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Color portrait of German theologian and reformer Martin Luther.

British philosopher, logician, and social critic Bertrand Russell.

Lines of Work

Martin Luther & Bertrand Russell

Engraving of Pliny the Elder.

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.

Water

Pliny the Elder & Leonardo da Vinci

Photograph of American forger George Bidwell.

Photograph of Lithuanian-born French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas.

Animals

George Bidwell & Emmanuel Levinas

American baseball player Yogi Berra.

American basketball player Charles Barkley.

Sports & Games

Yogi Berra & Charles Barkley

English dramatist, writer, and poet Aphra Behn.

American songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.

Magic Shows

Aphra Behn & Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

American poet Anne Bradstreet.

Black and white photograph of German-language writer Franz Kafka.

Family

Anne Bradstreet & Franz Kafka

Portrait of English poet John Keats.

Photograph of American novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler.

Intoxication

John Keats & Raymond Chandler

Photo of stone Aristotle statue face

Missing contributor image silhouette

The Future

Aristotle & Henry Noel-Fearn

Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician Moses Maimonides.

Energy

Moses Maimonides & Frances Willard

British writer Bernard Mandeville.

Disaster

Bernard Mandeville & Angelina Jolie

Black and white photograph of Emily Dickinson sitting next to a desk.

American writer William Styron.

Medicine

Emily Dickinson & William Styron

Classical bust of Thucydides.

Portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville wearing a black suit and standing in front of a chair.

Time

Thucydides & Alexis de Tocqueville

Portrait bust of Roman poet Virgil.

Photograph of French writer Guy de Maupassant.

The Sea

Virgil & Guy de Maupassant

Black and white photograph of West-Indian-born civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael.

Revolutions

José Martí & Stokely Carmichael

Statue of the Persian poet Ferdowsi.

Character from the television series The Wire.

Politics

Ferdowsi & Ed Burns and William Zorzi