Top People in Values
Top Books in Values
Individuals who have had a major impact on the History of Values including our picks for the Top 100
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Akbar the Great
1542 – 1605
Indian

Mughal Emperor of India, celebrated Muslim military leader, unifier of India. He encouraged learning and knowledge, outlawed slavery, and promoted religious tolerance.

Contemporaries
1515–1582St. Teresa of Avila
1564–1616William Shakespeare
fl. c. 1494–c. 1553François Rabelais
1533–1592Michel de Montaigne
1483–1546Martin Luther
1542–1591St. John of the Cross
1588–1679Thomas Hobbes
1596–1650René Descartes
1599–1658Oliver Cromwell
1547–1616Miguel de Cervantes
1500–1571Benvenuto Cellini
1509–1564John Calvin
1561–1626Francis Bacon