George Washington, popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the “father of the country,” both during his lifetime and to this day

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Aesop, author of many fables characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, whose works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive and careful observation of events in nature

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (January 22, 1561 – April 9, 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator,...

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish...

Theodore Roosevelt Jr., 26th US President whose face is carved on Mount Rushmore alongside carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln

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Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman,...

Robert F. Kennedy, American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts who served as the junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassinationin June 1968

Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He...

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer known for the “Little House on the Prairie” series of children’s books

Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer known for the Little House on the...

Sojourner Truth, African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist

Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery...

Sir Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas

Sir Isaiah Berlin (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas. He...

Catherine II of Russia, Assisted by highly successful generals such as Alexander Suvorov and Pyotr Rumyantsev, and admirals such as Fyodor Ushakov, she governed at a time when the Russian Empire was expanding rapidly by conquest and diplomacy

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Sun Tzu, a widely influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and Eastern philosophy

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George Washington, popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the “father of the country,” both during his lifetime and to this day

Aesop, author of many fables characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, whose works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive and careful observation of events in nature

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond

Theodore Roosevelt Jr., 26th US President whose face is carved on Mount Rushmore alongside carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln

Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Robert F. Kennedy, American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts who served as the junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassinationin June 1968

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer known for the “Little House on the Prairie” series of children’s books

Sojourner Truth, African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist

Sir Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas

Catherine II of Russia, Assisted by highly successful generals such as Alexander Suvorov and Pyotr Rumyantsev, and admirals such as Fyodor Ushakov, she governed at a time when the Russian Empire was expanding rapidly by conquest and diplomacy

Sun Tzu, a widely influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and Eastern philosophy

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