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Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935.

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Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

Tomas Tranströmer

Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator.

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Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)

Tommaso Campanella

Tommaso Campanella, baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet.

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African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Toni Morrison

Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison was an American novelist and editor.

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Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016.

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Italian poet (1544–1595)

Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem

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Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator.

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American writer (1924-1984)

Truman Capote

Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.

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Hindu saint and poet (1532–1623), author of the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa

Tulsidas

Rambola Dubey, popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās, was a Vaishnava Hindu saint, devotee and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama.

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