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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
theatre manager, botanist, politician, painter, philosopher, theologian, jurist, art critic, music critic, librarian, poet, physicist, literary, playwright, autobiographer, diplomat, statesperson, polymath, aphorist, diarist, mineralogist, zoologist, art theorist, lawyer, composer, librettist, visual artist, art historian
- Leipzig University, University of Strasbourg
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942)
cartoonist, essayist, literary critic, journalist
- University at Buffalo, City College of New York
Akwaeke Emezi (born 1987)
artist
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
dancer, businessperson, philanthropist, film director, autobiographer, record producer, film actor, actor, entrepreneur, recording artist, singer, voice actor, art collector, model, poet
- Montclair College Preparatory School
Grace Jones (born 1948)
actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician
- Onondaga Community College
Unica Zürn (1916-1970)
painter, poet, artist
Akiko Higashimura (born 1975)
mangaka, illustrator
- Kanazawa College of Art