Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was the winner of the first series of South African Idols.Idols was the South African version of the

Was the winner of the first series of South African Idols.Idols was the South African version of the British Pop Idol show, and was presented as a talent search competition with successive elimination rounds narrowing the number of contestants. Throughout the show, Winckler was referred to as "Hunky Heinz" because of his good looks.

An Austrian composer, bass player and singer, born in Vienna on 3 January 1943 and a leading figure

An Austrian composer, bass player and singer, born in Vienna on 3 January 1943 and a leading figure of the so-called 'Third Viennese School'.Gruber is said to be a descendant (though the descent remains obscure) of Franz Xaver Gruber, composer of the carol Stille Nacht (Silent Night). From 1953 to 1957 Gruber was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir. He studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik, his composition teachers being Alfred Uhl, Erwin Ratz and Hanns Jelinek, and later Gottfried von Einem, with whom he also studied privately. In 1961 Gruber joined the ensemble die reihe as a double bass player, and became principal bass of the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra in 1963. In 1968, with his composer friends Kurt Schwertsik and Otto M. Zykan and the violinist Ernst Kovacic, he co-founded the 'MOB-art & tone-ART' ensemble, partly to perform their own repertoire (which included a short piece by Gruber, Bossa Nova, which rapidly became a hit tune) and partly that of Mauricio Kagel. The ensemble may be regarded as the cradle of what has been called the 'Third Viennese School', of which Gruber is now the best-known representative.

Is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited work

Is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.

He is born in 1969 in Gemünden am Main, Germany. Heinz Peter Knes studied photography on Fachhochsc

He is born in 1969 in Gemünden am Main, Germany. Heinz Peter Knes studied photography on Fachhochschule Dortmund, from 1993-1999. Since 2001 Knes has lived in Berlin. His work has been published in several international magazines, including 032c, Iann, Spex, Dutch, Readymade, Freier, i-D, Art Review, Butt or Purple, . In 1998 he co-founded the photofanzine Strahlung.

Was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her many b

Was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist who was best known for her many best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit.In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book

Is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist with an artistic style that varies between realistic impressionism

Is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist with an artistic style that varies between realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism.

Was an American folk musician. She was raised Jewish in New York City. While a student at Columbia U

Was an American folk musician. She was raised Jewish in New York City. While a student at Columbia University, she was introduced to American folk music. She also sang Baptist spirituals.Over a sixty year career, Schneyer worked with such influential arti

An Australian theatre, TV, movie actress and singer. She appeared as "Savannah Nix" in the film Mad

An Australian theatre, TV, movie actress and singer. She appeared as "Savannah Nix" in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. She was awarded Best Actress at the 48th Valladolid International Film Festival in 2003.

Is an American country music artist. Darling has released one studio album on Decca Nashville. She a

Is an American country music artist. Darling has released one studio album on Decca Nashville. She also charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart; "Jenny Come Back," peaked at #69 in 1995.

An Australian-born, American-based opera singer.She started singing at the age of seven, after winni

An Australian-born, American-based opera singer.She started singing at the age of seven, after winning an eisteddfod. She was trained at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music and a Graduate Diploma in Opera. While at university, she performed in many shows, including Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe as Phyllis.

Is an American soprano.She debuted as a concert and Lieder singer in New York. In 1961, she became a

Is an American soprano.She debuted as a concert and Lieder singer in New York. In 1961, she became a member of the Opernstudio in K

Was one of the most popular female jazz vocalists during America's Big Band era. She was born Helen

Was one of the most popular female jazz vocalists during America's Big Band era. She was born Helen Fogel to a Jewish family in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12, 1917. She first sang with her brother's band at the age of 10, and later began her career singing on CBS radio under the name Bonnie Blue.

An American post-painterly abstraction artist. Born in New York City, she was influenced by Jackson

An American post-painterly abstraction artist. Born in New York City, she was influenced by Jackson Pollock's paintings and by Clement Greenberg. She was the youngest daughter of a justice on the New York State Supreme Court. She studied at the Dalton School under Rufino Tamayo and also at Bennington College in Vermont. She later married fellow artist Robert Motherwell.

