American authors

Author (number of quotes)Description
A
Abbey, Edward (3)American author
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (1)American professional basketball player
Ackles, Jensen (1)American actor
Adams, Ansel (1)American photographer
Adams, Clark (1)American freethought leader and activist
Adams, Franklin Pierce (2)American columnist
Adams, Henry Brooks (7)American author, journalist, historian
Adams, Joey (1)stage name of Joseph Abramowitz, American comedian
Adams, John Quincy (1)American politician
Adams, Scott (15)American comic strip writer
Agar, Herbert (1)American journalist
Alba, Jessica (2)American actress
Albom, Mitch (16)American author, journalist and screenwriter
Albright, Herm (1)German-born American painter
Alcott, Louisa May (6)American author
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1)American author and poet
Aldrin, Buzz (4)American astronaut
Alexander, Shana (1)American journalist
Ali, Muhammad (11)American boxer
Allan, Gary (1)stage name of Gary Allan Herzberg, American singer and dalszerző
Allen, Fred (2)American comedian
Allen, Woody (27)American author, actor, director and producer
Allende, Isabel (2)Chilean American writer
Allport, Gordon W. (1)American psychologist
Alsop, Stewart (1)American newspaper columnist
Altshuler, Michael (1)American motivational speaker
Anderson, C. J. (2)American author
Anderson, David J. (1)American neurobiologist
Anderson, Harry (1)American actor and magician
Anderson, Philip W. (1)American physicist
Anderson, Walter (1)American author, painter
Angelou, Maya (13)American author and poet
Anthony, Piers (1)English-American author
Arden, Paul (21)American creative director and author
Argov, Sherry (2)American author
Armstrong, Billie Joe (1)American musician
Armstrong, Louis Daniel (2)American singer
Armstrong, Neil Alden (1)American astronaut, aerospace engineer
Aronson, Elliot (1)American psychologist
Asch, Sholem (1)Polish-born American novelist
Asimov, Isaac (37)Russian-born American author and biochemist
Atkinson, Brooks (1)American theatre critic
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia (1)American author
Auster, Paul (2)American author
Azevedo, Sasha (1)American actress
B
B. DeMille, Cecil (1)American director, producer and actor
Babcock, Maltbie Davenport (1)American clergyman and writer
Bach, Richard (19)American author
Bailey, Pearl (3)American actress
Baker, Russell (1)American writer
Baldwin, Faith (1)American author
Baldwin, James (3)American novelist
Bale, Christian (2)English-American actor
Ballard, Duane Robert (1)American professor of oceanography
Bancroft, George (1)American historian and statesman
Bandura, Albert (1)Canadian-born American psychologist
Bangs, Richard (1)American author and television personality
Barker, Dan (2)American activist, author and musician
Barry, Dave (11)American author
Barrymore, Drew (6)American actress
Bartlett, Bo (1)American painter
Barzun, Jacques (1)French-born American historian
Bates, Daisy (1)American civil rights activist, publisher and writer
Beagle, Peter S. (1)American author
Beatty, Paul (1)American author
Beecher, Henry Ward (15)American clergyman
Belfort, Jordan (1)American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker
Bell, Rob (1)American author and pastor
Bellah, Robert Neelly (1)American sociologist
Bennett, Bo (2)pen name of Robert Bennett, American businessman and author
Bennington, Chester (1)American musician
Berenson, Bernard (1)American art historian
Berkus, Rusty (1)American author
Berle, Milton (1)American comedian and actor
Berlin, Irving (1)American composer
Berra, Yogi (1)American baseball player
Berry, Wendell (1)American novelist, poet
Bertschinger, Edmund (1)American physicist at MIT
Beston, Henry (1)American author and scientist
Bezos, Jeff (1)American businessman
Bialik, Mayim (2)American actress and neurologist
Biersack, Andy (1)American musician, composer and actor
Billings, Josh (7)American comedian
Black, Holly (2)American writer and editor
Blaine, David (1)American magician
Blake, Eubie (1)American composer, lyricist and pianist
Bloomfield, Harold (1)American psychiatrist and author
Boghossian, Peter (3)American philosopher
Bombeck, Erma (6)American comedian
Bon Jovi, Jon (2)American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor
