List of people known as Sage

A sage is a wise old man. The following people were known as "sage" during their lifetimes:

• Thomas Jefferson, the Sage of Monticello^[1]
• Thomas Carlyle, the Sage of Chelsea^[2]
• Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Sage of Concord^[3]
• H. L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore^[4]
• Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha^[5] (also known as the Wizard of Omaha^[6] and the Oracle of Omaha^[7])
• Richard Murphy, the Sage of Downham Market,^[8] then Sage of Ely^[9]

The following people were known as "sage" after their death:

• Wang Xizhi, the Sage of Calligraphy^[10]
• George Orwell, the Sage of Wallington^[11]

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