Thursday, December 20, 2012

Soichi Ozawa

Actor, singer, radio host, and folk art researcher -- via Kyodo News.


Dan Zur

Architect and park designer -- via Haaretz.


Rusty Mills

Animation artist, director, and producer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Giovanni Sostero

Astronomer -- via Universe Today.

Jan Carew

Writer -- via the Daily Herald.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Jagannathan

Actor -- via The Hindu.


Eta Cohen

Violin teacher -- via the Telegraph.


Sammy Arena

Sammy and Andy Arenas.
Singer -- via the Tampa Bay Times.




Chen Wencong

Actor, writer, director, and producer -- via the Straits Times.

Kazbek Gekkiyev

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Peter Kiesewetter

Composer -- via sueddeutsche.de.




Jeroen Willems

Actor and singer -- via nrc.nl.

Tom Hendry

Playwright -- via banffcentre.ca.

Decio Pignatari

Poet and translator -- via Folha de S.Paulo.

Jose Benazeraf

Erotic filmmaker -- via mondomacabrodvd.blogspot.com. WARNING: Not family-friendly or safe-for-work!



Friday, December 14, 2012

Maurice Herzog

Mountaineer -- via the Guardian. The first man to climb Annapurna; the first to ascend a peak over 8,000 meters above sea level.


Norman Joseph Woodland

Co-inventor of the bar code -- via the New York Times.


Kanzaburo Nakamura

Kabuki actor -- via the New York Times.

Frederick Neumann

Actor and director -- via the New York Times. Best known for his work with the Mabou Mimes and Samuel Beckett.

Marty Reisman

High-profile, flamboyant master of table tennis -- via the New York Times.



Robert Lescher

Editor and literary agent -- via the New York Times.

Pete Walsh

Programmer for the Irish Film Institute -- via the Irish Times.

Ammar El-Sherei

Composer and musician -- via Ahram Online.

Devendra Lal

Geophysicist -- via The Hindu.