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Li Yu

(1610 - 1680)

Engraving of Greek satirist Lucian.

Lucian

(125 - c. 180)

Naguib Mahfouz

(1911 - 2006)

Seated man with a large white beard wearing a dark suit

Karl Marx

(1818 - 1883)

Image of English journalist and sociologist Henry Mayhew.

Henry Mayhew

(1812 - 1887)

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

(1740 - 1814)

Maria

Maria Mitchell

(1818 - 1889)

Joseph Mitchell

(1908 - 1996)

Carlos Monsiváis

(1938 - 2010)

Photograph of Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

(1899 - 1977)

Fridtjof Nansen

(1861 - 1930)

Black and white engraving of Roman poet Ovid in profile.

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Philippe Petit

Philo of Alexandria

(25 BC - 50)

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)

Photograph of American writer Francine Prose.

Francine Prose

Sculpture bust of Roman teacher and writer Quintilian.

Quintilian

(35 - c. 96)

John Rechy

Roaldus Richmond

(c. 1910 - c. 1986)

Alice Robb

Portrait of Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712 - 1778)

Norman Rush

Carl Sagan

(1934 - 1996)