Paul Michael Lützeler

John le Carré

British author

Péter Eötvös

Hungarian composer

Adam Michnik

Polish historian

Daniel Barenboim

Classical pianist

George Mosse

Author

Adunis

Syrian poet

Ozjasz Szechter

Journalist

Ágnes Heller

Hungarian philosopher

Mohan Agashe

Indian psychiatrist

Ahmad Said

Member of Terengganu State Legislative Assembly

Adonis He

Actor

Jella Lepman

German journalist

Doğan Akhanlı

German writer

Werner Kraft

German-Israeli librarian

Rolf Abderhalden

Colombian artist

Ekrem Akurgal

Turkish archaeologist

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

Graciela Paraskevaidis

Argentine composer

Gerard Mortier

Giwi Margwelaschwili

German writer

Karl Popper

Philosopher

Irena Veisaitė

Akinbode Akinbiyi

Photographer

Werner Spies

German art historian

Simone Young

Australian conductor

Krystyna Meissner

Polish theatre director

Ralf Dahrendorf

Former European Commissioner for Trade

Hilde Spiel

Austrian writer

Neil MacGregor

British art historian

Petros Markaris

Greek writer

Daniel Libeskind

Polish-American architect

Hans Sahl

Poet

Thomas M. Messer

Art historian

Sérgio Paulo Rouanet

Former Secretary of Culture of the Presidency of Brazil

Adam Krzemiński

Polish journalist

Dževad Karahasan

Writer

Jiří Gruša

Czech author

İoanna Kuçuradi

Turkish philosopher

Sofia Gubaidulina

Russian composer

Givi Margvelashvili

German writer

Emily Nasrallah

Lebanese writer