#artist is carl bille

[diioonysus]

blue + art

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so like what if they were friends

[thecollectorsbase]

Se va el 2024 y no podemos dejar de honrar a las leyendas que ya no están entre nosotros. Gracias por formar parte de nuestras vidas y los grandes recuerdos que nos dejaron. Hasta siempre!

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Fantagraphics Rediscovers the Wonders of Marvel’s Atlas Comics

Fantagraphics Rediscovers the Wonders of Marvel’s Atlas Comics #comics #comicbooks #marvel #graphicnovel

Fantagraphics has announced the publication of Fantagraphics Presents the Marvel Atlas Comics Library, a series of hardcover volumes reprinting comics from Marvel’s 1950s Atlas Comics line in both facsimile editions of individual titles and compilations of a single artist. Fantagraphics will publish five volumes a year with the first two volumes releasing in Fall 2023. Sequential reprintings of…

[thesiltverses]

The horror of Eric Carle

Becoming a dad has really been a reminder of all the half-forgotten books that got me interested in horror: the ones that I will definitely share with my kid (The Minpins) and the ones that I probably won't (Not Now, Bernard)

And then there's Eric Carle, and now it's all coming flooding back - the very first time in my life that I experienced terror. Seriously, what the fuck is this?

Carle's most famous book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is in its own way uneasy and strange (the caterpillar's voracious and growing hunger is presented ambiguously both as an unavoidable and natural process of change and something greedy and grotesque; the caterpillar appears to devour its own place-of-birth and then feels good about it) but it flies under the radar by being very unCarle-like. The caterpillar is largely tiny and cute, we get plenty of colourful close-ups of tasty-looking food, and there are only two pages and a cover which feature Carle's favourite preoccupation: giant animals with irregular, scissor-cut eyes staring unhappily at the reader as they threaten to grow larger than the page itself.

I genuinely remember feeling deeply unnerved by Carle's first major piece of illustration work, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, written with Bill Martin Jr., but only now do I understand why. Holy shit, I have so many questions.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me.

Why is the rhyme-scheme so frantic and breathless, like it's being chanted out during an escalating ritual somewhere deep in the forests? Why are the animals - textured via collage as if half-carved from wood themselves - staring directly at us, the audience, before then revealing that they're actually looking behind us at something else which is staring back at them in turn? Why do so many of the animals look so fearful and haunted as they acknowledge the vast web of visibility which exists between them?

Why does the 'white dog' page - perhaps the only-genuinely-friendly-looking animal - briefly plunge us into night-time, creating the impression that these creatures are somehow watching each other across spans of time and space, when Carle is fully capable of just drawing an outline around the dog?

Why is the teacher's neck extending like a xenomorph's tongue as she glares with narrowed eyes down at the children (what horrible act have they caught her doing?) Why is the cover of follow-up Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear clearly depicting a Tuunbaq stalking the reader?

What seems remarkable and bizarre is that Carle, a talented artist, deliberately chooses to draw animals for infant readers which are neither cute nor charming but which consistently embody the internet joke about hares - feral wilderness prophets who've glimpsed the truth of the universe and gone mad - and has made a stunningly successful career out of doing so.

Carle's beasts know something terrible that they do not fully understand, and which they are incapable of sharing with us.

I'll avoid the crass temptation to draw serious biographical inferences here (Carle believed he had PTSD from an adolescence spent in Nazi Germany, and his works were inspired by his childhood walks with his father, who returned home psychologically shattered by his own experiences as a Soviet prisoner-of-war) and just say that there is something wonderful, awful and innocent in the fact that perhaps the most popular baby-book artist of all time, when asked to draw a goldfish, would respond with what is clearly a monstrous open-mouthed leviathan rising up from black depths to devour us all.

Look at this horrible fucking thing. It rocks.

[girlsdressingrooms]

Iris Barrel Apfel, Decorator and Fashion Stylist

(August 29, 1921 – March 1, 2024) 

Ms. Apfel was one of the most vivacious personalities in the worlds of fashion, textiles, and interior design, she has cultivated a personal style that is both witty and exuberantly idiosyncratic.

Her originality was typically revealed in her mixing of high and low fashions—Dior haute couture with flea market finds, nineteenth-century ecclesiastical vestments with Dolce & Gabbana lizard trousers.

With remarkable panache and discernment, she combines colors, textures, and patterns without regard to period, provenance, and, ultimately, aesthetic conventions. Paradoxically, her richly layered combinations—even at their most extreme and baroque—project a boldly graphic modernity.

Iris Barrel was born on Aug. 29, 1921, in Astoria, Queens, the only child of Samuel Barrel, who owned a glass and mirror business, and his Russian-born wife, Sadye, who owned a fashion boutique.

She studied art history at New York University, then qualified to teach and did so briefly in Wisconsin before fleeing back to New York to work on Women's Wear Daily, and for interior designer Elinor Johnson, decorating apartments for resale and honing her talent for sourcing rare items before opening her own design firm. She was also an assistant to illustrator Robert Goodman.

As a distinguished collector and authority on antique fabrics, Iris Apfel has consulted on numerous restoration projects that include work at the White House that spanned nine presidencies from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.

Along with her husband, Carl, she founded Old World Weavers, an international textile manufacturing company and ran it until they retired in 1992. The Apfels specialized in the reproduction of fabrics from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and traveled to Europe twice a year in search of textiles they could not source in the United States.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute assembled 82 ensembles and 300 accessories from her personal collection in 2005 in a show about her called “Rara Avis”.

Almost overnight, Ms. Apfel became an international celebrity of pop fashion.

Ms. Apfel was seen in a television commercial for the French car DS 3, became the face of the Australian fashion brand Blue Illusion, and began a collaboration with the start-up WiseWear. A year later, Mattel created a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll in her image. Last year, she appeared in a beauty campaign for makeup with Ciaté London.

Six years after the Met show she started her fashion line "Rara Avis" with the Home Shopping Network.

She was cover girl of Dazed and Confused, among many other publications, window display artist at Bergdorf Goodman, designer and design consultant, then signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97.

Ms. Iris Apfel became a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin in its Division of Textiles and Apparel, teaching about imagination, craft and tangible pleasures in a world of images.

 In 2018, she published “Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon,” an autobiographical collection of musings, anecdotes and observations on life and style. 

Ms. Apfel’s apartments in New York and Palm Beach were full of furnishings and tchotchkes that might have come from a Luis Buñuel film: porcelain cats, plush toys, statuary, ornate vases, gilt mirrors, fake fruit, stuffed parrots, paintings by Velázquez and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, a mannequin on an ostrich.

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History in Boynton Beach, Florida, is designing a building that will house a dedicated gallery of Ms. Apfel's clothes, accessories, and furnishings.

Ms. Apfel’s work had a universal quality, It’s was a trend.

Rest in Power !

[fatally-alive]

"After all the turbulence, we needed our own Xanadu… we found it in Margate " - Carl Barat

“People started believing we were only capable of creating art through perpetuating that lifestyle.

“It was our ball and chain and it has also been the death knell of many a good artist because they carried on down that road.”

During their wild days, Barât suspected that The Libertines’ insane live shows were populated by “people who just wanted to come and see a car crash”.

 “But, having clung on to one another for dear life through the turbulence, we’ve finally found some semblance of togetherness.”

