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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
playwright, epistemologist, biographer, literary critic, essayist, resistance fighter, philosopher, peace activist, opinion journalist, intellectual, sociologist, lyricist
- Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
poet, peace activist
- University of Southern California, Occidental College
Russell Kirk (1918-1994)
political scientist, philosopher, literary critic, historian, journalist, peace activist
- University of St Andrews, Duke 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
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, human rights activist, peace activist, pacifist, politician
- Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
poet, essayist, women's rights activist, peace activist
- Radcliffe College, Harvard University
John Lennon (1940-1980)
record producer, actor, guitarist, film producer, poet, composer, film actor, pianist, singer, painter, film director, public figure, peace activist, political activist, recording artist
- Liverpool College of Art, Calderstones School