VOLUME A

ABU NUWAS (756?-810), Arabian Poet

AGATHON (450?-400? B.C.), Athenian Dramatist

AKHENATEN (ruled 1375?-1358? B.C.), Egyptian Pharaoh

ALBEE, EDWARD (1928-), U.S. Playwright

ALCIBIADES (450?-404 B.C.), Athenian General

ALEXANDER I (1777-1825), Russian Czar

ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.), Macedonian King

ALGER, HORATIO (1834-1899), U.S. Writer

ANACREON (572?-488? B.C.), Greek Poet

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN (1805-1875), Danish Storyteller

ANNE (1665-1714), English Queen

ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906), U.S. Feminist and Reformer

AUDEN, W.H. (1907-1973), British Poet

AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430), Roman Theologian

VOLUME B

BACON, Sir FRANCIS (1561-1626), English Jurist and Scientist

Baldwin, James (1924-1987), U.S. Writer

BARBER, SAMUEL (1910-1981), U.S. Composer

Barnes, Djuna (1892-1982), U.S. Novelist

BARNEY, NATALIE (1876-1972), Parisian Writer and Salon Hostess

BARNFIELD, RICHARD (1574-1627), British Poet

BAUMAN, ROBERT (1937-), U.S. Politician

BEACH, SYLVIA (1887-1962), U.S. Expatriate Literary Figure

BECKFORD, WILLIAM (1760-1844), British Writer and Politician

BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887), U.S. Lecturer and Pastor

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG (1770-1827), German Composer

BENEDICT IX (1020-1055?), Pope

BEZA,THEODORE (1519-1605), French Theologian

BONHEUR, ROSA (1822-1899), French Artist

BOWLES, JANE (1917-1973), U.S. Writer

BOYD, MALCOLM (1923-), U.S. Episcopal Priest and Gay Activist

BRADLEY, DAN (1940-1988), U.S. Political Activist

BRITTEN, BENJAMIN (1913-1976), British Composer

BROOKS, ROMAINE (1874-1970), U.S. Painter

BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868), U.S. President

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM (1914-), U.S. Novelist

BURTON, Sir RICHARD (1821-1890), British Explorer and Scholar

BYRON, LORD (GEORGE GORDEN) (1788-1824), British Poet

More to come!