Index by Profession

ProfessionNameBirthplaceYear of BirthNote
ActivistJorgensen, ChristineUS1926 
ActorHorton, Edward EverettUS1886Fractured Fairy Tales
ActorWoolley, MontyUS1888The Pied Piper
ActorPangborn, FranklinUS1889A Girl, A Guy, and a Gob
ActorWebb, CliftonUS1889Laura
ActorLunt, AlfredUS1893Clarence
ActorNovello, IvorWales1893The Lodger
ActorValentino, RudolphItaly1895The Sheik
ActorWalbrook, AntonAustria1896The Red Shoes
ActorScott, RandolphUS1898My Favorite Wife
ActorLaughton, CharlesUK1899Mutiny on the Bounty
ActorNovarro, RamónMexico1899Ben Hur
ActorHaines, WilliamUS1900The Marines Are Coming
ActorGable, ClarkUS1901The King of Hollywood
ActorGeer, WillUS1902Grandpa Walton
ActorGielgud, JohnUK1904Oscar: Arthur
ActorGrant, CaryUK1904Bringing Up Baby
ActorRogers, BuddyUS1904Wings
ActorSutton, GradyUS1906The Great Moment
ActorDarrow, JohnUS1907The All American
ActorOlivier, LaurenceUK1907Rebecca
ActorRomero, CesarUS1907The Joker
ActorRaymond, GeneUS1908Married to Jeanette MacDonald
ActorRedgrave, MichaelUK1908The Lady Vanishes
ActorCromwell, RichardUS1910Young Mr. Lincoln
ActorHolland, JosephUS1910Mercury Theatre
ActorBrambell, WilfredIreland1912 
ActorCregar, LairdUS1913The Lodger
ActorKaye, DannyUS1913Hans Christian Andersen
ActorMarais, JeanFrance1913La Belle et la Bête
La Belle et la Bête
ActorPrice, DennisUK1915Kind Hearts and Coronets
ActorJohnson, VanUS1916Two Girls and a Sailor
ActorWynn, KeenanUS1916Dr. Strangelove
ActorBurr, RaymondCanada1917Perry Mason, Ironsides
ActorHowerd, FrankieUK1917Up Pompeii!
ActorEythe, WilliamUS1918 
ActorHeath, GordonUS1918Deep Are The Roots
ActorBogarde, DirkUK1921Victim
ActorClift, MontgomeryUS1921Red River
ActorDeacon, RichardUS1921Mel on Dick Van Dyke Show
ActorNader, GeorgeUS1921Ellery Queen
ActorElliott, DenholmUK1922Raiders of the Lost Ark
ActorShelton, ReidUS1924 
ActorBrando, MarlonUS1924On the Waterfront
ActorCox, WallyUS1924Brando’s roommate
ActorGranger, FarleyUS1925Strangers On A Train
ActorHudson, RockUS1925Movies with Doris Day
ActorLynde, PaulUS1926Hollywood Squares
ActorTryon, TomUS1926In Harm’s Way
ActorWilliams, KennethUK1926Carry On, friend of Joe Orton
ActorWyngarde, PeterSingapore or France1927 
ActorHarvey, LaurenceLithuania1928I Am A Camera
ActorMcDowall, RoddyUS1928Friend of Liz Taylor
ActorMaharis, GeorgeUS1928Route 66
ActorSpinetti, VictorWales1929 
ActorCoco, JamesUS1929Only When I Laugh
ActorHawthorne, NigelUK1930The Madness of King George
ActorNabors, JimUS1930Gomer Pyle
ActorSargent, DickUS1930Bewitched
ActorAdams, NickUS1931Pillow Talk
ActorDean, JamesUS1931Rebel Without a Cause
ActorFraser, JohnScotland1931Repulsion
ActorHunter, TabUS1931Polyester
ActorReilly, Charles NelsonUS1931Charlotte’s Web
ActorPerkins, AnthonyUS1932Psycho
ActorReed, RobertUS1932Dad on The Brady Bunch
ActorBates, AlanUK1934Far From the Madding Crowd
ActorChamberlain, RichardUS1935King of the Miniseries
ActorTakei, GeorgeUS1937Star Trek
ActorJacobi, DerekUK1938I, Claudius
ActorMcKellen, IanUK1939Bent
ActorMineo, SalUS1939Rebel Without a Cause
ActorKirk, TommyUS1941Disney films
ActorBerger, HelmutAustria1944The Damned
ActorGlover, JohnUS1944Chocolate War
ActorDivineUS1945Pink Flamingos
ActorDallesandro, JoeUS1948Trash
ActorCallow, SimonUK1949Maurice
ActorCharleson, IanScotland1949Chariots of Fire
ActorDavis, BradUS1949Midnight Express
ActorSher, AntonySouth Africa1949Stanley
ActorRollins, HowardUS1950Soldier’s Story
ActorHulce, TomUS1953Amadeus
ActorVillard, TomUS1953The Trouble With Dick
ActorButler, DanUS1954Bulldog on Frasier
ActorTravolta, JohnUS1954The Boy in the Bubble
ActorJordan, LeslieUS1955 
ActorLane, NathanUS1956The Producers
ActorSpacey, KevinUS1959 
ActorEverett, RupertUK1959Another Country
ActorGraff, ToddUS1959Dominic and Eugene
ActorPierce, David HydeUS1959Frasier
ActorSweeney, TerryUS1960Saturday Night Live
ActorBeale, Simon RussellMalaysia1961Hamlet
ActorWong, B.D.US1962M. Butterfly
ActorCumming, AlanScotland1965Anniversary Party
ActorBarrowman, JohnScotland1967Torchwood
ActorDavidson, JayeUS1968The Crying Game
ActorArquette, AlexisUS1969Pulp Fiction
ActorPhoenix, RiverUS1970Stand By Me
ActorRapp, AnthonyUS1971Rent
ActorParsons, JimUS1973 
ActorHarris, Neil PatrickUS1973Doogie Howser, MD
ActorLucas, MattUK1974 
ActorAllen, ChadUS1974Our House
ActorBomer, MattUS1977 
ActorQuinto, ZacharyUS1977 
ActorWhishaw, BenUK1980 
ActorPage, EliotCanada1987Juno
ActorColfer, ChrisUS1990 
ActressRaucourtFrance1756Comédie francaise
ActressDorval, MarieFrance1798Trente Ans
ActressAdams, MaudeUS1872Peter Pan
ActressNazimova, AllaRussia1879Salome
ActressWinwood, EstelleUK1883Tallulah Bankhead
ActressByington, SpringUS1886Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress
ActressFontanne, LynnUK1887Dulcy
ActressMain, MarjorieUS1890Ma Kettle
ActressCornell, KatharineGermany1893The Green Hat
ActressNegri, PolaPoland1894Madame Bovary
ActressAnderson, Dame JudithAustralia1897Rebecca
ActressLawrence, GertrudeUK1898The Glass Menagerie
ActressLe Gallienne, EvaUK1899National Medal of the Arts
ActressArthur, JeanUS1900The Talk Of The Town
ActressDietrich, MarleneGermany1901Blue Angel
ActressBankhead, TallulahUS1902Private Lives
ActressColbert, ClaudetteFrance1903Palm Beach Story
ActressMunson, OnaUS1903Belle Watling in Gone With the Wind
ActressHolman, LibbyUS1904 
ActressCrawford, JoanUS1905Mildred Pierce
ActressGarbo, GretaSweden1905Ninotchka
ActressBrooks, LouiseUS1906 
ActressStanwyck, BarbaraUS1907The Lady Eve
ActressKelly, PatsyUS1910Tony: No No Nanette
ActressBrowne, CoralAustralia1913Killing of Sister George
ActressLamarr, HedyAustria1913Spread Spectrum Radio
ActressRaye, MarthaUS1916Alice
ActressHolliday, JudyUS1921Born Yesterday
ActressKulp, NancyUS1921Miss Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
ActressGarland, JudyUS1922The Wizard of Oz
ActressCapucineFrance1931The Pink Panther
ActressDennis, SandyUS1937Oscar: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
ActressTomlin, LilyUS1939Nine to Five
ActressMargolyes, MiriamUK1941Harry Potter
ActressWoodlawn, HollyPuerto Rico (US)1946Trash
ActressSchneider, MariaFrance1952Last Tango in Paris
ActressBernhard, SandraUS1955Madonna
ActressJones, CherryUS1956Doubt
ActressBearse, AmandaUS1958Married With Children
ActressShaw, FionaIreland1958Aunt Petunia
ActressLynch, JaneUS1960 
ActressFoster, JodieUS1962Silence of the Lambs
