- U.S. novelist.
- Swiss theologian.
- Heinrich . 1821–65, German explorer: author of Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa (1857–58)
- John (Simmons). born 1930, US novelist; his novels include The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966), and Once Upon a Time (1994)
- Karl . 1886–1968, Swiss Protestant theologian. He stressed man's dependence on divine grace in such works as Commentary on Romans (1919)
