Albert Einstein

physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)

Jimi Hendrix

United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu or Sunzi was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher during the Zhou dynasty's Spring and Autumn Period.

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

Edward Irving Koch

Edward Irving "Ed" Koch (born December 12, 1924; pronounced /ekete/) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989

Tammy Faye Bakker

US wife of Jim Bakker 1961 (1900 - )

Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt (17 February 1877-21 October 1904) was a Swiss-Algerian explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa. For the time she was an extremely liberated individual who rejected conventional European morality in favour of her own path and that of Islam. She died in a flash flood in the desert at the age of 27

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997)

Jose Joaquin de Olmedo

José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri Patriot and poet, son of the Spanish Captain Don Miguel de Olmedo y Troyano and the Guayaquilean Ana Francisca de Maruri y Salavarría.

Peter Sellers

English comic actor (1925-1980)

Denis Waitley

Denis E. Waitley, is an American motivational speaker and writer, consultant and best-selling author.

David Shire

David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals and film and television scores

Helena Rubinstein

Helena Rubinstein (December 25, 1870 - April 1, 1965) was a Polish-American cosmetics industrialist, founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women

Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön is a notable American figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

John Berger

John Peter Berger (born 5 November 1926) is an English art critic, novelist, painter and author. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to a BBC series, is often used as a college text

William Powell

William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. He is most widely known for portraying the detective Nick Charles in six The Thin Man films

François Fénelon

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon, was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Johann Kaspar Lavater (November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801) was a Swiss poet and physiognomist

George Goethals

George Washington Goethals [GO-tuhles] (June 29, 1858 - January 21, 1928) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. The Goethals Bridge between Staten Island, New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey is named in his honor, as is the Goethals Medal

Peter Handke

Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright

Grant Wood

United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)

Anatole France

French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)

Sally Ride

US astronaut (1951 - )