|
||||||||
|
Celebrities born in January
Celebrities born in February
Celebrities born in March
Celebrities born in April
Celebrities born in May
Celebrities born in June
|
Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 1, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,398 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,398 Celebrities
142 celebrities or events were found for April, 1. Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Cécile Duflot
Cécile Duflot (born 1 April 1975 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a French politician. She is Minister of Territories Equality and Housing in the Ayrault Cabinet. Until June 2012, she was Party Secretary (i.e. leader) of Europe Écologie–The Greens, a position she held from November 2006 and was, with Jean-Luc Bennahmias, the only Green leader to have served two consecutive terms (although Dominique Plancke served three non-consecutive ones). In May 2012 she announced her resignation from this role. Biography The eldest daughter of a railway unionist and a physics and chemistry teacher (who was herself also a unionist), Cécile Duflot spent her childhood and adolescence in district of Montereau-Surville before returning to her native town, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, in the early 1990s. S... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Randy Orton
Randal "Randy" Keith Orton (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather, Bob Orton, Sr., father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and uncle, Barry O, were all professional wrestlers. Orton is a three-time world champion: a two-time WWE Champion and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. He has the distinction of being the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in the company's history (although not the youngest WWE Champion), and has achieved considerable success as an Intercontinental Champion and World Tag Team Champion. He is nicknamed "the Legend Killer", as a part of his gimmick of intentionally... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle (born April 1st, 1961 9:50 AM in Blackburn, West Lothian (source: birth certificate)) is a Scottish amateur singer who came to public attention on April 11, 2009 when she appeared as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent. Boyle leapt to almost immediate global fame when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the competition's first round. External link, her astrological portrait: Susan Boyle's astrological portrait Before she sang, both the audience and the judges appeared to express skepticism based on her ungroomed appearance and awkwardness. In contrast, her vocal performance was so outstanding that she has been dubbed "The Woman Who Shut Up Simon ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Ali MacGraw
Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American model and actress. Born to an Irish-American father, whom she recently described as "violent" (New York magazine, April 3, 2006, pp. 69-70), and a Jewish mother, she has one sibling, a brother. An alumna of Wellesley College, she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at Harper's Bazaar, as an assistant to the legendary fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, at Vogue, and as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist. During this time, she was married to banker Robin Hoen. She gained notice in Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came in 1970 with Love Story, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. MacGraw's keen... Biography of William James Sidis
William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic abilities. He first became famous for his precociousness, and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from the public eye. He avoided mathematics entirely in later life, writing on other subjects under a number of pseudonyms. With an estimated IQ of 300, he is considered one of the most intelligent persons in history. Parents and upbringing (1898-1909) William James Sidis was born to Russian Jewish immigrants on April 1, 1898 in New York City. His father, Boris Sidis, Ph.D., M.D., had emigrated in 1887 to escape political persecution. His mother, Sarah Mandelbaum Sidis, M.D., and her family had fled the pogroms about 1889. Sarah attended Boston University and... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, Count von Bismarck-Schönhausen., born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898) was a European statesman of the 19th century, born to a wealthy family. As Minister-President of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he engineered the Unification of Germany. From 1867 on, he was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the German Empire was declared in 1871, he served as its first Chancellor. Bismarck held conservative monarchical views in the tradition of Clemens von Metternich, the Austrian statesman who devised the diplomatic arrangements which governed Europe after the Napoleonic Wars–arrangements which Bismarck upset. Bismarck's primary objectives were to ensure the supremacy of the Prussian state with... Biography of Vincent Bolloré
Vincent Bolloré (b. April 1, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French industrialist, corporate raider and businessman. He heads the family investment group Bolloré and is ranked 451st richest person in the world according to Forbes, with an estimated fortune of US$1.7 billion. He is married, with 4 children. Vincent Bolloré is from a well-off family from Brittany, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Université Paris X Nanterre. Bolloré started his investment career as a bank trainee at investment bank Edmond de Rothschild. His personal investment career began when he took over the reins at his family-controlled conglomerate Bolloré, which deals in maritime freight and African trade, and paper manufacturing. The company he leads today employs 33,000 ... Biography of Abraham Maslow
Abraham (Harold) Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist. He is mostly noted today for his proposal of a hierarchy of human needs and is considered the father of humanistic psychology. Life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Maslow was the first of seven children of Jewish immigrants from Russia. As his parents were uneducated, they pushed him hard to succeed academically. At first, Abraham acceded to their wishes and enrolled in the City College of New York. However, after three semesters he transferred to Cornell, then back to CCNY. After he married his first cousin, Bertha Maslow, he moved to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his B.A. (1930), his M.A. (1932), and his Ph.D. (1934) in psychology. While in Wisconsin, Maslow me... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the last great champions of the Romantic style of European classical music. ("Sergei Rachmaninoff" was the spelling the composer himself used while living in the West throughout the latter half of his life. However, transliterations of his name include Sergey or Serge, and Rachmaninov, Rachmaninow, Rakhmaninov or Rakhmaninoff.) Rachmaninoff is regarded as one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. He... Biography of Simona Ventura
Simona VENTURA, born April 1, 1965, is an Italian beauty queen and later journalist and TV host.... Biography of Ivano Balic
Ivano Balić (born April 1, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian handballer. He is considered to be the best player in the world and was voted 6 times in a row most valuable player in major international competitions. Before playing handball Balić trained with the basketball club KK Split. He began his handball career with RK Split. Balić was a member of the Croatian national team that won the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia. Balić was declared the IHF World Player of the Year in 2003 and 2006 as well as the best player in Croatia 2003. After playing for RK Metković he moved to Portland San Antonio. At the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland h... Biography of Marcel Amont
Marcel Miramon, better known as Marcel Amont is a French singer and actor, born April 1, 1929 in Bordeaux. Discography Escamillo Tout doux tout doucement Bleu blanc blond Un mexicain L'amour ça fait passer le temps Filmography La mariée est trop belle (1956) avec Brigitte Bardot La conduite ŕ gauche (1961). Books Ces courants d'air qu'on attrape avec des filets ŕ papillons. 1989 Une chanson, qu'y a-t-il ŕ l'intérieur d'une chanson? 1994 Comment peut-on ętre gascon? 2001 Les plus belles chansons de Gascogne. 2006... Biography of Catherine Millet
Catherine Millet (born April 1, 1948) is a French art critic, curator, and founder and editor of the magazine Art Press, which focuses on modern art. She is best known as the author of the 2002 memoir The Sexual Life of Catherine M.; the book details her sexual history, from childhood masturbation to an adult fascination with group sex. The book was reviewed by Edmund White as "the most explicit book about sex ever written by a woman". She is married to poet and novelist Jacques Henric. References Millet, Catherine. The Sexual Life of Catherine M. 2002. ISBN 0-8021-1716-3 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8021-3986-8 (paperback - reprint)... Biography of Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera (IPA: ) (born April 1, 1929 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech-born writer who has written books in both Czech and French. He is best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, and The Joke. Life He was born into a highly cultured, middle class family. His father, Ludvík Kundera (1891-1971), once a pupil of the composer Leoš Janáček, was an important Czech musicologist and pianist who served as the head of the Janáček Music Academy in Brno from 1948 to 1961. Milan learned to play the piano from his father and later went on to study musicology and musical composition. Musicological influences and references can be found throughout his work; he even goes so far as putting notes in the tex... Biography of Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugčne Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late 19th century. One of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques, has been adapted as the highly successful musical comedy The Fantasticks. Rostand was born in Marseille, France, into a wealthy and cultured Provençal family. His father was an economist and a poet, a member of the Marseille Academy and the Institut de France. Rostand studied literature, history, and philosophy at the Collčge Stanislas in Paris, France. In 1901, Rostand became the youngest writer to be elected to the Académie française. In... Biography of Mirka Federer
Miroslava Vavrinec (born 1 April 1978 in Bojnice, Slovakia) is a former WTA tennis player from Switzerland who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury. She is best known as the wife of former World No. 1 tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the Sydney Olympics. Since her retirement, Vavrinec is frequently photographed on the ATP circuit attending Federer's matches. Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st) Vavrinec, born in Slovakia, emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. Her parents currently own a jewelry shop and reside in Schaffhausen. In 1987, when Vavrinec was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Vavrinec met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try... Biography of Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, singer, and dancer. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903-1986), a carpenter for Southern Pacific Railroad, and Maxine N. (née Harman; 1913-1999). Reynolds was a Girl Scout and a troop leader. A scholarship in her name is offered to high-school age Girl Scouts. Her family moved to Burbank, California, in 1939. While a student at John Burroughs High School, at age sixteen, Reynolds won the Miss Burbank Beauty Contest, a motion picture contract with Warner Brothers, and acquired her new first name. Career Reynolds regularly appeared in movie musicals, most notably Singin' in the Rain, during ... Biography of Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch (born April 1, 1969 in Meulan) is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987. He represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera. The righthander won three career titles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 22, 1996, becoming world No 12. Height/Weight: 1,82 m, 76 kg ATP Tour titles (3) Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (3) Singles (3) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 13 June 1993 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Wally Masur 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 2. 10 October 1993 Toulouse, France Hard Cédric Pioline 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 3. 8 October 1995 T... Biography of Sung Hi Lee
