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20th-century pedagogues

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Ādolfs SkultePerson · Music memorabiliaĀdolfs Skulte (28 October 1909 – 20 March 2000) was a Latvian composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979).
Agustín YáñezAuthor · Books
Ahmet DavutoğluAuthor · BooksAhmet Davutoğlu (born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party…
Aida StuckiPerson · Music memorabiliaAida Stucki (February 19, 1921June 9, 2011) was a Swiss violinist and music teacher.
Aleksandr PtushkoPerson · Film memorabiliaAleksandr Lukich Ptushko (– 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
Aleksandra AntonovaAuthor · BooksAleksandra Andreevna Antonova (Sandra Antonova; 5 May 1932 – 8 October 2014) was a Russian–Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet and translator.
Alenka Rebula TutaAuthor · BooksAlenka Rebula Tuta (born April 14, 1954) is a Slovene writer, poet, applied psychologist and a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy.
Aleš VeselýArtist · SculptureAleš Veselý (3 February 1935 – 14 December 2015) was a Czech sculptor, graphic artist, painter and academy teacher.
Alexander GordonPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexander Garrievich Gordon (born February 20, 1964) is a Russian radio and television presenter, journalist, actor and director. He has worked on "NTV" channel and "Channel One".
Alice Herz-SommerAuthor · BooksAlice Herz-Sommer (née Herz; 26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration…
Almaz MonasypovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlmaz Monasypov (1925–2008) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Tatar origin. He was an art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1987), People's Artist of the…
Amos OzAuthor · BooksAmos Oz (born Amos Klausner (עמוס קלוזנר); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual.
Andrej BagarAuthor · BooksAndrej Bagar (29 October 1900 – 31 July 1966) was a Slovak film and theatre actor and theatre director. He appeared in 16 films between 1935 and 1965.
Anne MichaelsAuthor · BooksAnne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries.
Antoni BohdziewiczPerson · Film memorabiliaAntoni Bohdziewicz (11 September 1906 – 20 October 1970) was a Polish screenplay writer and director, best known for his 1956 adaptation of Zemsta by Aleksander Fredro.
Antonie HegerlíkováPerson · Film memorabiliaAntonie Hegerlíková (27 November 1923 – 11 December 2012) was a Czech actress, whose career in film, television and theatre endured for more than seventy years.
Aryeh EliavAuthor · BooksAryeh "Lova" Eliav (21 November 1921 – 30 May 2010) was an Israeli politician, author, intellectual and peace and social activist.
Barry GalbraithPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Benjamin MazarAuthor · BooksBenjamin Mazar (born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists.
Bořek ŠípekArtist · SilverIllustration — Bořek Šípek in 2014
Boris YukhananovAuthor · BooksBoris Yuryevich Yukhananov (30 September 1957 – 5 August 2025) was a Russian stage, film and television director, theatre educator and theorist.
Břetislav PojarIllustrator · IllustrationBřetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films.
Brian FerneyhoughPerson · Music memorabiliaBrian John Peter Ferneyhough[1] (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement.[3] Ferneyhough has…
Bruno MantovaniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Bruno Mantovani
Bruno NuyttenPerson · Film memorabiliaBruno Nuytten (born 28 August 1945) is a French cinematographer turned director.
Chance ThomasPerson · Music memorabiliaChance Thomas is an American composer, author, and entrepreneur. His music has received critical acclaim and c
Claude Lévi-StraussPhotographer · PhotographyClaude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009)[4][5] was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of…
Czesław MiłoszAuthor · BooksCzesław Miłosz (USalso; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Daisaku IkedaAuthor · Books2 January 1928 – 15 November 2023 was a Japanese Buddhist leader, author, educator and nuclear disarmament advocate.
Dan ArielyAuthor · BooksDan Ariely (born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American author and professor of business administration at Duke University.
Dan BrownAuthor · BooksDaniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer best known for his thriller novels, particularly the Robert Langdon series Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003),…
Eduard OvčáčekIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Ovčáček in 2017
Emili TeixidorAuthor · BooksEmili Teixidor i Viladecàs (22 December 1932 – 19 June 2012) was a Catalan writer, journalist and pedagogue.
Erika RosenbergAuthor · BooksErika Rosenberg (born 24 June 1951) is an Argentine author, interpreter and journalist. She wrote a biography of Emilie Schindler.
Eugen SuchoňPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Eugen Suchoň (c.
Évelyne TrouillotAuthor · BooksÉvelyne Trouillot (born January 2, 1954) is a Haitian author, writing in French and Creole.
Ferenc GyurcsányAuthor · Books
František RauchPerson · Music memorabiliaFrantišek Rauch (4 February 1910 – 23 September 1996) was a Czech pianist and music teacher.
