Influential and inspirational people from the world of nonfiction


William Hayley

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

Nonfiction, Pottery and ceramics

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

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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

Fiction, Nonfiction, Painting

William Forbes Marshall

Born in Sixmilecross, Tyrone in 1888 and lived to be 71.

Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry