I . John Singer Sargent
(1856–1925)
a US artist known for painting rich and famous people. They included President Theodore Roosevelt and the author Robert Louis Stevenson . Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, of US parents. He studied and painted in Paris (1874–84) but his career in France was damaged when his painting Madame X (1884) was considered too sexual. He then settled in London, though he remained a US citizen.
II . Malcolm Sargent
(1895–1967)
an English conductor who is best remembered as a conductor of the Proms . He was made a knight in 1947.