Boone, Pat (1)pen name of Charles Eugene Boone, American singer, actor and author
Boorstin, Daniel J. (2)American historian, lawyer and author
Boosler, Elaine (1)American comedian
Borland, Hal (3)American author
Borlaug, Norman Ernest (1)American agronomist, and humanitarian
Bovee, Christian Nestell (3)American author
Boyd, Danah (1)American social media scholar
Bracken, Peg (1)American author
Bradbury, Ray (4)American fantasy, horror and science fiction author
Bradley, Charles (1)American singer
Bradley, Omar Nelson (1)American general
Brando, Marlon (1)American actor
Brashares, Ann (1)American author
Bray, Libba (5)American author
Breathnach, Sarah Ban (2)American author
Brody, Adrien (4)American actor and film producer
Bronson, Po (1)American author and journalist
Brown, Dan (5)American author
Brown, H. Jackson (10)American author
Brown, Les (3)American author
Brown, Rita Mae (3)American writer
Bryan, William Jennings (1)American politician
Bryson, Bill (1)American author
Bujold, Lois McMaster (1)American author
Bukowski, Charles (17)American author
Burton, Tim (4)American director
Butcher, Jim (2)American author
Butler, Brett (1)American actress
Butler, Nicholas Murray (1)American philosopher
Byas, Don (1)American musician
C
Cabell, James Branch (1)American author
Cabello, Camila (2)Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Cabot, Meg (8)American author
Cage, John (2)American composer
Cage, Nicolas (1)stage name of Nicolas Kim Coppola, American actor
Cain, David (2)American author
Caldwell, Sarah (1)American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director
Callas, Maria (1)Greek-American operatic singer
Camp, Anna (1)American actress and singer
Camp, Bill (1)American actor
Campbell, Bebe Moore (1)American author
Campbell, Joseph (6)American author and scientist
Canady, Charles T. (1)American judge and lawyer
Canfield, Jack (3)American author and motivational speaker
Card, Orson Scott (9)American author
Carnegie, Andrew (1)Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist
Carnegie, Dale (6)American author
Carter-Scott, Cherie (3)American author
Carver, George Washington (2)American scientist
Cass, Kiera (2)American author
Cather, Willa (3)American author
Chakiris, George (1)American dancer, actor and singer
Chandler, Raymond (2)American novelist
Chang, Ruth (1)American philosopher
Channing, William E. (1)American preacher
Chapin, Edwin Hubbell (2)American priest, author
Chbosky, Stephen (3)American author, screenwriter and director
Chopra, Deepak (8)American New Age guru
Christina, Greta (17)American author and activist
Cimorelli, Lisa (1)American singer
Clancy, Tom (1)American author
Clare, Cassandra (18)pen name of Judith Rumelt, American-born author
Clark, Frank A. (2)American editor
Clark, John Bates (1)American economist
Clarke, James Freeman (1)American theologian and author
Cleaver, Eldridge (1)American writer and political activist
Clinton, Hillary (1)American politician and jurist
Clooney, George (1)American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Cobain, Kurt (8)American musician
Cochran, Johnnie (3)American lawyer
Colbert, Stephen (1)American comedian and author
Colby, Frank Moore (1)American author, historian
Collins, Jason (1)American basketball player
Collins, Lily (1)English-American actress and model
Collins, Suzanne (11)American author
Commoner, Barry (1)American biologist
Conklin, Robert (2)American author
Cooper, Alice (1)American rock singer
Copperfield, David (1)stage name of David Seth Kotkin, American magician
Corcoran, Barbara (1)American businesswoman, investor, speaker, author, and TV personality
Cosby, Bill (6)American actor and comedian
Cosgrove, Stephen (1)American author
Cousins, Norman (2)American political journalist, author and professor
Covey, Stephen R. (4)American author
Crawford, Chace (1)American actor
Crawford, Joan (1)American actress
Crosby, Bing (1)American singer and actor
Cross, Marcia (1)American actress
Cruise, Tom (1)American actor and producer
Cruz, Ted (1)American politician
Culkin, Macaulay (2)American actor
Cummings, Edward Estlin (2)American author, poet, painter
Cuoco, Kaley (1)American actress
Curtis, Jamie Lee (1)American actress and author
Cussler, Clive (1)American author
D
