5651. Beth Macy

American journalist and non-fiction author best known for investigative books on American industry and public health, including Factory Man and Dopesick (the latter about the U.S. opioid crisis).

5652. Kenneth N. Waltz

American political scientist best known as the founder of structural realism (neorealism) in international relations; author of Man, the State, and War (1959) and Theory of International Politics (1979).

5653. Anthony S. Pitch

5654. Richard Rashke

American author and playwright, known for nonfiction works including Escape from Sobibor, which was adapted into a television film.

5655. Kathleen R. McNamara

American political scientist and professor known for work on international political economy and European integration; author of The Currency of Ideas (2002) and other scholarship on EU economic governance.

5656. Paul Tillich

German-American Protestant theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher (1886–1965), notable for his works in systematic theology (including a multi-volume Systematic Theology), the concept of 'ultimate concern', and influential writings such as The Courage to Be. He taught in Germany and the United States and was a major 20th-century theological thinker.

5657. O.E. Rølvaag

Norwegian-American novelist and professor best known for the novel cycle 'Giants in the Earth' portraying Norwegian immigrant pioneer life on the Dakota plains; a major figure in Norwegian-American literature.

5658. Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer known for solo speed ascents and records on major alpine faces (notably the Eiger), nicknamed the "Swiss Machine"; died in 2017 in a climbing accident in Nepal.

5659. Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan revolutionary and politician who was the de facto leader of Libya from 1969 until 2011; he led the Libyan Arab Republic and later the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya before being overthrown and killed during the 2011 civil war.

5660. David H. Petraeus

Retired U.S. Army four-star general and public official, served as Director of the CIA (2011–2012) and commanded U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; a leading figure in U.S. counterinsurgency strategy.

5661. Paul Farmer

American physician and medical anthropologist, co-founder of Partners In Health, known for his work on global health, infectious diseases, and social justice.

5662. Tom Wainwright

British journalist and author, former Africa editor at The Economist, author of The Looting Machine (investigative book on corruption and resource extraction in Africa).

5663. Peter J. Forcelli

5664. Jeffrey J. Selingo

American journalist and author who writes about higher education and college admissions; author of several books on college and the changing landscape of higher education.

5665. Kassia St. Clair

British author and journalist who writes about colour, design, and cultural history; author of The Secret Lives of Color.

5666. Adam Zamoyski

British historian and author known for books on Polish and European history, including works on the Napoleonic era and Polish affairs.

5667. Michael I. Posner

American psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist known for pioneering research on attention, including the Posner cueing paradigm and work on attention networks.

5668. Osho

Indian spiritual teacher and mystic, widely known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and later as Osho; founder of the Rajneesh movement, prolific speaker and author on meditation and spirituality, and a controversial public figure for his teachings and communal activities in India and the United States.

5669. Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and key figure in introducing Vedanta and Yoga to the West; chief disciple of Ramakrishna, delivered the famous 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions speech, and founded the Ramakrishna Mission.

5670. Erskine Caldwell

American novelist and short story writer known for stark portrayals of poverty, racism, and social issues in the rural American South; best known for Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).

5671. Jack Barsky

German-born former KGB sleeper agent who lived covertly in the United States for decades and later wrote a memoir about his espionage, published as 'Deep Undercover.'

5672. Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Mexican investigative journalist and author, co-founder of the weekly Ríodoce, known for in-depth reporting on drug trafficking and organized crime in Sinaloa; internationally recognized and murdered in 2017.

5673. Robert Service

British-Canadian poet and writer best known for narrative Yukon poems about the Klondike Gold Rush, including "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee."

5674. Shari M. Huhndorf

Mycologist and fungal systematist who publishes under the name S. M. Huhndorf; known for work on fungal taxonomy and systematics.

5675. Anouk Masson Krantz

Author and photographer known for documenting ranch life and the contemporary American West.

5676. René Descartes

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650), a central figure in the Scientific Revolution and modern Western philosophy; known for 'Cogito, ergo sum', the Cartesian coordinate system, and foundational work in analytic geometry.

5677. Dakota Meyer

United States Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient (born 1988); co-author of the memoir 'Into the Fire' and public speaker.

5678. Jennifer A. Nielsen

American author of children's and young-adult fiction, best known for The False Prince and the Ascendance Trilogy (middle-grade/YA fantasy and adventure).

5679. Thurston Clarke

American author and historian of narrative nonfiction, known for books on historical and political topics.

5680. Jared Yates Sexton

American writer, novelist, political commentator, and professor known for commentary on contemporary U.S. politics and culture; author of both nonfiction and fiction.

5681. Bryan Burrough

American author and journalist known for investigative and narrative non-fiction about business and crime; author of Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, and The Big Rich.

5682. Tom Brokaw

American television journalist and author, longtime anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News (1982–2004), known for reporting on major events and for books such as 'The Greatest Generation'.

5683. Steve Coll

American journalist, non-fiction author, and academic known for reporting on intelligence, national security, and South Asia; author of 'Ghost Wars' (Pulitzer Prize-winning) and several other books.

5684. Andrei Amalrik

Soviet writer, historian and dissident best known for the 1969 essay "Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?", which predicted the USSR's collapse. He faced persecution by Soviet authorities and later lived in exile.

5685. Ryan Busse

American former firearms-industry executive and author, best known for the 2021 book 'Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America' and for advocating gun safety and reform.

5686. Kristi Noem

American Republican politician and rancher; served in the U.S. House representing South Dakota (2011–2019) and has served as Governor of South Dakota since 2019.

5687. Amalendu Misra

Indian historian and scholar known for work on modern and colonial Assam and Northeast India, including topics such as peasant movements, ethno-political conflict, and regional history.

5688. Charles Bowden

American author, investigative journalist, and essayist known for nonfiction about the U.S.–Mexico border, drug violence, and environmental and social issues in the American Southwest and Mexico.

5689. Anthony Abraham Jack

Sociologist and author of The Privileged Poor (2019), known for research on inequality and higher education.

5690. Charles Badger Clark

American poet known as a 'cowboy poet' whose work celebrated ranch life and the American West; he served as South Dakota's first poet laureate.

5691. Philip Larkin

English poet, novelist, jazz critic, and librarian, a leading post-war poet known for a colloquial voice and themes of mortality and isolation; author of the collections The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings, and High Windows, and longtime librarian at the University of Hull.

5692. Ravinder Singh

Indian author of contemporary romantic fiction, best known for the debut novel 'I Too Had a Love Story' and several other popular romance novels.

5693. Andrew Marr

Scottish journalist, broadcaster, political commentator and author; former BBC political editor and long-time presenter of political and current affairs programmes including The Andrew Marr Show.

5694. Babu Devakinandan Khatri

Indian Hindi novelist and pioneer of popular Hindi fiction, best known for the fantasy-romance novel Chandrakanta and its sequels, influential in late 19th–early 20th century Hindi literature.

5695. Bipan Chandra

Indian historian specializing in modern Indian history and the independence movement; longtime academic at Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of works such as 'India's Struggle for Independence.'

5696. Steven Novella

American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, science communicator and skeptic, host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast and author of the Neurologica blog.

5697. Jeanne de Salzmann

Swiss teacher and close pupil of G. I. Gurdjieff who played a leading role in transmitting and organizing the Gurdjieff work; central figure in the Gurdjieff Foundation.

5698. Alex Kershaw

British author and journalist who writes popular narrative histories, best known for World War II books such as The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter.

5699. Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer, philosopher, and advocate for women's rights and education, best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).

5700. Michael Guillen

American science journalist and author