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Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
blogger, actor, composer, poet lawyer, lyricist, researcher
- St. Ignatius College
John Lydon (born 1956)
television presenter, actor, lyricist, singer, record producer
- Westminster Kingsway College
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
painter, poet, composer, playwright, essayist, philosopher, artist, lyricist, singer, film director, freedom fighter, Nobel Prize winner, librettist, actor
- University College London, St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Nick Cave (born 1957)
actor, singer, composer, librettist, pianist, film director, musician
- Caulfield Grammar School
John Leguizamo (born 1960)
comedian, voice actor, playwright, painter, stage actor, television actor, film actor, film producer, film director, television presenter, actor
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
John le Carré (1931-2020)
film producer, actor, spy
- University of Oxford, Sherborne School
Grace Jones (born 1948)
actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician
- Onondaga Community College
Janet Mock (born 1983)
journalist, LGBTQ rights activist, television director, television actor, podcaster, film director
- New York University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa