Famous People with Name Stan

Stan Douglas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stan Douglas: an African-Canadian Installation artist from Vancouver, British Columbia.Douglas' work reflects the technical and social aspects of mass media, and since the late 1980s has been influenced by the work of Samuel Beckett. Also of concern is both modernism as a theoretical concept and modernity as it has affected North American urbanism since World War II.[2] Douglas' installation Win, Place or Show is shot in the style of the late-1960s CBC drama The Client, noted for its gritty style, long takes and lack of establishing shots. Set in 1950s Vancouver in the Strathcona redevelopment, the installation explores the modernist notion of urban renewal with the demolition of existing architecture in favour of grids of apartment blocks. Two men share a dormitory room on a rainy day off from their blue-collar jobs.

Stan Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stan Rice: was an American poet and artist and husband of writer Anne Rice (married 1961). He was a Professor of English and Creative Writing at San Francisco State University and retired as Chairman of the Creative Writing Department in 1989. Stan Rice died from br

Stan Grossfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stan Grossfeld: is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, writer and editor at The Boston Globe.After two years in Newark, New Jersey, at The Star-Ledger he went to work for The Boston Globe. While working at the paper Grossfeld graduated from Boston University

Stan Thorseth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stan Thorseth: is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played one match.

Stan Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stan Stokes: is an American painter known for his aviation art. His work hangs in two presidential libraries and is underway for a third.Since the mid-1980s NASA has commissioned Stokes to paint 15 works ranging from the Space Shuttles to the SR-71 Blackbird. Stokes has also painted numerous works for Burt Rutan. Stokes's works hang in the Air Force art collection, the United States Air Force Academy, The Pentagon, the San Diego Air & Space Museum, the Palm Springs Air Museum, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.