Alexander Hamilton
1755-1804
First Secretary of the Treasury
- Founding Era
- Finance
Meet the Minds
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Marcus Aurelius
121-180 AD
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher
- Philosophy
- History
Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826
Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Founding Era
- Liberty
George Washington
1732-1799
First President of the United States
- Founding Era
- Military
Theodore Roosevelt
1858-1919
The strenuous life. The bully pulpit.
- Politics
- Conservation
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
Founding polymath. Poor Richard's wit.
- Politics
- Science
- History
Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865
The Union, and a new birth of freedom.
- Politics
- History
Frederick Douglass
1818-1895
From bondage to the nation's conscience.
- Civil Rights
- History
- Politics
Susan B. Anthony
1820-1906
Pioneer of the women's suffrage movement
- Women's Rights
- Suffrage
Jesus of Nazareth
c. 4 BC - 30 AD
Teacher, healer, and founder of Christianity
- Christian Faith
- Religion
- Philosophy
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929-1968
Minister and civil rights leader
- Civil Rights
- History
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Winston Churchill
1874-1965
Wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- History
- Statesmanship
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Rosa Parks
1913-2005
Mother of the modern civil rights movement
- Civil Rights
- History
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Charlie Kirk
1993-2025
Conservative commentator and political activist
- Politics
- Media
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