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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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".
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.
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Kong Fuzi, commonly Latinized as Confucius, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Confucius's teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society, remaining influential across China and East Asia to this day.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team.
DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled
Khaled Mohamed Khaled (born November 26, 1975), most famously known as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ, record executive, media personality, and record producer. Khaled first gained prominence as a radio host in the 1990s.
Dalai Lama
Gyalwa Rinpoche - 14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama, known to the Tibetan people as Gyalwa Rinpoche, is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibet. He is considered a living Bodhisattva; specifically, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara in Sanskrit, and Chenrezig in Tibetan.
Dale Carnegie
American writer and lecturer
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
Denzel Washington
American actor and director
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Tony Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Emmy Awards.
Desmond Tutu
South African bishop and theologian
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position.
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter and actress
Dolly Parton is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly.
Dr. Seuss
American author and cartoonist
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss.
Dustin Hoffman
American actor
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. His accolades include two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Dwayne Johnson
American actor and professional wrestler
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, businessman, and former professional wrestler.
Eckhart Tolle
German teacher
Eckhart Tolle is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose and the picture book Guardians of Being.
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Abdul Kalam
Indian aerospace scientist and 11th president of India
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Alan Watts
Writer and speaker
Albert Camus
French philosopher and author
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher