- U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.
- German operatic composer.
- U.S. poet: Nobel Prize in Literature 2020.
- Christoph Willibald von (ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvɪlibalt fɔn). 1714–87, German composer, esp of operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767)