Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris (and its "sister" stat

Was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris (and its "sister" statue in Philadelphia) and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.

Was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply

Was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is noted for his photograms, which he renamed rayographs after himself.[1]

Is an American figure skater. Emmanuel won the 2009 Intermediate Mens National Championship at just

Is an American figure skater. Emmanuel won the 2009 Intermediate Mens National Championship at just 10 years old. He has his eyes set on the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia where he will be 16 years old.

Is a French dancer, At the age of fifteen, Emmanuel Thibault joined the Paris Opera, thereupon becom

Is a French dancer, At the age of fifteen, Emmanuel Thibault joined the Paris Opera, thereupon becoming a student of the ballerina Noëlla Pontois, with whom he continues to work to this day. Appointed Soloist (sujet) at the age of seventeen, he was appointed Principal (premier danseur) following the Internal Promotion Contest (Concours interne de promotion) on December 23 2004.

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Lille, France, and died in Paris. He studied at the Academia d

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Lille, France, and died in Paris. He studied at the Academia des Beaux-Art in Turin. One of his teachers was Odeoardo Tabacchi. From 1885, Villanis lived in Paris and became one of the most productive sculptors towards the end of the 19th century. His female bronze busts, cast by the Society de Bronze de Paris, were exported all over the world from Paris, particularly to the United States. Today his sculptures can be found regularly in auctions.

Was an American sculptor. He worked on Mount Rushmore, and later created the five dinosaurs in Dinos

Was an American sculptor. He worked on Mount Rushmore, and later created the five dinosaurs in Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1936. His other dinosaur creations were the Apatosaurus at Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota in the late 1960s, and t

Was an American poet.Williams studied poetry with John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College, studied anthr

Was an American poet.Williams studied poetry with John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College, studied anthropology at the University of Paris, and worked as an assistant to the ethnologist Paul Radin in Switzerland.As an artist and poet, Emmett Williams collaborated with Daniel Spoerri in the Darmstadt circle of concrete poetry from 1957 to 1959. In the 1960s, Williams was the European coordinator of Fluxus, and a founding member of the Domaine Poetique in Paris, France.

Is keyboardist for the folk metal band Ensiferum. She has been filling the role on a so-far temporar

Is keyboardist for the folk metal band Ensiferum. She has been filling the role on a so-far temporary basis following the departure of Meiju Enho from Ensiferum in September 2007 before joining it as the current member during the recording of the album From Afar (2009). Emmi was also the keyboard player for the melodic death/gothic metal band Exsecratus.[1]

Was a renowned Czech operatic soprano.At first Destinn devoted herself to studying the violin, and i

Was a renowned Czech operatic soprano.At first Destinn devoted herself to studying the violin, and intended to shine as a virtuoso on that instrument. When she was well on in her teens, however, her voice was so rich and full that she changed her mind and determined upon an operatic career.

Is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and alternative country musician. In addition to her

Is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and alternative country musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists.

Was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, with a personal lif

Was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, with a personal life spent amidst luxury, sophistication and art but ending in tragedy.Huizong was famed for his promotion of Taoism. He was also a skilled poet, painter, calligrapher, and musician. He sponsored numerous artists at his court, and the catalogue of his imperial painting collection lists over 6,000 known paintings.

A Japanese pop singer. Her debut album Flower of Life was released from BMG Japan label in 2003. Sin

A Japanese pop singer. Her debut album Flower of Life was released from BMG Japan label in 2003. Since the release of her first album, she has performed with popular acts such as m-flo and Shinhwa. She is currently attending Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, along with Crystal Kay, and Beni Arashiro. She went to an American school and began to learn ballet from 3 years old, hip-hop dance from 7 years old and singing from 11 years old in earnest. Her favorite music is R & B. The singers she loves and respects are Danni Hathaway and Alicia Keyes. Moreover, she entered Sophia University after graduating from the American school. Her hobbies are painting, calligraphy (fifth dan), reading and she enjoys piano and drums.

Was one of India's most influential sitar and surbahar players in the first decades of the 20th Cent

Was one of India's most influential sitar and surbahar players in the first decades of the 20th Century. He was the father of Vilayat Khan, one of the topmost sitariyas of the postwar period.Enayat Khan was born in Uttar Pradesh into a family of musicians.[1] His father was sitar great Imdad Khan, who taught him the sitar and surbahar (bass sitar) in the family style, known as the Imdadkhani Gharana or Etawah Gharana (school), after a village outside Agra where Imdad once lived.

