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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
theatre manager, botanist, politician, painter, philosopher, theologian, jurist, art critic, music critic, librarian, poet, physicist, literary, playwright, autobiographer, diplomat, statesperson, polymath, aphorist, diarist, mineralogist, zoologist, art theorist, lawyer, composer, librettist, visual artist, art historian
- Leipzig University, University of Strasbourg
Albert Uderzo (1927-2020)
comics artist, painter, film director, colorist, illustrator, drawer, visual artist
William Morris (1834-1896)
architect, poet, designer, graphic designer, painter, politician, illustrator
- University of Oxford, Marlborough College
Bill Peet (1915-2002)
illustrator, animator, character designer, storyboard artist, comics artist
- Herron School of Art and Design
Joe Hill (born 1972)
actor, film producer, executive producer, illustrator
- Vassar College
Eiichiro Oda (born 1975)
mangaka, illustrator, executive producer
- Kyushu Tokai University
Chris Priestley (born 1958)
illustrator, painter
- Manchester Metropolitan University
Allan Ahlberg (born 1938)
illustrator