Sung Hi Lee (born April 1, 1970) is a Korean American model who appears mostly in soft-core nude photoshoots. She has appeared in Playboy magazine as well as in numerous other magazines and some commercial advertising. Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Hair color Black Eye color Brown Measurements 33B-23-33.5 Weight 106 lb (48 kg) Born in Eunpyong-Gu (Gija-Chon), a borough of Seoul, Lee moved to the United States in 1978. She attended Ohio State University on a scholarship for three years. Lee has worked as an actress, appearing in films such as the erotic-thriller A Night On the Water (1998), Error in Judgment (1998), Chain of Command (2000), Nurse Betty (2000), This Girl's Life (2003), Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003), and The Girl Next Door (2004). S... Biography of Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Louise Spearritt (born April 1, 1981) is an English actress and former singer. She was previously a member of the successful pop group S Club (7). Personal life and early career She was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the youngest of three children and is the younger sister of former model and fashion designer Tanya Spearritt. Her uncle, Eddie Spearritt, from Lowestoft was a professional football player who played for Ipswich Town F.C. in the 1960s. At the age of 3, Spearritt modelled in a Mothercare catalogue. When she was 12, she landed a part in the Great Yarmouth Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society's production of Annie. Thereafter she successfully auditioned for the National Youth Music Theatre, and became part of the company. While with the NYMT she met future S Club ... Biography of Jane Powell
Jane Powell (born April 1, 1929) is an American singer, entertainer and actor. She was the petite blonde with an operatic singing voice in many MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Height: 5' 0˝" (1.54 m) Early Years Born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon, she sang on the radio as a child, and performed in theater before her film career began in 1944. She appeared in her first film, Song of the Open Road (1944), at age 15. MGM Years Her first MGM musical was Holiday in Mexico (1946), which brought her to the public's attention, and she was later billed as the co-star in several films including A Date with Judy (1948), and Nancy Goes to Rio (1950). Powell got the chance to sing and dance with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding (1951), when she was brought in as a replac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sophie Germain
Marie-Sophie Germain (April 1, 1776 – June 27, 1831) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to the fields of differential geometry and number theory. Germain was born to a middle-class merchant family in Paris, France; and at age 13, she read about Archimedes in a book in her father's extensive library. In it, she read that during the Roman invasion of Syracuse, Archimedes was so engrossed in his mathematics that he ignored a Roman soldier who thereupon killed him without comprehending the fame of his victim. This inspired the young Germain, as she thought that if someone could be so interested by mathematics as to not realize somebody was about to kill him, it must be an incredibly interesting subject. Mentorship with Lagrange Germain was particularly intere... Biography of Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – August 26, 1930), nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema. He is best remembered for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his groundbreaking artistry with film makeup. Biography Lon Chaney was born Leonidas Frank Chaney in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Frank H. Chaney and Emma Alice Kennedy; his father had mostly English and some French ancestry, and his mother was of Irish descent. Both of Chaney's parents were deaf, and as a child of deaf adults Chaney became skilled in pantomime. He entered a stage career in 1902, and began traveling with popular Vaudev... Biography of Bijou Phillips
Bijou Lily Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an American actress, fashion model, and singer. Some of her larger film roles include Bully, Havoc, Hostel: Part II, and Tart. Early life Bijou Phillips was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his then-wife Genevičve Waďte, a South African model. Her older brother is Tamerlane Phillips and her half-siblings are Mackenzie Phillips, Jeffrey Phillips, and Chynna Phillips. The name "Bijou", which is French for "jewel," was taken from the song "My Petite Bijou" by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She was a child Equestrienne champion. Phillips began modeling at the age of 13. Emancipated from her parents the following year, Phillips lived on her own in New York City. Phillips was the y... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf (born April 1, 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch-Surinamese football midfielder, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan and the Netherlands national team. He is the only player to win the UEFA Champions League with three different clubs. Club career Early career Seedorf started his career as a right midfielder for Ajax Amsterdam during the early 1990s. He made his professional debut on November 29, 1992 against FC Groningen at the age of 16 years and 242 days, making him the youngest debutant for Ajax ever. In his early career, he played a role in Ajax's Eredivisie winning years of 1994 and 1995. He was also a key member during Ajax's 1995 UEFA Champions League winning campaign. His performances during the season saw him move to Sampdoria i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Mayol
Jacques Mayol (April 1, 1927 – December 22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in free diving. Jacques Mayol was a French national born in Shanghai, China. He was the first free diver to descend to 100 meters (330 feet) (November 23, 1976), and he managed to descend to 105 meters when he was 56 years old. During the scientific research phase of his career, he tried to answer the question of whether or not man had a hidden aquatic potential that could be evoked by rigorous physiological and psychological training. The film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson in 1988, was inspired by his life story (and the life story of the Italian diver Enzo Maiorca); Mayol was one of the screenwriters. On December 22, 2001, Mayol committed suicide by hanging himself in Elba, Italy, at th... Biography of Matt Lanter
Matthew Mackendree "Matt" Lanter (born April 1, 1983 in Massillon, Ohio) is an American actor and model best known for his roles as Horace Calloway in the short-lived ABC political drama Commander in Chief and the voice role of Anakin Skywalker in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its television counterpart. Matt also recently joined the cast of 90210 as Liam Court, a recurring character in season one, before becoming a series regular from season two onwards. Life and career Lanter was born in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, the son of Joseph "Joe" Lanter and Jana Burson. He moved to Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia in 1991 at age 8. He graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2001. He played baseball, football, basketball, gymnastics and golf and was a batboy for the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kevin Duckworth
Kevin Jerome Duckworth (April 1, 1964 – August 25, 2008) was an American professional basketball player at center in the National Basketball Association, most notably as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. Height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Weight: 275 lb (125 kg) Early life and career Duckworth was born in Harvey, Illinois and grew up in Chicago. He attended Eastern Illinois University, and was drafted with the ninth pick in the 2nd round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. All throughout college and early on in his professional career, he experienced weight problems. Later that season, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for disgruntled rookie Walter Berry. His rookie season was unspectacular, as Duckworth came off the bench to back up center Steve Johnson (wh... Biography of Toshirô Mifune
Toshirō Mifune (三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō , 1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in films such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo. He is also popular for portraying Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. Early life Toshirō Mifune was born in Qingdao, China, to Japanese parents, and grew up in the Chinese city of Dalian with his parents and two siblings. In his youth, Mifune worked in the photography shop of his father Tokuzo, a commercial photographer and importer who had emigrated from northern Japan. Tokuzo was a Methodist, and there is evidence that he was also a missionary, mini... Biography of Diana Vandenberg
Diana Vandenberg, born April 1, 1923, is a Dutch painter and author.... Biography of Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddow (pronounced /ˈmćdoʊ/; born April 1, 1973 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American television host and political commentator. Her syndicated talk radio program, The Rachel Maddow Show, aired on Air America Radio. Maddow hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. She was a guest host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Race for the White House. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to host a prime-time news program in the United States. Asked about her political views by the Valley Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform." Early life and education Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father, Rober... Biography of Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole on April 1, 1952 in Houston, Texas) is an American dancer and actress. Early life and career Born to William West Toole Jr. and Dorothy Geraldine Niland, Annette began acting at a very young age, doing guest appearances in shows such as My Three Sons (1960), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955), and The Partridge Family (1970). 1970s-1980s Her first major role was as Robby Benson's tutor/girlfriend in the college basketball opus One on One in 1977. In 1981, she starred in the HBO onstage production of Vanities. Later on in 1982, she played Nick Nolte's loyal girlfriend in 48 Hours. In the same year, she appeared opposite Nastassja Kinski in Cat People. 1983 saw her play the part of Lana Lang in Superman III opposite Christopher Reeve. In 1985... Biography of Jean-François Garreaud
Jean-François Garreaud, born April 1, 1947, is a French actor. Filmography 1977 : Violette Nozičre de Claude Chabrol 1978 : Une histoire simple de Claude Sautet 1979 : I... comme Icare de Henri Verneuil 1983 : Fabien de la Drôme. Feuilleton télévisé créé par Jean Cosmos et Stellio Lorenzi 1986 : Azizah, la fille du fleuve. Téléfilm réalisé par Patrick Jamain 1994 : La Colline aux mille enfants. Téléfilm réalisé par Jean-Louis Lorenzi 2007 : Contre-enquęte de Franck Mancuso 2007 : Plus belle la vie sur France 3 dans le rôle de Léonard Vassago... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frieda Hughes
