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Canadian humanitarian 1928–2019

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Japanese educator and judoka 1860–1938

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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Dutch economist 1903–1994

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American writer 1919–2010

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pre-Socratic Greek philosopher -486–-411 BC

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Menander18

Athenian playwright of New Comedy -342–-291 BC

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German-Prussian soldier and military theorist 1780–1831

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philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563–-483 BC

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German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian 1878–1965

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ancient Greek storyteller -620–-564 BC

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French poet, screenwriter 1900–1977

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British economist and author 1910–2013

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American writer 1937

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3rd President of the United States of America 1743–1826

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French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist 1713–1784