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Arundhati Roy (born 1961)
essayist, political activist, actor, journalist, film actor, activist
- University of Delhi, Lawrence School, Lovedale
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
Garrison Keillor (born 1942)
radio personality, voice actor, comedian, television producer, humorist, singer
- University of Minnesota
Salman Rushdie (born 1947)
essayist, actor
- Rugby School, University of Cambridge
Stuart Woods (1938-2022)
actor, sociologist
- University of Georgia
Joss Whedon (born 1964)
film director, film producer, television director, composer, director, actor, cartoonist, television actor, animator, television producer, producer
- Wesleyan University, Winchester College
Alice Walker (born 1944)
poet, essayist, civil rights advocate, educator, actor, film producer, climate activist
- Sarah Lawrence College, Spelman College
Stephen King (born 1947)
television producer, actor, columnist, journalist, director, teacher, film director
- University of Maine, Hampden Academy