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Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
philosopher, poet, politician, lawyer
- Murray College, University of Cambridge
Claudio Magris (born 1939)
journalist, translator, essayist, politician, Germanist
- University of Turin
John Hay (1838-1905)
diplomat, journalist, biographer, politician, secretary, historian
- Brown University, Carthage College
James Macpherson (1736-1796)
poet, politician
- University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen
Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840)
politician, diplomat, collector
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
- Columbia University, London School of Economics and Political Science
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877)
journalist, economist, political scientist, sociologist, engineer, politician, businessperson, essayist
- University College London
George S. Boutwell (1818-1905)
politician, lawyer, diplomat