Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
compiled by Jack Tourette

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Iacocca, Lido Anthony "Lee" (American automobile executive) b.1924
Iamblichus (Greek philosopher) c.250-c.350
Iancu, Marcel (Romanian-born Israeli painter, architect) 1895-1984
Ibarbourou, Juana de (Juanita Fernandez Morales; Urug. poet) 1895-1979
Ibarruri Gomez, Dolores "La Pasionaria" (Spanish politician) 1895-1989
Ibert, Jacques-Francois-Antoine (French composer) 1890-1962
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne (Fr.-Can. explorer; fd. Louisiana) 1661-1706
Ibn 'Abbad (Islamic theologian) 1333-1390
Ibn Abi ar-Rijal, Ahmad ibn Salih (Yemeni scholar, theologian) 1620-1681
Ibn Abi 'Asrun (aka al-Halabi; ad-Dimashqi; Islamic theologian) 1099-1189
Ibn al-Abbar (Muslim historian, theologian, humorist) 1199-1260
Ibn al-'Arabi (Abu Bakr; Islamic mystic, philosopher) 1165-1240
Ibn al-Athir (Arab historian) 1160-1233
Ibn al-Farid (Arab poet) 1181/2-1235
Ibn al-Jawzi (Islamic theologian) 1126-1200
Ibn an-Nafis (Muslim physician) d.1288
Ibn 'Aqil (Islamic theologian) 1040-1119
Ibn Babawayh (aka as-Saduq; Islamic theologian) c.923-991
Ibn Battutah (Arab traveler, writer) 1304-1368/9
Ibn Daud, Abraham (aka Rabad I; Spanish physician, historian) c.1110-c.1180
Ibn Durayd (Arab philologist) 837/8-933
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir (Spanish-born Jewish scholar) c.1090-1164
Ibn Ezra, Moses ben Jacob ha-Sallah (Jewish poet, critic) c.1060-c.1139
Ibn Falaquera (aka Palquera; Jewish philosopher, translator) c.1225-c.1295
Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron; Spanish-born Jewish poet, philosopher) c.1022-c.1070
Ibn Hazm (Spanish-born Muslim scholar, writer) 994-1064
Ibn Ishaq (Muslim writer) c.704-767
Ibn Janah (aka Rabbi Jonah; Spanish Hebrew grammarian) c.990-1050
Ibn Jubayr (Muslim writer) 1145-1217
Ibn Kathir (Islamic theologian, historian) c.1300-1373
Ibn Khaldun (Arab philosopher, historian, sociologist) 1332-1406
Ibn Miskawayh (Muslim scientist, philosopher, historian) c.930-1030
Ibn Muqlah (Arab calligrapher) 886-940
Ibn Qutaybah (Arab writer) 828-889
Ibn Rushd (Averroes; Islamic philosopher) 1126-1198
Ibn Sa'ud (Muslim leader, founder of Saudi Arabia) c.1880-1953
Ibn Shaddad (Arab writer) 1145-1234
Ibn Shem Tov, Shem Tov (Spanish Kabbalist) c.1380-c.1441
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; Islamic scientist, philosopher) 980-1037
Ibn Taymiyah (Islamic theologian) 1263-1328
Ibn Tibbon, Judah ben Saul (Jewish physician, translator) 1120-c.1190
Ibn Tibbon, Samuel ben Judah (Jewish physician, translator) c.1150-c.1230
Ibn Tufayl (Moorish philosopher, physician) d.1185/6
Ibn Tumart (Berber religious leader) c.1080-1130
Ibn Zuhr (aka Avenzoar, Abumeron; Span.-born Muslim physician) c.1090-1162
Ibrahim al-Haqilani (Maronite Catholic scholar) 1605-1664
Ibrahim Pasha (Ottoman general, ruler of Egypt) 1789-1848
Ibsen, Henrik Johan (Norwegian poet, dramatist) 1828-1906
Ibuse Masuji (Japanese writer) 1898-1993
Ibycus (or Ibykos; Greek poet) 6th cent. BC
Icaza Coronel, Jorge (Ecuadorian writer, playwright) 1906-1978
Ichijo Kaneyoshi (Japanese philosopher, official) 1402-1481
Ichikawa Danjuro I (Japanese Kabuki actor) 1660-1704
Ichikawa Danjuro II (Japanese Kabuki actor) 1688-1758
Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Japanese Kabuki actor) 1791-1859
Ichikawa Danjuro IX (Japanese Kabuki actor) 1838-1903
Ichu (Reign title Hsien-feng; Chinese emperor 1851-1861) 1831-1861
Icke, David Vaughan (English writer, orator) b.1952
Ickes, Harold LeClair (American administrator, politician) 1874-1952
