Some Notable Autobiographers
- Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) - The Education of Henry Adams
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969) - Somalia - Infidel (book)
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999) - The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
- Henry Cockburn (1779–1854) - Scottish - Memorials of his Time
- Frederick Douglass (circa 1817 – February 20, 1895) - American - A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), "The Heroic Slave" in Autographs for Freedom (1853), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881, revised 1892)
- Jens Jacob Eschels (1757–1842) - first seafarer's autobiography in German
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - American The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) - Indian The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- Lee Iacocca (born 1924) - United States Iacocca: An Autobiography
- Nelson Mandela (born 1918) - South Africa Long Walk to Freedom
- Frank McCourt (born 1930-July 19, 2009) - United States - Angela's Ashes (Pulitzer Prize)
- Ronald Skirth (1897 - 1977) - United Kingdom The Reluctant Tommy
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