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Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961)
military personnel
- University of Rennes
Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
autobiographer, poet, fighter pilot
- Repton School, The Cathedral School
Jean Genet (1910-1986)
playwright, poet, film director, film editor, military personnel, essayist, political activist
William Styron (1925-2006)
military personnel
- Duke University, Davidson College
James A. Michener (1907-1997)
military officer, autobiographer, teacher
- Swarthmore College, University of Northern Colorado
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
poet, translator, playwright, military personnel, literary critic, mythographer, theatre critic
- King's College School, University of Oxford
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
historian, playwright, poet, public figure, opinion journalist, school teacher, military personnel, militant, full member of RAS, teacher
- Rostov State University
Julius Caesar
orator, memoirist, ruler, Ancient Roman historian, poet, Ancient Roman priest, Ancient Roman politician, ancient Roman military personnel, politician, military leader, historian