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Alvar AaltoArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976

Berenice AbbottPhotographer

1898-07-17 – 1991-12-09

Virgil AblohFashion Designer, Artist, DJ

Fashion · Design

30 September 1980 – 28 November 2021

Marina AbramovićPerformance Artist, Artist

b. 30 November 1946

Chinua AchebeNovelist

16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013

Ansel AdamsPhotographer, Environmentalist

20 February 1902 – 22 April 1984

Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWriter, Novelist

b. 15 September 1977

David AdjayeArchitect

b. 22 September 1966

Ai WeiweiArtist, Activist

b. 28 August 1957

Otl AicherGraphic Designer, Typographer

13 May 1922 – 1 September 1991

Chantal AkermanFilm Director, Screenwriter

6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015

Anna AkhmatovaPoet

11 June 1889 – 5 March 1966

Azzedine AlaïaFashion Designer

26 February 1935 – 18 November 2017

Josef AlbersPainter, Educator

19 March 1888 – 25 March 1976

Dante AlighieriPoet

30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321

Pedro AlmodóvarDirector

b. 25 September 1949

Wes AndersonFilm Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Tadao AndoArchitect

b. 13 September 1941

Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist

4 April 1928 – 28 May 2014

Michelangelo AntonioniDirector

29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007

Thomas AquinasPhilosopher, Theologian

25 January 1225 – 7 March 1274

Diane ArbusPhotographer

14 March 1923 – 26 July 1971

ArchimedesMathematician

c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC

Hannah ArendtPhilosopher, Political Theorist

14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975

AristotlePhilosopher

c. 384 BC – c. 322 BC

Giorgio ArmaniFashion Designer

11 July 1934 – 4 September 2025

Louis ArmstrongTrumpeter, Singer

4 August 1901 – 6 July 1971

Jean ArpSculptor

16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966

Augustine of HippoPhilosopher, Theologian

13 November 354 – 28 August 430

Marcus AureliusPhilosopher

26 April 121 – 17 March 180

Jane AustenNovelist

16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817

Richard AvedonPhotographer

Photography · Fashion

15 May 1923 – 1 October 2004

AvicennaPhilosopher, Physician

Ideas · Science

980 – 18 June 1037

Charles BabbageMathematician, Inventor

26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871

Johann Sebastian BachComposer

21 March 1685 – 28 July 1750

Francis BaconPainter

28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992

James BaldwinNovelist, Essayist

Literature · Ideas

2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987

Cristóbal BalenciagaFashion Designer

21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972

Honoré de BalzacNovelist

20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850

Shigeru BanArchitect

b. 5 August 1957

Luis BarragánArchitect

9 March 1902 – 22 November 1988

Roland BarthesCritic, Theorist

12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980

Béla BartókComposer

25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945

John BaskervilleType Designer, Printer

28 January 1706 – 8 January 1775

Jean-Michel BasquiatPainter

22 December 1960 – 12 August 1988

Saul BassGraphic Designer, Title Designer

8 May 1920 – 25 April 1996

Herbert BayerGraphic Designer, Artist

5 April 1900 – 30 September 1985

Lester BeallGraphic Designer

Simone de BeauvoirPhilosopher, Writer

Ideas · Literature

9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986

Bernd and Hilla BecherPhotographers

Photography · Art

Bernd 1931 · Hilla 1934 – Bernd 2007 · Hilla 2015

Samuel BeckettPlaywright, Novelist

13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989

Ludwig van BeethovenComposer, Pianist, Conductor

17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827

Peter BehrensArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

14 April 1868 – 27 February 1940

Walter BenjaminPhilosopher, Critic

15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940

Ingmar BergmanFilm Director, Screenwriter

14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007

Hector BerliozComposer

11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869

Tim Berners-LeeComputer Scientist

Leonard BernsteinComposer, Conductor

25 August 1918 – 14 October 1990

Bernardo BertolucciDirector, Screenwriter

16 March 1941 – 22 November 2018

Joseph BeuysArtist

12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986

Justin BieberSinger, Songwriter

b. 1 March 1994

Michael BierutGraphic Designer

Max BillDesigner, Artist, Architect

Design · Art · Architecture

22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994

BjörkSinger, Composer

b. 21 November 1965

William BlakePoet, Artist

Literature · Art

28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827

Lina Bo BardiArchitect

5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992

