1 | Jesus | | Jewish preacher and religious leader. |
| Buddha | | Monk, philosopher and teacher. Aka: Gautama Siddhartha. |
| | | Buddha - the awakened one |
| Mahakasyapa | | One of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. |
| | | Zen - school of Mahayana Buddhism. |
| | | Dukkha - suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or miser |
| Joseph | Stalin | Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician. |
| | | Khmer Rouge - followers Communist Party of Kampuchea |
| Lao | Tzu | Ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. |
| | | Tao Te Ching - spiritual book |
| John | Paul II | Former head of the Catholic Church. |
2 | Vincent | van Gogh | Dutch painter. |
| Albert | Einstein | German-born theoretical physicist. |
| George | Orwell | English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. |
| Genghis | Khan | Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. |
| Adolf | Hitler | German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. |
| René | Descartes | Founder of modern philosophy. |
| Jean Paul | Sartre | French philosopher, novelist, political activist, and literary critic. |
3 | Pol | Pot | Cambodian revolutionary and politician. |
| | | Marxist - method of socioeconomic analysis |
| Augustine | | Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher. |
4 | Kasan | | Zen teacher and monk. |
| | | Tatata - the suchness of life |
| | | McCarthyism - accuse
people of treason without evidence. |
5 | Franz | Kafka | Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer. |
| Albert | Camus | French philosopher, author, and journalist. |
| T.S. | Eliot | Poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, and social critic. |
| James | Joyce | Irish novelist, poet, teacher, and literary critic. |
| Tanzan | | One of the Zen monks. |
| Ekido | | One of the Zen monks. |
6 | Ethel | | Girl who escaped Nazi Germany when an adolescent. |
| | | Satori - moment of Presence |
7 | J. | Krishnamurti | The great Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher. |
| Hakuin | Ekaku | Zen Master. Influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. |
| William | Shakespeare | English poet, playwright and actor. |
| Stephen | Hawking | English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. |
| | | The Upanishads - ancient scriptures of India |
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| Brahman - efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists |
8 | Winston | Churchill | Former British Prime Minister. |
| Jane | Smith | Accountant, fortyfive years old, divorced, mother of two. |
| | | Atman - the indwelling divine spirit or God within |
| Friedrich | Nietzsche | German
philosopher, poet, philologist, scholar. |
| | | Proxima Centauri - red dwarf, a small low-mass star |
9 | Solomon | | King of Israel. Aka: Jedidiah. |
| Taci | | Roman philosopher. |
| Carl | Jung | Swiss psychiatrist. Founded analytical psychology. |
10 | Hafiz | | Persian poet and Sufi master. |
| Ralph Waldo | Emerson | American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet. |