Dean Ray Koontz

 (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire…

Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley

 (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon, and the Darkover series

Maya Angelou

 (born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

 (Nov. 24 1888 – Nov. 1 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking & interpersonal skills. The author ofHow to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936,..

Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope

(May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning over 60 years

James Mercer Langston Hughes

 (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) Was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that “Harlem was in vogue”.

Laurence Johnston Peter

(September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and “hierarchiologist”.He became widely famous in 1968, on the publication of The Peter Principle, in which he states: “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence … in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties … Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”

Will Smith

Willard Christopher “Will” Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood.Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.

Orison Swett Marden

 (1850 – 1924) was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner. Like many proponents of the New Thought philosophy, Marden believed that our thoughts influence our lives and our life circumstances.

Marcus Aurelius

He was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus’ death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

George Smith Patton

(November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a United States Army general, best known for his command of th e Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theater of World War II.

William Shakespeare

 
(Baptized 26 April 1564 (birth date unknown) – 23 April 1616) (aged 52) An English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

William Penn Adair Rogers

He was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. 

Theodore Roosevelt

(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party.

Erma Louise Bombeck

 

(February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. Bombeck also publishes 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (born 9 December 1933) is an author and syndicated cartoonist born in London, UK, and living in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is best known for his Pot-Shots, single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975..Source

 

Steve Maraboli

He is a life-changing Speaker, bestselling Author, and Behavioral Science Academic. His empowering and insightful words have been shared.

Vincent Thomas Lombardi

(June 11, 1913-September 3, 1970) is considered by many to be the greatest football coach of all time. His ability to teach, motivate and inspire players helped turn the Green Bay Packers into the most dominating NFL team in the 1960s.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

(Octobor 11, 1882 to November 7, 1945) 62 years old First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

(1869-1948) often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi “Great Soul” he was the preeminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence, which helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world

Jane Morris Goodall

(April 3, 1934) British primatologist & UN Messenger of Peace, best known for her 45-year study of social & family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & she has worked extensively on conservation & animal welfare issues. Source 

Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin

(born September 1, 1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television’s Laugh-in.

John Muir

(21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States…Source

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey

(February, 1818 - February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining renown for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. Douglass also actively supported women’s suffrage. Following the Civil War, he worked on behalf of equal rights for freedmen, and held multiple public offices. His classic autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, is one of the best known accounts of American slavery.

Bruno Bettelheim

(August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer. He gained an international reputation for his work on Freud, psychoanalysis, and emotionally disturbed children…source

Francis Bacon

 (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist & author. He served as Attorney General & Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works

Mother Teresa

(26 August 1910 5 September 1997) (Age 87) Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

Gautama Buddha

A spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha, “Buddha” meaning “awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The time of his birth and death are uncertain: Some say, 563 BCE to 483 BCE, others say, 486 and 483 BCE according to some, 411 and 400 BCE

Charles Robert Redford Jr.

(born August 18, 1936), better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival.

Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) American actor and stand-up comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)

Robin Williams died Monday August 11th 2014 in his home of an apparent suicide, he was 63. It is said he has been suffering from depression. RIP Robin

Joel Scott Osteen

 (born March 5, 1963) is an American preacher, televangelist, author, and the Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest Protestant church in the United States.

Richard Milhous Nixon

 (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) The 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974, having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign the office as well as the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.

James Mercer Langston Hughes

(February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) 
Was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that “Harlem was in vogue”.

Lucille Désirée Ball

(August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime.

Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s.

William Henry “Bill” Gates III

(born October 28, 1955)
American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen

Maya Angelou

(born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

 (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) An Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.Today he is remembered for his epigramsand plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death

Micho Kaku

He was born on July 24, 1947. He now lives in New York City. He graduated from both Harvard University and the University of California. He is a theoretical physicist at New York College where he is known as a futurist, communicator, and popularized and wrote books about physics. He has an extensive blog and articles. He wrote a lot of best sellers including Physics of the Mind and The Future of the Mind to name a few. He hosted some specials on the BBC, TED, Discovery, History and the Science Channels.

John Guare

(born February 5, 1938)
He is an American playwright. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation,  and Landscape of the Body. His style, which mixes comic invention with an acute sense of the failure of human relations and aspirations, is at once cruel and deeply compassionate.

Thomas Edward “Tom” Bodett

He is an American author, voice actor, and radio host. As of 2013, he is the spokesman for the hotel chain Motel 6, whose commercials end with the phrase, “I’m Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we’ll leave the light on for you

Helen Thomas

 
(4 August 1920 – 20 July 2013) was an American reporter who worked for the Hearst News Service, as a dean of the White House press corps, as a White House correspondent, and King Features Syndicate columnist. Thomas covered every President of the United States from John F. Kennedy to Barack H. Obama II

Robert Lee Frost

(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) American poet highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

Ernest Miller Hemingway

 
(July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) American writer and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and public image. He produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and his career peaked in 1954 when he won in literature.

Audrey Hepburn

 
(born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)
British actress & humanitarian. Hepburn remains one of the world’s most famous actresses of all time who was ranked as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema. 

James Todd Smith

(born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor. He is known for pioneering hip-hop. He has released thirteen studio albums and two greatest hits compilations.

Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn

 
(September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009An American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry.

Henry Ward Beecher

(June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) A prominent, Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th century. An 1875 adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most notorious American trials of the 19th century. Source | More

 

Stephen Tyrone Colbert

(born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits

Henry David Thoreau

(July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

 

Oprah Gail Winfrey

 
(January 29, 1954) 
An American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and beyond, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was once the world’s only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.

Joel F. Salatin

 (born 1957) is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include Folks, This Ain’t Normal; You Can Farm; and Salad Bar Beef.

Salatin raises livestock using holistic management methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals. Meat from the farm is sold by direct-marketing to consumers and restaurants.

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Ford

(April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011)
was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife.

Christopher Taylor Buckley

 
(born December 24, 1952) American political satirist & author of novels including; Thank You for SmokingNo Way to Treat a First Lady, and Supreme Courtship. He is the son of William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley

Thomas Alva Edison

(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) American inventor & businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, & a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb…

François-Marie Arouet

(21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778 (aged 83) Better known by the pen name Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade… Source

 

Stephen William Hawking

 

CH CBE FRS FRSA is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

 

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler

 
(born February 28, 1970). Snicket is the author of several children’s biographies, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a c haracter within the series

Confucius

 
(551–479 BC) Chinese thinker & social philosopher. His philosophy emphasized personal & governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice & sincerity. Confucius’ thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism.

Hilary Hinton Ziglar

( November 6, 1926 - November 28, 2012 ) An American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker born in Coffee County, Alabama the tenth of 12 children. He has published over 48 works. Since 1970, his career has moved from master seller to master motivator. Ten of his 25 books have been best sellers. He is in constant demand as speaker and instructor to audiences of all kinds and sizes.

Napoleon Hill

(October 26, 1883 - November 8, 1970) 
An American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time…

Albert Schweitzer

 
(14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965)
A Franco-German (Alsatian) theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”.

Pooh bear

Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh, and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner.

Sydney J. Harris

(September 14, 1917 – December 8, 1986) was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and later the Chicago Sun-Times. His weekday column, “Strictly Personal,” was syndicated in many newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.

 

Dwight David Eisenhower

 
(14 October 1890 – 28 March 1969),
also widely known by his nickname “Ike”, was an American soldier and politician. He served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, and was later elected the 34th President of the United States.

Julian Patrick Barnes

 

(born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides

(born March 8, 1960) is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011)…Source 

 

Neil Patrick Jordan

(born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and fiction writer. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game. He also won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Butcher Boy.

Ellen Lee DeGeneres

 
(born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, film actress, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She has won thirteen Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named her a Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.

Pierre-Jules Renard

 
(February 22, 1864 – May 22, 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top) (1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories) (1896)

Federico Fellini

 

(January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, and is widely revered.

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

 (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) A British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955…Source | More | Paintings | Memorial

John Miur

 (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States.

Louis “Studs” Terkel

 
(May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008)
He was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for “The Good War”, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago

Bertrand Arthur William Russell

(May 18 1872 – February 2 1970) A British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, & social critic. He spent most of his life in England, he was born in Wales, and died there at the age of 97.

Stephen Sutton

 
(16 December 1994 – 14 May 2014) A British blogger, charity activist, diagnosed with terminal cancer age 15. Known for his blog Stephen’s Story & Fundraising efforts for the Teenage Cancer Trust  for the aid of teenagers with cancer. As of 14 May 2014, Sutton had raised £3.4 more than 300 times the original goal.

Luigi Pirandello

 
(June 28th 1867 – December 10th 1936) Italian dramatist, novelist, poet & short story writer. Awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage”. Pirandello’s works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays…source

Haruki Murakami

(born January 12, 1949)

is a contemporary Japanese writer. Murakami is translated into 50 languages and his best-selling books have been published in millions of copies. His most notable works include A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994-1995), Kafka on the Shore (2002), and 1Q84 (2009–2010)

Theodore Roosevelt

 
(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,
(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party.

