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44 of 232 masters
Bruce Lee
Martial artist and actor, founder of Jeet Kune Do
131 records
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Vincent van Gogh
Dutch post-impressionist painter (1853-1890)
215 records
AskPhoto Vincent van Gogh · Public domain
Michael Jordan
Basketball player, six-time NBA champion
81 records
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Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance painter, engineer and scientist (1452-1519)
873 records
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William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564-1616)
97 records
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Ernest Hemingway
Nobel Prize-winning novelist (1899-1961)
249 records
AskPhoto Lloyd Arnold · Public domain
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment (1821-1881)
408 records
AskPhoto Vasily Perov · Public domain
Stephen King
American novelist of horror and suspense
195 records
AskPhoto Kevin Payravi / WikiPortraits · CC BY-SA 4.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, author of Faust (1749-1832)
945 records
AskPhoto Joseph Karl Stieler · Public domain
Oscar Wilde
Irish writer and playwright (1854-1900)
1,054 records
AskPhoto Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden · Public domain
Mark Twain
American novelist and humorist (1835-1910)
1,104 records
AskPhoto A.F. Bradley, New York · Public domain
George Bernard Shaw
Nobel Prize-winning playwright (1856-1950)
784 records
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Maya Angelou
American poet and civil rights activist (1928-2014)
141 records
AskPhoto Clinton Library · Public domain
Jerry Seinfeld
American comedian, co-creator of Seinfeld
241 records
AskPhoto Zafrir Keren - צפריר קרן · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rick Rubin
Record producer, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings
252 records
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Steven Pressfield
Novelist, author of The War of Art
858 records
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Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
104 records
AskPhoto Susan Sterner · Public domain
Steve Jobs
Co-founder of Apple (1955-2011)
343 records
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Walt Disney
Co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901-1966)
204 records
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Winston Churchill
British prime minister in World War II (1874-1965)
1,009 records
AskPhoto Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada · Public domain
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of the United States (1809-1865)
978 records
AskPhoto Alexander Gardner · Public domain
Linus Torvalds
Creator of Linux and Git
99 records
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Coco Chanel
Fashion designer, founder of Chanel (1883-1971)
75 records
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bodybuilder, actor, former governor of California
100 records
AskPhoto Bernhard Holub · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo game designer, creator of Mario and Zelda
152 records
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Richard Feynman
Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1918-1988)
256 records
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist, author of War and Peace (1828-1910)
847 records
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Phil Knight
Co-founder of Nike, author of Shoe Dog
128 records
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C. S. Lewis
British author of The Chronicles of Narnia (1898-1963)
189 records
AskPhoto John S. Murray · Public domain
Jony Ive
Former Apple design chief, founder of LoveFrom
32 records
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Satoru Iwata
Fourth president of Nintendo (1959-2015)
87 records
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Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, author of The Book of Five Rings
81 records
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Claude Shannon
Mathematician, founder of information theory (1916-2001)
65 records
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James Dyson
Founder of Dyson, inventor
35 records
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John Carmack
Co-founder of id Software, lead programmer of Doom
81 records
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Yvon Chouinard
Founder of Patagonia
13 records
AskPhoto Tom Frost · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soichiro Honda
Founder of Honda (1906-1991)
41 records
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Ed Catmull
Co-founder and former president of Pixar
14 records
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John Wooden
UCLA basketball coach, 10 NCAA titles (1910-2010)
48 records
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Michel de Montaigne
French thinker, author of the Essays (1533-1592)
1,105 records
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Cal Newport
Georgetown computer science professor, author of Deep Work
811 records
AskBrunello Cucinelli
Founder of the Italian cashmere brand bearing his name
17 records
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David Perell
Writing teacher, host of the How I Write podcast
1,230 records
AskRichard Hamming
Bell Labs mathematician, inventor of Hamming codes
75 records
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