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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
historian, philosopher, sociologist, social worker, human rights activist, photographer, poet, autobiographer, opinion journalist, teacher, journalist, art historian, economist
- Fisk University, Harvard University
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
playwright, poet, autobiographer, musician, teacher, photographer, diarist
- Montclair State University, Columbia University
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
journalist, reporter, essayist, autobiographer, politician, photographer
- Columbia University, Florida State University
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
Isabella Bird (1831-1904)
explorer, naturalist, geographer, photographer, traveler
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
biologist, linguist, paleontologist, translator, ichthyologist, zoologist, carcinologist, anatomist, photographer, philosopher, anthropologist, physiologist, naturalist, evolutionary biologist
- University College London, Charing Cross Hospital
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932-2017)
poet, director, actor, teacher, film director, opinion journalist, photographer
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Ilya Ilf (1897-1937)
journalist, mechanic, photographer, satirist, editing staff, humorist, playwright