnnie Maria Baxter1816–190518161905English-born Australian housewife
BeardPeter Hill Beard1938–1938American photographer in Africa
BeatonCecil Beaton1904–198019041980English fashion, portrait and war photographer
Ben no NaishiBen no Naishi1220–127012201270Japanese court lady and poet
BenedictRuth Benedict1887–194818871948American anthropologist
BennTony Benn1925–201419252014English politician
BennettAlan Bennett1934–1934English writer and playwright
BennettArnold Bennett1867–193118671931English novelist
BensonA. C. Benson1862–192518621925Arthur Christopher Benson, English academic, biographer and poet
BerendesMärta Berendes1639–171716391717Swedish mistress of the robes
BergholzOlga Bergholz1910–197519101975Soviet poet and playwright
BergouniouxPierre Bergounioux1949–1949French writer
BerrHélène Berr1921–194519211945French writer on Nazi occupation of Paris
BestallAlfred Bestall1892–198618921986English illustrator, best known for Rupert Bear stories
BethamMary Matilda Betham1776–185217761852English poet, woman of letters and miniature portrait painter.
BilbroughEthel Bilbrough1868–195118681951English First World War diarist and artist
BloyLéon Bloy1846–191718461917French novelist, poet and pamphleteer
BlundellNicholas Blundell1669–173716691737English squire
BluntWilfrid Scawen Blunt1840–192218401922English poet and writer
BodichonBarbara Bodichon1827–189118271891English educationalist, feminist and traveller
BollingerGeorge Wallace Bollinger1890–191718901917New Zealand soldier
Bonham CarterViolet Bonham Carter1887–196918871969English politician, daughter of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
BontempiTeresina Bontempi1883–196818831968Swiss political activist
BoothStanley Booth1942–1942American music journalist
BoruwłaskiJózef Boruwłaski1739–183717391837Polish dwarf musician
BoswellJames Boswell1740–179517401795Scottish chronicler of Samuel Johnson
BoyleJimmy Boyle1944–1944Scottish gangster, sculptor and novelist
BräkerUlrich Bräker1735–179817351798Swiss autodidact and writer
BrandrethGyles Brandreth1948–1948English writer and politician
BrantAlice Dayrell Caldeira Brant1880–197018801970Brazilian teenage diarist
BrechtBertolt Brecht1898–195618981956German playwright, poet and politician
BreenPatrick Breen1795–186817951868American member of The Donner Party
BremerArthur Bremer1950–1950American attempted assassin of George Wallace
BreretonSir William Brereton1604–1661160416611st Baronet Brereton, English politician and Roundhead military commander
BrittainVera Brittain1893–197018931970English author and feminist
BrittenBenjamin Britten1913–197619131976English composer
BrownFord Madox Brown1821–189318211893French-born English painter
BruceDavid Bruce1898–197718981977American ambassador
BrycesonNathaniel Bryceson1826–191118261911English clerk
BrynThomas Bryn1782–182717821827Norwegian jurist and civil servant
BucuțaEmanoil Bucuța1887–194618871946Romanian novelist, critic and poet
BujnickiKazimierz Bujnicki1788–187817881878Polish writer
BullDeborah Bull1963–1963English ballet dancer and writer
BullardReader Bullard1885–197618851976English diplomat
BuninIvan Bunin1870–195318701953Russian/Soviet novelist
BurneyFanny Burney1752–184017521840English novelist, playwright and biographer
BurtonRichard Burton1925–198419251984Welsh actor
BuryElizabeth Bury1644–172016441720English nonconformist
ButlerEleanor Charlotte Butler1739–182917391829One of the once controversial Ladies of Llangollen
ButtsMary Butts1890–193718901937English writer
ByrdWilliam Byrd II1674–174416741744Colonial American diarist
ByronLord Byron1788–182417881824English poet and traveler
CabotMeg Cabot1967–1967American YA author
CadoganAlexander Cadogan1884–196818841968English diplomat and civil servant
CalaferteLouis Calaferte1928–199419281994French novelist and essayist
CălinescuMatei Călinescu1934–200919342009Romanian critic and professor
CampbellAlastair Campbell1957–1957Anglo-Scottish journalist, broadcaster and author
CampbellThomas Campbell1733–179517331795Irish Protestant minister and travel writer
CamprubíZenobia Camprubí1887–195618871956Spanish Civil War seen from Cuba
CamusAlbert Camus1913–196019131960Algerian-born French writer and philosopher
CarrEmily Carr1871–194518711945Canadian artist
CarringtonDora Carrington1893–193218931932English painter
CarrollJim Carroll1949–200919492009American author, poet and musician
CarrollLewis Carroll1832–189818321898Pseudonym of Charles L. Dodgson, English writer and mathematician
CasaresAdolfo Bioy Casares1914–199919141999Argentine fiction writer and collaborator with Jorge Luis Borges
CaseyRichard Casey1890–197618901976Baron Casey, Australian statesman and ambassador
CassabJudy Cassab1920–201519202015Australian artist
CastilloAbelardo Castillo1935–201719352017Argentine novelist and essayist
CastleBarbara Castle1910–200219102002English politician
CaugheyCatherine Caughey1923–200819232008Kenyan-born New Zealand code breaker and occupational therapist
CaverhillHannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill1834–189718341897New Zealand homemaker
ChannonHenry Channon1897–195818971958Anglo-American politician and author
ChaszczewackiMiriam Chaszczewacki1924–194219241942Polish Jewish Holocaust victim
CheeverJohn Cheever1912–198219121982American novelist
ChennaultClaire Lee Chennault1890–195818901958American World War II General, head of the Flying Tigers
ChesnutMary Boykin Chesnut1823–188618231886American who described life in South Carolina in the American Civil War
Choe BuChoe Bu1454–150414541504Korean official and traveler
ChristieJohan Koren Christie1909–199519091995Norwegian air-force major general
CianoGaleazzo Ciano1903–194419031944Mussolini's Italian foreign minister
CibulkaHanns Cibulka1920–200419202004German Bohemian poet
CioranEmil Cioran1911–199519111995Romanian writer and philosopher
ClarkAlan Clark1928–199919281999English politician and historian
ClarkAndrew Clark1856–192218561922Scottish diarist and cleric
ClarkOssie Clark1942–199619421996English fashion designer
ClarkRalph Clark1755–179417551794Scottish naval officer
CliffordLady Anne Clifford1590–167615901676English literary patron and correspondent
CobainKurt Cobain1967–199419671994American rock musician, Nirvana’s lead singer
CockburnHenry Cockburn1779–185417791854Lord Cockburn, Scottish judge and writer
CocksRichard Cocks1566–162415661624English head of trading post in Japan
CocteauJean Cocteau1889–196318891963French writer and filmmaker
CoeyJohn Alan Coey1950–197519501975American soldier with the Rhodesian army
CokeMary Coke1727–181117271811English diarist and correspondent
ColeWilliam Cole1714–178217141782English Anglican cleric and antiquary
CollisMaurice Collis1889–197318891973Irish administrator in Burma and writer
ColumbusChristopher Columbus1451–150614511506Cristoforo Colombo, Italian explorer and colonizer
ColvilleJock Colville1915–198719151987English civil servant
CondictJemima Condict1754–177917541779American child diarist
