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Charles Laughton, English stage and film actor, 1933. Laughton (1899-1962) became an American citizen in 1950. While best known for his historical roles in films
Jessie Matthews, British actress, 1933. Matthews, OBE (1907-1981) was a popular British actress, dancer, and singer of the 1930s whose career continued into the post-war period
Gordon Harker, British actor, 1933. Harker (1885-1967) quickly became one of the most popular of Britains character actors
Jeanette MacDonald, American actress, 1933. MacDonald (1903-1965) was a singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s
Katharine Hepburn, American actress, 1933. Hepburn (1907-2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit
Cedric Hardwicke, English actor, 1933. Hardwicke (1893-1964) trained at RADA and, after service in World War I, joined a repertory company in Birmingham
Jean Harlow, American film actress, 1933. Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter, 1911-1937) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s
Clark Gable, American actor, 1933. Gable (1901-1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era
Ann Harding, American actress, 1933. Harding (1901-1981), performances were often heralded by the critics, who cited her diction and stage experience as assets to the screen
Willy Fritsch, German actor, 1933. Fritsch (1901-1973) was a popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures, and the father of actor Thomas Fritsch
Anne Grey, English Actress, 1933. Grey (1907-1987), popular brown-eyed, brown-haired leading lady of early British talking films who often played gentle sophisticates
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, 1933. Fairbanks (1883-1939) became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies
Ricardo Cortez, Austrian-born actor, 1933. Cortez (1899-1977), was a film actor who began his career during the silent film era
Kay Francis, American actress, 1933. Francis (1905-1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s
Gary Cooper, American film actor, 1933. Cooper (1901-1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage
John Boles, American actor, 1933. Boles (1895-1969), started out in Hollywood in the silent movie era, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies
Tallulah Bankhead, American actress, talk-show host and bonne vivante, 1933Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), American actress, talk-show host and bonne vivante, 1933
John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore, American actors, 1933. John Barrymore (1882-1942), gained fame as a Shakespearean, while Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), was an actor of stage, radio and film
Constance Bennett, American actress, 1933. Bennett (1904-1965), was one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses of the early 1930s
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish author, 1912. Artist: Emil Otto HoppeSir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish author, 1912. Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. Supplement to The Bookman, 1912
John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, 1913. Artist: Emil Otto HoppeJohn Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, 1913. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Elizabeth Gaskell, British 19th century novelist, (1910). Artist: George RichmondElizabeth Gaskell, British 19th century novelist, (1910). Often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910
George Eliot, 19th century English novelist, (1902). Artist: Francois d Albert DuradeGeorge Eliot, 19th century English novelist, (1902). George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880). Supplement to The Bookman, 1902
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. Artist: GC BeresfordSir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. JM Barrie (1860-1937) is best remembered as the author of Peter Pan. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910
Alexandre Dumas, 19th century French author, (1902). Dumas (1802-1870) is best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure, such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo
Benjamin Disraeli, 19th century English statesman and literary figure, (1905). Disraeli (1804-1881) was Prime Minister in 1868 and again from 1874-1880. Supplement to The Bookman, 1905
Christina Georgina Rossetti, English poet, (1912). Artist: WA MansellChristina Georgina Rossetti, English poet, (1912). Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Supplement to The Bookman, 1912
Charles Dickens, 19th century English author, (1910). Considered one of the English languages greatest writers, Dickens (1812-1870) was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era
Baroness Orczy, British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin, 1913. Artist: Bassano StudioBaroness Orczy, British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin, 1913. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, short story writer, editor and critic, (1909). Poe (1809-1849) was one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Supplement to The Bookman, 1909
Edmund William Gosse, English poet, author and critic, 1913. Artist: Frank DickseeEdmund William Gosse, English poet, author and critic, 1913. Gosse (1849-1928) was the son of the naturalist and populariser of science Philip Henry Gosse. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Jane Welsh Carlyle, 19th century literary figure, (1909). Artist: John PatrickJane Welsh Carlyle, 19th century literary figure, (1909). Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) was the wife of the Scottish essayist, satirist and historian Thomas Carlyle. Supplement to The Bookman, 1909
Enoch Arnold Bennett, British novelist, 1911. Supplement to The Bookman, 1911
Laurence Sterne, 18th century English novelist and Anglican clergyman, (1913). Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English writer, 1909 (1910). Artist: Alfred PriestGilbert Keith Chesterton, English writer, 1909, (1910). Portrait of GK Chesterton (1874-1936) from a supplement to The Bookman, 1910
George Frederic Watts, English Victorian painter and sculptor, (1913). Artist: George Frederick WattsGeorge Frederic Watts, English Victorian painter and sculptor, (1913). Watts (1817-1904) is associated with the Symbolist movement. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Henry James, American-born author and literary critic, 1913. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Maarten Maartens, Dutch author, 1914. Artist: MendelssohnMaarten Maartens, Dutch author, 1914. Supplement to The Bookman, 1914
Lord Morley, British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor, 1913. Artist: Stereoscopic CompanyLord Morley, British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor, 1913. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Charles Reade, 19th century English novelist and dramatist, (1913). Reade (1814-1884) is best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Herbert George Wells, British novelist, 1914. Artist: Emil Otto HoppeHerbert George Wells, British novelist, 1914. HG Wells (1866-1946) is best known for his science fiction novels such as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man
George Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Artist: Lizzie Caswall SmithGeorge Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
George Henry Borrow, 19th century English author, 1913. Artist: Henry Wyndham PhillipsGeorge Henry Borrow, 19th century English author, 1913. Borrow (1803-1881) wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe, supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Mark Lemon, 19th century editor of Punch magazine, (1909). Artist: William Henry MargetsonMark Lemon, 19th century editor of Punch magazine, (1909). Supplement to The Bookman, 1909
Dante Alighieri, Italian Florentine poet, (1903). Dantes (1265-1321) greatest work, la Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy)
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, British author, 1910. Artist: Elliott & FryAlfred Edward Woodley Mason, British author, 1910. Mason (1865-1948) was born in London and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910
Dr Johnson, Goldsmith and Boswell, (1909). Artist: Eyre CroweDr Johnson, Goldsmith and Boswell, (1909). The trio meeting at the Mitre Tavern in the City of London. Supplement to The Bookman, 1909
Marie Corelli, British novelist, 1909. Artist: GabellMarie Corelli, British novelist, 1909. Born Mary Mackay in London, Marie Corelli (1855-1924) was the illegitimate daughter of a well known Scottish poet and songwriter. Supplement to The Bookman, 1909