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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 2, 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 · 45,406 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,406 Celebrities
134 celebrities or events were found for April, 2. Add to favourites (101 fans)Biography of Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg (April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991) was a French poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's varied style and individuality made him difficult to categorize. Although famous in France for many years, he did not achieve his first No. 1 album until 1979, when he released Aux Armes et caetera more than twenty years after his music career had begun. But since the 1980s, his legacy has been firmly established. The 1986 incident when he told Whitney Houston "I want to fuck her" directly to her face has become one of the most infamous and discussed blunders in television history. Personal life He was born Lucien Ginzburg in Paris, France, the son of Russian Jewish parents who fled to France after the 1917 Bolshevik uprising. His childhood was profoundly affected by ... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977 (birth time source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/may/20/observer-profile-michael-fassbender)) is an actor, born in Heidelberg, Germany, brought up in Killarney, county Kerry, Ireland, and currently a resident of London. He played Azazeal in the Sky One UK Television series Hex. Other credits include Band of Brothers and the Frank Miller film 300 in which he plays Spartan soldier Stelios ("Then we shall fight in the shade"). Has been cast in the lead role of Heathcliff in the John Maybury version of "Wuthering Heights" due in 2009 ] Early years and facts Michael Fassbender was born on April 2, 1977 in Heidelberg, Germany. His parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland only a few years after his birth. Michael attended St. Br... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice (birth time source: Penfield Collection, Astrodatabank) – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex. In spite of him being a historical character and Don Juan being a legend, Casanova is often associated with him. Early years Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor Gae... Biography of Thierry Le Luron
Thierry Le Luron (April 2, 1952 - November 13, 1986) was a French impersonator and humorist.... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Bethany Joy Galeotti Lenz
Bethany Joy Galeotti Lenz is an American singer and actress. As a singer, she has released two independent albums, titled Preincarnate (2002) and Come On Home (2005). As an actress, she is best known for her role as Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light (from 1998 to 2000) and for her role as Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill (since 2003). Bethany Joy Lenz was born on April 2, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida. Her father is a history teacher and therapeut, her mother is a manager and she has a younger sister. Lenz and her family moved to Texas when she was four. She landed her first stage role at age seven, playing a munchkin in a local production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and subsequently performed in To Kill a Mockingbird, Annie, Cinderella and in Gypsy: A Musical Fable. When she was... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Emile Zola
Émile Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. Set in France's Second Empire, the series traces the 'hereditary' influence of violence, alcoholism, and prostitution in two branches of a single family: the respectable (that is, legitimate) Rougons and the disreputable (illegitimate) Macquarts, for five generations. As he described his plans for the series, "I want to portray, at the outset of a century of liberty and truth, a family that cannot restrain itself in its rush to possess all the good things that progress is making a... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.) (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning his career at Motown in 1961, Gaye quickly became Motown's top solo male artist and scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and several hit duets with Tammi Terrell, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "You're All I Need to Get By", before moving on to his own form of musical self-expression. Gaye is notable for fighting the hit-making, but creatively restrictive, Motown record-making process, in which per... Biography of Marie-Ange Nardi
Marie-Ange Nardi (born April 2, 1961 in Marseille) is a presenter for the France Télévisions group. She began in television as an announcer for France 3 Marseille while studying psychology in university. She has chiefly worked as a game show host, on Trivial Pursuit, Jeux Sans Frontières, Grain de Folie, Pyramide, Qui est qui ?, Tout vu Tout lu, and, beginning in 2006, La Cible.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Charlemagne
Charlemagne (En: ; Fr: ; Latin: Carolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (742/747 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a Frankish Empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800, in an attempted revival of the Roman Empire in the West. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define Western Europe and the Middle Ages. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture. His original name in the Old Frankish language was never recorded, but early instances of his name in Latin read "Carolus" or "Karol's". The son of King Pep... Biography of Max Ernst
Max Ernst (April 2, 1891 – April 1, 1976) was a German Dadaist and surrealist artist. Life Max Ernst was born in Brühl, Germany, near Cologne. In 1909, he enrolled in the University at Bonn to study philosophy but soon abandoned the courses. He began painting that year. In 1918 he married the art historian Luise Straus — a stormy relationship that would not last. (She died in Auschwitz in 1944 .) In 1919 Ernst visited Paul Klee and created paintings, block prints and collages, and experimented with mixed media. During World War I he served in the German army and after the war, filled with new ideas, Ernst, Jean Arp and social activist Alfred Grünwald, formed the Cologne, Germany Dada group, but two years later, in 1922, he returned to the artistic community at Montparnasse in Paris.... Biography of Ajay Devgan
Vishal Devgan, Hindi:विशाल देवगन, born (April 2, 1969 in New Delhi, India), popularly known as Ajay Devgan is a National Film Award-winning actor who appears in Bollywood films. Beginning his career as an action hero in the early 1990s, Devgan matured quickly to become one of the most regarded serious actors of the Indian film industry. Devgan is originally from Punjab, of Sikh Tarkhan Ramgarhia origin . His father is Veeru Devgan, a stunt choreographer and his brother, Anil Devgan, is a Bollywood film director. He is a graduate of bapu school in Juhu & Mithibai College. Devgan married the successful actress Kajol on February 24, 1999. They have one daughter, Nysa Mukherjee-Devgan, who was born on April 20, 2003. Caree... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen or simply H.C. Andersen , (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". During Anderson's lifetime he was feted by Royalty and acclaimed as having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into well over a hundred languages and continue to be published in "millions of copies all over the world". Childhood Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, on Tuesday, April 2, 1805. Most English (as well as German and French) sources use the name "Hans Christian Andersen", but in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia he is usually referred to as merely "H... Biography of Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously. Early life Hunt was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the daughter of Elsie (née Doying), a piano teacher who taught at the Westport School of Music and accompanied the Saugatuck Congregational Church choir, and Raymond Davy Hunt, the long-time vice president of Harper Fuel Oil in Long Island. She has a sister, Marcia. She was also born with Turner syndrome, a genetic condition characterized by partial or total absence of the second sex chromosome. Career Hunt's film debut occurred in 1980 in Robert Altman's musical comedy Popeye. Two years later she co-starred as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living D... Biography of Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater, known for his creative and beautiful spins. He is a two-time World Champion (2005-2006), the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and a seven-time National Champion. Lambiel grew up in Saxon, Switzerland. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" (matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004. However, he has decided to postpone university studies to focus on figure skating. He trains in Geneva and Lausanne and as most Swiss rinks close in the summer, he also trains in Germany (Oberstdorf sometimes) during that time. His long-time coach is Peter Grütter and his choreographer is Salomé Brunner. He has r... Biography of Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative rock musician, occasional singer-songwriter but is better known as an interpreter of other people's songs. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early years Emmylou Harris was the daughter of a career military father, a Marine Corps officer who was reported Missing In Action in Korea in 1952 and spent ten months as a prisoner of war. Emmylou was born in Birmingham, Alabama and spent her childhood in North Carolina, and Woodbridge, Virginia, where she graduated from Gar-Field Senior High School as class valedictorian. In high school, she also won a drama scho... Biography of Roselyn Sanchez
Roselyn Sanchez (born April 2, 1973) is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer, model, film and television actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Sánchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four siblings, having three older brothers. Her father works in business. Sanchez received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both dancing and acting and would put on shows for her family. In 1991, at the age of 18, Roselyn moved to New York City, where she took classes in dancing, acting and singing. She returned to Puerto Rico and in 1992, she made her movie debut, having landed a small part as an island girl in the movie Captain Ron, which was partly filmed on the island, starring Martin Short and Kurt Russell. Roselyn enrolled in th... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Christopher Meloni
Christopher Peter Meloni (born on April 2, 1961) is an American Emmy-nominated actor known for his near opposite roles as the protective and committed Det. Elliot Stabler on the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and as the bisexual serial killer Chris Keller on HBO's Oz. Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m) Early life Meloni was born in Washington, D.C. to Cecile, a homemaker, and Robert Meloni, an endocrinologist. His maternal ancestry is French Canadian and his paternal ancestry is Italian, although his great-grandfather was adopted. Meloni attended St. Stephen's School (now St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he first studied acting, graduating with a degree in history in 1983. After graduation, Meloni went to New York where h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Frischer
