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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 12, 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 · 45,416 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,416 Celebrities
139 celebrities or events were found for August, 12. Add to favourites (140 fans)Biography of François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Hollande (French pronunciation: ; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who is the President-elect of France. He also served as the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008 and as a Deputy of the National Assembly of France for Corrèze's 1st Constituency since 1997, and previously represented that seat from 1988 to 1993. He was the Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008, and was the President of the Corrèze General Council from 2008 to 2012. He was elected as President of France on 6 May 2012, defeating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Early life and background Hollande was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, to a middle-class family. His mother, Nicole Frédérique Marguerite Tribert (1927–2009), was a social worker, and his fath... Add to favourites (87 fans)Biography of Helena Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the Theosophical Society. Early years She was born in the house of her mother's parents in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire). Her parents were Col. Peter von Hahn, a German officer in Russian service, and Helena Andreyevna Fadeyeva. Her mother belonged to an old Russian noble family and was the author, under the pen-name Zenaida R, of a dozen novels. Described by Belinsky as the "Russian George Sand", she died at the age of 28, when Helena was eleven. Upon his wife's death, Peter, being in the armed forces and realizing that army camps were uns... Biography of Julien Lepers
French TV host.... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland (birth time source: Caroline Gerard, Astrodatabank)) is a Scottish guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. Knopfler was originally best-known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits, which he founded in 1977. Since the final Dire Straits album in 1991, Knopfler has continued to record and produce albums as a solo artist, under his own name. Knopfler has occasionally played in other groups, such as the "supergroup" The Notting Hillbillies. Additionally, he has performed as a guest on works by other artists, including Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Steely Dan and the late Chet Atkins. He has produced albums for artists such as Tina Turner, Randy Newman, Bob Dylan a... Biography of Djibril Cissé
Djibril Aruun Cissé (born 12 August 1981 in Arles, France) is a French international football player of Ivorian descent who plays as a striker for both France and Olympique Marseille (on loan from Liverpool). He is noted particularly for his speed and acceleration, as well as his often eye-catching hairstyles. Career AJ Auxerre Cissé signed for the French club AJ Auxerre at the age of 15, and made his international debut, aged 21, against Belgium in May 2002. He won the French Cup with Auxerre in May 2003, and the Confederations Cup with France a month later. Cissé was also the top scorer in the French Ligue 1 in the 2001-02 and 2003-04 seasons. He scored 70 goals in 128 league games for Auxerre before signing for Liverpool in a deal worth over £14 million. Liverpool had pursued... Biography of Laurent Fignon
Laurent Fignon (12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984 and also missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984, and the Milan – San Remo Classic in 1988 and 1989. Fignon died of cancer on 31 August 2010. Amateur career Fignon was born in Paris, but grew up in the country-side. Fignon's first sport was football and he got as far as playing for his département or area. Friends encouraged him into cycling and he rode his first official race in 1976, which he won. He won four more races in his first year, but only one in his second year. In this third year, he won 18... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Pete Sampras
Peter "Pete" Sampras, also known to fans as 'Pistol Pete', (born August 12, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15 year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances and finished the year as No. 1 on the ATP rankings for six consecutive years, a record for the open era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, an all-time record shared with William Renshaw. He also won five singles titles at the U.S. Open, an open era record shared with Jimmy Connors. Bud Collins has named Sampras as one of the top five men's tennis players of all-time, and TENNIS Magazine has named him the greatest player from 1965 through 2005. On January 17, 2007, Sampras was ind... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Casey Affleck
Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor Ben Affleck. Early life Affleck was born Caleb Casey Affleck in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the son of Chris Boldt, a school district employee and teacher, and Timothy Affleck, a drug counselor, janitor, auto mechanic, bar tender, and former actor with the Theater Company of Boston. When Affleck was five, he broke his arm and almost had to have it amputated; he spent 12 hours in surgery as the doctors worked to repair his severely infected compound fracture. As a child he had numerous pets, including cats, snakes, guinea pigs, turtles and a dog named "Pepper". Affleck went to George Washington University and later transferred to Columbia University in New York City where he majored in Physics, ... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Dominique Swain
Dominique Ariane Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American film actress. She may be best known for her role as the title character in the 1997 film adaptation of the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Early life Swain was born in Santa Monica, California to Cindy (Fitzgerald) and David Swain, Sr., an electrical engineer. Swain grew up in Malibu with four siblings living a modest lifestyle and was a straight-A student at Malibu High School. In 1993, Swain was a stunt double in the film The Good Son. Her sister is the actress Chelse Swain. Career In 1995, Swain was chosen from 2,500 girls to star in the controversial remake of Lolita; the film was released in 1997. Shortly after, Swain starred as the rebellious daughter of John Travolta in action film Face/Off. After Face/Off, sh... Biography of Bernard Boursicot
Bernard Boursicot (born 1944) is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap, by Shi Pei-Pu, a male Peking opera singer, who Bouriscot believed to be female. The affair lasted for twenty years with Shi even producing an alleged son. China Boursicot first met Shi in China while posted to the French Embassy in Peking as an accountant in 1964. He was 20 years old and Shi was 26. They met at an embassy reception and shortly began a romance. The two became intimate but made love rarely, always in haste and in darkness. Boursicot reportedly attributed Shi's shyness about her body to her Chinese upbringing. Shi insisted in later years that he never claimed to be female to Boursicot. It was a misunderstanding that Shi simply allowed to stand without correction. Spy In 1965, Shi ... Biography of Linda O'Neil
Linda O'Neil (born August 12, 1974) is an American model and actress. O'Neil was born near Sacramento, California, USA on Mather Air Force Base. Her family moved several times and lived in Guam as well. Her father was an airplane gunner in the Vietnam War. She is the second of three daughters. Her father is half French and half Irish and met O'Neil's mother in Vietnam. O'Neil divided her time in high-school between athletics and modeling. Career O'Neil began her modeling career at age fifteen. She has appeared in numerous hotrod and dirtbike calendars and magazines and has become a modern-day pin-up girl. She has also appeared in several foot fetish films from FM Concepts (almost always along with fellow model Cory Lane), Playboy Special Editions , Playboy videos and Mystique Magazine.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rolland Courbis
Rolland Courbis (born 12 August 1953 is a French former football defender, currently managing Montpellier HSC. Titles As a player French championship in 1978, 1982 with AS Monaco Coupe de France 1980 with AS Monaco Super League Greece 1974 with Olympiacos As a coach Ligue 2 in 2002 with AC Ajaccio Coupe de la Ligue runner-up in 1997 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux UEFA Cup runner-up in 1999 with Olympique de Marseille... Biography of Iris Berben
Iris Berben (born 12 August 1950 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actress. Filmography Detektive (1968) Brandstifter (1969) Stehaufmädchen (1970) Vamos a matar, compañeros Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen Duett zu dritt (1976) Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978) Ach du lieber Harry (1980) Schwarzfahrer (1982) Beinahe Trinidad (1985) Sketchup (1985-1986) Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1986-1990) Tagebuch für einen Mörder (1988) Drei D (1988) Zabí král (1991) Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel (1994) ¿Bin ich schön? (1997/98) Andrea & Marie (1998) Ein mörderischer Plan (2000) Das Teufelsweib (2000) Dienstreise (2001) Wer liebt, hat Recht (2001) 666 – Traue keinem mit dem du schläfst (2001) Fahr zur Hölle, Schwester (2002) Die schöne Bra... Biography of George Hamilton
