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--I Love Lucy

--Lee Iacocca (1924— )
American automobile executive.

--Dolores Ibarruri (1895—1989)
Spanish Communist leader.

--Moses Ibn Ezra (1060?—1138?)
Spanish philosopher and poet.

--Ibn Khaldun (1332—1406)
Arab Muslim historian, historiographer, demographer, economist,
philosopher, sociologist and social scientist.

--Ibn Gabirol (c.1022—c.1058)
Spanish poet.
_The Choice of Pearls_

--Henrik Ibsen (1828—1906)
Norwegian playwright.
_Pillars of Society_ [1877]
_A Doll's House_ [1879]
_Ghosts_ [1881]
_An Enemy of the People_ [1882]

--Ice Cube (1970— )
American rap musician.

--Ice-T (1958— )
American rap musician.

--Eric Idle (1943— )
English comedian, actor, and member of Monty Python.

--St. Ignatius Loyola (1491—1556)
Spanish theologian.

--Ivan Illich (1926—2002)
American sociologist.
_Tools for Conviviality_ [1973]

--Vera Inber (1890—1972)
Russian author.
_Leningrad Diary_ [1971]

--Pete Incaviglia (1964— )
American Major League baseball player.

--William Ralph Inge (1860—1954)
English writer and Dean of St. Paul's [1911—1934].
_Outspoken Essays: First Series_ [1919]
_Idea of Progress_ [1920]
_More Lay Thoughts of a Dean_ [1931]
_End of an Age_ [1948]

--Robert Green Ingersoll (1833—1899)
American politician and orator know as "the great agnostic."

--Eugθne Ionesco (1909—1994)
Romanian-born French dramatist.
_Decouvertes_ [1969]

--John Irving [John Wallace Blunt, Jr] (1942— )
American author.
_A Prayer for Owen Meany_ [1989]

--Washington Irving (1783—1859)
American author, essayist, and travel book writer.
_The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent_ [1819-1820]
_Bracebridge Hall_ [1822]
_Tales of a Traveller_ [1824]
_A Knickerbocker’s History of New York_

--Wallace Irwin (1875—1959)
American editor and writer of sketches.

--Walter Isaacson (1952— )
American journalist and author.
_Benjamin Franklin: An American Life_ [2003]

--Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (c. 26—102)
Latin epic poet.

--Charles Ives (1874—1954)
American composer of classical music.

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--Alexander Jablokov (1956— )
American science-fiction author.

--Andrew Jackson {Old Hickory} (1767—1845)
American military hero and 7th president
of the United States [1829—1837].

--Holbrook Jackson (1874—1948)
British journalist, writer, and publisher.
_Maxims of Books and Reading_ [1934]

--Jesse Jackson (1941— )
American Democratic politician and clergyman.

--Reggie Jackson (1946— )
American professional baseball player; elected
to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

--Robert H. Jackson (1892—1954)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice [1941—1954]
Chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.

--Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824—1863)
Confederate general in the American Civil War;
nickname asssigned at the first battle of Bull Run [1861].

--Joe Jacobs (1896—1940)
American boxing manager.

--James I (1566—1625)
King of Scotland [as James VI 1567—1625],
and the first Stuart king of England [1603—1625]

--James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838—1933)
British jurist, historian, and politician.
_The American Commonwealth_ [1888]

--Clive [Vivian] James (1939— )
Expatriate Australian writer, poet, and critic.

--Dennis James (1917—1997)
American game-show host.

--Henry James (1843—1916)
American novelist.
_The American Scene_ [1907]

--P.D. [Phyllis Dorothy] James (1920— )
English writer of detective stories.

--William James (1842—1910)
American philosopher.
_The Principles of Psychology_ [1890]
_Talks to Teachers and Students_ [1899]

--Gerald Jampolsky (1925— )
_Love is Letting Go of Fear_ [1979]

--Randall Jarrell (1914—1965)
American poet.
Biographies and/or related books about:
William H. Pritchard _Randall Jarrell: A Literary Life_ [1990]

--Antony Jay (1930— )
English broadcaster and writer.
_Management and Machiavelli: An Inquiry into the Politics of Corporate Life_ [1967]

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--James Jeans (1877—1946)
English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician.

--Robinson Jeffers (1897—1962)
American poet.

--Joseph Jefferson (1829—1905)
American actor.
_The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson_ [1917]

--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
_Notes on the State of Virginia_ [1784].
Biographies and/or related books about:
B. L. Rayner _Sketches of the Life, Writings, and
Opinions of Thomas Jefferson_ [1832]
John P. Foley (ed.) _The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia_ [1900]
Andrew Adgate Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh (ed.)
_The Writings of Thomas Jefferson_ [1905]
Saul K. Padover _Jefferson_ [1942]
James Morton Smith {ed.} _The Republic of Letters, The Correspondence
between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826_ [1995]
Joyce Appleby & Terence Ball {eds.} _Jefferson: Political Writings_ [1999]

--Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773—1850)
Literary critic and Scottish judge.

--Richard Jeni (1957—2007)
American stand-up comedian and actor.

--Jerome K Jerome (1859—1927)
English novelist and playwright.
_Three Men in a Boat_ [1889]
_The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; A Book for an Idle Holiday_ [1892]

--Saint Jerome (c.340—420?)
Translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin.

--William Jerome (1865—1932)
American songwriter.

--Douglas Jerrold (1803—1857)
English playwright and journalist.

--Jerry Springer Show

--Jesus (A.D. 1st cent)

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--C.E.M. Joad (1891—1953)
English philosopher.

--Joan of Arc (1412—1431)
National heroine of France, a peasant girl who,
acting as she believed under divine inspiration,
led the French to a momentous victory that was
a turning point in the Hundred Years' War - EB.

--Billy Joel (William Martin Joel) (1949— )
American pianist, singer, and songwriter.

--Jake Johansen
American comedian.

--Elton John (1947— )
English pop singer and songwriter.

--Pope John XXIII (1881—1963)
261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

--Pope John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] (1920—2005)
The first non-Italian Pope since the 16th century.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi _His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time_ [1996]

--Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678—1751)
English politician and philosopher.

--St. John Baptiste De La Salle (1651—1719)
French educational reformer and father of modern pedagogy.

--Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (1912—2007)
First Lady of the U.S. [1963—1969].

--E. Pauline Johnson (1861—1913)
Canadian Indian poet.

--George Washington Johnson (1838—1917)
Canadian teacher and poet.

--Haynes Johnson (1931— )
American journalist; winner of the 1966 Pulitzer Prize
for National Reporting.
_The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years_ [2001]

--Hiram W. Johnson (1866—1945)
American politician - governor of California [1911—1917].
and U.S. senator [1917-1945]

--Lyndon B. Johnson (1908—1973)
American Democratic statesman, President [1963—1969].
Biographies and/or related books about:
Doris Kearns, _Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream_ [1976]

--Nicholas Johnson (1934— )
FCC chairman and professor at University of Iowa.

--Paul Johnson (1928— )
British historian.
_The Recovery of Freedom _ [1980]
_A History of the American People_ [1997]

--Philander Chase Johnson (1866—1939)
American journalist, humorist, and dramatic editor.

--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_The Rambler_ (English twice-weekly journal 1750—1752),
_A Dictionary of the English Language_ [1755]
_The Idler_ [1758—1760] {essays in the newspaper "The Universal Chronicle"}
_Rasselas_ [1759]
_Lives of the English Poets_ [1781]
James Boswell _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791]

--Brian Johnston (1912—1994)
British cricket commentator.

--Mary Johnston (1870—1936)
American novelist.
_To Have and To Hold_ [1899]

--Jean de Joinville (c. 1225—1317)
French chronicler.

--Bobby Jones [Robert Tyre Jones Jr.] (1902—1971)
American golfer, winner of the 1930 "Grand Slam."

--Chuck Jones (1912—2002)
American animator, cartoon artist, and director of animated films.

--David Pryce-Jones (1936— )
British author and commentator.

--Franklin P. Jones
Unfortunately, the identity of Franklin P. Jones is not clear.
Some quotation sites on the Internet refer to him as an
American businessman who lived from 1887—1929, while
others refer to him as an American humorist who lived
from 1853—1935.

--Sir Harold Spencer Jones (1890—1960)
10th astronomer royal of England [1933—1955].

--John Paul Jones (1747—1792)
Naval captain.

--Mary "Mother" Jones (1830—1930)
Irish-American labor organizer.
_The Autobiography of Mother Jones_ [1925]

--T.A.D. [Thomas Albert Dwight] Jones (1887—1957)
Yale football coach.

--Erica Jong (1942— )
American novelist.
_Parachutes and Kisses_ [1984]
_How To Save Your Own Life_ [1977]

--Ben Jonson (c.1573—1637)
English dramatist and poet.
_Sejanus_ [1603]

--Janis Joplin (1943—1970)
American singer.

--Michael Jordan (1963— )
American professional basketball player.
_I Can't Accept Not Trying_ [1994]

--William George Jordan (1864—1928)
American editor and essayist.
_Majesty of Calmness_ [1900]

--Chief Joseph (c. 1840—1904)
Nez Percι leader.

--Francis or Franz Joseph (1830—1916)
Emperor of Austria (1848—1916), king of Hungary (1867—1916).

--Jenny Joseph (1932— )
British poet.

--Joseph Joubert (1754—1824)
French philosopher.
_Pensιes_ [1838], tr. Paul Auster [1983]

--Benjamin Jowett (1817—1893)
English educator and Greek scholar.

--James Joyce (1882—1941)
Irish novelist.
_Ulysses_ [1922]
_Finnegans Wake_ [1939]

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--Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen Judd] (1946— )
American country music singer and songwriter.

--Carl Gustav Jung (1875—1961)
Swiss psychologist.
_Modern Man in Search of a Soul_ [1933]
_The Development of Personality_
_The Psychology of the Unconscious_ [1943]
_Psychology of the Transference_, tr. R.F.C. Hull [1954]
__Erinnerungen, Trδume, Gedanken_ (Memories, Dreams, Reflections), [1963]
Biographies and/or related books about:
_C.G. Jung Speaking: Interviews and Encounters_
ed. William McGuire and R.F.C. Hull [1977]

--Juvenal (c. 55—130)
Roman satirist.
_Satires_

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--Pauline Kael (1919— )
American film critic.

--Franz Kafka (1883—1924)
Czech novelist.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Gustav Janouch _Conversations with Kafka_, tr. Goronwy Rees [1953]

--Robert Kagan

--Gus Kahn (1886—1941)
German-born American songwriter.

--Kaibara Ekken (1630—1714)
Japanese philosopher, travel writer, and botanist.
_Dojikun_ (Instructions for Children)

--Bert Kalmar (1884—1947)
American lyricist and screenwriter.

--Stefan Kanfer
Writer and editor at "Time" for 20
years and biographer of Lucille Ball
and Groucho Marx.

--Immanuel Kant (1724—1804)
Prussian philosopher.
_Critique of Pure Reason_ [1781]
_Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics_ [1785]

--Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943— )
American management consultant and writer.
_World Class_ [1995]

--Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932—2007)
Polish writer.
_The Soccer War_

--Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808—1890)
French novelist and journalist.

--Katip Ηelebi (1609—1657)
Turkish historian, geographer, and bibliographer.

--George S. Kaufman (1889—1961)
American playwright, director, and producer.

--Judge Irving R. Kaufman (1910—1992)
Presided over Rosenberg trial.

--Kautilya {also called Canakya, or Visnugupta}
(c.350—c.275 BC) Hindu statesman and philosopher.
_Arthasastra_ (Book of Statecraft)

--Patrick Kavanagh (1904—1967)
Irish poet.

--Elia Kazan [Elia Kazanjoglou] (1909—2003)
Born in Istanbul of Greek parents;
winner of multiple Academy and Tony awards.

--Nikos Kazantzakis (1883—1957)
Cretan civil servant and foreign correspondent.
_The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises_ [1927]
_Zorba the Greek_ [1946]

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--Paul Keating (1944— )
24th Prime Minister of Australia [1993—1996].

--John Keats (1795—1821)
English poet.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Hyder Edward Rollins {ed.} _The Letters of John Keats_ [1958]
Robert Gittings and Jo Mee {ed.} _Keats: Selected Letters_ [2002]

--John Keegan (1934— )
English military historian.

--Garrison Keillor (1942— )
American writer and radio host.
_Lake Wobegon Days_

--Helen Keller (1880—1968)
American author and educator who was blind and deaf.
_The Open Door_ [1957]

--James Keller,
_Three Minutes_ [1950]

--Kitty Kelley (1942— )
American journalist.

--Gene Kelly (1912—1996)
American dancer, actor, and choreographer.

--Michael Kelly (1957—2003)
Editor-at-large of the "Atlantic Monthly" and a
columnist for the "Washington Post". He died
covering the invasion of Iraq.

--Lord Kelvin (1824—1907)
British scientist.

--Frances Anne Kemble (1809—1893)
English-born actress and author;
grandmother of Owen Wister.

--Harry Kemp (1883—1960)
American poet.

--Murray Kempton (1917—1997)
American journalist and a winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize.
_America Comes of Middle Age_ [1963]

--Thomas Keneally (1935— )
Australian novelist.

--George Frost Kennan (1904—2005)
Ambassador to the USSR in 1952, and
to Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1963 and
chief architect of the U.S. Cold War
policy of containment and deterrence
against communism.
_American Diplomacy, 1900—1950_ [1951]
_Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy_ [1993]

--Florynce R. Kennedy (1916—2001)
American lawyer, feminist, and author.

--Geoffrey Anketell Studdert-Kennedy (1883—1929)
English Anglican priest and poet.

--Joseph P. Kennedy (1888—1969)
American financier.

--John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917—1963)
American Democratic statesman, President of the U.S. [1961—1963].

--Robert F. Kennedy (1925—1968)
American Democratic politician.
_The Pursuit of Justice_ [1964]

--Ted Kennedy (1932— )
American politician.

--Sister Elizabeth Kenny (1880—1952)
Australian Bush nurse.

--Jerome Kern (1885—1945)
American composer.

--Jack Kerouac 1922—1969)
American author and member of the
"Beat Generation."
_On The Road_ [1957]

--Jean Kerr (1923—2003)
American writer, [wife of Walter Kerr].
_Please Don't Eat the Daisies_ [1957]
_The Snake Has All the Lines_ [1958]
_Mary, Mary_ [1963]

--Walter Kerr (1913—1996)
American theater critic [husband of Jean Kerr].

--John F. Kerry (1943— )
American politician.

--Sir Ian Kershaw (1943— )
British historian.
_The Nazi Dictatorship: Perspectives of Interpretation_ [3rd edn., 1993]

--Ronald Kessler
Jounalist and author of non-fiction.
_The CIA at War_ [2003]

--Richard M. Ketchum
Historian and author.
_The Borrowed Years 1938—1941_

--Charles F. Kettering (1876—1958)
American inventor.

--Ellen Key (1849—1926)
Swedish writer and feminist.
_The Century of the Child_ [1909]
_War, Peace and the Future_ [1916]

--John Maynard Keynes (1883—1946)
English economist.
_The End of Laissez-Faire_ [1926]
_The Treatise on Money_ [1930]
_Essays in Persuasion_ [1931]

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--Hazrat Inayat Khan (1887—1927)
Indian mystic.

--Ruhollah Khomeini (1900?—1989)
Iranian Shiite cleric who led the revolution
that overthrew Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
in 1979 and who was Iran's ultimate political
and religious authority for the next 10 years {EB}.

--Nikita Khrushchev (1894—1971)
Soviet statesman, Premier [1958—1964].
_Khruschev Remembers_ [1971]

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--Jason Kidd (1973— )
American professional basketball player.

--Nicole Kidman (1967— )
Australian actress.

--Sφren Kierkegaard (1813—1855)
Danish philosopher.

--Craig Kilborn (1962— )
American comedian and talk show host.

--Richard Paul Kiley (1922—1999)
American stage, television, and film actor.

--Harmon Killebrew (1936— )
American Major League baseball player.

--Joyce Kilmer (1886—1918)
American poet.

--al-Kindi (801—873)
Islamic philosopher known as
"The philosopher of the Arabs."

--Charles P. Kindleberger (1910—2003)
American economist, teacher, and author.
_Manias, Panics and Crashes_ [1978]

--Benjamin Franklin King (1857—1894)
American poet.

