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Abigail Adams
Former U.S. first lady (1744-1818)
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Adrienne Rich
Poet and feminist (1929-2012)
Aesop
Agnes Martin
Abstract painter (1912-2004)
Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist and activist (1957-present)
Al Pacino
Oscar- and Tony-winning actor (1940-present)
Alain Badiou
Alan Fletcher
Alan Watts
British philosopher, writer, and speaker (1915-1973)
Albert Camus
French philosopher and author (1913-1960)
Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1879-1955)
Alex Haley
Author (1921-1992)
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor and scientist (1847-1922)
Alexander Pope
Alexander Woollcott
Alfred Adler
Alice Cary
Alice Cooper
Alice Neel
Alice Walker
Allen Ginsberg
Beat poet and writer (1926-1997)
Alva Myrdal
Amanda Gorman
Amelia Earhart
Aviation pioneer (1897-disappeared 1937)
Amit Ray
Indian spiritual teacher (1960-present)
Amit Ray
Indian spiritual teacher (1960-present)
Amy Chua
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Children's author and memoirist (1965-2017)
Amy Poehler
Amy Schumer
Anatole France
Anaïs Nin
French American diarist and author (1903-1977)
Andy Warhol
Angela Davis
Ann Lauterbach
Ann Patchett
Author (1963-present)
Anna Gavalda
Anna Wintour
Fashion editor (1949-present)
Anne Carson
Anne Frank
Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929-1945)
Anne Lamott
Anne Truitt
Sculptor (1921-2004)
Annie Ernaux
Nobel Prize-winning French writer (1940-present)
Anonymous
Anselm Kiefer
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900-1944)
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher (384-322 BCE)
Audre Lorde
Writer, poet, and civil rights activist (1934-1992)
Audrey Hepburn
August Wilson
Auguste Rodin
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J.M. Barrie
Scottish novelist and playwright (1860-1937)
J.R.R. Tolkien
English writer and scholar (1892-1973)
Jacinda Ardern
40th prime minister of New Zealand (1980-present)
Jack Kerouac
Novelist and poet (1922-1969)
Jack Kornfield
Buddhist teacher (1945-present)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
James Baldwin
Writer and civil rights activist (1924-1987)
James Clear
James Dean
James Dyson
James Thurber
Writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jane Austen
English author (1775-1817)
Jane Goodall
Animal scientist and conservationist (1934-present)
Jane Wagner
Janis Joplin
Jasper Johns
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker (1930-present)
Javier Bardem
Jawaharlal Nehru
Former prime minister of India (1889-1964)
Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jeff Brown
Jenny Slate
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Jackson
Jim Carrey
Actor (1962-present)
Joan Didion
Writer and journalist (1934-2021)
Joan Rivers
Actress, comedian, and writer (1933-2014)
Jodi Picoult
Author (1966-present)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
John A. Shedd
John Baldessari
Conceptual artist (1931-2020)
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. president (1917-1963)
John Irving
John Keats
English poet (1795-1821)
John Maxwell
John Steinbeck
Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1902-1968)
John Wooden
Jonathan Sacks
English Orthodox rabbi (1948-2020)
Jonathan Swift
Irish writer and satirist (1667-1745)
Joseph Addison
Joseph Campbell
Author and professor (1904-1987)
Josiah Gilbert Holland
Joyce Brothers
Judi Dench
Oscar-winning English actress (1934-present)
Judy Blume
Judy Garland
Actress, singer, and dancer (1922-1969)
Julia Alvarez
Novelist and poet (1950-present)
Julianne Moore
Julie Andrews
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Madame de Staël
Madame de Sévigné
Madeleine L'Engle
Author (1918-2007)
Mae Jemison
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence leader (1869-1948)
Mahershala Ali
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner (1997-present)
Malcolm X
Malvina Reynolds
Manolo Blahnik
Marcel Proust
French novelist (1871-1922)
Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor (121-180 CE)
Marcus Garvey
Political activist and Black nationalist leader (1887-1940)
Margaret Wander Bonanno
Marianne Williamson
Marie Curie
Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist (1867-1934)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Marilyn Monroe
Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1943-present)
Marina Abramović
Mark Twain
Marlene Dietrich
Marsha P. Johnson
LGBTQ+ activist (1945-1992)
Martha Beck
Sociologist and author (1962-present)
Martha Graham
Dancer and choreographer (1894-1991)
Marthe Troly-Curtin
Martin Buber
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader (1929-1968)
Mary Karr
Mary Katrantzou
Mary Lou Retton
Olympic gymnast (1968-present)
Mary Oliver
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (1935-2019)
Mary Schmich
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Mary Shelley
English novelist (1797-1851)
Mary Tyler Moore
Actress and producer (1936-2017)
Masami Saionji
Massimo Bottura
Matt Damon
Actor (1970-present)
Maxine Hong Kingston
May Sarton
Maya Angelou
Poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928-2014)
Meghan Markle
Mel Robbins
Meryl Streep
Oscar-winning actress (1949-present)
Michael J. Fox
Michelangelo
Michelle Obama
Former U.S. first lady (1964-present)
Mignon McLaughlin
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer (1547-1616)
Miles Davis
Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1926-1991)
Mindy Kaling
Actress, producer, and screenwriter (1979-present)
Miriam Miranda
Misty Copeland
Principal ballet dancer (1982-present)
Mitch Albom
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese samurai (1584-1645)
Moby
Musician and DJ (1965-present)
Montesquieu
Morgan Harper Nichols
Musician and artist (1990-present)
Méret Oppenheim