Dahlberg, Edward (4)American author
Dangerfield, Rodney (8)American comedian
Darrow, Clarence (1)American lawyer
Davis, Belva (1)American television and radio journalist
Davis, Bette (1)stage name of Ruth Elizabeth Davis, American actress
De Niro, Robert (1)American actor, producer, and director
De Vries, Peter (1)American editor, novelist
Dean, James (1)American actor
Dean, Jimmy Ray (1)American singer, anchorman, actor and businessman
DeGeneres, Ellen (3)American comedian and actress
Dempsey, Patrick (1)American actor and driver
Dennett, Daniel (47)American philosopher
Denton, James (1)American actor
Depp, Johnny (4)American actor
DeRozan, DeMar (1)American professional basketball player
Deschanel, Emily (1)American actress and producer
Dessen, Sarah (11)American author
Deutch, Zoey (1)American actress
Diamond, Jared (3)American scientist and author
Dickinson, Emily (8)American poet
Diesel, Vin (1)American actor, producer and screenwriter
Dikkers, Scott (2)American author and businessman
Dillahunty, Matt (1)American atheist activist
Dillard, Annie (1)American author
Diller, Phyllis (3)American comedian
Disney, Walt (2)American filmdirector and screenwriter
Dobzhansky, Theodosius (2)Russian-born American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
Doren, Mark Van (1)American writer, poet
Douglas, Michael (2)American actor and producer
Downs, Hugh (1)American author, producer and TV personality
Duane, Diane (1)American science fiction and fantasy author
Dunne, Finley Peter (1)American author and comedian
Durant, Kevin (1)American basketball player
Durant, Will (1)American author, historian, philosopher
Dyer, Wayne (2)American author
Dyer, Wayne W. (1)American author
Dylan, Bob (5)American musician and poet
E
Eagle, White (1)American spiritual teacher
Eastman, Max (2)American author, activist
Ebert, Roger (2)American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author
Eddings, David (5)American fantasy writer
Edison, Thomas (1)American inventor and businessman
Edison, Thomas Alva (5)American inventor and businessman
Edwards, Tryon (3)American theologian
Eggers, Dave (1)American author
Eliot, T. S. (4)American poet
Elkeles, Simone (3)American author
Elliott, Clark (1)American researcher, teacher and author
Elliott, Stephen (1)American author
Ellison, Harlan (1)American writer
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (42)American author, poet
Ephron, Nora (3)American director, producer, author
Epps, Omar (2)American actor, rapper, songwriter and record producer
Epstein, Robert (1)American psychologist, author and journalist
Esar, Evan (1)American comedian
Evanovich, Janet (1)American author
Evans, Chris (1)American actor
Evans, Richard Paul (1)American author
Evert, Chris (1)American tennis player
F
Fadiman, Clifton (1)American author, radio and television personality
Fanning, Dakota (1)American actress
Fanning, Elle (1)American actress
Fawcett, Farrah (1)American actress
Feather, William (1)American author
Feynman, Richard (22)American physicist
Fields, William Claude (3)American actor and comedian
Firestone, Harvey Samuel (1)American businessman
Fisher, Helen (1)American anthropologist and human behavior researcher
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (2)American author
Fitzpatrick, Becca (2)American author
Flagg, Fannie (1)stage name of Patricia Neal, American author and actress
Foer, Joshua (2)American journalist
Fonda, Jane (1)American actress
Forbes, Malcolm (1)American journalist
Ford, Harrison (1)American actor
Ford, Henry (11)American businessman
Fossey, Dian (1)American primatologist
Foster, Jodie (3)American actress and director
Fouts, Dan (1)American football quarterback
Fox, Michael J. (1)Canadian-born American actor
Franklin, Aretha (1)American singer
Franklin, Benjamin (27)American author, politician, philosopher, scientist
Friedman, Thomas L. (1)American journalist and author
Fritz, Robert (1)American author, composer and movie maker
Fromm, Erich (6)German-American philosopher, psychologist
Frost, Robert (7)American poet
Frye, Mary Elizabeth (2)American housewife and florist
Fuller, Richard Buckminster (2)American architect, poet, author, inventor
G
Gamow, George (1)Russian-born American physicist
Gardner, John William (1)American politician and author
