Thomas Barron was a notary public who practiced in Montreal in the early 19th century.

Samba legend Ary Barroso was the first Brazilian to be nominated for an Oscar. The multi-faceted musician was born in Ubá in Minas Gerais, the son of poet, singer and lawyer Joao Evangelista, but was orphaned at the age of seven. Raised by his grandmother and aunt, he was sent for piano lessons at age ten and disciplined to practice three hours daily. In 1920 he headed to Rio for training in law, but he soon spent an inheritance from his uncle and had to begin to earn his living by playing for dance-hall orchestras. His talent became obvious when he began composing, as did his versatility when working as a radio announcer (beginning in 1933), writer, humorist, reporter, producer, emcee, interviewer and even soccer commentator. One of the most influential pre-Bossa Nova composers in Brazil in the late 1920s and 1930s, he changed the face of Brazilian samba, developing the genres of samba-cancão and samba exaltacão. His songs were recorded by many famous singers, including his friend Carmen Miranda and João Gilberto. He wrote more than 60 songs and tunes for Rio’s famous Carnaval festival, and 52 of his works were used in movies. His 1939 piece “Aquarela do Brasil” was used in the 1942 Disney film “Saludos Amigos” and has become one of the 20 most recorded songs of all time. He did manage to finish law school and married the daughter of the boarding house where he lodged. Though he didn’t win the Oscar for which he was nominated in 1945, he did get a Merit award from the Academy, and in 1955 the National Order of Merit from the Brazilian government.

Samuel June Barrows was born on May 26, 1845, in New York, New York.

He was an American Republican politician. He graduated from the Harvard Divinity School in 1871 and while there, he was the Boston correspondent of the New York Tribune. In 1873, he went on the Yellowstone Expedition. In 1874, he went on the Black Hills Expedition and took part in the Battles of Tongue River and the Little Big Horn. Returning to Massachusetts, he was pastor of the first Dorchester Boston Parish (1876-1881), editor of the Christian Register and American representative to the International Prison Congress in 1895. In 1897, he was elected as a Republican to the 55th United States Congress, serving until 1899. He was an advocate for women's suffrage, African American rights, assimilation of Native Americans and prison reform. On the international stage, Barrows was an activist for ending hunger. An unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the 56th US Congress, he became secretary of the New York Prison Association, until his death from pneumonia at age 69 in New York City. He had lots of interests and talents included musical composition and singing oratorios, studying the Greeks, metal crafting, writing poetry, camping, travel, and foreign languages. June was a nickname for his sunny disposition.

In 1870, he married Isabel Hayes Chapin (1845–1913). He died on April 21, 1909, in New York, New York. His remains were cremated, and the ashes placed in a private burying ground near Georgeville, Quebec.

Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) was one of the preeminent British architects of the nineteenth century. His work can be considered as the epitome of historicism, as he designed buildings in the Gothic, Greek, and Renaissance revival styles. He is best known for his competition-winning designs for the Houses of Parliament in London (1836) and for the designs of private clubs such as the Manchester Atheneum (1836-1839) and the Reform Club in London (1837-1841).

English composer and conductor John Barry Prendergast spent his early years working in cinemas his father owned which influenced his musical taste and interests. He composed the scores for 11 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, and also arranged and performed the James Bond Theme to the first film in the series, 1962's Dr. No. He wrote the Grammy- and Academy Award-winning scores to the films Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa, as well as The Scarlet Letter, The Cotton Club, The Tamarind Seed, Mary, Queen of Scots, Game of Death, and the theme for the British television cult series The Persuaders! In a career spanning over 50 years he was appointed OBE for services to music.
Barry's music, variously brassy and moody, achieved very wide appeal. His love for the Russian romantic composers is often reflected in his music; in his Bond scores he unites this with brass-heavy jazz writing. His use of strings, lyricism, half-diminished chords, and complex key shifting provides melancholy contrast – in his scores this is often heard in variations of the title songs that are used to underscore plot development. As Barry matured, the Bond scores became more lushly melodic.
Barry received many awards for his work, including five Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award for the Best Film Music as well as two Grammy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning once for Best Original Score for Out of Africa. He became a Fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and in 2005 was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Apart from the Bond films, his body of work includes some 90 other film scores, some dozen television film scores, five musicals, and about a dozen singles.