Here are some of the people in the books
| Hank Aaron | Kevin Gilbert | Erin O'Connor | |
| John Abele | Dizzy Gillespie | Greg Olsen | |
| Dan Ackroyd | Terry Gilliam | Robert Orben | |
| Douglas Adams | John Girard | David Oreck | |
| Christina Aguilera | Rudolph W. Giuliani | Larry Page | |
| Sandra Ainsley | William E. Gladstone | Arnold Palmer | |
| Karl Albrecht | Milton Glazer | Francois Parenteau | |
| Pam Alexander | Joseph Mark Glazner | Louis Pasteur | |
| Muhammad Ali | Seth Godin | Jimmy Pattison | |
| George Allen | Jane Goodall | George Patton | |
| Paul Allen | Baltasar Gracian | Linus Pauling | |
| Tony Allen | Billy Graham | Norman Vincent Peale | |
| Woody Allen | Martha Graham | Gregory Peck | |
| Will Alsop | Richard E. Grant | Robert Young Pelton | |
| Robert Altman | Macy Gray | Kevin Pennant | |
| Adrian Anantawan | Don Green | J.C. Penney | |
| Chris Anderson | Nancye Green | Josef Penninger | |
| Lance Armstrong | Bob Greene | Irene Pepperberg | |
| Neil Armstrong | Wayne Gretzky | Gail Percy | |
| Linda Armstrong Kelly | John Grisham | Garl Perkins | |
| John Bach | Susan Grode | H. Ross Perot | |
| Francis Bacon | Matt Groening | Pablo Picasso | |
| Meredith Bagby | Bill Gross | Steven Pinker | |
| James Baker | Andy Grove | Rick Pitino | |
| Janet Baker | Mark Guibert | William Plomer | |
| David Baldacci | Aman Gupta | Channing Pollock | |
| Lucille Ball | Paul Haggis | Colin Powell | |
| Jim Balsillie | David Hajdu | Lakshmi Pratury | |
| Tyra Banks | Monty Hall | Steve Prefontaine | |
| Roger Bannister | Nez Hallett III | Elvis Presley | |
| Roseanne Barr | Gary Hamel | Marcel Proust | |
| Drew Barrymore | Suzy Favor Hamilton | Stanley Prusiner | |
| Bill Bartmann | Marvin Hamlisch | Nido Qubein | |
| Layne Beachley | Ruth Handler | Isador Isaac Rabi | |
| Diane Bean | Derek Hatfield | Karim Rashid | |
| Geoffrey Beene | Graham Hawkes | John Rawle | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Michael Hawley | Cliff Read | |
| Jeanne Beker | Goldie Hawn | Pam Reed | |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Jerry Hayes | Joseph Ricciuti | |
| Saul Bellow | Ernest Hemingway | Ron Rice | |
| Peter Urs Bender | Jimi Hendrix | Don Rickles | |
| Roberto Benigni | Heath Herber | Cathy Rigby | |
| Arthur Benjamin | Ken Hertz | Jason Robards | |
| Janine Benyus | Kenneth Hildebrand | Ed Robertson | |
| Yogi Berra | Tommy Hilfiger | Chris Rock | |
| Pete Best | Austin Hill | John D. Rockefeller Jr. | |
| L. Bettencourt | Sir Edmund Hillary | Thom Rockliff | |
| Jeff Bezos | Sandy Hillmer | Anita Roddick | |
| Keith Black | Conrad Hilton | Bob Rogers | |
| Adam Bly | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | Mies vander Rohe | |
| David Boies | Lou Holtz | Alexander Rose | |
| Edward Bok | Bob Hope | Harry Rosen | |
| Nick Bollettieri | Roy Horn | Kim Rossmo | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | John R. Horner | Paul Rowan | |
| Bono | Dave House | J.K Rowling | |
| Sister Esther Boor | Ron Howard | Susan Ruptash | |
| Bjorn Borg | Michael Howe | John Ruskin | |
| Liona Boyd | Robert Hunter | Babe Ruth | |
| Ken Bradshaw | Lee Iacocca | Stefan Sagmeister | |
| Richard Branson | Dave Irvine-Halliday | Joan Samuelson | |
| Craig Breedlove | Pico Iyer | Carl Sandburg | |
| Sergey Brin | Michael Jackson | Wes Santee | |
| David Brinkley | Phil Jackson | Tim Sarnoff | |
| Martin Brodeur | Douglas Jacobs | Ben Saunders | |
