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Albrecht BehmelArtist · PaintingsAlbrecht Behmel (born 24 March 1971) is a German artist, novelist, historian, non-fiction writer and award-winning playwright.
Alexander MitscherlichAuthor · BooksAlexander Harbord Mitscherlich (20 September 1908 – 26 June 1982) was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Alpha CondéAuthor · BooksAlpha Condé (N'Ko: ߊߟߑߝߊ߫ ߞߐ߲ߘߍ߫; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021.
Andrea SawatzkiPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrea Sawatzki (born 23 February 1963) is a German actress. From 2002 to 2010 she starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police…
Aubrey BeardsleyIllustrator · IllustrationAubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 187216 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author.
August von Platen-HallermündeAuthor · BooksKarl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermünde (24 October 17965 December 1835) was a German poet and dramatist. In German he mostly is called Graf (Count) Platen.
Auguste HerbinDesigner · Modern designAuguste Herbin (29 April 1882 – 31 January 1960) was a French painter of modern art. He is best known for his Cubist and abstract paintings consisting of colorful geometric figures.
Berthe Hoola van NootenIllustrator · IllustrationBerthe Hoola van Nooten (née Bartha Hendrica Philippina van Dolder; 12 October 1817 in Utrecht – 12 April 1892 in Tanah Abang) was a Dutch botanical artist, noted for her botanical plates…
Billie HolidayPerson · Music memorabiliaBillie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.
Bob DylanArtist · PaintingsBob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Bobby ToddPerson · Film memorabiliaBobby Todd (22 June 1904 – 7 September 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1961.
Bruce ChatwinPhotographer · PhotographyCharles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist.
Carl Heinrich StratzPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Heinrich Stratz (14 June 1858 in Odessa – 21 April 1924 in the Hague) was a German-Russian gynecologist who was one of the first to research human growth and development.
Carlos PachecoArtist · Comics and comic artCarlos Pacheco Perujo (14 November 1961 – 9 November 2022) was a Spanish comics penciller.
Charles BukowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaHenry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Christian TramitzPerson · Film memorabiliaChristian Tramitz (born 13 July 1955) is a German actor and comedian.
Christiane F.Person · Film memorabiliaChristiane Vera Felscherinow (born 20 May 1962) is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1978 autobiographical book Zoo Station: The Story of…
Christine NeubauerPerson · Film memorabilia
Claude SautetPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Cressida CowellIllustrator · IllustrationCressida Cowell (née Hare, born 15 April 1966) is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as…
Elisabetta GnoneArtist · Comics and comic artElisabetta Gnone (born 13 November 1965) is an Italian writer. She is best known as the co-creator of the Italian comic series W.I.T.C.H.
Erich LudendorffAuthor · BooksErich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a Prussian-born German general and politician.
Federico FelliniAuthor · BooksFederico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness.
Franz Theodor KuglerArtist · PaintingsFranz Theodor Kugler (19 January 1808, Stettin – 18 March 1858, Berlin) was an art historian and cultural administrator for the Prussian state.
Frederick John KieslerArtist · SculptureFrederick Jacob Kiesler (September 22, 1890 – December 27, 1965) was an Austrian-American architect, theoretician, theater designer, artist and sculptor.
Friedrich SpeePerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Spee (also Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld; February 25, 1591 – August 7, 1635) was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch…
George BarbierDesigner · FashionGeorge Barbier (lang), né Georges Augustin Barbier, (1882–1932) was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century.
Gottfried BennAuthor · BooksGottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Han SuyinAuthor · Books
Heidi KabelPerson · Film memorabiliaHeidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (German: [ˈhaɪdiː ˈkaːbl̩]; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician.
Henry PurcellPerson · Music memorabiliaHenry Purcell (rare; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era.
Ibn TaymiyyahAuthor · BooksIbn Taymiyya (22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328)[9] was a Sunni Muslim scholar,[10] jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafist theologian and iconoclast.
