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Nick Hornby (born 1957)
lyricist, film producer, essayist
- University of Cambridge, Desborough College
Vladimir Voinovich (1932-2018)
poet, painter, playwright, lyricist, dissident
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
painter, poet, composer, playwright, essayist, philosopher, artist, lyricist, singer, film director, freedom fighter, Nobel Prize winner, librettist, actor
- University College London, St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Henry Rollins (born 1961)
musician, actor, blogger, human rights activist, singer, television actor, poet, journalist, film actor, peace activist, voice actor, radio personality, recording artist, spoken word artist, lyricist
- Bullis School, American University
Brian May (born 1947)
guitarist, astrophysicist, singer, composer, pianist, television presenter, record producer, actor, physicist, research fellow, YouTuber, lyricist
- Imperial College London, University of London
Günter Grass (1927-2015)
lyricist, poet, sculptor, playwright, essayist, autobiographer, painter, graphic artist, altar server, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, artist, librettist
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Berlin University of the Arts
Noël Coward (1899-1973)
actor, composer, film producer, playwright, lyricist, singer, theatrical director, film score composer, stage actor, film actor, film director, television director, SOE agent, producer
- Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts