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King of France from 1180 to 1223, Philippe Auguste is one of the greatest monarchs of the Middle Ages. He strengthened royal power, vastly expanded the royal domain, and won the decisive victory of Bouvines in 1214. His reign marks the beginning of medieval France's rise as a major power.

German writer, poet, and scholar (1749–1832), Goethe is the author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther. A central figure of the Sturm und Drang movement and later Weimar Classicism, he embodies the Enlightenment ideal of the universal man.

Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990) was an American psychoanalyst and educator of Austrian origin, specializing in childhood. A survivor of the Dachau and Buchenwald camps, he ran a school for troubled children in Chicago and left his mark on thinking about education and child psychology.

Chief Operating Officer of Facebook (Meta) from 2008 to 2022, Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most influential women in Silicon Valley. Author of *Lean In* (2013), she is a prominent advocate for women's leadership in the corporate world.