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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 4, 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 · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
151 celebrities or events were found for April, 4. Add to favourites (186 fans)Biography of Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. Early life and family Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw), a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining engineer. Ledger's mother is descended from the Clan Campbell of Scotland and his father comes from a family well-known in Perth. The Sir Fr... Add to favourites (204 fans)Biography of Robert Downey Jr.
Robert John Downey, Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actor and musician. He became known during the late 1980s and early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances in Hollywood films. After a period of drug addiction during the late 1990s, Downey Jr. resumed his acting career, appearing on the television series Ally McBeal as well as in a number of supporting and lead film roles, including the upcoming Iron Man. Early life and career Downey Jr. was born in New York City, New York to Elsie Ford, a dancer and singer, and Robert Downey Sr., a director of underground films. He has a sister, Alison. Downey, Jr. is Jewish on his father's side, the original family name being "Elias"; he also has Irish ancestry. During his chi... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (born Montauban, France, April 4, 1945) is a European politician and was a leader of the student protesters during the May 1968 riots in France. He was also known during that time as "Danny the Red" (because of both his politics and the color of his hair). He is currently co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. Childhood Cohn-Bendit was born in France to German-Jewish parents who had fled Nazism in 1933. He spent his childhood in Paris. He moved to Germany in 1958, where his father had been a lawyer since the end of the war. He attended the Odenwaldschule in Heppenheim near Frankfurt, a secondary school for children of the enlightened upper middle class. Being officially stateless at birth, when he reached the... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4, 1991 (birth time source: Seventeen Magazine 2005)) is an American Actor, and the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears. She is best known for starring in the Nickelodeon television series Zoey 101, as Zoey Brooks, the main character of the show. She is currently in a relationship with Casey Aldridge, the father of her child and the man to whom she is engaged. Career Jamie Lynn Spears appeared in 2001's Total Britney Live and in a Clorox and Pepsi commercial in 2002. In the same year, she appeared briefly in the movie Crossroads, as the younger version of the main character, Lucy, who was played by her older sister. For two seasons, Spears was a cast member on the Nickelodeon comedy-variety show: All That. She played a number of different chara... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for the autobiographical writings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986). Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Early life Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. In 1931, when she was three years old, her parents divorced and she and her 4-year old brother, Bailey, were sent alone, by train, to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Whil... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Frédéric López
Frédéric Lopez (born April 4, 1967 in Pau) is a French television host. He currently works for France 2 on which he presents some shows. He began on radio in 1991 on Autoroute Info, the first traffic information radio. In 1992, he worked for Télé Lyon Métropole (TLM), the channel on which he debuted on television. There he hosted talk shows and documentaries. From 1995 to 1996, he hosted Le Mag de l'Information on LM1, with Guillaume Durand. Then he worked on LCI, where he was special envoy and correspondent. On the same channel, he led the magazine Cinéma. In 1999, he made several appearances in Olivier Schatzky's film Mr Naphatali, with Élie Kakou. In 2000, he presented Alors heureux ? and Fallait y penser on France 2. Then in 2004, in addition to France 2 and his program Com... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras (French IPA: ) (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director. She was born in Saigon, French Indochina (now Vietnam), and went to France, her parents' native country, to study law, but became a writer instead. She changed her name in 1943 for Duras, the name of a village in the Lot-et-Garonne département, where her father's house was located. She is the author of a great many novels, plays, films and short narratives, including her best-selling, ostensibly autobiographical work L'Amant (1984), translated into English as The Lover. Following the making of a film of the same name(s) (1992, L'Amant, The Lover) based on her work, Duras then published a slightly different work, L'Amant de la Chine du Nord. O... Biography of Bernard Campan
Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958) is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists.... Biography of Claire (L5)
Claire-L is a singer of the french pop group L5.... Biography of Michel Fourniret
Michel Fourniret (born Sedan, France, 4 April 1942) is a French serial killer who confessed, in June and July 2004, to kidnapping, raping and murdering nine girls in a span of fourteen years during the 1980s and the 1990s. He is also suspected of ten additional murders, nine in France and one in Belgium. He is currently detained in Belgium awaiting trial. He is sometimes referred to as the "Ogre of the Ardennes". His wife, Monique Olivier, denounced him following the conviction of Michelle Martin, wife of convicted child murderer Marc Dutroux for complicity in his crimes. Fourniret has been charged with the abduction of minors and sexual misconduct, and has been in detention since June 2003 for the attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl in 2000. Fourniret buried at least two of h... Biography of David Blaine
David Blaine (born David Blaine White on April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American illusionist and stunt performer. He made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. His father was Spanish-Puerto Rican and his mother, Patrice White, was of Jewish and Russian origin. Magic career, stunt artist Street Magic David Blaine began his career by bringing street magic to the public, performing card tricks and illusions such as levitation or bringing dead flies back to life. His first television appearance was on Conan O'Brien, where he also performed card tricks, and promoted his Street Magic special. He used a small camera crew to record his act live in front of everyday people providing the basis for his television specials, David Blaine: Street Magic and David ... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage and screen actor known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Early life Perkins was born in New York City, the son of Janet Esseltyn Rane and stage and film actor James Ripley Osgood Perkins. He attended The Brooks School, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Columbia University and Rollins College, having moved to Boston, Massachusetts after his father's death in 1942. Career Perkins' first movie was The Actress (1953); he received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). After other acclaimed performances both in film and on Broadway, he starred as Norman Bates in the 1960 film Psycho. The role... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alessandro Rambaldi
Italian interior designer.... Biography of Maurice de Vlaminck
Maurice de Vlaminck (April 4, 1876 – October 11, 1958) was a French painter, printmaker and author. Vlaminck was born to musician parents in Paris. As a youth he studied violin before becoming a professional cyclist. His career was ended by a bout with Typhoid fever in 1896. After this he joined the military. During this time he met André Derain, with whom he began to paint. Eventually in Paris he met several other painters including Henri Matisse. During the first decade of the 20th century Vlaminck became known as one of the Fauvist painters. His work was influenced by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne, though his paintings tended to avoid the bright colors that characterized their work. Vlaminck died of old age in Rueil-la-Gadelière on October 11, 1958.... Biography of Louise de Vilmorin
Louise Levêque de Vilmorin (4 April 1902-26 December 1969) was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist. Born in the family chateau at Verrières-le-Buisson, a suburb southwest of Paris, she was the scion of a great French seed company fortune and afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark. Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic or artistic milieus. Her most famous novel was "Madame de", published in 1951, which was made into a celebrated film in 1953 starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux and directed by Max Ophüls. Vilmorin's other works included "Juliette," "La lettre dans un taxi," "Les belles amours," "Saintes-Une fois," and "Intimités." Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published to acclai... Biography of Nancy McKeon
Nancy Justine McKeon (born April 4, 1966) is an American actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life & career McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to a show business family; she and her brother Philip did numerous commercials at the insistence of their parents, Don and Barbara. Nancy also appeared on the soap operas The Secret Storm and Another World. The McKeons moved to Los Angeles in 1975, when Philip got a job as Linda Lavin's son on the television series Alice. In 1979, McKeon was discovered by a casting director for The Facts of Life after a performance in a Hallmark greeting cards advertisement. She was cast as tough and independent tomboy Jo Polniaczek, and debuted on the show in the fall of 1980. This would be Nancy's most famous role and her shot to stardom; she would p... Biography of Cazuza (musician)
Cazuza (April 4, 1958 — July 7, 1990) was a Brazilian composer, singer and poet, born Agenor Miranda Araújo Neto in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza is considered one of the best exponents of Brazilian rock music. Son of the phonographic producer João Araújo and the amateur singer Maria Lúcia Araújo, Cazuza always had close contact with music. Influenced since early childhood by the strong values of Brazilian music, he had a special preference for the sad, dramatic overtones of Cartola, Lupicínio Rodrigues, Dolores Durán, and Maysa. He began to write lyrics and poems around 1965. In late 1974, a vacation in London, England, acquainted him with the music of Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, and the Rolling Stones, and he soon became a great fan. Cazu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Costner Sizemore
Christine "Chris" Costner-Sizemore (born April 4, 1927) is a woman who in the 1950s was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (MPD; now known as dissociative identity disorder). Her case was depicted in the book and film The Three Faces of Eve by her psychiatrists, Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley. She lived for many years in South Carolina. In accordance with then-current modes of thought on MPD, Thigpen reported that Costner-Sizemore had developed multiple personalities as a result of her witnessing two deaths and a horrifying accident within three months as a small child. She had the relatively rare MPD experience of seeing her selves as separate physical persons and would later state that she did not believe she had begun as a single person who had fragmented in resp... Biography of David Cross
