Writers
Novelists, poets and playwrights.
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Winston Churchill
Sagittarius • Leo
British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Widely …
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Michelle Obama
Capricorn • Pisces
Michelle Obama is an American attorney and author who served as First Lady of the United States f…
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Stephen King
Virgo • Sagittarius
Stephen King is an American author often referred to as the 'King of Horror' and one of the best-…
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Charles Dickens
Aquarius • Sagittarius
English novelist of the Victorian era who created some of literature's most memorable characters,…
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William Shakespeare
Taurus • Gemini
English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, havin…
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Jane Austen
Sagittarius • Libra
English novelist whose six major novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,…
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Leo Tolstoy
Virgo • Virgo
Russian novelist regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, best known for War and Peac…
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Virginia Woolf
Aquarius • Aries
English writer widely considered one of the most important modernist authors of the 20th century,…
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Ernest Hemingway
Cancer • Capricorn
American novelist whose distinctive minimalist prose style influenced a generation of writers, wi…
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pisces • Aries
Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate who is the master of magical realism, best known for One Hu…
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Toni Morrison
Aquarius • Pisces
American novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and is celebrated for her powerfu…
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Pablo Neruda
Cancer • Cancer
Chilean poet and diplomat who is one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, winning th…
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Scorpio • Sagittarius
Russian novelist whose psychologically intense works such as Crime and Punishment and The Brother…
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Oscar Wilde
Libra • Leo
Irish poet and playwright best known for witty plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest and …
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Mark Twain
Sagittarius • Aries
American author and humorist whose masterworks The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huc…
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Franz Kafka
Cancer • Gemini
German-speaking Bohemian novelist whose works such as The Metamorphosis and The Trial explore the…
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George Orwell
Cancer • Cancer
English novelist whose dystopian novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four are among the most i…
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Agatha Christie
Virgo • Libra
English mystery novelist known as the Queen of Crime whose works have sold over two billion copie…
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Frederick Douglass
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, orator, and statesman who escaped slavery to bec…
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Simone de Beauvoir
Capricorn • Pisces
Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher and feminist theorist whose landmark 1…
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Hannah Arendt
Libra • Virgo
Hannah Arendt was a German-American political theorist whose works, including The Origins of Tota…
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Ayn Rand
Aquarius • Capricorn
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist and philosopher who developed the philosophical system o…
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Libra • Sagittarius
Friedrich Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher whose radical critiques of truth, relig…
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Karl Marx
Taurus • Taurus
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, and political theorist who, with Friedrich Engels,…
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Frantz Fanon
Cancer • Cancer
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
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Cheikh Anta Diop
Capricorn • Virgo
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist,…
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Capricorn • Aquarius
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938 – 28 May 2025) was …
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Wole Soyinka
Cancer • Leo
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and p…
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Achille Mbembe
Libra • Virgo
Cameroonian philosopher and political scientist (born 1957)
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Ali Shariati
Sagittarius • Aquarius
Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)
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Valentin Mudimbe
Sagittarius • Leo
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (8 December 1941 – 22 April 2025) was a Congolese philosopher, academic and…
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Libra • Cancer
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
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Aimé Césaire
Cancer • Aries
Aimé Fernand David Césaire (; French: [ɛme fɛʁnɑ̃ david sezɛʁ]; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was…
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Paulin Hountondji
Aries • Pisces
Paulin Jidenu Hountondji (11 April 1942 – 2 February 2024) was a Beninese philosopher, politician…
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Kwasi Wiredu
Libra • Gemini
Kwasi Wiredu (3 October 1931 – 6 January 2022) was a Ghanaian philosopher. Often called the great…
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Nkiru Nzegwu
Aries • Scorpio
Nkiru Nzegwu (born March 22, 1954) is a Nigerian philosopher, art historian, scholar, curator, an…
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Molefi Kete Asante
Leo • Virgo
African-American historian and philosopher; theorist of Afrocentricity
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Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Gemini • Scorpio
Souleymane Bachir Diagne French: [djaɲ] (born 8 November 1955 in Saint-Louis, Senegal) is a Seneg…
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Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze
Capricorn • Pisces
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (18 January 1963 – 31 December 2007) was a Nigerian philosopher. Eze was a …
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Pieter Boele van Hensbroek
Capricorn • Virgo
Pieter Boele van Hensbroek was born in Amsterdam on October 18, 1920, to André and Jo Sluiter. Ra…
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Dani Nabudere
Virgo • Virgo
Dani Wadada Nabudere (15 December 1932 – 9 November 2011) was a Ugandan academic, Pan-Africanist,…
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Paget Henry
Capricorn • Scorpio
Paget Henry (born 1946) is a Antiguan-born American Africana philosopher, professor emeritus at B…
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Claude Ake
Aquarius • Aquarius
Claude Ake (18 February 1939 in Omoku – 7 November 1996) was a Nigerian political scientist from …
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Cornel West
Gemini • Aquarius
American philosopher, political activist and writer (born 1953)
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Leonard Harris
Capricorn • Virgo
Leonard Harris or Len Harris may refer to: Len Harris (cinematographer) (1916–1995), British cine…
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Syed Hussein Alatas
Virgo • Libra
Syed Hussein Alatas bin Syed Ali Alatas (Arabic: سيد حسین العطاس Sayyid Ḥusayn al-ʿAṭṭās; 17 Sept…
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Ali Mazrui
Pisces • Pisces
Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was a Kenyan-born American academic, pro…
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Nawal El Saadawi
Scorpio • Taurus
Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Sa'adāwī, 27 October 1931 – 21 March 20…
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Okot p'Bitek
Gemini • Pisces
Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international rec…
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Ben Okri
Pisces • Gemini
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. …
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Ngugi wa Mirii
Capricorn • Libra
Ngũgĩ wa Mirii (1951 – 2/3 May 2008) was a Kenyan-Zimbabwean playwright, social worker and teache…
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Tidiane N'Diaye
Capricorn • Taurus
Tidiane N'Diaye (20 August 1950 – 26 October 2025) was a Franco-Senegalese anthropologist, econom…
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Mahmood Mamdani
Taurus • Capricorn
Mahmood Mamdani (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political comment…
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Fatima Mernissi
Libra • Leo
Fatema Mernissi (Arabic: فاطمة مرنيسي, romanized: Fāṭima Marnīsī; 27 September 1940 – 30 November…
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Hisham Sharabi
Libra • Sagittarius
Hisham Sharabi (Arabic: هشام الشرابي) (1927 Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine – 2005 Beirut, Lebanon) wa…
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Abdallah Laroui
Scorpio • Cancer
Abdallah Laroui (Arabic: عبدالله العروي, romanized: ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻArawī; born 7 November 1933) i…
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Mohammed Abed al-Jabri
Capricorn • Capricorn
Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (Arabic: محمد عابد الجابري, romanized: Muḥammad ʿĀbid al-Jābirī; 27 Decemb…
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Hassan Hanafi
Aquarius • Gemini
Egyptian professor and Chair of the philosophy department at Cairo University (1935–2021)
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Zera Yacob
Capricorn • Pisces
Zara Yaqob (Ge'ez: ዘርአ ያዕቆብ Zarʾa Yāʿǝqob; 1399 – 26 August 1468) was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a …
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Tayeb Salih
Cancer • Libra
Sudanese novelist and short story writer (1929–2009)
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Aminata Traoré
Capricorn • Aries
Aminata Traoré may refer to: Aminata Traoré (born 1947), Malian politician Aminata Traoré (taekwo…
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Pathisa Nyathi
Capricorn • Libra
Pathisa Nyathi is a renowned African cultural historian and author, born on July 10, 1951 in Sank…
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Pierre Desproges
Taurus • Capricorn
Pierre Desproges (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ depʁɔʒ]; 9 May 1939 – 18 April 1988) was a French h…
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Virgo • Pisces
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
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Friedrich Schiller
Scorpio • Leo
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
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Heinrich Heine
Sagittarius • Libra
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
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Friedrich Hölderlin
Aries • Capricorn
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] ; 20 March 1770 …
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Novalis
Taurus • Taurus
Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), better known by his…
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Bertolt Brecht
Aquarius • Libra
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
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Thomas Mann
Gemini • Cancer
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Sagittarius • Aquarius
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer …
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Stefan Zweig
Sagittarius • Aquarius
Stefan Zweig ( ZWYGHE, SWYGHE; German: [ˈʃtɛfan t͡svaɪ̯k] or Austrian German: [t͡svaɪ̯g]; 28 Nove…
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Aquarius • Leo
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl] ; 1 February 187…
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Arthur Schnitzler
Taurus • Sagittarius
Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is con…
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Robert Musil
Scorpio • Capricorn
Robert Musil (; Austrian German: [ˈroːbɛrt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Aust…
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Hermann Hesse
Cancer • Pisces
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
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Günter Grass
Libra • Cancer
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
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Heinrich Böll
Sagittarius • Pisces
Heinrich Theodor Böll (; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈbœl] ; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) wa…
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Ingeborg Bachmann
Cancer • Capricorn
Ingeborg Bachmann (Austrian German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ ˈbaxman]; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Au…
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Paul Celan
Sagittarius • Aries
Paul Celan (; German: [ˈtseːlaːn]; born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a…
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Georg Trakl
Aquarius • Gemini
Georg Trakl (Austrian German: [ˈtraːkl̩]; 3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet…
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Elfriede Jelinek
Libra • Virgo
Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʁiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright a…
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Peter Handke
Sagittarius • Scorpio
Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942)
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Christa Wolf
Pisces • Gemini
Christa Wolf (German: [ˈkʁɪs.ta vɔlf] ; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a Ger…
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Anna Seghers
Scorpio • Libra
Anna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers (German: [ˈana ˈzeːɡɛʁs] , 19 November 1900 – 1 …
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Theodor Fontane
Capricorn • Gemini
Theodor Fontane (German pronunciation: [ˈtʰeːodoɐ̯ fɔnˈtaːnə] ; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1…
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Georg Büchner
Libra • Leo
German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Aquarius • Scorpio
German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)
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Friedrich Hebbel
Pisces • Libra
Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist.