CongarYves Congar1904–199519041995French Dominican friar and theologian
ConingsbyThomas Coningsby1550–162515501625English soldier and member of parliament
ConstantBenjamin Constant1767–183017671830French writer, philosopher and politician
CooperEthel Cooper1871–196118711961Australian musician and First World War German detainee
CoppolaEleanor Coppola1936–1936American filmmaker and writer
CorrieRachel Corrie1979–200319792003American activist
CoryWilliam Johnson Cory1823–189218231892English schoolmaster and scholar
CostantiniCelso Benigno Luigi Costantini1876–195818761958Vatican cardinal and Apostolic Chancellor
CowardNoël Coward1899–197318991973English playwright and composer
CowperMary Cowper1685–172416851724English courtier
CoxJames Cox1846–192518461925New Zealand swagman
CoyetPeter Julius Coyet1618–166716181667Swedish envoy to England
CreeveyThomas Creevey1768–183817681838English politician
CresswellNicholas Cresswell1750–180417501804English settler in the American colonies
CristeaNicolae Cristea1834–190218341902Romanian priest and political activist
CrokerJohn Wilson Croker1780–185717801857Irish-born politician
CromptonSusan Mary Crompton1846–193218461932Australian social welfare reformer
CronmanFritz Cronman1640–168016401680Swedish diplomat
CrossmanRichard Crossman1907–197419071974English politician and writer
CrowleyAleister Crowley1875–194718751947English occultist and poet
CullwickHannah Cullwick1833–190918331909English domestic servant and lodging-house keeper
CurieMarie Curie1867–193418671934Polish physicist and chemist
CurversAlexis Curvers1906–199219061992Belgian writer
Czarkowski-GolejewskiCyryl Czarkowski-Golejewski1885–194018851940Polish landowner and Katyn massacre victim
CzartoryskaKlementyna Czartoryska1780–185217801852Polish noblewoman
CzerniakówAdam Czerniaków1880–194218801942Polish head of the Warsaw Ghetto’s Judenrat and Holocaust victim
d'EwesSimonds d'Ewes1602–165016021650English antiquary and politician
DaaeLudvig Daae1829–189318291893Norwegian jurist and politician
DabitEugène Dabit1898–193618981936French writer
DąbrowskaMaria Dąbrowska1889–196518891965Polish novelist and playwright
DacostaLuísa Dacosta1927–201519272015Portuguese fiction writer and poet
DallamThomas Dallam1575–163015751630English organ builder (diary 1598–1599, journey to Turkey)
DanckaertsJasper Danckaerts1639–170416391704Dutch North American colonist and travel writer
ĐặngĐặng Thùy Trâm1942–197019421970Vietnamese army surgeon
DarreJacob Hersleb Darre1757–184117571841Norwegian chaplain and constitutional assembly representative
DatiGregorio Dati1363–143513631435Florentine merchant
DavisEmilie Davis1839–188918391889African-American diarist, fl.1860s
DawbinAnna Dawbin1816–190518161905English-born Australian housewife and foster mother
DayDorothy Day1897–198018971980American journalist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir1908–198619081986French writer and philosopher
de BiranMaine de Biran1766–182417661824French writer, philosopher and mathematician
de BrakelondJocelyn de Brakelond1155–120211551202English monk
de CastelbajacConstance de Castelbajac1859–188618591886French aristocrat
de CattHenri de Catt1725–179517251795Swiss scholar
de ClercqWillem de Clercq1795–184417951844Dutch Protestant revivalist
de FicquelmontDorothea de Ficquelmont1804–186318041863Russian diarist in French and salonnière
de GoncourtEdmond de Goncourt1822–189618221896French writer and critic, brother of Jules
de GoncourtJules de Goncourt1830–187018301870French writer, brother of Edmond
de GoubervilleGilles de Gouberville1521–157815211578French seigneur in Cotentin, Normandy
de GraffignyFrançoise de Graffigny1695–175816951758French novelist and salonnière
de GuérinEugénie de Guérin1805–184818051848French writer
de JesusCarolina Maria de Jesus1914–197719141977Brazilian writer and social activist
de L’EstoilePierre de L'Estoile 1546–161115461611French collector
de MélitoAndré François Miot de Mélito 1762–184117621841French statesman and scholar
de MofrasEugène Duflot de Mofras1810–188418101884French naturalist and diplomat
de PougyLiane de Pougy 1869–195018691950French dancer and courtesan
De QuinceyThomas De Quincey 1785–185917851859English man of letters
de Saint-JeanRobert de Saint-Jean 1901–198719011987French writer and journalist
de ThompsonMariquita Sánchez de Thompson1786–186817861868Argentine society hostess
de TinanJean de Tinan 1874–189818741898French writer
de VeerGerrit de Veer 1570–159815701598Dutch naval officer
de VernetMaría Sáez de Vernet1800–185818001858Argentine resident in the Falkland Islands
de VignyAlfred de Vigny 1797–186317971863French writer
DebesJens Peter Debes1776–183217761832Norwegian judge and politician
DedekamSophie Dedekam1820–189418201894Norwegian composer
DeeJohn Dee1527–16091527160917th-century English mathematician and astronomer of Welsh extraction
DeenHelga Deen1925–194319251943Dutch/German Holocaust victim
DelacroixEugène Delacroix1798–186317981863French painter
DelafieldE. M. Delafield1890–194318901943Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture. (English novelist
DelvailleBernard Delvaille1931–200619312006French poet and anthologist
DeșliuDan Deșliu1927–199219271992Romanian poet
DessìGiuseppe Dessì1909–197719091977Italian novelist and playwright
DiamandyGeorge Diamandy1867–191718671917Romanian politician and social scientist
DodingtonGeorge Bubb Dodington1691–176216911762English politician and nobleman
DohertyPete Doherty1979–1979English rock musician
DorianEmil Dorian1893–195618931956Romanian poet and physician
DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky1821–188118211881Russian novelist
DostoyevskayaAnna Dostoyevskaya1846–191818461918Russian wife of Fyodor Dostoevsky
DraengerGusta Dawidson Draenger1917–194319171943Polish Holocaust victim
DrinkerElizabeth Sandwith Drinker1735–180717351807American Quaker diarist
du GardRoger Martin du Gard1881–195818811958French writer
DudeneyAlice Dudeney1866–194518661945English novelist (life in Sussex)
DugdaleWilliam Dugdale1605–168616051686English antiquary and historian
DukeAntera Duke–17881788Nigerian slave trader
DurasMarguerite Duras1914–199619141996French novelist and scriptwriter
DylanBob Dylan1941–1941American musician and songwriter
DyottWilliam Dyott1761–184717611847British army General and aide-de-camp of George III
EberhardtIsabelle Eberhardt1877–190418771904Swiss explorer and writer
EbnerChristina Ebner1277–135612771356German Dominican mystic
EbnerMargareta Ebner1291–135112911351German Dominican nun
EdwardsDickon Edwards1971–1971British musician and dandy
EletJacob EletDutch factor on the Slave Coast of West Africa, early18th century
EliadeMircea Eliade1907–198619071986Romanian historian of religion and mythologist
EliotGeorge Eliot1819–188018191880Pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, English novelist
EllisEdward Robb Ellis1911–199819111998American writer and reporter
EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson1803–188218031882American writer
