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Mary Daly (1928-2010)
theologian, philosopher, women's rights activist
- The Catholic University of America, University of Fribourg
William Blake (1757-1827)
painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker, illustrator, philosopher, lithographer, printer, drawer, sculptor, librettist
- Royal Academy Schools, Henry Pars Drawing School
John Gardner (1926-2007)
journalist, theologian, spy
- University of Cambridge
Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
poet, Catholic deacon, preacher, missionary, regular cleric, Roman Catholic cleric, organizational founder, pilgrim, theologian, mystic, founder of Catholic religious community
Susannah Heschel (born 1956)
theologian
- University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University
Slavoj Žižek (born 1949)
philosopher, psychologist, cultural studies scholar, sociologist, essayist, psychoanalyst, cultural critic, politician, theologian, opinion journalist, actor
- Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana
Hildegard of Bingen (1097-1179)
naturalist, composer, philosopher, illuminator, physician, nun, poet, theologian, abbess, artist, playwright, botanist, mystic, sexologist, polymath
- Disibodenberg
Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639)
philosopher, poet, astrologer, religious figure, theologian
- University of Padua