Christopher Smart
1722 – 1771 · United Kingdom
18th-century English poet. He is known for the religious poems A Song to David and Jubilate Agno, written during his confinement in an asylum.
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1722 – 1771 · United Kingdom
18th-century English poet. He is known for the religious poems A Song to David and Jubilate Agno, written during his confinement in an asylum.

1978 – · United States
American actress. She is best known for her role as Joey Potter in the TV series Dawson's Creek.

1878 – 1937 · United States
An American humorist and journalist who worked as a newspaper columnist. He was best known for his column series featuring Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat which became widely beloved.
1925 – 2018 · United States
Barbara Bush was the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as First Lady. She dedicated her life to education and charitable work, particularly advocating for literacy initiatives worldwide.
1819 – 1900 · United Kingdom
British art critic and social thinker. A leading intellectual of the Victorian era.
1599 – 1658 · United Kingdom
English soldier and statesman who led the Parliamentary forces in the Civil War. After the fall of the monarchy he governed the Commonwealth as Lord Protector.
1944 – · United States
Precht is a renowned American philosopher and author. He has published numerous works on ontology and epistemology.
1913 – 2000 · United States
American poet and critic. He won the Pulitzer Prize for verse drawn from his service in the Second World War. He continued formal experiment in the prose-poem collection The Bourgeois Poet.
1818 – 1895 · United States
American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who escaped from slavery. He became a leader of the abolitionist movement and an advocate for racial equality.
1923 – 2019 · United States
American psychiatrist and author. A psychoanalyst who wrote numerous books on human psychology and happiness.