Engel-WijnbergSelma Engel-Wijnberg1922–201819222018Dutch Holocaust survivor
EnoBrian Eno1948–1948English musician, record producer and polymath
ErnauxAnnie Ernaux1940–1940French writer
EvelynJohn Evelyn1620–170616201706English writer, scholar and gardener
FaithfullMarianne Faithfull1946–1946English singer and actress
FaringtonJoseph Farington1747–182117471821English landscape painter
FarmboroughFlorence Farmborough1887–197818871978English nurse and author
FawknerJohn Pascoe Fawkner1792–186917921869Australian pioneer and politician
FayEliza Fay1756–181617561816English traveller to India
FenyőMiksa Fenyő1877–197218771972Hungarian politician and poet
FeschJacques Fesch1930–195719301957French murderer and Catholic convert
FiennesCelia Fiennes1652–174116521741English traveler
FilipovićZlata Filipović1980–1980Bosnian child and adult diarist in Sarajevo
FisherCarrie Fisher1956–201619562016American actress and writer
FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald1896–194018961940American writer
FjellbuArne Fjellbu1890–196218901962Norwegian bishop
FlemingMarjorie Fleming1803–181118031811Scottish child diarist (diary 1809–1811)
FountaineMargaret Fountaine1862–194018621940Lepidopterist
FoxCaroline Fox1819–187118191871English socialite, sister of Barclay
FoxGeorge Fox1624–169116241691English founder of the Quakers
FoxeSamuel Foxe1560–163015601630English politician
FrankAnne Frank1929–194519291945Dutch Holocaust victim, documenting her life in hiding (1941–1945)
FranklinMiles Franklin1879–195418791954Australian author
FremantleElizabeth Wynne Fremantle1789–185717891857English wife of Thomas Fremantle, main contributor to The Wynne Diaries
FriendDonald Friend1915–198919151989Australian artist
FrippRobert Fripp1946–1946English musician
FrischMax Frisch1911–199119111991Swiss playwright and novelist
FritzSamuel Fritz1654–173016541730Czech Jesuit missionary and explorer
FrommBella Fromm1890–197218901972German wartime diarist and journalist
Fujiwara no KanezaneFujiwara no Kanezane1149–120711491207Japanese historian and Chief Minister
Fujiwara no MichinagaFujiwara no Michinaga966–10289661028Japanese poet and statesman
Fujiwara no SanesukeFujiwara no Sanesuke957–10469571046Japanese Minister of the Right
Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika1162–124111621241Japanese scholar and calligrapher
FullerBuckminster Fuller1895–199318951993Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr., American designer and engineer
FultonCatherine Fulton1829–191918291919New Zealand community leader and suffragette
FurttenbachJoseph Furttenbach1591–166715911667German architect and mathematician
GágWanda Gág1893–194618931946American artist and children's author
GaitskellHugh Gaitskell1906–196319061963English politician
GarborgArne Garborg1851–192418511924Norwegian writer
GascoyneDavid Gascoyne1916–200119162001English poet and translator
GelfandVladimir Gelfand1923–198319231983Soviet World War II soldier
GertsykEugenia Gertsyk1878–194418781944Russian/Soviet writer and translator
GibbonEdward Gibbon1737–179417371794English historian and politician
GideAndré Gide1869–195118691951French novelist and man of letters
GilletteChester Gillette1883–190818831908American murderer
GinsbergAllen Ginsberg1926–199719261997American beat poet
GinzPetr Ginz1928–194419281944Czechoslovak author, artist, editor, and Holocaust victim
GjerdrumCarl Ferdinand Gjerdrum1821–190218211902Norwegian jurist and businessman
GladstoneMary Gladstone1847–192718471927English political diarist
Glückel of HamelnGlückel of Hameln1647–172716471727German businesswoman and diarist in Yiddish
Go-NaraEmperor Go-Nara1495–155714951557Japanese Emperor
GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels1897–194518971945Nazi German Propaganda Minister
GomaPaul Goma1935–202019352020Romanian dissident writer
GombrowiczWitold Gombrowicz1904–196919041969Polish writer
GradowskiZalman Gradowski1910–194419101944Polish Jewish Holocaust victim
GrantElizabeth Grant1797–188517971885Scottish traveler and writer
GrantRichard E. Grant1957–1957Swazi/English actor
GrayFrancine du Plessix Gray1930–1930Franco-American author
GreenJulien Green1900–199819001998American author, writing in French
GreeneBob Greene1947–1947American journalist
GregoryAugusta, Lady Gregory1852–193218521932Irish dramatist and theatre manager
GrenfellJoyce Grenfell1910–197919101979English actress and writer
GrettonH. W. Gretton1914–198319141983New Zealand poet, teacher and soldier
GrevilleCharles Greville1794–186517941865English civil servant and cricketer
GrimkéCharlotte Forten Grimké1837–191418371914American abolitionist and women's rights activist
GroteHarriet Grote1792–187817921878English salonnière and biographer
GroultBenoîte Groult1920–201619202016French writer
GuevaraChe Guevara1928–196719281967Argentine revolutionary
GuibertHervé Guibert1955–199119551991French writer and AIDS activist
GuinnessAlec Guinness1914–200019142000English actor
GuyotatPierre Guyotat1940–1940French writer
HagendorfPeter Hagendorf1601–167916011679German mercenary in the Thirty Years' War
HaldemanHarry Robbins Haldeman1926–199319261993American political aide involved in Watergate
HalderFranz Halder1884–197218841972German army general
HallPeter Hall1930–201719302017English theater and film director
HammarskjöldDag Hammarskjöld1905–196119051961Swedish Secretary-General of the United Nations
HammondRichard Hammond1969–1969English TV presenter
HanazonoEmperor Hanazono1297–134812971348Japanese Emperor
HansjakobHeinrich Hansjakob1837–191618371916German Catholic priest, historian and novelist
Hara TakashiHara Takashi1856–192118561921Japanese Prime Minister
HardyMary Hardy1733–180917331809English farmer and brewer's wife from Whissonsett, Norfolk
HaringKeith Haring1958–199019581990American artist
HarmajaSaima Harmaja1913–193719131937Finnish poet and tuberculosis victim
HarrisHowell Harris1714–177317141773Welsh preacher
Harris and KleboldEric Harris and Dylan Klebold1981–199919811999American schoolboy perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre
HarrisonSabrina Ward Harrison1975–1975Canadian artist and author
HasenboschLeendert Hasenbosch1695–172416951724Castaway Dutch sailor
HaugeOlav H. Hauge1908–199419081994Norwegian horticulturalist and poet
HauglandJens Haugland1910–199119101991Norwegian jurist and politician
HavetMireille Havet1898–193218981932French writer
HawkerPeter Hawker1786–185317861853English army officer and sportsman
HaydenMary Hayden1862–194218621942Irish historian
HaydonBenjamin Haydon1786–184617861846English painter
HayesRutherford B. Hayes1822–18931822189319th President of the United States
HenslowePhilip Henslowe1550–161515501615English theatre producer
HerbertDorothea Herbert1767–182917671829Irish poet
HerzbergAbel Herzberg1893–198918931989Dutch lawyer and writer
HeydeMaria Heyde1837–191318371913German missionary and translator in Tibet
HighsmithPatricia Highsmith1923–199519231995American author
HillesumEtty Hillesum1914–194319141943Dutch Holocaust victim.