Gaskarth, Alex (1)English-American singer and musician
Gates, Bill (5)American businessman
Gerbner, George (1)Hungarian-born American professor of communication and the founder of cultivation theory
Gibb, Jack (1)American psychologist and author
Gibran, Khalil (1)Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer
Gibson, Mel (2)American-born Australian actor, director, and producer
Gibson, William (1)American-Canadian novelist
Giffin, Emily (4)American author
Gilbert, Elizabeth (19)American author
Ginsberg, Irwin Allen (1)American poet
Gitomer, Jeffrey (1)American author and motivational speaker
Glasgow, Arnold H. (1)American humorist
Glasgow, Ellen (1)American novelist
Goddard, Neville (1)American metaphysics trainer
Goddard, Robert Hutchings (2)American physicist
Godwin, Gail (1)American author
Golden, Arthur (3)American author
Goldman, William (3)American author
Goldwyn, Samuel (1)American producer
Goodier, Steve (1)American anthropologist and sociologist
Goodkind, Terry (2)American author
Goodman, Ellen (1)American journalist
Gore, Al (1)American politician
Gotti, John (2)Italian-American gangster
Graham, Billy (1)pen name of William Franklin `Billy` Graham, Jr., American evangelical Christian evangelist
Graham, Martha (1)American dancer and choreographer
Grande, Ariana (2)American actress and singer
Gray, Claudia (9)pen name of Amy Vincent, American author
Green, John (12)American author
Green, Ruth Hurmence (1)American author
Greene, Ashley (2)American actress and model
Greene, Brian (1)American theoretical physicist
Greenwald, Glenn (3)American lawyer, journalist and author
Groening, Matt (1)American cartoonist
Groom, Winston (2)American novelist and non-fiction writer
Gruen, Sara (1)Canadian-born American author
H
Haisch, Bernard (1)German-born American astrophysicist
Halmos, Paul (2)Hungarian-born American mathematician
Halsey, Margaret (1)American author
Handey, Jack (1)American humorist
Hannah, Kristin (2)American author
Hannigan, Alyson (1)American actress
Hansberry, Lorraine (1)American author
Hanson, Joe (1)American writer and comedian
Harris, Annaka (3)american author
Harris, Charlaine (23)American author
Harris, Ed (1)American actor
Harris, Sam (36)American author, philosopher
Hart, Hannah (1)American comedian, actress and author
Harte, Bret (1)American author and poet
Harwell, Ernie (1)American sportscaster
Hathaway, Anne (1)American actress
Hawkins, Karen (4)American author
Hawn, Goldie (2)American actress, director, singer, and producer
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (3)American author
Hay, Louise L. (2)American author
Hedberg, Mitchell Lee (2)American comedian
Heffernan, Margaret (1)American businesswoman and writer
Heinlein, Robert Anson (5)American science fiction writer
Helberg, Simon (1)American actor and comedian
Hemingway, Ernest (10)American author, journalist
Henry, O. (1)pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter
Hepburn, Audrey (5)English–Dutch-born American-English actress
Hepburn, Katharine (1)American actress
Herbert, Frank (2)American sci-fi author
Herold, Don (1)American comedian, author, illustrator, and cartoonist
Hertzberg, Hendrik (1)American journalist
Heschel, Abraham Joshua (1)Polish-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher
Hildebrand, Joel (1)American educator
Hill, Napoleon (1)American author
Hillis, Danny (1)American scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, and author
Hitchens, Christopher (5)British American author and journalist
Hocking, Amanda (1)American writer
Hodgell, P. C. (1)American fantasy writer, artist, professor
Hoffman, Alice (1)American author
Hoffman, Dustin (2)American actor and producer
Holland, Josiah Gilbert (1)American author and poet
Holliwell, Raymond (1)American author
Holtz, Lou (5)American football coach and motivational speaker
Hope, Bob (5)English-born American comedian
Hopkins, Ellen (1)American novelist
Hornsby, Rogers (1)American baseball player and coach
Hosseini, Khaled (8)Afghan-born American author and doctor
Houston, Whitney (1)American singer
Howe, Edgar Watson (1)American author
Hubbard, Elbert (18)American author and philosopher
Hubbard, Frank McKinney (2)American cartoonist, journalist, comedian
Hubble, Edwin (1)American astronomer
Hudson, Kate (1)American actress