Was a Canadian impressionist painter.she became deaf in childhood as the result of scarlet fever. Sh

Was a Canadian impressionist painter.she became deaf in childhood as the result of scarlet fever. She attended the Art Association of Montreal, studying under William Brymner from 1899. In 1902 she moved to England to study in London at the Slade School and later in St Ives, Cornwall with Algernon Talmadge.A member of the Royal Society of British Artists and an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, she died in Swanage, Dorset, where she had made her home, aged only thirty six. An obituary described her as "one of the most profoundly original and technically accomplished of Canadian artists".

A classical pianist and former musical prodigy. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and tou

A classical pianist and former musical prodigy. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and touring with major symphony orchestras while still a child.Huang was born in Japan, of Chinese parents, in 1982.[1] Her family moved to the United States in 1985 and Huang began her piano study in 1987.[1] She attended the Manhattan School of Music,[2] and then the Juilliard School, where she studied with the Israeli pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky, graduating in 2004.[1]

Was an American popular singer, best known for her "boop-boop-a-doop" trademark and her signature so

Was an American popular singer, best known for her "boop-boop-a-doop" trademark and her signature song, "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane—along with Clara Bow—as the model for his studio's most famous creation, B

A Canadian actress working in theatre, film and TV as an actor, voice artist, puppeteer & singer.Kin

A Canadian actress working in theatre, film and TV as an actor, voice artist, puppeteer & singer.King graduated from Queen's University Department of Drama in 1994, moving to Montreal in 1995. As well as acting for independent local companies, King worked for Centaur Theatre, Geordie Productions, Just for Laughs Theatre and Theatre Lac Brome.For a-year-and-a-half, King played the cotton ball-like lead role in Me Too! on CBC Television. She starred as the voices of Fumiko & Lisa in Discovery Kids' Jacques Cousteau's Ocean Tales, was narrator for the acclaimed documentary "Black Coffee" and the travel series Rails of Adventure and was a guest voice on several other voice series including "Totally Spies", Arthur, Creepschool, Mona the Vampire, and Potatoes & Dragons. She relocated to Toronto in early 2006, continuing her voice-over career in various animation and commercial projects. She has recently received widespread attention for taking over the role of Farah in The Two Thrones, the latest installment in Ubisoft's popular Prince of Persia video game series.

Was an American Post-Surrealist, hard-edge painter. She married California artist Lorser Feitelson,

Was an American Post-Surrealist, hard-edge painter. She married California artist Lorser Feitelson, her former teacher. In 1933 they co-founded an art movement called "New Classicism."Lundeberg considered herself a less strict hard-edger as her work was not strictly abstract but contained architectural elements and often represents architectural space.

An internationally known jazz vocalist.Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is

An internationally known jazz vocalist.Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with fans of jazz in Japan and Italy (where she lived for many years) as well as in her native United States. She has recorded and performed with

Was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch sing

Was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern'

Was an American country music singer. She was a member of the Carter Family.Helen Carter's mother wa

Was an American country music singer. She was a member of the Carter Family.Helen Carter's mother was Maybelle Carter. She performed with her mother and sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. She had

Is an Australian/American singer/songwriter

Is an Australian/American singer/songwriter

Is an English singer. Helen Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of B

Is an English singer. Helen Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London, England, and brought up in Clapton in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended the Clapton Park Comprehensive School. The gr

Was an English painter of the Victorian era.She was a member of the well-known family of sculptors,

Was an English painter of the Victorian era.She was a member of the well-known family of sculptors, which included her maternal grandfather John Francis, her father Thomas Thornycroft, her mother Mary Thornycroft, and her younger brother Hamo Thornycroft.[1] Hamo and Helen's sisters Alyce (1844–1906) and Theresa (1853–1947) were both artists as well. Edmund Gosse was a relative by marriage. (The family had strong multiple connections with the English art world of the nineteenth century; Theresa Thornycroft and Ellen Thornycroft Gosse studied painting under Ford Madox Brown.)[2

Was an American singer of swing music. Her father had taught her piano, and she appeared on radio br

Was an American singer of swing music. Her father had taught her piano, and she appeared on radio broadcasts with WOR and WNYC. She also worked as a staff musician at WNYC.