Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

male, 82 years old
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: "Benedictus PP. XVI"; Italian: "Benedetto XVI"), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria,...
Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

male, 60 years old
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth , England ) is a journalist, author and literary critic. Hitchens received degrees in...
Sam Harris

Sam Harris

male, 42 years old
Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American writer. He is the author of "The End of Faith" (2004), which was inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks,...
Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

male, deceased (1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian...
Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan

male, 47 years old
Tariq Said Ramadan (born 26 August 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss Muslim academic and theologian. He advocates a reinterpretation of...
Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

male, 37 years old
Mustafa Akyol was born in Ankara in 1972 and had his early education there. Later graduated from the Istanbul British High School and the...
Reza Shah

Reza Shah

male, deceased (1944)
Reza Shah, also "Reza Pahlavi", (March 16, 1878 – July 26, 1944), was Shah of Iran from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the An...
Talal Asad

Talal Asad

male
Talal Asad is Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is a sociocultural anthropologist of international stature specializing in...
Caroline Fourest

Caroline Fourest

female
Caroline Fourest is a French feminist writer, journalist, editor of the magazine "Prochoix," and author of "Frère Tariq" (Brother Tariq), a c...
Confucius

Confucius

male
Confucius (lit. "Master Kung," 551 BCE - 479 BCE) was an esteemed Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have...