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Claire Messud (born 1966)
- Yale University, University of Toronto Schools
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938)
playwright, essayist, philosopher
- University of Leeds, Makerere University
Susan Stryker (born 1960)
historian, film director, professor, film producer, sociologist
- University of California, Berkeley, University of Oklahoma
Alessandro Roncaglia (born 1947)
economist
Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020)
professor, poet, dramaturge
- University of Cambridge, University of Sussex
Frank Northern Magill (1907-1997)
encyclopedist, editor, library scientist
- Columbia University, University of Southern California
Max Euwe (1901-1981)
chess player, mathematician, chess official, computer scientist, professor
- University of Amsterdam
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920-2013)
journalist, diplomat, literary critic, autobiographer, literary editor, television presenter