List of diarists

This is an international list of diarists who have Wikipedia pages and whose journals have been published.

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! Wikipedia article !! Life span !! Birth !! Death !! class=unsortable|Notes

| Abboud || Layal Abboud || 1982– || 1982 || || Lebanese singer and dancer

| Abdullahu || Rreze Abdullahu || 1990– || 1990 || || Kosovo Albanian writer

| Abutsu-ni || Abutsu-ni || 1222–1283 || 1222 || 1283 || Japanese nun and poet

| Ackerley || J. R. Ackerley || 1896–1967 || 1896 || 1967 || Joe Randolph Ackerley, English literary editor and biographer

| Ackermann || Louise-Victorine Ackermann || 1813–1890 || 1813 || 1890 || French writer and philosopher

| Acland || Lady Harriet Acland || 1750–1815 || 1750 || 1815 || English noblewoman and nurse

| Adams || John Adams || 1735–1826 || 1735 || 1826 || 2nd President of the United States, statesman and diplomat

| Adams || John Quincy Adams || 1767–1848 || 1767 || 1848 || 6th President of the United States, statesman and diplomat

| Adamson || Catherine Adamson || 1868–1925 || 1868 || 1925 || New Zealand homemaker

| Aderca || Felix Aderca || 1891–1962 || 1891 || 1962 || Romanian novelist, playwright and poet

| Agate || James Agate || 1877–1947 || 1877 || 1947 || English writer and critic

| al-Radi || Nuha al-Radi || 1941–2004 || 1941 || 2004 || Iraqi potter and painter

| al-Windawi || Thura al-Windawi || 1983– || 1983 || || Iraqi pharmacologist and political commentator

| Alcott || Louisa May Alcott || 1832–1888 || 1832 || 1888 || American novelist

| Allingham || William Allingham || 1824–1889 || 1824 || 1889 || Irish poet

| Ambrose || Isaac Ambrose || 1604–1664 || 1604 || 1664 || English Puritan

| Amiel || Henri-Frédéric Amiel || 1821–1881 || 1821 || 1881 || Swiss philosopher, poet and critic

| Andræ || Hansine Andræ || 1817–1898 || 1817 || 1898 || Danish feminist

| Apollinaire || Guillaume Apollinaire || 1880–1918 || 1880 || 1918 || French writer

| Arbuthnot || Harriet Arbuthnot || 1793–1834 || 1793 || 1834 || English associate of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

| Arishima Takeo || Takeo Arishima || 1878–1923 || 1878 || 1923 || Japanese novelist

| Artaud || Antonin Artaud || 1896–1948 || 1896 || 1948 || French writer and critic

| Asquith || Lady Cynthia Asquith || 1887–1960 || 1887 || 1960 || English writer

| Aubert || Elise Aubert || 1837–1909 || 1837 || 1909 || Norwegian fiction and non-fiction writer

| Aya Kitō || Aya Kitō || 1962–1988 || 1962 || 1988 || Japanese sufferer from spinocerebellar ataxia

| Ayton || Charles John Ayton || 1846–1922 || 1846 || 1922 || New Zealand gold miner and rabbiter

| Badin || Gustav Badin || 1747–1822 || 1747 || 1822 || Swedish court servant

| Baker || Elizabeth Baker || 1720–1797 || 1720 || 1797 || English secretary and geologist

| Balfour || David Paton Balfour || 1841–1894 || 1841 || 1894 || New Zealand sheep farmer and roading supervisor

| Ballard || Martha Ballard || 1735–1812 || 1735 || 1812 || American midwife and healer

| Bamford || Samuel Bamford || 1788–1872 || 1788 || 1872 || English dialect poet and dialect theorist

| Banuș || Maria Banuș || 1914–1999 || 1914 || 1999 || Romanian poet and essayist

| Banzet || Sara Banzet || 1745–1774 || 1745 || 1774 || French educator

| Baranga || Aurel Baranga || 1913–1979 || 1913 || 1979 || Romanian playwright and poet

| Barbellion || W. N. P. Barbellion || 1889–1919 || 1889 || 1919 || Pseudonym of Bruce Frederick Cummings, English naturalist, essayist & & writer

| Barker || Mary Anne Barker || 1831–1911 || 1831 || 1911 || Jamaican-born Australian writer

| Barwick || Archie Barwick || 1890–1966 || 1890 || 1966 || Australian farmer and soldier

| Basheer || Vaikom Muhammad Basheer || 1908–1994 || 1908 || 1994 || Indian independence activist and writer

| Bashkirtseff || Marie Bashkirtseff || 1858–1884 || 1858 || 1884 || Ukrainian painter and sculptor (in French)

| Bason || Fred Bason || 1907–1973 || 1907 || 1973 || English bookseller, broadcaster and writer

| Bass || Franta Bass || 1930–1944 || 1930 || 1944 || Jewish Czech child poet, Holocaust victim

| Baxter || Annie Maria Baxter || 1816–1905 || 1816 || 1905 || English-born Australian housewife

| Beard || Peter Hill Beard || 1938– || 1938 || || American photographer in Africa

| Beaton || Cecil Beaton || 1904–1980 || 1904 || 1980 || English fashion, portrait and war photographer

| Ben no Naishi || Ben no Naishi || 1220–1270 || 1220 || 1270 || Japanese court lady and poet

| Benedict || Ruth Benedict || 1887–1948 || 1887 || 1948 || American anthropologist

| Benn || Tony Benn || 1925–2014 || 1925 || 2014 || English politician

| Bennett || Alan Bennett || 1934– || 1934 || || English writer and playwright

| Bennett || Arnold Bennett || 1867–1931 || 1867 || 1931 || English novelist

| Benson || A. C. Benson || 1862–1925 || 1862 || 1925 || Arthur Christopher Benson, English academic, biographer and poet

| Berendes || Märta Berendes || 1639–1717 || 1639 || 1717 || Swedish mistress of the robes

| Bergholz || Olga Bergholz || 1910–1975 || 1910 || 1975 || Soviet poet and playwright

| Bergounioux || Pierre Bergounioux || 1949– || 1949 || || French writer

| Berr || Hélène Berr || 1921–1945 || 1921 || 1945 || French writer on Nazi occupation of Paris

| Bestall || Alfred Bestall || 1892–1986 || 1892 || 1986 || English illustrator, best known for Rupert Bear stories

| Betham || Mary Matilda Betham || 1776–1852 || 1776 || 1852 || English poet, woman of letters and miniature portrait painter.

| Bilbrough || Ethel Bilbrough || 1868–1951 || 1868 || 1951 || English First World War diarist and artist

| Bloy || Léon Bloy || 1846–1917 || 1846 || 1917 || French novelist, poet and pamphleteer

| Blundell || Nicholas Blundell || 1669–1737 || 1669 || 1737 || English squire

| Blunt || Wilfrid Scawen Blunt || 1840–1922 || 1840 || 1922 || English poet and writer

| Bodichon || Barbara Bodichon || 1827–1891 || 1827 || 1891 || English educationalist, feminist and traveller

| Bollinger || George Wallace Bollinger || 1890–1917 || 1890 || 1917 || New Zealand soldier

| Bonham Carter || Violet Bonham Carter || 1887–1969 || 1887 || 1969 || English politician, daughter of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith

| Bontempi || Teresina Bontempi || 1883–1968 || 1883 || 1968 || Swiss political activist

| Booth || Stanley Booth || 1942– || 1942 || || American music journalist

| Boruwłaski || Józef Boruwłaski || 1739–1837 || 1739 || 1837 || Polish dwarf musician

| Boswell || James Boswell || 1740–1795 || 1740 || 1795 || Scottish chronicler of Samuel Johnson

| Boyle || Jimmy Boyle || 1944– || 1944 || || Scottish gangster, sculptor and novelist

| Bräker || Ulrich Bräker || 1735–1798 || 1735 || 1798 || Swiss autodidact and writer

| Brandreth || Gyles Brandreth || 1948– || 1948 || || English writer and politician

| Brant || Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant || 1880–1970 || 1880 || 1970 || Brazilian teenage diarist

| Brecht || Bertolt Brecht || 1898–1956 || 1898 || 1956 || German playwright, poet and politician

| Breen || Patrick Breen || 1795–1868 || 1795 || 1868 || American member of The Donner Party

| Bremer || Arthur Bremer || 1950– || 1950 || || American attempted assassin of George Wallace

| Brereton || Sir William Brereton || 1604–1661 || 1604 || 1661 || 1st Baronet Brereton, English politician and Roundhead military commander

| Brittain || Vera Brittain || 1893–1970 || 1893 || 1970 || English author and feminist

| Britten || Benjamin Britten || 1913–1976 || 1913 || 1976 || English composer

| Brown || Ford Madox Brown || 1821–1893 || 1821 || 1893 || French-born English painter

| Bruce || David Bruce || 1898–1977 || 1898 || 1977 || American ambassador

| Bryceson || Nathaniel Bryceson || 1826–1911 || 1826 || 1911 || English clerk

| Bryn || Thomas Bryn || 1782–1827 || 1782 || 1827 || Norwegian jurist and civil servant

| Bucuța || Emanoil Bucuța || 1887–1946 || 1887 || 1946 || Romanian novelist, critic and poet

| Bujnicki || Kazimierz Bujnicki || 1788–1878 || 1788 || 1878 || Polish writer

| Bull || Deborah Bull || 1963– || 1963 || || English ballet dancer and writer

| Bullard || Reader Bullard || 1885–1976 || 1885 || 1976 || English diplomat

| Bunin || Ivan Bunin || 1870–1953 || 1870 || 1953 || Russian/Soviet novelist

| Burney || Fanny Burney || 1752–1840 || 1752 || 1840 || English novelist, playwright and biographer

| Burton || Richard Burton || 1925–1984 || 1925 || 1984 || Welsh actor

| Bury || Elizabeth Bury || 1644–1720 || 1644 || 1720 || English nonconformist

| Butler || Eleanor Charlotte Butler || 1739–1829 || 1739 || 1829 || One of the once controversial Ladies of Llangollen

| Butts || Mary Butts || 1890–1937 || 1890 || 1937 || English writer

| Byrd || William Byrd II || 1674–1744 || 1674 || 1744 || Colonial American diarist

| Byron || Lord Byron || 1788–1824 || 1788 || 1824 || English poet and traveler

| Cabot || Meg Cabot || 1967– || 1967 || || American YA author

| Cadogan || Alexander Cadogan || 1884–1968 || 1884 || 1968 || English diplomat and civil servant

| Calaferte || Louis Calaferte || 1928–1994 || 1928 || 1994 || French novelist and essayist

| Călinescu || Matei Călinescu || 1934–2009 || 1934 || 2009 || Romanian critic and professor

| Campbell || Alastair Campbell || 1957– || 1957 || || Anglo-Scottish journalist, broadcaster and author

| Campbell || Thomas Campbell || 1733–1795 || 1733 || 1795 || Irish Protestant minister and travel writer

| Camprubí || Zenobia Camprubí || 1887–1956 || 1887 || 1956 || Spanish Civil War seen from Cuba

| Camus || Albert Camus || 1913–1960 || 1913 || 1960 || Algerian-born French writer and philosopher

| Carr || Emily Carr || 1871–1945 || 1871 || 1945 || Canadian artist

| Carrington || Dora Carrington || 1893–1932 || 1893 || 1932 || English painter

| Carroll || Jim Carroll || 1949–2009 || 1949 || 2009 || American author, poet and musician

| Carroll || Lewis Carroll || 1832–1898 || 1832 || 1898 || Pseudonym of Charles L. Dodgson, English writer and mathematician

| Casares || Adolfo Bioy Casares || 1914–1999 || 1914 || 1999 || Argentine fiction writer and collaborator with Jorge Luis Borges

| Casey || Richard Casey || 1890–1976 || 1890 || 1976 || Baron Casey, Australian statesman and ambassador

| Cassab || Judy Cassab || 1920–2015 || 1920 || 2015 || Australian artist

| Castillo || Abelardo Castillo || 1935–2017 || 1935 || 2017 || Argentine novelist and essayist

| Castle || Barbara Castle || 1910–2002 || 1910 || 2002 || English politician

| Caughey || Catherine Caughey || 1923–2008 || 1923 || 2008 || Kenyan-born New Zealand code breaker and occupational therapist

| Caverhill || Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill || 1834–1897 || 1834 || 1897 || New Zealand homemaker

| Channon || Henry Channon || 1897–1958 || 1897 || 1958 || Anglo-American politician and author

| Chaszczewacki || Miriam Chaszczewacki || 1924–1942 || 1924 || 1942 || Polish Jewish Holocaust victim

| Cheever || John Cheever || 1912–1982 || 1912 || 1982 || American novelist

| Chennault || Claire Lee Chennault || 1890–1958 || 1890 || 1958 || American World War II General, head of the Flying Tigers

| Chesnut || Mary Boykin Chesnut || 1823–1886 || 1823 || 1886 || American who described life in South Carolina in the American Civil War

| Choe Bu || Choe Bu || 1454–1504 || 1454 || 1504 || Korean official and traveler

| Christie || Johan Koren Christie || 1909–1995 || 1909 || 1995 || Norwegian air-force major general

| Ciano || Galeazzo Ciano || 1903–1944 || 1903 || 1944 || Mussolini's Italian foreign minister

| Cibulka || Hanns Cibulka || 1920–2004 || 1920 || 2004 || German Bohemian poet

| Cioran || Emil Cioran || 1911–1995 || 1911 || 1995 || Romanian writer and philosopher

| Clark || Alan Clark || 1928–1999 || 1928 || 1999 || English politician and historian

| Clark || Andrew Clark || 1856–1922 || 1856 || 1922 || Scottish diarist and cleric

| Clark || Ossie Clark || 1942–1996 || 1942 || 1996 || English fashion designer

| Clark || Ralph Clark || 1755–1794 || 1755 || 1794 || Scottish naval officer

| Clifford || Lady Anne Clifford || 1590–1676 || 1590 || 1676 || English literary patron and correspondent

| Cobain || Kurt Cobain || 1967–1994 || 1967 || 1994 || American rock musician, Nirvana’s lead singer

| Cockburn || Henry Cockburn || 1779–1854 || 1779 || 1854 || Lord Cockburn, Scottish judge and writer

| Cocks || Richard Cocks || 1566–1624 || 1566 || 1624 || English head of trading post in Japan

| Cocteau || Jean Cocteau || 1889–1963 || 1889 || 1963 || French writer and filmmaker

| Coey || John Alan Coey || 1950–1975 || 1950 || 1975 || American soldier with the Rhodesian army

| Coke || Mary Coke || 1727–1811 || 1727 || 1811 || English diarist and correspondent

| Cole || William Cole || 1714–1782 || 1714 || 1782 || English Anglican cleric and antiquary

| Collis || Maurice Collis || 1889–1973 || 1889 || 1973 || Irish administrator in Burma and writer

| Columbus || Christopher Columbus || 1451–1506 || 1451 || 1506 || Cristoforo Colombo, Italian explorer and colonizer

| Colville || Jock Colville || 1915–1987 || 1915 || 1987 || English civil servant

| Condict || Jemima Condict || 1754–1779 || 1754 || 1779 || American child diarist

| Congar || Yves Congar || 1904–1995 || 1904 || 1995 || French Dominican friar and theologian

| Coningsby || Thomas Coningsby || 1550–1625 || 1550 || 1625 || English soldier and member of parliament

| Constant || Benjamin Constant || 1767–1830 || 1767 || 1830 || French writer, philosopher and politician

| Cooper || Ethel Cooper || 1871–1961 || 1871 || 1961 || Australian musician and First World War German detainee

| Coppola || Eleanor Coppola || 1936– || 1936 || || American filmmaker and writer

| Corrie || Rachel Corrie || 1979–2003 || 1979 || 2003 || American activist

| Cory || William Johnson Cory || 1823–1892 || 1823 || 1892 || English schoolmaster and scholar

| Costantini || Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini || 1876–1958 || 1876 || 1958 || Vatican cardinal and Apostolic Chancellor

| Coward || Noël Coward || 1899–1973 || 1899 || 1973 || English playwright and composer

| Cowper || Mary Cowper || 1685–1724 || 1685 || 1724 || English courtier

| Cox || James Cox || 1846–1925 || 1846 || 1925 || New Zealand swagman

| Coyet || Peter Julius Coyet || 1618–1667 || 1618 || 1667 || Swedish envoy to England

| Creevey || Thomas Creevey || 1768–1838 || 1768 || 1838 || English politician

| Cresswell || Nicholas Cresswell || 1750–1804 || 1750 || 1804 || English settler in the American colonies

| Cristea || Nicolae Cristea || 1834–1902 || 1834 || 1902 || Romanian priest and political activist

| Croker || John Wilson Croker || 1780–1857 || 1780 || 1857 || Irish-born politician

| Crompton || Susan Mary Crompton || 1846–1932 || 1846 || 1932 || Australian social welfare reformer

| Cronman || Fritz Cronman || 1640–1680 || 1640 || 1680 || Swedish diplomat

| Crossman || Richard Crossman || 1907–1974 || 1907 || 1974 || English politician and writer

| Crowley || Aleister Crowley || 1875–1947 || 1875 || 1947 || English occultist and poet

| Cullwick || Hannah Cullwick || 1833–1909 || 1833 || 1909 || English domestic servant and lodging-house keeper

| Curie || Marie Curie || 1867–1934 || 1867 || 1934 || Polish physicist and chemist

| Curvers || Alexis Curvers || 1906–1992 || 1906 || 1992 || Belgian writer

| Czarkowski-Golejewski || Cyryl Czarkowski-Golejewski || 1885–1940 || 1885 || 1940 || Polish landowner and Katyn massacre victim

| Czartoryska || Klementyna Czartoryska || 1780–1852 || 1780 || 1852 || Polish noblewoman

| Czerniaków || Adam Czerniaków || 1880–1942 || 1880 || 1942 || Polish head of the Warsaw Ghetto’s Judenrat and Holocaust victim

| d'Ewes || Simonds d'Ewes || 1602–1650 || 1602 || 1650 || English antiquary and politician

| Daae || Ludvig Daae || 1829–1893 || 1829 || 1893 || Norwegian jurist and politician

| Dabit || Eugène Dabit || 1898–1936 || 1898 || 1936 || French writer

| Dąbrowska || Maria Dąbrowska || 1889–1965 || 1889 || 1965 || Polish novelist and playwright

| Dacosta || Luísa Dacosta || 1927–2015 || 1927 || 2015 || Portuguese fiction writer and poet

| Dallam || Thomas Dallam || 1575–1630 || 1575 || 1630 || English organ builder (diary 1598–1599, journey to Turkey)

| Danckaerts || Jasper Danckaerts || 1639–1704 || 1639 || 1704 || Dutch North American colonist and travel writer

| Đặng || Đặng Thùy Trâm || 1942–1970 || 1942 || 1970 || Vietnamese army surgeon

| Darre || Jacob Hersleb Darre || 1757–1841 || 1757 || 1841 || Norwegian chaplain and constitutional assembly representative

| Dati || Gregorio Dati || 1363–1435 || 1363 || 1435 || Florentine merchant

| Davis || Emilie Davis || 1839–1889 || 1839 || 1889 || African-American diarist, fl.1860s

| Dawbin || Anna Dawbin || 1816–1905 || 1816 || 1905 || English-born Australian housewife and foster mother

| Day || Dorothy Day || 1897–1980 || 1897 || 1980 || American journalist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement

| de Beauvoir || Simone de Beauvoir || 1908–1986 || 1908 || 1986 || French writer and philosopher

| de Biran || Maine de Biran || 1766–1824 || 1766 || 1824 || French writer, philosopher and mathematician

| de Brakelond || Jocelyn de Brakelond || 1155–1202 || 1155 || 1202 || English monk

| de Castelbajac || Constance de Castelbajac || 1859–1886 || 1859 || 1886 || French aristocrat

| de Catt || Henri de Catt || 1725–1795 || 1725 || 1795 || Swiss scholar

| de Clercq || Willem de Clercq || 1795–1844 || 1795 || 1844 || Dutch Protestant revivalist

| de Ficquelmont || Dorothea de Ficquelmont || 1804–1863 || 1804 || 1863 || Russian diarist in French and salonnière

| de Goncourt || Edmond de Goncourt || 1822–1896 || 1822 || 1896 || French writer and critic, brother of Jules

| de Goncourt || Jules de Goncourt || 1830–1870 || 1830 || 1870 || French writer, brother of Edmond

| de Gouberville || Gilles de Gouberville || 1521–1578 || 1521 || 1578 || French seigneur in Cotentin, Normandy

| de Graffigny || Françoise de Graffigny || 1695–1758 || 1695 || 1758 || French novelist and salonnière

| de Guérin || Eugénie de Guérin || 1805–1848 || 1805 || 1848 || French writer

| de Jesus || Carolina Maria de Jesus || 1914–1977 || 1914 || 1977 || Brazilian writer and social activist

| de L’Estoile || Pierre de L'Estoile || 1546–1611 || 1546 || 1611 || French collector

| de Mélito || André François Miot de Mélito || 1762–1841 || 1762 || 1841 || French statesman and scholar

| de Mofras || Eugène Duflot de Mofras || 1810–1884 || 1810 || 1884 || French naturalist and diplomat

| de Pougy || Liane de Pougy || 1869–1950 || 1869 || 1950 || French dancer and courtesan

| De Quincey || Thomas De Quincey || 1785–1859 || 1785 || 1859 || English man of letters

| de Saint-Jean || Robert de Saint-Jean || 1901–1987 || 1901 || 1987 || French writer and journalist

| de Thompson || Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson || 1786–1868 || 1786 || 1868 || Argentine society hostess

| de Tinan || Jean de Tinan || 1874–1898 || 1874 || 1898 || French writer

| de Veer || Gerrit de Veer || 1570–1598 || 1570 || 1598 || Dutch naval officer

| de Vernet || María Sáez de Vernet || 1800–1858 || 1800 || 1858 || Argentine resident in the Falkland Islands

| de Vigny || Alfred de Vigny || 1797–1863 || 1797 || 1863 || French writer

| Debes || Jens Peter Debes || 1776–1832 || 1776 || 1832 || Norwegian judge and politician

| Dedekam || Sophie Dedekam || 1820–1894 || 1820 || 1894 || Norwegian composer

| Dee || John Dee || 1527–1609 || 1527 || 1609 || 17th-century English mathematician and astronomer of Welsh extraction

| Deen || Helga Deen || 1925–1943 || 1925 || 1943 || Dutch/German Holocaust victim

| Delacroix || Eugène Delacroix || 1798–1863 || 1798 || 1863 || French painter

| Delafield || E. M. Delafield || 1890–1943 || 1890 || 1943 || Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture. (English novelist

| Delvaille || Bernard Delvaille || 1931–2006 || 1931 || 2006 || French poet and anthologist

| Deșliu || Dan Deșliu || 1927–1992 || 1927 || 1992 || Romanian poet

| Dessì || Giuseppe Dessì || 1909–1977 || 1909 || 1977 || Italian novelist and playwright

| Diamandy || George Diamandy || 1867–1917 || 1867 || 1917 || Romanian politician and social scientist

| Dodington || George Bubb Dodington || 1691–1762 || 1691 || 1762 || English politician and nobleman

| Doherty || Pete Doherty || 1979– || 1979 || || English rock musician

| Dorian || Emil Dorian || 1893–1956 || 1893 || 1956 || Romanian poet and physician

| Dostoevsky || Fyodor Dostoevsky || 1821–1881 || 1821 || 1881 || Russian novelist

| Dostoyevskaya || Anna Dostoyevskaya || 1846–1918 || 1846 || 1918 || Russian wife of Fyodor Dostoevsky

| Draenger || Gusta Dawidson Draenger || 1917–1943 || 1917 || 1943 || Polish Holocaust victim

| Drinker || Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker || 1735–1807 || 1735 || 1807 || American Quaker diarist

| du Gard || Roger Martin du Gard || 1881–1958 || 1881 || 1958 || French writer

| Dudeney || Alice Dudeney || 1866–1945 || 1866 || 1945 || English novelist (life in Sussex)

| Dugdale || William Dugdale || 1605–1686 || 1605 || 1686 || English antiquary and historian

| Duke || Antera Duke || –1788 || || 1788 || Nigerian slave trader

| Duras || Marguerite Duras || 1914–1996 || 1914 || 1996 || French novelist and scriptwriter

| Dylan || Bob Dylan || 1941– || 1941 || || American musician and songwriter

| Dyott || William Dyott || 1761–1847 || 1761 || 1847 || British army General and aide-de-camp of George III

| Eberhardt || Isabelle Eberhardt || 1877–1904 || 1877 || 1904 || Swiss explorer and writer

| Ebner || Christina Ebner || 1277–1356 || 1277 || 1356 || German Dominican mystic

| Ebner || Margareta Ebner || 1291–1351 || 1291 || 1351 || German Dominican nun

| Edwards || Dickon Edwards || 1971– || 1971 || || British musician and dandy

| Elet || Jacob Elet || || || || Dutch factor on the Slave Coast of West Africa, early 18th century

| Eliade || Mircea Eliade || 1907–1986 || 1907 || 1986 || Romanian historian of religion and mythologist

| Eliot || George Eliot || 1819–1880 || 1819 || 1880 || Pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, English novelist

| Ellis || Edward Robb Ellis || 1911–1998 || 1911 || 1998 || American writer and reporter

| Emerson || Ralph Waldo Emerson || 1803–1882 || 1803 || 1882 || American writer

| Engel-Wijnberg || Selma Engel-Wijnberg || 1922–2018 || 1922 || 2018 || Dutch Holocaust survivor

| Eno || Brian Eno || 1948– || 1948 || || English musician, record producer and polymath

| Ernaux || Annie Ernaux || 1940– || 1940 || || French writer

| Evelyn || John Evelyn || 1620–1706 || 1620 || 1706 || English writer, scholar and gardener

| Faithfull || Marianne Faithfull || 1946– || 1946 || || English singer and actress

| Farington || Joseph Farington || 1747–1821 || 1747 || 1821 || English landscape painter

| Farmborough || Florence Farmborough || 1887–1978 || 1887 || 1978 || English nurse and author

| Fawkner || John Pascoe Fawkner || 1792–1869 || 1792 || 1869 || Australian pioneer and politician

| Fay || Eliza Fay || 1756–1816 || 1756 || 1816 || English traveller to India

| Fenyő || Miksa Fenyő || 1877–1972 || 1877 || 1972 || Hungarian politician and poet

| Fesch || Jacques Fesch || 1930–1957 || 1930 || 1957 || French murderer and Catholic convert

| Fiennes || Celia Fiennes || 1652–1741 || 1652 || 1741 || English traveler

| Filipović || Zlata Filipović || 1980– || 1980 || || Bosnian child and adult diarist in Sarajevo

| Fisher || Carrie Fisher || 1956–2016 || 1956 || 2016 || American actress and writer

| Fitzgerald || F. Scott Fitzgerald || 1896–1940 || 1896 || 1940 || American writer

| Fjellbu || Arne Fjellbu || 1890–1962 || 1890 || 1962 || Norwegian bishop

| Fleming || Marjorie Fleming || 1803–1811 || 1803 || 1811 || Scottish child diarist (diary 1809–1811)

| Fountaine || Margaret Fountaine || 1862–1940 || 1862 || 1940 || Lepidopterist

| Fox || Caroline Fox || 1819–1871 || 1819 || 1871 || English socialite, sister of Barclay

| Fox || George Fox || 1624–1691 || 1624 || 1691 || English founder of the Quakers

| Foxe || Samuel Foxe || 1560–1630 || 1560 || 1630 || English politician

| Frank || Anne Frank || 1929–1945 || 1929 || 1945 || Dutch Holocaust victim, documenting her life in hiding (1941–1945)

| Franklin || Miles Franklin || 1879–1954 || 1879 || 1954 || Australian author

| Fremantle || Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle || 1789–1857 || 1789 || 1857 || English wife of Thomas Fremantle, main contributor to The Wynne Diaries

| Friend || Donald Friend || 1915–1989 || 1915 || 1989 || Australian artist

| Fripp || Robert Fripp || 1946– || 1946 || || English musician

| Frisch || Max Frisch || 1911–1991 || 1911 || 1991 || Swiss playwright and novelist

| Fritz || Samuel Fritz || 1654–1730 || 1654 || 1730 || Czech Jesuit missionary and explorer

| Fromm || Bella Fromm || 1890–1972 || 1890 || 1972 || German wartime diarist and journalist

| Fujiwara no Kanezane || Fujiwara no Kanezane || 1149–1207 || 1149 || 1207 || Japanese historian and Chief Minister

| Fujiwara no Michinaga || Fujiwara no Michinaga || 966–1028 || 966 || 1028 || Japanese poet and statesman

| Fujiwara no Sanesuke || Fujiwara no Sanesuke || 957–1046 || 957 || 1046 || Japanese Minister of the Right

| Fujiwara no Teika || Fujiwara no Teika || 1162–1241 || 1162 || 1241 || Japanese scholar and calligrapher

| Fuller || Buckminster Fuller || 1895–1993 || 1895 || 1993 || Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr., American designer and engineer

| Fulton || Catherine Fulton || 1829–1919 || 1829 || 1919 || New Zealand community leader and suffragette

| Furttenbach || Joseph Furttenbach || 1591–1667 || 1591 || 1667 || German architect and mathematician

| Gág || Wanda Gág || 1893–1946 || 1893 || 1946 || American artist and children's author

| Gaitskell || Hugh Gaitskell || 1906–1963 || 1906 || 1963 || English politician

| Garborg || Arne Garborg || 1851–1924 || 1851 || 1924 || Norwegian writer

| Gascoyne || David Gascoyne || 1916–2001 || 1916 || 2001 || English poet and translator

| Gelfand || Vladimir Gelfand || 1923–1983 || 1923 || 1983 || Soviet World War II soldier

| Gertsyk || Eugenia Gertsyk || 1878–1944 || 1878 || 1944 || Russian/Soviet writer and translator

| Gibbon || Edward Gibbon || 1737–1794 || 1737 || 1794 || English historian and politician

| Gide || André Gide || 1869–1951 || 1869 || 1951 || French novelist and man of letters

| Gillette || Chester Gillette || 1883–1908 || 1883 || 1908 || American murderer

| Ginsberg || Allen Ginsberg || 1926–1997 || 1926 || 1997 || American beat poet

| Ginz || Petr Ginz || 1928–1944 || 1928 || 1944 || Czechoslovak author, artist, editor, and Holocaust victim

