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Louisa May Alcott174

American novelist 1832–1888

Reinhold Niebuhr65

American protestant theologian 1892–1971

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues60

French writer, a moralist 1715–1747

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry38

French writer and aviator 1900–1944

Noam Chomsky334

american linguist, philosopher and activist 1928

Allen Ginsberg76

American poet 1926–1997

Stan Lee21

American comic book writer 1922–2018

Winston S. Churchill601

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

Margaret Thatcher348

British stateswoman and politician 1925–2013

Hannah Arendt85

Jewish-American political theorist 1906–1975

Emile Zola54

French writer (1840-1902) 1840–1902

Livy70

Roman historian -59–17 BC

Homér217

Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada54

Indian guru 1896–1977

John C. Maxwell145

American author, speaker and pastor 1947

Peter Ustinov59

English actor, writer, and dramatist 1921–2004

Samuel Beckett122

Irish novelist, playwright, and poet 1906–1989

Robert A. Heinlein557

American science fiction author 1907–1988

Golda Meir38

former prime minister of Israel 1898–1978

Jack Kerouac266

American writer 1922–1969

Agatha Christie320

English mystery and detective writer 1890–1976

William Blake249

English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

Jane Austen477

English novelist 1775–1817

Ludwig Van Beethoven43

German Romantic composer 1770–1827

Fulton J. Sheen78

Catholic bishop and television presenter 1895–1979