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Also Known As	Atisha • Dīpaṅkara
Born	982
Died	1054 (aged 72)

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Guo Moruo

Guo Moruo

Chinese scholar

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Peter Wentworth

English politician

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Johann Gerhard

German theologian

Pietro Verri

Pietro Verri

Italian scholar

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Elimelech Of Lizhensk

Jewish teacher and author

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Gaius Julius Hyginus

Roman author

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Indian author and activist

Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer

Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh

Indian-born writer

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Nissim Ezekiel

Indian poet and playwright

Bharati Mukherjee

Bharati Mukherjee

American author

V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British writer

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Firishtah

Indian writer

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Nayantara Sahgal

Indian journalist and author

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual leader

Lobsang Sangay

Lobsang Sangay

Tibetan scholar and political leader

Padmasambhava

Padmasambhava

Buddhist mystic

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Śāntirakṣita

Indian teacher

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Ted Sorensen

American lawyer and presidential speechwriter