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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
playwright, literary critic, army scout, physician
- King's College London, Heidelberg University
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
military officer, poet, translator, publisher, painter, journalist, peace activist, activist shareholder, playwright, bookseller, political activist
- University of Paris, Columbia University
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017)
literary critic, artist, military personnel, bookseller, editor-in-chief, journalist
- Framlingham College, West Buckland School
René Descartes (1596-1650)
philosopher, mathematician, musicologist, physicist, astronomer, music theorist, correspondent, mechanical automaton engineer, military personnel
- collège Henri-IV de La Flèche, Leiden University
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
poet, translator, playwright, military personnel, literary critic, mythographer, theatre critic
- King's College School, University of Oxford
Anthony Shaffer (born 1962)
intelligence officer, intelligence analyst, military officer, spy
- Officer Candidate School, Wright State University
Corrado Alvaro (1895-1956)
journalist, poet, theatre critic, military personnel, translator
- University of Milan
Nigel Balchin (1908-1970)
psychologist, military personnel
- University of Cambridge, Dauntsey's School