Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr.

(11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. His 20-year leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy retail magnates in the United Kingdom.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)(aged 63) The 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades.

Marvin Jeremy Ashton

(May 6, 1915 – February 25, 1994) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 until his death.

Earl Nightingale

(March 12, 1921 – March 28, 1989) was an American motivational speaker and author, known as the “Dean of Personal Development.” He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956.

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

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.

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.

John Robert Wooden

 (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood”, he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row as head coach at UCLA.

William Arthur Ward

 (1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room

John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy

 (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)  was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his death in 1963. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Isaac Asimov

(January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Nancy Davis Reagan

(born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American actress and the wife of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989…

Laurence Allen “Larry” Elder

(born April 27, 1952) is an American lawyer, writer and radio and television personality who calls himself the “Sage of South Central,” a district of Los Angeles, California

Abraham Lincoln

 (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) (aged 56) 16th President of the United States (March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.) He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.

Josh Shipp

(born January 20, 1982) is an American teen behavior expert, youth motivational speaker, best-selling author, and TV show host. He is often referred to as “The Teen Whisperer.”