Giambattista BodoniType Designer, Printer

26 February 1740 – 30 November 1813

Niels BohrPhysicist

7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962

Bong Joon-hoFilm Director, Screenwriter

b. 14 September 1969

Pierre BonnardPainter

3 October 1867 – 23 January 1947

Irma BoomGraphic Designer, Book Designer

Jorge Luis BorgesWriter, Poet

24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986

Hieronymus BoschPainter

1450 – August 1516

Sandro BotticelliPainter

Louise BourgeoisSculptor, Artist

25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010

Margaret Bourke-WhitePhotographer

1904 – 27 August 1971

David BowieMusician, Singer, Actor

8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016

Johannes BrahmsComposer

7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897

Constantin BrâncușiSculptor

19 February 1876 – 16 March 1957

Marianne BrandtDesigner, Artist

1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983

Georges BraquePainter

13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963

BrassaïPhotographer, Sculptor, Writer

9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984

Robert BressonDirector

25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999

Marcel BreuerArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981

Benjamin BrittenComposer

22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976

Alexey BrodovitchArt Director, Designer

Design · Photography

1 May 1898 – 15 April 1971

Neville BrodyGraphic Designer, Typographer, Art Director

b. 23 April 1957

Charlotte BrontëNovelist

21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855

Emily BrontëNovelist

30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848

Anton BrucknerComposer

4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896

Pieter Bruegel the ElderPainter

1525 – 9 September 1569

Luis BuñuelDirector

22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983

MichelangeloSculptor, Painter

6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564

Judith ButlerPhilosopher

b. 24 February 1956

22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824

John CageComposer

5 September 1912 – 12 August 1992

Santiago CalatravaArchitect, Engineer

b. 28 July 1951

Alexander CalderSculptor

22 July 1898 – 11 November 1976

Harry CallahanPhotographer, Educator

22 October 1912 – 15 March 1999

Italo CalvinoNovelist, Short Story Writer

15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985

Jane CampionDirector

b. 30 April 1954

Albert CamusWriter, Philosopher

Ideas · Literature

7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960

Georg CantorMathematician

19 February 1845 – 6 January 1918

Robert CapaPhotographer

22 October 1913 – 25 May 1954

CaravaggioPainter

29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610

Pierre CardinFashion Designer

2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020

Lewis CarrollWriter

27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898

David CarsonGraphic Designer

b. 8 September 1955

Rachel CarsonBiologist, Writer

27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964

Matthew CarterType Designer

b. 1 October 1937

Henri Cartier-BressonPhotographer, Photojournalist

22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004

William CaslonType Designer

1692 – 23 January 1766

A. M. CassandrePoster Designer, Typographer

24 January 1901 – 17 June 1968

Mary CassattPainter

22 May 1844 – 14 June 1926

Achille CastiglioniIndustrial Designer

16 February 1918 – 2 December 2002

Miguel de CervantesNovelist

29 September 1547 – 22 April 1616

Paul CézannePainter

19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906

Marc ChagallPainter

14 July 1887 – 28 March 1985

Coco ChanelFashion Designer

19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971

Charlie ChaplinDirector, Actor

16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977

Geoffrey ChaucerPoet

1343 – 25 October 1400

Anton ChekhovPlaywright, Writer

17 January 1860 – 2 July 1904

David ChipperfieldArchitect

b. 18 December 1953

Noam ChomskyLinguist, Philosopher, Political Activist

b. 7 December 1928

Frédéric ChopinComposer, Pianist

22 February 1810 – 17 October 1849

Seymour ChwastGraphic Designer, Illustrator

b. 18 August 1931

John ColtraneSaxophonist, Composer

23 September 1926 – 17 July 1967

ConfuciusPhilosopher

9 October 552 BC – 9 March 479 BC

Joseph ConradNovelist

3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924

John ConstablePainter

11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837

Muriel CooperGraphic Designer

1925 – 26 May 1994

Nicolaus CopernicusAstronomer

19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543

Francis Ford CoppolaDirector

b. 7 April 1939

Le CorbusierArchitect, Designer, Urban Planner

Architecture · Design

6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965

Charles CorreaArchitect