Ictinus (Greek architect; co-des. Parthenon with Callicrates) 5th cent. BC
Iddings, Joseph Paxson (American geologist) 1857-1920
Idelsohn, Abraham Zevi (Kurland-born Jewish music scholar) 1882-1938
Idle, Eric (English actor, comedian) b.1943
Idris, Yusuf (Egyptian playwright, writer) 1927-1991
Idrisi, al- (Moroccan-born Arab geographer, cartographer) 1100-1165
Iffland, August Wilhelm (German actor, director, dramatist) 1759-1814
Ignarro, Louis Joseph (American pharmacologist) b.1941
Ignatius, Saint Theophorus (bishop of Antioch, church father) d.c. AD 110
Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint (Byzantine prelate) c.799-877
Ignatius of Loyola (Spanish religious; fd. Society of Jesus) 1491-1556
Ignatow, David (American poet, editor, teacher) 1914-1997
Ihara (or Ibara) Saikaku (Japanese poet, writer) 1642-1693
Ihimaera, Witi Tame (New Zealand-Maori writer, scholar) b.1944
I-hsin (Prince Kung; Chinese statesman) 1833-1898
Iio Sogi (Japanese poet, Buddhist monk) 1421-1502
Ike Taiga (aka Ikeno Taiga; Japanese painter) 1723-1776
Ikeda, Hayato (Japanese politician; prime minister 1960-1964) 1899-1965
Iles, George (American educator, philanthropist) 1852-1942
Iliescu, Ion (Romanian politician; pres. 1989-1996, 2000-2004) b.1930
Illich, Ivan (Viennese-born philosopher, theologian) 1926-2002
Illyes, Gyula (Hungarian poet, writer, dramatist, dissident) 1902-1983
Ilyushin, Sergey Vladimirovich (Russian aircraft designer) 1894-1977
Imam Bondjol, Tuanku (Indonesian religious leader) 1772-1864
Imamura, Shohei (Japanese film director, producer) 1926-2006
Imber, Naphtali Herz (Polish-born Hebrew scholar, poet) 1856-1909
Inbert, Barthelemy (French writer) 1747-1790
Imbrie, Andrew Walsh (American composer, teacher) 1921-2007
Imbrie, John (American paleoceanographer, academic) b.1925
Imhotep (Imouthes; Egyptian physician, sage) 27th cent. BC
Immanuel ben Solomon (Hebrew poet) c.1260-c.1328
Immelmann, Max (German aviator, combat pilot) 1890-1916
Immermann, Karl Leberecht (German poet, dramatist, writer) 1796-1840
Imru' al-Qays (Imru' al-Qays ibn Hujr; Arab poet) d.c.550
Ince, Thomas Harper (American film director, producer) 1882-1924
Inchbald, Elizabeth née Simpson (English actor, writer) 1753-1821
Indiana, Robert (born Robert Clark; American artist) b.1928
Indy, Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d' (French composer) 1851-1931
Infeld, Leopold (Polish physicist) 1898-1968
Ingalls, Albert G. (American amateur astronomer) 1888-1958
Ingamells, Reginald Charles "Rex" (Australian poet) 1913-1955
Inge, William Motter (American playwright) 1913-1973
Inge, William Ralph (English writer, Anglican prelate) 1860-1954
Ingegneri (or Ingegnieri), Marc'Antonio (Italian composer) c.1547-1592
Ingelow, Jean (English writer) 1820-1897
Ingemann, Bernhard Severin (Danish poet, writer) 1789-1862
Ingenhousz, Jan (Dutch physician, plant physiologist) 1730-1799
Ingersoll, Ebon Clark (American politician, lawyer) 1831-1879
Ingersoll, Robert Green (American lawyer, orator) 1833-1899
Ingersoll, Robert Hawley (American industrialist) 1859-1928
Ingleby, Clement Mansfield (English philosopher, critic) 1823-1886
Inglis, Brian (Irish-born British journalist, writer) 1916-1993
Ingraham, Joseph Holt (American clergyman, writer) 1809-1860
Ingram, Herbert (English publisher) 1811-1860
Ingram, John Kells (Irish-born British scholar, writer) 1823-1907
Ingram, Vernon Martin (German-born American chemist) 1924-2006
Ingrassia, Francesco "Ciccio" (Italian comedian, actor) 1923-2003
Ingrassia, Giovanni Filippo (Sicilian anatomist, physician) c.1510-1580
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique (French painter) 1780-1867
Inman, Henry (American painter) 1801-1846
Innes, Cosmo (Scottish antiquary) 1798-1874
Innes, Neil James (English writer, musician) b.1944
Inness, George (American painter; father of George) 1825-1894
Inness, George (French-born American painter; son of George) 1854-1926
Inonu, Mustafa Ismet (Turkish soldier, politician) 1884-1973
Inoue Enryo (Japanese philosopher, educator) 1859-1919
Inoue Kaoru (born Monta Shido; Japanese politician) 1835-1915
Inoue Tetsujiro (Japanese philosopher) 1855-1944
Inoue Yasushi (Japanese writer, editor) 1907-1991
Insull, Samuel (English-born American utilities executive) 1859-1938
Inukai Tsuyoshi (Japanese journalist, politician) 1855-1932
Ionesco, Eugene (Romanian-born French Absurdist dramatist) 1912-1994
Iorga, Nicolae (Romanian historian, politician) 1871-1940
Ipatieff, Vladimir Nikolayevich (Russian-born American chemist) 1867-1952
Ippitsusai Buncho (Japanese artist) d.1791
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (Russian composer) 1859-1935
Ipsen, Bodil Louise Jensen (Danish actor, director) 1889-1964
Iqbal, Sir Muhammad (Indian poet, philosopher) 1877-1938
'Iraqi (Fakhr ad-Din Ibrahim 'Iraqi Hamadani; Persian poet) c.1211-1289
Iredell, James (English-born Am. Supreme Court justice 1790-99) 1751-1799
Ireland, David (Australian writer, playwright) b.1927
Ireland, John (aka Johannes de Irlandia; Scottish writer) c.1435-c.1500
Ireland, John (Irish-born American prelate) 1838-1918
Ireland, John Nicholson (English composer) 1879-1962
Ireland, William Henry (English dramatist, forger) 1777-1835
Ireton, Henry (English soldier, politician) 1611-1651
Iriarte, Tomas de (Spanish poet) 1750-1791
Irigaray, Luce (French psychoanalyst, theorist) b.1939
Irigoyen, Hipolito (Argentinean president 1916-1922, 1928-1930) 1852-1933
Ironside, William Edmund (Scottish-born British field marshal) 1880-1959
Irving, Edward (Scottish clergyman) 1792-1834
Irving, Sir Henry (born John Henry Brodribb; English actor) 1838-1905
Irving, Henry Brodribb (English actor, theater manager) 1870-1919
Irving, John Winslow (American writer, essayist) b.1942
Irving, Lawrence Sidney (English actor, theater manager) 1871-1914
Irving, Washington (American essayist, biographer, historian) 1783-1859
Irvis, Kirkland Leroy (Am. civil rights activist, politician) 1919-2006
Irwin, May (born Ada Campbell; Canadian-born American actor) 1862-1938
Irwin, Robert (American painter, installation artist) b.1928
Irwin, William Mills "Bill" (American writer, actor, clown) b.1950
Irwin, William Henry "Will" (American journalist, writer) 1873-1948
Irzykowski, Karol (Polish writer, literary critic) 1873-1944
Isaac the Great, Saint (Armenian prelate) c.345-439
Isaac of Antioch (Isaac the Great; Syrian writer) d.c.460
Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian; Syrian prelate) d.c.700
Isaac of Stella (English religious, philosopher) c.1100-c.1169
Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil (aka Semak; Fr. religious writer) d.1280
Isaac ben Moses of Vienna (aka Isaac Or Zaru'a; Ger. Talmudist) c.1180-c.1250
Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (aka Ribash; Spanish Talmudist) 1326-1408
Isaac, Heinrich (aka Heinrich Isaak; Flemish composer) c.1450-1517
Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred (Australian jurist, statesman) 1855-1948
Isaacs, Jorge (Colombian writer, poet) 1837-1895
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel (British politician) 1860-1935
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste (French miniaturist) 1767-1855
Isabey, Eugene-Louis-Gabriel (French painter; son of Jean) 1804-1886
