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 | 73 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 | 80 Age |
| Anthony Trollope | April 24, 1815 | ( Died 1882, at 67 age ) |
| Barbara Kingsolver | April 08, 1955 | 70 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 | 78 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 | 97 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 | 69 Age |
| Diane Ackerman | October 07, 1948 | 77 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 | 85 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 | 95 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 | 76 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 | 83 Age |
| Ishmael Reed | February 22, 1938 | 87 Age |
| Ismail Kadare | January 28, 1936 | 89 Age |
| J. G. Ballard | November 15, 1930 | ( Died 2009, at 79 age ) |
| J. M. Coetzee | February 09, 1940 | 85 Age |
| Jamaica Kincaid | May 25, 1949 | 76 Age |
| James Alan McPherson | September 16, 1943 | ( Died 2016, at 73 age ) |