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French poetess who won renown for her pastoral and reflective poems in the salon culture of her day.

American actress. A legendary Hollywood actress who won two Academy Awards.

Romain Rolland

1866 – 1944 · France

Romain Rolland was a French novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915. His works often focus on the exploration of human nature and social issues.

Leading poet of the English Renaissance. His epic The Faerie Queene celebrated the age of Elizabeth I. The Spenserian stanza he devised was widely used by later poets.

American singer and actress born Madonna Louise Ciccone. She is regarded as one of the greatest female pop artists in history.

Chinese Confucian philosopher of the Warring States period. He advocated the theory of innate human evil and emphasized the importance of ritual and education.

Titus Maccius Plautus

254 BC – 184 BC · Italy

Roman playwright who drew directly on Greek models and, with Terence, ranks as one of Rome's two great comic dramatists. His plays include Menaechmi.

An English novelist and social critic, widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. He is known for works such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities.

Peter Ferdinand Drucker

1909 – 2005 · United States

Austrian-born American management consultant and educator widely regarded as the founder of modern management. His major works include The Practice of Management and The Age of Discontinuity.

Peter Ustinov was a British actor, writer, and director celebrated as a versatile artist. A two-time Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor, he was also renowned for his wit and humanitarian work.

Thomas Aquinas was a medieval scholastic philosopher and theologian, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is best known for integrating Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology.