Jan Zbigniew Grabowski – polsko-kanadyjski historyk specjalizujący się w badaniach nad Holocaustem, profesor na Uniwersytecie Ottawy, współzałożyciel Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów Instytutu Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, członek Royal Society of Canada.
Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language. He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz and the most important Slavic poet before the 19th century.
Jan Kochanowski, łac. Ioannes Cochanovius, Ioannes Kochanovius – polski poeta epoki renesansu, tłumacz, prepozyt kapituły katedralnej poznańskiej w latach 1564–1574, poeta nadworny Stefana Batorego w 1579 roku, sekretarz królewski Zygmunta Augusta i Stefana Batorego, wojski sandomierski w latach 1579–1584. Uważany jest za jednego z najwybitniejszych twórców renesansu w Europie i poetę, który najbardziej przyczynił się do rozwoju polskiego języka literackiego.
Jan Niecisław Ignacy Baudouin de Courtenay – polski językoznawca, uznawany za jednego z najwybitniejszych w historii dyscypliny. W latach 70. i 80. XIX wieku twórca szkoły kazańskiej w językoznawstwie. Wprowadził termin fonem w znaczeniu zbliżonym do współczesnego. Publicysta społeczny. Propagował także esperanto.
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948.
Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States. Addams co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Yale University, becoming the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the school. In 1920, she was a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
