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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
journalist, conductor, autobiographer, music critic, librettist, virtuoso, librarian, composer
- Conservatoire de Paris
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
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)
essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, music critic, journalist, critic, literary scholar
- Tuskegee University
Edmund White (born 1940)
journalist, literary critic, biographer, memoirist, essayist, playwright
- University of Michigan, Cranbrook Schools
Elke Heidenreich (born 1943)
television presenter, journalist, radio personality, literary critic, voice actor
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Hamburg
José de Alencar (1829-1877)
journalist, politician, lawyer, literary critic
- Law School, University of São Paulo
Giovanni Papini (1881-1956)
poet, journalist, literary critic, biographer, philosopher
Shintarō Ishihara (1932-2022)
politician, explorer, actor, journalist, playwright, film director, lyricist, critic, film actor
- Hitotsubashi University