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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 16, 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 · 45,666 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,666 Celebrities
125 celebrities or events were found for April, 16. Add to favourites (146 fans)Biography of Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. KBE (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comedy actor, becoming one of the most famous performers in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director and musician. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent film era: he acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and music hall in England as a child performer, almost until his death at the age of 88. Chaplin's high-profile public and private life encompassed highs ... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927) is pope emeritus of the Catholic Church. He served as the 265th pope from 2005 to 2013. In that role he was both the leader of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State. Benedict was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger established himself as a highly regarded university theologian by the late 1950s and was appointed a full professor in 1958. After a long career as an academic, serving as a professor of theology at several German universities—the last being the University... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Olivia Del Rio
Olivia Del Rio (born April 16, 1969 in Rio Casca, Brazil) is a Mulatto/Brazilian pornographic actress. She grew up in Belo Horizonte with 15 brothers and sisters. She is married with 2 children. She allegedly derived her stage name from the legendary pornstar Vanessa del Rio, a personal favorite of Olivia's. Olivia is primarily known for her exotic beauty, large enhanced breasts, and her enthusiastic anal sex performances. Olivia has stated that she finds receptive anal sex "delicious", and has also commented that she doesn't feel that sex is complete until she has been sodomized. Per her own personal accounting, she had not experienced anal sex until she began performing in pornographic movies. Today she is living in Marseille, France and currently directs and produces her own movie... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B and Hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first single from his debut album Trouble. He has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. His second album, "Konvicted" received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album for "Konvicted" album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Smack That" and "I Wanna Love You". He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 'twice'. Akon often sings hooks for other artists and ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Michel Denisot
Michel Denisot is a French journalist, TV host, TV producer and Football Club Manager.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Martin Lawrence
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an actor, comedian, director and producer. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Early life Lawrence was given his first name after Martin Luther King, Jr. and his middle name after that of John F. Kennedy. He was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, where his father, John Lawrence, served in the US military. He has three siblings, Robert, Rae and Ursula. When Lawrence was seven, his father left the military and the family moved from Germany back to the United States, settling in Landover, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C., area. After his parents divorced in 1973, Lawrence rarely saw his father, who worked as a police officer. His mother, Chlora, worked several ... Biography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. on April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He was known as Lew Alcindor before changing his name in the fall of 1971, several years after converting to Islam. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, the 7ft-2in (2.18 m) Abdul-Jabbar played center for UCLA from 1965–69. Later, he played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks (1969–75) and the Los Angeles Lakers (1975–89), accumulating 38,387 points, the NBA's highest career total. He was famous for his "Skyhook" shot which was almost impossible to block because Kareem's body was between the basket and his arm, and because of his height. His on-court success was unprecedented; he won a record six Most Valuable Play... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Ellen Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. Early life Barkin was born in the Bronx, New York to a chemical salesman and a hospital administrator at Jamaica Hospital, and raised in a Jewish home. Education She received her high school diploma at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. Barkin then attended Hunter College and received her degree in history and drama (a double major). At one point she wanted to teach ancient history. Barkin continued her acting education at New York's Actor's Studio. According to Time she studied acting for seven years before landing her first audition. Career Barkin became a notable actress in the 1980s. Her break out role was in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982) where ... Biography of Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc (born April 16, 1952 in Courbevoie, France) is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of hypochondriacs. Height: 1m65 Filmography As actor unless otherwise specified * 1974 : Que la fête commence, directed by Bertrand Tavernier * 1975 : La Meilleure Façon de marcher, directed by Claude Miller * 1975 : Attention les yeux, directed by Gérard Pirès * 1975 : Un bol d'air * 1976 : Je t'aime… moi non plus, directed by Serge Gainsbourg * 1977 : Le Locataire, directed by Roman Polanski * 1977 : L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres * 1977 : On aura tout vu, directed by Georges Lautner * 1977 : Le Diable dans la boîte, directed by Pierre Lary * 1978 : Des enfants gâtés, directed by Bertrand Tavernier * 1978 :... Biography of Marguerite Steinheil
Marguerite Jeanne "Meg" Steinheil, née Japy (April 16, 1869 - July 17, 1954) was a French woman famous in connection with the deaths of President Félix Faure and her own husband and stepmother. Born in Beaucourt, in the Territoire de Belfort, in a rich industrial family, she married the well-known French painter Adolphe Steinheil in July 1890. She became a prominent figure in Parisian society, and her salon was frequented by men of eminence in French political and social circles. She became the mistress of President Faure, and legend has it that she was performing oral sex on him when he suddenly died on February 16, 1899, and that his stiff hands were tangled in her hair. Of course nothing of this was officially announced, but rumours started spreading immediately, although for seve... Biography of Michael Jackson (British actor)
Michael Jackson is an english actor born April 16, 1934 in London. Filmography L' Emprise des ténèbres (1987) (le présentateur des infos) The Serpent and the Rainbow Moby Dick (1998) (Shantyman)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Catherine Allégret
Catherine Allégret (born April 16, 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret. In 2004, she published a book in which she contended that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand since the age of 5. In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion, in Olivier Dahan's take at the famous chanteuse's biopic La Vie En Rose (La Môme in French).... Biography of Gonzalo Pena Tamez
Dr. Gonzalo Pena Tamez, born on April 16, 1948 in Monterrey (birth time source: Andrew Smith collection, Astrodatabank) is a Mexican astrologer and former scientist. He has been seen on Mexican TV and published frequently in South America.... Biography of Margrethe II of Denmark
Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. Early life Princess Margrethe was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid. She was baptised on 14 May 1940 at the Naval Church. As King Christian X was also the King of Iceland at the time, as a courtesy the Princess was given an Icelandic name, Þórhildur (spelled with the Icelandic thorn character, simplified as "th"). Her godparents were King Christian X of Denmark, Prince Knud of Denmark, Prince Axel of Denmark, King Gustaf V of Sweden, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, The Duke of Connaught, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Crownprincess Louise of Sweden, Princess H... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Selena (singer)
Selena y Los Dinos, born April 16, 1971, is the band which music legend Selena belonged to until her untimely death in 1995. Birth time source: "Selena: como la flor" by Joe Patoski. Soundtrack (5 titles) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702373/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) 1997 Selena (writer: "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" 1994 / as Selena Quintanilla-Perez / performer: "Amor Prohibido" 1994, "Baila esta Cumbia" 1992, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" 1994, "Como la Flor" 1992, "Dreaming of You" 1989, "I Could Fall in Love" 1995, "El Chico del Apartamento 512" 1994, "La Carcacha" 1992, "Funky Town" 1979, "I Will Survive" 1975, "Last Dance" 1978, "No Me Queda Mas" 1994, "On the Radio" 1979, "Si Una Vez" 1994, "Regresa a Mi" 2004, "Where Did the Feeling Go?" 1984) 1995 Cara e Coroa (TV series) 1995 Brooklyn Boog... Biography of Catherine Colonna
Catherine Colonna born April 16, 1956 in Saint-Symphorien is a French politician.... Biography of Freddie Ljungberg