IhsahnPerson · Music memorabiliaVegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn, is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his…
Ingrid Vang NymanIllustrator · IllustrationIngrid Vang Nyman (21 August 1916 – 13 December 1959) was a Danish illustrator noted for her work on the Pippi Longstocking books of which she was the original illustrator.
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
James JoyceAuthor · BooksJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.
James Montgomery FlaggArtist · Comics and comic artJames Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator.
Jaroslav HašekAuthor · BooksJaroslav Hašek (30 April 1883 – 3 January 1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the…
Jean RenoirPerson · Film memorabiliaJean Renoir (lang; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author.
Jim StarlinArtist · Comics and comic artJames P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel…
Johann Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Tobias Mayer (5 May 1752 – 30 November 1830) was a German physicist.
John UpdikeAuthor · BooksJohn Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
Karl MoserDesigner · DesignKarl Coelestin Moser (10 August 1860 – 28 February 1936) was a Swiss architect and professor who became known in Switzerland as the "father of modern architecture".
Kevin HartPerson · Music memorabiliaKevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. After winning several stand-up comedy competitions, Hart had his first breakthrough when Judd Apatow cast him in a…
Klaus EbnerAuthor · BooksKlaus Ebner (born 8 August 1964) is an Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He started submitting stories to magazines in the 1980s, and also publi
Krzysztof KieślowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaKrzysztof Kieślowski (27 June 1941 – 14 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter.
Leonard CohenPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist.
Luchino ViscontiAuthor · BooksLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter.
Marco FerreriPerson · Film memorabiliaMarco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films…
Martina SchettinaArtist · SculptureMartina Schettina (born 1961) is an Austrian artist. The main part of her work is Mathematical art.
Matt GroeningArtist · Comics and comic artMatthew Abram Groening (GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist and animator.
Naguib MahfouzAuthor · BooksNaguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Otto BauerAuthor · BooksOtto Bauer (5 September 1881 – 4 July 1938) was an Austrian politician who was one of the founders and leading thinkers of the Austromarxists who sought a middle ground between social…
Pénélope BagieuArtist · Comics and comic artPénélope Bagieu (born 22 January 1982, Paris) is a French illustrator and comic designer.
Pete TownshendPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician and songwriter.
Peter O'ToolePerson · Film memorabiliaPeter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English and Irish actor.
Phyllis LambertDesigner · DesignPhyllis Barbara Lambert (née Bronfman; born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
Pierre de MarivauxAuthor · BooksPierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (lang; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
Princess Alexandra of BavariaAuthor · BooksPrincess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria (26 August 1826 – 21 September 1875) was a German princess and writer.
Raoul ServaisArtist · Comics and comic artRaoul Servais (lang; 1 May 1928 – 17 March 2023) was a Belgian filmmaker, animator and comics artist.
Rose AusländerAuthor · BooksRose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English.
Ruth-Maria KubitschekPerson · Film memorabiliaRuth Maria Kubitschek (2 August 1931 – 1 June 2024) was a German actress born in Czechoslovakia.
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
SapphoAuthor · Books630 – c. 570 BC) was an ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
Sarah ConnorPerson · Music memorabiliaSarah Terenzi-Fischer (born Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe; 13 June 1980), known professionally as Sarah Connor, is a German pop singer.
ShagrathPerson · Music memorabiliaStian Tomt Thoresen (born 18 November 1976), known professionally as Shagrath, is a Norwegian musician.
Theo van DoesburgArtist · SculptureTheo van Doesburg (born Christian Emil Marie Küpper; 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch painter, writer, poet, and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.
Uno ÅhrénDesigner · DesignUno Åhrén (6 August 1897 – 8 October 1977) was a Swedish architect and city planner, and a leading proponent of functionalism in Sweden.
Victoria FrancésArtist · PaintingsVictoria Francés (born October 25, 1982) is a Spanish illustrator.[1]
Ville ValoPerson · Music memorabiliaVille Hermanni Valo (born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM.
Werner HerzogPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Munich.
Wilhelm IIArtist · PaintingsWilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.
Yoshitoki ŌimaArtist · Comics and comic artYoshitoki Ōima is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.

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