1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015

Julio CortázarWriter

26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984

Gustave CourbetPainter

10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877

Wim CrouwelGraphic Designer, Typographer

21 November 1928 – 19 September 2019

Imogen CunninghamPhotographer

12 April 1883 – 23 June 1976

Marie CuriePhysicist, Chemist

7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934

Salvador DalíPainter

11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989

Charles DarwinNaturalist, Biologist

12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882

Miles DavisTrumpeter, Bandleader, Composer

26 May 1926 – 28 September 1991

Giorgio de ChiricoPainter

10 July 1888 – 20 November 1978

Vittorio De SicaDirector, Actor

7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974

Claude DebussyComposer

22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918

Edgar DegasPainter

19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917

Eugène DelacroixPainter

26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863

Claire DenisDirector

b. 21 April 1946

René DescartesPhilosopher, Mathematician

Ideas · Science

31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650

Charles DickensNovelist

7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870

Emily DickinsonPoet

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886

Edsger W. DijkstraComputer Scientist

11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002

Christian DiorFashion Designer

21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957

Robert DoisneauPhotographer

14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994

Balkrishna DoshiArchitect, Educator

26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023

Fyodor DostoevskyNovelist

11 November 1821 – 28 January 1881

Arthur Conan DoyleNovelist

22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930

Carl Theodor DreyerDirector

3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968

Henry DreyfussIndustrial Designer

2 March 1904 – 5 October 1972

W. E. B. Du BoisSociologist, Writer

23 February 1868 – 27 August 1963

Marcel DuchampArtist

28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968

Albrecht DürerPainter, Printmaker

21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528

Antonín DvořákComposer

8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904

Bob DylanSinger-Songwriter

Music · Literature

Charles EamesDesigner, Architect, Filmmaker

Design · Architecture

17 June 1907 – 21 August 1978

Ray EamesDesigner, Artist

15 December 1912 – 21 August 1988

William EgglestonPhotographer

b. 27 July 1939

Albert EinsteinPhysicist

14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

Sergei EisensteinDirector

10 January 1898 – 11 February 1948

Kenji EkuanIndustrial Designer

11 September 1929 – 8 February 2015

Edward ElgarComposer

2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934

George EliotNovelist

22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880

T. S. EliotPoet

26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965

Duke EllingtonComposer, Bandleader

29 April 1899 – 24 May 1974

Ralph Waldo EmersonWriter, Philosopher

Literature · Ideas

25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882

Douglas EngelbartEngineer, Inventor

30 January 1925 – 2 July 2013

Brian EnoMusician, Producer

Paul ErdősMathematician

26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996

Max ErnstPainter

2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976

Elliott ErwittPhotographer

26 July 1928 – 30 November 2023

EuclidMathematician

c. 4th century BC – c. 285 BC

Leonhard EulerMathematician

15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783

Walker EvansPhotographer

3 November 1903 – 10 April 1975

Jan van EyckPainter

1390 – 9 July 1441

Frantz FanonPhilosopher, Writer

20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961

Michael FaradayPhysicist, Chemist

22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867

Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector, Dramatist, Actor

31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982

William FaulknerNovelist

25 September 1897 – 6 July 1962

Gabriel FauréComposer

12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924

Federico FelliniFilm Director, Screenwriter

20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993

Richard FeynmanPhysicist

11 May 1918 – 15 February 1988

Ella FitzgeraldSinger

25 April 1917 – 15 June 1996

John FordDirector

1 February 1894 – 31 August 1973

Norman FosterArchitect

Michel FoucaultPhilosopher, Historian

15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984

Robert FrankPhotographer

9 November 1924 – 9 September 2019

Aretha FranklinSinger, Pianist, Songwriter

25 March 1942 – 16 August 2018

Rosalind FranklinChemist, X-ray Crystallographer

25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958

