German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Walter Benjamin
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer.
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Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian.
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American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)
Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
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Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras.
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As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.
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Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)
Wilhelm Ostwald
Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher.
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Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
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Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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