21st-century autobiographers

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

American former tennis player (born 1959)

President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 (1929–2025)

Swedish football manager (1948–2024)

Polish-American architect (born 1946)

American actor (1966–2021)

Swedish actor

Italian tennis player (1935–2024)

American baseball player

French-speaking Chechen writer

Somali transgender and migrant rights activist

Vjeran Miladinović (1 October 1958 - 22 February 2003), also known as Merlinka, was a transgender sex worker and actress best known for the 1995 film Marble Ass, directed by Želimir Žilnik. Merlika identified as both gay and a crossdresser, and is believed to have been the first openly trans person in the Balkans.

Taiwanese actor (1974–2025)

Singaporean neurologist

Norwegian writer (1958–2018)

American historian