George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor and occasional film director. He is noted for his perpetual, chestnut-colored suntan and his colorful private life. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Hamilton was born George Stevens Hamilton, the son of Ann Potter Hamilton Hunt Spaulding (née Stevens) and band leader George "Spike" Hamilton. He won many awards as a student at Palm Beach High School and was the lead in his high school's production of Brigadoon. Career Hamilton began his movie career in 1952. As an actor, he is often compared to (and sometimes confused with) Warren Beatty. In the mid-1980s, he starred in the 6th season of the ABC Aaron Spelling-produced nighttime television serial and Dallas imitator, Dynasty. Hamilton was a semi-r... Biography of Rebecca Gayheart
Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971, in Hazard, Kentucky) is an American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky but raised in Pinetop, Kentucky, by parents of Irish, Mexican, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian heritage. Her father, Curtis, was a coal miner. She moved to New York City at 15 where she completed her education at New York's Professional Children's School and the Lee Strasberg Institute. Gayheart was for a time engaged to director Brett Ratner. She and actor Eric Dane were married on October 29, 2004. Career Gayheart's break into the television industry was a series of television commercials for Noxzema in the early 1990s, earning her the moniker "The Noxzema Girl". The commercials began airing in 1991 and brough... Biography of Grégory Mahé
Grégory Mahé is a French rugby player born August 12, 1981 in Tarbes. Height : 1m74 Weight : 83 kg... Biography of Mario Balotelli
Mario Barwuah Balotelli (born 12 August 1990 (birth time source: Grazia Bordoni, Astrodatabank)) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester City. Known for his pace, technical ability, and petulant attitude, Balotelli (often nicknamed Super Mario) can play anywhere along the front line. He is a set-piece specialist and regarded as a promising young striker. Early life Balotelli was born to Ghanaian immigrants Thomas and Rose Barwuah in the Italian city of Palermo. The family moved to Bagnolo Mella in the province of Brescia, Lombardy shortly after Balotelli was born. As a youngster, Balotelli had life-threatening complications with his intestines which led to a series of operations, but his condition improved by spring 1992. However Mario's health problems and ... Biography of Miki Komori
Miki Komori, born August 12, 1982 in Tokyo, is a Japonese model and actress.... Biography of George Soros
George Soros (Hungarian: Soros György) (pronounced /ˈsɔroʊs/ or /ˈsɔrəs/,; Hungarian IPA: ; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György) is a Hungarian-American currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. He became known as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England" after he made a reported $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from Communism to Capitalism in Hungary (1984–89), and provided Europe's largest ever higher education endowment to Central European University in Budapest. La... Biography of Peter Krause
Peter Krause (IPA: ; born August 12, 1965) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Nate Fisher on the popular HBO drama Six Feet Under. Currently, he plays Nick George, the leading role in ABC's highly-publicized dramedy, Dirty Sexy Money. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Krause was born in Alexandria, Minnesota. Growing up, he was a skilled track and field athlete, but he suffered an unfortunate pole vaulting injury in high school that ended his athletic career. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota and became interested in theatre. Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus in 1987, he decided to pursue acting as a career and enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at New York University. While working as a barten... Biography of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (Russian: Цесаревич Алексей Николаевич), full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Russian: Наследник-Цесаревич и Великий Князь) (12 August 1904 — July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna. His mother's reliance on the starets Grigori Rasputin to treat Alexei's haemophilia h... Biography of Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian. Klassen is a descendant of Mennonite immigrants to Manitoba and is a graduate of Maple Leaf School in the North Kildonan area of Winnipeg and Mennonite Brethern Collegiate in the Elmwood area of Winnipeg. She started her sports career as an ice hockey player at Gateway Community Club in Winnipeg; in her youth she played for the Canadian National Youth Team. When she wasn't selected for the 1998 Winter Olympics, she switched to speed skating and soon she proved to be a natural talent. Speed skating career Cindy Klassen missed the entire 2003–2004 season due to a serious injury: she fell during training, colliding with another skater, hitting his skate, and a... Biography of Tanita Tikaram
Tanita Tikaram (born August 12, 1969) is an English pop/folk singer/songwriter best known for the enigmatic hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart (see 1988 in music). Successive releases failed to meet with similar commercial success although she has continued to release recordings as recently as 2005. Her style is based on her husky voice, acoustic guitar and quirky, poetic lyrics. Career Ancient Heart, released when she was just 19 years old, became an international hit and led to a world tour. "Twist in My Sobriety" was accompanied by an award-winning black and white video, set in a rural village in the Bolivian Altiplano, and directed by Gerard de Thame. Three follow-up albums received mixed reviews and declining sales. Her co-pro... Biography of Philippe Le Guillou
Philippe Le Guillou, born August 12, 1959 in Le Faou, is a French writer. Selected works (in French) L'Inventaire du vitrail (Mercure de France, 1983) Les Portes de l'apocalypse (Mercure de France, 1984) Le Dieu noir (Mercure de France, 1987). Chronique imaginaire du pontificat d'un pape africain, Miltiade II. La Rumeur du soleil (Gallimard, 1989) Le Donjon de Lonveigh (Gallimard, 1991). Un écrivain reclus en Irlande reçoit un jeune critique littéraire. Le Passage de l'Aulne (Gallimard, 1993). Un jeune homme fait retour sur lui-même, notamment sur ses années d'études en Bretagne Livres des guerriers d'or (Gallimard, 1995) Les Sept Noms du peintre (Gallimard, 1997). L'histoire d'Erich Sebastian Berg, peintre imaginaire, lancé dans une quête folle de la beauté et de l'absol... Biography of Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel (born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (technically, the prize was awarded for the Institut du Monde Arabe which Nouvel designed), the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008. A number of museums and architectural centres have presented retrospectives of his work. Family and education Nouvel was born August 12, 1945 in Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France, the son of Renée and Roger Nouvel who were teachers. His family moved often when his father became the county's chief school superintendent. His parents en... Biography of Maggie Lawson
Margaret "Maggie" Lawson (born August 12, 1980, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American actress who has starred in the sitcoms Family Rules, Inside Schwartz, It's All Relative, and Crumbs, as well as the television movie Nancy Drew. In 2000, she starred in an ABC-TV movie featuring Justin Timberlake called Model Behavior. She has also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville. Lawson is an Assumption High School graduate. She now co-stars in the USA Network original series Psych as Junior Detective Juliet O'Hara. She is currently in a relationship with her Psych co-star, James Roday. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1996 Unhappily Ever After Madelyn 1997 Step by Step Alana Mills Television Movie Boy Meets World Debbie 1998 Home Improvement Samanth... Biography of Erwin Schrodinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (IPA: ; August 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961) was an Austrian physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933. In 1935, after extensive correspondence with personal friend Albert Einstein, he proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. Biography Early years In 1887 Schrödinger was born in Vienna, Austria to Rudolf Schrödinger (cerecloth producer, botanist) and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor of Chemistry, k.u.k. Technische Hochschule Vienna). His mother was half Austrian and half English; the English side of her family came from Leamington Spa. Schrödinger learned English and German almost at the same ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kumiko Takeda
Kumiko Takeda, born August 12, 1968 in Shizuoka, is a Japonese model and actress. Her modeling career began at age 6 with a TV commercial. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847479/ ) # Big show! Hawaii ni utaeba (1999) # 24 jikan dake no uso (1999) (TV) .... Yukari Sakai ... aka The Twenty-Four Hour Lie # Reikai gakkô: Mako sensei no kubi (1997) (V) ... aka Ghost School: Teacher Mako's Head (USA) # Me wo tojite daite (1996) .... Hanabusa ... aka Close Your Eyes and Hold Me (USA: video catalogue title) # Zero Woman III: Keishichô 0-ka no onna (1996) .... Rei (aka Zero Woman) ... aka Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers (USA: video title) # "If: Moshimo" (1993) TV series (unknown episodes) # Gurenbana (1993) .... Yoko # Ai to heisei no iro - Otoko (1989) .... Yuri Nodate... Biography of Mikko Lindström
