List of biographers

Biographers are authors who write an account of another person's life, while autobiographers are authors who write their own biography.Countries of working life: Ab=Arabia, AG=Ancient Greece, Al=Australia, Am=Armenian, AR=Ancient Rome, Au=Austria, AH=Austria/Hungary, Ca=Canada, En=England, Fl=Finland, Fr=France, Ge=Germany, Id=Indonesia, In=India, Ir=Ireland, Is=Israel, Jp=Japan, Nw=Norway, SA=South Africa, Sc=Scotland, SL=Sierra Leone, So=Somalia, Sp=Spain, Sw=Sweden, TT=Trinidad & Tobago, US=United States, Ve=Venezuela, Wl=Wales
authorsautobiographersbiographyHermann AbertRobert SchumannNiccolò JommelliW. A. MozartAlfred AingerCharles LambEllis AmburnRoy OrbisonBuddy HollyJack KerouacElizabeth TaylorWarren BeattyJanis JoplinRudolph AngermüllerAntonio SalieriNúria AñóSalka ViertelMarie Célestine Amélie d'ArmailléCatherine de BourbonÉlisabeth of FranceMarie LeszczyńskaMarie AntoinetteMarie-Thérèse, Duchess of AngoulêmeSeptimanie d'EgmontDésirée ClaryRosemary AshtonGeorge EliotAaron BadgleyGeorge HarrisonRingo StarrDeborah BakerAllen GinsbergLaura RidingElizabeth Biddulph, Baroness BiddulphCharles Yorke, 4th Earl of HardwickeJennie M. BinghamAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyCharlotte BrontëMargaret FullerBriton RivièreLucie BoissonnasRobert E. LeeJames BoswellSamuel JohnsonPaula BroadwellDavid PetraeusMax BrodFranz KafkaLeslie BrodyJessica MitfordVincent BromeEgerton BrydgesAndrea CaganDiana RossThomas CarlyleJohn SterlingFrederick the GreatRobert A. CaroRobert MosesLyndon B. JohnsonHumphrey CarpenterJ. R. R. TolkienW. H. AudenEzra PoundEvelyn WaughBenjamin BrittenRobert RuncieSpike MilliganVirginia Spencer CarrCarson McCullersPaul BowlesJohn Dos PassosCharles CastleNoël CowardJoan CrawfordOliver MesselMargaret, Duchess of ArgyllLa Belle OteroRichard TauberGeorge CavendishThomas WolseyNirad C. ChaudhuriClive of IndiaMax MüllerRon ChernowNa ChokkanSachin TendulkarDhirubhai AmbaniCharlie ChaplinRahul DravidAzim PremjiLakshmi MittalWalt DisneyVincent CroninNapoleonLouis XVICatherine the GreatDouglas DayMalcolm LowryThomas DiLorenzoAbraham LincolnDamon DiMarcoRoy SimmonsRichard EllmannJames JoyceOscar WildeW. B. YeatsAlberthiene EndahChrisyeKrisdayantiRaam PunjabiIvar EskelandOrder of the FalconBastian PrizeGisle StraumeSnorri SturlusonWayne FedermanPete MaravichElaine FeinsteinMarina TsvetaevaPushkinTed HughesMary FelsJoseph FelsKitty FergusonStephen HawkingWilliam FitzstephenThomas BecketAmanda ForemanGeorgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireEsther G. FrameAntonia FraserMary, Queen of ScotsOliver CromwellRussell FreedmanDouglas Southall FreemanGeorge WashingtonLeonie FriedaCatherine de' MediciJean Overton FullerNoor-un-nisa Inayat KhanPercy Bysshe ShelleyAlgernon Charles SwinburneSir Francis BaconElizabeth GaskellPeter GaySigmund FreudGary GiddinsBing CrosbyCharlie ParkerLouis ArmstrongMartin GilbertWinston ChurchillAnnie Somers GilchristJosef GreinerAdolf HitlerAdrian GreenwoodColin Campbell, 1st Baron ClydePeter GuralnickElvis PresleySam PhillipsMohammad NatsirSeppo HeikinheimoAarre MerikantoOskar MerikantoMartti TalvelaCharles HighamErrol FlynnHoward HughesKatharine HepburnThomas Jefferson HoggRichard HolmesMary ShelleyColeridgeMichael HolroydLytton StracheyImogen HolstGustav HolstMarilla Baker IngallsWalter IsaacsonBenjamin FranklinSteve JobsHenry KissingerEdward JablonskiGeorge GershwinIrving BerlinElizabeth JenkinsJane AustenHenry FieldingLady Caroline LambJoseph ListerElizabeth ILives of the Most Eminent English PoetsErnest JonesKathleen JonesKatherine MansfieldLandon JonesWilliam ClarkAlicia JuradoWilliam Henry HudsonCunninghame GrahamJorge Luis BorgesShakuntala KarandikarChandrashekhar AgasheKitty KelleyFrank SinatraNancy ReaganJacqueline KentKenneth CookBeatrice DavisJulia GillardHephzibah MenuhinHarriette A. KeyserHenry C. PotterJennie Ellis