Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

male, deceased (2007)
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE, (March 27 1927 - April 27 2007), known to close friends as “Slava”, was a cellist and conductor. He was marr...
Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

male, deceased (1947)
Sidney Toler (April 28, 1874-February 12, 1947) was an actor and writer. Primarily Scottish ancestry, he was the second non-Asian actor to play the...
Hideo Kanze

Hideo Kanze

male, deceased (2007)
was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Tetsunojo Kanze VII, a descendent of...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence...

Herbert Hoover

male
Herbert Hoover was born on March 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. His family were devout Quakers. At age eight, Hoover was orphaned and was sent to...