6word Portrait: Johannes Vermeer

Dutch master of delicate scenes, faces. 


Born 385 years ago today (d. 1675)

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6word Portrait: Grace Slick

Summer of (Somebody to) Love Icon


Born this day in 1939.

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6word Portrait: Richard Dreyfuss

Close Encounters with the Goodbye Girl.

Born 70 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: Jonas Salk

Discovered polio vaccine; shared it freely.

Born this day in 1914 (d. 1995)

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6word Portrait: Roy Lichtenstein

With comics, dots, made art pop.


Born this day in 1923 (d. 1997)

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6word Portrait: Hillary Clinton

Would-be President trumped by private email.

Born 70 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: Pablo Picasso

Greatest artist of the 20th century.

Born this day in 1881 (d. 1973)

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6word Portrait: F. Murray Abraham

Best Actor for embodying Salieri's envy.

Born this day in 1939.

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6word Portrait: Johnny Carson

Heeeeere's the paragon of late-night television. 


Born this day in 1925 (d. 2005)

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6word Portrait: Catherine Deneuve

"Belle de Jour" of everlasting grace.

Born this day in 1943

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6word Portrait: Dizzy Gillespie

Billowy cheeks trumpeted birth of bebop.

Born 100 years ago today (d. 1993)

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6word Portrait: Tom Petty

"Runnin' down a dream," forever. Heartbreakingly.


Born this day in 1950 (d. 2017)

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6word Portrait: Peter Tosh

Wailer. 
Reggae legend. 
Rastafarian. 
Murder victim. 


Born this day in 1944 (d. 1987)

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6word Portrait: Chuck Berry

Pioneering rock legend; "Johnny B. Goode."

Born this day in 1926 (d. 2017)

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6word Portrait: Arthur Miller

Created Willy Loman; married Marilyn Monroe.

Born this day in 1915 (d. 2005)

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6word Portrait: Oscar Wilde

Nothing to declare except his genius.

Born this day in 1854 (d. 1900)

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6word Portrait: Linda Lavin

She'll always be Alice to me.

Born 80 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: e. e. cummings

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Born this day in 1894 (d. 1962)

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6word Portrait: Jerry Rice

Greatest wide receiver in football history.

Born 55 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: Luciano Pavarotti

Tenor stuck just the right tenor.

Born this day in 1935 (d. 2007)

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6word Portrait: Eleanor Roosevelt

Enduring First Lady of human/civil rights.

Born this day in 1884 (d. 1962)

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6word Portrait: Thelonious Monk

Re-imagined jazz piano "Round Midnight;" improvised.

Born 100 years ago today (d. 1982)

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6word Portrait: John Lennon

Beatle. Walrus. Peace imaginer. Gun victim.


Born this day in 1940 (d. 1980)

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6word Portrait: Eddie Rickenbacker

World War I ace 26x victorious.


Born this day in 1890 (d. 1973)

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6word Portrait: John Mellencamp

Photo by Seth Arkin, 2015

"Small Town" Indiana rocker fighting authority.

Born this day in 1951.

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6word Portrait: Le Corbusier

Sleek designs helped pioneer modern architecture. 


Born 130 years ago today (d. 1965)

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6word Portrait: Bob Geldof

Boomtown Rat behind Band, Live Aid

Born this day in 1951.

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6word Portrait: Buster Keaton

Silent film legend of General renown.

Born this day in 1895 (d. 1966)

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6word Portrait: Pierre Bonnard

Post-Impressionist depicted domesticity with colorful depth.

Born 150 years ago today (d. 1947)

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6word Portrait: Mahatma Gandhi

Indian leader non-violently made world see.

Born this day in 1869 (d. 1948)

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6word Portrait: Jimmy Carter

A far better man than President.

Born this day in 1924.

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