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Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
politician, comedian, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, professor, essayist, autobiographer, singer, television actor, stage actor, journalist, human rights activist
- California Labor School
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
poet, diplomat, politician, lyricist, autobiographer
- University of Chile
Jimmy Carter (born 1924)
naval officer, diplomat, politician, farmer, autobiographer, submariner, statesperson, environmentalist, businessperson, engineer, peace activist, human rights activist, humanitarian
- Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia Tech
William Morris (1834-1896)
architect, poet, designer, graphic designer, painter, politician, illustrator
- University of Oxford, Marlborough College
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
journalist, diplomat, autobiographer, businessperson, editor, suffragist, abolitionist, orator, film editor, caulker, politician
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
philosopher, politician, entrepreneur, journalist, opinion journalist
- Thetford Grammar School
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
politician, lawyer, diplomat, essayist, playwright, biographer, journalist, historian
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001)
politician
- Maharaja's College, Mysore, Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School