Huffman, Felicity (1)American actress
Hurston, Zora Neale (1)American singer
I
Iacocca, Lee (2)American businessman
Iles, George (1)American author
Ingersoll, Robert G. (8)American political leader
Irving, John (1)American novelist
Irving, Washington (2)American author and historian
Ito, Joi (1)Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist
Ivins, Molly (1)pen name of Mary Tyler Ivins, American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist
J
J. Gaines, Ernest (1)African-American author
Jackson, Jesse Louis (1)American activist
Jackson, Michael (9)American musician
Jackson, Samuel L. (1)American actor
James, Henry (2)American-born English author
James, William (6)American psychologist and philosopher
Jauregui, Lauren (1)American singer
Jay, Francine (5)American writer, minimalist
Jeffers, Susan (1)American psychologist
Jefferson, Thomas (9)American president, lawyer, inventor
Jenkins, A. M. (5)American author
Jenner, Kylie (1)American TV personality, model and entrepreneur
Jett, Joan (1)American rock singer, songwriter, composer and actress
Jillette, Penn (29)American illusionist and comedian
Jobs, Steve (6)American businessman and inventor
Johnson, Barbara (2)English-American author
Johnson, Dwayne (1)American actor, producer, and wrestler
Johnson, Kimberly (1)American poet and scientist
Johnson, Wendell (1)American psychologist
Jolie, Angelina (1)American actress and model
Jones, Franklin Pierce (2)American author, comedian
Jones, James Earl (1)American actor
Jones, Laurie Beth (1)American author and motivational trainer
Jones, Tommy Lee (1)American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Jong, Erica (3)American author and teacher
Joplin, Janis Lyn (4)American singer
Jordan, David Starr (1)American biologist and educator
K
Kahneman, Daniel (2)Israeli-American psychologist
Kaku, Michio (5)American theoretical physicist
Kanin, Garson (1)American author and director
Kate, Lauren (1)American author
Kaufman, Josh (1)american business expert, author
Kebbel, Arielle (1)American actress, model and singer
Keen, Sam (1)American author, professor and philosopher
Keller, Helen (10)American deafblind author, political activist, and lecturer
Kelley, Kitty (1)American journalist
Kenison, Katrina (4)American writer
Kennedy, Robert F. (1)American politican
Kenyon, Sherrilyn (1)American writer
Kettering, Charles Franklin (1)American scientist and philosopher
Khalifa, Wiz (3)stage name of Cameron Jibril Thomaz, American rapper
Kidd, Sue Monk (3)American writer
Kilmer, Val (1)American actor
King, B. B. (2)stage name of Riley B. King, American blues musician
King, Martin Luther (12)American clergyman, activist
King, Stephen (108)American author
Kingsolver, Barbara (2)American author
Kinison, Sam (1)American comedian and actor
Klein, Stephanie (1)American blogger and author
Kleitman, Daniel (1)American mathematician
Kleypas, Lisa (3)American author
Knox, Jen (1)American writer
Konecky, Edith (1)American feminist novelist
Krauss, Lawrence M. (2)American physicist
Kroc, Ray (2)American fast food businessman
Kuban, Karla (1)American author
Kurtz, Paul (1)American skeptic and secular humanist
Kurzweil, Ray (6)American inventor and author
L
Lady Gaga (3)stage name of Stefani Germanotta, American singer and songwriter
Lamarr, Hedy (1)Austrian-born American actress and inventor
Lamb, Wally (1)American author
Lambert, Adam (2)American singer, songwriter, and actor
Langer, Ellen J. (3)American psychologist
Larson, Gary (1)American cartoonist
Larson, Jonathan (1)American composer and playwright
Lasch, Christopher (1)American historian and moralist
Lautner, Taylor (1)American actor, model, and martial artist
Lawrence, Cooper (1)American radio veteran and author
Lawrence, Jennifer (1)American actress
Lawrence, Mark (1)American and British novelist
Leavitt, Robert Keith (1)American author
Lebowitz, Fran (2)American author
Lederer, Richard (1)American author, speaker, and teacher
Lederman, Leon (1)American physicist
Lee, Bruce (11)American martial arts instructor and actor
Lee, Harper (7)American author
Lee, Stan (1)pen name of Stanley Martin Lieber, American comic book writer
Leguizamo, John (1)Colombian-born American actor and producer
Lehrer, Tom (2)American singer and mathematician
Leonard, Robert Sean (1)American actor
