One of the strongest of contemporary conventions is that of comparing to Thoreau every writer who has been as far out of the house as the mailbox.

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• Les Brown

  Author

  Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
  

• George Orwell

  Novelist

  Thursday, Jun 25, 1903
  Saturday, Jan 21, 1950

• John C. Maxwell

  Author

  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Jean De La Bruyere

  Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
  Thursday, May 10, 1696

• Vincent Van Gogh

  Painter

  Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
  Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

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

• Muhammad Ali

  Professional Boxer

  Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
  Friday, Jun 03, 2016

• Mahatma Gandhi

  Civil Rights Leader

  Saturday, Oct 02, 1869
  Friday, Jan 30, 1948

• Ernest Hemingway

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

• Napoleon Hill

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  Friday, Oct 26, 1883
  Sunday, Nov 08, 1970

• Paulo Coelho

  Lyricist

  Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
  

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

  Writer

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

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  34Th U.s. President

  Tuesday, Oct 14, 1890
  Friday, Mar 28, 1969

• Henry David Thoreau

  Author

  Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
  Tuesday, May 06, 1862

• John Keats

  Poet

  Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
  Friday, Feb 23, 1821