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Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor 1905 1982 Russian writer and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
Nate Silver Nathaniel Read Silver 1978 n/a American statistician, writer and poker player who analyzes baseball (see sabermetrics), basketball, and elections (see psephology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver
Bill Kristol William Kristol 1952 n/a American neoconservative writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kristol
Lena Dunham Lena Dunham 1986 n/a American writer, director, actress, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham
Jon Stewart Jon Stewart 1962 n/a American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart
Sarah Silverman Sarah Kate Silverman 1970 n/a American comedian, actress, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Silverman
Milo Yiannopoulos Milo Yiannopoulos 1984 n/a British far-right, alt right political commentator, polemicist, public speaker and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos
Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg 1946 n/a American film director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg
Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen 1935 n/a American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen
Ezra Levant Ezra Isaac Levant null null Canadian media personality, far-right political activist, writer, and broadcaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Levant
Andrew Breitbart Andrew James Breitbart 1969 2012 American conservative journalist, writer, and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Breitbart
Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 1940 1973 Hong Kong martial artist, martial arts instructor, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee
Tim Wise Timothy Jacob Wise 1968 n/a American activist and writer on the topic of race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wise
Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 1928 1999 American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick
Larry David Lawrence Gene David 1947 n/a American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_David
Bob Dylan Robert Dylan 1941 n/a American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
Stan Lee Stan Lee 1922 2018 American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee
Roman Polanski Roman Polanski 1933 n/a Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski
Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone 1946 n/a American film director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone
Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry 1957 n/a English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
Bryan Singer Bryan Jay Singer 1965 n/a American film director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Singer
Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky 1933 2014 American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Rivers
Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley 1945 1981 Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley
Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel 1928 2016 Romanian writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
Jerry Seinfeld Jerome Allen Seinfeld 1954 n/a American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld
Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell 1964 2017 American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell
William Shatner William Shatner 1931 n/a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, commercial astronaut, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner
Josh Gottheimer Joshua S. Gottheimer 1975 n/a American attorney, writer, and public policy adviser who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer
Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher 1956 2016 American actress and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Fisher
Dennis Prager Dennis Mark Prager 1948 n/a American conservative radio talk show host and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Prager
Roseanne Barr Roseanne Cherrie Barr 1952 n/a American actress, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr
Emma Goldman Emma Goldman 1869 1940 null anarchist political activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman
Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal 1908 2005 Austrian Jewish Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal
Steven Seagal Steven Frederic Seagal 1952 n/a American actor, screenwriter, producer, martial artist, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal
Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn 1960 n/a American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn
Chelsea Handler Chelsea Joy Handler 1975 n/a American comedian, actress, writer, television host, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Handler
Louis C.K. Louis Székely 1967 n/a American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C.K.
Ben Stiller Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller 1965 n/a American actor, comedian, producer, film director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stiller
Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov 1920 1992 American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
Seth Meyers Seth Adam Meyers 1973 n/a American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Meyers
Jack Black Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black 1969 n/a American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Black
James Franco James Edward Franco 1978 n/a American actor, filmmaker, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Franco
Laurie Penny Laurie Penny 1986 n/a British journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Penny
Seth Green Seth Benjamin Green 1974 n/a American actor, producer, writer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Green
Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl 1860 1904 Austrian Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Herzl
Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider 1963 n/a American actor, comedian, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Schneider
Dave Mustaine David Scott Mustaine 1961 n/a American musician best known as the co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of thrash metal band Megadeth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine
Billy Joel William Martin Joel 1949 n/a American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel
Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen 1934 2016 Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen
David Horowitz David Joel Horowitz 1939 n/a American conservative writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz
Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone 1971 n/a American actor, animator, writer, producer, and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Stone
Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh 1937 n/a American investigative journalist and political writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh
Ron Unz Ronald Keeva Unz 1961 n/a American technology entrepreneur, political activist, writer, and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Unz
Gene Simmons Gene Simmons 1949 n/a Israeli musician, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons
David Frum David Jeffrey Frum 1960 n/a Canadian political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, who is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic as well as an MSNBC contributor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frum
Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez 1985 n/a American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and dancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mars
Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Noam Baron Cohen 1971 n/a English actor, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen
Clement Freud Sir Clement Raphael Freud 1924 2009 British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Freud
Liev Schreiber Isaac Liev Schreiber 1967 n/a American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liev_Schreiber
Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston 1956 n/a American actor, director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Cranston
Aaron Swartz Aaron Hillel Swartz 1986 2013 American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Jack Kirby Jack Kirby 1917 1994 American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby
Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed 1942 2013 American musician, singer, songwriter, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed
Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman 1933 2016 American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder
Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann 1943 n/a American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mann
Andrea Dworkin Andrea Rita Dworkin 1946 2005 American radical feminist activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin
Lucy Dawidowicz Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz 1915 1990 American historian and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Dawidowicz
Judd Apatow Judd Apatow 1967 n/a American comedian, director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_Apatow
Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein 1944 n/a American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein
Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon 1941 n/a American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor whose career has spanned six decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon
Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg 1926 1997 American poet and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg
Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz 1964 n/a American singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz
Andrew Klavan Andrew Klavan 1954 n/a American writer of crime and suspense novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Klavan
Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof 1951 n/a Irish singer-songwriter, actor and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Geldof
David Cross David Cross 1964 n/a American stand-up comedian, actor, director and writer known for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show (1995–1999), and his role as Tobias Fünke in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cross
Rashida Jones Rashida Leah Jones 1976 n/a American actress, director, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones
Bette Midler Bette Midler 2004 1945 American actress, comedian, singer, songwriter and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Midler
Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse 1983 2011 British singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse
Rodney Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield 1921 2004 American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield
Michael Berenbaum Michael Berenbaum 1945 n/a American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer, and filmmaker, who specializes in the study of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Berenbaum
Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black 1971 n/a American comedian, actor, writer, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black
Betty Friedan Betty Friedan 1921 2006 American feminist writer and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Friedan
Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis 1926 2017 American comedian, director, actor, screenwriter, singer, humanitarian and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis
Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels 1944 n/a Canadian television screenwriter and producer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and producing the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995) and The Tonight Show (since 2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Michaels
Franz Kafka Franz Kafka 1883 1924 Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
Geddy Lee Geddy Lee 1953 n/a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee
Arthur Jensen Arthur Robert Jensen 1923 2012 American psychologist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Jensen
Groucho Marx Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx 1890 1977 American comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx
Donald Barr Donald Barr 1921 2004 American educator, writer, and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barr
Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 n/a American actress and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis
Rachel Bloom Rachel Leah Bloom 1987 n/a American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Bloom
Ilya Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg none 1967 Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ehrenburg
Nick Kroll Nicholas Kroll 1978 n/a American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Kroll
Meir Kahane Meir David HaKohen Kahane 1932 1990 American ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Kahane
Rebecca Sugar Rebecca Rea Sugar 1987 n/a American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Sugar
David Lee Roth David Lee Roth 1954 n/a American retired rock musician, singer, songwriter and radio personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_Roth
Jacques Attali Jacques Attali 1943 n/a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant, who served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1991 to 1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Attali
Valerie Plame Valerie Elise Plame 1963 n/a American writer, spy novelist, and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame
Susan Sontag Susan Sontag 1933 2004 American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag
Yaron Brook Yaron Brook 1961 n/a Israeli entrepreneur, writer, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook
Chapman Cohen Chapman Cohen 1868 1954 English freethinker, atheist, and secularist writer and lecturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Cohen
Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn 1982 n/a American actress, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Brie
Shelby Foote Shelby Dade Foote Jr. 1916 2005 American writer, historian and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Foote
Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine 1797 1856 German poet, writer and literary critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine
Fran Drescher Francine Joy Drescher 1957 n/a American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Drescher
Rod Serling Rodman Edward Serling 1924 1975 American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator/on-screen host, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
Ben Abraham Ben Abraham 1924 2015 Polish writer and historian who became a naturalized Brazilian citizen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abraham
Ari Shaffir Ari David Shaffir 1974 n/a null comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Shaffir
Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond 1941 n/a American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond
David Simon David Judah Simon 1960 n/a American author, journalist, and television writer and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–08) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simon
John Milius John Frederick Milius 1944 n/a American screenwriter, film director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milius
Bari Weiss Bari Weiss 1984 n/a American journalist, writer and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Weiss
Steve Bing Stephen Leo Bing 1965 2020 American businessman, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bing
Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov 1963 n/a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov
Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler 1975 n/a Spanish singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Iglesias
Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang 1890 1976 Austrian film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang
Andrew Gold Andrew Maurice Gold 1951 2011 American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gold
David Leon David Jeremy Leon 1980 n/a English actor, director, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leon
Michael Bolton Michael BolotinMichael Bolton: Biography , The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. 1953 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bolton
Norman Lear Norman Milton Lear 1922 n/a American television writer and film and television producer who has produced, written, created, or developed over 100 shows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lear
Irving Berlin Irving Berlin 1888 1989 Russian composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin
Rick Moranis Frederick Allan Moranis 1953 n/a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Moranis
Max Landis Max Landis 1985 n/a American writer and filmmaker, and the son of director John Landis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Landis
Billy Crystal William Edward Crystal 1948 n/a American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal
James Toback James Toback 1944 n/a American screenwriter and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Toback
Robert Asch Robert Charles Asch 1968 n/a British Catholic writer and scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Asch
Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette 1974 n/a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanis_Morissette
Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon 1947 2003 American rock singer, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon
Andy Samberg Andy Samberg 1978 n/a American comedian, actor, musician, producer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Samberg
Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth 1933 2018 American novelist and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth
Lloyd Kaufman Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. 1945 n/a American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Kaufman
Emily Ratajkowski Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski 1991 n/a American model, actress and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Ratajkowski
Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller 1915 2005 American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller
David Duchovny David William Duchovny n/a 2015 American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duchovny
Michael Lev Michael (Mishe) Lev 1917 2013 null Yiddish language writer from Podolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lev
Joel Schumacher Joel T. Schumacher 1939 2020 American film director, screenwriter, producer, and costume designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Schumacher
Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman 1953 n/a American composer, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman
Paul Bern Paul Bern 1889 1932 German film director, screenwriter, and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became the assistant to Irving Thalberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bern
Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann 1889 1974 American writer, reporter and political commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann
Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Spector 1939 2021 American record producer, musician, and songwriter who is best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s, followed decades later by his two trials and conviction for murder in the 2000s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector
Primo Levi Primo Michele Levi 1919 1987 Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Jewish Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo_Levi
Norman Podhoretz Norman Podhoretz 1930 n/a American magazine editor, writer, and conservative political commentator, who identifies his views as "paleo-neoconservative" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Podhoretz
Frederic Raphael Frederic Michael Raphael 1931 n/a null American-born, British BAFTA and Academy Award winning screenwriter, biographer, nonfiction writer, novelist and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Raphael
Yung Lean Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad 1996 n/a Swedish rapper, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yung_Lean
Dan Senor Daniel Samuel Senor 1971 n/a American columnist, writer, and political adviser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Senor
Dr. Luke Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald 1973 n/a American record producer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Luke
Rucka Rucka Ali Rucka Rucka Ali 1987 n/a Israeli rapper, singer, songwriter, radio personality, comedian, YouTuber, and parodist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rucka_Rucka_Ali
Jake Adelstein Jake Adelstein 1969 n/a American journalist, crime writer, and blogger who has spent most of his career in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Adelstein
Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison 1934 2018 American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison
Samuel Roth Samuel Roth 1893 1974 American publisher, writer, and "all-around schemer" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Roth
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg 1874 1951 Austrian composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg
Afua Hirsch Afua Hirsch 1981 n/a British writer, broadcaster and former barrister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afua_Hirsch
Andy Cohen Andrew Joseph Cohen 1968 n/a American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cohen
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta 1967 n/a French DJ, record producer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Guetta
Eliezer Yudkowsky Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky 1979 n/a American decision theorist and artificial intelligence (AI) theorist and writer best known for popularizing the idea of friendly artificial intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky
Otto Rahn Otto Wilhelm Rahn 1904 1939 German writer, medievalist, Ariosophist, and an officer of the SS and researcher into the Grail myths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Rahn
George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin 1948 n/a American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin
Aaron Sorkin Aaron Benjamin Sorkin 1961 n/a American playwright, screenwriter, and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin
Binyamin Appelbaum Binyamin Appelbaum null null null lead writer on business and economics for the Editorial Board of The New York Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyamin_Appelbaum
Israel Shamir Israel Shamir 1947 1948 Swedish writer and journalist, known for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shamir
Marc Maron Marc David Maron 1963 n/a American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron
Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis 1944 2014 American actor, comedian, director and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ramis
Esther Vilar Esther Margareta Vilar 1935 n/a Argentine writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vilar
Josh Homme Joshua Michael Homme 1973 n/a American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Homme
Michael Levin Michael Levin 1943 n/a American philosopher and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin
Peter Berg Peter Berg 1964 n/a American director, producer, writer, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Berg
Pete Burns Peter Jozzeppi Burns 1959 2016 English musician, singer, songwriter, and television personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Burns
Jesse Eisenberg Jesse Adam Eisenberg 1983 n/a American actor, director, producer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Eisenberg
Carole King Carole King Klein 1942 n/a American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_King
Chuck Schuldiner Charles Michael Schuldiner 1967 2001 American singer, songwriter, and guitarist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schuldiner
Pete Doherty Peter Doherty 1979 n/a English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty
Nigella Lawson Nigella Lucy Lawson 1960 n/a English food writer and television cook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_Lawson
Warren Spector Warren Evan Spector 1955 n/a American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Spector
James Kantor James Kantor 1927 1974 South African lawyer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kantor
Billy Wilder Billy Wilder 1906 2002 Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wilder
Daniel Pipes Daniel Pipes 1949 n/a American historian, writer, and commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pipes
Jane Mayer Jane Meredith Mayer 1955 n/a American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Mayer
David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg 1943 n/a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg
Jerry Siegel Jerome Siegel 1914 1996 American comic book writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Siegel
Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore 1984 n/a American singer, songwriter, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Moore
Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman 1943 n/a American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced soul songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Newman
Aaron Copland Aaron Copland 1900 1990 American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Copland
Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach 1928 n/a American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach
Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler 1949 n/a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler
George Burns George Burns 1896 1996 American comedian, actor, singer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John 1948 n/a British singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John
Lucian Wintrich Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV null null American writer, speaker, and the former White House correspondent for the far-right news and opinion site The Gateway Pundit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Wintrich
Rich Vos Richard Ira Vos 1957 n/a American stand-up comedian, writer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Vos
Susan Sandler Susan Sandler null null American writer and currently a professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sandler
Harry Enten Harry Joe Enten 1988 n/a American journalist best known for his former role as a senior political writer and analyst for the website FiveThirtyEight and his current job as a senior writer and analyst for CNN Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Enten
Mark Ronson Mark Daniel Ronson 1975 n/a English musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ronson
Pink (singer) Alecia Beth Moore 1979 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_(singer)
Ronit Lentin Ronit Lentin 1944 n/a Israeli political sociologist and a writer of fiction and non-fiction books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Lentin
Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte 1927 n/a American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte
Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky 1969 n/a American film director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky
Jerzy Urban Jerzy Urban 1933 n/a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Urban
Yair Rosenberg Yair Rosenberg null null American journalist and a writer at The Atlantic, where he launched his Deep Shtetl newsletter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Rosenberg
Marcus Eli Ravage Marcus Eli Ravage (Revici) 1884 1965 American Jewish immigrant writer who wrote many books and articles about immigration in America and Europe between the world wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Eli_Ravage
Jack Abramoff Jack Allan Abramoff 1959 n/a American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer, and convicted felon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff
Chris Weitz Christopher John Weitz 1969 n/a American film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Weitz
India Oxenberg India Riven Oxenberg 1991 n/a American film producer, writer, actress, and television personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Oxenberg
Dee Snider Daniel "Dee" Snider 1955 n/a American singer, songwriter, radio personality, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider
Gary Taubes Gary Taubes 1956 n/a American journalist, writer, and low-carbohydrate / high-fat (LCHF) diet advocate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Taubes
David Benioff David Friedman 1970 n/a American writer, director and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benioff
Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva 1943 n/a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Iglesias
Jimmy Barnes James Dixon Barnes 1956 n/a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes
Raoul Auernheimer Raoul Auernheimer 1876 1948 Austrian jurist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Auernheimer
Andrew Kreisberg Andrew Kreisberg 1971 n/a American television writer, producer and comic book writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kreisberg
Sidney Shapiro Sidney Shapiro 1915 2014 American lawyer, translator, actor and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shapiro
Harmony Korine Harmony Korine 1973 n/a American director, contemporary artist, producer, actor, screenwriter, author, photographer and skateboarder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Korine
Ari Aster Ari Aster 1986 n/a American film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Aster
Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon 1945 n/a American singer, songwriter, and children's author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Simon
Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. 1883 1939 American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks
Bob Kane Robert Kane 1915 1998 American comic book writer, animator and artist who co-created, with Bill Finger, the DC Comics character Batman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kane
Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel 1955 n/a Canadian comedian, television personality, screenwriter, actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, game show host, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Mandel
Shel Silverstein Sheldon Allan Silverstein 1930 1999 American writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein
Ben Sherwood Benjamin Berkley "Ben" Sherwood 1964 n/a American writer, journalist, and producer who was formerly the President of Disney-ABC Television Group and ABC News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sherwood
Adam Lambert Adam Mitchel Lambert 1982 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lambert
Beck Beck David Hansen 1970 n/a American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck
Zooey Deschanel Zooey Claire Deschanel 1980 n/a American actress, model, musician, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooey_Deschanel
Franklin Foer Franklin Foer 1974 n/a null staff writer at The Atlantic and former editor of The New Republic, commentating on contemporary issues from a liberal perspective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Foer
Lisa Kudrow Lisa Valerie Kudrow 1963 n/a American actress, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kudrow
Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg 1928 1991 French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg
Gad Lerner Gad Eitan Lerner 1954 n/a Italian journalist, writer and TV presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gad_Lerner
Brian Michael Bendis Brian Michael Bendis 1967 n/a American comic book writer and artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis
Israel Regardie Francis Israel Regardie 1907 1985 English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Regardie
Natasha Lyonne Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein 1979 n/a American actress, director, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Lyonne
David Baddiel David Lionel Baddiel 1964 n/a English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, and author who holds both British citizenship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baddiel
Dave Attell David Attell 1965 n/a American stand-up comedian, actor and writer best known as the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell, which earned him a cult following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Attell
Ike Turner Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. 1931 2007 American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner
Chuck Lorre Charles Michael Lorre 1952 n/a American television director, writer, producer, composer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre
Walther Rathenau Walther Rathenau 1867 1922 German Jewish industrialist, writer and liberal politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Rathenau
Danny McBride Daniel Richard McBride 1976 n/a American actor, comedian, producer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_McBride
Joe Simon Joseph Henry Simon 1913 2011 American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simon
Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban 1981 n/a American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Groban
Andy Borowitz Andy Borowitz 1958 n/a American writer, comedian, satirist, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Borowitz
Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen 1913 1993 American lyricist, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Cahn
Harold Pinter Harold Pinter 1930 2008 British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter
Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew Lehrer 1928 n/a American retired musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, having lectured on mathematics and musical theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer
Craig David Craig Ashley David 1981 n/a British singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_David
Bhad Bhabie Danielle Bregoli 2003 n/a American rapper, songwriter, and internet personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhad_Bhabie
Ariel Pink Ariel Marcus Rosenberg 1978 n/a American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Pink
Saul Bellow Saul Bellow 1915 2005 Canadian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow
Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922 1975 Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual, who also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini
Kenny Hotz Kenneth "Kenny" Joel Hotz 1967 n/a Canadian entertainer, South Park staff writer, "Kenny" of the Comedy Central television series Kenny vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Hotz
Julie Bindel Julie Bindel 1962 n/a English radical feminist writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bindel
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer 1923 2014 South African writer and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer
Marty Feldman Martin Alan Feldman 1934 1982 British actor, comedian and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Feldman
John Podhoretz John Mordecai Podhoretz 1961 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podhoretz
Damon Lindelof Damon Laurence Lindelof 1973 n/a American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Lindelof
David Remnick David J. Remnick 1958 n/a American journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Remnick
Kenneth Arrow Kenneth Joseph Arrow 1921 2017 American economist, mathematician, writer, and political theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arrow
Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon 1886 1967 English war poet, writer, and soldier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon
Matthew Weiner Matthew Hoffman Weiner 1965 n/a American writer, producer, director, actor and author, best known as the creator of the television series Mad Men and The Romanoffs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Weiner
Alex Hirsch Alexander Robert Hirsch 1985 n/a American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hirsch
Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard 1937 n/a Czech playwright and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Stoppard
Phil Ochs Philip David Ochs 1940 1976 American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs
Jonathan Chait Jonathan Chait null null American pundit and writer for New York magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Chait
Joanna Angel Joanna Mostov 1980 n/a American pornographic and mainstream actress, director, and writer of adult films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Angel
Kenneth Adelman Kenneth Lee Adelman 1946 n/a American diplomat, political writer, policy analyst and William Shakespeare scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Adelman
Barry Chamish Barry Chamish 1952 2016 Canadian writer and public speaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Chamish
Garry Shandling Garry Emmanuel Shandling 1949 2016 American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shandling
David Draiman David Michael Draiman 1973 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Draiman
Chelsea Peretti Chelsea Vanessa Peretti 1978 n/a American comedian, actress, television writer, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Peretti
Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen 1948 n/a American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen
Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov 1921 2004 British actor, filmmaker and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov
Roberto Saviano Roberto Saviano 1979 n/a Italian writer, essayist, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Saviano
T.J. Miller Todd Joseph Miller 1981 n/a American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Miller
Paul Einzig Paul Einzig 1897 1973 null economic and political writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Einzig
Peter David Peter Allen David 1956 n/a American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_David
Bill Finger Milton Finger 1914 1974 American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer who was the co-creator (with Bob Kane) of the DC Comics superhero character Batman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Finger
Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein 1954 n/a American actor, playwright and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein
Carl Reiner Carl Reiner 1922 2020 American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reiner
Jule Styne Jule Styne 1905 1994 English songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jule_Styne
Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas 1974 n/a English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lucas
Neil Druckmann Neil Druckmann 1978 n/a Israeli writer, creative director, designer, programmer and co-president of Naughty Dog, best known for his work on the Uncharted and The Last of Us video game franchises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Druckmann
Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser 1910 1969 American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser
Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet 1924 2011 American film director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet
Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem 1921 2006 Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Lem
Bruce Schneier Bruce Schneier 1963 n/a American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier
Ilana Glazer Ilana Glazer 1987 n/a American comedian, director, producer, writer, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Glazer
Vasily Grossman Vasily Semyonovich Grossman null null Soviet writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman
Philippe de Rothschild Philippe, Baron de Rothschild 1902 1988 null member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became a Grand Prix motor racing driver, a screenwriter and playwright, a theatrical producer, a film producer, a poet, and one of the most successful wine growers in the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Rothschild
David Steinberg David Steinberg 1942 n/a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steinberg
Jim Croce James Joseph Croce 1943 1973 American folk and rock singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce
Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren 1956 n/a American award-winning songwriter, musician, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Warren
Carl Mayer Carl Mayer 1894 1944 Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Head of Janus (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), most of them being films directed by F. W. Murnau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Mayer
Joel Pollak Joel Barry Pollak 1977 n/a South African conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Pollak
Mike Leigh Mike Leigh 1943 n/a English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Leigh
Oliver Sacks Oliver Wolf Sacks 1933 2015 British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sacks
Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross 1964 n/a British writer of science fiction and fantasy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stross
Akiva Goldsman Akiva J. Goldsman 1962 n/a American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures and adaptations of popular novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_Goldsman
David Sirota David J. Sirota 1975 n/a American journalist, columnist at The Guardian, editor for Jacobin, author, television writer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sirota
Amy Siskind Amy Siskind 1965 n/a American activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Siskind
Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon 1927 2018 American playwright, screenwriter and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon
Scott Storch Scott Spencer Storch 1973 n/a American record producer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Storch
Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1893 1967 American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
Brad Falchuk Bradley Douglas Falchuk 1971 n/a American television writer, director, and producer, best known for co-creating with Ryan Murphy the comedy-drama television series Glee, the drama series Pose, the horror comedy Scream Queens, the horror-drama anthology series American Horror Story, and spin off American Horror Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Falchuk
Harry Shearer Harry Julius Shearer 1943 n/a American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer
Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman 1946 2022 Czechoslovak film and television director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Reitman
Marc Bolan Marc Bolan 1947 1977 English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan
Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer 1903 1991 Polish Jewish-American writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help of editors and collaborators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
Evan Goldberg Evan D. Goldberg 1982 n/a Canadian screenwriter, producer, comedian, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Goldberg
Robert Satloff Robert B. Satloff null null American writer and, since January 1993, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Satloff
Ben Hoffman Benjamin Isaac Hoffman 1974 n/a American comedian, actor, writer, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hoffman
Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC 1943 n/a Canadian musician, songwriter, film composer, producer, actor, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson
Richard Hell Richard Lester Meyers 1949 n/a American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hell
Nathan Fielder Nathan Joseph Fielder 1983 n/a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, and entrepreneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Fielder
Daryl Hall Daryl Franklin Hohl 1946 n/a American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hall
David Berlin David Zafrir Berlin 1951 n/a Canadian editor, writer, politician, educator best known for being the co-founder and first editor of The Walrus from 2003 to 2004 and former editor and owner of the Literary Review of Canada from 1998 to 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berlin
Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont 1950 n/a British comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on Uncanny X-Men from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters as well as introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning the once underachieving comic into one of Marvel's most popular series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Claremont
Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx 1963 n/a American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marx
William Safire William Lewis Safire 1929 2009 American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire
Aaron Klein Aaron Klein 1979 n/a American conservative political commentator, journalist, strategist, writer, and senior advisor to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Klein
William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams 1883 1963 American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams
Ben Hecht Ben Hecht 1893 1894 American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hecht
Jack Antonoff Jack Michael Antonoff 1984 n/a American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Antonoff
Genndy Tartakovsky Tartakovsky null null Russian animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, storyboard artist, comic book writer and artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genndy_Tartakovsky
Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg 1971 n/a English actress and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Gainsbourg
Gerry Anderson Gerald Alexander Anderson 1929 2012 English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson
Heston Blumenthal Heston Marc Blumenthal 1966 n/a British celebrity chef, TV personality and food writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates 1938 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Oates
Guy Oseary Guy Harley Oseary 1972 n/a Israeli talent manager and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Oseary
Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel 1947 n/a American writer, best known for her romance novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Steel
Ben Harper Benjamin Charles Harper 1969 n/a American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper
Albie Sachs Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs 1935 n/a South African activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albie_Sachs
Michael Winner Robert Michael Winner 1935 2013 English filmmaker, writer, and media personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winner
Yakov Smirnoff Yakov Naumovich Pokhis 1951 n/a Ukrainian comedian, actor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff
Noah Oppenheim Noah Oppenheim 1977 1978 American television producer, author, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Oppenheim
Rick Berman Richard Keith Berman 1945 n/a American television producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Berman
Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull 1946 n/a English singer, songwriter and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull
Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin 1929 2007 American novelist, playwright, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Levin
Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor 1892 1964 American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, actor, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cantor
Brian Grazer Brian Thomas Grazer 1951 n/a American film and television producer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Grazer
Barry Levinson Barry Lee Levinson 1942 n/a American film director, screenwriter, producer, comedy writer, comedian and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Levinson
Regina Spektor Regina Ilyinichna Spektor 1980 n/a Russian singer, songwriter, and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor
William Friedkin William Friedkin 1935 n/a American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Friedkin
Mike Portnoy Michael Stephen Portnoy 1967 n/a American musician and songwriter who is primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Portnoy
Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel none 1940 Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Babel
Alfred Bester Alfred Bester 1913 1987 American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester
Steve Stevens Steve Stevens 1959 n/a American guitarist and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stevens
Perry Farrell Perry Farrell 1959 n/a American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Farrell
Edwina Currie Edwina Currie 1946 n/a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina_Currie
Stephen Oppenheimer Stephen Oppenheimer 1947 n/a British paediatrician, geneticist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Oppenheimer
Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes 1965 n/a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Mendes
Robert Towne Robert Towne 1999 1934 American screenwriter, producer, director and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Towne
Paul Goodman Paul Goodman 1911 1972 American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Goodman
James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks 1940 n/a American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Brooks
Johnny Green John Waldo Green 1908 1989 American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Green
Alicia Garza Alicia Garza 1981 n/a American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the international Black Lives Matter movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Garza
Troye Sivan Troye Sivan Mellet 1995 n/a Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troye_Sivan
Michael Lind Michael Lind 1962 n/a American writer and academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lind
Nora Ephron Nora Ephron 1941 2012 American journalist, writer, and filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Ephron
Alan Arkin Alan Wolf Arkin 1934 n/a American actor, director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Arkin
David O. Selznick David O. Selznick 1902 1965 American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick
Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner 1917 2005 American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Eisner
Zack de la Rocha Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha 1970 n/a American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_de_la_Rocha
Lenni Brenner Lenni Brenner 1937 n/a American Trotskyist writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenni_Brenner
Ronald Segal Ronald Michael Segal 1932 2008 South African activist, writer and editor, founder of the anti-apartheid magazine Africa South and the Penguin African Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Segal
Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Mark Rushkoff 1961 n/a American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff
Sven Hedin Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO,Wennerholm, Eric 1865 1952 Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin
Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie 1947 n/a American retired folk singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie
Tony Kornheiser Anthony Irwin Kornheiser 1948 n/a American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter and columnist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kornheiser
Spencer Rice Spencer Nolan "Spenny" Rice 1965 n/a Canadian writer, director, producer, musician and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Rice
Barry Mann Barry Mann 1939 n/a American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mann
Michael McIntyre Michael Hazen James McIntyre 1976 n/a English comedian, writer and television presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McIntyre
Rachel Platten Rachel Ashley Platten 1981 n/a American singer, songwriter and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Platten
Ruby Wax Ruby Wax 1953 n/a American actress, comedian, writer, mental health campaigner, and lecturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Wax
Alvin Toffler Alvin Toffler 1928 2016 American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler
David Leavitt David Leavitt 1961 n/a American novelist, short story writer, and biographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leavitt
Tony Kushner Anthony Robert Kushner 1956 n/a American author, playwright, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kushner
Rob Cohen Rob Cohen 1951 n/a American director, producer, and screenwriter of film and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Cohen
Yossi Melman Yossi Melman 1950 n/a Israeli writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Melman
Jason Segel Jason Jordan Segel 1980 n/a American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, author, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Segel
Len Wein Leonard Norman Wein 1948 2017 American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wein
Gloria Trevi Gloria Trevi 1968 n/a Mexican singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, television hostess, music video director and businesswoman known as "The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Trevi
Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. 1991 n/a American singer, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Puth
Janis Ian Janis Ian 1951 n/a American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Ian
Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich 1939 2022 American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich
Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen 1955 n/a German singer, songwriter, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen
William Goldman William Goldman 1931 2018 American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman
Éric Zemmour Éric Justin Léon Zemmour 1958 n/a French far-right politician, political journalist, essayist, writer and pundit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éric_Zemmour
Lisa Loeb Lisa Loeb 1968 n/a American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Loeb
Oneohtrix Point Never Daniel Lopatin 1982 n/a American experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneohtrix_Point_Never
Lea Michele Lea Michele Sarfati 1986 n/a American actress, singer, songwriter, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele
Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs null null American singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Hoffs
Paul Waldman Paul Waldman 1968 n/a null liberal / progressive American op-ed columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect, as well as a contributor to The Week and a blogger for the Washington Posts Plum Line blog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Waldman
Charlie Kaufman Charles Stuart Kaufman 1958 n/a American screenwriter, producer, director, and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman
Marv Wolfman Marvin Arthur Wolfman 1946 n/a American comic book and novelization writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Wolfman
Natasha Leggero Natasha Leggero 1974 n/a American comedian, actress, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Leggero
Mort Shuman Mortimer Shuman 1938 1991 American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Shuman
Alan Sepinwall Alan Sepinwall 1973 n/a American television reviewer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sepinwall
Shulamith Firestone Shulamith "Shulie" Firestone 1945 2012 Canadian radical feminist writer and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Firestone
Robby Krieger Robert Alan Krieger 1946 n/a American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band the Doors; as such he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Krieger
