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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 30, 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 · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
91 celebrities or events were found for April, 30. Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Nicolas Hulot
Nicolas Hulot was born on April 30, 1955 in Lille. Officier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He is the founder and president of the Fondation Nicolas Hulot , an environmentalist group first created in 1990, and presents himself as an ecologist. He is famous for his TV show named Ushuaia, transmitted by TF1. In his TV reports, he shows the damage done to the Earth by mankind and tries to sensitise the viewers to what motivates his support for the ecological change of conscience that he believes in. He recently launched Ushuaïa TV on the cable which belongs to the TF1 Group. In 2007, 5 out of 12 candidates to the French Presidential Elections signed his "Pacte Ecologique", affirming that the ecological problems will be the key in all the future decisions conce... Add to favourites (63 fans)Biography of Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series. Early life Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are separated. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art gallery owner, also moved to California. Dunst has a younger brother, Christian. Dunst attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, and graduated in 2000 from Notre Dame High School in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. Career Dunst got her start as a child fa... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. Early life and career Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie Nelson were raised by their grandparents after their parents, Ira Doyle Nelson and Myrle Marie Greenhaw divorced. His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. Willie played the guitar, while Bobbie played the piano. He met Bud Fletcher, a fiddler, and both siblings joined his band, Bohemian Fiddlers, while Nelson was in high school. After graduation, Nelson joined the Air Force, but left due to back problems. He also attended Ba... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper PC MP (born April 30, 1959) is the twenty-second and current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Harper became Prime Minister after his party won a minority government in the January 2006 federal election. He is the first ever Prime Minister from his current political party, and the first since 1993 from any "Conservative" party, following twelve years of government by the Liberal Party. Harper has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Calgary Southwest in Alberta since 2002. Earlier, from 1993 to 1997, he was the MP for Calgary West. He was one of the founding members of the Reform Party, but ended his first stint as an MP to join, and shortly thereafter head, the National Citizens Coalition. In 2002, he succeed... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956) is a Danish film director. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches. Lars Trier was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was raised by nudist communist parents. Trier notes that he was brought up in an atheist family, and that although his stepfather was Jewish, he was not religious. His parents did not allow much room in their household for "feelings, religion, or enjoyment," and also refused to make any rules for their children, with complex results for von Trier's personality and development. The young Lars found in cinema an outlet to the outside world through which he could learn about subjects otherwise forbidden from his study by his parents. He began maki... Biography of Charles Berling
Charles Berling is an actor, director, scenario writer and French producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne (France).... Biography of Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (IPA: /ˈɡaʊs/, German: Gauß, Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss) (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics. Sometimes known as the princeps mathematicorum (Latin, usually translated as "the Prince of Mathematicians", although Latin princeps also can simply mean "the foremost") and "greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians. Gauss was a child prodigy, of whom there are many anecdotes pertaining to his astounding preco... Biography of Kaspar Hauser
Kaspar Hauser or Casparus Hauser (April 30, 1812–December 17, 1833) was a mysterious foundling in 19th century Germany with suspected and theorised ties to the royal house of Baden. Life On May 26, 1828 a teenage boy appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. He was wearing peasant clothing and could barely talk. The only identifying material carried by the boy was a letter addressed to the captain of the 4th squadron of the 6th cavalry regiment, in which the author asked the captain to take the boy in or hang him, and another piece of paper which appeared to be from his mother to his prior caretaker. Shoemaker Weissman took the boy to the house of captain Wessenig where he could only repeat, "I want to be a knight, as my father was," and "Horse! Horse!" Further demands resulted... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg trials. Early career Ribbentrop was born in Wesel (now in North Rhine-Westphalia), the son of the Army officer Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim Ribbentrop and Johanne Sophie Hertwig. Ribbentrop was educated somewhat irregularly until his mid-teens at private schools in Germany and Switzerland. Fluent in French and English, Ribbentrop lived at various times in Grenoble, France, and London, before traveling to North America in 1910. After spending time in New York and Boston, he worked at various jobs in Canada including a salesman for an importer ... Biography of Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an Academy Award-, nine-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Early life Leachman, the eldest of three sisters, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Cloris and Buck Leachman, who owned a lumber company. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1947. She later majored in drama at Northwestern University, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta and a classmate of future comic actor Paul Lynde. Leachman began appearing on television and in films shortly after competing in Miss America as Miss Chicago 1946. Early career After winning a scholarship in the b... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Dianna Agron
Dianna Charlotte Agron (pronounced /ˈeɪɡrɒn/; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress, singer, producer, director and screenwriter, best known for her portrayal of Quinn Fabray on the television series Glee. Early life Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of Mary (née Barnes) and Ronald S. Agron, a general manager of Hyatt hotels. She was raised in San Francisco and also lived in Texas for several years. Agron's father's family is originally from Russia, and their original surname, "Agronsky", was altered by Ellis Island officials. Her father is Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism; Agron attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah. Agron attended Burlingame High School in California. She has been dancing since the age of three, and began t... Biography of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden since 15 September 1973. He is the only son of the late Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He ascended the throne upon the death of his grandfather, King Gustav VI Adolf. Christening Carl Gustaf was born at Haga Palace, Solna, Uppland. He was christened at the Royal Chapel on 7 June 1946 by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem and assumed the title Duke of Jämtland. His godparents were The Crown Prince of Denmark, The Crown Princess of Denmark, The Crown Prince of Norway, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, King Gustaf V of Sweden, Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, The Crown Prince of Sweden, The Crown Princess of Sweden, Count ... Biography of Lloyd Banks
Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name, Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Lloyd Banks was born Christopher Lloyd in Baltimore, Maryland and was raised in South Jamaica, Queens. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father was African American. His parents were young and never married when Banks was born. His father spent most of Banks' childhood in prison which left Lloyd Banks' mother to raise him and his siblings alone. Lloyd Banks was left to care for his younger brothers alone when his mother was not around. Banks started writing something resembling poetry at a young age and it started taking form. Eventually, he got the courage and rapped his rhymes on the streets of... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Anandamayi Ma
Anandamoyi Ma Bengali: আনন্দময়ী মা (1896 - 1982), also called Anandamayi Ma, was a spiritual teacher (Guru), saint and a mystic from the Bengal region of India, and hailed as one of prominent mystics of the 20th century. During her times, she was considered the embodiment of spiritual bliss and her name literally means Joy Permeated Mother. Anandamoyi was her ashram name, but she was also called Dakshayani, Kamala, Vimala, and "Mother of Shahbag". Early life Anandamayi Ma was born Nirmala Sundari to Bipinbihari Bhattacharya and Mokshada Sundari Devie in Kheora, Brahmanbaria District on 30 April 1896. Her father, who came originally from Vidyakut in Tripura, was a Vaishnavite singer. His devotion was shown when during... Biography of Adrian Pasdar
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (born April 30, 1965) is an American actor and film director, known for playing Jim Profit on the cult TV series Profit, for his roles in Near Dark, Mysterious Ways and as Nathan Petrelli on Heroes, and for directing the feature film Cement. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early years Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He is of Iranian and German heritage. His father, Homayoun Pasdar, was a cardiac surgeon who was born in Iran and moved to the United States, working as a surgeon near Philadelphia. His mother, Rosemarie Sbresny, was born in Königsberg, Germany, and worked as a nurse before becoming an English teacher in France. Pasdar won a football scholarship to the University of Florida to play linebacker. However, he was badly injured in a car accident ... Biography of Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas III (/aɪˈzeɪə/) (born April 30, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA, and is currently the head coach and president of basketball operations for the NBA's New York Knicks. He was also referred to by the nicknames Zeke, Cuts (for the numerous cuts over his eyelids), The Baby-faced Assassin, Coach, The Smiling Assassin, and Tuss. During the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg) High school, college, and Olympic career In high school, Thomas was an All-American guard on Gene Pingatore's first team at the Catholic St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois). Later, Thomas played for Indiana Univer... Biography of Jane Campion
Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an Academy Award-winning film maker. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the U.S.. Campion attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School early in its history, where she learned the craft that has resulted in a career that spans fourteen films as director, three as producer and eight as writer. Her first short film, Peel (1982) won the Palme D'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and other awards followed for the shorts Passionless Moments (1983) and Girls Own Story (1984). Sweetie (1989) was her feature debut, and won international awards. Further recogn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leslie Grantham
Leslie Michael Grantham (born April 30, 1947, in Camberwell, England) is a British actor best known for playing "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1989 and again from 2003 to 2005. Early life Grantham was born in Camberwell, London and enlisted in the British Army in 1965, at the age of 18. On 3 December 1966 he attempted to rob a German taxi driver, Felix Reese. A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head. In his statement to the police following his arrest, he claimed that he did not know the gun was loaded and it had gone off during a struggle with the taxi driver. He was subsequently convicted of murder, a surprise verdict after being advised by his lawyer that a manslaughter verdict would probabl... Biography of Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana (Juliana Emma Louise Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from her mother's abdication in 1948 to her own abdication in 1980. After her abdication she reverted to the style she used before coming to the throne. Early life Born in The Hague, the daughter of Prince Hendrik, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. A small school class was formed at Noordeinde Palace on the advice of the educator Jan Ligthart so that, from the age of six, the Princess could receive her primary education with children of her own age. These children were Baroness E... Biography of Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is a twice Academy Award-nominated American actress of stage, motion pictures, and television. Early life Clayburgh was born in New York City to Julia (née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Clayburgh's family was Jewish and upper class; she was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood in Manhattan's Upper East Side. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress. Clayburgh has been married to screenwriter and playwright David Rabe since 1979. They have one son and one daughter, actress Lily Rabe. Career Clayburgh joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in Boston. She appeared in numerous Broadway productions in... Biography of Jorge Chaminé
Jorge Chaminé, born on April 30, 1956 in Porto, is an opera singer of Spanish and Portuguese descent. He lives in Paris. He is one of the most talentuous baryton of his generation. He speaks French, English, Italian, Russia, Germann, as well as of course Spanish and Portuguese.... Biography of Arthur Wellesley
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May or 30 April 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish British Army soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the first half of the nineteenth century. Commissioned an ensign in the British Army, he rose to prominence in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually reaching the rank of field marshal. As a general, Wellington is often compared to the 1st Duke of Marlborough, with whom he shared many characteristics, chiefly a transition to politics after a highly successful military career. He was twice Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and was one of the leading figures in the House of Lords until his retirement in 1846. He was largely instrumental... Biography of Johnny Galecki
John Mark "Johnny" Galecki (born April 30, 1975) is a Belgian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as David Healy in the sitcom Roseanne, Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and as Leonard Hofstadter, Ph.D, in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Early life Galecki was born in Bree, Belgium, of Polish, Irish, and Italian descent. His mother, Mary Lou, was a mortgage consultant, and his father, Richard Galecki, was a member of the U.S. Air Force stationed in Belgium and also worked as a rehabilitation teacher. He has a younger brother, Nick, and a younger sister, Allison. Galecki moved to Oak Park, Illinois, with his family when he was three years old. During an interview with New Zealand radio station 'ZM' Galecki jokingly recalled his childhood ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Collins
