American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
American writer and editor (1878–1967)
Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor.
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Swiss writer (1845–1924)
Carl Spitteler
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic Olympian Spring".
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German-Prussian general and military theorist (1780–1831)
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz was a Prussian army officer and military theorist who stressed the "moral" and political aspects of waging war.
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German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize (1889–1938)
Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist.
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Italian writer (1826–1890)
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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Italian playwright (1707-1793)
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice.
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Mexican writer (1928–2012)
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France.
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German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world.
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