Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

male, deceased (1944)
Wassily Kandinsky (– December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is cr...
E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster

male, deceased (1970)
Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He is known best for his ir...
Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

female, deceased (1971)
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 - January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy,...
Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

male, deceased (2000) (Santa Rosa, California, United States)
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 - February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known worldwide for his "Peanuts" comic...
Claudio Arrau

Claudio Arrau

male, deceased (1991)
Claudio Arrau León was a Chilean pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations of a huge, vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 2...
Georges Perec

Georges Perec

male, deceased (1982)
Georges Perec (7 March 1936 - 3 March 1982) was a 20th-century French Jewish novelist, filmmaker, and essayist - a member of the Oulipo group and...
Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon

male, deceased (1976)
Jean Martinon was a French conductor and composer. He was born in Lyon, where he began his education, going on to Paris to study under Albert...
Nicolas Bourbaki

Nicolas Bourbaki

male
Nicolas Bourbaki is the collective pseudonym under which a group of (mainly French) 20th-century mathematicians wrote a series of books presenting...

Nancy Lancaster

female, deceased (1994)
Nancy Lancaster (September 10, 1897 - August 19, 1994) was a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, an influential...
Mad Dog Coll

Mad Dog Coll

male, deceased (1932)
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll was an Irish enforcer for the mafia in early 20th-century New York City. He was born in Gweedore, an Irish-speaking region...