Khalil Al-Zahawi

male, deceased (2007)
Khalil al-Zahawi (1946 - 25 May, 2007) was one of Iraq's most prominent Arabic calligraphers. An ethnic Kurd and a native of Diyala Governorate, he...

Gudrun Zapf-Von Hesse

female
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (b. 1918) is a typographer, calligrapher and book-binder. She is the 1991 winner of the Fredrick W. Goudy Award. She designed...
Li Si

Li Si

male
Li Si (ca. 280 BC - September or October 208 BC) was the influential Prime Minister (or Chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of...
Zhang Zhi

Zhang Zhi

male
Zhang Zhi, courtesy name Boying (伯英), was a Chinese calligrapher during the Han Dynasty. Born in Jiuquan, Gansu, he was a pioneer of the modern curs...
Chu Suiliang

Chu Suiliang

male, deceased (658)
Chu Suiliang, courtesy name Dengshan (登善), formally Duke of Henan (河南公), was a chancellor of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, during the reigns of...
Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

male, deceased (1468) (Greenwich, Georgia, United States)
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe...

Ibn Al-Bawwab

male
Ibn al-Bawwab was Arabic calligrapher and illuminator who lived during the time of the Buyid dynasty. He most likely died around 1022 AD in...
Yu Shinan

Yu Shinan

male, deceased (638)
Yu Shinan, courtesy name Boshi (伯施), was a master of calligraphy in early Tang Dynasty. He was also a paramount official, litterateur and well know...
Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Lyttelton

male, 88 years old
Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (born 23 May 1921), also known as 'Humph', is a well-known British jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of...
Cai Yong

Cai Yong

male, deceased (192)
Cai Yong, courtesy name Bojie (伯喈), was a Chinese musician, a calligrapher of the Han dynasty and author of Qin Cao (琴操). Born in modern Kaifeng,...