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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
British writer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
George Orwell, c. 1940
George Orwell
British author
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Vincente Minnelli
American director
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Ernest Hemingway, 1918
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JD Vance
vice president of United States
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
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T.E. Lawrence
British scholar and military officer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
James B. Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a suit and red tie, smiling in front of a U.S. flag and blue background.
James Comey
American attorney and law enforcement official
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Russian writer
Bosie
Lord Alfred Douglas
English poet, editor, and publisher
Rachel Cusk sits by a window in a gray short-sleeve sweater and dark pants, with buildings visible outside in Stockholm, Sweden.
Rachel Cusk
Canadian-born British author
Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Portrait of German poet Heinrich Heine, circa 1827, seated with one arm resting on his knee and wearing a dark coat over a white shirt.
Heinrich Heine
German author
American television cook and author Ina Garten smiles while posing for a photograph at 2015 Time 100 Gala in New York City. She is wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.
Ina Garten
American chef, television personality, and author
Matthew Perry wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling at the 2015 Silver Circle Gala in Beverly Hills.
Matthew Perry
American Canadian actor