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Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
blogger, actor, composer, poet lawyer, lyricist, researcher
- St. Ignatius College
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
Nick Cave (born 1957)
actor, singer, composer, librettist, pianist, film director, musician
- Caulfield Grammar School
Mike Oldfield (born 1953)
composer, guitarist, singer, record producer, musician, aircraft pilot, game designer
- Elvian School, The Highlands School, Reading
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
actor, comedian, banjoist, stand-up comedian, film actor, stage actor, singer, composer, guitarist, television actor
- St. Gerard's RC Secondary, St Peter's Boys School, Stewartville St, Glasgow
Grace Jones (born 1948)
actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician
- Onondaga Community College
Alan Cumming (born 1965)
actor, comedian, film director, voice actor, character actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor, composer, film producer, LGBTQ rights activist, translator
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Lord Berners (1883-1950)
composer, painter, politician, autobiographer, film score composer
- Eton College, Cheam School