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2004 Egon Von Furstenberg, fashion designer, dies at 57
2004 Stephen Sprouse, Designer 2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2002 Bill Blass, designer, dies at 79 2001 Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79 2000 Thea Porter, '60s Soho designer, dies at 72 1999 Douglas Leigh, Broadway sign designer, dies at 92 1999 Alexander Liberman, American Designer 1997 Francis Paudras, designer/jazz fan, dies at 62 1997 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97 1997 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50 1997 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82 1997 King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64 1996 Paul Rand, graphic designer, dies at 82 1996 Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79 1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 1996 Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102 1996 Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion Designer, dies at 65 1996 Ossie Raymond Clark, fashion designer, dies at 54 1996 Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86 1996 John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68 1996 Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71 1996 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95 1996 Saul Bass, graphic designer, filmmaker, dies at 74 1996 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59 1996 Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91 1996 Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at 82 1996 George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary, dies at 89 1996 Tibor Reich, textile designer, dies at 79 1996 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65 1995 Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72 1995 Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81 1995 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83 1995 Paolo Gucci, entrepreneur/accessories designer, dies at 64 1995 John Britten, motorcycle Designer, dies at 45 1995 Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist, dies at 70 1995 James Pilditch, designer, dies at 66 1995 Luigi Innocenti, designer, dies at 71 1995 Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81 1995 Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66 1995 James Gardner, designer, dies at 87 1995 David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79 1995 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52 1995 Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50 1994 Leigh Bowery, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood, dies at 33 1994 Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/U.S. set designer/director, 'Our Town', dies at 84 1994 David Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, dies at 69 1994 John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70 1994 Manual Pina, fashion Designer, dies at 50 1994 Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44 1994 Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer, dies at 77 1994 John Hidalgo Moya, architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74 1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90 1994 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73 1994 James Pollack, U.S. room designer, dies at 55 1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53 1994 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79 1994 Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 1993 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 1993 Frank J Del Giudice, U.S. industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 1993 Actress Loretta Young, 80, weds costume designer Jean Louis, 85 1993 John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57 1993 Lucinda Ballard, U.S. costume designer/wife of Howard Dietz, dies at 90 1993 Irene Sharaff, U.S. costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83 1993 Designer Claude Montana (44) weds his model Wallis Franken (44) 1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies 1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93 1993 Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87 1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76 1992 Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78 1992 Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49 1992 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies 1992 Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, U.S., costume designer (Cleopatra), dies 1992 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer 1992 Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46 1991 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies 1991 Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47 1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23) 1991 Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies 1991 Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1990 Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies 1990 Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44 1990 Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68 1988 Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac, dies 1986 Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer, dies at 92 1985 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 1985 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident 1985 Rudi Gernreich, U.S. designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 1983 Fashion designer Donna Karen marries Stephan Weiss 1982 Sandy Powell, costume designer, dies at 82 1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies 1977 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer, Italian Country, dies at 69 1974 Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51 1973 Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer, dies at 77 1973 G Paul H Schuitema, graphically designer/photographer, dies 1973 Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1972 Norman Norell [Levinson], U.S. fashion designer, dies at 72 1971 Stella McCartney, British Designer 1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 1969 Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1969 Alexander McQueen, fashion designer 1968 Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St. Louis), dies at 69 1967 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies 1967 Pam Blundell, fashion designer 1966 Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 1963 Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, hot 1963 Marc Jacobs, American Designer 1963 Alison Roberts, fashion designer 1963 Billy Baldwin, American Designer 1962 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies 1962 Phillip Schofield, TV personality and designer, Nightfire 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of UNIVAC computer, dies at 59 1961 Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer 1961 Tom Ford, American Designer 1961 Richard Allen Garriott, born in Cambridge, England, computer game designer, Origin 1961 Leigh Bowery, born in Sunshine, Australia, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood 1960 Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79 1960 John Galliano, British Designer 1959 Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56 1959 Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night 1957 Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy 1956 Ena Heese, South African costume designer, Willem of Orange 1955 Ben de Lisi, British fashion designer 1955 Donatella Versace, Italian Designer 1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp 1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1953 Stephen Sprouse, Designer 1953 Roberta Williams, American Designer 1952 Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese Designer 1952 Lindka Cierach, fashion designer 1952 Jean Paul Gaultier, Designer 1950 Franco Moschino, fashion Designer 1949 Vera Wang, American Designer 1948 Donna Karan, Forest Hills, New York, fashion designer, Coty Award-1977 1946 Diane von Furstenberg, Brussels Belgiums, fashion designer 1946 Gianni Versace, Italian Designer 1946 Ever Meulen, Eddy Vermeulen, Dutch designer, children stamps 1992 1945 Norma Kamali, born in New York City, dress designer, Costumes for the Wiz 1944 Manual Pina, fashion designer 1944 John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company 1944 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer 1943 William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1942 Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer 1942 Calvin Klein, born in Bronx, New York, fashion designer, Calvin Klein Jeans, CK 1942 Betsy Johnson, fashion designer, 1971 Winnie Award 1942 Caroline Charles, fashion designer 1941 Vivienne Westwood, English Designer 1940 Bijan, born in Iran, mens apparel designer, Beverly Hills, New York City, London 1940 Bob Mackie, born in Monterey Parks, California, designer, Streisand, Cher 1940 H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, Alien 1939 Ralph Lauren, fashion designer, Chaps 1939 Nicholas