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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on April, 6, 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
112 celebrities or events were found for April, 6. Biography of Pauline Lafont
Pauline Lafont (April 6, 1963 in Nîmes, France - August 11, 1988 in Gabriac, Lozère, France) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor. She died in a hiking accident in Cévennes, France.... Biography of Christian Ranucci
Christian Ranucci (April 6, 1954 Avignon – July 28, 1976 Marseille) was one of the last people executed in France, having been convicted of the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of a young girl, Marie-Dolorès Rambla. He was tried in Aix-en-Provence in Southern France on March 9-March 10, 1976 and sentenced to death. His appeal for a second trial was overturned by a higher court on July 16. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing refused his pardon for Ranucci only ten days after the case's arrival to his office, much quicker than the usual clemency process. He was executed by guillotine at Baumettes prison in Marseilles. In his last words he said to his lawyers, who were witnessing the execution, were "Rehabilitate me" There has been some controversy regarding Ranucci's guilt. A bo... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Paul Rudd
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American film, television, and stage actor. Early life Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Jewish immigrants from England; his family's original surname was "Rudnitzky". His father, Michael Rudd, is a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while Rudd's mother managed a television station. He was raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West, and college at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Career Rudd's breakout performance was in the 1995 film Clueless. Additional credits include Wet Hot American Summer, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Cider House Rules, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, William S... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Zach Braff
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. During the 2000s, he became known for his role as J.D. on the NBC sitcom Scrubs as well as starred in several films. Braff also wrote and directed 2004's Garden State. The soundtrack record, which he selected and produced, earned him a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Braff was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. His parents, Hal Braff, a trial attorney and professor, and Anne Brodzinsky, a clinical psychologist, divorced and re-married others during Braff's childhood. One of his siblings, Joshua, is an author. Braff has wanted to be a filmmaker since his early childhood, and has described it as his "life... Biography of Charles Sobhraj
Charles Sobhraj (born April 6, 1944 in Saigon, Vietnam) is a serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed "the Serpent" and "the Bikini killer" for his skills at deception and evasion, he allegedly committed at least 12 murders and was jailed in India from 1976 to 1997, but managed to live a life of leisure in prison. He retired as a celebrity in Paris, then unexpectedly returned to Nepal, where he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment on August 12, 2004. While Sobhraj is widely believed to be a psychopath — he has a manipulative personality and is incapable of remorse — his motives for killing differed from those of most serial killers. Sobhraj was not driven to murder by deep-seated, viole... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Ram Dass
Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), also known as Baba Ram Dass, is a contemporary spiritual teacher who wrote the 1971 bestseller Be Here Now. He is well-known for his association with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, both having been dismissed from their professorships for experiments on the effects of psychedelic drugs on human subjects. He is also known for his travels to India and his association with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba. Youth and college Alpert was born to a prominent Jewish family in Newton, Massachusetts. His father, George Alpert, was one of the most influential lawyers in the Boston area and president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, as well as one of the leading founders of Brandeis University and the Albert Einstein ... Biography of René Lalique
René Jules Lalique was born in Ay, Marne, France on April 6, 1860, and died May 5, 1945. He was a glass designer, renowned for his stunning creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and, in the latter part of his life, automobile hood ornaments. The firm he founded is still active. At age 16, he apprenticed with the Parisian jeweller, Louis Aucoc. Then from 1878-1880 he attended Sydenham Art College in London, England. After returning to France, he worked for Aucoc, Cartier, Boucheron and others. In 1882 he became a freelance designer for several top jewellery houses in Paris and four years later established his own jewellery workshop. By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designers; creating innovative pieces ... Biography of Stanislas de Guaita
Stanislas de Guaita (1861-1897) was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and successful in his time. He was an expert on magic and occultism. He had many disputes with other people who were involved with occultism and magic. Occultism and magic were part of his novels. Career Early life De Guaita came from a noble Italian family who had relocated to France. His title was 'Marquis', or Marquess. He was born in the castle of Alteville near Tarquimpol, Lorraine, and went to school at the lyceum in Nancy, where he studied chemistry, metaphysics and Cabala. As a young man, he moved to Paris, and his luxurious apartment became a meeting place for poets, artists, and writers who... Biography of Michele Bachmann
Michele Marie Amble Bachmann (born April 6, 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa) is the United States Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district and member of the Republican Party. She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She defeated her Democratic challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg, in the 2008 election. The 6th congressional district includes the northern far suburbs of the Twin Cities along with St. Cloud. She won 50 percent of the votes in the 2006 election, defeating Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Patty Wetterling and the Independence Party's John Binkowski. Bachmann served in the Minnesota State Senate from 2001 to 2007. Early life Bachmann was born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa, to a Lutheran Norwegian ... Biography of Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter. Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. With his hard biting electric guitar, he almost singlehandedly introduced the electric sound to country music. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, characterized by twangy telecaster guitars, tight vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the polished Nashville Sound recordings of that era. By the 1970s, he was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and into the 2000s. His songs display unflinching p... Biography of Marilu Henner
Marilu Lucy Henner (born April 6, 1952) is an American actress, producer and New York Times best-selling author. Early life Marilu was born in Chicago, IL. She was the third of six children born to Joe Pudlowski (a car salesman) and Loretta Henner (a dance instructor). Marilu's father and brother later changed the family name to Henner for business purposes. Henner was raised on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois in the Logan Square neighborhood. Her mother Loretta was president of the National Association of Dance and Affiliated Arts and ran the Henner Dance School ("disguised as a three-car garage") for twenty years. Henner took her first dance class at age two. Career While a student at the University of Chicago, she originated the role of Marty in the pre-Broadway Kingst... Biography of Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris. Moreau's main focus was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas rather than visual images, he appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists, who saw him as a precursor to their movement. His father, Louis Jean Marie Moreau, was an architect, who recognized his talent. His mother was Adele Pauline des Moutiers. Moreau studied under François-Édouard Picot and Théodore Chassériau, with whom he may have become lovers; Moreau also carried on a deeply personal 25-year relationship, possibly romantic, with Adelaide-Alexandrine Dureux, a woman whom he drew several times. His first painting was a Pietà which is now lo... Biography of James D. Watson
James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". Early life Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 6, 1928, the son of a businessman, also named James Dewey Watson and Margaret Jean Mitchell . His father was of midwestern English descent. His mother's father Lauchlin Mitchell, a tailor, was from Glasgow, Scotland, and her mother, Lizzie Gleason, was the child of Irish parents from Tipperary. Watson was fascinated with bird watching, a hobby he sha... Biography of Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor. Early life Williams was born William December Williams, Jr. in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta, a West Indian-born elevator operator, and William December Williams, Sr. a Texas-born janitor. He has a sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. Career His first big break was in the acclaimed television movie, Brian's Song in which he played Gale Sayers. His next hit came in 1972 when he played Billie Holliday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holliday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown pa... Biography of Myleene Klass
