An American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
An Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
A Russian physician, playwright and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.
An American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize (1953) and the Nobel Prize in Literature (1954) for his novel The Old Man and the Sea.
An American playwright who wrote A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
A Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. He wrote one book called The Woes of Wit.
An American young adult fiction writer and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series Twilight.
An American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector, who hosted a Paris salon, where leading figures in literature and art would meet.
The YOUNGEST Oscar-winning person in history (Age 10).
An American humorist, satirist, social critic, lecturer and novelist best remembered by his classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
A British novelist and screenwriter who is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.
An American poet, novelist, and short story writer, who wrote The Bell Jar.
An American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades (Ana, you better get this one right).
Most Oscar-nominated PERSON in history (59 nominations, 22 wins).