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Autobiographer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as autobiographer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Kurt Waldheim
December 21, 1918 – June 14, 2007
Austrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007)
Modern era
Jean Chrétien
b. January 11, 1934
Prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003
Contemporary era
Kim Campbell
b. March 10, 1947
19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993
Modern era
Pranab Mukherjee
December 11, 1935 – August 31, 2020
President of India from 2012 to 2017
Modern era
Mahathir Mohamad
b. July 10, 1925
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020
Modern era
Lee Kuan Yew
September 16, 1923 – March 23, 2015
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Ancient era
Augustine of Hippo
November 13, 354 CE – August 28, 430 CE
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
Modern era
Billy Graham
November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
Contemporary era
Imran Khan
b. November 25, 1952
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
Modern era
Isaac Asimov
January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
Medieval era
Babur
February 14, 1483 – December 26, 1530
Founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530)
Modern era
Eleanor Roosevelt
October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
Modern era
Richard Nixon
January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994
President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
Contemporary era
Bill Clinton
b. August 19, 1946
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
Contemporary era
George W. Bush
b. July 6, 1946
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
Modern era
Margaret Thatcher
October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Contemporary era
Tony Blair
b. May 6, 1953
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Modern era
Willy Brandt
December 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992
German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Modern era
Giuseppe Garibaldi
July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882
Italian general, patriot and republican (1807–1882)
Modern era
Leon Trotsky
October 26, 1879 – August 21, 1940
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
Modern era
Jawaharlal Nehru
November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964
Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964
Contemporary era
Nelson Mandela
July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became South Africa's first Black president
Modern era
Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
Contemporary era
Rosa Parks
February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005
Seamstress whose refusal to move ignited the Montgomery bus boycott
Early Modern era
Tycho Brahe
December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
Early Modern era
Carl Linnaeus
May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
Modern era
Hedy Lamarr
November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Modern era
John Stuart Mill
May 20, 1806 – May 8, 1873
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
Modern era
Henry David Thoreau
July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
Early Modern era
Lord Byron
January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
Modern era
Hans Christian Andersen
April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
Modern era
Mark Twain
November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Modern era
Virginia Woolf
January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
Modern era
Thomas Mann
June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
Modern era
Simone de Beauvoir
January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
Modern era
Roald Dahl
September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Modern era
Hector Berlioz
December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869
French composer and conductor (1803–1869)
Modern era
Tenzing Norgay
May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
Modern era
Charles Lindbergh
February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
Modern era
Buzz Aldrin
b. January 20, 1930
American astronaut (born 1930)
Modern era
Booker T. Washington
April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915
African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
Modern era
Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977
American civil rights activist (1917–1977)
Early Modern era
Olaudah Equiano
1745 – March 31, 1797
Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
Modern era
Simon Wiesenthal
December 31, 1908 – September 20, 2005
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
Contemporary era
Rigoberta Menchu
b. January 9, 1959
Guatemalan human rights activist
Modern era
Ingrid Bergman
August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Modern era
Katharine Hepburn
May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003
American actress (1907–2003)
Modern era
Marilyn Monroe
June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Modern era
Cary Grant
January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986
British-American actor (1904–1986)
Modern era
Elizabeth Taylor
February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011
British-American actress (1932–2011)
Modern era
Sophia Loren
b. September 20, 1934
Italian actress (born 1934)
Modern era
Sidney Poitier
February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022
Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
Modern era
Duke Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Modern era
Tina Turner
November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
Contemporary era
Muhammad Ali
January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016
Three-time heavyweight champion and conscience of his era
Contemporary era
Mike Tyson
b. June 30, 1966
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
Contemporary era
Serena Williams
b. September 26, 1981
Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a tennis era unto herself
Contemporary era
Martina Navratilova
b. October 18, 1956
Czech-American tennis player