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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist who introduced the world to Gulag, the Soviet labor camp system. For his efforts Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. For his writings Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974. He didn’t return until 1994, twenty years after he was initally exiled. [...]
Frederick Hubbard Gwynne is best known for his role as Herman Munster on the classic television series The Munsters as well as his work on the show “Car 54, Where are You?”. Gwynne had some pretty memorable appearances in films as well, such as Stephen King’s Pet Sematary and the Joe Pesci comedy My Cousin [...]
Benjamin “Bob” Clark was an American film writer and director, who is probably best known for his classic “A Christmas Story”, which traditionally gets played for 24 hours straight on television around the holiday season each year. Clark was also the man behind the classic teen sex comedy Porky’s and it’s sequel: Porky’s II: The [...]
Ed Foster was as a technology columnist for InfoWorld. Foster was probably best known for his blog “The Gripe Line”. Foster contributed a lot to the technology-using community in many ways during his 20-year stint with InfoWorld.
George Orson Welles was an Academy Award winning director, writer, and producer. He’s best known for writing, directing, and starring in Citizen Kane, often chosen as the greatest film ever made. He’s also known for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. It had been adapted to [...]
Kubrick was one of the most influential directors of his time. Some of his works include Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket. You can view his full body of work here.
Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia. They had recently moved to Chesapeake so that his wife and children would be near family after his passing.
Hunter Stockton Thompson was a journalist and author well-known for “Gonzo” journalism which Wikipedia defines as “a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories.” His most popular work is the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an adventure into [...]
George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum. His greatest accomplishment is perhaps living for entire century, but he is most famous for his comedy. He worked the stage, radio, TV, and film, and was married to star Gracie Allen until she passed away in 1964. Aside from all of the shows that Burns was a part [...]
Phil Hartman (born Philip Edward Hartmann) was a Canadian-American comedic actor who was best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, NewsRadio and The Simpsons. Emigrating from Canada as a child, Hartman attended California State University, Northridge, earning a degree in graphic arts. Originally starting out as a professional graphic artist, designing albums covers [...]
One, if not the best, english writer of all times.
One of the best writers of the 20th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
One of the most famous Protestant clergymen in the United States. He was the author of the best-seller “The Power of Positive Thinking”.
Famous 20th. century american writer, received the Nobel literature prize in 1954. He was an adventurer, soldier and big game hunter.
One of the most important writers in American literature. A pioneer in crime fiction, considered the father of the modern detective novel.
French writer. He is considered the father of modern science fiction. He wrote more than 50 novels, some of the most popular being: “A Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “Around the World in Eighty Days” and “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”.
Famous writer and journalist. Best known for being the author of “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. His real name was Eric Arthur Blair, but his populary known by his Pseudonym: George Orwell.
One of the greatest novelist of all times.
Science fiction author. Best known for his 1968 novel “2001: A Space Odyssey”, written in collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, which later became a movie.
Chinese General and author of “The Art of War”, the most popular book about military strategy in the world. In modern times “The Art of War” was applied in other fields like Business and Management.
George Carlin died at the age of 71 when his heart gave out after being admitted to St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California for having chest pains. He died the same day. Carlin’s death was covered extensively by the media somewhat ironically as Carlin himself once said, “I dread the deaths of certain super-celebrities. [...]
C.S. Lewis is a british author, who wrote one of the most famous fantasy series in literature – The Chronicles of Narnia. He was voted in ‘The Times’ as the eleventh greatest British writer since 1945.