1. Scott McGlynn (1987)

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Model, author and LGBTQ+ activist who published the book Out. He has done modeling work with ASOS, boohooMAN, Topman, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Fake Bake, and more. 

2. Giacomo Casanova (1725)

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Remembered for his 3,500-page memoir, Histoire de ma vie, this eighteenth-century Italian writer and renowned womanizer was, because of the latter activity, the inspiration for the term "Casanova" (a descriptor...

3. Catharine Parr Traill (1802)

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Catharine Parr Traill is a famous Memoirist, who was born on January 9, 1802 in United Kingdom. An English-Canadian author, she is best known for The Backwoods of Canada (1836),...

4. Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823)

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Mary Boykin Chesnut is a famous Memoirist, who was born on March 31, 1823 in United States. Most well known for her posthumously published Civil War diaries, she was named...

5. Corrie Ten Boom (1892)

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Corrie Ten Boom is a famous Memoirist, who was born on April 15, 1892 in Netherlands. Author of the The Hiding Place, a 1971 memoir that details her family’s efforts...

6. Maria Rasputin (1898)

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Daughter of the enigmatic Russian mystic, Grigori Rasputin. She wrote several memoirs about her father's life and murder.

7. Margaret Murie (1902)

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Known as the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement, she helped pass the Wilderness Act and create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She published a 1962 memoir, Two in the Far...

8. Sonora Webster Carver (1904)

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Sonora Webster Carver is a famous Memoirist, who was born on February 2, 1904 in Georgia. Known for her 1961 memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses, this early 20th-century...

9. Glennon Doyle (1976)

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Glennon Doyle is a famous Memoirist, who was born on March 20, 1976 in United States. Author who has gained massive popularity for her 2012 New York Times best-selling memoir...

10. Essie Mae Washington-Williams (1925)

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Essie Mae Washington-Williams is a famous Memoirist, who was born on October 12, 1925 in United States. Best known as the illegitimate African-American child of segregationist senator Strom Thurmond, she...

11. Robyn Crawford (1963)

Memoirist

Author who rose to worldwide recognition for her 2019 memoir A Song for You: My Life With Whitney Houston. Her recounting of her romantic life with long-time collaborator and friend Whitney Houston made...

12. Elly Gross (1929)

Memoirist

A Romanian-born poet and memoir writer, she is known for literary works that detail her experience as a Holocaust survivor. Her notable publications include Elly: My True Story of the...

13. Johanna Reiss (1932)

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Dutch-Jewish memoir writer and children's author who wrote about her experience of the Holocaust. Her literary works include A Hidden Life and The Upstairs Room.

14. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (1934)

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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is a famous Memoirist, who was born on September 26, 1934 in United States. Famous for her 1973 memoir Farewell to Manzanar, which describes her time as...

15. Adeline Yen Mah (1937)

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Adeline Yen Mah is a famous Memoirist, who was born on November 30, 1937 in China. Famous for her 1997 memoir Falling Leaves: Return to their Roots, this writer and...

16. Christina Crawford (1939)

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Christina Crawford is a famous Memoirist, who was born on June 11, 1939 in United States. In her famous memoir Mommie Dearest, she details her alleged abuse at the hands...

17. Maxine Hong Kingston (1940)

Memoirist

Maxine Hong Kingston is a famous Memoirist, who was born on October 27, 1940 in United States. A Chinese American author, she is best known for her feminist memoir, The...

18. Anne Moody (1940)

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Famous for her memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968), this African-American writer went on to pen a work titled Mr. Death: Four Stories (1975). Active in the Civil Rights...

19. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua (1942)

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua is a famous Memoirist, who was born on September 26, 1942 in United States. A Texas-born author and Chicana cultural scholar, she is best known for her...

20. Linda Lee Cadwell (1945)

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Linda Lee Cadwell is a famous Memoirist, who was born on March 21, 1945 in United States. American author and teacher best known as the wife of martial artist and...

21. Rosangelica Barroeta (1993)

Memoirist

Venezuelan writer and influencer who is best recognized for having written the best-selling book Mas Alla del Espejo. She is also known for sharing both modeling and lifestyle related content through...

22. Valerie Plame (1963)

Memoirist

Author and CIA officer who wrote the best-selling memoir, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House (2007). The work was subsequently adapted into a...

23. Mary Fisher (1948)

Memoirist

A Kentucky-born author and artist, she was one of the best-known HIV/AIDS activists of the 1990s. Her published works include My Name is Mary: A Memoir and Angels in Our...

24. Jeff Bauman (1986)

Memoirist

Author and memoirist who is recognized for having lost both of his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. In April 2014, he published a memoir entitled Stronger, which would...

25. Rosie Waterland (1986)

Memoirist

Author and actress who first became known for her comedic memoirs The Anti Cool Girl and Every Lie I've Ever Told. The former earned her the Australian Book Industry Awards People's Choice...

26. Elizabeth Kim (1978)

Memoirist

Elizabeth Kim is a famous Memoirist, who was born on April 22, 1978 in South Korea. A Korean-American author and journalist, she is best known for her 2000 memoir, Ten...

27. Christy Beam (1972)

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Author of the memoir Miracles From Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing, which documents her daughter Annabel's story of survival and alleged...

28. James Bowen (1979)

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English author and London street performer who co-wrote two international bestselling memoirs: A Street Cat Named Bob and its sequel, The World According to Bob.

29. Molly Bloom (1978)

Memoirist

Molly Bloom is a famous Memoirist, who was born on April 21, 1978 in United States. Former poker entrepreneur who was arrested for hosting an illegal, high-stakes poker game which...

30. MK AsantA (1982)

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MK AsantA is a famous Memoirist, who was born on November 3, 1982 in Zimbabwe. Author, rapper, and filmmaker best known for his bestselling memoir Buck documenting his troubled youth...

31. TJ Parsell (1960)

Memoirist

Most famous for his 2006 work Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison, Parsell also published a New York Times article titled "Unsafe Behind Bars" and contributed...

32. Joshua Fields Millburn (1981)

Memoirist

Writer, podcaster, filmmaker, and public speaker who preaches his minimalist way of life. He is part of the group called The Minimalists along with Ryan Nicodemus.

33. David Eggers (1970)

Memoirist

American author whose popular memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was published in 2000. His numerous literary awards include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Heinz Award....

34. Kelly Corrigan (1967)

Memoirist

Known for her bestselling cancer memoir The Middle Place, this American author published several other works, including Lift (in 2010) and Glitter and Glue (in 2014).

35. Emily Susan Rapp (1974)

Memoirist

Emily Susan Rapp is an American memoirist. When she was six years old she was chosen as the poster child for the March of Dimes due to a congenital birth...

36. Jennifer Burge (1970)

Memoirist

Jennifer Burge is a famous Memoirist, who was born on November 29, 1970 in United States. According to Astrologers, Jennifer Burge's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Jennifer I. Burge (born November 29,...