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Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
philosopher, translator, jurist, essayist, autobiographer, politician, poet lawyer, French moralist
- College of Guienne, University of Toulouse
John Buchan (1875-1940)
journalist, politician, military personnel, biographer, poet, barrister, diplomat
- University of Oxford, University of Glasgow
William Morris (1834-1896)
architect, poet, designer, graphic designer, painter, politician, illustrator
- University of Oxford, Marlborough College
Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004)
philosopher, jurist, historian, politician, journalist, political scientist, historian of ideas
- University of Turin, Liceo Classico Massimo D'Azeglio
Shmuley Boteach (born 1966)
theologian, rabbi, politician
- Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
politician, military officer, lawyer
- Harvard College, University of Virginia School of Law
Prosper MƩrimƩe (1803-1870)
anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, translator, politician, painter, playwright, Inspector general of the Historical Monuments, drawer
- LycƩe Henri-IV
Gilbert Murray (1866-1957)
linguist, classical philologist, playwright, classical scholar, politician, translator
- University of Oxford