2009-03-16

Some Creators

1. Allan Pinkerton - Born: August 25, 1819
Scottish-born creator of the first private detective agency in America

2. C.S. Forester - Born: August 27, 1899
English author, creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower

3. Chuck Jones - Born: September 21, 1912
American cartoonist who created the Road Runner, PepeLe Rew, and Wile E.Coyote

4. Jim Henson - Born: September 25, 1936
American puppeteer who created the Muppets

5. Colin Dexter - Born: September 25, 1930
English crime writer, creator of Inspector Morse

6. Alfred Sisley - Born: October 30, 1839
French artist, one of creator of French Impressionism

7. Karl Baedeker - Born: November 3, 1801
German publisher who created a series of guide books

8.Johnny Speight - Born: June 2, 1920
English comedy writer, creator of the bigoted Alf Garnett ( Till Dead US Do Part ) and his american alterego Archie Bunker ( All in the family )

9. Dorothy L. Sayers - Born: June 13, 1893
English novelist and creator of hte detective Lord, Peter Wimsey ( The Nine Taylor's, Gaudy Night )

10. Mike Todd - Born: June 22, 1909
American film producer and showman, creator of the Todd AO projection system

11. Coco Chanel - Born: August 19, 1883
French fashion designer who created the iconic "little blackdress"

12. Samuel De Champlain - Born: July 3, 1567
French explorer who created the first accurate chart of the St. Lawrence River Valley

13. Raymond Chandler - July 23, 1888
American author who created the detective Philip Marlowe

14. Fredric Bartholdi - Born: August 2, 1834
French sculptor who created the Statue of Liberty

15. Frederick Jane - Born: August 6, 1870
British journalist who created the famous dictionaries of military craft, starting with Jane's Fighting ships

16. Abbott Thayer - Born: August 12, 1849
American artist who created the camouflage pattern for the US military

17. Hermon Rorschach - Born: November 8, 1884
Swiss psychoanalyst who created the Rorschach ink blot tests

18. Shigeru Miyamoto - Born: November 16, 1952
Japenese creator of Nintendo games

19. Louis Daguerre - Born: November 18, 1789
French painter who created the first usable photographic process, the Daguerre

20. Anders Celsius - Born: November 27, 1701
Swedish scientist who created the centigrade temperature scale

21. Madame Tussaud - Born: December 1, 1761
Swiss-born creator of waxwork mannequins who found the famous London exhibition

22. Sir Rowland Hill - Born: December 3, 1795
English creator of the postal system where the sender pays, and inventor of adhesive postage stamps

23. Sir John Brown - Born: December 6, 1816
English engineer who created the first steel rails and armor planting for warships

24. Elisabeth Achelis - Born: January 24, 1880
American creator and promotor of the world calendar

25. Dmitri Mendeleyev - Born: January 27, 1834
Russian chemist who created the periodic table of the elements

26. Rudolf von Laban - Born: December 15, 1879
German choreographer who created a system of natation for dance movements

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