Trevek:
Yeah, I suppose Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekov, Stanislavski, Meyerhold etc are just the Hannah Montanas of their day.
mostly XIX century name one from 18th century
well I was trying for a wide range. Stanislavski Meyerhold having made their major contributions in 20th C. (Stan used Chekov's plays while Chekov was still alive).
Gorky d. 1936, Bulgakhov d 1940. Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008, Nijinsky d 1958, Anna Pavlova d 1931, Nureyev 1938-9.