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Astrology, birth chart, map of the heavens, biography, picture and horoscope excerpts: you will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 5, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 34 548 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 34 548 Celebrities
94 celebrities or events were found for April, 5. Biography of Agnetha FALTSKOG (ABBA)
Agnetha Åse Fältskog is a Swedish pop singer. She was a member of the Swedish pop group ABBA. Her name was originally spelled Agneta; she added the h later herself. In 1983, Fältskog received a Swedish music award Rockbjörnen for Best Female Artist. Her next album Eyes of a Woman, produced by Eric Stewart of 10cc fame, was released In 1985. "She is quite content to grace the works of various other lesser mortals with her immaculate, sugar-sweet voice", wrote Barry McIlheney in Melody Ma... Biography of Harry HOUDINI
Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungarian-American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator. Birth Harry Houdini was born into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. His given name is found spelled differently in different sources and a... Biography of Pharrell WILLIAMS
Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American producer, singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is one half of the production duo The Neptunes (with Chad Hugo) with whom he produces hip-hop, R&B and pop music. He is also the lead singer and drummer of the funk-rock band, N*E*R*D. He released his debut single "Frontin'" in 2003 and followed up with his debut album In My Mind in 2006. As part of The Neptunes, Pharrell has produced numerous hit singles for various music stars. He plays the dr...
Biography of RAPHAEL
Raphael Sanzio or Raffaello (April 6, 1483 – April 6 - or 5 -, 1520) was an Italian master painter and architect of the Florentine school in High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings. He was also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello da Urbino or Rafael Sanzio da Urbino. Early life and work Raphael was born in Urbino. The surname Sanzio derives from the latinization of the Italian, Santi, into Santius (also, when signing solely using his baptism... Biography of Bette DAVIS
Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood i... Biography of Véronique MOUROUSI
Véronique Mourousi (April 5, 1961 Angers - July 17, 1992 Paris) was a French journalist and the wife of journalist Yves Mourousi.... Biography of Krista ALLEN
Krista J. Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her role on Days of Our Lives and for headlining the Emmanuelle in Space film series. Early life Allen was born in Ventura, California to Dalton Earl Allen, Sr. and Katherine Mary Raposa, who later divorced. Allen's paternal grandparents, Roy Areatus Allen and Ima Jean Flenniken, were several-generation Texans, while her maternal grandfather, Antone Pacheco Raposa, was of Portuguese origin and her maternal grandmot...
Biography of Jules FERRY
Jules François Camille Ferry (April 5, 1832 – March 17, 1893) was a French statesman. Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to Le Temps. He attacked the Second French Empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against Baron Haussmann, prefect of the Seine département. Elected republican deputy for Paris in 1869, he protested aga... Biography of Herbert von KARAJAN
Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. His New York Times obituary described him as, "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music," and placing him "in the topmost ranks of 20th-century conductors." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for thirty-five years. Genealogy Herbert von Karajan was the son of an upper-bourgeois Salzburg family of Greek ancestry. His great-great-grandfather, Ge... Biography of Gregory PECK
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1963 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In...
Biography of Matthias SCHLEIDEN
Matthias Jakob Schleiden (April 5, 1804 - June 23, 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. Schleiden was educated at Heidelberg and practiced law in Hamburg but soon developed his hobby of botany into a full-time pursuit. Schleiden preferred to study plant structure under the microscope. While a professor of botany at the University of Jena, he wrote Contributions to Phytogenesis (1838), in which he stated that the different parts of the pl...
Biography of MISTINGUETT
Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 – January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois. At an early age she aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower-seller in a restaurant in her home-town, singing popular ballads as she sold her flowers. When a song-writing acquaintance made up the name Miss Tinguette, Jeanne liked it. She made it her own by joining it together and eventually dropping the sec... Biography of Spencer TRACY
Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor. Career He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of John Edward T... Biography of Vanessa DEMOUY
Born 5 April 1973 in Montreuil, France. Vanessa Demouy is an actress and model known for her Occitan French features and nude pictorials. She began modeling at age fourteen and later crossed over into film and television, though modeling has remained her primary career. Demouy was the second official Lara Croft model (after Rhona Mitra), portraying the fictional Tomb Raider heroine in a promotional capacity. She is primarily known for her role as Linda in a french sitcom "Models in Paradis...
