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129-199 or 216 CE, physician; writer; philosopher, Greek

Galen

129 CE - 216 CE
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Cuthbert Hamilton

1909 - 1987
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

William Brockedon

1787 - 1854
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

James Cantlie

1851 - 1926
1938-1980, singer-songwriter, poet, actor, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Vysotsky

1938 - 1980
1904-1980; photographer; writer; costume designer; UK

Cecil Beaton

1904 - 1980
1779-1866, writer on prophecy, British; English

James Hatley Frere

1779 - 1866
Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898, writer; mathematician; photographer, British; English

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

1832 - 1898
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Jethro Tull

1674 - 1741
1885-1975, author; writer, British

S P B Mais

1885 - 1975
1923-2012, amateur astronomer; writer; broadcaster, British; English

Patrick Moore

1923 - 2012
1800-1883, artist; architect; sculptor; photographer; wax portrait artist; writer, British

Richard Cockle Lucas

1800 - 1883
1819-1884, photographer; writer, British

Cornelius Jabez Hughes

1819 - 1884
1925-2013, physician; physiologist; writer, British

Robert G Edwards

1925 - 2013
1770-1843, artist and writer, British; English

William Henry Pyne

1770 - 1843
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

George Wilson Bridges

1788 - 1863
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Stephen Switzer

1682 - 1745
1901-1968, painter; printmaker; scenographer; poster artist, French

Adolphe Mouron Cassandre

1901 - 1968
1790?-1849, army officer; publisher; writer, English; British

Thomas Sutcliffe

1790 - 1849
1706-1790, natural philosopher; writer; revolutionary politican, American

Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790
1907-1976, active 1930s-1960s?, cartoonist; architect; poster artist; writer, British; born in Burma

Acanthus

1907 - 1976
1815-1875, artist; painter; portraitist; writer, Swedish

Egron Sellif Lundgren

1815 - 1875
1883-1959, writer, British

Sax Rohmer

1883 - 1959
1904-1965, ornithologist, photographer, documentary filmmaker; writer, Scottish

Niall Rankin

1904 - 1965
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Jan van der Heiden

1662 - 1726
1742-1823, writer, British

William Combe

1742 - 1823
1798-1854, writer of railway guides, British

Edward Parry

1798 - 1854
active 1790s-1800s, journalist; writer; publisher, British

John Heriot

1760 - 1833
1768-1837, physician; writer, English; British

Robert John Thornton

1768 - 1837
1798-1863, painter; engraver; writer, British; English

James Duffield Harding

1798 - 1863
1842-1925, astronomer; writer, French

Camille Flammarion

1842 - 1925
1896-1966, writer; poet; surrealist, French

Andre Breton

1896 - 1966
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Gideon Harvey

1636 - 1702
1838-1886, painter; sculptor; caricaturist; writer, Italian

Adriano Cecioni

1838 - 1886
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Horace Grant

1799 - 1859
1876-1961, writer on golf, British

Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin

1876 - 1961
1863-1935, journalist, travel book writer, British

J. S. Fletcher

1863 - 1935
1676-1739, physician; surgeon; writer; botanist, French

Reneaulme de Lagaranne, Michel-Louis

1676 - 1739
1880-1961, psychologist; paediatrician; writer, American

Arnold Lucius Gesell

1880 - 1961
1871-1934, writer, British; Scottish

John Joy Bell

1871 - 1934
1862-1949, writer, Belgian

Maurice Maeterlinck

1862 - 1949
1902-1984, photographer; lecturer; writer; environmentalist, American

Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984
1855-1928, writer; illustrator; motorist; balloonist; aviation pioneer, British; English

Frank Hedges Butler

1855 - 1928
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Richard Lovett

1692 - 1780

Laurence Bagley

1922 - 1983
1904-1958, artist; poster artist; writer, British

Stephen Bone

1904 - 1958
1749-1832, writer; polymath, German

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749 - 1832
1895-1983, inventor; futurist; architect; writer, American

R Buckminster Fuller

1895 - 1983
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Jonathan Swift

1667 - 1745
1812-1870, writer; novelist, British

Charles Dickens

1812 - 1870