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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 19, 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 · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
107 celebrities or events were found for April, 19. Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Evelyne Dheliat
French TV Host and weather presenter.... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Natalie Dessay
Natalie Dessay (born Nathalie Dessaix, 19 April 1965, in Lyon) is a French soprano. She dropped the "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname. From actress to vocalist Initially an actress, Dessay was encouraged to study voice at the Conservatoire national de région de Bordeaux and gained experience as a chorister in Toulouse. At the competition Les Voix Nouvelles, run by France Telecom, she was awarded First Prize (Premier Prix de Concours) followed by a year's study at Paris Opera's Ecole d'Art Lyrique, where she sang "Elisa" in Mozart's Il re pastore. Also, she entered the International Mozart Competition at the Vienna Staatsoper, winning First Prize. Dessay is considered to be a coloratura sop... Add to favourites (104 fans)Biography of Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House. He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars films. Early life Christensen, the third of four children, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Alie, a speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a software program writer. His father is of Danish descent and his mother has Italian and Swedish ancestry. He has one brother, Tove, and two sisters, Kaylen and Hesja. Raised outside Toronto in Thornhill, Ontario, Christensen attended Bayt... Add to favourites (94 fans)Biography of James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. He began acting during the late 1990s, appearing on the series Freaks and Geeks and starring in several teen films. He won a Golden Globe Award for playing the title role in the made-for-television film James Dean, and has become known among audiences for his role as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films. In 2006, Franco had a starring role in three Hollywood films, Tristan & Isolde, Annapolis and Flyboys. Early life Franco was born in Palo Alto, California to Doug Franco and Betsy Levine Verne (a poet, author and editor); his maternal grandmother, Mitzi Levine, runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swed... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971, Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan Jewish one man show humorist and actor who lives in France. His latest show is called "L'autre c'est moi" (The other one: that's me). Height: 1m77 Gad Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was brought up in a mixed cultural background (a Moroccan Jewish descent), speaking Moroccan Arabic, French and Hebrew. Just 17 years old, Gad - a name adopted by his fans - left Morocco for Quebec, Canada. He spent four years in Montreal where he studied political sciences and was invited in to theatre. In 1992, at 22 years, he decided to go to Paris. He studied with Isabelle Nanty with whom he does his first one-man show "Décalages" in 1995. Interpreted in the famous "Palais des glaces", the show is an autobiography of ... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. At the end of 2006, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete. Sharapova has won two Grand Slam singles titles. She is the reigning U.S. Open champion, having defeated Justine Henin in the final of the 2006 U.S. Open. Two years earlier, she defeated Serena Williams in the final at Wimbledon. Personal life Sharapova's parents moved from Homyel, Belarus, to Siberia, Russia, in 1986, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. She was born the following year in Nyagan, Russia. Sharapova's father, Yuri Sharapov, brought Maria to the United States to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida when she was 7 years old. Her mother, Yelena, who could not come with them because of... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Kate Hudson
Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to fame in 2000, after an Oscar-nominated role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several successful films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, and You, Me, and Dupree. Early life Hudson was born in Los Angeles to Bill Hudson (a singer, comedian and member of the Hudson Brothers) and the Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn. Her maternal grandmother is of Hungarian Ashkenazi Jewish descent while her paternal grandmother was of Italian descent and her paternal grandfather's ancestry traces to 15th-century England. Hudson was raised in the Jewish religion, though her family also practiced Buddhism. Hudson's parents... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Marlène Mourreau
Marlène was the Monegasque representative]] in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in French by Dominique Dussault. The song is a paean to Marlene Dietrich, whom Dussault famously refers to as "a silhouette in Sexyrama" at one point in the lyrics, before comparing her appearance to that of the star and concluding that she will never live up to the standards of her idol. The song was performed tenth on the night (following Spain's Julio Iglesias with Gwendolyne and preceding Germany's Katja Ebstein with Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder). At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 8th in a field of 12. It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1971 Contest by Séverine with Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue.... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early 2000s thrillers, including Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes. Judd was born in Granada Hills, California to Michael Ciminella, Jr., an Italian American marketing analyst for the horseracing industry, and Naomi Judd, a well-known country music singer; she has a half-sister, Wynonna Judd, who is also a country music singer. At the time of her birth, her mother was working as a nurse, and wouldn't become well-known as a singer along with her daughter Wynonna until the early 1980s. Judd's parents divorced in 1972, and in 1974, her mother took her back to her own native Kentucky, where Judd grew up in poverty. Th... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s, like Marilyn Monroe, Mansfield starred in several popular Hollywood films that emphasized her platinum-blonde hair, dramatic hourglass figure and cleavage-revealing costumes. She was a recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a Theatre World Award for two early screen and stage performances. Though Mansfield appeared in several popular Hollywood films, her status in the industry proved fleeting, and she was quickly relegated to low-budget melodramas and comedies. Negative publicity and poor business decisions eventually forced her into regional nightclub appearances before her death in an automobile accident at the age of 34. ... Biography of Philippe Junot
Philippe Junot was born in Paris on April 19, 1940. He is an investment banker and property developer with business interests in Paris, Montreal and Detroit. In 1978 he married Princess Caroline, eldest daughter of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and former Hollywood icon Grace Kelly. The couple were divorced in October 1980 after his wife accused him of infidelity. Mr. Junot, however, contends that it was in fact Caroline's affairs and the contstant interfering of her parents which led to the break-up. The Vatican finally annulled their marriage in 1992. He married again to a model and had three children: Victoria, Isabelle and Alexis.... Biography of Paloma Picasso
