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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
historian, philosopher, sociologist, social worker, human rights activist, photographer, poet, autobiographer, opinion journalist, teacher, journalist, art historian, economist
- Fisk University, Harvard University
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
translator, autobiographer, human rights activist, journalist, missionary
- Cornell University, Randolph–Macon College
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
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
military officer, poet, translator, publisher, painter, journalist, peace activist, activist shareholder, playwright, bookseller, political activist
- University of Paris, Columbia University
Lawrence Lessig (born 1961)
jurist, political activist, lawyer, computer scientist, politician, professor, teacher
- University of Cambridge, Yale Law School
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner
- University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
poet, polo player, autobiographer, LGBTQ rights activist, playwright, feminist
- New York University, University of Florida
Charles A. Beard (1874-1948)
historian of Modern Age, historian, peace activist
- DePauw University, Columbia University