Futrelle, Jacques
1875 - 1912

The American journalist and author Jacques Heath Futrelle made sure there was room for his wife in a lifeboat before he...

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Crofts, Freeman Wills
1879 - 1957

Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young....

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Eco, Umberto
1932 - 2016

Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary scholar, historian and philosopher born in Alessandria in Piedmont. His surname...

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Baldacci, David
1960 -

The American author David Baldacci, with family roots in Toscana in Italy, was born in Richmond, Virginia, as the youngest...

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