Fred JüssiPhotographer · PhotographyFred Jüssi (29 January 1935 – 1 December 2024) was an Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.
Fyodor DruzhininPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — The grave of Fyodor Druzhinin
Fyodor KhitrukArtist · PaintingsFyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (18 April3 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian animator, animation director, screenwriter and pedagogue.
Gary GraffmanPerson · Music memorabiliaGary Graffman (October 14, 1928 – December 27, 2025) was an American classical pianist, teacher and administrator.
Gary PeacockPerson · Music memorabiliaGary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist.
Geoffrey SquiresAuthor · BooksGeoffrey Squires (born 16 November 1942, in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish poet who works in what might loosely be termed the modernist tradition.
Gerald FinziPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was an English composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres.
Gilbert AmyPerson · Music memorabiliaGilbert Claude Adolphe Amy (born 29 August 1936) is a French composer and conductor.
Guðrið HansdóttirPerson · Music memorabiliaGuðrið Hansdóttir (born 6 October 1980) is a Faroese singer, songwriter, composer, and musician.
Hal GalperPerson · Music memorabiliaHarold Galper (April 18, 1938 – July 18, 2025) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer.
Henryk Mikolaj GóreckiPerson · Music memorabiliaHenryk Mikołaj Górecki (6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
Hilde SchrammAuthor · BooksHilde Schramm (Speer; born 17 April 1936) is a German politician for Alliance 90/The Greens.
Hugo HaasPerson · Film memorabiliaHugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films from 1926 to 1962 and directed 20 films from 1933 to 1962.
Ilja HurníkPerson · Music memorabiliaIlja Hurník (25 November 1922 – 7 September 2013) was a Czech composer and essayist.
Ilya GlazunovArtist · PaintingsIlya Sergeyevich Glazunov (10 June 1930 – 9 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian artist from Saint Petersburg.
Ivan MozgovenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Panteleyevich Mozgovenko (13 February 1924 – 31 December 2021) was a Soviet and Russian clarinetist and music teacher.
Ivan PyryevPerson · Film memorabiliaIvan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.
Jan EnglertPerson · Film memorabiliaJan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957.
Jan KačerPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and theatrical director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 onwards.
Jana BouškováPerson · Music memorabiliaJana Boušková (born 27 September 1970) is a Czech harpist and pedagogue. She has been the principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic since 2005.
Jean-Luc RaharimananaAuthor · BooksJean-Luc Raharimanana (born June 26, 1967, Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Malagasy novelist, essayist, poet, and playwright.
Jiří PauerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jiří Pauer
Jiří StivínPerson · Music memorabiliaJiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague) is a Czech flute player and composer.
Jitka SvobodováArtist · Comics and comic artJitka Svobodová (9 September 1941 – 15 May 2023) was a Czech sculptor, painter and academic.
Joe NewmanPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Dwight Newman (September 7, 1922 – July 4, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known as a musician who worked with Count Basie during two periods.
John Taylor GattoAuthor · BooksJohn Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 – October 25, 2018) was an American author, school teacher, and public figure.
Joonas KokkonenPerson · Music memorabiliaJoonas Kokkonen (13 November 1921 – 2 October 1996) was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius;
Josef SukPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist.
Julia CameronPerson · Film memorabiliaJulia B. Cameron (born March 4, 1948) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist.
Kenny BarronPerson · Music memorabiliaKenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential…
Konstantin RaikinPerson · Film memorabiliaKonstantin Arkadyevich Raikin (July 8, 1950) is a Russian actor and theatre director, the head of the Moscow Satyricon Theatre (since 1988).
Kurt WeillPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Julian Weill (German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United…
Ladislav FialkaPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Fialka around 1983
László DarvasiAuthor · BooksLászló Darvasi (born 17 October 1962) is a Hungarian poet, playwright and columnist. He also writes under the pseudonym Ernő Szív.
Lea AckermannAuthor · BooksLea Ackermann (2 February 1937 – 31 October 2023) was a German Catholic nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, an activist fighting sex tourism and forced prostitution, first…
Lev KulidzhanovPerson · Film memorabiliaLev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (19 March 1924 – 17 February 2002, also Lev Aleksandri Kulijanyan) was a Soviet and Armenian film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov…
Lindsay KempPerson · Film memorabiliaLindsay Keith Kemp (3 May 1938 – 24 August 2018) was a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer.
Lisette ModelPhotographer · PhotographyLisette Model (born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern; November 10, 1901 – March 30, 1983) was an Austrian-born American photographer primarily known for the frank humanism of her street…
Luciano BerioPerson · Music memorabiliaLuciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular Sequenza, his series of solo pieces using extended techniques, and his…
Maja KomorowskaPerson · Film memorabiliaMaja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film, stage and television actress.
