The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.

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• Edgar Allan Poe

  Author

  Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
  Sunday, Oct 07, 1849

• Isaac Newton

  Physicist

  Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Civil Rights Activist

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
  Thursday, Apr 04, 1968

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• Rodney Dangerfield

  Comedian

  Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
  Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004

• Khalil Gibran

  Poet

  Saturday, Jan 06, 1883
  Friday, Apr 10, 1931

• Vince Lombardi

  Football Player

  Wednesday, Jun 11, 1913
  Thursday, Sep 03, 1970

• Tyler, The Creator

  Rapper

  Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
  

• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

  Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
  

• Thomas Sowell

  Economist

  Monday, Jun 30, 1930
  

• Vincent Van Gogh

  Painter

  Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
  Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890

• John F. Kennedy

  35Th U.s. President

  Tuesday, May 29, 1917
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• Kanye West

  Songwriter

  Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
  Thursday, Jun 04, 2015

• Stephen Covey

  Author

  Monday, Oct 24, 1932
  Monday, Jul 16, 2012

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States

  Wednesday, Mar 15, 1933