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Lewis Mumford (1895-1990)
architect, historian of technology, historian, sociologist, literary critic, philosopher, journalist, urban planner, architectural theoretician, art historian
- City College of New York, New School
Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999)
translator, philosopher, literary scholar, man of letters, scholar of English
- Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Jack Copeland (born 1950)
philosopher, historian
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Didier Eribon (born 1953)
sociologist, philosopher, research fellow, journalist, opinion journalist
- University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
politician, barrister, journalist, philosopher, autobiographer, essayist, newspaper editor, civil rights advocate, memoirist, humanitarian, peace activist, revolutionary, jurist, freedom fighter
- Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Inner Temple
David Brewster (1781-1868)
botanist, civil engineer, physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, inventor, biographer
- University of Edinburgh
Liu Xiang
poet, historian, philosopher, astronomer, politician, librarian
Jacques Barzun (1907-2012)
cultural historian, historian, philosopher, critic, educator
- Columbia University