Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
George Bernard Shaw
British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
Miley Cyrus
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Norman Vincent Peale
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Miguel de Unamuno
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Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Hartley Coleridge
Hartley Coleridge (September 19, 1796 - January 6, 1849) was an English writer. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Alfred De Musset
French poet and writer (1810-1857)
Edward Gibbon
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Jean Guehenno
Jean Guéhenno born Marcel-Jules-Marie Guéhenno was a French essayist, writer and literary critic.
Dale Carnegie
United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)
Michael Jordan
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Lily Tomlin
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Eden Phillpotts
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Lech Walesa
Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943)
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)
Marilyn Monroe
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
Friedrich von Schlegel
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Niccolo Machiavelli
a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 - January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes