March 16 in Literary History: Writers Born & Died

Writers born on March 16

Born	Writer	Known as
1990	Josh Johnson (comedian)	American comedian and writer (born 1990)
1967	Lauren Graham	American actress, producer and novelist (born 1967)
1960	Jenny Eclair	English comedian, novelist, and actress (born 1960)
1958	Kate Worley	American comic book writer (1958–2004)
1956	Yoriko Shono	Japanese writer (born 1956)
1946	J. Z. Knight	American spiritual teacher and author (born 1946)
1937	David Frith	Cricket writer and historian
1933	Keith Critchlow	British architect and author (1933–2020)
1931	Augusto Boal	Brazilian dramatist and political activist
1922	Harding Lemay	American screenwriter (1922–2018)
1920	Sid Fleischman	American writer (1920–2010)
1908	René Daumal	French poet and novelist
1906	Francisco Ayala (novelist)	Spanish novelist
1900	Cyril Hume	American screenwriter (1900–1966)
1892	César Vallejo	Peruvian writer & poet (1892–1938)
1884	Eric P. Kelly	American writer
1883	Ethel Anderson	Australian poet (1883–1958)
1846	Jurgis Bielinis	Lithuanian farmer, book smuggler and publisher
1839	Sully Prudhomme	French poet (1839–1907)
1825	Camilo Castelo Branco	Portuguese writer (1825–1890)
1808	Hannah T. King	American poet
1797	Alaric Alexander Watts	British poet and journalist (1797–1864)
1744	Nicolas-Germain Léonard	18th century Guadeloupean writer
1673	Jean Bouhier (jurist)	French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar
1621	Georg Neumark	German poet and composer of hymns
1609	Michael Franck	German composer and poet
1585	Gerbrand Bredero	Dutch poet and playwright (1585–1618)
1581	Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft	Dutch historian and writer (1581–1647)

Writers who died on March 16

Died	Writer	Known as
2016	Alexander Esenin-Volpin	Russian-American poet and mathematician
2014	Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy	Sierra Leonean actor, director and playwright (1936–2014)
2014	Steve Moore (comics)	British comics writer (1949–2014)
2013	Ruchoma Shain	Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (born 1914)
2012	Takaaki Yoshimoto	Japanese poet and philosopher
2000	Pavel Prudnikau	Belarusian writer (1911–2000)
1999	Gratien Gélinas	Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator
1977	Kamal Jumblatt	Lebanese politician and author; founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (1917–1977)
1971	Bebe Daniels	American actress, singer, dancer, writer, producer (1901–1971)
1968	Gunnar Ekelöf	Swedish poet and writer (1907–1968)
1967	Thomas MacGreevy	Irish poet
1963	Laura Adams Armer	American artist and writer
1945	Börries von Münchhausen	German poet and activist
1940	Selma Lagerlöf	Swedish author (1858–1940)
1935	Aron Nimzowitsch	Danish chess player and writer (1886–1935)
1899	Joseph Medill	American newspaper editor, publisher, and politician (1823–1899)
1898	Aubrey Beardsley	English illustrator and author (1872–1898)
1698	Leonora Christina Ulfeldt	Danish noble and writer (1621–1698)

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Josh Johnson (comedian) (1990) — Josh Johnson is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show, having first joined as a staff writer in 2017. Johnson became a correspondent in February 2024, and was later promoted to the weekly rotation of hosts in July 2025.

Lauren Graham (1967) — Lauren Graham is an American actress and author. She is best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls (2000–07), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood (2010–15).

Jenny Eclair (1960) — Jenny Eclair is a Malaysian-born English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.

March 16 in literary history

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