Aretha Franklin female

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years...

Robert Redford male

Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. on August 18 1936), is a American motion picture actor, director, producer, businessman, model,...

Barbra Streisand female

Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political...

Harry Belafonte male

Harold George Belafonete, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is a musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican...

Louise Bourgeois female

Louise Bourgeois (born December 25, 1911, Paris) is an artist and sculptor, whose work has been strongly influenced by the surrealists, abstract...

Johnny Cash male, deceased

Johnny Cash was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June...

Dolly Parton female

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, author,...

Eudora Welty female, deceased (Jackson, ms, United States)

Eudora Welty (b. April 13 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 23 2001, Jackson, Mississippi) was an award-winning author and photographer who...

Stanley Kunitz male, deceased

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kju:nɪts/ (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was a noted American poet who served two years (1974-1976) as the Consultant in...

Beverly Sills female, deceased

Beverly Sills was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano...