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Idris Shah was a renowned Sufi and cognitive scientist, as well as an author. His works focused on interpreting Sufism and its philosophy in a contemporary context.

American criminologist, regarded as one of the leading experts in his field in the United States. His works include "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder."

Chinese Confucian scholar of the Ming dynasty. He authored Caigentan (Vegetable Root Discourse), a classic of life philosophy that fuses the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

British statesman and writer. He served as a Liberal cabinet minister and left critical works including biographies of Voltaire and Gladstone.

American businessman and author who gained fame as a master of insurance sales. His works include The New Art of Selling.

Leading dramatist of Greek New Comedy. His plays of everyday life and human feeling passed through Roman comedy to become a source of the European comic tradition.

American film actress and singer. Her bright image and precise phrasing made her hugely popular in both film and music. She is remembered for Que Sera Sera, which she sang in the film The Man Who Knew Too Much.

English banker, politician and naturalist who contributed to prehistoric archaeology. His essays such as The Pleasures of Life were widely read by the general public.

American politician. A Democrat, he served as a state senator in Vermont.

American psychologist. A pioneer of personality psychology, he developed trait theory.

French brothers Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, co-authors whose journals and novels influenced naturalist literature and inspired the Prix Goncourt.