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- A. A. Milne British Humorist, Children’s Writer
- A. Alfred Taubman American Businessman
- A. C. Benson English Essayist
- A. E. Housman English Scholar, Poet
- A. J. Reb Materi Canadian Clergyman
- A. M. Rosenthal Canadian-born American Editor
- A. P. Gouthey
- A. P. Herbert English Humorist
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Indian Head of State, Scientist
- A. S. Byatt English Novelist, Poet
- A. W. Tozer American Christian Pastor
- A. Whitney Brown American Comedian
- Aaron Burr
- Abbie Hoffman American Political Activist
- Abe Tannenbaum
- Abigail Adams American First Lady
- Abraham Cowley English Poet
- Abraham Hicks
- Abraham Isaac Kook Latvian-born Jewish Rabbi
- Abraham Joshua Heschel American Jewish Rabbi
- Abraham Lincoln American Head of State
- Abraham Maslow American Psychologist
- Adam Clarke British Methodist Scholar
- Adam Sandler American Actor
- Adam Smith Scottish Philosopher
- Addison Walker
- Adel Bestavros Egyptian Lawyer, Preacher
- Adela Florence Nicolson English Poet
- Adhyatma Ramayana Hindu Religious Text
- Adi Shankaracharya Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Adlai Stevenson American Diplomat
- Adolf Hitler German Fascist Dictator
- Aeschylus Greek Poet
- Aesop Greek Fabulist
- African Proverb
- Agatha Christie British Novelist
- Agnes de Mille American Dancer
- Akbarali H. Jetha Indian Author
- Akhenaten Egyptian Monarch
- Akio Morita Japanese Entrepreneur, Engineer
- Akira Kurosawa Japanese Film Director
- Al Alvarez English Critic, Poet, Novelist
- Al Gore American Politician, Environmentalist
- Alain de Botton Swiss-born British Philosopher
- Alan Alda American Actor
- Alan Ashley-Pitt (Francis Phillip Wernig) American Writer, Aphorist
- Alan Greenspan American Economist
- Alan Kay
- Alan Loy McGinnis American Christian Psychotherapist
- Alan Watts British-American Philosopher
- Albert Benjamin Simpson Canadian Protestant Preacher
- Albert Camus Algerian-born French Philosopher
- Albert Einstein German-born Theoretical Physicist
- Albert Pike American Masonic Scholar
- Albert Schweitzer French Theologian
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Hungarian-American Biochemist
- Alberto Giacometti Swiss Sculptor, Painter
- Aldous Huxley English Humanist
- Aleister Crowley English Occultist
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Russian Novelist
- Alexander Graham Bell Scottish-born American Inventor
- Alexander Herzen Russian Revolutionary, Writer
- Alexander Lockheart
- Alexander Pope English Poet
- Alexander Pushkin National Poet of Russia
- Alexander Woollcott American Critic
- Alexandre Dumas fils French Dramatist, Novelist
- Alexandre Dumas pere French Novelist, Playwright
- Alexis Carrel American Surgeon
- Alexis de Tocqueville French Historian, Political Scientist
- Alfred A. Montapert American Engineer, Philosopher
- Alfred Adler Austrian Psychiatrist
- Alfred de Musset French Poet, Playwright
- Alfred Downing Fripp
- Alfred Dunhill English Tobacconist, Entrepreneur
- Alfred Hitchcock British-born American Film Director
- Alfred Korzybski Polish-American Philosopher
- Alfred Nobel Swedish Inventor, Humanitarian
- Alfred North Whitehead English Mathematician, Philosopher
- Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. American Businessman, Philanthropist
- Alfred Whitney Griswold American Historian
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson British Poet
- Algernon Charles Swinburne English Poet
- Alice Walker American Novelist, Activist
- Alison Rose Levy
- Allen Klein American Businessperson
- Alphonse de Lamartine French Poet, Politician, Historian
- Alvin Toffler American Writer, Futurist
- Amanda Bradley American Poet
- Amar Bose American Entrepreneur
- Ambrose Bierce American Journalist, Author
- Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (James Neil Hollingworth)
- Amelia Earhart American Aviator
- American Indian Proverb
- Amiri Baraka American Poet, Playwright
- Amish Proverb
- Amos Bronson Alcott American Teacher
- Amos Tversky Israeli Cognitive Psychologist
- Amy Carmichael British Protestant Missionary
- Amy Grant American Singer-Songwriter
- Amy Tan Chinese-American Novelist
- An Wang Chinese-born American Engineer
- Anacharsis Scythian Prince
- Anais Nin French-American Essayist
- Ananda Coomaraswamy Indian Art Historian
- Anatole Broyard American Literary Critic
- Anatole France French Novelist
- Anatoly Karpov Russian Chess Player
- Anaxagoras Greek Philosopher
- Andre Agassi American Tennis Player
- Andre Dubus American Short Story Writer
- Andre Gide French Novelist
- Andre Maurois French Novelist, Biographer
- Andrew Carnegie Scottish-American Industrialist, Philanthropist
- Andrew Grove Hungarian-born American Businessperson
- Andrew Jackson American Head of State
- Andrew Johnson American Head of State
- Andrew Marvell English Metaphysical Poet
- Andrew V. Mason
- Andy Rooney American Writer
- Andy Warhol American Painter
- Ang Lee Taiwanese Film Director, Screenwriter
- Angela Carter English Novelist, Short Story Writer
- Angelina Jolie American Actor
- Anil Ambani Indian Businessperson
- Anita Loos American Actor
- Anna Brownell Jameson Anglo-Irish Art Historian
- Anna Pavlova Russian Dancer
- Anne Bradstreet English Poet
- Anne Bronte English Novelist, Poet
- Anne Frank German Holocaust Victim
- Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie English Novelist, Biographer
- Anne Lamott American Novelist
- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael French Woman of Letters
- Anne M. Mulcahy American Businessperson
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh American Author, Aviator
- Anne Sullivan Macy American Educator
- Annie Besant British-born Indian Theosophist
- Annie Dillard American Writer
- Annie Leibovitz American Photographer
- Anonymous
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury British Statesman
- Anthony Bourdain American Chef, TV Personality
- Anthony Burgess English Novelist, Critic
- Anthony de Mello Indian-born American Theologian
- Anthony J. D’Angelo
- Anthony of Padua Portuguese Catholic Saint
- Anthony Powell English Novelist
- Anthony Trollope English Novelist
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery French Novelist, Aviator
- Anton Chekhov Russian Short Story Writer
- Antonin Artaud French Drama Theorist
- Antonin Sertillanges French Catholic Philosopher
- Antonio Porchia Italian Poet
- Anwar el-Sadat Egyptian Head of State
- Apuleius Roman Prose Writer
- Arabic Proverb
- Archibald Alexander Hodge American Presbyterian Theologian
- Archibald MacLeish American Poet, Dramatist
- Archilochus Greek Lyric Poet
- Aretha Franklin American Gospel And Soul Singer
- Aristophanes Greek Comic Playwright
- Aristotle Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Aristotle Onassis Greek Shipping Magnate
- Arlene Blum
- Arlo Guthrie American Singer
- Armand Hammer American Entrepreneur, Businessman
- Arnold Bennett British Novelist
- Arnold Glasow American Businessman
- Arnold J. Toynbee British Historian
- Arnold Palmer American Sportsperson
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian-American Actor, Politician
- Art Linkletter Canadian-born American Radio Personality
- Arthur Ashe American Tennis Player
- Arthur Brisbane American Journalist
- Arthur C. Clarke English Science-fiction Writer
- Arthur Calwell Australian Politician
- Arthur Compton American Physicist
- Arthur Conan Doyle Scottish Writer
- Arthur Eddington English Astronomer
- Arthur Gordon
- Arthur Helps English Dramatist
- Arthur Henry Hallam English Essayist, Poet
- Arthur Koestler British Writer, Journalist
- Arthur Miller American Playwright
- Arthur Ransome English Novelist, Journalist
- Arthur Rimbaud French Poet
- Arthur Rubinstein American Pianist
- Arthur Schopenhauer German Philosopher
- Arthur Sherburne Hardy American Engineer
- Arthur W. Newcomb
- Arthur Warwick
- Arthur Wing Pinero English Playwright
- Arundhati Roy Indian Novelist, Activist
- Ashleigh Brilliant British Cartoonist
- Ashley Montagu British-American Anthropologist
- Ashoka Emperor of India, Patron of Buddhism
- Ask Ann Landers American Advice Columnist
- Athenaeus Greek Grammarian, Author
- Aubrey Thomas de Vere Irish Poet
- Audrey Hepburn Belgian-born British Actor
- August Strindberg Swedish Playwright
- August Wilhelm Schlegel German Poet, Critic, Scholar
- Auguste Rodin French Sculptor
- Augustine Birrell English Politician, Essayist
- Augustine of Hippo Roman-African Christian Philosopher
- Aung San Suu Kyi Burmese Political Activist
- Ausonius Latin Poet, Rhetorician
- Austin O’Malley American Aphorist, Ophthalmologist
- Austin Phelps American Presbyterian Clergyman
- Avi (Edward Irving Wortis) American Author
- Avicenna Persian Physician, Philosopher, Polymath
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dutch Politician, Activist
- Ayn Rand Russian-born American Novelist
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- B. B. King American Blues Musician
- B. C. Forbes Scottish-born American Journalist
- B. Earl Puckett American Businessperson
- B. F. Skinner American Psychologist
- B. H. Liddell Hart English Historian
- B. K. S. Iyengar Indian Hindu Yoga Teacher
- B. R. Ambedkar Indian Political Leader
- Babe Ruth American Baseball Player
- Babylonian Proverb
- Bahya ibn Paquda Jewish Philosopher
- Bainbridge Colby American Lawyer, Politician
- Baltasar Gracian Spanish Philosopher, Prose Writer
- Barack Obama American Head of State
- Barbara Bush American First Lady
- Barbara De Angelis American Lecturer
- Barbara Ehrenreich American Social Critic
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison American Journalist
- Barbara Kingsolver American Novelist, Essayist
- Barbara Smith
- Barbra Streisand American Musician
- Barry Goldwater American Elected Representative
- Barthold G. Niebuhr German Historian
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch Philosopher
- Basava Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Basil King Canadian Clergyman
- Bayard Taylor American Poet
- Bear Bryant American Sportsperson
- Becky Stanford
- Bede Jarrett English Dominican Friar
- Beilby Porteus English Anglican Reformer
- Bela Bartok Hungarian Composer, Ethnomusicologist
- Ben Casnocha American Entrepreneur, Investor
- Ben Hecht American Screenwriter
- Ben Jonson English Dramatist
- Ben Stein American Lawyer
- Ben Sweetland
- Benedetto Croce Italian Philosopher, Literary Critic
- Benito Mussolini Italian Head of State
- Benjamin Disraeli British Head of State
- Benjamin Franklin American Founding Father, Inventor
- Benjamin Graham American Investor
- Benjamin Harrison American Political leader
- Benjamin Haydon English Painter
- Benjamin Jowett British Theologian
- Benjamin Mays American Minister
- Benjamin Whichcote British Anglican Priest
- Bergen Evans
- Bernard Berenson Russian-born American Art Historian
- Bernard Edmonds
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle French Man of Letters
- Bernard M. Baruch American Financier
- Bernard Malamud American Novelist
- Bernard Mandeville Anglo-Dutch Philosopher, Satirist
- Bernard Meltzer American Radio Personality
- Bernard of Clairvaux French Catholic Religious Leader
- Bernardo Bertolucci Italian Film Director
- Bernice Johnson Reagon American Singer
- Bernie S. Siegel American Physician, Writer
- Bert Williams qqq
- Berthold Auerbach German Novelist
- Bertolt Brecht German Poet
- Bertrand A. Russell British Philosopher, Mathematician
- Beryl Bainbridge British Novelist
- Beryl Markham British-born Kenyan Aviator
- Bessie Anderson Stanley American Poet
- Bessie Coleman
- Bette Midler American Actress, Singer
- Betty Smith
- Beverly Sills American Singer
- Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Indian Hindu Religious Leader
- Bhartrihari Hindu Philosopher, Grammarian
- Bias of Priene Greek Orator
- Bill Bonner American Finance Author
- Bill Bryson American Humorist
- Bill Clinton American Head of State
- Bill Cosby American Actor
- Bill Gates American Businessperson
- Bill Joy American Computer Engineer
- Bill Maher American Comedian, TV Personality
- Bill Veeck American Sportsperson
- Billie Holiday American Jazz Singer
- Billie Jean King American Tennis Player
- Billy Collins American Poet
- Billy Graham American Baptist Religious Leader
- Billy Joel American Singer
- Billy Wilder American Filmmaker
- Bits and Pieces
- Blaise Pascal French Philosopher, Scientist
- Bo Lozoff American Interfaith Writer
- Bob Brown qqq
- Bob Dylan American Musician
- Bob Goff American Philanthropist
- Bob Hope British-born American Comedian, Film Actor
- Bob Knight American Sportsperson
- Bob Marley Jamaican Musician
- Bob Newhart American Comedian
- Bob Weber American Sportsperson
- Bobby Unser American Sportsperson
- Bodie Thoene
- Boethius Roman Statesman, Philosopher
- Bonar Thompson
- Bonaventure Italian Christian Scholar
- Booker T. Washington African-American Educationist
- Booth Tarkington American Novelist
- Bosnian Proverb
- Brad Feld American Entrepreneur, Investor
- Brad Pitt American Actor
- Brassai French-Hungarian Photographer
- Brenda Ueland American Journalist
- Brendan Behan Irish Poet
- Brian Aldiss English Novelist
- Brian Friel Irish Dramatist, Short Story Writer
- Brian Koslow
- Brian Tracy American Author
- Brigham Young American Mormon Leader
- Brigitte Bardot French Film Star
- Brother Lawrence French Carmelite Monk
- Bruce Fairchild Barton American Advertising Executive
- Bruce Feirstein American Screenwriter, Humorist
- Bruce Jenner American Sportsperson
- Bruce Lee American Martial Artist
- Bruno Bettelheim Austrian-born American Psychologist
- Buckminster Fuller American Inventor, Philosopher
- Buddhist Proverb
- Buddhist Teaching
