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Early 1900s, United States
Babe Ruth
The Slugger Who Changed Baseball
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1706–1790, Colonial America
Benjamin Franklin
The Self-Made Polymath and Architect of American Identity
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1724–1804, Enlightenment Germany
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher of the Categorical Imperative
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100–44 BCE, Roman Republic
Julius Caesar
Roman General and Author of the Gallic War Commentaries
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Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher
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1769–1821, Revolutionary France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of the French and Military Theorist
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1469–1527, Renaissance Italy
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine diplomat and political theorist whose radical realism redefined the ethics of power.
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c. 428–348 BCE, Ancient Greece
Plato
Philosopher of Justice and the Ideal State
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c. 470–399 BCE, Ancient Greece
Socrates
The Gadfly of Athens
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6th century BCE, China
Sun Tzu
Ancient Chinese military strategist and author of The Art of War
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