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John Berger (1926-2017)
art historian, painter, journalist, poet, critic, opinion journalist, art critic
- Chelsea College of Art and Design, Central School of Art and Design
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
painter, poet, composer, playwright, essayist, philosopher, artist, lyricist, singer, film director, freedom fighter, Nobel Prize winner, librettist, actor
- University College London, St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
painter, playwright, film director, poet, actor, illustrator, librettist, voice actor, postage stamp designer, designer, photographer, composer, jewelry designer, ceramicist, director
- Lycée Condorcet
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
playwright, translator, poet, painter, literary critic
- University of Nottingham, University of London
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962)
painter, illustrator
Dino Buzzati (1906-1972)
journalist, painter, librettist, playwright, poet, comics artist, opinion journalist
- University of Milan
Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011)
physicist, painter, essayist, poet, teacher
- National University of La Plata, Harvard University
Richard Ellis (1938-2024)
cetologist, painter, academic, marine biologist
- University of Pennsylvania