American musician. He played with the Chambers Brothers.... Biography of Eric Besson
Éric Besson (born 2 April 1958 in Marrakech) is a French politician, presently with the title of “State Secretary for Prospectives and Evaluation of Public Policies” in the government of François Fillon. Biography Born in Morocco, Besson's mother is from Lebanon and his father was a flight instructor in the French Air Force, killed in flight within three months after Éric's birth. At 17, he came back to France and studied in the École supérieure de commerce of Montpellier, then in the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Besson joined the French car company, Renault, then worked for Challenges Revue before joining the Vivendi foundation. He was a member of the Socialist Party from 1993 to 2007; he is mayor of Donzère; and député of Drôme. He began the 2007 French preside... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947 in Endicott, New York) is an American social critic, author and teacher. Her book, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , published in 1990, became a bestseller. She is a professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia). She has been variously called the "feminist that other feminists love to hate," a "post-feminist feminist," one of the world's top 100 intellectuals by the UK's Prospect Magazine, and by her own description "a feminist bisexual egomaniac." Overview Paglia is an intellectual of many seeming contradictions: she is an atheist who respects religion and a classicist who champions art both high and low, with a view that human nature has an inherently dangerous Dio... Biography of Stéphanie Renouvin
Stéphanie Renouvin is a former singer and an French journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Malika Oufkir
Malika Oufkir (Arabic: مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan writer and former "disappeared". She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna. History General Mohamed Oufkir was the interior minister, minister of defence and the chief of the armed forces. He was very trusted by King Hassan II (and the most powerful figure in Morocco after the King) during the 1960s and early 1970s in Morocco. But after attempting to assassinate the king and all the Moroccan delegation returning from France on a Boeing 727 jet in a coup d'êtat in 1972, General Oufkir was executed. Months later, his entire family was sent to a secret prison in the Sahara desert, suff... Biography of David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (born April 2, 1982 in Jávea/Xàbia, Spain) is a right-handed Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia. He turned professional in 2000. Ferrer is especially known for his fighting spirit and unwillingness to concede defeat. He is known as a particularly dangerous clay court player, though he has had several respectable results on hard courts as well, especially his back-to-back semifinal appearances at the NASDAQ-100 Open in 2005-2006 and his semifinal appearance at the 2007 U.S. Open. Interestingly, his first two titles came at the expense of the same player in the final, José Acasuso. The other three titles came in 2007 against Tommy Robredo and Nicolás Almagro of Spain, and Richard Gasquet of France. He broke into the top 10 in the ATP Tour singles ran... Biography of Adam Rodriguez
Adam Michael Rodríguez (born April 2, 1975 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. He grew up in New York City but attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. He graduated in 1993. Rodriguez auditioned for The Cosby Show when he was 10 years old. He dreamed of being a professional baseball player, but was injured in high school. He then turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York. He later appeared on Brooklyn South, Law & Order, Felicity, Roswell and NYPD Blue. He also appeared in Jennifer Lopez's 1999 video, "If You Had My Love." His best known role is as Eric Delko in CSI: Miami. He currently appears in Lionel Richie's new music video, "I Call it Love", opposite Nicole Richie. He has also a... Biography of Rodney King
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – June 17, 2012) was an American man who was most famous for being the victim of an incident of police brutality involving the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991. A bystander, George Holliday, witnessed the beating and videotaped much of the incident from a distance. The videotaped footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, with several Los Angeles police officers repeatedly striking a helpless King with their batons while the other officers stood alongside watching the incident, without taking any noticeable action to stop the beating. A portion of this videotaped footage was aired by news agencies around the world, causing public outrage that increased tension between the local African Ame... Biography of Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Guinness was born in Marylebone, London, England, possibly as Alec Guinness de Cuffe, although what is written on his birth certificate, reportedly lacking a father's name, is not known. His mother's maiden name was Agnes Cuff. She would later marry Alec's stepfather, a shell shocked veteran of the Anglo-Irish War who, according to Guinness, hallucinated that his own closets were filled with Sinn Fein gunmen waiting to kill him. Alec Guinness' biological father paid for his son's private school education, but the two never met and the identity of his... Biography of Armand Barbault
Armand Barbault (April 2, 1906 - 1982) was a French chemist, astrologer and alchemist. Born in Champoulet, in 1948 Barbault began to rework a process depicted in the 1677 alchemical work, the Mutus Liber. This involved saturating plant material with dew and performing a complex series of cyclical distillations. Barbault wrote openly about his process in his Gold of a Thousand Mornings, first published in French in 1969. On publication, Barbault enraged the scientific community by crossing the line between science and magic as if it did not exist. British film maker Garry Rigby is currently making a film about Barbault called The Many Faces of Barbault.... Biography of Francisco Xavier
Chico Xavier was a popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement. In his life he wrote more than 400 books in a process known as Automatic writing. He was born in 1910 and died in 2002. Biography Francisco Cândido Xavier (April 2, 1910 - June 30, 2002), was the most popular and prolific medium in 20th century Brazil's Spiritism movement. He was born in the city of Pedro Leopoldo, State of Minas Gerais and is popularly known as "Chico Xavier" (Chico is the Brazilian nickname for Francisco). Throughout his life he wrote more than 400 books, using a process known as psychography, where his hand was said to be guided by spirits that wanted to leave a written message, or sometimes entire books. Xavier's spiritual guide was called Emmanuel. According to the medium's writings, in Roman ti... Biography of Marc Raquil
Marc Raquil (born April 2, 1977 in Créteil) is a French runner who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He has a World Championships bronze medal from 2003 and a European gold medal from the 2006 European Athletics Championships. In addition to this he has been a successful participant in 4x400m relay. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd 400 metres Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th 4x400m relay 2003 World Championships Paris, France 3rd 400 metres 1st 4x400m relay World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th 400 metres 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st 4x400m relay World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 4x400m relay 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 400 metres ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Salim Kechiouche
Salim Kéchiouche is a young French actor. He was born in Lyon (France), on April 2, 1979. While only 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor/director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film in the movie À Toute Vitesse (Full Speed), released in 1996. Since then, Salim Kéchiouche has acted in most of Morel's works including Premières Neiges in 1999, ] (Three Dancing Slaves) in 2004 and, more recently in ](2007). While still a teenager, making movies was more or less just a game for Kéchiouche. His experiences with Gaël Morel, however, gradually developed his passion for acting and pushed him to make it into a career. This motivated him to enter acting school, from which he graduated in 2002. Over the years, Kéchiouche also worked under other French di... Biography of Adrien Zeller
Adrien Zeller (2 April 1940 - 22 August 2009 ), was the president of the regional council of Alsace from 1996 until 2009. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was State Secretary of the Social Security in the second Jacques Chirac government from 1986 to 1988. He was born in Saverne, and died aged 69 of a heart attack in Haguenau.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shirley Douglas
Shirley Douglas, OC , LL.D (born 2 April 1934) is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics. Height: 5' 2½" (1.59 m) Personal life Douglas was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Irma (née Dempsey) and Tommy Douglas (1904-1986), former Canadian statesman and Premier of Saskatchewan. She is mother of three children: Thomas, from her first marriage, and of twins Rachel and Kiefer Sutherland, from her second marriage (1966-1971) to actor Donald Sutherland. Acting work Douglas's acting career began in 1950 with a role in the Regina Little Theatre entry at the Dominion Drama Festival, where she won the best actress award. In 1952 Shirley ... Biography of Sia Barbi
Shane Barbi and Sia Barbi, also known as The Barbi Twins (born April 2, 1963 in San Diego, California), are identical twins and pin-up models. Career Reportedly godchildren of singer Dusty Springfield and the children of a feminist lesbian mother, Shane and Sia began modelling at the age of seven when they posed for a layout in the Sears mail-order catalog. Their adult career has spanned fashion, softcore, and pin-up modeling. After the success of their 1993 calendar released by Topps, Shane and Sia published a premium-rate telephone number called the Barbi Hotline. In addition to the calendar, Topps also published two comic books and a promotional trading card depicting Shane and Sia. Though the pair's appearance has led to suggestions of plastic surgery enhancement—the British newspa... Biography of Jesse Carmichael
Jesse Royal Carmichael (born in Boulder, Colorado on April 2, 1979) is an American musician who is the keyboardist for the rock group Maroon 5. Carmichael first started playing the guitar in junior high, rather than the keyboards (which he is known for in band Maroon 5). Along with friends Adam Levine, Ryan Dusick, and Mickey Madden the group Kara's Flowers was formed. Kara's Flowers signed a deal with Reprise Records and produced one album (The Fourth World). The album found little success and, after the demise of the group, Carmichael and Levine attended Five Towns College. While in college, Carmichael began to play the keyboards. However, Levine and Carmichael only lasted a semester in the college before dropping out and heading back to California. All of the Kara's Flowers mem... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clément Ader