Haslam, interior designer 1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer, women 1939 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1938 Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer 1938 Gary Gygax, born in Chicago, writer, game designer, co-created 'Dungeons & Dragons' role-playing game 1937 Ferdinand Piech, Austrian Designer 1936 Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century 1936 Ian Spurling, ballet designer 1935 Nolan Miller, Burkburnett, Texas, fashion designer, Dynasty, Love Boat 1934 Bernard Nevill, textile designer 1934 Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo 1934 Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer, Chelsea Look, Mod Look 1933 Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan 1933 Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1969 1932 Jose Maria Capricorne, Curacaos graphically designer/painter 1932 Valentino, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis 1932 Theoni Vachliotis aldredge, award winning costume designer 1932 Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republic, designer, Coty Hall of Fame-1973 1932 Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer 1932 King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn' 1932 Halston, R Halston Frowick, fashion designer, 1972 Hall of Fame 1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era 1931 Carl Toms, stage designer 1931 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer, August, Secret Places, Betrayal 1930 Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion designer 1930 David Gentleman, designer and painter 1930 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer 1929 James Pilditch, designer 1929 Milton Glaser, American Designer 1929 Robert Welch, designer/silversmith, Robert Welch flatware 1929 Liz Claiborne, fashion designer 1928 Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker 1928 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 1928 John William Fozard, aircraft designer 1928 Donald Brooks, fashion designer, Emmy 1983 1927 Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer, 8 Coty Awards 1927 Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1927 Hubert de Givenchy, Beauvais France, fashion designer, Audrey Hepburn 1927 Harry Wich, Dutch set designer 1926 Marc Bohan, dress designer 1926 Bernard Ashley, English fashion designer/president, Laura Ashley 1926 Michael Rizzello, sculpter and coin designer 1926 Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer, Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH 1925 Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist 1925 David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1925 Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer 1925 John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards 1924 James Galanos, Philadelphia, fashion designer, Coty Hall of Fame-1959 1924 John Michael Grimes, set Designer 1924 Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 1923 Luigi Innocenti, designer 1923 Anne Klein, fashion designer, Anne Klein II 1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places 1923 Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer 1923 Andre Courreges, born in France, fashion designer, introduced the miniskirt 1923 Carroll Shelby, American Designer 1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer, 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt 1922 Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1922 Bill Blass, born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan 1921 Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 1921 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter 1920 John A "Jacky" Kilverston, Admiral/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo 1920 John Hidalgo Moya, architect/designer, Skylon 1920 Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer, folding bicycle 1917 Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer 1916 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer 1916 Tibor Reich, textile designer 1915 David Kindersley, font designer/cutter 1914 Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1954 1914 Paul Rand, American Designer 1914 John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies 1914 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer 1914 Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" 1914 Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer 1914 Cornelis "Kees" Andrea, Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer 1914 Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer 1913 Walter Landor, designer 1913 Susan Bosence, textile designer 1913 Oleg Cassini, Paris, France, fashion designer, Jackie Kennedy 1912 Pauline Trigere, fashion designer, Bell Bottoms 1912 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer 1911 Stuart Rose, designer, British Post Office 1911 Ronald Udell, England, production designer, Pinewood Studios 1910 Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer 1910 Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1907 James Gardner, designer 1907 Edith Head, fashion designer, MGM 1907 Charles Eames, American Designer 1906 George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary 1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord 1905 Jean-Rene Lacoste, born in France, U.S. Open, 1926, alligator shirt designer 1905 Mollie Parnis, born in New York City, fashion designer, Mollie Roberts Collection 1905 Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer, long-skirted look 1905 Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer 1903 Adele Simpson, New York City, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1946 1903 Gilbert Adrian, Greenberg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, costume designer 1902 Howard T. Engstrom, born in Boston, computer designer, UNIVAC 1902 Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac 1902 Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer 1901 Jo Mielziner, born in Paris, set designer, Carousel, Death of a Salesman 1900 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer 1900 Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer, Rob Roy 1899 Milner Connorton Gray, designer 1898 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer 1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer 1898 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 1897 Nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector 1897 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer, Eindhoven Theatre 1897 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist 1897 G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer, System-O-Color 1897 Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer 1896 Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer 1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer, Northrop Air 1894 Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 1893 Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer 1893 Norman Bel Geddes, born in Adrian, Michigan, theatrical designer, Rivals, Dead End 1892 Jean Lurcat, French painter/carpet designer 1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1890 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves 1886 David Steinman, New York City, bridge designer, Hudson, Triborough 1883 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, Chanel 1883 Coco Chanel, French Designer 1878 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer, America Cup's Enterprise 1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1865 Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies 1865 Frederick William Goudy, U.S., printer/type designer 1862 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist 1860 Rene Lalique, French jewel designer 1848 Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, U.S., sculptor and designer, 1907 $20 gold piece 1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes 1844 Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer, 4-taktmotor 1834 William Morris, England, designer, craftsman, poet and socialist 1833 Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer 1832 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor, electricstatic generator 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer 1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 1752 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57 1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer, Bodoni 1730 Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer, Wedgwood 1728 Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London 1694 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer 1675 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 1619 Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier 1607 Alessandro Agnolo Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer, dies at 72 1592 Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies 1535 Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer 1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer |
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