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| Author Name | Last Name | Years Lived |
|---|---|---|
| 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- |
| Alexander McCall Smith | Smith | 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- |
| Blaise Pascal | Pascal | 1623-1662 |
| 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 |
| Chris Lang | Lang | 1985- |
| 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 Byrne | Byrne | 1952- |
| 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 Sayre | Sayre | 1924-2012 |
| 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 | 1899-1985 |
| 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 Catton | Catton | 1985- |
| 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 |
| Fritz Lang | Lang | 1890-1976 |
| 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?- |
| Jess Walter | Walter | 1965- |
| 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 | |
| Jonathan Coe | Coe | 1961- |
| Jonathan Franzen | Franzen | 1959- |
| 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 Thompson | Thompson | 1943- |
| 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 | 1918-1990 |
| 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 | 1947- |
| Rachel Carson | Carson | 1907-1964 |
| Rachel Kushner | Kushner | 1968- |
| 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 Altman | Altman | 1925-2006 |
| 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 |
| Ronald Reagan | Reagan | 1911-2004 |
| Ron Johnson | Johnson | |
| Ross MacDonald | MacDonald | 1915-1983 |
| Sarah Bakewell | Bakewell | |
| Scott Adams | Adams | 1957- |
| Sebastian Junger | Junger | 1962- |
| Spike Lee | Lee | 1957- |
| Stan Lee | Lee | |
| Stephen Covey | Covey | 1932-2012 |
| Stephen E. Nash | Nash | |
| Steve Jobs | Jobs | 1955-2011 |
| Steve Lohr | Lohr | |
| Steven Johnson | Johnson | |
| Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt | Levitsky, Ziblatt | 1968-; |
| Steven Pinker | Pinker | |
| Sydney Harris | Harris | |
| Ted Perry | Perry | |
| Theodore P. Lianos | Lianos | |
| 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 Hayden | Hayden | 1939-2016 |
| 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 |
| Will and Ariel Durant | Will, Durant | 1885-1981 |
| Will Durant | Durant | 1885-1981 |
| William Blake | Blake | |
| William Boyd | Boyd | 1952- |
| 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- |