Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

male, deceased (1989)
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 - 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

male, deceased (1716)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also "Leibnitz" or "von Leibniz" (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14 1716) was a German polymath who wrote mo...
Valentino Braitenberg

Valentino Braitenberg

male, 83 years old
Valentino Braitenberg is a cyberneticist and former director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany. He is m...

Émile Coué

male, deceased (1926)
Émile Coué was a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a method of psychotherapy, healing, and self-improvement based on optimistic au...
William Dewitt Hyde

William Dewitt Hyde

male, deceased (1917)
William DeWitt Hyde (1858-1917) was an American college president, born at Winchendon, Mass. He graduated from Harvard University in 1879 and from...
Optimism Optimism

OptimismOptimism

male, 35 years old (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
optimism n. A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation:.

David Sr

male
Concertmaster violinist who played for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham's Symphony Orchestra and...