Abba Kovner Abba Kovner 1918 1987 Israeli poet, writer and partisan leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Kovner
Frances Goodrich Frances Goodrich 1890 1984 American actress, dramatist, and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Goodrich
William Saletan William Saletan null null American writer for The Bulwark (website) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saletan
Abbi Jacobson Abbi Jacobson null null American comedian, writer, actress, illustrator and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbi_Jacobson
Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken 1949 n/a American composer, songwriter, conductor, music director and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Menken
Christopher Guest Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest 1948 n/a American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Guest
Doja Cat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini 1995 n/a American rapper, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doja_Cat
Peter Coyote Peter Coyote 1941 n/a American actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coyote
Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler 1931 2001 Canadian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Richler
David Halberstam David Halberstam 1934 2007 American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and later, sports journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Halberstam
Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn 1970 n/a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn
Dyan Cannon Dyan Cannon 1937 n/a American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyan_Cannon
Orlando Figes Orlando Guy Figes null null British historian and writer known for his works on Russian history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Figes
Helen Reddy Helen Maxine Reddy 1941 2020 Australian singer, songwriter, author, actress, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Reddy
Dan Avidan Leigh Daniel Avidan 1979 n/a American musician, Internet personality, singer-songwriter, comedian and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Avidan
Siegfried Kracauer Siegfried Kracauer 1889 1966 German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Kracauer
H. Jon Benjamin Harry Jon Benjamin 1966 n/a American actor, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Jon_Benjamin
Jeff Tweedy Jeffrey Scot Tweedy 1967 n/a American musician, songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Wilco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Tweedy
Adam Schefter Adam Schefter 1966 n/a American sports writer and television analyst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schefter
Madison Beer Madison Elle Beer 1999 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Beer
Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch 1917 1994 American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatised for radio, cinema and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bloch
Katey Sagal Catherine Louise Sagal 1954 n/a American actress and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katey_Sagal
Jay Baruchel Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel 1982 n/a Canadian actor, director, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Baruchel
Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch 1892 1947 German film director, producer, writer, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Lubitsch
J. D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger 1919 2010 American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
Kathie Lee Gifford Kathryn Lee Gifford 1953 n/a French television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathie_Lee_Gifford
Leon de Winter Leon de Winter 1954 n/a Dutch writer and columnist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_de_Winter
Ron Chernow Ronald Chernow 1949 n/a American writer, journalist, popular historian, and biographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Chernow
Darren Star Darren Star 1961 n/a American writer, director and producer of film and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Star
Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer 1954 n/a American writer and mountaineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Krakauer
Dean Israelite Dean Israelite 1984 n/a South African film director, writer, and producer, best known for directing the found footage film Project Almanac, the 2017 reboot of Power Rangers, and the 2019 reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Israelite
Alex Winter Alexander Ross Winter 1965 n/a British director, writer, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Winter
Rachel Dratch Rachel Susan Dratch 1966 n/a American actress, comedian, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dratch
Greville Janner Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, QC 1928 2015 British politician, barrister and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greville_Janner
Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda 1893 1956 Hungarian film director, producer and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Korda
Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman 1932 2018 Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miloš_Forman
Christopher Cross Christopher Cross 1951 n/a American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer from San Antonio, Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cross
Anthony Newley Anthony Newley 1931 1999 English actor, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Newley
Kinky Friedman Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman 1944 n/a American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of American popular satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman
Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil 1940 n/a American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Weil
James Lipton Louis James Lipton 1926 2020 American writer, lyricist, actor, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lipton
Robert Smigel Robert Smigel 1960 n/a American actor, voice actor, comedian, humorist, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smigel
Nicholas Meyer Nicholas Meyer 1945 n/a American writer and director, known for his best-selling novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and for directing the films Time After Time, two of the Star Trek feature films, the 1983 television film The Day After, and the 1999 HBO original film Vendetta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Meyer
Jess Glynne Jessica Hannah Glynne 1989 n/a English singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Glynne
Jesse L. Lasky Jesse Louis Lasky 1880 1958 American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_L._Lasky
Tommy Ramone Thomas Erdelyi 1949 2014 Hungarian record producer, musician, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Ramone
David O. Russell David Owen Russell 1958 n/a American film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Russell
Benny Blanco Benjamin Joseph Levin 1988 n/a American record producer, DJ, songwriter and record executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Blanco
Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans 1915 2007 American songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Evans
Bernie Farber Bernie M. Farber 1951 n/a null writer, commentator, and the former chief executive officer of the Canadian Jewish Congress and a social activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Farber
Paul Reiser Paul Reiser 1956 n/a American comedian, actor, television writer, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reiser
Sam Simon Samuel Michael Simon 1955 2015 American director, producer, writer, animal rights activist and philanthropist, who co-developed the television series The Simpsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Simon
Jeff Barry Jeff Barry 1938 n/a American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Barry
Gavin Rossdale Gavin McGregor Rossdale 1965 n/a British musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Rossdale
Eric Bloom Eric Jay Bloom 1944 n/a American singer, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloom
David Wohl David Wohl null null American comic book writer and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wohl
Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman 1905 1984 American playwright, author, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman
Tavi Gevinson Tavi Gevinson 1996 n/a American actress, writer, and magazine editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavi_Gevinson
Frank Spotnitz Frank Charles Spotnitz null null American television screenwriter and executive producer, best known for his work on The X-Files and The Man in the High Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Spotnitz
Jeph Loeb Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III null null American film and television writer, producer and comic book writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeph_Loeb
Murray Miller Murray Selig Miller 1976 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Miller
Ephraim Katz Ephraim Katz 1932 1992 null writer, journalist and filmmaker who devoted his life to gathering the information in his book, The Film Encyclopedia, first published in 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Katz
Jaron Lanier Jaron Zepel Lanier 1960 n/a American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaron_Lanier
Uri Avnery Uri Avnery 1923 2018 Israeli writer, politician, and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Avnery
Ludwig Börne Karl Ludwig Börne 1786 1837 German Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Börne
David Gelernter David Hillel Gelernter 1955 n/a American computer scientist, artist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gelernter
Ezra Koenig Ezra Michael Koenig 1984 n/a American musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and radio personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Koenig
Theodore N. Kaufman Theodore Newman Kaufman 1910 1986 American Jewish businessman and writer known for his genocidal views on Germans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_N._Kaufman
Blackie Lawless Steven Edward Duren 1956 n/a American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist (formerly bassist) for heavy metal band W.A.S.P. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackie_Lawless
Peter Altenberg Peter Altenberg 1859 1919 null writer and poet from Vienna, Austria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Altenberg
Simon Wolf Simon Wolf 1836 1923 null United States businessman, lawyer, writer, diplomat and Jewish activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wolf
Jamie Cullum Jamie Cullum 1979 n/a English jazz-pop singer-songwriter and radio presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Cullum
Amos Oz Amos Oz (; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) 1939 2018 Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Oz
Netta Barzilai Netta Barzilai 1993 n/a Israeli singer-songwriter, musician and looping artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netta_Barzilai
Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster 1947 n/a American writer and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster
Max Jacob Max Jacob 1876 1944 French poet, painter, writer, and critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Jacob
Mike Gold Michael Gold 1894 1967 null pen-name of American Jewish writer Itzok Isaac Granich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gold
Ariel Durant Ariel Durant 1898 1981 Russian researcher and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Durant
Larry Cohen Lawrence George Cohen 1936 2019 American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as an author of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Cohen
Andrew Sachs Andreas Siegfried Sachs 1930 2016 German actor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sachs
Hanna Rosin Hanna Rosin 1970 n/a Israeli writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Rosin
Misha Mansoor Misha Mansoor 1984 n/a American guitarist, businessman, entrepreneur, composer, songwriter, and music producer, best known as the founder of and one of the three guitarists in the progressive metal band Periphery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha_Mansoor
Dan Slott Dan Slott 1967 n/a American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as The Amazing Spider-Man, as well as She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, Tony Stark: Iron Man, The Mighty Avengers, and Fantastic Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Slott
Keith Green Keith Gordon Green 1953 1982 American pianist, singer, and songwriter in the contemporary Christian music genre, who was originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Green
Gene Stupnitsky Gene Stupnitsky 1977 n/a Ukrainian film and television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Stupnitsky
Marc Guggenheim Marc Guggenheim 1970 n/a American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Guggenheim
David Milch David Sanford Milch 1945 n/a American writer and producer of television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Milch
Paddy Chayefsky Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky 1923 1981 American playwright, screenwriter and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky
Isaac Steinberg Isaac Nachman Steinberg 1888 1957 null lawyer, Socialist Revolutionary, politician, a leader of the Jewish Territorialist movement and writer in Soviet Russia and in exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Steinberg
Helen Slater Helen Rachel Slater 1963 n/a American actress and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Slater
Sid Caesar Isaac Sidney Caesar 1922 2014 American comic actor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Caesar
Buzz Osborne Roger "Buzz" Osborne 1964 n/a American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Osborne
Daniel Kibblesmith Daniel Jordan Kibblesmith 1983 n/a American writer and comedian who has written for television, comic books, and websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kibblesmith
Craig Mazin Craig Mazin 1971 n/a American screenwriter and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Mazin
Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen 1948 2003 American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kamen
Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue 1842 1911 Cuban revolutionary Marxist socialist, political writer, journalist, literary critic, and activist; he was Karl Marx's son-in-law having married his second daughter, Laura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lafargue
Scott Timberg Scott Timberg 1969 2019 American journalist, culture writer, and editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Timberg
Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller 1912 1997 American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Fuller
Al Kooper Al Kooper 1944 n/a American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kooper
Cy Coleman Cy Coleman 1929 2004 American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Coleman
Susan Harris Susan Harris 1940 n/a American television writer and producer, creator of Emmy Award-winning sitcoms Soap (1977–1981) and The Golden Girls (1985–1992) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris
Cary Elwes Ivan Simon Cary Elwes 1962 n/a English actor and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Elwes
Johnny Marks John David Marks 1909 1985 American songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks
Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow 1938 n/a American singer and songwriter who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yarrow
Carole Bayer Sager Carole Bayer Sager 1947 n/a American lyricist, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Bayer_Sager
D. B. Weiss Daniel Brett Weiss 1971 n/a American television writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Weiss
Harvey Pekar Harvey Lawrence Pekar 1939 2010 American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Pekar
David Seltzer David Seltzer 1940 n/a American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for The Omen (1976) and Bird on a Wire (1990) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltzer
Jamie Kilstein Jamie Alexander Kilstein 1982 n/a American writer, radio host, and stand-up comic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kilstein
Klaus Mann Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann 1906 1949 German writer and dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Mann
Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin 1969 n/a American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kurstin
Carl Sigman Carl Sigman 1909 2000 American songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sigman
Susanne Bier Susanne Bier 1960 n/a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Bier
Mona Charen Mona Charen Parker 1957 n/a null columnist, journalist, political commentator, and writer in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Charen
Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland 1948 n/a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnieszka_Holland
Michael Herr Michael David Herr 1940 2016 American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Herr
Spencer Ackerman Spencer Ackerman null null American journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman
Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak 1928 2012 American illustrator and writer of children's books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak
Leo Robin Leo Robin 1900 1984 American composer, lyricist and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Robin
Marvin Traub Marvin Traub 1925 2012 American businessman and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Traub
Julie Taymor Julie Taymor 1952 n/a American director and writer of theater, opera and film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Taymor
Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz 1955 n/a English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Horowitz
René Goscinny René Goscinny 1926 1977 French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Goscinny
George David Weiss George David Weiss 1921 2010 American songwriter and arranger, who was a president of the Songwriters Guild of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_David_Weiss
Walter Koenig Walter Marvin Koenig 1936 n/a American actor and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koenig
Ellie Greenwich Eleanor Louise Greenwich 1940 2009 American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich
Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen 1939 n/a American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Yolen
Lesley Gore Lesley Sue Goldstein 1946 2015 American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Gore
Studs Terkel Louis "Studs" Terkel 1912 2008 American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel
Otto Rank Otto Rank 1884 1939 Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Rank
Marta Kauffman Marta Fran Kauffman 1956 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Kauffman
Bruce Vilanch Bruce Gerald Vilanch 1948 n/a American comedy writer, songwriter and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Vilanch
Alexander Bittelman Alexander "Alex" Bittelman 1890 1982 Russian Jewish-American communist political activist, Marxist theorist, influential theoretician of the Communist Party USA and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bittelman
Elle King Tanner Elle Schneider 1989 n/a American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television personality, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_King
Alex Borstein Alexandrea Borstein 1971 n/a American actress, comedian, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Borstein
Daniel Bell Daniel Bell 1919 2011 American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bell
Lionel Trilling Lionel Mordecai Trilling 1905 1975 American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Trilling
St. Vincent (musician) Anne Erin "Annie" Clark 1982 n/a American musician, singer, songwriter, actress and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_(musician)
David Wain David Benjamin Wain 1969 n/a American comedian, writer, actor, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wain
Ben Schwartz Benjamin Schwartz 1981 n/a American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Schwartz
Jeremy Rifkin Jeremy Rifkin 1945 n/a American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin
Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky 1890 1935 German journalist, satirist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Tucholsky
Betty Comden Betty Comden null null American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Comden
Ralph de Toledano Ralph de Toledano 1916 2007 American writer in the conservative movement in the United States throughout the second half of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Toledano
Pamela Adlon Pamela Fiona Adlon null null American actress, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Adlon
Isadore Sharp Isadore "Issy" Sharp 1931 n/a Canadian hotelier and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadore_Sharp
David Litt David Litt 1986 n/a American political speechwriter and author of the comedic memoir Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Litt
Taylor Dayne Taylor Dayne 1962 n/a American singer, songwriter, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Dayne
Alex Kurtzman Alexander Hilary Kurtzman 1973 n/a American film and television writer, producer, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kurtzman
Judy Blume Judith Blume 1938 n/a American writer of children's, young adult and adult fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Blume
Mack David Mack David 1912 1993 American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_David
Hoodie Allen Steven Adam Markowitz 1988 n/a American rapper, singer and songwriter from Plainview, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodie_Allen
Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy 1900 1987 American film director, film producer and screenplay writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_LeRoy
Sarah Polley Sarah E. Polley 1979 n/a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer and political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Polley
Cyril Hanouna Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna 1974 n/a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Hanouna
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz 1909 1993 American film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz
Adam Gopnik Adam Gopnik 1956 n/a American writer and essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gopnik
Jane Goldman Jane Loretta Anne GoldmanBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com 1970 n/a English screenwriter, author and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goldman
Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch 1937 n/a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lelouch
Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman 1950 2015 Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Akerman
Isaac Deutscher Isaac Deutscher 1907 1967 Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Deutscher
Aviv Geffen Aviv Geffen 1973 n/a Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, keyboardist, and guitarist and the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviv_Geffen
Maureen Lipman Dame Maureen Diane Lipman 1946 n/a English actress, writer and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Lipman
Erving Goffman Erving Goffman 1922 1982 Canadian sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman
Stephen Perkins Stephen Andrew Perkins 1967 n/a American musician and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Perkins
Ephraim Kishon Ephraim Kishon 1924 2005 Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Kishon
Oscar Levy Oscar Ludwig Levy 1867 1946 German Jewish physician and writer, now known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose works he first saw translated systematically into English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Levy
Jemima Goldsmith Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith 1974 n/a British screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer and the founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima_Goldsmith
Clifford Odets Clifford Odets 1906 1963 American playwright, director, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Odets
Adam Duritz Adam Fredric Duritz 1964 n/a American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Duritz
Harold Rosenberg Harold Rosenberg 1906 1978 American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Rosenberg
Amy Chozick Amy Chozick null null null writer-at-large at The New York Times focused on writing features about business, media and politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Chozick
Laura Nyro Laura Nyro 1947 1997 American songwriter, singer, and pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Nyro
Ed Skrein Edward George Skrein 1983 n/a English actor, film director, screenwriter and rapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Skrein
Alfred Polgar Alfred Polgar (originally: Alfred Polak) 17 October 1873, Vienna – 24 April 1955, Zurich) null null Austrian columnist, theater critic, writer and occasionally translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Polgar
Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz 1892 1942 Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schulz
Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw 1977 n/a American singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_DeGraw
Steve Goodman Steven Benjamin Goodman 1948 1984 American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman
Carrie Brownstein Carrie Rachel Brownstein 1974 n/a American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Brownstein
Eugene Mirman Eugene Boris Mirman 1974 n/a Russian comedian, actor and writer, known for playing Yvgeny Mirminsky on Delocated and Gene Belcher on the animated comedy Bob's Burgers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Mirman
Menasseh Ben Israel Manoel Dias Soeiro 1604 1657 Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer, publisher, and founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Meerets Titsma`h) in Amsterdam in 1626 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menasseh_Ben_Israel
Alan Stivell Alan Stivell 1944 n/a null French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Stivell
Thomas Bangalter Thomas Bangalter 1975 n/a French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ, and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bangalter
Peter Shaffer Sir Peter Levin Shaffer 1926 2016 English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaffer
David S. Goyer David Samuel Goyer 1965 n/a American filmmaker, novelist and comic book writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._Goyer
Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman 1922 2000 Italian actor, director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Gassman
Michael Showalter Michael Showalter 1970 n/a American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Showalter
Max Minghella Max Giorgio Choa Minghella 1985 n/a English actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Minghella
Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester 1951 n/a American singer, songwriter and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Manchester
Menahem Golan Menahem Golan 1929 2014 Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menahem_Golan
Abel Meeropol Abel Meeropol 1903 1986 American songwriter and poet whose works were published under his pseudonym, Lewis Allan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Meeropol
Bret Harte Bret Harte 1836 1902 American short story writer and poet, best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Harte
Peter Green (musician) Peter Allen Greenbaum 1946 2020 English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Green_(musician)
Amanda Peet Amanda Peet 1972 n/a American actress, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Peet
Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander 1969 n/a American actor and comedian, known for playing the role of writer Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Friedlander
Zedd Anton Zaslavski 1989 n/a Russian DJ, record producer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zedd
Jolyon Rubinstein Jolyon Rubinstein 1981 n/a British actor, writer, producer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolyon_Rubinstein
Paul Mazursky Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky 1930 2014 American film director, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mazursky
Julia Hahn Julia Aviva Hahn 1991 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Hahn
Edna Ferber Edna Ferber 1885 1968 American novelist, short story writer and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Ferber
Doc Pomus Jerome Solon Felder 1925 1991 American blues singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Pomus
Mia Kirshner Mia Kirshner 1975 n/a Canadian actress, writer and social activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Kirshner
Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka 1969 n/a American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus, as well as lengthy runs on such titles as Detective Comics, Wonder Woman and Gotham Central for DC Comics, and Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher for Marvel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Rucka
Richard Brooks Richard Brooks 1912 1992 American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brooks
Susan Orlean Susan Orlean 1955 n/a null journalist, television writer, and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Orlean
Jenji Kohan Jenji Leslie Kohan 1969 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenji_Kohan
Lionel Bart Lionel Bart 1930 1999 British writer and composer of pop music and musicals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bart
Michael Schur Michael Herbert Schur null null American television producer, writer, and character actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schur
Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens 1963 n/a American actor, director, producer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Stevens
Jay Michaelson Jay Michaelson 1971 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Michaelson
Josh Weinstein Josh Weinstein 1966 n/a American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Weinstein
Dov S. Zakheim Dov S. Zakheim 1948 n/a American businessman, writer, and former official of the United States government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_S._Zakheim
Joe Dassin Joseph Ira Dassin 1938 1980 American singer-songwriter and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dassin
Zeev Sternhell Zeev Sternhell 1935 2020 Polish historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeev_Sternhell
Lake Bell Lake Siegel Bell 1979 n/a American actress, screenwriter and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bell
Giles Coren Giles Robin Patrick Coren 1969 n/a British columnist, food writer, and television and radio presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Coren
Ben Fogle Benjamin Myer Fogle 1973 n/a English broadcaster, writer and adventurer, best known for his presenting roles with British television channels Channel 5, BBC and ITV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Fogle
Adam Horowitz Adam Horowitz 1971 n/a American screenwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Horowitz
Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis 1976 n/a American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis
Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky 1938 1980 Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky
Mike Reiss Michael L. Reiss 1959 n/a American television comedy writer and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reiss
Billy Steinberg William Endfield Steinberg 1950 n/a American songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steinberg
Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs 1854 1916 Australian folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jacobs
Bernard Malamud Bernard Malamud 1914 1986 American novelist and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Malamud
Jake Johnson Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger 1978 n/a American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his role as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2018, and as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man in the Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), a role he will reprise in its sequel (2022) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Johnson
Joanna Hausmann Joanna Hausmann Jatar 1989 n/a Venezuelan actress, comedian and television writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Hausmann
Jakob Dylan Jakob Luke Dylan 1969 n/a American singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Dylan
Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman 1936 n/a American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than six decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kaufman
Peter H. Wyden Peter H. Wyden 1923 1998 American journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_H._Wyden
Sheldon Harnick Sheldon Mayer Harnick 1924 n/a American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick
Carl Wilhelm Carl Wilhelm 1872 1936 null prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm
Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence 1912 2009 American songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lawrence
Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast 1914 2003 American novelist and television writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fast
Leslie West Leslie West 1945 2020 American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_West
Eric Carmen Eric Howard Carmen 1949 n/a American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carmen
Jonathan Richman Jonathan Michael Richman 1951 n/a American singer, songwriter and guitarist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Richman
David Marcus David Marcus 1924 2009 Irish Jewish editor and writer who was a lifelong advocate for and editor of Irish fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marcus
Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi 1931 2016 Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Korchnoi
Steven Bochco Steven Ronald Bochco 1943 2018 American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco
Sidney Sheldon Sidney Sheldon 1917 2007 American writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon
Eric Roth Eric R. Roth 1945 n/a American screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Roth
Ilan Rubin Ilan Rubin 1988 n/a American musician, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Rubin
Louis Jacobs Louis Jacobs CBE 1920 2006 null leading writer and theologian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jacobs
Steve Gerber Stephen Ross Gerber 1947 2008 American comic book writer best known for co-creating the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck and a character-defining run on Man-Thing, one of their monster properties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gerber
The Alchemist (musician) Daniel Alan Maman 1977 n/a American record producer, DJ, rapper and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(musician)
Elaine May Elaine Iva May 1932 n/a American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_May
Jennifer Rush Jennifer Rush 1960 n/a American singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Rush
Hillel Neuer Hillel C. Neuer 1969 1970 Canadian international lawyer, writer, and the executive director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO and UN watchdog group based in Geneva, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_Neuer
John Martyn Iain David McGeachy 1948 2009 British singer-songwriter and guitarist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn
Vicki Baum Hedwig "Vicki" Baum 1888 1960 Austrian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Baum
Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz 1967 n/a French director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_Kassovitz
William Castle William Castle 1914 1977 American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Castle
Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman 1951 n/a French singer-songwriter and music record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Goldman
Pete Yorn Peter Joseph Yorn 1974 n/a American singer, songwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Yorn
Boots Riley Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley 1971 n/a American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley
Timothy Noah Timothy Robert Noah 1958 n/a null staff writer at The New Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Noah
David Solway David Solway 1941 n/a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Solway
Pannonica de Koenigswarter Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter 1913 1988 British jazz patron and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonica_de_Koenigswarter
Donna Zuckerberg Donna Zuckerberg null null American classicist, feminist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Zuckerberg
Wolf Biermann Karl Wolf Biermann 1936 n/a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Biermann
