Night Owl (person) - Famous and Literary Exemplars

Famous and Literary Exemplars

A list of famous night owls includes:

  • Florence King
  • Fran Lebowitz
  • Hunter S. Thompson
  • Adolf Hitler during World War II slept from about 4 to 10 am and napped from about 5 to 7 pm.
  • Charles Bukowski
  • Winston Churchill
  • James Joyce
  • Marcel Proust
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Keith Richards
  • Elvis Presley
  • Nick Drake
  • Van Cliburn

For Robert Louis Stevenson, "there is a romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours."

In Jayne Ann Krentz's Truth or Dare, "Arcadia and Harry were both creatures of the night. They managed to appear oddly stylish at one-thirty in the morning." When Arcadia's life is threatened, Harry suggests they immediately contact their friendly neighbourhood P.I., only for Arcadia to object: '"It's one-thirty a.m. He and Zoe will be sound asleep." "Not our fault those two keep weird hours."'

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