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Woody Allen (born 1935)
film director, comedian, film actor, film producer, clarinetist, playwright, jazz musician, character actor, journalist, composer, director, actor
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
David Mitchell (born 1969)
linguist, translator, actor, composer, teacher
- University of Kent
Fritz Leiber (1910-1992)
journalist, playwright, poet, stage actor, film actor
- University of Chicago
Joe Hill (born 1972)
actor, film producer, executive producer, illustrator
- Vassar College
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
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
playwright, autobiographer, librettist, actor
- Columbia University, New York University
Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist, journalist, film actor, fashion photographer, artist, film producer, composer, poet, director
- Ricker College, Storm King School
Chris Claremont (born 1950)
film actor, comics creator
- Bard College