- Buddy Hackett American Comedian
- Burt Reynolds American Actor
- Burton Hillis (William E. Vaughan) American Columnist
- Byrd Baggett American Self-Help Author
- Byron Katie American Speaker
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- C. A. Dykstra American Government Administrator
- C. Northcote Parkinson British Historian
- C. P. Scott British Journalist, Editor
- C. P. Snow
- C. S. Lewis Irish-born Author, Scholar
- C. William Pollard American Businessman, Author
- Calvin Coolidge American Head of State
- Cameron Diaz American Actress
- Cao Xueqin Chinese Writer
- Captain George T. Hewitt
- Carl Anton Ewald German Gastroenterologist
- Carl Bernstein American Journalist
- Carl Gustav Jung Swiss Psychologist
- Carl Reiner American Comedian
- Carl Rogers American Psychologist
- Carl Rowan American Public Servant
- Carl Sagan American Astronomer
- Carl Sandburg American Poet, Historian
- Carl Zuckmayer German Playwright
- Carlos Castaneda Peruvian-born American Anthropologist
- Carlos P. Romulo Philippine Diplomat
- Carly Patterson American Sportsperson
- Carly Simon
- Carmelia Elliott
- Carol Bartz American Businesswoman
- Carol Gilligan
- Carol Lloyd
- Carole King American Singer
- Caroline Kennedy American Attorney, Diplomat
- Caroline Schoeder American Aphorist
- Carrie Chapman Catt American Civil Rights Leader
- Carrie Fisher American Actress
- Cary Grant British-American Film Actor
- Casey Robinson American Film Producer
- Casey Stengel American Sportsperson
- Caskie Stinnett American Travel Writer, Humorist
- Catharine Beecher (1800–78) American Educationalist, Reformer
- Catherine Deneuve French Actor
- Catherine II of Russia Russian Empress
- Catherine of Siena Italian Philosopher
- Catherine Ponder American Clergywoman
- Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) Roman Statesman
- Catullus Roman Latin Poet
- Cecil B. DeMille American Film Producer
- Cecil Day-Lewis British Poet, Critic
- Celia Thaxter American Poet
- Celine Dion Canadian Singer
- Cesar Pelli Argentinean-American Architect
- Cesare Pavese Italian Novelist, Poet
- Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Indian Statesman, Author
- Chanakya Neeti Anthology of Indian Aphorisms
- Channing Pollock American Playwright, Critic
- Charles A. Garfield American Psychologist
- Charles A. Reich American Jurist, Author
- Charles Barkley American Sportsperson
- Charles Baudelaire French Poet
- Charles Buxton British Politician, Writer
- Charles Caleb Colton English Clergyman, Aphorist
- Charles Cooley American Sociologist
- Charles Darwin British Naturalist
- Charles de Gaulle French General, Statesman
- Charles Dickens English Novelist
- Charles Du Bos French Literary Critic
- Charles Dudley Warner American Essayist
- Charles E. Popplestone
- Charles Erwin Wilson American Businessperson
- Charles Evans Hughes American Elected Rep
- Charles F. Kettering American Inventor
- Charles F. Richter American Physicist, Geologist
- Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward) American Humorist
- Charles Forbes Rene de Montalembert French Historian, Politician
- Charles G. Dawes American Diplomat, Politician
- Charles H. Brower
- Charles Henry Parkhurst American Clergyman
- Charles J. Givens American Self-Help Writer
- Charles Kingsley English Clergyman
- Charles Krauthammer American Political Columnist
- Charles Kuralt American Journalist
- Charles L. Allen American Methodist Minister
- Charles Lamb British Essayist, Poet
- Charles Lindbergh American Aviator, Conservationist
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) British Anglican Author
- Charles M. Schulz American Cartoonist
- Charles M. Schwab American Businessperson
- Charles Mingus American Jazz Bassist, Composer
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz German-born American Mathematician
- Charles Reade British Author
- Charles Reynolds Brown American Congregational Clergyman, Educator
- Charles Sanders Peirce American Philosopher
- Charles Sheldon American Christian Minister
- Charles Simmons American Editor, Novelist
- Charles Spurgeon English Baptist Preacher
- Charles W. Chesnutt American Novelist
- Charles William Eliot American Educator
- Charlie Chaplin British Actor
- Charlie Munger American Investor, Philanthropist
- Charlotte Bronte English Novelist, Poet
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman American Feminist, Writer
- Chauncey Depew American Lawyer, Politician
- Che Guevara Argentine-Cuban Revolutionary
- Chester Barnard American Businessperson
- Chi-kai
- Chilon of Sparta Spartan Magistrate
- Chinese Proverb
- Chinua Achebe Nigerian Novelist, Poet
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Indian-born American Novelist
- Chris LeDoux American Musician
- Christa McAuliffe American Teacher
- Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart German Poet
- Christian Nestell Bovee American Writer, Aphorist
- Christina Rossetti English Poet
- Christina, Queen of Sweden Swedish Monarch
- Christopher D. Furman
- Christopher Hitchens Anglo-American Social Critic
- Christopher Isherwood Anglo-American Novelist, Playwright
- Christopher Lasch American Historian
- Christopher Marlowe English Playwright
- Christopher Morley American Novelist, Essayist
- Chuck Swindoll American Christian Pastor
- Cicely Tyson American Actor
- Cicero Roman Philosopher
- Clare Boothe Luce American Playwright
- Clarence Darrow American Lawyer
- Clarence Day American Author, Humorist
- Clarence Francis American Business Executive
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes American Poet
- Claude Bernard French Physiologist
- Claude Debussy French Composer
- Claude Levi-Strauss French Anthropologist
- Claude Monet French Painter
- Claude Pepper American Politician
- Claudian Roman Poet
- Clint Eastwood American Film Director
- Clive Barker
- Clive James Australian Writer, Broadcaster, TV Critic
- Coco Chanel French Fashion Designer
- Colette French Novelist, Performer
- Colin Powell American Military Leader
- Colin Wilson British Philosopher
- Colleen Barrett American Businessperson
- Colley Cibber English Playwright
- Common Proverb
- Confucius Chinese Philosopher
- Connie Zweig American Minister
- Conrad Hilton American Business Person
- Constantin Stanislavski Russian Actor
- Constantine P. Cavafy Egyptian Greek Poet, Journalist, Civil Servant
- Conyers Middleton English Clergyman
- Cookie Lavagetto American Sportsperson
- Corita Kent American Artist
- Cornelia Otis Skinner American Actress, Playwright
- Cornelius Nepos Roman Historian
- Corrie Ten Boom Dutch Jewish Humanist
- Cort R. Flint
- Cosimo de’ Medici Florentine Statesman, Banker
- Coventry Patmore English Poet
- Crawford Greenewalt American Engineer
- Cullen Hightower American Humorist
- Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood English Naval Commander
- Cynthia Ozick American Novelist, Essayist
- Cyril Connolly British Literary Critic
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- D. H. Lawrence English Novelist
- D. T. Suzuki Japanese Buddhist Philosopher
- Dada J. P. Vaswani Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Dale Carnegie American Self-Help Author
- Dale Earnhardt American Sportsperson
- Dale Turner American Congregational Priest
- Damon Runyon American Writer, Journalist
- Dan Greenberg American Elected Rep
- Dan Millman American Children’s Books Writer
- Dan Quayle American Head of State
- Dan Zadra
- Daniel C. Dennett American Philosopher, Atheist
- Daniel Day-Lewis English Actor
- Daniel Defoe English Writer
- Daniel Goleman American Psychologist, Author
- Daniel J. Boorstin American Historian
- Daniel Kahneman American-Israeli Psychologist, Economist
- Daniel Webster American Statesman, Lawyer
- Danish Proverb
- Danny Kaye American Actor
- Dante Alighieri Italian Poet, Philosopher
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti British Poet, Artist
- Danzae Pace
- Darrell Royal American Sportsperson
- Dave Del Dotto American Investor
- Dave Winer
- David Attenborough English Naturalist, Broadcaster
- David Ben-Gurion Russian-born Israeli Head of State
- David Bly
- David Emerald
- David Foster Wallace American Novelist, Essayist
- David Frost English Broadcaster, Writer
- David G. Myers American Psychologist
- David Hockney British Artist
- David Hume Scottish Philosopher, Historian
- David J. Schwartz American Self-help Author
- David Letterman American TV Personality
- David Livingstone Scottish Missionary, Explorer
- David Lloyd George British Liberal Statesman
- David M. Burns
- David Mallet Scottish Poet, Dramatist
- David McCullough American Historian
- David O. McKay American Mormon Religious Leader
- David Ogilvy British Advertising Executive
- David Packard American Businessperson
- David R. Hawkins American Philosopher
- David Rockefeller American Businessman, Philanthropist
- David Sarnoff American Broadcaster, Businessman
- David Seabury American Psychologist
- David Seltzer American Screenwriter
- David Starr Jordan American Zoologist
- David Suzuki Canadian Scientist, Environmental Activist
- David Viscott American Psychiatrist
- David W. Johnson American Business Executive
- David Whyte qqq
- Davy Crockett American Frontiersman, Politician
- Dean Karnazes
- Dean Williams Australian Leadership Consultant
- Deborah Norville American Children’s Books Writer
- Dee Hock American Businessman
- Deepak Chopra Indian-born American Physician
- Demosthenes Greek Statesman, Orator
- Denis Diderot French Philosopher, Writer
- Denis Waitley American Motivational Speaker
- Dennis Genpo Merzel American Buddhist Monk
- Dennis Wholey
- Derek Sivers American Entrepreneur
- Dero A. Saunders American Journalist
- Desiderius Erasmus Dutch Humanist, Scholar
- Desire-Joseph Mercier Belgian Clergyman, Scholar
- Desmond Tutu South African Clergyman
- Dhirubhai Ambani Indian Businessperson
- Diana Trilling American Literary Critic
- Diana, Princess of Wales English Royal
- Diane Ackerman American Poet, Naturalist
- Diane Arbus American Photographer
- Diane Sawyer American Journalist
- Dick Gregory American Comedian, Activist
- Dick Sutphen
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer German Lutheran Pastor
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist Teacher
- Dinah Craik English Novelist, Poet
- Dinah Shore
- Dodie Smith British Novelist
- Dolly Parton American Musician, Actress
- Domenico Cieri Mexican Writer
- Don Herold American Humorist
- Don Juan DeMarco American Romantic Comedy-drama Film
- Don Marquis American Humorist, Journalist
- Donald E. Williams qqq
- Donald Trump American Businessperson, Head of State
- Doris Day American Actor
- Doris Kearns Goodwin American Historian
- Doris Lessing British Novelist, Poet
- Dorothea Brande American Writer
- Dorothee Luzy Dotinville French Dancer, Actress
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher American Novelist
- Dorothy Dix American Journalist
- Dorothy L. Sayers British Novelist
- Dorothy Parker American Humorist, Journalist
- Dorothy Thompson American Journalist
- Doug Larson American Columnist
- Doug Williams qqq
- Douglas Adams British Author
- Douglas MacArthur American Military Leader
- Douglas Malloch American Poet, Short-story Writer
- Douglas William Jerrold English Dramatist
- Drew Barrymore American Film Actress
- Duane Alan Hahn
- Duke Ellington American Musician
- Dustin Hoffman American Actor
- Dutch Proverb
- Dwan J. Young
- Dwight D. Eisenhower American Head of State
- Dwight L. Moody Christian Religious Leader
- Dwight Macdonald American Film Critic
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- e. e. cummings American Poet, Writer, Painter
- E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax British Politician
- E. F. Schumacher German Mathematician
- E. J. Klemme American Educator
- E. Joseph Cossman
- E. L. Doctorow American Writer
- E. Lamar Kincaid American Protestant Minister
- E. M. Forster English Novelist
- E. Merrill Root American Educator
- E. O. Wilson American Zoologist
- E. Stanley Jones American Methodist Priest
- E. V. Lucas English Author
- E. W. Howe American Novelist
- Earl Nightingale American Motivational Speaker
- Earl of Chesterfield English Statesman, Man of Letters
- Earl Warren American Judge
- Earl Wilson qqq
- Eastern Proverb
- Eckhart Tolle German Spiritual Writer
- Eda LeShan American TV Personality
- Eddie Murphy American Actor
- Eddie Rickenbacker American Aviator
- Eden Phillpotts English Author, Poet, Dramatist
- Edgar Allan Poe American Poet
- Edgar Degas French Painter
- Edgar Guest English-born American Poet
- Edgar Lee Masters American Poet, Novelist
- Edgar V. Roberts
- Edgard Varese French-American Composer
- Edith Sitwell British Poet
- Edith Wharton American Novelist, Short-story Writer
- Edmund Burke British Philosopher, Statesman
- Edmund Hillary New Zealander Explorer, Humanitarian
- Edmund Spenser English Poet
- Edna O’Brien
- Edna St. Vincent Millay American Poet
- Edward Bouverie Pusey British Anglican Theologian
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton British Author, Politician
- Edward de Bono British Psychologist, Writer
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford English Poet, Courtier
- Edward Everett Hale American Unitarian Clergyman
- Edward Farrell American Sportsperson
- Edward Gibbon English Historian
- Edward Hoagland American Essayist
- Edward Howard Griggs
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon English Statesman, Historian
- Edward James Olmos American Actor
- Edward John Phelps American Lawyer
- Edward Keating American Newspaper Editor, Politician
- Edward L. Curtis
- Edward Lear English Humorist, Illustrator
- Edward McKendree Bounds American Methodist Clergyman
- Edward O. Thorp
- Edward Payson Powell American Author, Journalist
