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List of all Autobiographies of Famous people :
Questions on Autobiographies and their authors can be expected in the Gk section of MBA exams like IIFT, XAT, CMAT, etc. Along with the recent releases, students are also expected to know the books and authors of famous autobiographies written over time. So, here we have a list of famous autobiographies that will be useful for your MBA exam GK preparations.
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A detailed list of all autobiographies of Famous personalities:
Recent Autobiographies:
| Name of the Author | Name of the book | Published Year |
|
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder |
2024 | |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s |
2024 |
| RuPaul |
The House of Hidden Meanings |
2024 |
| Walela Nehanda | Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda: | 2024 |
| Barbra Streisand |
My Name Is Barbra |
2021 |
Note: We will keep updating this list for the entire year.
Autobiographies of Presidents & Prime Ministers
| Name of the author | Name of the Book | Published year |
| A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | Wings Of Fire | 1999 |
| Barack Obama, President of US | Dreams from my father | 1995 |
| Inder Kumar Gujral, Former Indian Prime Minister | Matters of Discretion | 2011 |
| Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan | Daughter of Destiny | 1988 |
| I.K Gujral, Indian Politician and Former PM of India | Matters Of Discretion | 2011 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru, First PM of India | An Autobiography: Toward Freedom | 1936 |
| Margaret Thatcher, Former P.M of the U.K |
The Downing Street Years
|
1993 |
| Thomas Jefferson, Former President of the US | Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790 | 1821 |
| Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India | Atmakatha Katha | 1946 |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | India Wins Freedom | 1958 |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh | Changing India | 2019 |
| Ronald Reagan, Former President of the US | An American Life | 1990 |
| Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa | Long Walk To Freedom | 1994 |
| Winston Churchill, Former PM of the UK | Memoirs of the Second World War |
1948-1953 (This is a six-volume series) |
Autobiographies of Famous Politicians:
| Name of the author | Name of the Book | Published year |
| Bill Clinton, American Politician | My Life | 2004 |
| Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician | My Autobiography: With the political and social Doctrine of Fascism | 1928 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton, an American politician | Living History | 2003 |
| Arjuna Siṃha, an Indian Politician | A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time | 2012 |
| Jiwantram Bhagwandas Kriplani, Indian politician | My Times, an autobiography | 2004 |
| Sharad Pawar, National politician, and NCP President | Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power: | 2015 |
| L.K. Advani, Indian politician | My Country My Life | 2008 |
Autobiographies of Historical Figures:
| Name of the author | Name of the Book | Published year |
| Adolf Hitler, a German Politician | Mein Kampf | 1925 |
| Babur, Mughal Emperor | Baburnama | 16th Century |
| Benjamin Franklin | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | 1791 |
| Bertr and Arthur William Russell,(British philosopher) | The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell | 1951 |
| Charles Robert Darwin, English Naturalist and Geologist | The Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character | 1887 |
| Dalai Lama, Chinese Buddhist Spiritual Leader | Freedom in Exile | 1991 |
| Albert Einstein, German Physicist | Autobiographical Notes | 1949 |
| Stephen Hawking, Theoretical physicist | A Brief History Of Time | 1989 |
| K. Natwar Singh, Indian former Union Cabinet Minister and Writer | One Life Is Not Enough | 2014 |
| Khushwant Singh, an Indian novelist, Lawyer, Journalist, and Politician | Truth, Love and a Little Malice | 2002 |
| Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi, Father of the Nation | My Experiments with Truth | 1940s |
Autobiographies of Judges:
| Name of the author | Name of the Book | Published year |
