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Apple co-founder and former CEO, pioneer of personal computing.
Author and speaker on leadership and purpose (Start With Why).
Brazilian lyricist and novelist, author of The Alchemist.
Historian and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
American inventor and businessman; associated with the phonograph, motion picture camera, and practical electric light.
Programmer, writer, and investor. He co-founded Y Combinator, one of the most influential startup accelerators. His essays often focus on craft, startups, and the importance of thinking clearly about how things are built.
Co-founder of 37signals (Basecamp), author and product thinker.
Irish playwright and critic; Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
German industrial designer known for his ten principles of good design.
Dutch graphic designer and typographer; co-founder of Total Design.
American animator, film producer, and entrepreneur; co-founder of The Walt Disney Company.
Engineer, author, and investor; led iPod and iPhone teams at Apple; founder of Nest.
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer; co-creator of many Marvel characters.
British advertising executive; co-founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH).
British science fiction writer, futurist, and inventor.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu grandmaster and retired mixed martial artist; member of the Gracie family.
American record executive and producer, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings.
Researcher and author focused on trust in the digital age; public speaker and lecturer.
American former professional boxer; undisputed heavyweight champion in the late 1980s.
English singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones.
French Renaissance philosopher and essayist; pioneer of the essay as a literary form.
American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist; author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
American writer and humorist; author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
American cultural anthropologist; known for studies of Oceania and public anthropology.
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, author of Meditations.
Finnish-American software engineer; creator of the Linux kernel and Git.
American technologist, designer, and author; known for computational design leadership.
German writer and statesman; author of Faust and a key figure of Weimar Classicism.
American novelist, short story writer, and poet; author of Moby-Dick.
American industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company; pioneered mass production.
American science-fiction author best known for Dune.
Turkish politician and Mayor of Istanbul.
American former professional baseball shortstop; New York Yankees legend.
American actor and filmmaker; two-time Academy Award winner.
Creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder of 37signals (Basecamp).
Brazilian medium and philanthropist; influential figure in Spiritism.
American musician, singer, and composer; co-founder of the Beach Boys.
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb; product and design leader.
Co-founder of Microsoft; technologist and philanthropist.
American actor and filmmaker; Academy Award–winning screenwriter and producer.
British actress and humanitarian; icon of classic cinema.
Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity; Nobel laureate.