George Bernard Shaw

mother of Bernard Shaw, 1830–1913

Padre

(1855-1876)

(1853-1920)

Irish writer

Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet

Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

Australian singer

Writer, biographer

British Baron and politician

Scottish critic

American economist

German politician

British politician

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator

British anarchist

British sport shooter

English writer and art critic

Irish journalist and rogue

English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo

Actress, Author, Musician, Mystic

English actor-manager

English socialist politician

Irish writer, critic and dramatist

German composer

British theatre producer

British actor and playwright

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India

Irish poet and playwright

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist

Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore

Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

American politician from Ohio

British stage actor, actor-manager and soldier

American writer

English actor and theatre manager

English stage actress

First Labour Prime Minister of the UK

British politician

English writer

British journalist, the first editor of the New Statesman magazine

British senior officer during the First World War

Franco-English writer

English author and Christian apologist

American astronaut

British actress

Folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint

258th Pope of the Catholic Church

Theatre director and founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre

English composer

English sociologist, economist, socialist, labor historian and social reformer

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union

American-born British politician; first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (from 1919 to 1945)

German politician; dictator of Nazi Germany

American critic

Film producer

British writer

British diarist and critic

English actor and theatre director

Scottish film and television actress

British actor

New Zealand politician

British actor, director and producer

British actress

British actress

American film director, producer and actor

Irish novelist and musician

American rapper

Russian dramatist and author

British writer

German composer and pianist

Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor

English composer, teacher and historian of music

German-British Baroque composer

Irish writer and poet

British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author

Greek author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

English writer and a founding member of the Fabian Society

British academic

Australian literary scholar

Irish playwright and novelist

English actress

English poet, translator and prose writer

American boxer

British abbess

English curator and collector; museum director

Spanish diplomat, writer and historian

English novelist and playwright

English playwright

American born British poet

Chancellor of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint

American playwright

British playwright

English playwright

British playwright

English writer of stage plays, film and television

American playwright

Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer

American writer

English playwright and social rebel