English Physicist Sir Isaac Newton is considered by many to be one the
most influential people in human history. 

  
Newton’s own copy of his science book on the principals of mathematics. 

 
                          A replica of Newton’s Reflecting telescope

  
 
J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel)Tolkien is the author of The Lord
of the Rings trilogy. He was born in Bloemfontein, South
Africa. He died on September 2, 1973. Forbes magazine
ranked Tolkien as the 5th top-earning dead celebrity
in 2009.  
 

J. D.(Jerome David) Salinger was the noted author of the
1951 novel…The Catcher in the Rye. He gave his last
interview in 1980 and died of natural causes on
January 27, 2010 at the age of 91.

The English short-story writer,poet,and novelist was born in
Bombay, India. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1907. Kipling is best known for his collection of fiction
stories, The Jungle Book.