List of polymaths: Encyclopedia II - List of polymaths - Contemporary

List of polymaths - Contemporary

List of polymaths - A to D

• Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian, critic, and photographer
• G. E. M. Anscombe, logician, theologian, translator, classical studies
• George Antheil, composer, pianist, celebrity, inventor, writer, endocrinologist
• Isaac Asimov, science-fiction author, non-fiction author, biochemist, science essayist, bible scholar
• Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, social scientist, linguist
• Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor, medical researcher, aviation pioneer, co-founder of the National Geographic Society
• Eric Temple Bell, mathematician, biographer, science fiction writer
• Kenneth E. Boulding, economist, educator, poet, religious mystic, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher
• Jacob Bronowski, physicist, biologist, writer
• George Washington Carver, botanist, musician, artist, orator, athletic trainer and student leader
• Ernst Cassirer, historian of philosophy, art, mathematics, science, psychology, and philosopher
• Billy Childish, musician, painter, poet, writer
• Noam Chomsky, linguist, psychologist, political activist
• Jean Cocteau, painter, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, filmmaker
• Elbert Frank Cox, math, physics, violin, languages
• Marva Dawn, author, musician, theologian
• Charles Dodgson, logician, mathematician, photographer, children's writer, poet

List of polymaths - E to K

• Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, economist, mathematical statistician, barrister
• Thomas Alva Edison, versatile inventor, entrepreneur, publisher (co-founded Science).
• Max Euwe, world chess champion, mathematician, author
• Moshe Feldenkrais, engineer, physicist, judo expert, physical therapist
• Richard Feynman, physicist, mathematician, writer, and musician
• Erich Fromm, psychologist, philosopher, intellectual historian, sociologist, biblical exegete
• Buckminster Fuller, designer, metal-tradesman, mathematician, theoretician
• Murray Gell-Mann, prodigy, professor of physics, international advisor on the environment, authority on the origin of languages, arms control and foreign relations, Nobel Prize winner
• Hossein Gol-e-Golab, botanist, musician, poet, translator; earned degrees in law & political science, but never practiced law
• Piet Hein, scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, poet, philosopher
• Douglas Hofstadter, physicist, cognitive scientist, author, composer, poet, philosopher
• Howard Hughes, industrialist, inventor, [[aviation] pioneer, film producer
• Zora Neale Hurston, historian, anthropologist, novelist,
• Aldous Huxley, writing, parapsychology, philosophy, social theory and botany
• William James, (founding) psychologist, medical scholar, philosopher
• William Stanley Jevons, economist, logician, scientific methodology, (19th c.) computing engineer
• Martin and Osa Johnson, photography, nature studies, writing, and film pioneera
• Pamela Hansford Johnson, poet, novelist, playwright, critic, sociologist
• Noor Inayat Khan, international spy, polyglot, children's author

List of polymaths - L to R

• Jaron Lanier, computer scientist, inventor of virtual reality, musician, artist, futurist
• Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion, mathematician, philosopher, bridge player, author
• Marshall McLuhan, founder of media ecology, communications theorist, scholar of literature, popular culture and philosophy
• Jonathan Miller, opera director, physician, writer
• Gabriela Mistral, poet, educator, diplomat
• Daniel Mullen, systems architect, writer, political activist, businessman
• F. Story Musgrave, astronaut, physician, poet, businessman, author
• John von Neumann, mathematician, physicist, chemist, economist, computer scientist
• Walter J. Ong, communication theorist, literature, media studies, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, theology
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, Prime Minister, diplomat
• Gordon Parks, photographer, author, filmmaker (a. producer, director, screenwriter), composer, poet, painter, ballet director, activist
• John Robinson Pierce, telecommunications pioneer, computer musician, science fiction author
• Walter Pitts, cognitive scientist, mathematical-logician, philosopher
• Michael Polanyi, physical chemist, philosopher, theologian, economist
• Kukrit Pramoj, author, economist, historian, novelist, philosopher, statesman
• Anatol Rapoport, mathematician, psychologist, pianist, general systems theorist
• Peter Radtke, actor, playwright, ethicist, languages interpreter
• Satyajit Ray, film director, screenplay writer, composer, typesetting designer, children fiction writer, editor, advertising pioneer
• Paul Robeson, athlete, actor, singer, writer, political activist
• Murray Rothbard, economist, historian, political activist, essayist, philosopher, mathematician, playwright
• Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher, writer, political activist

List of polymaths - S to Z

• Marilyn vos Savant, mathematics popularization, cardiovascular disease research, economics, and playwright
• George Seddon AM, environmental planner and scientist, academic, author, historian and polyglot
• Edwin Schlossberg, designer, historian, artist, computer expert
• Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, virtuoso organist (musician), humanitarian, theologian, physician
• William James Sidis, mathematics, law, Native American history, psychology, and language
• Herbert Simon, cognitive psychologist, computer scientist, economist and philosopher
• Sam Sloan, chess master, sociologist, writer, translator, stockbroker, historian, genealogist, politician and reporter
• Jan Christian Smuts, philosopher, field marshal, biologist, social reformer, Prime Minister of South Africa
• Ben Stein, lawyer, economist, writer, White House speech writer, actor, comedian, game show host, political commentator
• Rabindranath Tagore, poet, Brahmo (reformed Hindu), philosopher, artist, dramatist, musician, novelist, and songwriter
• Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist, author, and musician
• James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon), painter, art critic, poet, CIA operative, experimental psychologist, science fiction author
• Gore Vidal, author, actor, historian, playwright, political commentator
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, cognitive philosopher, mathematical logician, architect, aeronautical engineer, composer
• Iannis Xenakis, architect, composer

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