Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
1749 - 1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main. His father, Johann Kaspar Goethe, who had left public service...

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Whitman, Walt
1819 - 1892

Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, a village on Long Island, New York, as the second child of nine to Walter, a house...

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Jansson, Anna
1958 -

The Swedish crime writer Anna Jansson was born in Visby on the island of Gotland. In 1979, she moved to Örebro where she ...

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Houellebecq, Michel
1956 -

French author, born as Michel Thomas on the colonial island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. His parents fairly soon lost ...

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