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Alicia Keys (born 1981)
singer, composer, pianist, record producer, poet, actor, art collector, presenter, recording artist, film director
- Professional Performing Arts School, Columbia University
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
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
politician, playwright, drawer, librettist, essayist, illustrator, poet, art historian, opinion journalist, graphic artist
- University of Paris, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Jean-Philippe Toussaint (born 1957)
film director, audiobook narrator, photographer, essayist, performance artist
- Sciences Po, Athénée Robert Catteau
Patti Smith (born 1946)
poet, visual artist, human rights activist, guitarist, singer, composer, musician, drawer, photographer, performance artist, recording artist, rock singer, rock musician, film director
- Rowan University
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
dancer, businessperson, philanthropist, film director, autobiographer, record producer, film actor, actor, entrepreneur, recording artist, singer, voice actor, art collector, model, poet
- Montclair College Preparatory School
La Toya Jackson (born 1956)
singer, television personality, actor, recording artist
Grace Jones (born 1948)
actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician
- Onondaga Community College