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Description | Life | Top 10 |
Abraham Lincoln | American President | 1809 - 1865 | |
Adam Mickiewicz | Belarusian-Polish Poet and Writer | 1798 - 1855 | |
Adi Shankara | Indian Mystic and Philosopher | 8th century | |
Albert Camus | French author, journalist and philosopher | 1913 - 1960 | |
Aldous Huxley | English Writer | 1894 - 1963 | |
Alexandre Dumas | French Writer | 1802 - 1870 | |
Alice Walker | American Author and Poet | 1944 | |
Angelus Silesius | German Christian Mystic and Poet | 1624 - 1677 | |
Antoine de Saint-Exupery | French Writer and Poet | 1900 - 1944 | |
Aristotle | Greek Philosopher | 384 BCE - 322 BCE | |
Arthur C. Clarke | British Author and Inventor | 1917 - 2008 | |
Astrid Lindgren | Swedish Writer | 1907 - 2002 | |
Attar of Nishapur | Persian Sufi Mystic Poet | 1145 - 1220 | |
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Baruch Spinoza | Dutch Philosopher | 1632 - 1677 | |
Beatrix Potter | English Writer and Scientist | 1866 - 1943 | |
Benjamin Disraeli | British Statesman and Writer | 1804 - 1881 | |
Benjamin Franklin | American Polymath | 1706 - 1790 | |
Bertrand Russell | British Philosopher | 1872 - 1970 | |
Blaise Pascal | French Philosopher and Scientist | 1623 - 1662 | |
Bob Marley | Jamaican Musician | 1945 - 1981 | |
Boethius | Roman Philosopher | 480 - 525 | |
Bohumil Hrabal | Czech Writer | 1914 - 1997 | |
Brother Lawrence | French Laybrother and Mystic | 1614 - 1691 | |
Buddha | Indian/Nepalese Sage, Master and Mystic | 563 BCE - 483 BCE | |
Bulleh Shah | Punjabi Sufi Mystic Poet | 1680 - 1757 | |
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C. S. Lewis | British Novelist and Writer | 1898 - 1963 | |
Carl Jung | Swiss Psychiatrist and Philosopher | 1875 - 1961 | |
Carl Sagan | American Scientist and Author | 1934 - 1996 | |
Carl Sandburg | American Writer | 1878 - 1967 | |
Catherine of Genoa | Christian Mystic Saint | 1447 - 1510 | |
Chanakya | Indian Politician | 370 BCE - 283 BCE | |
Charles Darwin | English Scientist | 1809 - 1882 | |
Charles Dickens | English Author and Writer | 1812 - 1870 | |
Christopher Hitchens | English-American Writer and Journalist | 1949 | |
Cicero | Roman Philosopher, Orator and Politician | 106 BCE - 43 BCE | |
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D. H. Lawrence | English Novelist, Poet and Writer | 1885 - 1930 | |
Dalai Lama | Buddhist Spiritual Leader | 1935 | |
Dale Carnegie | American Writer | 1888 - 1955 | |
Daniel Defoe | English Writer and Journalist | 1660 - 1731 | |
David Hume | Scottish Philosopher, Historian and Writer | 1711 - 1776 | |
Denis Diderot | French Philosopher and Writer | 1713 - 1784 | |
Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch Humanist and Theologian | 1466 - 1536 | |
Diogenes of Sinope | Ancient Greek Ascetic Philosopher | 412 BCE - 323 BCE | |
Dr. Seuss | American Writer and Poet | 1904 - 1991 | |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | American President | 1890 - 1969 | |
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Edgar Allan Poe | American Poet and Writer | 1809 - 1849 | |
Eino Leino | Finnish Poet | 1878 - 1926 | |
Eliphas Lévi | French Ceremonial Magician, Mystic and Author | 1810 - 1875 | |
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | Swiss Psychiatrist and Author | 1926 - 2004 | |
Emanuel Swedenborg | Swedish Christian Mystic and Theologian | 1688 - 1772 | |
Emily Dickinson | American Poet and Writer | 1830 - 1886 | |
Empedocles | Greek Philosopher and Sage | 490 BCE - 430 BCE | |
Epictetus | Greek Philosopher | 55 - 135 | |
Epicurus | Greek Philosopher | 341 BCE - 270 BCE | |
Eric Carle | American Illustrator and Author | 1929 | |
Euripides | Greek Writer | 480 BCE - 406 BCE | |
Evagrius Ponticus | Christian Mystic, Monk and Ascetic | 345 - 399 | |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald | American Novelist and Writer | 1896 - 1940 | |
Florence Nightingale | English Nurse and Writer | 1820 - 1910 | |
Francis Bacon | English Philosopher, Scientist, Statesman and Writer | 1561 - 1626 | |
Frank Lloyd Wright | American Architect and Writer | 1867 - 1959 | |
Francis of Assisi | Italian Christian Mystic and Friar | 12-13th century | |
Franz Kafka | Austrian-Hungarian Novelist | 1883 - 1924 | |
Frederick Douglass | American Writer, Statesman and Orator | 1818 - 1895 | |
Friedrich Nietzche | German Philosopher, Writer and Poet | 1844 - 1900 | |
Friedrich Schiller | German Philosopher, Writer and Poet | 1759 - 1805 | |
Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Russian Novelist and Writer | 1821 - 1881 | |
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Colombian Writer and Novelist | 1927 - 2014 | |
Galileo Galilei | Italian Astronomer and Scientist | 1564 - 1642 | |
George Orwell | English Author and Journalist | 1903 - 1950 | |
George Santayana | Spanish-American Philosopher, Poet and Writer | 1863 - 1952 | |
Gertrude Stein | American Writer and Poet | 1874 - 1946 | |
Giordano Bruno | Italian Philosopher Mystic and Scientist | 1548 - 1600 | |
Giovanni Boccaccio | Italian Poet and Story-Writer | 1313 - 1375 | |
Goethe | German Polymath | 1749 - 1832 | |
Gregory of Nyssa | Christian Mystic Theologian and Bishop | 335 - 395 | |
Groucho Marx | American Comedian and Actor | 1890 - 1977 | |
Gustave Flaubert | French Novelist and Writer | 1821 - 1880 | |
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H. G. Wells | English Author and Historian | 1866 - 1946 | |
H. L. Mencken | American Writer and Journalist | 1880 - 1956 | |
Hafez | Persian Mystic Poet | 1325 - 1389 | |
Hegel | German Philosopher | 1770 - 1831 | |
Helen Keller | American Author, Activist and Educator | 1880 - 1968 | |
Henrik Ibsen | Norwegian Playwright and Poet | 1828 - 1906 | |
Henry David Thoreau | American Author, Poet and Philosopher | 1817 - 1862 | |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | American Poet and Educator | 1807 - 1882 | |
Hermes Trismegistus | Egyptian Sage, Mystic and Prohpet | Unknown | |
Heraclitus | Greek Mystic and Philosopher | 6th-5th century BCE | |
Hildegard of Bingen | Christian Mystic and Polymath | 1098 - 1179 | |
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Ibn Arabi | Sufi Mystic Poet and Philosopher | 1165 - 1240 | |
Ignatius of Loyola | Spanish Priest and Theologian | 1491 - 1556 | |
Immanuel Kant | German Philosopher | 1724 - 1804 | |
Isaac Asimov | American Author and Writer | 1920 - 1992 | |
Isaac Newton | English Scientist and Philosopher | 1642 - 1727 | |
Isocrates | Greek Rhetorician and Orator | 436 BCE - 338 BCE | |
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J. K. Rowling | British Author | 1965 | |
J. R. R. Tolkien | English Writer and Poet | 1892 - 1973 | |
J. M. Barrie | Scottish Novelist and Playwright | 1860 - 1937 | |
Jack London | American Novelist and Activist | 1876 - 1916 | |
Jakob Böhme | German Mystic | 1575 - 1624 | |
Jane Austen | English Novelist | 1775 - 1817 | |
Jean Paul Sartre | French Philosopher and Writer | 1905 - 1980 | |
Jesus of Nazareth | Mystic and Prophet | 1th Century | |
Jeanne Guyon | French Mystic | 1648 - 1717 | |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | German Polymath | 1749 - 1832 | |
John of the Cross | Spanish Christian Mystic | 1542 - 1591 | |
John Keats | English Poet | 1795 - 1821 | |
Julian of Norwich | English Christian Mystic | 1342 - 1416 | |
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Kabir | Indian Mystic, Poet and Weaver | 15th Century | |
Karen Blixen | Danish Author | 1885 - 1965 | |
Karl Marx | German Philosopher and Sociologist | 1818 - 1883 | |
Khalil Gibran | Lebanese Mystic Poet, Artist and Writer | 1883 - 1931 | |
Knut Hamsun | Norwegian Author | 1859 - 1952 | |
Kurt Cobain | American Musician | 1967 - 1994 | |
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Langston Hughes |
American Poet, Novelist and Writer | 1902 - 1967 | |
Lao Tzu |
Chinese Mystic & Sage | ||
Leo Buscaglia |
American Speaker and Author | 1924 - 1998 | |
Leo Tolstoy |
Russian Novelist and Writer | 1828 - 1910 | |
Leon Trotsky |
Russian Politician | 1879 - 1940 | |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Italian Polymath | 1452 - 1519 | |
