- male, deceased (1976)
- Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist.
- male, deceased (1918)
- Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel he is considered the most prominent...
- male, deceased (1976)
- Russel Wright was one of the most influential Industrial designers of the 20th century. Born of Quaker parents in Lebanon, Ohio, he spent the...
- male, deceased (1937) (New York, New York, United States)
- George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration...
- female, deceased (1982)
- Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English...
- male, 70 years old
- Michael Fried (born 1939, New York City) is an influential Modernist art critic and art historian. He studied at Princeton University and Harvard...
- female, deceased (1979)
- Jean Rhys, originally Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a Caribbean novelist who wrote in the mid 20th century. Her first four novels were...
- male, 101 years old
- Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (born December 11, 1908) is an American composer of classical music. Elliott Carter was born in New York, New York. He was...
- male
- Walter Benn Michaels is a literary theorist, known as the author of "Our America: Nativism, Modernism and Pluralism" (1995) and "The Shape of the...
- female, deceased (1966)
- Mina Loy (December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an artist, poet, playwright, novelist, Futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of...
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