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Eduard Mörike
Virgo • Scorpio
Eduard Friedrich Mörike (German pronunciation: [ˈeːdu.aʁt ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈmøːʁɪkə]; 8 September 1804 –…
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Gottfried Keller
Cancer • Gemini
Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819–1890)
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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Libra • Libra
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October 1825 – 28 November 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novel…
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Adelbert von Chamisso
Aquarius • Pisces
Adelbert von Chamisso (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdl̩bɛʁt fɔn ʃaˈmɪso]; 30 January 1781 – 21 Augus…
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Joseph von Eichendorff
Pisces • Aries
Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (German: [fɔn ˈaɪçn̩dɔʁf]; 10 March 1788 – 26 Novem…
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Clemens Brentano
Virgo • Aries
Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːn…
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Achim von Arnim
Aquarius • Aquarius
Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (26 January 1781 – 21 January 1831), better known as Achi…
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Ludwig Tieck
Gemini • Libra
Johann Ludwig Tieck (; German: [tiːk]; 31 May 1773 – 28 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction wr…
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August Wilhelm Schlegel
Virgo • Aquarius
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)
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Friedrich Schlegel
Pisces • Taurus
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel ( SHLAY-gəl; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʃleːɡl̩]; 10 M…
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Jean Paul
Aries • Gemini
Jean Paul (German: [ʒɑ̃ paʊl] ; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – †14 November …
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Christoph Martin Wieland
Virgo • Leo
Christoph Martin Wieland (; German: [ˈviːlant]; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German …
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Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Aquarius • Aries
Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç də la ˌmɔtfuˈkeː]; 12 Febru…
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Karl Kraus
Taurus • Libra
Karl Kraus may refer to: Karl Kraus (1874–1936), Austrian writer and journalist Karl Kraus (physi…
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Joseph Roth
Virgo • Libra
Moses Joseph Roth (Austrian German: [roːt]; 2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was a Austro-Hungaria…
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Heimito von Doderer
Virgo • Leo
Franz Carl Heimito, Ritter von Doderer, known as Heimito von Doderer (German pronunciation: [haɪ̯…
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Ernst Jandl
Leo • Sagittarius
Ernst Jandl (German: [jandl̩]; 1 August 1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Austrian writer, poet, and tra…
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Erich Fried
Taurus • Taurus
Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He…
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Rose Ausländer
Taurus • Aquarius
Jewish poet from the Bukowina writing in German and English (1901-1988)
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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Virgo • Leo
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, Ge…
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Adalbert Stifter
Libra • Scorpio
Adalbert Stifter (German: [ˈʃtɪftɐ]; 23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a Bohemian-Austrian w…
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Franz Grillparzer
Capricorn • Taurus
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (German: [ˌfʁant͡s ˈɡʁɪlˌpaʁt͡sɐ] 15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872)…
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Lisa Bevere
Cancer • Cancer
American minister and author, Lisa Bevere, known for her teachings and translations.
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Ivan Turgenev
Scorpio • Aries
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( toor-GHEN-yef, -GAYN-; Russian: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, IPA: [ɪˈvan…
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Alexander Herzen
Aries • Aquarius
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен, romanized: Aleksándr Ivánovich Gé…
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Nikolai Berdyaev
Pisces • Aries
Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; 18 March [O.S. 6 Mar…
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Vladimir Solovyov
Aquarius • Virgo
Vladimir Solovyov may refer to: Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher) (1853–1900), Russian philosopher …
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Pavel Florensky
Capricorn • Virgo
Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, …
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Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Leo • Sagittarius
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (24 July [O.S. 12 July] 1828 – 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 188…
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Vissarion Belinsky
Gemini • Aquarius
Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарио́н Григо́рьевич Бели́нский; June 11 [O.S. May 3…
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Nikolai Dobrolyubov
Aquarius • Virgo
largest public library of the Arkhangelsk oblast of Russia
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Dmitri Pisarev
Libra • Gemini
Dmitry Ivanovich Pisarev (14 October [O.S. 2 October] 1840 – 16 July [O.S. 4 July] 1868) was a Ru…
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Leszek Kolakowski
Libra • Libra
Leszek Kołakowski (; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish …
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Karel Kosik
Cancer • Capricorn
Czech philosopher, literary theorist and university educator (1926–2003)
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Jan Patocka
Gemini • Aquarius
Jan Patočka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpatot͡ʃka]; 1 June 1907 – 13 March 1977) was a Czech philosop…
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Georg Lukacs
Aries • Pisces
Hungarian marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)
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Agnes Heller
Taurus • Cancer
Ágnes Heller (12 May 1929 – 19 July 2019) was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer. She was a cor…
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Mihail Eminescu
Capricorn • Aquarius
Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] ; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January [O…
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Emil Cioran
Aries • Leo
Emil Cioran (; Romanian: [eˈmil tʃoˈran] ; French: [emil sjɔʁɑ̃]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) wa…
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Mircea Eliade
Pisces • Pisces
Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago (1907…
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Eugen Ionescu
Sagittarius • Taurus
Eugène Ionesco (; French: [øʒɛn jɔnɛsko]; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈdʒen joˈnesku] ; 26 …
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Lucian Blaga
Taurus • Scorpio
Lucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa] ; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, …
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Mikhail Bakhtin
Scorpio • Sagittarius
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (; Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪ…
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Lev Shestov
Aquarius • Capricorn
Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Russian: Лев Исаакович Шестов; 5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1866 – 19 Nov…
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Semyon Frank
Capricorn • Aquarius
Semyon Lyudvigovich Frank (Russian: Семён Лю́двигович Франк; 28 January 1877 – 10 December 1950) …
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Ivan Ilyin
Aries • Taurus
Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Иван Александрович Ильин, romanized: Ivan Aleksandrovich Il'in…
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Vasily Rozanov
Taurus • Aries
Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Рóзанов; 2 May [O.S. 20 April] 1856 – 5…
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Konstantin Leontiev
Aquarius • Gemini
Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontiev, monastic name: Clement (Russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Лео́нт…
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Alexei Losev
Libra • Aquarius
Aleksei Fyodorovich Losev (Russian: Алексе́й Фёдорович Ло́сев; 22 September 1893 – 24 May 1988) w…
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Nikolai Lossky
Sagittarius • Taurus
Nikolay Onufriyevich Lossky (; 6 December [O.S. 24 November] 1870 – 24 January 1965), also known …
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Sergei Bulgakov
Leo • Sagittarius
Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)
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Jurij Lotman
Pisces • Pisces
Juri Lotman (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лотман; 28 February 1922 – 28 October 1993) was a prominent…
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Anton Chekhov
Capricorn • Scorpio
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1860 – 15 …
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Alexander Pushkin
Gemini • Cancer
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) wa…
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Nikolai Gogol
Aries • Libra
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a …
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Mikhail Bulgakov
Taurus • Leo
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈi…
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Boris Pasternak
Aquarius • Gemini
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian and …
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Anna Akhmatova
Cancer • Taurus
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), known by her pen name Anna …
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Marina Tsvetaeva
Libra • Taurus
Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪv…
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Vladimir Mayakovsky
Cancer • Aries
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet…
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Osip Mandelstam
Capricorn • Pisces
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (Russian: Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, IPA: [ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲ…
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Ivan Bunin
Libra • Virgo
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( BOO-neen or BOO-nin; Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲ…
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Maxim Gorky
Pisces • Scorpio
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексей Максимович Пешков; 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1868 – 18…
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Mikhail Lermontov
Libra • Taurus
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( LAIR-mən-tof, US also -tawf; Russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов,…
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Nikolai Nekrasov
Sagittarius • Cancer
Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej…
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Alexei Tolstoy
Capricorn • Aquarius
Aleksey Tolstoy may refer to: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), Russian poet, no…
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Andrei Bely
Scorpio • Leo
Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ bʊˈɡ…
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Konstantin Paustovsky
Gemini • Leo
Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (Russian: Константи́н Гео́ргиевич Паусто́вский, pronounced [pə…
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Cancer • Gemini
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евгений Александрович Евтушенко; 18 July 1933 – 1 Ap…
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Andrei Voznesensky
Taurus • Sagittarius
Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Вознесенский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010…
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Bella Akhmadulina
Aries • Aries
Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
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Joseph Brodsky
Gemini • Capricorn
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian…
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Sagittarius • Pisces
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
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Vladimir Nabokov
Taurus • Virgo
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəv…
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Mikhail Sholokhov
Gemini • Aquarius
