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Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
philosopher, journalist, autobiographer, political scientist
- TU Wien
Norbert Bolz (born 1953)
philosopher, communication scholar
Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016)
translator, art critic, poet, philosopher, essayist, art historian
- Faculty of Arts of Paris, Lycée Descartes
Henri Poincaré (1854-1912)
mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher of science, topologist, polymath
- Mines ParisTech, Science Faculty of Paris
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
architect, inventor, diarist, scientist, poet, artist, visual artist, engineer, philosopher, designer, mathematician
- Harvard University, Bates College
Antoine Arnauld (1612-1694)
theologian, poet, philosopher, mathematician, essayist, logician, statistician
- University of Paris, College of Sorbonne
Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672-1750)
historian, Catholic priest, librarian, archivist, philosopher, numismatist
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis (1746-1830)
entomologist, harpist, lady-in-waiting, salonnière, editor, composer, educator, musician, aristocrat, historian, philosopher