A Latin Grammy-winning, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Kany García is currently signed to Sony BMG

A Latin Grammy-winning, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Kany García is currently signed to Sony BMG Label. She has attained two Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Top 10 thus far ("Hoy Ya Me Voy", and "Esta Soledad"), six Top 30 and four top 50 songs on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.García came to fame in 2007 with the release of her debut album "Cualquier Día", which featured her breakthrough single "Hoy Ya Me Voy". Later came "¿Qué Nos Pasó?", the fan's favorite "Amigo en el Baño", the soft ballads "Esta Soledad" and "Estigma De Amor". With great praise for her work, she was nominated for four Latin Grammy awards in 2008, and won Best Female Pop Vocal Album for "Cualquier Día" and Best New Artist.[1]

Is a Welsh musician, film and television director.Emlyn was born in Bangor, Wales. He began his tele

Is a Welsh musician, film and television director.Emlyn was born in Bangor, Wales. He began his television career as scriptwriter and presenter for BBC Wales, but had a simultaneous career as a musician. In 1983 he began to make his name as a director, wi

Is a Hungarian heavy metal vocalist, and formerly bass guitarist. He is the key member of Ossian, wh

Is a Hungarian heavy metal vocalist, and formerly bass guitarist. He is the key member of Ossian, which is among the leading bands of Hungarian heavy metal. He played bass guitar in Pokolgép, of which he was a member during 1982–83. He also played in a band called Rockwell between 1983–85, and formed Ossian in 1986.

A German composer, best known for his opera, H

A German composer, best known for his opera, H

A multi-talented Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She att

A multi-talented Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She attended Tamkang University and majored in Chinese. She took an approved leave of absence from schooling in 2007. She first appeared in the film industry in 2007 and took part in the film Summer's Tail as the main character Zheng Jia-Yue (Yvette Chang) for which she wrote the script. She was nominated as the Best New Performer in 2007 at the 44th Golden Horse Awards but lost to Tang Wei.

Is a popular Filipino pop singing artist who is credited as a pioneer-promoter of original Filipino

Is a popular Filipino pop singing artist who is credited as a pioneer-promoter of original Filipino music. He started the trend of incorporating Tagalog lyrics in his rendition of the American song The Way We Were and other foreign songs. Also known as Rico J. and as The Total Entertainer, Puno is a singer who regularly infused his on-stage performance with comedy and jokes.[1]

Was an American Surrealist painter and sculptor of Italian birth.Enrico Donati studied economics at

Was an American Surrealist painter and sculptor of Italian birth.Enrico Donati studied economics at the Università degli Studi, Pavia, and in 1934 moved to the USA, where he attended the New School for Social Research and the Art Students League of New York. His first one-man shows were in New York in 1942, at the New School for Social Research and the Passedoit Gallery. At this stage he was clearly drawn to Surrealism. This was reinforced by meeting André Breton and coming into contact with Marcel Duchamp and the other European Surrealists in New York at the time. A typical work of this period, St Elmo’s Fire (1944; New York, MoMA), contains strange organic formations suggestive of underwater life.

Is a Jewish-French singer.He pursued a career as a school teacher, but continued practicing the guit

Is a Jewish-French singer.He pursued a career as a school teacher, but continued practicing the guitar. In 1961, Cheick Raymond was killed. That same year, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the French residents of Constantine.

An Argentine comic book artist.Alcatena became famous in his country during the 1980s collaborating

An Argentine comic book artist.Alcatena became famous in his country during the 1980s collaborating for local magazines like Skorpio and Nippur. He also worked for the children's magazine Anteojito where his work was mostly surreal fantasy full of mythology. Most of these stories were also published in European magazines, translated to English, Italian and French.In the 1990s, he became the most successful Argentine artist to work for such major American comic publishers as DC, Marvel and Dark Horse.[citation needed] Among several other titles, he illustrated issues of Batman, Conan the Barbarian, the Fantastic Four, Green Lantern,

Is one of the most famous orchestra conductors in Latin America, who has won international popularit

Is one of the most famous orchestra conductors in Latin America, who has won international popularity and fame. He began piano studies at age 8 with Francisco Agea, continuing 10 years later with Gyorgy Sandor. After two years at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he became a student of Adele Marcus at the Juilliard School, where he also studied conducting. In 1964 he made several national tours as a pianist, and in 1965 was a semifinalist in the Marguerite Long International Piano Contest in Paris.

An Argentine comic book artist.Enrique Breccia, the son of one of the greatest Latino-American artis

An Argentine comic book artist.Enrique Breccia, the son of one of the greatest Latino-American artists of all time, Alberto Breccia, drew his first work in 1968, when together with his father he illustrated La Vida del Che, a biography of the famous revolutionary Che Guevara written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld. In 1972 he started his collaboration with the British publishing house Fleetway, drawing the comic book Spy 13 under a pseudonym, and later a series of war stories for the Italian magazine Linus.

Was born (1953) in Montevideo, Uruguay, and is now an American citizen. He started studying piano wi

Was born (1953) in Montevideo, Uruguay, and is now an American citizen. He started studying piano with his mother at the age of four. After winning all of the national competitions in Uruguay, he went to the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University to study with Leon Fleisher on a full scholarship from the Organization of American States and Peabody. In 2000 he received the Immigrant Achievement Award from the American Immigration Law Foundation in Washington, D.C.[1] Graf, tenor Placido Domingo and violinist Midori are the only three classical musicians to have received this honor.