Gary Collins, born April 30, 1938 in Venice, California, is an Americain actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004833/ ) "Yes, Dear" .... David (1 episode, 2000) - The Good Couple (2000) TV episode .... David Beautiful (2000) .... Miss American Miss Host "The Young and the Restless" .... Harry Curtis (1 episode, 2000) ... aka Y&R (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Episode #1.6863 (2000) TV episode .... Harry Curtis Watchers Reborn (1998) .... Gus Brody Jungle Book: Lost Treasure (1998) .... Prof. Miller ... aka Jungle Book: Search for the Lost Treasure (USA: cable TV title) ... aka Mowgli's First Adventure: In Search of the Elephant Eye Diamond (USA: video title) "JAG" .... Senior Attorney (1 episode, 1997) - Impact (1997) TV episode .... Seni... Biography of Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot (born April 30, 1985, in Israel) is an Actress and model by profession. She won the Miss Israel title in 2004 and went on to represent Israel at the 2004 Miss Universe beauty pageant. In 2007, Gal took a part in the Maxim photo shoot "Women of the Israeli army", which focused on Israeli models who were members of the Israeli Army. Gal's photo was on the invitation to the launch party for the controversial issue, and featured on the cover of the New York Post. In 2008 Gal performed the lead role on the Israeli drama Bubot ("Dolls"). She was also chosen to be the leading model of Castro, one of the largest Israeli clothing brands. Gal Gadot is cast in Fast & Furious alongside co-stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, having beat out six other actresses for the role. Filmog... Biography of Guy Cloutier
Guy Cloutier (born April 30, 1940 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) is an entertainment industry producer. Cloutier adapted reality TV to the Quebec market. Entertainers Stéphanie Cloutier and Véronique Cloutier are his daughters, and his son in law is Colorado Avalanche's goaltender José Theodore. On December 20, 2004, he was sentenced to 3 and a half years (42 months) in prison for sexually abusing Nathalie Simard. Career He started in managing and music production by forming Productions Guy Cloutier in 1969, becoming famous for launching the career of child singing sensation René Simard. He produced Loft Story, a made-in-Quebec reality TV show, and Taillefer & filles, a cooking show where mother and daughter Claudette and Marie-Josée Taillefer cook their favourite meals to aud... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee (born Robert Thomas Velline, April 30, 1943, Fargo, North Dakota, United States) is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine Vee has had 34 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20. Vee's 1961 summer release "Take Good Care of My Baby" went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. listings and number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop material, he went on to record a string of international hits in the 1960s, including "Devil or Angel", "Rubber Ball" (1961), "More Than I Can Say" (1961), "Run To Him" (1961), "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (1963), and "Come Back When You Grow Up". When Vee recorded "Come Back When You Grow Up" in 1967, he was joined by a band called 'The Strangers'. His first single was "Suzie Bab... Biography of Verona Pooth
Verona Pooth (née Feldbusch, born 30 April 1968 in La Paz, Bolivia) is a German television celebrity, entertainer, commercial icon and businesswoman. She was also Miss Germany and Miss Intercontinental and represented her country at Miss Universe. She is best known for her short marriage with producer and former Modern Talking singer Dieter Bohlen in 1996. She married Franjo Pooth in 2004, and they have one son, San Diego.... Biography of Luise Rinser
Luise Rinser, born April 30, 1911 in Landsberg-Pitzling, died March 17,2002 in Unterhaching, was a German author. Awardsix 1979 Roswitha-Preis de la ville de Bad Gandersheim 1987 Heinrich-Heine-Preis du ministère de la culture de la RDA 1987 Heinrich-Mann-Preis de l'académie des arts de la RDA 1988 Elisabeth-Langgässer-Literaturpreis Works Les Anneaux transparents, éditions du Seuil, 1956 Le Vol de la colombe, éditions du Seuil, 1959 Pars si tu peux, éditions du Seuil, 1963 La Joie parfaite, éditions du Seuil, 1965 Jour de septembre, éditions du Seuil, 1966 Dire oui à la vie, éditions du Seuil, 1969 Histoire d’amour, éditions du Seuil, 1970 Je suis Tobias, éditions du Seuil, 1971 Chantier, une sorte de journal, éditions du Seuil, 1973 Une femme d’aujo... Biography of Alexandra Holden
Alexandra Holden (born April 30, 1977 in Northfield, Minnesota) is an American film and television actress. She played film roles in Drop Dead Gorgeous as Mary Johanson and in Sugar & Spice as Fern Rogers. She also starred in the low budget slasher film Wishcraft. Holden has also had roles in TV and music videos. She appeared on Friends as Ross's girlfriend, Elizabeth Stevens. Other TV roles include Ally McBeal, Tru Calling and Six Feet Under. In music, she appeared in Aerosmith's "Hole in my Soul" video. Filmography The Frequency of Claire (2008) .... Claire Friday Night Lights .... Suzy (5 episodes, 2007) Dark Reel (2007) .... Scarlett May All the Days Before Tomorrow (2005) (post-production) .... Alison Everything You Want (2005) (TV) .... Jessica Lindstrom Everythin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franky van Der Elst
Franky Van Der Elst (born April 30, 1961 in Opwijk, Belgium) is a former football player and now manager. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Van Der Elst started his professional career at RWDM playing as a defensive midfielder. In 1982 he earned his first call up for Belgium. In 1984 he moved to Club Brugge and stayed there until he finished his career in 1999. He won the Golden Shoe twice in his career, which is quite remarkable for a defensive midfielder. He also appeared in four World Cups from 1986 to 1998. Van Der Elst never scored many goals, when he scored his first and only goal for Belgium against Norway he could hardly believe it. After his career as a player he was appointed as manager at Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen. Aft... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-André Périssol
Pierre-André Périssol, born April 30, 1947 in Nice, is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Biography of Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas. Lehár was born in Komárno (Hungarian: Komárom then in Austria-Hungary, now Slovakia) as the eldest son of a bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian army. He studied violin and composition at the Prague Conservatory but was advised by Antonín Dvořák to focus on composing music. After graduation in 1899 he joined his father's band in Vienna, as assistant bandmaster. In 1902 he became conductor at the historic Vienna Theater an der Wien, where his first opera Wiener Frauen was performed in November of that year. He is most famous for his operettas - the most successful of which is The Merry Widow (die lustige Witwe), but he also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, mar... Biography of James Hewitt
Major James Hewitt (born April 30, 1958 in Dublin), a former British household cavalry officer, is notable for being the longterm lover of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was rumoured to be the biological father of Prince Harry, which he has denied. He has courted controversy by revealing details of their affair. There were rumours of a palace deal with newspapers but this is not corroborated. Princess Diana admitted in her notable Panorama interview that she had committed adultery with Hewitt. As Diana was then the wife of the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, this was technically high treason. The affair ended in 1992. Hewitt grew up in Kent and Devon. He was educated at Millfield School and Sandhurst. He served as a Major in the first gulf war. He retired from the Life Guards in Mar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (born 30 April 1952 in Paris) is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard also a revered film director. At the beginning of the 1980s he successfully began screenwriting, including Réveillon chez Bob! and Mortelle randonnée, Baxter, Fréquence Meurtre and Saxo. In 1994, he directed the film Regarde les hommes tomber, a road movie with Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film won the César Award for the best first film and the prix Georges-Sadoul. Two years later he reunited with Mathieu Kassovitz and Jean-Louis Trintignant on his second movie Un héros très discret adapted from the eponymous novel by Jean-François Deniau. His third movie received 10 nominations at the Césars and won eight, among them the awards for best film, best director, best ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cyriel Verschaeve