Clément Ader (April 2, 1841 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – March 5, 1925) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. The inventor Ader innovated in a number of domains of electrical and mechanical engineering. He originally studied electrical engineering, and in 1878 improved the telephone manufactured by Alexander Graham Bell. He refined the Bell Telephone and established the first telephone network in Paris in 1880. In 1881, he invented the "théâtrophone", a system of telephonic transmission where two channels allowed binaural hearing and gave listeners an exact idea of the respective positions of the actors on a set; it was this invention which gave the first transmission in stereo of the spectacles of the Oper... Biography of Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta (April 2, 1838, Cahors - December 31, 1882, Paris) was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War. Youth and education He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genoese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie. At the age of fifteen, Gambetta lost the sight of his left eye in an accident, and it eventually had to be removed. Despite this handicap, he distinguished himself at school in Cahors, and in 1857 went to Paris to study law. His southern temperament gave him great influence among the students of the Quartier Latin, and he was soon known as an inveterate enemy of the imperial government. Career He was called to the bar in 1859, but, although contributing to a Liberal review, edited by Challemel-Lacour,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sharon Acker
Sharon Acker (b. April 2, 1935 Toronto, Canada) is a film, stage and television actress. The Canadian actress was a stage actress who began working in films when the stage play she was in, Lucky Jim (1957) was made into a movie. She continued to act on the stage and appear in films. Her first U.S. film appearance was in the 1967 Lee Marvin action film, Point Blank. Filmography Movies Threshold (1981) ... Tilla Vrain Happy Birthday to Me (1981) ... Estelle Wainwright Cry for Justice (1977) Act of the Heart (1970) ... Adele Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969) ... Barbara The First Time (1969) ... Pamela Williams Point Blank (1967) ... Lynne Walker Waiting for Caroline (1967) ... Emily One Plus One (1961) Lucky Jim (1957) ... Christine Callaghan Television The ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Savio
Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; April 2, 1842 – March 9, 1857)) was an Italian adolescent student of John Bosco. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died, possibly from pleurisy. His teacher, Saint John Bosco had very high regard for his student, and wrote a biography of his young student, The Life of Dominic Savio. This volume, along with other accounts of him, were critical factors in his cause for sainthood. Despite the fact that many people considered him to have died at too young an age - fourteen - to be considered for sainthood, he was considered eligible for such singular honour on the basis of his having displayed "heroic virtue" in his everyday life. He is the only saint of his age group, which includes Maria Goretti and Ponticus of Lyons, who was dec... Biography of Leon Russel
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is occasionally referred to as "The Master of Space and Time," a title he acquired around the time of his collaborations with Joe Cocker. First known mostly as a session musician, Russell has played with artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector, Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, BB King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Badfinger, Tijuana Brass, J.J. Cale, Frank Sinatra, The Band, Marc Benno, Edgar and Johnny Winter, Glen Campbell, Gary Busey, and The Rolling Stones. With a solo career spanning the genres of rock, blues, and go... Biography of Penelope Keith
Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL (born Penelope Hatfield on 2 April 1940) is an English actress well known in the United Kingdom for her television career. Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life. This role earned Keith her first of two BAFTAs, the second being in 1978 for The Norman Conquests. One year after The Good Life's finale, Keith was the lead character in another BBC sitcom, To the Manor Born, a show that received audiences of up to 24 million. During the 1980s and 1990s, she appeared in six other sitcoms, in each the lead character. Since the 1990s, Keith has appeared rarely on television and does more theatre work. Early li... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anatole Le Braz
Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (April 2, 1859 – March 20, 1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was born in Saint-Servais (Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany) and raised amongst woodcutters and charcoal burners, speaking the Breton language; his parents did not speak French. He spent his holidays in Trégor, which inspired his later work. He began school aged 10 at Saint-Brieuc and progressed swiftly to a degree at the Sorbonne, where he studied for seven years. He then returned to Brittany, where for 14 years he taught at the Lycée at Quimper and gradually translated old Breton songs into modern French, continuing the folklore work of François-Marie Luzel. He ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Romanowski
William Thomas Romanowski (born April 2, 1966) is an American former football player. He is commonly known as "Romo". He was born in Vernon, Connecticut. A linebacker, he graduated from Rockville High School in 1984, Boston College in 1988 (with academic honors and Scanlan Award Recipient), and then went on to a 16-year career in the NFL, playing for the San Francisco 49ers (1988-1993), Philadelphia Eagles (1994-1995), Denver Broncos (1996-2001), and Oakland Raiders (2002-2003). He played 243 consecutive games, an NFL record among linebackers, won 4 Super Bowl Championships, and is the only linebacker to start 5 Super Bowl Games (Super Bowl XXIII, Super Bowl XXIV, Super Bowl XXXII, Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl XXXVII). In his rookie season, Romanowski made a big impact for the 49ers... Biography of Walter Chrysler
Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American automobile pioneer. He was born in Wamego, Kansas and grew up in Ellis, Kansas. From 1905-1906, Chrysler worked for the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in Childress, a West Texas city considered the "Gateway to the Texas Panhandle." He also lived in Oelwein, Iowa, where there is a small park dedicated to him. His automobile career began when the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) decided to diversify into the automobile business. Chrysler was the plant manager. ALCO had some racing success but less in the way of sales success. Chrysler saw the way things were going and took a job at the Buick Motor Company in Flint, Michigan in 1911, two years before ALCO quit the automobile business. "What I saw astonished me." h... Biography of Lindy Booth
Lindy Booth (born April 2, 1979) is a Canadian actress who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She played Riley Grant on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson (and Agent Hawk in the show-within-a-show Silverstone) and Claudia on Relic Hunter. Other credits include guest starring as different characters in two different episodes of the A&E Network series A Nero Wolfe Mystery, and a recurring role in season two of the USA Network series The 4400. She also starred as Dodger Allen in the 2005 movie Cry Wolf, and as Nicole in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. She also played a small part in Wrong Turn, with Eliza Dushku. She has also guest starred in tv shows such as CSI: New York and Ghost Whisperer. She is currently playing Pizza Girl, a series regular role on ABC'... Biography of Debralee Scott
Debralee Scott (April 2, 1953 – April 5, 2005) was an American actress best known for her role on the soap opera spoof Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as the title character's trampy younger and prettier sister, "Cathy Shumway". Scott was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where she was born, and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she was a cheerleader. Film and TV Roles Scott's first role was filmed shortly after her 18th birthday; she portrayed a corpse in 1971's Dirty Harry. At age 22, she found fame on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, playing Mary's sister, Cathy Shumway. She appeared on the first season of the sitcom Welcome Back Kotter as Rosalie "Hotzi" Totzi, and in the Donna Pescow sitcom Angie, playing Angie's younger sister, Marie Falco. Among her other credits were the 1973 feature film ... Biography of Georgie Anne Geyer
Georgie Anne Geyer (born April 2, 1935) is an American journalist and columnist for the Universal Press Syndicate. Her columns focus on foreign affairs issues and appear in approximately 120 newspapers in North and Latin America. She is the author of several books, including a biography of Fidel Castro. Geyer was born in Chicago. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1956, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She attended the University of Vienna on a Fulbright Scholarship. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Russian. Her first job was with the Chicago Southtown Economist. From 1959 to 1974, Geyer was a reporter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, where she worked from society reporting to the news desk and eventua... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gloria Henry
Gloria Henry was born Gloria McEniry on April 2, 1923, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is an American actress. Best known for her role as "Alice Mitchell", Dennis’s mom, from the 1959 Sitcom, Dennis the Menace. Henry lived and grew up on the edge of the Garden District of New Orleans. She was educated at the Worcester Art Museum School. She moved to Los Angeles in her very late teens and worked on a number of radio shows and commercials using the stage name of Gloria Henry. She also performed in little theater groups. Career Signed by an agent, she transitioned into film work via Columbia Studios and made her debut as the female lead in the minor horse-racing film Sport of Kings (1947). The 1950s were an uneventful mixture of more "B" films and episodic TV guest parts (My Li... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Brabham
Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. Career Brabham was born the son of a grocer in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. He left school at fifteen to work in an auto repair garage. During World War II, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force. In 1946, he opened a small repair business. He also raced midget cars and in his first season won the NSW Championship and formed a partnership with Ron Tauranac. In 1955, he made his Grand Prix debut at the British Grand Prix driving a Cooper-Bristol. He rejoined the Cooper Car Company team after campaigning his own Maserati 250F in 1956. Having the motor behind the driver - as in the Coopers - has the advantage that the weight is con... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Cuminal
