Influential and inspirational people from the world of fiction


William Shakespeare

Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire in 1564 and lived to be 52.

Fiction, Poetry, Theatre

William Hayley

Born in Chichester, West Sussex in 1745 and lived to be 75.

Nonfiction, Pottery and ceramics

Charles Lamb

Born in Inner Temple, London in 1775 and lived to be 59.

Fiction, Poetry

Anna Bronte

Born in Thornton, West Yorkshire in 1820 and lived to be 29.

Fiction, Poetry

Lewis Carroll

Born in Daresbury, Cheshire in 1832 and lived to be 66.

Childrens Fiction, Illustration

George Ashdown Audsley

Born in Elgin, Moray in 1838 and lived to be 87.

Fiction, Illustration, Music

Gertrude Jekyll

Born in Mayfair, London in 1843 and lived to be 89.

Nonfiction,Photography

Arthur Conan Doyle

Born in Edinbrgh, Edinburgh in 1859 and lived to be 71.

Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Theatre

Anthony Hope Hawkins

Born in Clapton, London in 1863 and lived to be 70.

Fiction

Beatrix Potter

Born in Kensington, London in 1866 and lived to be 77.

Childrens Fiction,Illustration,Painting

George William Russell

Born in Lurgan, Armagh in 1867 and lived to be 68.

Fiction, Painting, Poetry

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire in 1874 and lived to be 91.

Fiction, Nonfiction, Painting