- Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. Best known for her Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematical focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history. - Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus". She was married to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. - Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn (born September 22 1979 in Malibu, California) is a singer and violinist, currently living in Chicago. She is known for her theatrical performance style. - Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (born October 29 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. She has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Ryder made her screen debut in "Lucas" (1986) playing a teenage girl with a crush on the film's title character, Lucas. - Masaccio
Masaccio (born Tommaso Cassai or in some accounts "Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone"; December 21, 1401 - autumn 1428), was the first great painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. His frescoes are the earliest monuments of Humanism, and introduce a plasticity previously unseen in figure painting. The name "Masaccio" is a humorous version of Tommaso, meaning "big", "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. - Marco Hietala
Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala is the vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and is easily noticed for his unusual facial hair. He joined the band for their 2002 album "Century Child", following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. Marco plays in Impaled Nazarene on album "Suomi Finland Perkele" (1994). - Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 - February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era. - Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Jasmine Becket-Griffith (born June 4, 1979) is a freelance artist who specializes in fairy, fantasy, and gothic artwork. Her preferred medium is acrylic on a sheet of flat canvas and her designs appear on many lines of licensed merchandise, notably through the chain store Hot Topic. She lives in Celebration, Florida with her husband and cats. Jasmine Ann Becket-Griffith is a member of Fantasy and SciFi Art gallery 179 at Elfwood. - Nick Holmes
Nick Holmes (born England, January 7, 1971) is a British singer and vocalist of band Paradise Lost. Holmes formed Paradise Lost in late 1988 when he and the other band members were barely out of secondary school. Like other contemporaries of the British Doom/death scene (Anathema and My Dying Bride) the band began purely as death metal, with Holmes utilising a low, guttural "death grunt" on the "Morbid Existence" demo and "Lost Paradise" full length. - Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff (born 10th July 1972) is a German-born musician currently living in Switzerland. His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which since its debut in 1990 has produced 9 albums, which embrace a diverse range of gothic, darkwave and orchestral musical styles. Wolff composes, arranges and writes the lyrics for almost all of Lacrimosa's songs, as well as singing, playing piano and contributing to the design of the albums' sleeve art. - Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil (born November 3, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France) is a French auteur (filmmaker), actor, and author best known for his films in the fantastique genre. Rollin is credited as having made the first French vampire film ("Le Viol du vampire", 1968) as well as the first French gore film ("Le Raisins de la mort", 1978). He is also one of the early pioneers of French X-rated cinema. - Eva O
Eva Ortiz (born 1961) better known as Eva O is a gothic music artist most notable for her previous works in Christian Death and a band she formed with her then husband Rozz Williams called Shadow Project. She now releases solo albums with her band Mz O and Her Guns, … - Jordanes
Iordanis, known in English as Jordanes (also Jordanis or even Iornandes, 'bold as a boar'), was a 6th century bureaucrat of the Eastern Roman Empire, who turned his hand to history late in life. Though he wrote a history of Rome "(Romana"), the book most of interest to us now are the manuscripts the source of "De origine actibusque Getarum" ("The Origin and Deeds of the Goths"), or "Getica", … - Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield (b. 1964) is a British author whose debut novel, "The Thirteenth Tale", became a New York Times #1 bestseller. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Before writing, Setterfield studied French Literature at Bristol University and taught at numerous schools as well as privately before leaving academia in the late 90s. She lives in North Yorkshire, England with her husband and four cats, … - Ralph Adams Cram
Ralph Adams Cram, (December_16, 1863 - September_22, 1942), was an important American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings, often in the gothic style. Cram was born at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire into a Unitarian clerical family, and in his youth called himself an agnostic. He moved to Boston in 1881, at age 18, and spent five years in the architectural office of Rotch & Tilden, after which left for Rome. During a Christmas Eve mass there in 1887, … - Jonathan Frid
John Herbert Frid (born December 2, 1924, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a theater, television and movie actor. He is most famously known for the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the first incarnation of the gothic U.S. cult television serial "Dark Shadows". Frid was initially brought on "Dark Shadows" to help rescue flagging ratings. The role of Barnabas Collins was originally intended to be a brief one, … - Cassandra Peterson
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1949) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror host persona "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark". She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of "Movie Macabre", a weekly horror movie presentation. Her wickedly vampish appearance was offset by her comical character, quick-witted personality and Valley girl-type speech. - Alex Wright
Alex Wright (born May 17, 1975) is a German former professional wrestler. The son of British wrestler Steve Wright (one of many early rivals of the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama), he wrestled professionally in Germany and Japan before signing with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994. He became known for his distinctive pre-match dancing as well as his technical in-ring ability that would ultimately lead him to WCW championship gold. - Totila
Totila (died Jul 1 552) was king of the Ostrogoths from 541 until his death. - Septimius
Septimius or Septiminus was a Roman usurper proclaimed emperor in 271, in Dalmatia, during Emperor Aurelian's reign. His revolt soon petered out, when the menace of a Gothic invasion faded out, and Septimius was killed by his own troops. - Giles Gilbert Scott
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA (November 9, 1880 – February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. He came from a family of famous architects, being the son of George Gilbert Scott (junior), grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott, nephew of John Oldrid Scott, and brother of Adrian Gilbert Scott. He is also the father of architect Richard Gilbert Scott. - Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson (born 1952, Coburg) is an American comic book artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. While he is best-known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and colorist. Janson immigrated from Germany as a young boy and grew up in Connecticut, where in his teens he met and began working as an assistant to Dick Giordano. He first came to prominence as the inker over Sal Buscema's pencils on "The Defenders" in the mid-1970s, … - George Walker