Lee Unkrich Lee Edward Unkrich 1967 n/a American director, film editor, screenwriter, and animator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Unkrich
Tom Bower Thomas Michael Bower 1946 n/a British writer known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper proprietors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bower
Judy Chicago Judy Chicago 1939 n/a American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Chicago
Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart 1928 2009 American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of the Broadway musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gelbart
Robert Menasse Robert Menasse 1954 n/a Austrian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Menasse
Miranda July Miranda July 1974 n/a American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_July
Jonathan Levine Jonathan A. Levine 1976 n/a American film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Levine
Peter Morgan Peter Julian Robin Morgan 1963 n/a British screenwriter and playwright best known for his work on stage and film and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morgan
Marc Cohn Marc Craig Cohn 1959 n/a American singer-songwriter and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn
Laraine Newman Laraine Newman 1952 n/a American actress, writer and comedian who was part of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live and played the main villain Lawanda Dumore in the film Problem Child 2 (1991) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laraine_Newman
Aron Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch 1886 1935 Latvian chess player and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Nimzowitsch
David Bergelson David (or Dovid) Bergelson 1884 1952 null Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bergelson
Jena Friedman Jena Friedman null null American comedian and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Friedman
Aron Flam Aron Flam 1978 n/a Swedish stand-up comedian, screenwriter, author, television host, podcaster, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Flam
Yuri Lowenthal Yuri Lowenthal 1971 n/a American voice actor, producer and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Lowenthal
Lee Eisenberg Lee Eisenberg 1977 n/a American film and television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Eisenberg
Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Allen Lethem 1964 n/a American novelist, essayist, and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem
Allan Sherman Allan Sherman 1924 1973 American actor, singer, producer and writer who became known as a song parodist in the early 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Sherman
Frank Kitson General Sir Frank Edward Kitson 1926 n/a British retired Army officer and writer on military subjects, notably low intensity operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kitson
Daniel Handler Daniel Handler 1970 n/a American writer and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Handler
Trevor Rabin Trevor Charles Rabin null null South African musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Rabin
Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit 1961 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Solnit
Bob Gale Michael Robert Gale 1951 n/a American screenwriter, producer and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gale
Naomi Alderman Naomi Alderman 1974 n/a English novelist and game writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Alderman
Arik Marshall Arik Ben Marshall 1967 n/a American guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, and author, best known as a one-time member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arik_Marshall
Mark Evanier Mark Stephen Evanier 1952 n/a American comic book and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series Garfield and Friends and on the comic book Groo the Wanderer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Evanier
Claude Berri Claude Berri 1934 2009 French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Berri
Leonard Mlodinow Leonard Mlodinow 1954 n/a American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Mlodinow
Daniel Clowes Daniel Gillespie Clowes 1961 n/a American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes
Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley 1928 2005 American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley
Ellery Queen Ellery Queen null null null pseudonym created in 1929 by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee and the name of their main fictional character, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve baffling murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen
Polly Bergen Polly Bergen 1930 2014 American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Bergen
Simon Dubnow Simon Dubnow 1860 1941 Russian Jewish historian, writer and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Dubnow
Molly Crabapple Molly Crabapple 1983 n/a American artist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Crabapple
Adam Brody Adam Jared Brody 1979 n/a American actor, writer, musician, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brody
Louella Parsons Louella Parsons 1881 1972 American movie columnist and a screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louella_Parsons
Judith Levine Judith Levine 1952 n/a American author, journalist, civil libertarian and co-founder of the National Writers Union, a trade union of contract and freelance writers, and No More Nice Girls, a group dedicated to promoting abortion rights through street theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Levine
Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas 1955 n/a French film director, screenwriter and film critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Assayas
Dan Fogelman Dan Fogelman 1976 n/a American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include Cars, Tangled, and Crazy, Stupid, Love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogelman
Jay Rosen Jay Rosen 1956 n/a null writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Rosen
Amber Benson Amber Nicole Benson 1977 n/a American actress, singer, writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Benson
Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, OBE, OIS 1953 2019 South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Clegg
Paul Levitz Paul Levitz 1956 n/a American comic book writer, editor and executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Levitz
David Gerrold David Gerrold 1944 n/a American science fiction screenwriter and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gerrold
Jules Dassin Julius "Jules" Dassin 1911 2008 American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Dassin
Matt McGorry Matthew David McGorry 1986 n/a American actor, writer and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_McGorry
Arnon Grunberg Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg 1971 n/a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnon_Grunberg
Mare Winningham Mary Megan Winningham 1959 n/a American actress and singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Winningham
Lenny Kaye Lenny Kaye 1946 n/a American guitarist, composer, and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kaye
Joyce Brothers Joyce Diane Brothers 1927 2013 American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Brothers
Robert B. Sherman Robert Bernard Sherman 1925 2012 American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Sherman
Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood 1934 2020 South African author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Harwood
Mark Kurlansky Mark Kurlansky 1948 n/a American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kurlansky
Ike Barinholtz Isaac Barinholtz 1977 n/a American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Barinholtz
Ron Leavitt Ronald Leavitt 1947 2008 American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Leavitt
Robert Wells (songwriter) Robert Wells 1922 1998 American songwriter, composer, script writer and television producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)
Dan Fogler Daniel Kevin Fogler 1976 n/a American actor, comedian and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogler
Aleksander Wat Aleksander Wat 1900 1967 null pen name of Aleksander Chwat (1 May 1900 – 29 July 1967), a Polish poet, writer, art theoretician, memorist, and one of the precursors of the Polish futurism movement in the early 1920s, considered to be one of the more important Polish writers of the mid 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Wat
Lilli Palmer Lilli Palmer 1914 1986 German actress and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilli_Palmer
Howard Gordon Howard Gordon 1961 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gordon
Michael Coren Michael Coren 1959 n/a British writer and clergyman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coren
David Zucker David Samuel Zucker 1947 n/a American film director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zucker
Muriel Spark Dame Muriel Sarah Spark 1918 2006 Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Spark
Nelson Algren Nelson Algren 1909 1981 American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Algren
Randy California Randy Craig Wolfe 1951 1997 American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_California
Budd Schulberg Budd Schulberg 1914 2009 American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Schulberg
Scott Silver Scott Silver 1964 n/a American screenwriter and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Silver
Donald Keene Donald Lawrence Keene 1922 2019 American scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Keene
Alan J. Pakula Alan Jay Pakula 1928 1998 American film director, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_J._Pakula
Al Feldstein Albert Bernard Feldstein 1925 2014 American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Feldstein
Josh Singer Josh Singer 1972 n/a American screenwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Singer
Ariel Zilber Ariel Zilber 1943 n/a Israeli singer-songwriter and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Zilber
Jeff Rosenstock Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock 1982 n/a American musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Long Island, United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rosenstock
Jonathan Lynn Jonathan Lynn 1943 n/a English stage and film director, producer, writer, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lynn
John E. Mack John Edward Mack 1929 2004 American psychiatrist, writer, and professor and the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack
Judd Winick Judd Winick 1970 n/a American cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_Winick
Scott Caan Scott Andrew Caan 1976 n/a American actor, director, photographer, writer, and former rapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Caan
Robert Hossein Robert Hossein 1927 2020 French film actor, director, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hossein
Richard M. Sherman Richard Morton Sherman 1928 n/a American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Sherman
Illeana Douglas Illeana Hesselberg 1965 n/a American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeana_Douglas
Lee Falk Lee Falk 1911 1999 American cartoonist, writer, theater director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strips Mandrake the Magician (1934–2013) and The Phantom (1936–present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Falk
Jessie Ware Jessica Lois Ware 1984 n/a English singer, songwriter and podcaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Ware
Bert Berns Bertrand Russell Berns 1929 1967 American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Berns
Daveed Diggs Daveed Daniele Diggs 1982 n/a American actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daveed_Diggs
Joan Ganz Cooney Joan Ganz Cooney 1929 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney
Jodi Picoult Jodi Lynn Picoult 1966 n/a American writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Picoult
Daniel Aaron Daniel Aaron 1912 2016 American writer and academic who helped found the Library of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Aaron
Paul Henreid Paul Henreid 1908 1992 Austrian actor, director, producer, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henreid
Sonia Greene Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis 1883 1972 American one-time pulp fiction writer and amateur publisher, businesswoman and milliner who bankrolled several fanzines in the early twentieth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Greene
Carl Zuckmayer Carl Zuckmayer 1896 1977 German writer and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zuckmayer
Morris Kline Morris Kline 1908 1992 null professor of Mathematics, a writer on the history, philosophy, and teaching of mathematics, and also a popularizer of mathematical subjects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Kline
Charles Rosen Charles Welles Rosen 1927 2012 American pianist and writer on music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rosen
Robert Kanigher Robert Kanigher 1915 2002 American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher
Danny Zuker Daniel "Danny" Zuker 1964 n/a American television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Zuker
Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman null null English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Gouldman
Ervin Drake Ervin Drake 1919 2015 American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as "I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_Drake
Norman Greenbaum Norman Joel Greenbaum 1942 n/a American singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Greenbaum
Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert 1920 2018 English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gilbert
Peter Hyams Peter Hyams 1943 n/a American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing Capricorn One (which he also wrote), the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film 2010: The Year We Make Contact (a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hyams
Eugene Lyons Eugene Lyons 1898 1985 American journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Lyons
David Shore David Shore 1959 n/a Canadian television writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shore
Passenger (singer) Michael David Rosenberg 1984 n/a English singer-songwriter and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_(singer)
Kenneth Lonergan Kenneth Lonergan 1962 n/a American film director, playwright, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lonergan
Muhammad Asad Muhammad Asad 1900 1992 Austrian Jew and convert to Islam who worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Asad
Carl Foreman Carl Foreman, CBE 1914 1984 American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Foreman
Anna Khachiyan Anna Khachiyan 1985 n/a Russian cultural critic, writer, and co-host of the podcast Red Scare based in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Khachiyan
Felice Schwartz Felice Nierenberg Schwartz 1925 1996 American writer, advocate, and feminist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Schwartz
El-P Jaime Meline 1975 n/a American rapper, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-P
Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger 1902 1988 Hungarian screenwriter, film director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeric_Pressburger
Claude-Michel Schönberg Claude-Michel Schönberg 1944 n/a French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Michel_Schönberg
Michael Masser Michael William Masser 1941 2015 American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Masser
Lester Cole Lester Cole 1904 1985 American screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Cole
Steve Silberman Steve Silberman null null American writer for Wired magazine and has been an editor and contributor there for 14 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman
Bennett Cerf Bennett Alfred Cerf 1898 1971 American writer, publisher and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Cerf
Harry Ruby Harry Rubenstein 1895 1974 American actor, pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ruby
Buck Ram Samuel "Buck" Ram 1907 1991 American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Ram
Sergio Melnick Sergio Raúl Melnick Israel 1951 n/a Chilean politician, economist, businessman, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Melnick
Edward Kitsis Edward Lawrence Kitsis 1971 n/a American television writer and producer, best known for his work with his writing partner Adam Horowitz on the popular ABC drama series Lost and Once Upon a Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kitsis
Frederic Morton Frederic Morton 1924 2015 Austrian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Morton
Alfred Kazin Alfred Jonathan Kazin 1915 1998 American writer and literary critic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kazin
Hugo Gernsback Hugo Gernsback 1884 1967 null Luxembourgish–American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback
Zach Woods Zachary Woods 1984 n/a American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Woods
Melissa Rosenberg Melissa Anne Rosenberg null null American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Rosenberg
David Shire David Lee Shire 1937 n/a American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shire
R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine 1943 n/a American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._L._Stine
Dore Schary Isadore "Dore" Schary 1905 1980 American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dore_Schary
Bob Einstein Stewart Robert Einstein 1942 2019 American actor, comedy writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Einstein
Alice B. Toklas Alice Babette Toklas 1877 1967 American member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_B._Toklas
Mordecai Kaplan Mordecai Menahem Kaplan 1881 1983 Lithuanian rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan
E. Haldeman-Julius Emanuel Haldeman-Julius 1889 1951 American Jewish socialist writer, atheist thinker, social reformer and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Haldeman-Julius
Albert Maltz Albert Maltz 1908 1985 American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Maltz
Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow 1950 2011 American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues" and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on "Gone at Last" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Snow
Norman Taurog Norman Rae Taurog 1899 1981 American film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Taurog
Jon B. Jonathan David Buck 1974 n/a American singer, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_B.
