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Gilgamesh Gilgamesh ? 2700 BC
Hammurabi Hammurabi 1792 BC 1750 BC
David King David 1010 BC 970 BC
Homer Homer 900 BC 900 BC
Hesiod Hesiod 700 BC 700 BC
Zarathushtra Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) 628 BC 522 BC
Buddha Buddha 560 BC 480 BC
Confucius Confucius 551 BC 479 BC
Aeschylus Aeschylus 525 BC 456 BC
Herodotus Herodotus 484 BC 425 BC
Sophocles Sophocles 496 BC 406 BC
Thucydides Thucydides 460 BC 400 BC
Hippocrates Hippocrates 460 BC 377 BC
Plato Plato 429 BC 347 BC
Aristotle Aristotle 384 BC 322 BC
Chuang Tzu Chuang Tzu 370 BC 301 BC
Euclid Euclid 365 BC 300 BC
Mencius Mencius 371 BC 289 BC
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC 43 BC
Sallust Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) 86 BC 34 BC
Virgil Virgil 70 BC 19 BC
Archimedes Archimedes 290 BC
Misc (Declaration of Independence) Misc (Declaration of Independence) 1776
Livy Titus Livius (Livy) 59 BC 17 AD
Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus 99 BC 55 AD
Paul Saint Saint Paul 10 AD 67 AD
Pliny Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny) 63 AD 113 AD
Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus 56 AD 120 AD
Suetonius Suetonius Tranquillus 69 AD 122 AD
Plutarch Plutarch 46 AD 125 AD
Epictetus Epictetus 55 AD 135 AD
Gaius Gaius 130 AD 180 AD
Aurelius M Marcus Aurelius Antoninus 121 AD 180 AD
Galen Galen 129 AD 199 AD
Tertullian Tertullian 155 AD 230 AD
Origen Origen 185 AD 254 AD
Plotinus Plotinus 205 AD 270 AD
Ambrose Ambrose 339 AD 397 AD
Augustine Saint Augustine 354 AD 430 AD
Kalidasa Kalidasa 500 AD 500 AD
Boethius Boethius 470 AD 524 AD
Benedict St. Saint Benedict 480 AD 547 AD
Mohammed Mohammed 570 AD 632 AD
Bede Saint Bede 672 AD 735 AD
Rhazes Rhazes 865 AD 923 AD
Anselm Saint Anselm 1033 1109
Al Ghazali Al Ghazali 1058 1111
Averroes (Ibn Rushd) Averroes (Ibn Rushd) 1126 1198
Maimonides Moses Maimonides 1135 1204
Assisi F Saint Francis of Assisi 1181 1226
Sturlason S Snorre Sturlason 1179 1241
Aquinas T St. Thomas Aquinas 1225 1274
Dante Dante Alighieri 1265 1321
Petrarch Francesco Petrarch 1304 1374
Wyclife John Wyclife 1330 1384
Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer 1340 1400
Huss J Jan Huss 1372 1415
Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola 1452 1498
Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 1527
Zwingli Huldrych Zwingli 1484 1531
More Sir Thomas More 1478 1535
Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus 1466 1536
Luther Martin Luther 1483 1546
Boétie Estienne de la Boétie 1530 1563
Calvin John Calvin 1509 1564
Hotman F François Hotman 1524 1590
Montaigne Michel de Montaigne 1533 1592
Marlowe C Christopher Marlowe 1564 1593
Hooker Richard Hooker 1553 1600
Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1564 1616
Welwod William Welwod 1578 1622
Robinson John John Robinson 1575 1625
Bacon Sir Francis Bacon 1561 1626
Cotton R Sir Robert Cotton 1571 1631
Coke Sir Edward Coke 1552 1634
Althusius Johannes Althusius 1557 1638
Campanella T Tommaso Campanella 1568 1639
Roberts L Lewes Roberts 1596 1641
Mun T Thomas Mun 1571 1641
Galilei Galileo Galilei 1564 1642
Grotius Hugo Grotius 1583 1645
Rainborough T Thomas Rainborough ? 1648
Descartes Réné Descartes 1596 1650
Culverwell Nathaniel Culverwell 1619 1651
Ireton H Henry Ireton 1611 1651
Filmer Sir Robert Filmer 1588 1653
Lilburne J John Lilburne 1615 1657
Cromwell O Oliver Cromwell 1559 1658
Pascal B Blaise Pascal 1623 1662
Overton R Richard Overton 1631 1664
Milton John Milton 1608 1674
Harrington James Harrington 1611 1677
Spinoza Benedict de Spinoza 1632 1677
Nedham M Marchamont Nedham 1620 1678