HiltonGeorge Hilton1673–172516731725English gentleman diarist[2]
HimmlerHeinrich Himmler1900–194519001945Nazi and commander of the SS[3]
HindeEdmund C. Hinde1830–190918301909American participant in the 1850s California Gold Rush
HinelAnna Maria Hinel1924–194319241943Polish underground activist and Holocaust victim
HitchcockHenry Hitchcock (Missouri lawyer)1829–190218291902American lawyer serving under General William Tecumseh Sherman
HoareLouisa Gurney Hoare1784–183617841836English writer on education
HoareRichard Hoare1758–183817581838Second baronet Hoare, English antiquary and traveler
HobhouseJohn Hobhouse1786–186917861869English politician and Member of Parliament
HobyLady Margaret Hoby1571–163315711633English gentlewoman
HoldenEdith Holden1871–192018711920English artist, teacher and naturalist
HollandWilliam Holland1746–181817461818English country clergyman
Holstein-GottorpHedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp1759–181817591818Queen of Sweden and Norway
HonePhilip Hone1780–185117801851American mayor and New York socialite
HopkinsGerard Manley Hopkins1844–188918441889English poet and priest
HorneyKaren Horney1885–195218851952German psychoanalyst
HowardLyall Howard1896–195518961955Australian engineer and businessman
ImamJahanara Imam1929–199419291994Bangladeshi writer and political activist
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InglisJulia, Lady Inglis1833–190418331904English diarist with an account of the 1857 Siege of Lucknow
InmanArthur Crew Inman 1895–196318951963American poet who wrote a diary of 17 million words
IsherwoodChristopher Isherwood1904–198619041986English-American novelist
Ishin SūdenIshin Sūden1569–1633156916331569–1633), Japanese Zen Rinzai monk and advisor
IwaszkiewiczJarosław Iwaszkiewicz1894–198018941980Polish writer, poet and dramatist
Izumi ShikibuIzumi Shikibu976–976Japanese poet
JacobRosamond Jacob1888–196018881960Irish writer
JacobViolet Jacob1863–194618631946Scottish novelist and poet
JamesAlice James1848–189218481892American sister of novelist Henry and philosopher William
JarmanDerek Jarman1942–199419421994English painter, filmmaker and gardener
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JenkinsRoy Jenkins1920–200319202003Welsh-born British politician and biographer
JespersenFinn Varde Jespersen1914–194419141944Norwegian orienteer and air force lieutenant
JonesJohn Beauchamp Jones 1810–186618101866American novelist and Confederate War Department clerk
JonesLiz Jones1958–1958English writer and journalist
JosselinRalph Josselin 1617–168316171683Rural English cleric (diary 1641–1683)
JouhandeauMarcel Jouhandeau1888–197918881979French writer
JoyceStanislaus Joyce1884–195518841955Irish scholar and writer
Jun TakamiJun Takami1907–1965190719651907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet
JüngerErnst Jünger1895–199818951998German entomologist and Wehrmacht officer
KafkaFranz Kafka1883–192418831924German-language Jewish Czech novelist
Kafū NagaiKafū Nagai1879–1959187919591879–1959), Japanese author and playwright
KahloFrida Kahlo1907–195419071954Mexican painter
Kajūji MitsutoyoKajūji Mitsutoyo1576–1612157616121576–1612), Japanese noble
KálliLeszli KálliColombian kidnap victim
KamalSufia Kamal1911–199919111999Bangladeshi writer and political activist
KarpińskiWojciech Karpiński1943–1943Polish critic and historian of ideas
KästnerErich Kästner1899–197418991974German satirist and children's writer
KazinAlfred Kazin1915–198819151988American writer and critic
KelekarRavindra Kelekar1925–201019252010Indian activist and writer
KellnerFriedrich Kellner1885–197018851970German justice inspector and author
KembleFanny Kemble1809–189318091893English actress
KesslerHarry Graf Kessler 1868–193718681937Anglo-German diplomat and writer
KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard1813–185518131855Danish philosopher and theologian
KilvertFrancis Kilvert1840–187918401879English country cleric
Kimura KenkadōKimura Kenkadō1736–1802173618021736–1802), Japanese scholar and artist
KingCecil Harmsworth King 1901–198719011987English newspaper proprietor
KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King1874–195018741950Canadian Prime Minister
KirsteinLincoln Kirstein1907–199619071996American writer, impresario and connoisseur
KleePaul Klee1879–194018791940Swiss-German painter
KlempererVictor Klemperer1881–196018811960German scholar and writer
KlepperJochen Klepper1903–194219031942German writer and poet
KnopwoodRobert Knopwood1763–193817631938English-born Australian clergyman
Kobayashi IssaKobayashi Issa1763–182817631828Japanese Jōdo Shinshū lay priest
KohnováVěra Kohnová1929–194219291942Czechoslovak Holocaust victim
Kōichi KidoKōichi Kido1889–1977188919771889–1977), Japanese imperial advisor
KokerDavid Koker1921–194519211945Dutch Holocaust victim
KollerKarl Koller1898–195118981951German air force general
KollwitzKäthe Kollwitz1867–194518671945German artist
Konoe NobutadaKonoe Nobutada1565–161415651614Japanese courtier and poet
KonstantinovaIna Konstantinova1924–194419241944Soviet World War II partisan
KorenChristiane Koren1764–181517641815Danish-born Norwegian poet and playwright
KowalskaFaustina Kowalska1905–193819051938Polish mystic, saint and secretary of Divine Mercy
KrajewskaTeodora Krajewska1854–193518541935Polish-born Austro-Hungarian physician and writer
KrausMarianne Kraus1765–183817651838German painter and travel writer
KunikidaDoppo Kunikida1871–190818711908Japanese novelist and poet
KuzminMikhail Kuzmin1872–193618721936Russian writer
L’EngleMadeleine L’Engle1918–200719182007American author
LagerlöfSelma Lagerlöf1858–194018581940Swedish writer, first female winner of Nobel Prize for Literature
LanducciLuca Landucci1436–151614361516Florentine Italian apothecary
LangfordGladys Langford1890–197218901972London wartime schoolteacher
LarbaudValery Larbaud1881–195718811957French author
LascellesAlan Lascelles1887–188118871881English royal courtier and civil servant
LaskierRutka Laskier1929–194319291943Polish Holocaust chronicler
LastNella Last1889–196818891968English housewife
LathamMark Latham1961–1961Australian Labor Party politician
