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09.08.1914–27.06.2001
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson (1914–2001) was a Finnish writer, artist, and illustrator renowned for her Moomin series. Born in Helsingborg, she worked across genres including children’s literature, painting, and comics. Jansson died in Helsinki, leaving a lasting cultural legacy.13.09.1874–13.07.1951
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874–1951) was an Austrian-American composer, pedagogue, musicologist, conductor, and publicist. He founded the Second Viennese School and was a leading figure in musical expressionism and the development of twelve-tone technique.05.01.1921–14.12.1990
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) was a Swiss German-speaking prose writer, playwright, publicist, and artist. Born in Konolfingen and died in Neuchâtel, he is known for works including the plays The Visit and The Physicists.25.02.1861–30.03.1925
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was an Austrian philosopher, educator, mystic, and founder of anthroposophy. He authored numerous works and delivered over 6,000 lectures across Europe. His wide-ranging activities included roles as philosopher, teacher, writer, and social reformer.16.04.1896–25.12.1963
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) was a Romanian and French poet of Jewish origin, a founder of Dadaism. He worked in poetry and pamphlets, and was a writer, playwright, translator, and key figure in avant-garde movements.20.10.1958–?
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. is a Danish-American actor born on October 20, 1958, in Watertown, USA. He is also a screenwriter, photographer, poet, writer, singer, composer, painter, film producer, jazz musician, and film director.07.11.1598–27.08.1664
Francisco de Zurbarán
Francisco de Zurbarán was born on November 7, 1598, in Fuente de Cantos, Spain. He was a prominent Spanish painter of the Baroque period and a representative of the Seville school of painting. Zurbarán skillfully employed chiaroscuro techniques in his work, earning him the nickname "the Spanish Caravaggio." He specialized primarily in religious paintings,…07.12.1598–28.11.1680
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was a prominent Italian architect, sculptor, and artist of the Baroque era. Born in Naples and died in Rome, he is recognized as the creator of the Baroque sculptural style and author of renowned masterpieces and architectural projects.06.10.1931–09.12.2018
Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018) was an Italian-American astronomer and astrophysicist. He became a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1971 and won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering research discovering cosmic X-ray sources.29.09.1912–30.07.2007
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni (29.09.1912, Ferrara – 30.07.2007, Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, a classic figure of European auteur cinema. His work focused on existential philosophy and themes of loneliness and spiritual numbness.06.03.1926–09.10.2016
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda (March 6, 1926 – October 9, 2016) was a Polish theater and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is renowned for his war trilogy: Generation (1955), Kanal (1957), and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Wajda received numerous honors, including an Honorary Oscar.19.11.1909–11.11.2005
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909–2005) was an Austrian-born American scholar known for his work in economics, management theory, philosophy, and journalism. He taught at universities and made significant contributions as a business manager and columnist.29.03.1943–17.05.2022
Vangelis
Vangelis (1943–2022) was a Greek composer and pioneer of electronic music, known for his work in new age, ambient, progressive rock, and film scores including 'Chariots of Fire.'07.11.1943–?
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and artist born on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod. Her musical career spans folk, jazz, art rock, and more, earning her eleven Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.02.04.1891–01.04.1976
Max Ernst
Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a German and French artist, a key figure of the 20th-century avant-garde, associated with Dadaism and Surrealism. He worked in portrait, landscape, animal art, and abstraction, also engaging in printmaking, collage, and illustration.24.06.1911–30.04.2011
Ernesto Sabato
Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, and artist. Known for his novels El Túnel, On Heroes and Tombs, and Abaddón el exterminador, he also worked as a physicist, poet, and teacher.1497–29.11.1543
Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger was born in 1497 in Augsburg. He was a German draftsman, painter, and engraver, recognized as a talented artist and portraitist. Holbein was a prominent member of the Holbein family of artists and considered one of the outstanding masters of the Northern Renaissance and Reformation. His creative work encompassed religious art and…02.04.1647–13.01.1717
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was born on April 2, 1647, in Frankfurt am Main. She was a German artist, engraver, book illustrator, and entomologist. In her creative work, Merian specialized in depicting flowers, fruits, and animals. Additionally, she was a botanist, lepidopterist, naturalist, and scientific illustrator. The primary national and cultural contexts…22.07.1960–?
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo, born July 22, 1960, in Bogotá, is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and producer. He holds dual citizenship in the USA and Colombia and is known for roles in Ice Age, Encanto, and John Wick. Leguizamo is an Emmy Award recipient.22.06.1910–18.12.1995
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) was a German engineer and inventor, recognized as a pioneer of computer engineering. He built the first functional programmable electromechanical computer, the Z3, in 1941 and developed the first high-level programming language, Plankalkül, in 1948.1377–15.04.1446
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) was an Italian scientist, architect, sculptor, engineer, mathematician, geometer, jeweler, and decorator of the Renaissance. He contributed to the development of new European architecture distinct from Ancient Roman models.02.12.1891–25.07.1969
Otto Dix
Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 – July 25, 1969) was a German painter, graphic artist, lithographer, and sculptor influenced by Expressionism, Dadaism, and Futurism. He worked in portrait, landscape, still life, allegory, and other genres throughout his career.30.08.1884–25.02.1971