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British classical pianist, commercial model, television and radio presenter, and former member of the UK pop group Hear’Say. Her pop success achieved 4 Top 10 singles, 2 of which were UK Number Ones. Hear'Say also released 2 albums, Popstars and Everybody. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Klass was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, England to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. She comes from six generations of classical musicians on her father's side: Myleene's grandmother was an opera singer and her grandfather left his violin to her, which she later went on to play. Klass began to learn the piano and violin from the age of four and then the harp at 12. She then took Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exams in v... Biography of Rick Levine (astrologer)
Rick Levine, born April 6, 1949 in The Bronx, New York, is an American author, teacher, lecturer, poet, computer programmer and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oliver Miller
Oliver J. Miller (born April 6, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas), known as (The) "Big O," is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. Height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Weight 350 lb (158.8 kg) Miller is well-known for his large size (6-foot-9, over 300 pounds). After graduating from the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the Phoenix Suns as the 22nd overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He went on to play for various NBA teams over his 8-year career, including the Suns (1992-94, 1999-00), Detroit Pistons (1994-95), Toronto Raptors (1995-96 and 1997-98), Dallas Mavericks (1996-97) and Sacramento Kings (1998-99). He was signed by the Indiana Pacers during the 2002 pre-season, but he was waived before the regular season began. Miller was known as a talented center with... Biography of John Ratzenberger
John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Clifford C. 'Cliff' Clavin, Jr. in the classic sitcom Cheers (1982) and appearing in all Pixar feature length films. Personal life Ratzenberger was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Bertha (née Grohowski) and Deszo Alexander Ratzenberger. His father was German-American and his mother Polish-American. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended St. Ann's School in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. On the May 8, 2008 airing of The Mark Levin Show, Ratzenberger reported that he was a tractor operator for the Woodstock Festival. He related the disdain that the audience and numerous musical acts had expressed for government... Biography of Jacky Boxberger
Jacky Boxberger, born April 6, 1949 in Châtel-sur-Moselle, died August 9, 2001 in Kenya (trampled to death by an elephant), was a French athlet. Events 42 sélections en équipe de France A Recordman du monde junior du 1500m en 1968, en 3'40"8 ; ce record est toujours d'actualité en France en 2005... Recordman de France du 3000m en 1979, en 7'43"76 Recordman de France du 5000m en 1976, et 1977 en 13'23"59 Meilleure performance française sur 20km route en 1980 Meilleure performance française sur 25km route en 1985, en 1'15'45" Meilleure performance française sur l'heure en 1980, avec 20 km 340 Recordman de France (on dit Meilleure performance française) du marathon en 1985, en 2 h 10'49" Champion d'Europe en salle du 1 500 mètres en 1972 1er du 5000m de Coupe d'Europe... Biography of Anton Geesink
Antonius ("Anton") Johannes Geesink (born April 6, 1934 in Utrecht) is a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He is a three-time World Judo Champion (1961, 1964 and 1965) and Olympic Gold Medalist (1964). He was 6'7" (2.01m) tall and at one time weighed 320 pounds (145 kg). Judo career Geesink first participated in the European Championships in 1951, and placed second in his category. The following year, he won his first European title. Through to 1967, twenty more European titles followed. At the 1961 World Championships, Geesink became World Champion in the open class, defeating the Japanese, who had won all World Championship titles up to that point. Judo debuted as an official sport at the 1964 Summer Olympics, which were held in the sport's home country, Japan. Although Japan dominated... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. Early life Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Vi (née Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance business. After growing up in Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School, Levinson attended American University in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer. Levinson at one time shared an apartment with would-be drug smuggler (and basis for the movie "Blow") George Jung. Career Levinson's first writing work was for variety shows such as The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, The Lohman and Barkley Show, The Tim Conway Show, and The Carol Burnett Sh... Biography of Carlos Salzedo
Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885-1961), was a harpist, composer and conductor, born in Arcachon, France, after whom the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine is named. Life France Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moise Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885 at 11:30 a.m., two months prematurely. Salzedo's parents, Isaac Gaston Salzedo and Thérèse Judith Anna Silva (both musicians) had been vacationing in Arcachon when Anna Silva fell down a flight of stairs. Salzedo was always considered physically weak, suffering for most of his life from rheumatic fever. His mother died when he was five. The family then moved to Bordeaux and a Basque woman was hired as a housekeeper-nurse-governess. Salzedo became deeply attached to her, sending her checks throughout his life, and liked to think of himself as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas, born April 6, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, died in 1981, was an American U.S. aircraft designer who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company.... Biography of Cathy Jones
Cathy Jones (born April 6, 1955, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian comedian and writer. She was born Catherine Theresa Jones in 1955 in Newfoundland, Canada and attended Holy Heart of Mary High School. Jones' mother, although loving, was agoraphobic and seldom left the family house. Her father, a photography store owner to whom Jones was very close growing up, suffered from depression and alcoholism, and emotionally distanced himself from her when she was a teenager, causing her to feel a lifelong sense of abandonment. Jones was 19 when her older brother, comedian Andy Jones, asked her to join the Traveling Nfld Theatre Company. She later became a household name in Canadian comedy following 11 years as one of the stars and founding members of the legendary comedy troupe CODC... Biography of Yannick Bellon
Yannick Bellon (born April, 6 in 1924, Biarritz, France) is a French movie director and editor. Selected filmography Quelque part quelqu’un (1972) La Femme de Jean (1974) Jamais plus toujours (1976) L'Amour violé (1978) La Triche (1984) Évasion (1989) Les Enfants du désordre (1989) L'Affût (1992) Le Souvenir d'un avenir (co-directed with Chris Marker, short cut, 2001)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938) is an American television actor. Biography Born in Chicago, Thinnes is best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967 television series The Invaders, a Quinn Martin Production. He also played Alfred Wentworth, in the pilot episode of Law & Order. He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelgänger), and his first primetime role was as Ben Quick in the short-lived 1965-66 television series The Long Hot Summer, which ran on ABC (during its run he received around 1500 letters a week from lovelorn women). During this time he appeared on the cover of TV Guide (April 9-15 1966 issue) for his one and only time to date. Another short-lived series in which Thinnes star... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patti Catalano
Patti Catalano, born April 6, 1953 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, was an American field and track champion.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marion Greenwood
Marion Greenwood, born April 6, 1909 in Brooklyn, died in 1970 , was an Americain artist. Born in Brooklyn in 1909, Marion Greenwood first visited Woodstock in 1920 with her father, who was also a painter. In 1924, when only fourteen years old, she left school to study with George Bridgman, Frank Vincent DuMond, and John Sloan at the Art Students League in New York. Greenwood also exhibited in the Woodstock Artists Association for the first time in that year. After four years at the League, she went to study at Colarossi's in Paris and later, in Woodstock, she studied lithography with Emil Ganso and mosaic technique with Alexander Archipenko. In 1932 Greenwood vacationed in Taxco, Mexico, and while there she executed a small fresco in the Hotel Taxqueno depicting native life. This work... Biography of Félix Nadar
Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 – 21 March 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Some photographs by Nadar are marked "P. Nadar" for "Photographie Nadar" (see image below). Nadar was born in April 1820 in Paris (though some sources state Lyon). He was a caricaturist for Le Charivari in 1848. In 1849 he created the Revue comique and the Petit journal pour rire. He took his first photographs in 1853 and in 1858 became the first person to take aerial photographs. He also pioneered the use of artificial lighting in photography, working in the catacombs of Paris. Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m³) balloon named Le Géant ("The Giant"), thereby inspiring Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon. The "Géan... Biography of Candace Cameron Bure
Candace Helaine Cameron Bure (born April 6, 1976) is an American actress best known for playing D.J. Tanner on the television show Full House and Summer in the television drama Make It or Break It. She is the sister of Kirk Cameron, and is married to former Russian ice hockey player Valeri Bure. Early life Candace Cameron Bure was born in Panorama City, California, to Robert Cameron and Barbara Bausmith. Following in the footsteps of her older brother Kirk, she decided to pursue acting. She started in the entertainment business by appearing in a number of television commercials. Soon after, she guest starred roles on shows such as St. Elsewhere, Growing Pains, and Who's the Boss? Career When she got the chance to audition for and got the role of D.J. Tanner on Full House, she im... Biography of Janet Lynn
Janet Lynn Nowicki (born Janet Nowicki April 6, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist. Amateur career Lynn began to skate almost as soon as she could walk and took part in her first exhibition performance at the age of four in a group number at Chicago Stadium. By age seven, she was living away from home part of the year, staying with the slightly older skater Jada Steinke to be close to her coach Slavka Kohout, who worked out of Rockton, Illinois, but her close-knit family was never far away. Eventually her family moved from the Chicago suburb of Evergreen Park to Rockford, Illinois, some fifteen miles from Rockton and the rink. Janet would attend Junior High in Rockford. She used her middle name Lynn instead of Nowicki, which was constant... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lincoln Steffens
Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking. He is also known for his 1921 statement, upon his return from the Soviet Union: "I have been over into the future, and it works." A better known version of his famous quote, "I've seen the future, and it works," can be found on the title page of the 1933 edition of Red Virtue, written by his wife, Ella Winter. Steffens was born and grew up in San Francisco, California, and studied in France and Germany after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was first exposed to what were known then as "radical" political views. At McClure's magazine, Steffens became part of a celebr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Fokker
Anton Herman Gerard Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a pioneer in aviation and a Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer. Early life Anthony (Tony) Fokker was born in Kediri, East Java (then Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), son of Herman Fokker, a Dutch coffee plantation owner. Four years later the family returned to the Netherlands and settled in Haarlem in order to provide Tony and his older sister, Toos, with a Dutch upbringing. Tony was not studious but rather played with model trains and steam engines, and he did not complete his high school education. He devised a leak-proof tire but this was not an original invention and was already patented. Move to Germany In 1910, at age 20, Fokker was sent by his father to Germany to receive training as a mechanic. Yet hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ian Paisley
Rev Dr Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926) is a veteran politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest single grouping in the 2007 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, he was elected First Minister with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness as deputy First Minister on May 8, 2007. In addition to co-founding and leading the DUP (from 1971 to 2008), he is a founding member and immediate past Moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. Paisley has been a UK Member of Parliament for the constituency of North Antrim since 1970, and is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency. In 2005, Paisley's political party became the largest Unionist party in Northern Ireland, displa... Biography of Patrick Hernandez
Patrick Hernandez (born 6 April 1949) is a French singer who had a huge worldwide hit with "Born to Be Alive" in 1979. Hernandez was born in Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, to a Spanish father and a half Austrian and half Italian mother. Growing up in the 1960s, he became interested in music, and toured dancehalls and ballrooms of southern France with a number of groups over the next decade. Hernandez met his music partner Hervé Tholance, an arranger, guitarist and vocalist, during that period. The two formed a duo and started achieving local success backing French musicians like Francis Cabrel, Laurent Voulzy and the French group Gold among others. In 1978, Hernandez met producer Jean Van loo, and with disco music at its peak, decided it was time to try his hand at disco. Vanloo agreed and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Povl Bang-Jenson
Povl Bang-Jenson, born April 6, 1909 and dead November 26, 1959, was a Danish politician and lawyer. His death is considered as a suicide, but it is maybe a crime.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Danjon
André-Louis Danjon (April 6, 1890 – April 21, 1967) was a French astronomer born in Caen. Danjon devised a method to measure "Earthshine" on the Moon using a telescope in which a prism split the Moon's image into two identical side-by-side images. By adjusting a diaphragm to dim one of the images until the sunlit portion had the same apparent brightness as the earthlit portion on the unadjusted image, he could quantify the diaphragm adjustment, and thus had a real measurement for the brightness of Earthshine. He recorded the measurements using his method (now known as the Danjon Scale, on which zero equates to a barely visible Moon) from 1925 until the 1950s. Among his notable contributions to astronomy was the design of the impersonal (prismatic) astrolabe now known as the Danjon as... Biography of Hilary Rhoda
Hilary Hollis Rhoda (born April 6, 1987, in Chevy Chase, Maryland) is an American model. She is perhaps best known for her work with the brand Estée Lauder and her 2009 and 2010 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Biography Career Rhoda was originally discovered at a ProScout event in Washington, D.C. After getting numerous call backs, she decided to be represented by Women Model Management. She soon appeared in ads for Hollister and Abercrombie, before switching to Click Model Management and ultimately IMG Models, globally. Before her career as a model, Rhoda graduated from the Academy of the Holy Cross, a Catholic all-girls' school in her native Maryland. While a student, Rhoda played on her school's field hockey and lacrosse teams. She has appeared in adv... Biography of Franck Black
Black Francis (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV on April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, where he performed under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with 4AD, he left the label and formed a backing band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He reformed the Pixies in 2004, and continues to release solo records and tour as a solo artist, having re-adopted his current stage name in 2007. His vocal style has varied from a screaming, yowling delivery as lead vocalist of the Pixies to a more measured and melodical style in his solo career. In a recent interview on CBC... Biography of Gheorghe Zamfir
Gheorghe Zamfir (pronounced in Romanian; born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian pan flute musician who has received 120 golden and platinum disc awards and sold over 40 million albums . He is widely known as "Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute". Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of the traditional Romanian-style pan flute (nai) of 20 pipes to 22, 25, 28 and 30 pipes to increase its range, and obtaining as many as nine tones from each pipe by changing the embouchure. Career Zamfir came to the public eye when he was "discovered" by Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier who extensively researched Romanian folk music in the 1960s. Largely through television commercials where he was billed as "Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute", he introduced the folk instrument to a modern audienc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (April 6, 1904–March 9, 1988) was a conservative German politician and Chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 until 21 October 1969. Early life Born in Ebingen, Germany, Kiesinger was educated in Berlin and became a lawyer. As a Student, he became Member of the Roman Catholic fraternity Askania-Burgundia. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1933. From 1940, Kiesinger worked at the German foreign ministry's radio propaganda department where he was responsible for that ministry's connection with the propaganda ministry. After the war, he was interned and spent several months in the Ludwigsburg camp before being acquitted by the denazification courts. He was exonerated by a protocol of the RSHA which noted that he had hampered and averted anti-Jewish actions... Biography of Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing (born Joyce Rae Brown), (April 6, 1929 - August 7, 1972) was a film and television actress. Early life Lansing's father was a shoe salesman, Jack Glenn Brown, and her mother a housewife, Virginia Grace Shupe Brown. Lansing began modeling in her teens because of her figure. Movie actress A model and actress, Lansing was often cast in roles similar to those played by her contemporaries, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. She appeared in skimpy costumes and bikinis; yet, no nudes exist. Her measurements were 39 - 23 - 35. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her earliest work was modeling. Her film career began in 1948. Lansing had an MGM contract at the age of 14 and completed high school on the studio lot. In 1952, she played an uncredited role in the MGM blo... Biography of Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth (born 6 April 1967) is a British actor. Personal life Jonathan Firth is the younger brother of Colin Firth and Kate Firth. Early life He was born in Essex, England, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Acting career He has acted in cinematic movies and also has some notable television appearances, such as Fred Vincy in Middlemarch (1994), Sergeant Troy in Far from the Madding Crowd (1998) and Prince Albert in Victoria & Albert (2001). In 2003, he acted in the BBC's dramatized documentary Pompeii: The Last Day. He was also part of the motion picture Luther in 2003. Firth has also guest-starred in Inspector Morse (1987), Poirot (1995), Cadfael (1994), Midsomer Murders (1997), The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999), The Inspector Lynley ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Vernay
Daniel Vernay, born April 6, 1935 in Brest, is a French engineer of école Polytechnique, astrologer and author. Selected works Fondements et avenir de l'astrologie (Paris, Fayard, 1974) L'astrologie et la science future du psychisme (Monaco, Le Rocher, 1987)... Biography of Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (born 6 April 1963 in Guayaquil) is the President of the Republic of Ecuador. A trained economist, he previously served as the country's finance minister. Background Correa earned an Economics degree at the Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil in 1987. Following his degree, he worked for one year in a mission at a welfare center run by the Salesian order in Cotopaxi Province, where he acquired some knowledge of Quechua, the language of the majority of the native pre-Columbian population concentrated in the Andes region. In addition to Spanish and Quechua, he is fluent in French and English. Correa received a Master's degree in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Cazal
Patrick Cazal, born April 6, 1971 in Saint-Joseph, Réunion, is a French handball player. He was world champion (team) in 1995 and 2001.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Vilbert
Henri Miquely, best known as Henri Vilbert, born April 6, 1904 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) , died April 20, 1997 in Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes), was a French actor. Filmography 1921 : Tartarin sur les Alpes de Paul Barlatier et Henry Vorins 1931 : Un coup de téléphone de Georges Lacombe 1931 : Un homme en habit de René Guissart 1932 : Cœurs joyeux de Hanns Schwarz et Max de Vaucorbeil 1932 : Hôtel des étudiants de Victor Tourjansky (Étienne) 1932 : Maquillage de Karl Anton 1933 : Adieu les beaux jours d'André Beucler et Johannes Meyer (Le professeur Ronnay) 1933 : Maison hantée de Roger Capellani 1933 : Feu Toupinel de Roger Capellani (Valaury) 1932 : Topaze de Louis J. Gasnier (Un agent de police) 1933 : Madame Bovary de Jean Renoir (Dr. Canivet) 1934... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julio Cesar Melatti
Julio Cesar Melatti, born April 6, 1938 in Petropólis, is a Brazilian anthropologist and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveller best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. So varied were Thomas's activities that when it came time for the Library of Congress to catalog his memoirs they were forced to put them in "CT" ("biographies of subjects who do not fit into any other category") in their classification. Early life and career Thomas was born in Woodington, Ohio, in Darke County, the son of Harry and Harriet (Wagner) Thomas. His father was a doctor and his mother a school teacher. In 1900, the family moved to the mining town of Victor, Colorado. There he worked as a gold miner, a cook, and a reporter on the newspaper. In 1910, Thomas graduated from Victor High School, where one of his tea... Biography of Pascal Paoli
Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli (Pascal Paoli, April 6, 1725 – February 5, 1807), was a Corsican patriot and leader, the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica. Paoli designed and wrote the Constitution of this first democratic republic of the modern age himself. It was a representative democracy asserting that the elected Diet of Corsican representatives had no master. Paoli held his office by election and not by appointment. It made him commander-in-chief of the armed forces as well as chief magistrate. Paoli's government claimed the same jurisdiction as the Republic of Genoa. In terms of de facto exercise of power, the Genovese held the coastal cities, which they could defend from their citadels, but the Corsican republic controlled the rest... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinrich Matthias Zopfl
Heinrich Matthias Zopfl, born April 6, 1807 in Bamberg and died July 4, 1877, was a German writer, professor of constitutional law and politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tadeusz Kantor
Tadeusz Kantor (6 April 1915 – 8 December 1990) was a Polish painter, assemblage artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in Poland and abroad. Born in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Galicia (then in Austria-Hungary), Kantor graduated from the Cracow Academy in 1939. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, he founded the Independent Theatre, and served as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków as well as a director of experimental theatre in Kraków from 1942 to 1944. After the war, he became known for his avant-garde work in stage design including designs for Saint Joan (1956) and Measure for Measure (1956). Specific examples of such changes to standard theatre were stages that extended out into the audience, and th... Biography of Alana Austin
Alana Austin, born April 6, 1982 in Palm Springs, California, is an American actress. She is the daugther of Steve Austin and Shauna Leigh Austin, the stepdaughter of Kathleen Austin, and the sister of actress Alyssa Austin. Actor Jim Berthiaume designed Alana's official web site. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042316/ ) # "Close to Home" .... Kellie Sexton (1 episode, 2006) - Truly, Madly, Deeply (2006) TV episode .... Kellie Sexton # Miracle Dogs Too (2006) (V) .... Natalie # Popstar (2005) .... Jane Brighton # "Cold Case" .... Angie Parrington - 1988 (1 episode, 2005) - Family (2005) TV episode .... Angie Parrington - 1988 # Supercross (2005) .... Rider Girlfriend # Motocross Kids (2004) .... Callie Reed # Miracle Dogs (2003) (TV) .... Kelly Maguire... Biography of André Previn
André Previn (born April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany) is a German-born American Academy and Grammy Award-winning pianist, conductor, and composer. He first came to prominence by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores in 1948. André Previn was born as Andreas Ludwig Priwin to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. His brother was the director Steve Previn (1925-1993). With his family, he emigrated to the United States in 1939 to escape the Nazi Regime in Germany. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1943, and grew up in Los Angeles. At his Summer 1946 graduation from Beverly Hills High School Previn played a musical duet with Richard M. Sherman: Previn played the piano, accompanying Sherman (who played flute). Coincidentally, twenty one years later, both composers won... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gerhard Ritter
Gerhard Albert Ritter (April 6, 1888 – July 1, 1967) was a conservative German historian. Ritter was born in Bad Sooden-Allendorf, the son of an Lutheran clergyman. He was educated at a gymnasium in Gütersloh and at the universities of Munich, Heidelberg, and Leipzig. While studying at Heidelberg, Ritter was a research assistant to the national-liberal historian Hermann Oncken, who a major influence on Ritter. Ritter's first book, 1913's Die preussichen Konservativen und Bismarcks deutsche Politik (The Prussian Conservatives and Bismarck's German Policy) was his PhD dissertation completed in 1911 under the supervision of Oncken. Ritter examined the dispute between Otto von Bismarck and conservative Prussian Junkers who felt that Bismarck's policy was a menace to their traditional privil... Biography of Bison Dele
Bison Dele (April 6, 1969 – presumed dead July 7, 2002) formerly known as Brian Carson Williams, was an American professional basketball player who finished his career as a center for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He is believed to have been murdered at sea by his older brother in 2002. Basketball career Dele was born in Fresno, California, to singer Eugene Williams of the musical group The Platters. He began his collegiate basketball career at the University of Maryland, playing there for one year. He sat out the next season while transferring to the University of Arizona. After playing for two seasons at Arizona, he was drafted in the first round of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. He saw limited action during two seasons in Orlando. After playing for Orlando, Williams join... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Dumont
