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Nawal El Saadawi (1931-2021)
psychiatrist, gynaecologist, politician, activist
- Columbia University, Cairo University
Eric Linklater (1899-1974)
historian, journalist, autobiographer, politician
- University of Aberdeen, University of California, Berkeley
Václav Havel (1936-2011)
playwright, politician, director, poet, film director, human rights activist, dissident, essayist, philosopher, opinion journalist
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
politician, barrister, journalist, philosopher, autobiographer, essayist, newspaper editor, civil rights advocate, memoirist, humanitarian, peace activist, revolutionary, jurist, freedom fighter
- Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Inner Temple
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
economist, philosopher, military personnel, politician, aide-de-camp, military officer, businessperson, lawyer
- Columbia College, Columbia University
C. P. Snow (1905-1980)
physicist, politician, literary critic
- University of Cambridge, University of Leicester
Max Gallo (1932-2017)
politician, historian, biographer, journalist
Michael Bar-Zohar (born 1938)
journalist, politician, historian, pedagogue, biographer
- University of Paris, Hebrew University of Jerusalem