If you think about it, there have to have been WAY more people who accomplished great writing, theoretical thought, social comentary, even technical advances, t

If you think about it, there have to have been WAY more people who accomplished great writing, theoretical thought, social comentary, even technical advances, that were never recorded in a discoverable way, than the number who are known from history. Almost all "famous" people where not only men, but from wealthy families, or became the beneficiaries of wealthy patrons. Even "the" Buddha was a prince. Whould we even have Budhism if he had been born a pauper? There are certainly examples of people who rose from poverty to become historically significant, but you do have to wonder how many we'll never hear of...