Theodor Seuss Geisel

 
(March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991) 
An American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone. He published 44 children’s books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

William Henry Cosby, Jr.

 (July 12, 1937) An American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the situation comedy The Bill Cosby Show. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the educational cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby has also acted in a number of films.

Henry Charles Bukowski

(August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.

Frank McKinney Hubbard

 
(born 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio – died: 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name “Kin” Hubbard.

Carl Gustav Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and symbolization. 

Christopher Taylor Buckley

(born December 24, 1952) is an American political satirist and the author of novels including Thank You for Smoking, Little Green MenNo Way to Treat a First Lady, and Supreme Courtship. He is the son of William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley.

Albert Camus

 
(7 November 1913 - 4 January 1960 (age 46) A French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, and the first African-born writer to receive the award.

Coretta Scott King

 
(April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

William Seward Burroughs II

(February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and spoken word performer, he is considered to be “one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th century.” 

Kemal Amin “Casey” Kasem

(born April 27, 1932) is an American former radio personality and voice actor, known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40 and for playing the character Shaggy in the Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo…Source

 

Buddha

 A spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha, “Buddha” meaning “awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The time of his birth and death are uncertain: Some say, 563 BCE to 483 BCE, others say, 486 and 483 BCE according to some, 411 and 400 BCE…Source | More

 

Dennis Wholey

 
(born July 2, 1939) An American television host and producer, and the author of a number of self-help books. He currently hosts This is America with Dennis Wholey, an interview program shown throughout the U.S. on PBS and the AmericanLife TV Network.

Benjamin Franklin

 (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

 

Edgar Allan Poe

(January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) (aged 40) An American writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.

 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Marinerand Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria.

Warren Edward Buffett

  (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century and consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people.

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

  (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962]) was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his contributions to the public good.

Steven Paul Jobs

  (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder, chairman, & CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs also co-founded & served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006… Pixar.

Daniel Webster

 (January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852 A leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. His son, Fletcher Webster, went on to serve as a Union Army Infantry Colonel in the Civil War that Daniel Webster tried to prevent… Source  

Karl Marx

(Karl Heinrich Marx) a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, & revolutionary socialist. Marx’s work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labor & its relation to capital.

Paulo Coelho

 (August 24, 1947) a Brazilian lyricist & novelist & has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards

Ayn Rand

 (Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum) (February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982) A Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand emigrated to the United States in 1926.

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde 
(16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) An Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.Today he is remembered for his epigramsand plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. 

Ann Landers

This was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist. Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Eppie Lederer in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America.

Leymah Roberta Gbowee

(born February 1, 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

Alan Alexander Milne

(18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children’s poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.

Carl Gustav (Jung )

A Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and symbolization. 

Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin

(born September 1, 1939)
is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television’s Laugh-in.

Gautama Buddha

A spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha, “Buddha” meaning “awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The time of his birth and death are uncertain: Some say, 563 BCE to 483 BCE, others say, 486 and 483 BCE according to some, 411 and 400 BCE…Source | More

 

Bruce Lee

 (born Lee Jun-fan) (November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Hong Kong American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do, he is widely considered by commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century

William Shatner

He is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, author, film director, spokesman and comedian.  He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the Federation starship USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek.

Stephen Edwin King

 
(September 21, 1947 – ) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction & fantasy. He has published fifty novels, five non-fiction books & nearly two hundred short stories.

Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski)

(August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones

 
(1837– 30 November 1930) was an Irish-American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor and community organizer. She then helped coordinate major strikes and cofounded the Industrial Workers of the World.

Wayne Walter Dyer

 (May 10, 1940-) Is an American self-help author, teacher, motivational speaker, lecturer and business man. Born in Detroit, Michigan he spent much of his adolescence in an orphanage…Source | More

Rabindranath Tagore

(7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) (aged 80) An Indian Bengali polymath, a popular poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori

 

(August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world.

Fred Allen

(born John Florence Sullivan; May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956) was an American comedian whose absurdest, topically pointed radio show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

(30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) A British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

Maya Angelou

 (born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American author and poet. She has published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years.

Nikola Tesla

Telsa improved on Edisons work on electricity. Together they found ways to distribute electricity farther then two block which was the radius as of yet.

Tesla worked alongside Edison. They separated on a bet. Edison bet Tesla 50,000 dollars if he could improve upon his direct current generator. 

Within a few months he managed to. He went to Edison for his reward. Edison said he was just joking, but would give him a raise of ten dollars.  Tesla cut relations and stopped working with Edison right then and there.

Tesla was now jobless and ironically took a job ditch digging for Edisons company. This work only paid two dollars an hour. He still went forth on his designs of an alternating current system generator, but with very little money he couldn't apply for patents or build prototypes. Until he was discovered and got backers.

The group was willing to finance Tesla Electric Company. He got kicked out though, for proposing the current motor that is now used in any electric deviced. Alfred Brown, director of Western Union, and Charles Peck, a New York attorney, learned about his design, they invested in his company. In 1887, Tesla filed for seven patents for his designs. He discovered X-Rays and how to use them to help people. He was happy that his work provided the basis for other peoples work. Edison was trying to maipulate Tesla's invention by saying Tesla's currents would electricute if you used it and death was imminent within three years of use.

Tesla understood that his discovery would make people happier; lights would glow brighter, X -rays, could pass harmlessly through the body. He proved that electricity could pass through the air with wireless lamps, street lights, using "Teslas Coils." These coils made it possible to provide energy throughout the world. Tesla and Edison were in a competition called the "The War of the Currents."

The 1893 World's fair was to be the first to be fully electric. Edison was furious because he lost the bid to light the it. He  forbade them to use his bulb's instead. He had the ability to bend the bulbs and spell the names of famous scientists, thus the first neon signs. On May 1, 1893 Grover Clealand pushed a button and over 100,000 lamps were turned on.

During the fair he amazed people by having electric current flow harmlessly through him to power bulbs. He demonstrated the first wireless technology by lighting lamps that had no visable wires (street lamps.)

He built the first powerplant just as he envisioned. This was a five year project. The first power reach Buffalo at midnight November 16, 1896, nearly 22 miles away.

He died on January 5, 1943, at 86 and alone of a blood clot to his heart. He was deemed as the father of radio.

George Harrison

  
(25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)
was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Harrison died on 29 November 2001, aged 58, from metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr

(February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) An American writer; The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952), Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books,16 novels, 6 non-fiction books & 5 short story collections. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Hilary Hinton Ziglar

 
( November 6, 1926 ) An American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker born in Coffee County, Alabama the tenth of 12 children. He has published over 48 works. Since 1970, his career has moved from master seller to master motivator. Ten of his 25 books have been best sellers. He is in constant demand as speaker and instructor to audiences of all kinds and sizes.

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

(October 8, 1941) is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. In 1965, he participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by James Bevel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders in Alabama.

Bertrand Arthur William Russell

(18 May 1872 - 2 February 1970) A British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life, he imagined himself in turn a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things, in any profound sense. Though he spent most of his life in England, he was born in Wales, and died there at the age of 97.

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

(October 15, 1844 to August 25, 1900) (aged 55) A 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

(February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592 One of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern skepticism. Source | More

 

Paul Joseph Goebbels

A German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, one of Adolf Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.

Pierre-Jules Renard

 
(February 22, 1864 – May 22, 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top) (1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles

George Bernard Shaw

 
(July 26 1856 – November 2 1950)
was an Irish playwright. His first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care and class privilege.

Charles Duhigg

 
(born 1974) is a Pulitzer prize winning reporter at The New York Times. His Book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, was published by Random House on February 28, 2012.

Charles Monroe Schulz

 
(November 26, 1922 - February 12, 2000)
(aged 77) 
An American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi

(1207 A.D - 1273 A.D) also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi and popularly known as Mevlana in Turkey and Mawlana in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi  was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi is a descriptive name meaning “Roman” since he lived most of his life in an area called “Rum” (then under the control of Seljuq dynasty) because it was once ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire. He was one of the figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum.

Leonardo da Vinci

 (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519) (aged 67)An Italian polymath: painter, writer, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist.

Victor Hugo

(February 26, 1802- 22 May 1885) (aged 83) A French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France… Source | More | Works

 

George Washington

(February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)
(aged 67)
was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also presided over the convention that drafted the Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution established the position of President of the republic, which Washington was the first to hold.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

 (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself

Thomas Alva Edison

 
(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn

(September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009)
An American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry.

James Allen

(November 28, 1864 – 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement…source

 

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás,

(December 16, 1863 –September 26, 1952), was a Spanish/American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.

Nesta Robert Marley

 

(6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) a Jamaican singer-songwriter. With the group the Wailers he achieved international fame through a series of crossover reggae albums, a committed Rastafarian who infused his music with a profound sense of spirituality.

 

Phillip Kindred Dick

Can you exist in two realities?  Well if realities are just layers, like clothing you can.  Phillip K. Dick was a futuristic writer, and actually made some of the blueprints for making androids in his books. He outlined and made "Frubber," which is face rubber which is used to make androids faces appear more human.

He also raises a unique question if all memories are real.

His twin died at birth. This probably is one of the attributes that caused him to go into science fiction.

What makes a person that person?

"Could virtual reality ever become to real? It could become an unhealthy escape from everyday life. When technology invades the mind, even are own thoughts are no escape."

A detailed record of your life is monitored

He had a vision when a girl knocked on his door with some religious literture

He believes his visions give him precognition of the future.

Minority report is happening all ready.

He's the first to write about Parrelell universes?

Anne Frank

Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank (12 June 1929 – ? March 1945) (aged 15) One of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary (which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II) has become one of the world’s most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.

 

Henry Charles Bukowski

(born Heinrich Karl Bukowski) 
(August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.

Robert Heinlein

 
Science fiction is usually a precursor to pure science. Robert is known as one the father of social science fiction. He  saw  technology controling lives ending society. In a way he was correct because it improved society greatly. His works were nfluenced by current events.

He had contradictory beliefs that the military could play good role and served in Annapolis, Maryland. After his service he got his first job writing scifi in magazine. His fantasies luckily returned and his ability to write about current event in outlandish way.

Robert Heinlein wrote war story about communism such as Starship Troopers. North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD) was 7 miles from his Los Angelos home was helpful. Annapolis military carreer short lived. The Puppet Masters was a story about his military career. It also gave him the idea of bionic man gear.

Robert Heinlein was a great inspiration to "The They Shall Walk," movement that give paralyzed people the gift of walking. This is a non-profit organization. It is developing a robotic brace called a life-suit. Then on this subject he writes Stranger in Strage Land.

Robert Heinlein even works on another one of his dreams a hybrid habitat live on moon, which has not come into full fruitipn as of yet. This hapitat has been invented and has both some hard sections and some soft sections. It opens up like a slinky. It even has an airlock to prevent oxygen from escaping when astronauts vacate. So far it is only possibe for going up for approximately a two month mission.

Robert Heinlein predicted cyber space, but died before he saw it in fruition. He died in May 8, 1981 dies in sleep.

Jules Verne
Jules Verne is another famous predictor of the wonders of the future. He still challenges us to see how tomorrow begins with today.

Verne was school dropout. He was realized by Pierre Jules Hetzel. The space shuttles really inspired him.  He imagined cannon that shoots fuel into space.

BEGINNING OF TAZORS
Vernes imagination was not limited to space exploration.  He thought of  electric bullets.

He predicted the use of hydrogen cell engines by 2020 where the fuel cell of the hydrogen car would be like battery. The exhaust would be pure water.

His books were so dramatic that the endings were changed by editor. He
predicted propellor technology.

Jules was shot in 1886 but survived. However the editor that helped make his books less dramatic died a few weeks later. His stories then turn dark and dismal. He destroys his unpublished works. On March 16, 1995 he dies of a diabetic attack. Over 5000 people attend his funeral.

Douglas Adams

(11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a “trilogy” of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film.

Amelia Mary Earhart

 

(July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author.Earhart was the first aviatrix (female pilot) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.During an attempt to make a circumnavigation flight of the globe in 1937 Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island…

HG Wells

"Tomorrow begins with a spark of imagination, the flash insight that shows yesterday limitations and inspires technologies to create new worlds."HG Wells

Herbert George Wells was an artist in the science fiction genra. With his mind blowing advances in thechnology and science in drastic detail, he was haunted by the will of the possiblity of mankind annihilating itself. He had novel prophtic visions of the human race causing their own extinction.

His brother gave him the idea for
The War of the Worlds which was colonizing a peaceful people, the Stenis. While Wells predicted a new type of Warfare as well. Nineteen years later Wells described heatwaves in the book. Einstein has theoretical proof of the idea. A strong lasers that can destroy aircrafts are still being prepare. One can still suffer annihilation from other weaker agent.

He is one of the first to come up with "wormhole." Which in essence meant that you are going faster in less time. Going back in time is a possibility, but you'll have time loops, utterly messing up history, by your very presents there. You could start a ripple effect where the present is impossible.