ActressNixon, CynthiaUS1966Sex and the City
ActressAnderson, GillianUS1968 
ActressBurrows, SaffronUK1973Deep Blue Sea
ActressGilbert, SaraUS1975 
ActressJolie, AngelinaUS1975Brad Pitt
ActressPaquin, AnnaCanada1982The Piano, X-Men
ActressLohan, LindsayUS1986Mean Girls
ActressStewart, KristenUS1990 
AnthropologistBenedict, RuthUS1887Patterns of Culture
AnthropologistMead, MargaretUS1901Samoa
ArchaeologistWinckelmann, Johann J.Germany1717History of the Art of Antiquity
ArchitectCram, Ralph AdamsUS1863US Military Academy
ArchitectJohnson, PhilipUS1906Crystal Cathedral
ArchitectMoore, CharlesUS1925Beverly Hills Civic Center
Art HistorianBlunt, AnthonyUK1907Surveyor of the King’s pictures
ArtistDonatelloItaly1386David
ArtistBotticelli, SandroItaly1445Sistine Chapel (portions)
ArtistLeonardo da VinciItaly1452Mona Lisa
ArtistMichelangeloItaly1475Sistine Chapel
ArtistCellini, BenvenutoItaly1500Autobiography
ArtistCaravaggio, MichelangeloItaly1571Card Players
ArtistBonheur, RosaFrance1822The Horse Fair
ArtistLeighton, Baron FredericUK1830Cimabue Finding Giotto
ArtistMarées, Hans vonGermany1837Frescos in Naples
ArtistSolomon, SimeonUK1840Popular English painter
ArtistAllers, Christian WilhelmGermany1857Club Eintracht
ArtistMorny, Mathilde deFrance1863 
ArtistBrooks, RomaineUS1874Natalie Barney
ArtistLeyendecker, J.C.Germany1874Arrow Collar Man
ArtistHartley, MarsdenUS1877“Log Jam”
ArtistDemuth, CharlesUS1883Watercolors
ArtistGrant, DuncanScotland1885Queen Mary (rejected)
ArtistCadmus, PaulUS1904The Fleet’s In!
ArtistDalí, SalvadorSpain1904Surrealist paintings
ArtistKahlo, FridaMexico1907Self-portraits
ArtistBacon, FrancisIreland1909Pope Innocent X
ArtistBacon, FrancisIreland1909Novum Organum
ArtistGysin, BrionUK1916The dreamachine
ArtistRivers, LarryUS1923Abstract Paintings
ArtistRauschenberg, RobertUS1925Album cover for Talking Heads
ArtistWarhol, AndyUS1928Brillo boxes
ArtistJohns, JasperUS1930Three Flags
ArtistSmith, JackUS1932 
ArtistHodgkin, HowardUK1932New Worlds postage stamp
ArtistBachardy, DonUS1934Portraits of Christopher Isherwood
ArtistHebborn, EricUK1934Master forger
ArtistHockney, DavidUK1937Opera sets
ArtistHaring, KeithUS1958Swatch watch design
ArtistKidd, ChipUS1964 
AthleteTilden, BillUS1893Tennis champion
AthleteJacobs, HelenUS1908 
AthleteZaharias, Babe DidriksonUS1911Founder of the LPGA
AthleteMills, FreddieUK1919Boxing champion
AthleteRichards, RenéeUS1934 
AthleteWaddell, TomUS1937Decathlon champion
AthleteGriffith, EmileVirgin Islands1938Middleweight boxing champ
AthleteSmith, JerryUS1941All-pro tight end
AthleteKopay, DavidUS1942NFL running back
AthleteKing, Billie JeanUS1943Won Wimbledon six times
AthleteJenner, CaitlynUS1949 
AthleteCurry, JohnUK1949Olympic and world champion
AthleteBurke, GlennUS1952L.A. Dodgers outfielder
AthleteNavrátilová, MartinaCzechoslovakia1956Won Wimbledon nine times
AthleteSimmons, RoyUS1957NY Giants offensive tackle
AthleteLieberman, NancyUS1958Basketball silver medal
AthleteLouganis, GregUS1960Olympic gold medal winner
AthleteFashanu, JustinUK1961Top British footballer
AthleteLeduc, MarkCanada1964Olympic boxer
AthleteTuaolo, EseraUS1968Super Bowl
AthleteThomas, GarethWales1974 
AthleteMauresmo, AmélieFrance1979World number one female tennis player Player
AthleteKenkhuis, JohanNetherlands1980Olympic bronze medal
AthleteCruz, OrlandoUS1981 
AthleteMitcham, MatthewAustralia1988Olympic gold medal
AthleteGlenn, AmberUS1999 
AttorneyBaty, ThomasUK1869 
AttorneyCohn, RoyUS1927US Senate HUAC counsel
AttorneyLehman, BruceUS1945Lawyer of the Year
AuthorVarchi, BenedettoItaly1503Storia di Firenze
AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deFrance1533Essais
AuthorIhara SaikakuJapan1642Koshoku ichidai otoko
AuthorWalpole, HoraceUK1717The Castle of Otranto
AuthorButler, EleanorUK1739Diaries
AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryUK1759Vindication of the Rights of Women
AuthorBeckford, WilliamUK1760Vathek
AuthorStaël, Madame deSwitzerland1766Corinne
AuthorCustine, Marquis deFrance1790Empire of the Czar
AuthorSand, GeorgeFrance1804Elle et Lui
AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianDenmark1805The Ugly Duckling
AuthorGogol, NikolaiUkraine1809Dead Souls
AuthorMelville, HermanUS1819Moby-Dick
AuthorTaylor, BayardUS1825Joseph and His Friend
AuthorUlrichs, KarlGermany1825Early gay rights activist
AuthorAlger, HoratioUS1832Ragged Dick
AuthorButler, SamuelUK1835Erewhon
AuthorPater, WalterUK1839History Of The Renaissance
AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonUK1840Renaissance in Italy
AuthorJames, HenryUS1843The Golden Bowl
AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenUS1843Cruising Under Crescent
AuthorCarpenter, EdwardUK1844The Healing of Nations
AuthorChopin, KateUS1851Bayou Folk
AuthorWilde, OscarIreland1854The Importance of Being Earnest
AuthorCorelli, MarieUK1855Memoirs
AuthorPaget, VioletUK1856Hauntings
AuthorFuller, Henry BlakeUS1857The Cliff-Dwellers
AuthorLagerlöf, SelmaSweden1858Nobel Prize
AuthorBarrie, James M.Scotland1860Peter Pan
AuthorRolfe, Frederick WilliamUK1860Hadrian the Seventh
AuthorWharton, EdithUS1862Keeping up with the Joneses
AuthorCouperus, LouisNetherlands1863De Berg van Licht
AuthorHamilton, EdithGermany1867Mythology
AuthorIves, GeorgeGermany1867Order of Chaeronea
AuthorDouglas, NormanAustria1868South Wind
AuthorHirschfeld, MagnusGermany1868Sexual History of the World
Authorde Pougy, LianeFrance1869 
AuthorGide, AndréFrance1869Nobel Prize for Literature
AuthorDouglas, AlfredUK1870Oscar Wilde’s lover
AuthorSakiMyanmar1870Reginald
AuthorProust, MarcelFrance1871In Search of Lost Time
AuthorCather, WillaUS1873Pulitzer Prize
AuthorColette, Sidonie-GabrielleFrance1873Cheri
AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetUK1874The Razor’s Edge
AuthorStein, GertrudeUS1874How to Write
AuthorCrowley, AleisterUK1875The Book of The Law
AuthorMann, ThomasGermany1875Death in Venice
AuthorJacob, MaxFrance1876La Défense de Tartuffe
AuthorToklas, Alice B.US1877Autobiography
AuthorForster, E.M.UK1879Passage to India
AuthorLuhan, Mabel DodgeUS1879Backgrounds
AuthorFersen, Baron AdelswärdFrance1880Hymnaire d’Adonis
AuthorGrimké, Angelina WeldUS1880Rachel
AuthorHall, RadclyffeUK1880Well of Loneliness
AuthorStrachey, LyttonUK1880Eminent Victorians
AuthorWoolf, VirginiaUK1882Mrs. Dalloway
