Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922) US religious leader

Adorno, Theodor W. (1903-1969) German philosopher

Alcuin, (735-804) English theologian, scholar

Ambrose, Saint (340-397) Italian religious leader

Antisthenes, (444-371 B.C.) Greek philosopher

Augustine, Saint (354-430) Roman religious figure, philosopher

Bachelard, Gaston (1884) French philosopher

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) English philosopher, statesman, essayist

Bakker, Tammy Faye (1942-____) US evangelist

Ballou, Hosea (1771-1852) US clergyman

Barth, Karl (1886-1968) Swiss theologian

Basil, Saint (330-379) Greek religious leader

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887) US clergyman, abolitionist

Benson, Ezra Taft (1899-1994) US political, religious leader

Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832) English philosopher, economist, jurist

Bergson, Henri (1859-1941) French philosopher

Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955) US educator, writer

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945) German theologian

Bradshaw, John (1933-____) US philosopher, lecturer, author

Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893) US clergyman

Buber, Martin (1878-1965) German-Jewish religious philosopher

Buddha, (563-483 BC) Indian religious leader

Buechner, Frederick (1926-____) US clergy, novelist

Bunyan, John (1628-1688) English clergyman, author

Burton, Robert (1577-1640) English scholar, writer, clergyman

Calvin, John (1509-1564) French theologian, ecclesiastical statesman

Camus, Albert (1913-1960) French philosopher, novelist, dramatist

Channing, William E. (1780-1842) US moralist, author, clergyman

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel (1814-1880) US clergyman, author

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de (1881-1955) French philosopher, paleontologist

Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726) English bishop

Confucius, (c. 551-479 BC) Chinese philosopher

Daly, Mary (1928-____) US theologian

Democritus, (460-370 BC) Greek philosopher

Dimnet, Ernest (1866-1954) French cleric

Diogenes, (412-323 BC) Greek philosopher

Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) US religious leader, writer

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) US philosopher, poet, essayist

Engels, Friedrich (1820-1895) German philosopher

Epictetus, (55-135) Greek philosopher

Fosdick, Harry Emerson (1878-1969) US clergyman

Fry, Elizabeth (1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist

Gourmont, Remy de (1858-1915) French novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher

Gracian, Balthasar (1601-1658) Spanish philosopher, writer

Graham, Billy (1918-____) US evangelist

Hall, Manly (1901-1990) Canadian philosopher, author

Hare, Augustus (and Julius) (1792-1834) English divine

Harrington, James (1611-1677) English political philosopher

Hegel, Georg (1770-1831) German philosopher

Heraclitus of Ephesus, (535?-475? BC) Greek philosopher

Higginson, Thomas W. (1823-1911) US clergyman, author

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) English philosopher

Hoffer, Eric (1902-1983) US writer, philosopher, longshoreman

Hubbard, L. Ron (1911-1986) US religious leader

Inge, William Ralph (1860-1954) English religious leader, author

James, William (1842-1910) US philosopher, psychologist

Jesus Christ, (4 BC-29 AD) Roman religious leader

John Paul II, (1920-____) Polish religious leader

Junius, (1740-1818) English political author

Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) German philosopher

Kempis, Thomas A. (1379-1471) German mystic, ecclesiastic

Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat (1916-____) Western Sufi Master, teacher

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah (1900-1989) Iranian religious leader

Kierkegaard, Soren (1813-1855) Danish philosopher, writer

LaBruyere, Jean de (1645-1696) French philosopher, writer

Langer, Suzanne K. (1895-1985) US philosopher

Lao-Tzu, (c. 570 BC) Chinese philosopher

Lavater, Johann Casper (1741-1801) Swiss theologian, author

Lessing, Gotthold (1729-1781) German philosopher, dramatist, critic

Lewes, George Henry (1817-1878) English philosopher, critic, dramatist, scientist

Lewis, C. S. (1898-1963) English author, scholar

Livingstone, David (1813-1873) Scottish missionary, explorer

Locke, John (1632-1704) English philosopher

Marcuse, Herbert (1898-1979) German-USA political philosopher

Marshall, Peter (1902-1949) US religious leader

Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876) English social reformer, writer

Mcpherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist

Mencius, (371-289 BC) Chinese philosopher

Mohammed, (570-632) Arab religious leader

Nagarjuna, Siddha (c. 100-200 AD) Indian-Tibetan religious leader

Newman, John Henry (1801-1890) English religious leader, prelate, writer

Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971) US theologian, author

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900) German philosopher, poet

Ortega y Gasset, Jose (1883-1955) Spanish philosopher

Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) US philosopher, pamphleteer

Pankhurst, Sylvia (1882-1960) English suffragist

Peale, Norman Vincent (1898-1993) US evangelist

Peguy, Charles (1873-1914) French philosopher, poet

Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914) US philosopher, scientist, logician

Plato, (427-347 BC) Greek philosopher, author

Pope John XXIII, (1881-1963) Roman religious leader

Pope Paul III, (1468-1549) Italian religious leader

Rankin, Jeannette (1880-1973) US suffragist, politician

Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712-1778) French philosopher, author

Roux, Joseph (circa 1886) French parish priest

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970) Welsh philosopher, mathematician, essayist

Santayana, George (1863-1952) US philosopher, author, educator, poet

Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860) German philosopher

Schuller, Robert (1926-____) US evangelist

Sheen, Fulton J. (1895-1979) US religious leader

Shinn, Florence Scovel () US illustrator, metaphysicist

Smith, Sydney (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist

Socrates, (470?-399? BC) Greek philosopher

South, Robert (1634-1716) English clergyman

Spengler, Oswald (1880-1936) German philosopher

Spinoza, Benedict (1632-1677) Dutch philosopher

Spurgeon, Charles H. (1834-1892) English preacher

Sunday, Billy (1862-1935) US revivalist, baseball player

Suzuki, Shunryu (1905-1971) Japanese religious leader

Swaggart, Jimmy (1935-____) US evangelist

Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667) English bishop, theologian

Teresa, Mother (1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary

Thomas Aquinas, (1225-1274) Italian theologian, philosopher

Tillich, Paul (1886-1965) German-USA theologian

Trench, Richard C. (1807-1886) English archbishop, philogist, poet

Tutu, Desmond (1931-____) South African religious leader

Vandyke, Jr., Henry Jackson (1852-1933) US clergyman, educator, author

Vico, Giambattista (1668-1744) Italian philosopher

Voltaire, (1694-1778) French philosopher, poet, novelist, playwright

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748) English minister

Weil, Simone (1909-1943) French philosopher

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788) English clergyman, poet, hymn writer

Wesley, John (1703-1791) English preacher

Whately, Richard (1787-1863) English prelate, writer

Williamson, Marianne (1952-____) US lecturer, author

Yen, Lu (fl. 800 AD) Chinese meditation adept

Young, Brigham (1801-1877) US religious leader

Zangwill, Israel (1864-1926) English novelist, playwright, religioius leader

Zoroaster, (628?-551? BC) Persian religious leader