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Painting of Persian Muslim poet Farid ud-Din Attar.

Farid ud-Din Attar

(c. 1142 - c. 1220)

Depiction of Mughal dynasty founder Babur.

Babur

(1483 - 1530)

James Baldwin

(1924 - 1987)

Isaac Ben Yedaiah

(1450 - 1500)

Photograph of Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

(1899 - 1986)

Warren Breckman

Studio headshot of a young Charlie Chaplin without his signature mustache.

Charlie Chaplin

(1889 - 1977)

English critic and author G. K. Chesterton.

G.K. Chesterton

(1874 - 1936)

Byzantine historian and daughter of the emperor Anna Comnena.

Anna Comnena

(1083 - c. 1153)

Color portrait of English poet John Donne.

John Donne

(1572 - 1631)

British literary theorist and critic Terry Eagleton.

Terry Eagleton

Portrait of American Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards.

Jonathan Edwards

(1703 - 1758)

Albert Einstein in a suit and tie standing in front of a chalkboard

Albert Einstein

(1879 - 1955)

Black and white photograph of American writer and exponent of Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

(1803 - 1882)

Enheduanna

(c. 2285 BC - 2250 BC)

Sculpture bust of Greek dramatist Euripides.

Euripides

(c. 484 BC - c. 406 BC)

German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749 - 1832)

Alma Guillermoprieto

Black and white image of Persian lyric poet Hafez.

Hafez

(c. 1320 - c. 1390)

Color portrait of Chinese writer and poet Han Yu.

Han Yu

(768 - 824)

English writer and essayist William Hazlitt.

William Hazlitt

(1778 - 1830)

Sculpture bust of Greek historian Herodotus.

Herodotus

(c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC)

Theodor Herzl

(1860 - 1904)

Black and white photograph of German writer Hermann Hesse.

Hermann Hesse

(1877 - 1962)