Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/2016 in public domain

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!


Article description occupation image
Albert de Remacle
Charles William Brodribb Brodribb, Charles William (1878–1945), journalist and poet
Cyprian Alston British Benedictine
Edward L. Hearn Supreme Knight of the Knights of Colombus
Eleanor Grace Powell
James Mercer Irvine
Lewis Campbell Bruce
Lonsdale Ragg
Robert William Frederick Harrison author
Vida Elizabeth Smith Granddaughter of Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith (1865-1945)
William Mather Lewis United States teacher, university president, local politician, and a state and national government official
Яков Кейхауз


Catholic priest

Article description occupation image
Hippolyte Hemmer
philologist
Janez Kalan Catholic priest
Joseph MacRory Catholic cardinal (1861-1945)
Joseph Raphael John Crimont Vicar Apostolic of Alaska
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Timothy Joseph Crowley writer, roman-catholic bishop
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop


Catholic theologian

Article description occupation image
August Merk Catholic theologian
Henri Leclercq Belgian-born French theologian and church historian
translator


anthropologist

Article description occupation image
Adjutor Rivard Canadian lawyer, judge, writer and linguist
David Randall-MacIver American Egyptologist
egyptologist


archivist

Article description occupation image
Hans Nirrnheim German archivist and historian (1865-1945) archivist
historian
Josef Kraft Austrian archivist archivist
Richard Jecht German archivist and historian archivist
historian
high school teacher
Rudolf Krauss German archivist (1861-1945) archivist


art historian

Article description occupation image
Arthur Morrison English writer and journalist (1863–1945)
Auguste Marguillier
art historian
Camille Mauclair French writer (1872-1945)
Heinrich Weizsäcker art historian (1862-1945)
art historian
university teacher
Ormonde Maddock Dalton British art historian
archaeologist


autobiographer

Article description occupation image
George S. Patton United States Army general (1885–1945)
swimmer
soldier
Margot Asquith British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945)
diarist
writer


bacteriologist

Article description occupation image
Fred Neufeld German physician bacteriologist
Hans Sachs German serologist bacteriologist
physician
biochemist
immunologist
Thomas Cherry Australian bacteriologist and agronomist bacteriologist
agronomist


biologist

Article description occupation image
Frederic Clements American ecologist (1874–1945)
ecologist
James Cecil Mottram cancer researcher, naturalist and writer biologist
radiologist
Richard Pfeiffer German physician and bacteriologist biologist
university teacher
physician


botanist

Article description occupation image
Adolf Pascher Czechoslovak botanist (1881–1945)
Carlton Clarence Curtis American botanist (1864-1945)
botanist
Charles Louis Pollard American botanist (1872–1945)
botanist
Edward Wilber Berry American paleobotanist (1875-1945)
paleontologist
Gottlieb Haberlandt Austrian botanist (1854-1945)
Lewis Sylvester Hopkins U.S. botanist (1872–1945)
botanist
William Trelease American botanist and entomologist
entomologist
writer


chemist

Article description occupation image
Charles Ernest Pellew British medical and industrial chemist (1863-1945) chemist
Frans Maurits Jaeger Dutch chemist chemist
historian
university teacher


classical philologist

Article description occupation image
Albrecht von Blumenthal German classical philologist (1889-1945)
translator
Franz Poland German classical philologist and high school teacher classical philologist
high school teacher
Georg Raddatz German classical philologist classical philologist
writer
high school teacher
Paulheinz Ahlert German classical philologist (1914-1945) classical philologist
William Abbott Oldfather American classical philologist (1880 – 1945) classical philologist
university teacher
classical scholar


composer

Article description occupation image
Albert Ernest Wier
editor
George Coles Stebbins American gospel song writer
Gus Edwards American songwriter, vaudevillian, music publisher composer
songwriter
film director
James V. Monaco Italian-born American composer of popular music composer
film score composer
Jerome Kern American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945) composer
songwriter
film score composer
coin collecting
screenwriter


diplomat

Article description occupation image
André-Félix Aude French diplomat (1867-1945) diplomat
John Dyneley Prince American politician
linguist


economist

Article description occupation image
August Lösch German economist (1906-1945) economist
geographer
John A. Ryan American priest
Catholic priest
John R. Commons American economist and historian (1862–1945)


