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Naomi Klein (born 1970)
journalist, documentary filmmaker, sociologist, economist, climate activist
- University of Toronto, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998)
philosopher, philologist, linguist, epistemologist, sociologist, literary theorist, literary critic, teacher
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, University of Paris
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
philosopher, translator, essayist, literary critic, sociologist, art critic, literary historian
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Bern
Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
mathematician, political scientist, sociologist
- University of Oslo
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
economist, journalist, historian, philosopher, sociologist, revolutionary, poet, politician, social scientist, socialist
- University of Bonn, University of Jena
Amartya Sen (born 1933)
economist, philosopher, sociologist, Nobel Prize winner
- University of Calcutta, University of Cambridge
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
economist, social scientist, political theorist, philosopher, revolutionary, sociologist, women's rights activist, journalist, entrepreneur, historian
- University of Berlin
Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987)
anthropologist, sociologist, poet, painter, journalist, politician, historian
- Columbia University, Baylor University