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Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022)
bhikkhu, poet, peace activist, monk, spiritual teacher, religious studies scholar
- Princeton University
Manuel Puig (1932-1990)
playwright, activist
- University of Buenos Aires
Alice Walker (born 1944)
poet, essayist, civil rights advocate, educator, actor, film producer, climate activist
- Sarah Lawrence College, Spelman College
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
military officer, poet, translator, publisher, painter, journalist, peace activist, activist shareholder, playwright, bookseller, political activist
- University of Paris, Columbia University
Kumari Jayawardena (born 1931)
academic, activist, women's rights activist
- London School of Economics and Political Science, Sciences Po
Larry Kramer (1935-2020)
playwright, LGBTQ rights activist, HIV/AIDS activist, producer
- Yale University
Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949)
politician, activist, political scientist
- Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University
A. P. Herbert (1890-1971)
politician, barrister, playwright, political activist
- Winchester College, University of Oxford