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Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
journalist, humorist, playwright, autobiographer, actor, essayist
- St Marylebone Grammar School
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
playwright, epistemologist, biographer, literary critic, essayist, resistance fighter, philosopher, peace activist, opinion journalist, intellectual, sociologist, lyricist
- Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
playwright, poet, autobiographer, musician, teacher, photographer, diarist
- Montclair State University, Columbia University
Angela Davis (born 1944)
human rights activist, philosopher, autobiographer, politician, women's rights activist, political prisoner, feminist, professor
- University of California, San Diego, Humboldt University of Berlin
Patrick White (1912-1990)
playwright, poet, autobiographer
- Cheltenham College, University of Cambridge
Yann Moix (born 1968)
television columnist, film director, biographer
- Sciences Po, École supérieure de commerce de Reims
Charles M. Bussey
autobiographer, soldier
Constant von Wurzbach (1818-1893)
lexicographer, biographer, poet, military personnel, autobiographer, translator, bibliographer, opinion journalist, official, librarian
- University of Graz, Lviv University