Paloma Picasso (April 19, 1949, Vallauris, France) is a French/Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the daughter of artists Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot. At an early age, Paloma was the subject of many of her father's works, including Paloma with an Orange and Paloma in Blue. Eventually she turned to the field of fashion design and started her own company and brand, such as her eponymous perfume and a line of evening wear. She also designs jewelry for Tiffany & Co. and was known as a regular at the legendary discotheque Studio 54. She made a notorious appearance as the Countess Erzsébet Báthory in Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk's erotic film, Immoral Tales (1974). Picasso lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Lucrèce Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia April 18, 1480 (or 79 depending the sources) - June 24, 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her brothers included Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, and Gioffre Borgia. Lucrezia's family later came to epitomize the ruthless Machiavellian politics and sexual corruption alleged to be characteristic of the Renaissance Papacy. In this story Lucrezia was cast as a femme fatale, a role she has been portrayed as in many artworks, novels and films. No authentic portrait of Lucrezia is known, though several paintings, such as Bartolomeo Veneziano's fanciful portrait (see illustration) have been said to depict her. Often these images are simply part of Lucrezia's myth. Not en... Biography of Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani (Gujarati:મુકેશ અંબાની ) (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden, Yemen) is an Indian business tycoon. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. His wealth is valued at $ 29.0 Billion by Forbes Magazine, making him the world's 4th richest person and Asia's wealthiest person. Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Mukesh Ambani directed and led the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, with a current capacity of 660,000 barrels per da... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an English actor, singer and composer, perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had a career as a rock musician. His list of roles is extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He currently resides in Los Angeles, though for the past year or so has been in Chicago, New York City, and most recently London, with the current Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot. Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Early life Curry's father, James, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain, and his mother, Patricia, was a school secretary. Curry was born and raised in Warrington an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos Braga (born April 19, 1941 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is Grammy Award-winning MPB singer, that achieved a great deal of success and recognition for over 40 years. Most of his songs are written in partnership with his friend, the singer and songwriter Erasmo Carlos.100 million albums sold all around the world. Best disc seller in Latin America. Life and career At age six, Roberto Carlos was involved in a train accident, resulting in the amputation of part of his left leg, and the subsequent use of a prosthesis right below his knee. Influenced by his idol, Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution, he rose to stardom as the main figure of the 60s musical movement known as Jovem Guarda (Young guard, in opposition to the 'old guard' of Brazilian mu... Biography of Jesse James (customizer)
Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, a manufacturer of custom-made motorcycles. James is the current host of Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike TV, focus of documentary Motorcycle Mania and former host of series Monster Garage, both on the Discovery Channel. Career Custom motorcycles and cars After several years as the bodyguard with Danzig and occasionally for other heavy metal bands such as Slayer and Soundgarden, James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother's garage in 1992. The company grew quickly and soon moved to a larger facility for select customers and companies. About 200 bikes have been built at West Coast Choppers. West Coast Choppers is also sponsoring race teams in Top Fuel Drags and Super L... Biography of Suge Knight
Marion Knight, Jr., a.k.a Sugar Bear, Suge Knight (born April 19, 1965 in Compton, California), is a controversial entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder and CEO of Death Row Records. The record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough success The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records fell into a stagnant limbo after Knight's incarceration on parole violation charges in September 1996. Early life Marion Knight was born April 19, 1965, in the Compton area of Los Angeles; his trademark nickname was short for "Sugar Bear." As a youth, he was associated with the Mob Piru Bloods street gang because he lived in a gang-dominated neighborhood.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cynthia Riveroll
Cynthia Riveroll, born April 19, 1953 in Mexico city, is a Mexican-Italian-Scottish actress, songwriter and singer; she has played in Mexican TV soap operas.... Biography of Shannon Lee
Shannon Emery Lee (Chinese: 李香凝 born April 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is the daughter of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and his widow Linda Lee Cadwell. Shannon's brother was the late actor Brandon Lee. Shannon was born in Los Angeles, California, the second child to Bruce and Linda (Emery) Lee. Shannon and her family lived in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1973, after which her mother moved back to the United States following the death of her father. She has Chinese, German, Swedish and English descent. Together, they lived in Seattle, Washington (Linda's hometown) and Los Angeles. Shannon grew up in the affluent area of Rolling Hills. Graduating from The Chadwick School in 1987, Shannon then attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where she studied vo... Biography of Philippe Saint-André
Philippe Georges Saint-André (born April 19, 1967) is a French rugby union footballer who played 68 times for France between 1990 and 1997, 34 as captain. His preferred position was wing but was also known to have played at Fullback. He has also enjoyed success as a rugby coach, and is now director of rugby at Sale Sharks. Height 180 Weight 91... Biography of Facteur Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval (1836 – 19 August 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" (French Palais idéal) which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. Origins Ferdinand Cheval lived in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, in the Drôme département of France. He had left school at the age of 13 to become a baker's apprentice but eventually became a postman. Palais idéal Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones. For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he c... Biography of Bernard Montiel
Bernard Montiel is a French TV host and actor, born April 19, 1957 in Casablanca, Morocco. Bibliography Le Meilleur des perles du show-biz, Michel Lafon , 2001 Télé-réalités, Flammarion , 2003 Filmography 1996 : Sous le soleil, série télévisée 2001 : Les redoutables de Mathieu Guillermo 2002 : And now... Ladies and Gentlemen de Claude Lelouch... Biography of Dudley Moore
Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was an Academy-Award nominated and Golden Globe-winning English actor, comedian and musician. Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s and became increasingly famous as half of the double-act he formed with Peter Cook. His fame as a comedic actor was considerably heightened by his success in Hollywood movies such as 10 with Bo Derek and Arthur in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was often known as "Cuddly Dudley". Early life Moore was born the son of a railway electrician in Dagenham, Essex, England. His working-class parents showed little affection to their offspring (as his older sister publicly revealed). He was notably short: 5' 2½" (1.59 m) and w... Biography of Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia (b. April 19, 1947) is an American concert pianist. He is also a respected conductor. His recordings are characterized by a consistent quality of sound, technique and interpretation and a careful attention to dynamic and stylistic details. Career Early career Perahia was born in New York City of Sephardic origin, and began playing the piano at four but he started practising seriously only at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, he attended Mannes College, where he studied keyboard, conducting, and composition with his teacher and mentor Mieczysław Horszowski. During the summer, he also attended Marlboro, where he studied with Rudolf Serkin, and Pablo Casals, amongst others. In 1972, he was the first north American to win first prize at the fourth Leeds Piano Co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre (April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six. Born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father who had refused to support her musical studies. She studied piano with her mother at home, composing short works of her own and then began studying at the Conservatory in Paris where she met Louis Durey, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric and Arthur Honegger. At the Paris Conservatory she won first prize in several categories and wrote the 18 short works in the Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu for Caroline Tardieu, the Conservatory’s Assistant Professor of Harp. With her new friends... Biography of Nicoletta Braschi
