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James McBride (born 1957)
journalist, jazz musician, saxophonist
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
television actor, film actor, film director, poet, musician, voice actor, photographer, actor, film producer, director, acting instructor
Dolly Parton (born 1946)
guitarist, country singer, actor, banjoist, autobiographer, businessperson, television actor, multi-instrumentalist, country musician, record producer, voice actor, film producer, composer, film actor, recording artist
![Me & Patsy kickin' up dust [large print]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9358620-M.jpg)
Patti Smith (born 1946)
poet, visual artist, human rights activist, guitarist, singer, composer, musician, drawer, photographer, performance artist, recording artist, rock singer, rock musician, film director
![[Trois]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13275964-M.jpg)
Keith Allen (born 1953)
actor, comedian, television presenter, film director, musician, film actor, television actor
Justin Bieber (born 1994)
musician
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
sculptor, medalist, autobiographer, architectural draftsperson, goldsmith, art historian, silversmith, musician
![Autobiography of Benvenuto cellini [Christmas Summary Classics]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9033848-M.jpg)
Neil Peart (1952-2020)
drummer, lyricist, composer, jazz musician, musician