- Edward R. Murrow American Journalist
- Edward W. Ziegler
- Edward Young English Poet
- Edwin Arnold English Poet
- Edwin Feulner American Economist
- Edwin Hubbell Chapin American Preacher, Poet
- Edwin Markham American Poet
- Edwin Percy Whipple American Literary Critic
- Egyptian Proverb
- Ela Bhatt Indian Labor Activist
- Elbert Hubbard American Writer
- Eldridge Cleaver American Author, Activist
- Eleanor Roosevelt American Humanitarian
- Eleonora Duse Italian Actress
- Elias Root Beadle American Clergyman
- Elie Wiesel Romanian-born American Writer
- Eliezer Yudkowsky American Scientist
- Elihu Root American Statesman
- Elisabeth Elliot American Christian Author
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross American Psychiatrist
- Eliza Cook English Author
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning English Poet
- Elizabeth Bibesco English Poet
- Elizabeth Bowen Irish Novelist
- Elizabeth Gilbert American Novelist
- Elizabeth Prentiss American Children’s Books Writer
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
- Elizabeth Taylor English Actor
- Ella Fitzgerald American Singer, Composer
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox American Poet, Journalist
- Ellen DeGeneres American Comedian, Television Host
- Ellen Glasgow American Novelist
- Elliot Richardson American Lawyer
- Elon Musk American Entrepreneur
- Elvis Presley American Musician
- Emile Capouya American Essayist, Critic, Publisher
- Emile Zola French Novelist
- Emily Bronte English Novelist, Poet
- Emily Dickinson American Poet
- Emily H. Sell
- Emily Post American Writer, Socialite
- Emma Jung Swiss Psychoanalyst, Author
- Emma Lazarus American Poet, Writer
- Emma Thompson British Actress, Screenwriter
- Emmeline Pankhurst British Suffragist
- English Prayer
- English Proverb
- Ennius Roman Poet
- Enoch Powell British Politician
- Epictetus Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Epicurus Greek Philosopher
- Erastus Wiman Canadian Journalist
- Eric Berne Canadian-American Psychiatrist
- Eric Butterworth American Spirituality Writer
- Eric Falkenstein American Economist, Investor
- Eric Hoffer American Philosopher
- Eric Lindros Canadian Sportsperson
- Eric Shinseki American Military Leader
- Erica Jong American Novelist, Poet
- Erich Fromm German Social Philosopher
- Erik Erikson German-born American Psychoanalyst
- Ernest Hemingway American Author
- Ernest Holmes American New Thought Writer
- Ernest J. Gaines American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
- Erwin Rommel German Field Marshal
- Ethel Merman American Actor
- Etty Hillesum Dutch Diarist
- Eudora Welty American Short Story Writer
- Eugene F. Ware
- Eugene O’Neill American Playwright
- Eugene V. Debs American Socialist
- Euripides Ancient Greek Dramatist
- Eva Young
- Evelyn Loeb
- Evelyn Waugh British Novelist, Satirist
- Ezra Bayda American Author
- Ezra Hall Gillett
- Ezra Pound American Poet, Critic
- Ezra Taft Benson American Mormon Religious Leader
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- F. H. Bradley British Idealist Philosopher
- F. L. Lucas English Literary Critic
- F. Matthias Alexander Australian Actor
- F. Scott Fitzgerald American Novelist
- Fannie Flagg American Comedian, Novelist
- Federico Fellini Italian Filmmaker
- Federico Garcia Lorca Spanish Poet
- Felix Adler American Philosopher, Educator
- Felix Bloch
- Felix Frankfurter American Judge
- Finley Peter Dunne American Author
- Flannery O’Connor American Novelist
- Flavia Weedn
- Flora Whittemore
- Florence Nightingale English Nurse
- Florynce Kennedy American Lawyer
- Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king
- Ford Madox Ford English Novelist, Poet, Critic
- Frances Hodgson Burnett British Novelist, Playwright
- Frances Ridley Havergal English Anglican Poet
- Francesco Guicciardini Italian Historian
- Francine du Plessix Gray American Writer, Literary Critic
- Francis Bacon English Philosopher
- Francis Beaumont English Dramatist
- Francis de Sales French Catholic Saint
- Francis Drake English Military Leader
- Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey Scottish Judge, Critic
- Francis Kelley American Catholic Clergyman
- Francis Marion Crawford Italian-born American Novelist
- Francis of Assisi Italian Monk
- Francis Quarles English Religious Poet
- Francis Schaeffer American Presbyterian Religious Leader
- Francis Thompson English Poet
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld French Writer
- Francois Rabelais French Humanist, Satirist
- Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand French Writer, Statesman
- Frank A. Clark
- Frank A. Garbutt American Inventor, Movie Pioneer
- Frank Abagnale American Fraudster
- Frank Hall Crane American Actor, Director
- Frank Lane American Sportsperson
- Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect
- Frank Moore Colby American Educator
- Frank Outlaw American Businessperson
- Frank Sinatra American Singer
- Frank Tibolt
- Frank Zappa American Rock Guitarist, Singer, Composer
- Franklin D. Roosevelt American Head of State
- Franklin P. Adams American Columnist
- Franklin P. Jones
- Franz Grillparzer Austrian Dramatist
- Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist
- Fred Allen American Humorist
- Fred Astaire American Dancer, Singer
- Fred Shero Canadian Sportsperson
- Frederic Chopin Polish Composer, Pianist
- Frederic Henry Hedge
- Frederic William Farrar British Theological Writer
- Frederick Banting Canadian Medical Scientist
- Frederick Buechner American Presbyterian Clergyman
- Frederick Douglass American Abolitionist
- Frederick II of Prussia Prussian Monarch
- Frederick Martin Lehman
- Frederick William Faber British Hymn writer
- French Proverb
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock German Poet
- Friedrich Hayek British Economist, Social Philosopher
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi German Philosopher
- Friedrich Koenig German Inventor
- Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher, Scholar
- Friedrich Ruckert German Poet, Translator
- Friedrich Schiller German Poet
- Fulton J. Sheen American Catholic Religious Leader
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky Russian Novelist
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- G. B. Burgin
- G. K. Chesterton English Journalist
- G. Kingsley Ward
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombian Novelist, Short-Story Writer
- Gabriele D’Annunzio Italian Writer, Political Leader
- Gail Godwin American Novelist
- Gail Sheehy American Journalist
- Galileo Galilei Italian Astronomer
- Gamaliel Bailey American Abolitionist, Journalist
- Garrison Keillor American Broadcaster, Writer
- Gary Ryan Blair
- Gary Sinise American Actor, Musician
- Gaston Bachelard French Philosopher
- Gelett Burgess American Humorist, Artist
- Gene Moore American Designer, Window Dresser
- Gene Perret
- Gene Wolfe American Science Fiction, Fantasy Writer
- Geoffrey Chaucer English Poet
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg German Philosopher, Physicist
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German Philosopher
- George A. Tice
- George Augustus Henry Sala British Journalist
- George Bancroft American Historian
- George Bernard Shaw Irish Playwright
- George Boardman the Younger American Baptist Minister
- George Borrow English Writer, Traveler
- George Brossin Mere French Intellectual, Author
- George Burns American Comedian
- George C. Lorimer American Baptist Clergyman
- George Carlin American Comedian
- George Crabbe
- George D. Prentice American Journalist
- George E. Allen American Sportsperson
- George Edward Woodberry American Literary Critic
- George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) English Novelist
- George Farquhar Irish Dramatist
- George Gissing English Novelist
- George Goodman American Economist
- George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick British Nobleman
- George H. W. Bush American Head of State
- George Halas
- George Harrison English Singer
- George Henry Lewes English Philosopher
- George Herbert Welsh Anglican Poet
- George Horace Lorimer American Editor
- George Jean Nathan American Drama Critic
- George Lois American Art Director
- George MacDonald Scottish Poet, Novelist
- George Madison Adams American Politician
- George Marshall American Military Leader
- George Matheson Scottish Theologian
- George Matthew Adams American Columnist
- George Meredith British Novelist, Poet
- George Morrisey
- George Orwell English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist
- George P. Putnam American Publisher
- George P. Shultz American Economist
- George Parsons Lathrop American Poet, Novelist
- George Peabody American Financier
- George Reeves American Actor
- George S. Patton American Military Leader
- George Samuel Clason American Businessperson
- George Sand French Novelist, Dramatist
- George Santayana Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax British Statesman, Writer
- George Soros Hungarian-American Investor
- George Spring Merriam
- George W. Bush American Head of State
- George W. Crane American Psychologist
- George Washington American Head of State
- George Washington Bethune American Clergyman
- George Washington Burnap American Unitarian Clergyman
- George Washington Carver American Scientist
- George Westinghouse American Engineer
- George Will American Columnist
- George William Childs American Publisher
- George William Curtis American Essayist
- George William Russell Irish Author
- George Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell English Judge
- Georges Bataille French Essayist, Intellectual
- Georges Bernanos French Author
- Georges Braque French Painter
- Georges Clemenceau French Head of State
- Georges Gurdjieff Armenian Spiritual Leader
- Georges Pompidou French Statesman
- Georgia O’Keeffe American Painter
- Gerald F. Lieberman
- Gerald Ford American Head of State
- Gerald Jampolsky American Psychiatrist
- Gerard de Nerval French Poet, Writer
- Gerhard Kocher Swiss Publicist, Health Economist, Aphorist
- Germaine Greer Australia Academic
- German Proverb
- Gertrude Stein American Writer
- Giacomo Leopardi Italian Poet
- Gian Carlo Menotti Italian-born American Composer
- Gilda Radner American Comedian
- Giovanni Boccaccio Italian Writer, Poet
- Giovanni Ruffini Italian Writer
- Giuseppe Mazzini Italian Revolutionary
- Gladys Bronwyn Stern British Novelist
- Gladys Taber
- Glenn Beck American Mormon Children’s Books Writer
- Glenn L. Pace American Church Leader
- Gloria Steinem American Feminist
- Gloria Vanderbilt American Artist, Socialite
- Golda Meir Israeli Head of State
- Gordie Howe Canadian Hockey Player
- Gordon B. Hinckley American Mormon Religious Leader
- Gore Vidal American Novelist
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German Philosopher, Mathematician
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing German Writer
- Grace Hopper American Mathematician
- Graham Greene British Novelist
- Grandma Moses American Painter
- Greek Proverb
- Grenville Kleiser Canadian Author
- Groucho Marx American Actor
- Guanyin
- Guillaume Apollinaire Italian-born French Poet
- Gunter Grass German Novelist, Poet
- Gustave Flaubert French Novelist
- Guy de Maupassant French Short-story Writer
- Guy Debord French Philosopher
- Guy Finley
- Guy Kawasaki American Investor
- Gyorgy Konrad Hungarian Novelist, Essayist
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- H. G. Wells English Novelist, Historian
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. American Self-Help Author
- H. L. Mencken American Journalist, Literary Critic
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf American Military Leader
- H. P. Lovecraft American Science-fiction Writer
- H. S. M. Burns American Businessman
- Hada Bejar
- Hafez Persian Poet
- Haile Selassie
- Haim Ginott
- Haitian Proverb
- Hamilton Wright Mabie American Essayist, Editor
- Han Suyin Chinese-born Eurasian Novelist
- Hannah Arendt German-American Political Theorist
- Hannah More
- Hans Carossa German Novelist
- Hans Christian Andersen Danish Author
- Hans Hofmann American Painter
- Hans Margolius
- Hans Morgenthau American Political Scientist
- Hans Taeger
- Harold Bloom American Literary Critic, Author
- Harold Kushner American Jewish Religious Leader
- Harold Macmillan British Head of State
- Harold Pinter British Playwright
- Harold S. Geneen American Businessman
- Harold Stephens American Travel Writer
- Harold Taylor
- Harold Warren Lewis
- Harold Wilson (1916–95) British Political Leader
- Harper Lee American Novelist
- Harriet B. Braiker American Psychologist
- Harriet Beecher Stowe American Abolitionist
- Harriet Martineau English Sociologist
- Harriet Tubman American Abolitionist
- Harrison Ford American Actor
- Harry Browne American Politician
- Harry Emerson Fosdick American Baptist Minister
- Harry Houdini Hungarian-born American Magician
- Harry Lloyd British Actor
- Harry S. Truman American Head of State
- Harry V. Quadracci American Entrepreneur
- Hartley Coleridge English Writer
- Haruki Murakami Japanese Novelist
- Harvey Fierstein American Actor
- Harvey Mackay American Businessman, Columnist
- Harvey Samuel Firestone American Industrialist
- Harvey Williams Cushing American Neurosurgeon, Biographer
- Havelock Ellis British Sexologist
- Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott
- Hebrew Proverb
- Hector Berlioz French Composer
- Heinrich Heine German Poet, Writer
- Helen Hayes American Actor
- Helen Hunt Jackson American Novelist
- Helen Keller American Author
- Helen MacInnes American-Scottish Novelist
- Helena Blavatsky Ukrainian-born American Theosophist
- Henepola Gunaratana Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk
- Henny Youngman American Comedian, Violinist
- Henri Bergson French Philosopher
- Henri Cartier-Bresson French Photographer
- Henri de Montherlant French Essayist, Novelist, Dramatist
- Henri Fabre French Aviator
- Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher, Writer
- Henri Matisse French Painter, Sculptor
- Henri Nouwen Dutch Catholic Priest
- Henri Poincare French Mathematician
- Henrik Ibsen Norwegian Playwright
- Henry Adams American Historian
- Henry Chester
- Henry Clay American Politician
- Henry Clay Trumbull American Clergyman
- Henry David Thoreau American Philosopher
- Henry Drummond
- Henry Fielding English Novelist
- Henry Ford American Businessperson
- Henry J. Kaiser American Industrialist
- Henry James American-born British Novelist
- Henry Kaufman American Economic, Financial Consultant
- Henry Kissinger American Diplomat
- Henry L. Stimson American Political leader
- Henry Liddon English Theologian
- Henry Martyn Field
- Henry Miller American Novelist
- Henry Peach Robinson English Photographer
- Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke English Politician
- Henry Stanley Haskins
- Henry van Dyke Jr. American Author, Educator, Clergyman
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American Poet
- Henry Ward Beecher American Protestant Clergyman
- Heraclitus Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Herb Kelleher American Entrepreneur
- Herbert Agar American Journalist, Historian
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree English Actor-Manager
- Herbert Hoover American Statesman
- Herbert Spencer English Polymath
- Herm Albright German-American Artist, Columnist
- Herman Melville American Novelist
- Herman Wouk American Novelist, Screenwriter
- Hermann Hesse Swiss Novelist, Poet
- Hermes Trismegistus Greek-Egyptian Author
- Herodotus Ancient Greek Historian
- Hesiod Greek Poet
- Heywood Broun American Journalist
- Heywood Hale Broun American Journalist
- Hillary Rodham Clinton American Head of State
- Hippocrates Ancient Greek Physician
- Hokusai Japanese Artist, Wood Engraver
- Holbrook Jackson British Journalist
- Homer Ancient Greek Poet
- Hong Zicheng Chinese Philosopher
- Honore de Balzac French Novelist
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Roman Poet
- Horace Greeley American Elected Rep
- Horace Mann American Educator
- Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford English Intellectual, Politician
- Horatio Dresser American New Thought Religious Leader
- Hosea Ballou American Theologian
- Howard Cosell American Journalist
- Howard Gardner American Psychologist
- Howard H. Aiken American Physicist
- Howard Schultz American Businessman
- Howard W. Newton
- Hubert Humphrey American Head of State
- Huey P. Newton American Political Activist
- Hugh Blair Scottish Minister, Scholar
- Hugh Downs American TV Personality
- Hugh Lawson White
- Hugh Miller Scottish Geologist, Writer
- Hugh Prather American Christian Author
- Hugh Walpole English Novelist
- Hugo Black American Politician
- Humphrey Carpenter English Children’s Books Writer
- Humphry Davy British Chemist
- Hyman G. Rickover American Admiral
- Hyman Judah Schachtel American Jewish Religious Leader
- Hypatia of Alexandria Greek Philosopher, Mathematician
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- I Ching Ancient Chinese Divination Text
- Ian L. Fleming English Novelist, Journalist
- Ian McEwan (b.1948) British Novelist, Short-story Writer
- Icelandic Proverb
- Ignaz Bernstein Russian-Jewish Bibliophile, Philanthropist
- Igor Stravinsky Russian-born American Composer
- Immanuel Hermann Fichte German Philosopher
- Immanuel Kant Prussian German Philosopher
- Indian Proverb
- Indira Gandhi Indian Head of State
- Ingmar Bergman Swedish Film and Stage Director
- Ingrid Bergman Swedish Actor
- Ingrid Newkirk British Animal Rights Activist
- Ingvar Kamprad Swedish Businessman
- Inuit Proverb
- Irene Claremont de Castillejo British Psychoanalyst
- Irene Kassorla American Psychologist
- Iris Murdoch British Novelist, Philosopher
- Irish Blessing
- Irish Proverb
- Irvin S. Cobb American Humorist
- Irving Berlin American Composer
- Irwin Federman
- Isaac Asimov American Novelist, Critic, Popular Scientist
- Isaac Barrow
- Isaac Bashevis Singer Polish-born American Children’s Books Writer
- Isaac D’Israeli English Writer, Scholar
- Isaac Newton English Physicist
- Isaac Watts English Hymn writer
- Isabel Allende Chilean Novelist
- Isadora Duncan American Dancer
- Israel Zangwill English Writer, Political Activist
- Italian Proverb
- Italo Calvino Italian Novelist, Writer
- Itzhak Bentov Israeli American Scientist
- Ivan Panin Russian-American Translator
- Ivan Turgenev Russian Novelist, Playwright
- Ivern Ball American Writer, Aphorist
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- J. B. Priestley British Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
- J. B. S. Haldane British Biologist
- J. Clyde Mitchell British Sociologist
- J. D. Salinger American Novelist, Short-story Writer
- J. E. Buckrose
- J. G. Ballard English Novelist
- J. Harold Wilkins
- J. Irwin Miller American Industrialist
- J. K. Rowling English Novelist
- J. Laing Burns, Jr.
- J. M. Barrie Scottish Novelist
- J. P. Morgan American Financier, Philanthropist
- J. Paul Getty American Business Person
- J. R. R. Tolkien British Philologist, Writer
- J. Robert Oppenheimer American Physicist
- J. W. Marriott, Jr. American Businessperson
- J. William Fulbright American Political leader
- Jacinto Benavente Spanish Dramatists
- Jack Kerouac American Novelist, Poet
- Jack Kornfield American Buddhist Teacher, Author
- Jack London American Novelist
- Jack Nicklaus American Sportsperson
- Jack Penn South African Surgeon
- Jack Welch American Businessperson
- Jackie Collins English Romance Novelist
- Jackie Gleason American Comic Actor
- Jacob Gelt Dekker Dutch Businessman, Writer
- Jacqueline Carey American Novelist
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis American First Lady
- Jacques Barzun French-born American Historian
- Jacques Cousteau French Underwater Explorer
- Jacques Derrida French Philosopher, Literary Theorist
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi Persian Muslim Mystic
- James A. Garfield American Head of State
- James A. Michener American Novelist
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler American Painter, Etcher
- James Agee American Man of Letters
- James Allen British Self-Help Author
- James Anthony Froude British Historian
- James Baldwin American Novelist, Social Critic
- James Beattie
- James Boswell Scottish Biographer, Diarist
- James Branch Cabell American Author of Fantasy Fiction
- James Broughton American Poet
- James Bryant Conant American Chemist
- James Cash Penney American Entrepreneur
- James Cook English Explorer, Cartographer
- James D. Bryden
- James Dean American Film Actor
- James Dewar British Chemist, Physicist
- James Earl Jones American Actor
- James Ellroy American Crime Fiction Writer
- James F. Byrnes American Elected Representative
- James Fallows American Journalist
- James Fenimore Cooper American Novelist
- James Fenton
- James Freeman Clarke American Unitarian Clergyman
- James Gibbons American Catholic Religious Leader
- James Gordon Lindsay American Pentecostal Pastor
- James Grant American Writer, Publisher
- James H. Austin American Buddhist Neuroscientist
- James Hamilton Scottish Protestant Minister
- James Harvey Robinson American Historian
- James Hogg Scottish poet
- James Howell Anglo-Welsh Writer
- James Joyce Irish Novelist
- James Lane Allen American Novelist
- James Mill Scottish Philosopher
- James Montgomery English Hymn writer
- James Oppenheim American Poet, Novelist, Editor
- James R. Sherman
- James Randolph Adams American Advertising Executive
- James Russell Lowell American Poet, Critic
- James Sharp
- James Thurber
- James Truslow Adams American Historian
- James Whitcomb Riley American Children’s Books Writer
- James X. Mullen
- James Yorke
- Jamie Lee Curtis American Film Actress
- Jane Addams American Social Activist
- Jane Austen English Novelist
- Jane Fonda American Actress
- Jane Goodall British Ethologist
- Janet Erskine Stuart English Catholic Nun
- Janis Joplin American Singer
- Japanese Proverb
- Jason Zweig American Personal Finance Columnist
- Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Head of State
- Jay Huenfeld
- Jay Leno American Comedian
- Jean Anouilh French Playwright
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French Lawyer
- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Swiss Poet
- Jean Baptiste Massillon French Catholic Religious Leader
- Jean Baudrillard French Sociologist, Philosopher
- Jean Cocteau French Poet, Artist
- Jean de La Bruyere French Author
- Jean de La Fontaine French Poet
- Jean Giono French Novelist
- Jean Houston American New Thought Author
- Jean Kerr qqq
- Jean Paul German Novelist
- Jean Racine French Dramatist
- Jean Rhys British Novelist
- Jean Sibelius Finnish Composer
- Jean Vanier French-Canadian Humanitarian
- Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin French Industrialist, Socialist
- Jean-Francois Regnard French Dramatist
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau French Philosopher
- Jean-luc Godard French-born Swiss Film Director
- Jean-Paul Sartre French Philosopher
- Jeanette Winterson English Novelist
- Jeannette Rankin American Politician
- Jeff Bezos American Businessman
- Jeffrey David Lang
- Jeffrey Immelt American Businessperson
- Jeffrey Pfeffer American Management Teacher, Author
- Jennifer Aniston American Actress
- Jennifer Yane
- Jenny McCarthy American Actor
- Jeraldine Saunders American Writer, Television Personality
- Jeremiah Brown Howell
- Jeremy Bentham British Philosopher, Economist
- Jeremy Collier English Anglican Clergyman
- Jeremy Taylor
- Jerome Greek Priest
- Jerome Nathanson
- Jerry Della Femina American Advertising Executive
- Jerry Seinfeld American Comedian
- Jerzy Kosinski American Novelist, Essayist
- Jessamyn West
- Jesse Conrad
- Jesse Jackson American Baptist Civil Rights Activist
- Jesse Lauriston Livermore American Investor
- Jessica Lucas Canadian Actress, Singer
- Jessica Paris American Educator
- Jessye Norman American Soprano
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo British Buddhist Teacher, Nun
- Jewel Kilcher
- Jhonen Vasquez American Cartoonist
- Jianzhi Sengcan Chinese-Buddhist Monk
- Jiddu Krishnamurti Indian Philosopher
- Jim Bishop American Journalist
- Jim Carrey Canadian Actor
- Jim Collins American Management Consultant
- Jim Loehr
- Jim O’Toole American Sportsperson
- Jim Rohn American Entrepreneur
- Jim Ryun American Politician
- Jimi Hendrix American Musician
- Jimmy Buffett American Singer-Songwriter
- Jimmy Carter American Head of State
- Jimmy Connors American Sportsperson
- Jimmy Fallon American Comedian
- Joan Baez American Singer
- Joan Borysenko
- Joan Collins English Actress
- Joan Didion American Essayist, Novelist, Memoirist
- Joan Rivers American Entertainer
- Joan Walsh Anglund American Poet, Children’s Book Author
- Joe DiMaggio American Baseball Player
- Joe Paterno American Sportsperson
- Joel A. Barker
- Joel Hawes
- Johan Christoph Schiller
- Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Swiss Philosopher, Physician
- Johann Gottfried Herder German Poet, Literary Critic
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Swiss Educator
- Johann Jacob Zimmermann German Nonconformist Theologian
- Johann Kaspar Lavater Swiss Theologian, Poet
- Johann Sebastian Bach German Composer
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet
- Johannes Kepler German Astronomer
- John A. Appleman American lawyer, Encyclopedist
- John Adams American Head of State
- John Augustus Shedd American Author
- John B. Sheerin American Catholic Columnist, Editor
- John Berger English Art Critic, Essayist, Novelist
- John Boorman
- John Brian-Paprock
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir Scottish Novelist
- John Bunyan English Writer, Preacher
- John C. Bogle American Mutual Fund Pioneer
- John C. Calhoun American Head of State
- John C. Maxwell American Christian Professional Speaker
- John Cage American Composer
- John Charles Salak
- John Cheever American Novelist
- John Chrysostom Archbishop of Constantinople
- John Churton Collins English Literary Critic
- John Ciardi American Poet
- John Cleese British Comic Actor, Writer
- John D. MacDonald American Novelist
- John D. Rockefeller American Industrialist, Philanthropist
- John D. Rockefeller III American Philanthropist
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. American Philanthropist
- John Dewey American Philosopher
- John Donne English Poet, Cleric
- John Dos Passos American Novelist, Artist
- John Douglas
- John Dryden English Poet
- John F. Kennedy American Head of State
- John Fletcher
- John Foster Dulles American Lawyer
- John Galsworthy English Novelist, Playwright
- John Gay English Poet, Dramatist
- John Greenleaf Whittier American Poet, Abolitionist
- John H. Crowe
- John Henry Newman British Theologian, Poet
- John Herschel English Mathematician
- John Heywood
- John Howard qqq
- John Howe Canadian Artist
- John Irving American Novelist
- John James Procter
- John Jay Chapman American Biographer
- John Keats English Poet
- John Keble English Religious Leader
- John Kenneth Galbraith American Economist
- John Kerry American Politician
- John Kotter American Management Consultant
- John Lancaster Spalding American Catholic Clergyman
- John Lennon British Singer
- John Locke English Philosopher
- John Loengard
- John Lubbock English Politician, Biologist
- John Lyly English Dramatist, Author
- John M. Ford American Novelist
- John M. Richardson, Jr.
