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Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
film director, professor, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, journalist, women's rights activist, film critic, theatrical director, human rights activist, historian, opinion journalist
- University of Paris, Harvard University
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
poet, philosopher, essayist, autobiographer, diarist, translator, abolitionist, naturalist, ecologist, environmentalist
- Harvard College, Harvard University
Maurice Blondel (1861-1949)
philosopher, teacher, docent, adjunct professor
- University of Paris, École Normale Supérieure
Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960)
astronomer, historian of science, philosopher, politician, communist
- Leiden University, University of Amsterdam
Stanisław Brzozowski (1878-1911)
philosopher, literary critic
Julian Huxley (1887-1975)
evolutionary biologist, ethologist, professor, philosopher, physiologist, biologist, film director
- University of Oxford, Eton College
Tulsidas (1532-1623)
poet, philosopher
Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)
linguist, translator, philosopher, journalist, diplomat, essayist, poet, librarian, playwright
- University of Vienna