Artists & Writers
Painters, poets, and storytellers of the human soul.
records written
Modern era
Majid Nizami
April 3, 1928 – July 26, 2014
Pakistani journalist
Modern era
Zamir Niazi
1932 – 2004
Pakistani journalist (1932–2004)
Mazhar Ali Khan
19th century painter from Delhi
Modern era
Razia Bhatti
1943 – March 12, 1996
Pakistani journalist
Modern era
Ardeshir Cowasjee
April 13, 1926 – November 24, 2012
Pakistani businessman and journalist (1926-2012)
Modern era
B. G. Horniman
1873 – 1948
Journalist who supported Indian Independence and establishment of Federal Republic of India.
Modern era
Ramnath Goenka
April 3, 1904 – October 5, 1991
Indian newspaper publisher (1904–1991)
Modern era
Ajmal Khattak
September 15, 1925 – February 7, 2010
Pakistani writer and politician (1925–2010)
Modern era
Godavari Parulekar
August 14, 1907 – October 8, 1996
Indian independence activist, writer, and social activist
Modern era
Ponnambalam Arunachalam
September 14, 1853 – January 9, 1924
Sri Lankan politician (1853–1924)
Modern era
Yogmaya Neupane
1860 – 1941
One Nepali poet
Modern era
B. P. Koirala
September 8, 1914 – July 21, 1982
Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)
Modern era
Motiram Bhatta
September 8, 1866 – 1896
Nepalese poet (1866–1896)
Modern era
Parijat (writer)
1937 – 1993
Nepalese Writer (1937-1993)
Modern era
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
1838 – March 9, 1897
Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)
Modern era
Mahmud Tarzi
August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933
Afghan politician, secular activist and journalist (1865–1933)
Modern era
Khalilullah Khalili
1907 – May 4, 1987
Persian language writer and poet (1907–1987)
Modern era
Abdul Hai Habibi
1910 – May 9, 1984
Afghan writer and historian (1910–1984)
Contemporary era
Meena Keshwar Kamal
February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987
Afghan activist (1956–1987)
Modern era
Jacob
July 10, 1830 – November 13, 1903
Danish-French painter (1830-1903)
Modern era
Isaiah
June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997
Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
Luke the Evangelist
d. 84 CE
One of the four evangelists
Ancient era
Jerome
345 CE – September 30, 420 CE
4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
Medieval era
Gregory the Great
540 CE – March 12, 604 CE
6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church
Ancient era
Benedict of Nursia
March 3, 480 CE – March 23, 547 CE
Founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
Ancient era
Saint Patrick
385 CE – March 17, 461 CE
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
Medieval era
Bernard of Clairvaux
1090 – August 20, 1153
Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153)
Medieval era
Thomas a Kempis
1380 – July 25, 1471
German canon regular
Medieval era
Jan Hus
1369 – July 6, 1415
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
Medieval era
William Tyndale
1494 – October 6, 1536
English Bible translator and reformer
Early Modern era
John Knox
1514 – November 24, 1572
Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)
Modern era
Charles Spurgeon
June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892)
Modern era
Pope Benedict XVI
April 16, 1927 – December 31, 2022
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
Early Modern era
Francis Xavier
April 7, 1506 – December 3, 1552
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Medieval era
Husayn ibn Ali
January 9, 626 CE – October 10, 680 CE
Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
Medieval era
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
605 CE – July 13, 678 CE
Muhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
Medieval era
Rabia al-Adawiyya
c. 710 CE – 801 CE
Iraqi sufi and poet
Medieval era
Rashi
1040 – July 13, 1105
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
Ancient era
Zhuangzi
369 BCE – 288 BCE
Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)
Medieval era
Xuanzang
602 CE – 664 CE
7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
Early Modern era
Guru Gobind Singh
December 22, 1666 – October 7, 1708
Tenth Sikh guru (1661–1708)
Medieval era
Kabir
1440 – 1518
15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
Modern era
Ramana Maharshi
December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950
Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)
Ancient era
Solon
638 BCE – 558 BCE
Athenian legislator
Ancient era
Xenophon
430 BCE – 354 BCE
Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)
Ancient era
Phidias
490 BCE – 430 BCE
Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
Ancient era
Praxiteles
395 BCE – 330 BCE
Attic sculptor
Ancient era
Parmenides
515 BCE – 470 BCE
Late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
Ancient era
Empedocles
490 BCE – 430 BCE
5th century BC Greek philosopher
Ancient era
Josephus
37 CE – 100 CE
Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100)
Ancient era
Livy
59 BCE – 17 CE
Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17)
Ancient era
Tacitus
56 CE – 120 CE
Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
Ancient era
Suetonius
70 CE – 126 CE
Late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian
Ancient era
Pliny the Elder
c. 20 CE – 79 CE
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)
Ancient era
Vitruvius
80 BCE – 15 BCE
Roman architect and engineer
Ancient era
Lucretius
94 BCE – 55 BCE
1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
Ancient era
Catullus
84 BCE – 54 BCE
Lyric Latin poet of the Roman Republic
Ancient era
Marcus Agrippa
63 BCE – 12 BCE
Ancient Roman statesman and general
Ancient era
Germanicus
15 BCE – October 10, 1919 CE
Nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, heir apparent of the Roman Empire, and father of emperor Caligula
Ancient era
Cato the Elder
234 BCE – 149 BCE
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)