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American pedagogues

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Alex Faickney OsbornAuthor · BooksAlex Faickney Osborn (May 24, 1888 – May 5, 1966) was an American advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique named brainstorming.
Alexander GordonPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexander Garrievich Gordon (born February 20, 1964) is a Russian radio and television presenter, journalist, actor and director. He has worked on "NTV" channel and "Channel One".
Amos Bronson AlcottAuthor · BooksAmos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer.
Barry GalbraithPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Chance ThomasPerson · Music memorabiliaChance Thomas is an American composer, author, and entrepreneur. His music has received critical acclaim and c
Czesław MiłoszAuthor · BooksCzesław Miłosz (USalso; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Dan ArielyAuthor · BooksDan Ariely (born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American author and professor of business administration at Duke University.
Dan BrownAuthor · BooksDaniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer best known for his thriller novels, particularly the Robert Langdon series Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003),…
Daniel Coit GilmanAuthor · BooksDaniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
David Starr JordanAuthor · BooksDavid Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
Edith HamiltonAuthor · BooksEdith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States.
Elizabeth Cabot AgassizAuthor · BooksElizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe…
Gary GraffmanPerson · Music memorabiliaGary Graffman (October 14, 1928 – December 27, 2025) was an American classical pianist, teacher and administrator.
Gary PeacockPerson · Music memorabiliaGary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist.
Hal GalperPerson · Music memorabiliaHarold Galper (April 18, 1938 – July 18, 2025) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer.
Hervey AllenAuthor · BooksWilliam Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer.
Jacob AbbottAuthor · BooksJacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books and historical biographies.
James RicaltonPhotographer · PhotographyJames Ricalton (born May 13, 1844, in Half Way, near Waddington, New York – d. October 28, 1929, in Waddington) was an American school teacher, traveler, inventor, and photographer.
Joe NewmanPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Dwight Newman (September 7, 1922 – July 4, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known as a musician who worked with Count Basie during two periods.
John DeweyAuthor · BooksJohn Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.
John Stevens Cabot AbbottAuthor · BooksJohn Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805June 17, 1877) was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.
John Taylor GattoAuthor · BooksJohn Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 – October 25, 2018) was an American author, school teacher, and public figure.
Julia CameronPerson · Film memorabiliaJulia B. Cameron (born March 4, 1948) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist.
Kenny BarronPerson · Music memorabiliaKenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential…
Kurt WeillPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Julian Weill (German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United…
Lisette ModelPhotographer · PhotographyLisette Model (born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern; November 10, 1901 – March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer primarily known for the frank humanism of her street…
Mario LivioAuthor · BooksThe Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002)
Mieczysław HorszowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaMieczysław Horszowski (June 23, 1892May 22, 1993) was a Polish and American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts.
Neil PostmanAuthor · BooksNeil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile…
Nicholas Murray ButlerAuthor · BooksNicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator.
Peet ArenEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Aren in 1917
Peter SengeAuthor · BooksPeter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and…
Quincy PorterPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Quincy Porter
Regina ResnikPerson · Film memorabiliaRegina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
Robert FrostAuthor · BooksRobert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech,[2] Frost frequently…
Robert J HirschPhotographer · PhotographyRobert J. Hirsch (born 1949) is an American artist, curator, educator, historian, and author.
Roswell RuddPerson · Music memorabiliaRoswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer.
Rudolf WittkowerAuthor · BooksRudolf Wittkower (22 June 1901 – 11 October 1971) was a British art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, who spent much of his career in London,…
Sanford MeisnerPerson · Film memorabiliaSanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction known as the Meisner technique.
Vladimir BakaleinikovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — 1929
Wendell BerryAuthor · BooksWendell Erdman Berry (August 5, 1934 – August 31, 2026) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer.
William GlasserAuthor · BooksWilliam Glasser (May 11, 1925 – August 23, 2013) was an American psychiatrist. He was the developer of W. Edwards Deming's workplace ideas, reality therapy and choice theory.

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