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Author Name | Last Name | Years Lived |
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Abigail Disney | Disney | 1960- |
Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln | 1809-1865 |
Adam Gopnik | Gopnik | 1955- |
Alan Kay | Kay | 1940- |
Alan Lightman | Lightman | 1948- |
Albert Camus | Camus | 1913-1960 |
Albert Einstein | Einstein | 1879-1955 |
Albert Schweitzer | Schweitzer | 1875-1965 |
Aleksandr Aleksandrov | Aleksandrov | 1948- |
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Ocasio-Cortez | 1989- |
Alexis de Tocqueville | Tocqueville | 1805-1859 |
Alfred North Whitehead | Whitehead | 1861-1947 |
Allen Ginsberg | Ginsberg | 1926-1997 |
Amanda Cross | Cross | 1926-2003 |
Amélie Rorty | Rorty | 1932-2020 |
Andy Warhol | Warhol | 1928-1987 |
Angeles Arrien | Arrien | 1940-2014 |
Anne Lamott | Lamott | 1954- |
anonymous | anonymous | |
Ansel Adams | Adams | 1902-1984 |
Anthony Burgess | Burgess | 1917-1993 |
Anthony M. Kennedy | Kennedy | 1936- |
Anton Chekhov | Chekhov | 1860-1904 |
Anu Partanen | Partanen | 1975- |
Apple | Apple | |
Aristotle | Aristotle | 0384-0322 BC |
Arnold J. Toynbee | Toynbee | 1889-1975 |
Barack Obama | Obama | 1961- |
Baruch Spinoza | Spinoza | 1632-1677 |
Ben Friedman | Friedman | 1944- |
Benjamin Franklin | Franklin | 1706-1774 |
Bertolt Brecht | Brecht | 1898-1956 |
Bertrand Russell | Russell | 1872-1970 |
Bibi Bahrami | Bahrami | |
Bill McKibben | McKibben | 1960- |
Bob Dylan | Dylan | 1941- |
Bob Mandel | Mandel | |
Bo Schembechler | Schembechler | 1929-2006 |
Brené Brown | Brown | 1965- |
Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods | Hare, Woods | |
Brooks Robinson | Robinson | 1937-2023 |
Bruce Springsteen | Springsteen | 1949- |
Carl Jung | Jung | 1875-1961 |
Carl Sagan | Sagan | 1934-1996 |
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan | Sagan, Druyan | 1934-1996; 1949- |
Celeste Ng | Ng | 1980- |
Charles Darwin | Darwin | 1809-1882 |
Charles Woodson | Woodson | 1976- |
Chris Argyris and Donald Schön | Argyris, Schön | 1923-2013 |
Christopher Alexander | Alexander | 1936-2022 |
Clare W. Graves | Graves | 1914-1986 |
Colin Wilson | Wilson | 1931-2013 |
Craig Weber | Weber | 1960- |
C. S. Lewis | Lewis | 1898-1963 |
Dalai Lama | Lama | |
Dambisa Moyo | Moyo | 1969- |
Daniel H. Pink | Pink | 1964- |
Danielle Allen | Allen | 1971- |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Moynihan | 1927-2003 |
Darrell Huff | Huff | 1913-2001 |
Dashiell Hammett | Hammett | 1894-1961 |
Dave Mayer | Mayer | 1982(?)- |
Dave Snowden | Snowden | 1954- |
David Brooks | Brooks | 1961- |
David Christian | Christian | 1946- |
David D. Clark | Clark | |
David Foster Wallace | Wallace | 1962-2008 |
David Gates | Gates | 1947- |
David Graeber and David Wengrow | Graeber, Wengrow | 1961- |
David R. Samson | Samson | 1989?- |
David Sloan Wilson | Wilson | 1949- |
Dennis Stauffer | Stauffer | |
Derek Bok | Bok | |
Desiderius Erasmus | Erasmus | |
Disputed | Disputed | |
Don Beck and Chris Cowan | Beck, Cowan | |
Dorothy L. Sayers | Sayers | |
Dorothy Parker | Parker | 1893-1967 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Eisenhower | 1890-1969 |
Eamonn Kelly | Kelly | |
E. B. White | White | |
Edith Penrose | Penrose | |
Edmund Burke | Burke | 1729-1797 |
Edmund Crispin | Crispin | 1921-1978 |
Edward Hopper | Hopper | 1882-1967 |
Edward Luce | Luce | 1968- |
Edwin G. Pulleyblank | Pulleyblank | 1922-2013 |
Eleanor Roosevelt | Roosevelt | |
Elinor Ostrom | Ostrom | 1933-2012 |
Elton Trueblood | Trueblood | 1900-1994 |
E. M. Forster | Forster | 1879-1970 |