Jean-Louis Dumont (born April 6, 1944 in Jonville-en-Woëvre (Meuse)) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Meuse department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Biography of Heidi Mount
Heidi Mount (née Whitworth) is an American fashion model. She has walked the runways of internationally acclaimed fashion houses like Michael Kors, Bottega Veneta, Sonia Rykiel, Versace, and Valentino. She has appeared in campaigns for Chanel, Prada, and Bally. Early life Mount was born Heidi Whitworth in Salt Lake City, USA, on April 6, 1986 (source: facebook). Mount was discovered at age 12 at a concert with her mother and her sister. Career Mount began her modeling career in 2003, signing with Ford Models. Her debut on the international scene was in Yohji Yamamoto's Spring 2004 collection. Her career jumpstarted from there, posing for campaigns like Frankie Morello and Armani Jeans. In 2007, she got married and took a break from modelling. Mount returned to the modeling wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrián Alonso
Adrián Alonso, born Adrián Alonso Barona, April 6, 1994 in Mexico City, is a Mexican child actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1739844/ ) # Flights of Fancy (2010) (in production) .... Young Lalo # El último aliento (2011) (post-production) .... Nio Alberca # Cristiada (2011) (post-production) .... Lalo # "Los simuladores" .... Pablo (1 episode, 2009) - El vengador infantil (2009) TV episode .... Pablo # Casi divas (2008) .... Patricks ... aka "Road to Fame" - USA (literal English title) # Tiempo de partir (2008) # Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) (2007) .... Carlos Reyes 'Carlitos' ... aka "La misma luna" - Mexico (original title) # "XHDRbZ" .... Diego (1 episode, 2007) - Carrera de perros (2007) TV episode .... Diego # One Long Night (2007)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pietro Vierchowod
Pietro Vierchowod (born April 6, 1959 in Calcinate) is an Italian former footballer turned coach. An old-style defender, Vierchowod was nicknamed the zar because he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier. Vierchowod was a world-class man-marker, and a great tactical reader of the game. He also possessed lightning pace and acceleration, even in the last year of his career at the age of 41. It is often said that Vierchowod was never outsprinted on the football pitch during his long and distinguished career. Vierchowod started his professional football career for Como, before moving to Fiorentina. However, his first successes came when he moved to AS Roma, winning a Serie A scudetto in 1983. Then he moved to Sampdoria, with whom he won four Italian Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup and an... Biography of Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor. Biography Early life Rooker, who has eight brothers and sisters, was born in Jasper, Alabama and studied at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, where he moved with his mother and siblings at the age of thirteen, after his parents divorced. Movie career He made his film debut in 1986 playing the title role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, a film based on the confessions of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. He has since appeared in numerous films over the years including Mississippi Burning, Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, JFK, Cliffhanger, Tombstone, Mallrats, Rosewood, The 6th Day and Jumper. He has also guest starred in the TV series Stargate SG-1 and Crime Story. In 2010, he starred in James Felix McKenney's h... Biography of Jean-Marc Boivin
Jean-Marc Boivin, born April 6, 1951 in Dijon, died February 17, 1990, was a French mountain climber. Bibliography L'Aventure jusqu'au bout L'abominable homme des glaces, 1983 Trois défis au Cervin, 1981 Filmography Glace Extrême, 1977, 36 min, producteur et réalisateur, prix Mario Belo au festival international du film de montagne de Trento, Au Vent des cimes, 1978, 36 min, producteur et réalisateur, Aventure au Cervin, 56 min, produit par la Société Française de Production et Antenne 2, grand prix du festival international de film de montagne de San Sebastien et du festival de Trento. Récompense International Award for Valour in Sport in London, February 5, 1980. External link : http://jeanmarcboivin.free.fr/... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julien Torma
Julien Torma (April 6, 1902 – February 17, 1933) was a French writer, playwright and poet who was part of the Dadaist movement. He was born in Cambrai, France, and died in Tyrol. A friend of Max Jacob and Robert Desnos, he was near the surrealist group without adhering to surrealism. He felt himself nearer to Alfred Jarry's 'pataphysics than Andre Breton's surrealism. Most of his writings were posthumously revealed by the French College of 'Pataphysique. Julien Torma disappeared in the mounts of Tyrol at the age of 30. He possibly committed suicide. Due to his elusive behaviour and the impossibility to check his life facts , it has been suggested many times that Julien Torma's existence may be entirely fictional.. His purported birthday, April 6, is marked as “the birthday of pata... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Daniels
Paul Daniels (born Newton Edward Daniels in 6 April 1938) is a British magician and television performer. He achieved national fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994. Early life Daniels was born at 51 North Street in South Bank, Middlesbrough, the son of Handel Newton Daniels and Nancy Lloyd. Handel Newton Daniels (known as Hugh) was a cinema projectionist at the Hippodrome Theatre and a former worker at ICI Wilton. During World War II Paul was evacuated to the Helmsley area. After Sir William Turners Grammar School on Coatham Road in Coatham, Redcar (now the Redcar & Cleveland College Connections Campus on Corporation Road) and his first job as a junior clerk in the treasurer's office of Eston council, Daniels served... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edd Miller
Edd Miller, born April 6, 1923 in Inland, Nebraska, is an American musician, pianist and entertainer.... Biography of Henrich Reich
Heinrich Reich, born April 6, 1888 in Munich, died August 9, 1961, was a German astrologer, musician, physician, psychologist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner (born 23 January 1972) is a Scottish actor. His most notable roles include Daniel "Spud" Murphy in Trainspotting, SPC Shawn Nelson in Black Hawk Down, and Lt. Red Winkle in Pearl Harbor. Early life Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance in show business by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in Charles Gormley's Heavenly Pursuits (1985). He would also play the lead in the BBC Scotland feature-length adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story "Dreaming" (1990). Career Bremner is probably best known to British audiences for his portrayal of Spud ... Biography of Udo Dirkschneider
Udo Dirkschneider (born April 6, 1952, Wuppertal, Germany) is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O. After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O.. He has since reunited with Accept on occasion. Recently, Dirkschneider made a guest appearance on Eurovision Song Contest winner Lordi's 2006 album, The Arockalypse. Mr Lordi claims both "Don't Look Back" and "Blitz of Lightning" by U.D.O. as songs that changed his life in a Kerrang! magazine article. He also makes a guest appearance in the music video for the song Shtil' (Штиль) by Russian heavy metal band Aria. Dirkschneider recorded lead vocals with NWOBHM-band Raven on their cover of "Born to Be Wild" on a 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Greene
Ira Thomas (Tommy) Greene (born April 6, 1967 in Lumberton, North Carolina), is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched from 1989 to 1995 and 1997. He pitched for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros. Pro career On May 23, 1991, Greene threw a no-hitter for the Phillies against the Montreal Expos. He struck out 10 batters and walked 7. Greene was starting for only the second time in the season and 15th time in his major league career. Greene was pitching in place of Danny Cox who had suffered a pulled groin in his last start. Greene became the first visiting pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in Montreal's history as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 2-0 before an Olympic Stadium crowd of 8,833. The next year in 1992, tendonitis in his arm and shoulder ca... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rory Bremner
Roderick "Rory" Keith Ogilvy Bremner, FKC (born 6 April 1961) is a Scottish impressionist, playwright and comedian, noted for his work in political satire. Early life Born in Edinburgh, Rory Bremner was the second son born to Major Donald Stuart Ogilvy Bremner (March 1908–1979) (who was 53 years old at Rory's birth) and his second wife Ann Simpson (1922–2001). Bremner was educated at Clifton Hall School and Wellington College and then studied Modern Languages at King's College London. He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of King's College London Students' Union in the early 2000s. In 2005 he accepted an Honorary Fellowship at King's. Additionally, he was awarded an honorary fellowship by Queen Mary, University of London in 2008. Rory first came into the limelight in 1985, when ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oswaldo Piazza