Norman Cohn Norman Rufus Colin Cohn FBA 1915 2007 British academic, historian and writer who spent 14 years as a professorial fellow and as Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cohn
Michael Piller Michael Piller 1948 2005 American television scriptwriter and producer, who was best known for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Piller
Michael De Luca Michael De Luca 1965 n/a American film studio executive, film producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_De_Luca
John Kohn John Kohn 1925 2002 American writer and producer who also served as head of production for EMI (1979–1983) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kohn
Judy Gold Judy Gold 1962 n/a American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, television writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Gold
Egon Kisch Egon Erwin Kisch 1885 1948 null Austrianoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Kisch
Debbie Nathan Debbie Nathan 1950 n/a American feminist journalist and writer, with a focus on cultural and criminal justice issues concerning abuse of children, particularly accusations of satanic ritual abuse in schools and child care institutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Nathan
Tim Judah Tim Judah 1962 n/a British writer, reporter and political analyst for The Economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Judah
Winona LaDuke Winona LaDuke 1959 n/a American economist, environmentalist, writer and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_LaDuke
Soleil Moon Frye Soleil Moon Frye 1976 n/a American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soleil_Moon_Frye
Max Schneider Maxwell George Schneider 1992 n/a American singer-songwriter, actor and model, signed to Arista and Sony RED. In 2018, MAX's single "Lights Down Low" went double platinum in the US, Platinum in Canada, and Gold in Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schneider
Howard Greenfield Howard Greenfield 1936 1986 American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Greenfield
Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston 1909 1987 American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Livingston
Ian Buruma Ian Buruma 1951 n/a Dutch writer and editor who lives and works in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buruma
Stan Zimmerman Stan Zimmerman null null American television producer, director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Zimmerman
Michael Radford Michael James Radford 1946 n/a null Anglo-Indian-born English film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Radford
Peter C. Newman Peter Charles Newman 1929 n/a Canadian journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_C._Newman
Kathy Acker Kathy Acker 1947 1997 American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality and rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Acker
Jill Sobule Jill Sobule 1961 n/a American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Sobule
Danny Strong Daniel William Strong 1974 n/a American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Strong
J Mascis Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. 1965 n/a American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis
Garson Kanin Garson Kanin 1912 1999 American writer and director of plays and films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garson_Kanin
Allee Willis Alta Sherral Willis 1947 2019 American songwriter, multi-media artist, collector, and art director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allee_Willis
Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza 1959 n/a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays 'Art' and God of Carnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmina_Reza
Rebecca Front Rebecca Louise Front 1964 n/a English actress, writer and comedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Front
Megan Amram Megan Amram 1987 n/a American comedy writer, producer, and performer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Amram
Jon Lovett Jonathan Ira Lovett 1982 n/a American podcaster, comedian, and former speechwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovett
Paul Blum Paul Charles Blum 1898 1981 American intelligence officer, businessman, writer and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Blum
Grant Heslov Grant Heslov 1963 n/a American actor, film producer, screenwriter and director, known for his producing and writing collaborations with George Clooney, which have earned him four Oscar nominations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Heslov
John Howard Lawson John Howard Lawson 1894 1977 American writer, specializing in plays and screenplays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Lawson
Ronald Radosh Ronald Radosh 1937 n/a American writer, professor, historian, and former Marxist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Radosh
Kev Adams Kev Adams or Kev' Adams 1991 n/a French comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Adams
Larry Charles Larry Charles 1956 n/a American comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Charles
Andy Kubert Andrew Kubert 1962 n/a American comics artist, letterer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kubert
Samantha Ronson Samantha Ronson 1977 n/a English DJ, singer, and songwriter who lives in Santa Monica, California, US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Ronson
Joanna Russ Joanna Russ 1937 2011 American writer, academic and radical feminist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Russ
Sam Riegel Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel sometimes credited as Jack Lingo null null American voice actor, director, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Riegel
Dave Zirin Dave Zirin null null American political sportswriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Zirin
William Steig William Steig 1907 2003 American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steig
Sherwood Schwartz Sherwood Charles Schwartz 1916 2011 American television screenwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Schwartz
David Bryan David Bryan Rashbaum 1962 n/a American musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, with which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bryan
Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber 1964 n/a English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Marber
Elad Nehorai Elad Nehorai 1984 n/a American writer, activist, and social and political commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elad_Nehorai
Paul Kivel Paul Kivel null null American writer, educator, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kivel
David X. Cohen David Samuel Cohen 1966 n/a American television writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_X._Cohen
Martin Sherman Martin Gerald Sherman 1938 n/a American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sherman
Matt Frei Matthias "Matt" Frei 1963 n/a British television news journalist and writer, formerly the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Channel 4 News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Frei
George Jessel (actor) George Albert "Georgie" Jessel 1898 1981 null American, actor, singer, songwriter, film producer, and illustrated song "model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jessel_(actor)
Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius 1967 n/a French film director, screenwriter, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Hazanavicius
Ed Solomon Edward James Solomon 1960 n/a American writer, producer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Solomon
Akiva Eldar Akiva Eldar 1945 n/a null chief political columnist, editorial writer and US Bureau Chief for the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, where he worked for 35 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_Eldar
Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff 1952 n/a British playwright, director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Poliakoff
Andrew Solomon Andrew Solomon 1963 n/a null writer on politics, culture and psychology, who lives in New York City and London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Solomon
Lauv Ari Staprans Leff 1994 n/a American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his breakout hit "I Like Me Better"; included in his compilation album I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist), which was released in 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauv
Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom 1902 1976 American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Bloom
Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban 1925 2011 American expatriate writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Hoban
Peter Sagal Peter Daniel Sagal 1965 n/a American humorist, writer, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagal
Jacob Israël de Haan Jacob Israël de Haan 1881 1924 Dutch literary writer, lawyer and journalist of Jewish descent who immigrated to Palestine in 1919 and was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1924 by the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Israël_de_Haan
David Bromberg David Bromberg 1945 n/a American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bromberg
Joseph Mazzello Joseph Francis Mazzello III 1983 n/a American actor, director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mazzello
Justin Berfield Justin Tyler Berfield 1986 n/a American former actor, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Berfield
Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul 1948 2014 null pioneering English singer-songwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynsey_de_Paul
Marty Balin Martyn Jerel Buchwald 1942 2018 American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder/leader and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Balin
Eva Cox Eva Maria Cox 1938 n/a Austrian writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cox
Allie Wrubel Elias Paul "Allie" Wrubel 1905 1973 American composer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allie_Wrubel
John Popper John Popper 1967 n/a American musician and songwriter known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and frontman of rock band Blues Traveler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Popper
Dan Bern Dan Bern 1959 n/a American guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist and painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bern
Jack Yellen Jack Selig Yellen 1892 1991 American lyricist and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Yellen
Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer 1966 n/a null popular science writer, blogger, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of evolution, parasites, and heredity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zimmer
Rich Cohen Rich Cohen 1968 n/a American non-fiction writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Cohen
Richard Oswald Richard Oswald 1880 1963 Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Oswald
Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman 1925 2017 American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Berman
Daniel Stern (actor) Daniel Jacob Stern 1957 n/a American actor, artist, director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Stern_(actor)
Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker 1969 n/a American writer, feminist, and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Walker
Corey Hart (singer) Corey Mitchell Hart 1962 n/a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles "Sunglasses at Night" and "Never Surrender" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Hart_(singer)
Arthur Laurents Arthur Laurents 1917 2011 American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Laurents
Richard Adler Richard Adler 1921 2012 American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adler
Irwin Shaw Irwin Shaw 1913 1984 American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Shaw
Ron Moody Ron Moody 1924 2015 English actor, composer, singer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Moody
Boris Moiseev Boris Mikhailovich Moiseev 1954 n/a Soviet singer, choreographer, dancer, writer, actor, head of dance group and author of popular shows in Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Moiseev
Antony Sher Sir Antony Sher 1949 2021 British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Sher
Harry Mulisch Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch 1927 2010 Dutch writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Mulisch
Raymond Bernard Raymond Bernard 1891 1977 French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than forty years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Bernard
Etgar Keret Etgar Keret 1967 n/a Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etgar_Keret
Nathan Birnbaum Nathan Birnbaum 1864 1937 Austrian writer and journalist, Jewish thinker and nationalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Birnbaum
Eric Breindel Eric Marc Breindel 1955 1998 American neoconservative writer and former editorial page editor of the New York Post https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Breindel
Steven Page Steven Jay Page 1970 n/a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Page
Italo Svevo Aron Hector Schmitz 1861 1928 Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Svevo
John Barnett John Barnett 1802 1890 English composer and writer on music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnett
Jeremy Schaap Jeremy Albert Schaap 1969 n/a American sportswriter, television reporter, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Schaap
Eliza Davis Eliza Davis Aria 1866 1931 English fashion writer and gossip columnist known as "Mrs Aria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Davis
Fred Fisher Fred Fisher 1875 1942 German songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fisher
Nicole Holofcener Nicole Holofcener 1960 n/a American film and television director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Holofcener
Ari Folman Ari Folman 1962 n/a Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator and film score composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Folman
Joe Frank Joe Frank 1938 2018 French writer, teacher, and radio performer known best for his often philosophical, humorous, surrealist, and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas he recorded often in collaboration with friends, actors, and family members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frank
Herbert Romerstein Herbert "Herb" Romerstein 1931 2013 American ex-communist and historian who became a writer specializing in anticommunism and was appointed Director of the U.S. Information Agency’s Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation and Active Measures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Romerstein
István Szabó István Szabó 1938 n/a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/István_Szabó
Sheldon Leonard Sheldon Leonard Bershad 1907 1997 American film and television actor, producer, director, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard
Adam Schlesinger Adam Lyons Schlesinger 1967 2020 American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schlesinger
Matt Besser Matthew Gregory Besser 1967 n/a American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer, best known as one of the four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Besser
Hari Nef Hari Nef 1992 n/a American actress, model, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Nef
Daniel Sieradski Daniel Jonathan Sieradski 1979 n/a American writer and activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sieradski
Nathanael West Nathanael West 1903 1940 American author and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_West
Don Kirshner Donald Clark Kirshner 1934 2011 American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner
Dan Auerbach Daniel Quine Auerbach 1979 n/a American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Auerbach
