Famous Essayist Birthdays, Birthday of Essayists

List of Most Famous Essayist People in History. Famous Essayists Throughout History

Name Date of birth Age
Adrienne Rich May 16, 1929 ( Died 2012, at 83 age )
Alan Sillitoe March 04, 1928 ( Died 2010, at 82 age )
Ambrose Bierce June 24, 1842 ( Died 1914, at 72 age )
Amy Tan February 19, 1952 72 Age
Anaïs Nin February 21, 1903 ( Died 1977, at 74 age )
Andre Dubus August 11, 1936 ( Died 1999, at 63 age )
André Gide November 22, 1869 ( Died 1951, at 82 age )
Annie Dillard April 30, 1945 79 Age
Anthony Trollope April 24, 1815 ( Died 1882, at 67 age )
Barbara Kingsolver April 08, 1955 69 Age
Bill Bryson December 08, 1951 73 Age
Booker T. Washington April 05, 1856 ( Died 1915, at 59 age )
Brendan Gill October 04, 1914 ( Died 1997, at 83 age )
Carlos Fuentes November 11, 1928 ( Died 2012, at 84 age )
Carson McCullers February 19, 1917 ( Died 1967, at 50 age )
Charles Baxter (author) May 13, 1947 77 Age
Charles Bowden July 20, 1945 ( Died 2014, at 69 age )
Charles Dudley Warner September 12, 1829 ( Died 1900, at 71 age )
Charles Lamb February 10, 1775 ( Died 1834, at 59 age )
Christopher Hitchens April 13, 1949 ( Died 2011, at 62 age )
Cynthia Ozick April 17, 1928 96 Age
Czesław Miłosz June 30, 1911 ( Died 2004, at 93 age )
Dan Stoenescu November 04, 1980 44 Age
David Foster Wallace February 21, 1962 ( Died 2008, at 46 age )
David Guterson May 04, 1956 68 Age
Diane Ackerman October 07, 1948 76 Age
Dilipkumar Roy January 22, 1897 ( Died 1980, at 83 age )
Don DeLillo November 20, 1936 88 Age
Doris Grumbach July 12, 1918 ( Died 2022, at 104 age )
E. B. White July 11, 1899 ( Died 1985, at 86 age )
Edmund White January 13, 1940 84 Age
Edmund Wilson May 08, 1895 ( Died 1972, at 77 age )
Fyodor Dostoevsky November 11, 1821 ( Died 1881, at 60 age )
G. K. Chesterton May 29, 1874 ( Died 1936, at 62 age )
Gary Snyder May 08, 1930 94 Age
George Orwell June 25, 1903 ( Died 1950, at 47 age )
George Saunders December 02, 1958 66 Age
Hamlin Garland September 14, 1860 ( Died 1940, at 80 age )
Harry Crews June 07, 1935 ( Died 2012, at 77 age )
Harry Martinson May 06, 1904 ( Died 1978, at 74 age )
Haruki Murakami January 12, 1949 75 Age
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 ( Died 1862, at 45 age )
Henry de Montherlant April 20, 1895 ( Died 1972, at 77 age )
Isabel Allende August 02, 1942 82 Age
Ishmael Reed February 22, 1938 86 Age
Ismail Kadare January 28, 1936 88 Age
J. G. Ballard November 15, 1930 ( Died 2009, at 79 age )
J. M. Coetzee February 09, 1940 84 Age
Jamaica Kincaid May 25, 1949 75 Age
James Alan McPherson September 16, 1943 ( Died 2016, at 73 age )