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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
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
mathematician, logician, photographer, poet, deacon, diarist, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Oxford, Rugby School
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918)
photographer
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
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
painter, sculptor, actor, film director, photographer, film actor, scenographer, illustrator, jewelry designer, graphic artist, holographer
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Mário de Andrade (1893-1945)
poet, journalist, photographer, musicologist, art critic, pianist
Günter Grass (1927-2015)
lyricist, poet, sculptor, playwright, essayist, autobiographer, painter, graphic artist, altar server, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, artist, librettist
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Berlin University of the Arts
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