- John Major British Head of State
- John Marshall American Judge
- John Masefield English Poet
- John Mason Brown American Columnist
- John Mason Good English Writer
- John Maynard Keynes English Economist
- John McCain American Politician
- John Milton English Poet
- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn British Statesman
- John Muir American Naturalist
- John Naisbitt American Trend Analyst
- John Neal American Author, Critic
- John Nuveen
- John of the Cross Spanish Roman Catholic Mystic
- John Quincy Adams American Head of State
- John Reed American Journalist, Poet
- John Ruskin English Art Critic
- John Saul Howson
- John Steinbeck American Novelist
- John Stuart Mill English Philosopher, Economist
- John Sullivan Dwight
- John Sutherland Bonnell American Preacher
- John Templeton American-British Investor
- John Thain Davidson British Presbyterian Preacher
- John Tillotson
- John Vance Cheney American Poet
- John Vianney French Catholic Priest
- John W. Foster
- John W. Gardner American Government Official
- John W. Raper American Journalist, Aphorist
- John Wanamaker American Merchant, Civil Servant
- John Watson (Ian Maclaren) Scottish Clergyman
- John Wayne American Actor
- John Webster English Dramatist
- John Weiss American Author
- John Wesley British Methodist Religious Leader
- John Wicker
- John Wilkins English Anglican Clergyman
- John Witherspoon American Clergyman
- John Wooden American Sportsperson
- John-Roger, Peter McWilliams
- Johnnetta B. Cole American Anthropologist, Educator
- Johnny Bench American Sportsperson
- Johnny Carson American Comedian
- Jon Bon Jovi American Musician
- Jon Kabat-Zinn American Meditation Teacher, Writer
- Jonas Salk American Biologist
- Jonathan Miller English Stage Director
- Jonathan Swift Irish Satirist
- Jonathan Winters American Comedian
- Jorge Luis Borges Argentine Writer
- Joseph Addison English Poet, Playwright, Politician
- Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy Canadian Lawyer
- Joseph Campbell American Mythologist, Writer
- Joseph Conrad Polish-born British Novelist
- Joseph Cook
- Joseph Goldstein American Buddhist Teacher
- Joseph Heller American Novelist
- Joseph Joubert French Essayist
- Joseph Rotblat British Physicist, Activist
- Joseph Simmons American Musician, Actor
- Joseph Stalin Soviet Leader
- Joseph Storey
- Joseph Wood Krutch American Writer
- Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) American Humorist
- Josh Brown American Financial Advisor
- Joshua L. Liebman American Jewish Rabbi
- Josiah Gilbert Holland American Editor, Novelist
- Joyce Brothers qqq
- Joyce Carol Oates American Novelist
- Joyce Cary English Novelist
- Joyce Maynard American Novelist
- Juan Montalvo Ecuadorian Author
- Judith Crist American Film Critic
- Judith M. Knowlton
- Judith Viorst American Psychoanalyst
- Judy Garland American Actress, Singer
- Jules Renard French Author, Diarist
- Jules Verne French Novelist
- Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney American Educator
- Julia Child American Cook, Author
- Julian Barnes British Novelist, Critic
- Julianne Moore American Actor
- Julie Andrews British Actress, Singer
- Julien Offray de La Mettrie French Physician
- Julius Nyerere Tanzanian Statesman
- Junius Unidentified English Writer
- Juvenal Roman Poet
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- Kabbalah Teaching Jewish Mystical, Theosophical Tradition
- Kabir Indian Mystic
- Kahlil Gibran Lebanese-born American Philosopher
- Kalidasa Indian Sanskrit Poet, Dramatist
- Kalu Rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar American Basketball Player
- Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Danish Novelist, Short-story Writer
- Karen Horney German Psychoanalyst
- Karen Lamb
- Karl Barth Swiss Protestant Theologian
- Karl Marx German Philosopher, Economist
- Karl Menninger American Psychiatrist
- Karl Popper Austrian-born British Philosopher
- Kate Seredy
- Kate Winslet English Actress
- Katharine Graham American Publisher
- Katharine Hepburn American Actor
- Katharine Whitehorn English Journalist
- Katherine Anne Porter American Journalist
- Katherine Mansfield British Author
- Katherine Paterson American Novelist
- Kathrine Palmer Peterson American Author of Grief Books
- Keith Ellis
- Keith Ferrazzi American Author
- Keith Richards English Singer
- Ken Blanchard American Author
- Ken Burns American Documentary Filmmaker
- Ken Hakuta American Inventor
- Ken Kesey American Novelist
- Ken Keyes, Jr. American Motivational Speaker
- Kenneth Grahame Scottish Children’s Writer
- Kenneth Tynan English Theatre Critic, Writer
- Kimberly Johnson American Poet
- Kimon Nicolaides Greek-American Artist
- Kingsley Amis English Novelist, Poet
- Kirk Douglas American Actor
- Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich Austrian Political leader
- Knute Rockne American Football Coach
- Kofi Annan Ghanaian International Diplomat
- Konrad Adenauer German Statesman
- Kurt Vonnegut American Novelist
- Kusan Sunim Korean Buddhist Priest
L // Jump to: A•B•C•D•E•F•G•H•I•J•K•L•M•N•O•P•Q•R•S•T•U•V•W•X•Y•Z
- L. Ron Hubbard American Scientologist Religious Leader
- Lady Bird Johnson First Lady of the United States
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu English Aristocrat, Poet
- Lama Surya Das American Buddhist Scholar
- Lama Thubten Yeshe Tibetan Buddhist Teacher
- Lance Armstrong American Racing Cyclist
- Langston Hughes American Poet, Writer
- Laozi Chinese Philosopher
- Larry Bird American Sportsperson
- Larry King American TV Personality
- Larry Lorenzoni
- Larry McMurtry American Novelist
- Laura Ingalls Wilder American Author of Children’s Novels
- Laura Schlessinger American Broadcaster
- Laurence J. Peter Canadian-born American Educator
- Laurence Olivier English actor, producer, and director
- Laurence Sterne Irish Anglican Novelist
- Laurens van der Post South African Explorer, Writer
- Lawrence Bossidy American Business Executive
- Lawrence Durrell British Biographer
- Lawrence G. Lovasik
- Learned Hand American Jurist
- Led Zeppelin English Rock Band
- Lee Iacocca American Businessperson
- Lee Kuan Yew Singaporean Statesman
- Lee Scott American Business Executive
- Leigh Hunt British Author
- Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) American Novelist
- Lemuel K. Washburn American Freethought Writer
- Lenny Bruce American Comedian
- Leo Aikman American Columnist, Humorist
- Leo Burnett American Advertising Executive
- Leo Buscaglia American Motivational Speaker
- Leo J. Muir
- Leo Rosten Russian-born American Humorist
- Leo Tolstoy Russian Novelist
- Leon Battista Alberti Italian Architect
- Leon Trotsky Russian Revolutionary
- Leonard Cohen Canadian Musician, Author
- Leonardo da Vinci Italian Polymath
- Leonardo DiCaprio American Actor
- Les Brown qqq
- Les Giblin
- Les Parrott
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon English Poet, Novelist
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin American Writer
- Lew Wasserman American Entertainment Executive
- Lewis B. Smedes American Christian Author
- Lewis Thomas
- Li Bai Chinese Taoist Poet
- Ligia Kasten
- Lillian Gish American Actress
- Lillian Hellman American Playwright
- Lily Tomlin American Comedy Actress
- Lin Yutang Chinese Author, Philologist
- Lincoln Steffens American Journalist
- Linda Ellerbee American Journalist
- Linus Pauling American Scientist, Peace Activist
- Lionel Trilling American Critic
- Lisa Alther American Novelist
- Lisa Kirk American Entertainer
- Liza Minnelli American Singer, Actress
- Logan Pearsall Smith American-British Essayist
- Lois McMaster Bujold American Novelist
- Lope de Vega Spanish Playwright
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) English Romantic Poet
- Lou Holtz American Comedian
- Lou Reed American Musician
- Louis Armstrong American Musician
- Louis Bourdaloue French Jesuit Preacher
- Louis Brandeis American Jurist
- Louis J. Glickman American Real Estate Investor
- Louis Kahn American Architect
- Louis Kronenberger American Literary Critic
- Louis L’Amour American Novelist
- Louis Leo Snyder American-born German Scholar
- Louis Nizer American Lawyer, Author
- Louis Pasteur French Biologist
- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. American Businessman
- Louis XIV of France King of France
- Louisa May Alcott American Novelist
- Louise Erdrich American Children’s Books Writer
- Louise Hay American Author
- Lowell Thomas American Writer
- Lu Xun Chinese Writer
- Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues French Moralist
- Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) Roman Statesman, Poet
- Lucian Greek Satirical Writer
- Luciano De Crescenzo Italian Film Actor, Director, Engineer
- Luciano Pavarotti Italian Musician
- Lucille Ball American Actor
- Lucille S. Harper American Freelance Writer
- Lucimar Santos de Lima
- Lucretius Roman Epicurean Philosopher
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Canadian Novelist, Children’s Writer
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe German-born American Architect
- Ludwig van Beethoven German Composer
- Ludwig von Mises Austrian Economist
- Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-born British Philosopher
- Luigi Pirandello Italian Dramatist
- Luther Burbank American Botanist
- Lydia H. Sigourney American Poetaster, Author
- Lydia Maria Child American Abolitionist
- Lyman Beecher American Presbyterian Clergyman
- Lyn St. James American Sportsperson
- Lynda Barry American Cartoonist
- Lyndon B. Johnson American Head of State
- Lynwood L. Giacomini American Publisher, Bibliophile
- Lytton Strachey British Biographer
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- M. C. Richards American Poet, Potter, Writer
- M. F. K. Fisher American Writer
- M. Kathleen Casey
- M. Scott Peck American Psychiatrist
- Mabel Newcomer American Economist
- Mack R. Douglas
- Madeleine Albright Czech-born American Diplomat
- Madonna American Pop Singer, Actress
- Mae Maloo
- Maggie Mahar American Journalist, Author
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Indian Hindu Religious Leader
- Mahavamsa Sri Lankan Narrative History
- Malaysian Proverb
- Malcolm de Chazal Mauritian Writer
- Malcolm Muggeridge English Journalist
- Malcolm S. Forbes American Publisher
- Malcolm X American Civil Rights Leader
- Malik Muhammad Jayasi Indian Poet
- Maltbie Davenport Babcock American Clergyman
- Mao Zedong Chinese Statesman
- Marc Chagall French Painter, Graphic Artist
- Marcel Proust French Novelist
- Marcia Wieder
- Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
- Marcus Buckingham English Management Consultant
- Marcus Manilius Roman Poet
- Margaret Barber English Christian Author
- Margaret Chase Smith American Politician
- Margaret Drabble English Novelist
- Margaret Fuller American Journalist, Feminist
- Margaret J. Wheatley American Management Consultant
- Margaret Laurence Canadian Novelist
- Margaret Lucas Cavendish English Aristocrat, Philosopher, Writer
- Margaret MacMillan
- Margaret Mead American Cultural Anthropologist
- Margaret Mitchell American Novelist
- Margaret Thatcher British Head of State
- Margaret Trudeau Canadian First Lady, Author
- Margaret Truman American Singer
- Margaret Walker American Author, Poet
- Marge Piercy American Poet
- Margot Fonteyn British Ballerina
- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Irish Novelist
- Maria Bartiromo American Television Journalist
- Maria Mitchell American Astronomer
- Maria Montessori Italian Physician, Educator
- Marian Anderson American Singer
- Marian Wright Edelman American Civil Regrets Advocate
- Marianne Espinosa Murphy American Judge, Politician
- Marianne Moore American Poet
- Marianne Williamson American Activist
- Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand French Socialite
- Marie Chapian American Christian Writer
- Marie Curie Polish-born French Physicist
- Marie Dressler American-Canadian Actress
- Marie Stopes British Author, Social Activist
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Austrian Novelist
- Marilyn Ferguson American Author
- Marilyn Moats Kennedy American Career Strategist, Author
- Marilyn Monroe American Actor
- Marilyn vos Savant American Columnist
- Mario Andretti Italian-born American Sportsperson
- Marion G. Romney American Mormon Religious Leader
- Mark Caine
- Mark Horstman
- Mark McCormack American Lawyer
- Mark Sanborn
- Mark Twain American Humorist
- Mark Van Doren American Poet, Writer, Critic
- Mark Victor Hansen American Public Speaker
- Marlene Dietrich German-born American Actor
- Marlo Morgan American Novelist
- Marquis de Sade French Political leader
- Marsha Norman American Playwright
- Marshall Field American Entrepreneur
- Martha Graham American Choreographer
- Martha Stewart American Businesswoman
- Martha Washington American First Lady
- Martial Ancient Roman Latin Poet
- Martin Amis British Novelist
- Martin Buber Austrian Jewish Philosopher
- Martin Farquhar Tupper English Poet
- Martin H. Fischer
- Martin Heidegger German Existential Philosopher
- Martin Luther German Protestant Theologian
- Martin Luther King III American Human Rights Advocate
- Martin Luther King, Jr. American Civil Rights Leader
- Martin Seligman American Psychologist
- Martina Navratilova Czech-born American Sportsperson
- Martine Batchelor French Buddhist Teacher
- Marty Nemko American Career Coach
- Marty Whitman American Investment Advisor
- Marva Collins American Educator
- Marvin J. Ashton American Mormon Religious Leader
- Mary Ainge de Vere (Madeline S. Bridges) American Poet
- Mary Baker Eddy American Christian Science Religious Leader
- Mary Blake
- Mary Dawson Hughes
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon English Novelist
- Mary Engelbreit American Graphic Artist
- Mary Kay Ash American Entrepreneur
- Mary Manin Morrissey American Christian Religious Leader
- Mary McEachron
- Mary Oliver American Poet
- Mary Pettibone Poole (fl.1938) American Aphorist
- Mary Pickford American-Canadian Film Actress
