20th-century diarists

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)

Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)

Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)

6th and 7th President of Republic of China

Danish composer

Argentine novelist (1914-1999)

Argentinian poet (1936-1972)

Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891–1962)

Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II

Bosnian writer

Portuguese poet (1894–1930)

Austrian humanitarian (1891–1978)

Canadian legal scholar (1905-1995)

Greek poet (1902–1930)

Indian author (1908–1994)

Brazilian writer (1914–1977)

novelist (1969–1995)

Chilean writer (1893-1921)

Italian writer (1909–1977)

Bangladeshi writer (1929–1994)

Indian politician and writer (1913–1982)

British actress (1916–2008)

Pakistani medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and governor of Sindh Province (1920–1998)

Vietnamese physician (1942–1970)

Finnish poet and writer (1913–1937)

Czech photographer and teacher (born 1952)

Georgian National Heroine (1901–1921)

Hong Kong businessman

Canadian poet and novelist (1913-1986)

Palestinian writer and musician (1897-1973)

Kosovo Albanian writer

Canadian novelist and journalist

Hungarian mechanical engineer, political activist (1933-2020)

Iraqi writer (1941-2004)

Inuit photographer, sculptor, artist and historian Canada (1902–1973)

Canadian writer (1906-2006)

Author, historian and Sikh scholar