Nicoletta Braschi (born April 19, 1960) is an Italian actress, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. She has also collaborated with American director Jim Jarmusch. Braschi earned international acclaim for her role in Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) (1997) as "Dora", and has also starred in the panned Pinocchio (2002) (as the "Blue Fairy"). Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome’s Accademia di Arte Drammatica and first worked with Benigni in 1983, in the comedy Tu Mi Turbi (“You Upset Me”), as “Madonna.” She starred in Jarmusch’s Down by Law and Mystery Train. In 1991, she starred as Maria in the Italian comedy Johnny Stecchino. In 2002, she was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner (April 19, 1801 – November 28, 1887), was a German experimental psychologist. An early pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics, he inspired many 20th century scientists and philosophers. He is also credited to have created the formula "S = KLogI" that proved the existence of a scientific connection between the body and the mind. He was born at Gross Särchen, near Muskau, in Lower Lusatia, where his father was pastor. He was educated at Sorau and Dresden and at the University of Leipzig, the city in which he spent the rest of his life. In 1834 he was appointed professor of physics, but in 1839 contracted an eye disorder while studying the phenomena of colour and vision, and, after much suffering, resigned. Subsequently recovering, he turned ... Biography of Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (pronounced ; April 19, 1882 – August 24, 1954) served as president of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Background Vargas was born in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, on April 19, 1883, to Manuel do Nascimento Vargas and Cândida Dornelles Vargas. The scion of a traditional family of "gaúchos", he embarked on a military career at first, then turned to the study of law. Entering Republican politics, he was elected to the Rio Grande do Sul state legislature and later to the federal Chamber of Deputies, where he became the floor leader for his state's delegation in Congress. He served briefly as Secretary of the Treasury under President Washington Luís from which post he resigned to enter the gubernatorial race in his home state. Once ... Biography of Daniel Richard
Daniel Richards, born April 19, 1944, ia a French businessman, President of WWF France ( and former CEO of companies Sephora and Trois Suisses.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glenn Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Swedish: Glenn Teodor Sjöberg) (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements," contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinide concept and was the first to propose the actinide series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements. He spent most of his career as an educator and research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley where he became the second Chancellor in its history and served as a University Professor. Seaborg advised ten presidents from Truman to Clinton on nuclear policy and was the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971 where he pushed for commercial nu... Biography of Erich Hartmann
Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 20, 1993), also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany" by friends and "The Black Devil" by his enemies, is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He scored 352 aerial victories (of which 345 were flown by the Soviet Air Force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 1,404 combat missions and engaging in aerial combat 825 times while serving with the Luftwaffe in World War II. Hartmann was forced to crash land his damaged fighter 14 times. This was due to damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had just shot down, or mechanical failure. Hartmann was never shot down or forced to land due to enemy fire. Early life Hartmann was born in Weissach in Württemberg. Most of his childhood was spent in the Far E... Biography of Anna Maria Tato
Anna Maria Tato, born April 19, 1940, is an Italian film director. She was the last wife of actor Marcello Mastroianni.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Tarin
Christian Tarin, born April 19, 1951 in Etterbeek and died October 15, 1991 in Clamart, was a Belgian race car driver. He was the copilot of Jacky Ickx.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dick Sargent
Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994) was born Richard Stanford Cox in Carmel, California. He was an American actor who played "the second Darrin Stephens" on the television series Bewitched. Sargent died in 1994 from prostate cancer in Los Angeles. Height: 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Sargent had appeared in films since his debut in 1956. When Dick York was forced to leave the Bewitched series due to health problems, Sargent stepped into the role. He had first been offered the role in 1964 but was under contract to Universal Studios and unable to accept it. Sargent played Darrin until the show ended in 1972. Sargent continued to work in film and made numerous guest appearances on various TV shows, including one episode of "The Waltons" with the second John-Boy, Robert Wightman, and two... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Cordonnier
Gérard Cordonnier, born April 19, 1907 in Bailleul, was a French engineer, author and mathematician, Chief of the French Naval Construction Service. He had an interest in telepathy, clairvoyance, levitation and psychokinesis.... Biography of Véronique Gens
Véronique Gens (born April 19, 1966, Orléans, France) is a French soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music. Gens studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Her debut in 1986 was with conductor William Christie . She has since worked with Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, and Jean-Claude Malgoire. While she started out as a Baroque specialist, she has become in demand for roles in Mozart operas, and an interpreter of songs by Berlioz, Debussy (see also Beau Soir), Fauré and others. Her numerous recordings include many works by Mozart and Purcell, as well as Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne and Berlioz' Nuits d'Ete.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Beth Rosato
Beth Rosato, born April 19, 1959 in Bay Shore, New York, is an American astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue (born April 19, 1937, as Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, USA, North America) is an American actress. The naturally red-headed Donahue is best known for her early role as Robert Young's eldest/popular daughter, Betty Anderson, on the popular 1950s cult sitcom, Father Knows Best, and for her nearly 30-year marriage to producer Harry Ackerman, whom she met on the set of that series. Biography Donahue's mother was a theatrical costumer, who moonlighted as a department store saleswoman in order to pay for her daughter's dancing lessons. Appearing in dancing-chorus film roles from the age of five, Donahue was at one point a ballet-school classmate of future Fred Astaire partner Barrie Chase. Donahue was a child actor working in vaudeville and had several bit ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Volman
Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech" ("Flo" for short). Academics Volman grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Westchester High School in 1965. Over 25 years later in 1992 at age 45 he started his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University. Volman graduated with a bachelor's of arts in 1997 Magna cum Laude and was the class Valedictorian speaker. During the speech he lead the graduates in a chorus of Happy Together. CBS Evening News covered Volman's graduation and even interviewed his parents who were perplexed at their son's academic a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Ramos
Larry Ramos, born April 19, 1942 in Wailea, Hawai, is an Amercian saxophonist, singer and guitarist with his group The Association. The Association is a pop music band from California in the sunshine pop genre. They are best known for their popularity in the 1960s, when they had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts. As of 2008, they are still "playing". They are also notable for being the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival, essentially the first multi-group rock festival. They are known for tight vocal harmony. History Beginnings Jules Alexander (born September 25, 1943) was in Hawaii in 1962 serving a stint in the Navy when he met Terry Kirkman (born 1939) who was visiting. The two young musicians jammed together and promised to get together once Ale... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dougal Haston
Dougal Haston, (19 April 1940-17 January 1977), was a Scottish mountaineer born in Currie, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Climbing achievements In 1970, with Don Whillans, Haston was the first to climb the south face of Annapurna on an expedition led by Chris Bonington and in 1975, with Doug Scott, he was the first to climb Mount Everest by the south-west face, also on an expedition led by Bonington. His memorial in Edinburgh mistakenly claims he was the first Briton to climb the north face of the Eiger. In fact, this honour went to Bonington and Ian Clough in 1962, but Haston made the first ascent of the Nordwand by the direttissima, or most direct route, in 1966 with Jorg Lehne, Gunther Strobel, Roland Votteler and Siegefried Hupfauer. American John Harlin was killed when a rope snap... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anton Pieck
Anton Franciscus Pieck (Den Helder, Netherlands, April 19, 1895 – Overveen, Netherlands, November 25, 1987), a Dutch painter, artist and graphic artist. His works are noted for their nostalgic or fairytale-like character and are widely popular, appearing regularly on cards and calendars. Personal Pieck was the son of Henri Christiaan Pieck and Petronella Neijfs, and the twin brother of the painter and illustrator Henri Christiaan Pieck. Pieck married Jo van Poelvoorde in 1922 and the two had three children, Elsa, Anneke and Max Max. Jo van Poelvoorde died in 1983. Max died in 1986. Teaching 1912-1920 Drawing teacher at the Bik en Vaandrager institute in The Hague, Netherlands. 1920-1960 Drawing teacher at the Kennemer Lyceum in Overveen, Netherlands. Efteling Pi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eve Graham
Eve Graham (born Evelyn May Beatson, 19 April 1943, in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland) initially made her name as a band singer both in Scotland and England. In 1969 she joined The New Seekers and was lead singer on the majority of their early hits including the world wide Number One hit - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". Later fellow band member Lyn Paul would share lead vocal duties. In 1974 she left the group to move into solo cabaret work, but rejoined in 1976 and sang lead on their hit "I Wanna Go Back". In 1978 she left once more, and again performed as a solo singer, as well as marrying another ex-New Seeker Danny Finn on 1 June 1979. They toured as a duo for many years. Eve Graham retired in 2000 after a last charity performance, and originally said tha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay, (Françoise Bandy de Nalèche), (19 April 1891 - 28 March 1974) was a French actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. Rosay was born in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet. Her first recorded film was Falstaff in 1913, and she began to work in Hollywood from 1929 onwards. In 1917, she married the director Jacques Feyder, with whom she remained until his death in 1948, having three sons. She appeared in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max von Schillings
Max von Schillings (April 19, 1868 – Berlin, July 24, 1933) was a German conductor, composer and theatre director. He was chief conductor at the Berlin State Opera from 1919 to 1925. Schilling's opera Mona Lisa (1915) was internationally successful and was even performed at the Metropolitan Opera. The composer married Barbara Kemp, the soprano who sung the title role. Before Mona Lisa, Schillings had already written three operas: Ingwelde (1894), Der Pfeifertag (1899) and Der Moloch (1906). Born in Düren, Max von Schillings was brother to the photographer Carl Georg Schillings. He received his first musical training in violin, piano and theory at the same time as his formal education in Bonn. His teachers were Caspar Joseph Brambach and Otto von Königslow. Schillings later studied ju... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Calderon
Jean-Louis Calderon, born April 19, 1958 in Madrid, died December 24, 1989 in Bucarest, was a French journalist and reporter.... Biography of Peter Garrett
Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. After the Labor Party won in the November 2007 election, Garrett was appointed Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. On 8 March 2010, following a restructure of the Department of the Environment, Garrett was sworn in as Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts. Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the Australian Conservation Foundation for a total of ten years, and in 2003 was ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marisa Laurito
Marisa Laurito, born April 19, 1951 in Naples, is an Italian singer, actress and TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Constance Talmadge
Constance Talmadge (April 19, 1897 - November 23, 1973) was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresses Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. Career Constance Talmadge, one of Hollywood's most popular comediennes, was a beautiful girl with a great sense of humor who gained the pinnacle of stardom despite inexperience. She appeared as the ‘Mountain Girl’ of ancient Babylon in David W. Griffith’s Intolerance. She made 84 films from 1914 to 1929, but retired by choice when talkies came into fashion. Constance was born into a poor family. Her father, Fred Talmadge, was an alcoholic, and left them when she was still very young. Her mother, Peg, made a living by doing laundry. When a friend recommended that Peg use Norma as a model for title ... Biography of Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961). Early years and career O'Brian was born Hugh Charles Krampe in Rochester, New York, the son of Edith and Captain Hugh John Krampe, a marine. He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois (as did Rock Hudson, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret and many other future stars) and later Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri. In high school, he lettered in football, basketball, wrestling and track. After a semester at the University of Cincinnati with studies charted toward a law career, O'Brian, at 17, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942. O'Brian distinguished himself by becoming the youngest drill inst... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Martens (IPA: ) (born Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens, 19 April 1936) is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge (East Flanders). Martens has been Prime Minister nine times: four times from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and five times from 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992. Martens was Chairman of the Belgian CVP (now renamed Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams CD&V) from 1972 - 79, sitting as a Deputy in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (federal parliament) from 1974 - 91, and serving as a Senator from 1991 - 94. He co-founded the European People's Party (EPP) in 1976 and has been EPP President since 1992. From 1993 he was President of the European Union of Christian Democrats (EUCD), until its merger with the EPP in 1996. Martens also negotiated with Finnish conserv... Biography of Giovanni III Agnelli
Giovanni Agnellli, born April 19, 1964 and died December 13, 1997 (cancer), was the son of Umberto Agnelli and the nephew of Gianni Agnelli. He died of a rare form of cancer in 1997 at age 33 while he was being groomed by his uncle to head the Fiat Group.... Biography of Jean Ziegler
Jean Ziegler (born April 19, 1934) is a former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris. He was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats in the Swiss federal parliament from 1981 to 1999. Nominated by Switzerland, he was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to April 2008. On 26 March 2008 Jean Ziegler was elected for one year into the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee. He got 40 out of 47 votes and had the most votes of all seven candidates. He is also member of the advisory board of the human rights organisation Business Crime Control. He has been criticized for associations with Muammar Qaddafi and Fidel Castro. Jean Ziegler was born on April the 19th 1934 in Thun, Switzerland. His father was the pres... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yvon Le Roux
Yvon Le Roux (born March 19, 1960 in Plouvorn, Finistère) is a former football defenderand now a coach from France, who earned 28 international caps (one goal) for the French national team during the mid-1980s. A player of FC Nantes (1985–1987), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Clubs * Plouvorn * Stade Brestois (1977–1983) * AS Monaco (1983–1985) * FC Nantes-Atlantique (1985–1987) * Olympique de Marseille (1987–1989) * Paris Saint-Germain FC (1989–1990)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stanley Yolles
