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William Shatner (born 1931)
television actor, film actor, singer, film director, actor, Esperantist, voice actor, blogger, character actor, karateka, stage actor, television presenter, film producer, astronaut
- Montreal Children's Theatre, Desautels Faculty of Management
Mike Doughty (born 1970)
street artist, singer, blogger, engineer, guitarist
- New School, Bard College at Simon's Rock
Michael J. Fox (born 1961)
television actor, film actor, actor, voice actor, autobiographer, blogger, television producer
- Burnaby Central Secondary School, Widdifield Secondary School
Cheryl Strayed (born 1968)
blogger, essayist, journalist, women's rights activist
- Syracuse University, University of Minnesota
George Takei (born 1937)
comedian, singer, voice actor, blogger, film actor, television actor, actor, director, opinion journalist
- University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975)
journalist, educator, blogger
- Howard University, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Nora Ephron (1941-2012)
film producer, film director, journalist, reporter, essayist, playwright, blogger, humorist, director
- Wellesley College
Rainn Wilson (born 1966)
comedian, film director, blogger, character actor, television actor, film actor, salesperson, actor
- University of Washington, Tufts University