Mel Bartholomew

Gardener and writer --via CommunityTable. His "square-foot gardening" enabled millions who never grew vegetables and flowers to do so, in the unlikeliest places. Probably did more for quality of life than many bigwigs.

Karol Machata

Actor -- via Teraz.

Donald Stoltenberg

Artist -- via legacy.com.

Marcel Barbeau

Artist -- via the CBC.

Elsie Morison

Soprano -- via the Telegraph.

Abel Fernandez

Actor -- via Guerra Gutierrez Mortuaries.

Aaron Aites

Musician and filmmaker -- via Pitchfork.

Phil Ryan

Keyboardist and composer -- via Team Rock.

Reggie Torian

Vocalist -- via Chicago Now.

Olle Ljungstrom

Singer and guitarist -- via DN.se.

Nicolas Noxon

Emmy- and Peabody-winning Documentary filmmaker -- via Variety.

Gordon Holt

Cruciverbalist -- via the Guardian. AKA Otterden.

Charles Gatewood

Photographer -- via the New York Times.

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd

Artist -- via the Telegraph.

Jadranka Stojaković

Singer and songwriter -- via blic,rs.

Angel de Andres Lopez

Actor -- via La Razon.

Sergio Vitier

Musician -- via via La Jornada.

Kristian Ealey

Actor -- via the Telegraph.

Delia Fine

TV producer -- via legacy.com.

George Sundin

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

Ned Miller

Singer and songwriter -- via the New York Times.

Bob Fitch

Photojournalist -- via the New York Times.

Adam Stawinski

Clarinetist -- via the Denver Post. AKA Clarinet Man.

Wayne Crawford

Actor, producer, screenwriter, and director -- via Deadline.

Martin Szipal

Photographer -- via Index.

Uwe Friedrichsen

Actor -- via suedeutsche.de.

Alan Loveday

Violinist -- via Stuff.co.nz.

Mary Wilkins

Writer -- via legacy.com.AKA Mary Calhoun.

Karel Pecko

Artist -- via Slovenske Novice.

Marisol

Sculptor -- via Hyperallergic. AKA Marisol Escobar.

Doug Raney

Guitarist -- via Berlingske.

Damien DeRose

Musician -- via the Brooklyn Vegan.

John Hannaford

Former WWII bomb disposal officer -- via the Telegraph.

Paul Bachman

Juggler and collector -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Daniel Aaron

Literary historian; founder of the Library of America -- via the Forward.

Harrison Calloway

Horn player, producer, and arranger; co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Horns -- via the Times-Daily.

Lois Herman

Vocalist -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Franco Di Giacomo

Cinematographer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Vasily Zvyagintsev

Science-fiction writer -- via Israel Today.

Burt Katz

Pizza master -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Peter Thomas

Announcer and narrator; the well-known voice of TV's "Nova" series -- via Dignity Memorial.

David Page

Composer and actor -- via the Australian.

Leon Vilaincour

Artist -- via the Telegraph.

Connor Everts

Artist -- via the L.A. Times.

Dmytro Hyantuk

Opera singer and director -- via Ukraine Today.

Rene Hausman

Comic-book creator -- via Le Monde.

Gabriele Sima

Soprano -- via orf.at.

James Carroll

Actor and radio host -- via the National Post.

Wolfgang Hess

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.