4301. Ebenezer Obadare

Nigerian sociologist and academic whose research focuses on civil society, religion, and politics in Africa.

4302. Jerome A. Cohen

American legal scholar specializing in Chinese and East Asian law; longtime professor (including at NYU School of Law), founder of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, and an influential adviser on Chinese legal reform and human rights.

4303. Joe Biden

46th President of the United States (in office since January 20, 2021); previously Vice President (2009–2017) under Barack Obama and U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009).

4304. Attilio Bolzoni

Italian investigative journalist and author who reports on organized crime and the Mafia.

4305. Jok Madut Jok

South Sudanese historian and academic whose work focuses on South Sudan's history, identity, and conflict.

4306. Matthew Connelly

American historian and professor at Columbia University, known for work on the history of international relations, population policy, and archival research; author of Fatal Misconceptions.

4307. Michihiko Hachiya

Japanese physician and author best known for Hiroshima Diary, his firsthand account of medical and civilian experiences following the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

4308. Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), writer and political activist.

4309. David de Jong

4310. Amy Peterson

4311. Edwin Black

American investigative journalist and author, known for research into Nazi-era history and corporate complicity; author of works including IBM and the Holocaust and The Transfer Agreement.

4312. David Kilcullen

Australian author, strategist and counterinsurgency expert; former Australian Army officer and advisor to US and Australian governments, author of works including The Accidental Guerrilla on insurgency and modern conflict.

4313. Paul Kenyon

British investigative journalist and documentary-maker, known for his reporting for the BBC (including Panorama) and for producing in-depth television investigations.

4314. David Quammen

American author and science/nature writer best known for narrative nonfiction on ecology, evolution, and infectious disease (notable works include The Song of the Dodo, Spillover, and The Tangled Tree).

4315. James Risen

American investigative journalist and author, longtime reporter for The New York Times known for coverage of national security and intelligence; author of books including 'State of War' and reporting on CIA and surveillance issues.

4316. Gregg F. Martin

4317. Geoffrey Stewart

4318. Norman K. Risjord

4319. Brian Hochman

4320. Ken McNab

4321. Florian Huber

4322. William Faulkner

American novelist and short-story writer, a major figure in Southern literature known for experimental narrative techniques and the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Notable works include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!. Awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature and two Pulitzer Prizes.

4323. Juan Pablo Escobar

Colombian architect and author, born Juan Pablo Escobar Henao in 1977, eldest son of Pablo Escobar; later changed his name to Sebastián Marroquín and has written memoirs and spoken publicly about his father's legacy while advocating reconciliation.

4324. Elijah Wald

American music historian, author, and musician known for books and writing on blues, jazz, folk, and popular music history.

4325. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

4326. Anwar El-Sadat

Third President of Egypt (1970–1981); led Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, negotiated the 1978 Camp David Accords and shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize; assassinated in 1981.

4327. Nicholas von Hoffman

American journalist, author, columnist and political/social commentator known for his work in newspapers, magazines, radio and television.

4328. Anatoli Boukreev

Soviet-born Kazakhstani high-altitude mountaineer and guide (1958–1997), noted for fast ascents in the Himalaya and his controversial role in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster; killed in an avalanche on Annapurna.

4329. Andrew Biggio

4330. Travis Elborough

British author and cultural commentator known for books on popular culture and urban history, including works on London's transport and public spaces such as The Bus We Loved.

4331. Philip Marsden

British writer and essayist known for travel writing and cultural-history books.

4332. Yasmina Khadra

Algerian novelist and former army officer who writes under the pen name Yasmina Khadra (real name Mohammed Moulessehoul). Known for novels addressing Algerian society, political violence and the wider Arab world, including The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack.

4333. Admiral Jeremiah Denton

U.S. Navy rear admiral, Vietnam War prisoner of war, and Republican U.S. Senator from Alabama (1981–1987).

4334. Stephen Crane

American novelist, poet, and journalist associated with literary realism and naturalism; best known for The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, and the short story 'The Open Boat'.

4335. Nick Chater

British behavioural scientist and professor of behavioural science known for work in cognitive science and decision-making; author of the book 'The Mind Is Flat.'

4336. Jason M. Moss

4337. Noël Riley Fitch

American literary biographer and scholar, best known for studies of 20th-century expatriate writers in Paris, including a noted biography of Sylvia Beach and work on the Lost Generation.

4338. Michael Hudson

American economist, historian, and author known for his work on debt, financialization, and critiques of neoliberal economic policy; author of books including Super Imperialism and Killing the Host, and a longtime commentator and advisor on international finance and economic history.

4339. Charlie Sheen

American actor best known by his stage name Charlie Sheen; notable for film roles in Platoon and Wall Street and for starring in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men; son of actor Martin Sheen.

4340. Hal Brands

American historian and foreign policy scholar who writes on U.S. grand strategy and national security; professor and author.

4341. Jackson Lears

American cultural and intellectual historian and author known for works on advertising, consumer culture, and U.S. intellectual and cultural history (e.g., Fables of Abundance).

4342. Adam Cohen

4343. Solvej Balle

Danish author and translator, known for novels, short fiction and essays.

4344. Marisa Silver

American novelist and film director, known for the novel 'Mary Coin' and for directing films including 'Permanent Record'.

4345. José Saramago

Portuguese novelist, playwright and journalist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. Best known for works such as Blindness, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda.

4346. T.H. White

English author best known for The Once and Future King, a 20th-century fantasy retelling of the King Arthur legends (including The Sword in the Stone).

4347. Toni Richter

4348. Rolf Toman

German art historian and author

4349. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Canadian cartoonist and writer, best known as the creator of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series; also the author of works such as Seconds. His work blends North American indie comics and manga influences.

4350. Jessica Abel

American cartoonist, graphic novelist, and teacher, known for works such as La Perdida, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures (with Matt Madden), and Out on the Wire; co‑founder of the Sequential Artists Workshop.