* AESOP (620-564BC) Greek Story Teller
* AHIMSA Kindness toward all living things
* ALAN ALDA (1936- ) American Actor, Director and Author
* CLEVELAND AMORY (1917-1998) American Author and Animal Advocate
* HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875) Danish Author of Fairy Tales
* MARIAN ANDERSON (1897-1993) African-American Singer
* MAYA ANGELOU (1928-) African-American Author and Poet
* SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906) American Civil Rights leader
* SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274) Roman Catholic Priest
* JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431) Roman Catholic Saint
* SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430) Bishop. Latin philosopher
* ARGOS Odysseus’ Dog in Homer’s Odyssey
* DAVID ATTENBOROUGH (1926 -) British Naturalist
* MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180 CE) Roman Emperor
* LEW AYRES (1908-1996) American Actor
* JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) German Composer
* SIMONE de BEAUVOIR (1908-1986) French Writer, Philosopher, Feminist, Social Theorist
* HENRY BESTON (1888-1968) American Writer and Naturalist
* STEPHEN BIKO (1946-1977) South African Anti-apartheid Activist
* BRUNO BETTELHEIM (1903-1990) Austrian-born Child Psychologist and Writer
* WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) English Poet and Painter
* GREGORY BOYLE (1954-) American Jesuit Priest
* RUSS AND BLYTH CARPENTER The Blessings of Bhutan
* RACHEL CARSON (1907-1964) American Conservationist and Author
* MIGUEL de CERVANTES (1547-1616) Spanish Novelist and Poet
* PEMA CHODRON American Tibetan Buddhist Author
* NOAM CHOMSKY (1928-) American Philosopher, Historian and Cognitive Scientist
* PIERRE TEIHARD de CHARDAN (1881-1955) French Philosopher
* CLEOPATRA (69BC-30BC) Last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
* ST. CRISPIN’S DAY Henry V William Shakespeare
* MARIE CURIE (1867-1934) Polish Physicist and Chemist
* CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) English Naturalist.
* CHIEF DAN GEORGE (1899-1981) Chief of Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Author and Poet
* CLAIRE DAVINROY Leader WWII French Resistance
* RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650) French Philosopher
* DGUTS
Don’t Give Up The Ship James Lawrence (1791-1813) US Naval Officer
* DENIS DIDEROT (1713-1784). French Writer Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences
* FRED C. DOBBS
B.Traven’s Novel The Treasure of Sierra Madre
* MIKE DOOLEY (1961-) American Author
* DORJI Prominent Bhutan Family
* FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (1821-1881) Russian Novelist
* ALFRED DREYFUS (1859-1935) French Artillery Officer
* AMELIA EARHART (1897-1937) American Aviation Pioneer and Author
* M.C. ESCHER (1890-1972) Dutch Graphic Artist
* ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955) German born American Physicist
* LOREN EISELEY (1907-1977) American Philosopher and Anthropologist
* ELIZABETH I (1533-1603) Queen Regnant of England and Ireland
* RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist
* FATIMA Fatima, Portugal
* WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962) American Writer
* FIESOLE Town near Florence, Italy
* GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642) Italian Philosopher, Physicist and Astronomer
* INDIRA GANDHI (1917-1984) Third Prime Minister of India
* CHIEF DAN GEORGE (1899-1981) Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
* MARIJA GIMBUTAS (1921-1994) Lithuanian-American Archeologist
* KURT HAHN (1886-1974) German Educationist
* GEORG VON HARDENBERG (1772-1801) German Author Pseudonym NOVALIS
* HATSHEPSUT (1508- 1458 BC) Fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
* VACLAV HAVEL (1936-2011) Czech Playwright and Politician
* JOSE HERNANDEZ (1962-) American NASA Astronaut
* HERMANN HESSE (1877-1962) German-Swiss Novelist
* HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179) German Writer, Philosopher, Composer
* ALFRED HITCHCOCK (1899-1980) English Film Director
* HOMER (8th Century BC) Greek Epic Poet
* LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) African-American Poet and Social Activist
* ALDOUS HUXLEY (1894-1963) English Writer
* EUGENE IONESCO (1909–1994) Romanian Playwright
* JODY Character in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Yearling
* CARL GUSTAV JUNG (1875-1961) Swiss Psychiatrist
* MICHIO KAKU (1947-) American Theoretical Physicist
* NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS (1883-1957) Greek Writer and Philosopher
* HELEN KELLER (1880-1968) American Author and Political Activist
* SOREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855) Danish Philosopher and Author
* RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) English Novelist
* ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS (1926-2004) Swiss American Psychiatrist and Author
* MILAN KUNDERA (1929-) Czech Author
* D.H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Literary critic and Painter.