LaukhardFriedrich Christian Laukhard 1757–182217571822German novelist and theologian
LeadbeaterMary Leadbeater1758–182617581826Irish writer
LéautaudPaul Léautaud1872–195618721956French writer and author of Le Journal Littéraire
LechońJan Lechoń1899–195618991956Polish critic and diplomat
Lees-MilneJames Lees-Milne1908–199719081997English biographer, historian and secretary of National Trust Country House Committee
LeseurÉlisabeth Leseur1866–191418661914French mystic
LestradeDidier Lestrade1958–1958French author and AIDS activist
LewisC. S. Lewis1898–196318981963Irish-born English children's writer and theologian
LewisNorman Lewis1908–200319082003English journalist and travel writer
LindberghAnne Morrow Lindbergh1906–200119062001American wife of aviator, who described the kidnapping of their child
LipszycRywka Lipszyc1929–194519291945Polish Jewish Holocaust victim
ListerAnne Lister1791–184017911840English landowner, diarist and lesbian
LockhartR. H. Bruce Lockhart 1887–197018871970English secret agent and author
LouÿsPierre Louÿs1870–192518701925French writer
LoveCourtney Love1964–1964American actress and rock musician
LowndesMarie Belloc Lowndes 1868–194718681947French-born English novelist and playwright, sister of Hilaire Belloc
LugovskayaNina Lugovskaya1918–199319181993Soviet Russian artist (diary 1928–1937)
LuttrellNarcissus Luttrell1657–173216571732English historian and politician
Mac AmhlaighDónall Mac Amhlaigh1926–198919261989Irish writer
MacarthurElizabeth Macarthur1766–185017661850English-born Australian pastoralist and merchant
MachynHenry Machyn1496–156314961563English clothier
MacleanAlasdair Maclean1926–199419261994Scottish poet
MacmillanHarold Macmillan1894–198618941986UK Prime Minister
MacnaughtanSarah Broom Macnaughtan 1864–191618641916Scottish-born novelist and wartime social volunteer
MacreadyWilliam Macready1793–187317931873English actor
MaeterlinckMaurice Maeterlinck1862–194918621949Belgian writer
Mahler-WerfelAlma Mahler-Werfel1879–196418791964German musician, wife of Gustav Mahler
MalikCharles Malik1906–198719061987Lebanese philosopher and diplomat
MalinaJudith Malina1926–201519262015German-born American actress and co-founder of Living Theatre
ManetJulie Manet1878–196618781966French painter and art collector
ManleyEdna Manley1900–198719001987Jamaican sculptor and painter
MannKlaus Mann1906–194919061949German-born American writer
MannThomas Mann1875–195518751955German novelist, Nobel Prize for Literature
ManninghamJohn Manningham–16221622English lawyer
ManoliuPetru Manoliu1903–197619031976Romanian novelist and newspaper editor
MansfieldKatherine Mansfield1888–192318881923New Zealand modernist fiction writer
MaraisMathieu Marais1665–173716651737French jurist
Marie of RomaniaMarie of Romania1875–193818751938English-born Romanian queen consort
MarienescuAtanasie Marian Marienescu1830–191518301915Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian folklorist
MartinJoachim Martin1842–189718421897French carpenter
MassalskaHelena Apolonia Massalska 1763–181517631815Polish noblewoman
MathewMary Mathew1724–177717241777Irish householder
MathewSarah Mathew1805–189018051890New Zealand housewife
Matome UgakiMatome Ugaki890–194589019451890–1945), Japanese admiral
Matsudair IetadaMatsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu)1555–160015551600Japanese samurai
Matsuo BashōMatsuo Bashō 1644–169416441694Japanese haiku and renga poet
MatthewChristopher Matthew1939–1939English writer and broadcaster
McCaffertyMegan McCafferty1973–1973American YA author
McCraeGeorgiana McCrae1804–189018041890English-born Australian painter
McNaughtonKit McNaughton1887–195318871953Australian wartime nurse
MehtaDurgaram Mehta1809–187618091876Indian Gujarati reformer and essayist
MenckenH. L. Mencken1880–195618801956American essayist and scholar
MertonThomas Merton1915–196819151968Trappist monk and writer
MiaskowskiWojciech Miaskowski–16541654Polish nobleman and Sejm member
Michihiko HachiyaMichihiko Hachiya1903–198019031980Japanese medical practitioner and Hiroshima survivor
Michitsuna no HahaMichitsuna no Haha935–995935995Japanese writer
MihalyJo Mihaly1902–198919021989German dancer and writer
MilburnClara Milburn1883–196118831961Wartime (WWII) English housewife
MilesHallie Eustace Miles 1868–195518681955English writer, restaurateur, and activist
Minamoto no MichichikaMinamoto no Michichika1149–120211491202Japanese statesman
MinetPierre Minet1909–197519091975French writer
MitchisonNaomi Mitchison1897–199918971999Scottish novelist and poet
MoenPetter Moen1901–194419011944Norwegian resistance fighter
MooreGeorge Fletcher Moore 1798–188617981886Irish-born Australian settler, explorer and linguist
MorissetteAlanis Morissette1974–1974Canadian singer and songwriter
MorleyHelena Morley1880–197018801970Brazilian young-adult writer
MorriceRoger Morrice1628–170216281702English Puritan minister and political commentator
MorrisMary Morris1921–199719211997Irish wartime nurse
MoschelesIgnaz Moscheles1794–187017941870Bohemian composer and pianist
MouchotteRené Mouchotte1914–194319141943French air force pilot
MountbattenLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma1900–1979190019791st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), UK naval officer and statesman
MowleMary Braidwood Mowle 1827–185718271857English-born Australian settler
MrożekSławomir Mrożek1930–201319302013Polish dramatist and cartoonist
MuggeridgeMalcolm Muggeridge1903–199019031990English journalist and satirist
MukhinaLena Mukhina1924–199119241991Soviet teenager during Siege of Leningrad
MullinChris Mullin1947–1947English Labour politician and writer
MunbyArthur Munby1828–191018281910English poet, barrister, and solicitor
Murasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu973–10319731031Japanese novelist and lady in waiting
MurdochIris Murdoch1919–199919191999Anglo-Irish novelist
MurgescuCostin Murgescu1919–198919191989Romanian economist and diplomat
MusilRobert Musil1880–194218801942Austrian novelist and philosopher
NabeMarc-Édouard Nabe1958–1958French writer, painter and guitarist