| Joyce Brothers | Jane Jacobs | Forrest Sawyer | |
| Bob Brown | Janell Jacobs | Robert J. Sawyer | |
| Deana Brown | Mick Jagger | Steve Schklair | |
| Jamie Brown | William James | A. Schlecker | |
| John Seely Brown | Anula Jayasuriyk | Michael Schrage | |
| Theresa Brown | Thomas Jefferson | Richard Evans Schultes | |
| Robin Budd | Mae Jemison | Wayne Schuurman | |
| Michael Budman | David Jenson | Charles Schwab | |
| Warren Buffett | Norman Jewison | Daniel Schwartz | |
| Paul Bunt | Steve Jobs | Gerry Schwartz | |
| James Burke | Colleen Jones | Steven Schwartz | |
| Philip Burke | Franklin P. Jones | Albert Schweitzer | |
| Edward Burns | Quincy Jones | Patricia Seemann | |
| Larry Burns | Michael Jordan Bill Joy | Jerry Seinfeld | |
| Charles H. Burr | Naomi Judd | Seth | |
| Gary Burton | Steve Jurvetson | William Shakesphere | |
| Edward Burtynsky | Dean Kamen | Eve Shalley | |
| Lise Buyer | Ingvar Kamprad | Scott Shapiro | |
| John Caldwell | Mitch Kapor | Issy Sharp | |
| James Cameron | Li Ka-Shing | Lindsay Sharp | |
| Glen Campbell | Jeffrey Katzenberg | Martin Short | |
| Russell Campbell | Francis Kay | Bernard Silver | |
| Douglas Cardinal | John Keats | Paula Silver | |
| Carlos | Linda Keeler | Peter Silverberg | |
| Dale Carnegie | Kevin Kelly | Gene Simmons | |
| Ronda Carnegie | Charles Ketterling | Russell Simmons | |
| Dr. Jean Carruthers | Chip Kidd | Neil Simon | |
| David Carson | Margot Kidder | Frank Sinatra | |
| Percy Cerutty | Nicole Kidman | Sinbad | |
| John Chambers | Chris Kilham | Laurie Skreslet | |
| Micheline Charest | Jeong Kim | Samuel Smiles | |
| Ray Charles | Jim Kimsey | Fred Smith | |
| Jay Chiat | Gayle King | John F. Smith | |
| Dale Chihuly | Kimberly King | Rick Smolan | |
| Julia Child | Larry King | Lee Smolin | |
| Chocolair | Martin Luther King | Britney Spears | |
| Agatha Christie | Stephen King | Art Spiegelman | |
| Winston Churchill | Pannin Kitiparaporn | Steven Spielberg | |
| Michele Claeys | Ann G. Kocin | Steve Spurrier | |
| Mickey Clagg | Joe Kraus | Baiba St. John | |
| Jimmy Cliff | Henry Kravis | Michael Stadtlander | |
| Bruce Cockburn | Kate Laidley | Paul Stanley | |
| Paul Coffey | Anne Lamot | Thomas J. Stanley | |
| Ben Cohen | George Land | Danielle Steel | |
| David Cohen | John Landy | Robert J. Sternberg | |
| Naida Cole | Kathleen Lane | Martha Stewart | |
| Ornette Coleman | Randall Larsen | Oliver Stone | |
| Joan Collins | Doug Larson | Ted Stout | |
| John Robert Colombo | Jfack Lenor Larson | Picabo Street | |
| Christopher Columbus | Pierre Lassonde | Barbra Steisand | |
| Calvin Coolidge | Silken Laumann | Bill Stumph | |
| Sherry Cooper | David Lavery | Dr. Suess | |
| Wayne Copeland | Mike Lazaridis | Joseph Sugarman | |
| Geoffrey Cowan | Norman Lear | Ed Sullivan | |
| Ian Craig | Leon Lederman | Sam Sullivan | |
| Francis Crick | Peggy Lee | Leonard Susskind | |
| Russell Crowe | John Lennon | Donald Sutherland | |
| Tom Cruise | Jay Leno | Jessica Switzer | |
| Brian Curtner | Dawn Lepore | Amy Tan | |
| Ken Danby | Lennox Lewis | Don Tapscott | |
| Rodney Dangerfield | Darlene Lim | Ron Tarro | |
| Bette Davis | Abraham Lincoln | Bill Tatham | |
| Elli Davis | Don Lindsay | Julie Taymore | |
| Lisa Davis | Peggy Lipton | Sashi Tharoor | |
| Miles Davis | Brian Little | Charlize Theron | |
| Steve Davis | Jennifer Lopez | Freeman Thomas | |
| Wade Davis | Bill Low | Kristin Scott Thomas | |
| Sky Dayton | Janet Lowe | Ken Thomson | |
| Bessie Delaney | Gord Lownds | Anthony Tjan | |
| Michael Dell | George Lucas | Rip Torn | |
| Robert H. Dennard | Vanthy Ly | Brian Tracy | |
| Daniel Dennett | Jerry Lynch | Ulrich Trechsel | |
| Simone Denny | Douglas MacArthur | Amber Trotter | |
| Jack Diamond | David Macaulay | Cynthia Trudell | |
| Phyllis Diller | Joseph MacInnis | James Truman | |
| Celine Dion | Elinor MacKinnon | Donald Trump | |
| Thomas Dolby | Margaret MacMillan | Alexander Tsiaras | |
| Douglas Dorner | Madonna | Kenneth Tuchman | |
| Gord Downey | André Malraux | Ann Turner | |
| Peter Drucker | Elizabeth Manley | Ted Turner | |
| Faye Dunaway | George Martin | Mark Twain | |
| William Durant | Steve Martin | Shania Twain | |
| Gerald Durnell | Linda Martinez | John Tyson | |
| Bob Dylan | Jamal Mashburn | John Updike | |
| Esther Dyson | Jennifer Mather | Jane Urqqhuart | |
| George Dyson | Jaymie Matthews | Stephan Van Dam | |
| Thomas Edison | T.K. Mattingly | Maurizio Vecchione | |
| Brad Edwards | Peter Max | Craig Venter | |
| James Ehnes | Albert Maysles | Eva Vertes | |
| Albert Einstein | Eilish McCaffrey | Bruce Vilanch | |
| Michael Eisner | Paul McCartney | Roger von Oech | |
| Wallace Eley | Graig McCaw | Marilyn Vos Savant | |
| Larry Ellison | William McDonough | Elliot Wahle | |
| Ralph Waldo Ellison | Deborah McGuiness | Terry Waite | |
| Eve Ensler | Don McKeller | Pamela Wallin | |
| Cathy Enz | Murray McLaughlin | Sam Walton | |
| Kevin Eubank | Brian McLeod | Robert Ward | |
| Linda Evangelista | Alexander McQueen | Andy Warhol | |
| Chris Evert | Rick Mercer | John Warnock | |
| David Fairchild | Lorne Michaels | Dennis Washington | |
| Ralph Famiglietta | Michelangelo | George Washington | |
| Jerry Della Femine | Bette Midler | Omar Wasow | |
| Bob Ferchat | Ian Miller | James Watson | |
| Emperor Ferdinand | Wilson Mizner | Wendy Watson | |
| Ruth Fertel | Isaac Mizrahi | Alan Way | |
| Richard Feynman | Catherine Mohr | Howard Weaver | |
| Debbi Fields | Clement Mok | Erik Weihenmayer | |
| Bernie Finkelstein | Tom Monaghan | Andrew Weil | |
| Malcolm Forbes | Louis Monier | Jack Welch | |
| Henry Ford II | Jean Monty | Leslie Westbrook | |
| Dick Fosbury | Rick Moran | Nan Wilkens | |
| Nick Foster | Edwin Moses | Ted Williams | |
| Terry Fox | Bill Moss | Warren Williams | |
| Michael Frankfurt | Walt Mossberg | Bruce Willis | |
| Morgan Freeman | Mother Teresa | Oprah Winfrey | |
| Barry Friedman | Farley Mowat | Henry Winkler | |
| Norbert Frischkorn | Mozart | Sheldon Wiseman | |
| Art Fry | Aimee Mullins | Tom Wolfe | |
| Victor Fuchs | Robert Munsch | Michael Wolff | |
| Robert Fulford | Rupert Murdoch | John Wooden | |
| Robert Full | Story Musgrave | Ken Woodrow | |
| Buckminster Fuller | Nathan Myhrvold | Tiger Woods | |
| Michael Furdyk | Satheesh Namasivayam | Hawksley Workman | |
| Mary Furlong | John Nash | Frank Lloyd Wright | |
| Marc Gagnon | Peter C. Newman | Richard Saul Wurman | |
| Cindy Galbraigh | Jakob Nielsen | H. Yamauch | |
| David Gallo | Leslie Nielsen | Sandra Yingling | |
| Jeff Galloway | Drew Nieporent | Henry Youngman | |
| Alex Garden | Don Norman | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | |
| Gideon Gartner | Greg Norman | Greg Zeschuk | |
| Bill Gates | Dr. Izzy Novak | Zig Zigler | |
| Grank Gehry | Lisa Nugent | Donald Ziraldo | |
| Daniel Gilbert | Sherwin Nuland | Moses Znaimer | |
| David Zussman |