Oswaldo Piazza (born 6 April 1947 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football defender, now a manager. Biography He arrived at AS Saint-Étienne, in 1972, replacing new coach Robert Herbin at fullback position.He was associated with Christian Lopez and had the habit to help the team offensively.He won lots of titles with AS Saint-Étienne.He was very popular at this time, and Bernard Sauvat wrote a song dedicated to him.He earned 15 caps for Argentina, but could not participate to 1978 FIFA World Cup in his country due to family problems even though César Luis Menotti wanted him to.In 1979, he played for Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, before coming back to France with AS Corbeil-Essonnes, as player-coach but it was a failure.He resumed his coaching career in South America, winning s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux (born 6 April 1936) is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins (with a focus on the allosteric proteins), to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions. Although being famous in biological sciences for the MWC model, the identification and purification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the theory of epigenesis by synapse selection are also notable scientific achievements. Changeux is known by the non-scientific public for his ideas regarding the connection between mind and physical brain. As put forth in his book, Conversations on Mind, Matter and Mathematics, Changeux strongly supports the view that the nervous system is active rather than reactive an... Biography of Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa (宮沢 りえ, Miyazawa Rie?, born on April 6, 1973) is a Japanese actress and singer. Life and career Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo, to a Japanese mother and a Dutch father, and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the children's comedy Bokura no Nanokakan Senso (Seven Days' War) and Tokyo Elevator Girl. Miyazawa made her J-pop debut on 15 September 1989. She gained notoriety in 1991 with the publication of a nude photo book, Santa Fe, and even more publicity in 1992 by her engagement to sumo star Takanohana. The engagement was called off in 1993. Following the split, Miyazawa seemed to be... Biography of Jérémy Ferrari
Jérémy Ferrari, born Jérémy Larzillière-Ferrari on April 6, 1985 in Charleville-Mézière, is a French humorist, showman, and comedian.... Biography of Nicolas Chamfort
Nicolas Chamfort (6 April 1741 - 13 April 1794) was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary of Louis XIV's sister, and of the Jacobin club. Life He was born Nicolas-Sébastien Roch, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, according to a baptismal certificate found among his papers, to a grocer named Nicolas. A journey to Paris resulted in the boy's obtaining a bursary at the Collège des Grassins (a secondary school). He worked hard, although one of his most contemptuous epigrams reads: Ce que j'ai appris je ne le sais plus; le peu que je sais encore, je l'ai deviné ("What I learned I no longer know; the little I still know, I guessed"). When the principal of the College promised Chamfort a benefice, he replied that he could not accept because he prefe... Biography of Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel, born on April 6, 1948 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor and film director. Filmography (director) (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0308042/) 2011 Un été brûlant (completed) 2008 La frontière de l'aube 2005 Les amants réguliers 2001 Sauvage innocence 1999 Le vent de la nuit 1996 Le coeur fantôme 1993 La naissance de l'amour 1991 J'entends plus la guitare 1989 Les baisers de secours 1989 Les ministères de l'art (TV documentary) 1985 Elle a passé tant d'heures sous les sunlights... 1984 Paris vu par... vingt ans après (segment 3 "Rue Fontaine") 1983 Liberté, la nuit 1979 Le bleu des origines 1979 L'enfant secret 1978 Voyage au jardin des morts 1976 Le berceau de cristal 1975 Un ange passe ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carla Peterson
Carla Constanza Peterson (born April 6, 1974) is an Argentine actress. She was born in Cordoba. She began her career in stage plays. Among others she appeared in Quien es Janet? ("Who is Janet?") with Claudia Fontan and Mariana Prömmel. She first appeared on television in 1992 telenovella "Dance Party". After discovering her talent, producers bagan inviting to participate in such other productions as Princesa ("Princess") and Naranja y media. she appeared on Polish television from her appearance on the TV4 broadcast of the soap opera Enamorarte ("Young Lovers"), in which she played Lucia - a single mother bringing up her son. The role of Constanza Insua was the turning point in her acting career in Sos mi vida ("You are the one") in 2006, where played beside of Natalia Oreiro and Facundo A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prashant (actor)
Prashanth, born on April 6, 1973 in Chennai, is an Indian actor. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0695286/ ) 2005/II London Sivaraman 2004 Shock Vasanth 2003 Winner Shakthi Satish Mathur 2002 Virumbugirean Sivan 2001 Majunu Vasanth 2001/II Star 2000 Parthen Rasithen 1999 Jodi 1998 Kannethirey Thondrinal 1998 Jeans Vishvanath/Ram Mohan 1998 Kaadhal Kavidai 1995 Aanazhagan 1994 Thiruda Thiruda Azhagu/Kishan 1994 Anokha Premyudh 1994 Senthamizh Selvan 1993 Tholi Muddhu 1992 Chamanthi 1992 Chembaruthi 1991 Vanna Vanna Pookkal 1990 Jungle Love (video) 1990 Perumthachan Kannan Vishwakarman 1989 Nocturne indien Le chauffeur du rickshaw (as Prashant) 1981 Khoon Ka Rishta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dickey Simpkins
LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins (born April 6, 1972 in Washington, DC) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. He is currently a scout for the Charlotte Bobcats. A 6' 9" forward/center, Simpkins starred at Friendly High School (Maryland) and Providence College before being selected by the Bulls with the 21st pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. Caught behind Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, and later Dennis Rodman in the Bulls' playing rotation, he saw limited action in his first few seasons as a Bull, scoring just 513 points in 167 games. He did earn two NBA Championship rings in 1996 and 1997, but he was not on the team's active roster for either playoff run, and in fall 1997 the Bulls traded him to the Golden State W... Biography of Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also a notable arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. Mulligan's pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the more important cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Mulligan reportedly had a relationship with actress Judy Holliday until she died in 1965, and with actress Sandy Dennis from 1965 until they broke up in 1976. Biography ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Dumoulin
Marc Dumoulin, born April 6, 1950 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin), is a Frenc policician, a former Member of Parliament. He was sentenced to five years in jail, two of which were suspended, for sexually assaulting his niece while she was a minor in 1998, on June 2, 2002. Marc Dumoulin was the first sitting member of the National Assembly (lower house) to be condemned before a jury in France's 43-year-old Fifth Republic. Dumoulin denied the charges. He told the court in Strasbourg that he had merely touched his niece, in an "affectionate" way but acknowledged his attitude toward her was sometimes "ambiguous."... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lieve Slegers
Lieve Slegers (born 6 April 1965 in Turnhout, Vlaanderen) is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on 28 April 1996 clocking 2:28:06. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10.000 metres, where she was eliminated in the qualifying heats. Slegers also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Brooks
William T. Brooks, Jr. (born April 6, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former American football wide receiver who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 190 lb (86 kg). wide receiver from Boston University, Brooks played in 11 NFL seasons from 1986–1996 for the Colts, the Buffalo Bills, and the Washington Redskins. Brooks was the Colts top receiver for five of his seven seasons with them, and recorded a career best 1,131 yards in 1986. With the Bills, he assisted them to a championship appearance in Super Bowl XXVIII in the 1993 season. Taking over for retired starter James Lofton, he caught 60 passes for 712 yards and five touchdowns during the season. He also caught six passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns in the Bills 29–23 win o... Biography of Louis Raemaekers
Louis Raemaekers (April 6, 1869 in The Hague (source: Gauquelin) - July 26, 1956 in Scheveningen) was a Dutch painter and cartoonist for the Amsterdam Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his anti-German stance. He was born in Roermond, Netherlands in 1869 as the son of an ethnically German newspaper editor. He worked for the Algemeen Handelsblad from 1906 to 1909. His graphic cartoons depicted the rule of the German military in Belgium, portrayed the Germans as barbarians and Kaiser Wilhelm II as an ally of Satan. The German government offered a reward of 12,000 guilders for Raemaekers, dead or alive. The German government forced the Dutch government to place Raemaekers on trial for 'endangering Dutch neutrality', but a jury acquitted him. He later left for England because of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Darien
Georges Darien (pseudonym for Georges Hippolyte Adrien), (6 April 1862 – 19 August 1921), was a French writer associated with anarchism and an outspoken advocate of Georgism. Life Georges-Hippolyte Adrien was born at 46, Rue du Bac in Paris, to linen draper Honoré-Charles-Emile Adrien, born in 1822 in the Charente, and Françoise-Sidonie Adrien, née Chatel. His brother, Henri-Gaston Darien, was born two years later, in 1864. Henri-Gaston was later to become a peintre du genre specializing in interiors and scenes of Paris life. He exhibited in the Salons of 1896 and 1897, received the Légion d'honneur in 1910, and died in 1926. Darien's mother died in 1869. His father remarried an Alsatian Protestant, Elise-Antoinette Schlumberger, born in 1839. Their daughter Jeanne was born in 1873 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Bigourdan
Camille Guillaume Bigourdan (April 6, 1851 – February 28, 1932) was a French astronomer. Bigourdan was born at Sistels, Tarn-et-Garonne. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory, and in 1879 followed Tisserand to the Paris Observatory when the latter became director there. He spent many years verifying the positions of 6380 nebulas. He hoped to set a basis for future studies of the proper motion of nebulas; this turned out to be more or less in vain, since distant nebulas will not show any proper motion. However, he did discover approximately 500 new objects. In 1902 he participated in an effort to redetermine with greater precision the longitude difference between London and Paris. He became a member of the Bureau des Longitu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène Cuvelier
Eugène Cuvelier, born on April 6, 1837 in Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, died on October 31, 1900 in Thomery, was a French photographer. Bibliographie Daniel Challe, Les photographes de Barbizon Daniel Challe, Ulrike Gauss, Henning Weidemann, Études photographiques, Stuttgart, Cantz, 1996... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval
Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (6 April 1767, Rennes – 1 September 1842, Paris) was a French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, theatre manager. He was the eighth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1812. Duval was brother to the diplomat Amaury Duval (1760-1838). Bibliography Les Projets de mariage (1790) Les Tuteurs vengés (1794) Les Héritiers (1796) Le menuisier de Livonie (1805) La manie des grandeurs (1817) Le Faux Bonhomme (1821)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joel West
Joel West (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and model. Film career He is signed to famous Nous Model Management in Los Angeles. Personal life Filmography Starting Out in the Evening (2007) CSI: Miami .... Officer Aaron Jessop All Features Great and Small .... Slickster Filmmaker (2005) Star Trek: Enterprise .... Raakin (2004) The Division .... Chris (2004) American Dreams .... Staff Sgt. Finch (2004) Global Effect .... Nile Spencer (2002) Scorcher .... Zero (2002) Con Express .... Zednik (2002) Charmed .... Malek (2002) Felicity .... Rocco (2002) The Elite .... Joel (2001) Krocodylus .... Jeremy (2002) The Giving Tree aka Brutal Truth .... Kyle (2000) The Smokers .... Christopher (2000) Extrem... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Dacier
André Dacier (6 April 1651 – 18 September 1722), Latin Andreas Dacerius, was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus' De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book work. Biography Dacier was born at Castres in upper Languedoc. His father, a Protestant lawyer, sent him first to the Academy of Puy Laurens, and afterwards to the Academy of Saumur to study under Tanneguy Le Fèvre. On Lefebvre's death in 1672, Dacier moved to Paris, and was appointed one of the editors of the Delphin series of the classics. In 1683 he married Anne Lefèvre, the daughter of his old tutor. Better known by her married name of Madame Dacier, she was also a learned translator of the classics. In 169... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amable de Bourzeys
Amable de Bourzeis (6 April 1606, Volvic - 2 August 1672, Paris) was a French churchman, writer, hellenist, and Academician. A founding member of the Académie française, in 1663 Jean-Baptiste Colbert also made him one of the five founding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tanja Poutiainen
Tanja Poutiainen (born 6 April 1980 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish alpine skier who won the silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics women's giant slalom race. In, 1997 Poutiainen became junior world champion in the slalom as well being listed 3rd in the Super-G, and the same year debuted in the Alpine skiing World Cup. At the 1999 Junior World Championships, she placed third in the giant slalom skiing competition. In the 2004/2005 season, she won both the slalom and giant slalom World Cup titles. At the Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 she placed second in the giant slalom behind Swede Anja Pärson and second in the slalom behind Croatian Janica Kostelić. Poutiainen is currently being trained by Michael Bont and lives in St. Gallen, Switzerland. World Cup victories Seas... Biography of Eliza Coupe
Eliza Coupe (born April 6, 1981) is an American actress, widely known for her role as Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy Happy Endings. She previously co-starred as Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama Scrubs. Life and career Coupe was born and raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire to parents Ernie and Kate. She has a two brothers Sam and Thom. Coupe attended Plymouth Regional High School in her hometown of Plymouth, New Hampshire and graduated in 1999. She was active in her high school's award-winning theatre program. Her roles included Bonnie in Anything Goes and a Mundy sister in Dancing at Lughnasa. Coupe graduated from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). After college, Coupe studied in improvisational comedy at The Groundlings and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Imani Coppola
Imani Francesca Coppola (born on April 6, 1978, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter and violinist probably best known for her 1997 hit "Legend of a Cowgirl" which sampled the instrumentals from "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan. In 2008 Coppola returned as one half of the pop duo Little Jackie, with a hit single "The World Should Revolve Around Me". Early life and education Coppola grew up as the second-youngest of five children in Long Island, New York, Coppola's lower-income family, headed by a black mother and Italian father, didn't fit in, and she and her family were picked on. Her circumstances encouraged her independence and also her creativity, as her family, who received welfare, had little money to pay for entertainment. Her mother, a teacher, was the primary income... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Derrick May
Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim is Rhythim, is an electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan U.S.A. He was born an only child in Detroit April 6, 1963 and began to explore electronic music early in his life. Along with his Belleville, Michigan high school friends Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as the Belleville Three, May is credited with developing the futuristic variation on house music that would be dubbed "techno" by Atkins. May's career started in 1987 with the release of a record called "Nude Photo" (co-written by Thomas Barnett), which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene. A year later he was following it with what was to become one of techno's classic anthems, the seminal track "Strings of Life," which was named by Frankie Knuckles. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin Hansson
Martin Hansson (born April 6, 1971) is a Swedish football referee. Hansson currently resides in Holmsjö. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2001. Hansson works as a firefighter outside refereeing and is fluent in Swedish, English and German. His hobbies include hunting and angling. Life and career Hansson started refereeing at the age of 15 at his own club. He subsequently obtained his FIFA badge before the age of 30. He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the match between Argentina and the Czech Republic on June 30, 2007. He then took charge of the game between the USA and Poland on July 3, 2007. Hansson also officiated the 2006 Euro U-21 final between the Netherlands and Ukraine in Portugal. Hansson... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Weston
Randy Weston (born April 6, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage. Biography Weston studied classical piano as a child. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he ran a restaurant that was frequented by many of the leading bebop musicians. Among his piano heroes are numbered Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington (and Wynton Kelly was a cousin), but it was Thelonious Monk who had the greatest impact. Weston has had a considerable career in jazz as a pianist, composer, and bandleader. In the late 1940s he began gigging with bands including Bullmoose Jackson, Frank Culley and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. He worked with Kenny Dorham in 1953 and in 1954 with Cecil Payne, before forming his own trio and q... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall (born 6 April 1963, Windsor, England) is a DJ, producer, and remixer. Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eccles and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues. Andrew was also a freelance music journalist (using both his own name and the pseudonym "Audrey Witherspoon"). Andrew's DJ career really started to take off when he met Danny Rampling at skater Bobby's party that he played at in Chapel Market, Islington, and Danny invited him to play at his club night Shoom. Terry and Andrew became regular Shoom DJ's, playing the upstairs room there, and also at Paul Oakenfold's Future / Spectrum nights and Nicky Holloway's Trip. They also did their own parties and started a record label under the name of Boys Own ... Biography of Diora Baird