In 2024, he can report: “There’s so much genuine friendship and positivity between us that the car crash is not on the bill any more.”

[prikarin]

Regarding Killer Trait Updates

Hello, everyone!

It's been a good minute since my last Killer Trait update, hasn't it?

A lot of people have been asking me about Killer Trait updates and when the full-game will be released so, after a lot of thought, I decided to make this post.

Here's the thing: my Patreon hasn't been doing well. It hasn't been doing well for several months now. While the decline started after Where Winter Crows Go's release in November of last year, it's gotten progressively worse from February 2024 onwards. And because of this I'm going to have to pause my billing for my current patrons from August onwards—at least until I have something new to post.

It'd be a lie if I said this didn't affect me, I'm only human after all, but I'm also well aware that Patreon is a tough thing to maintain in a way that's consistent and interesting.

Unfortunately, since I live in Argentina, my only real way to get funds for my games is through Patreon, donations on Ko-Fi and sales and donations on Itchio. While it definitely helps that I hire some people from Argentina for certain art related things (so I pay them in Argentine Pesos), most of the people I commission are from overseas, so it's always a must to be able to pay them in USD.

And that's the issue: since I don't have that much money anymore and I can't commission people as often... this inevitably delays my progress on both Killer Trait and Potion Pleasing (DEMO out now!) indefinitely. It's sucks for me too, but it's the reality: making games costs money.

As I mentioned in a previous post, Killer Trait will have re-designs for most of the characters (not counting Carl because his design was originally my own) since the ones in the DEMO were stock sprites I bought from an artist, not my own designs. And I want these characters to be 100% my own, which is why I decided to have them re-designed. I've talked about this in the past in more detail when I decided to have Crowe re-designed, you can find that post HERE.

Of course, for these new character sheets (with the exception of Oz's, which has already been finished) and the new sprites, I need game funds in order to commission the artist. Even after the sprites are done, there are a couple of backgrounds—the characters' rooms—that I'd like to have originally made (especially since the ones I bought from Minikle are very limiting and don't really fit with the characters' personalities). And this doesn't even account for CGs, which I'll probably have to postpone for a while because the sprites and the backgrounds are way more important.

Some might be thinking "What about Where Winter Crows Go?". While I was lucky that WWCG's first demo was so well received, I still spent a whole lot of money from my own pocket to make it. I bought a lot of assets and, when I got a few donations, I commissioned a few artists to help me. WWCG was NEVER a game made with only free resources.

Making the art book for WWCG was a way I found to get a little of that investment back, but I'm well aware that I'll never get all the money that I spent back. And that's okay! To this day, I don't regret having invested my money to make WWCG because it gave me a lot of experience, perspective and made me learn a lot.

Be that as it may, however, I can't realistically make the rest of my games free. As I mentioned before, game development is expensive in both money AND time. Without funds, it's a given that things are going to be delayed.

So... where does that leave things?

Well, after pondering on it for a while, I came to the conclusion that I'm not really ready for a crowdfunding campaign right now. Those are extremely hard and ALSO cost money to advertise well and make sure everything's in order. So... the temporary solution I arrived at is setting goals on Ko-Fi! 

How would this work? Basically, I would set a monetary goal of the amount of money needed for a certain asset in a certain game that needs to be made. For example: sprites & character sheets in Killer Trait. Once that goal is met, I'll commission the person in question so they can start working on it! After that, I'll set the next goal and so on 💪

I'm thinking of setting the first Ko-Fi goal once August starts. And from there... I'll see how it goes! If things don't go well, I'm also considering making Where Winter Crows Go paid for a while—don't worry, I would make an announcement first—because I honestly have no more ways of getting game funds for Killer Trait and Potion Pleasing and, as mentioned before, making games is really expensive (and I'm only one person).

Thank you so much for reading until the end and I hope you have an amazing day!

[theultimatefan]

Morrison, Golden, Russell, Platt Headline Fan Expo Portland Comics Creators Lineup

Comic creators like Bill Morrison (“The Simpsons,” “Roswell”), Michael Golden (“Avengers,” “The Micronauts”), Stephen Platt (“Moon Knight”, “Wolverine”) and dozens of others who have delighted millions with their work will be on hand in a standout Artist Alley at FAN EXPO Portland, January 24-26 at the Oregon Convention Center.

Among the other standout superstar artists and writers fans can meet are Mindy Lee (“Harley Quinn”), Peter Bagge (“Neat Stuff,” “Hate”), Enid Balam (“Spider-Gwen,” “NYX”), Randy Emberlin (“Amazing Spider-Man,” “G.I. Joe”), Guy Gilchrist (“The Muppets,” “Nancy”), Aaron Reynolds (“Effin’ Birds”), Arthur Suydam (“Marvel Zombies,” “The Walking Dead”), Stephen Green (“Hellboy,” “Sea of Stars”), Tom Grummett (“The New Titans,” “Superman”), Karl Kesel (“Superman” “Fantasti Four”), Eric Canete (“Gatchaman”, “Iron Man”), Steve Lieber (“Metamorpho,” “Hawkman”), Kevin Maguire (“Justice League,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”), Andy Mangels (“Wonder Woman ‘77,” “JLA”), Jeff Parker (“Zootopia,” “Batman ‘66”), Carl Potts (“Alien Legion,” “Wolverine”), Keith Tucker (“Little Mermaid,” “Animaniacs”) and many more.

Virtually every franchise will be well represented by numerous creators. Q&A’s, interactive demonstration sessions, autographs, commission opportunities, and more help turn FAN EXPO Portland Artist Alley into a paradise for comics lovers of all genres.

Fans can view the entire FAN EXPO Portland field of creators at https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpoportland/comic-creators/.

Today’s announcement of the comics creator field enhances a celebrity lineup that includes the “Supernatural” tandem of Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural”), Tyler Hoechlin (“Superman & Lois”), Grant Gustin (“The Flash”), James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), “Doctor Who” companion Catherine Tate, and teen romance “High School Musical” stars Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel, with more soon to be announced.

FAN EXPO Portland features the biggest and best in pop culture: movies, TV, music, artists, writers, exhibitors, cosplay, with three full days of themed programming to satisfy every fandom.

Portland is the second event on the 2025 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

[daimonclub]

Quotes and aphorisms on animals

Quotes and aphorisms on animals Quotes and aphorisms on animals by famous authors, writers, artists and men of science to remind us the importance of animals for our lives and our planet earth. World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare. It is celebrated on October 4 each year, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife. St. Francis De Sales Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing "Embraceable You" in spats. Woody Allen Man is an animal endowed with reason, but also with much stupidity. Carl William Brown At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. Pierre De Beaumarchais The dog is the god of frolic. Henry Ward Beecher I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. Hilaire Belloc

Quotes on animals Scientific laws are still a product of man, that's why I, first of all, dedicate myself to the study of this amazing animal. Carl William Brown A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but. John Berger Politicians are none of my business… I was struck by the fact that they live a dog's life without the manners of a dog. Rudyard Kipling Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. John Berryman A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Josh Billings A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. Samuel Butler If you take a starving dog and fatten him up, he will not bite you. That is the main difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain The road to understanding man passes through understanding the animal, just as the road to the birth of man undoubtedly passed through the animal. Konrad Lorenz Brothers, love the beasts: God has given them the beginning of thought and peaceful joy. Do not torment them, do not disturb them, do not take away their joy, do not oppose the purpose of God. Man, do not exalt yourself above the animals. F. Dostoevskij Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel Butler The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. Lord Byron Humans are the only animals that have a highly developed brain; perhaps that is why they are so avidly aggressive. Carl William Brown Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. Malcolm De Chazal Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal. Winston Churchill Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Shall we never have done with that cliche, so stupid that it could only be human, about the sympathy of animals for man when he is unhappy? Animals love happiness almost as much as we do. A fit of crying disturbs them, they'll sometimes imitate sobbing, and for a moment they'll reflect our sadness. But they flee unhappiness as they flee fever, and I believe that in the long run they are capable of boycotting it. Gabrielle Colette For the warriors of the pre-Christian era, a dragon was a fairly dangerous animal; for the students of the 21st century after Christ, a wasp is a very dangerous beast. Carl William Brown A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong. Author Unknown Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. George Eliot Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? Ralph Waldo Emerson Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. Georg Hegel Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga -- stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts. Edward Hoagland Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for some people they are an aperture through which wounds drain. The scapegoat of olden times, driven off for the bystanders sins, has become a tender thing, a running injury. There, running away is me: hurt it and you are hurting me. Edward Hoagland Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't. Russell Hoban Animals often strike us as passionate machines. Eric Hoffer From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought. Victor Hugo The better I know men the more I admire dogs. Author Unknown I have enforced the law against killing certain animals and many others, but the greatest progress of righteousness among men comes from the exhortation in favor of non-injury to life and abstention from killing living beings. King Asoka of India Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats: all human life is there. Henry James Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. D. H. Lawrence I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. Joe E. Lewis Animals are considered as property only. To destroy or to abuse them, from malice to the proprietor, or with an intention injurious to his interest in them, is criminal. But the animals themselves are without protection. The law regards them not substantively. They have no RIGHTS! Shirley Lord Eagles do not beget Doves. Motto The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk. Ogden Nash We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better. Native Americans I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason -- as the mad animal, as the laughing animal, as the weeping animal, as the unhappy animal. Friedrich Nietzsche Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door. Charleton Jr. Ogburn The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride. Author Unknown Four legs good, two legs bad. George Orwell In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them. An immense agony will have then ceased, but with it there will also have passed away the last smile of the world's youth. Ouida Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man. Thomas Love Peacock There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. Edgar Allan Poe The zebra told the white horse, "I am white," and told the black horse, "I am actually black." African Proverb The fatter the flea the leaner the dog. German Proverb Who loves me loves my dog. Latin Proverb Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them. And, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. Thomas De Quincey No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest. Bertrand Russell Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. Albert Schweitzer What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. Chief Seattle Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. Edwin Way Teale The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. Henry David Thoreau What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground. Henry David Thoreau An eagle does not catch flies. Author Unknown If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk. Author Unknown Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago. Walt Whitman The best thing about animals is they don't talk much. Thornton Wilder Quotes by authors Quotes by arguments Thoughts and reflections Essays with quotes Read the full article

[ultrameganicolaokay]

EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 5 by Carl Wessler, Al Feldstein, Otto Binder, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, Reed Crandall and more. Cover by Davis. Out in January 2025.

"Dark Horse Comics brings even more macabrely majestic Tales from the Crypt, now as an affordable paperback! This terrifying tome has been digitally recolored-using Marie Severin's original palette as a guide-and features stories drawn by all-star comic artists Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Bill Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, and Joe Orlando! Featuring a foreword by cult icon Bruce Campbell!"

[jasper-the-menace]

I'm going to be engaging in a reading bingo thing for the library I work at (though I won't be eligable to win any prizes) for January and February. There aren't any rules about only counting one book per square, so there's a lot of fun overlap. The books are as follows:

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Rebecca Thorne)

Diadem: Book of Names (John Peel)

Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea (Dav Pilkey)

Dracula (Bram Stoker)

Give-A-Damn Jones (Bill Pronzini)

Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

Heartbreaker (Julie Garwood)

Hide (Kiersten White)

Marrying the Ketchups (Jennifer Close)

Practical Gods (Carl Dennis)

Sigil Magic: For Writers, Artists, & Other Creatives (T Thorn Coyle)

Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Joanne Fluke)

The Leftover Woman (Jean Kwok)

The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)

The Puppets of Spelhorst (Kate DiCamillo)

The Whittiers (Danielle Steel)

Zendikar: In The Teeth Of Akoum (Robert Wintermute)

17 books in 60 days, most of which are over 300 pages. Let's fucking gooooo!

[corgipixeloof]

Haha yeah so what if what if

[randomlyrandoms]

Celebrity Deaths 2023 (Continue)

JULY

Vincenzo D'Amico - July 1 (Soccer Player)

Meg Johnson - July 1 (Soap Opera Actress)

Jo Lindner - July 1 (Bodybuilder / Instagram Star)

Robert Lieberman - July 1 (Director)

Frank Field - July 1 (Meteorologist)

Jeno Jando - July 4 (Pianist)

George Tickner - July 5 (Rock Singer)

CoCo Lee - July 5 (Pop Singer)

Stephen M. Silverman - July 6 (Editor)

Jeffrey Carlson - July 6 (Stage Actor)

Peter Nero - July 6 (Pianist)

Joseph Chebet - July 7 (Runner)

Nikki McCray - July 7 (Basketball Player)

Ozkan Ugur - July 8 (Pop Singer)

Manny Coto - July 9 (Screenwriter)

Andrea Evans - July 9 (Movie Actress)

Mikala Jones - July 9 (Surfer)

Luis Suarez Miramontes - July 9 (Soccer Player)

Tommy Moller Nielsen - July 10 (Soccer Player)

C.R. Roberts - July 11 (Football Player)

Milan Kundera - July 11 (Novelist)

Nick Koster - July 12 (Rugby Player)

Ryucheru - July 12 (Model)

Andre Watts - July 12 (Pianist)

Heide Simonis - July 12 (Politician)

Danielle Ballard - July 13 (Basketball Player)

Josephine Chaplin - July 13 (Movie Actress)

Carlin Glynn - July 13 (TV Actress)

Edward Hume - July 13 (Screenwriter)

Gustavo Badell - July 13 (Bodybuilder)

Nick Benedict - July 14 (Movie Actor)

Haley Odlozil - July 14 (Activist)

Annabelle Ham - July 15 (YouTube Star)

Cody Ince - July 15 (Football Player)

Justyn Vicky - July 15 (Fitness Influencer)

Elise Finch - July 16 (Reporter)

Jane Birkin - July 16 (Movie Actress)

Harry Frankfurt - July 16 (Philosopher)

Luigi Bettazzi - July 16 (Religious Leader)

Linda Haynes - July 17 (Movie Actress)

Miller Farr - July 18 (Football Player)

Oommen Chandy - July 18 (Politician)

Shintaro Yokota - July 18 (Baseball Player)

Dedric Willoughby - July 19 (Basketball Player)

Olivia Knighton - July 19 (Family Member) *Brad Knighton's Daughter*

Bill Geddie - July 20 (TV Producer)

Tony Bennett - July 21 (Pop Singer)

Ron Sexton - July 21 (Comedian)

Zhanna Samsonova - July 21 (Vegan Influencer)

Vince Hill - July 22 (Pop Singer)

Pamela Blair - July 23 (Movie Actress)

