American essayists

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt was vice president for six months under William McKinley and became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He was 42 years old upon his first inauguration, making him the youngest person to hold the office.

American philosopher (1803–1882)

American writer (1896–1940)

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

Armenian-American musician

Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)

American writer and academic (1931-2003)

American music journalist (born 1942)

American author and historian of science (born 1954)

American author (born 1956)

American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)

American actress and model

American abolitionist and feminist

American novelist (1871–1947)

American writer (born 1932)

American author and administrator of the Church of Satan

American author, music journalist and cultural critic

British American-born writer

American writer and satirist (1925-2019)

Sociology professor and Marxist writer

American writer (1951-)

American music critic, born 1925 (1925–2017)

American botanist, physician, and educational reformer (1787-1879)

American actor and screenwriter

American feminist and writer

American philosopher and historian (1842-1901)

American music journalist

American writer (1778–1860)

American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943)

American author, journalist, singing songs and social commentator

American economist

American lawyer, author, and diplomat (1853-1922)

American writer and translator (born 1942)

American art historian (1956–2020)

American writer and activist (1837-1914)

far-right American writer

American poet (1791–1865)

American politician (1824-1889)

American politician in Virginia (1775–1861)

American political scientist and public policy expert

United States economist (1874–1971)

American writer (1861-1920)

American protestant minister and Japanologist (1843–1928)

American writer

American writer

American writer (b. 1943)

American historian (born 1936)

American short story writer, poet, and journalist (1849–1891)

American writer

American academic

Indian-American Muslim scholar (1953–2010)

American educator, poet, essayist and theorist (1946–2023)

American theatre critic (1836-1917)

American author (1862-1933)

American sinologist (1931–2022)

American political writer (born 1948)

American sex and gender writer

American poet, essayist and professor