Mikko Viljami Lindström (born August 12, 1976) is the lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band, HIM. Lindström is commonly called by his nickname, Linde. Biography Lindström was born near Helsinki, Finland and during his childhood, his father (Olli) worked as an engineer and his mother (Riita) as a stewardess on Finnair, the national airline. Linde also has a younger brother named Jude, who was born four years after Linde. Linde was an introverted boy notable only for his bobbed blond hair and glasses. He developed a passion for music at an early age. Lindström's father has always been an avid music fan and especially loves Elvis Presley. Lindström was given his first guitar, an acoustic mini Landola, for Christmas at the age of 10. Himself and keyboardist Burton are the only current m... Biography of John Derek
John Derek (August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married. Born Derek Delevan Harris in Hollywood, California, he was first married to actress Pati Behrs (1922-2004), grand-niece of Leo Tolstoy and mother of his two children, Russell & Sean. His matinee-idol good looks quickly got him supporting roles, most notably as Broderick Crawford's son in All the King's Men (1949), but he also enjoyed leads such as "Nick Romano" in Knock on Any Door (1949) opposite Humphrey Bogart (who told him, "You look great, but kid, that's not enough"), "Brock Mitchell" in Fury at Showdown, and as Robin Hood in Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) with Alan Hale. Perhaps Derek's most memorable film appearance was in a suppo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kid Creole (singer)
Kid Creole and the Coconuts are an American singing group created and led by August Darnell. Their music incorporates styles like big band jazz, disco, and in particular Caribbean/Latin American salsa. The Coconuts are a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists whose lineup has changed throughout the years. Thomas August Darnell Browder (aka August Darnell, aka Kid Creole) was born in Montreal, Canada, on 12 August 1950, and was raised in the Bronx. Darnell began his career in a band named The In-Laws with his half-brother in 1965, which disbanded so August could pursue a career as an English teacher. He obtained a masters degree, but in 1974 again formed a band with his half-brother under the name Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. They played to some initial success, reaching ... Biography of Miss Cleo (psychic)
Youree Dell Harris (born August 12, 1962 in Los Angeles, California), better known as Miss Cleo, is a self-proclaimed psychic and shaman who achieved fame as a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call service in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She reportedly earned $13.5 million in this capacity. Harris currently offers private psychic consultations and other services through Wahgwaan Entertainment, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Harris has allegedly used numerous aliases throughout her career, including Cleomili Harris, Youree Perris, Cleo Harris, and other variations. Early life and career In 1996, in Seattle, Washington, Harris (under the name Youree "Ree" Harris) and her partner opened a production company which produced several of her plays. She acted in her first project, an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Kiejman
Georges Kiejman, born August 12, 1932 in Paris, is a French advocate, attorney and politician.... Biography of Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser (Shaunavon, August 12, 1978) is a women's ice hockey player for Canada. She was also the first woman to play full time professional hockey at a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser has represented Canada at the Winter Olympics three times, capturing two gold and one silver medals. She has also captured six gold medals at World Championships and 10 gold medals from Nations Cup tournaments throughout her career. Her international hockey career began when she was fifteen at the Women's World Hockey Championships. She has been a mainstay on Team Canada since then. In addition to her hockey career, Wickenheiser has also played softball at an elite level. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her cousin was the late National Hockey League player, Doug Wicken... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Drucker
Jean Drucker, born August 12, 1941 in Vire, Calvados, died April 18, 2003 in Paris, was a French civil servant and the CEO and founder of French channel M6 (2000 - his death). He is the brother of French TV host Michel Drucker, the husband of Anaïs Jeanneret and the father of actress Léa Drucker and journalist Marie Drucker.... Biography of Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor. He is probably best known for his role as the President of the United States in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, or for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film. Personal life Greenwood was born Stuart Bruce Greenwood in Noranda, Quebec, the son of Mary Sylvia (née Ledingham), a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and teacher who taught at Princeton University. He has two sisters, Kelly Louise and Barbara Lynn. Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia. He met his wife Susan Devlin in Canada when they were both 15, and they have been married since 1985. Career Greenwood is known in the U.S. f... Biography of Jade Villalon
Jade Valerie Villalon, also known by her stage name, Jade Valerie (born August 12, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. She is sometimes known as Jade from Sweetbox. She was the former lead singer of Sweetbox until she quit in September 2007, to pursue her own career under her new stage name. She had been with the band for 7 years between 2000 and 2007, solidifying the success of the band which previously had a hit with Everything's Gonna Be Alright in 1998 when the frontwoman was Tina Harris. For main information on her former pop group, see Sweetbox. Personal life Villalon was born in San Diego, California to a Filipino father and an American born mother of German and Irish descent. She was raised in Japan from the age of three, but spent the majority of her ch... Biography of Cantinflas
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and actor. He earned wide popularity with his stage and film persona Cantinflas, usually portrayed as an impoverished campesino slumdweller of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Moreno to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once called him "the greatest comedian in the world", and Moreno is often referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. His success, as part of Mexico's cinematic blossoming, helped establish Mexico as the entertainment capital of Latin America. In addition to being a busi... Biography of Cecil B. de Mille
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was a successful Academy Award-winning American filmmaker in the first half of the 20th century, known for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Biography Early life DeMille was born while his parents, Henry Churchill deMille (1853–1893), a dramatist and lay reader in the Episcopal Church from Washington, North Carolina, and Matilda Beatrice Samuel (1853–1923), who was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in England but converted to her husband's faith, were vacationing in Ashfield, Massachusetts. DeMille grew up in Pompton (now Wayne), New Jersey and attended Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pennsylvania beginning at the age of 15. He had an older brother, William, and a younger sister who died in childhood,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diego Vicos
Diego Vicos, born August 12, 1984 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine actor, the brother of María Laura Vicos.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark
Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (b. 12 August 2000 in New York City) is the second son and third child of HRH Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece. His paternal grandparents are King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne-Marie, born a Princess of Denmark. His maternal grandparents are Robert and Chantal Miller. He was christened at the Greek Cathedral of St. Sophia, Bayswater, London, England, on 7 June 2001. His godparents are Princess Theodora of Greece, Infanta Elena of Spain, Prince Alexandré zu Furstenberg, Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Princess Rosario of Bulgaria, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, and Veronica Toub. He was named partially for the Greek hero, Achilles. Prince Achileas-Andreas has an older sister, Princess Maria-Olympia... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Accoyer
Bernard Accoyer, born August 12, 1945 in Lyon, is a French politician. He becomes President de l'Assemblée Nationale, June 26, 2007.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Marsh
Tony Marsh (born 12 August 1972 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who has represented France playing at centre. At the beginning of the 1990s, he played club rugby in Manurewa and Ardmore before playing National Provincial Championship rugby with Counties. Tony Marsh joined the Blues Super rugby franchise in 1996, winning the Super 12 in 97, before switching to the Crusaders with whom he won the title in 1998. He is one of the few players who managed to win back-to-back Super Rugby titles with different franchises. Later that year he left New Zealand for France and signed for Top 12 club Montferrand, now known as Clermont, with whom he reached the final of the league on two occasions, 1999 and 2001, won the European Challenge Cup in 1999 and the French national ... Biography of John Cazale
John Cazale (English pronunciation: /kəˈzeɪl/, Italian pronunciation: ) August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978), was an American film and theater actor. During his six-year film career he appeared in five films, each of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter. From his start as an acclaimed theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premiere character actors, starting with Coppola's The Godfather, in which he played Fredo, the weak link in the Corleone crime family. "Cazale broke hearts on screen with portrayals of volatile, vulnerable, vacillating men, including Pacino's tragic bank-robbing partner in Dog Day Afternoon," writes David Germain, of the Associated Pre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Parmentier
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (Montdidier August 12, 1737 – December 13, 1813) is remembered as a vocal promoter of cultivating the potato as a food source (for humans) in France and throughout Europe. However, this was not his only contribution to nutrition and health; he was responsible for the first mandatory smallpox vaccination campaign (under Napoleon starting in 1805, when he was Inspector-General of the Health Service), he was a pioneer in the extraction of sugar from sugar beets, he founded a school of breadmaking, and he studied methods of conserving food, including refrigeration. While serving as an army pharmacist for France in the Seven Years' War, he was captured by the Prussians, and in prison in Prussia was faced with eating potatoes, known to the French only as hog feed. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefano Benni
Stefano Benni (born August 12, 1947 in Bologna) is an Italian satirical writer, poet and journalist. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored a notable commercial success. He sold 2,5 million copies of his books in Italy. He has contributed to Panorama (Italian magazine), Linus (magazine), La Repubblica, il manifesto among others. In 1989 he directed the film Musica per vecchi animali. Bibliography Bar Sport (1976) Prima o poi l'amore arriva (1981) Terra! (1983) I meravigliosi animali di Stranalandia (1984) Comici spaventati guerrieri (1986) Il bar sotto il mare (1987) Baol (1990) Ballate (1991) La compagnia dei Celestini (1992) L'ultima lacrima (1994) Elianto (1996) Bar Sport Duemila (1997) Blues in sedici (1998) Teatro (... Biography of Takanohana
Takanohana (II) Koji (born August 12, 1972 as Koji Hanada) is a former sumo wrestler from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the fourth highest total ever. The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s. Takanohana was the youngest ever to reach the top division at just 17, and he set a number of other age-related records. He had a solid but aggressive style, looking to get a right hand grip on his opponents' mawashi and move them quickly out ... Biography of Charles Mesure
Charles William David Mesure (born on August 12, 1970 in Somerset, England) is an actor. Mesure attended Newington College from 1982 until 1987 and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1995. Mesure has acted, directed, designed, and written upwards of thirty productions for the Sydney University Drama Society while studying law. In 1998 he was nominated for a Best Actor New Zealand Television Award for his work as Ryan Waters on the New Zealand soap opera, City Life and in 2003 he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his work as Kees Van Damm on the New Zealand drama, Street Legal. Mesure is best known in the United States for his role as the archangel Michael in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 - May 31, 1963) was an American educator and author, and was "recognized as the greatest woman classicist." She was 62 when she published her first book, The Greek Way, in 1930. The Greek Way was in instant success, and was the earliest expression of her belief in "the calm lucidity of the Greek mind" and "that the great thinkers of Athens were unsurpassed in their mastery of truth and enlightenment." Her efforts to direct the minds of Americans toward ancient Greece were enhanced in 1957, when The Greek Way was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club although it had been published 27 years earlier. By that time she had also written other books, including The Roman Way, The Echo of Greece, and Mythology (1942), which remains in print after six decades and i... Biography of Natalie Jackson Mendoza
Natalie Jackson Mendoza (born 12 August 1978) is a Hong Kong-born Australian actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV comedy Hotel Babylon. Early life She was born in Hong Kong to a Filipino father and Australian mother, and was raised in Sydney and Melbourne, and attended Presentation Star of the Sea Secondary College until half way through year 11 when she was accepted into Cats the Musical after auditioning alongside her sister, New South Wales, Australia. In 1998, Mendoza formed the band Jackson Mendoza with her sister Rebecca. They had minor success, releasing two singles that reached the Top 30 in Australia before disbanding in 2000, while Mendoza was achieving great success in her television roles. Me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado (birth name Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado, born August 12, 1982 in Quezon City) is a Filipina Hollywood actress, commercial model, and TV host who gained attention in show business in May 2002. She has been compared to veteran actresses Hilda Koronel, Cherry Pie Picache in terms of acting. Her biggest breaks in Philippine showbiz include teaming with Argentine actor Segundo Cernadas in GMA Network's Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man and taking the role as Amihan in Encantadia. She recently starred on an American remake for the Philippine film Sigaw. Born as Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado, she was named in part after the legendary dancer, Isadora Duncan. Her father is choreographer and TV director Lito Calzado and her mother was the late Irish-Spanish-Filipina, Mary Ann Ussher. Iza's b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner (West Plains, Missouri, August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suits and blond pompadour, Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show. Together, "Porter and Dolly" were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. Parton wrote the song "I Will Always Love You" after Wagoner suggested she shift from story songs to focus on love songs. Early career His first band, The Blue Ridge Boys, performed on radio station KWPM from a butcher shop in his native West Plains, Missouri where Wagoner cut meat. Wagoner's big break came in 1951, when he was hired as a performer by station KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. This led to a contract with RCA Records. With lagg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gayan Winter
Gayan Winter, born August 12, 1945 in Tepitz, is a Czech writer, lecturer and teacher. She is the author of "When the Heart is Free" (1984).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fulton MacKay
Fulton Mackay (12 August 1922 - 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and is most notable for his role as prison officer Mr Mackay in the 1970s UK situation comedy Porridge. Early life Mackay was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was brought up in Clydebank by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother. His father was in the NAAFI. On leaving school, he trained as a quantity surveyor and later volunteered for the RAF in 1941. MacKay served with the Black Watch during the Second World War. A perforated ear drum affected him during this time, so he stayed in the army for five years, which included three years spent in India. Career Theatre work After being demobbed, Mackay began training as an actor at RADA. His first work was with the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, wh... Biography of Valerie Landsburg
Valerie Landsburg (born August 12, 1958) is an American actress, television and film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Doris Schwartz in the 1982 series Fame. She was also the lead singer on the UK top five hit "Hi Fidelity". Born in New York City, Landsburg made her acting debut in 1978 disco movie Thank God It's Friday. In 1982, she appeared in the NBC television series Fame. During the series run, Landsburg wrote and directed one episode of the series. Shortly after Landsburg left the show in 1987, she co-started in two different comedy TV-series, which practically ran at the same time. The first, You Again?, starred Jack Klugman, and lasted for one season. The second series was All Is Forgiven, but the show was cancelled after just nine... Biography of Iva Majoli
Iva Majoli Marić (born August 12, 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. She turned pro in 1991 at the age of fourteen. At age 19, Majoli won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final 6–4, 6–2. Most had expected Hingis, the 16-year-old tennis sensation, to win the title. Majoli, however, played aggressively from the baseline and ended Hingis's 37-match winning streak. Majoli played her best tennis as a teenager, reaching her career high ranking of World No. 4 in 1996. After a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open in 1998, she failed to reach the third round of any subsequent Grand Slam singles tournament. Her game steadily declined, with her ranking plummeting to 131 in 2003. In the final years of her tennis career... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Liam Genockey