engineer

Article description occupation image
Georges Charpy French scientist (1865-1945)
academic
chemist
Killingworth William Hedges British engineer engineer
Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov Russian politician
opinion journalist
publisher
Robert Hallowell Richards American academic (1844-1945)
mining engineer
metallurgist
educator


explorer

Article description occupation image
Alexander Fersman Russian mineralogist explorer
mineralogist
geochemist
chemist
Henri Marie Gustave d'Ollone French explorer and officer (1868-1945) explorer
military officer
Paul Pelliot French sinologist (1878-1945)


high school teacher

Article description occupation image
Fritz Mielentz German teacher high school teacher
classical philologist
Oskar Viedebantt German ancient historian high school teacher


historian

Article description occupation image
Andrew George Little British historian (1863-1945) historian
André de Maricourt French historian
biographer
Cai Dongfan Republic of China person CBDB = 90991 historian
Friedrich Karl Luckwaldt German historian historian
university teacher
Gheorghe Popa-Lisseanu Romanian historian historian
Hanns Schlitter Austrian historian historian
archivist
Hermann Stegemann historian (1870-1945)
opinion journalist
Joachim Joseph A. Campos Indian historian historian
writer
indologist
John Marriott English historian and politician (1859-1945) historian
politician
Max Farrand American historian historian
librarian
university teacher
Richard Fester German historian (1860-1945) historian
university teacher


journalist

Article description occupation image
Adolf Bartels German writer journalist
poet
writer
literary historian
literary critic
Benito Mussolini Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
fascist
Ernest Gaubert French journalist, author, poet, novelist, and biographer (1881-1945)
biographer
writer
romanist
Félix Dubois French journalist and explorer journalist
explorer
Idola Saint-Jean Canadian journalist
women's rights activist
suffragette
John Otway Percy Bland British writer and journalist journalist
Léon Louis Deffoux French journalist (1881-1945)
opinion journalist
literary critic
Tancrède de Visan French journalist (1878-1945) journalist
poet


jurist

Article description occupation image
Narte Velikonja Slovene writer and cultural figure jurist
clerk
writer
Rudolf Hübner German jurist jurist
legal historian
university teacher
historian


lawyer

Article description occupation image
Arthur Cheney Train American writer (1875-1945) lawyer
novelist
writer
science fiction writer
jurist
John Hessin Clarke Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1857-1945) lawyer
judge
Luis Chamizo Spanish writer in Castilian and Castúo lawyer
writer
poet
mayor
Max Ehrmann American writer, poet, and attorney
philosopher
jurist
Stepan Shukhevych Ukrainian nationalist lawyer


librarian

Article description occupation image
Edmund Groag Austrian classical historian and librarian (1873–1945) librarian
university teacher
historian
Friedrich Bräuninger German librarian (1901-1945) librarian
Max Hippe German librarian (1864-1945) librarian
Otto Hartig German librarian librarian
Wolfgang Golther German philologist
Germanist
writer


linguist

Article description occupation image
Calvin Smith Brown American professor of botany and archeology
archaeologist
literary scholar
Hendrik Bulthuis Dutch writer, linguist, and Esperantist (1865-1945)
translator
Maurice Baring British dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist (1874-1945)
Régis Messac French writer
Vikenty Veresaev Russian doctor and writer
opinion journalist
Zuzanna Ginczanka Polish writer
translator
poet
writer


mathematician

Article description occupation image
Aleksey Krylov Russian naval engineer and mathematician (1863-1945) mathematician
marine engineer
physicist
military personnel
marine architect
Dmitry Mirimanoff Russian-Swiss mathematician (1861-1945) mathematician


military personnel

Article description occupation image
Jehan-Marie-Joseph-Côme de Marsay French military personnel military personnel
Pavlo Skoropadsky Ukrainian general (1873-1945) military personnel
politician
diplomat


novelist

Article description occupation image
David Lindsay Scottish author novelist
writer
science fiction writer
Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle de la Pasture British writer novelist
children's writer
playwright
Malcolm Jameson US Navy officer and author novelist
science fiction writer
screenwriter
Margaret Deland American writer and poet (1857–1945)
short story writer
Margaret Louisa Woods English writer novelist
writer
playwright
poet
Maud Diver English author
biographer
writer


