![Jane Addams](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/jane-addams-335x446.jpg)
Jane Adams: Nobel Peace Prize winner and renowned social worker
![James Baker](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/james-baker-346x462.jpg)
James Baker: Former U.S. Secretary of State
![Mary Beard](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Mary-Beard-384x512.jpg)
Mary Beard: English scholar and professor of Classics
![Jeffrey Brown](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/jeffrey-brown-225x300.jpg)
Jeffrey Brown: News Correspondent for PBS's NewsHour
![Jerry Brown](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/jerry-brown-341x454.jpg)
Jerry Brown: Former Governor of California
![Rita Mae Brown](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/rita-mae-brown-342x456.jpg)
Rita Mae Brown: Feminist Author
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Jack Carlson: Archaeologist and founder of the American apparel-based brand Rowing Blazers
![Willa Cather](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/willa-cather-307x408.jpg)
Willa Cather: Author
![William Cohen](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/william-cohen-378x504.jpg)
William Cohen: Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
![Frederick Douglass](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/frederick-douglass-384x512.jpg)
Frederick Douglass: Social Reformer, Abolitionist, Writer, and Statesman
![W.E.B. Dubois](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/w.e.b.-dubois-384x512.jpg)
W.E.B. Dubois: Social Activist and Co-Founder of NAACP
![Jonathan Evans](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/jonathan-evans-384x512.jpg)
Jonathan Evans: Former Head of British Secret Service, MI5
![Sigmund Freud](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/sigmund-freud-192x256.jpg)
Sigmund Freud: Founder of Modern Psychology
![James Garfield](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/James-Garfield-384x512.jpg)
James Garfield: Twentieth President of the United States
![Chuck Geschke](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Chuck-Geschke-291x387.jpg)
Chuck Geschke: Co-Founder of Adobe Systems
![Porter Goss](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Porter-Goss-206x275.jpg)
Porter Goss: Former Director of the CIA
![Tom Hiddleston](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Tom-Hiddleston-348x464.jpg)
Tom Hiddleston: British Actor (best known for his portrayal of Loki in the Thor series)
![Zora Hurston](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/zora-hurston-338x450.jpg)
Zora Neale Hurston: Author (Their Eyes Were Watching God, et al.), Anthropologist, and Filmmaker
![Thomas Jefferson](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/thomas-jefferson-375x500.jpg)
Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States
![Boris Johnson](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/boris-johnson-364x486.jpg)
Boris Johnson: Prime Minister of the UK
![Philip Johnson](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/philip-johnson-360x480.jpg)
Philip Johnson: Architect
![Mindy Kaling](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Kaling-500x523.png)
Mindy Kaling: Actress and screenwriter
![T.E. Lawrence](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/TE-Lawrence-375x500.jpg)
T.E. Lawrence: Better known as "Lawrence of Arabia," Leader in Arab Revolt of 1916
![John Bradshaw Layfield](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/john-bradshaw-layfield-257x342.jpg)
John “Bradshaw” Layfield: Television personality and former WWE wrestler
![Anthony Leggett](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/anthony-leggett-362x483.jpg)
Anthony Leggett: Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
![CS Lewis](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/cs-lewis-220x294.jpg)
C.S. Lewis: Author (The Chronicles of Narnia, et. al.)
![Alain Locke](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/alain-locke-255x340.jpg)
Alain Locke: Author, educator, and first African-American Rhodes scholar
![Vince Lombardi](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/vince-lombardi-375x500.jpg)
Vince Lombardi: Football coach
![Chris Martin](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/chris-martin-341x454.jpg)
Chris Martin: Lead Singer of Coldplay
![Karl Marx](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/karl-marx-375x500.jpg)
Karl Marx: Philosopher
![Robert Millikan](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/robert-millikan-375x500.jpg)
Robert Millikan: Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
![Paradise Lost](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/john-milton-189x252.jpg)
John Milton: Author (Paradise Lost)
![Theodor Mommsen](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/theodor-mommsen-348x464.jpg)
Theodor Mommsen: Scholar and 19th century German politician
![Toni Morrison](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/toni-morrison-375x500.jpg)
Toni Morrison: Author (Beloved, et. al.) and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
![Huey Newton](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/huey-newton-165x220.jpg)
Huey P. Newton: African-American revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party
![Friedrich Nietzsche](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/friedrich-nietzsche-375x500.jpg)
Friedrich Nietzsche: Philosopher
![Tim O'Reilly](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/tim-o'reilly-145x194.jpg)
Tim O'Reilly: Computer Self-Help Publisher
![Enoch Powell](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/enoch-powell-188x250.jpg)
Enoch Powell: British Politician
![William Scarborough](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/william-scarborough-372x496.jpg)
William Sanders Scarborough: former president of Wilberforce University and first known African- American Classics scholar
![Lynn Sherr](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/lynn-sherr-249x333.jpg)
Lynn Sherr: TV News Correspondent
![A.E. Stallings](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/A.E.-Stallings-169x225.jpg)
A.E. Stallings: Poet
![JRR Tolkien](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/JRR-Tolkien-182x243.jpg)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author (Lord of the Rings series)
![Ted Turner](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Ted-Turner-339x452.jpg)
Ted Turner: Founder of CNN
![Teller](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Teller-375x500.jpg)
Teller (of Penn and Teller): Magician
![Peter Weller](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Peter-Weller-374x498.jpg)
Peter Weller: Actor (best known for Robocop)
![Phillis Wheatley](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/phillis-wheatley-e3dcfb-640-418x640.jpg)
Phillis Wheatley: Author, considered the first African-American published poet
![Oscar Wilde](/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/classics-department/famous-classics/Oscar-Wilde-185x246.jpg)
Oscar Wilde: Playwright