CATEGORIES
Painting of Archimedes by Henry Wyatt in 1832
READ FIRST
Everything you should know before diving in.
Thomas Cole’s “The Return” painted in 1838
ARTISTS
An individual who focuses on any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, painter, or filmmaker.
Michael Jordan midgame in 1992
ATHLETES
Individuals who are proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
Henry Ford shaking the hands of school children at Greenwich Village in 1934
BUSINESS FIGURES
Individuals who work in business or commerce, especially those at an executive level.
Elon Musk speaking with NASA administrator, Jim Bridenstine at SpaceX Headquarters in 2019
ENGINEERS
Individuals who use scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain technologies.
Milton Friedman receiving congratulations from Ronald Reagan regarding his Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988
ECONOMISTS
Individuals who study the production and distribution of resources, goods, and services (a.k.a. the economy) through analysis.
Ernest Shackleton with his men on the Nimrod Expedition to the Antarctic in 1908
EXPLORERS
Individuals who venture to unfamiliar areas.
George S. Patton speaking with Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bernard, at Brolo, circa 1943
MILITARY FIGURES
Individuals who, by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility, inspire and lead people to accomplish military organizational goals.
Plato (left) and Aristotle (right) in the painting “The School of Athens,” circa 1510
PHILOSOPHERS
Individuals who seek wisdom or enlightenment, especially as an academic discipline.
Winston Churchill on a train platform upon his arrival in Quebec for the 1943 Quebec Conference
POLITICAL FIGURES
Individuals who are professionally involved in politics, especially as holders of an elected office.
The Islamic prophet Muhammad solves a dispute over lifting the black stone into position at al-Kaaba, circa 1315
RELIGIOUS FIGURES
Individuals who are recognized within a particular religion as having authority within that body, generally through greater wisdom.
Richard I the Lionheart, King of England painted in 1841 by Merry-Joseph Blondel
RULERS
Individuals who command others and have dominion over spans of land.
Albert Einstein receiving his certificate of American citizenship from Judge Phillip Forman in 1940
SCIENTISTS
Individuals who systematically gather research and evidence, to make hypotheses and test them, to gain and share greater understanding and knowledge.
Ernest Hemingway writing at Campsite in Kenya, circa 1953
WRITERS
Individuals who write books, stories, or articles professionally (could have put them in the artist section but I thought they deserved their own category).