Peter Weiss Peter Ulrich Weiss 1916 1982 German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weiss
Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector null null Ukrainian novelist and short story writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector
Jacques Bergier Jacques Bergier null null null chemical engineer, member of the French-resistance, spy, journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Bergier
Tony Greenstein Tony Greenstein null null British left-wing activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Greenstein
Brooke Candy Brooke Dyan Candy 1989 n/a American rapper, singer, songwriter, tattoo artist, director, model, and fashion stylist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Candy
Nicholas Stoller Nicholas Stoller null null American director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Stoller
Joel Spolsky Avram Joel Spolsky 1965 n/a null software engineer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky
Nicolae Steinhardt Nicolae Steinhardt 1912 1989 Romanian writer, Orthodox monk and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Steinhardt
Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky 1929 2019 French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Mocky
Phyllis Chesler Phyllis Chesler 1940 n/a American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Chesler
Chuck Mosley Charles Henry Mosley III 1959 2017 American musician, singer and songwriter, who was the frontman for Faith No More from 1984 to 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Mosley
Karl Kraus (writer) Karl Kraus 1874 1936 Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Kraus_(writer)
Robert Rossen Robert Rossen 1908 1966 American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rossen
Avram Davidson Avram Davidson 1923 1993 American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avram_Davidson
Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous 1937 n/a null professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélène_Cixous
Bob Rafelson Bob Rafelson 1933 n/a American film director, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rafelson
Michael Penn Michael Daniel Penn 1958 n/a American singer-songwriter and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Penn
Tobias Wolff Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff 1945 n/a American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Wolff
Larry Lieber Lawrence D. Lieber 1931 n/a American comic book artist and writer best known as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man; for his long stint both writing and drawing the Marvel Western Rawhide Kid; and for illustrating the newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man from 1986 to September 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Lieber
Ted Raimi Theodore "Ted" Raimi 1965 n/a American character actor, director, comedian, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Raimi
Lucero (entertainer) Lucero Hogaza León 1969 n/a Mexican singer, actress, songwriter, and television host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucero_(entertainer)
Denise Eisenberg Rich Denise Rich null null American singer-songwriter, socialite, philanthropist and political fundraiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Eisenberg_Rich
Dany Boon Dany Boon 1966 n/a French actor, director, screenwriter and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Boon
Hugo Haas Hugo Haas 1901 1968 Czech film actor, director and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Haas
Bert Kalmar Bert Kalmar 1884 1947 American lyricist, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Kalmar
Peter Riegert Peter Riegert 1947 n/a American actor, director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Riegert
Lisa Cholodenko Lisa Cholodenko 1964 n/a American screenwriter and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Cholodenko
Jack Dann Jack Dann 1945 n/a American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dann
Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel 1933 2004 French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Distel
Boris Akunin Boris Akunin null null null pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (; ) (born 20 May 1956), a Russian-Georgian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Akunin
Etan Cohen Etan Cohen 1974 n/a Israeli screenwriter and film director who has written scripts for Hollywood movies, including Tropic Thunder, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Men in Black 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan_Cohen
Adam Pally Adam Saul Pally 1982 n/a American actor, comedian, writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Pally
Jim Abrahams James S. Abrahams (ˈeɪbrəmz) 1944 n/a American movie director and writer, best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Abrahams
Delmore Schwartz Delmore Schwartz 1913 1966 American poet and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmore_Schwartz
Bruno Heller Bruno Heller 1960 n/a English screenwriter, producer and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Heller
Ben Kweller Benjamin Lev Kweller 1981 n/a American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kweller
Theodor Wolff Theodor Wolff 1868 1943 German writer who was influential as a journalist, critic and newspaper editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Wolff
Jerry Ragovoy Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy 1930 2011 American songwriter and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Ragovoy
Russ Titelman Russ Titelman 1944 n/a American record producer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Titelman
Morey Amsterdam Moritz "Morey" Amsterdam 1908 1996 American actor, comedian, writer and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morey_Amsterdam
Josh Schwartz Joshua Ian Schwartz 1976 n/a American screenwriter and television producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Schwartz
Mayer Hawthorne Andrew Mayer Cohen 1979 n/a American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayer_Hawthorne
Bill Prady William Scott Prady 1960 n/a American television writer and producer who has worked on American sitcoms and variety programs, including Married https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Prady
Matt Nathanson Matthew Adam Nathanson 1973 n/a American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Nathanson
Dean Devlin Dean Devlin 1962 n/a American screenwriter, film producer, television producer, television director, film director, and former actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Devlin
Laura Riding Laura Riding Jackson 1901 1991 American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Riding
Avi Nesher Avi Nesher 1952 n/a Israeli film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Nesher
Gideon Yago Gideon Yago 1978 n/a null writer and former correspondent for MTV News and CBS News though he is most recognized for his contributions to MTV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Yago
Toby Emmerich Toby Emmerich 1963 n/a American producer, film executive, and screenwriter and the current chairman of the Warner Bros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Emmerich
Bill Dana William Szathmary 1924 2017 American comedian, actor, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana
Francis Veber Francis Paul Veber 1937 n/a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Veber
Claude Miller Claude Miller 1942 2012 French film director, producer and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Miller
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895 1968 Italian composer, pianist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Scott Frank A. Scott Frank 1960 n/a American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Frank
James Schamus James Allan Schamus 1959 n/a American screenwriter, producer, business executive, film historian, professor, and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Schamus
Andrew Koenig Joshua Andrew Koenig 1968 2010 American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Koenig
Larry Klein Larry Klein 1956 n/a American musician, songwriter, and record producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klein
David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf 1934 n/a Australian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malouf
Ted Sorensen Theodore Chaikin Sorensen 1928 2010 American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sorensen
John Francis Daley John Francis Daley 1985 n/a American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Daley
Anna Nalick Anna Christine Nalick 1984 n/a American singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nalick
Josh Trank Joshua Benjamin Trank 1984 n/a American film director, screenwriter, and film editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Trank
Gary Shteyngart Gary Shteyngart 1972 n/a Soviet writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Shteyngart
Paul Lieberstein Paul Bevan Lieberstein 1967 n/a American actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lieberstein
Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg 1949 n/a American illustrator and writer of children's books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg
Erika Mann Erika Julia Hedwig Mann 1905 1969 German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Mann
Ariel Rechtshaid Ariel Rechtshaid null null American record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Rechtshaid
Jonathan Glazer Jonathan Glazer 1965 n/a English filmmaker, director, and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Glazer
Norman Corwin Norman Lewis Corwin 1910 2011 American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Corwin
B. J. Novak Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak 1979 n/a American actor, writer, comedian and director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Novak
Jim Brickman James Merrill Brickman 1961 n/a American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brickman
Peter S. Beagle Peter Soyer Beagle 1939 n/a American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S._Beagle
Sonia Rykiel Sonia Rykiel 1930 2016 French fashion designer and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Rykiel
Daniel Keyes Daniel Keyes 1927 2014 American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Keyes
Nicole Perlman Nicole Perlman 1981 n/a American screenwriter, best known for co-writing the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and the story for Marvel's Captain Marvel (2019), and for Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Perlman
Raphael Bob-Waksberg Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg 1984 n/a American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Bob-Waksberg
Sidney J. Furie Sidney Joseph Furie 1933 n/a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his extensive work in both British cinema between the 1960s and early 1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_J._Furie
Dahlia Lithwick Dahlia Lithwick null null Canadian lawyer, writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia_Lithwick
Jaclyn Friedman Jaclyn Friedman 1971 n/a American feminist writer and activist known as the co-editor (with Jessica Valenti) of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Sexual Power and a World Without Rape and Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World, the writer of Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All and What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide To Sex and Safety, a campus speaker on issues of feminism, sexual freedom and anti-rape activism, and the founder and former executive director of Women, Action & The Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaclyn_Friedman
Jerzy Borejsza Jerzy Borejsza 1905 1952 Polish communist activist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Borejsza
Nell Scovell Helen Vivian "Nell" Scovell 1960 n/a American television and magazine writer, and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Scovell
Jessi Klein Jessi Ruth Klein 1975 n/a American writer, actress and stand-up comedian from New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessi_Klein
Max Dimont Max Isaac Dimont 1912 1992 Finnish Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dimont
Roy Turk Roy Kenneth Turk 1892 1934 American songwriter and lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1929 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Turk
Allen Funt Allen Albert Funt 1914 1999 American television producer, director, writer and television personality best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a television series of specials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Funt
Chris Barron Chris Barron 1968 n/a American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Spin Doctors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Barron
Zach Weinersmith Zachary Alexander Weinersmith 1982 n/a American cartoonist and writer, best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Weinersmith
Jennifer Miller Jennifer Miller 1961 n/a American circus entertainer, writer, and professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She has lived with a beard for most of her life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Miller
Herman J. Mankiewicz Herman Jacob Mankiewicz 1897 1953 American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_J._Mankiewicz
Martha Gellhorn Martha Ellis Gellhorn 1908 1998 American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gellhorn
Cynthia Ozick Cynthia Ozick 1928 n/a American short story writer, novelist, and essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Ozick
Davis Guggenheim Philip Davis Guggenheim 1963 n/a American writer, director and producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Guggenheim
Marshall Herskovitz Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz 1952 n/a American film director, writer, and producer, and currently the President Emeritus of the Producers Guild of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Herskovitz
Ron Miller (songwriter) Ronald Norman Miller 1932 2007 American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Miller_(songwriter)
Eric Kripke Eric Kripke 1974 n/a American writer and television producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Kripke
Roland Topor Roland Topor 1938 1997 French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Topor
Ken Rosenthal Kenneth H. Rosenthal 1962 n/a American sportswriter and reporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal
Amir Blumenfeld Amir Shmuel Blumenfeld 1983 n/a Israeli comedian, actor, writer, television host, and member of the American comedy duo, Jake and Amir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Blumenfeld
V. J. Jerome Victor Jeremy Jerome 1896 1965 American communist writer and editor based in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._J._Jerome
Richard Gottehrer Richard Gottehrer 1940 n/a American songwriter, record producer and record label executive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gottehrer
John Florio Giovanni Florio 1552 1625 null linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Florio
Judith Merril Judith Josephine Grossman 1923 1997 American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the first women to be widely influential in those roles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Merril
Bud Yorkin Alan David "Bud" Yorkin 1926 2015 American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Yorkin
Hermann Broch Hermann Broch 1886 1951 Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Broch
László Nemes László Nemes 1977 n/a Hungarian film director and screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Nemes
Jonathon Green Jonathon Green 1948 n/a English lexicographer of slang and writer on the history of alternative cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathon_Green
Cy Endfield Cyril Raker Endfield 1914 1995 American screenwriter, director, author, magician and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Endfield