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