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.