Hobbes Thomas Hobbes 1588 1679
Fortrey S Samuel Fortrey 1622 1682
Sidney Algernon Sidney 1622 1683
Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury 1621 1683
Court Pieter de la Court 1618 1685
Petty Sir William Petty 1623 1687
North Sir Dudley North 1641 1691
Wildman J John Wildman 1623 1693
Pufendorf Samuel von Pufendorf 1632 1694
Vaughan H Henry Rice Vaughan 1622 1695
Barbon Nicholas Barbon 1623 1698
Molyneux W William Molyneux 1656 1698
Locke John Locke 1632 1704
Bayle Pierre Bayle 1647 1706
Fletcher Andrew Fletcher 1655 1716
Penn William Penn 1644 1718
Cumberland Richard Cumberland 1632 1718
Tyrrell J James Tyrrell 1642 1718
Addison Joseph Addison 1672 1719
Trenchard John Trenchard 1662 1723
Wollaston W William Wollaston 1660 1724
Molseworth R Robert Molesworth 1650 1725
Newton Sir Isaac Newton 1642 1727
Thomasius T Christian Thomasius 1655 1728
Carmichael Gershom Carmichael 1672 1729
Mandeville Bernard Mandeville 1670 1733
Cantillon Richard Cantillon 1680 1734
Heineccius J Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 1681 1741
Barbeyrac Jean Barbeyrac 1674 1744
pope A Alexander Pope 1688 1744
Hutcheson Francis Hutcheson 1694 1746
Turnbull George Turnbull 1698 1748
Burlamaqui J Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui 1694 1748
Gordon Thomas Thomas Gordon 1692 1750
Bach J Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 1750
Fordyce David Fordyce 1711 1751
Butler J Joseph Butler 1692 1752
Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu 1689 1755
Vattel Emer de Vattel 1714 1767
Helvétius Claude-Adrien Helvétius 1715 1771
Hume David Hume 1711 1776
Voltaire Voltaire 1694 1778
Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 1778
Condillac Étienne Bonnot, Abbé de Condillac 1714 1780
Blackstone W Sir William Blackstone 1723 1780
Turgot Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot 1727 1781
Home Henry Home, Lord Kames 1696 1782
Alembert Jean Le Rond d’ Alembert 1717 1783
Otis J James Otis 1725 1783
Mably G Gabriel Bonnet Abbé de Mably 1709 1785
Smith Adam Adam Smith 1723 1790
Franklin B Benjamin Franklin 1796 1790
Price Richard Price 1723 1791
Macaulay C Catharine Macaulay 1731 1791
Mozart W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 1791
Mason G George Mason 1725 1792
Roland J Jeanne Marie Roland de la Platière 1754 1793
Mathon de La Cour C Charles-Joseph Mathon de La Cour (Fortuné Ricard) 1738 1793
Lee Richard Richard Henry Lee 1732 1794
Condorcet Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet 1743 1794
Gibbon Edward Gibbon 1737 1794
Beccaria C Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria 1738 1794
Webster P Pelatiah Webster 1725 1795
Reid T Thomas Reid 1710 1796
Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1759 1797
Burke Edmund Burke 1729 1797
Wilson J James Wilson 1742 1798
Smith M Melanchthon Smith 1744 1798
Raper M Matthew Raper ? 1798
Washington George Washington 1732 1799
Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 1732 1799
Tucker J Josiah Tucker 1712 1799
Iredell J James Iredell 1751 1799
Millar John John Millar 1735 1801
Galloway Joseph Galloway 1731 1803
Beattie J James Beattie 1735 1803
Hamilton A Alexander Hamilton 1757 1804
Kant Immanuel Kant 1724 1804
Priestley J Joseph Priestley 1733 1804
Paley William Paley 1743 1805
Hanson A Alexander Contee Hanson 1749 1806
De Lolme J Jean Louis De Lolme 1741 1806
Dickinson John Dickinson 1732 1808
Paine Thomas Paine 1737 1809
Emerson W William Emerson 1769 1811
Randolph E Edmund Randolph 1753 1813
Warren Mercy Otis Warren 1728 1814
Ramsay David Ramsay 1749 1815
Thornton H Henry Thornton 1760 1815
Morris Gouverneur Morris 1752 1816
