Bogaletch Gebre

Scientist and activist. AKA Boge Gebre. Via Ezega News.

Hunter Pitts O'Dell

Civil rights activist. AKA Jack O'Dell. Via Stanford University.

John Curro

Violinist and conductor. Via the Violin Channel. 

Lev Anninsky

Writer, critic, and essayist. Via Izvestia.

Kendra Malia

Singer. Via Far Out Magazine.

Beatrice Faust

Writer and activist. Via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Stephen Dixon

Writer. Via LitHub.

Vaughn Benjamin

Singer and songwriter. Via volcanikwebradio.com.

Chris Ransick

Poet. Via the Denver Post.

Bart Walsh

Guitarist. Via Blabbermouth.

Christopher Dennis

Street performer who impersonated Superman on Hollywood Boulevard. Via Deadline.

Marya Columbia

Violinist. Via the New York Times.

Gert Boyle

Entrepreneur; chairman of Columbia Sportswear. Via Forbes.

William B. Branch

Playwright, TV writer, producer, and actor. Via the New York Times.

William Wintersole

Actor. Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Paul Turner

Director. Via the BBC.

Johannes Schaaf

Director. Via Around the Music Festival.

Peter Collier

Writer. Via the California Globe.

Timi Hansen

Bassist. Via Louder.

Omero Antonutti

Actor. Via Il Post.

Ernest J. Gaines

Writer. Via NPR.

Ian Cross

Journalist and writer. Via the Otago Daily Times.

Friedemann Layer

Conductor. Via Slipped Disc.

Taku Mayumura

Writer. Via the Japan News.

Jack Conroy

Cinematographer. Via the Leinster Leader.

Azam Taleghani

Politician and women's rights activist. Via the New York Times.

Brian Tarantina

Actor. Via CNN.

Chandra Kaluarachchi

Actress. Via the Daily Mirror.

Leo Iorga

Singer and guitarist. Via m.click.ro.

Mano

Comedian. Via The News.

Yvette Lundy

Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor. Via the Guardian.

Jean Heywood

Actress. Via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Stuart Heydinger

Photojournalist. Via the Guardian.

Marie Laforet

Actress and singer. AKA The Girl with the Golden Eyes. Via swissinfo.ch.

Diarmuid Lawrence

Distinguished TV director. Via the Guardian.

Rina Lazo

Artist. Via infobae.com.

Ann Crumb

Actress. Via Deadline.

Florence Giorgetti

Actress. Via Along the Boards.

Cong Weixi

Writer. Via culture.ifeng.com.

Natalia Pugacheva

Singer. Via wiwibloggs.

Narayana Reddy

Humanitarian and cook. AKA Grandpa Kitchen. Via legacy.com.

Ebrahim Abadi

Actor. Via the Tehran Times.

Tom MacIntyre

Playwright and poet. Via the Irish Post.

Amjad Nasser

Writer and journalist. Via ArabLit.

Giannis Spanos

Composer. Via Tornos News.

Mustapha Matura

Playwright. Via the Guardian.

Peter Heyl Hassrick

Curator and art historian. Via the Cody Enterprise

Michael Blumlein

Writer. Via tor.com.

Geetanjali

Actress. Via NDTV.

Roberta Fiorentini

Actress. Via news1.news.