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<p><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/">http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/</a><p><table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000089324/"><font size=-1>George Abbott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Damn Yankees</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000038115/"><font size=-1>Roy Acuff</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Country Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Nov-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Country music pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000173702/"><font size=-1>Licia Albanese</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic soprano, <i>La Bohème</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000026302/"><font size=-1>Edward Albee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000032298/"><font size=-1>Marian Anderson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic contralto</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000023196/"><font size=-1>Maya Angelou</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000024560/"><font size=-1>Walter Annenberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Mar-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Media mogul, created <i>TV Guide</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000057002/"><font size=-1>Brooke Astor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philanthropist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Heiress, philanthropist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000048617/"><font size=-1>Louis Auchincloss</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Portrait in Brownstone</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000024813/"><font size=-1>Mikhail Baryshnikov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000029523/"><font size=-1>Romare Bearden</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Sep-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Collagist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000023005/"><font size=-1>Harry Belafonte</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Calypso singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000022660/"><font size=-1>Saul Bellow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Adventures of Augie March</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000206038/"><font size=-1>William Bolcom</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000232617/"><font size=-1>Louise Bourgeois</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Crouching Spider</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/747/000022681/"><font size=-1>Ray Bradbury</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Aug-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fahrenheit 451</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000022797/"><font size=-1>Dave Brubeck</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Take Five</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000206048/"><font size=-1>Sarah Caldwell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Mar-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Opera Company of Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000030137/"><font size=-1>Cab Calloway</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Hi-De-Ho</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/459/000032363/"><font size=-1>Frank Capra</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>It's A Wonderful Life</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000078605/"><font size=-1>Kitty Carlisle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Night at the Opera</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000048977/"><font size=-1>Benny Carter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz and big bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000159441/"><font size=-1>Betty Carter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-May-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz vocalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/692/000030602/"><font size=-1>Elliott Carter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Defence of Corinth</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000023707/"><font size=-1>Johnny Cash</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Country Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Man in Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000023276/"><font size=-1>Ray Charles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Georgia On My Mind</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000032326/"><font size=-1>Beverly Cleary</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Children's author, <i>Ramona Quimby</i> series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/123/000206502/"><font size=-1>Chuck Close</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Photo-realist portrait painter, printmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000055429/"><font size=-1>Aaron Copland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fanfare for the Common Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000031745/"><font size=-1>Hume Cronyn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jul-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Cocoon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/575/000026497/"><font size=-1>Celia Cruz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Queen of Salsa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/146/000179606/"><font size=-1>Merce Cunningham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Merce Cunningham Dance Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000042089/"><font size=-1>Ossie Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Do The Right Thing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000084546/"><font size=-1>Willem de Kooning</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Mar-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abstract expressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/673/000083424/"><font size=-1>Ruby Dee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Jackie Robinson Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000023189/"><font size=-1>Fats Domino</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ain't That A Shame</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/524/000024452/"><font size=-1>Kirk Douglas</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Spartacus</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/372/000117021/"><font size=-1>Katherine Dunham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jun-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dunham School of Dance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000084825/"><font size=-1>Ralph Ellison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Invisible Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000206071/"><font size=-1>Suzanne Farrell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ballerina, NYC Ballet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000026233/"><font size=-1>Jose Ferrer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Caine Mutiny</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000023053/"><font size=-1>Ella Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The First Lady of Jazz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/378/000196787/"><font size=-1>Horton Foote</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000206521/"><font size=-1>Helen Frankenthaler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mountains and Sea</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000023036/"><font size=-1>Aretha Franklin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>R-E-S-P-E-C-T</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000140720/"><font size=-1>Leonard Garment</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Attorney</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former Special Counsel to Nixon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000045665/"><font size=-1>Frank Gehry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Architect</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Postmodern architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000026599/"><font size=-1>Dizzy Gillespie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Be-bop jazz trumpeter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000094064/"><font size=-1>Martha Graham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Apr-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Innovator of modern dance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/412/000062226/"><font size=-1>Buddy Guy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jul-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Damn Right, I've Got the Blues</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000027677/"><font size=-1>Uta Hagen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Renowned thespian and acting teacher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000024242/"><font size=-1>Armand Hammer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Soviet agent of influence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/513/000051360/"><font