Stanley Yolles, born April 1919 in New York and died January 12, 2001, was an American physician and researcher, a former director of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Sudre
René Sudre, born April 1880 in Angoulême, died in 1968, was a French parapsychologist, science author, professor and commentator.... Biography of Dullio Loi
Duilio Loi (April 19, 1929 – January 20, 2008) was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins (26 KOs), 3 losses and 8 draws. He was born in Trieste from a Sardinian family. Loi fought many outstanding fighters in his career, including lightweight great Carlos Ortiz and Eddie Perkins. Although all their fights were close, Loi won two out of three bouts from Ortiz. Loi was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. His daughter accepted the award on his behalf, because Loi was suffering from Alzheimer's. Loi died in January 2008 at the age of 78 at Padre Pio Hospital in Treviso, Italy.... Biography of Alan Price
Alan Price (born 19 April 1942 in Fatfield, County Durham, England) is a musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. Early years A self-taught musician, primarily a keyboard player, he was educated at Jarrow Grammar School, South Tyneside, and was a founding member of the Tyneside group The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, then renamed The Animals. His playing on their international hit "House of the Rising Sun" and other tracks was a key element in the Animals' success. Though The Animals' version of "House of the Rising Sun" (a traditional folk composition) has become the most recognisable incarnation of the song, the arrangments were strongly based on the Dave Van Ronk's version, then made popular by Bob Dylan's take, available on his debut album, "Bob Dylan" (1962). Car... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexis Thorpe
Alexis Thorpe (born April 19, 1980) is an American actress known for her role as Cassie Brady on the American television daytime drama Days of our Lives, which she played on contract from July 2002 through November 2003. She made guest appearances on the show in 2004 and 2005. Before coming to Days in 2002, for two years she starred as Rianna Miner on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. In 2003, she made a cameo appearance on the NBC sitcom Friends. Also in 2003, she made an appearance as Jennifer in American Wedding. In 2004, she appeared in the third episode of "House" as the patient's young, doting fiancee. In 2007 she appears in an independent film The Man from Earth as Linda Murphy. References ^ www.soapcentral.com/days/whoswho/cassie.php Filmography (source: ht... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sara Simeoni
Sara Simeoni (born April 19, 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump. Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese, in the province of Verona. She soon took up athletics, specialising in the high jump. Her first international result was at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, where she ended 9th with a 178 cm jump. Her first taste of international success was at the 1976 in Montreal, where she won a silver medal, with a personal best of 1.91 m, and was beaten only by Rosemarie Ackermann's 1.93 m leap. In August 1978, she set the new world record with 2.01 m in Brescia (this jump stood as a national record until Antonietta Di Martino jumped 2.02 in June 2007). Later in the sam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Gregory Wald
John Gregory Wald, born April 19, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, died in an avalanche March 24, 1996, was an American skier, photographer, editor and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Tucci
Roberto Cardinal Tucci, SJ (19 April 1921-) is a Roman Catholic Cardinal and theologian. He was created Cardinal by Pope John Paul II. He was born in Naples, Italy. He became a priest choosing to join the Society of Jesus on 1 October 1936. He studied classics at the University of Naples, where he also eventually received a doctorate in philosophy. He subsequently earned a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of Louvain and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained on August 24, 1950. After his ordination he taught as a faculty member, at the Theological Faculty of "San Luigi" in Naples. He founded the journal Digest religioso, which was later renamed Rassegna di Teologia. He later worked a member of the p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aurore Mongel
Aurore Mongel, born April 19, 1982 in Epinal, is a French swimmer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves-Marie Maurin
Yves-Marie Maurin, born Yves-Marie Bourdeau, April 19, 1944 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), died June 14, 2009 in Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, France (heart attack), was a French actor and comedian. Theater Comédian * 1950 : Le Feu sur la terre de François Mauriac, mise en scène Jean Vernier, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre Hébertot * Mon cœur est dans les Highlands, Théâtre Hébertot * Une maison de poupée d'Henrik Ibsen, Comédie Caumartin * Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor de Shakespeare, mise en scène Jacques Fabbri, Théâtre Cluny * L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre - Théâtre des Mathurins * 1954 : Faites-moi confiance de Michel Duran, mise en scène Jean Meyer, Théâtre du Gymnase * 1955 : Zamore de Georges Neveux, mise en scène Henri Soubeyran, Théâtre Édou... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Kamieniecki
Scott Kamieniecki (born April 19, 1964 in Mount Clemens, Michigan), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1991-2000 and played four years for the University of Michigan. Scott had one of the best pickoff moves in the Major Leagues. He joined the New York Yankees in 1991. Teams * New York Yankees 1991-1996 * Baltimore Orioles 1997-1999 * Cleveland Indians 2000 * Atlanta Braves 2000 Pitching Stats * 250 Games * 53 Wins * 59 Losses * 542 Strikeouts * 4.52 ERA Fast Facts * Kamieniecki was the winning pitcher for the Orioles in Game 5 of the 1997 ALCS versus the Cleveland Indians. * Kamienkiecki was Jim Abbott's college Roomate... Biography of Valerie Plame
Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (born April 19, 1963), known as Valerie Plame, Valerie E. Wilson, and Valerie Plame Wilson, is a former United States CIA Operations Officer and the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. Personal history Early family life Valerie Elise Plame was born on April 19, 1963, on Elmendorf Air Force Base, in Anchorage, Alaska, to Diane and Samuel Plame. Plame's paternal great-grandfather was a rabbi who emigrated from Ukraine; the original family surname was "Plamevotski". Growing up in "a military family ... imbued her with a sense of public duty"; her father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, who worked for the National Security Agency for three years, and, according to her "close friend Janet Angstadt," her parents "are the ty... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ugo Poletti
Ugo Poletti (April 19, 1914—February 25, 1997) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Vicar General of Rome from 1973 to 1991, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973. Biography Born in Omegna, Ugo Poletti studied at the seminary in Novara before being ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1938. He then served as vice-rector of the theological seminary and bursar of the general diocesan seminary in Novara until 1946. After a period of pastoral work from 1946 to 1951, Poletti was made Pro-Vicar General of Novara in 1954, and on June 16, 1955 a Protonotary Apostolic. On July 12, 1958, Poletti was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Novara and Titular Bishop of Medeli. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 14 from Archbishop Vince... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Buisson
Patrick Buisson, born April 19, 1949 in Paris, is a French historian, writer and journalist. He is also a political adviser for President Nicolas Sarkozy. Bibliography Sacha et ses femmes (Albin Michel). Avec le Temps sur Léo Ferré en collaboration avec Hubert Grooteclaes (Éditions du Chêne). Le Livre de la Mémoire en collaboration avec Jean Tulard. Philippe de Villiers ou la politique autrement. OAS, Histoire de la résistance française en Algérie avec Pascal Gauchon. 1940-1945 : années érotiques, tome 1 : Vichy ou les infortunes de la vertu, Albin Michel, EAN13 9782226183941 1940-1945 : années érotiques, tome 2 : De la Grande Prostituée à la revanche des mâles, Albin Michel, EAN13 9782226186881 La Grande Guerre, 1914-1918 avec Jean-Pascal Soudagne, préface de Max Gallo... Biography of Heather Kuzmich