Nakayama TadachikaNakayama Tadachika1131–1195113111951131–1195), Japanese court noble and writer
NałkowskaZofia Nałkowska1884–195418841954Polish writer and dramatist
NansenOdd Nansen1901–197319011973Norwegian architect and humanitarian
NicksStevie Nicks1948–1948American singer/songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
NicolsonHarold Nicolson1886–196818861968English diplomat, politician and author
NijinskaBronislava Nijinska1891–197218911972Polish/Russian ballet dance
NijinskyVaslav Nijinsky1890–195018901950Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
NijōLady Nijō1258–130712581307Japanese noblewoman
NinAnaïs Nin1903–197719031977Cuban/French lover of Henry Miller, writer of erotica, pornography and poetry
NolensLeonard Nolens1947–1947Belgian poet
NordahlKonrad Nordahl1897–197518971975Norwegian trade unionist and politician
Ó MealláinTarlach Ó MealláinIrish Franciscan friar, fl.1641–1650
Ó SúilleabháinAmhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin1780–183717801837Irish draper and teacher
O’BrienFlorence Vere O'Brien1854–193618541936English-born Irish philanthropist and craftwoman
O’CrohanTomas O'Crohan1856–193718561937Irish islander
OatesJoyce Carol Oates 1938–1938American author
ObisesanAkinpelu Obisesan1889–196318891963Nigerian businessman and politician
OdoyevtsevaIrina Odoyevtseva1895–199018951990Russian/Soviet poet and novelist
OglanderJohn Oglander1585–165515851655English politician
OlsenJohn Olsen1945–1945Australian artist
OltmansWillem Oltmans1925–200419252004Dutch journalist
Ōoka TadasukeŌoka Tadasuke1677–1762167717621677–1762), Japanese samurai
OrdingArne Ording1898–196718981967Norwegian historian and politician
OrigoIris Origo1902–198819021988English-born biographer
OrtonJoe Orton1933–196719331967English playwright
OrwellGeorge Orwell1903–195019031950English journalist, essayist and critic
ØstvedtEinar Østvedt1903–198019031980Norwegian historian and educator
OzickCynthia Ozick1928–1928American author
PagetWalburga, Lady Paget1839–192918391929German writer and friend of Queen Victoria
PakenhamFrank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford1905–200119052001English politician and reformer
PalinMichael Palin1943–1943English Monty Python team member, actor and travel writer
ParkerJim Parker1897–198018971980New Zealand sportsman and business executive
PartridgeFrances Partridge1900–200419002004English writer
PattonGeorge S. Patton1885–194518851945American World War II general
PauschGeorg Pausch1740–179617401796German soldier in British service
PavelsClaus Pavels1769–182217691822Norwegian bishop
PaveseCesare Pavese1908–195019081950Italian poet, novelist and critic
PayneJohn Otunba Payne1839–190618391906Nigerian court registrar
PeacockNicholas PeacockIrish farmer, fl. mid–18th century
PealeCharles Willson Peale1741–182717411827Colonial American painter
PearsonDrew Pearson1897–196918971969American journalist and broadcaster
PelliGiuseppe Bencivenni Pelli 1729–180817291808Italian civil servant and essayist
PepysElizabeth Pepys1640–166916401669French-born wife of Samuel Pepys
PepysEmily Pepys1833–187718331877English child diarist (diary 1844–1845)
PepysSamuel Pepys1633–170316331703English civil servant (diary 1660–1669)
PercyElizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland1716–177617161776English peeress
PerechodnikCalel Perechodnik1916–194419161944Polish Jewish ghetto policeman and Holocaust victim
PernetDiane PernetParis-based American fashion critic
PeterFrances Dallam Peter 1843–186418431864United States Civil War diarist
Petkevičaitė-BitėGabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė1861–194318611943Lithuanian fiction writer
PickardTom Pickard1946–1946English poet and filmmaker
PigliaRicardo Piglia1941–201719412017Argentine critic and novelist
PilkingtonKarl PilkingtonEnglish radio and TV personality
PillaiAnanda Ranga Pillai1709–176117091761Indian dubash of French India
PizarnikAlejandra Pizarnik1936–197219361972Argentine poet
PlaJosep Pla1897–198118971981Catalan writer
PlathSylvia Plath1932–196319321963American poet
PlatterThomas Platter the Younger1574–162815741628Swiss-born physician and traveller
PolidoriJohn William Polidori1795–182117951821English poet, writer and physician
PolkJames K. Polk1795–18491795184911th President of the United States
PopaGrigore T. Popa1892–194818921948Romanian physician and intellectual
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PottekkattS. K. Pottekkatt1913–198219131982Indian writer and politician
PotterBeatrix Potter1866–194318661943English children's book writer and illustrator
PowellAnthony Powell1905–200019052000English novelist and biographer
PowellDawn Powell1896–196518961965American writer
PozziCatherine Pozzi1882–193418821934French writer, Paul Valery's lover
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PravdaHana Maria Pravda1916–200819162008Czechoslovak/English actress and Holocaust survivor
PrishvinMikhail Prishvin1873–195418731954Russian/Soviet writer
PulszkyFerenc Pulszky1814–189718141897Hungarian politician
PușcariuSextil Pușcariu1877–194818771948Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian linguist and philologist
PymBarbara Pym 1913–198019131980English novelist
Qiu MiaojinQiu Miaojin1969–1995196919951969–1995), Taiwanese novelist
QueneauRaymond Queneau1903–197619031976French writer
RabeJohn Rabe1882–195018821950German diplomat and Nazi official
RachlewLillemor Rachlew1902–198319021983Norwegian Antarctic explorer
RahmanSheikh Mujibur Rahman1920–192519201925President and later Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Raiden TameemonRaiden Tameemon1767–1865176718651767–1865), Japanese sumo wrestler
RainerFrancisc Rainer1874–194418741944Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian pathologist and anthropologist
RalfeCatherine Hester Ralfe 1831–191218311912New Zealand dressmaker and teacher
RanfurlyHermione, Countess of Ranfurly 1913–200119132001Countess of Ranfurly (1913–2001), English secretary and diplomatic employee
ReaganRonald Reagan1911–20041911200440th President of the United States