Jean Cuminal, born April 2, 1923 in Amiens, was bishop of Saint-Flour, France (1982-1990).... Biography of Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell (born April 2, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist. Biography Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas on April 2, 1943. After graduating from Richland High School in eastern Washington, he moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. In 1965, Coryell moved to New York City where he became part of Chico Hamilton's quintet, replacing Gabor Szabo. In 1967 and 1968, he recorded with Gary Burton and Jim Pepper. His music during the late-1960s and early-1970s combined the influences of rock, jazz and eastern music. He formed his own group, The Eleventh House, in 1973. Following the break-up of this band, Coryell played mainly acoustic guitar, but returned to electric guitar later in the 1980s. In 1979, Coryell formed "The Guitar Trio" with jazz fusion guitarist... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shane Barbi
Shane Barbi and Sia Barbi, also known as The Barbi Twins (born April 2, 1963 in San Diego, California), are identical twins and pin-up models. Career Reportedly godchildren of singer Dusty Springfield and the children of a feminist lesbian mother, Shane and Sia began modelling at the age of seven when they posed for a layout in the Sears mail-order catalog. Their adult career has spanned fashion, softcore, and pin-up modeling. After the success of their 1993 calendar released by Topps, Shane and Sia published a premium-rate telephone number called the Barbi Hotline. In addition to the calendar, Topps also published two comic books and a promotional trading card depicting Shane and Sia. Though the pair's appearance has led to suggestions of plastic surgery enhancement—the British newspa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Béatrice Marre
Béatrice Marre, born April 2, 1952 in Paris, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian pronunciation: ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 2 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager who is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He scored a remarkable 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He was voted one of the greatest players of the 20th century by World Soccer magazine. Puskás started his career in Hungary playing for Kispest and Budapest Honvéd. He was top scorer in the Hungarian League on four occasions, and in 1948, he was the top goal scorer in Europe. During the 1950s, he was both a prominent member and captain of the legendary Hungarian national team, known as the Mighty Magyars. In 1958, two years after the Hungarian Revolu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Blofeld
John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld (Born Anthony, April 2, 1913 - June 7, 1987) was a British scholar of Asian thought and religion, especially Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. Blofeld was born in London and educated at Haileybury College, then Downing College, Cambridge University where he read natural sciences but did not complete his degree. Instead he left in his second year for travels to China. From 1933-1939 he resided in and wandered around China, visiting monasteries and talking to Mongolian lamas, Zen masters, Taoist sages, etc. He lived for some time in Peking, and traveled through Asia (Tibet, Mongolia, China, India, and Burma) to visit the places where those religions lived within their practitioners. He talked to Taoist eremites, spent time in monasteries and experienced how aliv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949, New York) (nicknamed, 'The Professor of Pop') is a radio and television presenter and author in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005. Gambaccini studied at Dartmouth College, where he obtained a degree in history and at University College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. Having left Oxford Gambaccini was considering further study in law at Harvard or Yale but had the opportunity of writing for Rolling Stone magazine as British correspondent. He attributes his broadcasting career to this post and especially an interview in 1973 with Elton John which brought him to the attention of BBC Radio producer John Walters who arranged for h... Biography of Keren Woodward
Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961, Bristol, England) is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl band Bananarama. She now lives in Cornwall with her partner, former Wham! vocalist and guitarist Andrew Ridgeley and her son Thomas (born 1986), from a previous relationship with the male model David-Scott Evans. Woodward has never married.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rodolphe Peugeot
Rodolphe Peugeot, born April 2, 1902 in Seloncourt, is a French industrialist, an auto manufacturer and executive.... Biography of Jack Webb
John Randolph "Jack" Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, television producer, director and author, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Early life and career Born in Santa Monica, California, Webb grew up poor in the Bunker Hill slum section of Los Angeles to a Jewish father and a Roman Catholic mother; he was reared Roman Catholic. A sickly child, he studied art as a young man. One of the tenants in the rooming house run by his mother was an ex-jazzman who imbued Webb with a lifelong interest in jazz when he gave him a recording of Bix Beiderbecke's "At the Jazz Band Ball." Webb was a graduate of Belmont... Biography of Supla
Supla (Eduardo Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy) is a Brazilian musician born April 2, 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Marta Suplicy (former Mayor of São Paulo) and Senator Eduardo Suplicy. Supla was also part of the winning team on the 2005 Rockgol soccer championship. Recently, Supla returned to São Paulo from Zurich, Switzerland (Caliente Festival), London, (MTV Europe) and Los Angeles, California (private shows/recording) where he was promoting his latest CD release, Vicious (Dec/2006). Early history Supla started his music career at 13 years old, playing drums for "Os Impossiveis" (The Impossibles). The band was his earliest chance to express the influences of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Later, he joined the band "Metropolis," also as a drummer... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Manon Manaudou Bousquet
Manon Manaudou Bousquet, born April 2, 2010 in Marseille, is the daughter of French former swimmer Laure Manadou and swimmer Frédérick Bousquet.... Biography of Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini, born April 2, 1934 in Novare, is an Italian actor. Filmography * 1957 : Marisa la civetta * 1960 : La Dolce Vita de Federico Fellini : Man in sunglasses that helps Nadia strip * 1960 : La Pisana (feuilleton TV) * 1960 : L'Inassouvie (Un Amore a Roma) de Dino Risi : Peppino Barlacchi * 1960 : Chiamate 22-22 tenente Sheridan * 1961 : Io bacio... tu baci : Paolo * 1961 : La Planète des hommes perdus (Il Pianeta degli uomini spenti) : Dr. Fred Steele * 1961 : Chasse à la drogue (Caccia all'uomo) : Giovanni Maimonti * 1962 : Le Jour le plus court (Il Giorno più corto) de Sergio Corbucci * 1962 : Il Mare * 1962 : Noche de verano * 1963 : Il Mito : Roberto * 1963 : Lo Zoo di vetro (TV) : Tom Wingfield * 1... Biography of Hans Heinrich Thyssen Bornemisza
Hans Henrik (Hans Heinrich "Heini") Ágost Gábor Tasso Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (April 2, 1921 – April 26, 2002), a noted industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch-born Swiss citizen with a(n) (Austrian-)Hungarian title, a legal resident of Monaco for tax purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom, but in actuality a long-time resident of Spain, and son of a German father and a Hungarian and English American mother (related to Daniel M. Frost and John Kerry). His fifth and last wife, Carmen "Tita" Cervera, is a former Miss Spain. He was born in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, the son of Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1875-1947) and his first wife, Margit Freiin Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (188... Biography of Benny Lynch
Benny Lynch (2 April 1913 in Clydesdale – August 6, 1946 in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and Ring Magazine has described him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced. He was born in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and learned his fighting skills in the carnival booths that were popular in the West of Scotland during the Great Depression. Benny won the Scottish flyweight boxing title on May 16, 1934 with a 15 round decision over Jim Campbell in Glasgow. He then went on to win the British, European and world flyweight titles from Jackie Brown in an historic bout held in Manchester on September 8, 1935. The fight... Biography of Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American character actor, singer, producer and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the 1960s television series, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones. Early years He was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen, Jr. in Belleville, Illinois. His father, Christian Rudolph Ebsen, Sr., was Danish and his mother, Frances, was Latvian. He was reared in Belleville until the age of ten, when his family moved to Palm Beach County, Florida. After a brief stay, Ebsen and his family, in 1920, relocated to Orlando, Florida. Ebsen and his sisters learned to dance at the dance studio his father operated in Orlando. He graduated from Orlando High School in 192... Biography of Ibrahim Afellay
Ibrahim Afellay (born 2 April 1986 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent (Rif region) playing for PSV in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played for the Dutch national youth team and is now part of the senior Dutch national team, who he will be representing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He usually plays as the centre attacking midfielder for PSV but can also play at the right or left side due to his creative qualities. In 2007, Afellay was awarded the Johan Cruijff Award for "Young Player of the Year" in the Netherlands. Club career Early career Afellay began his football career at the amateur club USV Elinkwijk in Utrecht. Afellay's official debut for PSV was on 4 February 2004 during a cup match against NAC Breda at the age of 17. His debut in the co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Buchanan
Jack Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr. and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts". Walter John Buchanan was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, the son of Walter John Buchanan Sr (d. 1902), auctioneer, and his wife, Patricia, née McWatt (d. 1936). He was educated at the Glasgow Academy. Early career After a brief attempt to follow his late father's profession, he became a music-hall comedian under the name of Chump Buchanan and first appeared on the West End in September 1912 in the comic opera The Grass Widow at the Apollo Theatre. Buchanan's health was not robust, and he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gelindo Bordin