Ferguson Adam Ferguson 1723 1816
Staël Germaine de Staël 1766 1817
Young Arthur Young 1741 1820
Volney Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, marquis de Volney 1757 1820
Knox Vicesimus Knox 1752 1821
Findley W William Findley 1742 1821
Napoleon Napoléon Bonaparte 1769 1821
Shelley Percy Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 1822
Ricardo David Ricardo 1772 1823
Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus 1766 1823
Taylor J John Taylor 1753 1824
Coxe T Tench Coxe 1755 1825
Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 1743 1826
Adams John Adams 1735 1826
Tucker St. George Tucker 1752 1827
Blake W William Blake 1757 1827
Beethoven L Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 1827
Stewart Dugald Stewart 1753 1828
Leonard Daniel Leonard 1740 1829
Jay John Jay 1745 1829
Constant Benjamin Constant 1767 1830
Clausewitz C Carl von Clausewitz 1780 1831
Say Jean Baptiste Say 1767 1832
Bentham Jeremy Bentham 1748 1832
Mackintosh Sir James Mackintosh 1765 1832
Goethe J Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 1832
Gentz F Friedrich von Gentz 1764 1832
Humboldt Wilhelm von Humboldt 1767 1835
Marshall John John Marshall 1755 1835
Godwin William William Godwin 1756 1836
Mill James James Mill 1773 1836
Destutt de Tracy Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy 1754 1836
Madison James Madison 1751 1836
Livingston Edward Livingston 1764 1836
Da Ponte L Lorenzo Da Ponte 1749 1838
Leggett William Leggett 1801 1839
Hayne Robert Y Hayne 1791 1839
Smith William William Smith 1762 1840
Sismondi J Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi 1773 1842
Raguet C Condy Raguet 1784 1842
Webster N Noah Webster 1758 1843
Rowan John Rowan 1773 1843
List Friedrich List 1789 1846
Clarkson Thomas Clarkson 1760 1846
Gallatin Albert Gallatin 1761 1849
Bastiat Frédéric Bastiat 1801 1850
Calhoun John C. Calhoun 1782 1850
Webster D Daniel Webster 1782 1852
Clay Henry Clay 1777 1852
Thierry A Augustin Thierry 1795 1856
Clayton John M. Clayton 1796 1856
Marcet Jane Haldimand Marcet 1769 1858
Taylor Harriet Taylor 1807 1858
Benton Thomas Hart Benton 1782 1858
Macaulay Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay 1800 1859
Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville 1805 1859
Whately Richard Whately 1787 1863
Senior Nassau William Senior 1790 1864
McCulloch J John Ramsay McCulloch 1789 1864
Cobden Richard Cobden 1804 1865
Beaumont Gustave de Beaumont 1802 1866
Walker R. Robert John Walker 1801 1869
Hodgskin Thomas Hodgskin 1787 1869
Brough William Brough 1826 1870
Lieber F Francis Lieber 1798 1872
Mill John John Stuart Mill 1806 1873
Guizot François Guizot 1787 1874
Cairnes John Elliot Cairnes 1823 1875
Wade John John Wade 1788 1875
Martineau Harriet Martineau 1802 1876
Wolowski Louis Wolowski 1810 1876
Bagehot Walter Bagehot 1826 1877
Chevalier M Michel Chevalier 1806 1879
Daumier H Honoré Daumier 1808 1879
Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 1882
Jevons William William Stanley Jevons 1835 1882
Darwin C Charles Darwin 1809 1882
Marx Karl Marx 1818 1883
Longfield M Mountifort Longfield 1802 1884
Hugo V Victor Hugo 1802 1885
Chapman M Maria Weston Chapman 1806 1885
Spooner L Lysander Spooner 1808 1887
Maine Sir Henry Sumner Maine 1822 1888
Bright John Bright 1811 1889
Chadwick E Sir Edwin Chadwick 1800 1890
Khayr al-Din Khayr al-Din (Khérédine) 1820 1890
Jowett Benjamin Jowett 1817 1893
Taine Hippolyte Taine 1828 1893
Ghislanzoni A Antonio Ghislanzoni 1824 1893
Stephen James Fitzjames Stephen 1829 1894
Douglass F Frederick Douglass 1817 1895
Walker Francis Amasa Francis Amasa Walker 1840 1897
George Henry George 1839 1897