Lewis Carroll |
English Author and Mathematician | 1832 - 1898 | |
Lesia Ukrainka |
Ukrainian Writer | 1871 - 1913 | |
Louis L'Amour |
American Author and Novelist | 1908 - 1988 | |
Lucretius |
Roman Poet and Philosopher | 99 BCE - 55 BCE | |
Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Austrian-British Philosopher | 1889 - 1951 | |
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Mansur Al-Hallaj | Persian Sufi Mystic Poet and Philosopher | 858 - 922 | |
Marcus Aurelius |
Roman Emperor and Philosopher | 121 - 180 | |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Roman Philosopher, Orator and Politician | 106 BCE - 43 BCE | |
Marsilio Ficino | Italian Mystic Theologian and Philosopher | 1433 - 1499 | |
Martin Luther King | American Leader and Clergyman | 1929 - 1968 | |
Maya Angelou | American Author and Poet | 1924 | |
Mechthild of Magdeburg |
German Christian Mystic | 1210 - 1282 | |
Meister Eckhart |
German Mystic and Theologian | 1260 - 1328 | |
Miguel de Cervantes |
Spanish Novelist, Playwright and Poet | 1547 - 1616 | |
Miguel de Molinos |
Spanish Christian Mystic | 1628 - 1696 | |
Mihai Eminescu |
Romainan Poet | 1850 - 1889 | |
Miyamoto Musashi |
Japanese Swordsman and Philosopher | 1584 - 1646 | |
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Naguib Mahfouz |
Egyptian Writer and Novelist | 1911 - 2006 | |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
French Leader | 1769 - 1821 | |
Napoleon Hill |
American Author | 1883 - 1970 | |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | American Novelist and Writer | 1804 - 1864 | |
Natsume Sōseki |
Japanese Novelist | 1867 - 1916 | |
Neil deGrasse Tyson |
American Scientist and Astrophysicist | 1958 | |
Nelson Mandela | South African President and Activist | 1918 | |
Niccolo Machiavelli | Italian Historian, Diplomat and Political Philosopher | 1469 - 1527 | |
Nikola Tesla | Serbian Inventor and Scientist | 1856 - 1943 | |
Nisargadatta Maharaj |
Indian Master, Sage and Mystic | 1897 - 1981 | |
Noam Chomsky | American Linguist, Activist and Philosopher | 1928 | |
Norman Vincent Peale | American Minister and Author | 1898 - 1993 | |
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Ogden Nash |
American Poet | 1902 - 1971 | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
American Jurist | 1841 - 1935 | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. |
American Author and Poet | 1809 - 1894 | |
Omar Khayyam |
Persian Mystic Poet, Mathematician and Philosopher | 1048 - 1131 | |
Origen |
Christian Mystic and Church Father | 185 - 254 | |
Orison Swett Marden |
American Writer | 1850 - 1924 | |
Oscar Wilde |
Irish Writer, Poet and Playwright | 1854 - 1900 | |
Otto von Bismarck | Prussian-German Statesman and Leader | 1815 - 1898 | |
Ovid | Roman Poet | 43 BCE - 17 AD | |
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P. G. Wodehouse |
English Writer | 1881 - 1975 | |
Pablo Casals |
Spanish Musician | 1876 - 1973 | |
Pablo Neruda |
Chilean Poet | 1904 - 1973 | |
Paracelsus | Swiss-German Physician, Alchemist, Mystic | 1493 - 1541 | |
Paula Modersohn-Becker |
German Painter | 1876 - 1907 | |
Paulo Coelho |
Brazilian Author and Novelist | 1947 | |
Philip K. Dick | American Science Fiction Writer | 1928 - 1982 | |
Plato |
Greek Philosopher and Mathematician | 424 BCE - 347 BCE | |
Plautus |
Roman Playwright and Poet | 254 BCE - 184 BCE | |
Plutarch |
Greek-Roman Biographer | 46 - 120 | |
Plotinus | Greek Philosopher and Mystic | 3rd century | |
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Quintilian | Roman Rhetorician | 35 - 100 |
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Rabia al-Basri |
Sufi Mystic | 713 - 801 | |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Bengali Polymath & Mystic | 1861 - 1941 | |
Rachel Carson |
American Scientist | 1907 - 1964 | |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
American Writer and Poet | 1803 - 1882 | |
Ramakrishna |
Indian Sage | 1803 - 1882 | |
Richard Dawkins |
British Scientist and Author | 1941 | |
Robert A. Heinlein |
American Writer | 1907 - 1988 | |