Hugh Carter Jr. - July 23 (Businessman)

Inga Swenson - July 23 (TV Actress)

Trevor Francis - July 24 (Soccer Player)

Tony John Priscott - July 24 (Soccer Player)

George Alagiah - July 24 (TV Show Host)

Leny Andrade - July 24 (Jazz Singer)

Bo Goldman - July 25 (Screenwriter)

Jani Allan - July 25 (Journalist)

Sinead O'Connor - July 26 (Rock Singer)

Randy Meisner - July 26 (Rock Singer)

Alan Hugh Schoen - July 26 (Physicist)

Martin Walser - July 28 (Novelist)

Marc Gilpin - July 29 (Movie Actor)

**Paul Reubens - July 30 (TV Actor)

Betty Ann Bruno - July 30 (Journalist)

Angus Cloud - July 31 (TV Actor)

Jess Search - July 31 (Filmmaking)

Joseph Gardiner - July 31 (Rugby Player)

Carol Duvall - July 31 (TV Show Host)

Surat Huseynov - July 31 (Politician)

AUGUST

David Le Batard - Aug. 1 (Multimedia Artist)

Sheila Oliver - Aug. 1 (Politician)

Clifton Oliver - Aug. 2 (Stage Actor)

JM Canlas - Aug. 3 (TV Actor)

Carl Davis - Aug. 3 (Composer)

Mark Margolis - Aug. 3 (TV Actor)

John Gosling - Aug. 4 (Keyboard Player)

Joan Kors - Aug. 5 (Family Member) *Michael Kor's Mother*

Gillies Gilbert - Aug. 5 (Hockey Player)

Bryan Randall - Aug. 5 (Photographer)

Jim Price - Aug. 7 (Baseball Catcher)

Casper - Aug. 7 (DJ)

William Friedkin - Aug. 7 (Director)

Aracy Balabanina - Aug. 7 (Soap Opera Actress)

Sixto Rodriguez - Aug. 8 (Folk Singer)

Johnny Hardwick - Aug. 8 (Voice Actor)

Shelley Smith - Aug. 8 (TV Actress)

Sean Dawkins - Aug. 9 (Football Player)

Robbie Robertson - Aug. 9 (Rock Singer)

Hugh Segal - Aug. 9 (Author)

George Kolasa - Aug. 9 (Luxury Fashion Executive)

Brice Marden - Aug. 9 (Painter)

Doreen Mantle - Aug. 9 (TV Actress)

Caleb White - Aug. 10 (Basketball Player)

Carl DeSantis - Aug. 10 (Entrepreneur)

Paige Gaal - Aug. 10 (TikTok Star)

Adonis Beck - Aug. 10 (TikTok Star)

Adrian Estrada - Aug. 10 (YouTube Star)

Shoji Tabuchi - Aug. 11 (Violinist)

Tom Jones - Aug. 11 (Pop Signer)

Darren Kent - Aug. 11 (TV Actor)

Kathryn Hoedt - Aug. 12 (Producer)

Robert Rorke - Aug. 12 (Editor)

Helen Smart - Aug. 12 (Swimmer)

Alex Collins - Aug. 13 (Football Player)

Magoo - Aug. 13 (Rapper)

Randy Minniear - Aug. 13 (Football Player)

Clarence Avant - Aug. 13 (Business Executive)

Zyquan Mitchell - Aug. 13 (TikTok Star)

Rodion Amirov - Aug. 14 (Hockey Player)

Bobby Baun - Aug. 14 (Hockey Player)

Lea Garcia - Aug. 15 (Movie Actress)

Jerry Moss - Aug. 16 (Trumpet Player)

Renata Scotto - Aug. 16 (Opera Singer)

Michael Parkinson - Aug. 16 (Radio Host)

Clancy Brown - Aug. 16 (Movie Actor)

Haruki Noguchi - Aug. 16 (Road Racer)

Kris Nova - Aug. 16 (Writer)

Rick Jeanneret - Aug. 17 (Radio Host)

Brady Larson - Aug. 17 (Race Car Driver)

Rose Gregorio - Aug. 17 (TV Actress)

Nathaniel Horn - Aug. 18 (Family Member) *Robin Kelly's Husband*

Ray Hilderbrand - Aug. 18 (Pop Singer)

Ashlea Albertson - Aug. 18 (Race Car Driver)

Nancy Frangione - Aug. 18 (Soap Opera Actress)

James L. Buckley - Aug. 18 (Politician)

Sarah Lawson - Aug. 18 (Movie Actress)

Ron Cephas Jones - Aug. 19 (TV Actor)

John Warnock - Aug. 19 (Entrepreneur)

Maxie Baughan - Aug. 19 (Football Player)

Jori Jones - Aug. 20 (Hockey Player)

David Jacobs - Aug. 20 (Screenwriter)

Reggie Chaney - Aug. 21 (Basketball Player)

Elizabeth Hoffman -Aug. 21 (TV Actress)

Joe Muchlinski aka VonViddy - Aug. 21 (TikTok Star)

Alejandra Villafane - Aug. 21 (Pageant Contestant)

Rene Weller - Aug. 22 (Boxer)

Nathen Louis Jackson - Aug. 22 (Producer)

Toto Cutugno - Aug. 22 (Pop Singer)

Terry Funk - Aug. 23 (Wrestler)

Steve Sidwell - Aug. 23 (Football Coach)

Hersha Parady - Aug. 23 (TV Actress)

Bob Feldman - Aug. 23 (Songwriter)

Katera Couch - Aug. 23 (Instagram Star)

Yevgeny Prigozhin - Aug. 23 (Criminal)

Bray Wyatt - Aug. 24 (Wrestler)

Arleen Sorkin - Aug. 24 (TV Actress)

Bernie Marsden - Aug. 24 (Guitarist)

*Bob Barker - Aug. 26 (Game Show Host)

John Kezdy - Aug. 26 (Punk Singer)

Faye Fantarrow - Aug. 26 (Songwriter)

MC Marcinho - Aug. 26 (Funk Singer)

Joe The Plumber - Aug. 27 (Activist)

Pat Corrales - Aug. 27 (Coach)

Jonathan Sheppard - Aug. 27 (Trainer)

Ray Jacobs aka August 08 - Aug. 28 (Songwriter)

Len Chandler - Aug. 28 (Folk Singer)

Tina Howe - Aug. 28 (Playwright)

Mike Enriquez - Aug. 29 (TV Show Host)

Jamie Crick - Aug. 29 (Radio Broadcaster)

Don Browne - Aug. 29 (Media Executive)

Jamie Christopher - Aug. 29 (Assistant Director)

Robert Klane - Aug. 29 (Screenwriter)

Jack Sonni - Aug. 30 (Guitarist)

Mohamed Al-Fayed - Aug. 30 (Entrepreneur)

TYBZI - Aug. 30 (YouTube Star)

Steve Crump - Aug. 31 (Journalist)

Gayle Hunnicutt - Aug. 31 (TV Actress)

Sarah Young - Aug. 31 (Author)

Silvina Luna - Aug. 31 (Model)

SEPTEMBER

Jimmy Buffett - Sept. 1 (Country Singer)

Bill Richardson - Sept. 1 (Politician)

Dr. Maz Gomez - Sept. 2 (Journalist)

Marcia De Rousse - Sept. 2 (Movie Actress)

