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Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Richard Dawkins (born 1941)
evolutionary biologist, ethologist, science communicator, essayist, theoretical biologist, epistemologist, sociobiologist, biologist, zoologist, actor, geneticist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
theologian, poet, Anglican priest, Catholic priest, philosopher
- University of Oxford, Great Ealing School
Edmund White (born 1940)
journalist, literary critic, biographer, memoirist, essayist, playwright
- University of Michigan, Cranbrook Schools
Karl Popper (1902-1994)
philosopher, philosopher of science, sociologist
- University of Vienna, University of Cambridge
Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)
chemist, neurologist, science communicator, physician
- University of Oxford, St Paul's School
Eli Amir (born 1937)
economist, bookkeeper
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Russ Hudson
business consultant, researcher