- Mary Shelley English Novelist
- Mary Todd Lincoln American First lady
- Mary Tyler Moore American Actor
- Mary Webb English Novelist
- Mary Welsh Hemingway American Journalist, Author
- Mary Wollstonecraft English Writer, Feminist
- Maryanne Radmacher Hershey
- Masanobu Fukuoka Japanese Buddhist Polymath
- Masaru Ibuka Japanese Entrepreneur, Engineer
- Mason Cooley American Aphorist
- Master Sheng-Yen Chinese Buddhist Monk
- Mastin Kipp
- Matsuo Basho Japanese Poet
- Matthew Arnold English Poet, Critic
- Matthew Prior English Poet, Diplomat
- Matthieu Ricard French Buddhist Monk
- Maureen Dowd American Columnist
- Maurice Baring British Author
- Maurice Chevalier French Actor
- Maurice Maeterlinck Belgian Dramatist
- Max Beerbohm British Humorist
- Max De Pree American Businessman
- Max L. Forman
- Max Lerner Russian-born American Journalist
- Max Lucado American Christian Author
- Max Planck German Theoretical Physicist
- Max Weber German Sociologist
- Maxim Gorky Russian Writer
- Maxwell Maltz American Surgeon
- May Sarton American Children’s Books Writer
- Maya Angelou American Poet
- McLandburgh Wilson
- Mel Brooks American Film Actor
- Menander Greek Comic Dramatist
- Meryl Streep American Actor
- Metastasio Italian Poet
- Mexican Proverb
- Mia Farrow American Actress, Activist
- Michael Bloomberg American Businessperson
- Michael Crichton American Novelist
- Michael Dell American Businessperson
- Michael E. Gerber
- Michael Edwardes British Business Executive
- Michael Friedsam American Philanthropist
- Michael Harrington American Socialist
- Michael Hogg American Psychologist
- Michael Jackson American Singer-Songwriter
- Michael Jones
- Michael Jordan American Sportsperson
- Michael Korda
- Michael Palin English Actor, Writer, Television Traveler
- Michel de Montaigne French Essayist
- Michel Foucault French Philosopher
- Michel Houellebecq French Author
- Michelangelo Italian Painter
- Michelle Obama American First Lady
- Michelle Pfeiffer American Film Actress
- Michelle Richmond American Novelist
- Mick Jagger English Rock Musician
- Mickey Rivers American Sportsperson
- Midge Decter American Journalist
- Mignon McLaughlin American Journalist
- Miguel Angel Ruiz Mexican Spiritualist Author
- Miguel de Cervantes Spanish Novelist
- Miguel de Unamuno Spanish Philosopher, Writer
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Hungarian-American Psychologist
- Mike Ditka American Sportsperson
- Mike Murdock
- Mike Myers Canadian Actor, Screenwriter
- Mikhail Bulgakov Russian Novelist, Dramatist
- Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Head of State
- Mikhail Lermontov Russian Novelist, Poet
- Milan Kundera Czech Novelist
- Milton Friedman American Economist
- Minna Antrim American Writer, Epigrammist
- Mirra Alfassa French-Born Indian Spiritual Guru
- Miyamoto Musashi Japanese Samurai Warrior, Artist
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Indian Hindu Political leader
- Mohnish Pabrai Indian-American Investor, Philanthropist
- Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Indian Engineer
- Moliere French Playwright
- Molly Sargent American Management Consultant
- Montesquieu French Political Philosopher
- Monzaemon Chikamatsu Japanese Dramatist
- Morarji Desai Indian Political Leader
- Morgan Housel American Financial Journalist, Investor
- Moroccan Proverb
- Mort Walker American Comic Artist
- Mortimer J. Adler American Philosopher, Educator
- Moses Maimonides Jewish Philosopher, Rabbinic Scholar
- Moses Mendelssohn German Jewish Philosopher
- Moshe Arens Israeli Engineer, Politician
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Italian Jewish Rabbi
- Mother Teresa Roman Catholic Nun
- Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Movie: Forrest Gump
- Muhammad Ali American Sportsperson
- Mukesh Ambani Indian Businessperson
- Murasaki Shikibu Japanese Diarist, Novelist
- Muriel Spark Scottish Novelist, Poet
- Muriel Strode American Author, Businesswoman
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Founder of the Turkish Republic
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- N. R. Narayana Murthy Indian Businessperson
- Nachman of Breslov Ukrainian Jewish Religions Leader
- Nagarjuna Indian Buddhist Philosopher
- Nagasena Buddhist Intellectual
- Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian Novelist
- Nahum Tate Irish Poet, Dramatist
- Nancie J. Carmody
- Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor American-born British Politician
- Nancy Friday American Feminist Author
- Napoleon Hill American Author
- Napoleon I Emperor of France
- Natalie Clifford Barney American Playwright
- Natalie Goldberg American Buddhist Author
- Natasha Josefowitz
- Nathanael West
- Nathaniel Hawthorne American Novelist
- Nathaniel LeTonnerre
- Nathaniel Parker Willis American Poet, Playwright
- Neal A. Maxwell American Mormon Religious Leader
- Neale Donald Walsch American Spiritual Writer
- Ned Rorem American Composer
- Neetishatakam
- Neil Armstrong American Astronaut
- Neil Simon American Playwright
- Nellie Hershey Tullis
- Nelson Algren American Novelist
- Nelson Boswell
- Nelson Mandela South African Political leader
- Neville Chamberlain British Head of State
- Newt Gingrich American Politician
- Niccolo Machiavelli Florentine Political Philosopher
- Nicholas Murray Butler American Philosopher
- Nick Murray American Financial Consultant, Author
- Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux French Literary Critic
- Nicolaus Copernicus Polish Astronomer
- Niels Bohr Danish Physicist
- Nikita Khrushchev Russian Head of State
- Nikki Giovanni American Poet, Writer
- Nikola Tesla Serbian-American Inventor
- Nikolai Berdyaev Russian Christian Philosopher
- Nikolai Gogol Russian Novelist, Dramatist
- Nikos Kazantzakis Greek Novelist, Statesman
- Nisargadatta Maharaj Indian Hindu Religious Leader
- Nitin Nohria Indian-American Academic
- Noah Webster American Lexicographer
- Noam Chomsky American Linguist, Philosopher, Social Critic
- Nolan Bushnell American Engineer, Businessman
- Nolini Kanta Gupta Indian Hindu Revolutionary
- Norman Cousins American Journalist
- Norman MacEwen British Military Leader
- Norman Mailer American Novelist
- Norman O. Brown American Philosopher
- Norman Podhoretz American Political Activist
- Norman Vincent Peale American Clergyman, Self-Help Author
- Northrop Frye
- Novalis German Romantic Poet
- Nyogen Senzaki Japanese Buddhist Monk
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- O. Carl Simonton American Physician
- O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) American Writer of Short Stories
- O. P. Gifford American Baptist Pastor
- Octave Mirbeau French Author
- Og Mandino American Self-help Author
- Ogden Nash American Comic Poet
- Ole Hallesby Norwegian Lutheran Theologian
- Olive Redmond
- Oliver Cromwell British Head of State
- Oliver G. Wilson
- Oliver Goldsmith Anglo-Irish Novelist, Poet
- Oliver Herford American Writer
- Oliver Juanir
- Oliver Sacks British Neurologist, Writer
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. American Jurist, Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. American Physician, Essayist
- Omar Bradley American Military Leader
- Omar Khayyam Persian Mathematician
- Oprah Winfrey American TV Personality
- Orison Swett Marden American New Thought Writer
- Orson Scott Card American Author
- Orson Welles American Film Director, Actor
- Orval Hobart Mowrer American Psychologist
- Oscar Hammerstein II American Songwriter
- Oscar Levant American Musician
- Oscar Wilde Irish Poet, Playwright
- Ossian Herbert Lang
- Otomo no Tabito
- Otto von Bismarck Prusso-German Statesman
- Ouida (Maria Louise Rame) English novelist
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman Poet
- Owen D. Young American Businessperson
- Owen Feltham English Essayist
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- P. D. James British Novelist
- P. G. Wodehouse English Novelist
- P. T. Barnum American Businessperson
- Pablo Neruda Chilean Poet
- Pablo Picasso Spanish Painter
- Padmasambhava
- Pam Brown Australian Poet
- Pamela Hansford Johnson English Novelist
- Paramahansa Yogananda Indian Hindu Mystic
- Parks Cousins
- Patanjali Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Patrick Stewart British Actor
- Paul B. Lowney
- Paul Boese
- Paul Cezanne French Painter
- Paul Dudley White American Cardiologist
- Paul Frank Baer American Army Officer
- Paul G. Hoffman American Businessperson
- Paul Gauguin French Painter
- Paul Goodman American Novelist, Essayist
- Paul J. Meyer
- Paul McCartney British Pop Musician
- Paul Newman American Actor, Philanthropist
- Paul Rand American Graphic Designer
- Paul Samuelson American Economist
- Paul Sweeney
- Paul Tillich American Lutheran Theologian
- Paul Valery French Critic, Poet
- Paul Vixie American Scientist
- Paulette Mitchell
- Pauline Phillips (Abigail van Buren) American Columnist
- Paulo Coelho Brazilian Songwriter
- Paxton Blair
- Pearl Bailey American Singer, Actress
- Pearl S. Buck American Novelist
- Pema Chodron American Buddhist Nun
- Penelope Fitzgerald British Novelist, Biographer
- Percy Bysshe Shelley English Poet
- Percy H. Johnson
- Periander Tyrant of Corinth
- Pericles Athenian Statesman
- Perry Paxton
- Persian Proverb
- Persius Roman Poet
- Peter Cooper
- Peter Drucker Austrian-born Management Consultant
- Peter Gabriel English Singer-Songwriter
- Peter Marshall
- Peter McWilliams American Author
- Peter Medawar British Immunologist, Writer
- Peter Senge American Management Consultant
- Peter T. McIntyre
- Petrarch Italian Scholar
- Petronius Roman Courtier
- Phil Collins British Rock Musician, Singer
- Phil McGraw American TV Personality
- Philibert Joseph Roux French Surgeon
- Philip Doddridge English Nonconformist Religious Leader
- Philip H. Knight American Businessman
- Philip James Bailey English Poet
- Philip K. Dick American Novelist
- Philip Larkin English Poet
- Philip Massinger English Playwright
- Philip Pullman English Children’s Author, Dramatist
- Philip Roth American Novelist, Short-story Writer
- Philip Sidney English Soldier, Poet, Courtier
- Philip Wylie American Dramatist
- Philippe Quinault French Dramatist
- Phillip C. Grant
- Phillips Brooks American Episcopal Clergyman
- Phyllis Bottome British Novelist
- Phyllis Diller American Actor
- Phyllis McGinley American Children’s Books Writer
- Phyllis Theroux American Journalist, Author
- Pico Iyer British-born Essayist, Novelist of Indian Origin
- Pierre Beaumarchais French Inventor
- Pierre Corneille French Playwright
- Pierre de Marivaux French Dramatist, Author
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin French Jesuit Scientist
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon French Politician
- Pierre-Marc-Gaston, duc de Levis
- Piet Hein Danish Polymath, Author
- Pietro Aretino Italian Author
- Pir Hazrat Vilayat Khan Indian Sufi Mystic
- Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan British Sufi Mystic
- Plato Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) Roman Comic Playwright
- Pliny the Elder Roman Scholar
- Pliny the Younger Roman Senator, Writer
- Plotinus Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mystic
- Plutarch Greek Biographer
- Polish Proverb
- Polybius Greek Historian
- Pope Francis Argentinean Catholic Religious Leader
- Pope John Paul II Polish Catholic Religious Leader
- Pope John XXIII Italian Catholic Religious Leader
- Price Pritchett
- Publilius Syrus Syrian-born Latin Writer
- Pythagoras Greek Philosopher
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- Queen Elizabeth I British Monarch
- Queen Victoria British Royal
- Quintilian Roman Rhetorician, Literary Critic
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- R. D. Laing British Psychiatrist
- R. G. Collingwood British Historian, Philosopher
- R. James Woolsey, Jr. American Diplomat
- R. K. Narayan Indian Novelist, Short-story Writer
- Rabindranath Tagore Bengali Poet, Polymath
- Rachael Ray American TV Personality
- Rachel Carson American Biologist
- Rainer Maria Rilke Austrian Poet
- Ralph Bunche American Political Scientist
- Ralph C. Smedley Founder of Toastmasters
- Ralph Charell
- Ralph Ellison American Novelist
- Ralph Lauren American Businessman
- Ralph Marston
- Ralph Nader American Activist
- Ralph Vaull Starr
- Ralph Waldo Emerson American Philosopher
- Ralph Washington Sockman American United Methodist Pastor
- Ram Dass American Hindu New Age Pioneer
- Ramachandra Guha Indian Historian
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Ramana Maharshi Indian Hindu Mystic
- Ramsay MacDonald British Head of State
- Randolph Bourne American Writer
- Randy Gray
- Randy Pausch American Computer Scientist
- Raquel Welch American Actress, Singer
- Ray Bradbury American Science-Fiction Writer
- Ray Charles American Singer
- Ray Dalio American Investor
- Ray Kroc American Entrepreneur
- Raymond Chandler American-British Novelist
- Raynor Scheine
- Rebecca West English Author
- Reggie Miller American Basketball Player
- Reginald Horace Blyth English Author
- Reginald Wright Kauffman American Novelist, Screenwriter
- Reinhold Niebuhr American Theologian
- Remy de Gourmont French Poet
- Rene Descartes French Mathematician, Philosopher
- Rene Dubos French-American Microbiologist, Author
- Reshad Feild English Sufi Mystic, Musician
- Reynolds Price American Novelist
- Richard Bach American Novelist
- Richard Branson British Entrepreneur
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish-born British Playwright
- Richard Burton Welsh Actor
- Richard Carlson American Actor
- Richard Cecil
- Richard Chenevix Trench Irish Archbishop, Poet
- Richard Cobden
- Richard Dawkins British Ethologist, Atheist
- Richard de Bury
- Richard DeVos American Businessman, Philanthropist
- Richard Evelyn Byrd American Aviator
- Richard Exley
- Richard Feynman American Physicist
- Richard G. Scott American Mormon Religious Leader
- Richard Hooker English Theologian, Political Theorist
- Richard J. Needham Canadian Humorist
- Richard K. Payne American Buddhist Theologian, Author