Tobias Frere-JonesType Designer

b. 28 August 1970

Sigmund FreudPsychoanalyst

Ideas · Science

6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939

Lee FriedlanderPhotographer

b. 14 July 1934

Caspar David FriedrichPainter

5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840

Adrian FrutigerType Designer

24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015

Sou FujimotoArchitect

b. 4 August 1971

Naoto FukasawaIndustrial Designer

Shigeo FukudaGraphic Designer

4 February 1932 – 11 January 2009

Buckminster FullerArchitect, Inventor

Architecture · Design · Ideas

1895-07-12 – 1983-07-01

Galileo GalileiAstronomer, Physicist

15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642

John GallianoFashion Designer

b. 28 November 1960

Évariste GaloisMathematician

25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832

Claude GaramondType Designer, Punchcutter

Federico García LorcaPoet, Playwright

5 June 1898 – 18 August 1936

Gabriel García MárquezNovelist, Journalist

6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014

Antoni GaudíArchitect

25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926

Jean-Paul GaultierFashion Designer

b. 24 April 1952

Carl Friedrich GaussMathematician

30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855

Frank GehryArchitect, Designer

28 February 1929 – 16 May 2025

Artemisia GentileschiPainter

8 July 1593 – 1653

Karl GerstnerGraphic Designer

2 July 1930 – 1 January 2017

Greta GerwigFilm Director, Actor

b. 4 August 1983

Alberto GiacomettiSculptor, Painter

10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966

Eric GillType Designer, Sculptor

22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940

Hubert de GivenchyFashion Designer

20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018

Milton GlaserGraphic Designer, Illustrator

26 June 1929 – 26 June 2020

Philip GlassComposer, Pianist

b. 31 January 1937

Jean-Luc GodardDirector

3 December 1930 – 13 September 2022

Kurt GödelMathematician, Logician

Science · Ideas

28 April 1906 – 14 January 1978

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWriter, Poet

28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832

Vincent van GoghPainter

30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890

Nan GoldinPhotographer, Activist

b. 12 September 1953

Francisco GoyaPainter

30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828

Michael GravesArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

9 July 1934 – 12 March 2015

Eileen GrayDesigner, Architect

Design · Architecture

8 August 1878 – 31 October 1976

Konstantin GrcicIndustrial Designer

April GreimanGraphic Designer

Edvard GriegComposer

15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907

Walter GropiusArchitect

Architecture · Design

18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969

Zaha HadidArchitect

31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016

HalstonFashion Designer

23 April 1932 – 26 March 1990

Margaret HamiltonComputer Scientist

b. 17 August 1936

George Frideric HandelComposer

23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759

Michael HanekeDirector

b. 23 March 1942

Kenya HaraGraphic Designer, Design Theorist, Curator

Thomas HardyNovelist, Poet

2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928

Joseph HaydnComposer

31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809

Werner HeisenbergPhysicist

5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976

Ernest HemingwayNovelist

21 July 1899 – 2 July 1961

Jimi HendrixGuitarist

27 November 1942 – 18 September 1970

Barbara HepworthSculptor

10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975

Werner HerzogDirector

b. 5 September 1942

Eva HesseSculptor

11 January 1936 – 29 May 1970

David HilbertMathematician

23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943

Alfred HitchcockFilm Director, Producer

13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980

Hannah HöchArtist

1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978

David HockneyPainter

9 July 1937 – 10 January 2026

Josef HoffmannArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956

Armin HofmannGraphic Designer, Educator

29 June 1920 – 29 June 2020

Katsushika HokusaiArtist, Printmaker

31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849

Billie HolidaySinger

7 April 1915 – 17 July 1959

c. 10th century BC – c. 9th century BC

Grace HopperComputer Scientist, Naval Officer

9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992

Victor HugoNovelist, Poet

26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885

David HumePhilosopher

26 April 1711 – 25 August 1776

HypatiaMathematician, Astronomer

360 – March 415

Bjarke IngelsArchitect

b. 2 October 1974

Arata IsozakiArchitect

23 July 1931 – 28 December 2022

Toyo ItoArchitect

Jonathan IveIndustrial Designer, Design Executive

b. 27 February 1967

Henry JamesNovelist

