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20 People Who Became More Famous After Their Death

Certainly some of these folk were well known on a regional or even national level, but following their deaths, for various reasons they became famous on a world wide basis - sometimes decades and centuries after they had died.
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James Dean
James Dean
1
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
2
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
3
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
4
John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole
5
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
6
Confucius
Confucius
7
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
8
Ed Wood
Ed Wood
9
Jane Austin
Jane Austin
10
Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel
11
Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson
12
Otis Redding
Otis Redding
13
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
14
Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
15
Emily Dickinson Poet
Emily Dickinson Poet
16
Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
17
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
18
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
19
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
20
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