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Famous People Who Gained Fame After Death

Based on the clues, name each of these people who were either unknown or less known while alive, and then gained widespread recognition after death.
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Life
Fame Since
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Person
1795–1821
1840s
Romantic poet known for "Ode to a Nightingale"
John Keats
1809–1849
1850s–1900s
Writer of "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Edgar Allan Poe
1813–1855
1880s–1900s
Danish theologian, the first existentialist philosopher
Søren Kierkegaard
1817–1862
Late 1800s
Author of Walden and "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau
1818–1848
1850s–1870s
Author of Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
1819–1891
1920s–1940s
Author of Moby Dick
Herman Melville
1822–1884
1900
Geneticist monk with pea plant experiments
Gregor Mendel
1830–1886
1890s
Poet known for "Because I could not stop for Death"
Emily Dickinson
1853–1890
1900s–1910s
Post-Impressionist painter of sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh
1856–1943
Late 1900s
Futurist Serbian-American inventor of AC electricity
Nikola Tesla
1883–1924
1930s–1940s
Czech author who wrote "The Metamorphosis"
Franz Kafka
1890–1937
1940s–1960s
Cosmic horror writer of the the Cthulhu Mythos
H. P. Lovecraft
1891–1960
1970s
Harlem Renaissance: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
1911–1938
1960s
Blues guitarist of "Cross Road Blues"
Robert Johnson
1929–1945
1950s
Wrote a diary detailing her time during WWII
Anne Frank
1932–1963
1970s
American poet and author of The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
1937–1969
1980
Wrote A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
1948–1974
1990s
Singer-songwriter of Pink Moon
Nick Drake
1954–2004
2005–2010
Author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
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