| Gjerdrum || Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum || 1821–1902 || 1821 || 1902 || Norwegian jurist and businessman

| Gladstone || Mary Gladstone || 1847–1927 || 1847 || 1927 || English political diarist

| Glückel of Hameln || Glückel of Hameln || 1647–1727 || 1647 || 1727 || German businesswoman and diarist in Yiddish

| Go-Nara || Emperor Go-Nara || 1495–1557 || 1495 || 1557 || Japanese Emperor

| Goebbels || Joseph Goebbels || 1897–1945 || 1897 || 1945 || Nazi German Propaganda Minister

| Goma || Paul Goma || 1935–2020 || 1935 || 2020 || Romanian dissident writer

| Gombrowicz || Witold Gombrowicz || 1904–1969 || 1904 || 1969 || Polish writer

| Gradowski || Zalman Gradowski || 1910–1944 || 1910 || 1944 || Polish Jewish Holocaust victim

| Grant || Elizabeth Grant || 1797–1885 || 1797 || 1885 || Scottish traveler and writer

| Grant || Richard E. Grant || 1957– || 1957 || || Swazi/English actor

| Gray || Francine du Plessix Gray || 1930– || 1930 || || Franco-American author

| Green || Julien Green || 1900–1998 || 1900 || 1998 || American author, writing in French

| Greene || Bob Greene || 1947– || 1947 || || American journalist

| Gregory || Augusta, Lady Gregory || 1852–1932 || 1852 || 1932 || Irish dramatist and theatre manager

| Grenfell || Joyce Grenfell || 1910–1979 || 1910 || 1979 || English actress and writer

| Gretton || H. W. Gretton || 1914–1983 || 1914 || 1983 || New Zealand poet, teacher and soldier

| Greville || Charles Greville || 1794–1865 || 1794 || 1865 || English civil servant and cricketer

| Grimké || Charlotte Forten Grimké || 1837–1914 || 1837 || 1914 || American abolitionist and women's rights activist

| Grote || Harriet Grote || 1792–1878 || 1792 || 1878 || English salonnière and biographer

| Groult || Benoîte Groult || 1920–2016 || 1920 || 2016 || French writer

| Guevara || Che Guevara || 1928–1967 || 1928 || 1967 || Argentine revolutionary

| Guibert || Hervé Guibert || 1955–1991 || 1955 || 1991 || French writer and AIDS activist

| Guinness || Alec Guinness || 1914–2000 || 1914 || 2000 || English actor

| Guyotat || Pierre Guyotat || 1940– || 1940 || || French writer

| Hagendorf || Peter Hagendorf || 1601–1679 || 1601 || 1679 || German mercenary in the Thirty Years' War

| Haldeman || Harry Robbins Haldeman || 1926–1993 || 1926 || 1993 || American political aide involved in Watergate

| Halder || Franz Halder || 1884–1972 || 1884 || 1972 || German army general

| Hall || Peter Hall|| 1930–2017 || 1930 || 2017 || English theater and film director

| Hammarskjöld || Dag Hammarskjöld || 1905–1961 || 1905 || 1961 || Swedish Secretary-General of the United Nations

| Hammond || Richard Hammond || 1969– || 1969 || || English TV presenter

| Hanazono || Emperor Hanazono || 1297–1348 || 1297 || 1348 || Japanese Emperor

| Hansjakob || Heinrich Hansjakob || 1837–1916 || 1837 || 1916 || German Catholic priest, historian and novelist

| Hara Takashi || Hara Takashi || 1856–1921 || 1856 || 1921 || Japanese Prime Minister

| Hardy || Mary Hardy|| 1733–1809 || 1733 || 1809 || English farmer and brewer's wife from Whissonsett, Norfolk

| Haring || Keith Haring || 1958–1990 || 1958 || 1990 || American artist

| Harmaja || Saima Harmaja || 1913–1937 || 1913 || 1937 || Finnish poet and tuberculosis victim

| Harris || Howell Harris || 1714–1773 || 1714 || 1773 || Welsh preacher

| Harris and Klebold || Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold || 1981–1999 || 1981 || 1999 || American schoolboy perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre

| Harrison || Sabrina Ward Harrison || 1975– || 1975 || || Canadian artist and author

| Hasenbosch || Leendert Hasenbosch || 1695–1724 || 1695 || 1724 || Castaway Dutch sailor

| Hauge || Olav H. Hauge || 1908–1994 || 1908 || 1994 || Norwegian horticulturalist and poet

| Haugland || Jens Haugland || 1910–1991 || 1910 || 1991 || Norwegian jurist and politician

| Havet || Mireille Havet || 1898–1932 || 1898 || 1932 || French writer

| Hawker || Peter Hawker || 1786–1853 || 1786 || 1853 || English army officer and sportsman

| Hayden || Mary Hayden || 1862–1942 || 1862 || 1942 || Irish historian

| Haydon || Benjamin Haydon || 1786–1846 || 1786 || 1846 || English painter

| Hayes || Rutherford B. Hayes || 1822–1893 || 1822 || 1893 || 19th President of the United States

| Henslowe || Philip Henslowe || 1550–1615 || 1550 || 1615 || English theatre producer

| Herbert || Dorothea Herbert || 1767–1829 || 1767 || 1829 || Irish poet

| Herzberg || Abel Herzberg || 1893–1989 || 1893 || 1989 || Dutch lawyer and writer

| Heyde || Maria Heyde || 1837–1913 || 1837 || 1913 || German missionary and translator in Tibet

| Highsmith || Patricia Highsmith || 1923–1995 || 1923 || 1995 || American author

| Hillesum || Etty Hillesum || 1914–1943 || 1914 || 1943 || Dutch Holocaust victim.

| Hilton || George Hilton || 1673–1725 || 1673 || 1725 || English gentleman diarist[2]

| Himmler || Heinrich Himmler || 1900–1945 || 1900 || 1945 || Nazi and commander of the SS[3]

| Hinde || Edmund C. Hinde || 1830–1909 || 1830 || 1909 || American participant in the 1850s California Gold Rush

| Hinel || Anna Maria Hinel || 1924–1943 || 1924 || 1943 || Polish underground activist and Holocaust victim

| Hitchcock || Henry Hitchcock (Missouri lawyer) || 1829–1902 || 1829 || 1902 || American lawyer serving under General William Tecumseh Sherman

| Hoare || Louisa Gurney Hoare || 1784–1836 || 1784 || 1836 || English writer on education

| Hoare || Richard Hoare|| 1758–1838 || 1758 || 1838 || Second baronet Hoare, English antiquary and traveler

| Hobhouse || John Hobhouse|| 1786–1869 || 1786 || 1869 || English politician and Member of Parliament

| Hoby || Lady Margaret Hoby || 1571–1633 || 1571 || 1633 || English gentlewoman

| Holden || Edith Holden || 1871–1920 || 1871 || 1920 || English artist, teacher and naturalist

| Holland || William Holland || 1746–1818 || 1746 || 1818 || English country clergyman

| Holstein-Gottorp || Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp || 1759–1818 || 1759 || 1818 || Queen of Sweden and Norway

| Hone || Philip Hone || 1780–1851 || 1780 || 1851 || American mayor and New York socialite

| Hopkins || Gerard Manley Hopkins || 1844–1889 || 1844 || 1889 || English poet and priest

| Horney || Karen Horney || 1885–1952 || 1885 || 1952 || German psychoanalyst

| Howard || Lyall Howard || 1896–1955 || 1896 || 1955 || Australian engineer and businessman

| Imam || Jahanara Imam || 1929–1994 || 1929 || 1994 || Bangladeshi writer and political activist

| Inge || William Ralph Inge || 1860–1954 || 1860 || 1954 || English cleric and author

| Inglis || Julia, Lady Inglis || 1833–1904 || 1833 || 1904 || English diarist with an account of the 1857 Siege of Lucknow

| Inman || Arthur Crew Inman || 1895–1963 || 1895 || 1963 || American poet who wrote a diary of 17 million words

| Isherwood || Christopher Isherwood || 1904–1986 || 1904 || 1986 || English-American novelist

| Ishin Sūden || Ishin Sūden || 1569–1633 || 1569 || 1633 || 1569–1633), Japanese Zen Rinzai monk and advisor

| Iwaszkiewicz || Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz || 1894–1980 || 1894 || 1980 || Polish writer, poet and dramatist

| Izumi Shikibu || Izumi Shikibu || 976– || 976 || || Japanese poet

| Jacob || Rosamond Jacob || 1888–1960 || 1888 || 1960 || Irish writer

| Jacob || Violet Jacob || 1863–1946 || 1863 || 1946 || Scottish novelist and poet

| James || Alice James || 1848–1892 || 1848 || 1892 || American sister of novelist Henry and philosopher William

| Jarman || Derek Jarman || 1942–1994 || 1942 || 1994 || English painter, filmmaker and gardener

| Jenkins || Joseph Jenkins|| 1818–1898 || 1818 || 1898 || Welsh-born Australian swagman and self-educator

| Jenkins || Roy Jenkins || 1920–2003 || 1920 || 2003 || Welsh-born British politician and biographer

| Jespersen || Finn Varde Jespersen || 1914–1944 || 1914 || 1944 || Norwegian orienteer and air force lieutenant

| Jones || John Beauchamp Jones || 1810–1866 || 1810 || 1866 || American novelist and Confederate War Department clerk

| Jones || Liz Jones || 1958– || 1958 || || English writer and journalist

| Josselin || Ralph Josselin || 1617–1683 || 1617 || 1683 || Rural English cleric (diary 1641–1683)

| Jouhandeau || Marcel Jouhandeau || 1888–1979 || 1888 || 1979 || French writer

| Joyce || Stanislaus Joyce || 1884–1955 || 1884 || 1955 || Irish scholar and writer

| Jun Takami || Jun Takami || 1907–1965 || 1907 || 1965 || 1907–1965), Japanese novelist and poet

| Jünger || Ernst Jünger || 1895–1998 || 1895 || 1998 || German entomologist and Wehrmacht officer

| Kafka || Franz Kafka || 1883–1924 || 1883 || 1924 || German-language Jewish Czech novelist

| Kafū Nagai || Kafū Nagai || 1879–1959 || 1879 || 1959 || 1879–1959), Japanese author and playwright

| Kahlo || Frida Kahlo || 1907–1954 || 1907 || 1954 || Mexican painter

| Kajūji Mitsutoyo || Kajūji Mitsutoyo || 1576–1612 || 1576 || 1612 || 1576–1612), Japanese noble

| Kálli || Leszli Kálli || || || || Colombian kidnap victim

| Kamal || Sufia Kamal || 1911–1999 || 1911 || 1999 || Bangladeshi writer and political activist

| Karpiński || Wojciech Karpiński || 1943– || 1943 || || Polish critic and historian of ideas

| Kästner || Erich Kästner || 1899–1974 || 1899 || 1974 || German satirist and children's writer

| Kazin || Alfred Kazin || 1915–1988 || 1915 || 1988 || American writer and critic

| Kelekar || Ravindra Kelekar || 1925–2010 || 1925 || 2010 || Indian activist and writer

| Kellner || Friedrich Kellner || 1885–1970 || 1885 || 1970 || German justice inspector and author

| Kemble || Fanny Kemble || 1809–1893 || 1809 || 1893 || English actress

| Kessler || Harry Graf Kessler || 1868–1937 || 1868 || 1937 || Anglo-German diplomat and writer

| Kierkegaard || Søren Kierkegaard || 1813–1855 || 1813 || 1855 || Danish philosopher and theologian

| Kilvert || Francis Kilvert || 1840–1879 || 1840 || 1879 || English country cleric

| Kimura Kenkadō || Kimura Kenkadō || 1736–1802 || 1736 || 1802 || 1736–1802), Japanese scholar and artist

| King || Cecil Harmsworth King || 1901–1987 || 1901 || 1987 || English newspaper proprietor

| King || William Lyon Mackenzie King || 1874–1950 || 1874 || 1950 || Canadian Prime Minister

| Kirstein || Lincoln Kirstein || 1907–1996 || 1907 || 1996 || American writer, impresario and connoisseur

| Klee || Paul Klee || 1879–1940 || 1879 || 1940 || Swiss-German painter

| Klemperer || Victor Klemperer || 1881–1960 || 1881 || 1960 || German scholar and writer

| Klepper || Jochen Klepper || 1903–1942 || 1903 || 1942 || German writer and poet

| Knopwood || Robert Knopwood || 1763–1938 || 1763 || 1938 || English-born Australian clergyman

| Kobayashi Issa || Kobayashi Issa || 1763–1828 || 1763 || 1828 || Japanese Jōdo Shinshū lay priest

| Kohnová || Věra Kohnová || 1929–1942 || 1929 || 1942 || Czechoslovak Holocaust victim

| Kōichi Kido || Kōichi Kido || 1889–1977 || 1889 || 1977 || 1889–1977), Japanese imperial advisor

| Koker || David Koker || 1921–1945 || 1921 || 1945 || Dutch Holocaust victim

| Koller || Karl Koller|| 1898–1951 || 1898 || 1951 || German air force general

| Kollwitz || Käthe Kollwitz || 1867–1945 || 1867 || 1945 || German artist

| Konoe Nobutada || Konoe Nobutada || 1565–1614 || 1565 || 1614 || Japanese courtier and poet

| Konstantinova || Ina Konstantinova || 1924–1944 || 1924 || 1944 || Soviet World War II partisan

| Koren || Christiane Koren || 1764–1815 || 1764 || 1815 || Danish-born Norwegian poet and playwright

| Kowalska || Faustina Kowalska || 1905–1938 || 1905 || 1938 || Polish mystic, saint and secretary of Divine Mercy

| Krajewska || Teodora Krajewska || 1854–1935 || 1854 || 1935 || Polish-born Austro-Hungarian physician and writer

| Kraus || Marianne Kraus || 1765–1838 || 1765 || 1838 || German painter and travel writer

| Kunikida || Doppo Kunikida || 1871–1908 || 1871 || 1908 || Japanese novelist and poet

| Kuzmin || Mikhail Kuzmin || 1872–1936 || 1872 || 1936 || Russian writer

| L’Engle || Madeleine L’Engle || 1918–2007 || 1918 || 2007 || American author

| Lagerlöf || Selma Lagerlöf || 1858–1940 || 1858 || 1940 || Swedish writer, first female winner of Nobel Prize for Literature

| Landucci || Luca Landucci || 1436–1516 || 1436 || 1516 || Florentine Italian apothecary

| Langford || Gladys Langford || 1890–1972 || 1890 || 1972 || London wartime schoolteacher

| Larbaud || Valery Larbaud || 1881–1957 || 1881 || 1957 || French author

| Lascelles || Alan Lascelles || 1887–1881 || 1887 || 1881 || English royal courtier and civil servant

| Laskier || Rutka Laskier || 1929–1943 || 1929 || 1943 || Polish Holocaust chronicler

| Last || Nella Last || 1889–1968 || 1889 || 1968 || English housewife

| Latham || Mark Latham || 1961– || 1961 || || Australian Labor Party politician

| Laukhard || Friedrich Christian Laukhard || 1757–1822 || 1757 || 1822 || German novelist and theologian

| Leadbeater || Mary Leadbeater || 1758–1826 || 1758 || 1826 || Irish writer

| Léautaud || Paul Léautaud || 1872–1956 || 1872 || 1956 || French writer and author of Le Journal Littéraire

| Lechoń || Jan Lechoń || 1899–1956 || 1899 || 1956 || Polish critic and diplomat

| Lees-Milne || James Lees-Milne || 1908–1997 || 1908 || 1997 || English biographer, historian and secretary of National Trust Country House Committee

| Leseur || Élisabeth Leseur || 1866–1914 || 1866 || 1914 || French mystic

| Lestrade || Didier Lestrade || 1958– || 1958 || || French author and AIDS activist

| Lewis || C. S. Lewis || 1898–1963 || 1898 || 1963 || Irish-born English children's writer and theologian

| Lewis || Norman Lewis|| 1908–2003 || 1908 || 2003 || English journalist and travel writer

| Lindbergh || Anne Morrow Lindbergh || 1906–2001 || 1906 || 2001 || American wife of aviator, who described the kidnapping of their child

| Lipszyc || Rywka Lipszyc || 1929–1945 || 1929 || 1945 || Polish Jewish Holocaust victim

| Lister || Anne Lister || 1791–1840 || 1791 || 1840 || English landowner, diarist and lesbian

| Lockhart || R. H. Bruce Lockhart || 1887–1970 || 1887 || 1970 || English secret agent and author

| Louÿs || Pierre Louÿs || 1870–1925 || 1870 || 1925 || French writer

| Love || Courtney Love || 1964– || 1964 || || American actress and rock musician

| Lowndes || Marie Belloc Lowndes || 1868–1947 || 1868 || 1947 || French-born English novelist and playwright, sister of Hilaire Belloc

| Lugovskaya || Nina Lugovskaya || 1918–1993 || 1918 || 1993 || Soviet Russian artist (diary 1928–1937)

| Luttrell || Narcissus Luttrell || 1657–1732 || 1657 || 1732 || English historian and politician

| Mac Amhlaigh || Dónall Mac Amhlaigh || 1926–1989 || 1926 || 1989 || Irish writer

| Macarthur || Elizabeth Macarthur || 1766–1850 || 1766 || 1850 || English-born Australian pastoralist and merchant

| Machyn || Henry Machyn || 1496–1563 || 1496 || 1563 || English clothier

| Maclean || Alasdair Maclean || 1926–1994 || 1926 || 1994 || Scottish poet

| Macmillan || Harold Macmillan || 1894–1986 || 1894 || 1986 || UK Prime Minister

| Macnaughtan || Sarah Broom Macnaughtan || 1864–1916 || 1864 || 1916 || Scottish-born novelist and wartime social volunteer

| Macready || William Macready || 1793–1873 || 1793 || 1873 || English actor

| Maeterlinck || Maurice Maeterlinck || 1862–1949 || 1862 || 1949 || Belgian writer

| Mahler-Werfel || Alma Mahler-Werfel || 1879–1964 || 1879 || 1964 || German musician, wife of Gustav Mahler

| Malik || Charles Malik || 1906–1987 || 1906 || 1987 || Lebanese philosopher and diplomat

| Malina || Judith Malina || 1926–2015 || 1926 || 2015 || German-born American actress and co-founder of Living Theatre

| Manet || Julie Manet || 1878–1966 || 1878 || 1966 || French painter and art collector

| Manley || Edna Manley || 1900–1987 || 1900 || 1987 || Jamaican sculptor and painter

| Mann || Klaus Mann || 1906–1949 || 1906 || 1949 || German-born American writer

| Mann || Thomas Mann || 1875–1955 || 1875 || 1955 || German novelist, Nobel Prize for Literature

| Manningham || John Manningham || –1622 || || 1622 || English lawyer

| Manoliu || Petru Manoliu || 1903–1976 || 1903 || 1976 || Romanian novelist and newspaper editor

| Mansfield || Katherine Mansfield || 1888–1923 || 1888 || 1923 || New Zealand modernist fiction writer

| Marais || Mathieu Marais || 1665–1737 || 1665 || 1737 || French jurist

| Marie of Romania || Marie of Romania || 1875–1938 || 1875 || 1938 || English-born Romanian queen consort

| Marienescu || Atanasie Marian Marienescu || 1830–1915 || 1830 || 1915 || Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian folklorist

| Martin || Joachim Martin || 1842–1897 || 1842 || 1897 || French carpenter

| Massalska || Helena Apolonia Massalska || 1763–1815 || 1763 || 1815 || Polish noblewoman

| Mathew || Mary Mathew || 1724–1777 || 1724 || 1777 || Irish householder

| Mathew || Sarah Mathew || 1805–1890 || 1805 || 1890 || New Zealand housewife

| Matome Ugaki || Matome Ugaki || 890–1945 || 890 || 1945 || 1890–1945), Japanese admiral

| Matsudair Ietada || Matsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu) || 1555–1600 || 1555 || 1600 || Japanese samurai

| Matsuo Bashō || Matsuo Bashō || 1644–1694 || 1644 || 1694 || Japanese haiku and renga poet

| Matthew || Christopher Matthew || 1939– || 1939 || || English writer and broadcaster

| McCafferty || Megan McCafferty || 1973– || 1973 || || American YA author

| McCrae || Georgiana McCrae || 1804–1890 || 1804 || 1890 || English-born Australian painter

| McNaughton || Kit McNaughton || 1887–1953 || 1887 || 1953 || Australian wartime nurse

