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Abu Nuwas

(c. 755 - c. 814)

Woody Allen in thick black rim glasses

Woody Allen

Classical engraving of Aristophanes with a long beard.

Aristophanes

(c. 446 BC - c. 386 BC)

Photo of stone Aristotle statue face

Aristotle

(384 BC - 322 BC)

Color drawing of Jane Austen sitting in a chair wearing a blue dress

Jane Austen

(1775 - 1817)

Photograph of Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

(1821 - 1867)

Samuel Beckett, 1977. Photograph by Roger Pic.

Samuel Beckett

(1906 - 1989)

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

(1889 - 1945)

Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson

(1859 - 1941)

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

(1842 - c. 1914)

Image of Renaissance humanist and scholar Poggio Bracciolini.

Poggio Bracciolini

(1380 - 1459)

Black and white photo of Lenny Bruce being frisked by an officer

Lenny Bruce

(1925 - 1966)

Sepia toned photograph of Lewis Carroll in a suit, reading a book

Lewis Carroll

(1832 - 1898)

Italian courtier, diplomat, and writer Baldassare Castiglione.

Baldassare Castiglione

(1478 - 1529)

Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes.

Miguel de Cervantes

(1547 - 1616)

Charlie Chaplin

(1889 - 1977)

Color mosaic of earl Church father St. John Chrysostom.

St. John Chrysostom

(347 - 407)

Billy Collins

Color photograph of comedian and writer Rob Delaney.

Rob Delaney

Don DeLillo standing outside in a jacket, black and white photo

Don DeLillo

Pastel drawing of George Eliot.

George Eliot

(1819 - 1880)

color photograph of Victor Frankl with his hand on his chin looking pensive

Victor Frankl

(1905 - 1997)

Black and white photograph of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud with cigar.

Sigmund Freud

(1856 - 1949)

Ukrainian-born Russian novelist Nikolai Gogol.

Nikolai Gogol

(1809 - 1852)