Bas Jan Ader
19 Apr 1942 – 1975Artist. A native of of Winschoten, the...
Antoine “Sahara Davenport” Ashley
17 Dec 1984 – 1 Oct 2012Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Walter Benjamin
15 Jul 1892 – 27 Sep 1940German Writer, Philosopher and Essayist. He was...
Girona, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain
Louise Bourgeois
25 Dec 1911 – 31 May 2010Artist. As a painter and more notably as a...
Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Karin Boye
26 Oct 1900 – 24 Apr 1941Poet, Author. She wrote about how we should live...
Göteborg, Göteborgs kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Buddy the Dog
1988 – 10 Feb 1998Animal Actor. He will be fondly remembered as the...
Thomas Carvel
14 Jul 1906 – 22 Oct 1990Business Magnate. Founder of the Carvel Ice Cream...
Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Marc Chagall
7 Jul 1887 – 28 Mar 1985Artist. Born in Vitebsk, Belarus (in the Russian...
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Emperor “Charles the Great” Charlemagne
c.742 – 28 Jan 814King Charles I ('The Great'), Emperor of...
Aachen, Stadtkreis Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Catherine E. Coulson
22 Oct 1943 – 28 Sep 2015American Actress. Coulson, who worked as a camera...
Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
Delia Ann Derbyshire
5 May 1937 – 3 Jun 2001
Moose The “Eddie” Dog, III
24 Dec 1990 – 22 Jun 2006
Hilda “H.D.” Doolittle
10 Sep 1886 – 27 Sep 1961Poet. Wrote under the none-de-plume "H. D." She...
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Mihai Eminescu
15 Jan 1850 – 15 Jun 1889Bucharest, Bucuresti Municipality, Romania
James Sydney Ensor
13 Apr 1860 – 19 Nov 1949Artist. He was one of the most surprising artists...
Ostend, Arrondissement Oostende, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Reginald Wyckliffe Geare
25 Feb 1890 – 20 Aug 1927Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Geoffrey “Geoff” Goddard
17 Nov 1937 – 15 May 2000
George Grosz
26 Jul 1893 – 6 Jul 1959Arist. A German painter and graphic artist, he was...
Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
Philip Guston
27 Jun 1913 – 7 Jun 1980Artist. He is remembered for his neo-expressionism...
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, USA
Hachiko
10 Nov 1923 – 8 Mar 1935A white Akita dog, Hachiko was the faithful pet of...
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
