Profiles — Creators

Creators

Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.

Chinese empress (1835–1908)

Empress Dowager Cixi

Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.

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English author (1897–1968)

Enid Blyton

Enid Mary Blyton was an English children's writer.

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Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)

Ennius

Quintus Ennius was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic.

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Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)

Epictetus

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher.

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Ancient Greek philosopher

Epicurus

Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the philosophical school of Epicureanism, which teaches that management of one's desires, removal of unnecessary fears, friendship, and virtuous living lead to a pleasant life and constant happiness, the hi

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Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)

Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher.

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Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes of Cyrene was an Ancient Greek polymath: a philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist.

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German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)

Erich Fromm

Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.

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German general and politician (1865–1937)

Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Prussian-born German general and politician.

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