- female, deceased (1991)
- Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991) was an American dancer and choreographer. She is regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern...
- male (Bennington, Vermont, United States)
- Mansour Farhang is an Iranian-born anti-imperialist and anti-Shah writer. He served as revolutionary Iran's first ambassador to the United Nations,...
- male, 84 years old
- Bill Dixon (born October 5 1925, Nantucket, Massachusetts) is an American trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano player; composer; artist; educator. In...
- female, 80 years old (Los Angeles, California, United States)
- Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928) is an American post-painterly abstraction artist. Born in New York City, she was influenced by Jackson...
- female, 45 years old
- Donna Tartt (born 23 December 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels, "The Secret History" (1992) and "The...
- male, 40 years old
- Standing four feet five inches tall, actor Peter Dinklage has had a prolific career both on-stage and in film. After graduating from college in...
- female
- Elizabeth Coleman has been the president of Bennington College since 1987. She is the subject of both wide praise and harsh criticism for her role...
- male, 68 years old
- Milford Graves (b. Queens, NY, August 20, 1941) is an American-born jazz drummer and percussionist, most noteworthy for his his early avant-garde...
- male, 54 years old
- Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." His previous book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural...
- male, 61 years old
- Allen Shawn (b. 1948) is a composer who lives in Vermont as of 2007. Among available recordings of his work are several CDs of chamber music, a CD...
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