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg (IPA: ) (born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö, Hässleholm) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for English club West Ham United. Ljungberg normally plays as a winger, either on his preferred right side or occasionally on the left. He is the captain of the Swedish national team. Early career Ljungberg joined Halmstad in Sweden as a youth player at the age of five. He played several other sports including ice hockey and handball for which he was called up to the national squad. He made his senior debut for Halmstads on 23 October 1994 in the Swedish First Division against AIK. He went on to make 139 appearances and score 16 goals for the club. He won both the Swedish Cup and League title with the club. Arsenal career Ljungberg was signed by Ars... Biography of Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: or ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. Height: 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Childhood and early life Ustinov was born in Swiss Cottage, London. His father, Iona (Jona) Baron von Ustinov, known to his friends as "Klop" ("blow" in Yiddish, "bedbug" in Russian), was of Russian and German descent, and had served as a Lt. in the German Air Force in World War I, worked as a press officer at the German Embassy in London in the 1930s, and was a reporter for a German news agency. In 1935 he began working for the British intelligence service MI5 and became a British citizen, thus avoid... Biography of Jimmy Osmond
James 'Jimmy' Arthur Osmond (born April 16, 1963 in Canoga Park, California) is a singer, actor, and businessman. Jimmy Osmond is the youngest of his siblings and an occasional member of their musical group, The Osmonds. He is the youngest child of George and Olive Osmond, and his siblings are Virl, Tom , Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, and Marie Osmond. He remains the youngest performer to have a No. 1 single in the UK singles chart, with "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" in 1972. Jimmy married Michele (née Larson) in 1992. Their four children are Sophia Michele, Zachary James ("Zack"), Arthur Wyatt, and Isabella Olive Renee Osmond ("Bella"). In 2005, Jimmy Osmond appeared as a contestant in the British version of the reality television show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here... Biography of Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara (Sami Rosenstock a.k.a. Samuel Rosenstock) (April 16, 1896 – December 25, 1963) was a Romanian poet and essayist. He was one of the founders of the Dada movement, known best for his manifestos. He was a collaborater with Marcel Janco. It is speculated that the word "Dada" comes from the Romanian "Yes, yes" and is thus originated from Tzara and Janco's contributions. It is more commonly believed Tzara picked a random word out of a French dictionary and got "Dada", a child's word for a hobby horse. Life and work Tzara was born in Moineşti, Bacău, Romania to a family of Romanian-speaking Jewish ancestry. Tzara wrote the first Dada texts, La Première Aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine (The First Heavenly Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine) (1916), Vingt-cinq poèmes (T... Biography of Alek Wek
Alek Wek (born April 16, 1977) is a Sudanese supermodel who appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in the Sudan, but in 1991 her family fled to Britain to escape the civil war between the Muslim North and the Christian South of the Sudan. She was born the seventh of nine children in Wau in Southern Sudan in 1977. The exact date is unknown. When she was preparing to emigrate from Sudan, she and her mother picked the date April 16, which occurs in the rainy season during which she was born. She says her name means "Black Spotted Cow". Alek was discovered at an outdoor market in London in 1995 in Crystal Palace, south London, by a Models 1 scout. She first got attention with the help of the music video for GoldenEye by Tina Turner, in 1995 ... Biography of Ann Romney
Ann Lois Romney (née Davies; born April 16, 1949) is the wife of American businessman and politician Mitt Romney, who is the Republican nominee in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. From 2003 to 2007 she was First Lady of Massachusetts while her husband served as governor of the state. She was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and attended the private Kingswood School there, where she dated Mitt Romney. She converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1966. She attended Brigham Young University (BYU), married Mitt Romney, and in 1975 she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French. As First Lady of Massachusetts, she served as the governor's liaison for federal faith-based initiatives. She was involved in a number of children's charities, including Operation... Biography of Isabelle Funaro
Isabelle Funaro, born April 16, 1980 in Paris, is a French actress. She lives with French actor and humorist Mickaël Youn. She was the spouse of singer Pascal Obisco (divorced, one son, Sean). Filmography Fatal (2010) .... Athena Novotel Self: "Le grand journal de Canal+" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2010) - Episode dated 15 May 2010 (2010) TV episode .... Herself - Episode dated 14 May 2010 (2010) TV episode .... Herself... Biography of Doriane Vidal
Doriane Vidal, born April 16, 1976 in Limoges, is a French snowboard champion.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Qi Shu
Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Ch'i) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi or Shu Kei (Cantonese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu. Early career Born to a financially challenged family in Sindian City, Taipei County, the young Shu Qi moved to Hong Kong at the age of 17 where she became a model for nude girls magazines and softcore movie shorts, but she never worked for porn entertainment. She eventually came under the management of Hong Kong producer Manfred Wong, who signed her on to several softcore Hong Kong films such as Sex & Zen II. Career She starred in Derek Yee's 1996 film, Viva Eroti... Biography of Dusty Springfield
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer. Of the female artists of the British Invasion, Springfield made the biggest impression on the U.S. market. From 1963 to 1970, she scored 18 singles in the Billboard Hot 100. She was voted the Top British Female Artist by readers of New Musical Express in 1964, 1965, and 1968. Springfield is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame. She was named among the 25 female rock artists of all time by readers of Mojo magazine (1999), editors of Q magazine (2002), and a panel of artists on the TV channel VH1 (2007). A fan of American soul music, Dusty Springfield created a distinctive blue-eyed soul sound. Her distinc... Biography of Anatole France
Anatole France (16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924), born François-Anatole Thibault, was a French author. He was born in Paris, and died in Tours, Indre-et-Loire. The son of a bookseller, he spent most of his life around books. His father's bookstore was called the Librairie France. Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and after graduation he helped his father by working at his bookstore. After several years he secured the position of a cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre, and in 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. Ironic, skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was elected to the French Academy in 1896 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. Career Anatole France became known after the... Biography of Dave Pirner
David Pirner is an American singer, best known for being the lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. Pirner was born on April 16, 1964 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By the time he was 17, he was living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dave taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Dave started his career drumming with a punk band called Loud Fast Rules as part of the Minneapolis scene, together with Karl Mueller (bass) and Dan Murphy (guitar). When Pirner switched to singing and playing rhythm guitar, Pat Morley joined on drums. Pat was later replaced by Grant Young, and the band changed their name to Soul Asylum. At first, critics said the band was sloppy and erratic but at the same time captivating. The band achieved big-time success with the single "Runaway Train" off the 199... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Boris Diaw
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw (born April 16, 1982 in Cormeilles, France), is a French professional basketball player for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. After being traded in a multi-player deal with his former team, the Phoenix Suns on December 10, 2008, he made his debut with the Bobcats on Saturday, December 13. Diaw is 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and 235 lbs (106.6 kg). He played for Pau Orthez, France's top league team, before joining the NBA. His NBA career averages are 8.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. At the end of the 2005–06 NBA season, Diaw was awarded the Most Improved Player trophy by garnering 80 first-place votes in balloting by 124 sports writers and sportscasters. He received 489 overall points. Career In 2000, he won the European Jun... Biography of Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series and Moon River. Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Mancini's father, Quinto, was a steelworker, who made his only child begin flute lessons at the age of eight. When Mancini was 12 years old, he began pian... Biography of Marc Madiot
