- Brian Teacher
Brian David Teacher was born in San Diego, California, on (December 23, 1954) and was a 6' 3" right handed professional American male tennis player. He was World # 7 in 1981.
- Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …
- Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). He was also military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the modern Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was renowned for his toughness, …
- Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. Washington was born into slavery to a white father and a black slave mother on a rural farm in south-central Virginia; the slaves were freed in 1865 by the thirteenth amendment. He attended Hampton University and Wayland Seminary.
- Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: "Nhất Hạnh"; IPA: is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam on October 11, 1926. He joined a Zen monastery at the age of 16, studied Buddhism as a novice, and was fully ordained as a monk in 1949. Commonly referred to as Thich Nhat Hanh, the title "Thích" is used by all Vietnamese monks and nuns, …
- Trent Lott
I was born in Grenada, Mississippi on October 9, 1941. I attended Ole Miss and received a bachelors degree in Public Administration in 1965 and a law degree in 1967. I was president of Sigma Nu fraternity. After receiving my law deg
- Comenius
John Amos Comenius (latinized: "Iohannes Amos Comenius") (March 28, 1592 - November 15, 1670) was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer. He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian Protestant bishop, a religious refugee, and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book "Didactica Magna". Comenius became known as the "teacher of nations".
- Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt was one of those teachers who fell into the job whilst secretly wishing he could do something else (in his case, a writer - an ambition he has now achieved). As a result this is a curious memoir of a man who has spent many years reluctantly at the chalk face. He conveys something of the workload of a typical classroom teacher: all that lesson planning and marking; and also the difficulties of idealistic teacher battling with technocratic school authorities.
- Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 - April 12, 1912), better known as Clara Barton, was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.
- Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 - May 10, 1999) was an American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He sometimes styled himself as Uncle Shelby especially for his early childrens books. To this day he remains one of the most beloved authors of children's books, similar to Dr. Seuss. Silverstein confirmed he never studied the poetry of others, …
- John Hughes
Dr. John Hughes (born 1961) is a Sydney-based Australian writer. His first book of autobiographical essays, "The Idea Of Home", published by Giramondo in 2004, was widely acclaimed and won both the NSW Premiers Literary Award for Non-Fiction (2005) and the National Biography Award (2006). The work, written over ten years, are reflections of Hughes' relationship with the Ukraine of his mother's ancestry, …
- John Moore
John Moore (1957 - October 27, 2002) was a British anarchist author, teacher and organiser. He died after collapsing on his way to work as a creative writing lecturer at the University of Luton (now the University of Bedfordshire). A member of the Anarchist Research Group in London in the 1980s, he was one of the main theorists of the pro-Situ anarchism of the 1990s (most commonly associated with Hakim Bey), …
- George Brown
George Brown (7 December 1835 - 7 April 1917), English missionary. He was the son of George Brown, barrister. Brown as a young man belonged to the type that is always seeking adventure. When he offered himself as a missionary it was feared he was too meek and mild and too wanting in spirit to be a suitable candidate. But in 1875 he went to the New Hebrides, …
- Steve Wozniak
Dr. Stephan Gary "Woz" Wozniak (born August 11 1950 in San Jose, California) is a U.S. computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), with Steve Jobs. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s. Wozniak created the Apple I and Apple II computers in the mid-1970s. The Apple II gained a sizable amount of popularity, …
- Debra LaFave
Debra Jean Beasley (born August 28, 1980) was a reading teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida, when she was charged with several counts of having illegal sexual relations with a minor in 2005.
- John Sullivan
John Raymond Sullivan first came to prominence in 1966 with a group of fellow Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carrolan & Eamonn McGirr, known collectively as The Go Lucky Four, when they soared to the top of the Irish music charts with Up Went Nelson, maintaining the Number One spot for eight consecutive weeks.<ref> http://www.irish-showbands.com/images/liamo/goluckyfour-lrx.htm He is presently Senior Partner in a Belfast law firm.
- Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He teaches New Media as an adjunct professor at New York University's (NYU) graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). His courses address, among other things, the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology, how our networks shape culture and vice-versa.
- Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements (born 1949) is an American author of books for children. Clements grew up in New Jersey and Illinois, USA. He worked as a teacher for seven years after college. He started his literary career by writing the text for picture books, and went on to write children's novels. His first novel was "Frindle", which still remains one of his best-known works. Most of his novels' covers depict a person, usually a child, holding something up to the reader.
- William H. Macy
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo". He is also a teacher and director in theatre, film and television. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman".
- Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October, 1951), universally known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the rock band The Police.
- Anne Sullivan
Anne Sullivan, Annie Sullivan, or Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, (April 14, 1866 - October 20, 1936) was a teacher best known as the tutor of Helen Keller.
- William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, "Lyrical Ballads". Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be "The Prelude", an autobiographical poem of his early years that was revised and expanded a number of times. It was never published during his lifetime, and was only given the title after his death.
- Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: a majority of 20th century historians date his lifetime from "circa" 563 BCE to 483 BCE, while some more recent scholars have suggested dates around 410 or 400 BCE for his death.
- Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield (b. 1945) was trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India and has taught meditation worldwide since 1974. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the Public Health Service in northeast Thailand, which is home to several of the world's oldest Buddhist forest monasteries. Here he met the Buddhist master Ajahn Chah, who became Kornfield's teacher for many years.
- Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann (Willis) Richards (September 1, 1933 - September 13, 2006) was an American politician and teacher from Texas. She first came to national attention as the Texas state treasurer, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994. Born during the start of the Depression in rural Texas, …
- Matthew Abram Groening
Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not take a particular interest in school, which is what originaly turned him towards drawing. In the mid-1980' s, Matt Groening moved to Los... ... Matt Groening created The Simpsons. Matt Groening created Futurama. The Simpsons is one of the greatest shows ever. Furturama is one of the greatest shows ever. Because of this Simpsons fact Matt Groening is one of the all-time greats. Because of...
- John Taylor Gatto
John Taylor Gatto (born John Gatto) is an American retired school teacher of 29 years 8 months and author of several books on education. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling and the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions.
- John Morgan
John Morgan (September 21, 1930 - November 15, 2004) was a British-born Canadian comedian. Born in Aberdare, Wales, United Kingdom, Morgan played numerous characters on the CBC sketch comedy television series "Royal Canadian Air Farce" from 1993 to 2001 and its predecessor on CBC Radio, including perpetually disgusted Scotsman Jock McBile, socialite Amy De La Pompa, and monosyllabic Mike from Canmore, …
- Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek-immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history
- Nick Robinson
Nick Robinson is a practitioner of origami. He has been involved in the art since since the early 1980s and a member of the British Origami Society for nearly 20 years. He has contributed articles and designs for the magazine in almost every issue since 1987 and has served on their council for 15 years. He edited their bimonthly magazine for 5 years and maintains their web site.
- Dee Brown
Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29,1908---December 12, 2002) was an American novelist and historian. His most famous work is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", published in 1970, detailing the violent relationship between Native Americans and American expansionism. This work led to further appreciation of the Native American culture by the common American, and caused a new look at the history of the American west, from the Native American point of view.
- The Scary Guy
At 6ft tall, 18 stone and tattooed from head to toe ... The Scary Guy is quite possibly the most powerful Agent For Change on the planet today! The Power to Create World Peace Lives Within Each and Everyone of Us. - The Scary Guy 2000
- Steve Spangler
Steve Spangler is the guy at 9NEWS who makes things fizz, pop, smoke, erupt and startle his co-hosts all in the name of making science fun. Steve's eye-catching science experiments are featured weekly on the 4 O'Clock Show and the Morning Show. Steve Spangler joined 9NEWS in 2000 to teach viewers creative ways to make learning fun.
- Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial, LLC, and a member of the firm's executive leadership team. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. In March 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Apple Computers, Inc. Mr. Gore is a Visiting Professor at two universities in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University, and at UCLA.
- Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith (1955) is a poet, spoken word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She was born in Chicago and lives in Westchester County, New York. Honored for her work both on the stage and on the page, she is a four time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and the National Poetry Series award.
- Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a teacher of Asian meditation practices, particularly Vipasannā, (mindfulness), and mettā (lovingkindess) methods. Her approaches also touches on the Brahmavihara meditations. All of these methods originate in the Theravada Buddhism traditions. Together with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, she founded the Insight Meditation Society in 1974. She also co-founded (with Goldstein) the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in 1989.
- Richard Rorty
Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher. Rorty's long and diverse career saw him working in Philosophy, Humanities, and Literature departments. His complex intellectual background gave him a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the analytical tradition he would later famously reject.
- Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 - April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the modernist school of poetry. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times.
- Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 - October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism. He is the father of the British novelist Martin Amis.
- Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23 1940 - November 12 1994) was an American athlete, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games, despite running on a sprained ankle. The powerful sprinter emerged from the 1960 Rome Olympics as "The Tennessee Tornado," the fastest woman on earth.