Notable People

28 Dec 2022 - New York, NY

Major shout-out to all those who’ve made me want to read, write, laugh, play (incl. games & musical instruments), think about politics (i.e., make improvements in government/policy/politics), generally contemplate/think/meditate/philosophize deeply, compose/produce music, do science & engineering, make art, dress cool (at times/on occasion or so I think…), dance, code/computer-program, be creative, etc. at some point in my life. Namely, this list is merely a testament to the individuals’ degree of influence on me in general in a motivational sense and is by no means an explication of said individuals’ personalities, personal belief systems, etc. (I’ve not taken the time to thoroughly vet the latter). Surely, I’ll add more names in the future as I think of the many I’ve undoubtedly/unfortunately forgotten and as I discover or (G0d-willing) meet more individuals who - by nature of their innate, intrinsic being/modus operandi M.O. - incidentally drum up a positive influence on me or just so happen to (inadvertently) acquire my deepest/profoundest admiration & respect.

Whenever you’re feeling afraid, bored, down, or are lacking self-confidence, I suggest turning on the films, lectures, music, etc. of some of these great innovators & intellectuals for an immediate creativity and energy (aka neurological) boost, e.g., beginning with the lectures of Alan Watts, Slavoj Žižek, and Werner Herzog. Remember: The Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) is your friend! e.g., Go to the Internet Archive and type “Alan Watts” in the search field. If audio, listen to the .mp3. If video, click “Show All” & play the .mp4 to watch.

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Heroes, Idols, Influencers, Inspirational, or Motivators

Private Figures

My best friend in life (1 of 3), D.J.E. (R.I.P.)
My other best friend in life (2 of 3), E.A.G. (R.I.P.)
My other best friend in life (3 of 3), S.S.S. (R.I.P.)

Public Figures

Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer
Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President
Ada Lovelace, Mathematician
Alain Badiou, French philosopher
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Alan Watts, Writer
Albert Einstein, Theoretical physicist
Alexandra Elbakyan, Kazakhstani computer programmer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC, United States Representative
Alfred Russel Wallace, Naturalist and explorer
Anthony (Tony) Bourdain, American chef
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer
Axel Tufvesson (Yung Sherman), Musician
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher
Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician
Bernie Sanders, United States Senator
Bertolt Brecht, German theatre practitioner
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar), Former Minister of State for Law and Justice, Government of India
Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter and composer
Bruce Chatwin, English travel writer
Carl-Mikael Göran “Micke” Berlander (Gud, formerly Yung Gud), Swedish DJ
Charles Babbage, Polymath
Charles Darwin, Naturalist
Clair Stirling (Eclair Fifi), DJ
Claude Shannon, American mathematician
Cleve Moler, American mathematician
Cormac McCarthy, American writer
David Bohm, American-Brazilian-British scientist
Delia Derbyshire, Musician
Edgar Allan Poe, American writer
Edward Snowden, American-Russian consultant
Elton John, British singer
Epictetus, Philosopher
Erin Timony (Goodnight Moon), Makeup & ASMR artist
Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist
Eva Silverstein, American physicist
Frantz Fanon, French psychiatrist
Friedrich Engels, Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Georg Cantor, German mathematician
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Mathematician and philosopher
Gottlob Frege, German philosopher
Greta Thunberg, Swedish activist
Guido van Rossum, Dutch programmer
Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist
Heraclitus, Greek philosopher
Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher
Isaac Newton, English mathematician
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish mathematician
Jason Kottke, American blogger
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, Developer
Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Jerry Garcia, American musician
Jim Holt, American journalist
Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist
John Dewey, American philosopher
John McAfee, Computer programmer
Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad (Yung Lean), Swedish rapper
Jónsi, Icelandic musician (of Sigur Rós, Rock band)
Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist
Julian Assange, Australian editor
Karen Barad, American physicist
Karl Marx, German philosopher
Kurt Gödel, Logician
Kurt Vonnegut, American writer
Lesley Gore, American singer
Linus Torvalds, Finnish software engineer
Louis de Broglie, French physicist
Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist
Marek Edelman, Polish political activist and cardiologist
Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist
Maurits Cornelis M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist
Max Planck, German theoretical physicist
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr., American minister
Maya Angelou, American memoirist
Michel Foucault, French philosopher
Mike Tyson, American former professional boxer
Neal Casal, American guitarist
Nicolaus Copernicus, Mathematician
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist
Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
Paul Dirac, Theoretical physicist
Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician
Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator
Peter Gabriel, Musician
Plato, Philosopher
René Descartes, French philosopher
Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist
Richard Rorty, American philosopher
Robert Allen Zimmerman (Bob Dylan), American singer-songwriter
Robert F. Kennedy, Former United States Attorney General
Robert Gentleman, Canadian statistician
Robin Williams, American actor
Roger Ebert, American film critic
Ross Ihaka, New Zealand statistician
Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist
Sinéad O’Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian philosopher
Socrates, Philosopher
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician
Steve Jobs, American entrepreneur
Sufjan Stevens, American singer
Tim Bergling (Avicii), Swedish DJ
Walter Benjamin, German philosopher
Werner Heisenberg, German theoretical physicist
Werner Herzog, German film director
Yanis Varoufakis, Former Minister of Finance of Greece
To be cont’d…

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