- Richard L. Evans American Mormon Religions Leader
- Richard Livingstone British Scholar
- Richard Nelson Bolles American Self-Help Author
- Richard Nixon American Head of State
- Richard Rainwater American Investor
- Richard Rorty American Philosopher
- Richard Sapir American Novelist
- Richard Thalheimer American Entrepreneur
- Richard Wagner German Composer
- Richard Whately English Philosopher, Theologian
- Richard Wright American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
- Rick Steves American Travel Writer, Entrepreneur
- Rick Warren American Evangelical Pastor
- Rita Mae Brown American Writer, Feminist
- Rob Gilbert
- Rob Niemeyer
- Robert A. Heinlein American Novelist
- Robert Altman American Film Director
- Robert Anton Wilson American Polymath
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Founder of the Boy Scouts
- Robert Bolton English Clergyman
- Robert Boyle Irish Scientist, Philosopher
- Robert Brault
- Robert Bresson French Film Director
- Robert Browning English Poet
- Robert Burns Scottish Poet, Songwriter
- Robert Cialdini American Social Psychologist
- Robert Collier American Self-Help Author
- Robert Cooper British Diplomat
- Robert De Niro American Actor
- Robert E. Lee American Military General
- Robert F. Kennedy American Politician
- Robert Frank Swiss-American Photographer
- Robert Frost American Poet
- Robert Fulghum American Unitarian Universalist Author
- Robert G. Ingersoll American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
- Robert H. Goddard American Inventor
- Robert H. Schuller American Televangelist, Author
- Robert H. Shaffer American Educator
- Robert Half
- Robert Henri American Painter
- Robert J. Shiller American Economist
- Robert Kiyosaki American Businessperson
- Robert L. Bernstein American Publisher, Activist
- Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish Novelist
- Robert M. Pirsig American Writer
- Robert Maynard Hutchins American Educator
- Robert Montgomery American Actor
- Robert Muller qqq
- Robert Musil Austrian Novelist
- Robert Nardelli American Business Executive
- Robert Owen British Social Reformer
- Robert Penn Warren American Novelist, Poet
- Robert Quillen American Journalist
- Robert R. Updegraff
- Robert Reich American Economist, Political Commentator
- Robert Ringer American Entrepreneur
- Robert S. Johnson American Military Leader
- Robert South English Theologian
- Robert Thurman American Buddhist Scholar
- Robert W. Service Scottish Poet
- Roberto Goizueta Cuban Businessperson
- Robertson Davies Canadian Novelist, Playwright
- Robin Morgan American Activist
- Robin Sharma Canadian Writer, Motivational Speaker
- Robin Williams American Actor
- Rod McKuen American Poet
- Rodney Dangerfield American Comedian
- Roger Babson American Entre
- Roger Bacon English Philosopher
- Roger Bannister British Athlete, Neurologist
- Roger McDonald Australian Novelist
- Roger Moore English Actor
- Roland Barthes French Literary Theorist
- Rollo May American Philosopher
- Romain Gary French Diplomat
- Roman Abramovich Russian-Israeli Businessman
- Roman Polanski French Film Director
- Ronald E. Osborn
- Ronald Reagan American Head of State
- Rosa Parks American Civil Rights Leader
- Rosalia de Castro Spanish Writer
- Rosalynn Carter American Humanitarian, First Lady
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy American Philanthropist
- Ross Perot American Businessman
- Rossiter W. Raymond American Polymath
- Roy E. Moody
- Roy R. Gilson
- Rudolf Bing
- Rudy Giuliani American Politician
- Rudyard Kipling British Children’s Books Writer
- Rupert Hughes American Historian
- Russ Walden
- Russell Baker American Journalist, Humorist
- Russell Conwell American Baptist Minister
- Russell Hoban American Author
- Russell Lynes American Art Historian
- Russell Simmons American Music Promoter
- Russian Proverb
- Ruth B. Wright
- Ruth Ross
- Ruth Westheimer
- Rutherford B. Hayes American President
- Ryan Holiday American Author
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- S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)
- S. I. Hayakawa Canadian-born American Academic
- S. J. Perelman American Humorist
- S. N. Tandon Buddhist Meditation Teacher
- S. W. Straus American Banker, Philanthropist
- Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) Persian Poet
- Sacha Guitry French Actor, Dramatist
- Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) British Short Story Writer
- Sakya Pandita
- Sakyong Mipham Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader
- Salman Rushdie Indian-born British Novelist
- Salvador Dali Spanish Painter
- Salvatore Satta Italian Jurist, Novelist
- Sam Ewing American Sportsperson
- Sam Harris American Neuroscientist, Atheist, Author
- Sam Keen
- Sam Levenson American Humorist
- Sam Shoemaker American Episcopal Priest
- Sam Walton American Entrepreneur
- Sammy Davis, Jr. American Singer
- Samuel Beckett Irish Novelist, Playwright
- Samuel Butler
- Samuel Dickey Gordon American Evangelical Author
- Samuel Goldwyn Polish-born American Film Producer
- Samuel Johnson British Essayist
- Samuel Lover Irish Writer, Artist, Songwriter
- Samuel Richardson English Novelist
- Samuel Rutherford Scottish Presbyterian Theologian
- Samuel S. Montague American Businessman
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge English Poet
- Samyutta Nikaya
- Sandra Boynton American Humorist
- Sandra Bullock American Film Actress
- Sandra Carey
- Sandra Day O’Connor American Jurist
- Sanford I. Weill American Financier, Philanthropist
- Sanhedrin Supreme Council in Ancient Israel
- Santha Rama Rau Indian-American Novelist, Travel Writer
- Sappho Greek Poet
- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot American Sociologist
- Sarah Ban Breathnach American Self-help Author
- Sarah Bernhardt French Actress
- Sarah Orne Jewett American Children’s Books Writer
- Sarojini Naidu Indian Feminist, Poet
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Indian Philosopher, Political Leader
- Satchel Paige American Baseball Player
- Sathya Sai Baba Indian Hindu Religious Leader
- Saul Bellow Canadian-born American Novelist
- Scott Adams American Cartoonist
- Scottish Proverb
- Scudder Parker American Minister
- Seamus Heaney Irish Poet, Playwright
- Sean Connery Scottish Actor
- Sean O’Casey Irish Dramatist
- Seneca the Elder (Marcus Annaeus Seneca) Roman Rhetorician
- Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Roman Stoic Philosopher
- Seth Godin American Entrepreneur
- Seth Klarman American Investor
- Shakti Gawain American Author
- Shana Alexander American Journalist
- Shantideva Indian Buddhist Scholar
- Shaquille O’Neal American Sportsperson
- Sharon Anderson-Gold American Philosopher
- Sharon Salzberg American Buddhist Teacher
- Sharon Stone American Actor
- Shel Silverstein American Children’s Books Writer
- Sheri L. Dew American Mormon Children’s Books Writer
- Sheridan Le Fanu Irish Novelist
- Sherman Alexie
- Sherwood Anderson American Fiction Writer
- Shirley MacLaine American Actor
- Shirley Temple American Actress, Diplomat
- Shoshana Zuboff American Social Psychologist
- Shunryu Suzuki Buddhist Monk, Author
- Sicilian Proverb
- Sidney Madwed American Poet, Author, Public Speaker
- Sidney Sheldon American Novelist, Screenwriter
- Siegfried Sassoon English Poet, Writer, Soldier
- Sigmund Freud Austrian Psychiatrist
- Simon & Garfunkel American Folk-Rock Duo
- Simone de Beauvoir French Philosopher
- Simone Weil French Philosopher, Political Activist
- Sinclair Lewis American Novelist
- Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet English Politician
- Sister Nivedita Irish-born Indian Social Worker
- Sivananda Saraswati Hindu Spiritual Teacher
- Sivaya Subramuniyaswami American Hindu Teacher
- Sloan Wilson American Novelist
- Smiley Blanton
- Socrates Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Soichiro Honda Japanese Inventor
- Sojourner Truth African-American Abolitionist
- Solomon Short
- Somalian Proverb
- Song of Solomon
- Soong Mei-ling Chinese Political Figure
- Sophia Loren Italian Actor
- Sophie Swetchine Russian Mystic, Writer
- Sophocles Ancient Greek Dramatist
- Soren Kierkegaard Danish Philosopher, Theologian
- Spanish Proverb
- Sri Aurobindo Indian Mystic, Philosopher, Poet
- Sri Chinmoy Indian Yoga Teacher, Writer
- Sri Rajneesh (Osho) Indian Spiritual Teacher
- Stan Randall Canadian Businessperson
- Stanislas de Boufflers French Political leader
- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Polish Aphorist, Poet
- Stanley J. Sarnoff American Surgeon
- Stanley Kubrick American Film Director
- Steffi Graf German Tennis Player
- Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading English Humanitarian
- Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) French Writer
- Stephane Hessel French Diplomat, Writer, Concentration Camp Surviv
- Stephane Mallarme French Poet
- Stephen Batchelor British Buddhist Author, Teacher
- Stephen Covey American Self-help Author
- Stephen Fry English Actor, Writer
- Stephen Harper
- Stephen Hawking English Theoretical Physicist
- Stephen Jay Gould American Paleontologist
- Stephen King American Novelist
- Stephen Leacock Canadian Humorist
- Stephen Samuel Wise American Jewish Rabbi
- Stephen Sondheim American Musician
- Stephen Spender English Poet, Critic
- Stephen Vincent Benet American Poet
- Stephen Vizinczey Hungarian-born Canadian Novelist
- Sterling W. Sill American Mormon Religious Leader
- Steve Ballmer American Businessperson, Philantropist
- Steve Chandler
- Steve Goodier
- Steve Henderson American Sportsperson
- Steve Jobs American Entrepreneur
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- Steven Callahan American Naval Architect, Inventor
- Steven Pinker Canadian Psychologist
- Steven Spielberg American Film Director
- Steven Wright American Comedian
- Stevie Wonder American Singer
- Stewart B. Johnson
- Stewart Brand American Writer
- Stewart Udall American Politician
- Stuart Chase American Economist
- Subhashita Manjari Sanskrit Anthology of Proverbs
- Subramanya Bharathi Indian Tamil Poet
- Sue Atchley Ebaugh
- Sun Tzu Chinese Military Leader
- Susan B. Anthony American Civil Rights Leader
- Susan Jeffers American Self-Help Author
- Susan Sontag American Writer, Philosopher
- Susanna Clark
- Swami Chinmayananda Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher
- Swami Krishnananda Indian Hindu Philosopher
- Swami Nirmalananda Indian Hindu Monk
- Swami Vivekananda Indian Hindu Monk, Mystic
- Swedish Proverb
- Sydney J. Harris American Essayist, Drama Critic
- Sydney Smith English Preacher
- Sylvester Stallone American Actor
- Sylvia Porter American Economist
- Sylvia Robinson American Singer, Musician
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- T. Boone Pickens American Businessman, Financier
- T. E. Lawrence British Soldier, Writer
- T. Harv Eker American Motivational Speaker
- T. S. Eliot American-born British Poet
- T.N. Narasimhan Indian-American Academic
- Tacitus Roman Orator, Historian
- Taiichi Ohno Japanese Manufacturing Engineer
- Taisen Deshimaru Japanese Buddhist Teacher
- Tallulah Bankhead American Actor
- Tancred
- Tanizaki Jun’ichiro Japanese Novelist
- Ted Engstrom American Christian Religious Leader
- Ted Turner American Businessperson
- Ted Williams American Sportsperson
- Tennessee Williams American Playwright
- Terence Roman Comic Dramatist
- Teresa of Avila Spanish Carmelite Nun, Mystic
- Terri Guillemets
- Terry Eagleton
- Thaddeus Golas American New Age Writer
- Thales of Miletus Greek Philosopher, Mathematician
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu American Buddhist Monk
- The 14th Dalai Lama Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader
- The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
- The Dhammapada Buddhist Anthology of Verses
- The Guru Granth Sahib Sacred Text of Sikhism
- The Hitopadesha Indian Collection of Fables
- The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
- The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam
- The Jataka Tales Genre of Buddhist Literature
- The Mahabharata Hindu Religious Text
- The Panchatantra Indian Collection of Fables
- The Ramayana Hindu Religious Text
- The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
- The Thirukkural Indian Tamil Literary Classic
- The Upanishads Sacred Books of Hinduism
- The Vedas Sacred Books of Hinduism
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr. Seuss’) American Children’s Books Writer
- Theodore Dreiser American Novelist, Journalist
- Theodore H. White American Journalist
- Theodore Hesburgh American Catholic Educator
- Theodore Isaac Rubin American Psychiatrist, Author
- Theodore L. Cuyler American Presbyterian Clergyman
- Theodore Newton Vail American Businessman
- Theodore Roethke American Poet
- Theodore Roosevelt American Head of State
- Theodore Schultz American Economist
- Theophrastus Greek Philosopher
- Thich Nhat Hanh Vietnamese Buddhist Religious Leader
- Thomas a Kempis German Religious Writer
- Thomas Aquinas Italian Catholic Priest
- Thomas Arnold English Educationalist
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich American Writer
- Thomas Brackett Reed American Politician
- Thomas Brooks English Puritan Preacher, Author
- Thomas Browne English Author, Physician
- Thomas Carlyle Scottish Historian, Essayist
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton Canadian Author
- Thomas de Quincey English Essayist, Critic
- Thomas De Witt Talmage American Presbyterian Clergyman
- Thomas Dekker
- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar Scottish Businessperson
- Thomas Edison American Inventor
- Thomas Fuller English Cleric, Historian
- Thomas Gray English Poet
- Thomas Hardy English Novelist, Poet
- Thomas Henry Huxley English Biologist
- Thomas Hobbes English Political Philosopher
- Thomas J. Watson, Sr. American Business Executive
- Thomas Jefferson American Head of State
- Thomas Jones
- Thomas Keating American Trappist Monk
- Thomas L. Holdcroft
- Thomas L. Odem, Jr.
