Armand Dufaux

Armand Dufaux

male, deceased (1941)
Armand Dufaux (1883 - 1941) was a Swiss aviation pioneer who became famous for flying the length of Lake Geneva in 1910. He and his brother, Henri...
Wilhelm Sponneck

Wilhelm Sponneck

male, deceased (1888)
Wilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck was a Danish nobleman ("rigsgreve") and Minister of Finance. In 1863, he accompanied 17 year old Prince Vilhelm of...
Naata Nungurrayi

Naata Nungurrayi

female, 77 years old
Naata Nungurrayi is an Australian Aboriginal artist who was born at the site of Kumil, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia, in 1932. She...
Nicolas F. Shi

Nicolas F. Shi

male
Nicolas F. Shi is an artist in Washington, D.C. He is best known for paintings that create an illusion of depth through contour lines like those on...
Margaret McKay

Margaret McKay

female, deceased (1996)
Margaret McKay (22 Jan 1911 - 1 March 1996) was a British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Clapham from 1964 to 1970. Born in Oswaldtwistle,...
Janelle Commissiong

Janelle Commissiong

female, 56 years old
Janelle "Penny" Commissiong-Bowen-Chow (born 1953 in Port of Spain) is the first person from Trinidad and Tobago to win Miss Universe and the first...

Manuel Ancízar

male, deceased (1882)
Manuel Ancizar was a writer, politician, professor, and journalist of Colombia. He was born in the state of Cundinamarca and educated in Bogotá. H...

Matti Pellonpää

male, deceased (1995)
Matti Pellonpää was an award-winning Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mik...
Philippe Phebus Dubois

Philippe Phebus Dubois

male, 51 years old (Brussels, Belgium)
Philippe Phébus Dubois started painting at the age of 30. During several years he studied the art of painting and drawing. Between 1989 en 1990 he s...
Charles N'Tchoréré

Charles N'Tchoréré

male, deceased (1940)
Charles N'Tchoréré was a Gabonese military commander who was shot by Germans in World War II. Born in Libreville to a notable Mpongwe family, he wa...