Mario LivioAuthor · BooksThe Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002)
Marlen KhutsievPerson · Film memorabiliaMarlen Martynovich Khutsiev (4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and…
Martin FričPerson · Film memorabiliaMartin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor.
Martin RajnišDesigner · Modern designMartin Rajniš (born 16 May 1944) is a Czech architect, urbanist and professor. His architecture design career spans over fifty years and he taught at Academy of Arts, Architecture and…
Maxim VengerovPerson · Music memorabiliaMaxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (born 20 August 1974) is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest violinists in the world".
Michael Bar-ZoharAuthor · BooksMichael Bar-Zohar (born 30 January 1938) is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician.
Michel BouquetPerson · Film memorabiliaMichel François Pierre Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020.
Michel WibléPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Wiblé (24 February 1923 – 4 April 2020) was a Swiss composer and teacher.
Mikayil MushfigAuthor · BooksMikayil Mushfig (Mikayıl Müşfiq, born Mikayil Ismayilzade) (5 June 1908, Baku – 6 January 1938, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s.
Mikhail AnikushinArtist · PaintingsMikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (2 October 1917 – 18 May 1997) was a Soviet and Russian sculptor.
Mikhail RommPerson · Film memorabiliaMikhail Ilyich Romm (– 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He received the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.
Milan BalabánAuthor · BooksIllustration — Balabán in 2010
Neil PostmanAuthor · BooksNeil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile…
Nikolay KolyadaPerson · Film memorabiliaNikolay Vladimirovich Kolyada (also transliterated as Nikolai Koliada; 4 December 1957 – 2 March 2026) was a Russian actor, theatre director, writer, playwright, and teacher.
Noam SheriffPerson · Music memorabiliaNoam Sheriff (7 January 1935 – 2018 8 25) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator, and arranger.
Northrop FryeAuthor · BooksHerman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Oleg PavlovAuthor · BooksOleg Pavlov (Russian: Олег Олегович Павлов; 16 March 1970 – 7 October 2018) was a prominent Russian writer and winner of the Russian Booker Prize.
Otfried PreußlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otfried Preußler (2010)
Peter JilemnickýAuthor · BooksPeter Jilemnický (pseudonyms: Al Arm, Peter Malý, Peter Hron) (March 18, 1901 – May 19, 1949) was a Slovak writer, journalist, educator and Communist politician of Czech origin.
Peter SengeAuthor · BooksPeter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and…
Pierre CochereauPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.
Regina ResnikPerson · Film memorabiliaRegina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
Renata TarragóPerson · Music memorabiliaRenata Tarragó Fábregas (23 October 1927 – 2 August 2005), a Catalan guitarist and vihuelist, was a teacher and performer, both as a solo artist and an accompanist.
Richard BillinghamPhotographer · PhotographyRichard Billingham (born 25 September 1970) is an English photographer and artist, film maker and art teacher.
Robert GlińskiPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Ignacy Gliński (born 17 April 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter.
Robert J HirschPhotographer · PhotographyRobert J. Hirsch (born 1949) is an American artist, curator, educator, historian, and author.
Roman KofmanAuthor · BooksRoman (Avraham) Isaakovych Kofman (15 June 1936 – 24 February 2026) was a Ukrainian conductor, violinist, composer, music educator and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003).
Roswell RuddPerson · Music memorabiliaRoswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer.
Rubem AlvesAuthor · BooksRubem Azevedo Alves (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a Brazilian Presbyterian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst.
Ruben SargsyanPerson · Music memorabiliaRuben Sargsyan, also seen as Sarkisyan (November 22, 1945 – April 6, 2013), was an Armenian composer, laureate of the State Award of Armenia, professor of the Yerevan Komitas State…
Rudolf HrušínskýPerson · Film memorabiliaRudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 13 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of the most popular Czech actors.
Rudolf KehrerPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Kehrer (10 July 192329 October 2013) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.
Rudolf KoelmanPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Koelman (born 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.
Rudolf WittkowerAuthor · BooksRudolf Wittkower (22 June 1901 – 11 October 1971) was a British art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, who spent much of his career in London,…
Sanford MeisnerPerson · Film memorabiliaSanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction known as the Meisner technique.
Sergei GerasimovPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov (21 May 190626 November 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Slava ZaitsevDesigner · FashionVyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev (2 March 1938 – 30 April 2023) was a Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist, and theatrical costume designer.
Stanislav LibenskýDesigner · Modern design
Štěpán RakPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Štěpán Rak in 2019.
Stephen HawkingAuthor · BooksStephen William Hawking (8January 194214March 2018) was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology…
Sterjo SpasseAuthor · BooksSterjo Spasse (14 August 1914 – 12 September 1989) was an Albanian prose writer and novelist.
Tomáš ŠpidlíkAuthor · Books

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