Literature · Film · 1572–1637

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 or 18 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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Age at death: 65
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Born: June 11, 1572 · London, United Kingdom
Died: August 6, 1637
Nationality: English
Known for: Literature, Film

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1889–1966

Anna Akhmatova

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June 1889 – 5 March 1966), known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966.

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1899–1972

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, Kawabata Yasunari; Japanese pronunciation:, 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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1933–2016

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker.

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1910–1997

Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau (also UK:; French:; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.

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1864–1949

Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss (German:; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. He was a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era.

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b. 1969

Peter Dinklage

Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times.

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b. 1946

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

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1917–1963

John F. Kennedy

35th President of the United States, assassinated in Dallas in 1963.

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b. 1942

Paul McCartney

Singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles, one of the most successful composers in popular music.

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1265–1321

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (Italian:; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.

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