Heather Kuzmich, born April 19, 1986 in Valparaiso, Indiana is an art student. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois where she is studying video game design. She is best known for being a contestant of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9, where she was the fourth runner-up of the show. During the show, it was revealed that Kuzmich has Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD. Personal life Kuzmich was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when she was fifteen years old (mistakenly reported as thirteen by Tyra on ANTM), around the time her father died. She has stated in interviews that it wasn't the easiest time in her life. Living with Asperger's, the most difficult things for Kuzmich are approaching people and her communication skills. Participation in America's Next Top Model Kuzmich was on... Biography of Richard Berne Wilson
Richard Berne Wilson, born April 19, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American skipper, sailor and adventurer.... Biography of Zsuzsa Polgar
Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, Budapest, Hungary, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-born American chess player. She is also a chess writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence at Texas Tech University. She was stripped of her membership in the United States Chess Federation on August 7, 2009, and thereby lost her seat on its Executive Board. On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at age 15, she was the top-ranked woman player in the world. She was the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster in regular competition. She was the Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. In October 2005 Polgar had an Elo rating of 2577, making her the second-ranked woman in the world at the time, after her sister Judit Pol... Biography of Justin Francis Rigali
Justin Francis Rigali (born April 19, 1935) is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the eighth Archbishop of Philadelphia, having previously served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1994 to 2003. Rigali was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. Early life and career The youngest of seven children, Justin Rigali was born in Los Angeles, California, to Henry Alphonsus and Frances Irene (née White) Rigali. Two of his siblings entered the religious life as well; his sister Charlotte joined the Sisters of St. Joseph, and his brother Norbert the Jesuits. Rigali attended Holy Cross School before entering the preparatory seminary in Hancock Park in 1949. He studied philosophy and theology at Los Angeles College, Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary in San Fernando and St. John... Biography of Edwin Lanehart
Edwin Lanehart, born on April 19, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland (source: AFA), is an American former physical culturist. He won Mr. Maryland and Mr. Baltimore in 1956.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James A. Mollinson
James A. Mollison, born April 19, 1905 in Glasgow and died July 22, 1933 in a plane crash, was a Scottish aviator and pilot.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Echegaray
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (April 19, 1832 – September 14, 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. Along with the Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1904, making him the first Spaniard to win the prize. His most famous play is El gran Galeoto, a drama written in the grand nineteenth century manner of melodrama. It is about the poisonous effect that unfounded gossip has on a middle-aged man's happiness. Echegaray filled it with elaborate stage instructions that illuminate what we would now consider a hammy style of acting popular in the 19th century. Paramount Pictures filmed it as a silent with the title changed to The World and His Wif... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Gagosian
Lawrence Gilbert "Larry" Gagosian (born April 19, 1945) is an Armenian-American art dealer who owns the Gagosian Gallery chain of art galleries, with three locations in New York City (on Madison Avenue, West 24th St. and 21st St.), two locations in London (on Britannia and Davies Streets), one location in Los Angeles expanded in 2010 by architect Richard Meier (in Beverly Hills), one in Rome and one in Athens. Life and career Gagosian was born in Los Angeles to Armenian parents. He got his start in business by selling posters near the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. In the early 1980s he developed his business rapidly by exploiting the possibilities of reselling works of art by blue-chip modern and contemporary artists, earning the nickname "Go-Go" in the process. Working in concert wi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Bernier
Marc Bernier (born April 19, 1943) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Mayenne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Welsh
Andrew Paton Welsh (born 1944, in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician. He was educated at Govan High School and Glasgow University. Andrew Welsh was the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituencies of South Angus from 1974 to 1979, East Angus from 1987 to 1997 and Angus from 1997 to 2001. From 1984 until 1987, he served as the Provost of Angus, the leader of Angus District Council and served on the Governing Court of the University of Dundee. Before being re-elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 General Election, he worked as a Senior Lecturer in Business Administration at Arbroath College in Angus. He is now the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Angus where he was the longest serving ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mady Correll
Mady Correll, born on April 19, 1907 in Montreal, Quebec, died on December 18, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, was a Canadian and American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180900/) 1947 Monsieur Verdoux Mona - His Wife 1946 Les plus belles années de notre vie Announcer (uncredited) 1944 Moonlight and Cactus Girl 1944 Texas Masquerade Virginia Curtis, Lazy W 1942 The Old Chisholm Trail Belle Turner 1941 Son patron et son matelot Cora 1938 Invisible Enemy Princess Stephanie 1937 Midnight Madonna Kay Barrie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mr. Kenneth
Mr. Kenneth, born on April 19, 1927 in Syracuse, New York, is an American hairdresser, beautician, businessman, and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of May Robson
May Robson (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold. Biography Born Mary Jeanette Robison in Melbourne, Australia, she moved to the United States in her late teens. In 1884, after being widowed, she became an actress simply to support her children. Over the next several decades, she flourished on the stage. She starred in the 1916 silent film A Night Out, an adaptation of the play she co-wrote, The Three Lights. She made several other silent films, then successfully transitioned to talkies. She made 45 films during the 1930s. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora Obziler (born April 19, 1973, in Givatayim, Israel) is a 5' 7" professional right-handed tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of # 75 in on July 8, 2007, and doubles ranking of # 149 on April 10, 2000. Tennis career She has won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several grand slam events. She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends. In 1997 she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya, Turkey. In 1998 she repeated in Jaffa. In 1999 she won in Guimaraes, Portugal, and Azemeis, Portugal, and 2 tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2000 she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel. In 2002 she won in Mumb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Klein
William Klein (born in New York, New York, USA, on April 19, 1928) is a photographer and filmmaker. Though born in New York City and educated at the City College of New York, Klein is predominantly active in France. He has directed a number of feature films, including the 1966 film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? the Cinéma vérité documentary Grands soirs et petits matins that observes the May 1968 events in France, and the satires Mr. Freedom and Le Couple Témoin. He also directed the 1969 documentary Muhammad Ali: The Greatest. A long time tennis passionate, he directed in 1982 The French, a documentary on the French Open of tennis of Roland-Garros. He has been living for many years in Amboise, France. Klein's photography won the Prix Nadar in 1956. Circa 1950, he married Jeanne Flotian... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mswati III of Swaziland
Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) is the king of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family. In 1986, he succeeded his father Sobhuza II as ruler of the southern African kingdom. He is generally considered to be an absolute monarch, as he has the authority to appoint the country's Prime Minister, members of the governing cabinet, and the judiciary. However, he is bound to a certain degree by Swazi traditions and he does not have the authority to choose his heir. Mswati III is known for his taste for luxury and his practice of polygamy, and has been criticized abroad for serving his personal needs at the expense of his country and people. In 2001 he attempted to curb the AIDS epidemic by invoking an ancient chastity rite that banned women under the age of 50 from sex. Wit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sue Barker
Susan Barker, MBE (born 19 April 1956, in Paignton, Devon, England) is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3. She is now one of the main sports presenters at the BBC. Tennis career Barker's tennis career began in 1973 and won her first top-level singles title in 1974. She won three additional titles in 1975. Barker first reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament in 1975 at the Australian Open. She won the German Open in 1976, beating Renáta Tomanová of Czechoslovakia in the final 6–3, 6–1, and won the French Open the same year, again defeating Tomanová in the final. In 1977 she won two singles titles, reached the sem... Biography of Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008. She may be best known for being the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game —she set both milestones as a redshirt freshman on March 19, 2006. She also became only the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008. A versatile player, she is mainly a forward, but was listed on Tennessee's roster as a forward, center, and guard. She was a starter on the Lady Vols basketball team, winners of the 2007 and 2008 NCAA championships. Parker won the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice award as the favorite f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional golfer. Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in the final. The win qualified him for the 2009 Open Championship, where, playing alongside Tom Watson and Sergio García in the first two rounds, he made the cut and won the silver medal as leading amateur. He eventually finished tied for 13th place. Manassero topped the World Amateur Golf Rankings on 30 December 2009 and remained number 1 for 18 weeks. On 9 April 2010, Manassero beat Bobby Cole's record, which lasted since 1967, to become the youngest player ever to make the cut at the Masters Tournament, at 16 years and 11... Biography of Barbara Frittoli
Barbara Frittoli (born 19 April 1967) is an Italian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and in the United States. She was born in Milan and graduated from the Milan Conservatory. She made her Metropolitan Opera Debut in 1995 as Micaela in Carmen and has gone one to sing in over 60 performances there including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Angelica in Suor Angelica, Desdemona in Otello, and the title role in Luisa Miller. Sources * Peters, Brooks, Miss Italy: is Barbara Fritolli the Italian soprano audiences have been waiting for?, Opera News, May 2002. * Cummings, David (ed.), "Frittoli, Barbara", International Who's Who in Classical Music, Routledge, 2003, p. 258. ISBN 185743174X * McHugh, Dominic,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Mauer
Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. Mauer is regarded as one of the best defensive and offensive catchers in baseball. He is the only catcher in Major League history to win three batting titles. He has also won three consecutive Gold Glove awards (2008–2010), and the 2009 AL MVP award. High-school career Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball for Saint Paul's Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders, the high school of Paul Molitor, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his senior year he became the only athlete ever to be selected as the USA Today High School Player of the Year in two sports (football in 2000 as a quarterback and baseball in 2001 as a catcher). In December 2009, Sports Illustrated magazine included... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernie Worrell
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (born April 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist and composer best known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. A musical prodigy, he learned to play the piano by age three and wrote a concerto at age eight. He went on to study at Juilliard and the New England Conservatory of Music. As a college student around 1970, Worrell played with a group called Chubby & The Turnpikes (later to be known as Tavares). The drummer in that band was Joey Kramer, who left in October, 1970, to be a founding member of the rock band Aerosmith. He then ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lygia Fagundes Telles
Lygia Fagundes Telles (English pronunciation: /ˈlɪʒɪ.ə fəˈɡuːndɛz ˈtɛlɛz/; born April 19, 1923) is a Brazilian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in São Paulo and is one of Brazil's most important living writers. Her first book of short stories, Praia Viva (Living Beach), was published in 1944. In 1949 got the Afonso Arinos award for her short stories book O Cacto Vermelho (Red Cactus). Among her most successful books are Ciranda de Pedra (The Marble Dance) (1954), Verão no Aquário (1963), Antes do Baile Verde (1970), Seminário dos Ratos (1977) and As Horas Nuas, (1989). The book Antes do Baile Verde won the Best Foreign Women Writers Grand Prix in Cannes (France) in 1969. Her most famous novel is As Meninas ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luka Karabatic
Luka Karabatic, or Luka Karabatić, born on April 19, 1988 in Strasbourg, is a French handball player. He lives with TV host Jeny Priez. He is the young brother of handball player Nikola Karabatic.... Biography of Troy Polamalu
Troy Aumua Polamalu (play /ˌpoʊləˈmɑːluː/; born April 19, 1981), born Troy Aumua, is an American football strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round (sixteenth overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Steelers. He played college football for the University of Southern California. Early years Polamalu was born in Garden Grove, California. He graduated from Douglas High School in Winston, Oregon. Though playing in only four games (injuries) during his senior season, he was named to the 1998 Super Prep All-Northwest team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, and the All-Far West League second team. A two-way player, Polamalu rushed for 671 yards with nine touchdowns and grabbed three interc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ox Baker
Douglas A. Baker (born April 19, 1934) better known professionally as Ox Baker, is an American former professional wrestler and actor, and was feared for his dreaded finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!" He has appeared in several movies including Blood Circus and Escape from New York. Career Early life and career Ox Baker, oldest of five siblings (three brothers and one sister), began as an amateur high school wrestler, boxer and football player in his adopted hometown of Waterloo, Iowa in 1962 before getting thrown out of school. He also played football for two years in the armed forces. In the early 1960s Ox approached Kansas City, Missouri promoters about wrestling and was paid $300 for his ... Biography of Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (born April 19, 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity. Botero depicts women, men, daily life, historical events and characters, milestones of art, still-life, animals and the natural world in general, with exaggerated and disproportionate volumetry, accompanied by fine details of scathing criticism, irony, humor, and ingenuity. Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, he came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. Working most of the year in Paris, in the last three decades he has achieved international recognition for his paintings, drawings and sculpture, with exhibitions ac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcelo Elizaga