AuthorWalpole, HughNew Zealand1884Lauritz Melchior
AuthorFirbank, RonaldUK1886Inspired Joe Orton
AuthorSassoon, SiegfriedUK1886The Weald of Youth
AuthorWinsloe, ChristaGermany1888The Child Manuela
AuthorBarnes, DjunaUS1892Nightwood
AuthorSackville-West, VitaUK1892All Passion Spent
AuthorSitwell, OsbertUK1892Autobiography
AuthorAcosta, Mercedes deFrance1893Conquered Marlene Dietrich and GretaGarbo
AuthorGadda, Carlo EmilioItaly1893Il Castello di Udine
AuthorWarner, Sylvia TownsendUK1893Mr. Fortune’s Maggot
AuthorAckerley, J.R.UK1896My Dog Tulip
AuthorMontherlant, Henry deFrance1896Les Olympiques
AuthorWaugh, AlecUK1898Invented the cocktail party
AuthorGreen, JulienFrance1900 
AuthorArvin, NewtonUS1900Biography of Melville
AuthorCrevel, RenéFrance1900Dadaist
AuthorNin, AnaïsFrance1903Novel of the Future
AuthorPlomer, WilliamSouth Africa1903Turbott Wolfe
AuthorRowse, A.L.UK1903Homosexuals in History
AuthorWaugh, EvelynUK1903Brideshead Revisited
AuthorYourcenar, MargueriteBelgium1903Memoirs of Hadrian
AuthorIsherwood, ChristopherUK1904Cabaret
AuthorStryjkowski, JulianPoland1905 
AuthorRenault, MaryUK1905The Charioteer
AuthorAuden, W.H.UK1907National Medal for Literature
Authordu Maurier, DaphneUK1907The Birds
AuthorPeyrefitte, RogerFrance1907Les Amitiés Particulières
AuthorFord, Charles HenriUS1908 
AuthorCrisp, QuentinUK1908Naked Civil Servant
AuthorBowles, PaulUS1910The Sheltering Sky
AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseUS1910Goodnight Moon
AuthorGenet, JeanFrance1910The Blacks
AuthorGoodman, PaulUS1911Growing Up Absurd
AuthorCheever, JohnUS1912Falconer
AuthorWhite, PatrickUK1912Nobel Prize for Literature
AuthorBurroughs, William S.US1914Naked Lunch
AuthorWelch, DentonChina1915Maiden Voyage
AuthorClarke, Arthur C.UK1917 
AuthorSusann, JacquelineUS1918Valley of the Dolls
AuthorMurdoch, IrisIreland1919Under the Net
AuthorDennis, PatrickUS1921Auntie Mame
AuthorHighsmith, PatriciaUS1921Strangers on a Train
AuthorKerouac, JackUS1922On The Road
AuthorBaldwin, JamesUS1924Giovanni’s Room
AuthorCapote, TrumanUS1924In Cold Blood
AuthorKirkwood Jr., JamesUS1924A Chorus Line
AuthorMishima YukioJapan1925Sun and Steel
AuthorVidal, GoreUS1925The City and The Pillar
AuthorSendak, MauriceUS1928 
AuthorChester, AlfredUS1928Jamie Is My Hearts Desire
AuthorBrophy, BrigidUK1929Hackenfeller’s Ape
AuthorRule, JaneCanada1931The Desert Of The Heart
AuthorPuig, ManuelArgentina1932Kiss of the Spider Woman
AuthorSontag, SusanUS1933AIDS And Its Metaphors
AuthorMillett, KateUS1934Sexual Politics
AuthorRechy, JohnUS1934City Of Night
AuthorFichte, HubertGermany1935The History of Sensibility
AuthorWhite, MelUS1940Jerry Falwell’s ghost writer
AuthorSpoto, DonaldUS1941Alfred Hitchcock and Preston Sturges Biogrpahies
AuthorDelany, Samuel R.US1942Jewels of Aptor
AuthorKobal, JohnAustria1942John Kobal Presents The Top 100 Movies
AuthorBrown, Rita MaeUS1944Rubyfruit Jungle
AuthorFlagg, FannieUS1944Fried Green Tomatoes
AuthorMaupin, ArmisteadUS1944Tales Of The City
AuthorWalker, AliceUS1944The Color Purple
AuthorMonette, PaulUS1945National Book Award
AuthorPaglia, CamilleUS1947Sexual Personae
AuthorTobias, AndrewUS1947Managing Your Money
