Georgina Anderson

Singer/songwriter -- via the Gazette.

http://www.morefm.co.nz/Georgina-Anderson-15-year-old-singer/tabid/96/articleID/9623/Default.aspx

Sheila Mathews Allen

Actress and singer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

John "Zeke" Bella Jr.

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

S.R.D. Vaidyanathan

Musician -- via The Hindu.

Nejat Vygur

Actor -- via Hurriyet Daily News.

Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon

Professional wrestler; one of the stars of the now-defunct American Wrestling Association -- via Slam! Sports. One of our favorite villains to boo as kids.

Olivia Robertson

Author, artist, and co-founder and High Priestess of the Fellowship of Isis -- via the Irish Times.

Dena Epstein

Musicologist, cultural preservationist, and author -- via banjohangout.org.

Abraham "Mickey" Knox

Actor, screenwriter, producer, and novelist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Robert Conley

Journalist and broadcaster; the first host of "All Things Considered" -- via NPR.

Cheb I Sabbah

DJ, composer, and music producer -- via the Independent.

Ray Gosling

Broadcaster and gay rights activist -- via the Telegraph.

George Reinholt

Actor -- via philly.com.

Katherine Hagedorn

Teacher and Santeria priestess -- via the L.A. Times.

Charlotte Zolotow

Writer and editor of children's books -- via the New York Times.

Frederick Sanger

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist -- via the New York Times.

Hetty Bower

Activist -- via the Independent.

Karla Alvarez

Actress -- via the Latin Post.

Louis D. Rubin Jr.

Writer, teacher, editor, and publisher -- via Yahoo News.

Zbyněk Hejda

Poet, essayist, and translator -- via lidovky.cz.

Geo Costiniu

Actor -- via Libertatea.

Barbara Park

Writer, creator of the "Junie B. Jones" book series for kids -- via the New York Times.

Arnold Rosner

Composer -- via newmusicbox.org.

Bob Gillett

Saxophonist, bandleader, arranger, and record producer -- via the New Zealand Herald.

Bob Beckham

Musician and music publisher -- via allaccess.com.

Festu Iyayi

Writer and activist -- via dailypost.com.ng.

Peter Wintonick

Filmmaker -- via Indiewire.

Peter Wintonick - The "Ambassador of Documentary" from Sharon Hyman on Vimeo.

Kurt Trampedach

Artist and sculptor -- via Ekstra Bladet.

Donald Weissmuller

Dancer, actor, choreographer, and teacher -- via legacy.com.

Syd Field

Screenwriting instructor -- via the BBC.

William Weaver

Literary translator -- via the New York Times.

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre

Saxophonist -- via the New York Times. He played with people such as Miles; for 20 years he struggled on the streets and in the subways, playing for change. Even after he started recording again, he continued to work in public.



Closeness: The Untold Story of Kalaparusha from danilo Parra on Vimeo.

Barbara Hicks

Actress -- via the Guardian.

Bobbie Handman

Arts and First Amendment activist -- via the New York Times.

Saul Kagan

Fought for the rights of and restitution for Holocaust survivors -- via the New York Times.

Charles Mosley

A never-a-dull-moment genealogist -- via the Telegraph.

Stein Grieg Halvorsen

Actor -- via vg.no.

Vijaydan Detha aka Bijji

Writer -- via the Times of India.

Chitti Babu

Comic actor -- via ndtv.com.

Chiyoko Shimakura aka The Goddess of Enka

Enka (sentimental ballad) singer -- via the Japan Times.

Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam aka AVS

Journalist, actor, comedian, producer, and director -- via filmcircle.com.

Doris Lessing

Nobel Prize-winning writer -- via the BBC.