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Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
philosopher, politician, sociologist, jurist, historian
- University of Paris, Lycée Fabert
Newt Gingrich (born 1943)
politician, teacher, historian
- Emory University, Tulane University
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919)
politician, philosopher, revolutionary, economist, journalist, editor, political theorist, botanical collector, economist, opinion journalist, editing staff, docent
- University of Zurich
Ernest Mandel (1923-1995)
economist, journalist, resistance fighter, philosopher, politician, teacher
Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936)
poet, philosopher, essayist, literary critic, playwright, politician
- Universidad Central, Complutense University of Madrid
André Malraux (1901-1976)
politician, film director, film editor, art historian, journalist, art critic, playwright, archaeologist, resistance fighter
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Lycée Turgot
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001)
politician
- Maharaja's College, Mysore, Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903)
historian of classical antiquity, numismatist, jurist, journalist, legal historian, politician, epigrapher, classical scholar, classical archaeologist, historian, Germanist
- University of Kiel, Christianeum Hamburg