Burckhardt Jacob Burckhardt 1818 1897
Verdi G Giuseppe Verdi 1813 1901
Acton J John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton 1834 1902
MacLeod H Henry Dunning MacLeod 1821 1902
Spencer Herbert Herbert Spencer 1820 1903
Lecky William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1838 1903
Tiedeman C Christopher G. Tiedeman 1857 1903
Smiles S Samuel Smiles 1812 1904
Atkinson E Edward Atkinson 1827 1905
Richter Eugen Richter 1838 1906
Herbert Auberon Herbert 1838 1906
Maitland Frederic William Maitland 1850 1906
Essars P Pierre des Essars ? 1906
Ingram J John Kells Ingram 1823 1907
Durand J John Durand 1822 1908
Newcomb Simon Newcomb 1835 1909
Sumner William Graham Sumner 1840 1910
Howell George Howell 1833 1910
Jellinek Georg Jellinek 1851 1911
Molinari Gustave de Molinari 1819 1912
Mackay Thomas Thomas Mackay 1849 1912
Levy Joseph Hiam Levy 1838 1913
Montemartini G Giovanni Montemartini 1867 1913
Böhm-Bawerk Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk 1851 1914
Rae John Rae 1845 1915
Hoxie Robert Franklin Hoxie 1868 1916
White A Andrew D. White 1832 1918
Johns C Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns 1857 1920
Menger Carl Menger 1840 1921
Raffalovich Arthur Raffalovich 1853 1921
Bryce James Viscount James Bryce 1838 1922
Dicey A Albert Venn Dicey 1835 1922
Morley John Morley 1838 1923
Marshall Alfred Alfred Marshall 1842 1924
Walker B Byron Edmund Walker 1848 1924
Wicksell Knut Wicksell 1851 1926
Wieser F Friedrich von Wieser 1851 1926
Wicksteed Philip H. Wicksteed 1844 1927
Guyot Yves Guyot 1843 1928
Veblen Thorstein Veblen 1857 1929
Laughlin J. Laurence Laughlin 1850 1933
Budge Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge 1857 1934
Cannan Edwin Cannan 1861 1935
Terry C Charles Sanford Terry 1864 1936
Smith Bruce Bruce Smith 1851 1937
Zane John Maxcy Zane 1863 1937
Pollock F Sir Frederick Pollock 1845 1937
Clark John John Bates Clark 1847 1938
Taussig Frank William Taussig 1859 1940
Hobson John A. Hobson 1858 1940
Higgs Henry Higgs 1864 1940
Oppenheimer Franz Oppenheimer 1864 1943
Holdsworth W Sir William Searle Holdsworth 1871 1944
Bastable Charles F. Bastable 1855 1945
Becker Carl Carl Lotus Becker 1873 1945
Keynes John Maynard Keynes 1883 1946
Fisher Irving Irving Fisher 1867 1947
Cadoux John Cecil Cadoux 1883 1947
Fetter Frank A. Fetter 1863 1949
Heckscher Eli F. Heckscher 1879 1952
Strawley James Herbert Strawley 1868 1954
Scudder Vida Dutton Scudder 1861 1954
Keller Albert Galloway Keller 1874 1956
Pigou Arthur Cecil Pigou 1877 1959
Pound Roscoe Pound 1870 1964
Plucknett T Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett 1897 1965
Chodorov F Frank Chodorov 1887 1966
Rommen Heinrich Rommen 1897 1967
Leoni Bruno Leoni 1913 1967
McIlwain C Charles Howard McIlwain 1871 1968
Chamberlin W William Henry Chamberlin 1897 1969
Viner Jacob Viner 1892 1970
Knight Frank H. Knight 1885 1972
Mises Ludwig Ludwig von Mises 1881 1973
Acton HB H.B. Acton 1908 1974
Smith Vera Vera C. Smith 1912 1976
Rogge Benjamin A. Rogge 1920 1980
Read Leonard Leonard E. Read 1898 1983
Lachmann Ludwig M. Lachmann 1906 1990
Oakeshott Michael Oakeshott 1901 1990
Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek 1899 1992
Rothbard M Murray N. Rothbard 1926 1995
Nisbet Robert A. Nisbet 1913 1996
Heyne Paul Heyne 1931 2000
Rosen S Sherwin Rosen ? 2001
Bauer Lord Peter Thomas Bauer 1915 2003
McClellan James McClellan 1937 2005
Seldon Arthur Seldon 1916 2005
Friedman Milton Friedman 1912 2007
Hartwell Ronald Max Hartwell 1921 2009
Ayau Manuel Ayau 1925 2010
Cornuelle Richard Cornuelle 1927 2011
Buchanan James M. Buchanan 1919 2013
Schleifer James T. Schleifer 1942 ?
