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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940)
playwright, physician, satirist, librettist, journalist, theatrical director, actor, surgeon, biographer
![OEuvres, II : Le Maitre et Marguerite et autres romans suivi de Theatre [Bibliotheque de la Pleiade] (French Edition)](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8374143-M.jpg)
Bob Dylan (born 1941)
film actor, poet, guitarist, autobiographer, painter, record producer, film director, lyricist, composer, disc jockey, actor, singer, radio personality, designer, musician
Eminem (born 1972)
rapper, record producer, music executive, actor, film actor, businessperson, entrepreneur, singer
Truman Capote (1924-1984)
playwright, autobiographer, actor, journalist
![House of flowers [by] Truman Capote and Harold Arlen](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1638010-M.jpg)
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973)
actor, film producer, businessperson, entrepreneur
![Twilight [Special Chapter Preview]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12856222-M.jpg)
Grace Jones (born 1948)
actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician
Theo van Gogh (1957-2004)
television presenter, program maker, columnist, film director, actor, film producer, presenter, blogger, journalist, film actor, radio personality, television director, television producer, film editor, television actor, activist, director
Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803)
playwright, poet, actor, translator, stage actor, philosopher, art historian, aristocrat