Liam Genockey (born 12 August 1948) is an Irish drummer. Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the early 1970s he lived in Devon, U.K. playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth. He was one of the founding members of the early-70s jazz-fusion and afro prog band ZZebra, later moving on with fellow band-member John McCoy to join Gillan. He then participated in Amalgam, formed in 1976 by Trevor Watts. Watts' work covers the spectrum of free jazz, electronic, jazz-rock, space jazz and folk-rock. Watts later founded 10-piece Moiré Music Ensemble which included Liam again, plus Peter Knight, an early member of Steeleye Span. He joined Steeleye Span in 1989 and recorded two studio albums Tempted and Tried and Time, with them, as well as two live albums Tonight's the... Biography of Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, pron. IPA: , (born August 12, 1949) was president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992. He was elected a Senator of the republic in the 2006 general elections and began his term in February 2007. The son of Arnon Afonso de Farias Melo and Leda Collor de Mello, Collor was born in a political family, led by his father, a journalist and former governor of Alagoas. Early career He became the president of Brazilian football club Centro Sportivo Alagoano (CSA) in 1976. Backed by his good looks and popularity, he entered politics, successively mayor of Alagoas' capital Maceió in 1979 (National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA)), a federal deputy (Democratic Social Party (PDS)) in 1982, and eventually governor of the small eastern state of Alagoas (Brazilian Democratic Mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vanessa Nimmo
Vanessa Nimmo (born 12 August 1977) is a former double South African archery champion. She was born in Cape Town but moved to Leeds in 1994. After being on Big Brother, she dated Ben Fogle for a few months. For a while Vanessa did not seem to be involved in Fight Night until she and Nadia had a row leading to her been given a formal warning. Vanessa had been facing eviction in Week 3 with Dan, but due to fight night and Emmas removal, the eviction was postponed until the following week, Vanessa was evicted with 86% of the vote, which was at the time the joint highest eviction percentage in Big Brother UK history - tying with Stuart Hoskings from the second series - this record has since been broken. Nicole Cammack currently holds the dubious title after receiving 94% in the ninth series. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall (August 12, 1880 - October 7, 1943) (born Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall), was an English poet and author of eight novels, including the lesbian classic The Well of Loneliness. Life Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) in 1880, to a wealthy philandering father and quarrelsome mother. Lonely while growing up (her parents separated when she was a baby and she was virtually ignored by her mother and stepfather), she was educated at King's College London, and then in Germany. Hall was a lesbian and described herself as a "congenital invert", a term taken from the writings of Havelock Ellis and other turn of the century sexologists. Having reached adulthood without a vocation, she spent much of her twenties pursuing women she eventually lost... Biography of James Irvin
James "The Sandman" Lee Irvin (born September 12, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former World Extreme Cagefighting heavyweight champion. Mixed martial arts career On April 2, 2008, Irvin fought Houston Alexander as the opening fight on the televised portion of UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon. Irvin led off with a superman punch to the jaw that knocked Alexander down. He followed with three more punches to Alexander's head that appeared to render him temporarily unconscious, and Steve Mazzagatti rushed in to stop the fight. Alexander immediately got to his feet and protested the quick stoppage. The 8-second knockout tied the record for the fastest knockout in the UFC. Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giancarlo Cito
Giancarlo Cito, born August 12, 1945 in Tarento, is an Italian politician, businessman and activist. He is a former mayor of Taranto.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriel Matzneff
Gabriel Matzneff, born August 12, 1936 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French writer, novelist and journalist of Russian descent. Selected biography Works (Non fiction) * Cette camisole de flammes (Journal 1953-1962), Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, 1976, * L'archange aux pieds fourchus (Journal 1963-64), Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, * Vénus et Junon (Journal 1965-1969), Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, 1979, * Élie et Phaéton (Journal 1970-1973), Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, 1991, (ISBN 2-7103-0470-8) * La passion Francesca (Journal 1974-1976), Paris, Gallimard, L'infini, 1998, (ISBN 978-2070752218) * Un galop d'enfer (Journal 1977-1978), Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, 1985, (ISBN 2-7103-0250-0) * Les soleils révolus (Journal 1979... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Coleman
Tony Coleman, born August 12, 1955 in Kissimmee, Florida, is an American musician and drummer. Tony Coleman launched his solo career in 2000; prior to that, he spent 10 years touring the world with BB King.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller or Sam Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American screenwriter and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes. He was born Samuel Michael Fuller in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Rabinovitch, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, and Rebecca Baum, a Jewish immigrant from Poland. After immigrating to America, the family's surname was changed to "Fuller". At the age of 12, he began working in journalism as a newspaper copyboy. He became a crime reporter in New York City at age 17, working for the New York Evening Graphic. He broke the story of Jeanne Eagels' death. He wrote pulp novels and screenplays from the mid-1930s onwards. Fuller also became a screenplay ghostwriter but would never tell interviewers which screenp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miguel Torga
Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (São Martinho de Anta,Sabrosa municipality,in Vila Real district,(then Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro ,now Douro ), Portugal, August 12, 1907 - Coimbra, January 17, 1995) was one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, theater and a 16 volume diary. Life He was born in the village of São Martinho de Anta in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal, to small-time farmer parents Francisco Correia da Rocha and wife Maria da Conceição de Barros. After a short spell as student in a catholic seminary in Lamego,then formerly know as Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro,presently Douro, in 1920 his father sent him to Brazil where he worked on the coffee plantation of an uncle who, finding him to be a c... Biography of Stephanie Vogt
Stephanie Vogt, born August 12, 1975 in Kearney, Nevada, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901110/ ) "Entourage" (2004) Liz / 3 characters not shown (6 episodes, 2004-2009) 2009 - 9.2 (30,741) 6 TV episodes: * Running on E (2009) * Fantasy Island (2008) Liz * Gary's Desk (2007) Liz * The Release (2006) Liz * Chinatown (2005) Liz the Agent 1 episode not shown. - 2. "CSI: Miami" (2002) Soccer Mom (1 episode, 2004) 2004 - 6.7 (10,146) AKAs: * CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title) 1 TV episode: * Wannabe (2004) (uncredited) Soccer Mom - 3. Fear Within (2004) Kira 2004 - 8.6 (10) - 4. "Strong Medicine" ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel-Georges Micberth
Michel-Georges Micberth dit Berthe, born August 12, 1945 in Tours, is a French editor, poet, critic and writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diamond Jim Brady
James Buchanan Brady (12 August 1856 – 13 April 1917), also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier, and philanthropist of the Gilded Age. Born in New York City to a modest household, Brady worked his way up from bellboy and messenger. After gaining employment in the New York Central Railroad system, he became the chief assistant to the general manager by the age of 21. At 23, Brady parlayed his knowledge of the railroad industry and its officials to become a highly successful salesman for Manning, Maxwell and Moore, a railroad supply company. Known for his penchant for jewels, especially diamonds, he collected precious stones and jewelry in excess of US$ 2 million (adjusted for 2005 dollars, approx. $50 million). Brady's enormous appetite and resultant ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isaach de Bankole