Marc Madiot (born April 16, 1959 in Renazé) is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris-Roubaix. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Française des Jeux, a UCI ProTour cycling team. Awards 1980 Troyes - Dijon 1981 Tour du Limousin 1982 France National Cyclo-cross Championship 1983 Polynormande Saint-Martin de Landelles Tour de France: 8th place overall classification 1984 Boucles de l'Aulne Flèche Finistérienne Trophée des Grimpeurs Tour de France: Winner stage 2 1985 GP de Mauléon Moulins Grand Prix de Wallonie Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Paris-Roubaix Chateau-Chinon 1986 Camors 1987 France National Road Race Championship Polynormand Tour de l'Aven... Biography of Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty (born Gerald Rafferty, 16 April 1947, in Paisley) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. He is the son of a Scottish mother and an Irish father. Career In his early years, Gerry Rafferty earned money by the formerly illegal practice of busking on the London Underground. Poetically, his biggest hit "Baker Street" was about busking at a tube station. After working with Billy Connolly (now better known as a comedian) in a band called the Humblebums, he recorded a first solo album, Can I Have My Money Back. In 1972 Rafferty and his old school friend Joe Egan formed Stealers Wheel, a group beset by legal wranglings but which did have a huge hit "Stuck in the Middle With You" (made famous for a new generation in the movie Reservoir Dogs) and the smaller top 40 hit "Star" ten mon... Biography of Boby Lapointe
Robert (Boby) Lapointe (April 16, 1922 - June 29, 1972) was a French singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterations and plays on words. He was born in Pézenas, in the Hérault department of France. A brilliant scholar, he prepared for the entrance exam to the Centrale (engineering school) and Sup-Aero at Montpellier, but was conscripted into the Youth Building Projects in 1942 and sent to Germany in 1943 for compulsory work service. He escaped the same year, and found work as a diver in La Ciotat, a suburb of Marseilles, in 1944. In 1946, he married Colette Maclaud. They had two children, Ticha (born 1948) and Jacky (1950). His first published work, Les douze chants d'un imbecile, appeared in 1951. He moved to Paris and opened a fashion and baby clothes shop, still writing and... Biography of Lucienne Delyle
Lucienne Delyle (Paris, France, April 16, 1917 — Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1962) was a French singer. After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean (my lover from Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s. Born in Paris, she was a fully educated pharmacist. First she sung as an amateur singer, until 1939, when she was heard and immediately engaged by Jacques Canetti, the artistic director of Radio Cité. In 1940 she married the jazzman Aimé Barelli (1917-1995), who guided her career ever since. With him she had a daughter, Minouche Barelli (1947-2004). After the immense success of the song "Mon amant de Saint-Jean" (My Lover From Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer in France. She was most ... Biography of Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, and is recognized as the most famous woman painter of the eighteenth century. Her style is neoclassical in exhibiting ideals of simplicity and purity. She was born in Paris, Marie Élisabeth-Louise Vigée, the daughter of a portraitist and fan painter, Louis Vigée, from whom she received her first instruction. She also benefited by the advice of Gabriel François Doyen, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Joseph Vernet, and other masters of the period. By the time she was in her early teens, she was painting portraits professionally. After her studio was seized, for practicing without a license, she applied to the Académie de Saint Luc, which willingly exhibited her works in their Salon. On 25 October 1774, she was... Biography of Spike Milligan
Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was an Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright. Milligan was the co-creator and the principal writer of The Goon Show, in which he also performed. Aside from comedy, Milligan played the trumpet, saxophone, piano, guitar and bass drum. Early life Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India, on 16 April 1918, the son of an Irish-born father, Captain Leo Alphonso Milligan, MSM, RA, who was serving in the British Indian Army. His mother, Florence Mary Winifred Kettleband, was born in England. He spent his childhood in Poona (India) and later in Rangoon (Yangon), capital of Burma (Myanmar). He was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Poona, and St Paul's Christian Brother... Biography of Conchita Martinez
Inmaculada Concepción ("Conchita") Martínez Bernat (born April 16, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in 1994. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. Height 5'7" (1.70 m) Weight 130 lbs. (59 kg) Career Born in Monzón, Martínez turned professional in 1988. In 1992, she was a silver medalist in doubles at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (partnering Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and the runner-up in women's doubles at the French Open. In 1993, Martínez became the first Spanish woman since Lilí de Álvarez in 1928 to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, where she lost to Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-3. Mart... Biography of Mathias Malzieu
Mathias Malzieu, born April 16, 1974 in Montpellier, is a French singer, director and writer. He is the singer of French rock band Dionysos. He is the boy friend of French singer Olivia Ruiz. Dionysos is a French rock band formed in 1993 in Valence, Drôme. The band consists of five members known as Babet, Guillaume, Mathias, Miky Biky and Rico. Mathias is the main songwriter and fronts the band. Their latest studio album is La Mécanique Du Cœur. Their first release, Happening Songs, was entirely in English, Babet wasn't part of the band yet. In 1999 they released Haïku which brought the band in to the public eye, mainly thanks to the success of the single Coccinelle. The name is based on the name of the ancient Greek god, Dionysus (Dionysos in French). Almost all Dionysos songs ev... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Grignon
Gérard Grignon, born April 16, 1943 in Saint-Pierre (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon), is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Biography of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (given names: Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume; born at Betzdorf Castle in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, 16 April 1955) is the head of state of Luxembourg. He is the eldest son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. His maternal grandparents were King Leopold III of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden. Childhood and education Grand Duke Henri has four siblings: Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (b. 1954), Prince Jean of Luxembourg (b. 1957), Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (b. 1957) and Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (b. 1963). Henri became Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg on 12 November 1964 and was educated in Luxembourg and in France, where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1974. He then studied political... Biography of Wilbur Wright
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. They are also officially credited worldwide through the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard-setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight." In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to inv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hummie van der Tonnekreek
Hummie van der Tonnekreek, born April 16, 1945 in Amsterdam (birth time source: Selma Schepel, Astrodatabank), is a Dutch edito, author, and journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 – October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. While he was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was never actually a member. Nevertheless, he remained close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he also joined William Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861. One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic... Biography of Margot Adler
Margot Adler (born 16 April 1946) is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). Though born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City. Her grandfather, Alfred Adler, is considered the father of individual psychology. Education Adler received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in 1970, and she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1982. Journalism and radio Adler first worked for WBAI, FM 99.5, the Pacifica Radio outlet in New York City. She created the talk shows Hour of the Wolf in 1972 (and still on the air as hosted by Jim F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alex Hermant
Alex Hermant, born April 16, 1959 in Saint-Amand-Montrond, is a French photographer and author. He collects pictures of storms.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Lazareff
Pierre Lazareff, born April 16, 1907 in Paris, died in 1972, was a famous French journalist and TV producer.... Biography of Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham (born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, United States) is an American dancer and choreographer. Cunningham was born in Centralia, Washington, and received his first formal dance and theater training at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts) in Seattle. From 1939 to 1945, he was a soloist in the company of Martha Graham. He presented his first New York solo concert with John Cage in April 1944. Merce Cunningham Dance Company was formed at Black Mountain College in the summer of 1953. Since that time Cunningham has choreographed nearly 200 works for his company. In 1973 he choreographed Un jour ou deux for the Ballet of the Paris Opéra, with music by Cage and set design by Jasper Johns. (A revised version was presented there in 1986.) The Ballet of th... Biography of Laurent Leroy
Laurent Leroy, born April 16, 1976 in Saint-Saulve, is a French football player.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Santy
Paul Santy, born April 16, 1887 in Die, was a French Roman Catholic priest and bishop.... Biography of Oskar Schmitz
Oskar Schmitz, born April 16, 1873 in Bad Homburg, died December 18, 1931, was a German author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Natasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: Наталля Зверава, Russian: Наташа Зверева; born 16 April 1971) is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Playing initially for the Soviet Union, Zvereva won many doubles titles during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Weight 62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st) Career As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2–6, 6–2, 9–7. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 6–0, 6–3. After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léo Tindemans
Leonard Clemence “Leo” Tindemans, born in Zwijndrecht on 16 April 1922, was prime minister (CVP) of two Belgian governments, from 25 April 1974 to 20 October 1978. He was highly popular during his term in office. In 1979 he received 983.000 votes in the European parliamentary election, which is still a record for any election in Belgium. During 1994-1995 he was chairman of the Tindemans group.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and co-Emperor (as Louis I) and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833–34, during which he was deposed. During his reign in Aquitaine Louis was charged with the defence of the Empire's southwestern frontier. He reconquered Barcelona from the Muslims in 801 and re-asserted Frankish authority over Pamplona and the Basques south of the Pyrenees in 813. As emperor he included his adult sons—Lothair, Pepin, and Louis—in the government and sought to establish a suitable division ... Biography of Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Miss Universe 2000. Early life Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and her mother is Jennifer Dutta. She also has two older sisters, one of whom serves in the Indian Air Force and a well known younger sister. Famed composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney is Dutta's cousin. The Dutta family moved to Bangalore in 1981 where she completed high school from St.Francis Xavier Girls' High School. Lara graduated in economics with a minor in communications from University of Mumbai. She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000 which led to her appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. Modeling career Dutta won the annual Gladsrags modeling competit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Richaud
Paul-Marie-André Cardinal Richaud (April 16, 1887—February 5, 1968) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. Paul Richaud was born in Versailles, and there attended the major seminary before going to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Ordained to the priesthood on June 28, 1913, he then finished his studies in 1915. Richaud did pastoral work in Versailles until 1931, when he became its Vicar General and Vice-Assistant General of the French Catholic Action. On December 19, 1933, Richaud was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on January 25, 1934 f... Biography of Vickie Guerrero
Vickie Lynn Guerrero (née Lara)(born April 16, 1968) is an American professional wrestling personality and widow of professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero. She is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown and Raw brands, where she is the on-air General Manager of SmackDown and Raw, until Stephanie McMahon returns from her (kayfabe) injury. World Wrestling Entertainment Eddie's death and Feud with Rey Mysterio/Chris Benoit (2005–2006) In 2005, Vickie Guerrero began to make cameo appearances during the feud between her husband Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, which had escalated when Eddie promised to reveal a secret concerning Mysterio's son, Dominick. Vickie was on the July 14 episode of SmackDown! with two of Eddie's three daughters to stop Eddie fro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Graf
Paul David Graf (April 16, 1950 – April 7, 2001) was an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy series of films. He married Kathryn Graf in 1985; they had two sons, Daniel and Sean. Early life Graf was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and fell in love with the stage when he starred in his senior class play, then studied theatre at Otterbein College in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio where he graduated in 1972. He attended graduate school at Ohio State University until 1975, when he dropped out to pursue his acting career. Acting career Graf made his first television appearance on the game show The $20,000 Pyramid in December 1979, where he teamed with actress Patty Duke. (He would later appear on subsequent versions of the show ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Sitruk
Jules Sitruk, born April 16, 1990 in Les Lilas, is a French child actor. He is the grandson of Joseph Haïm Sitruk, Rabbi of France. Filmography 1999 : L'Ange tombé du ciel (TV): Louis 2000 : Sans famille (roman) (TV): Rémi 2000 : Docteur Sylvestre (épisode Maladie d'amour) (Série TV): Charles 2000 : Le Pain de Hiam Abbass (court-métrage): Le fils 2002 : Haute Pierre (TV): Winston/Léonard 2002 : Monsieur Batignole de Gérard Jugnot: Simon 2003 : Sauveur Giordano (TV) 2003 : Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39 de Richard Berry: César 2004 : L'Effet papillon: voix française de Evan Treborn à 7 ans 2004 : Vipère au poing de Philippe de Broca:Jean 2005 : La Marche de l'empereur de Luc Jacquet (voix du narrateur enfant) 2006 : Les Aiguilles rouges: Luc 2007 : Son Of Rambow:... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Charles
Bernard Charles, born April 16, 1948 in Cahors (Lot), is a French politician, member of Parti radical de gauche (Left Radical Party).... Biography of Rafael Benítez
Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish football manager. He has been managing English club Liverpool since June 2004. Born in Madrid, Benítez played football throughout his youth and joined the Real Madrid academy. He mixed his university studies with his football career at lower division Spanish teams but injury caused him to prematurely retire. He joined Real Madrid's coaching staff at the age of 26, going on to work as the under 19 and reserve teams coach, and assistant manager for the senior team. Benítez moved away from Real Madrid but management spells at Real Valladolid and CA Osasuna were short-lived and unsuccessful. A move to Segunda División side CF Extremadura in 1997 was much more fruitful and Benítez guided the team back to the Primera División i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabrielle Fontan
Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 in Bordeaux – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in 125 films between 1927 and 1959. Selected filmography Partie de campagne (1936) Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) Une si jolie petite plage (1949) Vertigine d'amore (1949) Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951) Flesh and the Woman (1954) Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954) Black Dossier (1955)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruth Hale Oliver
Ruth Hale Oliver, born April 16, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died October 3, 1988, was an American teacher, author and astrologer.... Biography of Edmond Jabès
Edmond Jabès (Hebrew: אדמון ז'אבס, Arabic: إدمون جابيس; Cairo, April 1-, 1912 – Paris, January 2, 1991) was a Jewish writer and poet, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II. Life The son of a Jewish family, he was raised in Egypt, where he received a classical French colonial education. He began publishing in French at an early age, and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1952 for his literary accomplishments. When Egypt expelled its Jewish population in 1956 (Suez Crisis), Jabès fled to Paris, which he had first visited in the 1930s. There he rekindled friendships with the surrealists although he was neve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Michael
Jean-François Michael, born Yves Roze April 16, 1946 in Paris, is a French singer. Selected songs * Adieu Jolie Candy (1968) * Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer * Je pense à toi (1970) * Je veux vivre auprès de toi (1971) * Si l'amour existe encore * Chouans en avant (1972) * Coupable * L'amour * Du Fond Du Coeur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Moreau
Marcel Moreau is a francophone Belgian writer born in April 16 in 1933 in Boussu, a town in the mining region of Borinage in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Biography Moreau was born into a working-class environment in which there was, as he put it himself, a “ pure cultural void, a total absence of any cultural reference point”. He lost his father at the age of fifteen, and abandoned his studies a short time later. He worked in various trades before becoming an accountant’s assistant in Brussels for the newspaper Le Peuple. In 1955 he became a proof-reader for the daily Le Soir. He married in 1957 and fathered two children. In 1963 he published his first novel, Quintes, notably praised by Simone de Beauvoir. Then followed Bannière de bave (Dribble Banner, 1965), La terre infestée ... Biography of Joanne S. Clancy
Joanne S. Clancy, born April 16, 1917 in Erie, Pennsylvania, died April 8, 2000, was an American editor, author, publisher and astrologer with her husband Paul.... Biography of Joan Bakewell
Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell, DBE (born 16 April 1933 in Stockport) is an English journalist and television presenter. Biography Born Joan Dawson Rowlands, in Stockport, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), she was educated at Stockport High School For Girls - a grammar school in local authority control, on the site of what is now Hillcrest Grammar School - where she was head girl, and at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied Economics, then History. Career On television Joan Bakewell first became well known as one of the presenters of an early BBC Two programme, Late Night Line-Up (1965–72 and 2008). Frank Muir dubbed her "the thinking man's crumpet" during this period and the moniker stuck, although Bakewell herself dislikes the epithet. Bakewell co-presented Reports A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers (About this sound Christijan Albers (help·info)) (born April 16, 1979 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from 2005 until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by his Spyker F1 team. In 2008, he returned to the DTM-series as a driver for the Audi Futurecom TME-team. Personal Christijan is the son of former rallycross ace and Porsche 911 Carrera campaigner André Albers, whose best overall result ever was to win the 1979 Dutch International Rallycross Championship (GT Division). They are not related to their compatriot Marcel Albers, who was killed in a British F3 accident at Thruxton in 1992. Christijan is married to Liselore Kooijman. Their wedding took place on November 11, 2006 in A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léonard Specht
Léonard Specht (born 16 April 1954 in Mommenheim, Bas-Rhin) is a French former professional football (soccer) player.... Biography of Lukas Haas
ukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American actor, known for roles both as a child and as an adult. His career has spanned more than 20 years during which time he has appeared in more than 36 feature films, as well as a number of television shows and theater productions. Early life and career Haas was born in West Hollywood, California, the son of Emily Tracy, a writer, and Berthold Haas, an artist. He has two brothers, twins Simon Jakoway Haas and Nikolai Johannes Haas, both musicians/artists. At the age of five, Haas was discovered in his kindergarten by casting director Marjorie Simkin. His first screen role was as a child in the 1983 nuclear holocaust film Testament. Haas became more widely known in 1985 when, at the age of eight, he appeared with Harrison Ford in W... Biography of Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian-born impresario and entertainment entrepreneur. In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the most successful figures in the entertainment world, through his management of music groups like Cream and The Bee Gees, theatrical productions like Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar and film productions including the hugely successful Saturday Night Fever. Early life Robert Stigwood was born in Adelaide in 1934, the son of an electrical engineer. He began his career as a copywriter for a local advertising agency and then in 1955 moved to England. He had an eventful trip: in one incident recounted by Simon Napier-Bell Stigwood bravely climbed fifty feet down a rope ladder into the hold of a tanker to administer morphin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Williams (Formula One)
Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams CBE (born 16 April 1942) is founder and manager of the WilliamsF1 Formula One racing team. Early life Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, son of a serving RAF officer and a special education teacher (and later headmistress), Williams was largely brought up by his maternal aunt and uncle in Jarrow when his parents' marriage broke down. He subsequently spent much of his later childhood at a private, fee-paying boarding school, St. Joseph's College, Dumfries, in Scotland. In the late 1950s a friend gave Williams a ride in his Jaguar XK150 and young Frank was immediately hooked. Professional career After a brief career as a driver and mechanic, funded by his work as a travelling grocery salesman, Williams founded Frank Williams Racing Car... Biography of Ray Ventura
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - 30 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz bandleader. He played a significant role in popularizing jazz in France in the 1930s. Career Ventura played piano in a group called The Collegiate Five from 1924, which recorded under the name Ray Ventura and His Collegians for Columbia Records beginning in 1928. He led the group from 1929 and recorded for Decca Records and other labels through the 1930s, becoming a popular dance ensemble in France in that decade. His sidemen included Philippe Brun, Alix Combelle, and Guy Paquinet. He led a big band in South America from 1942 to 1944 before returning to lead a group in France from 1945 to 1949. During his tour in Brazil during the Second World War h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Hodiak
John Hodiak (April 16, 1914 – October 19, 1955) was an American actor who worked in Radio and Film. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Walter Hodiak (October 25, 1888 – August 21, 1962) and Anna Pogorzelec (February 28, 1888 – October 17, 1971). He was of Ukrainian and Polish descent. He grew up in Hamtramck, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Hodiak had his first smell of greasepaint at age eleven, acting in Ukrainian and Russian plays at the Ukrainian Catholic Church. From the moment he first appeared on the stage, he resolved to become an actor. He was not even swayed when as a third baseman on his local high school baseball team, he was offered a contract with a St. Louis Cardinals farm club. He turned the offer down. When Hodiak first tried out for a radio acting... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Victor Puiseux
Victor Alexandre Puiseux (April 16, 1820 in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise) – September 9, 1883 in Frontenay (Jura)) was a French mathematician and astronomer. Puiseux series are named after him, as is in part the Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem. Life He was born in 1820 in Argenteuil, France. He occupied the chair of celestial mechanics at the Sorbonne. Excelling in mathematical analysis, he introduced new methods in his account of algebraic functions, and by his contributions to celestial mechanics advanced knowledge in that direction. In 1871 he was unanimously elected to the French Academy. One of his sons, Pierre Henri Puiseux, was a famous astronomer. He died in 1883 in Frontenay, France. References O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Victor Alexandre Puiseux", MacTutor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne van Hout
Anne Van Hout, born April 16, 1944 in Bruxelles, died in 2003, was a Belgian neuropsychologist.... Biography of Valarie Rae Miller
Valarie Rae Miller (born April 16, 1974 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American actress. Early life Raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Miller became interested in acting when she was quite young. She attended a high school for the performing arts and landed a number of high-profile commercials while still in college. On summer vacation in Los Angeles, she took a course in stand-up comedy and went on to perform at such well-known clubs as The Improv and The Comedy Store. Despite offers to go on tour with her stand-up routine, Miller decided to move to Los Angeles and pursue acting. Acting career She's best known for her role as Original Cindy in Dark Angel (2000–2002). She hosted two game shows; one was the second season of Gladiators 2000, replacing Maria Sansone, the other was ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Sorin
Olivier Sorin (born April 16, 1981 in Gien, France) is a French footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Auxerre in the French Ligue 1.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Chamberlain (sculptor)
John Angus Chamberlain (born April 16, 1927) is an American sculptor. Born in Rochester, Indiana, John Chamberlain spent much of his youth in Chicago. After serving in the navy from 1943 to 1946, he attended the Art Institute of Chicago (1951–52) and Black Mountain College (1955–56). He is best known for creating sculptures from old automobiles (or parts of) that bring the Abstract Expressionist style of painting into three dimensions. He currently lives and works in Shelter Island, New York. Since the 1950s, Chamberlain has worked with crushed steel and other such materials to create his sculptures. His works have been exhibited around the world and have been included in the São Paulo Art Biennial (1961, 1994), the Venice Biennale (1964), the Whitney Biennial (1973, 1987) and Documenta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old. Radio On radio during the 1930s and 1940s, Tremayne was heard in as many as 45 shows a week. Replacing Don Ameche, he did The First Nighter Program from 1936 to 1942. He starred in The Adventures of the Thin Man and The Romance of Helen Trent during the 1940s. He also starred in the title role in The Falcon, and played detective Pat Abbott in The Abbott Mysteries in 1946-1947. Tremayne was married four times. He did a morning talk show, The Tremaynes w... Biography of Tahani Rached
Tahani Rached, born on April 16, 1947 in Cairo, is an Egyptian film director and writer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705084/) 2009 Giran (documentary) 2006 El-banate dol (documentary) 2004 Soraida, une femme de Palestine (documentary) 2001 À travers chants (documentary) 1997 Quatre femmes d'Égypte (documentary) 1993 Médecins de coeur (documentary) 1990 Au chic resto pop (documentary) 1986 Bam Pay A!: Rends-moi mon pays! (documentary) 1982 La phonie furieuse (short) 1980 Les voleurs de Job (documentary)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed Townsend
Edward Benjamin 'Ed' Townsend (born April 16, 1929 - died August 13, 2003) was an African American attorney, songwriter, and producer. He was best known for performing his composition, "For Your Love," a rhythm and blues doo wop classic, and as the co-writer of "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye. Biography Although he was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, his family soon moved to Memphis where his father was called to pastor an African Methodist Episcopal church. The year Townsend graduated from high school, he was elected to the International American Methodist Episcopal Youth Council (IAMEYC). The honor let him travel worldwide before enrolling in college the next year at Arkansas State College. After graduating, he taught for a year. Although he never formally practiced law, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cléon Galoppe d'Onquaire