Gelindo Bordin (born in Longare, April 2, 1959) is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships where he won a gold medal. His next international competition was at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. The marathon race was held on a very hot and humid day, and Bordin wisely held back from the leaders in the early stages. He caught up the leaders after the 35 km mark and finally settled to third place. At the Olympic marathon in Seoul, Bordin stayed with the leaders from the start, and after 25 km the leading pack started losing contact one by one, and with 5 km remaining, only three runners remained, Bordin, Douglas Wakiihuri from Kenya, and Ahmed Salah from... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Sauvagnargues
Jean Sauvagnargues (April 2, 1915 - August 6, 2002) was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1974 to 1976.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar (real name Ukrainian: Сергій Михайлович Лифар, Sergіi Mуhailovуch Lуfar) (2 April 1905, Kiev, Russian Empire - 15 December 1986, Lausanne, Switzerland) was Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer of French origin, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. In the summer of 1994 on the stage of the National Ukraine Opera the First International Ballet Contest was held named after Serge Lifar. The new contest happened to be unique. For the first time in Europe young ballet artists and balletmasters contended simultaneously. The Sixth Lifar International Ballet Competition was held in April, 2006. ... Biography of Serge Hutin
Serge Hutin, born April 2, 1927 in Paris and died November 1, 1997 in Prades, was a French author anc occultist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carmen Basilio
Carmine Basilio, born April 2, 1927 in Canastota, New York, better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is a former boxer of Italian-American origin. Some reports have suggested that Basilio changed his name from Carmine to Carmen before he began boxing, to sound more masculine. However, the reason why he changed his name to Carmen is really not known. Biography Basilio began his professional boxing career by meeting Jimmy Evans on November 24 of 1948 in Binghamton, New York. He knocked Evans out in the third round, and five days later, he beat Bruce Walters in only one round. Although he started to box late in '48, he completed four bouts before the year was over. He started 1949 with two draws, against Johnny Cunningham on January 5, and against Jay Perlin 20 days later. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Troisgros
Michel Troisgros, born April 2, 1958 in Roanne, is a French Chief, the son of Pierre Troisgros. The Troisgros family are a family of French restaurateurs. Since 1957, Jean and Pierre Troisgros have played a significant role in the history of French cuisine. Pierre's son, Michel Troisgros, has played a major role since 1983. Michel Troisgros is the owner of the restaurant now called "La Maison Troisgros", in Roanne. The restaurant has been awarded Three Michelin stars since 1968 and was named the "best French restaurant in the world" by Gault Millau. The restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves Burgundy wines, in affiliation with the noted winemaker Robert Serola. Hôtel Moderne (4 stars) is a member of Relais & Châteaux since 1966. Biography The parents: Jean-Baptist... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jess Plemons
Jesse Plemons, born April 2, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687146/ ) Happiness Runs (2008) (post-production) .... Chad Observe and Report (2009) .... Charles Shrink (2009) .... Jesus "Friday Night Lights" .... Landry Clarke (50 episodes, 2006-2009) - Tomorrow Blues (2009) TV episode .... Landry Clarke - Underdogs (2009) TV episode .... Landry Clarke - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (2008) TV episode .... Landry Clarke - The Giving Tree (2008) TV episode .... Landry Clarke - Game of the Week (2008) TV episode .... Landry Clarke (45 more) "Fear Itself" .... Lemmon (1 episode, 2008) - The Sacrifice (2008) TV episode .... Lemmon The Flyboys (2008) .... Bully #1 ... aka Sky Kids (Interna... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At this time he was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs. He became a session musician, becoming a keyboardist who has worked with many notable musicians since the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, first to writing songs, and then working his way from gigs as a sideman to joining bands as a full member. Eventually, he began solo recording, although he never ended all his previous roles within the music industry. Career Known first mostly as a session musician, Russell has p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, born April 2, 1804 in Nantes, died March 24, 1865 in Paris, was a French painter and sculptor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Vanzo
Alain Vanzo (April 2, 1928 - January 27, 2002) was a French opera singer and composer, virtually the only French tenor of international standing of the postwar era. Life and career Vanzo was born in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the son of an Italian father and a French mother. He started singing at a young age in the church choir. At 18, he started singing popular songs with a small band called "La Bastringue". He sang at the Théâtre du Châtelet, during the 1951-52 season, as a double for Luis Mariano in the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico, while taking voice lessons with Rolande Darcoeur in Paris. His breakthrough came in 1954, when he participated in a singing contest at Cannes, and won the first prize. Vanzo was then immediately invited to sing at the Opéra-Comique and at the Palais Garn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born 2 April 1971 in Niterói), better known simply as Edmundo, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring 29 goals. In that same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. Edmundo also scored 6 goals in the same game in 1997, against a club from São Paulo, União São João. In 1999 he faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he was accused by some individuals of the press of having a chimpanzee called Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. Subsequent images of thi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernst Tiede
Ernst Tiede, born April 2, 1863 in Kanitzken, was a German astrologer, engineer and author of astrological books.... Biography of Chris Robinson (basketball)
Chris Sean Robinson (born April 2, 1974 in Columbus, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player. He had a short NBA career. After graduating from Southwest Magnet High School in Macon, Georgia, Robinson attended Western Kentucky University where he averaged 13.8 points per game over four seasons. He was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 51st overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. As a rookie for the Grizzlies, Robinson appeared in 41 games of the 1996–97 NBA season (six as a starter), averaging 4.6 points per game.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Christophe Sarnin
Jean-Christophe Sarnin, born April 2, 1976 in Lyon, is a French swimmer (200m specialist).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Jaccard
Christian Jaccard, born on April 2, 1939 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, is a French artist and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kurt Herbert Adler
Kurt Herbert Adler (2 April 1905 – 9 February 1988) was an Austrian-born American conductor and opera house director. Adler was born in Vienna, Austria to a Jewish family. His work in the field of music led him to become the assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival in 1936 and he also worked in Italy. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria in 1938, as a Jew he was forced to leave and went to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as assistant chorus director where he worked for five years. Gaetano Merola, then General Director of the San Francisco Opera, heard of him and, over the telephone, invited him to the San Francisco Opera in 1943 as chorus director. In the following ten years, he took on more and more administrative details as Merola’s health and energy diminished. Whi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rembert Weakland
Rembert George Weakland (born April 2, 1927) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 to 2002. Life Weakland was born in Patton, Pennsylvania, to Basil (1897-1932) and Mary (née Kane, 1898-1978) Weakland. One of six children, he has four sisters, Leora, Elizabeth, Barbara, and Marian; and one brother, William. He attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Patton, and then studied at St. Vincent College and St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe. Priesthood In 1945, he entered the novitiate of the Order of St. Benedict, more commonly known as the Benedictines, at St. Vincent Archabbey. Taking the name Rembert, he made his solemn profession as a Benedictine monk on September 29, 1949, at Solesmes Abbey in France. He studied theo... Biography of Julia Scott Carey
Julia Scott Carey, born April 2, 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American young musician, composer, accompanist, conductor and director. External link: http://web.me.com/harrietcarey/juliascottcarey/aWelcome_News.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frans Andriessen
Frans Andriessen (born 2 April 1929 in Utrecht) is a senior Dutch politician. In 1967 he was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP). From 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the KVP. He served as Minister of Finance (1977–1980) and European Commissioner for Trade, Competition and Agriculture. (1981–1993). He is one of few to serve three consecutive terms as an EU Commissioner.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leon Wilkeson
Leon Russell Wilkeson (2 April 1952 - 27 July 2001) was the bassist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001. Early life Born on April 2, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island but raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Wilkeson became a major Beatles fan just as he was becoming a teenager and began learning to play bass guitar in order to emulate his favorite member of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney. Wilkeson dropped out of his school band in order to focus on learning the bass at the age of 14 and, shortly afterwards, was approached by a fellow student, who told him that her brother was searching for a bassist for his band. Her brother turned out to be Ronnie Van Zant, and soon after, Wilkeson signed on with Van Zant's local group, the Collegiates. However, due to plum... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brian Goodell
