The following individuals, presented in alphabetical order by popular last name, are enumerated because they have something to teach either by example or the legacy of their work.
 Pierre Beaumarchais
b. 24 Jan 1732 Paris, France d. 18 May 1799 Paris, France
Author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Involved in arming Americans during the war for independence.
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 Dietrich Bonhoeffer
b. 4 Feb 1906 Breslau, Germany d. 9 Apr 1945 Flossenburg, Germany
Lutheran pastor and theologian, Nazi resistor
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 Joseph Campbell
b. 26 Mar 1904 New York, USA d. 30 Oct 1987 Honolulu, USA
Author of A Hero with a Thousand Faces and other works on religion and mythology.
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 Fidel Castro Ruz
b. 13 Aug 1926 Biran, Cuba
Leader of the movement that overthrew the Batista government in Cuba during the 1956 - 1959 revolution.
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 Hugo Chavez
b. 28 Jul 1958 Sabaneta, Venezuela
53rd and present president of Venezuela.
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 Noam Chomsky
b. 7 Dec 1928 Philadelphia, USA
Professor of linguistics at MIT. Political activist.
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 Richard Dawkins
b. 26 March 1941 Nairobi, Kenya
Professor of ethology at Oxford University. Proponent of gene centric evolution.
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 Eugene Debs
b. 5 Nov 1855 Terra Haute, USA d. 20 Oct 1926 Elmhurst, USA
Labor and peace activist
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 Benjamin Franklin
b. 17 Jan 1706 Boston, Massachussetts d. 1790 Philadelphia, USA
Author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist, diplomat and one of the most prominent founding fathers of the United States.
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 Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
b. 14 Jun 1928 Rosario, Argentina d. 1967 Bolivia
Participant in the movement which overthrew the Batista government in Cuba in the 1956 - 1959 revolution.
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 Aldous Huxley
b. 26 Jul 1894 Surrey, England d. 22 Nov 1963 Los Angeles, USA
Author of Brave New World and Doors of Perception
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 Chalmers Johnson
b. 1931 Phoenix, USA
Professor of political science at UC, San Diego. Author of books regarding Japan, Asia and US foreign policy.
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 Huey Long
b. 30 Aug 1893 Winn Parish, Louisiana d. 10 Sep 1935 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator.
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 George Orwell - Eric Arthur Blair
b. 25 Jun 1903 Matihari, India d.21 Jan 1950 London, England
Author of Animal Farm and 1984.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. 15 Jan 1929 Atlanta, Georgia d. 4 Apr 1968 Memphis, Tennessee
Baptist Minister who was a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement and political activist in the struggle between classes.
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 Mark Twain - Samuel Langhorne Clemens
b. 30 Nov 1835 d. 21 April 1910
Author and lecturer.
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 Rodolfo Walsh
b. 9 Jan 1927 Lamarque, Argentina d. 25 Mar 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Investigative journalist.
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 Eugene Gore Vidal
b. 3 Oct 1925 West Point, USA
Author and political activist.
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 Voltaire - François-Marie Arouet
b. 21 Nov 1694 Paris, France d. 30 May 1778 Paris, France
Author and philosopher.
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 Malcolm X - Malcolm Little
b. 19 May 1925 Omaha, Nebraska d. 21 February 1965 New York City
Muslim Minister who was a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement.
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 Howard Zinn
b. 24 Aug 1922 Brooklyn, USA
Historian
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