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American musician Charles Mingus.

Charles Mingus

(1922 - 1979)

black and white pencil drawing of Moliere in an ornate frame

Molière

(1622 - 1673)

British author Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

(1689 - 1762)

Jelly Roll Morton

(1890 - 1941)

Es’kia Mphahlele

(1919 - 2008)

Black and white photograph of Friedrich Nietzsche with a huge mustache.

Friedrich Nietzsche

(1844 - 1900)

Miniature portrait of monk, musician, poet, and librarian Notker the Stammerer.

Notker the Stammerer

(c. 840 - 912)

Ouyang Xiu

(1007 - 1072)

Richard Owen

(1922 - 2015)

Geoffrey Philp

Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato

(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)

Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Plutarch

(46 - c. 120)

Pascal Quignard

Alex Ross

Luigi Russolo

(1885 - 1947)

Depiction of Greek lyric poet Sappho.

Sappho

(c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC)

Erik Satie

(1866 - 1925)

Portrait of young Arthur Schopenhauer wearing a brown suit and a cravat.

Arthur Schopenhauer

(1788 - 1860)

Clara Schumann

(1819 - 1896)

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

George Bernard Shaw

(1856 - 1950)

Irwin Silber

(1925 - 2010)

Peter Sloterdijk

Ethel Smyth

(1858 - 1944)