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Abigail Disney Disney
1960-
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln
1809-1865
Agatha Christie Christie
Alan Kay Kay
1940-
Alan Lightman Lightman
1948-
Albert Camus Camus
1913-1960
Albert Einstein Einstein
1879-1955
Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer
1875-1965
Aleksandr Aleksandrov Aleksandrov
1962-
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ocasio-Cortez
1989-
Alexis de Tocqueville Tocqueville
1805-1859
Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead
1861-1947
Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg
1926-1997
Amanda Cross Cross
1926-2003
Amélie Rorty Rorty
1932-2020
Andy Warhol Warhol
1928-1987
Angeles Arrien Arrien
1940-2014
Anne Lamott Lamott
1954-
Ansel Adams Adams
1902-1984
Anthony Burgess Burgess
1917-1993
Anthony M. Kennedy Kennedy
1936-
Anton Chekhov Chekhov
1860-1904
Anu Partanen Partanen
1975-
Apple Apple
Aristotle Aristotle
0384-0322 BC
Arnold J. Toynbee Toynbee
1889-1975
Barack Obama Obama
1961-
Baruch Spinoza Spinoza
1632-1677
Ben Friedman Friedman
1944-
Benjamin Franklin Franklin
1706-1774
Bertolt Brecht Brecht
1898-1956
Bertrand Russell Russell
1872-1970
Bibi Bahrami Bahrami
Bill McKibben McKibben
1960-
Bo Schembechler Schembechler
1929-2006
Bob Dylan Dylan
1941-
Bob Mandel Mandel
Brené Brown Brown
1965-
Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods Hare, Woods
Brooks Robinson Robinson
1937-2023
Bruce Springsteen Springsteen
1949-
C. S. Lewis Lewis
1898-1963
Carl Jung Jung
1875-1961
Carl Sagan Sagan
1934-1996
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Sagan, Druyan
1934-1996; 1949-
Celeste Ng Ng
1980-
Charles Darwin Darwin
1809-1882
Charles Woodson Woodson
1976-
Chris Argyris and Donald Schön Argyris, Schön
1923-2013
Clare W. Graves Graves
1914-1986
Colin Wilson Wilson
1931-2013
Dalai Lama Lama
Dambisa Moyo Moyo
1969-
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Moynihan
1927-2003
Danielle Allen Allen
1971-
Darrell Huff Huff
1913-2001
Dashiell Hammett Hammett
1894-1961
Dave Mayer Mayer
1982(?)-
David Brooks Brooks
1961-
David Christian Christian
1946-
David D. Clark Clark
David Foster Wallace Wallace
1962-2008
David Graeber and David Wengrow Graeber, Wengrow
1961-
David R. Samson Samson
1989?-
David Sloan Wilson Wilson
1949-
Dennis Stauffer Stauffer
Derek Bok Bok
Desiderius Erasmus Erasmus
Disputed Disputed
Don Beck and Chris Cowan Beck, Cowan
Dorothy L. Sayers Sayers
Dorothy Parker Parker
1893-1967
Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower
1890-1969
E. B. White White
E. M. Forster Forster
1879-1970
E. O. Wilson Wilson
Eamonn Kelly Kelly
Edith Penrose Penrose
Edmund Burke Burke
1729-1797
Edmund Crispin Crispin
1921-1978
Edward Hopper Hopper
1882-1967
Edward Luce Luce
1968-
Edwin G. Pulleyblank Pulleyblank
1922-2013
Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
Emmanuel Macron Macron
1977-
Eric Braverman Braverman
Eric Hoffer Hoffer
1902-1983
Erich Fromm Fromm
1900-1980
Ernest Hemingway Hemingway
1899-1961
Ezra Klein Klein
1984-
F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
Frank Capra Capra
Frank Lloyd Wright Wright
1867-1959
Frank W. Abrams Abrams
1889-1976
Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt
1882-1945
Frans de Waal Waal
Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche
1844-1900
G. K. Chesterton Chesterton
1874-1936
Garry Kasparov Kasparov
1963-
Genevieve von Petzinger Petzinger
1990?
George Bernard Shaw Shaw
1856-1950
George Orwell Orwell
1903-1950
George Santayana Santayana
1863-1952
Gilbert Murray Murray
Greta Thunberg Thunberg
2003-
Groucho Marx Marx
H. L. Mencken Mencken
1880-1956
Harry S. Truman Truman
1884-1972
Henri Matisse Matisse
Henry Ford Ford
Henry Miller Miller
1891-1980
Herb Bowie Bowie
1951-
Hermann Hesse Hesse
1877-1962
Ian Bogost Bogost
Isaac Asimov Asimov
J. B. S. Haldane Haldane
1892-1964
J. K. Rowling Rowling
1965-
Jack Kerouac Kerouac
1922-1969
Jack Welch Welch
Jackson Browne Browne
Jacob Bronowski Bronowski
James Baldwin Baldwin
1924-1987
James Madison Madison
1751-1836
Jasmine Donovan Donovan
1970-
Jeff Bezos Bezos
1964-
Jeff Bezos and Jason Fried Bezos, Fried
Jeff Bridges Bridges
1949-
Jenny Odell Odell
1988?-
Jesus Jesus
Jim Coan Coan
Jim Geraghty Geraghty
1961?-
Jim Womack Womack
Jimmy Buffet Buffet
Joe Boyd Boyd
John Adams Adams
1735-1826
John Bacon and Ed Zeiders Bacon, Zeiders
John Dickson Carr and Cecil Street Carr, Street
John F. Kennedy Kennedy
1917-1963
John Gall Gall
John Gottman Gottman
John Guillebaud Guillebaud
1967?-
John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith
John Lennon Lennon
1940-1980
John Maynard Keynes Keynes
John McCain McCain
John Rogers Rogers
John Stuart Mill Mill
1806-1873
John Summers Summers
John Taylor Gatto Gatto
John Updike Updike
Jon Postel Postel
Jon Stewart Stewart
Jonas Salk Salk
Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. Badaracco, Jr.
Josiah Royce Royce
Juan Louis Vives Vives
1493-1540
Jürgen Klüver Klüver
Kate Raworth Raworth
1970-
Katherine Phillips Phillips
1972-2020
Ken Wilber Wilber
1949-
Kenneth Boulding Boulding
1910-1993
Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut
1922-2007
Larry Fink Fink
1952-
Lauren Groff Groff
1978-
Lauretta Bender Bender
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ferlinghetti
1919-2021
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin Greenberg, Levin
Leif Enger Enger
1961-
Leonard Bernstein Bernstein
Leonard Cohen Cohen
Lester Thurow Thurow
1938-2016
Lewis Carroll Carroll
Linda Ronstadt Ronstadt
1946-
Lord Kelvin Kelvin
1824-1907
Louise Penny Penny
1958-
Malcolm X X
1925-1965
Marcel Proust Proust
Margaret Mead Mead
1901-1978
Margery Allingham Allingham
1904-1966
Marie Curie Curie
1867-1934
Mark Twain Twain
Marshall McLuhan McLuhan
1911-1980
Martin Luther King Jr. King
1929-1968
Martin Niemöller Niemöller
1892-1984
Martin Scorsese Scorsese
1942-
Mary Shelley Shelley
1797-1851
Matthew Stewart Stewart
Megan Rapinoe Rapinoe
1985-
Michael Chabon Chabon
1963-
Michael Innes Innes
1906-1994
Michel Foucault Foucault
Mike Nichols Nichols
Milton Glaser Glaser
Moira Buffini Buffini
Montesquieu Montesquieu
1689-1755
Moritz Wagner Wagner
Neil Postman Postman
Niccolò Machiavelli Machiavelli
Nicholas A. Christakis Christakis
1962-
Nicholas Christakis Christakis
1962-
Nick Cave Cave
1957-
Niels Bohr Bohr
1885-1962
Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes
Otto Jespersen Jespersen
Pablo Picasso Picasso
1881-1973
Paul Bloom Bloom
1963-
Paul McCartney McCartney
1953-
Peter Barnes Barnes
1942-
Peter Boettke Boettke
Peter Freuchen Freuchen
Peter Kann Kann
Peter Senge Senge
Rachel Carson Carson
1907-1964
Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson
1803-1882
Ray Bradbury Bradbury
1920-2012
Ray Oldenburg Oldenburg
Raymond Chandler Chandler
1888-1959
Raymond Williams Williams
1921-1988
René Descartes Descartes
1596-1650
Rex Stout Stout
Richard Dawkins Dawkins
1941-
Richard Feynman Feynman
1918-1988
Richard Hofstadter Hofstadter
1916-1970
Richard Powers Powers
Rick Rubin Rubin
1963-
Robert B. Reich Reich
Robert D. Austin Austin
Robert Darnton Darnton
1939-
Robert Heinlein Heinlein
Robert Putnam Putnam
1907-1970
Robert Riskin Riskin
Rollo May May
1909-1994
Ron Johnson Johnson
Ross MacDonald MacDonald
1915-1983
Sarah Bakewell Bakewell
Scott Adams Adams
1957-
Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse Aikin, Talisse
Sebastian Junger Junger
1962-
Stan Lee Lee
Stephen E. Nash Nash
Steve Jobs Jobs
1955-2011
Steven Johnson Johnson
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt Levitsky, Ziblatt
1968-;
Steven Pinker Pinker
Sydney Harris Harris
T. H. White White
1906-1964
Ted Perry Perry
Thomas J. Watson, Jr Watson, Jr
Thomas Jefferson Jefferson
1743-1826
Thomas Keating Keating
1923-2018
Thomas Piketty Piketty
Tim O'Reilly O'Reilly
1954-
Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister DeMarco, Lister
1940-
Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. Peters, Waterman
Tom Robbins Robbins
1932-
Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller Shales, Miller
Tom Waits Waits
Tomas Tranströmer Tranströmer
Trygve Throntveit Throntveit
Tyler Cowen Cowen
1962-
Upton Sinclair Sinclair
1878-1968
Ursula K. Le Guin Guin
Victor Frankl Frankl
1905-1997
Victor Hwang Hwang
Vishavjit Singh Singh
W. H. Auden Auden
1907-1973
W. Somerset Maugham Maugham
1874-1965
Wade Davis Davis
1953-
Walt Disney Disney
1901-1966
Walt Whitman Whitman
Walter Mosley Mosley
Walter Reuther Reuther
1907-1970
Warren Buffett Buffett
William Blake Blake
William J. Brown, Hays W. McCormick III and Scott W. Thomas Brown, McCormick, Thomas
William Jennings Bryan Bryan
William O. Douglas Douglas
1898-1980
Winston Churchill Churchill
1874-1965
Winthrop Sargeant Sargeant
1903-1986
Wynton Marsalis Marsalis
1961-
Yanis Varoufakis Varoufakis
1961-
Yuval Noah Harari Harari
1976-
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