Brian Stuart Goodell (born April 2, 1959 in Stockton, California) is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding freestyle swimmer from the United States. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m Frees. He also won golds in both those events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received a silver medal in 1500 m freestyle at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali, Colombia. He attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles, winning nine National Collegiate Athletic Association individual championships. World records Goodell held the world record in 400 m freestyle, long course from 18 June 1976 to 6 April 1979, and the world record in 1500 m freestyle, long course from 1976 to 1980. Awards * 1... Biography of Lou Monte
Lou Monte, born Louis Scaglione on (April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989), was an Italian-American singer and comedian, best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Records and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also recorded on Roulette Records, Jubilee Records, Regalia Records, Musicor Records, Laurie Records, and AFE Records. Early career Monte developed a following, playing clubs in and around the New Jersey area. When World War II broke out, Monte had to put his career on hold and enlisted in the army. When he was discharged, he started his club date schedule and caught the attention of Radio Station WAAT in Newark, New Jersey. Seeing a potential in Monte, they gave him a shot with his own radio show. The show... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Bernardin
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin (originally Bernardini) (April 2, 1928–November 14, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Joseph Bernardin was born on April 2, 1928 in Columbia, South Carolina to Joseph and Maria Simion Bernardin, an Italian immigrant couple. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Columbia. His father died of cancer when Bernardin was six. He took responsibility for his younger sister, Elaine, while his widowed mother worked as a seamstress. Bernardin's original academic ambition was to become a physician, inspiring him to enroll in the pre-medical program at the University of South Carolina. However, a year later, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Théodore-Narcisse Chauvel
Théodore-Narcisse Chauvel, born on April 2, 1831 in Paris, died on January 2010 in Paris, was a French artist, painter, and lithographer.... Biography of Andris Biedrins
Andris Biedriņš (pronounced ; born April 2, 1986 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays the power forward and center positions for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He was drafted by the Warriors with the 11th overall selection in the 2004 NBA Draft. FIBA career Biedriņš's professional career started at the Latvian team BK Skonto in the 2002-03 season, when he joined at age 16. He soon established himself as an impact player, appearing in 41 LBL games, averaging 2.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.32 blocks, while shooting 59.8% from the field. For his feats, he was named Latvian League Newcomer of the Year. In eleven games for the FIBA European league (2003–2004), he averaged 18.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.82 blocks. In his second year... Biography of Pascal Thomas
Pascal Thomas, born on April 2, 1945 in Saint-Chartres (Moncontour), Vienne, is a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director La Dilettante (1999) Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (2005) L'heure zéro (2007) Le crime est notre affaire (2008) References ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/7689... Biography of Clark Gregg
Robert Clark Gregg (born April 2, 1962 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He co-starred as Christine Campbell's ex-husband Richard in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, which debuted in March 2006 and concluded in May 2010. He is also known for playing FBI Special Agent Mike Casper on the NBC series The West Wing and Phil Coulson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and The Avengers). Early life Gregg was born April 2, 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the son of Mary Layne (née Shine) and Robert Clark Gregg, an Episcopal minister and professor at Stanford University. Career Gregg has been featured in a number of supporting roles in films, such as Lovely & Amazing, In Good Company, and T... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles de Courson
Charles- Amédée de Courson (born April 2, 1952 in Paris - 16th arrondissement) is a member of the National Assembly of France and a former 'rapporteur', current vice-president and prominent member of its Finance Commission. He represents the Marne department, and is a member of the New Centre.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Dean
William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. (born April 2, 1962, in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search. Active as a recording artist since 1990, he has recorded a total of eight studio albums (of which the first three have been certified gold by the RIAA) and a greatest hits package which is also certified gold. His studio albums have accounted for more than twenty hit singles on the Billboard country charts, including eleven Top Ten hits. Although he never reached the top of the Billboard country charts on his own, he reached Number One in 2000 as one of two guest vocalists on Kenny Rogers' "Buy Me a Rose", and had two Number Ones on the RPM country charts in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herbert Mills
The Mills Brothers were a major African-American jazz and pop vocal quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records. The Mills Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. The early years The group was originally composed of four brothers all born in Piqua, Ohio, just 25 miles (40 km) north of Dayton: John Jr. (October 19, 1910 - January 23, 1936) basso and guitarist, Herbert (April 2, 1912 - April 12, 1989) tenor, Harry (August 19, 1913 - June 28, 1982) baritone, and Donald (April 29, 1915 - November 13, 1999) lead tenor. Their parents were John H. (February 11, 1882 – December 8, 1967) and Eathel Mills. John Sr. owned a barber shop and founded a barbershop qua... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge (born 2 April 1971 in Sydney) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988. Career He is best known as one of the top doubles players in the world for most of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, and especially for his primary doubles partnerships, first with fellow Australian Mark Woodforde and later with Swede Jonas Björkman. Woodbridge and Woodforde are often referred to as "The Woodies" in the tennis world. Woodbridge also had a career high singles ranking of 19 after reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 1997, beating Patrick Rafter on the way and only losing to Pete Sampras. Woodbridge's love of tennis was brought out by his family friend Beryl Taylor. As he progressed he was coached by other tennis players, includi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans-Michael Rehberg
Hans-Michael Rehberg, born on April 2, 1938 in Fürstenwalde/Spree, is a German actor and film director. Filmography (actor) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716795/) 2012 Géographie du coeur malchanceux (post-production) Hans (segment "Berlin") 2012 Die Wand Keuschler 2011 Der Wettbewerb (TV movie) Hermann Fischbach 2011 Die Konterrevolution (TV movie) General Lüttwitz 2003-2011 Pfarrer Braun (TV series) Bischof Hemmelrath / Bischof Hemmelroth / Bischoff Hemmelrath – Altes Geld, junges Blut (2011) … Bischof Hemmelrath – Grimms Mördchen (2010) … Bischof Hemmelrath – Kur mit Schatten (2010) … Bischof Hemmelrath – Schwein gehabt! (2010) … Bischof Hemmelrath – Glück auf! Der Mörder kommt! (2009) … Bischof Hemmelrath See all 20 episodes » 2011 Mein bester ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabrizio Barbazza
Fabrizio Barbazza (born 2 April 1963 in Monza, Lombardy) is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the AGS and Minardi teams. Career After a career in motorcross in his teens, he began racing Formula Monza in 1982. The following year he moved into Italian Formula 3 series, and in 1984 finished sixth in the series. In 1985 he won four races and finished third in the championship. He then went to the United States and entered the American Racing Series, where he won four races and the title in his first attempt. After that he entered CART in 1987 and finished third at Indianapolis, becoming CART's Rookie of the Year. In 1990 he was hired as a driver in Formula 3000, which led to a chance at Formula One, in the AGS team in early 1991. Barbazza failed to qualify for any race ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thumbs Carllile
Kenneth Ray Carllile (April 2, 1931–July 31, 1987), better known as Thumbs Carllile, was an innovative American country music guitarist and songwriter known for his fingerstyle playing, sitting with his guitar in his lap while fretting, picking and strumming with his fingers and thumbs. He performed with Little Jimmy Dickens at the Grand Ole Opry in the early 1950s, and was a member of Roger Miller's band from 1964 to 1972. Biography Kenneth Carllile was born April 2, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up on his impoverished father's tenant farm in Harrisburg, Illinois. At age eight he began playing a Dobro resonator guitar won by his sister Evelyn, and after she hid the steel bar, Carllile began using his thumbs. When his father gave him a Silvertone guitar, his small thumb and fing... Biography of Adam Shulman
Adam Shulman (born April 2, 1981 in New York) is an American actor. One of his best known roles is that of Deputy Enos Strate in the 2007 film, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, the second adaption of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Life and career Adam Shulman graduated from Brown University with a theater degree in 2003. He also attended the 2001 fall semester at the Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute. Shulman started his acting career in 2005, with his first of many appearances on the TV series American Dreams as Paul O'Bannon. Shulman became engaged to actress Anne Hathaway in November 2011. They have been dating since November 2008, though they were first seen together in 2009. He co-founded the jewelry line James Banks with Heidi Nahser Fink in 2011. Telev... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Livingston
Randy Livingston (born April 2, 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American professional basketball player who last played point guard for the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede. He stands 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) and weighs 209 lb (95 kg). Since 2010 he has been the head coach for the Idaho Stampede. Livingston attended New Orleans' Isidore Newman School along with standout quarterback Peyton Manning, where he was named the High School co-player of the year in 1992 (with Jason Kidd) and 1993 (with Rasheed Wallace). Livingston also played in the McDonald's All-American Game and Magic's Roundball Classic. After high school, Livingston attended Louisiana State University but only appeared in 32 games over two seasons because of knee problems. He was drafted by the Houston Rocke... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Lincou
Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976 in La Réunion) is a professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won both the World Open title, and the Super Series Finals. Career Overview Lincou has enjoyed considerable success at the elite level of the game, rising steadily through the ranks since joining the professional squash circuit in 1994. He has beaten all of the world's top squash players including Peter Nicol, Jonathon Power, David Palmer, Lee Beachill, and many others. Lincou has been one of the most consistent players on the circuit – reaching the semi-finals of nine successive PSA events in 2003, and holding the World No. 1 ranking throughout 2005. In 2003, Lincou was a member of the French team which finished runners... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Mariot
Jean-Paul Mariot, born on April 2, 1948 in Vesoul (Haute-Saône), is a French politician, a member of PS (Socialist Party) and a former Member of Parliament (1997-2002).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donald Petrie
Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs. His first directorial job was on the set of The Equalizer, a private detective TV series, in 1985. Since, he has directed films such as Mystic Pizza (1988), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Favor (1994), Richie Rich (1994), The Associate (1996), Miss Congeniality (2000), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Welcome to Mooseport (2004), Just My Luck (2006) and My Life in Ruins (2009).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicholas Murray Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 (birth time source: AFA) – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He became so well-known and respected that The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year. Early life and education Butler was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Mary Butler and manufacturing worker Henry Butler. He enrolled in Columbia College (later Columbia University) earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1882 at the age of twenty, his master's degree in 1883, and his doctorate in 1884. Butler's academic and other achievements led Theodore Roosevelt to call him "Nicholas Miracu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Delannoy
Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (2 April 1957 - ) is the current Bishop of Saint Denis since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 10 March 2009. He had formally served as Auxiliary of Lille. Delannoy was born in Comines in the Archdiocese of Lille. He studied secondary nell'Institution Saint Jude of Armentières, undertook graduate studies in economics at the Catholic University of Lille, ending with a "maîtrise". He has practiced accounting for four years, then entered the Major Seminary of Lille, where he followed all his training for the priesthood. He was ordained priest on 4 June 1989 for the diocese of Lille. He held the following Ministerial appointments: Vice-parish priest of Saint-Baptiste in Roubaix and Saint-Paul to Hem, responsible for movements in the deanery of ap... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Berg
Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg (April 2, 1978 – May 7, 2004) was an American Jewish businessman who went to Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq. He was abducted and later beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants. The CIA claimed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi personally beheaded Berg. The decapitation video was released on the Internet, reportedly from London to a Malaysian-hosted homepage by the Islamist organization al-Ansars. Early life Berg was a native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he owned his own company, Prometheus Methods Tower Service. He inspected and rebuilt communication antennae, and had previously visited Kenya and Uganda on similar projects. Berg attended Henderson High School in West Chester, where he receiv... Biography of Sara Derosa
Sara DeRosa, born April 2, 1985 in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2488152/ ) "Castle" (2009) TV series (filming) .... Giggling Girl (unknown episodes) The Rebound (2009) (post-production) .... Cigarette Girl Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) (completed) (uncredited) .... Sample Sale Shopper "One Life to Live" .... Capricorn Patron / ... (24 episodes, 2006-2008) - Yamajesti, Yahiness (2008) TV episode .... Flight Attendant Chase - Two Weddings and a Beheading (2008) TV episode .... Flight Attendant Chase - Episode #1.10187 (2008) TV episode .... Girl at Amusement Park - Episode #1.10185 (2008) TV episode .... Girl at Amusement Park - Episode #1.10169 (2008) TV episode .... Flight Attendant ... Biography of Valérie Expert
Valérie Expert, born April 2, 1963 in Paris, is a French journalist, TV host and radio host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lajos Koltai
Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born 2 April 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the film Malèna. Early years and career Born at the beginning of the Cold War, he became interested in film at a very young age, though in Hungary at the time, film containing subversive content was heavily censored. He shot his first short on a Super 8 film camera at the age of 14 and began to draft short scripts and turn them into movies starring friends and family. One year he won first and second prizes at a local amateur film festival, and coincidentally another young filmmaker, István Szabó, was... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lee Dewyze
Leon James "Lee" DeWyze (born April 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, and the winner of the ninth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, DeWyze released two independent albums called So I'm Told in 2007 and Slumberland in 2010, both on WuLi Records. Early life DeWyze was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois. He attended Saint James Catholic Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Illinois and Prospect High School up until his senior year. After leaving Prospect High, Lee attended Forest View Alternative School in Arlington Heights, having been inspired both by his teachers and his interest in music to return to his studies. Lee never graduated from either high school. DeWyze worked as a paint salesman on and off since age of 15; Lee DeWyze worked ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sergei Protopopov
Sergei Vladimirovich Protopopov (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Протопопов; 2 April 1893, Moscow – 14 December 1954, Moscow) was a Russian avant-garde composer and music theorist. Life Not much is known about his life. After studying medicine at the Moscow University, he attended the Kiev Conservatory where he pursued studies of music with theorist Boleslav Yavorsky. He graduated in 1921 and started working as a conductor. During 1938–43, he taught at the Moscow University. He was associated, as many composers of the Russian avant-garde, with the Association for Contemporary Music. Due to the ideological incompatibilit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Graham Bright
Sir Graham Frank James Bright (born 2 April 1942, in Chadwell St. Mary (birth time source: Puslar collection, Astrodatabank)) is a British politician and businessman. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979-97. Bright became an MP by winning the constituency of Luton East from the Labour Party at the 1979 general election. After constituency boundary changes, he transferred to Luton South at the 1983 general election, holding the seat until his defeat at the 1997 general election by Labour's Margaret Moran. During his time in Parliament, Bright served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to various members of the Cabinet for 18 years, most notably to John Major for his first four years as Prime Minister (1990–94). Bright then went ... Biography of Tim Fornara
Timothy William Fornara (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor and presenter most notable for his regular interviews and reviews on Film 24. He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter with credits on several albums including debut artist Laura Critchley. In 2005 he was Colin Farrell's photo double for the Oliver Stone film Alexander and has also appeared in the teen movie What a Girl Wants and children's TV series The One. In 1997, he was choose to succeed Schelim Hannan in the British boyband Worlds Apart (boyband). In July 2002, Tim left the band to create another, Withmey and Fornara, later renamed as The Blue Print before becoming The Setup Productions.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Bourgeois (politician)
Michel Bourgeois, born on April 2, 1940 in Besançon, is a French politician and teacher, a former member of Parliament (2001-2002).... Biography of Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Newman is best known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in soap opera General Hospital, as Kat Gardener in ABC's Eastwick, and as Dr. Tess Fontana in Syfy's Eureka. Career Early work Newman started performing at age 11 in the debut of Israel Horovitz's play, A Rosen by Any Other Name. She worked consistently around Detroit, acting in many of the regional theaters. Newman's elementary education took place at the Jewish Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit where she starred in the role of Ado Annie Carnes in the 8th grade play of Oklahoma. After Hillel, Newman attended the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills (also the alma mater of actress Selma Blair) and spent her summers at the Interlochen ... Biography of Aiden Turner
Aiden Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children (AMC), which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009. Early years Aiden John Turner was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and attended local Catholic schools (St. Joseph's, St Hugh's and St Edmund's College, Ware). Career Turner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Younger Actor in All My Children. He also appeared in Geri Halliwell's Bag It Up music video. Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004 during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and portrayed Devane until Turner left AMC on 21 December 2009. He has modeled for Avon and appears regul... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Rosenthal
Hans Rosenthal, born April 2, 1925 in Berlin and died February 10, 1987 in Berlin, was a German screenwriter, actor, TV host and film director. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742759/bio ) Screenwriter 1. "Dalli Dalli" (11 episodes, 1971-1979) - Episode dated 12 April 1979 (1979) TV episode (writer) - Episode dated 15 June 1978 (1978) TV episode (writer) - Episode dated 16 October 1975 (1975) TV episode (writer) - Episode dated 21 September 1972 (1972) TV episode (writer) - Episode dated 17 August 1972 (1972) TV episode (writer) (6 more) 2. "Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen" (1964) TV series (unknown episodes) Director: 1. "Ein Wort aus Musik" (1983) TV series (unknown episodes) 2. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexis Hk