David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in Mr. Show and for his role as Tobias Fünke in Arrested Development. Early life Cross was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Susi, a computer retailer. Six months later, Cross's family moved to Florida. After additional moves to New York and Connecticut, the family settled back in Atlanta, where Cross remained for nearly a decade. He attended Northside High School of the Performing Arts (now North Atlanta High School), from which he graduated in 1982. Cross was elected treasurer of his senior class and was voted "Most Humorous" by his classmates. He began performing stand-up comedy at 17. The day after he graduated from high school, Cross went to New York. ... Biography of David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a prolific multi-Emmy award winning American writer, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and Boston Legal. He has also written several film scripts. Kelley's shows are renowned for their whimsical, occasionally surreal comedic touches, as well as moments of seriousness. Early life Born in Waterville, Maine, raised in Belmont, Massachusetts and attended the Belmont Hill School. Kelley was the son of a hockey coach and played the game himself. He was captain of the team at Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1979 with a degree in politics. Demonstrating early on a creative and quirky bent, in his junior year at Princeton, Kelle... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zenobe Gramme
Zénobe Théophile Gramme (April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. In spite of the fact that he was semi-literate and had no advanced knowledge of mathematics, in 1869, he invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point. In 1873 he accidentally discovered that the device was reversible and would spin when connected to any DC power supply. The Gramme Machine was the first usefully powerful electrical motor successful in industry. Before Gramme's inventions, electric motors attained only low power and were used as toys or laboratory curiousities. Gramme died at Bois-Colombes, France and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery. In the city of... Biography of Christophe de Cène
Christophe de Cène, born April 4, 1961 in Combourg, is a French astrologer.... Biography of Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne (born April 4, 1979) is an American film and television actress and producer. Early life Lyonne was born Natasha Braunstein in New York City, the daughter of Yvette Lyonne, a product licensing consultant, and Aaron Braunstein, a native of Brooklyn who worked as a boxing promoter. Lyonne grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household and lived in Israel with her family during her childhood; her maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. When her parents divorced, Lyonne moved back to New York and lived with her mother and older brother Adam in a one-bedroom apartment. Lyonne attended several schools. She first attended a private Jewish school at Ramaz in Manhattan. Her mother then moved to Miami, where Lyonne attended and graduated from Miami Country Day School. Ca... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a Nigerian-born English-Australian film and stage actor best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the The Matrix and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, as well as the title character of V for Vendetta. Early life Hugo Weaving was born in Nigeria to English parents Wallace and Anne. He spent his childhood in South Africa and then he moved to the United Kingdom in his teens. While in England he attended the prestigious boarding school Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, commonly known in Bristol as QEH. He moved to Australia in 1976, where he attended Sydney's Knox Grammar School. Weaving later graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981. Career Early on, Weaving took acting lessons from the voice actors... Biography of Barry Pepper
Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Emmy-nominated Canadian-born actor. Early life Pepper was born in Campbell River, British Columbia. He spent much of his early life traveling the world in a homemade ship. When Barry was five years old, the family set sail. Pepper and his family navigated through the South Pacific islands for five years. His education was completed in both public schools and correspondence courses. Due to the lack of television as entertainment, the family used sketch acting as a means of fun. When the family had finished their travels, they returned to Canada and set up a shop on Denman Island off Vancouver Island. Career He is best known for his role as the religious sniper, Private Daniel Jackson, in Saving... Biography of Sophie Edelstein
Sophie Jeannine Maxime Edelstein, born April 4, 1971 in Lyon, is a French art director, the art director of Pinder Circus. She is the sister of Frederic Edelstein, the director of Pinder Circus. The Pinder circus was founded in 1854 in England by the brothers William and George Pinder. To the origin it bears the name of Britania Circus, of the name of the ship whose veils are used from now on as capital.... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский) (April 4, 1932 - December 29, 1986) was a Soviet film director, writer and opera director. Tarkovksy is listed among the 100 most critically acclaimed film directors; director Ingmar Bergman was quoted as saying "Tarkovsky for me is the greatest , the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream". Tarkovsky attained critical praise for directing such films as Andrei Rublev, Solaris and Stalker. Tarkovsky worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, film theorist and theater ... Biography of Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and Academy Award-winning film director. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Lahti was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the daughter of Elizabeth Margaret (née Tabar), a painter, homemaker and nurse, and Paul Theodore Lahti, a surgeon. Lahti has Finnish ancestry. Her surname means "a gulf", "a bay" or "a cove" in Finnish; Lahti is also a city in Finland, near Helsinki. Lahti studied fine arts at Florida State University and received her bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Michigan, where she joined Delta Gamma sorority. She then toured Europe as part of a pantomime acting troupe. Career After university, Lahti headed to New York City, where she worked as a waitress and did commercials. Her breakthrough movi... Biography of Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983 in St. George, Utah) is an American actress. Early life She was born in St. George, Utah and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, subsequently moving to Los Angeles to seek further acting opportunities. She married actor Jordan Alan on April 29 2006. Amanda is the youngest of eight children, having six sisters and one brother. Career After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives. She played a regular guest character Hailey Nichol in the American teen drama The O.C. In the season finale of Season 2 of The O.C., her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Cooper jokes about life on the North Shore, the show she formerly starred in after the series was canceled after one season, playing the role of Tessa Lewis. In late 2005... Biography of Gary Moore
Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the blues-rock band Skid Row as well as having a successful solo career. Among many cameo appearances over the years, he performed the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. Background Moore grew up in Castleview Road, off the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast and started performing at a young age, having picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight, and got his first quality guitar at the age of fourteen, learning to play the right-handed instrument in the standard way despite being left handed. Like so many othe... Biography of Craig T. Nelson
Craig Theodore Nelson or Craig T. Nelson (not to be confused with Craig Richard Nelson), born April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington, is an American actor. He married twice, with Robin Nelson and Doria Cook-Nelson (1987 - present). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005266/ ) The Proposal (2009) (post-production) .... Joe Paxton "My Name Is Earl" .... Warden Jerry Hazelwood (4 episodes, 2007) - Early Release (2007) TV episode .... Warden Jerry Hazelwood - Burn Victim (2007) TV episode .... Warden Jerry Hazelwood - Randy in Charge: Of Our Days and Our Nights (2007) TV episode .... Warden Jerry Hazelwood - The Gangs of Camden County (2007) TV episode .... Warden Jerry Hazelwood Blades of Glory (2007) .... Coach The Family Stone (2005) .... Kelly Stone... Biography of Isoroku Yamamoto
Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku?) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and an alumnus of U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919–1921). Yamamoto held several important posts in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of naval aviation. He was the commander-in-chief during the decisive early years of the Pacific War and so was responsible for major battles such as Pearl Harbor and Midway. He died during an inspection tour of forward positions in the Solomon Islands when his transport aircraft was ambushed by American P-38 Lightning fight... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Mégret
Bruno Mégret (born April 4, 1949) is a French politician. He is the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party. Bruno Mégret studied at the École Polytechnique and at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and is by profession a senior civil servant. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. A graduate of the armored cavalry school of Saumur, he is also a reserve captain. At the end of the 1970s, he joined the Rassemblement pour la République (political party) and became technical advisor to the minister of cooperation. In 1985 he joined Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National (political party). In 1986 he was elected to the French National Assembly. In 1987 he organised Le Pen's election campaign and became the number two in th... Biography of Comte de Lautréamont
Comte de Lautréamont (French IPA: ) was the pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (April 4, 1846 – November 24, 1870), a French poet whose only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Youth Ducasse was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, to François Ducasse, a French consular officer and his wife, Jacquette-Célestine Davezac. Very little is known about Isidore's childhood, except that he was baptized on 16 November 1847, in the cathedral of Montevideo and that his mother died shortly afterwards, probably due to an epidemic. In 1851, as a five-year-old, he experienced the end of the eight-year siege of Montevideo in the Argentine-Uruguayan war. Ducasse was brought up to speak three languages: Fre... Biography of Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (April 4, 1897 - January 9, 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. Fresnay became one of the most important French stage and film actors of his era. Throughout the 1920s, Fresnay appeared in many popular stage productions, most notably in the title role of Marcel Pagnol’s Marius (1929), which ran for over 500 performances. His first great screen role was as Marius in the 1931 film adaptation of the play of the same name. He played the role again in the next two parts of Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy, Fanny (1932) and César (1936). He appeared in more than sixty films, eight of which were with Yvonne Printemps, wit... Biography of Kitty Kelley
Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling biographies of celebrities and politicians, most of them unauthorized. Her profiles are frequently spiced with unflattering personal anecdotes and details. TIME reported that most journalists believe Kelley "too frequently fails to bring perspective or analysis to the fruits of her reporting and at times lards her work with dollops of questionable inferences and innuendos." In addition, Kelley has been described by Joe Klein as a "professional sensationalist" and her books have been described by some journalists as "Kitty litter." Although Kelley has been criticized by some mainstream journalists, she has never been successfully sued for libel and has never been forced to retr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert E. Sherwood
Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was the son of the prominent American portrait artist Rosina Emmet Sherwood. He was the great-great-grandson of the former New York State Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet and the great-great-nephew of the notable Irish nationalist Robert Emmet who was executed for high treason in an abortive rebellion attempt against the British. His aunts included the notable American portrait artists Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Emmet de Glehn and his second cousin was artist Ellen Emmet Rand. Robert Emmet Sherwood was educated at Harvard University, Sherwood fought with the Canadian Black Watch in Europe during World War I and was wounded. After his return to the U.... Biography of Jane McDonald
Jane McDonald (born 4 April 1963) is an English singer, actress and television personality. She came to fame after appearing on the documentary series The Cruise in 1998. She is best known recently for regularly appearing on the daytime TV show, Loose Women, and has retained her strong Yorkshire accent. Background McDonald's parents are Peter and Jean. Her mother and grandmother ran a boarding house in Wakefield, and her Scottish father was a miner who did extra work as a chimney sweep. She is a Christian Spiritualist, as she announced on Loose Women. McDonaldspent her early years listening to the radio, her favourite pastime. As a little girl her favourite place was sitting in the rainbow coloured spotlight cast through her front door's stained glass window. McDonald toured man... Biography of Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". He is also the actual father of blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry 'Muddy Junior' Williams. Considered one of the greatest bluesmen of all time, Muddy Waters was a huge inspiration for the British beat explosion in the 1960s and considered by many to be one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. In 2004 Waters was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Early life Waters was born in Issaquena County, Mississippi in 1913. (Recent research has uncovered documentation showing that in the 1930s and 1940s he reported his birth year as 191... Biography of Graham Norton
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963 in Dublin and raised in Bandon, County Cork, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton. Career Norton was born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin but grew up in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. He dropped out of University College Cork to move to San Francisco. He trained as a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1992 his stand-up comedy drag act in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a tea-towel clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta made the press when Scottish Television's religious affairs department mistakenly thought he represented the real Mother Teresa. His first appearances in broadcasting were in his spot as a regular on the BBC Radio 4 show Loose E... Biography of Elaine Zayak
Elaine Zayak (born April 4, 1965) is an American figure skater. She won the United States national title in 1981 and the World title in 1982. Zayak was coached jointly by Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman throughout her amateur and professional career. At age two, Zayak lost part of her left foot in a lawn mower accident. On the advice of her doctors, she began figure skating as physical therapy, but her injury was not generally known to the skating world during her amateur career. Her left boot is stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot. Zayak grew up in Paramus, New Jersey. There, she attended Paramus High School. In 1980, Zayak was part of the first trip to China by American skaters. An excellent student, she was awarde... Biography of Lisa Ray
Lisa Ray (Hindi: लीसा रे), born 4 April 1972 in Toronto, Canada, is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on 23 June 2009 and started her first cycle of treatment on 2 July 2009. Early life Lisa Ray was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Bengali Indian father and a Polish mother and grew up in the suburb of Etobicoke, Toronto. She excelled academically, doing five years of high school in four, while attending three different high schools: Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Richview Collegiate Institute and Silverthorn Collegiate Institute. She spoke Polish to her maternal grandmother and watched movies of Federico Fellini and Satyajit Ray with her cinephile dad. Ray was spotted by an agent in a crowd... Biography of Aki Kaurismaki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (born April 4, 1957 in Orimattila, Finland) is a Finnish script writer and film director. Career Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment (1983), Dostoevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki. He gained worldwide fame with his movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America. His style has been influenced a lot by such directors as Jean-Pierre Melville and Robert Bresson, as he relies on low-key acting and simple cinematic storytelling to get his message(s) across. Critics have also seen an influence from Rainer Werner Fassbinder but Kaurismäki - a keen film buff himself - has said that he somehow never got around to seeing any Fassbinder... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Dassault
Serge Dassault (born 4 April 1925) is a French entrepreneur ( Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Group) and conservative politician. According to Forbes magazine, as of 2006 he was the 56th richest person in the world. Dassault is the son of Marcel Dassault, from whom he inherited the Dassault Group. Since the elder Dassault's death, he has continued developing the company, with the help of current CEO Charles Edelstenne. Serge Dassault studied at the École polytechnique and Supaéro. During the Second World War, he was jailed when his father was sent in Buchenwald for refusing to cooperate with the Germans in the airplane industry. Dassault's group also owns 82% of Socpresse which controls many important French newspapers and magazines, including Le Figaro, and L'Exp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette is a French actress, born April 4, 1927 in Paris. She is the wife of French actor Philippe Noiret (October 1, 1930 - November 23, 2006).... Biography of Karen Magnussen
Karen Diane Magnussen (born April 4, 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics, and is 1973 World Champion. In 1973 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada . Career Although overshadowed in the American media by her rival, Janet Lynn of the United States, Magnussen was one of the greatest figure skaters of her era, dominating both Canadian and international events in the early 1970s by winning five Canadian National titles, three World Championship medals, and an Olympic medal. Magnussen's 1972 Olympic silver medal and 1973 World Championship gold medal made her a Canadian cover girl and media darling, a girl-next-door in the tradition of Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's original skating sweetheart. Like ... Biography of Armand Jammot
Armand Jammot (April 4, 1922 – April 19, 1998) was a French television producer. He produced a number of shows, most notably Les Dossiers de l'Écran, and in 1965, he created Des chiffres et des lettres. In 1982, Yorkshire Television was given permission to produce Countdown, a British version of Des chiffres et des lettres. This show continues to the present day.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Lacotte
Pierre Lacotte, born April 4, 1932 in Chatou, is a French dancer and choreographer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan (4 April 1928 – 13 April 2001), born James Short in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, was an entertainer, theatre owner, producer, director, and actor. Logan was part of a family of entertainers beginning with his parents who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. His aunt from whom he took his stage surname, was Ella Logan, star of Broadway musicals. His sister is the actress and jazz singer Annie Ross, and his brother is Buddy Logan, the vocalist. Educated at Gourock High School, Inverclyde, Logan left at age 14 for the theatre. His family, in the 1930s and 1940s toured the small music halls of Scotland and Northern Ireland. By 1944 he was in pantomime when he played the cat in Dick Whittington. His connection with pantomime would continued throughout his life. A co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Leconte
Jean-Paul Leconte, born April 4, 1966 in Amiens, is a French serial killer (life sentence for the murder of Christelle Dubuisson, 18, in August 2002).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Graeme Kelling
Graeme Hunter Kelling (4 April 1957 – 10 June 2004) was a guitarist with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue. He was born in Paisley, Scotland, and died in 2004 in Glasgow at the age of 47, after a four year battle with pancreatic cancer. Deacon Blue are a Glaswegian pop band. The name of the band is taken from the title of a Steely Dan song, whose lyrics seem to reflect the group's early outlook: They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide... Call me Deacon Blues... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kennedy Thomson
Kennedy Thomson was a continuity announcer and presenter for Grampian Television. He joined the Aberdeen-based station in 1970 and also read regional news bulletins (North News, North Headlines, Grampian Headlines) throughout the day. Thomson was also a presenter on various programmes for the station including schools programme Mathman (as the title character) and the film magazine series The Electric Theatre Show. Thomson also presented a request show for Grampian Hospital Radio in Aberdeen. He retired in April 1996 after 26 years as Chief Announcer. Thomson died from cancer just over a month later. He was 60 years old..... Biography of Alfred Adam
Alfred Adam (born April 4, 1908 – May 7, 1982) was a French character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Partial filmography La Kermesse Héroïque (1935) Au service du Tsar (1936) La Glu (1937) Carnet de Bal (1937) Les Gens du Voyage (1937/38) Je chante... (1938) La Famille Duraton (1939) Sur le Plancher des Vaches (1939) Boule de Suif (1945) La Ferme du Pendu (1946) The Witches of Salem (1956) Maigret Sets a Trap (1957) Le Président (1961) Vivre sa Vie (1962) La Vie Conjugale (1963) Les Fêtes Galantes (1965) Que la fête commence (1975)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jephan de Villiers
Jephan de Villiers, born April 4, 1940 in Le Chesnay, France, is a French sculptor. He works in Jolymont, Watermael-Boitsfort (Bruxelles) and Corloux in Mirambeau, Gironde, France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Beck
Carl Beck, born April 4, 1856 in Neckargemund, died June 9, 1911, was a German-American surgeon, physician and author.... Biography of Doris Chase Doane
Doris Chase Doane, born April 4, 1913 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, died June 6, 2005, was an American astrologer, lecturer and author. She published around 60 books.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed Steinbrecher
Ed Steinbrecher, born April 4, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American professional astrologer, author, lecturer, teacher and metaphysician.... Biography of Simran
Simran, born Rishibala Naval April 4, 1976 in Mumbay (Bombay), is an Indian Punjabi actress. She is a Punjabi born actress but mostly does Tamil movies, despite her roots not being from South India.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Danner
Christian Danner (born 4 April 1958 in Munich) is a former race car driver and TV host from Germany. The son of well-known car safety expert Max Danner, Christian started motor-racing in the Renault 5 cup. He advanced to Formula 2 and set the F2 lap record of the current configuration of the old Nürburgring, which was used only in 1983 for international racing. Christian Danner's car in 1982 Danner won the inaugural Formula 3000 championship in 1985, and debuted in Formula One on 15 September 1985 for the all-German team Zakspeed. He eventually participated in 47 Grand Prix events. His best result was 4th at the 1989 United States Grand Prix for Rial. He also managed one 6th place whilst driving for Arrows. Danner competed in Japanese Formula 3000 in 1990 driving for Leyton House... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pick Withers
