Below are listed the one-hundred-and-ten folk who have had a profound effect on my life, either for a short period or long term. Many have or had multiple roles; however, I have only listed descriptors that are important to myself. I have not included most musicians and sports folk, as I intend to produce separate lists in the fullness of time. I have tracked down a link for all (bar Mrs. Kelly): for the most part from the English-language version of Wikipedia, but occasionally other languages or links.
I am more than happy to get into conversation about individual choices, should anyone be particularly interested or especially nosey! Just ask… %)
Fred Astaire dancer; actor
Babydaddy musician; bear
Zeinab Badawi journalist; news-anchor
Pina Bausch choreographer; dancer
Chris Beardshaw garden-designer
M.C. Beaton novelist, popular crime
E.F. Benson novelist, literary & popular
John Betjeman poet; campaigner
Enid Blyton story-writer, children’s
Professor John Boswell religious academic; writer
Matthew Bourne choreographer
Bertolt Brecht playwright
Michael Chabon novelist, literary
Frédéric Chopin composer
Agatha Christie novelist, popular crime; script-writer
Paolo Coelho novelist, literary; philosopher
Douglas Coupland novelist, literary
Edgar Degas painter; sculptor
Ron Ely actor
Harrison Ford actor
E.M. Forster novelist, literary
Josef Frank textile designer
Javier de Frutos dancer
Lucien Gaillard jeweller
Théodore Géricault painter
George Gershwin composer
Peter Greenaway film-maker
Walter Gropius architect
Zaha Hadid architect
Gina M. Hall my German mistress for six years
Dr. David Hay religious researcher; writer
Rita Hayworth actress; dancer
Audrey Hepburn actress; fashionista; humanitarian;UN ambassadress
Douglas Hodge actor
Sherlock Holmes fictional character of Arthur Conan Doyle
Alan Hollinghurst novelist, literary
A.E. Housman poet
J.A.D. Ingres painter
Christopher Isherwood novelist, literary
Derek Jarman film-maker
Jesus philosopher; social revolutionary; religious figure
Denis Johnson novelist, literary
Mrs. Kelly my 1st year junior-school (age 7-8) teacher
Søren Kierkegaard philosopher; writer
Gustav Klimt painter
Joachim Król actor
Milan Kundera novelist, literary
David Leavitt novelist, literary
Frank Lloyd Wright architect
Grace Lodge illustrator
Sergi López actor
Edwin Lutyens architect
Anna Madrigal fictional character of Armistead Maupin
Gustav Mahler composer
Miss Jane Marple fictional character of Agatha Christie
Armistead Maupin novelist, popular
Ian McEwan novelist, literary; screen-writer
Bette Midler singer; actress; comedienne
Claude Monet painter
William Morris textile designer
Wolfgang A. Mozart composer
Jeremy Northam actor
Michael Nyman composer; musician
Joseph Maria Olbrich architect
Wilfred Owen poet
Lee Pace actor
John Pilger journalist; documentary-maker
Terry Pratchett novelist, fantasy
Sergei Rachmaninov composer
Jeremy Robins dancer
Auguste Rodin sculptor
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry writer; illustrator; adventurer; aviator
Cristobal Sanchez-Lopez painter
Erik Satie composer
Egon Schiele painter
Franz Schubert composer
Delia Smith cookery-book writer; TV chef
Jon Snow journalist; news-anchor
Debra Stroud painter
David Sturzaker actor
John Michael Talbot singer; musician; composer; monk
Tintin fictional character of Hergé
Michael Tolliver fictional character of Armistead Maupin
Paolo Uccello painter
Vicente Vallés political commentator; news-anchor
Ralph Vaughan Williams composer
Evelyn Waugh novelist, literary
Kurt Weil composer
Johnny Weismuller actor; athlete
Edmund White novelist, literary
Rachel Whiteread sculptress
Jeanette Winterson novelist, literary
Greg Wise actor
P.G. Wodehouse novelist, popular comic
Victoria Wood actress; comedienne; script-writer; screen-writer
John Wyndham novelist, science-fiction
[Image description: Renaissance-man, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
courtesy & © Agence France-Press]
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