AuthorAckroyd, PeterUK1949London: The Biography
AuthorCornwell, PatriciaUS1956Postmortem
AuthorSedaris, DavidUS1956Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
AuthorFry, StephenUK1957The Liar
AuthorWinterson, JeanetteUK1959Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
AuthorLeavitt, DavidUS1961Lost Language of Cranes
BroadcasterBruce, TammyUS1962Tammy Bruce Show
BroadcasterMaddow, RachelUS1973The Rachel Maddow Show
BusinesspersonCoxe, TenchUS1755Delegate to Continental Congress
BusinesspersonRhodes, CecilUK1853Diamond mines
BusinesspersonKrupp, Friedrich A.Germany1854Munitions factories
BusinesspersonWarren, Edward PerryUS1860Boston Museum of Fine Arts
BusinesspersonRathenau, WaltherGermany1867Foreign Minister
BusinesspersonGregory, MaundyUK1877 
BusinesspersonArden, ElizabethUK1878Cosmetics
BusinesspersonMaxwell, ElsaUS1883Famous parties
BusinesspersonBeach, SylviaUS1887Shakespeare & Company
BusinesspersonReith, JohnScotland1889First Chairman of BBC
BusinesspersonHughes, HowardUS1905Hughes Aircraft
BusinesspersonCooper, DouglasUK1911Patron of the arts
BusinesspersonWillson, HenryUS1911Beefcake
BusinesspersonBillings, LemUS1916Fizzies
BusinesspersonBernbaum, GlennUS1922 
BusinesspersonGaron, JayUS1924 
BusinesspersonHormel, JamesUS1931Ambassador to Luxembourg
BusinesspersonDavis, CliveUS1932 
BusinesspersonEpstein, BrianUK1933Managed the Beatles
BusinesspersonWayne, RonaldUS1934 
BusinesspersonLimato, EdUS1936 
BusinesspersonBoone Jr., AshleyUS1939President of Distribution at Fox
BusinesspersonNapier-Bell, SimonUK1939Wham! Manager
BusinesspersonGallin, SandyUS1940Superagent
BusinesspersonObletz, PeterUS1946 
BusinesspersonKalkin, GaryUS1950Disney Vice President
BusinesspersonRothblatt, MartineUS1954 
BusinesspersonCook, TimUS1960 
BusinesspersonAlli, WaheedUK1964The Big Breakfast
BusinesspersonThiel, PeterGermany1967 
BusinesspersonDave, GTUS1977 
BusinesspersonAltman, SamUS1985 
ChefBeard, JamesUS1903Cookbooks
ChefClaiborne, CraigUS1920Cookbooks
ChefFeniger, SusanUS1953City Restaurant
ChoreographerShawn, TedUS1891Dance We Must
ChoreographerNikolais, AlwinUS1912National Medal of Arts
ChoreographerRobbins, JeromeUS1918West Side Story
ChoreographerCunningham, MerceUS1919Fielding the Sixes
ChoreographerLouis, MurrayUS1926Dance as an art form
ChoreographerChazot, JacquesFrance1928Star dancer at Opera Comique
ChoreographerAiley, AlvinUS1931American Dance Theatre
ChoreographerBennett, MichaelUS1943A Chorus Line
ChoreographerBourne, MatthewUK1960Swan Lake
CinematographerAlmendros, NéstorSpain1930Oscar for cinematography
ClericKūkaiJapan774Shingon and shudo
ClericBenedict IXItaly1012Pope
ClericAnselm, SaintItaly1033Archbishop of Canterbury
ClericMarbodFrance1035Bishop of Rennes
ClericBaldric of DolFrance1046Archbishop of Dol
ClericRalph, ArchbishopFrance1050Archbishop of Tours
ClericLongchamp, WilliamUK1140Bishop of Ely
ClericSixtus IVItaly1414Pope
ClericPaul IIItaly1417Pope
ClericJulius IIItaly1443Pope
ClericErasmus, DesideriusNetherlands1466Greek New Testament
ClericLeo XItaly1475Pope
ClericJulius IIIItaly1487Pope
ClericCarlini, BenedettaItaly1590 
ClericBennett, John C.US1804Chief advisor to Joseph Smith, Jr.
