Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Boxer and wrongfully convicted man who became a celebrated cause -- via the Globe and Mail.








Bob Dylan Hurricane by social7

Armando Peraza

Drummer; master of the bongo and conga -- via the L.A. Times.

Little Joe Cook

Doo-wop singer; with the Thrillers, had a hit with "Peanuts" -- via Boston Globe.

Gene Estess

Helped people -- via the New York Times. Left Wall Street 3 months before the '87 crash to lead the Jericho Project, which serves the homeless, mentally ill, and addicted. Per the story by Douglas Martin in the April 19 Times: "'I didn’t come home with stories to tell or satisfaction or a feeling I’d done anything to help anybody except myself and my family,' he said . . . "  “'He felt he wasn’t doing anything of great value,' his wife said in an interview. 'I mean in a moral and philosophical sense.'” "Mr. Estess cautioned against exaggerating his dramatic change of life. 'Please understand,' he said, 'it was nothing religious. It wasn’t Godlike.'"

Pierre Autin-Grenier

Writer -- via Le Monde.

Boris Karadimchev

Composer -- via novinite.com.

Brian Priestman

Conductor and music director -- via the Denver Post. My first conductor! A bright and ebullient spirit who infectiously transmitted his love of classical music to me immediately. We were bused to the old Denver Auditorium Theatre (now the site of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House) as schoolkids, where Priestman held sway in that nasty old acoustical nightmare. He talked to us, not down to us; he made us laugh, and he clearly demonstrated the beauty of his vocation.

Yaakov Birnbaum

The man who began the movement to save the Jews of the Soviet Union -- via Jewish Weekly.

Eddy Thomas

Dancer and choreographer -- via the Jamaica Observer.

Rolf Brem

Artist -- via derStandard.at.

Brita Koivunen

Singer -- iltasanomat.fi.

Perlita Neilson aka Margaret Phillipa Sowden

Actress -- via the Telegraph.

Josep Maria Subirachs Sitjar

Sculptor and painter; creation of the Passion Facade of the Sagrada Familia -- via El Pais Cultura.

Jacques Castérède

Composer -- via qobuz.fr.

Otis Head

Harmonica player, boxer, music promoter, record producer, and radio personality -- via cmacloseup.com.

Alfredo Alcon

Actor -- via clarin.com.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez aka Gabo

One of the great novelists of the 20th century; a master of magic realism and Nobel Prize winner -- via ABC News.

Phil Hardy

Music journalist -- via Music Week.

Doris Pilkington Garimara

Writer of "Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence" -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Jacques Le Goff

Historian -- via the Guardian.

Jacques Le Goff et la Nouvelle Histoire. Apostrophes. 1979 from Difusió Hª Medieval on Vimeo.

Fred Ho aka Fred Wei-han Houn

Composer and musician, writer and activist -- via the New York Times.

Phyllis Frelich

Tony-winning actress -- via the New York Times.

Sue Townsend

Novelist and playwright; best known for her Adrian Mole series -- via BBC.

Jesse Winchester

Singer and songwriter -- via Rolling Stone.

Python Vladimir Anghelo

Artist, game designer, and pinball machine designer -- via Polygon.

Aldo Braibanti

Writer and gay rights activist -- via Le Repubblicla.

Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Novelist, essayist, and historian -- via novosti.rs.

Liv Dommersnes

Actress -- via nrk.no.

Peter Liechti

Filmmaker -- via fandor.com.

Peter Liechti | Masterclass | Part 1 | Motivation from Scottish Documentary Institute on Vimeo.

Alena Hynkova

Writer and director -- via ceskatelevize.cz.

Andrei Bodiu

Poet -- via revista22.ro.

Richard "Doc" Worthington

Founder of the Monroe Symphony Orchestra -- via the News Star.