Marcelo Ramón Elizaga Ferrero (born April 19, 1972 in Morón) is an Argentine-born, naturalized Ecuadorian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Deportivo Quito in the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Ecuadorian national team. Club career Elizaga started his career in 1992 for Nueva Chicago in the Argentine 2nd division. In 1998 he transferred to Club Atlético Lanús in the Primera Division Argentina. In 2000 he joined Quilmes Atlético Club in the 2nd division and helped them gain promotion to the Primera. Since transferring to Emelec he has received awards including Goalkeeper of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 from the Ecuadorian Championship. Elizaga became a citizen of Ecuador after declaring his intention of playing in the international stage. He has also stated th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Trevor Francis
Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954 in Plymouth, England), is a former footballer who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest and played for England 52 times. He was England's first £1 million player. Former England manager Fabio Capello considered Francis the best English player ever to have played in Serie A. Between 1988 and 2003 he was a football manager, most notably with Sheffield Wednesday and then Birmingham City. Francis is currently working as a pundit with Al Jazeera Sports and Sky Sports. Education and Playing career Francis was educated at Plymouth's Public Secondary School for Boys. He was an agile and skilful forward and joined Birmingham City as a schoolboy. He quickly rose in status, making his debut for its first team in 1970, aged just 16. His talent was n... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christelle Reboul
Christelle Reboul, born on April 19, 1974 in Montpellier, is a French comedian and actress. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm1560595/) 2012 Nos Chers Voisins (TV series) Amélie 2012 Les Edelweiss (TV series) Nadège – Quand les parents débarquent (2012) … Nadège 2010 R.I.S. Police scientifique (TV series) Sophie Levec – Explosif (2010) … Sophie Levec 2007-2008 S.O.S. 18 (TV series) Josy – Les fantômes du passé (2008) … Josy – Septième ciel (2008) … Josy – Trente-sixième dessous (2008) … Josy – Dialogues de sourds (2008) … Josy – Le temps qui reste (2008) … Josy See all 9 episodes » 2007 Atout 5 (TV series) Miou 2004 Je m'indiffère (short) La soeur 1996 Mon ange (short) Adèle... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Carlyle
Randolph Robert Carlyle (born April 19, 1956) is a former ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was raised in Azilda, just northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup in 2007 with his previous team, the Anaheim Ducks. Career Carlyle was drafted by the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, 30th overall. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft, seventh overall. Carlyle played 17 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets. He appeared in 1055 games and earned 647 points. Known as a fiery, tough-nosed defenceman, he was selected to play in four NHL All-Star Games, winning the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenceman in ... Biography of Saskia de Brauw
Saskia de Brauw (born 19 April 1981) is a Dutch artist and model. Career After an early start in the fashion world, de Brauw left modelling at 16 to pursue her passion for art, studying the subject at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in her home town of Amsterdam. Returning to modelling at the age of 29 she has quickly emerged from the scores of new faces, establishing herself as one of the girls of the moment; featuring on two Vogue covers in the same month. Photographed by Mert and Marcus for Carine Roitfeld's final cover of Vogue Paris – March 2011, and the same month featuring on the cover of Vogue Italia as photographed by Steven Meisel. De Brauw featured alongside Mariacarla Boscono and Daphne Groeneveld in the Spring/Summer 2011 Givenchy campaign, in the Winter 2011 Versace ad, and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ferdinand I of Austria
Ferdinand I (19 April 1793 – 29 June 1875) was Emperor of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary and Bohemia (as Ferdinand V), as well as associated dominions from the death of his father, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, until his abdication after the Revolutions of 1848. He married Maria Anna of Savoy, the sixth child of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. They had no issue. Ferdinand was incapable of ruling his empire, so his father, before he died, drafted a will promulgating that he consult Archduke Louis on every aspect of internal policy, and urged him to be influenced by Prince Metternich, Austria's foreign minister. He abdicated on December 2, 1848. He was succeeded by his nephew, Francis Joseph. Following his abdication, he lived in Hradčany Palace, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dennys Reyes
Dennys Reyes (Spanish pronunciation: ; born April 19, 1977 in Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. He has played for ten teams since his major league career began in 1997. Reyes throws left-handed and is considered a lefty specialist. He stands 6'3" and weighs 250 pounds. His nickname is "The Big Sweat." Personal life Childhood and family Reyes attended Ignacio Zaragoza High School in Mexico. He is married to Claudia and has two sons: Dennys Alejando and Kris de Jesus. Reyes has been criticized about his weight. Professional career Los Angeles Dodgers Reyes signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 1993. He made his major league debut for the Dodgers on July 13, 1997 at age 20. He was the second youngest player in the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Schuhmacher
Daniel Schuhmacher (born April 19, 1987 in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg (birth time source: Manfred Gregor, Astrodatabank)) is a German singer. He is known most notably for winning the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German edition of Pop Idol. Personal life His hobbies are tennis, music, skating, meeting friends, movies and films. His nicknames are Kell, Kelly and Schumi. He has 4 tattoos which are located on the hip, neck and both wrists. DSDS Theme (date) Song Original Artist Place/Percentage The Top 15 — Now or Never (February 28, 2009) Broken Strings James Morrison 10.63% (4/15) Top 10 — Greatest Hits (March 7, 2009) If You Don't Know Me by Now Simply Red 13.97% (3/10) Top 9 — Geschlechtertausch (March 14, 2009) Irgendwas bleibt Silbermond 1... Biography of Justė Juozapaitytė
Justė Juozapaitytė (born 19 April 1990 in Palanga, Lithuania) is Lithuanian female model and beauty pageants contestant, who currently lives in London. Beauty pageants In 2007 Juozapaitytė participated in LNK reality show Grožio mokykla (Beauty School) where she reached the final and qualify to Miss Lithuania 2007 contest. In Miss Lithuania contest Juozapaitytė won Miss Lithuania photogenic 2007 title. In the same year Juozapaitytė won Miss Fashion TV 2007 crown. By winning this crown she become face of the channel for one year. Modeling career Early work Justė Juozapaitytė started her modeling career in 2007 after Miss Lithuania 2007 contest. Her first contract was with modeling agency Modilinos. She worked in Thailand, China, Vietnam and Hong... Biography of Lee Da-hae
Lee Da-hae (born Byun Da-hae on April 19, 1984), is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Korean dramas such as My Girl, Green Rose, The Slave Hunters and Miss Ripley. Early life Lee Da-hae/Lee Shin-Young and her family moved to Sydney, Australia for five years. She dropped out of Burwood Girls High School to pursue her acting career in Korea. She now lives with her mother in Seoul while her father and brother reside in Sydney, Australia. Besides acting, Lee Da-Hae is also passionate about traditional Korean dance. She performed many times in front of small audiences in Australia. Career Lee Da-hae started her career when she won the title of MBC Chun Hyang Pageant in 2001. Then she starred in some of dramas and music videos. In 2004, she got her f... Biography of Himchan
Kim Him Chan (Hangul: 김힘찬; born April 19, 1990), known mononymously as Himchan, is a South Korean rapper, dancer, singer and multi instrumentalist, best known for being a member of a South Korean boy band, B.A.P as well as being the face of the group . Life and career 1990–2011: Early life and career beginnings Kim Him Chan was born in Seoul, South Korea on April 19, 1990. He has one older sister. Kim attended National Korean Traditional Music High School and graduated at 17 with full scholarship. He is currently studying at the Korea National University of Arts. When asked how he became a singer, Kim commented, "Since I was young, I loved music a lot. Originally I was learning Western music and also majored in Gukak (Korean Traditional Music) but because I als... |
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