| Mehta || Durgaram Mehta || 1809–1876 || 1809 || 1876 || Indian Gujarati reformer and essayist

| Mencken || H. L. Mencken || 1880–1956 || 1880 || 1956 || American essayist and scholar

| Merton || Thomas Merton || 1915–1968 || 1915 || 1968 || Trappist monk and writer

| Miaskowski || Wojciech Miaskowski || –1654 || || 1654 || Polish nobleman and Sejm member

| Michihiko Hachiya || Michihiko Hachiya || 1903–1980 || 1903 || 1980 || Japanese medical practitioner and Hiroshima survivor

| Michitsuna no Haha || Michitsuna no Haha || 935–995 || 935 || 995 || Japanese writer

| Mihaly || Jo Mihaly || 1902–1989 || 1902 || 1989 || German dancer and writer

| Milburn || Clara Milburn || 1883–1961 || 1883 || 1961 || Wartime (WWII) English housewife

| Miles || Hallie Eustace Miles || 1868–1955 || 1868 || 1955 || English writer, restaurateur, and activist

| Minamoto no Michichika || Minamoto no Michichika || 1149–1202 || 1149 || 1202 || Japanese statesman

| Minet || Pierre Minet || 1909–1975 || 1909 || 1975 || French writer

| Mitchison || Naomi Mitchison || 1897–1999 || 1897 || 1999 || Scottish novelist and poet

| Moen || Petter Moen || 1901–1944 || 1901 || 1944 || Norwegian resistance fighter

| Moore || George Fletcher Moore || 1798–1886 || 1798 || 1886 || Irish-born Australian settler, explorer and linguist

| Morissette || Alanis Morissette || 1974– || 1974 || || Canadian singer and songwriter

| Morley || Helena Morley || 1880–1970 || 1880 || 1970 || Brazilian young-adult writer

| Morrice || Roger Morrice || 1628–1702 || 1628 || 1702 || English Puritan minister and political commentator

| Morris || Mary Morris || 1921–1997 || 1921 || 1997 || Irish wartime nurse

| Moscheles || Ignaz Moscheles || 1794–1870 || 1794 || 1870 || Bohemian composer and pianist

| Mouchotte || René Mouchotte || 1914–1943 || 1914 || 1943 || French air force pilot

| Mountbatten || Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma || 1900–1979 || 1900 || 1979 || 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), UK naval officer and statesman

| Mowle || Mary Braidwood Mowle || 1827–1857 || 1827 || 1857 || English-born Australian settler

| Mrożek || Sławomir Mrożek || 1930–2013 || 1930 || 2013 || Polish dramatist and cartoonist

| Muggeridge || Malcolm Muggeridge || 1903–1990 || 1903 || 1990 || English journalist and satirist

| Mukhina || Lena Mukhina || 1924–1991 || 1924 || 1991 || Soviet teenager during Siege of Leningrad

| Mullin || Chris Mullin || 1947– || 1947 || || English Labour politician and writer

| Munby || Arthur Munby || 1828–1910 || 1828 || 1910 || English poet, barrister, and solicitor

| Murasaki Shikibu || Murasaki Shikibu || 973–1031 || 973 || 1031 || Japanese novelist and lady in waiting

| Murdoch || Iris Murdoch || 1919–1999 || 1919 || 1999 || Anglo-Irish novelist

| Murgescu || Costin Murgescu || 1919–1989 || 1919 || 1989 || Romanian economist and diplomat

| Musil || Robert Musil || 1880–1942 || 1880 || 1942 || Austrian novelist and philosopher

| Nabe || Marc-Édouard Nabe || 1958– || 1958 || || French writer, painter and guitarist

| Nakayama Tadachika || Nakayama Tadachika || 1131–1195 || 1131 || 1195 || 1131–1195), Japanese court noble and writer

| Nałkowska || Zofia Nałkowska || 1884–1954 || 1884 || 1954 || Polish writer and dramatist

| Nansen || Odd Nansen || 1901–1973 || 1901 || 1973 || Norwegian architect and humanitarian

| Nicks || Stevie Nicks || 1948– || 1948 || || American singer/songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac

| Nicolson || Harold Nicolson || 1886–1968 || 1886 || 1968 || English diplomat, politician and author

| Nijinska || Bronislava Nijinska || 1891–1972 || 1891 || 1972 || Polish/Russian ballet dance

| Nijinsky || Vaslav Nijinsky || 1890–1950 || 1890 || 1950 || Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

| Nijō || Lady Nijō || 1258–1307 || 1258 || 1307 || Japanese noblewoman

| Nin || Anaïs Nin || 1903–1977 || 1903 || 1977 || Cuban/French lover of Henry Miller, writer of erotica, pornography and poetry

| Nolens || Leonard Nolens || 1947– || 1947 || || Belgian poet

| Nordahl || Konrad Nordahl || 1897–1975 || 1897 || 1975 || Norwegian trade unionist and politician

| Ó Mealláin || Tarlach Ó Mealláin || || || || Irish Franciscan friar, fl.1641–1650

| Ó Súilleabháin || Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin || 1780–1837 || 1780 || 1837 || Irish draper and teacher

| O’Brien || Florence Vere O'Brien || 1854–1936 || 1854 || 1936 || English-born Irish philanthropist and craftwoman

| O’Crohan || Tomas O'Crohan || 1856–1937 || 1856 || 1937 || Irish islander

| Oates || Joyce Carol Oates || 1938– || 1938 || || American author

| Obisesan || Akinpelu Obisesan || 1889–1963 || 1889 || 1963 || Nigerian businessman and politician

| Odoyevtseva || Irina Odoyevtseva || 1895–1990 || 1895 || 1990 || Russian/Soviet poet and novelist

| Oglander || John Oglander || 1585–1655 || 1585 || 1655 || English politician

| Olsen || John Olsen || 1945– || 1945 || || Australian artist

| Oltmans || Willem Oltmans || 1925–2004 || 1925 || 2004 || Dutch journalist

| Ōoka Tadasuke || Ōoka Tadasuke || 1677–1762 || 1677 || 1762 || 1677–1762), Japanese samurai

| Ording || Arne Ording || 1898–1967 || 1898 || 1967 || Norwegian historian and politician

| Origo || Iris Origo || 1902–1988 || 1902 || 1988 || English-born biographer

| Orton || Joe Orton || 1933–1967 || 1933 || 1967 || English playwright

| Orwell || George Orwell || 1903–1950 || 1903 || 1950 || English journalist, essayist and critic

| Østvedt || Einar Østvedt || 1903–1980 || 1903 || 1980 || Norwegian historian and educator

| Ozick || Cynthia Ozick || 1928– || 1928 || || American author

| Paget || Walburga, Lady Paget || 1839–1929 || 1839 || 1929 || German writer and friend of Queen Victoria

| Pakenham || Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford || 1905–2001 || 1905 || 2001 || English politician and reformer

| Palin || Michael Palin || 1943– || 1943 || || English Monty Python team member, actor and travel writer

| Parker || Jim Parker|| 1897–1980 || 1897 || 1980 || New Zealand sportsman and business executive

| Partridge || Frances Partridge || 1900–2004 || 1900 || 2004 || English writer

| Patton || George S. Patton || 1885–1945 || 1885 || 1945 || American World War II general

| Pausch || Georg Pausch || 1740–1796 || 1740 || 1796 || German soldier in British service

| Pavels || Claus Pavels || 1769–1822 || 1769 || 1822 || Norwegian bishop

| Pavese || Cesare Pavese || 1908–1950 || 1908 || 1950 || Italian poet, novelist and critic

| Payne || John Otunba Payne || 1839–1906 || 1839 || 1906 || Nigerian court registrar

| Peacock || Nicholas Peacock || || || || Irish farmer, fl. mid–18th century

| Peale || Charles Willson Peale || 1741–1827 || 1741 || 1827 || Colonial American painter

| Pearson || Drew Pearson|| 1897–1969 || 1897 || 1969 || American journalist and broadcaster

| Pelli || Giuseppe Bencivenni Pelli || 1729–1808 || 1729 || 1808 || Italian civil servant and essayist

| Pepys || Elizabeth Pepys || 1640–1669 || 1640 || 1669 || French-born wife of Samuel Pepys

| Pepys || Emily Pepys || 1833–1877 || 1833 || 1877 || English child diarist (diary 1844–1845)

| Pepys || Samuel Pepys || 1633–1703 || 1633 || 1703 || English civil servant (diary 1660–1669)

| Percy || Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland|| 1716–1776 || 1716 || 1776 || English peeress

| Perechodnik || Calel Perechodnik || 1916–1944 || 1916 || 1944 || Polish Jewish ghetto policeman and Holocaust victim

| Pernet || Diane Pernet || || || || Paris-based American fashion critic

| Peter || Frances Dallam Peter || 1843–1864 || 1843 || 1864 || United States Civil War diarist

| Petkevičaitė-Bitė || Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė || 1861–1943 || 1861 || 1943 || Lithuanian fiction writer

| Pickard || Tom Pickard || 1946– || 1946 || || English poet and filmmaker

| Piglia || Ricardo Piglia || 1941–2017 || 1941 || 2017 || Argentine critic and novelist

| Pilkington || Karl Pilkington || || || || English radio and TV personality

| Pillai || Ananda Ranga Pillai || 1709–1761 || 1709 || 1761 || Indian dubash of French India

| Pizarnik || Alejandra Pizarnik || 1936–1972 || 1936 || 1972 || Argentine poet

| Pla || Josep Pla || 1897–1981 || 1897 || 1981 || Catalan writer

| Plath || Sylvia Plath || 1932–1963 || 1932 || 1963 || American poet

| Platter || Thomas Platter the Younger || 1574–1628 || 1574 || 1628 || Swiss-born physician and traveller

| Polidori || John William Polidori || 1795–1821 || 1795 || 1821 || English poet, writer and physician

| Polk || James K. Polk || 1795–1849 || 1795 || 1849 || 11th President of the United States

| Popa || Grigore T. Popa || 1892–1948 || 1892 || 1948 || Romanian physician and intellectual

| Porter || Agnes Porter || 1752–1814 || 1752 || 1814 || English governess

| Pottekkatt || S. K. Pottekkatt || 1913–1982 || 1913 || 1982 || Indian writer and politician