ReenstiernaMärta Helena Reenstierna 1753–184117531841Swedish gentlewoman
ReichWilhelm Reich1897–195618971956Austrian physician and psychoanalyst
RepingtonCharles à Court Repington 1858–192518581925English military officer and war correspondent
RétifNicolas-Edme Rétif1734–180617341806French novelist
RichMary Rich, Countess of Warwick1625–167816251678Countess of Warwick (1625–1678), Irish maid of honour
RickmanAlan Rickman1946–201619462016English actor and director
RitchieCharles Ritchie1906–199519061995Canadian diplomat
RobinsonHenry Crabb Robinson 1775–188717751887English lawyer
RollinsHenry Rollins1961–1961American singer for Black Flag
RondeauGérard Rondeau1953–201619532016French photographer
RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt1858–19191858191926th President of the United States
RoremNed Rorem1923–202219232022American composer
RosenthalBarbara Rosenthal1948–1948American avant-garde New Media artist/writer/performer
RosettiRadu R. Rosetti1877–194918771949Romanian general and military historian
RuessEverett Ruess1914–193419141934American artist, poet and explorer
RühmkorfPeter Rühmkorf1929–200819292008German writer
RuskinJohn Ruskin1819–190018191900English art critic and philanthropist
RussellRobert Russell1808–190018081900English-born Australian architect
RyderDudley Ryder1691–175616911756English Lord Chief Justice (diary 1715–16)
SadoulJacques Sadoul1881–195618811956French lawyer, politician and writer
SaeedHakeem Muhammad Saeed1920–199819201998Indian/Pakistani medical researcher and philanthropist
SalmonìRubino Romeo Salmonì1920–201119202011Italian author and Holocaust survivor
SandGeorge Sand1804–187618041876French writer
SanutoMarino Sanuto1466–153614661536Venetian historian
SartonMay Sarton1912–199519121995American poet and novelist
SartreJean-Paul Sartre1905–198019051980French writer and philosopher
SarzoRudy Sarzo1950–1950Cuban-American rock bassist, notably of Ozzy Osbourne fame
SassoonSiegfried Sassoon1886–196718861967English poet and author
SatōEisaku Satō1901–1975190119751901–1975), Japanese Prime Minister
SavichevaTanya Savicheva1930–194419301944Soviet child in the World War II Siege of Leningrad
SchelvisJules Schelvis1921–201619212016Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor
SchlesingerArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.1917–200719172007American historian and political adviser
SchmelzerNorbert Schmelzer1921–200819212008Dutch Catholic politician and diplomat
SchmidtFrederik Schmidt1771–184017711840Danish-born Norwegian priest and poet
ScottRobert Falcon Scott 1868–191218681912English Antarctic explorer
ScottSir Walter Scott1771–183217711832Scottish novelist and poet
Sei ShōnagonSei Shōnagon966–10259661025Japanese court lady and writer
ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw 1856–195018561950Irish Nobel Prize-winning playwright
ShelleyMary Shelley1797–185117971851English novelist and travel writer
SheridanBetsy Sheridan1758–183717581837Irish writer, sister of the satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan
ShieldsRobert Shields1918–200719182007American teacher
ShifrinEfim Shifrin1956–1956Soviet/Russian actor and singer
ShinerMichael Shiner1805–188018051880American freed slave and Navy Yard worker
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ShoreEmily Shore1819–183918191839English young adult
SilfverstolpeMalla Silfverstolpe1782–186117821861Swedish salon hostess
SimcoeElizabeth Simcoe1762–185017621850English wife of Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
ȘiugariuIon Șiugariu1914–194519141945Romanian poet
SixxNikki Sixx1958–1958American bassist/songwriter for Mötley Crüe
SkinnerJohn Skinner1772–183917721839English cleric and antiquarian
SlierPhilip Slier1923–194319231943Dutch typesetter and Holocaust victim
SmartElizabeth Smart1987–1987American abduction victim and broadcaster
SomovKonstantin Somov1869–193918691939Russian painter
SoutarWilliam Soutar1898–194318981943Scottish poet
SparkAlexander Brodie Spark 1792–185617921856Scottish-born Australian merchant and settler
SparwenfeldJohan Gabriel Sparwenfeld 1655–172716551727Swedish diplomat and linguist
SpenderStephen Spender1909–199519091995English poet
SpiegelRenia Spiegel1924–194219241942Polish Jewish Holocaust victim
SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck1902–196819021968American novelist
SteinhardtNicolae Steinhardt1912–198919121989Romanian writer and monk
StendhalStendhal1783–184217831842Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French novelist
StevensonFrances Stevenson1888–197218881972English mistress and second wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
StevensonMargaret Stevenson1807–187418071874English-born Australian satirist
StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson1850–189418501894Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer
StilwellJoseph Stilwell1883–194618831946American World War II general
StockJoseph Stock1740–181317401813Irish Protestant bishop
StoikaConstantin T. Stoika1892–191618921916Romanian poet, translator and army officer
StottGordon Stott, Lord Stott1909–199919091999Lord Stott (1909–1999), Scottish advocate
StraussRichard Strauss1864–194918641949German composer
StrongRoy Strong1935–1935English gardener and aesthete
Sugawara no Takasue no MusumeSugawara no Takasue no Musume1008–105910081059Japanese writer
Sukemasa IrieSukemasa Irie1905–198519051985Japanese essayist and Grand Chamberlain of Japan
SutcliffRosemary Sutcliff1920–199219201992English historical novelist for children and young adults
SweteJohn Swete1752–182117521821English cleric and artist
SymondsRichard Symonds1617–166016171660English Civil War diaries
Takashi NagaiTakashi Nagai1908–1951190819511908–1951), Japanese Catholic physician and Nagasaki survivor
Takizawa BakinTakizawa Bakin 1867–1948186719481867–1948), Japanese gesaku writer
TarnowFanny Tarnow1779–186217791862German fiction and non-fiction writer
TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840–189318401893Russian composer
Templeton StrongGeorge Templeton Strong1820–187518201875American lawyer