Frieda Rebecca Hughes (b. April 1, 1960, London) is an English poet and painter. She has published seven children's books and four poetry collections and had many exhibitions. Life She is the daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Hughes was almost three years old when her mother committed suicide, and has had to deal with much unwanted attention in this respect. On occasion Hughes has reflected on the cult following of Sylvia Plath in her own poetry. In 2003, Hughes wrote 'My Mother,' a poem which attacked a BBC-backed film about her parents. In it she accuses the filmmakers of commodifying her mother's life and works. After her father died of cancer in 1998, Hughes became engaged in a battle with his second wife, Carol, when the promise to implement her father's letter of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Phillip Schofield
Phillip Schofield (born 1 April, 1962) is a British television presenter. Television Schofield was born in the Lancashire town of Oldham. He left at 17 to take up his position as a bookings clerk for BBC Radio at Broadcasting House in London, where he was, at the time, the youngest employee. When he was 19, he moved with his family to New Zealand, where he made his television debut presenting the children's music programme Shazam! on 23 February, 1982. He also spent two years working for the Auckland-based station Radio Hauraki. In 1985, Schofield returned to England, where he became the first in-vision continuity presenter for Children's BBC on weekdays for two years from September 1985. He left the "Broom Cupboard" to present Going Live! on Saturday mornings between September 1987... Biography of John Wilmot
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647–July 26, 1680) was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry. Life Rochester was born in Ditchley, Oxfordshire. His mother Anne St. John, Countess of Rochester was a Royalist by descent and a staunch Anglican. His father Henry Wilmot, a hard-drinking Royalist from Anglo-Irish stock, had been named Earl of Rochester in 1652 for military services to Charles II during his exile under the Commonwealth; he died abroad in 1658, two years before the restoration of the monarchy in England. At age twelve, Rochest... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Mestrallet
Gérard Mestrallet (born April 1, 1949, in Paris) is a French businessman. He is the current Chairman and CEO of GDF Suez. He was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers in the years of 1998-2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel C. Roper
Daniel Calhoun Roper (April 1, 1867 – April 11, 1943) was a U.S. administrator, particularly under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born in Marlboro County, South Carolina. His father, John Wesley Roper, was a leader of the Scotch Boys of the Confederate Army. Daniel Calhoun Roper graduated from Duke University (then called "Trinity College") in 1888, and received his bachelor of laws from National University in 1901. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894. From 1893 to 1897 he was a clerk for the U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, and worked for the Census Bureau from 1900 to 1910. He then served from 1911 to 1913 as the clerk of the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1913 to 1916, he served as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933, New York (birth time source: Astrodatabank), raised in Jamaica, New York – November 29, 1996, Riverhead, New York) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially-available fluorescent light fixtures. Education Flavin studied art history for a short time at the New School for Social Research, then moved on to Columbia University, where he studied painting and drawing. Life and career Flavin first conceived of using electric light as an art form in 1961, the same year he married his first wife Sonja Severdija. His first solo show was also held in 1961, at New York's Judson Gallery. Early work The first works to incorporate electric light were his "icons" series: eight colored square b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mario Botta
Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. He designed his first house at age 16, although no-one mentions if it was built, and studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the IUAV in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano. He designed his first buildings at age 16, a two-family house at Morbio Superiore in Ticino. While the arrangements of spaces in this structure is inconsistent, its relationship to its site, separation of living from service spaces, and deep window recesses echo of what would become his stark, strong, towering style. His designs tend to include a strong sense of geometry, often being based on very simple shapes, yet c... Biography of Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff OM (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Saint Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican ska and reggae musician, best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want It", "Many Rivers to Cross" from soundtrack to The Harder They Come which helped popularize reggae across the world, and for his cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film, Cool Runnings. Cliff had difficulty gaining a broad audience; in fact, outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Even after a string of hits, the singer never quite managed to break into the mainstream, although in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he seemed poised for international stardom. Career Cliff moved to Kingston in 196... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet
Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, often known as Abbé d'Olivet, born April 1, 1682 in Salins and died October 8, 1768 in Paris, was a French ecclesiastic, writer and translator, member of Academie Française (1723). Works Histoire de l'Academie françoise, II. Depuis 1652 jusqu'ŕ 1700 (1729) Texte en ligne Traité de la prosodie françoise (1737) Texte en ligne Remarques de grammaire sur Racine (1738). Remarques sur la langue françoise (1767, 1771) Contient : Prosodie françoise, Essais de grammaire, Remarques sur Racine et Réponse de M. de Voltaire ŕ M. l’Abbé d’Olivet sur la nouvelle édition de la Prosodie. Réédition : 1968. Traductions Les Catilinaires de Cicéron, oraisons premičre, seconde, troisičme et quatričme, en latin et en françois (1726) Texte en ligne Oraisons de Dé... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Abner Biberman
Abner Biberman (1 April 1909 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 20 June 1977 in San Diego, California), was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Filmography As an Actor 1936 : Soak the Rich 1939 : Gunga Din : Chota 1939 : Panama Patrol : Arlie Johnson 1939 : Panama Lady : Elisha 1939 : The Magnificent Fraud : Ruiz 1939 : Ŕ chaque aube je meurs (Each Dawn I Die) : Shake Edwards 1939 : La Dame des tropiques (Lady of the Tropics) : Wardrobe buyer 1939 : La Mousson (The Rains Came) : John, the Baptist 1939 : Les Fantastiques années 20 (The Roaring Twenties) : Lefty, Hally's Henchman 1939 : Another Thin Man : Dum-Dum, Church's Henchman 1939 : Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President : Extra at Dance 1939 : Balalaika : Leo Proplinski 1940 : His Girl Friday : Loui... Biography of Christel Schoeder
Christel Schoeder, born April 1, 1935 in Berlin, is a German author, astrologer, psychologist, philosopher and educator.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Even
François Even, born April 1, 1972 in Paris, is a French musician, a member of French rock group Superbus. Superbus is a five-piece French power pop band formed in 1999. Origins After a trip to the United States to perfect her English in 1999, Jennifer Ayache went looking for musicians to make a group. She met Michel Giovannetti, a guitarist, and François Even, a bassist, who already knew each other from another group, and formed a new band. They started out as a three-piece before 2 other members joined. Those two were later replaced by Guillaume Roussé (on drums), and Patrice Focone (on guitar). Roussé quit the band in 2005 and was replaced by Greg Jacks. The band got their name from the Latin word superbus, meaning proud, which Jennifer Ayache (lead singer) stumbled upon whil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier, born April 1, 1896 in Paris and died March 31, 1973 in Granville, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1925 : Madame sans gčne, de Léonce Perret - Une figuration 1927 : Napoléon, d’Abel Gance - Un soldat 1929 : Intermčde -court métrage- de Gaston Biard et René Guygrand 1930 : La Ronde des heures, de Alexander Esway 1931 : Le Séducteur ingénu -court métrage- (réalisation anonyme) 1932 : Millionnaire -court métrage- de Jim Kay 1934 : Les Hommes de la côte, de André Pellenc 1934 : Le Voyage imprévu, de Jean de Limur -Mr Jacques de Trouville 1934 : Le Coup du parapluie -court métrage- de Victor de Fast 1935 : Haut comme trois pommes, de Pierre Ramelot - Le gendarme et un curé 1935 : La Mascotte, de Léon Mathot - Le docteur 1935 : Le Monde oů l'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Moncla
François Moncla, born April 1, 1932 in Louvie-Juzon, is a French former rugby professional player.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Connes
Alain Connes (born 1 April 1947 in Draguignan, France) is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the College de France, IHÉS and Vanderbilt University. Work Alain Connes is one of the leading specialists on operator algebras. In his early work on von Neumann algebras in the 1970s, he succeeded in obtaining the almost complete classification of injective factors. Following this he made contributions in operator K-theory and index theory, which culminated in the Baum-Connes conjecture. He also introduced cyclic cohomology in the early 1980s as a first step in the study of noncommutative differential geometry. Connes has applied his work in areas of mathematics and theoretical physics, including number theory, differential geometry and particle physics. Awards and honours ... Biography of Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya, died on September 25, 2011 in Nairobi (cancer)) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” Maathai was an elected member of Parliament and served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the gove... Biography of Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history . While already an established studio player in the 1970's, he shot to national prominence as the drummer on the Steely Dan album titled Katy Lied. His other studio credits include Beat It, I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near), Welcome Back, Dirty Laundry, I Love L.A., Forever Man, New York Minute, Heal The World, and many others. He is also famous for his performance on the song "Rosanna". Personal life Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the eldest son of Los Angeles session percussionist Joe Porcaro. His brothers Steve Porcaro a... Biography of Jessica Collins
Jessica Collins (born April 1, 1971) is an American actress who played Meredith Davies on the Fox Network's Tru Calling, and also Dinah Lee Mayberry on the ABC soap opera Loving. Biography Collins was born Jessica Lynn Capogna in Schenectady, New York. She attended Amsterdam High School in Amsterdam, New York. In 1988, she won the title Miss New York Teen USA and was the first runner up for the Miss Teen USA Pageant in that same year. Credits * Loving (1991-1993) Dinah Lee Mayberry Alden * Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997) Dr. Tina Reeves * Star Trek: Voyager (1997) guest star * Tru Calling (2003–2004) (TV series) Meredith * Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series) Mindy Church * Two and a Half Men (2006) Gloria in "Walnuts and Demerol" ... Biography of Marie Garet
Marie Garet, born on April 1, 1985 in Montpellier, is the winner of Secret Story 2011 (France), the fifth season of Secret Story. The show started on July 8 at 8.45 pm on TF1 until October 14, 2011. The winner of this season is Marie Garet. Secret Story is the French version of the reality show Big Brother carrying on from the previous similar show, Loft Story. It aired on TF1 and was presented by the same presenter of Loft Story, Benjamin Castaldi. The series started on 23 June 2007, when 15 people entered a purpose-built house on the outskirts of Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, teacher of piano and composition, writer on musical questions, and conductor. Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni was born in Empoli in Tuscany, the only child of two professional musicians: his Italian/German mother a pianist, his Italian father a clarinetist. They were often touring during his childhood, and he was brought up in Trieste for the most part. Busoni was a child prodigy. He made his public debut on the piano with his parents, at the age of seven. A couple of years later he played some of his own compositions in Vienna where he heard Franz Liszt play, and met Liszt, Johannes Brahms and Anton Rubinstein. Busoni had a brief period of study in Graz with Wilhelm Mayer (who used th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Debatisse
Michel Debatisse, born in Palladuc (France) on April 1, 1920, died in 1997, was a French politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Elkann
John Jacob Philip Elkann (born April 1, 1976), often known as “Jaki”, is an Italian industrialist, grandson of the late Gianni Agnelli, and heir to the automaker Fiat, which also owns the Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari, and Lancia marques. Currently he is vice chairman of Fiat and of the Agnelli Group investment company IFIL, one of Italy's largest companies. Early life John Elkann was born in New York as the first son of Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen, a painter and a poet and her first husband, Alain Elkann, a Jewish French-Italian journalist and writer. His parents divorced in 1981. He has a brother Lapo and a sister, Ginevra, as well as five half siblings from his mother’s second marriage to Serge Graf von der Pahlen. Elkann spent his childhood traveling to UK, Brazil, and France w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1 April 1755, Belley, France – 2 February 1826, Paris) was a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome. He was born in the town of Belley, Ain, where the Rhone River then separated France from Savoy, to a family of lawyers. He studied law, chemistry and medicine in Dijon in his early years and thereafter practiced law in his hometown. In 1789, at the opening of the French Revolution, he was sent as a deputy to the Estates-General that soon became the National Constituent Assembly, where he acquired some limited fame, particularly for a public speech in defense of capital punishment. He adopted his second surname upon the death of an aunt named Savarin who left him her entire fortune on the condition that he adopt her name. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucette Descaves
Lucette Descaves, born April 1st, 1906 in Paris and died April 15, 1993, was a French pianist and composer, the daugther of Eugčne Descaves (the brother of writer Lucien Descaves).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Samuel Ganes
French author and actor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born April 1, 1933) is a French physicist working at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Cohen-Tannoudji was born in Constantine to Algerian Jewish parents, when Algeria was still part of France. After primary and secondary studies in Algiers, Cohen-Tannoudji left Algeria for Paris to attend the École normale supérieure. Lectures were given by Henri Cartan, Laurent Schwartz or Alfred Kastler. In 1958 he married Jacqueline, a high school teacher, who gave birth to three of his children. Cohen-Tannoudji left the laboratories of the École Normale to perform his military service for 28 months (longer than usual because of the Algeria war). In 1960 he returned to his institution to work on a doctorate degree, which he obtained at the end of 1962. Teaching After... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yilmaz Guney
Yılmaz Güney, (born Yılmaz Pütün, 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor of Kurdish descent. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey. He described himself as an "assimilated Kurd". Yılmaz Güney was born in 1937 in the Yenice county of Adana, the agricultural and industrial capital of southern Turkey. His father was a Zaza kurd from Siverek, and his mother was a Kurmanci Kurd from Varto, Turkey. His parents migrated to Adana to work as cotton field laborers. As a result of his family background young Yılmaz grew among the working class poor, which formed a strong background for his future works which generally focused on a realistic portrayal of down and out people in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Anker
Albert Samuel Anker (April 1, 1831 – July 16, 1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss village life. Life Born in Ins as the son of veterinarian Samuel Anker (then a member of the constituent assembly of the Canton of Bern), Anker attended school in Neuchâtel, where he and Auguste Bachelin, later a fellow artist, took early drawing lessons with Louis Wallinger in 1845–48. In 1849–51, he attended the Gymnasium Kirchenfeld in Bern, graduating with the Matura. Afterwards, he studied theology, beginning in 1851 in Bern and continuing at the university of Halle, Germany. But in Germany he was inspired by the great art collections, and in 1854 he convinced his fath... Biography of Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. (pronounced /əˈliːtoʊ/; born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006. Raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey and educated at Princeton University and Yale Law School, Alito served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit prior to joining the Supreme Court. He is the 110th justice, the second Italian American and the eleventh Roman Catholic to serve on the court. Alito is considered a conservative jurist with a libertarian streak (especially on First Amendment issues related to religious affairs). Early life and education ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Atmen Kelif
Atmen Kelif, born Athmane Khelif April 1st, 1968 in Albi, is a French actor. He is a member of group Deschiens, with Jérôme Deschamps and Macha Makeďeff. Filmography 1994 : Les Deschiens, de Jérôme Deschamps et Macha Makeďeff (série TV) 1995 : Marie-Louise ou la permission, de Manuel Flčche 1997 : Ouvrez le chien, de Pierre Dugowson 1997 : Abus de méfiance, de Pascal Légitimus (court-métrage) 1997 : Fred, de Pierre Jolivet 1997 : Barracuda, de Philippe Haďm 1997 : Vive la République !, de Éric Rochant 1998 : Terres vivantes (Terres lointaines), de Eric Nivot (court-métrage) 1998 : HLA identique, de Thomas Briat (court-métrage) : Nouredine 1999 : Les Petits Souliers, de Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano (court-métrage) 1999 : Les Parasites, de Philippe de Chauveron ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brendan Byrne
Brendan Thomas Byrne (b. April 1, 1924, West Orange, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey, from 1974 to 1982. Byrne is a native of West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University, A.B., 1949, and Harvard University, LL.B, 1950. During World War II, Byrne served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals. He is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey and New Jersey State Bar Associations. He also served as Editor of the Irish Law Reports. Essex County Prosecutor, 1959-1968. Vice President of the National District Attorneys Association, 1968. President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1968-1970. New Jersey Superior ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine François Prévost
Antoine François Prévost (Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles) (April 1, 1697 - December 23, 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French author and novelist. Life and works He was born at Hesdin, Artois, and first appears with the full name of Prévost d'Exiles, in a letter to the booksellers of Amsterdam in 1731. His father, Lievin Prévost, was a lawyer, and several members of the family had embraced the ecclesiastical estate. Prévost was educated at the Jesuit school of Hesdin, and in 1713 became a novice of the order in Paris, pursuing his studies at the same time at the college of La Flčche. At the end of 1716 he left the Jesuits to join the army, but soon tired of military life, and returned to Paris in 1719, apparently with the idea of resuming his novitiate. He... Biography of Daria de Martynoff
Daria de Martynoff, born April 1, 1947 in Bruxelles, is a Belgian musician, singer and composer.... Biography of Carol Devine
Carole Devine, born April 1, 1939 in Charlottesville, Virginia, is an American astrologer, lecturer and writer.... Biography of Sam Huntington
Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor, best known for his role as Mimi-Siku in the 1990s film "Jungle 2 Jungle". He now stars in the TV series Being Human. Personal life Huntington was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His mother, Christine Stabile, owned and operated the Black Box Theatre, where Huntington started his career. Huntington's great-uncle was actor Ralph Bellamy. When Bellamy died, his Academy Award for lifetime achievement was given to Huntington. On August 12, 2006, he married his girlfriend of five years, actress Rachel Klein. The two wed in Huntington's hometown before heading off to Turtle Island Resort in Fiji for their honeymoon. The couple have a son named Charlie. Movie career Huntington's first role was in the 1996 television movie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Zsigmondy
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1 April 1865 – 23 September 1929) was a Hungarian born Austrian-German chemist and Nobel laureate for chemistry known for his research in colloids. The crater Zsigmondy on the Moon is named in his honour. He was an ethnic Hungarian. Early years Zsigmondy was born in Vienna, Austrian Empire to Irma von Szakmary and Adolf Zsigmondy, Sr., who had been a scientist and had invented surgical instruments in the field of dentistry. He was raised by his mother after his father's early death in 1880, and received a comprehensive education. He enjoyed hobbies such as climbing and mountaineering with his siblings. His brother Karl Zsigmondy became a notable mathematician in Vienna. In high school he developed an interest in natural science, especially in chemistry and ph... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Chazal
Jean-Claude Chazal, born April 1, 1944 in Langogne (Lozčre), is a French politician and teacher, member of PS.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaston Bardet
Gaston Bardet, born on April 1, 1907 in Vichy (birth time source: Lescaut), died on May 30, 1989, was a French urbanist, architect, and writer. Bibliographie Urbanism Le plan Cornudet (avec J. Milhaud) (1933) C'est sous l'impulsion de Léon Jaussely que fut voté en 1919 la loi Cornudet oů apparaît en France pour la premičre fois le terme d'urbanisme (il provient de Ildefons Cerdŕ au milieu du XIXe sičcle). Une nouvelle čre romaine sous le signe du faisceau, la Rome de Mussolini, 1937, Paris, éd. Ch. Massin ; cet ouvrage fut couronné par l'académie des Beaux Arts. C'est la thčse présentée le 25 juin 1932 ŕ l'Institut d'urbanisme de l'université de Paris (Président : Marcel Poëte). L'Activité du sous-sol, recueil d'aménagements souterrains (avec Édouard Utudjian) (1936) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Esther Lekain
Esther Lekain (née Ernestine Nickel in Nancy, April 1, 1870 - Nice , March 2, 1960) was a French singer. She had a very long singing career for 70 years. Recordings La derničre Gavotte (Vargues - Delormel) Un vieux farceur (Léon - Nadot) Les vieilles larmes (Millandry) Ah ! Si vous voulez d'l'amour (Scotto - Burtey) Le cśur de Ninon (Buccucci - Bereta - Millandry) Ça ne vaut pas l'amour (Perpignan - Trebitsch)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph de Maistre
Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre (French pronunciation: 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat. He defended hierarchical societies and a monarchical State in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Despite his close ties with France, Maistre was a subject of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate (1787–1792), ambassador to Russia (1803–1817), and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817–1821). Maistre, a key figure of the Counter-Enlightenment, saw monarchy as a divinely sanctioned institution. He not only called for the restoration of the House of Bourbon to the throne of France, he argued that the Pope should have ultimate temporal authority. He claimed that it w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Castillo
Frank Anthony Castillo (born April 1, 1969 in El Paso, Texas) is a retired Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Castillo has played for the Chicago Cubs (1991-1997), Colorado Rockies (1997), Detroit Tigers (1998), Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Boston Red Sox (2001-2002, 2004), and Florida Marlins (2005), In his 13-year career, he has had 82 wins and 104 losses, 1101 strike outs, and a 4.56 ERA. Castillo retired from Major League Baseball after he had 2 kids and after receiving a World Series Championship ring as a brief member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. He returned to baseball in 2007 with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League and again played for them in 2008. On September 25, 1995, in a 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, Castillo had a no-hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Norm Van Lier
Norman Allen Van Lier III (April 1, 1947 – February 26, 2009) was an NBA basketball player and television broadcaster who spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Bulls. Norman Van Lier was born in East Liverpool, Ohio to Helen and Norm Sr., who worked in a steel mill for 31 years. He was raised, along with three brothers and a sister, in the Pittsburgh suburb of Midland, Pennsylvania. Van Lier had three other brothers who died after birth; he named one of them Elgin Baylor Van Lier I. Van Lier would look back fondly to his childhood playing tackle football with a taped coffee can for a ball due to their circumstances. He would later credit this upbringing in forming his famed work ethic later in life. Van Lier was a member of the 1965 Midland High School Leopards, conside... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (April 1, 1746 - August 25, 1807), was a French jurist and politician in time of the French Revolution and the First Empire. His son, Joseph Marie Portalis was a diplomat and statesman. Life Early career He was born at Le Beausset in Provence (nowadays in the département of Var), to a bourgeois family, and was educated by the Oratorians at their schools in Toulon and Marseille, and then went to the University of Aix. As a student, he published his first two works, Observations sur Émile (on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile: Or, On Education) in 1763 and Des Préjugés in 1764. In 1765 he became a lawyer at the parlement of Aix-en-Provence, and soon obtained so great a reputation that he was instructed by Étienne François de Choiseul in 1770 to draw up the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marissa Ghavami
Marissa Ghavami, born April 1, 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754095/ ) The Soloist (2009) .... Ballerina "Without a Trace" .... Sylvia (1 episode, 2007) ... aka W.A.T (USA: short title) - Connections (2007) TV episode .... Sylvia Breaking and Entering (2004) .... Amy ... aka Vin Morreale, Jr.'s Breaking & Entering (USA: new title (recut version))... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (April 1, 1629 in Bar-le-Duc, France – April 23, 1691) was a French composer and harpsichordist in the court of King Louis XIV of France. He was the son of an affluent tradesman from Bar-le-Duc, from a musical family (his brother-in-law was the organist François Roberday). A pupil of Jacques Champion de Chambonničres, he succeeded his teacher as harpsichordist to the King after Chambonničres' disgrace in 1663 or 1664. This position was hereditary, and so passed to d'Anglebert's son after his death. D'Anglebert's only published work, Pičces de clavecin, appeared in 1689. It has the distinction of being the first printed music in France to contain a table of ornaments together with their realizations. One of the pieces, Le tombeau de M. de Chambonničres, is a tri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Renato Zanelli
Renato Zanelli (April 1, 1892, Valparaiso - March 25, 1935, Santiago) was a Chilean operatic baritone and later tenor, particularly associated with heroic Italian and German roles, notably Verdi's Otello. Life and career Born Renato Zanelli-Morales of Italian descent, he studied in Santiago with Angelo Querze, making his debut there as a baritone in 1916, as Valentin. He later sang such important baritone roles as Tonio, de Luna, and Renato. His New York Metropolitan Opera debut came in 1919, as Amonasro. He remained there until 1923, singing most of the major Italian baritone parts. Zanelli then left for Italy for further studies with Dante Lari and Fernando Tanara in Milan. His first appearance as a tenor occurred in 1924 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, as Raoul. He went on... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmanuel Mounier
Emmanuel Mounier (1905 Grenoble – 1950 Châtenay-Malabry) was a French philosopher. Mounier was the guiding spirit in the French Personalist movement, and founder and director of Esprit, the magazine which was the organ of the movement. Mounier, who was the child of peasants, was a brilliant scholar at the Sorbonne. In 1929, when he was only twenty-four, he came under the influence of the French writer, Charles Péguy, to whom he ascribed the inspiration of the personalist movement. Mounier's personalism became a main influence of the non-conformists of the 1930s. Peter Maurin used to say wherever he went, "There is a man in France called Emmanuel Mounier. He wrote a book called The Personalist Manifesto. You should read that book." He taught at the Lycée du Parc at Lyon. He taught... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Mariotti
Frédéric Mariotti, born on April 1, 1883 in Marseille, died on February 22, 1971 in Paris, was a French actor. Filmography 1917 : La Bonne Hôtesse de Georges Monca 1919 : Barrabas de Louis Feuillade - Film tourné en 12 épisodes - 1919 : La Nouvelle Aurore / Les Nouvelles Aventures de Chéri-Bibi d'Emile-Edouard Violet - Film tourné en 16 épisodes - 1920 : Tristan et Yseult de Maurice Mariaud 1920 : Tue-la-mort de René Navarre - Film tourné en 12 épisodes - 1926 : La Bonne Hôtesse de Jeanne Bruno-Ruby - Camous 1926 : Florine, la fleur du Valois de E.B Donatien 1926 : Mare Nostrum - "Mare Nostrum / Our sea" de Rex Ingram - Toni 1927 : Le Mystčre de la Tour Eiffel de Julien Duvivier 1928 : L'Évadée / Le Secret de Délia de Henri Ménessier - J... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rudolph Isley
Rudolph Bernard Isley (born on April 1, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio), better known as Rudy Isley, is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers. Born April 1, 1939 to Sally and O'Kelly Isley, Sr. in Cincinnati, Rudy began singing in church at a young age and by his teen years was singing regularly with brothers O'Kelly, Ron and Vernon. In 1957, following their younger brother Vernon's death, the three Isleys moved from Cincinnati to New York recording with small record labels before landing a major deal with RCA Records in 1959 where the group recorded and released their breakthrough hit, "Shout". After recording several minor hits, including their first top 40 smash, "Twist & Shout", the group landed a deal with Mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sheldon Lee
Sheldon Lee, born April 1, 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American actor, musician, screenwriter and producer.... Biography of Jean-Pierre Door
Jean-Pierre Door (born April 1, 1942, Sully-sur-Loire, France) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loiret department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. Early life and career Beery was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Noah W. and Marguerite (Fitzgerald) Beery. He was a younger brother of actor/film executive William Beery and actor Noah Beery, who also had long careers in the motion picture industry. He was an uncle of actor Noah Beery, Jr.. According to U.S. Census records, all three Beery brothers were born to the same parents, making them full brothers and not half-brothe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Bacri
Roland Bacri, born April 1, 1926 in Bab El-Oued, Algiers, Algeria, is a French writer and humorist. Bibliography * Le petit Počte, La Canardothčque (1957) * Refus d'obtempérer, dessins de Siné, Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1960) * Opticon suivi de Classiques transis, Julliard (1960) * Le guide de Colombey, photos d'Alain Ayache (1961) * Et alors ! Et oila ! (1968) * Le Roro, Dictionnaire pataoučte de langue pied-noir (1969) * Počmes couleurs du temps (1970) * Le petit lettré illustré, dessins de Vazquez de Sola (1971) * La légende des siestes (1973) * Sacré nom d'une Bible! Počmes et bibelots par Roland Bacri et Pino Zac (1973) * Les Trente-deux Impositions ou 32 maničres de se faire baiser par le percepteur, dessins de Moisan, (1974) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmanuel de Martonne
Emmanuel de Martonne, born in Chabris (Indre), April 1st, 1873 and died in Sceaux July 24, 1955, was a French geographer and author. Works Recherches sur l'évolution morphologique des Alpes de Transylvanie (Karpates meridionales), Paris, Delagrave, 1906. Traité de géographie physique : Climat, Hydrographie, Relief du sol, Biogéographie, Paris, Armand Colin, 1909 (réédité). Choses vues en Bessarabie, Paris, 1919. Les régions géographiques de France, Paris, Flammarion, 1921. Abrégé de géographie physique, Paris, Armand Colin, 1922. Les Alpes, in Géographie générale, Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, édition 1926. Les Alpes, géographie générale, Paris, Armand Colin, 1931. Géographie universelle (dir. Vidal de la Blache, Gallois), tome IV : Europe centrale, Paris, Armand Colin,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Riffard
Roger Riffard, born April 1, 1924 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, died October 29, 1981 in Créteil, was a French novelist, singer, songwriter, actor and comedian. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726450/bio ) # La derelitta (1983) .... Patron café Glacičre # Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982) (TV) .... Le vieux déménageur # "Paris-Saint-Lazare" (1982) TV mini-series .... Un homme de la bande ŕ Guérin # "Les maupas" (1982) TV series .... Bindou # En votre aimable rčglement (1982) (TV) .... Jervis # Les saltimbanques (1981) (TV) .... Un prisonnier # "La vie des autres" (1 episode, 1981) - L'ascension de Catherine Sarrazin (1981) TV episode # Pétrole! Pétrole! (1981) .... L'agent # "Martine Verdier" (1981) TV mini-series # Noires sont les ga... Biography of Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro (born April 1, 1939) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. A native of Blaine, Ohio, Niekro attended Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Ohio, and was a boyhood friend of NBA player John Havlicek. Phil and his younger brother, fellow major league pitcher Joe Niekro, learned to throw a knuckleball from their father Joe Niekro, Sr. in their backyard as kids. With 318 career victories, Niekro is the winningest knuckleball pitcher of all time, and currently ranks 16th on the all-time wins list. He also won the National League Gold Glove Award five times. Phil and Joe Niekro are the winningest brother combination in baseball history, with 539 wins combined. Phil Niekro's 121 career victories after the a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Gleize