Shannon Wilcox - Sept. 2 (Movie Actress)

Lefty SM - Sept. 2 (Rapper)

Ruschell Boone - Sept. 3 (Reporter)

Gary Wright - Sept. 4 (Rock Singer)

**Steve Harwell - Sept. 4 (Rock Singer)

Eddie Meador - Sept. 4 (Football Player)

Edith Grossman - Sept. 4 (Translator)

Violeta Mitul - Sept. 4 (Soccer Player)

Charles Mallet - Sept. 4 (TikTok Star)

Bruce Guthro - Sept. 5 (Songwriter)

Joe Fagin - Sept. 5 (Singer / Songwriter)

Maria Teresa Campos - Sept. 5 (Journalist)

Adnan Al-Kaissie - Sept. 6 (Wrestler)

Jim Tom Hedrick - Sept. 6 (Reality Star)

Richard Davis - Sept. 6 (Bassist)

Whitey Von Nieda - Sept. 6 (Basketball Player)

Larry Chance - Sept. 6 (Musician)

Ellie The Pug - Sept. 6 (Dog)

Raymond Ackerman - Sept. 6 (Business Executive)

Giles Broadbent - Sept. 7 (Violinist)

Geechy Guy - Sept. 7 (Comedian)

Jake Bloom - Sept. 7 (Lawyer)

Akira Nishimura - Sept. 7 (Composer)

Lisa Lyon - Sept. 8 (Bodybuilder)

Mike Yarwood - Sept. 8 (Impressionist)

Brett Sawyer - Sept. 8 (Wrestler)

Felicia Taylor - Sept. 8 (Journalist)

Mangosuthu Buthelezi - Sept. 9 (Politician)

Charlie Robison - Sept. 10 (Country Singer)

Nico Ladenis - Sept. 10 (Chef)

Robert S. Bennett - Sept. 10 (Attorney)

Nichole Coats - Sept. 10 (Model)

Ian Wilmut - Sept. 10 (Physicist)

Brendan Croker - Sept. 10 (Guitarist)

Howard Safir - Sept. 11 (NYC Police Commissioner)

Neil Currey - Sept. 11 (Bodybuilder)

Mike Williams - Sept. 12 (Football Player)

Jean Boht - Sept. 12 (TV Actress)

Brandon Hunter - Sept. 12 (Basketball Player)

MohBad - Sept. 12 (Rapper)

Zeus The Great Dane - Sept. 12 (Dog)

Maleesa Mooney - Sept. 12 (Model)

Maddy Anholt - Sept. 13 (Comedian)

Roger Whittaker - Sept. 13 (Pop Singer)

Lauch Faircloth - Sept. 14 (Politician)

Michael McGrath - Sept. 14 (Stage Actor)

Pat Nebo - Sept. 14 (Production Designer)

Tiago Eugenio - Sept. 14 (YouTube Star)

Dr. Harry Mallios - Sept. 14 (Football Player)

Michael Leva - Sept. 14 (Fashion Designer)

Tracy Cole - Sept. 15 (Family Member) *Nat King Cole's Great-Nephew*

Billy Miller - Sept. 15 (Soap Opera Actor)

Paul Woseen - Sept. 15 (Bassist)

Fernando Botero - Sept. 15 (Painter)

Horace Ove - Sept. 16 (Filmmaker)

Francois Dionot - Sept. 16 (Chef)

Irish Grinstead - Sept. 16 (R&B Singer)

Gita Mahta - Sept. 16 (Author)

Echo Brown - Sept. 16 (Author)

Victor Fuchs - Sept. 16 (Health Economist)

Sherry Pollex - Sept. 17 (NASCAR Figure)

Taylor Erin Maw - Sept. 17 (Missionary)

Adriana Thyssen - Sept. 17 (Blogger)

Nicky Newman - Sept. 17 (Instagram Star)

Brereton Jones - Sept. 18 (Politician)

Trisha Stratford - Sept. 18 (Doctor)

Filippo Mometto - Sept. 18 (Motorcycle Racer)

Henry Boucha - Sept. 18 (Hockey Player)

Buddy Teevens - Sept. 19 (Coach)

Kent Stax - Sept. 20 (Drummer)

Phil Sellers - Sept. 20 (Basketball Player)

Maddy Cusack - Sept. 20 (Soccer Player)

Katherine Anderson - Sept. 20 (Soul Singer)

Maw Maw Smith - Sept. 20 (Family Member) *Brittney Smith's Grandmother*

Walewska Oliveira - Sept. 21 (Volleyball Player)

Robert W. Smith - Sept. 21 (Composer)

Giorgio Napolitano - Sept. 22 (World Leader)

Robb Gaffney - Sept. 22 (Freeskiing Pioneer)

Nic Kerdiles - Sept. 23 (Hockey Player)

Terry Kirkman - Sept. 23 (Songwriter)

Nashawn Breedlove - Sept. 24 (Movie Actor)

Barry Olivier - Sept. 24 (Guitarist)

Reiky De Valk - Sept. 24 (TV Actor)

David McCallum - Sept. 25 (TV Actor)

Matteo Messina Denaro - Sept. 25 (Criminal)

Zoleka Mandela - Sept. 25 (Activist)

Burkey Belser - Sept. 25 (Graphic Designer)

Brooks Robinson - Sept. 26 (Baseball Player)

Maurice Leitch - Sept. 26 (Novelist)

**Michael Gambon - Sept. 27 (Movie Actor) *Wands Up For Albus Dumbledore*

Aziz Pahad - Sept. 27 (Politician)

Adouli - Sept. 27 (Rapper)

Viliami Moala - Sept. 28 (Football Player)

Dianne Feinstein - Sept. 29 (Politician)

Nick Wilkinson - Sept. 29 (Casting Director)

John Gordon - Sept. 30 (Artist)

Russell Batiste Jr. - Sept. 30 (Drummer)

OCTOBER

Jim Caple - Oct. 1 (Writer)

Russ Francis - Oct. 1 (Football Player)

Tim Wakefield - Oct. 1 (Baseball Player)

Ron Haffkine - Oct. 1 (Producer)

Eve Bunting - Oct. 1 (Young Adult Author)

Francis Lee - Oct. 2 (Soccer Player)

Jeff Alessi - Oct. 2 (Supercross Racer)

Lorenzo Delle - Oct. 2 (TikTok Star)

Joe Christopher - Oct. 3 (Baseball Player)

Jacqueline Dark - Oct. 3 (Opera Singer)

Thomas Gambino - Oct. 3 (Mobster)

Bob Wagner - Oct. 4 (Football Coach)

Shawn Trpcic - Oct. 4 (Costume Designer)

Wayne Comer - Oct. 4 (Baseball Player)

Lady Cathy Ferguson - Oct. 5 (Family Member) *Sir Alex Ferguson's Wife*

Dick Butkus - Oct. 5 (Football Player)

Asad Chowdhury - Oct. 5 (Poet)

Keith Jefferson - Oct. 6 (Movie Actor)

Jim Poole - Oct. 6 (Baseball Player)

Michael Chiarello - Oct. 6 (Chef)

President Davo - Oct. 6 (Rapper)

Terence Davies - Oct. 7 (Director)

Alan Eisenberg - Oct. 7 (Executive Director)

Ted Schwinden - Oct. 7 (Politician)

