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January 24 in literary history
Literary history for January 24: 21 writers born and 5 writers who died from 1287 to 2011. Born on this day: Kristen Schaal, Adrian Edmondson, Michio Kaku.
Writers born on January 24
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kristen Schaal | American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1978) |
| 1957 | Adrian Edmondson | English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1957) |
| 1947 | Michio Kaku | American theoretical physicist, futurist and author |
| 1944 | David Gerrold | American screenwriter and novelist (born 1944) |
| 1934 | Stanisław Grochowiak | Polish poet and dramatist |
| 1926 | Georges Lautner | French film director and screenwriter (1926–2013) |
| 1922 | Daniel Boulanger | French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter |
| 1900 | René Guillot | French children's writer (1900–1969) |
| 1895 | Eugen Roth | Bavarian poet |
| 1889 | Victor Eftimiu | Romanian poet and playwright (1889 - 1972) |
| 1889 | Charles Boardman Hawes | American maritime writer (1989–1923) |
| 1888 | Vicki Baum | Austrian writer (1880–1960) |
| 1862 | Edith Wharton | American writer and designer (1862–1937) |
| 1858 | Constance Naden | 19th-century English writer, poet, and philosopher |
| 1776 | E. T. A. Hoffmann | German author (1776–1822) |
| 1732 | Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais | French playwright and diplomat (1732–1799) |
| 1670 | William Congreve | English playwright and poet (1670-1729) |
| 1664 | John Vanbrugh | English architect and dramatist (1664–1726) |
| 1643 | Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset | English politician, courtier and poet |
| 1602 | Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland | English nobleman, politician and writer |
| 1287 | Richard de Bury | English bishop, priest, teacher, writer, and bibliophile (1287-1345) |
Writers who died on January 24
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bernd Eichinger | German film producer, screenwriter, and director (1949– 2011) |
| 2007 | İsmail Cem | Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author (1940–2007) |
| 1986 | L. Ron Hubbard | American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986) |
| 1965 | Winston Churchill | British statesman and writer (1874–1965) |
| 1962 | Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar | Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962) |
Featured
Kristen Schaal (1978) — Kristen Joy Schaal is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Known for her distinctive high-pitched, childlike voice, she voices Louise Belcher in Bob's Burgers and voiced Mabel Pines in Gravity Falls.
Adrian Edmondson (1957) — Adrian Charles Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter, who came to fame as part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s.
Michio Kaku (1947) — Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.