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Bill Gunston (1927-2013)
journalist, aircraft pilot
- Durham University, Pinner County Grammar School
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)
essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, music critic, journalist, critic, literary scholar
- Tuskegee University
Ishmael Reed (born 1938)
poet, lyricist, journalist, playwright
- University at Buffalo
Ben Bova (1932-2020)
journalist, editor
- Temple University, University of California
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
economist, journalist, historian, philosopher, sociologist, revolutionary, poet, politician, social scientist, socialist
- University of Bonn, University of Jena
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
poet, philosopher, historian, librarian, playwright, translator, journalist, physician, military physician, aesthetician
- Karlsschule Stuttgart, University of Jena
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791)
journalist, politician, diplomat, economist, orator
- Aix University, Paul Cézanne University
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
economist, social scientist, political theorist, philosopher, revolutionary, sociologist, women's rights activist, journalist, entrepreneur, historian
- University of Berlin