Diogenes Laërtius

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Flourished	201 - 300
Notable Works	“Peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton”

Ezra Pound

American poet

Arianna Huffington

Greek American author and commentator

Maximus Planudes

Byzantine scholar and theologian

Nicander

Greek poet, physicist, and grammarian

Erinna

Greek poet

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Jim Backus

American actor

Samuel Ferguson

Irish writer

Anna Bartlett Warner

American writer

Jonathan Safran Foer

American author

Tom Lea

American artist and writer

Norman Maclean

American author and teacher

Quentin Reynolds

American journalist and writer

Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

John Martin

American dance critic

Esther Forbes

American author

Marchette Chute

American author

Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

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