Isaach De Bankolé (born 12 August 1957; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian actor. His parents came from Benin and his grandparents from Nigeria. He has appeared in over 30 films, including Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and Coffee and Cigarettes. He has also appeared in Lars von Trier's Manderlay. He has recently portrayed Steven Obanno, a terrorist, in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale and also The Lone Man in Jim Jarmusch's The Limits Of Control (2009). In 2000, Isaach de Bankolé married jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, whom he directed in the concert film Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson (2000). In the US, he is best known for his recurring role in season 7 of 24 as Ule Matobo, prime minister of the fictional African country of Sangal... Biography of Jane Wyatt
Jane Waddington Wyatt (August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the television series Father Knows Best and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television show, Star Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy-winner. Early life Jane Wyatt was born on August 12, 1910 in Campgaw (now part of Mahwah, New Jersey), but was raised in New York City. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt, Jr., was a Wall Street investment banker, and her mother, the former Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington, was a drama critic for the Catholic World. Both of her parents were Roman Catholic converts. One of her ancestors, Rufus King, was a signer of the U.S. Constitution, a U.S. Senator and ambassador,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yannick Favennec
Yannick Favennec (born August 12, 1958) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Mayenne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Jacques Ampère
Jean-Jacques Ampère (August 12, 1800 – March 27, 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère. Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant. He studied the folk-songs and popular poetry of the Scandinavian countries in an extended tour in northern Europe. Returning to France in 1830, he delivered a series of lectures on Scandinavian and early German poetry at the Athenaeum in Marseille. The first of these was printed as De l'Histoire de la poésie (1830), and was practically the first introduction of the French public to the Scandinavian and German epics. Moving to Paris, he taught at the Sorbonne, and became professor of the history of French literature at the Collège de France. A journey in northern A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dana Ivey
Dana Robins Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American character actress. Family Ivey was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Mary Nell Ivey Santacroce (née McKoin), a teacher, speech therapist and actress who appeared in productions of Driving Miss Daisy and taught at Georgia State University, and Hugh Daugherty Ivey, a physicist and professor who taught at Georgia Tech and later worked at the Atomic Energy Commission. Her parents later divorced. She has a younger brother, John, and a half-brother, Eric Santacroce, from her mother's re-marriage to Dante Santacroce. Education She received her undergraduate degree at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and earned a Fulbright grant to study drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She received an Honorary ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ross McWhirter
Alan Ross McWhirter (London, 12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975), known as Ross McWhirter, was, with his identical twin brother, Norris McWhirter, founder of the Guinness Book of Records. He was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army Early life McWhirter was the son of William McWhirter, editor of the Sunday Pictorial newspaper, and Margaret Williamson ('Bunty'). He was born at 10 Branscombe Gardens, "Giffnock" (after Giffnock Church in Glasgow, where the McWhirters were married) Winchmore Hill, London, N21. His elder brother Kennedy was born in 1923. In 1929, as William was working on the founding of the Northcliffe Newspapers chain of provincial newspapers, the family moved to Aberfoyle, in Broad Walk Winchmore Hill. Like his brothers Ross was educated at Marlborough College... Biography of Luka Nizetic
Luka Nižetić (born August 12, 1983 in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian musician. His debut album Premijera was recorded in 2006. He is best known for his hits "Ponekad poželim" (Sometimes I wish) and "Proljeće" (Springtime). Luka is the second child of Tamara and Milo Nižetić. Together with his sister Petra, he grew up in Mertojak, part of Split. His parents noticed Luka's great interest in music at a young age. Consequently, they sent him to nuns for his early music education. A nun, called Cecilia, taught Luka to play the piano. When he was about 11 years old music professor Mišo Linić started giving Luka lessons in singing and gave him basic knowledge in composing. The opera diva Sanja Erceg–Vrekalo taught him in singing technique. When Luka was about... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Desroses
Thierry Desroses, born August 12, 1960 in Aix-en-Provence, is a French comedian and actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221697/ ) # "La cour des grands" .... Jean-Pierre Volget (18 episodes, 2008-2010) - Alice (2010) TV episode .... Jean-Pierre Volget - Nino et Djibril (2010) TV episode .... Jean-Pierre Volget - Violeta (2010) TV episode .... Jean-Pierre Volget - Lorenzo (2010) TV episode .... Jean-Pierre Volget - Margot (2010) TV episode .... Jean-Pierre Volget (13 more) # "Ah, c'était ça la vie!" .... John (2 episodes, 2009) - Episode #1.1 (2009) TV episode .... John - Episode #1.2 (2009) TV episode .... John # Les enfants de Timpelbach (2008) .... L'abbé ... aka "Trouble at Timpetill" - Europe (English title) (festival... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Southey
Robert Southey (12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse enjoys enduring popularity. Moreover, he was a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian and biographer. His biographies include the life and works of John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, Oliver Cromwell and Horatio Nelson. The latter has rarely been out of print since its publication in 1813 and was adapted for the screen in the 1926 British film, Nelson. He was also a renowned Portuguese and Spanish scholar, translating a number o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre d'Arquennes
Pierre d'Arquennes, born August 12, 1907 in Paris, died September 8, 2001 in Paris, was a French pianist and composer.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne (born 12 August 1992 in London, England) is a British fashion model and the granddaughter of former English Heritage boss Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the former publisher of the Queen Magazine and founder of the 60's pirate radio station, Radio Caroline. Career Modelling Delevingne is currently the face of Burberry's Beauty campaign alongside fellow British models Edie Campbell and Jourdan Dunn. She was previously the face of Burberry's spring/summer 2012 campaign alongside actor Eddie Redmayne, shot by Mario Testino, and was also featured in the brand's spring/summer 2011 campaign. Delevingne has featured in advertising campaigns for other brands including H&M Authentic Collection (2011), Dominic Jones Jewellery (2012), Blumarine, Zara and Chanel. She was recently descri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacinto Benavente
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922. Born in Madrid, the son of a celebrated pediatrician, he returned drama to reality by way of social criticism: declamatory verse giving way to prose, melodrama to comedy, formula to experience, impulsive action to dialogue and the play of minds. Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics. A liberal monarchist and a critic of Socialism, he was a reluctant supporter of the Franco regime as the only viable alternative to what he considered the disastrous republican experiment of 1931-1936. Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. He never married. Accor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Norris McWhirter
Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE (August 12, 1925 – April 19, 2004) was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor. Early life Norris and Ross McWhirter were the twin sons of William McWhirter, editor of the Sunday Pictorial newspaper, and Margaret Williamson. In 1929, as William McWhirter was working on the founding of the Northcliffe Newspapers chain of provincial newspapers, the family moved to Aberfoyle. Like their elder brother, Kenned... Biography of Natalia París
Natalia París Gaviria (born August 12 of 1973, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian model. She is one of the most recognized models in Colombia, who owns her own brand of personal care products that bear her name. External links * www.nataliaparis.com.co Biography Natalia, whose mother was also a model, graduated San Jose del la Vega School as a publicist. She is one of the more successful Colombian models, in spite of not being a Top Model at any international level. She has succeeded due to her charisma and phenomenal figure. No other model has as many admirers in Colombia as she does. Lately, she has done a lot of work raising money for poor children both in her own country and elsewhere in the world. Presently, she is the exclusive model for Crystal Gold Beer ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Poulet
Gérard Poulet, born August 12, 1938 in Bayonne, is a French musician and violinist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olympe Bradna
