There's a tendency when we write history to do it with the power of hindsight and then assume almost god-like knowledge that nobody living through history has.

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• Mother Teresa

  Saint

  Friday, Aug 26, 1910
  Friday, Sep 05, 1997

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Winston Churchill

  Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

  Monday, Nov 30, 1874
  Sunday, Jan 24, 1965

• H. L. Mencken

  Journalist

  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Heraclitus

  Philosopher

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

• Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philologist

  Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
  Saturday, Aug 25, 1900

• Kobe Bryant

  Basketball Player

  Wednesday, Aug 23, 1978
  

• Will Rogers

  Actor

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

• Rodney Dangerfield

  Comedian

  Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
  Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Poet

  Wednesday, Oct 21, 1772
  Friday, Jul 25, 1834

• Isaac Newton

  Physicist

  Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

• Nelson Mandela

  Former President Of South Africa

  Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
  Thursday, Dec 05, 2013

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

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

• George Bernard Shaw

  Playwright

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

• John Keats

  Poet

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