John Hersey

John Hersey

male, deceased (1993)
John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. Born in Tientsin, China, to missionaries Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, his family...
Tadatoshi Akiba

Tadatoshi Akiba

male, 67 years old
Tadatoshi Akiba is mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S....
Sadako Sasaki

Sadako Sasaki

female, deceased (1955)
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. She was only two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on...
Keiji Nakazawa

Keiji Nakazawa

Keiji Nakazawa (born 1939) is a Japanese manga artist and writer. He was born in Hiroshima, and was in the city when it was destroyed by a nuclear...
Eleanor Coerr

Eleanor Coerr

female
Eleanor Coerr is a writer of children's books. She was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, and she grew up in Saskatoon. Reading stories was her...
Kenzo Tange

Kenzo Tange

male, deceased (2005)
Kenzo Tange was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the...
David Mitchell

David Mitchell

male, 40 years old
David Mitchell (born January, 1969) is an English novelist. He has written four novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The...
Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

male, 71 years old
Issey Miyake (born c. April 1938) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs and exhibitions.
Charles Sweeney

Charles Sweeney

male, deceased (2004)
Major General Charles W. Sweeney (1919 - July 15 2004) was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew the...
Claude Eatherly

Claude Eatherly

male
Claude Robert Eatherly (born in Texas-died 1978) was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, and the pilot of a weather...