Cyriel Verschaeve (April 30, 1874 - November 8, 1949) was a noted Flemish clergyman and writer who was condemned for collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War. Born in Ardooie to a staunch Roman Catholic family, he began training to be a priest at a small seminary in Roeselare in 1886, before moving on to Bruges in 1892 to complete his studies. He was finally ordained in 1897 and then continued his studies at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He returned to Belgium in 1911 to become a parish priest at Alveringem. Whilst here he became involved in the pacifist movement after the outbreak of the First World War and was involved in the building of the IJzertoren. Dismissed as chaplain in 1939, Verschaeve, who had long been sympathetic to Germany, wrote Het Uur... Biography of Mimi Farina
Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was a singer, songwriter, and activist. She was the daughter of physicist Albert Baez and sister of folk singer Joan Baez. Fariña married novelist, musician and composer Richard Fariña in 1963 at the age of 17, and the two collaborated on a number of influential folk albums, most notably Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965) and Reflections in a Crystal Wind (1966). After Richard Fariña's death (on Mimi's 21st birthday) in a 1966 motorcycle accident, Mimi married Milan Melvin and continued to perform, sometimes recording and touring with either her sister Joan, or folksinger Tom Jans. In 1974, Fariña founded Bread and Roses, a non-profit organization, designed to bring free music and entertainment to hospitals, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Burt Young
Burt Young (born April 30, 1940) is an American Academy Award-nominated actor, painter, and author. He is best-known for his role as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law Paulie in the Rocky film series. Personal life Young was born Jerry De Louise in Queens, New York, the son of Josephine and Michael. He was trained by Lee Strasberg at the world-famous Actor's Studio. Young is widowed and has one daughter, Anne Morea. He owns a restaurant in The Bronx, New York. Career Young made his name playing rough-edged working class Italian-American characters, the best-known example being his signature role as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law Paulie in Rocky (1976), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of three actors (Sylvester Stallone and Ton... Biography of Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw (April 30, 1916 – January 25, 1999) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded to a conductor, the Alice M. Ditson Conductor's Award for Service to American Music; the George Peabody Medal for outstanding contributions to music in America, the Gold Baton Award of the American Symphony Orchestra League for "distinguished service to music and the arts, the American National Medal of Arts, France's Officier des Arts et des Lettres, England's Gramophone Award, and was a 1991 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Shaw was born in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philip III of France
Philip III (30 April 1245 – 5 October 1285), called the Bold (French: le Hardi), was the King of France, succeeding his father, Louis IX, and reigning from 1270 to 1285. He was a member of the House of Capet. Born in Poissy, to Louis IX (the later Saint Louis) and Marguerite of Provence, Philip was prior to his accession Count of Orleans. He accompanied his father on the Eighth Crusade to Tunisia in 1270. His father died at Tunis and there Philip was declared king at the age of 25. Philip was indecisive, soft in nature, timid, and apparently crushed by the strong personalities of his parents and dominated by his father's policies. He was called "the Bold" on the basis of his abilities in combat and on horseback and not his character. He was pious, but not cultivated. He followed the dic... Biography of Kunal Nayyar
Kunal Nayyar (born April 30, 1981) is an Indian actor born in London, England, and raised in New Delhi, India. He is currently known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Education University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, United States - BS in Business (BSS) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States - Masters in Fine Arts in Acting (MFA) Career Nayyar plays Rajesh Koothrappali on the hit TV show The Big Bang Theory. Recently, Nayyar teamed up with Arun Das and Amitabh Bacchan to write the critically acclaimed play Cotton Candy, which is currently still running in New Delhi, India. Nayyar also previously guest-starred in the CBS drama NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) in the episode “Suspicion” (Season 4, E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vittorio Merloni
Vittorio Merloni (Fabriano, born 30 April 1933) is an Italian businessman and industrialist. He is the chairman of Indesit Company, a multinational white goods producer based in the Marche region of Italy, and of Fineldo, the Italian holding company that controls Gruppo Merloni. Biography Vittorio Merloni has a degree in economics and commerce (from the University of Perugia). He is married to Franca Carloni and has four children: Maria Paola, Andrea, Antonella and Aristide. In 1960 he started work in the family business and in 1975 he became chairman of the newly formed Merloni Elettrodomestici (renamed Indesit Company in 2005). In 1980 he became president of Confindustria, a post he held for four years. In 1984, the year he was made a “Cavaliere del lavoro”, he was elected pre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lewis MacKenzie
Major-General Lewis Wharton MacKenzie, C.M., CMM, MSC (and bar), O.Ont , CD, (born April 30, 1940) is a retired Canadian general and writer. MacKenzie is most famous for establishing and commanding Sector Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force or UNPROFOR in Yugoslavia in 1992. MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia the son of Eugene MacKenzie and Shirley nee Wharton. He is named after his great uncle, Liverpool, Nova Scotia schooner captain Lewis Wharton. MacKenzie's forefather Israel Wharton fought as a United Empire Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Waxhaws. Israel subsequently settled in the Liverpool, Nova Scotia area. MacKenzie joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and was commissioned in 1960. He served his first peac... Biography of Justin Vernon
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon, born April 30, 1981 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is an American indie folk singer-songwriter and the frontman for Bon Iver. Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, WI, graduating in 1999. He then attended university at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. While in high school and college, Vernon founded the bands Mount Vernon and DeYarmond Edison – both indie-rock bands which originated from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides. DeYarmond Edison's core consisted of Vernon, Brad and Phil Cook, and Joe Westerlund. The band saw varying line-up changes during its five years of existence. After a long period of success in the Eau Claire music scene, the four band mates decided to leave their longtime home and move to Raleigh, North C... Biography of Félix Guattari
