Profiles — Creators

Creators

Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.

Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979)

Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist.

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American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

Ted Kaczynski

Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist.

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American playwright (1911–1983)

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter.

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Roman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)

Terence

Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright during the Roman Republic.

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Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila, religious name Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun, prominent Spanish mystic and spiritual reformer.

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English fantasy author (1948–2015)

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens, which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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Roman Christian theologian and writer (c. 155 – c. 220)

Tertullian

Tertullian was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.

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Prime Minister of Thailand form 2001 to 2006

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai former politician, businessman, and police officer who served as the 23rd prime minister of Thailand from 2001 until his overthrow in 2006.

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Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)

The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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