Davis, Dorothy Salisbury
1916 - 2014

The American crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and adopted by an older childless couple,...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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Rowling, J.K.
1965 -

The British writer, J.K. Rowling, was born as Joanne Rowling in Yate in Gloucestershire, England. As an adult, she added...

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Francis, Dick
1920 - 2010

The British jockey and author Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis is famous worldwide both as a champion jockey – at one time j...

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