Leto, Jared (1)American actor and musician
Letterman, Elmer G. (2)American businessman and author
Levant, Oscar (4)American musician, actor, author
Levenson, Sam (3)American comedian
Levenstein, Aaron (1)American academic
Levine, Adam (1)American singer and composer
Levine, Robert (1)American psychologist
Levine, Stephen (1)American poet, author
Lewis, Joseph (1)American freethinker and activist
Lewis, Sinclair (1)American author
Liebling, A. J. (1)American journalist
Likert, Rensis (1)American psychologist
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (1)American pilot
Lindner, Robert M. (1)American author and psychologist
Lindsay, Margaret (1)American actress
Liu, Lucy (1)Chinese-born American actress
Lively, Blake (1)American actress
Livermore, Jesse Lauriston (1)American stock trader
Lombardi, Vince (3)American coach
London, Jack (3)American author
Long, Haniel Clark (1)American poet and author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (6)American author and poet
Longoria, Eva (1)American actress
Lopez, Jennifer (1)American singer and actress
Lovato, Demi (4)American actress and singer
Lowry, Lois (1)American author
Lucado, Max (2)American author and preacher
Lugosi, Béla (3)Hungarian-American actor
Lynes, Russell (1)American art historian and photographer
M
MacArthur, Douglas (1)American general
Mackay, Harvey (4)American businessman
MacKinnon, Rebecca (1)American author
Maclaine, Shirley (1)American actress
Madonna (3)stage name of Madonna Louise Ciccone, Italian-born American singer, actress
Maguire, Gregory (2)American author
Mailer, Norman (2)American author
Maltz, Maxwell (1)American cosmetic surgeon and author
Mandelbrot, Benoit (1)Polish-born, French-American mathematician
Mannes, Marya (1)pen name of Maria von Heimburg Mannes, American author and criticist
Manson, Charles (1)American criminal
Manson, Marilyn (6)American musician
Mantle, Mickey (1)American baseball player
Maraboli, Steve (74)American motivational speaker and author
Marden, Orison Swett (1)American author
Marquis, Don (3)full name Donald Robert Perry Marquis, American comedian and author
Marr, Melissa (3)American author
Mars, Bruno (1)stage name of Peter Gene Hernandez, American singer, songwriter and producer
Martin, Dean (1)American singer, comedian and producer
Martin, George R. R. (5)American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer
Martin, Steve (2)American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician
Marx, Chico (1)American actor
Marx, Groucho (3)American actor and comedian
Mathewson, Christy (1)American baseball player
May, Rollo (1)American psychologist
Mayr, Ernst (1)German-American evolutional biologist
McCabe, Charles (1)American journalist
McCarthy, Cormac (1)American author
McCarthy, John (1)American computer scientist
McCay, James T. (1)American author
McConaughey, Matthew (1)American actor
McCourt, Malachy (1)Irish-American actor, author and politician
McCranie, Stephen (1)American cartoonist and illustrator
McKay, David Oman (1)American religious leader and educator
McLaughlin, Mignon (1)American author and journalist
Meacham, Merle L. (1)American psychologist and teacher
Mead, Richelle (5)American author
Meester, Leighton (2)American actress, singer and model
Meltzer, Bernard C. (2)American radio host
Mencken, Henry Louis (12)American author, criticist
Menninger, Karl Augustus (1)American psychiatrist
Merton, Robert K. (1)American sociologist
Meyer, Joyce (1)pen name of Pauline Joyce Hutchison Meyer, American author and speaker
Meyer, Stephenie (29)American author
Michener, James A. (1)American author
Miller, Donald (2)American author and public speaker
Miller, Henry (1)American author and painter
Mirren, Helen (2)American actress
Mitchell, Margaret (1)American author
Mizner, Wilson (2)American playwright
Mlodinow, Leonard (4)American physicist, author and screenwriter
Moning, Karen Marie (1)American author
Monroe, James (1)American statesman
Monroe, Marilyn (28)American singer and actress
Moody, Dwight Lyman (1)American clergyman
Moore, Christopher (9)American author
Moore, Demi (1)American actress
Moore, Shemar (2)American actor and model
Morley, Christopher (3)American journalist, author and poet
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