Ayn Rand
Birthday
1905/02/02
Day of death
1982/03/06 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Also know as
Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum, Alice O’Connor, Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinov’evna Rozenbaum
Biography
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957...Read more