ornithologist

Article description occupation image
Frank Michler Chapman American ornithologist (1864–1945)
Joseph Mailliard American ornithologist (1857-1945) ornithologist


paleontologist

Article description occupation image
Charles W. Gilmore paleontologist (1874-1945)
paleontologist
curator
John Campbell Merriam American paleontologist


philosopher

Article description occupation image
Alfred Edward Taylor British philosopher (1869–1945)
Anna Pammrová Czech philosopher
Paul Valéry French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)
Sergei Alekseevich Askolʹdov Russian writer, philosopher
philosopher
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology


physicist

Article description occupation image
Arthur Korn German physicist and mathematician (1870–1945) physicist
mathematician
university teacher
engineer
Arthur Lee Foley American physicist and architect, 1867-1945 physicist
architect
university teacher
Charles Fabry French physicist physicist
astronomer
Hans Geiger German physicist
Rudolf Ortvay Hungarian physicist, educator, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences physicist


playwright

Article description occupation image
Aleksey Tolstoy Russian-Soviet writer (1882-1945) playwright
writer
poet
novelist
children's writer
screenwriter
science fiction writer
politician
Alexander Roda Roda Austrian writer (1872–1945) playwright
prose writer
journalist
actor
writer
André Barde French writer
Georg Kaiser German dramatist (1878-1945)
librettist
poet
Mihail Sebastian Romanian writer playwright
journalist
university teacher


poet

Article description occupation image
Ada Negri Italian poet, writer, and teacher poet
writer
Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu Indian poet and musician poet
musician
Albert Mockel Belgian poet (1866-1945) poet
writer
literary critic
Aleksandr Dobrolyubov Russian poet poet
Alexandre Mercereau French poet and art critic (1888–1945)
Arthur Symons British poet (1865-1945)
art historian
Berto Barbarani Italian poet poet
journalist
Demyan Bedny Soviet poet
opinion journalist
Else Lasker-Schüler Jewish German poet (1869-1945) poet
writer
salonnière
playwright
Fernand Fleuret French poet and writer (1883-1945) poet
writer
Henry Herbert Knibbs American poet poet
Hélène Picard French poet (1873-1945) poet
novelist
Ion Pillat Romanian writer (1891-1945) poet
Ivan Hribovšek poet and philologist (1923-1945)
philologist
Jambyl Jabayev Kazakh traditional folksinger (1846-1945) poet
singer-songwriter
akyn
Juan Pedro López Uruguayan poet poet
Kyūkin Susukida Japanese poet and essayist
essayist
writer
Lord Alfred Douglas English poet, translator and prose writer (1870-1945)
translator
journalist
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus French writer and sculptor
chess player
Maarouf Al Rasafi Iraqi poet poet
teacher
politician
writer
journal editor
journalist
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska Polish poet poet
playwright
writer
Maria Skobtsova Russian saint
opinion journalist
Richard Beer-Hofmann Austrian Jewish writer persecuted by Nazis (1866-1945) poet
writer
playwright
art collector
Robert Desnos French writer poet
writer
screenwriter
journalist
French Resistance fighter
Thomas Burke British author poet
writer
Yun Dong-ju Korean poet poet
Zinaida Gippius Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945) poet
writer
playwright
literary critic
prose writer


politician

Article description occupation image
Achille Starace Italian Fascist general (1889-1945) politician
Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 politician
Alessandro Pavolini Italian politician and writer (1903-1945) politician
journalist
writer
lawyer
André Tardieu Prime Minister of France (1876–1945) politician
journalist
teacher
Clara Petei mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1912–1945) politician
David Lloyd George Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
civil servant
writer
Edwin "Pa" Watson Personal Secretary to the President of the United States politician
secretary
military officer
Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood British politician (1864-1945)
biographer
Heinrich Himmler German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900–1945) politician
farmer
occultist
laboratory technician
Gestapo employee
Joseph Goebbels Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
propagandist
demagogue
Kamil Krofta Czechoslovak minister of foreign affairs and historian (1876-1945) politician
diplomat
regional historian
historian
teacher
university teacher
Louis Blois French politician politician
military personnel
Martin Spahn German politician and historian (1875–1945) politician
historian
university teacher
Nicola Bombacci Italian politician and revolutionary (1879-1945) politician
Paul Ignatieff Russian noble and politician politician
Robert Bourgeois French politician, military officer and geographer (1857-1945) politician
geographer
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe British diplomat (1858-1945) politician
diplomat
writer
poet
Subhas Chandra Bose Indian nationalist leader and politician (1897–1945) politician
revolutionary
writer
freedom fighter
William Theophilus Brantly United States politician 1852-1945; active in Maryland politician
lawyer
Yun Chi-ho Korean politician and resistance activist (1864-1945)
political activist


