Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

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.
Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

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...
Russel Wright

Russel Wright

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...
George Gershwin

George Gershwin

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...
Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes

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...
Michael Fried

Michael Fried

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...
Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys

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...
Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter

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...
Walter Benn Michaels

Walter Benn Michaels

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...
Mina Loy

Mina Loy

female, deceased (1966)
Mina Loy (December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an artist, poet, playwright, novelist, Futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of...