Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist
Irish poet and playwright
English playwright, poet and actor
American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer
American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre
English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a "natural philosopher"
Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect
Ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece
English writer and social critic
American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater
Writer of a book, article, play, or other written work
American children's author and cartoonist
American poet
