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Sheila Hancock, actress, born in Blackgang; Robert Hooke, scientist, born in Freshwater; Jeremy Irons, actor, born in Cowes and raised in St Helens; Phill Jupitus, comedian, born in Newport; Mark King, born in Gurnard nr. Cowes, bass player and vocalist in pop/funk band Level 42; Suri Krishnamma, film director and writer, born in Shanklin
John W. Bubbles, tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer; performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", the first black artists to appear on TV; known as the father of "rhythm tap"; appeared in films A Star Is Born (1937) and Cabin in the Sky (1943); originated the role of the character "Sportin' Life" in George Gershwin's ...
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/ ˈ m eɪ p əl ˌ θ ɔːr p / MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes , self-portraits, and still-life images.
The famed black and white portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara perfectly captured his intense stare and brooding good looks, helping establish his myth. — The Guardian [ 58 ] In 1967 Polish artist Roman Cieslewicz designed a poster with the words "Che Si" (translation: 'Yes Che') emblazoned over his face as eyes and nose.
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.
Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [1] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Background
Alton Adams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy Bennie Benjamin (1907–1989), composer Delyno Brown (born 1981), reggae artist
Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.