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Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)
journalist, poet, translator, philosopher, playwright, politician
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ursulines School of Naxos
Primo Levi (1919-1987)
chemist, poet, politician, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Turin, Liceo Classico Massimo D'Azeglio
Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)
geographer, explorer, philosopher, autobiographer, journalist, economist, anarchist, zoologist, politician
- Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Page Corps
José de Alencar (1829-1877)
journalist, politician, lawyer, literary critic
- Law School, University of São Paulo
Abel Bonnard (1883-1968)
poet, politician, diarist
- Lycée Thiers, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Eduard Limonov (1943-2020)
dissident, politician, poet, human rights activist, journalist, opinion journalist
- H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Shintarō Ishihara (1932-2022)
politician, explorer, actor, journalist, playwright, film director, lyricist, critic, film actor
- Hitotsubashi University