George Walker (December 24, 1772-February 8, 1847) was an English gothic novelist. He was born in Falcon Square, Cripplegate, London, England. He worked as a bookseller and music publisher. His writings were anti-reform, reacting to writers such as William Godwin and Thomas Holcroft. - Tilman Riemenschneider
Tilman Riemenschneider was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master in stone and limewood. - Johnny Dowd
Johnny Dowd (born March 29 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American alternative country musician from Ithaca, New York. Typical of his style are experimental, noisy breaks in his songs and strong gothic (in the sense of dark and gloomy) elements in the lyrics as well as in the music. There is also a strong undercurrent of black humor and the absurd in his work. Although his early albums were most celebrated in the Alt. - John Bellairs
John Anthony Bellairs (17 January 1938 - 8 March 1991) was an American author, best known for his well-respected fantasy novel, "The Face in the Frost", as well as many gothic mystery novels for young adults featuring Lewis Barnavelt, Anthony Monday and Johnny Dixon. - Charles Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C.R. Maturin (born September 25, 1782 in Dublin; died October 30, 1824 in Dublin) was an Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels. Descended from a Huguenot family, he attended Trinity College, Dublin. Shortly after being ordained as curate of Loughrea in 1803, he married acclaimed singer Henrietta Kingsbury, a sister of Sarah Kingsbury, whose daughter, … - William Faith
William Faith is a gothic/punk music artist. Born William Coulter, he has also performed under the name Billy Bones. He is a former member of the gothic bands Mephisto Walz, Rozz Williams' Christian Death, Shadow Project, briefly The Sex Gang Children, and punk band Wreckage, and he is probably most well-known as a founding member of Faith and the Muse. A longtime member of the Los Angeles gothic rock scene, Faith has also produced records for other bands. - Thomas Rickman
Thomas Rickman (June 8, 1776 - January 4, 1841), was an English architect who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He was born at Maidenhead, Berkshire, into a large Quaker family, and avoided the medical career envisaged for him by his father, a grocer and druggist; he went into business for himself and married his first cousin Lucy Rickman in 1804, a marriage that estranged him from the Friends. - Pietro Cavallini
Pietro Cavallini (c. 1250 - c. 1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the late Middle Ages. Little is known about his biography, though it is known he was from Rome, since he signed "pictor romanus". His first notable work were tho mosaic cycles for the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, with stories from the New and Old Testament (1277-1285). They were destroyed by the fire of 1823. - Early Netherlandish Painting
Early Netherlandish painting is a term art historians use to designate the work of a group of painters who were active primarily in the Low Countries in the 15th and early 16th centuries, approximately the period starting with Van Eyck and ending with Gerard David.They embodied at the same time the culmination of the Middle Ages and the transition to Renaissance. - Kana
is a Japanese pop and rock singer. She is also a toy designer, illustrator, and a fashion designer. She began her career as a model for the Gothic & Lolita Bible magazine, and still appears in the magazine regularly. In 1996, she ventured into music by singing for an electronica band called Starblues. However, Kana was quickly replaced, due to disagreements between the band members. She went back to music in 2000 by releasing her maxi single, "Hebi-Ichigo". - Alaric I
Alaric I ("Alareiks" in the original Gothic; "Alarik" or "Alarich" in modern Germanic languages; "Alaricus" in Latin; and "Alarico" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube. He was king of the Visigoths from 395-410 and the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome. Having originally desired to settle his people in the Roman Empire, … - Gerald Brom
Gerald Brom (born March 9 1965 in Albany, Georgia) is a gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Born the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in many countries such as Japan and Germany. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply Brom. He graduated from high school in Frankfurt, Germany. - Guiniforte Solari
Guiniforte Solari (also known as "Boniforte") was a 15th century Italian architect. A member of a family from Carona, in the Ticino, he was chief engineer of the Duchy of Milan during his life. He is especially remembered for his disputes with Filarete, who had been called by Duke Francesco I Sforza to modernize the Lombard architecture according the new Renaissance styles. Solari was instead a representant of the local Gothic tradition. - Henry Austin
Henry Austin (December 4, 1804-December 17, 1891) was a prominent and prolific American architect based in New Haven, Connecticut. He practiced for more than fifty years and designed many public buildings and homes primarily in the New Haven area. Austin was born in Mt. Carmel, Connecticut in 1804 and was the son of Daniel and Adah (Dorman) Austin. He first worked as a carpenter's apprentice and then began his career in architecture working for Ithiel Town. - Ithiel Town
Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 - June 13, 1844) was a prominent American architect and civil engineer. Town was born in Thompson, Connecticut to Archelaus and Martha (Johnson) Town. He trained with the eminent Asher Benjamin in Boston and began his own professional career with the Asa Gray House (1810). His earliest important architectural works include Center Church (1812-1815), and Trinity Church (1813-1816, … - Richard Carpenter
Richard Herbert Carpenter was an eminent Victorian architect from England. The son of the tractarian architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter, he was born in 1841 and died in 1893. While he, working alone, designed many buildings he is best known for his collaboration with his business partner Benjamin Ingelow; their architectural practice founded by Carpenter's father based in Marylebone, … - Trebonianus Gallus
Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 - August, 253), was Roman Emperor from 251 to 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus. Gallus was born in Italy, in a family with respected ancestry and a senatorial background. He had two children in his marriage with Afinia Gemina Baebiana: the later emperor Gaius Vibius Volusianus and a daughter, Vibia Galla. His early career was typical with several appointments, both political and military. - Jay Munly
Jay Munly (also credited as Munly and Munly Munly) is a banjo player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. He is one of the major participants in the "Denver Sound", music that mixes elements of country, Gothic, and gospel. He is a member of Slim Cessna's Auto Club and Denver Broncos UK as well as the leader of his own band, Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots.
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