Theodore Roosevelt: Famously well-read, the 26th U.S. president was a huge reading advocate and even published a memoir called A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open in 1916.
Queen Elizabeth I: The British monarch could read in multiple languages, including Latin and French, and even translated some works for her friends to enjoy.
Warren Buffett: One of the richest men in the world, Buffet credits reading with allowing him to make good financial decisions. He claims to read at least 500 pages every day.
Bill Gates: The Microsoft founder is an avid reader and often shares his reading list for others to enjoy. Despite his connection to technology, Gates says that "books are the best way to explore new topics that interest you.”
Oprah Winfrey: Oprah made her love of books obvious to everyone when she began sharing some of her favorites on her TV show.
Howard Berg: The Harvard professor has been called the “world’s fastest reader,” a feat which has been backed up by the Guiness Book of World Records. Berg’s reading speed has allegedly been clocked at 80 pages per minute with high levels of retention.
George Lucas: The Star Wars creator likely picked up some of his storytelling skills from a love of reading. He boasts a private library of more than 27,000 volumes.
David Bowie: The musician and actor was a voracious reader who collected books and would even bring hundreds with him when on set for a film. Much of his music was inspired by literature and he published a list of his 100 favorite books prior to his 2016 death.
Thomas Jefferson: The United States’ third president had collected one of the nation’s largest personal libraries, which he sold to Congress in 1814 when the British burned the Capitol building. These books helped start the Library of Congress.
Charles Dickens: The famous author famously had a false bookshelf in his house. It acted as a door to a secret room in his house. And it also contained dozens of fake books of Dickens’ own invention.
Umberto Eco: Not only did the Italian novelist and literary critic write a famous book set in a library (The Name of the Rose), he also had a pretty impressive personal book collection. His so-called ‘anti-library’ was estimated to have contained over 30,000 titles.