Portal:Literature/Adil archive/August/21
- 1762 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer died
- 1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian born
- 1838 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer died
- 1908 - M. M. Kaye, British writer born
- 1940 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet died
- 1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer died
- 2005 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet died