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A. A. Milne
Author
A. A. Milne was a British author best known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh.
Abdul Kalam
Indian aerospace scientist and 11th president of India
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BR was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Aiden English
Wrestler
Aiden English is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE, where he performed as a singles competitor and as part of the tag team 'The Vaudevillains'.
Alan Watts
Writer and speaker
Alan Wilson Watts was an English writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. Watts gained a following while working as a volunteer programmer at the KPFA radio station in Berkeley.
Albert Camus
French philosopher and author
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history.
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.
Albert Pujols
Professional Baseball Player
Albert Pujols is a Dominican-American baseball player known for his powerful hitting and long career in Major League Baseball, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in English literature.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian author and Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-Canadian Inventor and Scientist
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
Alexander Pope
English Poet and Translator
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.
Alexander the Great
Former King of Macedonia
Alexander III of Macedon, also known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
Angela Lansbury
American-British-Irish actress and singer
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE was an Irish-British and American actress and singer. In a career spanning eighty years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States, her work attracted international attention.
Anne Frank
Diarist and Holocaust victim
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who gained fame posthumously with the publication of her diary, which documents her life in hiding during the Holocaust.
Anthony Bourdain
Chef and television personality
Anthony Bourdain was an American chef, author, and television host known for his culinary expertise and travel documentaries.
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE is a Welsh actor. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher - 384 BC
Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Former Governor of California
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will.
Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.
Babe Ruth
American baseball pitcher
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.
Baltasar Gracian
Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J., better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud. His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history.
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who founded Fascism and ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943.
Benjamin Disraeli
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach.
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher.
Benjamin Millepied
Choreographer and dancer
Benjamin Millepied is a renowned choreographer and dancer, known for his work in ballet and contemporary dance, and for founding the L.A. Dance Project.
Bertrand Russell
Former Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. Russell remained an active social campaigner and prominent public figure until his death at the age of ninety-seven.
Bill Gates
Former CEO of Microsoft
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He later held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer, president, and chief software architect of the company.
Billy Graham
American evangelist
William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid- to late 20th century.
Blaise Pascal
French Mathematician and Physicist
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen.
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. With an estimated figure of more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.
Bob Marley
Singer, songwriter, and musician
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his music combined elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, characterized by his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
Bonnie Raitt
Musician
Bonnie Raitt is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for her blues, rock, and folk music, with a career spanning several decades.
Brene Brown
American academic Overview
Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin.
Bruce Dickinson
Singer
Bruce Dickinson is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and also has a solo career.
Bruce Lee
American martial artist and Actor
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor whose career spanned Hong Kong and the United States. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts.
Bruno Latour
Philosopher and Sociologist
Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist known for his work in science and technology studies, actor-network theory, and philosophy.
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama - 6th or 5th century BCE
Gautama Buddha was born to a king family in the Sankhya clan and was formerly known as Siddhartha Gautama before he renounced the world. He taught people about preaching peace and attaining moksha, that is, salvation as it releases the soul from the cycle of birth.
C. S. Lewis
British writer
Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929, known for his conservative policies and promoting economic growth.
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religious studies.
Carl Sagan
American astronomer and planetary scientist
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His research included extraterrestrial life, radio communication and promoted science through television and writing. He is known for popularizing science.
Chanakya
Hindu statesman and philosopher
According to semi-legendary narratives, preserved in various variants, Chanakya assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power and the establishment of the Maurya Empire.
Charles Bukowski
American poet and novelist
Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted home city of Los Angeles.
Charles Spurgeon
Preacher
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers".
Che Guevara
Revolutionary and former Minister of Industries of Cuba
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
Christopher Columbus
Explorer and navigator
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European colonization of the Americas.
Christopher Hitchens
British-American author and journalist
Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. He was the author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics, and literature. He was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.
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A. A. Milne
Author
Abdul Kalam
Indian aerospace scientist and 11th president of India
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Aiden English
Wrestler
Alan Watts
Writer and speaker
Albert Camus
French philosopher and author