Philip Jackson (1944)
Philip Henry Christopher Jackson CVO DL is a Scottish sculptor, noted for his modern style and emphasis on form. Acting as Royal Sculptor to Queen Elizabeth II, his sculptures appear in numerous…
Similar Posts
Dee Clark (1938)
Dee Clark was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song “Raindrops”, which became a million-seller in…
Christine Boutin (1944)
Christine Boutin is a French former politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until…
Pietro Parolin (1955)
Pietro Parolin is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican’s Secretary of State since 2013, and has served as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was…
R. Carlos Nakai (1946)
Raymond Carlos Nakai is a Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a…
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (1899)
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali-language writer, physician, and playwright, best known by his pen name Banaphul,. His oeuvre spanned novels, poetry, plays, essays and over 400 short…
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517)
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, was an English noblewoman. She was the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII’s younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.