TeongeHenry Teonge1620–169016201690English naval chaplain (diaries 1675–76 and 1678–79)
TerdimanDaniel TerdimanAmerican award-winning journalist
TersmedenCarl Tersmeden1715–179717151797Swedish admiral
ThomasMary Thomas1787–183517871835English-born Australian poet
ThomlinsonJohn Thomlinson1692–176116921761English cleric (diary 1717–1722)
ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 1817–186218171862American author and philosopher
ThraleHester Thrale1740–182117401821Welsh author, friend and confidante of Samuel Johnson
TipperKathleen Tipper1919–1919English wartime clerk
TolstayaSophia Tolstaya1844–191918441919Russian wife of author Leo Tolstoy
TolstoyLeo Tolstoy1828–191018281910Russian novelist and social reformer
TreloarWilliam Treloar1843–192318431923English haberdasher and Lord Mayor of London (diary 1906–1907)
TrenchMelesina Trench1768–182717681827Irish writer and poet
TripathiGovardhanram Tripathi1855–190718551907Indian Gujarati-language writer
TruittAnne Truitt1921–200419212004American artist
TrumanHarry S. Truman1884–19721884197233rd President of the United States
TruscottMeta Truscott1917–201419172014(1917–2014), Australian chronicler and local historian (diaries 1934–2014)
TsekhanovskyMikhail Tsekhanovsky1889–196518891965Russian/Soviet artist and illustrator
TsvetaevaMarina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva1892–194118921941Russian poet and writer
TuckGeorge Albert Tuck 1884–198118841981New Zealand builder and soldier
TurnerThomas Turner1729–179317291793English shopkeeper
TyszkiewiczAnna Tyszkiewicz1779–186717791867Polish noblewoman
UdaEmperor Uda866–931866931866–931), Japanese Emperor
UdallIda Hunt Udall1858–191518581915American homesteader
Umewaka Minoru IUmewaka Minoru I1828–1909182819091828–1909), Japanese Noh actor
VaidKrishna Baldev Vaid 1927–202019272020Indian fiction writer and playwright
VarmaC. Raja Raja Varma–19051905Indian painter
VassiltchikovMarie Vassiltchikov1917–197819171978Russian princess involved in plot to kill Hitler
VictoriaQueen Victoria1819–190118191901British queen and empress
VillardLéonie Villard1890–196218901962French critic and university professor
VivienRenée Vivien1877–190918771909French and English writer
VoinescuAlice Voinescu1885–196118851961Romanian writer, translator and university professor
von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–183217491832German writer and statesman
von HeykingElisabeth von Heyking1861–192518611925German novelist and travel writer
von ZinzendorfKarl von Zinzendorf1739–181317391813Saxon Austrian civil servant
WagnerCosima Wagner1837–193018371930German daughter of Franz Liszt, second wife of Richard Wagner
WagnerRichard Wagner1813–187318131873German composer
WalkerAlice Walker1944–1944American author
WalterJakob Walter1788–186417881864German soldier in the Napoleonic Wars
WarholAndy Warhol1928–198719281987American artist
WaughEvelyn Waugh1903–196619031966English novelist
WebbBeatrice Webb1858–194318581943English sociologist and social reformer
WeilSimone Weil1909–194319091943French philosopher
WeimannGisela Weimann1943–1943German multimedia artist
WeinsbergHermann Weinsberg1518–159715181597German city councilor in Cologne
WeisseJohan Peter Weisse1832–188618321886Norwegian philologist
WelchDenton Welch1915–194819151948English writer and painter
WesleyJohn Wesley1703–179117031791English theologian and founder of the Methodist movement
WestAlgernon West1832–192118321921English civil servant
WhiskerAlexander Whisker1819–190718191907New Zealand soldier
WhiteGilbert White1720–179317201793English naturalist and Anglican cleric
WhiteleyOpal Whiteley1897–199218971992American naturalist and nature writer
WhitlamMargaret Whitlam1919–201219192012Australian Olympic swimmer, writer and social campaigner
WhitneyDorothy Payne Whitney1887–196818871968American social activist and lecturer
WieselElie Wiesel1928–201619282016Romanian-American author
WilkesJohn Wilkes1725–179717251797English journalist and politician
WilliamsKenneth Williams1926–198819261988English comic actor
Williams-WynnCharlotte Williams-Wynn1807–186918071869English gentlewoman
WilmotKatherine Wilmot1773–182417731824Irish traveller
WilsonEdmund Wilson1895–197218951972American writer and critic
WilsonEdward Adrian Wilson 1872–191218721912English naturalist and Antarctic explorer
WilsonSir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet 1864–192218641922English military officer
WindhamWilliam Windham1750–181017501810English statesman and orator
WinslowAnna Green Winslow 1759–178017591780American child diarist
WojnarowiczDavid Wojnarowicz1954–199219541992American painter and performer
WoldKnut Getz Wold 1915–198719151987Norwegian economist and civil servant
WoodfordRobert Woodford1606–166416061664English lawyer
WoodfordeJames Woodforde1740–180317401803English rural cleric
WoodmasonCharles Woodmason1720–178917201789American author, poet and loyalist (South Carolina journal late 1760s)
WoodruffWilford Woodruff1807–1898180718984th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
WoolfVirginia Woolf1882–194118821941English author and feminist
WordsworthDorothy Wordsworth1771–185517711855English poet, sister of William Wordsworth
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WyndhamJoan Wyndham1921–200719212007English memoirist
Yi Kyu-wonYi Kyu-won1833–190118331901Korean military official
Yi Sun-sinYi Sun-sin1545–159815451598Korean admiral and military general
Yoko MoriwakiYoko Moriwaki1932–194519321945Japanese diarist and Hiroshima victim
YoungZina D. H. Young1821–190118211901President of the Relief Society
ZaciuMircea Zaciu1928–200019282000Romanian critic and literary historian
ŻeromskiStefan Żeromski1864–192518641925Polish novelist and dramatist
Zheng XiaoxuZheng Xiaoxu1860–193818601938Chinese politician, poet and calligrapher
ZherebtsovaPolina Zherebtsova1985–1985Russian Chechen documentarian and poet
ZissuA. L. Zissu1888–195618881956Romanian writer and Jewish spokesman
ŻychlińskiLudwik Żychliński1837–190118371901Polish military officer
ŻychlińskiTeodor Żychliński1830–190918301909Polish herald and author

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