Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/7
- 43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author died
- 1784 - Allan Cunningham, British poet born
- 1847 - George Grossmith, British actor and writer born
- 1873 - Willa Cather, American novelist born
- 1888 - Joyce Cary, Irish author born
- 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer born
- 1947 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist died
- 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright died
- 1985 - Robert Graves, British author died