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• Jordan Peterson

  Psychologist

  
  

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Henry Ford

  Industrialist

  Thursday, Jul 30, 1863
  Monday, Apr 07, 1947

• Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military Commander

  Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
  Saturday, May 05, 1821

• Zig Ziglar

  Author

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

• Will Rogers

  Actor

  Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
  Thursday, Aug 15, 1935

• John C. Maxwell

  Author

  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Essayist

  Wednesday, May 25, 1803
  Thursday, Apr 27, 1882

• Soren Kierkegaard

  Philosopher

  Wednesday, May 05, 1813
  Sunday, Nov 11, 1855

• Paulo Coelho

  Lyricist

  Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
  

• Ronald Reagan

  40Th US President

  Monday, Feb 06, 1911
  Saturday, Jun 05, 2004

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

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

• Theodore Roosevelt

  26Th U.s. President

  Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
  Monday, Jan 06, 1919

• Walt Whitman

  Poet

  Monday, May 31, 1819
  Saturday, Mar 26, 1892

• Robert Frost

  Poet

  Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
  Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963