List of Famous Aquarians
Carita Holmström
Carita Elisabeth Holmström is a Finnish pianist, singer and songwriter. She has written and played jazz and classical music during her career. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song Keep Me Warm finishing 13th.
Iain Banks
Iain Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In April 2013, Banks announced he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year. He died on 9 June 2013.
Mark H. Richmond
Sir Marcus Henry Richmond,, known as Mark Richmond, is a British biochemist, microbiologist and academic.
Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel is a Dutch architect; founder and principal architect of the architectural practice UNStudio. With his studio he designed, among others, the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, the Moebius House in the Netherlands, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, Arnhem Central Station, the Singapore University of Architecture and Design, Raffles City in Hangzhou and numerous other buildings.
Hugo von Tschudi
Hugo von Tschudi (1851–1911) was an art historian and museum curator. He was director of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin (1896–1909) where he acquired many important Impressionist works. Tschudi was born in Austria and became a naturalised Swiss citizen.
Monica Bonvicini
Monica Bonvicini is an Italian artist.
Gérard Orth
Gérard Orth was born on February 7, 1936 in Paris is a French virologist, emeritus research director at the CNRS, honorary professor at the Pasteur Institute.
Anneliese Felsenstein
Rolf Wanka
Rolf Wanka was an Austrian actor.
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies, was a British actress and centenarian. She was born in London of a Welsh family; the name "Ffrangcon" originates from a valley in Snowdonia. Her parents were opera baritone David Ffrangcon-Davies and Annie Francis Rayner.