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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
philosopher, botanist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, literary, autobiographer, music theorist, pedagogue, naturalist, playwright, encyclopédistes, correspondent, political scientist, essayist, music critic
David Mitchell (born 1969)
linguist, translator, actor, composer, teacher
- University of Kent
David Toop (born 1949)
composer, journalist, jazz musician, singer, music journalist, performance artist
- Hornsey College of Art
Raymond Smullyan (1919-2017)
mathematician, pianist, philosopher, computer scientist, magician, chess composer
- Princeton University, University of Chicago
Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)
film director, composer, film producer, film editor, lyricist, journalist, painter, cinematographer, poet, film critic, director
- University of Calcutta, Visva-Bharati University
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
composer, musicologist, music educator
- École polytechnique, Conservatoire de Paris
Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980)
poet, film actor, stage actor, guitarist, lyricist, composer, actor, singer
- Moscow Art Theatre School, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848)
poet, composer, playwright