Burt Young - Oct. 8 (Movie Actor)

Buck Trent - Oct. 9 (Country Singer)

David Benedictus - Oct. 9 (Writer / Theatre Director)

Kevin Phillips - Oct. 9 (Writer)

Chuck Feeney - Oct. 9 (Businessman / Philanthropist)

Gail O'Neill - Oct. 10 (Model)

Mark Goddard - Oct. 10 (TV Actor)

Ken Lally - Oct. 10 (Movie Actor)

Shirley Jo Finney - Oct. 10 (Theater Director)

Terry Dischinger - Oct. 10 (Basketball Player)

Brendan Malone - Oct. 10 (Basketball Coach)

Cal Wilson - Oct. 11 (Comedian)

Phyllis Coates - Oct. 11 (Movie Actress)

Rudolph Isley - Oct. 11 (Singer / Songwriter)

Tof Henry - Oct. 11 (Skier)

Walt Garrison - Oct. 11 (Football Player)

Ronnie Caldwell - Oct. 12 (Football Player)

Lara Parker - Oct. 12 (TV Actress)

Louise Gluck - Oct. 13 (Poet)

Garry Mapanzure - Oct. 13 (World Music Singer)

Arturas Rudy - Oct. 14 (Rugby Player)

Piper Laurie - Oct. 14 (TV Actress)

Stephen Emery - Oct. 14 (Producer)

Dariush Mahrjui - Oct. 14 (Director)

**Suzanne Somers - Oct. 15 (TV Actress)

Joanna Merlin - Oct. 15 (Stage Actress)

Toon Greebe - Oct. 16 (Professional Darts Player)

Steven Weisberg - Oct. 16 (Film Editor)

Martti Ahtisaari - Oct. 16 (Politician)

Carla Bley - Oct. 17 (Composer)

Edward Bleier - Oct. 17 (TV Executive)

Tabby Brown - Oct. 17 (Model)

Dwight Twilley - Oct. 18 (Rock Singer)

Mark Howard James aka The 45 King - Oct. 19 (DJ)

Anfisa Reztsova - Oct. 19 (Olympic)

Atsushi Sakurai - Oct. 19 (Rock Singer)

Haydu Gwynne - Oct. 20 (Stage Actress)

Pete Ladd - Oct. 20 (Baseball Player)

Elaine Devry - Oct. 20 (Movie Actress)

Leslie Dayman - Oct. 20 (Movie Actor)

Bobby Charlton - Oct. 21 (Soccer Player)

Dusty Street - Oct. 21 (Pioneering DJ)

Paul Costict - Oct. 21 (Rapper)

Rob Gardner (Oct. 21 (Baseball Player)

Joan Evans - Oct. 21 (Movie Actress)

Billy Hayden - Oct. 21 (Politician)

Dave Courtney - Oct. 22 (Non-Fiction Auther)

Tasha Butts - Oct. 22 (Basketball Player)

Vincent Asaro - Oct. 22 (Criminal)

Bishan Singh Bedi - Oct. 23 (Cricketer)

Domenico Spano - Oct. 23 (Custom Tailor / Style Setter)

Bill Kenwright - Oct. 23 (Film Producer)

Arnold Diaz - Oct. 24 (Journalist)

Steve Riley - Oct. 24 (Drummer)

Richard Roundtree - Oct. 24 (Movie Actor)

Ricardo Iorio - Oct. 24 (Metal Singer)

Bertie Bowman - Oct. 25 (Author)

Lyn McLain - Oct. 25 (Orchestra Leader)

Robert Irwin - Oct. 25 (Conceptual Artist)

*Richard Moll - Oct. 26 (TV Actor)

David Mitchell - Oct. 26 (Comedian)

Mark Shelmerdine - Oct. 26 (Producer)

Anne Heywood - Oct. 27 (Movie Actress)

**Matthew Perry - Oct. 28 (TV Actor)

Adam Johnson - Oct. 28 (Hockey Player)

Joey Paras - Oct. 29 (Filmmaker)

Charlie Aitken - Oct. 29 (Soccer Player)

Tony Rohr - Oct. 29 (Movie Actor)

Aaron Spears - Oct. 30 (Drummer)

Frank Howard - Oct. 30 (Baseball Player)

Ken Mattingly - Oct. 31 (Astronaut)

Tyler Christopher - Oct. 31 (Soap Opera Actor)

NOVEMBER

Bobby Knight - Nov. 1 (Basketball Coach)

Ady Barkan - Nov. 1 (Lawyer)

Peter White - Nov. 1 (Movie Actor)

Peter Tarnoff - Nov. 1 (Politician)

Debbe Pemberton - Nov. 1 (Family Member) *Zoe LaVerne's Mother*

Walter Davis - Nov. 2 (Basketball Player)

Dick Drago - Nov. 2 (Baseball Player)

Henri Lopes - Nov. 2 (Politician)

David Berglas - Nov. 3 (Magician)

Oleg Protopopov - Nov. 3 (Figure Skating)

Elizangela Do Amaral Vergueiro - Nov. 3 (TV Actress)

Marina Cicogna - Nov. 4 (Film Producer)

Rob Thomson - Nov. 4 (Wrestler)

Gary Winnick - Nov. 4 (Businessman)

Karen Davis - Nov. 4 (Advocate)

Pat E. Johnson - Nov. 5 (Martial Artist)

Evan Ellingson - Nov. 5 (TV Actor)

Cody Dorman - Nov. 5 (Namesake Of Breeders)

Ross McDonnell - Nov. 5 (Cinematographer)

Chris Tapp - Nov. 5 (TV Personality)

Logan Steinwede - Nov. 5 (Instagram Star)

Frank Dorman - Nov. 7 (Astronaut)

Luana Andrade - Nov. 7 (Reality TV / Model / Influencer)

Jenny Appleford - Nov. 7 (YouTube Star)

Dale Reid - Nov. 8 (Golfer)

Matt Ulrich - Nov. 8 (Football Player)

Nahee - Nov. 8 (Pop Singer)

Doug Ibold - Nov. 8 (Film Editor)

Patrycja Widera - Nov. 8 (Instagram Star)

Brandi Mallory - Nov. 9 (Reality Star)

John Bailey - Nov. 10 (Cinematographer)

Mike Fanelli - Nov. 10 (Runner)

Johnny Ruffo - Nov. 10 (Pop Singer)

Spiros Focas - Nov. 10 (Movie Actor)

Lorraine Day - Nov. 10 (Non-Fiction Author)

Kyle LeDuc - Nov. 11 (Motorsports Racing Driver)

Conny Van Dyke - Nov. 11 (Motown Singer)

DJ Hayden - Nov. 11 (Football Player)

Anna Scher - Nov. 12 (Drama Teacher)

Kevin Turen - Nov. 12 (Producer)

M. Russell Ballard - Nov. 12 (Religious Leader)

Maryanne Trump - Nov. 13 (Family Member) *Donald Trump's Sister*

Devon Wylie - Nov. 13 (Football Player)

Michael Bishop - Nov. 13 (Novelist)

Peter Seidler - Nov. 14 (Businessman)

Lord Cotter - Nov. 14 (Politician)

Thelda Williams - Nov. 14 (Mayor Of Phoenix)

Bosley Faze Rug - Nov. 14 (Dog)

Oladips - Nov. 14 (Rapper)

