Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer

male, deceased
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the director of the...
Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

male
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. March 22 1930) is widely seen as his generation's leading writer of the stage musical. Described by Frank Rich in the...
Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron

male (Washington, dc, United States)
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1 1949) is an American poet and musician known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word...
Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola

female (ny, United States)
Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American directress, actress, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is the first...
Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

female, deceased
Diane Arbus was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. (Her first name is pronounced "dee-ANN.")
Robert Moses

Robert Moses

male, deceased
Robert Moses (December 18 1888-July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County. As...
Howard Nemerov

Howard Nemerov

male, deceased
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 - July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to...
Sean Lennon

Sean Lennon

male
Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of musicians...
Paul Strand

Paul Strand

male, deceased
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 - March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like...