John Wilkinson

male, deceased (1808)
John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 - 1808) was an English industrialist who suggested the use of cast iron for many roles where other materials had...
Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins

female, 71 years old (New York, United States)
Vija Celmins (b. October 25, 1938, Riga, Latvia) is an American artist. Vija Celmins immigrated to the United States with her family from Latvia...
James Dewar

James Dewar

male, deceased (1923)
Sir James Dewar FRS (September 20, 1842 - March 27, 1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist. He is probably best-known today for his invention...
Craig Ruddy

Craig Ruddy

male
Craig Ruddy (born August 8 1968, Forestville, Sydney) is an Australian artist. Ruddy studied at design and fashion illustration at Randwick Design...

William Champion

male
William Champion (born 1709 died 1789) is credited with patenting a process in Britain to distill zinc from calamine using charcoal in a smelter....
Smithson Tennant

Smithson Tennant

male, deceased (1815)
Smithson Tennant (November 30, 1761 - February 22, 1815) was an English chemist. Tennant is best known for his discovery of the elements iridium...
Alexander Of Comana

Alexander Of Comana

male
Saint Alexander of Comana (died c. 250), known as "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. Whether he was the first to occupy that...
Rahul Deshpande

Rahul Deshpande

male, 38 years old
Rahul Deshpande (Born: 1971) is a Represenational Artist. In 1991, he completed BFA (Applied Arts) from Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Arts,...
Leon Spilliaert

Leon Spilliaert

male, deceased (1946)
Léon Spilliaert was a Belgian symbolist painter and graphic artist. Spilliaert was born in Ostend and from childhood displayed an interest in art a...

Louise Noack Gray

female
Louise Noack Gray (1909-2000) was an artist in California. Her favored medium was oil paint although she also worked in pastels and charcoal. Her...