Famous People with Name Close

Roberta Close            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Roberta Close: she has occasionally claimed to have been born on December 12, 1965. Although she was born biologically male, she is reputed to have been born with incomplete male genitalia. Close, the first pre-operative transsexual model to have posed for the Brazilian

Eric Close            Origin/Culture/Country: Island,

Eric Close: His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Close is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to Indiana, then to Michigan, and finally settled in San Diego when Close was seven years old.Close graduated with a B.A. in Communications at the University

Chuck Thomas Close            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chuck Thomas Close: an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors.Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique). In 1962, he received his B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He then attended graduate school at Yale University, where he received his MFA in 1964. After Yale, he lived in Europe for a while on a Fulbright grant. When he returned to the US, he worked as an art teacher at the University of Massachusetts.

Curt Close            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Curt Close: is a Belgian writer, composer and singer. In February 2002, his song Ton Image was in the French and Belgian Top 40.At the age of 10, he started to play the piano by ear instead of being taught to play it. He composed his first song at the age of 14 and began to perform at small school concerts. When he was 19, he met Pierre Rapsat, a composer and performer who became his mentor and friend, and with whom he would write several songs. Later on, an advertisement led to a meeting with Nicolas Varak, a producer at Paris who signed him up with East West (Warner Music France) for his first album Le vent se lève.

Alex Close            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Alex Close: was a Belgian road bicycle racer who was placed seventh in the Tour de France in 1952. He won the Tour de Belgique in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956.