Pierre-Félix Guattari (April 30, 1930 – August 29, 1992) was a French militant, an institutional psychotherapist, philosopher, and semiotician; he founded both schizoanalysis and ecosophy. Guattari is best known for his intellectual collaborations with Gilles Deleuze, most notably Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980). Biography Clinic of La Borde Guattari was born in Villeneuve-les-Sablons, a working-class suburb of north-west Paris, France. He trained under (and was analysed by) the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan in the early 1950s. Subsequently, he worked (until his death from a heart attack in 1992) at the experimental psychiatric clinic of La Borde under the direction of Lacan's pupil, the psychiatrist Jean Oury. La Borde was a venue for conversation among many stude... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCC (pronounced ; b. April 30, 1949) is a Portuguese politician, a former prime minister and president of the Socialist International. Currently he is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. António Guterres was born and raised in Portugal's capital, Lisbon. As a young child he already showed the abilities which would later garner him the award for Best High School Student for the year of 1965. He continued his studies at IST, where he pursued degrees in physics and electrical engineering. During his college years Guterres was never involved in the student opposition to the fascist regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Instead, he dedicated himself to his studies and to meetings of the JUC (Catholic University Students Movement). In 1971 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeff Reboulet
Jeffrey Allen Reboulet (born April 30, 1964, in Dayton, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He is an alumnus of Louisiana State University. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1986 MLB amateur draft, Reboulet would make his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins on May 12, 1992, and appear in his final game during the 2003 season.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adriana Asti
Adriana Asti (born 30 April 1933 in Milan) is an Italian actress. She was married to Bernardo Bertolucci. Selected Filmography Città di notte, by Leopoldo Trieste (1956) Arrangiatevi!, by Mauro Bolognini (1959) Rocco and His Brothers, by Luchino Visconti (1960) Accattone, by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1961) Giorno di paga, episode of Cronache del '22, by Guidarino Guidi (1962) Il disordine, by Franco Brusati (1962) Before the Revolution, by Bernardo Bertolucci (1964) I visionari, by Maurizio Ponzi (1968) Più tardi, Claire, più tardi, by Brunello Rondi (1968) Che cosa sono le nuvole?, episode of Capriccio all'italiana, by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1968) Metti una sera a cena, by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (1969) Una tarantola dalla pelle calda (Duett för kannibaler), by Susa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster (born 30 April 1987) is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses". Early career Nikki Webster was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 30 April 1987. Her first appearance on stage was at the age of four and she appeared in her first commercial at the age of six, a Twisties commercial. In 1994, she was a member of the cast of Aladdin and made a guest appearance on Home and Away. In 1995, she was in the ensemble cast of an Australian production of Cinderella and made a guest appearance on ABC-TVs G.P. Nikki went to the MLC School in Burwood until Year 6, before enrolling in The McDonald School of Performing Arts in North Strathfield, Sydney. There, she attended... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lex McLean
Lex McLean (born Alexander McLean Cameron, April 30, 1907 (source: British Entertainers, third edition)—1975) was a Scottish comedian. Described as "almost certainly the last of Scotland's great music hall comedians" . He played to packed houses all over his country from the late 1950's to the early 1970's, when he had to semi-retire on the grounds of ill health. Known as "Sexy Lex" for his risque but never obscene humour. His act was even passed by the Lord Chamberlain. At the peak of his popularity in the 1960's he appeared in the BBC Scotland comedy series Lex and Lex Again. A huge fan of Rangers , he even had Ibrox legend George Young guest on his television show.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Morellet
François Morellet (born in April 30, 1926, Cholet, France) is a contemporary French painter, engraver, sculptor and light artist. His early work prefigured Minimal art and Conceptual art, and he has played an important role in geometrical abstraction over the past half century. Career After a short period of figurative/representational work, Morellet turned to abstraction in 1950 and he adopted a pictorial language of simple geometric forms: lines, squares and triangles assembled into two-dimensional compositions. In 1961, he was one of the founders of the "Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel" (GRAV), with fellow artists Francisco Sobrino, Horatio Garcia-Rossi, Hugo DeMarco, Julio Le Parc, Jean-Pierre Yvaral (the son of Victor Vasarely) and Joël Stein, François Molnar and Vera Molnar (th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Lacerda
Carlos Frederico Werneck de Lacerda (April 30, 1914 – May 21, 1977) was a Brazilian journalist and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Lacerda was the son of a family of politicians from Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro State. When he was a law student, Lacerda became sympathetic to Communist ideas, but by the 1940s he had transformed into a staunch anti-communist. He started his journalism career at Diário de Notícias (English: News Daily) in 1929. In 1949 he founded the newspaper Tribuna da Imprensa (English: Press Tribune). Starting his political career in 1947, Lacerda was elected to the legislative chamber (city council) of the city of Rio de Janeiro. In 1950 he was elected a UDN party representative for the state of Rio in the Chamber of Deputies. He became well-known for his op... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brian Baker (tennis)
Brian Baker, born on April 30, 1985 in Nashville, Tennessee, is a former professional tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee. Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event main draw. Baker played on the tour only a short time - from 2002 through 2005 and in a few autumn challengers in 2007. He won two challenger events in this time and reached a career best singles ranking of World No. 172, on November 15, 2004. He was coached by Ricardo Acuna. Baker is currently serving as an assistant coach for the Belmont University men's tennis program. In his first tour action since 2007, Baker entered an ITF Futures tournament in Pittsburg in July ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Moncoutié
David Moncoutié (born April 30, 1975, Provins, France) is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Dauphiné Libéré. Origins David Moncoutié grew up in a soccer-loving family in which nobody had raced on a bike. He was introduced to cycling by a friend, having played football until he was 16. He gained his baccalauréat in biology His father, mother and two sisters worked for the post office and wanted him to work there as well. Friends suggested he join them for a ride. He said: "They all had beautiful racing bikes, I had a sports bike that was nothing to talk about... and I dropped them right from the start. I said to myself,' Tiens, you'r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963) is a semi-former professional race car driver, co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, and a published author. He is the younger brother of three-time NASCAR champion and racing commentator Darrell Waltrip. Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500; having won the race in 2001 and 2003. He is also a commentator for SPEED TV's coverage of the Camping World Truck Series and is an analyst on the Showtime series Inside NASCAR, along with Chris Myers, Brad Daugherty, and Randy Pemberton. Waltrip was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He currently lives in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina. Early racing career Waltrip's stock-car career got off the ground in 1981, when he captured the Mini-Modified division track championship at Kentucky Motor Speed... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Schollander