David "Pick" Withers (born April 4, 1948 in Leicester, England) was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Skateaway." He first played a drum in the Boys Brigade taught by a childhood friend Richard Storer of now knocked-down Argyle Street in Leicester. He became a professional musician at the age of 17, in a band called the Primitives, followed by a band called Spring who had a record contract but little success. They recorded one album on the RCA label. In the mid-1970s he was a house drummer at Rockfield Studios. He played on records by Dave Edmunds, amongst others. Pick has also studied at Drumtech drum school in London. Withers's style with Dire S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre, born April 4, 1884 in Sens (Yonne), died October 24, 1961 in Montgeron (Essonne), was a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1911 : Les Deux Collègues, d'Albert Capellani, avec André Simon * 1911 : L'Envie d'embrasser, de Georges Monca, avec Madeleine Guitty * 1913 : La Marquise de Trevenec, d'Henri Fescourt, avec Madeleine Soria * 1917 : Si jamais je te pince de Georges Monca * 1920 : La Rafle de Jacques de Baroncelli * 1921 : Mademoiselle de La Seiglière d'André Antoine * 1929 : La route est belle de Robert Florey * 1930 : L'Amour chante de Robert Florey * 1931 : Paris Béguin d'Augusto Genina * 1931 : Atout coeur d'Henry Roussell * 1931 : Ma cousine de Varsovie de Carmine Gallone * 1932 : Le Fils improv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Bataille
Henry Bataille is a French author, painter and poet, born April 4, 1872 in Nîmes, died March 2, 1922 in Rueil-Malmaison. Œuvres La Chambre blanche, 1895 Le Beau Voyage, 1904 La Divine Tragédie, 1907 La Quadrature de l'amour, 1920... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Teissier
Guy Teissier (born April 4, 1945 in Marseille) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Bouches-du-Rhône department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy Alison
Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was a stage, film and television actress. She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Sydney Girls High School. She moved to London, England in 1949 to further her career. Aside from her numerous mostly-supporting film roles, she appeared in several television miniseries, including a prominent role in A Town Like Alice, and other TV shows. She was nominated for two BAFTA awards: Most Promising Newcomer for Mandy (1952) and Best British Actress for Reach for the Sky (1956). For her performance in A Town Like Alice, she won the 1982 Logie Award (Australian television) for Best Support Actress in a Single Drama or Mini Series. She died in London in 1992. Selected filmography Sons of Matthew (1949)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Gavurin
The Sundays were an English alternative rock group. The band, formed in the mid-1980s, released three albums in the late 1980s and 1990s. Their music is characterised by singer Harriet Wheeler's dreamy voice, David Gavurin's rich, jangly, open-chord guitar sound, and suspension-rich harmonies. Career The band's genesis came with the meeting of Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin at university in Bristol. Wheeler had played gigs with 'Cruel Shoes' an early incarnation of the band Jim Jiminee. The duo soon augmented the band with bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan. When The Sundays hit the British indie scene in the summer of 1989, they were heralded by the press as the next Smiths. The Sundays were lauded as one of the most original and innovative bands of the 90's an... Biography of Walther Amelung
Walther Amelung, born April 4, 1894 in Stettin, died September 12, 1927 in Bad Nauheim, was a German scientist, archaeologist and writer.... Biography of Jill Scott
Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and actress. In 2007, Scott made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's feature film, Why Did I Get Married? That year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3, was released on September 25, 2007. She has won three Grammy Awards. She also appeared in the lead role of the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Early life Scott grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood, raised by her mother, Joyce Scott, and her grandmother. She indicated in an interview with Jet Magazine that she had a happy childhood and was "very much a loved child". Scott was raised as a Jehovah's Witnes... Biography of Cagan Irmak
Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from Ege University as a student of Radio-TV and Film Department. Despite his young age, he managed to catch the interest of many people in Turkey as a successful writer and director. He is mostly famous for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak, and for the movies Mustafa Hakkında Herşey,Babam ve Oğlum and Issız Adam. The soundtracks of his movies are as celebrated and timeless as the movies themselves. Filmography Movies: Bana Şans Dile (2001) Mustafa Hakkında Herşey (2004) Babam ve Oğlum (2005) Ulak (2007) Issız Adam (2008) Short movies: Bana Old and Wise'ı Çal (1998) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Frantz
Jacques Frantz, born on April 4, 1947 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, is a French actor. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0291790/ ) 2010 Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes Le roi (French version) (voice) 2010 L'arnacoeur Van Der Becq 2009 Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard Le roi (voice: French version) 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Bastille Prison Warden 2009 Es kommt der Tag Jean-Marc Muller 2009 La première étoile René 2008 État de manque (TV movie) (voice) 2008/I Asylum Le patron 2007 Le lien (TV movie) Nathan 2007 Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence The annoying businessman (segment "Occupations") 2007 Périphérique blues (short) Le professeur 2007 Contre-enq... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David White (actor)
David White (April 4, 1916 – November 27, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actor best known for playing Darrin's boss Larry Tate in the 1964-72 sitcom Bewitched. Early life Born in Denver, Colorado, he served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He began his acting career in live theatre, making his Broadway debut in 1949 in the original play Leaf and Bough. Family He married actress Mary Welch, and their son Jonathan White was born on 14 July 1955. He died on 21 December 1988, aged 33, as one of 270 people to lose their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. In 1958, Mary Welch White died during a second childbirth, though their daughter lived. David White and Dick York became close friends, on and... Biography of Dorothy Hart
Dorothy Hart (April 4, 1922 - July 11, 2004) was an American screen actress, known mostly for her supporting roles. Background Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she became a model in her late-teens, and was signed by Columbia in 1946. Her contract stipulated "A-movies only". Although considered one of the top supporting actresses of her day, she was frequently cast in B movies. Dorothy was attractive, standing 5 ft 6 in, with green eyes and auburn hair. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a B.A. degree. After gaining some experience at the Cleveland Playhouse she resolved on a singing career. Miss Hart had saved enough money to go to New York when she learned that she was high on the list of Cover Girl finalists. A newspaper friend had submitted her photo in the Columbi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Melvin Jackson Jr.
Melvin Jackson Jr., born April 4, 1981 in Washington (DC), is an American actor and rapper. He is sometimes called J. Reed. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812926/ ) # Hittin' the Bricks (2009) (post-production) .... Mondo # Blue (2009/V) (completed) .... Ronald Parker Jr # Five K One (2008) .... Remone # House Arrest (2008) (V) .... Tuffy # The Mannsfield 12 (2007) .... Panama # After Autumn (2007) .... Kevin # The Dog Problem (2006) (uncredited) .... Customer # Step Up (2006) (uncredited) .... PJ's Boy # "Everybody Hates Chris" .... Bully #1 / ... (4 episodes, 2005-2006) - Everybody Hates Corleone (2006) TV episode .... Bully #1 - Everybody Hates the Gout (2006) TV episode .... Graduate Student - Everybody Hates Greg (2005) TV episode (uncredit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Sainct
Richard Sainct (14 April 1970, Saint-Affrique, France - 29 September 2004) was a French Rally Raid Motorcycle Rider, best known for his three victories on the Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003. His other notable achievements include winning the Tunisia Rally twice in 1998 and 1999; the Moroccan Rally in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002; and the Rally of Egypt in 2002. He also won the FIA Rally Raid World Cup in 2002. He was killed on 29 September 2004 on the fourth stage of the Pharaohs Rally in Egypt.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Richter
Hans Richter (János Richter) (4 April 1843 – 5 December 1916) was an Austrian orchestral and operatic conductor. Richter was born in Raab (now Győr), Hungary, and studied at the Vienna Conservatory. He had a particular interest in the horn, and developed his conducting career at several different opera houses in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He became associated with Richard Wagner in the 1860s, and in 1876 he was chosen to conduct the first complete performance of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. In 1877, he assisted the ailing composer as conductor of a major series of Wagner concerts in London, and from then onwards he became a familiar feature of English musical life, appearing at many choral festivals including as principal conductor of the Bir... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Villain
André Villain, born April 4, 1899 in Pommiers, is a French astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gil Hodges
Gilbert Raymond Hodges (April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the major leagues' outstanding first baseman in the 1950s, with teammate Duke Snider being the only player to have more home runs or runs batted in during the decade. For a time, his 370 career home runs were a National League (NL) record for right-handed hitters, and briefly ranked tenth in major league history; he held the NL record for career grand slams from 1957 to 1974. He anchored the infield on six pennant winners, and remains one of the most beloved and admired players in team history. A sterling defensive player, he won the first three Gold Glove Awards and led the NL in double pl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lemar
Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978), professionally known simply as Lemar, is a British recording artist. Obika has had a run of chart success in the UK, Europe and Australia. He rose to fame after finishing in third place on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy, which was won by David Sneddon. Since then Lemar has had 7 top ten UK singles and sold over 2 million albums. He is seen as one of the most successful artists to come out of a reality TV show. Lemar has won two Brit Awards and three Mobo Awards. Early life Lemar Obika was born in London, England to south eastern Nigerian parents, and grew up listening to R&B and soul music. He used to sing at home with his brothers and sister, pretending to be The Jacksons. He was 17 when he had his first concert at the Jun... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Autin-Grenier