15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916

Leoš JanáčekComposer

3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928

Jasper JohnsPainter

Katherine JohnsonMathematician

26 August 1918 – 24 February 2020

Philip JohnsonArchitect

8 July 1906 – 25 January 2007

James JoyceNovelist

2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941

Donald JuddArtist, Sculptor

3 June 1928 – 12 February 1994

Carl JungPsychoanalyst

Ideas · Science

1875-07-26 – 1961-06-06

Franz KafkaWriter

3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924

Frida KahloPainter

6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954

Louis KahnArchitect

20 February 1901 – 17 March 1974

Tibor KalmanGraphic Designer

6 July 1949 – 2 May 1999

Yusaku KamekuraGraphic Designer

6 April 1915 – 11 May 1997

Wassily KandinskyPainter, Art Theorist

16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944

Immanuel KantPhilosopher

22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804

Anish KapoorSculptor

b. 12 March 1954

Susan KareGraphic Designer

b. 5 February 1954

Yousuf KarshPhotographer

23 December 1908 – 13 July 2002

Yasunari KawabataNovelist

11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972

Rei KawakuboFashion Designer

b. 11 October 1942

Buster KeatonDirector, Actor

4 October 1895 – 1 February 1966

31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821

Johannes KeplerAstronomer

27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630

Francis KéréArchitect

b. 10 April 1965

André KertészPhotographer

2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985

Ibn KhaldunHistorian, Philosopher

27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406

Abbas KiarostamiDirector

22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016

Chip KiddGraphic Designer

b. 12 September 1964

Krzysztof KieślowskiDirector

27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996

Paul KleePainter

18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940

William KleinPhotographer, Filmmaker

19 April 1926 – 10 September 2022

Gustav KlimtPainter

14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918

Hilma af KlintPainter

26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944

Florence KnollDesigner, Architect

Design · Architecture

24 May 1917 – 25 January 2019

BeyoncéSinger, Songwriter

b. 4 September 1981

Donald KnuthComputer Scientist

b. 10 January 1938

Rem KoolhaasArchitect, Theorist

b. 17 November 1944

Willem de KooningPainter

24 April 1904 – 19 March 1997

Hirokazu Kore-edaDirector

Josef KoudelkaPhotographer

b. 10 January 1938

Stanley KubrickFilm Director, Screenwriter, Producer

26 July 1928 – 7 March 1999

Kengo KumaArchitect

b. 8 August 1954

Shiro KuramataDesigner

29 November 1934 – 1 February 1991

Kisho KurokawaArchitect

8 April 1934 – 12 October 2007

Akira KurosawaFilm Director, Screenwriter

23 March 1910 – 6 September 1998

Yayoi KusamaArtist

b. 22 March 1929

Fela KutiMusician

15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997

Karl LagerfeldFashion Designer

10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019

Kendrick LamarRapper, Songwriter

b. 17 June 1987

Fritz LangDirector

5 December 1890 – 2 August 1976

Dorothea LangePhotographer, Photojournalist

26 May 1895 – 11 October 1965

LaoziPhilosopher

c. 604 BC – c. 6th century BC

Yves Saint LaurentFashion Designer

1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008

Ursula K. Le GuinNovelist

21 October 1929 – 22 January 2018

David LeanDirector

25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991

Fernand LégerPainter

4 February 1881 – 17 August 1955

Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizPhilosopher, Mathematician

Ideas · Science

21 June 1646 – 14 November 1716

Annie LeibovitzPhotographer

b. 2 October 1949

Saul LeiterPhotographer, Painter

3 December 1923 – 26 November 2013

Sergio LeoneDirector, Screenwriter

3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989

Sol LeWittArtist

9 September 1928 – 8 April 2007

Daniel LibeskindArchitect

Roy LichtensteinPainter

27 October 1923 – 15 September 1997

Zuzana LickoType Designer

Clarice LispectorWriter

10 December 1920 – 9 December 1977

El LissitzkyArtist, Designer

10 November 1890 – 30 December 1941

Franz LisztComposer, Pianist

22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886

John LockePhilosopher

29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704

Raymond LoewyIndustrial Designer

5 November 1893 – 14 July 1986

Adolf LoosArchitect

10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933

Ada LovelaceMathematician, Writer

10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852

Herb LubalinGraphic Designer, Typographer

17 March 1918 – 24 May 1981

Alvin LustigGraphic Designer

8 February 1915 – 4 December 1955

David LynchDirector

20 January 1946 – 16 January 2025

Charles Rennie MackintoshArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design · Art

7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928

René MagrittePainter

21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967

Gustav MahlerComposer, Conductor

7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911

Vivian MaierPhotographer

1 February 1926 – 21 April 2009

Fumihiko MakiArchitect

6 September 1928 – 6 June 2024

Kazimir MalevichPainter, Art Theorist

23 February 1879 – 15 May 1935

Terrence MalickDirector

b. 30 November 1943

Benoit MandelbrotMathematician

20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010

Édouard ManetPainter

23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883

Thomas MannNovelist

6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955

Robert MapplethorpePhotographer

4 November 1946 – 9 March 1989

Martin MargielaFashion Designer

b. 9 April 1957

Enzo MariDesigner

27 April 1932 – 19 October 2020

Mary Ellen MarkPhotographer

20 March 1940 – 25 May 2015

Bob MarleySinger-Songwriter

6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981

Kerry James MarshallPainter

b. 17 October 1955

Agnes MartinPainter

22 March 1912 – 16 December 2004

Karl MarxPhilosopher, Economist

5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883

Henri MatissePainter

31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954

Herbert MatterGraphic Designer, Photographer

Design · Photography

25 April 1907 – 8 May 1984

James Clerk MaxwellPhysicist

13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879

Barbara McClintockGeneticist

16 June 1902 – 2 September 1992

Marshall McLuhanMedia Theorist, Literary Scholar

21 July 1911 – 31 December 1980

Alexander McQueenFashion Designer

17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010

Julie MehretuPainter

b. 28 November 1970

Lise MeitnerPhysicist

November 1878 – 27 October 1968

Georges MélièsFilmmaker

8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938

Herman MelvilleNovelist

1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891

Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector, Actor

20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973

Erich MendelsohnArchitect

21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953

Felix MendelssohnComposer

3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847

Max MiedingerType Designer

24 December 1910 – 8 March 1980

John MiltonPoet

9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674

Joan MiróPainter

20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983

Maryam MirzakhaniMathematician

12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017

Yukio MishimaNovelist

14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970

Joni MitchellSinger, Songwriter, Painter

b. 7 November 1943

Issey MiyakeFashion Designer

22 April 1938 – 5 August 2022

Hayao MiyazakiAnimator, Film Director

b. 5 January 1941

Kenji MizoguchiDirector

16 May 1898 – 24 August 1956

Amedeo ModiglianiPainter

12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920

László Moholy-NagyArtist, Photographer

Design · Art · Photography

20 July 1895 – 24 November 1946

MolièrePlaywright

15 January 1622 – 17 February 1673

Piet MondrianPainter

7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944

Rafael MoneoArchitect

Claude MonetPainter

14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926

Thelonious MonkPianist, Composer

10 October 1917 – 17 February 1982

Claudio MonteverdiComposer

15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643

Henry MooreSculptor

30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986

Stanley MorisonTypographer

6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967

Berthe MorisotPainter

14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895

Ennio MorriconeComposer

10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020

Jasper MorrisonIndustrial Designer

b. 19 November 1959

Toni MorrisonNovelist, Editor

18 February 1931 – 5 August 2019

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartComposer

27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791

Zanele MuholiPhotographer, Activist

Photography · Art

b. 19 July 1972

Josef Müller-BrockmannGraphic Designer, Typographer, Educator

9 May 1914 – 30 August 1996

Bruno MunariArtist, Designer

24 October 1907 – 30 September 1998

Edvard MunchPainter

12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944

Haruki MurakamiNovelist

b. 12 January 1949

Glenn MurcuttArchitect

b. 25 July 1936

F. W. MurnauDirector

28 December 1888 – 11 March 1931

Modest MussorgskyComposer

9 March 1839 – 16 March 1881

Vladimir NabokovNovelist

10 April 1899 – 2 July 1977

George NelsonIndustrial Designer

29 May 1908 – 5 March 1986

Pablo NerudaPoet

12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973

John von NeumannMathematician

28 December 1903 – 8 February 1957

Richard NeutraArchitect

8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970

Marc NewsonIndustrial Designer

b. 20 October 1963

Isaac NewtonPhysicist, Mathematician

25 December 1642 – 31 March 1727

Oscar NiemeyerArchitect

15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012

Friedrich NietzschePhilosopher

15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900

Emmy NoetherMathematician

23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935

Isamu NoguchiSculptor, Designer

17 November 1904 – 30 December 1988

Jean NouvelArchitect

b. 12 August 1945

Georgia O'KeeffePainter

15 November 1887 – 6 March 1986

Frank OceanSinger, Songwriter

b. 28 October 1987

J. Robert OppenheimerPhysicist

22 April 1904 – 18 February 1967

George OrwellNovelist, Essayist

25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950

Nagisa ŌshimaDirector

31 March 1932 – 15 January 2013

20 March 43 BC – 17 AD

Yasujirō OzuDirector

12 December 1903 – 12 December 1963

Nam June PaikArtist

20 July 1932 – 29 January 2006

Sergei ParajanovDirector

9 January 1924 – 20 July 1990

Park Chan-wookDirector

b. 23 August 1963

Charlie ParkerSaxophonist

29 August 1920 – 12 March 1955

Gordon ParksPhotographer, Film Director, Writer

Photography · Film

30 November 1912 – 7 March 2006

Arvo PärtComposer

b. 11 September 1935

Blaise PascalMathematician, Philosopher

Ideas · Science

19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662

Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector, Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter

Film · Literature

5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975

Louis PasteurChemist, Microbiologist

27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895

I. M. PeiArchitect

26 April 1917 – 16 May 2019

Irving PennPhotographer

16 June 1917 – 7 October 2009

Charlotte PerriandDesigner, Architect

Design · Architecture

24 October 1903 – 27 October 1999

Fernando PessoaPoet

13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935

Renzo PianoArchitect

b. 14 September 1937

Astor PiazzollaComposer, Bandoneonist

11 March 1921 – 4 July 1992

Pablo PicassoPainter, Sculptor

25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973

Cipe PinelesArt Director

23 June 1908 – 3 January 1991

Camille PissarroPainter

10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903

Max PlanckPhysicist

23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947

Sylvia PlathPoet

27 October 1932 – 11 February 1963

PlatoPhilosopher

7 May 427 BC – c. 347 BC

Edgar Allan PoeWriter, Poet

19 January 1809 – 7 October 1849

Henri PoincaréMathematician

29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912

Paul PoiretFashion Designer

20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944

Jackson PollockPainter

28 January 1912 – 11 August 1956

Gio PontiArchitect, Designer

Design · Architecture

18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979

Miuccia PradaFashion Designer

PrinceMusician, Singer, Songwriter

7 June 1958 – 21 April 2016

Sergei ProkofievComposer

23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953

Marcel ProustNovelist

10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922

Jean ProuvéDesigner, Engineer

Design · Architecture

8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984

Giacomo PucciniComposer

22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924

Henry PurcellComposer

10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695

Sergei RachmaninoffComposer, Pianist

1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943

Srinivasa RamanujanMathematician

22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920

Dieter RamsIndustrial Designer

Paul RandGraphic Designer, Art Director

15 August 1914 – 26 November 1996

6 April 1483 – 6 April 1520

Robert RauschenbergArtist

22 October 1925 – 12 May 2008

Maurice RavelComposer

7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937

Man RayPhotographer, Artist

Photography · Art

27 August 1890 – 18 November 1976

Satyajit RayDirector

2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992

Steve ReichComposer

b. 3 October 1936

RembrandtPainter

15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669

Paul RennerType Designer

9 August 1878 – 25 April 1956

Jean RenoirDirector, Actor, Producer

15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979

Pierre-Auguste RenoirPainter

25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919

Alain ResnaisDirector, Screenwriter

3 June 1922 – 1 March 2014

Gerhard RichterPainter

b. 9 February 1932

Bernhard RiemannMathematician

17 September 1826 – 20 July 1866

Gerrit RietveldArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964

Bridget RileyPainter

b. 24 April 1931

Rainer Maria RilkePoet

4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926

Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovComposer

6 March 1844 – 20 June 1908

Dennis RitchieComputer Scientist

9 September 1941 – 12 October 2011

Richard RogersArchitect

23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021

Ludwig Mies van der RoheArchitect, Designer

Architecture · Design

27 March 1886 – 17 August 1969

Éric RohmerDirector, Film Critic, Screenwriter, Novelist

21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010

Roberto RosselliniDirector, Screenwriter, Producer

8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977

Aldo RossiArchitect

3 May 1931 – 4 September 1997

Gioachino RossiniComposer

29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868

Mark RothkoPainter

25 September 1903 – 25 February 1970

Jean-Jacques RousseauPhilosopher

28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778

Peter Paul RubensPainter

28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640

Vera RubinAstronomer

23 July 1928 – 25 December 2016

Emil RuderTypographer, Educator

20 March 1914 – 13 March 1970

Eero SaarinenArchitect

Architecture · Design

20 August 1910 – 1 September 1961

Eliel SaarinenArchitect

20 August 1873 – 1 July 1950

Carl SaganAstronomer, Science Communicator, Author

9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996

Stefan SagmeisterGraphic Designer, Typographer

b. 6 August 1962

Ryuichi SakamotoComposer, Musician, Producer

17 January 1952 – 28 March 2023

Sebastião SalgadoPhotographer

8 February 1944 – 23 May 2025

c. 7th century BC – c. 6th century BC

Jean-Paul SartrePhilosopher

Ideas · Literature

21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980

Erik SatieComposer

17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925

Peter SavilleGraphic Designer, Art Director

b. 9 October 1955

Carlo ScarpaArchitect

1906-06-02 – 1978-11-28

Paula ScherGraphic Designer, Design Educator

b. 6 October 1948

Elsa SchiaparelliFashion Designer

10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973

Egon SchielePainter

12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918

Friedrich SchillerPlaywright, Poet

10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805

Arnold SchoenbergComposer

13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951

Erwin SchrödingerPhysicist

12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961

Franz SchubertComposer

31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828

Clara SchumannPianist, Composer

13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896

Robert SchumannComposer

8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856

Kurt SchwittersArtist

20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948

Martin ScorseseFilm Director, Producer, Film Historian

b. 17 November 1942

Denise Scott BrownArchitect, Urban Planner

b. 3 October 1931

Kazuyo SejimaArchitect

b. 29 October 1956

Richard SerraSculptor

2 November 1938 – 26 March 2024

Georges SeuratPainter

2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891

William ShakespearePlaywright, Poet

April 1564 – 23 April 1616

Ravi ShankarSitarist, Composer

7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012

Claude ShannonMathematician, Engineer

