Sigrid Undset war eine norwegische Romanautorin, Novellistin, Laiendominikanerin und Essayistin. Ihre Werke befassen sich mit dem Konflikt zwischen norwegischer Tradition, der europäischen Krise ihrer Zeit, dem römischen Katholizismus und der weiblichen Emanzipationsbewegung. „Vornehmlich für ihre kraftvollen Schilderungen des nordischen Lebens im Mittelalter“, so die Begründung des Nobelpreiskomitees, erhielt sie 1928 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.
Silvanus Phillips Thompson was an English professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication is his 1910 text Calculus Made Easy, which teaches the fundamentals of infinitesimal calculus, and is still in print. Thompson also wrote a popular physics text, Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism, as well as biographies of Lord Kelvin and Michael Faraday.
Silvio Pellico (1789-1854) oli italialainen kirjailija, joka kirjoitti kirjan Vankeuteni ajastaan vankina Špilberkin linnassa, jonne hän joutui koska toimitti vapaamielistä lehteä Il Conciliatore.
Simeon Strunsky was a Russian-born Jewish American essayist and editorialist. He is best remembered as a prominent editorialist for the New York Times for more than two decades.