Pierre Autin-Grenier is a French author, born on April 4, 1947. The catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France gives his date of birth as 1947, though later dates ranging through to 1953 are quoted on various web pages including at least one contributed by the author. All sources agree, however, that he was born in Lyons, France, and the only day quoted is 4 April. He is associated with the movement sometimes referred to as the extrême contemporain, and his work is experimental rather than conventional. Radicalised by the events of May 1968 in France, his political position is close to anarchism and much of his writing is anti-capitalist and anti-bourgeois. His recent work, Friterie-bar Brunetti, is a collection of pieces about the habitués of the former Lyons bar of that name, with... Biography of Lorraine Toussaint
Lorraine Toussaint (born April 4, 1960) is an actress best known for starring alongside Annie Potts in Any Day Now. Toussaint graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts in 1978, before going on to graduate from Juilliard School. Toussaint was a featured recurring guest-star in the first few seasons of the legal drama Law & Order as defense lawyer Shambala Green. Toussaint was also a regular guest on the drama Threat Matrix, as Carina Wright/Agent Cassandra Hodges. In 1993, Toussaint appeared in Point Of No Return, starring Bridget Fonda. From 2007 to 2010, Toussaint appeared as Captain Kate Perry in Saving Grace, which aired on TNT. Selected filmography Cinema Year Film Role Notes 2009 The Soloist Flo Ayers 1996 Jaded Carol Broker 1995 Dangerous Mind... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Gatlin
Steve Gatlin, born April 4, 1951 in Olney, Texas, is an American country musician and guitarist, the brother of Larry Gatlin, a country music singer/songwriter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn (born 3 April 1925) is a British Labour Party politician, former Cabinet Minister and the current President of the Stop the War Coalition. With his successful campaign to renounce his inherited title (inherited from his father, a politician who had been made a Labour peer in 1942), Benn was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963. Later, in the Labour Government of 1964–1970 under Harold Wilson, he served first as Postmaster General, where he oversaw the opening of the Post Office Tower, and later as a notably 'technocratic' Minister of Technology, retaining his seat in the cabinet. In the period when the Labour Party was in opposition, Benn served for a year as the Chairman of the Labour Party. In the Labour Government of 1974–1979, he ret... Biography of Loris Capirossi
Loris Capirossi (born April 4, 1973 in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who currently rides for the factory Suzuki MotoGP team. He is a former 250cc World Champion for Aprilia; Capirossi made his 300th start at the 2010 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. iography 125cc career Loris made his World Championship debut at 125cc level, and in his first full season of Grands Prix he took his first title aged only seventeen. He finished in the top six on ten occasions, eight of them on the podium, and took wins in Britain, Hungary and Australia. The massed Italian contingent helped him out in the final round, but it was still an impressive achievement, with 182 points scored His second season (1991) was even better, and saw him defend the 125... Biography of Daniel Garrigue
Daniel Garrigue, born in Talence, Gironde, April 4, 1948, is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Salvatore Sciarrino
Salvatore Sciarrino (born Palermo, Italy, on April 4, 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Biography In his youth, Sciarrino was attracted to the visual arts, but began experimenting with music when he was twelve. Though he had some lessons from Antonino Titone and Turi Belfiore, he is primarily self-taught as a composer. In 1969 he moved to Rome, where he attended Franco Evangelisti's course in electronic music at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Osmond-Smith 2001). In 1977, Sciarrino moved from Rome to Milan, where he taught at the conservatory until 1982. By this time his compositional career had expanded to the point where he could withdraw from teaching, and he moved to Città di Castello, in Umbria, where he has resided ever since. He nevertheless has ... Biography of Daran (singer)
Jean-Jacques Daran, best known as Daran, born on April 4, 1959 in Turin, Italy, is a French musician, singer, and composer. Discographie 45 tours vinyls4 : 1985 : Prête-moi tes yeux/Laisse un message 1989 : Sans ton désir/Tête à l'envers Albums : 1992 : J'évite le soleil (avec Daran et les chaises) 1994 : Huit barré (avec Daran et les chaises) 1997 : Déménagé 2000 : Augustin & Anita 2003 : Pêcheur de pierres 2007 : Le petit peuple du bitume 2009 : Couvert de poussière5 Participations (à compléter) 1989 : Composition des titres "Feeling en noir" et "Joh-Daï" pour Julie Pietri sur l'album La légende des madones. 1993 : Composition, guitare, claviers et choeurs sur l'album "Laissez-les moi" d'Alana Filippi. 1996 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Bertrand
Paul Bertrand, born April 4, 1915 in Châlon-sur-Saône, died April 19, 1994 in Saint-Tropez, was a French artist and designer. He has worked for several films of René Clément.... Biography of Emerson (footballer)
Émerson Ferreira da Rosa (born April 4, 1976), simply known as Emerson, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. He had 73 caps for Brazil from 1997 to 2006. Biography Grêmio He made a name for himself in his native Brazil, He was known for looking so old and out of shape despite his being young at Grêmio, where he won three state championships, two Brazilian Cups, one Brazilian Championship and one Copa Libertadores da America, but eventually losing the Intercontinental Cup on the penalty kicks to Ajax; before going to Europe to play for Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen Emerson spent three years at Bayer Leverkusen, scoring 11 goals in 82 league appearances. Roma Emerson signed with A.S. Roma in summer 2000 for 35 billion Italian lire. He signed a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Casey Daigle
Sean Casey Daigle (born April 4, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He married softball pitcher Jennie Finch on January 15, 2005, at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Their son, Ace Shane Daigle, was born on May 4, 2006, in Tucson, Arizona. In 2006, Daigle pitched out of the bullpen in Triple-A Tucson, while appearing in 10 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks.... Biography of Leila Williams
Leila Williams (born April 4, 1937 in Birmingham, England) is a former British beauty queen and television presenter. In 1957, she was awarded the title of Miss Great Britain; then, a year later, she became the first female Blue Peter presenter, co-presenting with Christopher Trace. Williams left Blue Peter at the start of 1962, after being made redundant by a newly-appointed producer with whom she did not get on and who had left her out of many editions of the show from the end of 1961, and went on to appear in such films as Watch Your Stern, Marriage of Convenience and The Beauty Jungle. She married Fred Mudd, the lead singer of the popular music group The Mudlarks and whilst they were touring in the early 1970s she worked as an assistant manager at a Dorothy Perkins clothing s... Biography of Natalie Pike
Natalie Pike (born April 4, 1983 in Edinburgh) is an English model. Raised in Berwick-on-Tweed and Stockport in England, she won the Miss British Isles Competition and the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004 and has appeared on the front cover of FHM in 2005. She is now one of the most popular glamour models in the UK, having also appeared on the cover of Zoo and Nuts magazine several times. She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 (26) and 2006 (51). Natalie is 5'7" tall and her measurements are 34D-24-36. Natalie is an avid Manchester City supporter. She has a tattoo of the Manchester City badge on her lower back and she is a season ticket holder and is regularly spotted supporting her beloved team all over the country. Natalie also modelled the new ki... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Englund
Peter Englund (born 4 April 1957 in Boden) is a Swedish author and historian, and the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy since 1 June 2009. Biography Englund was born into a family in Boden and studied caretaking for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school. He was then conscripted and served 15 months in the Swedish Army at the Norrbotten Regiment located in Boden. He was politically active in his youth and supported the FNL. Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor's degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A House in Peril) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Charpentier
Robert Charpentier (April 4, 1916 in Maule (source: Gauquelin) – October 28, 1966) was a French racing cyclist who won three gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xenia Seeberg
Xenia Seeberg (born on April 4, 1968 (source: Wikipedia in German and Imdb) in Geldern, Germany) is a German film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series Lexx. In 2003 she married actor Sven Martinek. They have one son Philip-Elias (born 2005). She is the lead singer of the band Vertikals. In April 2005, Seeberg appeared on the cover of the German edition of Playboy. She was ranked #84 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001. Seeberg stands 173 cm tall; speaks German, English, and French; and has degrees in Latin and philosophy. Later she attended theater school of Lee Strasberg in New York. Filmography 80 Minutes (2008) (completed) Freundschaften und andere Neurosen (2008) (TV) Wie angelt man s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Pender
Stephen Pender, born April 4, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, died March 15, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, was an American actor. Filmography "Hill Street Blues" .... Uniform cop (1 episode, 1985) - Blues in the Night (1985) TV episode .... Uniform cop... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Remy de Gourmont
Remy de Gourmont (April 4, 1858, Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne - September 27, 1915) was a French Symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. He was widely read in his era, and an important influence on Blaise Cendrars. (The spelling Rémy de Gourmont is incorrect, albeit common and used by Ezra Pound in translations of his work.) Life De Gourmont came from a publishing family from Cotentin. He was the son of count Auguste-Marie de Gourmont and his countess, born Mathilde de Montfort. In 1866 he moved to a manor close to Villedieu near La Manche. He studied law at Caen, and was awarded a bachelor's degree in law in 1879; upon his graduation he moved to Paris. In 1881, de Gourmont was employed by the Bibliothèque Nationale. He began to write for general circulation periodicals such... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Damon Allen (figure skater)
Damon Allen, born on April 4, 1973 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is an American former competitive figure skater who currently works as a coach and choreographer. As a competitive skater, he won the bronze medal at the 1992 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He currently coaches at the World Arena Ice Hall. Results Event 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 U.S. Championships 10th 7th 9th 4th 5th 6th 6th Trophée Lalique 4th NHK Trophy 8th Finlandia Trophy 3rd Karl Schäfer Memorial 3rd 3rd Winter Universiade 2nd 2nd... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (born April 4, 1932 (source for his time of bierth, Bob Jansky, Astrodatabank)) is the senior United States Senator from Indiana and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1977, he is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and was its chairman from 1985 to 1987 and 2003 to 2007. Much of Lugar's work in the Senate is toward the dismantling of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons around the world. Before his election to the United States Senate, Lugar served as mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana. Lugar is currently the third most senior senator, behind only Daniel Inouye and Patrick Leahy. He is also the longest-serving Senator in Indiana's history. As the most senior Republican member of the Senate, he will likely be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Monteux
