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James Abbe

1883-1973
American photographer
Sitter in 4 portraits | Artist associated with 12 portraits

Ira Frederick Aldridge

1807-1867
Actor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Muhammad Ali

1942-2016
Boxer; heavyweight champion and Olympian
Sitter in 3 portraits

Woody Allen

1935-
Actor, writer and film director
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eve Arnold

1912-2012
Photographer
Artist of 9 portraits

Fred Astaire

1899-1987
Dancer, actor and choreographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor

1879-1964
Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Sutton; former wife of R.G. Shaw, and later wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Sitter in 37 portraits

Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden

1907-1973
Poet
Sitter in 43 portraits

Lauren Bacall

1924-2014
Film and stage actress (born Betty Joan Perske)
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cecil Beaton

1904-1980
Photographer, designer and writer
Sitter associated with 357 portraits | Artist associated with 1098 portraits

David Robert Joseph Beckham

1975-
Footballer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt

1879-1961
Conductor
Sitter in 24 portraits

Harry Belafonte

1927-
Singer and actor
Sitter in 36 portraits

(Edward) Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten

1913-1976
Composer
Sitter in 119 portraits | Artist of 5 portraits

Edmund Burke

1729-1797
Statesman; orator; author
Sitter associated with 105 portraits

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett

1849-1924
Children's writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Richard Burton

1925-1984
Actor
Sitter in 11 portraits

George W. Bush

1946-
President of the United States
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maria Callas

1923-1977
Opera singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Malcolm Campbell

1885-1948
Racing motorist; holder of land and water speed records
Sitter in 8 portraits