Terry Taylor - Nov. 14 (AP Sports Editor)

Shari Smiley - Nov. 14 (CAA Agent & Manager)

Betty Rollin - Nov. 14 (Journalist)

Subrata Roy - Nov. 14 (Entrepreneur)

Alexio - Nov. 14 (Rapper)

Chigova - Nov. 15 (Soccer Player)

Dex Carvey - Nov. 15 (Family Member) *Dana Carvey's Son*

Ken Squier - Nov. 15 (Sportscaster)

Daisaku Ikeda - Nov. 15 (Religious Leader)

George Brown - Nov. 16 (Drummer)

A.S. Byatt - Nov. 16 (Author)

Rita Hollingsworth - Nov. 16 (Entertainment Publicist)

Johnny Green - Nov. 16 (Basketball Player)

Abe Stoklasa - Nov. 17 (Songwriter)

Suzanne Shepherd - Nov. 17 (TV Actress)

Mark Eisen - Nov. 17 (Fashion Designer)

David Del Tredici - Nov. 18 (Composer)

James Davern - Nov. 18 (Director)

Joss Ackland - Nov. 19 (Movie Actor)

Peter Spellos - Nov. 19 (Voice Actor)

Carlton Pearson - Nov. 19 (Minister)

Sara Tavares - Nov. 19 (Composer)

Roslynn Cobarrubias - Nov. 19 (Entrepreneur)

Herbert Gold - Nov. 19 (Novelist)

Vincentius Sensi Potokota - Nov. 19 (Religious Leader)

Rosalynn Carter - Nov. 19 (First Lady)

Mars Williams - Nov. 20 (Saxophonist)

Willie Hernandez - Nov. 20 (Baseball Player)

Annabel Giles - Nov. 20 (Model)

Reed Ryan - Nov. 21 (Football Player)

Chad Allan - Nov. 21 (Musician)

James Philip - Nov. 21 (Politician)

Raul Cande - Nov. 21 (Rapper)

Phil Quartararo - Nov. 22 (Music Industry Executive)

Tom Larson - Nov. 22 (Sportscaster)

Jean Knight - Nov. 22 (R&B Singer)

Eddie Merrins - Nov. 22 (Golfer)

Steve Pool - Nov. 22 (TV Show Host)

Harald Hasselbach - Nov. 23 (Football Player)

Andreas Ullmann - Nov. 23 (Wrestler)

Ron Hodges - Nov. 24 (Baseball Player)

Elliot Silverstein - Nov. 24 (Director)

Marc Thorpe - Nov. 24 (Visual Effects Artist)

Marty Krofft - Nov. 25 (TV Producer)

Sumitomo Mitsui - Nov. 25 (CEO)

Larry Fink - Nov. 25 (Photographer)

Terry Venables - Nov. 25 (Soccer Player)

Pablo Guzman - Nov. 26 (Reporter)

Kevin 'Geordie' Walker - Nov. 26 (Guitarist)

Tim Dorsey - Nov. 26 (Novelist)

Norris McDonald - Nov. 26 (Journalist)

Luigi Caiola - Nov. 26 (Broadway Producer)

William Anastasi - Nov. 27 (Painter)

Frances Sternhagen - Nov. 27 (Stage Actress)

John Nichols - Nov. 27 (Novelist)

Charlie Munger - Nov. 28 (Entrepreneur)

Jack Axelrod - Nov. 28 (TV Actor)

Queenzy Cheng - Nov. 28 (Pop Singer)

Dean Sullivan - Nov. 29 (Soap Opera Actor)

Henry Kissinger - Nov. 29 (Politician)

Scott Kempner - Nov. 29 (Guitarist)

Charles Gilchrist Adams - Nov. 29 (Pastor)

Bronka Sundstrom - Nov. 29 (Mountaineer)

Elliott Erwitt - Nov. 29 (Photographer)

Victoria Maria Aragues Gadea - Nov. 29 (Dancer)

Shane MacGowan - Nov. 30 (Pop Singer)

Alistair Darling - Nov. 30 (Politician)

John Byrne - Nov. 30 (Playwright)

Edwin Yoder - Nov. 30 (Journalist)

Buddy Duress - Nov. ?? (Movie Actor)

DECEMBER

Sandra Day O'Connor - Dec. 1 (Supreme Court Justice)

Charles Officer - Dec. 1 (Director)

Daniel Langlois - Dec. 1 (Entrepreneur)

Jada Brown - Dec. 1 (Football Coach)

Brigit Forstyth - Dec. 1 (TV Actress)

Kiki Fatmala - Dec. 1 (TV Actress)

Wolfgang Hollegha - Dec. 2 (Painter)

Travis Snyder - Dec. 3 (Founder Of The Color Run)

Myles Goodwyn - Dec. 3 (Guitarist)

Glenys Kinnock - Dec. 3 (Politician)

Andrea Fay Friedman - Dec. 3 (TV Actress)

Jim Easton - Dec. 4 (Archery)

Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona - Dec. 4 (TV Actress)

Denny Laine - Dec. 5 (Rock Singer)

Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria - Dec. 5 (Prince)

Robert Pardo - Dec. 5 (Us Air Force)

Mark Pearson Butterbrodt - Dec. 5 (Doctor)

Norman Lear - Dec. 5 (TV Producer)

Lional Dahmer - Dec. 5 (Family Member) *Jeffrey Dahmer's Father*

Vic Davalillo - Dec. 6 (Baseball Player)

Vincent Le Goascoz - Dec. 6 (Teacher)

Marisa Pavan - Dec. 6 (Movie Actress)

Ellen Holly - Dec. 6 (Movie Actress)

Jack Hogan - Dec. 6 (Movie Actor)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Dec. 7 (Poet)

Doris Yaffe - Dec. 7 (Social Activist)

Keisha Whitaker - Dec. 7 (Film Producer)

Thomas F. Kilroy - Dec. 7 (Novelist)

Stan Rogow - Dec. 7 (TV Producer)

Joe Solomon - Dec. 8 (Cricketer)

Itziar Castro - Dec. 8 (TV Actress)

Ryan O'Neal - Dec. 8 (TV Actor)

Dave Robb - Dec. 8 (Hollywood Reporter)

Paul Webb - Dec. 8 (Basketball Coach)

Tony Tarantino - Dec. 8 (Movie Actor)

Frank Wycheck - Dec. 9 (Football Player)

Greg Scholl - Dec. 9 (Videographer / Producer)

Anna Cardwell - Dec. 9 (Reality Star)

Mike Perricone - Dec. 9 (Hockey Reporter / Science Writer)

Gao Yaojie - Dec. 10 (Activist)

Shirley Anne Field - Dec. 10 (Movie Actress)

Julian Carroll - Dec. 10 (Governor)

Jack Hanson - Dec. 10 (Weatherman / Cartoonist)

Michael Blakemore - Dec. 10 (Director)

Jeffrey Foskett - Dec. 11 (Songwriter)

Ian Gibson - Dec. 11 (Non-Fiction Author)

Andre Braugher - Dec. 11 (TV Actor)

Camden Toy - Dec. 11 (TV Actor)

Ken Kelsch - Dec. 11 (Cinematographer)

Shuji Abe - Dec. 11 (Producer)

Essra Mohawk - Dec. 11 (Singer-Songwriter)

