Famous non-fiction writers

author who writes non-fiction texts

714 people

All Alive Deceased
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

1723 – 1790 · Age 67
Deceased
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

1942 – 2018 · Age 76
Deceased
John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

1883 – 1946 · Age 62
Deceased
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

1920 – 1992 · Age 72
Deceased
Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger

1887 – 1961 · Age 73
Deceased
Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

1934 – 1996 · Age 62
Deceased
Werner Heisenberg

Werner Heisenberg

1901 – 1976 · Age 74
Deceased
Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

1917 – 2008 · Age 90
Deceased
Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder

1944 · Age 81
Alive
Max Born

Max Born

1882 – 1970 · Age 87
Deceased
John von Neumann

John von Neumann

1903 – 1957 · Age 53
Deceased
Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

1931 – 2021 · Age 90
Deceased
Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

1918 – 2015 · Age 96
Deceased
Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

1907 – 1964 · Age 56
Deceased
Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

1972 · Age 53
Alive
Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

1912 – 1977 · Age 65
Deceased
Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

1939 · Age 86
Alive
Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

1947 · Age 78
Alive
Lev Landau

Lev Landau

1908 – 1968 · Age 60
Deceased
Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn

1879 – 1968 · Age 89
Deceased
Joachim Gauck

Joachim Gauck

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 · Age 48
Alive
Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann

1929 – 2019 · Age 89
Deceased
Lukas Podolski

Lukas Podolski

1985 · Age 40
Alive
Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

1887 – 1968 · Age 81
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q15980158