Biography of Thomas HOBBES
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan established the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy. Although Hobbes is today remembered for his work on political philosophy, he contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and what would now be called political science. Additionally, Hobbes' account of human nature as self-interested cooperation...
Biography of Pape URBAIN VIII
Pope Urban VIII (April 1568 – July 29, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last Pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions. However, the massive debts incurred during his papacy greatly weakened his successors, who were unable to maintain the Pope's longstanding political or military influence in Europe. Early Life Maffeo Barberini was born in 1568 to an important Florentine fami...
Biography of Charlotte de TURCKHEIM
Charlotte de Turckheim is a French actress born in 5 April 1955, Paris, France. Filmography Les Aristos (2005, by Charlotte de Turckheim) - La comtesse Solange Sexes très opposés (2001, by Éric Assous) - Brigitte Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs... (1998, by Charlotte de Turckheim) - Jeanne Héroïnes (1997, by Gérard Krawczyk) - Catherine The Proprietor (1996, by Ismail Merchant) - Judith Mark Jefferson in Paris (1995, by James Ivory) - Marie-Antoinette Une Journée c...
Biography of Colin POWELL
General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-05), serving under President George W. Bush. As a General in the United States Army, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. General Powell is a child of Jamaican immigrants, and is an African-American. He was the...
Biography of Mike McCREADY (PEALR JAM)
Michael "Mike" McCready (born Michael David McCready on April 5, 1966 in Pensacola, Florida) is the lead guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, a founding member of the American rock band, Pearl Jam. Early years McCready was born in Pensacola, Florida, but his family moved to Seattle shortly after his birth. As a child, his parents played Hendrix and Santana, while his friends listened to KISS and Aerosmith; McCready would frequently play bongo drums. At the age of 11, McCre...
Biography of Elodie BOUCHEZ
Élodie Bouchez (born April 5, 1973 in Montreuil-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France) is a César Award winning French actress. She resides in Beverly Hills, California with her husband Thomas Bangalter. Early life and career Bouchez is best known for her César Award's Most Promising Actress winning film Wild Reeds (1994) by André Téchiné, and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award winning film The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges 1998). In the fall of 2005, she joined...
Biography of Sébastien EL CHATO
Sébastien El Chato, born April 5, 1961 in Marseille, is a French guitarist and singer, Andalous origin.... Biography of Arnaud TOURNANT
Arnaud Tournant (born April 5, 1978) is a French track cyclist born in Roubaix. He is a twelve time World Champion and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics. Career highlights 1996: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - sprint (juniors) 1997: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint 1998: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial 1998: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint 1999: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 ...
Biography of Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the ancien régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawing and etchings), of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying the atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism. He was born ... Biography of Lana CLARKSON
Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. She was born in Long Beach, California. Early life Born in Southern California to Donna and James Clarkson, Lana was native of Los Angeles County, but raised in Napa Valley. Clarkson grew up as a country girl with a passion for nature, an avid horseback rider and natural athlete. While living in Northern California Lana attended Cloverdale High School and also PUC Prep School. During the Christma... Biography of Willeke van AMMELROOY
Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij (born April 5, 1944 in Amsterdam), better known as Willeke van Ammelrooy, is a Dutch actress and director. She was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Van Ammelrooy went to the Toneelschool in Amsterdam. Her first movie was Mira in 1971 . She is married to the Dutch opera singer Marco Bakker. Filmography Television Het Glazen Huis (2004-2005) Films Mira (1971) De inbreker (1972) Frank en Eva (1973) Dakota (1974) Help! de dokter verzuipt (1974) ...
Biography of Lola NAYMARK
Lola Naymark, born April 5, 1987 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography 1996 : La nouvelle tribu (TV), de Roger Vadim 1997 : Un coup de baguette magique (TV), de Roger Vadim 1998 : Riches, belles, etc., de Bunny Godillot 2001 : La colère du diable (TV), de Chris Vander Stappen 2003 : Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, de François Dupeyron 2004 : Brodeuses, d'Eléonore Faucher 2005 : La Maison de Nina, de Richard Dembo 2005 : Mademoiselle Gigi (TV), de Caroline Huppe...
Biography of Algernon SWINBURNE
Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion. Swinburne was born in London, and raised on the Isle of Wight, and at Capheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland. He attended Eton college and then Balliol College, Oxford but had the rare distinction of being rusticated from the university in 1859. He w... Biography of Fernando MORIENTES
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born April 5, 1976 in Cilleros, Cáceres, Spain) is a footballer who plays for Valencia. He has previously played for Liverpool, AS Monaco, Albacete, Real Zaragoza and most notably Real Madrid where he played between 1997 and 2005. He was a part of the successful Real Madrid sides that won the UEFA Champions League thrice between 1998 and 2002 (runner-up in 2004 with Monaco), and the Spanish Primera Liga twice. Height 186 cm : 79 kg Club career Early career ... Biography of Gale STORM
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (born April 5, 1922), better known as Gale Storm, is an American actress/singer. Her sister gave Josephine her middle name, an American Indian word meaning, "bluebird." Early life Born in Bloomington, Texas, Storm was raised by her family as Josephine Cottle. Her father, William Walter Cottle died after a year-long illness when she was just 13 months old, and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise five children alone. Josephine was the youngest with two... Biography of Mary Welsh HEMINGWAY
Mary Welsh Hemingway (April 5, 1908 – November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and the fourth wife (and widow) of Ernest Hemingway. Born in Minnesota, Welsh was a daughter of a lumberman. When she was 32, she married Lawrence Miller Cook, a drama student from Ohio. Their life together was short and they soon separated. After the separation, Mary moved to Chicago and landed a job at the Chicago Daily News where she met Will Lang Jr., with whom she formed a fast friendship, and the pair wo... Biography of Franziska van ALMSICK
Franziska van Almsick (born April 5, 1978 in East Berlin, Germany) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen. Her career begun at the SC Dynamo Berlin.Over her career, Van Almsick earned ten career Olympic medals, none of them gold. She ended her career at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In 1993, she was named by Swimming World magazine as the Female World Swimmer of the Year. Her son Don Hugo was born on January 7, 2007.... Biography of Michelle McCARTNEY
Michelle McCartney, born April 5, 1960 in Paris, is the rejected daughter of Monique La Vallier and Beatle member Paul McCartney.... Biography of Jane ASHER
Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television career. Asher is known for her starring role as the main character Faith Ashley in the 1987 British TV drama Wish Me Luck, and for her trademark red hair. She has appeared in numerous film and television dramas. Early life Asher was the second of three children born to Dr. Richard Alan John and Margaret Asher, née Eliot, in Willesden, north-west London . Her father was a phy... Biography of Judith RESNIK
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio and attended Hebrew school. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University in 1970, the year she married fellow student Michael Oldak. They divorced in 1974. Resnik earned a Ph.D. in el... Biography of Fabrice BENICHOU
Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1965, in Madrid, Spain) is a French boxer. Personal Benichou is of Spanish-Jewish heritage. Amateur career In 1984 Benichou made it to the finals for the French National Bantamweight championship, but lost. Pro Boxing career Benichou won the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship in 1989. He lost it the following year to Welcome Ncita. He began a comeback campaign in late 2005....
Biography of Jules DUPRE
Jules Dupré (April 5, 1811 - October 6, 1889), French painter, was one of the chief members of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. If Corot stands for the lyric and Rousseau for the epic aspect of the poetry of nature, Dupré is the exponent of her tragic and dramatic aspects. Dupré exhibited first at the Salon in 1831, and three years later was awarded a second-class medal. In the same year he came to England, where he was deeply impressed by the genius of Constable. From him he learnt...
Biography of Nicolas PERROT d'ABLANCOURT
Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, born April 5, 1606 in Châlons-sur-Marne, died November 17, 1664, was a French translator and author....
Biography of Joseph HISLOP
Joseph Hislop (b. Edinburgh, 5 April 1884; d. Sweden, 6 May 1977) was a Scottish tenor singer notable both in opera and oratorio, who had an international career and was one of the fine and really outstanding British singers of his generation. Career Joseph Hislop studied at the Edinburgh Cathedral School and at the School of Arts. His early employment was in photo-press work. He was aware of his vocal ability, but only began to consider a career in voice after many visits to the opera in... Biography of Roger CORMAN
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is a prolific American producer and director of low-budget movies, many of which are exploitation, and are among some of the most influential movies made. He has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness; Corman once joked he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two ex... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||