* LIBUSE Legendary Ancestor of Czech Premyslid Dynasty
* CHARLES LINDBERGH (1902-1974) American Aviator and Social Activist
* ANDRE LE NOTRE (1613-1700) French Landscape Architect
* JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912) British Surgeon Pioneer of Antiseptic Surgery
* LITTLE ROUNDTOP American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg
* HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) American Poet Excelsior
* BARRY LOPEZ (1945-) American Author
* LOS ANGELES DRAMA CLUB Youngest Shakespeare Troupe in the United States
* WANGARI MAATHAI (1940-2011) Kenyan Environmental and Political Activist
* NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527) Italian Philosopher, Writer and Historian
* MAL’AKH Hebrew Human and Divine Messenger, Angel
* MANI Om Mani Padme Hum Sanskrit Mantra
* SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874-1965) English Playwright and Novelist
* WINSOR McCAY (1869-1934) American Cartoonist and Animator
* THOMAS MERTON (1915-1968) Anglo-American Writer and Social Activist
* LEWIS MILESTONE (1895-1980) American Motion Picture Director
* MARIA MONTESSORI (1870-1952) Italian Physician and Educator
* JOHN MUIR ((1838-1914) American Naturalist
* THOMAS NAST (1840-1902) American Caricaturist and Cartoonist
* SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA (270-343) Greek Bishop
* FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) German Philosopher
* FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820-1910) English Founder of Modern Nursing
* NOBODY Homer’s Odyssey
* WILLIAM OF OCKHAM (1288-1348) English Philosopher
* GEORGIA O’KEEFFE (1887-1986) American Artist
* THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) English-American Author and Political Activist
* EMMELINE PANKHURST (1858-1928) British Political Activist
* ROSA PARKS (1913-2005) African-American Civil Rights Activist
* PASQUA Spanish language Easter
* WILDER PENFIELD (1891-1976) American born Canadian Neurosurgeon
* JEAN PIAGET (1896-1980) Swiss Psychologist
* PICCHU Machu Picchu 15th Century Inca Site in Peru
* PING Chinese word for Peace The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
* MARCEL PROUST (1871-1922) French Novelist
* PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS (570-495 BC) Greek Philosopher and Mathematician
* RASKOLNIKOV Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
* GODFREY REGGIO (1940-) American Film Director
* SALLY RIDE (1951-2012) American Physicist and Astronaut
* ZACK DE LA ROCHA (1970-) American musician and Activist
* ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962) US First Lady. Political and Human Rights Activist
* EDWARD RUTLEDGE (1749-1800) Signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence
* PAUL AND KATHI DE SAINT COLOMBE Graphotherapeutics
* ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY (1900-1944) French Writer and Aviator
* J.D.SALINGER (1919-2010) American Author
* SAPPHO (630-570BCE) Greek Lyric Poet
* DRED SCOTT (1795-1858) African-American Freedom Fighter Dred Scott vs.Sandford
* CHIEF SEATTLE (1780-1866) Chief of the Suquamish Indians
* SENDING BLIND Aviation - Calling Any Station in an Emergency
* LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA (4BC-AD65) Roman Philosopher and Statesman
* WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) English Playwright and Poet
* MURASAKI SHIKIBU (973-1025 C.E.) Japanese Novelist
* ELISABETH SHOUMATOFF (1888-1980) American Painter
* PETER ALBERT DAVID SINGER (1946-) Australian Philosopher
* SOISSAGE
French Language Be Good
* BARUCH SPINOZA (1632-1677) Dutch Philosopher
* ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815-1902) American Women’s Rights Activist
* WALLACE STEGNER (1909-1993) American Writer and Environmentalist
* GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946) American Art Collector and Writer
* GLORIA STEINEM (1934-) American Feminist, Social and Political Activist
* RUDOLF STEINER (1861 - 1925) Austrian Philosopher
* JON STEWART (1962-) American Comedian and Political Satirist
* HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896) American Abolitionist and Author
* JOHN RIDLEY STROOP (1897-1973) American psychologist
* DOROTHY McGUIRE SWOPE (1916-2001) American Actress
* JOHN SWOPE (1908-1979) American Photographer and Pilot
* MOTHER TERESA (1910-1997) Albanian Indian Roman Catholic Nun
* NIKOLA TESLA (1856-1943) Serbian American Physicist, Wireless Communication
* LAURENCE TRIBE (1941-) American Professor of Constitutional Law - Harvard Law School
* SOJOURNER TRUTH (1797-1883) African-American Abolitionist, Human Right’s Activist
* HARRIET TUBMAN (1822-1913) Afrian-American Abolitionist and Humanitarian
* NAT TURNER (1800-1831) African-American Leader of Slave Rebellion
* TZ’U-HSI (1835-1908) Chinese Empress Dowager
* QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Empress of India
* LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) Italian Renaissance Painter,Sculptor, Inventor, Architect
* LECH WALESA ( 1943-) Leader Polish Solidarity Movement
* ALICE WALKER (1944-) African-American Author, Poet and Activist
* SIMONE WEIL (1909-1943) French Social Activist and Philosopher
* WE’RE HERE Schooner in Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous
* ELIEZER WIESEL (1928) American Writer and Political Activist
* MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) British Writer, Women’s Rights Advocate
* WORLD WAR II BUFFALO SOLDIERS WWII Black American Infantry Division
* XENIA OF ST. PETERSBURG Patron Saint of the Homeless
* WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865-1939) Irish Playwright and Poet
* EMILE ZOLA (1840-1902) French Writer