Olympe Bradna, born August, 12, 1920 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103443/ ) # International Squadron (1941) .... Jeanette # Highway West (1941) .... Myra Abbott # Knockout (1941) .... Angela Grinnelli ... aka Right to the Heart # South of Pago Pago (1940) .... Malia # The Night of Nights (1939) .... Marie Alyce O'Farrell # Say It in French (1938) .... Julie # Stolen Heaven (1938) .... Steffi # Souls at Sea (1937) .... Babsie # High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) (uncredited) # The Last Train from Madrid (1937) .... Maria Bonda # College Holiday (1936) .... Felice L'Hommedieu # Three Cheers for Love (1936) .... Frenchy # Flofloche (1934) .... Reine # Roger la Honte (1933) .... Suzanne Laroque... Biography of Kaige Chen
Chen Kaige (simplified Chinese: 陈凯歌; traditional Chinese: 陳凱歌; pinyin: Chén Kǎigē; Wade–Giles: Ch'en K'ai-ko) (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. Early life Chen Kaige was born in Beijing, China into a family of Fuzhou Changle origin, and grew up with fellow Fifth Generation alumnus Tian Zhuangzhuang as a childhood friend. During the Cultural Revolution, Chen joined the Red Guards. His father, Chen Huai'ai was a well-known director in his own right. As a teenage member of the Red Guards, Chen, like many other youths, denounced his own father, a fateful decision he eventually learned to regre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maria José Martinez Sanchez
María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Yecla, Murcia, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. She has had some success in singles in the past, reaching a career high of No. 69 in May 2001 and making the semifinals of a WTA Tier III event in Madrid, where she beat Barbara Schett and Sandrine Testud for the two best wins of her career. As a junior she won the 1999 Orange Bowl a year-ending tennis event for junior players. She has had much more success in doubles, reaching a career high of No. 26 in August 2001. She has won four doubles titles, all with compatriot Anabel Medina Garrigues. Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1/4 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mikael Karlsson
Mikael Karlsson, born on August 12, 1975 in Halmstad, is a Swedish musician, pianist, and composer.... Biography of Sid Bernstein
Sid Bernstein (born August 12, 1918) is an American music producer and promoter. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, The Moody Blues, The Kinks and The Beatles to America. He was the first impresario to organize rock concerts at sports stadiums. Biography Sid Bernstein was born in New York City in 1918. During World War II, he served in France. Impresario career Bernstein helped start the British Invasion by bringing the Beatles from Britain. They played at Carnegie Hall after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Bernstein also booked them at Shea Stadium, a concert that Bernstein described as "inaudible." He worked with the Rascals for five years, helping along their rise from obscurity, changing thei... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Walker
Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball forward with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft out of the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1996 to 2008. Pre-NBA career Walker attended Mount Carmel High School, where he played with future NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb and attained all-state status as a senior, earning a full scholarship to play for Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky. He was a starting forward on the Wildcats' 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship-winning team. As a freshman at Kentucky he was named SEC Tournament MVP. In his sophomore year, Walker was named All-SEC First, All-SEC Tournament and to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Reid
Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty in 2002 in U.S. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism stemming from his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole in a super maximum security prison in the United States. Background Reid was born a British citizen in Bromley, South London, to Leslie Hughes, who was of white English descent, and Colvin Robin Reid, whose father was a Jamaican immigrant of African descent. When Reid was born, his father, a career criminal, was in jail for stealing a car. Reid left school at age 16, becoming a petty crook who was in and out of jail himself... Biography of William Goldman (screenwriter)
William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Early life and education Goldman grew up in a Jewish family in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Marion (née Weil) and Maurice Clarence Goldman, who worked in business. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1952 and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1956. Goldman lives in a penthouse apartment in New York City. His brother, James Goldman, who died in 1998, was a playwright and screenwriter. Career Novelist, playwright and screenwriter According to his memoir, Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983), Goldman began writing when he took a creative-writing course in college. His grades in the class were ... Biography of Fife Symington III
John Fife Symington III (born August 12, 1945, in New York City) was the 19th Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997. Background Symington comes from a distinguished Maryland family; he is a great-grandson of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, and his father J. Fife Symington Jr. (1910–2007) was United States ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago 1969-1971. His cousin, Stuart Symington, was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and father of James Wadsworth Symington, a U.S. Representative from that state. He is married to the former Ann Olin Pritzlaff, an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and an heiress of the Olin family. They have five children and four grandchildren. He attended the prestigious Gilman School in Baltimore, then attended Harvard Univ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Voyenne
Bernard Voyenne, born on August 12, 1920 in Vichy, died on December 22, 2003 in Paris, was a French journalist, professor, and writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rudi Smidts
Rudi Smidts (born August 12, 1963 in Deurne) is a former Belgian football defender. He played most of his career with R. Antwerp F.C., the oldest club of Belgium. Smidts also played for the Belgium national team and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup, where he played four matches.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hidetaka Yoshioka (吉岡 秀隆?, born on August 12, 1970 in Saitama, Japan), is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Koto Shinryojo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and "Madadayo". He won the Japan Academy Award Best Actor in 2006 for "Always - Sunset on Third Street". He was married to actress Yuki Uchida from 2002 to 2005. Filmography Film Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1981–1995) as Mitsuo Suwa Poppoya (1999) as Hideo Sugiura Juvenile (2000) as Yūsuke Sakamoto The Hidden Blade (2004) as Samon Shimada Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005) as ... Biography of Mikihisa Azuma
Mikihisa Azuma, born on August 12, 1969 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044454/) 2011 Karutetto! (post-production) 2011 Untitled Minato Kanae Drama (TV movie) (post-production) 2010-2011 Mito Kômon (TV series) – Episode #43.6 (2011) – Episode #1200 (2011) – Episode #42.13 (2011) – Omae wa Suke-san ore wa Kaku-san (2010) 2010 Rikon doukyo (TV series) Junichi Saotome – Kondo wa koishimasu (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Maekara suki datta (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Ninna odocchao (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Wasurechaimashita (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Nido to shimasen (2010) … Junichi Saotome 2009 Tôkyô Dogs (TV series) Mashiko Reiji – Episode #1.10 (2009) … Mashiko Reiji – Episode #1.9 (2009) … Mashiko Reiji – Epi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Edward Pilarczyk
Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (born August 12, 1934 (source for his time of birth: Romy Ransom, Astrodatabank)) is an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cincinnati from 1982 to 2009. Early life and education Daniel Pilarczyk was born in Dayton, Ohio, the only child of Daniel Joseph and Frieda (Hilgefort) Pilarczyk. After receiving his early education at Our Lady of Mercy and St. Anthony parochial schools, he attended Sacred Heart Latin School. At the age of fourteen, he entered St. Gregory Seminary in Cincinnati. In 1953, he was sent to continue his studies at the Urban College of Propaganda in Rome, from where he obtained a Licentiate of Philosophy (1956) and Licentiate of Sacred Theology (1960). His mother died in 1955, and his father remarried a Ma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Renton
David Lockhart-Mure Renton, Baron Renton, KBE, QC, TD, DL, PC (12 August 1908 – 24 May 2007) was a British politician. He served for over 60 years in Parliament, 34 in the House of Commons and then 28 in the House of Lords. He was Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire for 34 years, from 1945 to 1979, initially as a Liberal National and then in accordance with the party's successive mergers with the Conservatives, as a "National Liberal and Conservative", then in 1968 he was one of the final three National Liberal MPs who opted to wind up the party and become a full part of the Conservatives. Renton became a life peer in 1979, and was the oldest member of the House of Lords from 2004 until his death. Renton was born in Dartford, the son of a surgeon and a nurse. He was educated at Stu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Greene (composer)
