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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
philosopher, botanist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, literary, autobiographer, music theorist, pedagogue, naturalist, playwright, encyclopƩdistes, correspondent, political scientist, essayist, music critic
Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
philosopher, journalist, autobiographer, political scientist
- TU Wien
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
poet, psychotherapist, sociologist, literary critic, LGBTQ rights activist, political scientist, philosopher
- University of Chicago, City College of New York
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
journalist, essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, political scientist
- University of Oxford, The Leys School
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
diplomat, politician, political scientist, ambassador, opinion journalist, minister, foreign minister
- Wellesley College, Columbia University
Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949)
politician, diplomat, statesperson, military personnel, political scientist
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management
Josef Schovanec (born 1981)
philosopher, translator, traveler, political scientist
- Sciences Po, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Laura CalƧada Barres (born 1988)
journalist, political scientist, radio personality, editing staff
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, City University of New York