Pierre Jean Hyacinthe Galoppe-Donquaire, best known as Cléon Galoppe d'Onquaire, born on April 16, 1805 in Montidier, died on January 10, 1867 in Le Vésinet, was a French poet and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Boton
Carlos Boton, born April 16, 1956 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), better known as Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinets (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute and was perhaps jazz music's preeminent flutist during the 1960s. His most popular single was "Hijack," which was a Billboard number-one dance hit for three weeks in 1975. Mann emphasized the groove approach in his music. Mann felt that from his repertoire, the "epitome of a groove record" was Memphis Underground or Push Push, because the "rhythm section locked all in one perception." Biography Herbie Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents of Jewish Romani... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Devlin
Mark Dennis Devlin, born April 16, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, was the author of Stubborn Child (ISBN 0-6891-1476-1), a critically acclaimed memoir published in 1985. He died on March 10, 2005. The cause of death was not released but he had battled mental illness, alcoholism, and physical problems for many years. He was fifty-six years of age. Stubborn Child As a child, his alcoholic father frequently beat the Boston native. At seven years of age, Mark was deemed a "stubborn child," and locked up. Under state law, a stubborn child was one who "stubbornly refused to submit to the lawful and reasonable commands of a parent or guardian." Devlin spent most of his childhood in state institutions. He later told the press that growing up in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts juvenile... Biography of Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he finished writing and producing the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five, which was well received. Even though Cryer gained subsequent fame by starring in these films, it took several years to find success on television. The shows in which he starred, such as The Famous Teddy Z, Partners and The Trouble with Normal, did not last long. In 2003, he was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS hit comedy series Two and a Half Men oppo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade (16 April 1854, Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées - 2 November 1919, Combs-la-Ville) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. His most well-known poetry collections, Au Pays du mufle (1891) and Imbéciles et gredins (1900) have retained their insulting wit and verve, which blends the street slang of the outer faubourgs (suburbs) of Paris with the rich language of a broad-ranging culture. Career Tailhade's family, which included a number of magistrates and government officers, tried to push him into a bourgeois marriage, in the hopes that the genteel boredom of family life in the provinces would prevent him from taking up a bohemian artists' lifestyle. Upon the death of his wife, Tailhade moved away ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Taye Taiwo
Taye Ismaila Taïwo (born April 16, 1985 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football defender who currently plays for Olympique de Marseille. Taiwo's primary position is left back. He is known for his left-footed long range shots and crosses, physical strength, pace, and tackling ability. Taiwo has a powerful left-footed shot, which was clocked at over 130 km/h (close to 82 mph) on a free kick in the 2006 Coupe de France semi-final. Taiwo was the 2006 Young African Player of the Year. Club career Olympique de Marseille Taiwo was brought in to fill the void Bixente Lizarazu had left when he departed for Bayern Munich. Taiwo has stated a desire to play in Britain and has been mentioned as a possible transfer target of Liverpool FC (according to Tony Montana's (Norwich bedsit) sour... Biography of Tex (humorist)
Jean-Christophe Le Texier, best known as Tex, born on April 16, 1960 in Le Croisic, Loire Atlantique, is a French humorist and TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Changarnier
Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier (April 26, 1793 – February 14, 1877), French general, was born at Autun, Saône-et-Loire. Educated at St Cyr, he served for a short time in the bodyguard of Louis XVIII, and entered the line as a lieutenant in January 1815. He achieved distinction in the Spanish campaign of 1823, and became captain in 1825. In 1830 he entered the Royal Guard and was sent to Africa, where he took part in the Mascara expedition. Promoted commandant in 1835, he distinguished himself under Marshal Clauzel in the campaign against Ahmed Pasha, bey of Constantine, and became lieutenant-colonel in 1837. The part he took in the, expedition of Portes-de-Fer gained him a colonelcy, and his success against the Hajutas and Kabyles, the cross of the Legion of Honour. Three more yea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérôme Bonnissel
Jérôme Bonnissel (born 11 April 1973 in Montpellier (source: Wikipedia in French)) is a French former football left defender. Bonnissel started his career with hometown club Montpellier HSC, and proceeded to spend three seasons in La Liga with Deportivo de La Coruña. He returned to Bordeaux in 1999 and stayed until he joined Rangers during the 2003 January transfer window, on a contract until the end of the season. The highlight of his time at Rangers was a start in the 2003 Scottish League Cup Final win over Celtic at Hampden Park. In the summer of 2003 he joined Fulham on a free transfer, going on to play in their memorable 3-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. After a short six-month spell at Olympique de Marseille, Bonnissel retired in 2006.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walt Williams
Walter Ander Williams (born April 16, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American professional basketball player. A sharpshooting 6'8" forward/guard, Williams (nicknamed "The Wizard") attended school at the University of Maryland from 1988 to 1992, and is credited by many for resurrecting the school's basketball program which was going through very difficult times. Williams began his Maryland career only two years after the death of star Len Bias and the ensuing scandal that cost Lefty Driesell his job as coach. When Williams arrived at Maryland, the Terrapins were also on the verge of receiving major sanctions from the NCAA due to violations committed by Driesell's successor, Bob Wade that would lead to his resignation. Rather than transfer to another school, Williams chose to rema... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascale de Boysson
Pascale de Boysson, née le 16 avril 1932 à Chindrieux, Savoie, died August 9, 2002 in La Noue, was a French comedian. She was the student of Charles Dullin and Tania Balachova. Filmography 1957 : Pot-Bouille de Julien Duvivier 1960 : Moderato cantabile de Peter Brook 1960 : Le Dialogue des Carmélites de Philippe Agostini et Raymond Leopold Bruckberger 1961 : Amélie ou le temps d'aimer de Michel Drach 1962 : Le Bureau des mariages de Yannick Bellon 1963 : Tout ceux qui tombent de Michel Mitrani 1963 : Les Abysses de Nikos Papatakis 1964 : L'Adage de Dominique Delouche 1964 : Du grabuge chez les veuves de Jacques Poitrenaud 1965 : La Vieille dame indigne de René Allio 1966 : La Seconde vérité de Christian-Jaque 1970 : Madly de Roger Kahane 1973 : Il n'y a pas de ... Biography of Geoffrey Oryema
Geoffrey Oryema (born April 16, 1953) is an internationally renowned Ugandan musician. At the age of 24, at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, following the death of his father, cabinet minister Erinayo Wilson Oryema, beginning a life in exile. Today his songs keep alive the languages of his youth - Swahili and Acholi and return to the lost country - the 'clear green land' of Uganda. Oryema earned his international reputation following the release of his second album, Beat the Border. He has collaborated with, amongst others, Peter Gabriel. Gabriel's record label, Real World, helped with the first three of Oryema's albums, until his move to Sony International, a label established in France where Oryema resides since his e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David McDowell Brown
David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. Education Attended McKinley Elementary, Arlington, Virginia 1974: Graduated from Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia 1978: Received bachelor of science degree in biology from the College of William and Mary 1982: Received a doctorate in medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School Organizations Active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. Past P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Esbjörn Svensson
Esbjörn Svensson (April 16, 1964 – June 14, 2008) was a jazz pianist and founder of the jazz band Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as E.S.T. Svensson was introduced to both classical music and jazz very early in life through his mother, a classical pianist, and his father, a jazz enthusiast, and first showed interest in classical music. In his teenage years, he developed an interest in rock music and started a few garage bands with classmates, before going back to classical music and finally making his way towards jazz. At age 16, Svensson went to a music college, where he took piano lessons. He later studied at Stockholm University for four years. In 1990, Svensson started his own jazz combo with his childhood friend Magnus Oeström, born in 1965, on percussion. Both had made th... Biography of Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry (born Armenia, El Salvador, April 10, 1901—died Grasse, France, May 28, 1979) was a Salvadoran-French writer and artist, and wife of the famous writer and aviator Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Born Consuelo Suncín Sandoval Zeceña in a small town in El Salvador to a family of wealthy landowners, she studied abroad in San Francisco, in Mexico City, and in France. While in France, she met and later married Enrique Gómez Carrillo, a Guatemalan diplomat and journalist. Following his death in 1927, she took up residence in Buenos Aires. In 1931, she met and married Saint Exupéry and moved back to France with him. Their marriage was a turbulent one, as he was constantly away on flying missions and adventures and had numerous extramarital affairs. Following the disap... Biography of Laurent Bourgnon
Laurent Bourgnon, born April 16, 1966 in La Chaux de Fonds, is a Swiss skipper. He is the prother of skipper Yvan Bourgnon.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christine McIntyre
Christine Cecilia McIntyre (April 16, 1911 – July 8, 1984) was an actress who appeared in many movies in the 1930s and 1940s but is mainly known as the beautiful blonde actress who appeared in many Three Stooges shorts produced by Columbia Pictures. Early career A native of Nogales, Arizona, Christine McIntyre was one of five children. A classically trained singer, McIntyre received a Bachelor of Music degree at Chicago Musical College in 1933. It was here that she developed her operatic soprano voice, which would be put to good use in several Three Stooges films in the 1940s. McIntyre began singing in feature films at RKO Pictures, and made her film debut in 1937's Swing Fever. She then appeared in a series of B-westerns featuring the likes of Ray Corrigan and Buck Jones. She appeared... Biography of Peaches Bartkowicz
Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949, in Hamtramck, Michigan) was one of the top woman tennis players from the United States in the 1960s. During her career, she was sometimes referred to as "Peaches Bartkowicz". She was a protege of Jean Hoxie and Jerry Hoxie. Among her many titles, Bartkowicz won both the singles and the doubles title in both 1966 and 1967 at Cincinnati. She also won the singles title at Canada in 1968. She reached the quarter-finals in singles at the US Open in 1968 and 1969. Bartkowicz had a 7–0 record in singles in Fed Cup play, and was a member of the US team which won the cup in 1969. As a youngster, she won 17 junior titles including the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 1964. She attended Queens College in New York City. Bartkowicz retired as ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Vervenne
Marc Vervenne (born on April 16, 1949) is a Belgian theologian. He is the rector of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven since August 2005, and is the successor of André Oosterlinck. He won the elections for new rector in the third round on Tuesday 24 May 2005 by beating Rik Torfs with 50,81% to 49,19%. Before becoming rector, he was vice-rector of the Human sciences group. On 3 December 2008 the university announced that he would not serve a second term. Early life Born in Ieper, Belgium, Vervenne first went to the seminary to become a priest, but quit in 1973. He then started work in the construction industry as lorry driver. Later, he studied theology in Leuven and in 1986 he received his PhD in Theology. He's a specialist of the Old Testament. He is visiting scholar at the universit... Biography of Paul London
Paul Sanchez-Garcia London (born April 16, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) performing on its Raw brand. After being trained at the Texas Wrestling Academy, London began competing for Ring of Honor, where although he never won a title, began popular amongst the fans due to his high risk offensive moves. He later competed for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and various independent promotions, winning numerous championships and won the ECWA Super 8 Tournament in 2003. London made his debut in WWE in late 2003, and immediately began teaming with fellow cruiserweight Spanky, (Brian Kendrick). After Kendrick briefly left WWE, London formed a tag team with Billy Kidman, and together they won th... Biography of Ian MacKaye
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (play /məˈkaɪ/; born April 16, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well as The Evens. He is a co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label. A key figure in the development of hardcore punk and an enthusiastic promoter of an independent-minded, do it yourself punk ethic, MacKaye also works as a producer, and has produced releases by Q and Not U, John Frusciante, 7 Seconds, Nation of Ulysses, Bikini Kill, Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, and Rollins Band. Along with his seminal band Minor Thr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sacha Briquet
Alexandre Edouard Albert Briquet, best known as Sacha Briquet, born April 16, 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, is a French actor. Filmography 1950 : Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier 1955 : La tour de Nesle de Abel Gance 1956 : Printemps à Paris de Jean-Claude Roy 1956 : Pas de pitié pour les caves de Le Page 1957 : Miss Pigalle de Maurice Cam 1957 : Mademoiselle et son gang de Jean Boyer 1957 : Sénéchal le magnifique de Jean Boyer 1958 : Énigme aux Folies-Bergères de Roy 1958 : L'Increvable de Jean Boyer 1958 : Premier mai de Luis Saslavsky 1958 : La Marraine de Charley de Pierre Chevalier 1958 : Un témoin dans la ville de Edouard Molinaro 1959 : Archimède le clochard de Gilles Grangier 1959 : La Fleur au fusil de Helmut Kautner 1959 : Le... Biography of Fernando Viña
Fernando Viña (pronounced VEEN-ya) (born April 16, 1969 in Sacramento, California) is a retired Cuban-American Major League Baseball second baseman and current MLB analyst for ESPN. From 1993 through 2005, Viña played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), New York Mets (1994), Milwaukee Brewers (1995-1999), St Louis Cardinals (2000-2003), and Detroit Tigers (2004). Career A National League All-Star in 1998, Viña was a two-time Gold Glove winner (2001-2002). He was limited to 29 games for the Tigers: a serious leg injury ended his first season with Detroit, and Viña missed the entire 2005 season because of a strained right hamstring and patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Many believe Viña concealed the extent of prior injuries from the Tigers in order to obtain a lucrative contract from... Biography of Juliette Marquis
Juliette Marquis (born Juliette Dudnik ; April 16, 1980) is a Ukrainian born actress, model, and former ballerina. Personal Background She moved from Ukraine to the United States (Chicago, Illinois) when she was 8. She started modeling when she was 14 and lived in Paris. She later moved to New York City where she wrote and acted in plays. In 2002 she moved to Los Angeles and soon after got her first movie role. Film career This Girl's Life, co-starring James Woods, as well as Rosario Dawson, Kip Pardue and Michael Rapaport, brought Marquis to the attention of numerous critics, such as Roger Ebert's “…it’s of historical value, because it centers on the first performance of an actress who is going to be a big star.” Screen International’s “…Marquis is the epitome of a movie goddes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dave Gambee
Dave Gambee (born April 16, 1937 in Portland, Oregon) is a former NBA player. He graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, and played college basketball at Oregon State University. Gambee was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1958 NBA Draft, and played 12 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 1970. In 2010 Gambee was inducted into the Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor.... Biography of Belinda Stewart-Wilson
Belinda Stewart-Wilson, born on April 16, 1971 in London, is an English actress, best known for her role in the TV sitcom The Inbetweeners as Polly McKenzie. Early life The daughter of Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, a British Army officer, Stewart-Wilson grew up on military postings in the UK, Germany, and Austria before her family settled in London, her father becoming an Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II. She was educated at Hurst Lodge School in Ascot, Berkshire, before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, in London. Career Stewart-Wilson's first television role was in the series Shine on Harvey Moon, a show based on 1950s London. Her next two roles were one-time appearances in the popular British sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart and playing a secretary in a TV adaptatio... Biography of Bérengère Krief
Bérengère Krief, born on April 16, 1983 in Lyon, is a French comedian and humorist. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.fr/name/nm3757235/) 2010s 2000s "Bref" .... Marla (Episodes, 2011) - J'aime bien cette photo (2011) Episode TV .... Marla - J'ai un pote à conditions générales (2011) Episode TV .... Marla - J'ai fait un dépistage (2011) Episode TV .... Marla - J'ai fait un rêve (2011) Episode TV .... Marla - On a enterré Croquette (2011) Episode TV .... Marla (4 plus) "Hero Corp" .... Britney (Episodes, 2010) - Une nouvelle ère 2/2 (2010) Episode TV .... Britney - Au pied des murs (2010) Episode TV .... Britney - Ex-aequo (2010) Episode TV .... Britney Machination (2009) ..... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max Beesley
Maxton Gig Beesley Jr. (born 16 April 1971), known simply as Max Beesley, is an English actor and musician. Beesley rose to fame for his role of Andy Simpson in Every Woman, Every Man from 1993 to 1998, and has since appeared in a variety of television shows including Bodies, Hotel Babylon, London Ink, Survivors and Mad Dogs. He also played the lead in a television adaptation of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling in 1997. Early life and education Maxton Gig Beesley Jr. was born to Maxton Beesley, Sr., a professional jazz drummer, and a jazz singer mother, who sang under the stage name Chris Marlowe. His parents divorced when he was a baby. His middle name was inspired by the US actor Gig Young. His father was also a regular guest on the Ted Rogers show 3-2-1, doing impressio... Biography of Cat Osterman
Catherine Leigh "Cat" Osterman (born April 16, 1983), is an American athlete and was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer and basketball. Cat found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade, when she was filling in as a backup pitcher for a little league team. She completed her collegiate eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002. Osterman held the NCAA Division I career strikeout record with 2,265 strikeouts over her four year career, surpassed by Monica Abbott on May 6, 2007. Cat is still the NCAA all-time leader for... Biography of Grooverider
Grooverider (born Raymond Bingham April 16, 1967 in Streatham, London) is the stage name of a drum and bass DJ from London. Career Grooverider began his DJing career at illegal raves and warehouse parties in Britain in the late eighties, and rose to prominence with partner Fabio through his innovative sets at influential club nights such as Rage. At these nights, Grooverider championed the emerging UK breakbeat culture that would eventually split from house and techno to become hardcore, from which developed jungle, which would in turn become known as drum and bass. He is widely recognised as a "godfather" of drum and bass for his pioneering work in the development of this genre. On 24 November 2007 Grooverider was arrested at Dubai International Airport for possession of 2.16 gra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hayes MacArthur
Hayes MacArthur (born April 16, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Early life MacArthur was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Deerfield Academy and received a B.A. in Government from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He has studied at the Groundlings Theater Company and Atlantic Theater Company. He was named for the renowned actress Helen Hayes. Acting career MacArthur took first place at the 2003 Rebels of Comedy Competition. He has appeared on such TV shows as Mad TV, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Pushing Daisies, and Medium. In 2005, MacArthur co-wrote, produced and starred in a 16-minute short film, The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend, with Jason Winer. The short was produced as a pilot for TV in 2006. He also appeare... Biography of Luol Deng
Luol Michael Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position. arly life Deng is a member of the Dinka ethnic group. When he was young, his father Aldo, a member of the Sudanese parliament, moved the family to Egypt to escape the Second Sudanese Civil War. In Egypt, they met former NBA center Manute Bol, another Dinka, who taught Deng's older brother, Ajou Deng, how to play basketball while also serving as a mentor for Luol himself. When they were granted political asylum, his family emigrated to Brixton, South London. Deng developed an interest in soccer, admiring Tino Asprilla of Newcastle United, bu... Biography of Nikki Griffin
Jeanne Nicole "Nikki" Griffin (born April 16, 1978) is an American actress. Life and career Though Jeanne Nicole Griffin was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, most of her childhood was spent living in Germany. She came back to the United States as a teenager and went to high school at the New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. In high school, Nikki developed her love for films. She took film class at her high school, where she was taught by Marc Matney (who is known for his voice-over work in foreign films). After she graduated from high school, Nikki and her friend moved out to Los Angeles to try and make it into the business. Although her friend left after a short period of time, Nikki stayed in LA because she knew that she wanted to become an actress. Nikki landed ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. Lloyd is currently an assistant coach at the AIS-AFL Academy and an AFL commentator. A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's Australian Football League honours include seventh highest goalkicker in VFL/AFL history, Coleman Medals as leading goalkicker for three seasons, life membership as well as winning both the Mark of the Year and Goal of the Year awards. Lloyd also belongs to the small group of players whose first kick in the AFL resulted in a goal as well as players to have kicked the "ton" – over 100 goals in a season – twice. Among his representative honours are five All-Australian selections, twice r... Biography of Benjamín Rojas
Benjamín Rojas Pessi (born April 16, 1985 in La Plata). His nickname is Benja, Benji or Nano. He is an Argentinian actor, singer, musician and former occasionally model. He is perhaps the best known for his roles in Chiquititas, Rebelde Way, Floricienta, Alma Pirata, Casi Ángeles and Jake & Blake. Rojas also appeared in several films, most notably Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz and Erreway: 4 Caminos. He was the member of Argentine band Erreway from 2002 to 2005, and from 2007 to 2010, along with Luisana Lopilato, Felipe Colombo and Camila Bordonaba. He also made a cameo appearance in Sonny with a Chance-Sonny with a Secret as one of West Appleton's students. Acting career Breakthrough (1998–2003) Benjamín Rojas began his professional acting career in 1998, he was age 12 years old; when... Biography of Dominique Venner
Dominique Venner (April 16, 1935 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – May 21, 2013) was an award-winning French historian, journalist and essayist. Venner was a former militant of the far right Organisation de l'armée secrète and later became a European nationalist before withdrawing from politics to focus on a career as a historian. He specialized in military and political history. At the time of his death, he was the editor of the La Nouvelle Revue d'Histoire, a bimonthly history magazine. On May 21, 2013, Venner committed suicide inside the cathedral Notre Dame de Paris. Youth The son of an architect who had been a member of Doriot's Parti populaire français (the PPF), he volunteered to fight in the Algerian War, and served until October 1956. Upon his return to France he joined ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Millington Synge
Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre. Although he came from an Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view. Synge suffered from Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer at the time untreatable. He died just weeks short of his 38th birthday and was at the time trying to complete his last play, Deirdre of the Sorrows... Biography of Paul di Resta
Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986 in Uphall, West Lothian, Schottland, Scotland) is a British racing driver from Scotland, currently competing in Formula One with Force India. He is also a former DTM champion. ersonal life Di Resta, who grew up in Uphall, West Lothian, is the cousin of fellow racing drivers Dario Franchitti and Marino Franchitti. In February 2010, di Resta was made a director of his family's leisure firm. His step-father was Scottish footballer Dougie McCracken.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Goosse
André Goosse (born on April 16, 1926 in Liège (birth time source: birth certificate n°734, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian grammarian born in 1926. The son-in-law of Maurice Grevisse, he took over editing and updating Grevisses' last book, Le Bon Usage. In 1988, he married the Belgian writer France Bastia. Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain, he is also the president of the Conseil international de la langue française. His earliest research was carried out on the work of the 14th century writer from Liège, Jean d'Outremeuse. His work, carried out under the direction of Omer Jodogne, turned into a thesis which he defended in 1959, which was published in 1965. Notable among his publications is a work exposing and commenting on the Les rectifications de l'orthographe ("corre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin Dahlin
Martin Nathaniel Dahlin (born 16 April 1968 in Uddevalla) is a former Swedish football player. Dahlin is best remembered for Brolin, Ingesson, Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin, Brilliant!, Brilliant goal! Dahlin was also a key influence in Thomas Brolins life and his shock move to Liverpoool in August 2012. Dahlin was heavily influenced by Gareth james (lowercase) and this led to his roaming or wandering style of play, Dahlin was not responsible for the 51% not ready result in October 2010. Early life He is the son of an Afro-Venezuelan father, who was a musician, and a Swedish mother who both decided to name him after Martin Luther King. He was born in Uddevalla, but lived as a child in Lund. Career In 1988, he became the second black player to represent Sweden. He was part of the S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nilla Pizzi
Nilla Pizzi (16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011) was an Italian singer. Born as Adionilla Negrini Pizzi in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the San Remo Festival in 1951, singing "Grazie dei fiori", and she won also the second edition (1952), singing "Vola colomba".... Biography of Gina Carano
Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and a former mixed martial artist. Carano appeared as Crush, a Gladiator on American Gladiators. She has been referred to as the "Face of Women's MMA." Carano was formerly the third best 145 lb (66 kg) female fighter in the world, according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. Carano starred in the 2011 action film, Haywire, and is in the 2013 film Fast & Furious 6. Early life Carano was born in Dallas County, Texas, the middle daughter of Dana Joy (née Cason) and Glenn Thomas Carano. She has two sisters. Carano has said that she has a "small percentage" of Italian ancestry. Her father played for the Dallas Cowboys as a backup quarterback from 1977–1983 and for the USFL Pittsburgh Maule... |
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