Passmore John Passmore ? ?
Minogue Kenneth Minogue 1930 ?
Colbourn Trevor Colbourn ? ?
Berger Raoul Berger 1901 ?
Carey George W. Carey 1933 ?
Trevor-Roper Hugh Trevor-Roper 1914 ?
Barzun Jacques Barzun 1907 ?
Harris Lord Ralph Harris ? ?
Becker G Gary S. Becker 1930 ?
Coase Ronald H. Coase 1910 ?
Moses Moses 1300 BC ?
Job Job 600 BC ?
Micah Micah 800 BC ?
Amos Amos 800 BC ?
Hosea Hosea 800 BC ?
Isaiah Isaiah 800 BC ?
Jaffa Harry Jaffa ? ?
McInerny Ralph McInerny ? ?
Evans M. Stanton Evans 1934 ?
Hospers John Hospers 1918 ?
McCracken Paul W. McCracken 1915 ?
Starbuck Dane Starbuck 1956 ?
Beowulf Beowulf 800 AD ?
Shudraka King Shudraka 200 BC ?
Hurley Edmund G. Hurley 1848 ?
Moran Mary Catherine Moran ? ?
Parkin Jon Parkin ? ?
Maxwell John Maxwell ? ?
Kapadia Shapurji Aspaniarji Kapadia 1857 ?
Beauchamp Gordon F.W. Beauchamp Gordon ? ?
O’Brien M.D. O’Brien ? ?
Millar Frederick Frederick Millar ? ?
Alford Rev. B.H. Alford ? ?
Vincent Edmund Vincent ? ?
Fairfield Charles Fairfield ? ?
Barry Norman P. Barry ? ?
Samuel Samuel ? ?
O’Driscoll Gerald P. O’Driscoll ? —
Moss Lawrence S. Moss 1944 —
Spadaro Louis M. Spadaro 1913 —
Brennan Geoffrey Brennan 1944 —
Donisthorpe Wordsworth Donisthorpe 1847 —
Kirzner Israel M. Kirzner 1930 —
Jasay Anthony de Jasay 1925 —
Mack Eric Mack ? —
McKechnie William Sharp McKechnie ? —
Leigh Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh ? —
Tullock Gordon Tullock 1922 —
Bongie Laurence L. Bongie ? —
Vile M.J.C. Vile ? —
Jeremiah Jeremiah 7 BC —
Sirc Ljubo Sirc ? —
van den Haag Ernest van den Haag ? —
Walters Sir Alan Walters 1926 —
Alchian Armen A. Alchian 1914 —
Schatz Albert Schatz 1879 —
O’Keeffe Dennis O’Keeffe ? —
Clark Henry Henry C. Clark ? —
Yeager Leland B. Yeager ? —
Epstein R Richard A. Epstein ? —
Raico R Ralph Raico ? —
Liggio L Leonard P. Liggio 1931 —
Wagner R Richard E. Wagner ? —
Gerry E Elbridge Gerry ? —
Various Old Testament (Various Authors) ? —
Njal B Burnt Njal ? —
OLL Editor OLL Editor ? —
Robertson Edward Edward Stanley Robertson ? —
Misc (Upanishads) Misc (Upanishads) ? —
Grampp W William Dyer Grampp 1914 —
Hamowy R Ronald Hamowy ? —
Manne H Henry Manne ? —
Leube K Kurt Leube ? —
Novak M Michael Novak ? —
Pippin R Robert Pippin ? —
Matthew Saint Matthew 1 AD —
Mark Saint Mark 1 AD —
John Saint John 1 AD —
Luke Saint Luke 1 AD —
Misc (Rigveda) Misc (Rigveda) ? —
Misc (Mahabharata) Misc (Mahabharata) ? —
Misc (Magna Carta) Misc (Magna Carta) ? —
Misc (Roman Chant) Misc (Roman Chant) ? —
Misc (Reformation Chorale) Misc (Reformation Chorale) ? —
Misc Misc (Confucian School) ? —
Solomon King Solomon 1000 BC —
Weston C Corinne Comstock Weston ? —
Reid J John Phillip Reid ? —
Christianson P Paul Christianson 1937 —
Brooks C Christopher W. Brooks ? —
Holt J James Clarke Holt ? —
Townsend J John P. Townsend ? —
Horn A Antoine E. Horn ? —
Lao Tzu Lao Tzu 600 BC —
Selgin G George A. Selgin 1957 —
Long R Roderick T. Long ? —