They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.

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• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Civil Rights Activist

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
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• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

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• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Poet

  Wednesday, Oct 21, 1772
  Friday, Jul 25, 1834

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Wednesday, May 25, 1803
  Thursday, Apr 27, 1882

• Thomas Jefferson

  3Rd US President

  Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
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• Sun Tzu

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• Bob Marley

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  Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
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• Paulo Coelho

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• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

  Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
  

• Jordan Peterson

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• Martin Luther

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  Monday, Feb 18, 1546

• Soren Kierkegaard

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  Wednesday, May 05, 1813
  Sunday, Nov 11, 1855

• Julius Caesar

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  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Thomas Aquinas

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• Walt Disney

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  Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
  Thursday, Dec 15, 1966