- Thomas Love Peacock English Satirist
- Thomas Mann German Novelist
- Thomas Masson American Journalist
- Thomas Merton American Trappist Monk
- Thomas Morell
- Thomas N. Carruthers
- Thomas P. Murphy
- Thomas Paine American Nationalist
- Thomas Reid Scottish Philosopher
- Thomas S. Monson American Mormon Religious Leader
- Thomas Starr King American Unitarian Minister
- Thomas Szasz Hungarian Psychiatrist
- Thomas Tusser
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson American Reformer, Editor
- Thomas Wolfe American Novelist
- Thornton Wilder American Novelist, Dramatist
- Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist Lama
- Thucydides Greek Historian
- Thurgood Marshall American Jurist
- Tibetan Proverb
- Tiger Woods American Sportsperson
- Tim Ferriss American Self-help Author
- Tim Robbins American Actor, Director
- Tim Wiley
- Timothy Leary American Psychologist
- Tobias Smollett Scottish Poet
- Tom Hanks American Film Actor
- Tom Hopkins English Sportsperson
- Tom Landry American Sportsperson
- Tom Morris
- Tom Peters American Management Consultant
- Tom Wilson American Cartoonist
- Tommy Lasorda American Baseball Player, Coach
- Tommy Lee Jones American Actor
- Tommy Prothro American Sportsperson
- Tonbo
- Toni Morrison American Novelist
- Tony Alessandra
- Tony Blair British Statesman
- Tony Buzan British Writer, Educational Consultant
- Tony Dorsett American Sportsperson
- Tony Robbins American Self-Help Author
- Townsend Harris
- Truman Capote American Novelist
- Tryon Edwards American Theologian
- Tsunesaburo Makiguchi Japanese Buddhist Religious Leader
- Tukaram Indian Marathi Poet
- Tulsidas Indian Hindu Poet
- Tupac Shakur American Rapper, Actor
- Turkish Proverb
- TV Show The Wonder Years
- Tyra Banks American Supermodel
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- U.S. Proverb
- Ulysses S. Grant American Head of State
- Unknown
- Ursula K. Le Guin Science-fiction writer
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- V. S. Naipaul Trinidadian-British Writer
- V. S. Pritchett British Short Story Writer
- Vaclav Havel Czech Dramatist, Statesman
- Van Morrison
- Van Wyck Brooks American Literary Critic
- Venus Williams American Tennis Player
- Vernon Howard American Spiritual Teacher
- Vernon Luchies American Clergyman
- Victor Borge Danish-American Comedian, Musician
- Victor Hugo French Novelist
- Victor Kiam American Entrepreneur
- Vidal Sassoon Anglo-American Hairstylist
- Vietnamese Proverb
- Viggo Mortensen Danish American Actor
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Indian Politician, Diplomat
- Viktor Frankl Austrian Psychiatrist
- Vince Lombardi American Football Coach
- Vince Lombardi, Jr. American Football Player, Coach
- Vincent de Paul French Catholic Saint
- Vincent van Gogh Dutch Painter
- Virgil Roman Poet
- Virginia Woolf English Novelist
- Vita Sackville-West English Gardener
- Vittorio Alfieri Italian Poet, Dramatist
- Vladimir Horowitz Russian-born American Pianist
- Vladimir Lenin Russian Revolutionary Leader
- Vladimir Nabokov Russian-born American Novelist
- Voltaire French Philosopher, Author
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- W. B. Prescott
- W. C. Fields American Actor
- W. Clement Stone American Self-help Guru
- W. E. B. Du Bois American Sociologist, Activist
- W. Edwards Deming American Statistician
- W. H. Auden British-born American Poet
- W. J. Davison
- W. O. Mitchell Canadian Novelist
- W. S. Gilbert English Dramatist
- W. Somerset Maugham British Novelist
- W. W. Ziege
- Wallace Stevens American Poet
- Wallace Wattles American New Thought Author
- Wally Amos American Entrepreneur
- Walt Disney American Entrepreneur
- Walt Kelly American Cartoonist
- Walt Whitman American Poet
- Walter Anderson
- Walter Bagehot English Economist, Journalist
- Walter Chrysler American Engineer, Industrialist
- Walter D. Wintle American Poet
- Walter Lippmann American Journalist
- Walter Reuther American Labor Leader
- Walter Savage Landor English Writer
- Walter Scott Scottish Novelist
- Walter Wriston American Banker
- Wang Yangming Chinese Philosopher
- Warren Beatty American Actor
- Warren Bennis American Management Consultant
- Warren Buffett American Investor
- Warren Farrell American Educator, Activist
- Warren G. Harding American Head of State
- Warren W. Wiersbe American Pastor, Biblical Scholar
- Washington Allston American Poet
- Washington Irving American Author
- Watts Humphrey American Software Engineer
- Wayne Dyer American Motivational Writer
- Wayne Gretzky Canadian Sportsperson
- Welsh Proverb
- Wendell Phillips American Abolitionist
- Wendell Willkie American Politician
- Werner Heisenberg German Theoretical Physicist
- Werner Herzog German Film Director
- Wernher von Braun German-born American Engineer
- Wess Roberts
- Westbrook Pegler American Journalist
- Whitney Young American Civil Rights Leader
- Whoopi Goldberg American Comedian
- Wilferd Arlan Peterson American Author
- Wilfred Grenfell Canadian Humanitarian
- Wilhelm Reich Austrian Psychoanalyst
- Wilhelm Roentgen German Physicist
- Wilhelm Stekel Austrian Physician
- Wilhelm von Humboldt German Statesman, Scholar
- Wilkie Collins (1824–89) English Novelist, Playwright, Short-story Writer
- Will Durant American Historian
- Will Rogers American Humorist, Actor
- Will Smith American Actor
- Willa Cather American Novelist
- William Allen White American Editor
- William Arthur Ward American Author
- William Bennett American Politician
- William Bernbach
- William Blackstone English Judge
- William Blake English Poet
- William Buechner American Nuclear Physicist
- William Butler Yeats Irish Poet
- William C. deMille American Screenwriter
- William C. Durant American Industrialist
- William Carlos Williams American Poet, Novelist, Cultural Historian
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley English Political leader
- William Congreve English Playwright
- William Cowper English Anglican Poet
- William Croswell Doane American Anglican Hymn writer
- William D. Hoard American Elected Rep
- William Dean Howells American Writer, Critic
- William Ellery Channing American Theologian, Poet
- William Ernest Henley English Poet
- William Eugene Drummond American Architect
- William Ewart Gladstone English Liberal Statesman
- William F. Buckley, Jr. American TV Personality
- William F. Fry, Jr.
- William F. Scolavino
- William Faulkner American Novelist
- William Feather American Publisher
- William Gaines American Publisher
- William George Jordan American Essayist
- William Gibson American Writer
- William Gilmore Simms American Poet
- William Glasser American Psychiatrist
- William Golding English Novelist
- William Graham Sumner American Polymath
- William Greider American Journalist
- William H. Gass American Short Story Writer
- William H. Seward American Elected Representative
- William Hazlitt English Essayist
- William Hewlett American Engineer, Businessperson
- William Hogarth English Painter, Engraver
- William Howard Arnold
- William Howard Stein American Biochemist
- William Hutchinson Murray Scottish Mountaineer
- William J. H. Boetcker American Presbyterian Minister
- William James American Philosopher
- William Jennings Bryan American Political leader
- William Laurence Sullivan American Unitarian Clergyman
- William Law English Clergyman
- William Lawrence Bragg British Physicist
- William Lloyd Garrison American Abolitionist
- William Lonsdale Watkinson
- William Lyon Phelps American Author
- William Macneile Dixon British Author, Academic
- William Makepeace Thackeray English Novelist
- William Mather British Businessperson
- William Mather Lewis
- William McFee English Writer
- William McKinley American Head of State
- William Morris British Artist, Author
- William Motter Inge American Playwright
- William Mulock Canadian Lawyer, Educator
- William O. Douglas American Judge
- William of Ockham English Philosopher, Polemicist
- William Osler Canadian Physician
- William P. Merrill American Clergyman
- William Penn American Entrepreneur
- William Ralph Inge English Anglican Clergyman
- William S. Burroughs American Novelist
- William Safire American Columnist
- William Saroyan American Novelist
- William Shakespeare British Playwright
- William Shenstone English Poet
- William Sloane Coffin American Presbyterian Clergyman
- William Styron American Novelist
- William Tecumseh Sherman American Military General
- William Temple British Clergyman
- William Watson Purkey American Educationalist
- William Wharton American Novelist, Painter
- William Winter
- William Wordsworth English Poet
- William Wycherley English Dramatist
- Willie Davis qqq
- Willis R. Whitney American Chemist
- Wilma Askinas
- Wilson Mizner American Playwright
- Wilt Chamberlain American Sportsperson
- Winifred Carriere
- Winston Churchill British Head of State
- Witter Bynner American Poet
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian Composer
- Woodrow Wilson American Head of State
- Woody Allen American Film Actor, Director
- Woody Hayes American Sportsperson
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- Xenocrates Greek Philosopher, Scientist
- Xenophon Ancient Greek Philosopher
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- Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Novelist, Short Story Writer
- Yehudi Menuhin British Violinist
- Yiddish Proverb
- Yoda Fictional Character
- Yogaswami of Jaffna Sri Lankan Hindu Religious Leader
- Yogi Berra American Sportsperson
- Yoko Ono Japanese Artist, Musician
- Yoshida Kenko Japanese Poet
- Yuval Noah Harari Israeli Historian
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- Zadie Smith (b.1975) English Novelist, Essayist, Short-story Writer
- Zeami Motokiyo Japanese Playwright
- Zelda Fitzgerald American Writer, Artist
- Zen Proverb Japanese School of Mahayana Buddhism
- Zeno of Citium Greek Philosopher
- Zhuang Zhou Chinese Taoist Philosopher
- Zig Ziglar American Author
- Zoltan Kodaly Hungarian Composer
- Zora Neale Hurston American Novelist
- Zoroaster Persian Religious Leader, Prophet
- Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian-born Film Actress