Aesop, Greek storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables Aesop (c. 620 – 564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and story teller credited with a number of fables now... Read More
Paul Tillich Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German American Christian existentialist philosopher and theologian who... Read More
Dorothy Height, a civil rights and women’s rights activist specifically focused on the issues of African-American women Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010), was an American administrator and educator, was a civil rights... Read More
Bernadette Devlin, Irish republican socialist political activist and former politician Josephine Bernadette McAliskey (born April 23, 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish republican socialist... Read More
Alice Paul, one of the main leaders and strategists of the 1910s campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist — and... Read More
Virgil, one of ancient Rome’s greatest poets Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil in English, was an ancient... Read More
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the... Read More
Black Elk Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk) (December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950) was a famous medicine man and holy man of... Read More
C.S. Lewis, author of “The Screwtape Letters” Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist,... Read More
Charles Dickens, writer who created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era Charles John Huffam Dickens (Feb. 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some... Read More
Jack Welch, chairman and CEO of the American company General Electric (1981-2001) John Francis “Jack” Welch, Jr. (born November 19, 1935) is an American retired business executive, author, and chemical engineer. He... Read More
Pope John Paul II Pope Saint John Paul II (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), was Pope from 1978 to 2005. He is... Read More
