American, actor, director, writer and producer known for his incredible dramatic range. Edward (not Ed!) was raised in an affluent family. His father was an…
Canadian writer and computer programmer who is the creator and author of Dinosaur Comics, and co-creator of Whispered Apologies and Happy Dog the Happy Dog.…
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, who received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play ‘night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for…
American photographer, writer, editor, arts patron and advocate for social change. Born to a prominent Jewish family, she attended Smith College, then transferred to the…
Danish composer. studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the…
Belgian writer, one of the most illustrious poets in his country during the 20th century. Norge was the author of “The Worn Outs,” “The Green…
Dutch writer of novels, travel literature, poetry and journalist. Noorteboom’s father Hubertus Maria Nooteboom (13 February 1897, Den Haag, 17 March, Voorburg) was a merchant.…
British singer, guitarist, actor, band leader and songwriter. He used the professional name of Herman when working with his group “Herman and the Hermits.” Big…
Dutch writer and columnist. She was born in the Rotterdam labour district Krooswijk, her father being a car mechanic, her mother a catholic housewife. She…
French actor, screenwriter and film director. At age nineteen, he met Roland Barthes, who was more than twenty years his senior. They became lovers. Barthes…
Brazilian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actress, who has collaborated on music projects with Boyce Avenue and Jota Quest. In 2018, she undertook a mini-tour of Brazil,…
French television presenter and songwriter, known as “Jaboune.” On 24 February 1921, he married Jeanne Delaunay (1899-1979) a childhood friend; the couple had four children:…
French writer, a journalist and gossip columnist. While representing another as a second, he presented Prince Napoleon III with a challenge to a duel. They…
French writer and film critic who won the Prix Femina in 1997, for Amour noir. He taught the history of film at the Sorbonne. He…
French actor and screenwriter who appeared in 45 films between 1931 and 1966. He died on 5 October 1989, aged 92, in Nice, France. Link…
Italian singer-songwriter. In 2013 she became a coach in The Voice of Italy. She has sold over 690 000 records in Italy. Link to Wikipedia…
Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer who served for the Ottoman Empire during the Great War (1914–1918). He travelled extensively and fought in many of the…
French poet and writer. She was born into a highly educated family. She remained single. Passionate and tormented woman, she is often known for her…
Unconventional Dutch woman, whose life was depicted by the journalist and writer Annejet van der Zijl in 2004. Her best-seller Sonny Boy was a reconstruction…
Italian television and film director, editor and screenwriter. In 1958 Nocita became an employee of RAI as an editor, and in 1968 he debuted as…
French doctor and medical writer, who worked as Professor of the Children’s Medical Clinic at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. He died in Louveciennes,…
Swiss writer.
Swiss art historian and writer. The son of a Russian chemist and a Swiss mother, after leaving school he studied history of art, classical archaeology…
American R&B/ Soul singer-songwriter and YouTuber who released her first mix tape Gold Lion on 22 April 2013, her 19th birthday.
American journalist and author of 140 books, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults. Nixon was the only author to win…
American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I (1956), Natalie Wood in West Side…
Brazilian scholar, journalist and writer who chaired the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1998 and 1999. He is the seventh occupant of Chair nº 18…
Hungarian journalist and writer. He died on 18 June 1972 in Budapest
American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, and community activist from Los Angeles, whose professional name was often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le. Emerging from the West Coast hip…
Italian film, television and stage actor and writer. He died in Pesaro on 15 January 1967. Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
Israeli singer-songwriter, known outside of Israel as Noa. She is accompanied by guitarist Gil Dor and often plays the conga drum as she sings. Nini…
French novelist. He began to write quite early in his life. His first novel, Les Épées (The Swords) was published in 1948, when he was…
French writer who authored 60 diaries in her 74 years about her SELF (often capitalized), working on perfecting her self-absorption and sex-life. Introspective from youth,…
French novelist, songwriter, and author for youth. Born to Roger Nimier (writer). In 2004, she obtained “Le Prix Médicis” for “La reine du silence”. In…
Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician, considered the leading “voice of Oslo” due to his numerous classic songs about the city. Nilsen has collaborated with his…
Norwegian novelist, children’s writer, and literary critic who made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel “Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken.” Her…
American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson.…
Martinus Nijhoff: A Dutch Literary Visionary and Human Design Generator Martinus Nijhoff, born on April 20, 1894, in Den Haag, Netherlands, remains one of the…
French breton singer and songwriter, leader of the group Matmatah (ex-Tricards Twins). He went on a solo career in 2011. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Niia: A Luminous Journey in Music and Human Design Niia Bertino, known professionally as Niia, is an acclaimed American singer, pianist, and songwriter whose work…
Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His ‘Confessions of an Italian’ is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian Risorgimento. He died in a…
Mexican-born Anglo-American playwright and novelist who wrote about Mexican-American issues in the middle years of the century, before the rise of the Chicano movement. She…
French writer and poet. Besides novels and poems, Nigond also wrote 22 theatre plays. Link to Wikipedia (French)
British art historian and author, who was the elder son of authors Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and the brother of writer and politician Nigel.…
British writer, publisher and politician. Nicolson was the son of writers Sir Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West; he had a brother Ben, an art historian.…
Italian stage and screen actress and screenwriter. Nicolodi died in Rome on 26 November 2020 at the age of 70. Link to Wikipedia biography
British author who has written about history, landscape, great literature and the sea. He is noted for his books Sea Room (about the Shiant Isles,…
American businessman executive who was president of Greyhound’s Armour-Dial, an American company that was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry,…