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Шолохов, IPA: [ˈʂoləxəf]; 24 May …
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Isaak Babel
Cancer • Sagittarius
Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)
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Ilya Ehrenburg
Aquarius • Virgo
Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967)
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Valery Bryusov
Sagittarius • Libra
Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)
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Alexander Blok
Sagittarius • Libra
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈks…
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Adam Mickiewicz
Capricorn • Cancer
Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)
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Juliusz Słowacki
Virgo • Cancer
Juliusz Słowacki (; Polish: [ˈjuljuʂ swɔˈvat͡skʲi]; French: Jules Slowacki; 4 September 1809 – 3 …
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Cyprian Kamil Norwid
Libra • Virgo
Cyprian Kamil Norwid (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɨprjan ˈnɔrvit]; 24 September 1821 – 23 May 1883…
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Bolesław Prus
Leo • Sagittarius
Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (P…
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Taurus • Virgo
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
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Władysław Reymont
Taurus • Cancer
Władysław Stanisław Reymont (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswaf ˈrɛjmɔnt]; born Rejment; 7 May 1867 – 5 December…
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Wisława Szymborska
Cancer • Pisces
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska (Polish: [viˈswava ʂɨmˈbɔrska]; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was …
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Czesław Miłosz
Cancer • Virgo
Czesław Miłosz ( MEE-losh, US also -lawsh, -wosh, -wawsh, Polish: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈmiwɔʂ] ; 30 June…
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Zbigniew Herbert
Scorpio • Scorpio
Zbigniew Herbert (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈxɛrbɛrt] ; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet…
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Tadeusz Różewicz
Libra • Capricorn
Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and tran…
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Jaroslav Hašek
Taurus • Aquarius
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
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Karel Čapek
Capricorn • Leo
Karel Čapek (; Czech: [ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk] ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, p…
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Milan Kundera
Aries • Capricorn
Milan Kundera (UK: KUN-dər-ə; Czech: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra] ; 1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech…
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Bohumil Hrabal
Aries • Aries
Bohumil Hrabal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal]; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a C…
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Mihai Eminescu
Capricorn • Aquarius
Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] ; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January [O…
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Péter Esterházy
Aries • Pisces
Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best kno…
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Imre Kertész
Scorpio • Aquarius
Imre Kertész (Hungarian: [ˈimrɛ ˈkɛrteːs]; 9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian autho…
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Sándor Petőfi
Capricorn • Virgo
Sándor Petőfi (Hungarian: Petőfi Sándor [ˈpɛtøːfi ˈʃaːndor] ; né Petrovics; Slovak: Alexander Pet…
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David Hansson
Libra • Cancer
David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepr…
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Joel Spolsky
Libra • Cancer
Avram Joel Spolsky (Hebrew: אברם יואל ספולסקי; born 1965) is a software engineer and writer. He i…
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Zhu Xi
Libra • Capricorn
Chinese historian, Neoconfucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1…
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Wang Yangming
Scorpio • Cancer
Wang Shouren (Chinese: 王守仁, 26 October 1472 – 9 January 1529), courtesy name Bo'an (Chinese: 伯安),…
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Hayashi Razan
Leo • Capricorn
Hayashi Razan (林 羅山; 1583 – March 7, 1657), also known as Hayashi Dōshun, was a Japanese historia…
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Kaibara Ekken
Sagittarius • Taurus
Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician (1630-1714)
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Ito Jinsai
Virgo • Aries
Itō Jinsai (伊藤 仁斎; Japanese pronunciation: [i.toː ʑiꜜɰ̃.sai], August 30, 1627, Kyoto, Japan – Apr…
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Ogyu Sorai
Aries • Libra
Ogyū Sorai (荻生 徂徠; Japanese pronunciation: [o.ɡʲɯː soꜜ.ɾai, o.ŋʲɯː-], March 21, 1666 – February 2…
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Dai Zhen
Capricorn • Scorpio
Dai Zhen (Chinese: 戴震; pinyin: Dài Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Tai Chen, January 19, 1724 – July 1, 1777), …
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Kamo no Mabuchi
Taurus • Gemini
Kamo no Mabuchi (賀茂 真淵; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.mo no maꜜ.bɯ.tɕi, kaꜜ.mo no | maꜜ.bɯ.tɕi], 24…
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Motoori Norinaga
Gemini • Leo
Motoori Norinaga (本居 宣長; 21 June 1730 – 5 November 1801) was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku activ…
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Nishida Kitaro
Gemini • Aquarius
Kitarō Nishida (西田 幾多郎, Nishida Kitarō; May 19, 1870 – June 7, 1945) was a Japanese moral philoso…
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Tanabe Hajime
Aquarius • Libra
Hajime Tanabe (田辺 元, Tanabe Hajime; February 3, 1885 – April 29, 1962) was a Japanese philosopher…
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Watsuji Tetsuro
Pisces • Pisces
Tetsurō Watsuji (和辻 哲郎, Watsuji Tetsurō; March 1, 1889 – December 26, 1960) was a Japanese histor…
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Nishitani Keiji
Pisces • Aquarius
Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji; February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese ph…
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Miki Kiyoshi
Capricorn • Aquarius
Kiyoshi Miki (Japanese: 三木 清, Hepburn: Miki Kiyoshi; January 5, 1897 – September 26, 1945) was a …
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Tosaka Jun
Libra • Scorpio
Jun Tosaka (Japanese: 戸坂 潤, Hepburn: Tosaka Jun; 27 September 1900 – 9 August 1945) was a Shōwa e…
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Inoue Tetsujiro
Capricorn • Cancer
Inoue Tetsujirō (井上 哲次郎; February 1, 1855 – December 7, 1944) was a Japanese philosopher, poet an…
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Hu Shi
Sagittarius • Cancer
Hu Shih (Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese academic, writer, diplom…
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Liang Qichao
Pisces • Capricorn
Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超; Wade–Giles: Liang2 Chʻi3-chʻao1; Jyutping: Loeng4 Kai2 Ciu1) (Februar…
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Kang Youwei
Pisces • Taurus
Kang Youwei (19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the l…
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Zhang Taiyan
Capricorn • Capricorn
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known by his art name Zhang Taiyan, was a …
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Yan Fu
Capricorn • Taurus
Yan Fu (simplified Chinese: 严复; traditional Chinese: 嚴復; pinyin: Yán Fù; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Fu4; co…
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Chen Duxiu
Libra • Cancer
Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879–1942)
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Li Dazhao
Scorpio • Capricorn
co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1889–1927)
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Feng Youlan
Sagittarius • Cancer
Feng Youlan (Chinese: 馮友蘭; Wade–Giles: Feng Yu-lan; 4 December 1895 – 26 November 1990) was a Chi…
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Xiong Shili
Aquarius • Aries
Xiong Shili (Chinese: 熊十力; pinyin: Xióng Shílì; Wade–Giles: Hsiung Shih-li, 1885 – May 23, 1968) …
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Mou Zongsan
Gemini • Aries
Mou Zongsan (Chinese: 牟宗三; pinyin: Móu Zōngsān; Wade–Giles: Mou Tsung-san; 12 June 1909 – 12 Apri…
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Tang Junyi
Capricorn • Scorpio
Tang Chun-I or Tang Junyi (Chinese: 唐君毅, 17 January 1909 – 2 February 1978) was a Chinese philoso…
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Xu Fuguan
Aquarius • Pisces
Hsu Fu-kuan or Xu Fuguan (Chinese: 徐復觀); 1902/03 – 1982) was a Chinese historian and philosopher …
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Jin Yuelin
Cancer • Aries
Jin Yuelin or Chin Yueh-Lin (Chinese: 金岳霖; 14 July 1895 – 19 October 1984) was a Chinese philosop…
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He Lin
Capricorn • Pisces
He Lin or Lin He is the name of: Lin He (biologist) (何琳; born 1974), Chinese-American molecular b…
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Choi Han-gi
Scorpio • Pisces
Choi Han-gi is the original protagonist of “The Birth of a Hero,” a novel where he becomes a loya…
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Yi Hwang
Sagittarius • Capricorn
Yi Hwang (Korean: 이황; Hanja: 李滉; 1501–1570) was a Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian schol…
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Yi I
Capricorn • Aquarius
Joseon civil servant & Neo-Confucianist (1536 – 1584)
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Jeong Yak-yong
Leo • Aquarius
Korean scholar and philosopher (1762 - 1836)
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Park Jiwon
Pisces • Aries
Park Jiwon is a South Korean entertainer born on September 23, 1996, in Gangneung, Gangwon-do. He…
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Hong Daeyong
Sagittarius • Pisces
Hong Taeyong (Korean: 홍대용; Hanja: 洪大容; 12 May 1731 – 17 November 1783), art name Tamhŏn (담헌; 湛軒; …
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Yu Hyongwon
Virgo • Cancer
Yu Hyongwon was a Korean philosopher and artist known as Ban'gye. Born in 1994, he was a Neo-Conf…
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Song Siyol
Capricorn • Gemini
Song Siyol was a prominent Confucian scholar and politician active during the Chosŏn dynasty. He …
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Park Eun-sik
Libra • Scorpio
Pak Ŭnsik (September 30, 1859 – November 1, 1925) was a Korean historian and the second President…
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Sin Chaeho
Sagittarius • Pisces
Sin Ch'aeho, or Shin Chae-ho or Sin Chaeho (Korean: 신채호; December 8, 1880 – February 21, 1936), w…
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Wang Fuzhi
Libra • Libra
Wang Fuzhi (Chinese: 王夫之; pinyin: Wáng Fūzhī; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Fu1-chih1; 1619–1692), courtesy n…
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Huang Zongxi
Libra • Sagittarius
Chinese naturalist, political theorist and philosopher (1610-1695)
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Gu Yanwu
Cancer • Gemini
Gu Yanwu (Chinese: 顧炎武; pinyin: Gù Yánwǔ; Wade–Giles: Ku4 Yen2-wu3, 1613 – 1682) was a Chinese hi…
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Liu Zongzhou
Pisces • Virgo
Liu Zongzhou (simplified Chinese: 刘宗周; traditional Chinese: 劉宗周; pinyin: Liú Zōngzhōu, 1579–1645)…
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Fang Yizhi
Virgo • Leo
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54996 (1611–1671)
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Li Zhi
Scorpio • Gemini
Li Zhi may refer to: Emperor Gaozong of Tang , named Li Zhi, Emperor of China Li Ye (mathematicia…
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Luo Qinshun
Scorpio • Libra
Luo Qinshun (25 December 1465 – 13 May 1547) was a Chinese scholar-official and Neo-Confucian phi…
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Jackie Hill Perry
Scorpio • Scorpio
Jackie Hill Perry (née Jackie Hill, born June 21, 1989) is an American poet, writer, hip hop arti…
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Beth Moore
Gemini • Aquarius
American politician, from 2019 a member of the Georgia House of Representatives
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Anne Graham Lotz
Virgo • Taurus
Anne Morrow Graham Lotz (born May 21, 1948) is an American evangelist. She is the second daughter…
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Lysa TerKeurst
Capricorn • Gemini
Lysa TerKeurst (born July 21, 1969) is an American speaker and author of Christian non-fiction. S…
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Timothy Keller
Libra • Pisces
Timothy Keller may refer to: Tim Keller (1950–2023), American Christian pastor, author and speake…
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Wayne Grudem
Scorpio • Pisces
Wayne A. Grudem (born February 11, 1948) is an American Reformed Baptist theologian and New Testa…
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Rowan Williams
Gemini • Gemini
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950), is a Welsh Anglican bi…
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Miroslav Volf
Libra • Gemini
Miroslav Volf (born September 25, 1956) is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectu…
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Stanisław Wyspiański
Capricorn • Aquarius
Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (pronounced ['staˈɲiswaf vɨˈspjaɲskʲi]; 15 January 1869 – 28 …
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Yuval Noah Harari
Pisces • Capricorn
Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
Virgo • Taurus
American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
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Hans Christian Andersen
Aries • Taurus
Hans Christian Andersen ( AN-dər-sən; Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩, - ˈkʰʁæs-] ; 2 April 18…
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August Strindberg
Aquarius • Capricorn
Johan August Strindberg (; Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was …
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Selma Lagerlöf
Scorpio • Taurus
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, US also , Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] ; 20 November 1858 – …
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Knut Hamsun
Leo • Libra
Knut Hamsun (; 4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel…
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Sigrid Undset
Taurus • Cancer
Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a …
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Par Lagerkvist
Gemini • Scorpio
Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nob…
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Halldór Laxness
Taurus • Scorpio
Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic: [ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaxsnɛs] ; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 Apr…
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Karen Blixen
Aries • Taurus
Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) wa…
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Verner von Heidenstam
Cancer • Libra
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and la…
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Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Cancer • Aquarius
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (20 July 1864 – 8 April 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetr…
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Georg Brandes
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (4 February 1842 – 19 February 1927) was a Danish critic and scholar w…
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Björnstjerne Björnson
Sagittarius • Gemini
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( BYURN-sən, Norwegian: [ˈbjø̂ːɳstjæːɳə mɑrˈtiːnɪʉ̂s ˈbjø̂ːɳsɔn];…
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Alexander Kielland
Aquarius • Capricorn
Alexander Lange Kielland (Norwegian: [ɑɫɛˈksɑ̀ndər ˈlɑ̂ŋːə ˈçɛ̂lːɑn]; 18 February 1849 – 6 April …
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Jonas Lie
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Jonas Lie may refer to: Jonas Lie (1833–1908), Norwegian writer Jonas Lie (government minister) (…
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Sophus Claussen
Virgo • Gemini
Sophus Claussen (12 September 1865 Helletofte – 11 April 1931 Gentofte) was a Danish writer. He i…
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Jens Peter Jacobsen
Aries • Capricorn
Jens Peter Jacobsen (7 April 1847 – 30 April 1885) was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in…
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Herman Bang
Taurus • Pisces
Herman Joachim Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912) was a Danish journalist and author, one of …
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Gustaf Fröding
Leo • Scorpio
Gustaf Fröding (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈfrø̂ːdɪŋ] ; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) …
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Viktor Rydberg
Sagittarius • Taurus
Abraham Viktor Rydberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːbraham ˈvɪ̌kːtɔr ˈrŷːdbærj]; 18 December 1828…
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Esaias Tegnér
Scorpio • Pisces
Esaias Tegnér (Swedish: [tɛŋˈneːr]; 13 November 1782 (1782-11-13) – 2 November 1846 (1846-11-03))…
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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Sagittarius • Libra
Swedish romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller (1793-1866)
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Frans Michael Franzén
Aquarius • Aries
Frans Michael Franzén (9 February 1772 – 14 August 1847) was a Swedish-Finnish poet and clergyman…
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Adam Oehlenschläger
Scorpio • Aquarius
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɛːtɑm ˈkʌtlʌp ˈøˀənˌslɛːjɐ]; 14 November 177…
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Ludvig Holberg
Sagittarius • Libra
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, phil…
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Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Gemini • Cancer
Bernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet.
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Henrik Wergeland
Gemini • Aries
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebr…
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Johan Sebastian Welhaven
Sagittarius • Libra
Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (22 December 1807 – 21 October 1873) was a Norwegian writer,…
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Camilla Collett
Aquarius • Libra
Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, …
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Amalie Skram
Leo • Virgo
Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice …
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Arne Garborg
Aquarius • Scorpio
Arne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian …
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Alexander Lange Kielland
Aquarius • Capricorn
Alexander Lange Kielland (Norwegian: [ɑɫɛˈksɑ̀ndər ˈlɑ̂ŋːə ˈçɛ̂lːɑn]; 18 February 1849 – 6 April …
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Tarjei Vesaas
Leo • Taurus
Tarjei Vesaas (Norwegian pronunciation: ['tɑrjæɪ 'veːsoːs]) (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was …
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Olav Duun
Scorpio • Capricorn
Olav Duun (21 November 1876 – 13 September 1939) was a writer of Norwegian fiction. He is general…
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Sigbjørn Obstfelder
Scorpio • Taurus
Sigbjørn Obstfelder (21 November 1866 – 29 July 1900) was a 19th-century Norwegian writer and poet.
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Vilhelm Krag
Capricorn • Gemini
Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, writer, journalist and cultu…
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Olaf Bull
Scorpio • Pisces
Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull (10 November 1883 – 29 June 1933 ) was a Norwegian poet. He w…
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Herman Wildenvey
Cancer • Virgo
Herman Wildenvey (20 July 1885 – 27 September 1959), born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the …
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Nordahl Grieg
Scorpio • Scorpio
Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg (1 November 1902 – 2 December 1943) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dram…
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Johan Falkberget
Libra • Aries
Johan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, (30 September 1879 – 5 April 1967) was a Norwegi…
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Davíð Stefánsson
Pisces • Gemini
Davíð Stefánsson (21 January 1895 – 1 March 1964) was an Icelandic poet and novelist, best known …
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Gunnar Reiss-Andersen
Libra • Capricorn
Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (21 August 1896 – 29 July 1964) was a Norwegian lyric poet and writer.
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Harry Martinson
Taurus • Aquarius
Harry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In …
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Eyvind Johnson
Leo • Virgo
Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Reg…
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Tomas Tranströmer
Aries • Pisces
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (Swedish: [ˈtʊ̌mːas ˈjœ̂sːta ˈtrâːnˌstrœmːɛr]; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2…
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Gunnar Ekelöf
Libra • Gemini
Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907 – 16 March 1968) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a m…
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Edith Södergran
Aries • Cancer
Edith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. One of t…
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Bo Carpelan
Libra • Virgo
Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish po…
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Chinua Achebe
Scorpio • Libra
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Virgo • Libra
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fic…
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Ada Limón
Aries • Pisces
Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th Poe…
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Alain Badiou
Capricorn • Pisces
Alain Badiou (; French: [alɛ̃ badju] ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly ch…
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Alejandro Zambra
Libra • Taurus
Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas (Santiago, Chile, born September 24, 1975) is a Chilean poet, sh…
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Angela Davis
Aquarius • Aquarius
American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
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Anthony Doerr
Scorpio • Scorpio
Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition…
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Assia Djebar
Cancer • Scorpio
French Algerian writer and film director (1936-2015)
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Axel Honneth
Cancer • Aries
Axel Honneth (; German: [ˈaksl̩ ˈhɔnɛt]; born 18 July 1949) is a German philosopher working in th…
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bell hooks
Libra • Sagittarius
Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell h…
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C.L.R. James
Capricorn • Cancer
Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), who sometimes wrote under the pen-name …
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Carmen Maria Machado
Gemini • Sagittarius
Carmen Maria Machado (born July 3, 1986) is an American short story author, essayist, and critic …
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Celeste Ng
Leo • Pisces
Celeste Ng ( sə-LEST ING; Chinese: 伍绮诗; born July 30, 1980) is an American writer and novelist. H…
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Chantal Mouffe
Gemini • Sagittarius
Chantal Mouffe (French: [muf]; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, teaching at Un…
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Charles Taylor
Scorpio • Virgo
Charles Taylor most often refers to: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) (born 1948), warlord an…
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Claudia Rankine
Capricorn • Leo
Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist, playwright, and…
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Colson Whitehead
Scorpio • Libra
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of …
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
Aquarius • Pisces
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 18…
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Edouard Glissant
Virgo • Sagittarius
Édouard Glissant (French: [ɡlisɑ̃]; 21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a French writer, poe…
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Edwidge Danticat
Capricorn • Aquarius
Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [edˈwidʒ dãtiˈka]; born January 19, 1969) is a Ha…
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Elif Shafak
Scorpio • Capricorn
Elif Shafak (Turkish: Elif Şafak [eˈlif ʃaˈfak]; née Bilgin; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-B…
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Pisces • Gemini
Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic
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George Saunders
Sagittarius • Leo
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short sto…
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Giorgio Agamben
Taurus • Cancer
Giorgio Agamben ( ə-GAM-bən; Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo aˈɡamben]; born 22 April 1942) is an Italian phil…
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Han Kang
Sagittarius • Scorpio
Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born 27 November 1970) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she tau…
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Hanif Abdurraqib
Virgo • Libra
Hanif Abdurraqib (formerly Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib; born 1983) is an American poet, essayist, and…
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Hanya Yanagihara
Virgo • Scorpio
Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in H…
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Homi K. Bhabha
Scorpio • Pisces
Homi Kharshedji Bhabha (; born 1 November 1949) is an Indian scholar and critical theorist. He is…
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Jenny Zhang
Capricorn • Leo
Jenny Zhang may refer to; Jenny Zhang (born 1987), Chinese actress and singer Jenny Zhang (fl. 20…
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Jhumpa Lahiri
Cancer • Virgo
American author of Indian origin (born 1967)
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J.K. Rowling
Leo • Virgo
Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a B…
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Johannes V. Jensen
Aquarius • Libra
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [joˈhænˀəs ˈvilhelˀm ˈjensn̩]; 20 January 1873 – 2…
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Jonathan Franzen
Leo • Aquarius
Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel…
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Judith Butler
Pisces • Leo
Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender stu…
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Karl Ove Knausgård
Sagittarius • Cancer
Karl Ove Knausgård (Norwegian: [kɑːl ˈûːvə ˈknæ̂ʉsɡoːr]; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian aut…
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Kaveh Akbar
Capricorn • Aquarius
Kaveh Akbar (born January 15, 1989; Persian: کاوه اکبر) is an Iranian-American poet, novelist, an…
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Ken Saro-Wiwa
Libra • Gemini
Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, teacher, tele…
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Khaled Hosseini
Pisces • Aries
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini (; Pashto/Persian: خالد حسینی, Dari: [ˈxɑːlɪd hʊˈsæjniː]; born…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Taurus • Leo
Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( AP-ee-ah; born 8 May 1954) is an English-American philos…
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Lauren Groff
Leo • Pisces
Lauren Groff (born July 23, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has written…
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Layli Long Soldier
Capricorn • Gemini
Layli Long Soldier is an Oglala Lakota writer, poet, visual artist, and educator. She is best kno…
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Léon-Gontran Damas
Aries • Leo
Léon-Gontran Damas (March 28, 1912 – January 22, 1978) was a French poet and politician. He was o…
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Maaza Mengiste
Taurus • Capricorn
Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer. Her novels include Beneath the Lion's…
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Maggie Nelson
Pisces • Cancer
Maggie Nelson (born 1973) is an American writer. She has been described as a genre-busting writer…
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Malek Bennabi
Capricorn • Scorpio
Malek Bennabi (1 January 1905 – 31 October 1973) (Arabic: مالك بن نبي, romanized: Malik ibn Nabī)…
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Marlon James
Sagittarius • Libra
Marlon James may refer to: Marlon James (born 1970), Jamaican writer, winner of the 2015 Man Book…
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Martha Nussbaum
Taurus • Sagittarius
Martha C. Nussbaum (; née Craven; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the Ernst Freu…
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Michael Sandel
Pisces • Scorpio
Michael Joseph Sandel (; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T.…
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Min Jin Lee
Scorpio • Cancer
Min Jin Lee (Korean: 이민진; born November 11, 1968) is a Korean American author and journalist base…
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Mohsin Hamid
Cancer • Leo
Mohsin Hamid (Urdu: محسن حامد; born 23 July 1971) is a British Pakistani novelist, writer and bra…
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Mongo Beti
Cancer • Taurus
Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Ca…
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N.T. Wright
Sagittarius • Sagittarius
Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English…
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Nancy Fraser
Taurus • Gemini
Nancy Fraser (; born May 20, 1947) is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and t…
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Natalie Diaz
Virgo • Libra
Natalie Diaz (born September 4, 1978) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mojave American poet, language …
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Nathan Englander
Capricorn • Capricorn
Nathan Englander (born 1970) is an American short story writer and novelist. His debut short stor…
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Noam Chomsky
Sagittarius • Libra
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, po…
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Ocean Vuong
Libra • Scorpio
Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)
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Olga Tokarczuk
Aquarius • Scorpio
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and pub…
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Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Capricorn • Capricorn
Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí (; born 10 November 1957) is a Nigerian academic, who was a professor of sociol…
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Paul Gilroy
Aquarius • Aries
Paul Gilroy (born 16 February 1956) is an English sociologist and cultural studies scholar who is…
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Paul Tremblay
Taurus • Leo
Paul Gaetan Tremblay (born June 30, 1971) is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantas…
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Peter Singer
Cancer • Libra
Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus I…
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R.C. Sproul
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Robert Charles Sproul ( SPROHL; February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017) was an American Reformed t…
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Roberto Unger
Aries • Aries
Roberto Mangabeira Unger (; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈũɡɛʁ]) is a Brazilian philosopher and politic…
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Ross Gay
Cancer • Capricorn
Ross Gay (born August 1, 1974) is an American poet, essayist, and professor of English at Indiana…
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Roxane Gay
Libra • Libra
Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentat…
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Rupi Kaur
Libra • Capricorn
Rupi Kaur (Punjabi: ਰੂਪੀ ਕੌਰ; born 4 October 1992) is an Indian-Canadian poet, illustrator, photo…
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Safia Elhillo
Sagittarius • Sagittarius
Safia Elhillo (Arabic: صافية الحلو; born December 16, 1990) is a Sudanese-American poet known for…
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Santiago Gamboa
Scorpio • Gemini
Santiago Gamboa (born 1965) is a Colombian writer.
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Sembène Ousmane
Capricorn • Gemini
Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)
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Seyla Benhabib
Virgo • Leo
Turkish-American philosopher and political scientist (born 1950)
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Sjón
Virgo • Leo
Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( SHOHN; Icelandic: [sjouːn]; mea…
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Slavoj Žižek
Aries • Sagittarius
Slavoj Žižek (born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian neo-Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and p…
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Tahar Ben Jelloun
Sagittarius • Gemini
Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: الطاهر بن جلون, romanized: aṭ-Ṭāhir bin Jallūn; born 1 December 1944) …
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Téa Obreht
Virgo • Cancer
Téa Obreht (born Tea Bajraktarević; 30 September 1985) is an American novelist. She won the Orang…
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Teju Cole
Cancer • Aquarius
Teju Cole (; born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian American writer, photographer, and art historian. …
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Tommy Orange
Capricorn • Pisces
Tommy Orange (born January 19, 1982) is an American novelist and writer from Oakland, California.…
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Tracy K. Smith
Aries • Gemini
Tracy K. Smith (born April 16, 1972) is an American poet and educator. She served as the 22nd Poe…
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Tyehimba Jess
Aries • Cancer
Tyehimba Jess (born 1965 in Detroit) is an American poet. His book Olio received the 2017 Pulitze…
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Uwem Akpan
Scorpio • Pisces
Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian fiction writer whose works include fiction, short fiction, and public le…
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Valeria Luiselli
Leo • Aquarius
Valeria Luiselli (born August 16, 1983) is a Mexican-American author. She is the author of the bo…
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Victoria Chang
Capricorn • Libra
Victoria Chang is an American poet, writer, and professor. She has experimented with different st…
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Pisces • Pisces
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( doo-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an America…
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Walter Rodney
Aries • Gemini
Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist…
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Yaa Gyasi
Libra • Cancer
Yaa Gyasi (surname pronounced Jessie) (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her work, most…
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Zadie Smith
Scorpio • Cancer
Zadie Smith (born Sadie Smith; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story…
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Zora Neale Hurston
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, f…
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Taurus • Libra
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
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Giambattista Vico
Cancer • Sagittarius
Giambattista Vico (born Giovan Battista Vico ; Italian: [ˈviko]; 23 June 1668 – 23 January 1744) …
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Antonio Gramsci
Aquarius • Cancer
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
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Benedetto Croce
Pisces • Cancer
Benedetto Croce, ( KROH-chay; Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952…
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Giovanni Gentile
Gemini • Aries
Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944)
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Umberto Eco
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
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Pietro Pomponazzi
Virgo • Pisces
Italian philosopher (1462 – 1525)
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Bernardino Telesio
Scorpio • Taurus
Italian philosopher
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Baltasar Gracián
Capricorn • Pisces
Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)
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Joaquín Xirau
Gemini • Aries
Catalan philosopher (1895-1946)
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Carlo Michelstaedter
Gemini • Scorpio
Italian philosopher (1887-1910)
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Jakob Böhme
Taurus • Gemini
Jakob Böhme (; German: [ˈbøːmə]; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Chri…
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Piero Gobetti
Gemini • Leo
Italian journalist, intellectual and radical liberal and anti-fascist (1901–1926)
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Tom Parker Bowles
Sagittarius • Aquarius
son of Camilla, queen of the United Kingdom
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Omar Khayyam
Taurus • Aries
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathemat…
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Rashid al-Din
Capricorn • Cancer
Rashid al-Din or Rashid ad-Din (Arabic: رشید الدین), under various transliterations including Ras…
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Ibn Battuta
Pisces • Gemini
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
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Ibn Khaldun
Gemini • Pisces
Ibn Khaldun (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher…
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Naguib Mahfouz
Sagittarius • Virgo