Pierre Monteux (April 4, 1875 – July 1, 1964) was an orchestra conductor. Born in Paris, France, rue de la Grange Batelière. Monteux later became an American citizen. Life and career Monteux studied violin from an early age, entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of nine. He became a proficient violinist, good enough to share the Conservatoire's violin prize in 1896 with Jacques Thibaud. In his spare time he also played at the Folies Bergères. He later took up the viola studying with Théophile Laforge and played in the Geloso Quartet which played one of Brahms's string quartets in a private performance for the composer and in the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, leading the viola section in the première of Debussy's opera, Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902. In 1910, Monteux took a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Wilhelm Siemens
Carl Wilhelm Siemens (en: Charles William Siemens, known as Sir William Siemens) (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883) was a German engineer. He was born in the village of Lenthe, today part of Gehrden, near Hanover, Germany, where his father, Christian Ferdinand Siemens (July 31, 1787-January 16, 1840), a tenant farmer, farmed an estate belonging to the Crown. His mother was Eleonore Deichmann (1792-July 8, 1839), and William, or Carl Wilhelm, was the fourth son of a family of fourteen children. Of his siblings, Ernst Werner Siemens, the fourth child, became a famous electrician and was associated with William in many of his inventions. He is also a brother of Carl Heinrich von Siemens and a cousin of Alexander Siemens. On July 23, 1859, Siemens was married at St. James's, Paddington, t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Casimir Delavigne
Jean-François Casimir Delavigne (4 April 1793 – 11 December 1843) was a French poet and dramatist. Biography Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively. When, on 20 March 1811 the empress Marie Louise gave birth to a son, named in his cradle as king of Rome, the event was celebrated by Delavigne in a Dithyrambe sur la naissance du roi de Rome, which obtained him a sinecure in the revenue office. About this time he competed twice for an academy prize, but without success. Inspired by the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he wrote two impassioned poems, the first entitled Waterloo, the second, Devastation du muse, both written in the heat of patriotic enthusiasm, and teeming with popular political allusions. A third, less... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène Bozza
Eugène Joseph Bozza (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991) was a French composer. Bozza, who studied composition, conducting, and violin at the Paris Conservatoire, was known primarily for his chamber music. Bozza's work includes five symphonies, operas, ballets, and many pieces for brass ensemble. His larger works are rarely performed outside his native France. Career Career coach, the director of the Ecole Nationale de Musique, in Valenciennes, from 1951 until his retirement in 1975. Works See List of compositions by Eugène Bozza Bozza is particularly noted for his wind writing, having composed pieces for nearly all of the winds and strings during his academic career (including the saxophone, for which his 1936 "Aria" is an important early composition). His chamber music ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émile Daems
Emile Daems (4 April 1938) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Genval, Belgium. Major achievements 1960 1st, Giro dell'Appennino 1st, Giro di Lombardia 1st, Nationale Sluitingsprijs 1st, Stages 9a and 19, Giro d'Italia 1961 1st, Tour of Sardinia 1st, Stages 3, Tour de France 1962 1st, Milan – San Remo 1st, Stage 2a, Paris–Nice 13th, Overall, Tour de France 1st, Stages 5, 16 and 18 2nd, Maillot vert 1963 1st, Paris–Roubaix... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Monty Norman
Monty Norman (born in London, UK on 4 April 1928) is a singer and film composer best known for being credited with composing the "James Bond Theme". Biography Norman was born Monty Noserovitch in Stepney in the East End of London, the only child of Jewish parents, Annie (née Berlin) and Abraham Noserovitch, on the second night of Passover in 1928. When Norman's father was young, he travelled from Latvia to England with his mother (Norman's grandmother). As a child during World War II, Norman was evacuated from London but later returned during the Blitz. As a young man he did national service in the RAF, where he became interested in pursuing a career in singing. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Norman was a singer for big bands such as those of Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black, Ted H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Tarmey
Bill Tarmey (born William Piddington on 4 April 1941) is an English actor, singer and author, best known for playing Jack Duckworth on the soap opera Coronation Street. First appearing in the role in 1979, he played it continuously from 1983 to 2010. Life and career Tarmey was born in Ardwick, Manchester. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his family to live in Bradford, Manchester, where he was also educated. Following his father's death during the Second World War, his mother Lilian married for a second time, to a man called Robert Cleworth. William attended the Bradford Memorial School and the Queens Street School which became the Philips Park Secondary Modern School. On leaving school, he was apprenticed to his stepfather, who was an asphalt spreader by trade. He also worked ... Biography of Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Ghostbusters. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Early life Bernstein was born in New York City, the son of Selma (née Feinstein) and Edward Bernstein. He was not related to the celebrated composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, but the two men were friends, and eve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johan van der Keuken
Johan van der Keuken (4 April 1938, Amsterdam – 7 January 2001, Amsterdam) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spans 42 years, Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which won eight awards. He also wrote nine books on photography and films, his field of interest. For all his efforts, he received seven awards for his life work, and one other for photography. Biography Van der Keuken was an extremely industrious man. His career spans four decades, from 1955 until his death from prostate cancer in 2001. Even before graduating from the IDHEC film school in Paris (1956-1958), he had already published two books on photography and started to work on his first documentary film. In 1960 he joined Haagse Post, a Dutch newsmagazine, as a film crit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Slatzer
Bob Slatzer, born on April 4, 1927 in Marion, Ohio, is an American writer. He was briefly married to actress Marilyn Monroe.... Biography of Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray (April 4, 1895 – March 3, 1991) was a dance instructor and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name. Pupils of Murray have included Eleanor Roosevelt, the Duke of Windsor, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Barbara Hutton, Elizabeth Arden, Manuel L. Quezon and Jack Dempsey. Instructors have included well-known television evangelist D. James Kennedy. Early life and start in dance Arthur Murray was born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary in 1895 as Moses Teichmann. In August 1897, he was brought to America by his mother Sarah on the S.S. Friesland, and landed at Ellis Island. They settled in Ludlow Street, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan with his father, Abraham Teichmann. In 1912 at the age of 17... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gregory Knight
Gregory Knight (born 4 April 1949) is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire. Education and professional life Born in Leicester, he was educated at Alderman Newton’s Grammar School Leicester and the College of Law Guildford, qualifying as a solicitor in 1973. Political career He was MP for Derby North from 1983 until the 1997 election, and successfully contested the East Yorkshire seat in the 2001 election. He had been deputy Chief Whip under John Major between 1993 and 1996 and was Minister of State for Industry at the Department of Trade and Industry from 1996 until the Conservative defeat at the 1997 election. He himself lost his seat in 1997 but he later returned to the House of Commons in 2001 after winning East Yorkshire... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Bidermann
Maurice Bidermann, born Maurice Zylberberg April 1935 in Brussels, Belgium, is a businessman, the brother of French singer Régine.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Coulonges
Georges Coulonges, born on April 4, 1923 in Lacanau, died on June 12, 2003 in Pern, was a French author and screenwriter. Works Novles Les chemins de nos pères Les Sabots de Paris, Grasset, 1985 Les Sabots d'Angèle, Fixot, 1991 La Liberté sur la montagne, Fixot, 1993 Les Boulets rouges de la Commune, Fixot, 1993 La Fête des écoles, Presses de la Cité, 1995 Pause-café Pause-café, Fayard, 1981 Joëlle Mazart, Fayard, 1982 Pause-café, Pause-tendresse, TF1 éditions, 1989 Other books Le Général et son train, 1964, Calmann-Lévy La Lune Papa, 1966, Calmann-Lévy Anthelme Collet, 1981, Fayard La Terre et le Moulin, 1984, Grasset La Liberté, Stéphanie, 1985, Grasset Un Comédien dans un jeu de quilles,1987 , Grass... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James A. Brunolte
James A. Brunolte, born on April 4, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American military man. He lost both legs, one arm and one eye during his service in Vietnam.... Add to favourites (4 fans)Biography of Austin Mahone
Austin Mahone (born April 4, 1996 (birth time source: http://austinmahone.com.br/austinbday/ http://mahomies.net/austin/ https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=austin%20mahone%20%2010%3A14&src=typd)) is an American pop singer who became popular in 2011 due to viral videos of his performances. Mahone's debut single "11:11" was released on February 14, 2012. His second single "Say Somethin" was released on August 30, 2012. Background Mahone first started posting videos on YouTube with his friend Alex Constancio in June 2010. Music videos followed by January 2011, and he began to build an online following. He has been called the "second coming of Justin Bieber". Mahone's video covering Justin Bieber's song "Mistletoe", released in late October 2011, became so popular that it eclipsed the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Borrell
Johnny Borrell (born Jonathan Edward Borrell, 4 April 1980, Muswell Hill, London) is an English guitarist and singer, currently fronting the band Razorlight. Early life and career Borrell grew up in the Hampstead area of London. He attended St Anthony’s Preparatory School, before moving to Paris where he studied at the Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, before moving back to England, where he attended Highgate School with John Hassall, former bassist of The Libertines and frontman of Yeti. He completed his A Levels in English, French and Philosophy at Fine Arts College, Belsize Park, Hampstead. Johnny was involved in music and the Camden scene while still at school. At 17 he played bass guitar in a band called Violet, who regularly played gigs on the Camden circuit. The band r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Abdelilah Benkirane
