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Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer

French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist

English religious writer, poet, playwright, philanthropist

Novelist and philosopher

French playwright and political activist

French playwright diplomat and polymath

Theatre director

English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer

Polish-Lithuanian noble

British dramatist

Italian playwright and librettist

British general and playwright, defeated in the 1777 Saratoga campaign

German actress

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

American political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution

Writer

Opera troupe leader and manager

French journalist and poet

English novelist and dramatist

English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)

British writer

English divine and author

English poet and playwright

French playwright, writer and critic

Russian playwright

French journalist

Writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic

Prince of Ligne

French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement

Scottish playwright and Presbyterian minister

Talian-born English literary critic and author

French poet

Italian playwright

French man of letters and erudition

French dramatist and writer

French writer

French chansonnier, composer and writer

Irish physician and writer

French actor