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (Egyptian Arabic: نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم ا…
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Scorpio • Capricorn
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, 13 November 1969) is a Somali-…
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Timothy Morton
Cancer • Taurus
Timothy Bloxam Morton (born 19 June 1968) is a professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at…
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Byung-Chul Han
Gemini • Libra
Byung-Chul Han (Korean: 한병철; born 1959) is a South Korean–born philosopher, Catholic theologian a…
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Capricorn • Cancer
Lebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author (born 1960)
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Amena Khan
Cancer • Gemini
British model and fashion designer (born 1983)
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Atul Gawande
Scorpio • Aries
Atul Atmaram Gawande (born November 5, 1965) is an American surgeon, writer, and public health re…
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V. Y. Mudimbe
Sagittarius • Leo
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (8 December 1941 – 22 April 2025) was a Congolese philosopher, academic and…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
Aquarius • Capricorn
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 4 February 1959) is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker. Her…
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gemini • Leo
American philosopher (1803–1882)
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Henry David Thoreau
Cancer • Gemini
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
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Charles Sanders Peirce
Virgo • Libra
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
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Susan Sontag
Capricorn • Virgo
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
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Thomas Kuhn
Cancer • Taurus
Dr. rer. pol. Universität Augsburg 1985
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Colin Jost
Cancer • Libra
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1982)
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Junot Díaz
Capricorn • Gemini
author
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Nicole Krauss
Leo • Virgo
American novelist (born 1974)
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Naomi Shihab Nye
Pisces • Libra
American writer (born 1952)
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Robin Coste Lewis
Capricorn • Virgo
American poet
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Richard Siken
Scorpio • Capricorn
American poet
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Justin Torres
Capricorn • Cancer
American writer
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NoViolet Bulawayo
Virgo • Aquarius
Zimbabwean writer and educator
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John Henry Newman
Pisces • Gemini
English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
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Richard Hooker
Aries • Leo
American surgeon and novelist (1924–1997)
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John Bunyan
Sagittarius • Capricorn
English Christian writer and preacher (1628-1688)
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Evelyn Underhill
Sagittarius • Pisces
British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941)
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C.S. Lewis
Sagittarius • Gemini
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
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Jonathan Swift
Sagittarius • Gemini
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
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John Toland
Sagittarius • Cancer
Irish philosopher (1670-1722)
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Victor Hugo
Pisces • Sagittarius
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
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Marcel Proust
Cancer • Aries
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
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Gustave Flaubert
Sagittarius • Leo
French novelist (1821–1880)
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Émile Zola
Aries • Aries
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
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Honoré de Balzac
Taurus • Sagittarius
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
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Charles Baudelaire
Aries • Cancer
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
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Arthur Rimbaud
Libra • Libra
French poet (1854-1891)
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Paul Verlaine
Aries • Leo
French poet (1844-1896)
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Stéphane Mallarmé
Pisces • Gemini
French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
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Alexandre Dumas
Leo • Gemini
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
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Jules Verne
Aquarius • Scorpio
French writer (1828–1905)
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Simon Critchley
Pisces • Pisces
British philosopher
-
Wu Guoguang
Capricorn • Capricorn
Chinese scholar
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Donna Haraway
Virgo • Taurus
American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies
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Jason Stanley
Cancer • Pisces
American philosopher
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Voltaire
Scorpio • Capricorn
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Gemini • Aquarius
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
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Jean Jaurès
Virgo • Sagittarius
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Scorpio • Aries
British novelist (born 1954)
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Kamila Shamsie
Leo • Pisces
Pakistani and British writer and novelist (born 1973)
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Richard Flanagan
Gemini • Gemini
Australian writer and novelist
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Fernanda Melchor
Capricorn • Gemini
Mexican writer
-
Jenny Offill
Capricorn • Aquarius
American writer
-
Johann Arndt
Capricorn • Aquarius
German Lutheran theologian (1555-1621)
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Philipp Melanchthon
Aquarius • Aries
German reformer (1497-1560)
-
Sebastian Franck
Capricorn • Taurus
German Renaissance humanist
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Johann Heinrich Jung
Virgo • Gemini
German ophthalmologist, economist and author
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Romano Guardini
Aquarius • Pisces
German Catholic philosopher (1885–1968)
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Dante Alighieri
Gemini • Leo
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
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Francesco Petrarch
Cancer • Scorpio
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
-
Giovanni Boccaccio
Gemini • Sagittarius
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
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Torquato Tasso
Pisces • Gemini
Italian poet (1544–1595)
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Ludovico Ariosto
Virgo • Aries
Italian poet (1474–1533)
-
Alessandro Manzoni
Pisces • Capricorn
Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)
-
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Pisces • Sagittarius
Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)
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Italo Calvino
Libra • Capricorn
Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)
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Cesare Pavese
Virgo • Pisces
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
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Salvatore Quasimodo
Leo • Scorpio
Italian writer (1901-1968)
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Eugenio Montale
Libra • Capricorn
Italian poet (1896-1981)
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Miguel de Cervantes
Libra • Sagittarius
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
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Lope de Vega
Sagittarius • Cancer
Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
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Francisco de Quevedo
Virgo • Virgo
Spanish writer (1580-1645)
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Kate Crawford
Capricorn • Capricorn
Australian researcher
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Andrés Bello
Sagittarius • Taurus
Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist (1781-1865)
-
Paolo Villaggio
Capricorn • Aquarius
Italian actor, writer and comedian (1932–2017)
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Dario Fo
Aries • Leo
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political …
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Guy de Maupassant
Leo • Cancer
French writer (1850-1893)
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Molière
Capricorn • Pisces
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
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Jean Racine
Capricorn • Sagittarius
French dramatist (1639-1699)
-
Pierre Corneille
Gemini • Gemini
French tragedian (1606–1684)
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François Villon
Capricorn • Aries
French poet and criminal
-
Alfred de Musset
Sagittarius • Gemini
French writer (1810–1857)
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Alphonse de Lamartine
Libra • Aries
French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)
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Théophile Gautier
Virgo • Aquarius
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
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Albert Camus
Scorpio • Pisces
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
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André Gide
Sagittarius • Cancer
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
-
Paul Valéry
Scorpio • Gemini
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)
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Anatole France
Aries • Aries
French writer (1844–1924)
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Colette
Aquarius • Aquarius
French novelist (1873–1954)
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Georges Simenon
Aquarius • Virgo
Belgian writer (1903–1986)
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Marguerite Yourcenar
Gemini • Scorpio
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
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René Char
Gemini • Leo
French poet (1907–1988)
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Francis Ponge
Aries • Libra
French writer (1899–1988)
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
Scorpio • Capricorn
French film director and philosopher
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James Kavanagh
Cancer • Gemini
book author
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Denis Diderot
Libra • Taurus
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
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Montesquieu
Capricorn • Sagittarius
French philosopher (1689–1755)
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Blaise Pascal
Gemini • Pisces
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
Sagittarius • Aquarius
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
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Emerald Fennell
Libra • Taurus
English actress, filmmaker and writer (born 1985)
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Cancer • Gemini
English actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1985)
-
François Rabelais
Aquarius • Libra
16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)
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Michel de Montaigne
Pisces • Capricorn
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
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Paul Éluard
Sagittarius • Scorpio
French poet (1895–1952)
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Guillaume Apollinaire
Virgo • Taurus
French poet (1880–1918)
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Erwin McManus
Aries • Pisces
Salvadoran minister
-
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Aquarius • Gemini
American minister
-
Rob Bell
Virgo • Taurus
primary school teacher
-
Jonathan Cahn
Libra • Cancer
American pastor & writer
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Eloise Taylor
Cancer • Leo
elder daughter of Lady Helen Taylor and granddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
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Dave Eggers
Pisces • Taurus
American writer, editor, and publisher
-
Tao Lin
Cancer • Gemini
Ph.D. University of Wyoming 1990
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Leslie Jamison
Capricorn • Scorpio
American writer
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Arundhati Roy
Sagittarius • Gemini
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist
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Étienne de La Boétie
Scorpio • Scorpio
French judge, writer and philosopher
-
Alexis de Tocqueville
Leo • Virgo