Diora Lynn Baird (born April 6, 1983) is an American actress and former model for Guess? who has appeared in films such as Wedding Crashers (2005) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). Early life Baird was born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Her mother was also a model. She got into acting when her mother enrolled her in an acting class to help her overcome introversion. Later, she became vice president of her school's Thespian Society. At the age of 17, she moved to Los Angeles in hope of pursuing an acting career. To earn money while auditioning, she worked at The Gap as well as a clown at children's parties, caterer, waitress and pre-school teacher until breaking in to the modeling industry, most notably with Guess?. Her exposure increased considerably with a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olaf Kölzig
Olaf Kölzig (born April 6, 1970) is a retired German professional ice hockey goaltender and associate goalie coach for the Washington Capitals. With the exception of 8 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he played his entire 14 year career with the Capitals. Though Kölzig was born in South Africa, he grew up in several cities across Canada and his family moved to Union Bay, British Columbia when he was a teenager. Kölzig never applied for Canadian citizenship, which, combined with his German parentage and German passport, allowed him to represent Germany internationally. Playing career Kölzig had been with the Washington Capitals franchise since they selected him in the 1989 Draft; he was the first South African-born player to be drafted to the NHL; he was the last remaining Capital ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (born April 6, 1986 in Prémanon, Jura) is a French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete. He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. He won a silver medal in the Super-G and the Super combined, standing, and a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom, standing. He became 5th at the Downhill, standing and the Slalom, standing.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bert Blyleven
Bert Blyleven (born Rik Aalbert Blijleven, April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1970 to 1992, and was best known for his outstanding curveball. Blyleven was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011. Early life Blyleven was born in the Netherlands but raised in Garden Grove, California. His father moved the family to Canada when he was 2, and then Southern California, when he was 5. He became interested in baseball as a young boy watching Sandy Koufax pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers and listening to Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett announce the Dodgers radio broadcasts. He was quoted as saying, “My dad built me a mound in the backyard with a canvas backdrop over our horseshoe pits, and I would go back there and just throw an... Biography of John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse (born 6 April 1849; died 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading him to have gained the moniker of "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists, his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art. He soon began exhibiting at their annual summer exhibitions, focusing on the creation ... Biography of Lori Heuring
Lori Ann Heuring (born 6 April 1973) is an American film and television actress, perhaps most known for her roles in The Locket (2002) and David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2000). Early life She was born in Panama City, Panama and raised in Austin, Texas. She now lives in Los Angeles. She maintains family ties with her parents and visits them whenever she gets time. She has one brother, Jason who lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife. Career She did theatre growing up in Austin, but never really thought of acting as a career. About making acting her career she once quoted “I basically changed my mind everyday when I thought about what I wanted to do with my life.” Even in one point she was considering ice skating as her future. For choosing acting career she said “I guess that's why... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bret Boone
Bret Robert Boone (born April 6, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. Personal life Boone was born in El Cajon, California to Susan G. Roel and Bob Boone. He is a graduate of El Dorado High School and the University of Southern California. He is the grandson of former major leaguer Ray Boone and brother of Aaron Boone. As well as the descendant of pioneer Daniel Boone. As a child, Boone hung out in the Phillies clubhouse with Pete Rose Jr., his brother Aaron, Ryan Luzinski, and Mark McGraw. Professional career In 1992, Boone became the first-ever third-generation big-leaguer in baseball history. As a member of an All-Star family, he is the son of Bob, a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels and Kansas City Royals (1972–1990) and later a manager... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mario Merola
Mario Merola (April 6, 1934 (birth time source: Wikipedia in Italian) – November 12, 2006) was an Italian singer and actor, most prominently known for having rejuvenated the traditional popular Neapolitan melodrama known as the sceneggiata. Biography Born into a poor family of Naples, Merola held a number of day jobs ranging from kitchen help to longshoreman at the port of Naples until one of his songs, Malu Figliu, was used successfully in a sceneggiata, promoting him into the limelight. Merola was at the height of his popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. With the proceeds of the first vocal performances manages to marry Rosa Serrapiglia, April 5, 1964, with whom he had three children: Roberto (organizer of musical events), Loredana (housewife) and Francesco, singer, too, who in rece... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sterling Sharpe
Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football wide receiver and an analyst for the NFL Network. He attended the University of South Carolina, and played from 1988 to 1994 with the Green Bay Packers. Early life Growing up, Sharpe lived in Glennville, Georgia, with his grandmother and siblings, including his brother, Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. He attended Glennville High School, playing running back, quarterback and linebacker and was a member of the basketball and track teams. As a wide receiver at the University of South Carolina, Sharpe set school records with 169 career receptions and 2,497 receiving yards and a since-broken record of 17 career touchdowns. He also set the school record for single-season receiving touchdowns with... Biography of Judith McConnell
Judith McConnell (born April 6, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, best known for her role as Sophia Wayne Capwell on the TV series Santa Barbara, on which she appeared from 1984 to 1993. McConnell was a former Miss Pennsylvania 1965, and competed in the 1966 Miss America pageant. She started her acting career in a 1967 episode of Judd, for the Defense. She later played short-term recurring roles on The Beverly Hillbillies in 1969 and Green Acres in 1970 and 1971. Prior to her stints as Valerie Conway onAs the World Turns from 1976 to 1979 and as Sophia Capwell on Santa Barbara, Judith played Nurse Augusta McLeod on General Hospitalfrom 1973 - 1975. Her character murdered longtime GH villain Phil Brewer which aired December 6, 1974. In addition to the series li... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville
Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville or Henri de Valois-Longueville (6 April 1595 – 11 May 1663), a legitimated prince of France (of royal descent) and peer of France, was a major figure in the civil war of France, the Fronde, and served as governor of Picardy, then of Normandy. He was the only son of Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville and Catherine Gonzaga. Longueville headed the French delegation in the talks that led to the Treaty of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years War (1648). In his role as sovereign prince of Neuchâtel, and acting as antagonist of the Habsburg power rather than as liberal benefactor, he succeeded in obtaining formal exemption from the Holy Roman Empire for all cantons and associates of the Swiss Confederacy. In 1642 he married Anne Geneviève de B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Weill
Alain Weill, born on April 6, 1961 in Strasoubrg (birth time source: Didier Geslain) is a French businessman. He is the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NextRadioTV, including BFM TV and Radio Monte Carlo. Biography Alain Weill received a degree in economics and an MBA from HEC Paris. In 1985, he started his career at NRJ, and later became CEO of Quarare, a subsidiary of the Sodexo. In 1990, he served as executive assistant to the CEO of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and later Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He became CEO of the NRJ Group in 1992, and of NRJ Régies in 1995. In 1997, he became Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. He founded Nextradio in 2000 and took over RMC radio. In 2010, he sold 80% of La Tribune to Va... |
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