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JACOB MCHANGAMA (1978- ) - Danish human-rights lawyer, free-speech advocate, director of the Freedom Rights Project SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA (c. 563-483 BCE) - Spiritual teacher on whose teachings Buddhism was founded HERBERT SPENCER (1820-1903) - English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and classical libertarian political theorist HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956) - American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist and scholar MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106-43 BCE) - Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist JAMES MADISON (1751-1836) - American statesman and political theorist, fourth U.S. President, contributor to the U.S. Constitution, author of the Bill of Rights DENNIS HOPPER (1936-2010) - American actor, filmmaker and artist ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) - Scottish moral philosopher, economist, and author HERNANDO DE SOTO (1941- ) - Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights,president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy MATTHEW RIDLEY (1958- ) - British scientist, journalist, author, and member of Parliament ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907-1988) - American science fiction writer MARIE-JOSEPH DU MOTIER, MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE (1757-1834) - French aristocrat, general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution ALBERT JAY NOCK (1870-1945) - American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic NORMAN BORLAUG (1914-2009) - American agronomist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) - commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, president of the Constitutional Convention, first U.S. President DONALD J. 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J.' O'ROURKE (1947- ) - American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author PATRICK HENRY (1736-1799) - American attorney, planter, orator and politician THOMAS SOWELL (1930- ) - American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author PETER THEIL (1967- ) - German-born American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager RUSSELL MEANS (1939-2010) - Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people and libertarian political activist SIMON BOLIVAR (1783-1830) - Venezuelan military and political leader RANDOLPH 'TREY' PARKER (1969- ) - American actor, voice artist, animator, screenwriter, director, producer and musician PENN JILLETTE (1955- ) - American illusionist, comedian, musician, best-selling author, and libertarian RAYMOND TELLER (1948- ) - American magician, illusionist, comedian, writer ERIC HOFFER (1902-1983) - American author and philosopher