KeysorRaphaelMarvin KitmanBill O'ReillyEdward KleinHillary ClintonJames BevelRobert LaceyElizabeth IIPrincess GraceHenry VIIIHenry FordRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexJane LaneTitus OatesHermione LeeEdith WhartonVirginia WoolfSidney LeeDictionary of National BiographyWilliam ShakespeareQueen VictoriaJ. Michael LennonNorman MailerSanteri LevasJean SibeliusBarbara LevickRoman emperorsGail LevinEdward HopperJudy ChicagoLee KrasnerRoger LewisAnthony BurgessMartha D. LincolnJohn Wesley PowellKenneth S. LynnMark TwainErnest HemingwayBrenda MaddoxD. H. LawrenceNora JoyceRosalind FranklinMarilyn MonroeLee Harvey OswaldGary GilmoreKoryunMesrop MashtotsWilliam ManchesterDouglas MacArthurJohn F. KennedyCristina MarcanoHugo ChávezBruce MarshallWing CommanderF. F. E. Yeo-ThomasJohn MattesonAmos Bronson AlcottLouisa May AlcottAndré MauroisLord ByronBenjamin DisraeliVictor HugoBalzacSir Alexander FlemingDavid McCulloughHarry S. TrumanJohn AdamsTheodore RooseveltMerle MillerJames McGrath MorrisJoseph PulitzerCharles ChapinEthel PayneMiyoshi KiyotsuraIbn al-QaisaraniSimon Sebag MontefioreGrigory PotemkinJoseph StalinThomas MooreRichard Brinsley SheridanLord Edward FitzGeraldJeffrey MorganAlice CooperThe StoogesTed MorganWilliam S. BurroughsW. Somerset MaughamFranklin D. RooseveltAndrew MortonPrincess DianaMonica LewinskyTom CruiseIra NadelLeon UrisDavid MametTom StoppardLeonard CohenAlanna NashNakane KōteiPhilip NelCrockett JohnsonRuth KraussCornelius NeposNizamuddin Asir AdrawiIris OrigoJames PartonHorace GreeleyAaron BurrAndrew JacksonThomas JeffersonVoltaireHesketh PearsonF. David PeatDavid BohmPlutarchH. F. M. PrescottMary I of EnglandArnold RampersadLangston HughesPiers Paul ReadAlec GuinnessJames RedpathJohn Brown (abolitionist)E. J. RichmondHarriet HosmerW. Andrew RobinsonSatyajit RayRabindranath TagoreRomain RollandBeethovenMichelangeloLeo TolstoyGandhiHenry SaltShelleyRichard JefferiesHenry David ThoreauCarl SandburgStacy SchiffVéra NabokovAntoine de Saint-ExupéryCleopatraAnton SchindlerLudwig van BeethovenAnne SebbaWallis SimpsonLee ServerRobert MitchumAva GardnerMiranda SeymourAnnabella MilbankeAda LovelaceHellé NiceKirit ShelatDawn Langley SimmonsPrincess MargaretMargaret RutherfordJacqueline KennedyRoy S. SimmondsJohn SteinbeckWilliam MarchEdward O'BrienJean Edward SmithUlysses S. GrantJohn MarshallLucius D. ClayLaura J. SnyderCharles BabbageJohn F.W. HerschelWilliam WhewellRichard JonesJohannes VermeerAntoni van LeeuwenhoekOliver SacksDava SobelJohn HarrisonMaria CelesteGalileoMaynard SolomonLeslie StephenAlexander PopeJonathan SwiftThomas HobbesJane Agnes StewartFrances WillardIrving StoneMarshall TerrillSteve McQueenJohnny CashBilly GrahamMary Wilder TilestonBankole TimothyKwame NkrumahNick ToschesJerry Lee LewisDean MartinSonny ListonMeriol TrevorJohn Henry NewmanPhilip NeriPope John XXIIIThomas ArnoldJames II of EnglandHenri TroyatDostoevskyPeter the GreatIvan the TerribleAnton ChekhovIvan TurgenevMaxim GorkyRasputinJenny UglowWilliam HogarthThomas BewickLunar SocietyRosa Kershaw WalkerBlanche Warre-CornishWilliam ThackerayAlison WeirElizabeth I of EnglandEleanor of AquitaneSam WellerRay BradburyTheodore WhiteRichard NixonAlice WillardA. N. WilsonSir Walter ScottJohn MiltonHilaire BellocC. S. LewisIris MurdochJohn BetjemanMolly WorthenCharles HillMarguerite YoungEugene V. DebsList of autobiographiesBrianda de AcuñaHenry Brooks AdamsThe Education of Henry AdamsAyaan Hirsi AliThe Autobiography of an Unknown IndianHenry CockburnFrederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveThe Heroic SlaveMy Bondage and My FreedomLife and Times of Frederick DouglassJens Jacob EschelsThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinMahatma GandhiThe Story of My Experiments with TruthLee IacoccaNelson MandelaLong Walk to FreedomFrank McCourtAngela's AshesRonald SkirthLists of writers