Alexis HK or Alexis Hashka, born Alexis Djoshkounian April 2, 1974 in Yvelines, is a French singer and composer. Discography 1997 : Anti-héros notoire 1. De ne pas bouger 2. Phobie 3. Chien de vieille 4. L'enfer du défunt 5. Aiguille avance 6. Le général 7. Misérable expédition (Anti-héros notoire) 8. Le vicieux 9. Le vieux continent 10. C'que t'es belle 11. Foutons lui la paix 2002 : Belle ville 1. C'que t'es belle 2. Bambin 3. Interlude 4. Gaspard 5. Interlude 6. Cyclopède 7. Interlude 8. Interlude 9. Diable attend 10. Interlude 11. Le ringard 12. Interlude 13. Interlude 14. Nous 15. Mitch 16. Interlude 17. Son histoire (avec Marianne Feder) La version rééditée comp... Biography of Nicolas Lapierre
Nicolas Lapierre (born April 2, 1984) is a French race car driver born in Thonon-les-Bains, France. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series. Career history Early career Lapierre started his career in 1993 in karting, finishing 3rd in the French championship in 1996, 6th in the European Championships in 1997 and reaching the finals of the European Junior Championship in 1998 before moving to French Formula Renault in 1999. He stayed there for 2000 and 2001, 2001 also seeing two races in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. He again raced in French Formula Renault in 2002, also driving a full season of 2000 Eurocup and some races of French Formula Three (most of them being in the main class, although he drove two races in the B-Class also). 2003 saw Lapierre's real break, t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julian Reister
Julian Reister (born April 2, 1986 in Hamburg) is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 102, achieved on September 13, 2010. 2006 Reister qualified for his first ATP World Tour tournament at Basel where he lost in the first round to Guillermo García-López 6–7(4), 2–6. 2007 Reister entered Basel as a qualifier where he lost in the first round to Roko Karanušić 0–6, 3–6. 2010 Reister qualified into the main draw at Brisbane where he lost in the first round to Florent Serra 7–6(3), 6–7(5), 5–7. Reister next qualified into the main draw at the French Open. He defeated 27th seed Feliciano López in the first round 6–1, 7–6(5), 6–2 to record his first ever ATP World Tour victory. He went on to defeat Olivier Rochus in the second round 6–2, 6–2, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willem (cartoonist)
Bernhard Willem Holtrop, best known as Willem, born on April 2, 1941 in Ermelo, Netherlands, is a Dutch political cartoonist, journalist, humorist, and author. Bibliography (in French) Plaisir d'esthète, Le dernier terrain vague, 1982. Bastard, en collaboration avec S. Clay Wilson (1 page chacun), Futuropolis, 1984. N'oublions jamais, éditions du Square, 1985. Willem, Futuropolis, collection 30x40, 1987 Appétits,Le dernier terrain vague, 1989. Willem-Images, Fondation de l'imagerie d'Epinal, 1990. Euromania, Futuropolis, 1992. Eurofolio, Yves Royer, 1992. Alphabet Capone, Cornélius, 1993. Quais Baltiques, éditions Mille et une nuits, collection "Les petits libres", 1994 Forty Dirty Drawings, La Byrouth des épices, 1994. Deadl... Biography of Ashley Peldon
Ashley Peldon (born April 2, 1984 in New York) is an American television and film actress. Peldon was born in New York City, New York. Along with her sister Courtney, she worked as a child actor. Although she was featured in a number of roles as a child and teenager, Peldon is perhaps best known for her role on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. She was cast in 1988, at the age of 4, as Marah Lewis, the daughter of popular couple Josh and Reva Lewis. Because of the positive audience response, she became the youngest entertainer to be put under contract on the show. Peldon received an Emmy Award nomination at 6 years of age, for her three years as Marah Lewis on Guiding Light. Peldon went on to appear in motion pictures such as The Lemon Sisters opposite Diane Keaton, Stella opposi... Biography of Karen Higuera
Karen Alicia Higuera Contreras (born in La Paz, Baja California Sur on April 2, 1991) is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who obtained the 2011 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México title. From La Paz, Baja California Sur and student of Psychology, Karen Higuera won Nuestra Belleza Baja California Sur 2010 pageant and she won the right to represent her state in 2010 Nuestra Belleza México contest, held September 25, 2010 in Saltillo, Coahuila. The nineteen year old was designated as Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2011 by Lupita Jones on February 15, 2011. She is the first delegate from her state to obtain a national title from the Nuestra Belleza México organization. Higuera will compete in the 51st Miss International pageant, will be held November 6, 2011 in Chengdu, China. ... Biography of Elizaveta Golovanova
Elizaveta Golovanova (born on April 2, 1993 in Smolensk) is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2012 and will represent her country in the Miss World 2012 pageant and Miss Universe 2012 pageant.... Biography of Leyla Milani
Leyla Milani (born April 2, 1982) is an Iranian-Canadian-born model, actress, TV host and fashion designer. Milani, has appeared in the World Wrestling Entertainment Diva Search 2005, Deal or No Deal, Sleeper Cell, Las Vegas, Rules of Engagement, Attack of the Show!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Stacked, Desire, Wanted, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Extra and in the films Wrestlemaniac, Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down, Dr. Chopper. Maxim magazine features Milani and her fellow Deal or No Deal briefcase models in their online Girls of Maxim gallery. Wrestling Milani was a contestant in World Wrestling Entertainment's 2005 Diva Search, finishing second out of 8,000 contestants worldwide. Following that, she made an appearance at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla After School Special. Aft... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945), nicknamed "Black and Decker", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio sportscaster. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. Biography Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County, and on the same date as future Dodger teammate Reggie Smith. He was born to sharecroppers at the end of World War II, in a tar-paper shack. At the time Sutton was born his father was 18 and his mother was 15. Sutton's father, Howard, gave him the strong work ethic that he had throughout his career. His father tried logging and construction work, and in looking for work, moved the family to Molino, Florida, just north of Pensacola. Sutton attended J. M. Tate High School in Cantonment/Gonzalez, F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rory Sabbatini
Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African professional golfer. Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999. He was the youngest member of the tour that year. Professional career During the first decade of the 2000s, Sabbatini had five PGA Tour wins; he finished 2006 placed 12th on the money list. In September 2007, he reached the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time, with a high of 8th. He spent over 20 weeks in the top-10 in 2007 and 2008. Sabbatini tied for second at the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He won the Pa... Biography of Elisabeth of Valois
Elisabeth of France (also known as Elizabeth of Valois; French: Élisabeth de France or Élisabeth de Valois, Spanish: Isabel de Valois; 2 April 1545 – 3 October 1568) was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Early life She was born in the Château de Fontainebleau. Her childhood was spent in the French royal nursery, where her father insisted she share her bedroom with her future sister-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots, who was about the same age. Even though Elisabeth had to give precedence to Mary (since Mary was already a crowned queen), the two would remain close friends for the rest of their lives. While it is acknowledged that her sister Margaret and her future sister-in-law Mary were prettier than she, she was one of Catherine's attractive daughters. E... Biography of Amy Castle
Amy Castle (born Amy Jessica Castle on April 2, 1990 in Woodland Hills, California) is an American actress, and internet personality. She is known for her role as Viki Vanderheusen on Passions, as the original Cuppycake Girl, and as a YouTube Partner under the channel SandCastleInc.. Personal life When Castle isn't working, she enjoys dancing, which she has been studying since she was 4, singing, playing guitar, and making short films with friends. She has recently discovered her passion for filmmaking (editing specifically), and has her own YouTube channel which she shares with Erin Sanders who played Quinn on Zoey 101. Contrary to popular belief, Castle is the one who sang "You're My Honeybunch", also known as "Cuppycake", one of her best-known songs, not Strawberry Shortcake, who... Biography of Magdalena de Pazzi
Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (or Maria Magdalena de Pazzi; April 2, 1566 – May 25, 1607) is an Italian Carmelite mystic and saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Life Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi was born into one of the wealthiest and most distinguished noble families of Renaissance Florence, the Pazzi. She was baptized with the name of Catherine. She experienced her first ecstasy when she was only twelve, in her mother's presence. From then on, she continued to witness many varied mystical experiences. She was sent to a convent at age 14, but was returned home by her family, who opposed her religious vocation and wanted her to marry a distinguished man. However, they eventually conceded, and Catherine became a Carmelite of the Ancient Observance at 16, taking the name of Sister Mar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Buddy Jewell
Buddy Jewell Jr. (born April 2, 1961) is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)" and "Sweet Southern Comfort". Another album, Times Like These, followed in 2005. Biography Buddy Jewell was born in Lepanto, Arkansas on April 2, 1961. He began playing guitar after buying one from a schoolmate during childhood, and saved the money that he earned bagging groceries to buy guitar lesson books. Jewell also listened to the music that his father, also named Buddy, played for him, and was taught by his uncle Clyde how to play "Wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Félix Borja
Félix Alexander Borja Valencia (born April 2, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer, who currently plays for CF Pachuca in the Primera División Mexicana. Club career Felix Borja previously played for El Nacional of Ecuador. His transfer to Greek league champions Olympiakos made him the first Ecuadorian player to play for a Greek team. Borja was declared Copa Libertadores de América's joint top goalscorer two months after his transfer to Olympiacos. He is nicknamed the "kangaroo", for the spring in his jump. His height makes it easy to score goals for his club and country. Due to his sub-standard performances for Olympiacos in his first season, as well as the fact that he occupies a non-EU player spot at his current team's roster, Olympiacos had the desire at the end of the 2006–... |
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