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Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato

(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)

Engraving of Pliny the Elder.

Pliny the Elder

(23 - 79)

Italian businessman and con artist Charles Ponzi.

Charles Ponzi

(1882 - 1949)

Portrait of Chinese fiction writer Pu Songling.

Pu Songling

(1640 - 1715)

Damon Runyon

(1880 - 1946)

Saki

(1870 - 1916)

American non-fiction writer David Samuels.

David Samuels

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Sjón

Susan Sontag

(1933 - 2004)

Greek dramatist Sophocles.

Sophocles

(c. 496 BC - 406 BC)

Sun Tzu

(c. 544 BC - c. 496 BC)

Ida M. Tarbell

(1857 - 1944)

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Mark Twain

(1835 - 1910)

Italian artist and author Giorgio Vasari.

Giorgio Vasari

(1511 - 1574)

French detective Eugène François Vidocq.

Eugène François Vidocq

(1775 - 1857)

Rudolf Vrba

(1924 - 2006)

Andy Warhol

(1928 - 1987)

American writer Robert Penn Warren.

Robert Penn Warren

(1905 - 1989)

Black and white photograph of a young H.G. Wells with a mustache.

H.G. Wells

(1866 - 1946)

Sepia colored photo of Oscar Wilde sitting on a rock with a book in his hand

Oscar Wilde

(1854 - 1900)