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Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007)
philosopher, essayist, playwright, psychologist, poet
Alain de Botton (born 1969)
philosopher, publisher, journalist
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-1673)
philosopher, physicist, poet, essayist, lady-in-waiting
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956)
economist, politician, constitutionalist, barrister, jurist, sociologist, anthropologist, pedagogue, philosopher, social reformer, journalist, revolutionary, professor, political scientist, scholar, orator, freedom fighter, historian, newspaper editor, civil rights advocate, humanitarian, human rights activist, educational theorist, spiritual leader, peace activist, autobiographer, theologian, painter, women's rights activist, bibliographer, essayist, scholar
Lars Gustafsson (1936-2016)
translator, poet, philosopher, playwright
StanisÅaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939)
playwright, philosopher, photographer, painter, poet, art theorist, art historian
Bar Hebraeus (1226-1286)
historian, theologian, philosopher
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Pedro LaĆn Entralgo (1908-2001)
medical historian, physician, philosopher, politician
