Laurence Olivier
The English actor and director died on this day, July 11, in 1989.
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Robert Oppenheimer
“To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb”
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
In the late 1930s and 1940s Robsjohn-Gibbings was the most important decorator in America.
Jean Cocteau
Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic.
Reuben Nakian
Nakian was an American sculptor and teacher.
Edward Steichen
Steichen was photographed by Karsh on four occasions.
Billy Wilder
The Austrian-born filmmaker was born on this day, June 22, in 1906.
Harley Parker
Parker was a Canadian typographer, painter and exhibition designer
Frank Lloyd Wright
The American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator was born on this day, June 8, in 1867.
Gerald and Betty Ford
David Hume Kennerly was Chief Official White House Photographer for Gerald Ford.
Thomas Mann
Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy addressed his supporters in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, and upon leaving the address, he was shot three times.
Justice William O. Douglas
Douglas served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Marilyn Horne
Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.
John Foster Dulles
Dulles was an American diplomat, lawyer, and Republican Party politician.
Bertrand Russell
Russell was born today, May 18, in 1872.
Lysle Courtenay
Courtenay was an actor, and set dresser and designer for the Ottawa Little Theater.
Agnes Macphail
Macphail was the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Douglas Cardinal
The esteemed Canadian architect was photographed by Karsh in 1989.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Rockefeller Jr. was an American financier and philanthropist.
Dr. Carl Jung
Dr. Jung was photographed on this day, May 9, in 1958.
Dominion Drama Festival
Karsh was the photographer for the Dominion Drama Festival.
Anouk Aimée
Aimée is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947.
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Vieira da Silva was a Portuguese abstract painter.
International Workers’ Day
In 1952, Karsh accepted a lengthy assignment from “Maclean’s” magazine to document Canada’s postwar economic development.
Billie Jean King
King was photographed on this day, April 28, in 1991.
I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei was born on this day, April 26, in 1917.
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg
Herzberg was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Joan Miró
Miró was born on this day, April 20, in 1893.
Pierre Soulages
In April, 1965, Karsh took a trip to France.
Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels.
Ravi Shankar
The sitarist and composer was born on this day, April 7, in 1920.
Cesar Chavez
Fabulous to see Karsh’s color portrait of Chavez used to illustrate an article in National Geographic online.
Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti was a was a philosopher, speaker and writer.
Princess Juliana
Juliana was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Yukio Ozaki
The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. commemorates the 1912 gift to the city of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo.
James Callaghan
Callaghan was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979.
Alain Delon
The French actor and singer was photographed on March 23, in 1981.
Marcel Marceau
This year marks the centenary of Marceau’s birth.
Eleanor Roosevelt
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”