Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright.

Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century..

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (born c. 475–480 C.E., died 526 C.E.) was a Roman scholar, writer, philosopher, and politician of the Early Middle Ages. An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric and an exceptional Greek scholar, he is best known for *The Consolation of Philosophy*. He aimed to translate the complete works of Aristotle and Plato into Latin and is recognized as a key intermediary between ancient philosophy and the Latin Middle Ages.

Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121 CE – March 17, 180 CE) was a Roman Emperor (161–180 CE) born into a wealthy patrician family in Rome. Raised by his mother and paternal grandfather after his father's death, he is best known for his *Meditations*, a series of private writings on Stoic philosophy that remain a key source for understanding ancient Stoicism.

René Descartes (March 31, 1596 – 1650) was born in La Haye, France, to Joachim Descartes and Jeanne Brochard. A French mathematician and philosopher, he is generally regarded as the founder of modern Western philosophy, best known for the cogito ("I think, therefore I am"). He also invented the Cartesian coordinate system and founded analytic geometry.