ClericBeecher, Henry WardUS1813Seven Lectures to Young Men
ClericSpellman, F. CardinalUS1889Archbishop of New York
ClericRawcliffe, DerekUK1921Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
ClericBoyd, MalcolmUS1923Running With Me, Jesus?
ClericGalley Jr., Howard E.US1929Book of Common Prayer
ClericJudge, MychalUS1933Chaplain FDNY
ClericBakker, JimUS1939The PTL Club
ClericHope, Dr. DavidUK1941Archbishop of York
ClericRobinson, GeneUS1947Bishop of New Hampshire
ClericsSerge and BacchusRome-280Saints
ComedianChapman, GrahamUK1941Monty Python
ComedianDeGeneres, EllenUS1958Ellen
ComedianO'Donnell, RosieUS1962The Queen of Nice
ComedianNorton, GrahamIreland1963So Graham Norton
ComedianCho, MargaretUS1968All American Girl
ComposerAssoucy, Charles Coypeau d'France1605 
ComposerLully, Jean-BaptisteFrance1632Alceste
ComposerHandel, George FridericGermany1685Messiah
ComposerChopin, FredericPoland1810“Minute Waltz”
ComposerFoster, StephenUS1826“Oh! Susanna”
ComposerGottschalk, Louis MoreauUS1829“Cakewalk”
ComposerSaint-Saëns, CamilleFrance1835“Danse Macabre”
ComposerMussorgsky, ModestRussia1839Pictures at an Exhibition
ComposerTchaikovsky, PeterRussia1840Swan Lake
ComposerSmyth, Dame EthelUK1858The Wreckers
ComposerHahn, ReynaldoVenezuela1874Director of Paris Opera
ComposerRavel, MauriceFrance1875Bolero
ComposerFalla, Manuel deSpain1876El Amor Brujo
ComposerSzymanowski, KarolUkraine1882King Roger
ComposerGriffes, Charles TomlinsonUS1884Symphony in Yellow
ComposerPorter, ColeUS1891“Let’s Do It”
ComposerHart, LorenzUS1895Rodgers and Hart musicals
ComposerThomson, VirgilUS1896Four Saints in Three Acts
ComposerCowell, HenryUS1897Tone clusters
ComposerPoulenc, FrancisFrance1899Les Biches
ComposerCopland, AaronUS1900Billy the Kid
ComposerBarber, SamuelUS1910“Adagio for Strings”
ComposerMenotti, Gian CarloItaly1911The Island God
ComposerCage, JohnUS19124’ 33”
ComposerBritten, BenjaminUK1913Young Person’s Guide
ComposerStrayhorn, BillyUS1915“Take the A Train”
ComposerRorem, NedUS1923Nantucket Songs
ComposerHoiby, LeeUS1926The Scarf
ComposerSondheim, StephenUS1930Into The Woods
ComposerApolinar, DannyUS1934“Your Own Thing”
ComposerAllen, PeterAustralia1944“I Go to Rio”
ComposerAshman, HowardUS1950Oscar: The Little Mermaid
ComposerShaiman, MarcUS1959“Blame Canada”
ConductorMitropoulos, DimitriGreece1896New York Philharmonic
ConductorBernstein, LeonardUS1918West Side Story
ConductorSchippers, ThomasUS1930Spoleto
ConductorTilson-Thomas, MichaelUS1944San Francisco Symphony
ConsortAntinousTurkey111Became a god
CriminalKray, RonnieUK1933The Kray Twins
CriticAgate, JamesUK1877Ego
DancerDuncan, IsadoraUS1877Modern Dance
DancerNijinsky, VaslavUkraine1890Les Sylphides
