People

Members who answer for themselves, verified candidates, and public figures whose documented answers we keep on the record. This page shows some of them and changes; everybody else is a search away. There is no most-followed list here on purpose.

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Adam Zagajewski

Poet and essayist

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Poland 1945–2021

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Agnès Varda

Film director, photographer and installation artist

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Belgium / France 1928–2019

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Alice Waters

Chef, restaurateur and food activist

Managed · not claimed

9 answers United States b. 1944

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Amy Tan

Novelist; author of The Joy Luck Club

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States b. 1952

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Anne Enright

Novelist and short-story writer

Managed · not claimed

8 answers Ireland b. 1962

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Annie Proulx

Novelist and short-story writer

Managed · not claimed

2 answers United States b. 1935

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Athol Fugard

Playwright, director and actor

Managed · not claimed

3 answers South Africa 1932–2025

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August Wilson

Playwright; two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States 1945–2005

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Bong Joon-ho

Film director and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

4 answers South Korea b. 1969

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Brian Eno

Composer, record producer and visual artist

Managed · not claimed

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1948

CJ
Chuck Jones

Animator, cartoon director and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

2 answers United States 1912–2002

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Colm Tóibín

Novelist, essayist and critic

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Ireland b. 1955

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David Hare

Playwright and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

1 answer United Kingdom b. 1947

DH
David Hockney

Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer

Managed · not claimed

4 answers United Kingdom b. 1937

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Elmore Leonard

Novelist and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

7 answers United States 1925–2013

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Geoff Dyer

Essayist and novelist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1958

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Gustavo Dudamel

Conductor; Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Venezuela b. 1981

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Haruki Murakami

Novelist, short-story writer and translator

Managed · not claimed

4 answers Japan b. 1949

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Hilary Mantel

Novelist and critic

Managed · not claimed

4 answers United Kingdom 1952–2022

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J.K. Rowling

Novelist and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1965

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Jeanette Winterson

Novelist and essayist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1959

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Jessye Norman

Operatic soprano and recitalist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States 1945–2019

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John Banville

Novelist; winner of the Booker Prize, 2005

Managed · not claimed

4 answers Ireland b. 1945

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Joyce Carol Oates

Novelist, short story writer and essayist

Managed · not claimed

9 answers United States b. 1938

JM
Juana Molina

Singer, songwriter and former television comedian

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Argentina b. 1961

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017

Managed · not claimed

9 answers United Kingdom b. 1954

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Kurt Vonnegut

Novelist and essayist

Managed · not claimed

1 answer United States 1922–2007

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Margaret Atwood

Novelist, poet and critic

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Canada b. 1939

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Marina Abramović

Performance artist

Managed · not claimed

16 answers Serbia b. 1946

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Marjane Satrapi

Graphic novelist, cartoonist and film director

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Iran and France 1969–2026

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Neil Gaiman

Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

Managed · not claimed

10 answers United Kingdom b. 1960

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Nick Cave

Songwriter, musician and novelist

Managed · not claimed

4 answers Australia b. 1957

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Nobu Matsuhisa

Chef and restaurateur

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Japan b. 1949

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Nora Ephron

Journalist, essayist, screenwriter and film director

Managed · not claimed

5 answers United States 1941–2012

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Orhan Pamuk

Novelist; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2006

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Turkey b. 1952

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Patti Smith

Musician, poet and photographer

Managed · not claimed

6 answers United States b. 1946

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Paula Scher

Graphic designer

Managed · not claimed

1 answer United States b. 1948

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Philip Pullman

Novelist

Managed · not claimed

1 answer United Kingdom b. 1946

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Richard Ford

Novelist and short-story writer

Managed · not claimed

2 answers United States b. 1944

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Roddy Doyle

Novelist, dramatist and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Ireland b. 1958

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composer, pianist and record producer

Managed · not claimed

4 answers Japan 1952–2023

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Sarah Waters

Novelist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1966

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Sonny Rollins

Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer

Managed · not claimed

4 answers United States 1930–2026

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Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright, screenwriter and novelist; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2002

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States b. 1963

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Suzanne Farrell

Ballerina and ballet master; répétiteur for the Balanchine Trust

Managed · not claimed

5 answers United States b. 1945

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Tadao Ando

Architect; Pritzker Prize laureate, 1995

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Japan b. 1941

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Tom Stoppard

Playwright and screenwriter

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom 1937–2025

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Toni Morrison

Novelist and editor; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1993

Managed · not claimed

2 answers United States 1931–2019

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Twyla Tharp

Choreographer, dancer and author

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States b. 1941

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Ursula K. Le Guin

Novelist, poet and essayist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United States 1929–2018

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Werner Herzog

Film director, screenwriter and opera director

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Germany b. 1942

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Will Self

Novelist, essayist and journalist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers United Kingdom b. 1961

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Wisława Szymborska

Poet and essayist; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1996

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Poland 1923–2012

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Wole Soyinka

Playwright, poet and novelist; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1986

Managed · not claimed

5 answers Nigeria b. 1934

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Yaa Gyasi

Novelist

Managed · not claimed

3 answers Ghana / United States b. 1989

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Yehuda Amichai

Poet

Managed · not claimed

2 answers Israel 1924–2000

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Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist

Managed · not claimed

9 answers France / United States b. 1955

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Yves Bonnefoy

Poet, essayist and translator

Managed · not claimed

2 answers France 1923–2016

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Zadie Smith

Novelist and essayist

Managed · not claimed

7 answers United Kingdom b. 1975

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