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

Bone, Stephen

1904 - 1958
1863-1935, journalist, travel book writer, British

Fletcher, J. S.

1863 - 1935
1907-1976, active 1930s-1960s?, cartoonist; architect; poster artist; writer, British; born in Burma

Acanthus

1907 - 1976
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702
1819-1884, photographer; writer, British

Hughes, Cornelius Jabez

1819 - 1884
1800-1883, artist; architect; sculptor; photographer; wax portrait artist; writer, British

Lucas, Richard Cockle

1800 - 1883
1904-1980; photographer; writer; costume designer; UK

Beaton, Cecil

1904 - 1980
1885-1975, author; writer, British

Mais, S P B

1885 - 1975
1876-1961, writer on golf, British

Darwin, Bernard Richard Meirion

1876 - 1961
1901-1968, painter; printmaker; scenographer; poster artist, French

Cassandre, Adolphe Mouron

1901 - 1968
1909-1987, artist; writer; British

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert

1909 - 1987
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Swift, Jonathan

1667 - 1745
1880-1961, psychologist; paediatrician; writer, American

Gesell, Arnold Lucius

1880 - 1961
1798-1863, painter; engraver; writer, British; English

Harding, James Duffield

1798 - 1863
1862-1949, writer, Belgian

Maeterlinck, Maurice

1862 - 1949
1923-2012, amateur astronomer; writer; broadcaster, British; English

Moore, Sir Patrick

1923 - 2012
1770-1843, artist and writer, British; English

Pyne, William Henry

1770 - 1843
1483-1533, writer, French

Rabelais, François

1483 - 1533
1779-1866, writer on prophecy, British; English

Frere, James Hatley

1779 - 1866
1904-1965, ornithologist, photographer, documentary filmmaker; writer, Scottish

Rankin, Niall

1904 - 1965
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1921-1996, writer; historian of science, British

Williams, Trevor Illtyd

1996 - 1996
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1790?-1849, army officer; publisher; writer, English; British

Sutcliffe, Thomas

1790 - 1849
1692-1780, writer, English; British

Lovett, Richard

1692 - 1780
1855-1926, writer; pro-vivisection campaigner, British

Paget, Stephen

1855 - 1926
1749-1832, writer; polymath, German

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

1749 - 1832
1706-1790, natural philosopher; writer; revolutionary politican, American

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790
129-199 or 216 CE, physician; writer; philosopher, Greek

Galen

129 CE - 216 CE
1902-1984, photographer; lecturer; writer; environmentalist, American

Adams, Ansel

1902 - 1984
1674-1740, agricultural innovator; writer, English; British

Tull, Jethro

1674 - 1741
active 1790s-1800s, journalist; writer; publisher, British

Heriot, John

1760 - 1833
1838-1886, painter; sculptor; caricaturist; writer, Italian

Cecioni, Adriano

1838 - 1886
1884-1958, painter, writer, American

du Bois, Guy Pène

1884 - 1958
ca. 1666-1719, writer; science lecturer, English

Harris, John

1666 - 1719
1798-1854, writer of railway guides, British

Parry, Edward

1798 - 1854
1768-1837, physician; writer, English; British

Thornton, Robert John

1768 - 1837
1842-1925, astronomer; writer, French

Flammarion, Camille

1842 - 1925
1724-1773, physician; writer, Scottish

Gregory, John

1724 - 1773
1883-1959, writer, British

Rohmer, Sax

1883 - 1959
1676-1739, physician; surgeon; writer; botanist, French

Reneaulme de Lagaranne, Michel-Louis

1676 - 1739
1742-1823, writer, British

Combe, William

1742 - 1823
1812-1870, writer; novelist, British

Dickens, Charles

1812 - 1870
1815-1875, artist; painter; portraitist; writer, Swedish

Lundgren, Egron Sellif

1815 - 1875
Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898, writer; mathematician; photographer, British; English

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge

1832 - 1898
1682-1745, garden designer; writer, English

Switzer, Stephen

1682 - 1745
1896-1966, writer; poet; surrealist, French

Breton, Andre

1896 - 1966
1895-1983, inventor; futurist; architect; writer, American

Fuller, R Buckminster

1895 - 1983
1855-1928, writer; illustrator; motorist; balloonist; aviation pioneer, British; English

Butler, Frank Hedges

1855 - 1928