French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
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Georges Bataille
Virgo • Pisces
French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)
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Francesco Petrarca
Cancer • Scorpio
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pisces • Taurus
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
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Dino Campana
Leo • Sagittarius
Italian poet (1885-1932)
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Giorgio Bassani
Pisces • Pisces
Italian writer
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Luis de Góngora
Cancer • Pisces
Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Aquarius • Pisces
Spanish poet
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Kate Manne
Capricorn • Leo
Australian American writer, philosopher, professor
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Amia Srinivasan
Gemini • Scorpio
Academic philosopher
-
Hilary Lawson
Capricorn • Libra
British philosopher and filmmaker
-
Henri Charrière
Scorpio • Scorpio
French convict and author (1906-1973)
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Jean-Marc Reiser
Pisces • Virgo
French criminal
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Mae Martin
Virgo • Leo
Canadian comedian and actor
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Federico García Lorca
Gemini • Sagittarius
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
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Ana María Matute
Leo • Libra
Spanish writer
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Góngora y Argote
Cancer • Pisces
Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)
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Carmen Laforet
Virgo • Scorpio
Spanish author (1921-2004)
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Emilia Pardo Bazán
Virgo • Taurus
Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)
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Giuseppe Ungaretti
Aquarius • Capricorn
Italian poet, writer and university teacher
-
Natalia Ginzburg
Cancer • Capricorn
Italian writer (1916–1991)
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Ramón del Valle-Inclán
Scorpio • Cancer
Spanish author (1866-1936)
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Dino Buzzati
Libra • Libra
Italian writer (1906-1972)
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Juan Rulfo
Taurus • Aries
Mexican writer (1917–1986)
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Alberto Moravia
Sagittarius • Virgo
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
-
Camilo José Cela
Taurus • Virgo
Spanish writer (1916–2002)
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Luigi Pirandello
Cancer • Taurus
Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1…
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Scorpio • Scorpio
Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet
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Eckhart Tolle
Aquarius • Taurus
German spiritual teacher and author
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
Aries • Aries
American author of fiction
-
Danez Smith
Capricorn • Libra
American poet
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Tiphanie Yanique
Capricorn • Libra
Caribbean writer from the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Benito Jerónimo Feijóo
Libra • Scorpio
Spanish monk and scholar
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Capricorn • Aquarius
Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
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Phoebe Robinson
Virgo • Virgo
American rower, Syracuse (2020–2021)
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Simone Weil
Aquarius • Cancer
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
-
Gaston Bachelard
Cancer • Virgo
French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)
-
Michel Serres
Virgo • Sagittarius
French philosopher and historian of science (1930–2019)
-
Bruno Latour
Cancer • Leo
French sociologist and philosopher (1947–2022)
-
Elsa Morante
Leo • Scorpio
Italian novelist (1912–1985)
-
Benito Pérez Galdós
Taurus • Libra
Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)
-
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Capricorn • Aquarius
Spanish poet (1881–1958)
-
Viktor Frankl
Aries • Sagittarius
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
-
Alain de Botton
Sagittarius • Taurus
Swiss-born British philosopher and writer
-
Bernardo Kastrup
Sagittarius • Cancer
Dutch computer scientist and philosopher
-
Aziz Al-Azmeh
Capricorn • Aries
Syrian historian and Islamic scholar
-
Brian Leiter
Gemini • Scorpio
American philosopher and legal scholar
-
Tristan Garcia
Capricorn • Scorpio
French writer
-
David Mitchell
Capricorn • Scorpio
Scottish admiral, born 1642
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Capricorn • Gemini
American author and novelist
-
Rachel Cusk
Aquarius • Aquarius
English writer (born 1967)
-
Sally Rooney
Pisces • Taurus
Irish author
-
Garth Greenwell
Capricorn • Libra
American writer
-
Dolores Redondo
Virgo • Aries
Spanish novelist and restaurateur (born 1969)
-
Lorenzo Valla
Capricorn • Gemini
Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)
-
Manuel Azaña
Capricorn • Capricorn
prime minister of Spain, president of Spain (1880-1940)
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Søren Kierkegaard
Taurus • Cancer
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
-
Giorgio Vasari
Leo • Gemini
Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)
-
Colm Tóibín
Gemini • Libra
Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)
-
Johann Valentin Andreae
Leo • Libra
German writer, mathematician and theologian (1586-1654)
-
Grazia Deledda
Libra • Pisces
Italian novelist (1871-1936)
-
Robin DiAngelo
Aries • Aquarius
American academic
-
Emanuel Swedenborg
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)
-
Johan Vilhelm Snellman
Taurus • Pisces
Finnish politician and author (1806–1881)
-
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Capricorn • Taurus
Indian photographer and author
-
Primo Levi
Leo • Virgo
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
-
Jorge Guillén
Capricorn • Aquarius
Spanish poet (1893–1984)
-
Marianne Williamson
Cancer • Aquarius
American author and politician
-
Tomi Adeyemi
Leo • Aquarius
Nigerian-American author
-
John Meyendorff
Aquarius • Taurus
Russian Orthodox priest and theologian (1926-1992)
-
Otto Jespersen
Libra • Sagittarius
Danish linguist (1860–1943)
-
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Sagittarius • Gemini
Norwegian writer (1832–1910)
-
Johannes Jørgensen
Scorpio • Scorpio
Danish writer (1866–1956)
-
Aleksis Kivi
Libra • Capricorn
national author of Finland (1834–1872)
-
Larissa MacFarquhar
Gemini • Pisces
American writer
-
Linnea Myhre
Sagittarius • Gemini
Norwegian author and blogger
-
Hoa Nguyen
Gemini • Pisces
Statistics researcher; Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 2005
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Timmy Failure
Scorpio • Aries
film directed by Tom McCarthy
-
Rodolfo Walsh
Capricorn • Aries
Argentine journalist and writer (1927–1977)
-
Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig
Virgo • Aquarius
Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872)
-
Marcus Ehrenpreis
Aries • Cancer
Swedish rabbi (1869–1951)
-
Pascal Bruckner
Sagittarius • Gemini
French writer
-
Jesse Ball
Cancer • Leo
American writer and teacher (1978-)
-
Kiran Desai
Virgo • Aquarius
Indian author
-
Ignacy Krasicki
Aquarius • Gemini
Polish writer and poet, Catholic archbishop
-
Rebecca Goldstein
Pisces • Taurus
American novelist, short story writer, biographer, philosopher (b. 1950)
-
Oleksandra Koval
Leo • Scorpio
Ukrainian public figure and publisher (born 1957)
-
Johannes Sløk
Pisces • Virgo
Danish philosopher (1916-2001)
-
Jostein Gaarder
Leo • Pisces
Norwegian author (born 1952)
-
Namwali Serpell
Capricorn • Gemini
Zambian-American scholar of English, feminist academic, and writer (born 1980)
-
Fabian Birkowski
Taurus • Capricorn
1566-1636, Polish writer and preacher
-
Erlend Loe
Taurus • Gemini
Norwegian writer (born 1969)
-
Edvard Brandes
Libra • Pisces
Danish politician, critic and author (1847-1931)
-
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
Aquarius • Libra
Danish author (1873-1950)
-
Fredrika Bremer
Leo • Scorpio
Swedish writer and feminist (1801–1865)
-
Adele Lim
Capricorn • Aries
Malaysian screenwriter and film producer
-
Eddie Huang
Pisces • Taurus
American restaurateur, chef, food personality, writer, and attorney
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R.O. Kwon
Capricorn • Pisces
American novelist
-
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Sagittarius • Leo
Danish philologist and hellenist (1854-1928)
-
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Capricorn • Taurus
Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, transla…
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Todd McGowan
Capricorn • Cancer
American philosopher
-
Peter Brune
Aries • Cancer
Ph.D. The University of Chicago 2011
-
Rabindranath Tagore
Taurus • Aries
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
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Anuvab Pal
Capricorn • Capricorn
Indian stand up comedian
-
Henrik Pontoppidan
Leo • Virgo
Danish writer, Nobel Laureate
-
Vilhelm Moberg
Leo • Libra
Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater (1898–1973)
-
Lars Gustafsson
Taurus • Aries
Swedish politician
-
Olav H. Hauge
Leo • Taurus
Norwegian writer (1908-1994)
-
Inger Christensen
Capricorn • Gemini
poet, novelist, essayist, editor (1935-2009)
-
Hamza Tzortzis
Capricorn • Gemini
British Muslim apologist
-
Megan Phelps-Roper
Capricorn • Taurus
American writer and activist (1986-)
-
Sam Harris
Aries • Aries
American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)
-
Johan Lindqvist
Taurus • Pisces
Swedish journalist and actor
-
Eva Lundgren
Gemini • Pisces
Swedish sociologist
-
Astrid Lindgren
Scorpio • Pisces
Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)
-
Sigurd Hoel
Sagittarius • Capricorn
Norwegian writer (1890–1960)
-
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and poet (1…
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Michael Youssef
Virgo • Pisces
Ph.D. Stanford University 1996
-
Megan Abbott
Cancer • Leo
American writer
-
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Capricorn • Scorpio
Scottish author
-
Ben Lerner
Aquarius • Virgo
American writer and poet
-
Sulak Sivaraksa
Aries • Aries
Thai pacifist
-
Ugo Foscolo
Aquarius • Gemini
Italian writer and poet (1778–1827)
-
Garcilaso de la Vega
Capricorn • Libra
Spanish poet
-
Vicente Aleixandre
Taurus • Cancer
Spanish poet (1898–1984)
-
Jesmyn Ward
Aries • Scorpio
American writer
-
Fernando de los Ríos
Sagittarius • Libra
Spanish politician and jurist (1879–1949)
-
Ellen Key
Sagittarius • Scorpio
Swedish writer (1849-1926)
-
Rolf Jacobsen
Pisces • Capricorn
Norwegian poet, writer (1907-1994)
-
Kjetil Indregard
Aquarius • Aries
Norwegian screenwriter
-
Lasse Rimmer
Leo • Capricorn
Danish comedian
-
Gayatri Spivak
Pisces • Gemini
Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic
-
Tayari Jones
Virgo • Sagittarius
American writer
-
Günter Herburger
Aries • Aries
German writer (1932-2018)
-
William MacAskill
Aries • Capricorn
Scottish philosopher and ethicist (born 1987)
-
John Mark Comer
Capricorn • Cancer
American pastor & religious writer, 1980-
-
Mikhail Idov
Aries • Gemini
American journalist and writer
-
Mary Ruefle
Capricorn • Gemini
American poet, essayist and professor
-
Alexei Khomyakov
Taurus • Cancer
Russian philosopher (1804-1860)
-
Kristopher Schau
Gemini • Capricorn
Norwegian musician and comedian
-
Jonas Gardell
Aquarius • Leo
Swedish author, screenwriter, actor, comedian and singer
-
Fredrik Lindström
Aries • Scorpio
Swedish linguist, comedian and director
-
Gunnar Wennerberg
Libra • Virgo
Swedish poet, composer and politician (1817-1901)
-
Toru Dutt
Pisces • Aquarius
Bengali poet and translator (1856–1877)
-
Maxim the Greek
Capricorn • Cancer
doctoral thesis by J. V. Haney
-
Felicia Day
Cancer • Leo
American actress
-
N. F. S. Grundtvig
Virgo • Aquarius
statue in Copenhagen, Denmark
-
Stieg Larsson
Leo • Pisces
Swedish author (1954–2004)
-
N. K. Jemisin
Virgo • Aquarius
American science fiction and fantasy writer
-
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Scorpio • Libra
American historian
-
Amanda Gorman
Pisces • Aries
American poet and activist
-
Paavo Haavikko
Aquarius • Aries
Finnish poet and writer (1931–2008)
-
Filip Hammar
Pisces • Aries
Swedish television presenter
-
Fatimah Asghar
Capricorn • Libra
South Asian American poet, director and screenwriter
-
Yamaga Soko
Virgo • Aries
Japanese philosopher (1622-1685)
-
Vilhelm Grønbech
Gemini • Aquarius
Danish university teacher (1873-1948)
-
Ibn Jubayr
Virgo • Scorpio
Arab traveller and geographer
-
Malcolm Gladwell
Virgo • Pisces
Canadian journalist and science writer
-
Naomi Klein
Taurus • Gemini
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
-
Rutger Bregman
Taurus • Virgo
Dutch journalist, writer and historian
-
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Libra • Leo
American writer, journalist, and educator
-
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Aries • Leo
American journalist
-
Luvvie Ajayi
Leo • Capricorn
Nigerian-American author
-
Ezra Klein
Taurus • Virgo
American journalist
-
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Capricorn • Libra
British journalist and author
-
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Virgo • Aquarius