30 April 1916 – 24 February 2001

Mary ShelleyNovelist

30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851

Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoet

4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822

Cindy ShermanPhotographer, Artist

Photography · Art

b. 19 January 1954

Dmitri ShostakovichComposer

25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975

Jean SibeliusComposer

8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957

Paul SignacPainter

11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935

Nina SimoneSinger, Pianist, Songwriter

21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003

Raf SimonsFashion Designer

b. 12 January 1968

Álvaro SizaArchitect

b. 25 June 1933

SocratesPhilosopher

c. 470 BC – 15 February 399 BC

Susan SontagWriter, Critic

Ideas · Literature

16 January 1933 – 28 December 2004

Ettore SottsassDesigner, Architect

Design · Architecture

14 September 1917 – 31 December 2007

Erik SpiekermannType Designer, Typographer, Information Designer

Baruch SpinozaPhilosopher

24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677

Philippe StarckIndustrial Designer

b. 18 January 1949

Edward SteichenPhotographer

27 March 1879 – 25 March 1973

Alfred StieglitzPhotographer

1 January 1864 – 13 July 1946

James StirlingArchitect

22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992

Paul StrandPhotographer

16 October 1890 – 31 March 1976

Igor StravinskyComposer, Conductor

17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971

Hiroshi SugimotoPhotographer

Photography · Art

b. 23 February 1948

Louis SullivanArchitect

3 September 1856 – 14 April 1924

Deborah SussmanGraphic Designer

26 May 1931 – 20 August 2014

Ladislav SutnarGraphic Designer

9 November 1897 – 13 November 1976

Rabindranath TagorePoet, Writer

7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941

Ikko TanakaGraphic Designer

13 January 1930 – 10 January 2002

Kenzō TangeArchitect, Urban Planner

4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005

Andrei TarkovskyFilm Director, Screenwriter

4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986

Gerda TaroPhotographer

1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937

Béla TarrDirector

21 July 1955 – 6 January 2026

Jacques TatiDirector, Actor, Screenwriter

9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982

Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyComposer

25 April 1840 – 25 October 1893

Nikola TeslaInventor, Engineer

10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943

Henry David ThoreauWriter, Philosopher

Literature · Ideas

12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862

1488 – 26 September 1576

Leo TolstoyNovelist

28 August 1828 – 7 November 1910

Henri de Toulouse-LautrecPainter

24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901

François TruffautDirector

6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984

Jan TschicholdTypographer, Type Designer, Book Designer

2 April 1902 – 11 August 1974

Alan TuringMathematician, Computer Scientist, Cryptanalyst

23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954

J. M. W. TurnerPainter

23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851

Mark TwainWriter

30 November 1835 – 21 April 1910

Jørn UtzonArchitect

9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008

Agnès VardaFilm Director, Photographer

30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsComposer

12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958

Diego VelázquezPainter

6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660

Robert VenturiArchitect

25 June 1925 – 18 September 2018

Giuseppe VerdiComposer

10 April 1813 – 27 January 1901

Johannes VermeerPainter

October 1632 – 15 December 1675

Gianni VersaceFashion Designer

2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997

Dziga VertovFilmmaker

21 December 1895 – 12 February 1954

Massimo VignelliGraphic Designer, Designer

10 January 1931 – 27 May 2014

Leonardo da VinciPainter, Polymath

Art · Science · Ideas

15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519

Madeleine VionnetFashion Designer

22 June 1876 – 2 March 1975

15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC

Luchino ViscontiDirector, Screenwriter

2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976

Antonio VivaldiComposer

4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741

VoltairePhilosopher, Writer

Ideas · Literature

21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778

Diana VreelandEditor

29 September 1903 – 22 August 1989

Wilhelm WagenfeldIndustrial Designer

15 April 1900 – 28 May 1990

Otto WagnerArchitect

13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918

Richard WagnerComposer

22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883

Andrzej WajdaDirector

6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016

Kara WalkerArtist

b. 26 November 1969

Beatrice WardeTypographer, Writer

20 September 1900 – 16 September 1969

Andy WarholArtist

6 August 1928 – 22 February 1987

Wolfgang WeingartTypographer

February 1941 – 12 July 2021

Orson WellesDirector, Actor

6 May 1915 – 10 October 1985

Wim WendersDirector, Photographer, Screenwriter

b. 14 August 1945

Edward WestonPhotographer

24 March 1886 – 1 January 1958

Vivienne WestwoodFashion Designer

8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022

Walt WhitmanPoet

31 May 1819 – 26 March 1892

Norbert WienerMathematician

26 November 1894 – 18 March 1964

Oscar WildeWriter, Playwright

16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900

Billy WilderDirector

22 June 1906 – 27 March 2002

Garry WinograndPhotographer

14 January 1928 – 29 March 1984

Ludwig WittgensteinPhilosopher

26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951

Wong Kar-waiFilm Director, Screenwriter

b. 17 July 1958

Virginia WoolfNovelist, Essayist, Critic

25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941

William WordsworthPoet

7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850

Frank Lloyd WrightArchitect, Designer, Educator

8 June 1867 – 9 April 1959

Yohji YamamotoFashion Designer

b. 3 October 1943

Sori YanagiIndustrial Designer

29 June 1915 – 25 December 2011

Tadanori YokooGraphic Designer, Artist

b. 27 June 1936

Thom YorkeMusician, Singer, Songwriter

b. 7 October 1968

Hermann ZapfType Designer, Calligrapher

8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015

Peter ZumthorArchitect

b. 26 April 1943