luminaries
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To compile our expansive list we surveyed more than 200 bookish luminaries — along with a few zealous book club members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I don’t think anybody could gather a roomful of luminaries like that from entertainment, tech and politics in the way that Clive did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Pope Leo recently issued an encyclical on AI that built on the work last September of a panel of Nobel laureates, tech specialists and other luminaries the Vatican had assembled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Other luminaries, including Benjamin Franklin, participated in Richmond’s “network.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Inside that circle are the homes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Botticelli—and the list of luminaries goes on.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
