Garry Wills
American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church
political
H. G. Wells
English writer
Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, and political activist
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
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
Gore Vidal
American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner
Alexis de Tocqueville
French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement
Henry David Thoreau
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher
Thucydides
Athenian historian and general