Donald ("Don") Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is a former Olympic swimmer for the United States. Early career Schollander was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and learned competitive swimming from his uncle, Newt Perry, who ran a swim school in Florida. As a boy, Schollander moved with his family to Lake Oswego, Oregon. Though his first sporting passion was football, he was too small to compete in high school football. Instead, he joined Lake Oswego High School's swim team, and in 1960, helped lead the team to an Oregon state swimming championship as a freshman. Olympics As a teenager in 1962, Schollander moved to Santa Clara, California to train under swim coach George Haines of the budding Santa Clara Swim Club. Two years later at the age of 18, he won three freesty... Biography of Dimitra Liani
Dimitra Liani (Greek: Δήμητρα Λιάνη), born on April 30, 1955 in , is the widow and former third wife of the former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Liani was born in Florina, Greece. She worked as an air hostess with Olympic Airways. She married Papandreou in 1989 after being his "extramarital liaison", and became first lady -and head of his private office- when Andreas Papandreou returned to power in October 1993.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001) was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. Born Corinne Dibos in Paris, Calvet studied criminal law at the Sorbonne and made her debut in French radio, stage plays and cinema in the 1940s before being brought to Hollywood in the 1940s by producer Hal Wallis. He cast her in Rope of Sand (1949) opposite Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. In the 1950s, Calvet appeared in a string of films, usually playing French characters, opposite such leading men as Danny Kaye (On the Riviera), Joseph Cotten (Peking Express), James Cagney (What Price Glory?), James Stewart (The Far Country), Alan Ladd (Thunder in the East), Tony Curtis (So This Is Paris) and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (Sailor Beware). She made a rare television appear... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorival Caymmi
Dorival Caymmi (April 30, 1914 – August 16, 2008) was considered to be one of the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. Ben Ratliff wrote that Caymmi was perhaps second only to Antonio Carlos Jobim "in establishing a songbook of this century’s Brazilian identity." The son of an Italian immigrant and a black Bahian woman, he had a distinctive style of his own and was the writer of many classic songs. The sambas, such as O Samba Da Minha Terra, have become standards of Música Popular Brasileira. He also wrote ballads celebrating the fearless fishermen of Bahia, including Promessa de Pescador and O Vento. Although his songs celebrate the people of Bahia and he himself is enshrined in the popular Brazilian imagination as the archetypal Bahian, he moved to Rio de Janeiro ... Biography of Sophie Turner
Sophie Turner, born April 30, 1988, is an Australian model and reality television personality who first gained notoriety as a contestant on the Australian television series Search for a Supermodel. Biography Sophie Turner was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1984, the youngest of four children. Turner was first scouted at the age of 14, while she was on a suburban Adelaide beach. She was asked to enter a swimsuit competition, which she won. Sophie was titled Australia’s ‘Miss Beach’ in 1997. In 2008, Turner earned a Bachelor of Laws from Flinders University of South Australia.... Biography of Michael J. Smith
Michael John Smith, usually known as Mike Smith (April 30, 1945 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission. All seven crew members died. Smith was born in Morehead City, North Carolina; an airfield there is named for him. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1967 and served as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, earning numerous decorations for combat including the Distinguished Flying Cross. He continued his career with the Navy after the war, becoming a Navy test pilot; he was promoted posthumously by Congress to the rank of Captain, and has had a Chair named in his honor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School. Among his other posthumous awards was the Purple Heart me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Simon (general)
Jean Simon, born on April 30, 1912 in Brest, died on September 28, 2003 in Cherbourg, was a French general.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pieter van Vollenhoven
Pieter van Vollenhoven, Jr. (born 30 April 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. Early life and career Born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Sr. (1897-1977) and his wife Jacoba Gijsbertha Stuyling de Lange (1906-1983). He attended secondary school in Rotterdam, after which is studied law at the University of Leiden. He graduated in 1965, after which he worked as a legal officer for the Netherlands Council of State. In 1966, he performed his military service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and attained a Military Pilot's license the following year. Marriage and family On 10 January 1967 at The Hague, he married Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. This made him the first person to become a member of the Dutch Royal Hou... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Hazard
Paul Gustave Marie Camille Hazard (30 April 1878, Noordpeene, Nord — 12 April 1944, Paris), was a French scholar, professor and historian of ideas. Hazard was the son of a school teacher. Starting in 1900, he attended the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He received a doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1910 and became famous for his Ph.D. dissertation La Révolution française et les lettres italiennes (1910). He began his teaching at the University of Lyon in 1910 teaching comparative literature. In 1919 he began teaching also at the Sorbonne. In 1925 he was appointed to the chair of comparative literature at the Collège de France in Paris. In alternating years, from 1932 until 1940, he was a visiting lecturer at Columbia University in New York. During the 1920's and 1930's he also lectured a... Biography of Michel Bühler
Michel Bühler,, born on April 30, 1945 in Berne, is a Swiss singer, writer, actor, poet, composer, playwright, and teacher. Discography 1969 - Helvétiquement vôtre 1971 - Michel Bühler 1973 - Vivre nus 1976 - Immigré 1977 - Ici 1978 - Simple histoire 1980 - La belle folie 1986 - Rasez les Alpes... qu'on voit la mer 1987 - Il aimait les rires 1988 - Le retour du major Davel 1993 - L'autre chemin 1995 - En public 1995 - La Fête à Bühler - Spectacle-hommage par Florence Chitacumbi, Valérie Lou, Denis Alber, Le Bel Hubert, Pascal Rinaldi et Thierry Romanens 1996 - Cuvée 90 1997 - Rue de la Roquette - Chansons de 1969 à 1980 1997 - Comme un goût de solitude - Chansons de 1986 à 1997 1997 - Jusqu'à quand? ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Bergeaud
Claude Bergeaud (born on 30 April 1960 in Artigat, Ariège, France) is a French basketball coach. From 2008 to 2010, he was the director general of the club Pau-Orthez. Clubs 1996 - end of 1997 : France Pau-Orthez (Pro A) : assistant coach end of 1997 - 2002 : France Pau-Orthez (Pro A) 2005 - 2006 : France ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (Pro A) National team End of 2003 - end of 2007 : France France national basketball team Honours National team World Championships 5th place in 2006 World Championships in Japan European Championships Bronze Bronze medal at 2005 European Basketball Championships in Belgrade 8th in 2007 European Championships in Spain Clubs With Pau-Orthez, he won : French Championships in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Metellus
Jean Metellus (born 30 April 1937) is a Haitian neurologist, poet, novelist and playwright. Life and career Jean Metellus was born in Jacmel, Haiti. After completing his education in Haiti, he worked as a teacher. In 1959 he moved to Paris to escape the Duvalier dictatorship, where he studied linguistics and medicine, specializing in neurology. In 1973 the magazine Les Lettres Nouvelles published his poem "Au pipirite chantant," beginning his career as a poet and writer. Some of Metellus's early poems were also published by Jean-Paul Satre in his Les Temps Modernes. Metellus' plays include Anacoana produced in Paris at the Thèâtre National de Chaillot by Antoine Vitez. Metellus has published several novels, books of poetry and plays. He dedicates his books to wife Anna-Marie.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xavier Fauche
Xavier Fauche, born on April 30, 1946 in Paris, is a French cartoonist, author, novelist, radio host, and businessman of Scottish descent.... Biography of Mandi LeBlanc
Mandi LeBlanc, born on April 30, 1976 in Austin, Texas, is an American singer and actress. External link: http://www.mandileblanc.com/Home.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Monselet
Charles Monselet (30 April 1825, Nantes - 19 May 1888, Paris) was a French journalist, novelist, poet and playwright, nicknamed "the king of the gastronomes" by his contemporaries. He specialised in comedic and romantic novels and his total output was around 40 volumes. References Kilien Stengel. Anthologie des Poètes de la bonne chère, ed.Table Ronde (groupe Gallimard), 2007.... Biography of Al Lewis (actor)
Al Lewis (April 30, 1923 – February 3, 2006) was an American character actor best known for his role as "Grandpa Munster" on the television series The Munsters and its subsequent film versions. Later in life, he was also a restaurant owner, political candidate, and radio broadcaster. Early life Lewis was born Albert Meister on April 30, 1923. Few other facts about Lewis are known with any certainty; most of the information comes from interviews he gave, but there are inconsistencies in his statements. Sometimes he gave his birth year as 1910, other times 1923. Ted Lewis, his son, said his father was born in 1923. Dan Barry of the New York Times wrote in reference to Lewis: "Actors who lie about their age usually subtract, not add, years, and few would have the nerve to fudge those year... Biography of James Marsh (director)
James Marsh (born 30 April 1963 Truro, Cornwall) is a film director known for directing the cult film Wisconsin Death Trip starring Marcus Monroe and Sir Ian Holm. He won 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing Man on Wire. Marsh lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his wife and two children. As an undergraduate, he studied at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. Movie career James Marsh began his early career in directing with several documentaries made for the BBC. His first TV documentary was the 90 minute, Troubleman - The Last Years of Marvin Gaye, and was followed by The 26 minute 1990 documentary The Animator of Prague starring Jan Svankmajer's and his works. Later came The Burger and the King: The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley , in 1995, and the Welsh mus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Boyon
Michel Boyon, born April 30, 1946 in Paris, is a French civil servant and the President of CSA (2007- ). The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) is a French institution, created in 1989, whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France, such as radio and television, including through eventual censorship.... Biography of Barbara Morel
Barbara Morel, born on April 30, 1991 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, is the first Miss Nationale, selected by a jury on December 5, 2010 in France. For the first time in history, France has produced two major beauty queens: Laury Thilleman of Brittany was elected Miss France 2011, while Barbara Morel of Provence took home the title of a rival pageant launched by the former Miss France organizer. for the first time ever, France produced two major beauty queens from rival contests. Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20101206-france-miss-genevieve-de-fontenay-rival-french-beauty-contest-winners On Saturday, 19-year-old business school student Laury Thilleman of Brittany was elected Miss France 2011 by viewers of television channel TF1 in the traditional competition. But the very ... Biography of Sarah Brandner
Sarah Brandner, born on December 12, 1988 in Munich, is a German model. She lives with the footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger.... Biography of Emma Pierson
Emma Jane Pierson, better known as Emma Pierson, (born 30 April 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Anna Thornton-Wilton in the BBC television drama Hotel Babylon. Pierson has appeared in many television programmes, including Days Like These, Beast, I Saw You, Charles II, The Worst Week of My Life, Bloodlines, Coupling and Time Gentlemen Please. Her more recent projects include the film Lives of the Saints. Biography The daughter of a nurse and a Royal Navy submariner, Pierson was born Emma Jane Pierson on 30 April 1981 in Plymouth, Devon. Her father, Charles, was stationed at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde where Emma spent the first four years of her life. When she was in her teens, Pierson lived with her parents and three siblings in North Bradley,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wonder Mike (rapper)
Wonder Mike (born Michael Anthony Wright on April 30, 1957) is an old school rapper, famous for being a member of The Sugar Hill Gang, the first hip hop act to produce a record, "Rapper's Delight". The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for their biggest hit, "Rapper's Delight", the first hip hop single recorded to become a Top 40 hit. The song uses the instrumental track from "Good Times" by Chic as its foundation. The members, all from Englewood, New Jersey, called themselves Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank and Master Gee. They were assembled into a group by producer Sylvia Robinson who also founded Sugar Hill Records, along with her husband, the record mogul Joe Robinson. History This pioneering group inaugurated the recorded history of hip hop with their s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miroslav Radman
Miroslav Radman (born April 30, 1944 in Split) is a prominent Croatian biologist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Radman's specialty is DNA repair; in 1974 he discovered the SOS response. He is now a professor of cellular biology at the Faculté de Médecine - Necker, Université Paris V, Paris, France. Radman is a co-founder of the Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences. External links (English) http://www.necker.fr/tamara/pages/miro.html (French) http://www.academie-sciences.fr/membres/R/Radman_Miroslav_bio.htm... Biography of Yana Karpova
Yana Karpova (Яна Карпова), born on April 30, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian model. She has walked for Alberta Ferreti, Christian Dior, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Vera Wang, Elie Saab, Lacoste, John Galliano, and Cavalli.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Casimir III the Great
Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki) (30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370), last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty (reigned 1333–1370), was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz. Royal titles Royal titles in Latin: Kazimirus, Dei gracia rex Poloniæ ac terrarum Cracoviæ, Sandomiriæ, Syradiæ, Lanciciæ, Cuyaviæ, Pomeraniæ, Russiequæ dominus et heres. English translation: Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland, lord and inheritor of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania (Pomerelia) and Ruthenia. Also known as the Peasants' King. Biography Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francesco Primaticcio
Francesco Primaticcio (April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Biography Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua and became a pupil of Innocenzo da Imola, executing decorations at the Palazzo Te before securing a position in the court of Francis I of France in 1532. Holy Family with St Elizabeth and John the Baptist, now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. Together with Rosso Fiorentino he was one of the leading artists to work at the Chateau Fontainebleau (where he is grouped with the so-called "First School of Fontainebleau") spending much of his life there. Following Rosso's death in 1540, Primaticcio took control of the artistic direction at Fontainebleau, furnishing ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Matusow
Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table. He is also known for sometimes ruining hours or days of good play with a single spectacular misjudgment, (known as a "Mike Matusow Blow-up" or "Mike Matusow Meltdown"). Matusow began playing poker seriously in the early 1990s, first while working as a poker dealer, then as a professional player. His successes include being a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, and the winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. Early years Matusow's first experience of poker was playing video poker in the Maxim Casino at the age of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irina Kulikova (guitarist)
Irina Kulikova (born 30 April 1982) is a Russian-Dutch classical guitarist. Biography Irina Kulikova was born in Chelyabinsk, the capital of South-Ural, Russia. Under the guidance of her mother – cellist Vinera Kulikova – she started developing her musicianship from the earliest age. At twelve, she was already travelling around Russia and abroad for gala-concerts and festivals. At fourteen, she was included in the book 'The Classical Guitar, its evolution, players and personalities since 1800' by Maurice Summerfield, director of the Ashley Mark Publishing Company. Ever since this early recognition, Irina Kulikova has caught the attention of leading guitarists, critics and audiences around the world. Classical Guitar Magazine (UK) wrote about her: ‘She has the potential to become a... Biography of Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka (born 30 April 1983) is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States and UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian Superleague. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college career at Seminole Junior College. She also attended West Virginia University after transferring from Wabash Valley Junior College. Career 1996–00: Belarus BelGUT Gomel 2000–02: United States Seminole State College 2002–03: United States Wabash Valley College 2003–06: United States West Virginia Mountaineers 2006: United States Charlotte Sting 2006–08: Lithuania TEO Vilnius 2007: Spain ͛... Biography of Shannon O'Brien
Shannon Patricia Elizabeth O'Brien (born April 30, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts (birth time source: Frances McEvoy, Astrodatabank)) is a Democrat from Massachusetts. O'Brien served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 through 1993, in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 through 1995, and was the Massachusetts State Treasurer from 1999 through 2003. In that last position she became the first woman to be elected in Massachusetts to state-wide office by her own accord. She was the Democratic Party nominee in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002, but lost in the general election to Mitt Romney. Early life and education O'Brien is a fourth-generation member of the Beacon Hill political establishment. Her father Edward (1933-2004) was a lawyer who served on the... Biography of Kristian Matsson
Kristian Matsson (born April 30, 1983) is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden. Since 2006, he has released three full-length albums and two EPs. He performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth, despite not being unusually tall. He is known for recording and producing his own records in whichever home he is currently living in and states that the connection between his voice and guitar is so strong, he rarely records them as separately tracked performances. He is also known both by critics and his fans for his charismatic stage presence. Matsson is married to fellow Swedish singer-songwriter Amanda Bergman, who performs under the name of Idiot Wind. The couple have toured extensively together, often performing songs together on stage. He has toured with Bon Iver. Matsson also... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara of Austria
Barbara of Austria (30 April 1539 – 19 September 1572) was born in Innsbruck to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. From 1547, in Innsbruck with her sisters Magdalena, Margareta, Helena and Johanna, she received a deeply religious upbringing. Even though Barbara was regarded as plain, several proposals had been made for her hand, due to her connections with the Austrian and Spanish courts. In 1565 her marriage to Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara, was celebrated with much splendour. It was a happy marriage but it remained childless. Torquato Tasso who, in 1565, had been called to the court of Ferrara, dedicated some sonnets to her. In 1570 and 1571, after an earthquake, using her own income she supported young girls without parents. She founded the Conservatore... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Louis, Prince of Conti
François Louis de Bourbon (30 April 1664 – 9 February 1709) was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother Louis Armand in 1685. Until this date he used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon. He was son of Armand de Bourbon and Anne Marie Martinozzi, herself a niece of Cardinal Mazarin. He is the most famous member of the Conti family, a younger branch of the Princes of Condé. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang. Biography Born at the Hôtel de Conti in Paris, he was the last of his parents children. He had one older brother Louis Armand (1661–1685) who married Marie Anne de Bourbon, the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress, Louise de La Vallière. François Louis was considered an intelligent child and received an excellent education. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Savol
Scott Thomas Savol (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer and was the 5th place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol. Personal life He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but lived in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, where he records music. Savol has a son named Brandon. He has been married to Rochelle since June 8, 2006. During the American Idol competition, The Smoking Gun reported that Savol had previously been charged with misdemeanor assault for hitting his girlfriend and mother of his son, Michele Martin, with a telephone on February 14, 2001 so hard that the phone broke. Savol pled the charge down to disorderly conduct, for which he received probation and was ordered to complete a domestic abuse or anger management class; his girlfriend ... Biography of Wooyoung
Jang Wooyoung (Hangul: 장우영; Hanja: 張祐榮, generally known as Wooyoung, born on April 30, 1989), is a South Korean idol and K-pop singer. He is one of six members of 2PM, a boy band managed by JYP Entertainment. 2PM career Discography Main article: 2PM Discography Solo work Music On May 22, 2012, it was revealed that Wooyoung will release solo album in early July. Although Junsu had experienced releasing solo tracks through their Asia tour, Wooyoung will be the first member to formally release a solo album and promote it. Wooyoung's album will include one self-composed song by fellow member Junho and will contain five to six songs, making it a mini-album. On June 28, he performed his upcoming title track called, "Sexy Lady" in Mnet 20's Choi... Biography of Drew Seeley
Andrew Michael Edgar "Drew" Seeley (born April 28, 1982) is a Canadian actor, singer-songwriter and dancer. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about pre-teen age and then moved to Florida. Seeley is currently married to actress/comedienne Amy Paffrath. Early life Seeley grew up in Toronto and fell in love with performing. He was cast in Hal Prince's revival of Showboat and stayed with the production for a year. In 2005, Seeley started working with Ray Cham, an established producer and together they wrote "Get'cha Head in the Game", a song that was a nominee in the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy category, Best Original Music and Lyrics. In 2009, Seeley tried his hand at Broadway, taking on the role of Prince Eric in The L... |
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