Curated category
2010 deaths
- Hans L. TrefousseHans Louis Trefousse was born on the 18th of December 1921 in Germany. His family fled the Nazi regime and arrived in the United States in 1935.
- Mitsuyo SeoMitsuyo Seo began his career painting signs for businesses in Japan. He moved from that trade into animation by working at a toy film company.
- Bruria KaufmanBruria Kaufman entered the world on the 21st of August 1918 in New York City. Her family belonged to a Jewish community with roots stretching back to Ukraine.
- Alexander McQueenLee Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th of March 1969 at University Hospital Lewisham in Lewisham, London. He grew up as the youngest of six children to…
- Kihachirō KawamotoKihachirō Kawamoto was born in 1925. From his earliest years, he felt a deep pull toward the art of making dolls and puppets.
- Carl MacekCarl Frank Macek was born on the 21st of September 1951 in a quiet corner of California. He grew up in Topanga Canyon, a place known for its rugged hills and…
- Angus MaddisonAngus Maddison was born on the 6th of December 1926 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. He attended Darlington Grammar School before entering Selwyn College at…
- Bo HanssonBo Hansson spent his early years in a village surrounded by pine forests in Jämtland, northern Sweden. His family moved to Stockholm when he was young…
- Irvin KershnerIrvin Kershner was born Isadore Kershner on the 29th of April 1923 in Philadelphia. His parents were Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants who filled his early years…
- Vladimir MotylVladimir Yakovlevich Motyl was born in Lepiel, Belarus on the 26th of June 1927. His father was a Polish émigré who faced arrest in 1930 and died at Solovki…
- John Eric HolmesJohn Eric Holmes stood on the frozen ground of Korea in 1952. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at that time.
- Éric RohmerJean Marie Maurice Schérer was born on the 21st of March 1920 in Nancy, France. He adopted the pseudonym Éric Rohmer from two famous artists: Erich von…
- Frank KermodeFrank Kermode arrived in Douglas on the Isle of Man during November 1919. His father John Pritchard Kermode worked as a delivery truck driver and…