| Mr. Subbarao - Indian Economist, Central Banker, and Civil | Who moved my interest rate? | 2016 |
| Margaret Alva – Indian political leader | Courage & Commitment | 2016 |
| B.V. Acharya, Indian Justice | All From Memory | 2014 |
| Annachandy (the first female judge in India) | Athma Katha | 1973 |
| Fali Sam Nariman, Advocate to the Supreme Court of India | Before Memory Fades | 2012 |
| V.K.Krishna Iyer | Wandering in Many Worlds | 2009 |
Autobiographies of Activists
| Name of the Author | Name of the book | Published Year |
| Malala Yousafzai | I’m Malala | 2014 |
| Sita Ram Goel | How I Became a Hindu | 1982 |
| Bhagat Singh, a Freedom Fighter | Why am I an Atheist | 1930 |
Autobiographies of Sportsmen and Athletes
| Name of the Author | Name of the book | Published Year |
| Abhinav Bindra, Indian Shooter | A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to | 2011 |
| Novak Djokovic | Serve to win | 2013 |
| Kapil Dev, Former Indian Cricketer | Straight From The Heart | 2013 |
| David Beckham, English former professional footballer | My World, My Side | 2000 |
| Mary Kom, an Indian Boxer | Unbreakable | 2013 |
| Muhammad Ali, an American former professional boxer | The Greatest: My Own Story | 1975 |
| P.T Usha, an Indian athlete | Golden Girl | 1987 |
| Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter. | Faster Than Lightning: My Autobiography | 2013 |
| Anil Kumble | Wide Angle | 2011 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Controversially Yours | 2011 |
| Rafael Nadar | Rafa: My story | 2011 |
| Vishwanathan Anand | Mind Master | 2019 |
| Saurav Ganguly | One Century is Not Enough | 2018 |
| Yuvraj Singh, Indian Cricketer | The Test of My Life | 2013 |
| Sunil Gavaskar - Indian former cricketer | Sunny Days: An Autobiography | 2014 |
| Chris Gayle - Jamaican cricketer | Six Machine | 2016 |
| Sania Mirza - Indian professional tennis player | Ace against Odds | 2016 |
| Andre Agassi, American tennis player | Open: An autobiography | 2009 |
| Mike Tyson, an American retired professional boxer | Undisputed Truth | 2013 |
| Milka Singh, Indian Track And Field Sprinter | The Race Of MyLife | 2013 |
| Matthew Hayden, former Australian cricketer | Standing My Ground | 2011 |
| Ricky Ponting, former Australian cricketer | Ponting: At the Close of Play | 2013 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Former Indian Cricketer | Playing it My Way | 2014 |
| Saina Nehwal,Indian badminton player | Playing To Win | 2013 |
| AB de Villiers - South African cricketer | AB: The Autobiography | 2016 |
Autobiographies of Writers:
| Name of the Author | Name of the book | Published Year |
| Anne Frank, German Writer | The Diary of a Young Girl | 1947 |
| Kamala Das - Indian author and poet | My Story | 1973 |
| Leo Tolstoy, a Russian novelist | My Confession | 1884 |
| Oscar Wilde, was an Irish author, play writer, and poet. | De Profundis | 1897 |
| Maxim Gorky, a Russian and Soviet writer | My Childhood | 1913 |
| Agatha Christie, English Crime Novelist | An Autobiography | 1977 |
| Khushwant Singh | Truth, Love, and a Little Malice | 2002 |
Autobiographies of Film Makers:
| Name of the Author | Name of the book | Published Year |
| Charlie Chaplin, English comic actor and film-maker | My Autobiography | 1964 |
| Marilyn Monroe, an American actress, model, and singer | My Story | 1974 |
| Michael Jackson – an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor | Moon Walk | 1988 |
| Shatrughan Sinha -Actor in Hindi Cinema & Indian Politics | Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography | 2016 |
| Shashi Kapoor - Indian film actor and film Producer | Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star | 2016 |
| Akira Kurosawa, Japanese Filmmaker | Something like an Autobiography | 1981 |
| Annie Besant | Annie Besant: An Autobiography | 1893 |
| Mark Twain, an American author and Humorist | Mark Twain’s Autobiography, posthumous | 1907 |
| Dilip Kumar, an Indian film actor | The Substance And The Shadow | 2014 |
We hope you found this article on the list of famous autobiographies useful. The current list will be updated by us routinely so do keep checking out the blog for current updates that could come in this year's exam.
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