Antonina – because she’s inadequate but cute

Bacary Sagna – because he is the most likeable football player

Bruce Lee – because he wants to be like water

Hedy Lamarr – because she is as smart as she is beautiful

Ivan Trenev – because he knows the true history of Bulgaria

Jack London – because of his understanding of the human spirit and nature

Kaylia Nemour – because she proved that sport is above politics

Little Big – because they address serious issues in the most absurd way possible

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva – because he is a politician who defends the right causes

Marin Bodakov – because of his love for the Bulgarian language and his ability to provoke thought in young people

Maxim and Stefan Ivanov – for rowing across the Arctic Ocean for the first time

Mychal Wynn – because he knows that dignity is the ability to stand strong and tall in the face of adversity while being able to sit with the elderly and crawl with the children

Peter Stoychev – because of the Oceans Seven record

River Phoenix – because he had the youthful purity to fight for the right things in the world

Simone Biles – because she challenged perceptions of what is achievable in sport

Stefan Zweig – because he chose to showcase the stellar moments of humanity

Thomas Carlyle – because he knew that a loving heart is the beginning of knowledge, and he understood how revolutions work

You can see the whole list here: Allies of Absolutism