DancerMassine, LéonideRussia1896The Red Shoes
DancerLifar, SergeUkraine1904Paris Opera Ballet
DancerNureyev, RudolfRussia1938Ken Russell’s Valentino
DancerTune, TommyUS1939Nine Tonys
DancerMorris, MarkUS1956MacArthur Grant
DesignerChanel, CocoFrance1883Chanel No. 5
DesignerErtéRussia1892Art Deco
DesignerOrry-Kelly, JohnAustralia1897Three Oscars and Cary Grant's lover
DesignerPlunkett, WalterUS1902Gone With The Wind
DesignerDior, ChristianFrance1905 
DesignerWright, RussellUS1905American Modern Dinnerware
DesignerSharaff, IreneUS1910Five Oscars
DesignerCardin, PierreItaly1922Neckties
DesignerGernreich, RudiAustria1922Topless bathing suit
DesignerHalston, RoyUS1932Couture
DesignerArmani, GiorgioItaly1934 
DesignerSt. Laurent, YvesAlgeria1936Couture
DesignerMackie, BobUS1939Sultan of Sequins
DesignerEllis, PerryUS1940Ties
DesignerKlein, CalvinUS1942Underwear
DesignerVersace, GianniItaly1946Clothing line
DesignerJohnson, JedUS1948 
DesignerSmith, WilliUS1948Willi Wear
DesignerFord, TomUS1961 
DesignerMizrahi, IsaacUS1961Unzipped
DesignerOldham, ToddUS1962Ivana Trump’s dresses
DirectorMurnau, F.W.Germany1888Nosferatu
DirectorSagan, LeontineAustria1889Mädchen in Uniform
DirectorWhale, JamesUK1889Frankenstein
DirectorGoulding, EdmundUK1891Oscar: Grand Hotel
DirectorArzner, DorothyUS1897Dance, Girl, Dance
DirectorEisenstein, SergeiLatvia1898Potemkin
DirectorLeisen, MitchellUS1898Swing High, Swing Low
DirectorCukor, GeorgeUS1899Oscar: My Fair Lady
DirectorAsquith, AnthonyUK1902The Importance Of Being Earnest
DirectorMinnelli, VincenteUS1903Oscar: Gigi
DirectorVigo, JeanFrance1905Zero de Conduite
DirectorVisconti, Count LuchinoItaly1906Palme D’Or: The Leopard
DirectorRay, NicholasUS1911Rebel Without a Cause
DirectorWalters, CharlesUS1911Easter Parade
DirectorPasolini, Pier PaoloItaly1922Decameron
DirectorAnderson, LindsayIndia1923Oscar: Thursday’s Children
DirectorZeffirelli, FrancoItaly1923Romeo and Juliet
DirectorWood, EdUS1924Plan 9 From Outer Space
DirectorSchlesinger, JohnUK1926Oscar: Midnight Cowboy
DirectorAnger, KennethUS1927Scorpio Rising
DirectorIvory, JamesUS1928Oscar: Howard’s End
DirectorRichardson, TonyUK1928Oscar: Tom Jones
DirectorBridges, JamesUS1936The China Syndrome
DirectorBartel, PaulUS1938Eating Raoul
DirectorSchumacher, JoelUS1939Flatliners
DirectorHiggins, ColinNew Caledonia1941Harold and Maude (Writer)
DirectorJarman, DerekUK1942Queer Edward II
DirectorArdolino, EmileUS1943Sister Act, Dirty Dancing
DirectorDavies, TerenceUK1945Distant Voices, Still Lives
DirectorFassbinder, Rainer WernerGermany1946Querelle
DirectorWaters, JohnUS1946Polyester
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