priest

Article description occupation image
August Lindh priest
William Shillinglaw Crockett Scottish minister priest


professor

Article description occupation image
Henri Maspero French sinologist professor
Scarlat Demetrescu Romanian professor (1872-1945) professor


psychiatrist

Article description occupation image
Samuel Treat Armstrong physician, psychiatrist and mental health specialist psychiatrist
Smith Ely Jelliffe American psychoanalyst (1866-1945)
neurologist


psychologist

Article description occupation image
Edward W. Scripture American physician and psychologist (1864-1945) psychologist
Jules Van Biervliet Belgian psychologist psychologist


regional historian

Article description occupation image
Anton Chroust German historian regional historian
medievalist
university teacher
Otto Barkowski German regional historian regional historian
high school teacher


screenwriter

Article description occupation image
Achmed Abdullah writer (1881-1945) screenwriter
writer
novelist
Bruno Frank German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist screenwriter
poet
dramaturge
playwright
poet lawyer
writer
Felix Salten Austro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna
essayist


teacher

Article description occupation image
Helmut Schroff German teacher and classical philologist teacher
classical philologist
John Harrington Cox U.S. teacher and writer (1863-1945) teacher
Karl Aulitzky Austrian teacher and classical philologist teacher
classical philologist
Kurt Bardong German teacher and classical philologist (1908-1945) teacher
classical philologist
Rudolf Däbritz Hermann Rudolf Däbritz (1880-1945) teacher
classical philologist


theologian

Article description occupation image
Dietrich Bonhoeffer German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident
H. Wheeler Robinson British theologian
Joseph Sickenberger German theologian
Kyo-sin Kim
theologian
Mark P. de Munnynck Belgian theologian (1871–1945)
theologian


translator

Article description occupation image
Denyse Clairouin French translator (1900-1945)
Harry Collison
Herbert Francis Wright
translator
Josef Čapek Czech painter and writer (1887-1945)
Maurice Rémon
translator
Reynold A. Nicholson British orientalist
William Finlayson Trotter Scottish barrister, translator and academic
translator


university teacher

Article description occupation image
Friedrich Bilabel German teacher (1888-1945) university teacher
classical philologist
historian
James Mackinnon British historian and academic university teacher
historian
Joseph Bidez Belgian classical philologist university teacher
historian
classical philologist


