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Dudley North

(1641 - 1691)

Iris Origo

(1902 - 1988)

Luca Pacioli

(1447 - 1517)

American historian Francis Parkman.

Francis Parkman

(1823 - 1893)

Joseph Penso de la Vega

(c. 1650 - 1692)

Fernão Mendes Pinto

Fernão Mendes Pinto

(c. 1510 - 1583)

Engraving of Pliny the Elder.

Pliny the Elder

(23 - 79)

Mary Prince

(1788 - c. 1833)

Qianlong

(1711 - 1799)

Painting of François Rabelais.

François Rabelais

(1494 - 1553)

Richard A. Radford

(1919 - 2006)

Ayn Rand (Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo)

Ayn Rand

(1905 - 1982)

Scott Rettberg

David Ricardo

(1772 - 1823)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(1882 - 1945)

Salman Rushdie

Lucy Sante

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Engraving of Scottish economist Adam Smith.

Adam Smith

(1723 - 1790)

Paul Strohm. Photograph © Nigel Whitmey

Paul Strohm

Northcote W. Thomas

(1868 - 1936)

Antoniotto Usodimare

(1416 - 1461)

Colorized engraving of Voltaire wearing a wig.

Voltaire

(1694 - 1778)

Elizabeth Warren