Jean-Marie Gleize, born on April 1, 1946 in Paris, is a French writer and poet. Works Francis Ponge, Larousse, 1981 Donnant lieu, Lettre de casse, 1982 La Nuit des dons, Ecbolade, 1983 Poésie et figuration, Seuil, coll. « Pierres vives », 1983 Comme envers Dieu, Ćncrages, 1984 Puritas impuritatis, Ecbolade, 1984 Instance, Collodion, 1985 De chant, Ecbolade, 1985 Game over, La Main Courante, 1986 Simplification lyrique, Seghers, 1987 Commencé par un mot, entre, La Sétérée, 1987 Pičces : les mots et les choses, Belin, 1988 Couleur bord de fleuve, La Sétérée, 1988 Francis Ponge, Seuil, coll. « Les Contemporains », 1988 Le temps n’existe pas, Ćncrages, 1989 Léman, Seuil, coll. « Fiction & Cie », 1990 Circon... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (born 1 April 1926) is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Born in the United States, she is a long-term resident of Ireland. Life Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to George Herbert McCaffrey and Anne Dorothy McElroy. She had two brothers: Hugh (deceased 1988), a Major in the US Army, and Kevin Richard McCaffrey, still living. Anne was educated at Stuart Hall, an all-girl boarding school in Staunton, Virginia. She then went to Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literature in 1947. She studied voice for nine years, performed in the first music circus in 1949, once directed a play, and work... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Barbata
John Barbata (born April 1, 1945, Passaic, New Jersey, United States) is a noted drummer active especially in pop and pop/rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Biography Already an established session drummer when he joined The Turtles, he was one of the pioneering drummers who converted pop music rhythms from the down-beat rhythms of the 1950s to the off-beat rhythms that have dominated ever since. His most famous band memberships have been: * The Sentinals * The Turtles * Jefferson Airplane * Jefferson Starship * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Other notable collaborations include: * With The Strangers guitarist Joel Scott Hill and bassist Bob Mosley * With other Jefferson Airplane members as s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Ravalec
Vincent Ravalec, born April 1, 1962 in Paris, is a French writer, novelist, screenwriter, and film director. Bibliography Novels * 1994 : Cantique de la racaille * 1996 : Wendy * 1999 : Nostalgie de la magie noire * 2000 : Les souris ont parfois du mal ŕ gravir la montagne * 2001 : L'effacement progressif des consignes de sécurité * 2004 : Wendy˛ ou les secrets de Polichinelle * 2005 : Ma fille a 14 ans * 2006 : La vie miraculeuse du clochard André * 2007 : Hépatite C * 2008 : 15 ans et demi * 2008 : Héros, Personnages et Magiciens * 2010 : Cantique de la racaille. Opus 2 Short stories * 1992 : Un pur moment de rock n roll * 1993 : Les clefs du bonheur * 1995 : Vol de sucettes * 1995 : Recel de bâto... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Magdalena Maleeva
Magdalena Maleeva (born April 1, 1975 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She has played in the WTA tour, competing in singles and doubles, since April 1989. Her best position in the WTA Tour was number 4 between January 29 to February 4 1996. Biography Born in Sofia, Maleeva was the youngest of the three children of Yulia Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. Yulia, who came from a prominent Armenian family which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started on a coaching career. She trained all of her three daughters, Magdalena, Katerina and Manuela, each of whom eventually became WTA top six players. In 1988 Maleeva b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Jackson (basketball)
Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Golden State Warriors. He played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the NBA in a career spanning from 1987 to 2004. Jackson has also worked as a commentator for ESPN and ABC alongside his former coach Jeff Van Gundy and play-by-play man Mike Breen. He was previously an NBA analyst for The YES Network's New Jersey Nets games and a member of the St. John's University mens basketball team in the 1980's. Biography Early years Mark Jackson was born in Brooklyn, New York to an American father and Dominican mother. Jackson was regarded as one of the nation's eli... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Thibaudet
Albert Thibaudet (April 1, 1874, Tournus, Saône-et-Loire - 1936, Geneva) was a French essayist and literary critic. A former student of Henri Bergson, he was a professor of Jean Rousset. He taught at the University of Geneva, and was succeeded in his post by Marcel Raymond. Works La Campagne avec Thucydide, 1922 (on Thucydides) Gustave Flaubert, 1922, republished, 1936 Le Bergsonisme, 1923 (on Henri Bergson) Physiologie de la critique, 1930 Les idées politiques en France, 1931... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974 in Cecina, Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 and 2007 World Road Race Championships. He is nicknamed Il Grillo ("the cricket") for his repeated sudden attacks and his sprinting style. He gained prominence by winning Ličge–Bastogne–Ličge in 2000 and 2002. He set the record for World Cup wins in a season in 2003, winning the Milan – San Remo, HEW Cyclassics and Clásica de San Sebastián. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 2005 and 2006, the Züri-Metzgete in 2001 and 2005 and Tirreno–Adriatico in 20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Carr
Walter Carr (1 April 1925 in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland – 30 May 1998) was a British actor. Possibly his best known role was as the mate Dougie in the TV series The Vital Spark. He played Shooey in Lex MacLean's TV series. He had a minor part as the school teacher in the cult film The Wicker Man. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139892/) 1986 The Girl in the Picture Jeweller 1983 The Mad Death (TV mini-series) Chief Superintendent 1981 Maggie (TV series) Doctor – Episode #1.1 (1981) … Doctor 1981 Boswell for the Defence (TV mini-series) 1980 Lady Killers (TV series) Moncreiff – Miss Madeleine Smith (1980) … Moncreiff 1980 Airport Chaplain (TV series) Archie McKay – The Eye of Faith (1980) … Archie McKay 1980 Take the High ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Stil
André Stil (born April 1, 1921, Hergnies, Nord - died September 3, 2004, Camélas) was a French novelist, short story writer, occasional poet, and political activist. A lifelong militant, he became a member of the French Communist Party in 1940, and remained loyal to the party. Life Born in Hergnies, Nord, a small town in the coal-mining region of northern France, Stil was educated at the University of Lille, earning a degree in philosophy. He taught at the University from 1941 to 1944. Having joined the Communist Party in 1940, he then held a series of increasingly senior editorial positions with communist newspapers. He was secretary-general of Liberté until 1949, then editor-in-chief of Ce Soir. He served as editor of the party's main newspaper, L'Humanité, until 1956, continuing t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Calvet
François Calvet (born April 1, 1953) is a French politician, a member of the National Assembly. He represents the Pyrénées-Orientales department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek (born April 1, 1971 in Prague) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic who turned professional in 1990. Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round. The right-hander won 25 career titles in doubles with various partners, including the French Open in 1996 and 1997 and the U.S. Open in 1997 with Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Vacek reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on January 29, 1996, when he became the number 26 of the world. Doubles Titles (25) Legend Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP International Series Gold (5) ATP Tour (16) Titles by Surface Hard (10) Clay (10) Grass (0) Carpet (5) No.↓ Date↓ Tourname... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Linton Wells
Linton Wells (1893–1976) was an American foreign correspondent, world traveler and pioneer broadcaster. Early life and education Born in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 1, 1893, he attended the US Naval Academy with the Class of 1914, but left before graduation. He began his career as a foreign correspondent with the China Press in Shanghai in 1912, covering Sun Yat Sen and the Xinhai Revolution. Returning from China early in World War I via Europe, he covered a revolution in Mexico, learned to fly in 1915, and helped build the first dam in Samoa. Career After service in the Navy during World War I, he covered the Russian revolution, being imprisoned briefly by the Bolsheviks near Irkutsk. Following reporting from East Asia, he returned to the States in 1921 to cover Hollywood an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William P. Bergman
William P. Bergman, born April 1, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American architect.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shinji Nakano
Shinji Nakano (中野 信治, born April 1, 1971) is a racing driver from Japan. His father, Tsuneharu was also a racing driver who competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship etc. Racing career Pre Formula One Career 1984-'88: Karting, several Japanese titles. 1989: 7th in Japanese Formula 3 championship 1990: European Formula Opel Lotus Championship, 1 victory 1991: Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries 1992: Japanese Formula 3 and Formula 3000 championship 1993-'94: Japanese Formula 3 championship 1995-'96: Japanese Formula 3000 championship Formula One Career Nakano made his debut at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne for the Prost Grand Prix team, owned by legendary four times Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. The 1997 sea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Hall
Tony Hall, born April 1, 1928 in Avening, is a British businessman, impresario, and record producer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Garvarentz
Georges Garvarentz (1 April 1932 - 19 March 1993) was an Armenian-French composer, noted for his music for Charles Aznavour's songs. Biography Georges Garvarents was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants. His father, literature professor and poet Kevork Garvarentz, was the author of the Armenian military anthem. In 1942 Garvarentz's family moved to Paris, France, where Georges attended Conservatoire de Paris. In 1956 Georges met Charles Aznavour and started writing music for his songs. Together they wrote over 100 songs, including Rends garde ŕ toi (1956), Et pourtant (1962), Il faut saisir sa chance (1962), Retiens la nuit (1962), Hier Encore (1964), Paris au mois d'aoűt (Paris in August, 1966), Une vie d'amour (1980). In 1965 Georges married Charles Azna... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Denise Colomb
Denise Colomb, born Denise Loeb on April 1, 1902 in Paris, died on January 1, 2004 in Paris, was a French photographer. Bibliography Robert d'Hooghe, « L'image d'une Société, Denise Colomb et ses modčles », dans Leica Fotografie, no 4, 1963 « Portfolio : Denise Colomb », dans Réponses Photo, no 144, mars 2004 (ISSN 1167-864X)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bon-Joseph Dacier
Bon Joseph Dacier (Valognes, 1 April 1742 - Paris, 4 February 1833) was a French historian, philologist and translator from ancient Greek. He became a Chevalier de l'Empire (16 December 1813), then Baron de l'Empire (29 May 1830). He also served as curator of the Bibliothčque nationale. Life and work After studying at the collčge d'Harcourt, he became the student and assistant of Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne. Dacier came to public notice in 1772 via his translation of the Histories of Claudius Aelianus and the same year became an associate member of the Académie des inscriptions, becoming its president and perpetual secretary in 1782 and writing an account of the organisation's history from 1784 to 1830. He translated the Cyropaedia by Xenophon (1777). He became a member of Paris's ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erik Breukink