writer

Article description occupation image
Alan Chesselet writer
Antonio de Zayas Spanish poet writer
poet
Charles Maurice Donnay French dramatist writer
playwright
screenwriter
poet
Charles Williams British poet, novelist, theologian, literary critic, and member of the Inklings
theologian
David Caradoc Evans Welsh writer writer
Dean Spruill Fansler American professor at Columbia University and Filipino folklorist writer
literary critic
folklorist
Dmytro Tyagnigore priest, writer writer
Dragiša Vasić Member of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
opinion journalist
E. R. Eddison British writer (1882-1945) writer
novelist
Edmond Pilon French writer (1874-1945) writer
poet
Emmanuel Bove French novelist writer
novelist
Frank S. Tauchar writer
poet
theatrical director
playwright
director
Franz Werfel Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945) writer
poet
playwright
screenwriter
science fiction writer
George Egerton Anglo-Australian writer and feminist
translator
George Groslier French writer, art historian and archaeologist (1887-1945)
George McIver Scottish born Australian science fiction writer writer
science fiction writer
Georges Fourest French writer writer
poet
Gopala Chandra Praharaj Indian lawyer and lexicographer (1874–1945)
linguist
poet
Grigory Adamov Soviet writer writer
journalist
science fiction writer
children's writer
editing staff
Harold Edward Bindloss British writer writer
Jacques Des Gachons French writer (1868-1945) writer
James Hudson Roberts writer
theatre critic
Jean Bertheroy French writer writer
poet
novelist
Julien Clisson French writer and catholic priest (1883-1945)
Catholic priest
Julián Moreno-Lacalle American author, translator and editor
editor
Karel Poláček Czech humorist, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer writer
screenwriter
journalist
film screenwriter
editing staff
Konstantin Trenyov Soviet writer and playwright writer
playwright
Magali-Boisnard French writer and poet (1882-1945) writer
poet
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade American writer writer
Osip Brik Russian lawyer, literary critic and chekist writer
lawyer
literary critic
screenwriter
literary historian
poet
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle French writer writer
Robert Brasillach French author and journalist (1909–1945)
film critic
poet
Susanna Ukshe Russian writer and poet (1885-1945) writer
poet
Theodore Dreiser American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)
editor
Volin Russian anarchist
philosopher
Vyacheslav Shishkov Russian writer writer
engineer
mérnök
Wacław Sieroszewski Polish writer (1858-1945) writer
politician
traveler
independence activist
ethnologist


zoologist

Article description occupation image
Paul Pelseneer Belgian zoologist
zoologist
malacologist
Peter Chalmers Mitchell British zoologist
zoologist
ornithologist


Misc

Article description occupation image
Albert Jay Nock American journalist (1870-1945)
biographer
Alexander Hume Ford American author, playwright and surf promoter
surfer
Alfred Ernest Garvie
theologian
Arthur Oliver Wheeler Irish Canadian surveyor
mountaineer
Arthur Robert Hinks British astronomer astronomer
geographer
Athelstan Riley English hymn writer hymnwriter
Carl Patsch Austrian slavist, archaeologist and historian
Charles Bertie Wedd geologist
Charles Coborn British music hall singer (1852–1945)
singer
Charles Hammett American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator basketball coach
Emil Hácha Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945)
Felix Emanuel Schelling American academic literary scholar
university teacher
scholar of English
man of letters
writer
Frank Keller Walter American librarian educator
librarian
Franklin Delano Roosevelt president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 statesperson
Frederic Bancroft American historian (1860-1945)
biographer
Friedrich Wintterlin German legal historian and archivist legal historian
archivist
George Ricker Berry Semitic scholar and archaeologist, and Professor Emeritus of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
translator
Gerhart Rodenwaldt German classical archaeologist
art historian
Gilbert Campbell Scoggin classical scholar
Guðmundur Kamban Icelandic writer (1888-1945) film director
writer
playwright
Henri Barth physician
Johan Huizinga Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
art historian
anthropologist
John Ambrose Fleming Electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)
electrical engineer
John William Mackail Scottish academic and reformer
translator
Jože Šerjak slovene writer and poet (1918–1945) student
poet
monk
Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng author, sinologist sinologist
Leonhard Kaupisch German general military officer
Maximilian Streck German orientalist orientalist
university teacher
Michel Carré French film director (1865-1945)
Miles J. Breuer American physician and science fiction writer
N. C. Wyeth American illustrator, painter (1882-1945)
painter
Napier Shaw English meteorologist meteorologist
Oliver Elton British academic
translator
Paul Philippe Cret French-American architect and industrial designer architect
designer
Robert Farquharson Sharp British curator and translator
translator
Robert H. Goddard American physicist
Robert Tuttle Morris American surgeon (1857-1945) surgeon
Thomas Hunt Morgan American biologist (1866–1945)
physiologist
biologist
Verney Lovett British civil servant in East Indies
civil servant
Wallace Goldsmith American cartoonist and illustrator artist
Walter Bradford Cannon American physiologist (1871-1945)
Walter John Sedgefield scholar of English
Westel Woodbury Willoughby American academic
political scientist
William Henry Howell American physiologist
physiologist
William Rothenstein British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer and writer on art (1872-1945)
Émile Boisacq Belgian philologist and linguist (1865-1945)
End of auto-generated list.