Edward O. Wilson
American biologist, naturalist, and writer
philosopher
Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, and political activist
H. G. Wells
English writer
Gore Vidal
American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner
Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianityespecially the Roman Catholic Churchas well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
Henry David Thoreau
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher
Alexis de Tocqueville
French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian
Leo Tolstoy
Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time
George Steiner
Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator