1

Mary Seacole (1805-1881)

2

Homer Hickam, 77

3

Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983)

4

Jeannette Walls, 60

5

Dave Pelzer, 59

6

Piper Kerman, 50

7

Linda Lee Cadwell, 75

8

Adeline Yen Mah, 82

9

Natascha Kampusch, 32

10

Glennon Doyle, 44

11

Christy Beam, 48

12

Lucy Mack Smith (1775-1856)

13

James Bowen, 41

14

Molly Bloom, 42

15

Ji-li Jiang, 66

16

Jeff Bauman, 34

17

Christina Crawford, 81

18

Elly Gross, 91

19

Chris Turner, 47

20

AJ Jacobs, 52

21

Clive James (1939-2019)

22

MK AsantA, 37

23

Robyn Crawford, 57

24

Inge Auerbacher, 85

25

John Howard Griffin (1920-1980)

26

Amy Chua, 57

27

Sue Thomas, 70

28

Travis Roy, 45

29

George Sand (1804-1876)

30

Freya Stark (1893-1993)

31

Adam Osborne (1939-2003)

32

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 85

33

Kristin Beck, 54

34

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)

35

Russell Baker (1925-2019)

36

Sonora Webster Carver (1904-2003)

37

Mary Fisher, 72

38

Alice Sebold, 57

39

Susie King Taylor (1848-1912)

40

Jennifer Ketcham, 37

41

Essie Mae Washington-Williams (1925-2013)

42

Valerie Plame, 57

43

Maxine Hong Kingston, 79

44

Maria Rasputin (1898-1977)

45

Isabella Beeton (1836-1865)

46

Susanna Kaysen, 71

47

Joshua Fields Millburn, 39

48

Rae Earl, 48