Erik Breukink (born 1 April 1964 in Rheden, Gelderland) is a former professional road racing cyclist. In 1988, Breukink won the youth competition in the Tour de France. In 1990, Breukink reached the podium in Paris, finishing 3rd in the 1990 Tour de France. Currently he is the manager of the Rabobank team. Biography Amateur cycling years Breukink was born in a cycling family, as his father Willem Breukink was director of the Gazelle bicycle factory. Despite this, he chose to be a soccer player. In 1980 he changed to pursue a cycling career. In 1982, this appeared to be a good choice, when he won the Dutch national pursuit championship for juniors. At the 1984 Olympic Games, Erik Breukink competed with Gert Jakobs, Maarten Ducrot and Jos Albertsin the 100 km Team Pursuit and finish fo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barry Sonnenfeld
Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He worked as cinematographer for the Coen brothers, then later he directed and produced cult classic films such as The Addams Family and its sequel, Addams Family Values along critically acclaimed Get Shorty and Men in Black. Life and career Sonnenfeld was born and raised in New York City, the son of Kelly, an art teacher, and Sonny Sonnenfeld. He was raised in a Jewish family. After he received his bachelor's degree from Hampshire College, he graduated from New York University of Film School in 1978. He started work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated In Our Water (1982). Then Joel Coen and Ethan Coen hired him for Blood Simple (1985). This film began his collaboration with the Coen b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Christy
Thomas Richard Christy Jr (born April 1, 1974) is an American musician and radio personality who currently works on The Howard Stern Show. Christy began to work on the show after winning the "Get John's Job" contest on July 1, 2004. He is known for his prank calls, song parodies, personality, and stunts performed on the radio show. He is also a stand-up comic and an actor, appearing in and directing several independent films. Christy is a professional drummer, and a former member of metal bands Death and Iced Earth. He is currently working in his own project, Charred Walls of the Damned. Childhood and early music career Christy was born in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1974 and grew up in the nearby city of Redfield, a small town with a population of 140, according to the 2000 census. His f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nonce Paolini
Nonce Paolini, born April 1, 1949 in Ivry-sur-Seine, is a French businessman, Director of Bouygues, CEO of TF1 since 22 May 2007 and Chairman since 31 July 2008. External link, biography of Nonce Paolini in English: http://www.bouygues.com/en/group/corporate-governance/corporate-management/nonce-paolini/... Biography of Gil Scott-Heron
Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and 80s, and for his collaborative soul works with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mohammed Moussaoui
Mohammed Moussaoui, born April 1, 1964 in Figuig, Morocco, is President of CFCM (June 22, 2008 -). The French Council of the Muslim Faith (French: Conseil Français du Culte Musulman, usually abbreviated to CFCM), is a non-profit group created on May 28, 2003, consisting of 25 CRCMs (Conseil Regional du Culte Musulman or Regional Councils of the Muslim Faith). The current president of the CFCM is the mufti of the Paris Mosque, Dalil Boubakeur. Others members include the Grand Mufti of Marseille, Soheib Bencheikh. While CFCM has no special legal standing, it is the de facto representative of the French Muslims before the national government. Nicolas Sarkozy, who was then Minister of the Interior, supported the creation of CFCM. Now the group is apparently dominated by radicals includ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josh Zuckerman
Joshua Ryan "Josh" Zuckerman (born April 1, 1985) is an American actor. Life and career Zuckerman was born and raised in the town of Los Altos, California where he attended Bullis-Purisima Elementary School. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career after finishing the seventh grade at Egan Junior High School, where he had been elected student body president. He also attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California and as of 2003 was attending Princeton University where he is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He played Eddie Orlofsky, "the Fairview strangler" on the hit dramedy Desperate Housewives. Filmography Television * Kyle XY - Mark * Desperate Housewives - Eddie Orlofsky Film * Return to the Secret Garden - Timothi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kym Wilson
Kym Wilson (born 1 April 1973) is an Australian actress. Wilson was born in Brisbane, Queensland. Her first major role was in the television mini-series Brides of Christ and she remains best known for playing Darcy Hudson in A Country Practice. She was subsequently seen in series such as Heartbreak High and All Saints. Wilson also co-hosted the music program "Video Smash Hits" on the Seven_Network. In 1995, together with then boyfriend Jeremy Sims, formed the theatrical production company "Pork Chop Productions". Wilson posed nude in Australian Playboy late in her career after she was no longer acting regularly in TV series. She also appeared semi-naked in Black+White magazine. Wilson and her then boyfriend Andrew Rayment were the last known people to see the late INXS frontman... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Grizzard
George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage. Career Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Grizzard appeared in more than 40 films and dozens of television programs. Grizzard appeared in Advise and Consent in 1962, and guest-starred several times on the NBC television drama Law & Order as defense attorney Arthur Gold. He portrayed John Adams in the Emmy Award-winning WNET-produced PBS mini-series The Adams Chronicles. Grizzard made his Broadway debut in The Desperate Hours in 1955. He was a frequent interpreter of the plays of Edward Albee, having appeared in the original 1962 production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Nick, as well as the 1996 revival of A Delicate Balance and the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francesca Testasecca
Francesca Testasecca (born in Foligno on 1 April 1991) is the winner of 71st edition of Miss Italia. She won the crown on September 13, 2010. Biography Graduated from istituto tecnico turistico, Francesca Testasecca is the second daughter of an autobus driver and a clerk. Francesca is the second ever Miss Umbria to win the contest: the first one was Raffaella De Carolis in 1962. On December 25, 2010 she co-hosted the new show 24mila voci alongside Milly Carlucci.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Lopez
Robin Byron Lopez (born April 1, 1988 in North Hollywood, California) is an American professional basketball player. On June 26, 2008 he was drafted by the NBA's Phoenix Suns as the 15th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. He played basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, and he is the twin brother of former college teammate Brook Lopez, now playing for the New Jersey Nets. Early years Robin Lopez was born in North Hollywood, California to Heriberto Lopez and Deborah Ledford. He was born into a life of basketball, as his grandfather played at the University of Colorado. His aunt is an architect residing in the Bay Area. Lopez moved from Hollywood, California to Oak Harbor, Washington while in second grade to be near his older brother, Alex, who was playing basketball at the University ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Finnegan
Fletcher Christian Finnegan (born April 1, 1973), better known as Christian Finnegan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Early life Finnegan was born in Albany, New York. He grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, and attended The Walnut Hill School, a boarding/day high school focused on programs in the performing, visual, and creative arts and located in Natick, Massachusetts. Career Finnegan's television credits include VH1's Best Week Ever, his own half hour special Comedy Central Presents: Christian Finnegan, Premium Blend and regular appearances on The Today Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He also appeared as "Chad," the only white roommate in the sketch, "'Mad' Real World" on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, in which he played th... Biography of Brook Lopez
Brook Lopez (born April 1, 1988) is a 7'0" American basketball center who plays for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. He is the twin brother of fellow basketball player Robin Lopez. Lopez was selected 10th overall by the Nets in the 2008 NBA Draft, after playing two years for Stanford in the Pacific-10 Conference of the NCAA. Biography Brook Lopez was born in North Hollywood, Los Angeles to Deborah Ledford and his now-estranged father Heriberto Lopez, a native of Cuba. He was born into a life of basketball and art, as his grandfather played at the University of Colorado. Lopez moved from Hollywood to Oak Harbor, Washington while in second grade to be near his older brother, Alex, who was playing basketball at the University of Washington at the time. He moved to his current hometown of... Biography of Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane (1 April 1946 - 4 June 1997) was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", (1965–69)-- and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new members added to the line up, (from The Jeff Beck Group), who dubbed him "Three-Piece" (1969–73). Subsequently Lane collaborated with other musicians, leading his own bands as well as pursuing a solo career while remaining close to his former bandmates. In the late 1970s he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and, despite charity projects and financial support from friends, former bandmates and fans, Lane, after suffering from the disease for 21 years, die... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chang-dong Lee
Lee Chang-dong (born April 1, 1954 (source: Imdb)) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won Special Director's Prize and Asian Film Awards. He has been nominated for Golden Lion, Palme d'Or. He served as the minister of Culture and Tourism in the South Korean Government from 2003 to 2004. Life and career Lee was born in Daegu, the hub of Korea's main conservative party. He graduated in 1981 with a degree in Korean Literature from Kyungpook National University in Daegu, where he spent much of his time in the theater, writing and directing plays. After a spell teaching Korean Language in high school, he established himself as a renowned novelist with his first novel Chonri in 1983. Later in his career, to the surprise of many, he turned to movie making. Lee... Biography of Eva Arias
Eva Carolina Arias Vińas born (April 1, 1985) is a Dominican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Dominican Republic 2010 and represented her country in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. Miss Dominican Republic Arias participated in the 2006 Miss Dominican Republic pageant, in which she was 1st runner-up to Mía Taveras of Santiago and won the Best Fashion Look award. After the pageant, Arias left her country and went on to model in Italy and several other countries for four years. She eventually came back and re-entered her country's national beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Dominican Republic 2010. Miss Universe 2010 As the official representative of her country to the 2010 Miss Universe pageant broadcast live from Las Vegas, Nevada on August 23, Arias ... Biography of Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza (in Romanian Alexandru Ioan Cuza pronounced ; 1 April 1820 (NS date) (20 March 1820 (OS date)) – 15 May 1873) was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866. Early life Born in Bârlad, Cuza belonged to the traditional boyar class in Moldavia, being the son of Ispravnic Ioan Cuza (who was also a landowner in Fălciu County) and his wife Sultana (or Soltana), a member of the Cozadini family of Phanariote origins. Alexander received an urbane European education, becoming an officer in the Moldavian Army (rising to the rank of colonel). He married Elena Rosetti in 1844. In 1848, known as the year of European revolutions, Moldavia and Wallachia fell into revolt... Biography of Scott Stevens (ice hockey)