Abdelilah Benkirane (Arabic: عبد الاله بن كيران, born 4 April 1954, in Rabat) is a Moroccan politician and leader of the Justice and Development party. His party won a plurality of seats in the Moroccan parliamentary elections held in November 2011, meaning that he is prime minister designate of the country. He has represented Salé in the Moroccan parliament since 14 November 1997. He was elected leader of the Justice and Development Party in July 2008, taking over from Saadeddine Othmani. Benkirane's politics are democratic and Islamist. In a 2011 interview he said: "If I get into government, it won't be so I can tell young women how many centimetres of skirt they should wear to cover their leg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970, in Narrabri, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. He turned professional later that year, and reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey. Stoltenberg's first top-level title was won in 1993 at Manchester. He was also part of the Australian team which finished runners-up in that year's Davis Cup, losing in the final to Germany. Stoltenberg's best performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1996, when he reached the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy Fay
Dorothy Fay (April 4, 1915 – November 5, 2003) was an American actress. She was born Dorothy Fay Southworth in Prescott, Arizona, the daughter of Harry T. Southworth and Harriet Fay Fox. Her father was a medical doctor. Dorothy attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She began her motion picture career in the late 1930s, performing in several B grade Westerns. In 1938, she appeared opposite George Houston in Frontier Scout at Grand National Pictures. She also appeared with Western stars Buck Jones and William Elliott. Fay made four movies with her husband, country singer and actor Tex Ritter, at Monogram Pictures: Song of the Buckaroo (1938), Sundown on the Prairie (1939), Rollin' We... Biography of Sarah Gadon
Sarah Gadon (born April 4, 1987 in Torento, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. Career She has guest starred in number of notable television series including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Dark Oracle, Doc, In a Heartbeat, La Femme Nikita, Life with Derek, and Mutant X. She recently started in the ABC Family The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream with Matt Lanter, Francia Raisa, and Christy Carlson Romano. She then co-starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies The Other Me and Cadet Kelly, also with Christy Carlson Romano and Hilary Duff, Friends and Heroes, as well as the ABC Family original movie Moms on Strike, with Faith Ford and Tim Matheson. She has voice acted for Mattimeo, My Dad the Rock Star, Ruby Gloom, Total Drama, and Wayside. She played the character Zoe Kessler in the C... Biography of Caracalla
Caracalla (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus; 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), was Roman emperor from 209 to 217. The eldest son of Septimius Severus, he ruled jointly with his younger brother Geta until he murdered the latter in 211. Caracalla is remembered as one of the most notorious emperors because of the massacres and persecutions he authorized throughout the empire. Caracalla's reign was also notable for the Constitutio Antoniniana, granting Roman citizenship to all freemen throughout the Roman Empire, according to historian Cassius Dio in order to increase taxation. He also debased the Roman coinage to increase the pay of the legions. He is also one of the emperors who commissioned a large public bath-house (thermae) in Rome. The remains of the Baths of Caracalla are ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gautier (Star Academy)
Gautier (sometimes Gauthier), born April 4, 1988 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French singer. He has participated in Star Academy 8th season.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Harang
Jean-Baptiste Harang, born April 4, 1949 in Chaulgnes, Nièvre, is a French writer, critic, and journalist. Bibliography * Le Contraire du coton, 1993 * Les Spaghettis d'Hitler, 1994 * Gros chagrin, 1996 * Théodore disparaît, 1998 * L’art est difficile, 2004 * La Chambre de la Stella, 2006, prix du Livre Inter * Prenez un coq : Trente-cinq façons de passer du coq à l'âne à lire au jour le jour, 2008 * Olivier Estoppey : L'Homme des lisières : Du dessin à l'installation monumentale, avec Nicolas Raboud, et Pierre Starobinski, 2009 * Nos cœurs vaillants, 2010... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacquelyn Jablonski
Jacquelyn Jablonski, born on April 4, 1992 in Fair Haven, New Jersey, is an American model of Polish, German, and Irish descent. Career Jablonski was scouted at a café where she worked. Her mother took her to agencies in NYC, when Ford Models immediately offered a contract (she was 15 at this time). She had her modelling debut in September 2008, then took off for a few seasons to focus on school. She came back in 2009 and proceeded to land some of the best campaigns (Hermes SS11, Givenchy Beauty FW11, etc.), magazines (including Vogue, V, and W), and runways (Prada, Balenciaga, YSL, Valentino, Chanel etc.) in the industry. She has been in campaigns for Givenchy, Hermès, Tommy Hilfiger, Max Mara, H&M, GAP, Dolce & Gabbana, Sportmax, Céline, Stefanel, and Calvin Klein and she has appe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefan Tapalaga
Stefan Tapalaga, born April 4, 1933 in Dorohoi, Moldova, died May 21, 1994 in Bucharest, was a Romanian actor. He is the brother of Rodica Tapalaga. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849946/ ) # Atac in biblioteca (1992) # Chirita la Iasi (1987) # Coana Chirita (1986) # O clipa de ragaz (1986) ... aka "A Spare Moment" - International (English title) # Am o idee (1981) .... Antrenor 2 # Grabeste-te încet (1981) ... aka "Hurry Slowly" - International (English title) (informal literal title) # Cîntec pentru fiul meu (1980) # Aurel Vlaicu (1977) # Razboiul independentei (1977) # Roscovanul (1976) # Cercul magic (1975) # Elixirul tineretii (1975) # Muschetarul român (1975) # Muntele ascuns (1974) ... aka "The Hidden Mountain" - International (English title) (l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Phil Morris (actor)
Phillip Morris (born April 4, 1959) is a second generation American television and movie actor most famous for his portrayal of Jackie Chiles in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and John Jones in The CW sci-fi series Smallville. Early life Morris, the son of Greg Morris and Leona Morris (née Keyes), was born on April 4, 1959 (Charleston South Carolina). He is also the younger brother of actress Iona Morris. Morris is also a practitioner of Wing Chun kung fu under Sifu Hawkins Cheung. Career Morris' first acting role was as a child when he appeared in the 1966 Star Trek episode "Miri". Star Trek was, at the time, shot at the same studio that produced Mission: Impossible, where his father was working. He made his feature film debut in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in a small role and la... Biography of Noreen Nash
Noreen Nash, born April 4, 1924 in Wenatchee, Washington, is an American actress, the grandmother of film actor Sebastian Siegel. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621789/ ) # "The Dick Powell Show" (1 episode, 1962) ... aka "The Dick Powell Theatre" - USA (new title) - Crazy Sunday (1962) TV episode # Wake Me When It's Over (1960) .... Marge Brubaker # "General Electric Theater" .... Carol (1 episode, 1960) ... aka "G.E. Theater" - USA (informal short title) ... aka "G.E. True Theater" - USA (new title) - R.S.V.P. (1960) TV episode .... Carol # "Yancy Derringer" .... Agatha Colton (2 episodes, 1958-1959) - Fire on the Frontier (1959) TV episode .... Agatha Colton - The Belle from Boston (1958) TV episode .... Agatha Colton # "77 Sunset Strip" ... Biography of Bettina von Arnim
ettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main – 20 January 1859, Berlin), born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. Bettina (as well: Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist, an illustrator, patron of young talent and a social activist. She was the archetype of the Romantic era’s zeitgeist, and the crux of many creative relationships of canonical artistic figures. Bettina is best known for the company she kept. She claimed deep friendships with Goethe, Beethoven, and Pückler and tried to foster an artistic union between them. Many leading composers of the time, such as Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johanna Kinkel, and Johannes Brahms, admired her for her spirit and her talents. H... Biography of Caroline Francischini
Caroline Capovila Francischini (born April 4, 1989) is a Brazilian model. Francischini won the 2nd edition of Brazil's Riachuelo Mega Model contest in 2002. Since then she has appeared on the cover of Elle magazine (Brazilian and Argentinian editions), and in numerous ad campaigns and fashion shows.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Gordon
Benjamin "Ben" Gordon (born April 4, 1983 in London) is a British and American professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA. In college he played both shooting guard and point guard for the University of Connecticut. He is the only player to receive the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award as a rookie. Gordon is second in career three point field goals for the Chicago Bulls, behind Kirk Hinrich. On January 9, 2010, he set a milestone by scoring the 10 millionth point in NBA history. Early life Ben Gordon was born in London, England, UK to Jamaican parents. He moved to the United States shortly after his birth, and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. Gordon played high school basketball for the Mount Vernon Knights, and helped lead the team t... Biography of Eunhyuk
Lee Hyuk-jae (Hangul: 이혁재; Hanja: 李赫宰) was born on 4 April 1986, mononymouly credited by his stage name Eunhyuk (Hangul: 은혁; Hanja: 銀赫). He is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actor. He is best known as a member of the K-pop boy band Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-Happy. In 2011, he joined Super Junior's Mandopop subgroup, Super Junior-M as one of the two new additions, along with Sungmin. Eunhyuk also works as MC of variety shows and radio DJ. Biography Pre-debut Eunhyuk was born Lee Hyuk-jae in Neunggok, Goyang, Gyeonggi. In elementary school he was a member of a dance group, 'SRD', which stood for song, rap and dance, with childhood friend Kim Junsu. In 1999 when he turned thirt... Biography of Dale Hawerchuk
Dale Hawerchuk (born April 4, 1963) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001. He is currently the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League. Playing career Hawerchuk was a young prodigy who received his first pair of skates at age two and, according to his father, "was skating before he could walk." Beginning competitive hockey at age four, Hawerchuk demonstrated superior skills almost immediately. At a Peewee tournament in Montreal, he scored all eight goals during an 8-1 victory in the finals, smashing the long-standing recor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo (English pronunciation: /luːˈɒŋɡoʊ/; born April 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is of Italian and Irish ancestry. He employs the butterfly style of goaltending and has previously played in the NHL for the New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers. Luongo has been a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender (2004, 2007 and 2011), the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers (2004 and 2007) and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player (2007). He won the William M. Jennings Trophy for lowest team goals-against average for the 2010-2011 season. Luongo played junior ho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Bridges
William C. "Bill" Bridges (born April 4, 1939 in Hobbs, New Mexico) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward from the University of Kansas, he spent 13 seasons (1962–1975) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 1975 and appeared in three All-Star Games during the course of his career. Though somewhat undersized for his position, Bridges was a strong rebounder and averaged a double-double (11.9 points, 11.9 rebounds) over the course of his career.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Camille Serme
Camille Serme, (born April 4, 1989 in Créteil) is a professional squash player who represents France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in August 2010.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Rolen