size=-1>Julie Harris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>East of Eden</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000031815/"><font size=-1>Helen Hayes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First Lady of the Theater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000031794/"><font size=-1>Al Hirschfeld</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Artist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pen and ink caricaturist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000022603/"><font size=-1>Bob Hope</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-May-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Centenarian comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000048982/"><font size=-1>Marilyn Horne</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jan-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic mezzo soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000086915/"><font size=-1>Vladimir Horowitz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Virtuoso pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000025290/"><font size=-1>Ron Howard</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Richie Cunningham on <i>Happy Days</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000048966/"><font size=-1>Judith Jamison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-May-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/333/000023264/"><font size=-1>Jasper Johns</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-May-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/540/000026462/"><font size=-1>George Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Country Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Country singer, <i>White Lightning</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000022696/"><font size=-1>James Earl Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Voice of Darth Vader and CNN</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/665/000031572/"><font size=-1>Gene Kelly</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Aug-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Singin' in the Rain</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/136/000023067/"><font size=-1>B. B. King</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Sep-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of the Blues</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000048083/"><font size=-1>Stanley Kunitz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Poet Laureate, 2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000206979/"><font size=-1>Erich Kunzel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Sep-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000023073/"><font size=-1>Angela Lansbury</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Murder She Wrote</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000022841/"><font size=-1>Norman Lear</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film/TV Producer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Creator of <i>All in the Family</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000205575/"><font size=-1>Eva Le Gallienne</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jun-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>New York Civic Repertory Theater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000048964/"><font size=-1>James Levine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/685/000084433/"><font size=-1>Roy Lichtenstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Whaam!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000024397/"><font size=-1>Yo-Yo Ma</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cellist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cellist, <i>The Silk Road Ensemble</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000133880/"><font size=-1>Paul Mellon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philanthropist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Feb-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Yale Center for British Art benefactor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/518/000205900/"><font size=-1>Bob Merrill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000206154/"><font size=-1>Robert Merrill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jun-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/732/000022666/"><font size=-1>Arthur Miller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Death of a Salesman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/020/000027936/"><font size=-1>Czeslaw Milosz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Aug-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Polish novelist and poet, <i>The Captive Mind</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000165228/"><font size=-1>Arthur Mitchell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Mar-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dance Theatre of Harlem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000179806/"><font size=-1>Robert Motherwell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abstract expressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/061/000087797/"><font size=-1>Lewis Mumford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Technics and Civilization</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/537/000031444/"><font size=-1>Howard Nemerov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Poet Laureate, 1987-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/914/000084662/"><font size=-1>Louise Nevelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/455/000023386/"><font size=-1>Mike Nichols</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Primary Colors</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000084475/"><font size=-1>Georgia O'Keeffe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American abstract and landscape painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000179036/"><font size=-1>Odetta</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Queen of American Folk Music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000027167/"><font size=-1>Gordon Parks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Mar-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Shaft</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000022652/"><font size=-1>Les Paul</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Guitarist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/493/000043364/"><font size=-1>Minnie Pearl</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Oct-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Her hat cost $1.98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000023705/"><font size=-1>Gregory Peck</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000206094/"><font size=-1>Jan Peerce</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jun-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000025521/"><font size=-1>I. M. Pei</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Architect</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Designed Louvre's glass pyramid</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000024612/"><font size=-1>Itzhak Perlman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Violinist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Aug-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Israeli violinist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000206063/"><font size=-1>Roberta Peters</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-May-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Coloratura soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000115652/"><font size=-1>Leontyne Price</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000205663/"><font size=-1>Harold Prince</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Theatre Producer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Broadway musical producer, 21 Tony awards</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000046544/"><font size=-1>Tito Puente</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Popular Latin bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000084644/"><font size=-1>Robert Rauschenberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Oct-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-May-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American modern sculptor and painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000022729/"><font size=-1>Robert Redford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Aug-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Sundance Kid</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000032128/"><font size=-1>Jason Robards</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Dec-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>All The President's Men</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000064089/"><font size=-1>Jerome Robbins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Choreographer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>West 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Sherman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000206030/"><font size=-1>Robert B. 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