Empress Kojun
Member of the Imperial House of Japan, wife of Emperor ShÅwa, & mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
George Frideric Handel
German & English Baroque composer, born 1685, who was a huge influence on Mozart & Beethoven.
Enrico Caruso
Italian operatic tenor born in 1873 & one of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded.
Michelangelo
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, & poet of the High Renaissance born in 1475.
Alexander McQueen
English fashion designer & couturier & founder of the Alexander McQueen label in 1992.
Marie Vetsera
Austrian noblewoman & Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria’s mistress. Together they committed suicide in 1889.
Edward Gorey
American writer, costume designer, & artist born in 1925. Known for his unsettling illustrated books.
Pierre Boulle
French novelist born in 1912 & known for writing The Bridge on the River Kwai & Planet of the Apes.
Hildo Krop
Dutch sculptor & furniture designer born in 1884. Widely known as the city sculptor of Amsterdam.
Tadd Dameron
American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist born in 1917. Most influential arranger of the bebop era.