Ronald Scott Stevens (born April 1, 1964) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and the New Jersey Devils. Although offensively capable, Stevens was largely known for his defensive play and his heavy body checking on opponents. Stevens started his career with the Capitals, where he helped the team make the playoffs for the first time. After spending a season with the Blues, he was acquired by the Devils through arbitration. Personifying the team's defence-first mentality, he captained the Devils to four Stanley Cup Finals appearances in nine years, winning three of them. In 2000, he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Desp... Biography of Brice Davoli
Brice Davoli, born on April 1, 1980, is a French musician, pianist, singer, and composer. Brice has composed the musics of lots of TV commercials whose the so beautiful Special T clip in France and its long version, and abroad : Garnier Fructis (2010 / Worldwilde) , Garnier Ultra Lift (2010 / Europe), Geox (2010 / Europe), Orange (2009 / Armenia), Randstad (2009 / Europe), Nescafé (2009 / France), Garnier Belle Color (2009 / Europe), Chaumet (2009 / France) Garnier Vital Restore (2009 / France), Renault Laguna Coupé (2008 / Corporate), Ferragamo (2008 / Italy and Mexico), Chanel Eau Premičre (2008 / F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kōji Wakamatsu
Kōji Wakamatsu (若松孝二, Wakamatsu Kōji?) (born 1 April 1936) is a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as Ecstasy of the Angels (天使の恍惚, Tenshi no Kōkotsu?, 1972) and Go, Go Second Time Virgin (ゆけゆけ二度目の処女, Yuke Yuke Nidome no Shojo?, 1969). He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre," and one of "Japan's leading directors of the 1960s." His 2010 film, Caterpillar, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Early life Kōji Wakamatsu was born in Wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sammy Nelson
Samuel "Sammy" Nelson (born April 1, 1949 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Ireland former football player, who joined London club Arsenal on his 17th birthday in 1966. Originally a left-winger, Nelson was later moved back into defence to become a left back. He was a regular in Arsenal's reserve side for several seasons, before making his first-team debut against Ipswich Town on October 25, 1969. However, he was understudy to the Gunners' established left back, Bob McNab, and it wasn't until McNab was injured in the 1971–72 season did he become a regular in the side. Even then, whenever McNab returned from injury, Nelson was forced to step down to being reserve. In the meantime, Nelson had made his debut for Northern Ireland, as a sub against England on April 21, 1970. Nels... Biography of Ellen Hollman
Ellen Hollman (born April 1, 1983) is an American actress. Biography Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and eventually moved to Troy, Michigan where she graduated from Troy High School. She made her television debut on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2005, before going on to appear in fourth season of The O.C. as young Kirsten Nichol in a flashback. In 2006, Hollman made her first appearance on film in the movie Road House 2: Last Call, where she played the role of Beau. Hollman is currently working on two big-screen projects set to debut in 2010 and 2011, respectively, Fling, with Brandon Routh and Asylum, with Sarah Roemer. She was cast as a new series regular on Spartacus: Vengeance, which premiered in January of 2012. Credits "Saxa", Spartacus: War of the Damned,... Biography of Hillary Scott (singer)
Hillary Dawn Scott (born April 1, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of Lady Antebellum, a country group that was formed in 2006 and signed to Capitol Nashville. Early life Scott was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to country music artist Linda Davis and Lang Scott, a musician and entrepreneur. Hillary was homeschooled on the road for Kindergarten. She attended elementary school and high school at Donelson Christian Academy where she graduated in 2004. She lived with her grandparents during this time while her parents were on the road touring. After joining her mom on stage for a family Christmas show at Opryland, she was convinced to pursue a musical career. Career After high school, Scott worked with singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw and earned so... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruth Beitia
Ruth Beitia Vila (born April 1, 1979 in Santander, Cantabria) is a high jumper from Spain. With 2.01 metres indoor and 2.02 metres outdoor she holds the current Spanish records. Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Spain 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 8th 1.80 m 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 7th 1.93 m Mediterranean Games Radčs, Tunisia 4th 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 11th 1.85 m 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, UK 5th 1.96 m World Championships Paris, France 11th 1.90 m 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th (q) 1.93 m Olympic Games Athens, Greece 16th (q) 1.89 m 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd 1.99 m World Athl... Biography of Denise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson (born April 1, 1957) is an American former actress best known for her roles as the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Amy Jennings in the soap opera Dark Shadows. Career Born in New York City, Nickerson made appearances in the late 1960s on such shows as The Doctors, and opposite Bill Bixby in an unsold television pilot called Rome Sweet Rome. Nickerson's big break came in 1968 when she joined the cast of ABC-TV's Dark Shadows, appearing as recurring characters Amy Jennings and Nora Collins from 1968-1970. Upon leaving Dark Shadows, she appeared in the television movie The Neon Ceiling. In 1971, Nickerson was cast as the nymphet Lolita in the 1971 ill-fated musical, Lolita, My Love during its run on Boston, which... Biography of Marcelo Tinelli
Marcelo Hugo Tinelli (born April 1, 1960, in Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province), is an Argentine TV host, media producer and businessman, best known as the host of the TV show ShowMatch broadcast on Argentina's El Trece. He is one of the most iconic figures in Argentina's television. Tinelli was working on Radio Rivadavia as football sportscaster before Juan Alberto Badía brought him to TV to Badía y Compańía. In 1990, after several years as sports commentator, he created the light-content Videomatch, based on sport results, easy jokes, hidden cameras and bloopers. Around 1996 the program left the lightest contents and included musical shows and guests. In 1999 he received the Golden Martín Fierro Award for Videomatch. The show is still aired, but under the name of Showmatch. He created... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Róbert Vittek
Róbert Vittek (born 1 April 1982) is a Slovak football player who currently plays for Trabzonspor in Turkey. Club career Slovan Bratislava Vittek began his career with hometown club Slovan Bratislava in 1999 in the youth team before the 1999–2000 campaign, then he played in the first team of the club. As a youth player, he had a preliminary agreement with Real Madrid, the move to Spain fell through, however, due to an injury. He was 19 at the time scoring 19 goals. The next season he played only three games, making them two goals. Prior his move to Germany, Vittek once had a trial at Birmingham City and impressed the club that they made a move for him. However the move never materialized. 1. FC Nuremberg He came to Nuremberg in 2003, while the club was still in the 2. Bundesliga... Biography of Jennifer Missoni
Jennifer Missoni, born on April 1, 1985 in Varese, is an American actress of Russian, Romanian, American descent on her mother's side, and Austrian, Dalmatian, Italian descent on her father's side. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2598726/) 2013 Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story (pre-production) Becky 2012 Wifed Out (completed) Becky (uncredited) 2012/II Playback DeeDee Baker 2011 FBI: Duo trčs spécial (TV series) Shannon – Scott Free (2011) … Shannon 2011 Gossip Girl (TV series) Donna – While You Weren't Sleeping (2011) … Donna – It-Girl Happened One Night (2011) … Donna – Panic Roommate (2011) … Donna 2010 Missoni (short) 2009-2010 Royal Pains (TV series) Valentina Rossi – Mano a Mano (2010) … Valentina Rossi (uncredited) – TB or Not T... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of D. Boon
D. Boon born Dennes Dale Boon, (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active between 1978, when he joined The Reactionaries, and 1985, when he was killed in a van accident, Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Californian punk rock trio Minutemen. Biography Youth Dennes Boon was born in San Pedro, California on April 1, 1958. His father, a navy veteran, worked installing radios in Buick cars, and the Boons lived in former World War II barracks that had been converted into public housing. As a teenager, Boon began painting and signed his works "D. Boon", partly because "D" was his slang for cannabis, partly after Daniel Boone, but mostly because it was similar to E. Bloom, Blue Öyster Cult's vocalist and guitarist. M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo (born 1 April 1976) is an English actor. Background Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England, to Nigerian parents. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo. Oyelowo first attended a youth theatre after being invited by a girl to whom he was attracted. He then studied theatre studies for A level and his teacher suggested he should become an actor. After A levels Oyelowo enrolled for a year on an art foundation course before being funded through training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) by Nicholas Hytner. Having been offered television work Oyelowo left LAMDA before completing the course. Stage He began his stage career in 1999 when he was offered a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing roles in Ben Jonson's Volpone, as the title charac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carol White
Carol White (1 April 1943 – 16 September 1991) was a British actress. She achieved notability for her performances in the television play Cathy Come Home (1966) and the films Poor Cow (1967) and I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967), but alcoholism and drug abuse damaged her career, and from the early 1970s she worked infrequently. Life and career White, the daughter of a scrap merchant, was born in Hammersmith. She attended the Corona Stage Academy. She played minor roles in films from 1949 until the late 1950s, when she began to play more substantial supporting roles in films such as Carry on Teacher (1959) and Never Let Go (1960) in which she played the girlfriend of Peter Sellers. She continued working regularly and drew attention for her performances in the television versi... |
Celebrities born in July
Celebrities born in August
Celebrities born in September
Celebrities born in October
Celebrities born in November
Celebrities born in December
|
||||||
To add this celebrity to your favourites, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.
To get your compatibility ratings with this celebrity, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.