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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
playwright, epistemologist, biographer, literary critic, essayist, resistance fighter, philosopher, peace activist, opinion journalist, intellectual, sociologist, lyricist
- Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure
Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
anarchist, journalist, political philosopher, women's rights activist, lecturer, publisher, peace activist, autobiographer, nurse, philosopher, politician, pacifist
Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)
paramedic, philosopher, peace activist
- University of Oxford, University of Liverpool
Philip Berrigan (1923-2002)
Catholic priest, anti-nuclear weapons activist, peace activist, civil rights advocate, pacifist
- Xavier University, Loyola University New Orleans
Steve Earle (born 1955)
mandolinist, singer, actor, guitarist, peace activist, radio personality, record producer
David Harris (1946-2023)
journalist, peace activist
- Stanford University
James J. Martin (1916-2004)
historian, peace activist
- University of Michigan, University of New Hampshire
Uri Avnery (1923-2018)
journalist, politician, newspaper editor, peace activist, human rights activist, opinion journalist