Emmanuel Macron | Macron | 1977- |
Enrique Peñalosa | Peñalosa | 1954- |
E. O. Wilson | Wilson | |
Eric Braverman | Braverman | |
Erich Fromm | Fromm | 1900-1980 |
Eric Hoffer | Hoffer | 1902-1983 |
Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway | 1899-1961 |
Ezra Klein | Klein | 1984- |
Frank Capra | Capra | |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Roosevelt | 1882-1945 |
Frank Lloyd Wright | Wright | 1867-1959 |
Frank W. Abrams | Abrams | 1889-1976 |
Frans de Waal | Waal | |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Nietzsche | 1844-1900 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | Fitzgerald | |
Garry Kasparov | Kasparov | 1963- |
Genevieve von Petzinger | Petzinger | 1990? |
George Bernard Shaw | Shaw | 1856-1950 |
George Orwell | Orwell | 1903-1950 |
George Santayana | Santayana | 1863-1952 |
Gilbert Murray | Murray | |
G. K. Chesterton | Chesterton | 1874-1936 |
Greta Thunberg | Thunberg | 2003- |
Groucho Marx | Marx | |
Harry S. Truman | Truman | 1884-1972 |
Henri Matisse | Matisse | |
Henry Ford | Ford | |
Henry Miller | Miller | 1891-1980 |
Herb Bowie | Bowie | 1951- |
Hermann Hesse | Hesse | 1877-1962 |
H. L. Mencken | Mencken | 1880-1956 |
Ian Bogost | Bogost | |
Isaac Asimov | Asimov | |
Jack Kerouac | Kerouac | 1922-1969 |
Jack Welch | Welch | |
Jacob Bronowski | Bronowski | |
James Baldwin | Baldwin | 1924-1987 |
James Madison | Madison | 1751-1836 |
Jasmine Donovan | Donovan | 1970- |
J. B. S. Haldane | Haldane | 1892-1964 |
Jeff Bezos | Bezos | 1964- |
Jeff Bezos and Jason Fried | Bezos, Fried | |
Jeff Bridges | Bridges | 1949- |
Jenny Odell | Odell | 1988?- |
Jesus | Jesus | |
Jim Coan | Coan | |
Jim Geraghty | Geraghty | 1961?- |
Jimmy Buffet | Buffet | |
Jim Womack | Womack | |
J. K. Rowling | Rowling | 1965- |
Joe Boyd | Boyd | |
Johan Huizinga | Huizinga | 1872-1945 |
John Adams | Adams | 1735-1826 |
John Bacon and Ed Zeiders | Bacon, Zeiders | |
John Dickson Carr and Cecil Street | Carr, Street | |
John F. Kennedy | Kennedy | 1917-1963 |
John Gall | Gall | |
John Gottman | Gottman | |
John Guillebaud | Guillebaud | 1967?- |
John Kenneth Galbraith | Galbraith | |
John Lennon | Lennon | 1940-1980 |
John Maynard Keynes | Keynes | |
John McCain | McCain | |
John Rogers | Rogers | |
John Stuart Mill | Mill | 1806-1873 |
John Taylor Gatto | Gatto | |
John Updike | Updike | |
Jonas Salk | Salk | |
Jon Postel | Postel | |
Jon Stewart | Stewart | |
Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. | Badaracco, Jr. | |
Josiah Royce | Royce | |
Juan Louis Vives | Vives | 1493-1540 |
Jürgen Klüver | Klüver | |
Kate Raworth | Raworth | 1970- |
Katherine Phillips | Phillips | 1972-2020 |
Kenneth Boulding | Boulding | 1910-1993 |
Ken Wilber | Wilber | 1949- |
Kurt Vonnegut | Vonnegut | 1922-2007 |
Larry Fink | Fink | 1952- |
Lauren Groff | Groff | 1978- |
Lauretta Bender | Bender | |
Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Ferlinghetti | 1919-2021 |
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin | Greenberg, Levin | |
Leif Enger | Enger | 1961- |
Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein | |
Leonard Cohen | Cohen | |
Lester Thurow | Thurow | 1938-2016 |
Lewis Carroll | Carroll | |
Linda Ronstadt | Ronstadt | 1946- |
Lord Kelvin | Kelvin | 1824-1907 |
Louise Penny | Penny | 1958- |
Malcolm X | X | 1925-1965 |
Margaret Mead | Mead | 1901-1978 |
Margery Allingham | Allingham | 1904-1966 |
Marie Curie | Curie | 1867-1934 |
Mark Twain | Twain | |
Marshall McLuhan | McLuhan | 1911-1980 |
Martin Luther King Jr. | King | 1929-1968 |
Martin Niemöller | Niemöller | 1892-1984 |
Martin Scorsese | Scorsese | 1942- |
