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Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
composer, librettist, conductor, essayist, theatrical director, autobiographer, poet, pianist, music critic, diarist
![Letters of Richard Wagner. Selected and edited by Wilhelm Altmann. Translated ... by M. M. Bozman. [With portraits.].](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6875234-M.jpg)
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
journalist, translator, poet, composer, autobiographer, literary critic, literary scholar, librettist, dramaturge, pedagogue, teacher, man of letters
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
poet, zoologist, translator, playwright, autobiographer, lepidopterist, literary critic, journalist, chess composer, chess player, literary scholar, entomologist, man of letters
Denis Leary (born 1957)
comedian, composer, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, showrunner, television producer, actor, film director
Rebecca St. James (born 1977)
film actor, singer, actor, composer, recording artist
Mary O'Hara (1885-1980)
composer
George Frederick Root (1820-1895)
composer, music educator, lyricist
Hans Sachs (1494-1576)
poet, singer, playwright, actor, composer