| Potter || Beatrix Potter || 1866–1943 || 1866 || 1943 || English children's book writer and illustrator

| Powell || Anthony Powell || 1905–2000 || 1905 || 2000 || English novelist and biographer

| Powell || Dawn Powell || 1896–1965 || 1896 || 1965 || American writer

| Pozzi || Catherine Pozzi || 1882–1934 || 1882 || 1934 || French writer, Paul Valery's lover

| Pram || Christen Pram || 1756–1821 || 1756 || 1821 || Norwegian/Danish economist and writer

| Pravda || Hana Maria Pravda || 1916–2008 || 1916 || 2008 || Czechoslovak/English actress and Holocaust survivor

| Prishvin || Mikhail Prishvin || 1873–1954 || 1873 || 1954 || Russian/Soviet writer

| Pulszky || Ferenc Pulszky || 1814–1897 || 1814 || 1897 || Hungarian politician

| Pușcariu || Sextil Pușcariu || 1877–1948 || 1877 || 1948 || Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian linguist and philologist

| Pym || Barbara Pym || 1913–1980 || 1913 || 1980 || English novelist

| Qiu Miaojin || Qiu Miaojin || 1969–1995 || 1969 || 1995 || 1969–1995), Taiwanese novelist

| Queneau || Raymond Queneau || 1903–1976 || 1903 || 1976 || French writer

| Rabe || John Rabe || 1882–1950 || 1882 || 1950 || German diplomat and Nazi official

| Rachlew || Lillemor Rachlew || 1902–1983 || 1902 || 1983 || Norwegian Antarctic explorer

| Rahman || Sheikh Mujibur Rahman || 1920–1925 || 1920 || 1925 || President and later Prime Minister of Bangladesh

| Raiden Tameemon || Raiden Tameemon || 1767–1865 || 1767 || 1865 || 1767–1865), Japanese sumo wrestler

| Rainer || Francisc Rainer || 1874–1944 || 1874 || 1944 || Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian pathologist and anthropologist

| Ralfe || Catherine Hester Ralfe || 1831–1912 || 1831 || 1912 || New Zealand dressmaker and teacher

| Ranfurly || Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly || 1913–2001 || 1913 || 2001 || Countess of Ranfurly (1913–2001), English secretary and diplomatic employee

| Reagan || Ronald Reagan || 1911–2004 || 1911 || 2004 || 40th President of the United States

| Reenstierna || Märta Helena Reenstierna || 1753–1841 || 1753 || 1841 || Swedish gentlewoman

| Reich || Wilhelm Reich || 1897–1956 || 1897 || 1956 || Austrian physician and psychoanalyst

| Repington || Charles à Court Repington || 1858–1925 || 1858 || 1925 || English military officer and war correspondent

| Rétif || Nicolas-Edme Rétif || 1734–1806 || 1734 || 1806 || French novelist

| Rich || Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick || 1625–1678 || 1625 || 1678 || Countess of Warwick (1625–1678), Irish maid of honour

| Rickman || Alan Rickman || 1946–2016 || 1946 || 2016 || English actor and director

| Ritchie || Charles Ritchie|| 1906–1995 || 1906 || 1995 || Canadian diplomat

| Robinson || Henry Crabb Robinson || 1775–1887 || 1775 || 1887 || English lawyer

| Rollins || Henry Rollins || 1961– || 1961 || || American singer for Black Flag

| Rondeau || Gérard Rondeau || 1953–2016 || 1953 || 2016 || French photographer

| Roosevelt || Theodore Roosevelt || 1858–1919 || 1858 || 1919 || 26th President of the United States

| Rorem || Ned Rorem || 1923–2022 || 1923 || 2022 || American composer

| Rosenthal || Barbara Rosenthal || 1948– || 1948 || || American avant-garde New Media artist/writer/performer

| Rosetti || Radu R. Rosetti || 1877–1949 || 1877 || 1949 || Romanian general and military historian

| Ruess || Everett Ruess || 1914–1934 || 1914 || 1934 || American artist, poet and explorer

| Rühmkorf || Peter Rühmkorf || 1929–2008 || 1929 || 2008 || German writer

| Ruskin || John Ruskin || 1819–1900 || 1819 || 1900 || English art critic and philanthropist

| Russell || Robert Russell|| 1808–1900 || 1808 || 1900 || English-born Australian architect

| Ryder || Dudley Ryder || 1691–1756 || 1691 || 1756 || English Lord Chief Justice (diary 1715–16)

| Sadoul || Jacques Sadoul || 1881–1956 || 1881 || 1956 || French lawyer, politician and writer

| Saeed || Hakeem Muhammad Saeed || 1920–1998 || 1920 || 1998 || Indian/Pakistani medical researcher and philanthropist

| Salmonì || Rubino Romeo Salmonì || 1920–2011 || 1920 || 2011 || Italian author and Holocaust survivor

| Sand || George Sand || 1804–1876 || 1804 || 1876 || French writer

| Sanuto || Marino Sanuto || 1466–1536 || 1466 || 1536 || Venetian historian

| Sarton || May Sarton || 1912–1995 || 1912 || 1995 || American poet and novelist

| Sartre || Jean-Paul Sartre || 1905–1980 || 1905 || 1980 || French writer and philosopher

| Sarzo || Rudy Sarzo || 1950– || 1950 || || Cuban-American rock bassist, notably of Ozzy Osbourne fame

| Sassoon || Siegfried Sassoon || 1886–1967 || 1886 || 1967 || English poet and author

| Satō || Eisaku Satō || 1901–1975 || 1901 || 1975 || 1901–1975), Japanese Prime Minister

| Savicheva || Tanya Savicheva || 1930–1944 || 1930 || 1944 || Soviet child in the World War II Siege of Leningrad

| Schelvis || Jules Schelvis || 1921–2016 || 1921 || 2016 || Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor

| Schlesinger || Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. || 1917–2007 || 1917 || 2007 || American historian and political adviser

| Schmelzer || Norbert Schmelzer || 1921–2008 || 1921 || 2008 || Dutch Catholic politician and diplomat

| Schmidt || Frederik Schmidt || 1771–1840 || 1771 || 1840 || Danish-born Norwegian priest and poet

| Scott || Robert Falcon Scott || 1868–1912 || 1868 || 1912 || English Antarctic explorer

| Scott || Sir Walter Scott || 1771–1832 || 1771 || 1832 || Scottish novelist and poet

| Sei Shōnagon || Sei Shōnagon || 966–1025 || 966 || 1025 || Japanese court lady and writer

| Shaw || George Bernard Shaw || 1856–1950 || 1856 || 1950 || Irish Nobel Prize-winning playwright

| Shelley || Mary Shelley || 1797–1851 || 1797 || 1851 || English novelist and travel writer

| Sheridan || Betsy Sheridan || 1758–1837 || 1758 || 1837 || Irish writer, sister of the satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan

| Shields || Robert Shields || 1918–2007 || 1918 || 2007 || American teacher

| Shifrin || Efim Shifrin || 1956– || 1956 || || Soviet/Russian actor and singer

| Shiner || Michael Shiner || 1805–1880 || 1805 || 1880 || American freed slave and Navy Yard worker

| Shirer || William L. Shirer || 1904–1993 || 1904 || 1993 || American journalist and contemporary historian

| Shore || Emily Shore || 1819–1839 || 1819 || 1839 || English young adult

| Silfverstolpe || Malla Silfverstolpe || 1782–1861 || 1782 || 1861 || Swedish salon hostess

| Simcoe || Elizabeth Simcoe || 1762–1850 || 1762 || 1850 || English wife of Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada

| Șiugariu || Ion Șiugariu || 1914–1945 || 1914 || 1945 || Romanian poet

| Sixx || Nikki Sixx || 1958– || 1958 || || American bassist/songwriter for Mötley Crüe

| Skinner || John Skinner || 1772–1839 || 1772 || 1839 || English cleric and antiquarian

| Slier || Philip Slier || 1923–1943 || 1923 || 1943 || Dutch typesetter and Holocaust victim

| Smart || Elizabeth Smart || 1987– || 1987 || || American abduction victim and broadcaster

| Somov || Konstantin Somov || 1869–1939 || 1869 || 1939 || Russian painter

| Soutar || William Soutar || 1898–1943 || 1898 || 1943 || Scottish poet

| Spark || Alexander Brodie Spark || 1792–1856 || 1792 || 1856 || Scottish-born Australian merchant and settler

| Sparwenfeld || Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld || 1655–1727 || 1655 || 1727 || Swedish diplomat and linguist

| Spender || Stephen Spender || 1909–1995 || 1909 || 1995 || English poet

| Spiegel || Renia Spiegel || 1924–1942 || 1924 || 1942 || Polish Jewish Holocaust victim

| Steinbeck || John Steinbeck || 1902–1968 || 1902 || 1968 || American novelist

| Steinhardt || Nicolae Steinhardt || 1912–1989 || 1912 || 1989 || Romanian writer and monk

| Stendhal || Stendhal || 1783–1842 || 1783 || 1842 || Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French novelist

| Stevenson || Frances Stevenson || 1888–1972 || 1888 || 1972 || English mistress and second wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George

| Stevenson || Margaret Stevenson || 1807–1874 || 1807 || 1874 || English-born Australian satirist

| Stevenson || Robert Louis Stevenson || 1850–1894 || 1850 || 1894 || Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer

| Stilwell || Joseph Stilwell || 1883–1946 || 1883 || 1946 || American World War II general

| Stock || Joseph Stock || 1740–1813 || 1740 || 1813 || Irish Protestant bishop

| Stoika || Constantin T. Stoika || 1892–1916 || 1892 || 1916 || Romanian poet, translator and army officer

| Stott || Gordon Stott, Lord Stott || 1909–1999 || 1909 || 1999 || Lord Stott (1909–1999), Scottish advocate

| Strauss || Richard Strauss || 1864–1949 || 1864 || 1949 || German composer

| Strong || Roy Strong || 1935– || 1935 || || English gardener and aesthete

| Sugawara no Takasue no Musume || Sugawara no Takasue no Musume || 1008–1059 || 1008 || 1059 || Japanese writer

| Sukemasa Irie || Sukemasa Irie || 1905–1985 || 1905 || 1985 || Japanese essayist and Grand Chamberlain of Japan

| Sutcliff || Rosemary Sutcliff || 1920–1992 || 1920 || 1992 || English historical novelist for children and young adults

| Swete || John Swete || 1752–1821 || 1752 || 1821 || English cleric and artist

| Symonds || Richard Symonds || 1617–1660 || 1617 || 1660 || English Civil War diaries

| Takashi Nagai || Takashi Nagai || 1908–1951 || 1908 || 1951 || 1908–1951), Japanese Catholic physician and Nagasaki survivor

| Takizawa Bakin || Takizawa Bakin || 1867–1948 || 1867 || 1948 || 1867–1948), Japanese gesaku writer

| Tarnow || Fanny Tarnow || 1779–1862 || 1779 || 1862 || German fiction and non-fiction writer

| Tchaikovsky || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky || 1840–1893 || 1840 || 1893 || Russian composer

| Templeton Strong || George Templeton Strong || 1820–1875 || 1820 || 1875 || American lawyer

| Teonge || Henry Teonge || 1620–1690 || 1620 || 1690 || English naval chaplain (diaries 1675–76 and 1678–79)

| Terdiman || Daniel Terdiman || || || || American award-winning journalist

| Tersmeden || Carl Tersmeden || 1715–1797 || 1715 || 1797 || Swedish admiral

| Thomas || Mary Thomas || 1787–1835 || 1787 || 1835 || English-born Australian poet

| Thomlinson || John Thomlinson || 1692–1761 || 1692 || 1761 || English cleric (diary 1717–1722)

| Thoreau || Henry David Thoreau || 1817–1862 || 1817 || 1862 || American author and philosopher

| Thrale || Hester Thrale || 1740–1821 || 1740 || 1821 || Welsh author, friend and confidante of Samuel Johnson

| Tipper || Kathleen Tipper || 1919– || 1919 || || English wartime clerk

| Tolstaya || Sophia Tolstaya || 1844–1919 || 1844 || 1919 || Russian wife of author Leo Tolstoy

| Tolstoy || Leo Tolstoy || 1828–1910 || 1828 || 1910 || Russian novelist and social reformer

| Treloar || William Treloar || 1843–1923 || 1843 || 1923 || English haberdasher and Lord Mayor of London (diary 1906–1907)

| Trench || Melesina Trench || 1768–1827 || 1768 || 1827 || Irish writer and poet

| Tripathi || Govardhanram Tripathi || 1855–1907 || 1855 || 1907 || Indian Gujarati-language writer

| Truitt || Anne Truitt || 1921–2004 || 1921 || 2004 || American artist

| Truman || Harry S. Truman || 1884–1972 || 1884 || 1972 || 33rd President of the United States

| Truscott || Meta Truscott || 1917–2014 || 1917 || 2014 || (1917–2014), Australian chronicler and local historian (diaries 1934–2014)

| Tsekhanovsky || Mikhail Tsekhanovsky || 1889–1965 || 1889 || 1965 || Russian/Soviet artist and illustrator

| Tsvetaeva || Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva || 1892–1941 || 1892 || 1941 || Russian poet and writer

| Tuck || George Albert Tuck || 1884–1981 || 1884 || 1981 || New Zealand builder and soldier

| Turner || Thomas Turner || 1729–1793 || 1729 || 1793 || English shopkeeper

| Tyszkiewicz || Anna Tyszkiewicz || 1779–1867 || 1779 || 1867 || Polish noblewoman

| Uda || Emperor Uda || 866–931 || 866 || 931 || 866–931), Japanese Emperor

| Udall || Ida Hunt Udall || 1858–1915 || 1858 || 1915 || American homesteader

| Umewaka Minoru I || Umewaka Minoru I || 1828–1909 || 1828 || 1909 || 1828–1909), Japanese Noh actor

| Vaid || Krishna Baldev Vaid || 1927–2020 || 1927 || 2020 || Indian fiction writer and playwright

| Varma || C. Raja Raja Varma || –1905 || || 1905 || Indian painter

| Vassiltchikov || Marie Vassiltchikov || 1917–1978 || 1917 || 1978 || Russian princess involved in plot to kill Hitler

| Victoria || Queen Victoria || 1819–1901 || 1819 || 1901 || British queen and empress

| Villard || Léonie Villard || 1890–1962 || 1890 || 1962 || French critic and university professor

| Vivien || Renée Vivien || 1877–1909 || 1877 || 1909 || French and English writer

| Voinescu || Alice Voinescu || 1885–1961 || 1885 || 1961 || Romanian writer, translator and university professor

| von Goethe || Johann Wolfgang von Goethe || 1749–1832 || 1749 || 1832 || German writer and statesman

| von Heyking || Elisabeth von Heyking || 1861–1925 || 1861 || 1925 || German novelist and travel writer

| von Zinzendorf || Karl von Zinzendorf || 1739–1813 || 1739 || 1813 || Saxon Austrian civil servant

| Wagner || Cosima Wagner || 1837–1930 || 1837 || 1930 || German daughter of Franz Liszt, second wife of Richard Wagner

| Wagner || Richard Wagner || 1813–1873 || 1813 || 1873 || German composer

| Walker || Alice Walker || 1944– || 1944 || || American author

| Walter || Jakob Walter || 1788–1864 || 1788 || 1864 || German soldier in the Napoleonic Wars

| Warhol || Andy Warhol || 1928–1987 || 1928 || 1987 || American artist

| Waugh || Evelyn Waugh || 1903–1966 || 1903 || 1966 || English novelist

| Webb || Beatrice Webb || 1858–1943 || 1858 || 1943 || English sociologist and social reformer

| Weil || Simone Weil || 1909–1943 || 1909 || 1943 || French philosopher

| Weimann || Gisela Weimann || 1943– || 1943 || || German multimedia artist

| Weinsberg || Hermann Weinsberg || 1518–1597 || 1518 || 1597 || German city councilor in Cologne

| Weisse || Johan Peter Weisse || 1832–1886 || 1832 || 1886 || Norwegian philologist

| Welch || Denton Welch || 1915–1948 || 1915 || 1948 || English writer and painter

| Wesley || John Wesley || 1703–1791 || 1703 || 1791 || English theologian and founder of the Methodist movement

| West || Algernon West || 1832–1921 || 1832 || 1921 || English civil servant

| Whisker || Alexander Whisker || 1819–1907 || 1819 || 1907 || New Zealand soldier

| White || Gilbert White || 1720–1793 || 1720 || 1793 || English naturalist and Anglican cleric

| Whiteley || Opal Whiteley || 1897–1992 || 1897 || 1992 || American naturalist and nature writer

| Whitlam || Margaret Whitlam || 1919–2012 || 1919 || 2012 || Australian Olympic swimmer, writer and social campaigner

| Whitney || Dorothy Payne Whitney || 1887–1968 || 1887 || 1968 || American social activist and lecturer

| Wiesel || Elie Wiesel || 1928–2016 || 1928 || 2016 || Romanian-American author

| Wilkes || John Wilkes || 1725–1797 || 1725 || 1797 || English journalist and politician

| Williams || Kenneth Williams || 1926–1988 || 1926 || 1988 || English comic actor

| Williams-Wynn || Charlotte Williams-Wynn || 1807–1869 || 1807 || 1869 || English gentlewoman

| Wilmot || Katherine Wilmot || 1773–1824 || 1773 || 1824 || Irish traveller

| Wilson || Edmund Wilson || 1895–1972 || 1895 || 1972 || American writer and critic

| Wilson || Edward Adrian Wilson || 1872–1912 || 1872 || 1912 || English naturalist and Antarctic explorer

| Wilson || Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet || 1864–1922 || 1864 || 1922 || English military officer

| Windham || William Windham || 1750–1810 || 1750 || 1810 || English statesman and orator

| Winslow || Anna Green Winslow || 1759–1780 || 1759 || 1780 || American child diarist

| Wojnarowicz || David Wojnarowicz || 1954–1992 || 1954 || 1992 || American painter and performer

| Wold || Knut Getz Wold || 1915–1987 || 1915 || 1987 || Norwegian economist and civil servant

| Woodford || Robert Woodford|| 1606–1664 || 1606 || 1664 || English lawyer

| Woodforde || James Woodforde || 1740–1803 || 1740 || 1803 || English rural cleric

| Woodmason || Charles Woodmason || 1720–1789 || 1720 || 1789 || American author, poet and loyalist (South Carolina journal late 1760s)

| Woodruff || Wilford Woodruff || 1807–1898 || 1807 || 1898 || 4th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

| Woolf || Virginia Woolf || 1882–1941 || 1882 || 1941 || English author and feminist

| Wordsworth || Dorothy Wordsworth || 1771–1855 || 1771 || 1855 || English poet, sister of William Wordsworth

| Wyatt || Woodrow Wyatt || 1918–1997 || 1918 || 1997 || American politician and journalist

| Wyndham || Joan Wyndham || 1921–2007 || 1921 || 2007 || English memoirist

| Yi Kyu-won || Yi Kyu-won || 1833–1901 || 1833 || 1901 || Korean military official

| Yi Sun-sin || Yi Sun-sin || 1545–1598 || 1545 || 1598 || Korean admiral and military general

| Yoko Moriwaki || Yoko Moriwaki || 1932–1945 || 1932 || 1945 || Japanese diarist and Hiroshima victim

| Young || Zina D. H. Young || 1821–1901 || 1821 || 1901 || President of the Relief Society

| Zaciu || Mircea Zaciu || 1928–2000 || 1928 || 2000 || Romanian critic and literary historian

| Żeromski || Stefan Żeromski || 1864–1925 || 1864 || 1925 || Polish novelist and dramatist

| Zheng Xiaoxu || Zheng Xiaoxu || 1860–1938 || 1860 || 1938 || Chinese politician, poet and calligrapher

| Zherebtsova || Polina Zherebtsova || 1985– || 1985 || || Russian Chechen documentarian and poet

| Zissu || A. L. Zissu || 1888–1956 || 1888 || 1956 || Romanian writer and Jewish spokesman

| Żychliński || Ludwik Żychliński || 1837–1901 || 1837 || 1901 || Polish military officer

| Żychliński || Teodor Żychliński || 1830–1909 || 1830 || 1909 || Polish herald and author

Diaries of disputed authenticity

The Black Diaries purportedly written by Roger Casement and detailing his alleged homosexual activities, are believed by some to be a forgery perpetrated by the British government.

List of diarists

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Diaries of disputed authenticity

See also

Notes

References