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Photograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnPolitician · 6
Photograph portrait of Albert Einstein
Albert EinsteinScientist · 3
Portrait of Alexander Pope
Alexander PopePoet · 4
Portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred, Lord TennysonPoet · 5
Marble bust of Aristotle
AristotlePhilosopher · 1
Photograph portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleWriter · 4
Painted portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinPolitician · 7
Painting of Moses holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments
Book of ExodusReligious figure · 1
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Book of ProverbsReligious figure · 2
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Book of PsalmsReligious figure · 2
William Blake, Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah (1795)
Book of RuthReligious figure · 1
Photograph of Bram Stoker, 1906
Bram StokerWriter · 2
Photograph portrait of Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinScientist · 2
Portrait of Charles Dickens
Charles DickensWriter · 8
Portrait of Charles Lamb
Charles LambWriter · 1
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë by her brother Branwell
Charlotte BrontëWriter · 2
Engraved portrait of Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke MoorePoet · 1
Han dynasty tomb fresco of Confucius
ConfuciusPhilosopher · 4
Portrait of Dante by Sandro Botticelli
Dante AlighieriPoet · 1
Photograph of Edgar Allan Poe, about 1849
Edgar Allan PoePoet · 2
Painted portrait of Edmund Burke
Edmund BurkePhilosopher · 1
Photograph portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor RooseveltActivist · 2
Portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPoet · 1
Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonPoet · 3
Engraved portrait of Epictetus, 1715
EpictetusPhilosopher · 2
Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis BaconPhilosopher · 3
Portrait of Francis Pharcellus Church
Francis Pharcellus ChurchJournalist · 1
Portrait photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. RooseveltPolitician · 2
Photograph portrait of Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassActivist · 2
Portrait photograph of Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzschePhilosopher · 2
Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov
Fyodor DostoevskyWriter · 2
Portrait of George Eliot by François D'Albert Durade
George EliotWriter · 2
Photograph portrait of George Santayana
George SantayanaPhilosopher · 1
Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington
George WashingtonPolitician · 1
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Gospel of JohnReligious figure · 1
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Gospel of LukeReligious figure · 2
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Gospel of MatthewReligious figure · 1
Photograph of Henry Adams, 1885
Henry AdamsWriter · 1
Portrait of Henry David Thoreau
Henry David ThoreauWriter · 4
Portrait of Heraclitus
HeraclitusPhilosopher · 1
Photograph of Herbert Spencer
Herbert SpencerPhilosopher · 1
Portrait of Herman Melville by Joseph O. Eaton
Herman MelvilleWriter · 2
Engraved portrait of Hippocrates
HippocratesScientist · 1
Marble bust of Homer in the British Museum
HomerPoet · 1
Contorniate medallion with a portrait of Horace
HoracePoet · 2
Portrait of Isaac Newton
Isaac NewtonScientist · 2
NASA portrait photograph of Jack Swigert
Jack SwigertExplorer · 1
Portrait of Jane Austen
Jane AustenWriter · 3
Portrait of John Donne
John DonnePoet · 3
Official portrait photograph of John F. Kennedy
John F. KennedyPolitician · 3
Portrait of John Keats
John KeatsPoet · 4
John McCrae in uniform, about 1914
John McCraeMilitary leader · 1
Portrait of the young John Milton
John MiltonPoet · 2
Portrait of Jonathan Swift by Charles Jervas
Jonathan SwiftWriter · 2
Photograph of Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward HoweActivist · 2
Marble bust of Julius Caesar
Julius CaesarMilitary leader · 3
Engraving of Juvenal being crowned with laurel
JuvenalPoet · 3
Photograph of Kahlil Gibran, 1913
Kahlil GibranPoet · 1
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King SolomonReligious figure · 7
Traditional portrait of Laozi
LaoziPhilosopher · 1
Photograph of Leo Tolstoy, 1908
Leo TolstoyWriter · 1
Self-portrait photograph of Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollWriter · 3
Photograph portrait of Lord Acton
Lord ActonWriter · 1
Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips, 1813
Lord ByronPoet · 1
Photograph of Louisa May Alcott, about 1870
Louisa May AlcottWriter · 3
Photograph portrait of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiActivist · 3
Marble bust of Cicero
Marcus Tullius CiceroPhilosopher · 1
Portrait of Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Margaret Wolfe HungerfordWriter · 1
Painted portrait of Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteRoyal · 1
Photograph portrait of Mark Twain
Mark TwainWriter · 5
Photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.Activist · 3
Portrait of Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell
Mary ShelleyWriter · 1
Portrait of Michael Jordan
Michael JordanAthlete · 1
Portrait traditionally identified as Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesWriter · 2
Statue of Nathan Hale
Nathan HaleMilitary leader · 1
NASA portrait photograph of Neil Armstrong
Neil ArmstrongExplorer · 1
Photograph of Nelson Mandela
Nelson MandelaActivist · 3
Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito
Niccolò MachiavelliPhilosopher · 1
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Omar KhayyamPoet · 2
Photograph portrait of Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildePlaywright · 5
Painted portrait of Patrick Henry
Patrick HenryPolitician · 1
Painting of the Apostle Paul
Paul the ApostleReligious figure · 3
Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoet · 2
Marble bust of Plato
PlatoPhilosopher · 2
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PlutarchPhilosopher · 1
Photograph portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonWriter · 6
Portrait of René Descartes
René DescartesPhilosopher · 2
Photograph of Robert Browning, about 1888
Robert BrowningPoet · 1
Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert BurnsPoet · 4
Portrait of Robert Frost
Robert FrostPoet · 4
Photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis StevensonWriter · 1
Official portrait photograph of Ronald Reagan
Ronald ReaganPolitician · 1
Photograph of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingPoet · 3
Portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge at 42
Samuel Taylor ColeridgePoet · 3
Portrait of Socrates
SocratesPhilosopher · 3
Photograph portrait of Sojourner Truth
Sojourner TruthActivist · 1
Portrait of Steve Jobs
Steve JobsFounder · 3
Traditional portrait of Sun Tzu
Sun TzuMilitary leader · 3
Photograph portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltPolitician · 3
Painted portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonPolitician · 2
Portrait of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos
Thomas PaineActivist · 2
Photograph of Vince Lombardi in 1964
Vince LombardiAthlete · 1
Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between two Muses
VirgilPoet · 2
Painted portrait of Voltaire
VoltairePhilosopher · 3
Photograph of Walt Whitman by George C. Cox
Walt WhitmanPoet · 2
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Wayne GretzkyAthlete · 1
Portrait of William Blake by Thomas Phillips
William BlakePoet · 1
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William Ross WallacePoet · 1
Portrait of William Shakespeare
William ShakespearePlaywright · 17
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Wordsworth on Helvellyn
William WordsworthPoet · 3
Photograph portrait of Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillPolitician · 6