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• George Bernard Shaw

  Playwright

  Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
  Thursday, Nov 02, 1950

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Civil Rights Activist

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
  Thursday, Apr 04, 1968

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

  Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
  Saturday, Apr 17, 1790

• Zig Ziglar

  Author

  Saturday, Nov 06, 1926
  Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012

• Pope John Paul Ii

  Priest

  Tuesday, May 18, 1920
  Saturday, Apr 02, 2005

• Abraham Lincoln

  16Th U.S. President

  Sunday, Feb 12, 1809
  Saturday, Apr 15, 1865

• Dr. Seuss

  Writer

  Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
  Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991

• Stephen Hawking

  Physicist

  Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
  

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

  Writer

  Thursday, Aug 28, 1749
  Thursday, Mar 22, 1832

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• John C. Maxwell

  Author

  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Sun Tzu

  Strategist

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970

• Peter Drucker

  Author

  Friday, Nov 19, 1909
  Friday, Nov 11, 2005

• Steve Jobs

  Entrepreneur

  Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
  Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011