--Billie Jean King (1943— )
American professional tennis player.
_Billie Jean_ [1982]

--Florence King (1936— )
American journalist, essayist, and novelist.

--Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929—1968)
American civil rights leader.
_Stride Toward Freedom_ [1958]
_Strength to Love_ [1963]
_The Trumper of Conscience_ [1967]

--Stephen King (1947— )
American author known for horror novels.

--Stoddard King (1889—1933)
American humorist and author.

--Charles Kingsley (1819—1875)
English writer and clergyman.
_From Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life_ [1879]

--Hugh Kingsmill (1889—1949)
English writer.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Michael Holroyd _The Best of Hugh Kingsmill_ [1970]

--Barbara Kingsolver (1955— )
American author.
_High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never_ [1996]

--Miles Kington (1941—2008)
English humorist.
_Welcome to Kington_ [1989]

--Rudyard Kipling (1865—1936)
English writer and poet.
_Plain Tales from the Hills_ [1888]
_American Notes_ [1891]
_Gunga Din_ [1892]
_Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads_ [1892-1893]
_The Just-So Stories_ [1902]
_Rewards and Fairies_ [1910]

--Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926—2006)
American Conservative political scientist,
professor, author, and the first woman to
serve as the American Ambassador to the
United Nations.
_Dictatorship and Double Standards_ [1979]

--"Kiss Me Kate"

--Henry Alfred Kissinger (1923— )
German-born American diplomat.
_White House Years_ [1979]
_Years of Upheaval_ [1982]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Walter Isaacson _Kissinger: A Biography_ [1992]

--Abbott E. Kittredge (1834—1912)
English clergyman.

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--Aaron Klein
WorldNetDaily's Jerusalem bureau chief.

--Grenville Kleiser (1868—1953)
American writer of humor and inspiration.

--Fletcher Knebel (1911—1993)
American journalist and author.

--Eric Knight (1897—1943)
American author.

--Erwin Knoll (1931—1994)
American journalist.

--Richard Knolles (c.1545—1610 )
English historian.

--Ronald Knox (1888—1957)
English writer and Roman Catholic priest.
_Reunion All Round_ [1914]

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--Edward I. Koch (1924— )
Mayor of New York City [1978—1989].

--Howard Koch (1902—1995)
American screenwriter blacklisted by the
HUAC in 1950.

--Arthur Koestler (1905—1983)
Hungarian-born British novelist, journalist, and critic.

--Michael Korda
_Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero_ [2004]

--Lajos Kossuth (1802—1894)
Hungarian lawyer and journalist.

--Ernie Kovacs (1919—1962)
American actor.

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--Judith Krantz (1928— )
American magazine journalist and author.

--Karl Kraus (1874—1936)
Austrian satirist.

--Charles Krauthammer (1950— )
Columnist for the Washington Post who
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987.

--Alfred Kreymborg (1883—1966)
American poet and anthologist.

--Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895—1986)
Indian spiritual philosopher.

--Kris Kristofferson (1936— )
American country music singer and songwriter.

--Irving Kristol (1920— )
American founder of the neoconservative movement.

William Kristol

--Ray Kroc (1902—1984)
American businessman, founder of McDonalds.

--Peter Kropotkin (1842—1921)
Russian anarchist.
Biographies and/or related books about:
_Kroporkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets_
ed. Roger N. Baldwin [1927]

--Joseph Wood Krutch (1893—1970)
American critic and naturalist.
_The Modern Temper_ [1929]
_The Twelve Seasons_ [1949]
_Great Chain of Life_ [1957]

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--Elisabeth Kόbler-Ross
Swiss-born psychiatrist and author.
_On Death and Dying_ [1969]

--Stanley Kubrick (1928—1999)
American film director.

--Milan Kundera (1929— )
Czech writer.
_The Unbearable Lightness of Being_ [1984]

--William Kunstler (1919—1995)
American civil liberties lawyer.

--Charles Kuralt (1934—1997)
American journalist and broadcaster.
_Dateline America_ [1979]
_On The Road_ [1980]

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--Manfred Kyber (1880—1933)
Latvian-born German writer and poet.
_Among Animals_ [1967] "The One-Day Fly"


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