Mary Shelley | Shelley | 1797-1851 |
Matthew Stewart | Stewart | |
Megan Rapinoe | Rapinoe | 1985- |
Michael Chabon | Chabon | 1963- |
Michael Innes | Innes | 1906-1994 |
Michael Lopp | Lopp | 1970- |
Michael Morris | Morris | 1961? |
Michel Foucault | Foucault | |
Milton Glaser | Glaser | 1929-2020 |
Moira Buffini | Buffini | |
Montesquieu | Montesquieu | 1689-1755 |
Moritz Wagner | Wagner | |
Neil Postman | Postman | |
Niccolò Machiavelli | Machiavelli | |
Nicholas A - Christakis | Christakis | |
Nicholas Christakis | Christakis | 1962- |
Nick Cave | Cave | 1957- |
Niels Bohr | Bohr | 1885-1962 |
Notenik | Notenik | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Holmes | |
Otto Jespersen | Jespersen | |
Pablo Picasso | Picasso | 1881-1973 |
Paul Bloom | Bloom | 1963- |
Paul McCartney | McCartney | |
Peter Barnes | Barnes | 1942- |
Peter Boettke | Boettke | |
Peter Freuchen | Freuchen | |
Peter Kann | Kann | |
Peter Senge | Senge | |
Rachel Carson | Carson | 1907-1964 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Emerson | 1803-1882 |
Ray Bradbury | Bradbury | 1920-2012 |
Raymond Chandler | Chandler | 1888-1959 |
Raymond Williams | Williams | 1921-1988 |
Ray Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
René Descartes | Descartes | 1596-1650 |
Rex Stout | Stout | |
Richard Dawkins | Dawkins | 1941- |
Richard Feynman | Feynman | 1918-1988 |
Richard Hofstadter | Hofstadter | 1916-1970 |
Richard Powers | Powers | |
Rick Rubin | Rubin | 1963- |
Robert B. Reich | Reich | |
Robert Darnton | Darnton | 1939- |
Robert D. Austin | Austin | |
Robert Heinlein | Heinlein | |
Robert Putnam | Putnam | |
Robert Riskin | Riskin | |
Rollo May | May | 1909-1994 |
Ron Johnson | Johnson | |
Ross MacDonald | MacDonald | 1915-1983 |
Sarah Bakewell | Bakewell | |
Scott Adams | Adams | 1957- |
Sebastian Junger | Junger | 1962- |
Stan Lee | Lee | |
Stephen Covey | Covey | 1932-2012 |
Stephen E. Nash | Nash | |
Steve Jobs | Jobs | 1955-2011 |
Steven Johnson | Johnson | |
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt | Levitsky, Ziblatt | 1968-; |
Steven Pinker | Pinker | |
Sydney Harris | Harris | |
Ted Perry | Perry | |
Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson | 1743-1826 |
Thomas J. Watson, Jr | Watson, Jr | |
Thomas Keating | Keating | 1923-2018 |
Thomas Piketty | Piketty | |
T. H. White | White | 1906-1964 |
Tim O'Reilly | O'Reilly | 1954- |
Tomas Tranströmer | Tranströmer | |
Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister | DeMarco, Lister | 1940- |
Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. | Peters, Waterman | |
Tom Robbins | Robbins | 1932- |
Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller | Shales, Miller | |
Tom Waits | Waits | |
Trygve Throntveit | Throntveit | |
Tyler Cowen | Cowen | 1962- |
Upton Sinclair | Sinclair | 1878-1968 |
Ursula K. Le Guin | Guin | |
Victor Frankl | Frankl | 1905-1997 |
Victor Hwang | Hwang | |
Vishavjit Singh | Singh | |
Wade Davis | Davis | 1953- |
Walt Disney | Disney | 1901-1966 |
Walter Mosley | Mosley | |
Walter Reuther | Reuther | 1907-1970 |
Walt Whitman | Whitman | |
Warren Buffett | Buffett | |
W. H. Auden | Auden | 1907-1973 |
William Blake | Blake | |
William J. Brown, Hays W. McCormick III and Scott W. Thomas | Brown, McCormick, Thomas | |
William Jennings Bryan | Bryan | |
William O. Douglas | Douglas | 1898-1980 |
Winston Churchill | Churchill | 1874-1965 |
Winthrop Sargeant | Sargeant | 1903-1986 |
W. Somerset Maugham | Maugham | 1874-1965 |
Wynton Marsalis | Marsalis | 1961- |
Yanis Varoufakis | Varoufakis | 1961- |
Yuval Noah Harari | Harari | 1976- |