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Index of Cited Authors

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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-