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Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)

Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Emmy Awards.
John de Lancie
American actor (born 1948)

Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Films in which Kilmer appeared grossed more than $3.85 billion worldwide. In 1992, the film critic Roger Ebert remarked, "if there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it".
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)
Elia Kazan
American director and actor (1909–2003)

Jessica Chastain
American actress and producer (born 1977)
Viola Davis
American actress and producer (born 1965)

John Williams
American composer and conductor (born 1932)

Christopher Reeve
American actor (1952–2004)

William Hurt
American actor (1950–2022)

Kevin Kline
American actor (born 1947)

Philip Glass
American composer (born 1937)

David Ogden Stiers
American actor (1942–2018)
Marcia Cross
American actress
Kelsey Grammer
American actor
Yo-Yo Ma
American cellist (born 1955)

Oscar Isaac
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The New York Times in 2020. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award and an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Juilliard. In 2016, he featured on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Adam Driver
American actor (born 1983)

Mandy Patinkin
Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.
Henry Mancini
American film composer (1924–1994)

Morena Baccarin
Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is a Brazilian and American actress. Known for her lead role as Mickey Fox in the CBS television series Sheriff Country since 2025, Baccarin has played multiple television and film roles. She portrayed Adria in season 10 of the TV series Stargate SG-1, Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up film Serenity (2005), Vanessa in the superhero comedy films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Jessica Brody in the thriller series Homeland (2011–2013), and Leslie Thompkins in the superhero series Gotham (2015–2019). For Homeland, Baccarin was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013. Born in Brazil, she immigrated to the United States as a child.
Anthony Mackie
American actor
Christine Baranski
American actress (born 1952)

Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)

Ving Rhames
American actor
Pina Bausch
German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director (1940–2009)
Jennifer Carpenter
American actress

Maya Hawke
Maya Ray Thurman Hawke is an American actress and singer-songwriter. The daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, she began her career in modeling, and subsequently made her screen debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women. She gained international recognition for starring as Robin Buckley in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2019–2025).

Wynton Marsalis
American jazz musician and educator

Leontyne Price
African-American soprano
Steve Reich
American composer (born 1936)
Lee Pace
American actor
Bernard Herrmann
American composer and conductor (1911-1975)

John Barth
American writer (1930–2024)

Lynn Collins
American actress

Michael Giacchino
American music composer

Frances Conroy
American actress

Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
Phoebe Cates-Kline
American actress, model, and entrepreneur
Jeanne Tripplehorn
American actress

Elizabeth Reaser
American actress

Barry Manilow
American singer
Alan Tudyk
American actor

Steve Guttenberg
American actor

Peter Jacobson
American film and television actor, born 1965

Michael Kamen
American composer (1948–2003)

Tito Puente
American musician (1923-2000)

Elizabeth McGovern
American actress

Kelly McGillis
American actress
Keith David
American actor
Tim Blake Nelson
American actor, director and writer (born 1964)

Sara Ramirez
Mexican-American actor and singer

Renée Fleming
American opera soprano

John McTiernan
American filmmaker

Michael Stuhlbarg
American actor

Bebe Neuwirth
American actress
Wes Bentley
American actor