writers

Turkish preacher and imam

1941 – 2024

American political activist

1993 – 2025

American actor

1925 – 2010

11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England

994 – 1035

American domestic, mathematician and anarchist

1942 – 2023

Indian nationalist leader

1897 – 1945

American basketball player

born 1988

5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland

385 – 461

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

1933 – 2023

American actress

born 1972

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter

born 1954

American philosopher

1942 – 2024

American photographer and environmentalist

1902 – 1984

former Prime Minister of Iran

1882 – 1967

American attorney and politician

born 1944

American television show host and comedian

born 1963

American country musician

born 1933

American filmmaker

born 1970

American stage actor and assassin

1838 – 1865

Australian actress and author

born 1976

American economist

born 1954

American politician

born 1950

American soccer player

born 1989

American actor and comedian

1952 – 2023

British broadcaster, journalist and writer

born 1960

Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist

1935 – 2026

American children's writer, diarist, and journalist

1867 – 1957

American actress and businesswoman

born 1945

Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker

born 1982

American actor

born 1957

United States Secretary of Defense

born 1980

British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, and former Duchess of York

born 1959

American actress, television personality, and author

born 1975

American businessman

1902 – 1984

Queen Consort of Thailand from 1950 to 2016, since then Queen Mother

1932 – 2025

Lebanese-British-French barrister and human right activist

born 1978

American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality

born 1962

English television personality, businessman, producer, record executive

born 1959

American author, political commentator

born 1961

Dutch writer

1933 – 2026

American actress

born 1979

American actor and comedian

born 1925

American author and diplomat

born 1957

Irish actor

born 1983

American academic and literary critic

1934 – 2024

American novelist, screenwriter

born 1964

American professional wrestler, actor, and retired mixed martial artist

born 1978

British writer

1969 – 2025

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker

1944 – 2014

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

born 1970

French author from Guadeloupe

1934 – 2024

South African comedian and television host

born 1984

American actor and filmmaker

born 1959

British far-right political commentator

born 1984

Indian-born American author and alternative-medicine advocate, physician and public speaker

born 1946

American actress, singer, author

born 1968

American political activist

born 1952

Nepali‑born English mountaineer

1983 – 2026

English writer

1935 – 2025

English actor, comedian and writer

born 1971

American comedian and actress

born 1981

American author

born 1979

American novelist

1948 – 2026

British-American filmmaker

born 1976

American filmmaker

born 1986

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota

born 1951

American actor

1940 – 2023

German actor and writer

1930 – 2026

American screenwriter and film director

1932 – 2025

American writer

1930 – 2024

American writer

born 1962

American filmmaker

born 1973

Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank

1909 – 2010

American singer-songwriter

1946 – 2023

American comedian and social critic

1925 – 1966

Christian ascetic saint

389 – 459

French film director

1939 – 2025

American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel

1864 – 1912

American actress

1946 – 2023

French serial rape victim and feminist icon

born 1952

American actress and singer

1946 – 2019

American political scientist

born 1953

Irish motorsport executive and broadcaster

1948 – 2025

Hungarian writer and photographer

1942 – 2026

South African writer and painter

1939 – 2024

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

born 1980

American writer

born 1972

American actor

born 1988

American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner

1779 – 1843

American professional wrestler

born 1949

French Catholic cardinal

1942 – 2025

Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator

1931 – 2025

Archbishop of Prague from 2010 to 2022

1943 – 2025

British writer, scriptwriter and film director

born 1970

Indian politician, diplomat, author

born 1956

British author and political commentator

born 1979

Israeli-American economist

1943 – 2025

American artist

1935 – 2024

Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament

1923 – 1991

British-American television personality

born 1952