Isaeus (Athenian orator, rhetorician) c.420-c.350 BC
Isagoras (Athenian politician) 6th cent. BC
Isaiah (or Isaias; Hebrew prophet) 8th cent. BC
Isherwood, Benjamin Franklin (American naval engineer) 1822-1915
Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw (Brit.-born Am. writer) 1904-1986
Ishida Baigan (Japanese scholar) 1685-1744
Ishida Mitsunari (Japanese warrior) 1563-1600
Ishiguro, Kazuo (Japanese-born English writer) b.1954
Ishii Kikujiro (Japanese diplomat) 1866-1945
Ishii, Baku (Japanese choreographer, dancer) 1886-1962
Ishii, Maki (Japanese composer, conductor) 1936-2003
Ishikawa Takuboku (born Ishikawa Hajime; Japanese poet) 1885-1912
Ishmael ben Elisha (Jewish teacher of Galilee) 2nd cent. AD
Isidore of Kiev (Greek prelate) c.1385-1463
Isidore of Seville, Saint (Spanish prelate, scholar) c.560-636
Isidorus of Miletus (Byzantine architect) 6th cent. AD
Iskander, Fazil Abdulovich (Abkhazian writer, poet) b.1929
Isla de la Torre y Rojo, Jose Francisco de (Spanish satirist) 1703-1781
Islip, Simon (English archbishop of Canterbury 1349-1366) d.1366
Ismail Pasha (Viceroy of Egypt 1863-1879; son of Ibrahim Pasha) 1830-1895
Isocrates (Athenian orator, rhetorician) 436-338 BC
Isou, Isidore (Rom.-born Fr. poet, film critic, visual artist) 1925-2007
Isouard, Nicolas (Nicolo de Malte; Maltese-born Fr. composer) 1775-1818
Israel ben Eliezer (Ukrainian-born Polish Jewish religious) c.1700-1760
Israeli, Isaac ben Solomon (Jewish physician, philosopher) 832/855-932/955
Israels, Jozef (Dutch painter) 1824-1911
Issa, Kobayashi (Japanese poet, writer) 1763-1827
Itagaki Taisuke (Japanese politician) 1837-1919
Itard, Jean-Marc-Gaspard (French physician) 1775-1838
Itaya Hazan (Japanese potter) 1872-1963
Ito, Joichi "Joi" (Japanese activist, entrepreneur) b.1966
Ito Hirobumi (Japanese statesman) 1841-1909
Ito Jakuchu (orig Shunkyo; Japanese painter) 1716-1800
Ito Jinsai (Japanese scholar, educator) 1627-1705
Ito Kiyoshi (Japanese mathematician, educator) 1915-2008
Iturbi, Jose (Spanish pianist, conductor) 1895-1980
Iturbide, Agustin de (Mexican soldier; emperor 1822-1823) 1783-1824
Ivanov, Lev Ivanovich (Russian dancer, choreographer) 1834-1901
Ivanov, Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich (Russian writer) 1895-1963
Ivanov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich (Russian poet, philosopher) 1866-1949
Ivanovich, Georgy (pseudonym Gaito Gazdanov; Russian writer) 1903-1971
Ivanovs, Janis (Latvian composer) 1906-1983
Ivanov-Vano, Ivan Pyetrovich (Russian animator, director) 1900-1987
Iverson, Kenneth Eugene (Canadian computer scientist; dev. APL) 1920-2004
Ives, Charles Edward (American composer) 1874-1954
Ives, Frederic Eugene (American inventor) 1856-1937
Ives, James Merritt (American lithographer w/N. Currier) 1824-1895
Ivins, Mary Tyler "Molly" (American newspaper columnist) 1944-2007
Iwakura Tomomi (orig. surname Yasuchika; Japanese politician) 1825-1883
Iwao Takamoto (Am. animator, television producer, director) 1925-2007
Iwasa Matahei (orig. surname Araki; Japanese painter) 1578-1650
Iwasaki, Yataro (Japanese financier, industrialist) 1834-1885
Iwasaki, Yanosuke (Japanese businessman; brother of Yataro) 1851-1908
Iwaszkiewicz, Jaroslaw (Polish poet, writer, essayist) 1894-1980
Iwerks, Ubbe Ert née Iwwerks "Ub" (Am. animator, cartoonist) 1901-1971
Ixtlilxochitl (Aztec leader) c.1500-1550
Izard, Ralph (American Revolutionary leader) 1742-1804
Izumi, Kyoka (born Izumi Kyotaro; Japanese writer) 1873-1939
Izvolsky, Aleksandr Petrovich (Russian diplomat) 1856-1919

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