Fusa Tatsumi - Dec. 12 (Supercentenarian) *She Was 116 Year Old*

Zahara - Dec. 12 (Pop Singer)

Craig Watkins - Dec. 12 (Lawyer)

Shirley Barber - Dec. 12 (Author)

Ricardo Drue - Dec. 12 (R&B Singer)

Clarence Sexton - Dec. 12 (Pastor)

Bill Burgess - Dec. 13 (Football Player)

Dick Nunis - Dec. 13 (Disneyland Executive)

Kenny DeForest - Dec. 13 (Comedian)

Maxine Rizik Tanous - Dec. 13 (Retailer)

J.G.A. Pocock - Dec. 13 (Historian)

Wolfgang Gluck - Dec. 13 (Film Producer)

George McGinnis - Dec. 14 (Basketball Player)

Ken MacKenzie - Dec. 14 (Baseball Player)

Cari Beauchamp - Dec. 14 (Author / Historian)

Nadine McKown - Dec. 14 (Historian)

Rudolf Hruby - Dec. 14 (Hockey Player)

Selma Archerd - Dec. 14 (Movie Actress)

Ara Martirosyan - Dec. 14 (World Music Singer)

Steve Halliwell - Dec. 15 (Soap Opera Actor)

Eddie Driscoll - Dec. 15 (TV Actor)

Colin Burgess - Dec. 15 (Drummer)

Richard Hunt - Dec. 16 (Sculptor)

Lorenzo Riva - Dec. 16 (Fashion Designer)

Jim Ladd - Dec. 16 (DJ / Radio Producer)

Kenpachiro Satsuma - Dec. 16 (Movie Actor)

Otar Losseliani - Dec. 17 (Director)

Eric Montross - Dec. 17 (Basketball Player)

James McCaffrey - Dec. 17 (Movie Actor)

Joseph Anthony "Amp" Fiddler - Dec. 17 (Keyboardist)

Norma Barzman - Dec. 17 (Movie Actress / Screenwriter)

Giovanni Anselmo - Dec. 18 (Artist)

Ed Budde - Dec. 19 (Football Player)

Don Schumacher - Dec. 20 (Motorsports)

Torben Ulrich - Dec. 20 (Tennis Player)

Terry Jill Saperstein - Dec. 20 (Talent Manager)

Carl Barzilauskas - Dec. 20 (Football Player)

Fola Francis - Dec. 20 (Designer)

Ian Pepperell - Dec. 22 (TV Actor)

Laura Lynch - Dec. 22 (Musician)

Bobbie Jean Carter - Dec. 23 (Family Member) *Nick & Aaron Carter's Sister*

Mike Nussbaum - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor / Director)

Dejumo Lewis - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor)

Lisandro Meza - Dec. 23 (Colombian Singer)

Richard Romanus - Dec. 23 (Movie Actor)

Lynn Loring - Dec. 23 (Movie Actress / Producer)

Neel Nanda - Dec. 24 (Comedian)

Cheri Barry - Dec. 24 (Mayor)

Kamar De Los Reyes - Dec. 24 (TV Actor)

Troy Dargan - Dec. 24 (Rugby Player)

Casey Kramer - Dec. 24 (Family Member) *Stanley Kramer's Daughter*

Willie Ruff - Dec. 24 (Jazz Musician)

Carl Welser - Dec. 24 (Columuist / Firefighter)

David Leland - Dec. 24 (Director)

Vasilis Karras - Dec. 24 (Folk Singer)

Alice Parker - Dec. 24 (Composer)

Richard Franklin - Dec. 25 (TV Actor)

Bill Granger - Dec. 25 (Chef)

Fred Mackerodt - Dec. 25 (Writer)

Tom Priestley - Dec. 25 (Sound Designer)

Alain Laurier - Dec. 25 (Soccer Coach)

Louis James - Dec. 26 (Football Player)

Tom Smothers - Dec. 26 (Pop Singer)

Jim Bixby - Dec. 26 (Counselor)

Bobby Rivers - Dec. 26 (TV Actor)

Russell Hamler - Dec. 26 (War Hero)

Herb Kohl - Dec. 27 (Politician)

Lee Sun-Kyun - Dec. 27 (Movie Actor)

PC Siqueira - Dec. 27 (YouTube Star)

Ken Bowman - Dec. 27 (Football Player)

Pedro Suarez-Vertiz - Dec. 28 (Rock Singer)

Herman Raucher - Dec. 28 (Screenwriter)

Donald Wildmon - Dec. 28 (Author)

Quinn Donoghue - Dec. 28 (Hollywood Publicist)

Bill McColl - Dec. 28 (Football Player)

Vijayakanth - Dec. 28 (Movie Actor)

Maurice Hines - Dec. 29 (Stage Actor)

Roger Ernest Maughmer - Dec. 29 (Mayor)

Les McCann - Dec. 29 (Pianist)

Eddie Cockrell - Dec. 29 (Film Programmer)

Hermann Baumann - Dec. 29 (Composer)

John Pilger - Dec. 30 (Journalist)

Douglas JJ. Peters - Dec. 30 (Senator)

Tom Wilkinson - Dec. 30 (Movie Actor)

Martha Diamond - Dec. 30 (Painter)

Cindy Morgan - Dec. 30 (Movie Actress)

Daniel Miller - Dec. 30 (Executive)

Shecky Greene - Dec. 31 (TV Actor / Comedian)

Cale Yarborough - Dec. 31 (Race Car Driver)

Klee Benally - Dec. 31 (Navajo Activist / Musician)

Benjamin Kiplagat - Dec. 31 (Runner)

Ana Ofelia Murguia - Dec. 31 (Movie Actress)

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It’s a special treat to find images of artists by artists.

Barry Windsor-Smith by Michael Netzer

Gil Kane by Marie Severin

John Buscema by Bill Sienkiewicz

Frank Frazetta by Marcus Boas

Gene Day by Dave Sim

Al Williamson by Bernie Wrightson

Jeffrey and Louise Jones (Later Louise Simonson) by Bernie Wrightson

Jack Kirby by Michael Cho

Hannes Bok by Virgil Finlay

Carl Barks by Al Hirschfeld

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Some stunning photos of Edna Purviance as Marie St. Clair in "A Woman of Paris". The last photo is Charlie Chaplin directing Edna Purviance in a scene. He did not appear in the film.

The 2 men in Marie St. Clair’s life - her true love Jean Millett (Carl Miller*), a poor struggling artist, weak willed and under the influence of his mother & the man who gives her all the material things in the world, Pierre Revel (Adolphe Menjou**), the richest man in Paris but no love or promise of a future between them.

Charlie Chaplin created this dramatic role for Edna Purviance, hoping it would help towards a career as a dramatic actress. It was his way I’m sure of acknowledging her contribution to his early success as his leading lady from 1915-1923. Edna contributed more to “the tramp’s” continuing evolution and was his greatest and most enduring onscreen partner.

Choosing to not appear in the film had a downside: “A Woman of Paris” was praised by the critics but the public stayed away, seems they did not want to go see a Charlie Chaplin film he was not in. His biographer David Robinson says the film would have done immensely better if Charlie had removed his name from the bill.

In 1976 towards the end of his life Charlie Chaplin prepared a reissue of “A Woman of Paris” - he created a new score:

According to David Robinson: “The score was the last completed work of a creative life that had spanned three quarters of a century”