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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938)
playwright, essayist, philosopher
- University of Leeds, Makerere University
Primo Levi (1919-1987)
chemist, poet, politician, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Turin, Liceo Classico Massimo D'Azeglio
Avishai Margalit (born 1939)
essayist, philosopher, activist
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Oxford
Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805)
translator, composer, playwright, poet, essayist, philosopher
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813-1851)
poet, priest, philosopher
Fulbert of Chartres (0959-1028)
philosopher, Catholic priest, theologian, Catholic bishop
Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789)
philosopher, salonnière, chemist, encyclopédistes, lawyer, translator
- Leiden University
Arrian (0089-0175)
historian, politician, philosopher, military personnel