Eve Curie
French-American writer, journalist, & pianist known for writing her mother’s biography Madame Curie.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Siberian operatic baritone with worldwide fame. He has performed at every major opera house.
Nina Simone
American singer-songwriter, musician, & civil rights activist known for songs incl. “Mississippi Goddam” & “Feeling Good”.
John Flamsteed
English astronomer & the first Astronomer Royal, born in 1646.
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, & polymath born in 1098.
Lawrence Durrell
English expatriate novelist, poet, dramatist, & travel writer born in 1912. Best known for The Alexandria Quartet.