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Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
political philosopher, journalist, autobiographer, essayist, political activist, diarist, philosopher, literary critic, feminist
- University of Paris, Lycée Fénelon, Paris
Jorge Semprún (1923-2011)
politician, philosopher
- Lycée Henri-IV
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
philosopher, economist, politician, autobiographer, egalitarianism, clerk, suffragist
- University College London
Gershom Scholem (1897-1982)
philosopher, librarian, historian, pedagogue, bibliographer, bibliophile, poet, theologian, Judaic scholar
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Humboldt University of Berlin
David Hume (1711-1776)
philosopher, economist, librarian, historian, essayist
- University of Edinburgh
Muhammad Asad (1900-1992)
diplomat, journalist, translator, linguist, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Vienna
Augustine of Hippo (0354-0430)
philosopher, theologian, autobiographer, music theorist, preacher, historian, poet, Catholic priest, titular bishop, Catholic bishop
Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818)
lexicographer, linguist, publisher, theologian, philosopher
- University of Helmstedt, University of Halle-Wittenberg