Robert Frost | American Poet | 1874 - 1963 | |
Robert Green Ingersoll |
American Leader and Orator | 1833 - 1899 | |
Rodney Dangerfield |
American Actor and Comedian | 1921 - 2004 | |
Rumi | Persian Mystic & Poet | 1207 - 1273 | |
Rupert Spira | British Mystic, Potter and Master | 1207 - 1273 | |
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Saadi Shirazi | Persian Mystic Poet | 1210 - 1292 | |
Seneca | Roman Philsopher, Statesman and Dramatist | 4 BCE - 65 ACE | |
Sigmund Freud |
Austrian Neurologist | 1856 - 1939 | |
Seneca | Roman Philsopher, Statesman and Dramatist | 4 BCE - 65 ACE | |
Sigrid Undset | Norwegian Novelist | 1882 - 1949 | |
Sophocles |
Greek Writer | 496 BCE - 405 BCE | |
Soren Kierkegaard |
Danish Philosopher, Theologian and Writer | 1813 - 1855 | |
Spinoza | Dutch Philosopher | 1632 - 1677 | |
St. Teresa of Avila | Spanish Christian Mystic and Nun | 1515 - 1582 | |
Stephen King | American Author | 1947 | |
Sun Tzu | Chinese Philosopher and General | 544 BCE - 496 BCE | |
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T. E. Lawrence | British Army Officer | 1888 - 1935 | |
T. S. Eliot | English Writer, Playwright and Poet | 1888 - 1965 | |
Thales of Miletus | Greek Pre-Socratic Philosopher | 7th Century BCe | |
Tennessee Williams | American Playwright and Writer | 1911 - 1983 | |
Terence McKenna |
Irish-American Philosopher, Speaker and Writer | 1946 - 2000 | |
Theodore Roosevelt | American President | 1858 - 1919 | |
Thich Nhat Hanh | Viatnamese Monk, Writer and Poet | 1926 | |
Thérèse of Lisieux | French Carmelite Nun and Mystic | 1873 - 1897 | |
Thomas Jefferson | American President | 1743 - 1826 | |
Tomas Tranströmer | Swedish Poet and Writer | 1931 | |
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Ulysses S. Grant | American President | 1822 - 1885 | |
Umberto Eco | Italian Author and Philosopher | 1932 | |
Ursula K. Le Guin | American Author | 1929 |
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Václav Havel | Czech President and Writer | 1936 - 2011 | |
Vanna Bonta |
American Novelist, Actress and Poet | 1958 | |
Victor Hugo | French Novelist and Poet | 1802 - 1885 | |
Vincent van Gogh | Dutch Painter and Artist | 1853 - 1890 | |
Virgil |
Roman Poet | 70 BCE - 19 BCE | |
Virginia Woolf |
British Author and Writer | 1882 - 1941 | |
Voltaire | French Philosopher | 1694 - 1778 |
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W. Somerset Maugham |
English Writer and Playwright | 1874 - 1965 | |
Walt Whitman |
American Poet, Journalist and Writer | 1819 - 1892 | |
Walter Hilton |
English Christian Mystic | 1345 - 1396 | |
Wayne Dyer |
American Motivational Author and Speaker | 1940 | |
Will Rogers | American Actor and Celebrity | 1879 - 1935 | |
William Allen White |
American Author, Newseditor and Politician | 1868 - 1944 | |
William Arthur Ward |
American Author | 1921 - 1994 | |
William Blake |
English Mystic, Poet and Painter | 1757 - 1827 | |
William Butler Yeats |
Irish Poet and Dramatist | 1865 - 1939 | |
William Godwin |
English Philosopher and Novelist | 1756 - 1836 | |
William James |
American Pscyhologist, Author and Philosopher | 1842 - 1910 | |
William Makepeace Thackeray |
English Novelist and Writer | 1811 - 1863 | |
William Shakespeare |
English Poet, Playwright and Actor | 1564 - 1616 | |
Winston Churchill | British Statesman and Politician | 1874 - 1965 | |
Woodrow Wilson | American President | 1856 - 1924 | |
Wouter J. Hanegraaff |
Dutch Scholar | 1961 |
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Xenophon | Greek Historian and Soldier | 430 BCE - 354 BCE | |
Xun Zi | Chinese Philosopher | 313 BCE - 238 BCE |
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Yuri Gagarin | Russian Astronaut | 1934 - 1968 | |
Yunus Emre | Turkish Sufi Poet | 1238 - 1320 | |
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Zeno of Citium |
Greek Philosopher | 334 BCE - 262 BCE | |
Zig Ziglar | American Author and Businessman | 1926 - | |
Zhuangzi | Chinese Sage, Mystic and Philosopher | 369 BCE - 286 BCE | |
Zoroaster | Iranian Prophet | 1000 BCE | |
Zsa Zsa Gabor | Hungarian-American Actress | 1917 |