Hillerman, Tony
1925 - 2008

American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a...

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Jonasson, Jonas
1961 -

Jonas Jonasson grew up "happy and untroubled" as Pär-Ola Jonasson in the Swedish town of Växjö in the 1960s. His father's na...

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Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321

The Italian poet Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, referred to as Dante, was born in Florence to an old, noble, but no...

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Bach, Tamara
1976 -

Tamara Bach was born in the town of Limburg an der Lahn. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to...

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