American academic, foreign policy analyst, and public commentator
-
Pankaj Mishra
Aquarius • Pisces
Indian writer
-
Shoshana Zuboff
Scorpio • Cancer
American sociologist, professor emerita at Harvard Business School and author
-
David Graeber
Aquarius • Capricorn
American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)
-
Issa Rae
Capricorn • Libra
American actress, writer and producer
-
Frans Emil Sillanpää
Virgo • Aquarius
Finnish writer (1888–1964)
-
Moazzam Begg
Cancer • Libra
former Guantanamo detainee
-
Zainab Salbi
Libra • Pisces
Iraqi American author, women's rights activist
-
Tarek Fatah
Scorpio • Scorpio
Pakistan-born Canadian Islamism critic and non-fiction writer
-
Thomas Seltzer
Virgo • Libra
Norwegian musician
-
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Virgo • Aquarius
Finnish writer (1888–1964)
-
Henrik Steffens
Taurus • Virgo
German philosopher, theologian, scientist and poet (1773-1845)
-
Alva Noë
Cancer • Gemini
philosopher
-
Bo Eason
Cancer • Capricorn
American football player (born 1961)
-
Ian Miles Cheong
Sagittarius • Aries
Malaysian commentator
-
Sadequain
Aquarius • Aquarius
Pakistani calligrapher (1923-1987)
-
Emily St. John Mandel
Taurus • Leo
Canadian writer (born 1979)
-
Omar El Akkad
Cancer • Cancer
Egyptian-Canadian novelist & journalist (1982-)
-
Stendhal
Aquarius • Libra
French writer (1783–1842)
-
Jacques Prévert
Aquarius • Aries
French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)
-
Terry Eagleton
Pisces • Virgo
British writer, academic and educator
-
Ricardo Pinto
Gemini • Capricorn
British writer
-
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Capricorn • Aquarius
contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
-
Gottfried Arnold
Virgo • Sagittarius
German politician and lawyer (1933-2015)
-
Johann Adam Möhler
Taurus • Taurus
German theologian (1796–1838)
-
Pierre Goldman
Cancer • Cancer
French academic (1944–1979)
-
Patrick deWitt
Capricorn • Virgo
Canadian novelist and screenwriter
-
Johannes Reuchlin
Pisces • Capricorn
German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew (1455-1522)
-
Leon Battista Alberti
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
-
Jaime Balmes
Virgo • Leo
Spanish philosopher (1810–1848)
-
Nicole Sealey
Leo • Leo
American poet
-
George Sand
Cancer • Aries
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
-
Jonathan Safran Foer
Pisces • Aries
American novelist (born 1977)
-
Helen Oyeyemi
Sagittarius • Cancer
British novelist and playwright
-
Roland Barthes
Scorpio • Aquarius
French philosopher and essayist
-
Raymond Aron
Pisces • Aries
French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)
-
Jorge Manrique
Aquarius • Aquarius
Spanish poet (1440–1479)
-
Kimberle Crenshaw
Taurus • Aries
American legal academic (born 1959)
-
André Gorz
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Austrian born French philosopher and journalist (1923-2007)
-
Giordano Berti
Pisces • Leo
Italian historian
-
Per Lagerkvist
Gemini • Scorpio
Swedish writer (1891–1974)
-
Lacenaire
Sagittarius • Pisces
1990 film by Francis Girod
-
Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling
Virgo • Gemini
German ophthalmologist, economist and author
-
Calderón de la Barca
Capricorn • Aquarius
family name
-
Jorge Luis Borges
Virgo • Aries
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
-
William Paul Young
Taurus • Capricorn
Canadian Christian author
-
Clint Smith
Capricorn • Pisces
US technical writer and author
-
Petar II Petrovic-Njegos
Scorpio • Leo
Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
-
Antonio de Nebrija
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Spanish scholar
-
Francisco Ibáñez
Pisces • Sagittarius
Spanish artist (1936–2023)
-
Carole Radziwill
Leo • Virgo
American journalist, author
-
Paul Auster
Aquarius • Cancer
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
-
Victor LaValle
Aquarius • Virgo
American writer
-
Cass Sunstein
Virgo • Cancer
American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954)
-
Ivar Aasen
Leo • Scorpio
Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk (1813 – 1896)
-
Einar Már Guðmundsson
Libra • Taurus
Icelandic author
-
Birgitta Stenberg
Libra • Leo
Swedish author
-
Maj Sjöwall
Libra • Virgo
Swedish writer (1935–2020)
-
Willy Breinholst
Pisces • Taurus
writer, screenwriter (1918–2009)
-
Elif Şafak
Scorpio • Capricorn
Turkish writer (born 1971)
-
Megan Amram
Scorpio • Gemini
American comedian and writer
-
Cord Jefferson
Capricorn • Capricorn
American journalist, screenwriter and director
-
Thomas Hartmann
Aries • Capricorn
Danish stand-up comedian
-
Morten Munster
Taurus • Virgo
Danish YouTuber
-
Johannes Linnankoski
Libra • Scorpio
Finnish writer (1869-1913)
-
Nils Ferlin
Sagittarius • Scorpio
Swedish writer (1898–1961)
-
Gunnar Staalesen
Virgo • Sagittarius
Norwegian writer
-
Egon Mathiesen
Cancer • Gemini
Danish painter (1907-1976)
-
Brandon Sanderson
Sagittarius • Cancer
American fantasy writer (born 1975)
-
Ludovico Antonio Muratori
Libra • Scorpio
Italian priest, writer, librarian, historian and diplomat
-
Benedetto Varchi
Pisces • Leo
Italian humanist, historian and writer (1503-1565)
-
Ramon Sampedro
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Spanish euthanesia activist (1943–1998)
-
Jordan Peterson
Gemini • Libra
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist
-
Nils Sjöberg
Virgo • Sagittarius
American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
-
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Aquarius • Leo
Pakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)
-
Amrita Pritam
Virgo • Scorpio
Indian novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)
-
Salman Rushdie
Gemini • Cancer
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
-
Subramania Bharati
Sagittarius • Sagittarius
Tamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rights
-
Syed Ahmad Khan
Libra • Capricorn
Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
-
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Virgo • Aquarius
Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)
-
Girish Karnad
Taurus • Capricorn
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
-
Matsuo Bashō
Capricorn • Virgo
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
-
Kobayashi Issa
Taurus • Aquarius
Japanese writer (1763-1828)
-
Masaoka Shiki
Libra • Aries
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)
-
Mori Ogai
Capricorn • Virgo
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
-
Higuchi Ichiyo
Taurus • Pisces
Japanese writer
-
Kawabata Yasunari
Gemini • Cancer
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
-
Mishima Yukio
Capricorn • Virgo
Japanese author (1925–1970)
-
Haruki Murakami
Capricorn • Gemini
Japanese writer (born 1949)
-
Bing Xin
Libra • Aquarius
researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5612-4481)
-
Lao She
Aquarius • Scorpio
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)
-
Mo Yan
Aquarius • Sagittarius
Chinese novelist and screenwriter
-
Yu Hua
Aries • Cancer
badminton player
-
Kim Sowol
Virgo • Scorpio
Korean poet (1902–1934)
-
Ko Un
Leo • Sagittarius
Korean poet
-
Ann Voskamp
Gemini • Cancer
Canadian writer
-
Brene Brown
Scorpio • Libra
US writer and professor
-
Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar
Capricorn • Virgo
Indian sculptor
-
Mahmoud Darwish
Pisces • Virgo
The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)
-
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Cancer • Virgo
Turkish writer (1901–1962)
-
Forough Farrokhzad
Capricorn • Capricorn
Iranian poet (1935-1967)
-
Ibrahim al-Koni
Capricorn • Virgo
Libyan writer
-
Nazik al-Malaika
Leo • Capricorn
Iraqi poet (1922–2007)
-
Amin Maalouf
Pisces • Aquarius
Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
-
Driss Chraibi
Cancer • Virgo
Moroccan author (1926–2007)
-
Jibanananda Das
Aquarius • Taurus
Bengali Poet (1899-1954)
-
Mahadevi Varma
Aries • Leo
Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)
-
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Sagittarius • Leo
Indian Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)
-
Kaifi Azmi
Capricorn • Gemini
Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)
-
Rohinton Mistry
Cancer • Scorpio
Indian-born Canadian writer (born 1952)
-
Jean Arasanayagam
Gemini • Aquarius
Sri Lankan poet
-
Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Leo • Virgo
Punjabi poet (1936–1973)
-
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Cancer • Pisces
Indian-American physician and writer (born 1970)
-
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Cancer • Libra
Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, and academic (1943-2010)
-
Roger Garaudy
Cancer • Capricorn
French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier (1913-2012)
-
Sławomir Mrożek
Cancer • Cancer
Polish dramatist and writer (1930-2013)
-
Carl Michael Bellman
Aquarius • Taurus
Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)
-
Sergei Yesenin
Libra • Aries
Russian poet (1895–1925)
-
Gabriella Kingston
Taurus • Sagittarius
noblewoman; English freelance writer (born 1981); daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
-
Stieg Trenter
Virgo • Scorpio
Swedish writer (1914–1967)
-
Yu Dafu
Sagittarius • Capricorn
Chinese writer (1896–1945)
-
Shu Ting
Gemini • Gemini
female given name
-
Pai Hsien-yung
Cancer • Leo
Taiwanese writer (born 1937)
-
Yukio Mishima
Capricorn • Virgo
Japanese author (1925–1970)
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Pisces • Aries
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
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Banana Yoshimoto
Leo • Capricorn
Japanese writer
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Hwang Sok-yong
Capricorn • Sagittarius
South Korean writer
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Choe Yun
Capricorn • Leo
writer
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Paulo Coelho
Virgo • Sagittarius
Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)
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Holger Drachmann
Libra • Gemini
Poet and painter (1846-1908)
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Axel Sandemose
Pisces • Cancer
Norwegian author (1899–1965)
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Arve Juritzen
Gemini • Cancer
Norwegian journalist, writer, editor and TV host
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Cancer • Virgo
Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)
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Intizar Hussain
Sagittarius • Virgo
Pakistani fiction writer (1923-2016)
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Sivasankari
Taurus • Virgo
Indian writer
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Murasaki Shikibu
Capricorn • Leo
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
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Tanizaki Junichiro
Leo • Aries
Japanese author (1886–1965)
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Pu Songling
Gemini • Sagittarius
Chinese writer (1640–1715)
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Zhang Ailing
Libra • Taurus
Chinese badminton player
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Nakae Chomin
Scorpio • Leo
Japanese politician
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Varavara Rao
Scorpio • Aries
Indian writer
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Khalil Gibran
Capricorn • Sagittarius
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)
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Nizar Qabbani
Pisces • Taurus
Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998)
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Mohamed Choukri
Cancer • Capricorn
Moroccan author (1935–2003)
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Agha Shahid Ali
Aquarius • Aries
Indian poet (1949–2001)
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Ruskin Bond
Taurus • Leo
Indian writer of British descent (born 1934)
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Bapsi Sidhwa
Leo • Aquarius
Pakistani American author
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Manil Suri
Capricorn • Virgo
American writer
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Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
Gemini • Gemini
American author, tech entrepreneur
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Ziauddin Sardar
Scorpio • Scorpio
British-Pakistani writer, cultural critic, and public intellectual
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Fouad Ajami
Virgo • Aquarius
Lebanese American professor of Middle Eastern studies
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Akbar Ganji
Aries • Scorpio
Iranian journalist
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Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
Cancer • Virgo
Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)
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B.J. Novak
Leo • Libra
American actor
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Li Qingzhao
Pisces • Aquarius
Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
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Higashino Keigo
Aquarius • Leo
Japanese mystery writer (b. 1958)
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Yun Dong-ju
Capricorn • Cancer
Korean poet (1917–1945)
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Jen Hatmaker
Taurus • Scorpio
American Christian writer
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Bo Bergman
Libra • Libra
Swedish writer (1869-1967)
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Hjalmar Söderberg
Cancer • Aries
Swedish writer (1869–1941)
