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Roland Barthes (1915-1980)
philosopher, literary critic, semiologist, sociologist, mythographer, literary theorist, essayist, ontologist
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Montaigne
Paul B. Preciado (born 1970)
philosopher, exhibition curator, columnist, LGBTQ rights activist, film director
- Princeton University, New School
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
actor, chess player, painter, sculptor, photographer, poet, librarian, designer, artist, visual artist, film director, philosopher, architectural draftsperson, printmaker, assemblage artist
- Académie Julian, Lycée Pierre-Corneille
Giordano Bruno (1547-1600)
astronomer, philosopher, poet, astrologer, mathematician, Latin Catholic priest
- University of Naples Federico II
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
translator, philosopher, resistance fighter, linguist, nun, autobiographer
- University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg
Georg Büchner (1813-1837)
translator, playwright, poet, naturalist, revolutionary, philosopher, physician
- University of Strasbourg, University of Giessen
Roger Caillois (1913-1978)
philosopher, poet, sociologist, translator, literary critic
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École Normale Supérieure
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713-1796)
salonnière, historian, journalist, philosopher, Catholic priest