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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
politician, postmaster, lawyer, statesperson, farmer, military officer
Stan Lee (1922-2018)
publisher, editor, film producer, journalist, film actor, soldier, television presenter, business executive, voice actor, executive producer
Cicero
philosopher, poet, political theorist, jurist, Ancient Roman priest, Ancient Roman politician, ancient Roman military personnel, lawyer, orator, politician
James A. Michener (1907-1997)
military officer, autobiographer, teacher
- Swarthmore College, University of Northern Colorado
René Descartes (1596-1650)
philosopher, mathematician, musicologist, physicist, astronomer, music theorist, correspondent, mechanical automaton engineer, military personnel
- collège Henri-IV de La Flèche, Leiden University
L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986)
military officer, musician, poet, painter, religious leader
- George Washington University
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
linguist, poet, translator, literary critic, essayist, military officer, historian, illustrator, teacher, philologist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
poet, philosopher, historian, librarian, playwright, translator, journalist, physician, military physician, aesthetician
- Karlsschule Stuttgart, University of Jena