Scott Bruce Rolen (born April 4, 1975 in Evansville (Indiana)) is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. He is an eight-time Gold Glove winner and six-time All-Star. Career Philadelphia Phillies Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft, Rolen reached the majors in 1996. In the next season, he was named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Phillie since Dick Allen in 1964 to win the award. In 1998 he won his first of eight Gold Glove awards. Only Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson (16) and Mike Schmidt (10) have more at third base. Rolen was supposed to be one of the key pieces in the Phillies revival. However, claiming that management was not trying hard enough to win, Rolen demanded a trade. On July 29, 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René van der Gijp
René van der Gijp (born April 4, 1961 in Dordrecht, Netherlands) is a retired football right winger. His father Wim van der Gijp, as well as his uncle Cor van der Gijp, also were capped by Holland. Club career During his club career, Van der Gijp played for Sparta Rotterdam, PSV, KSC Lokeren, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC Aarau and SC Heerenveen. International career He also made 15 appearances for the Netherlands national team, scoring 2 goals. Retirement Van der Gijp works as a TV pundit with Dutch channel RTL. In a weekly show called Voetbal International.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Bourgi
Robert Bourgi, born on April 4, 1945 in Dakar, Senegal, is a French-Lebanese lawyer. He told CNN on Monday September 12, 2011, that Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin received an estimated $20 million between 1995 and 2005. External link: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/12/france.funding.scandal/index.html... Biography of Kateřina Sokolová
Kateřina Sokolová (born 4 April 1989 in Přerov, Czechoslovakia; name pronounced kah-te-zhi-nah saw-kaw-law-vah:) is a beauty queen who won Miss Czech Republic as an 18-year-old student and represented her country in Miss World 2007 in China. Sokolová appeared on the cover of the June 2008 issue of the Czech language edition of Playboy.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira (German pronunciation: ; Arabic: سامي خضيرة) (born 4 April 1987) is a German footballer currently playing for Real Madrid and the German national team. Khedira moved to Real Madrid from VfB Stuttgart in 2010. He is considered a dynamic midfielder with "flawless aerial ability" who can cover a lot of ground, recover the ball and quickly join in the team attack with his powerful mid-range shooting. Club career VfB Stuttgart Before joining the youth team of VfB Stuttgart in 1995, he played at TV Oeffingen. In the first months of the 2006–07 season, he was called up into VfB's Bundesliga squad by manager Armin Veh. His debut followed on 1 October 2006 against Hertha BSC. He scored his first two goals on 29 Octobe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Manero (golfer)
Anthony T. Manero (April 4, 1905 – October 22, 1989) was an American golfer. He won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1936 U.S. Open. He played on the 1937 Ryder Cup team. He was born in New York, New York and died in Greenwich, Connecticut. Manero was originally spelled Mainiero. The letter i is sometimes removed for easier spelling. Professional wins PGA Tour wins (8) 1929 (1) Catalina Open 1930 (3) Glens Falls Open, Catalina Open, Pasadena Open 1932 (1) Westchester Open 1935 (1) General Brock Hotel Open 1936 (1) U.S. Open 1938 (1) Glens Falls Open Major championship is shown in bold. Other wins (this list may be incomplete) 1934 Carolinas Open 1937 Carolinas Open, New Hampshire Open 1939 New Hamp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tris Speaker
Tristram E. Speaker (April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958), nicknamed "Spoke" and "The Grey Eagle", was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of .345 (fourth all-time), and still holds the record of 792 career doubles. Defensively, his career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder still stand as well. His fielding glove was known as the place "where triples go to die." Speaker led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships, and then carried the Cleveland Indians, as player-manager, to that team's first-ever World Series title. His innovations, most notably the platoon system and the infield rotation play, r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clive Davis
Clive Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973, Davis was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975 through 2000 until founding J Records. From 2002 until April 2008, Davis was the Chairman and CEO of the RCA Music Group (which included RCA Records, J Records and Arista Records), Chairman and CEO of J Records, and Chairman and CEO of BMG North America. Currently Davis is the Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment. He currently plays a part in the careers of Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Kelly Clar... Biography of Rachel Korine
Rachel Korine (born April 4, 1986) is an American actress. Career Rachel Korine has starred in the films Septien, Mister Lonely and Trash Humpers. She also appeared in Spring Breakers, a film written and directed by her husband Harmony Korine. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Mister Lonely Little Red Riding Hood 2009 The Dirty Ones Short film 2009 Trash Humpers Momma 2010 Septien Savannah 2012 Lotus Community Workshop Rach Short film 2012 The Fourth Dimension Rach 2012 Druid Peak Zoe 2013 Spring Breakers Cotty... Biography of Julie Carmen
Julie Carmen (born April 4, 1954, New York, New York) is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist. She came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s, winning the Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in John Cassavetes' film, Gloria. Her acting training was with Sanford Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen at HB Studios. Carmen was on the Board of Directors of both Women in Film for three years and IFP/West for six years. Acting work She has starred in a variety of films including Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfield War, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, The Penitent opposite Raul Julia and Armand Assante; King of the Jungle opposite John Leguizamo; and Fright Night II as vampire Regine Dandridge. Carmen appeared o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary-Margaret Humes
Mary-Margaret Humes (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known in recent years for playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother on the WB television drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Biography Born in Florida at Mercy Hospital on April 4, 1954, Humes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neale C. Humes. She is a graduate of the Watertown High School Class of 1972. Humes competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest, and she won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California. She was urged to try acting by fellow Floridian Burt Reynolds and her best known movie role is as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in Mel Brooks's History of the World... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Del Rio
Jack Del Rio (born April 4, 1963) is an American football coach, a former player, and is currently defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Del Rio played both football and baseball for the University of Southern California Trojans, and then spent eleven years playing linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He retired from playing in 1996 and went into coaching, serving in a variety of positions for several different NFL teams. In 2003 he was named head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, a position he held until November 29, 2011. Early life Del Rio was born in Castro Valley, California. He attended and played both baseball and football for Hayward High School in Hayward, California. He and former Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti
Louis Armand de Bourbon (4 April 1661 (source: Wikipedia in French) – 9 November 1685) was Prince of Conti from 1666 to his death, succeeding his father, Armand de Bourbon. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang. He was a son in law of Louis XIV of France who was his namesake. Biography Louis Armand was born in Paris. In August 1679 he acted as the groom in the proxy marriage where Marie Louise d'Orléans married Charles II of Spain. In 1680 he married Marie Anne de Bourbon, the illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV and his first mistress, Louise de La Vallière. The bride and groom were respectively thirteen and fifteen years old at the time. Since neither of them had been instructed on what to expect on their first night together, it ended up in di... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sven Vermant
Sven Vermant (born 4 April 1973 in Lier) is a Belgian football midfielder who is playing for Royal Knokke from the Provincial league and is the future assistant manager at Club Brugge youth system, signing a contract due to take effect at May 2011. Career Vermant started his career in 1978 at KV Hooikt and played there until 1989 when he moved to KV Mechelen, that had won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the year before. In 1993 Vermant moved to Club Brugge, where he won two titles (1996, 1998) and two times the Belgian Cup (1995, 1996). Vermant stayed at Bruges until he transferred to FC Schalke 04 in 2001. In Schalke he won the DFB-Pokal (the German Cup) in 2001 and 2002. In 2005 Vermant returned to his old love Club Brugge where he played until 2008. In July 2008 his transferred to Roya... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudette Mink
Claudette Mink (born April 4, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006419/) 2013 Romeo Killer (TV movie) (filming) Betsy Masters 2012 La guerre des cookies (TV movie) Erica 2010 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (TV series) Painting Mom – The Girl in the Painting … Painting Mom 2009 Abusée sur Internet (TV movie) Finn Conners 2009 Fringe (TV series) Captain Diane Burgess – Fracture (2009) … Captain Diane Burgess 2009 Harper's Island (TV series) Katherine Wellington – Snap (2009) … Katherine Wellington – Seep (2009) … Katherine Wellington – Gurgle (2009) … Katherine Wellington – Sploosh (2009) … Katherine Wellington – Thwack (2009) … Katherine Wel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Branco (footballer)
Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal (born April 4, 1964 in Bagé, Brazil), better known as Branco, is former Brazilian footballer who played as a left back. A member of the triumphant Brazilian team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Branco was a renowned free kick specialist (as was his international successor, Roberto Carlos) known for the habit of placing the valve of the ball in the direction that he wanted the free kick to go. On the club level, Branco played for Internacional (1980–81), Fluminense (1981–86)(94)(99), Brescia (1986–88), FC Porto (1988–91), Genoa (1991–93), Grêmio (1992–94), Flamengo (1995), Corinthians (1995), Middlesbrough (1996), and MetroStars (1997). Branco's late career in England and the United States was marred by weight problems. During his spell at Middlesbrough he scored ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dr. Chud
Dr. C.H.U.D. (for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Drummer", born David Calabrese on April 4, 1964 in Lodi, New Jersey) is an American rock drummer and singer. Life and career He attended Lodi High School. His career began playing with Dan Kidney and the Pulsations for 8 years before joining Sardonica. During his time in Sardonica, he also played drums with Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein in Kryst The Conqueror. He also recorded an album with Sacred Trash before joining The Misfits. In addition to his work with The Misfits, Dr. Chud also played drums for Joey Ramone on the We Will Fall: A Tribute to Iggy Pop album, and Joey Ramone's only solo record "Don't Worry About Me" and also produced a recent Sardonica release "Flip the Grill". After leaving The Misfits, Dr. ... |
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