The Grandfather Paradox which thus means if you go back and kill your grandfather, you would never have been born. So how could it of takin place.

He invented a cloaking field which he called a "Meta Field," but it is a very small, which is now a major theory.

Island Manro-chamira sheep have human stem cells injected certain organs are usable by humans, which inspired "Next" by Michael Crichton.

In the 1920s he advocate for peace. He traveled to Russia for on a mission of peace.

Wells then got involved with cinema putting his own stories into movie strips
He sees science as mans most powerful tool, but warns us to use it wisely. Herbert died on August 13, 1979.

Ward Foley

He was born with multiple birth defects and very little chance to live. But he did, only to undergo decades of surgery, agonizing rehabilitation, ridicule, and humiliation. He was also severely burned in a deep fryer, beat up, and almost killed by a drunk driver, but that’s not what this book is about.

Arthur C. Clarke

What is the future of humanity?

Clark would use his imagination as a boy to travel in wonderment. As a teen he joined British International Society. He predicted much of the feats of the space program. Kepler went up soon after and this was in the first satelite to solely be sent for the search extraterrestrials. Kepler has cataloged over 1200 planetary candidates so far.

He sees a plave for man above the stars and dreams of visiting them. Since he loved ocean as well. He even started underwater safaris.

He founded commercial space travel. He even proposed a space elevator. This would have to go the same velosity as the Earth. A cable has to be light but strong so it won't snap.

More then 60 university's in America alone are working on the space elevator. This forsesus to think about evolition
How did we get here.

In London 1941 eight of the most devestating months of Nazi bombing leaves 200,000 dead. Clarke escapes to hills outside city. He looks beyond destruction and sees alien fighting
British interpoanetary society. In his late teens joins the fledging inner space society - organization of who shaped a  common goal. In honor of Arthur 100 feet above the Earth is known as the Clark Belt.

Leo Tolstoy

(9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), also known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy was a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. He is best known for two long novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877).

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

(June 24, 1842Disappeared: December, 1913) An American editorialist, journalist, short story writer. Today, he is best known for his short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and his satirical lexicon, The Devil’s Dictionary. In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country’s ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappeared without a trace.

Isaac Asimov

Are robots the key to human problems or the end to our civilization? There are many varieties such as: caregiving robots. These robots moniter personal space and they even imatate movements. In 1961 Ford takes a robot and puts it to work in a factory.

Surgical robots are taking the place of some doctors. Robots are tools we have.
They are used in military for bomb removal. Robots are percieved as soldiers. They make it easier to start war, that is truly scary.

When it came to the space reace Asimov believed that when the Soviets got into space humanity got into space. His studdies of space makes him an expert other scifi writers called when they needed help on their stories.

Carl Gustav Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and symbolization. 

Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson

 
(13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) (aged 44) A Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His most well known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 

Aldous Leonard Huxley

(26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, humanist, pacifist, and satirist. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays. Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts.

Benjamin Franklin

(January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was a scientist, inventor, writer, printer, and the first American Ambassador to France, as well as being a signer of both the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

Bob Dylan

(Born: May 24, 1941) Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan’s early songs, such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’”, became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements.

 

Rosanne Cash

She is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

 (October 15, 1844August 25, 1900) (aged 55) A 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism

Mary Shelly

Studying the dead is crucial if one wishes to unlock life."  Mary Shelly first author of scifi.  She was a science teacher that ran electrical current through human body and it moved. Electricity is key of life. Mary's mother died when she was born, thus creating the obsession with death. She lost all her children and her family. She died at 53 of a brain tumor.

"How will the world change when computers become smarter than humans?"Bluejean, an IBM supercomputer, is used to create artificial life. PGD, Plantation Genetic Diagnosis, now insures parents they have healthy babies the genetic.- Author Unknown.

Charles Monroe Schulz

Charles Monroe Schultz was born on November 26, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died on February 12, 2000  in Santa Rosa, California at age 77. He was a cartoonist most famous for creating,  "The Peanuts." He was one of the most influential people of his time. The cartoonist who does "Calvin and Hobbes,"  Bill Waterson has said, "Peanuts pretty much define the modern comic strip, so even now its hard to see it with fresh eyes." Schulz’s first regular cartoons, Li’l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

JRR Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

Caroline Ferguson Gordon

(October 6, 1895 – April 11, 1981) was a notable American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, was the recipient of two prestigious literary awards, a 1932 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 1934 O. Henry Award…

Maya Angelou

 (born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American author and poet. She has published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years… Source