Maurice Greene (12 August 1696 – 1 December 1755) was an English composer and organist. Biography Born in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King. He studied the organ under Richard Brind, and after Brind died, Greene became organist at St Paul's. With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730 he became professor of music at Cambridge University. In 1735 he was appointed Master of the King's Musick. At his death, Greene was working on the compilation Cathedral Music, which his student and successor as Master of the King's Musick, William Boyce, was to complete. Many items from that collection are still used in Anglican services today. He wrote very co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Poindexter
John Marlan Poindexter (born August 12, 1936) is a retired United States naval officer and Department of Defense official. He was Deputy National Security Advisor and National Security Advisor for the Reagan administration. He was convicted in April 1990 of multiple felonies as a result of his actions in the Iran-Contra affair, but his convictions were reversed on appeal in 1991. More recently, he served a brief stint as the director of the DARPA Information Awareness Office for the George W. Bush administration. Early life and career Poindexter was born in Washington, Indiana, the son of Ellen (Sommers) and Marlan G. Poindexter. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958, where he was first in his class, and among his fellow graduates were Bruce McCandless II who gradua... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Gaines
Roy Gaines (born August 12, 1934) is an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Gaines recorded work includes his self-penned track, "A Hell of a Night", which first appeared on his 1982 album, Gainelining. He is the brother of another blues musician, Grady Gaines. Biography Gaines was born in Waskom, Texas, United States, and relocated with his family to Houston aged six. Originally a piano devotee, Gaines moved to playing the guitar in his adolescence. In his teens he was acquainted with his fellow budding guitarist, Johnny Copeland. By the age of 14 he had performed onstage backing his hero, T-Bone Walker, and played in the Houston nightclubs before his move to Los Angeles, California. In 1955, Gaines backing work appeared on recordings by Bobby Bla... Biography of Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny (pronounced /məˈθiːni/ mə-thee-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, post-bop, latin jazz and jazz fusion. Pat Metheny has three gold albums and 17 Grammy Awards. He is the brother of jazz flugelhornist and journalist Mike Metheny. Biography Metheny was born and raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri, a suburb southeast of Kansas City. Following his graduation from Lee's Summit High School, he briefly attended the Un... Biography of Derrick Burgess
Derrick Lee Burgess (born August 12, 1978) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi. Burgess has also played for the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots. During his years in Oakland, he was selected to the Pro Bowl twice, and in 2005 led the NFL in sacks with 16. Early years Burgess attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he played football and basketball. As a senior, Burgess recorded 102 tackles and four sacks and was an all-state selection at outside linebacker. College career After graduating from high school, Burgess attended the University of Mississippi, where he led his team as a senior... Biography of Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera (born Marian Gracia Rivera on August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Filipina actress and occasional singer-dancer. Her first TV role came in 2005 via TAPE Inc.'s afternoon drama, Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang ako in the lead that was aired in GMA Network. In 2007 she was cast for the title role in the Philippine remake of MariMar. She released two studio albums Marian Rivera Dance Hits and Retro Crazy sold 75,000 copies. She currently signed with GMA Network. Personal life Marian Rivera was born in Madrid, Spain to Francisco Javier Gracia Alonso, a Spaniard, and Amalia Rivera , a Filipina of Caviteña and Spanish descent. Career Rivera first starred in an afternoon soap operas for TAPE Inc. and GMA Network including Kung Mamahalin Mo Lang Ako, Agawin Mo Man Ang Lahat and... Biography of Taylor Stanley (actress)
Taylor Stanley, born on August 12, 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822605/) 2010-2011 The Bay (TV series) Zoey Johnson – The HoliBay: Curious Case of the Missing Turkey (2011) … Zoey Johnson – Episode #6.4 (2011) … Zoey Johnson – Episode #6.3 (2011) … Zoey Johnson – Episode #6.2 (2011) … Zoey Johnson – Episode #6.1 (2011) … Zoey Johnson See all 16 episodes » 2009 Numb3rs (TV series) Anne Flynn – Hydra (2009) … Anne Flynn 2004 The Last Letter Ms. Starr 2003 Black Cadillac Denise 2001 First Years (TV series) Erica – ...And Then You Die (2001) … Erica 2001 Knight Club Brittany 2001 Shooting LA Joy 2000 Secret Cutting (TV movie) Lorraine Rafeedie 2000 Les anges du bonheur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Swofford
Anthony Swofford (born August 12, 1970) is a writer and former United States Marine known for being the author of the book Jarhead, published in 2003, which is primarily based on his accounts of various situations encountered in the first Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 movie of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes. The title is derived from the name of the traditional high and tight haircuts favored by the Marines. Early years In his own words Swofford describes his younger self, before and during his time in the Marine Corps, as "a reader and a loner". Born into a military family, Swofford was raised living on a military base. His father had served in Vietnam, and before that his grandfather had fought in World War II. In fact, he was conceived in Honolulu while h... Biography of Leah Pipes
Leah Sarah Pipes (born August 12, 1988 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is most notable for starring in the television series Life Is Wild. Career She first started acting in 2001 on the popular show Angel. She was a regular on the TV series Lost at Home and appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect as Samantha. She starred in the movie Fingerprints in 2006 (released in 2008). She has also appeared on TV shows such as Crossing Jordan and Drake & Josh. She starred in the direct-to-video film, Her Best Move. She appeared in Odd Girl Out and other small budget films. For the 2007–2008 television season, Pipes starred in the drama series Life Is Wild. Television Title Year Role Notes Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2008 Jodie 2 e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Mesa
Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a historian and was President of Bolivia from 17 October 2003 until his resignation on 6 June 2005. Mesa was a popular television journalist and personality, known by many for his rectitude and impartiality but loathed by many others for alleged political opportunism. His widespread name recognition prompted the MNR candidate Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada to pick him as his running mate in the 2002 Bolivian presidential elections. The winning ticket of Sánchez-Mesa took possession on August 6, 2002. As Vice-President, the apolitical Mesa was quickly caught between the proverbial rock and hard place, as a wave of protests and strikes shut down Bolivia in a bitter dispute known as the Bolivian Gas War. The demonstrations eventually forced Sánch... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Greg Marcks
Greg Marcks (born Concord, Massachusetts, August 12, 1976) is a writer/director of motion pictures who lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. Biography Early life Marcks grew up in the town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and attended Chelmsford High School. Education Marcks studied creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He went on to receive an M.F.A in directing from the Florida State University Film Conservatory in Tallahassee, Florida, where he wrote and directed Lector, a short film which won several awards at film festivals including a Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Career Films Marcks wrote and directed the highly acclaimed indie film 11:14 starring Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze, Barb... Biography of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born August 12, 1983) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for AFC Ajax and the Netherlands. He previously played for PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn and SC Heerenveen. In January 2009 he will move to Real Madrid C.F. Various media outlets have noted him as a rising star in Dutch football, being named Dutch Football Talent of the Year and Ajax "Player of the year" in 2006. He was a part of the Dutch side that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, where he became the tournament's leading goal-scorer. He was also named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. He is the all-time highest goal-scorer for the Netherlands U21 squad with 18 goals in 22 matches. In domestic football he was Eredivisie's top scorer in the 2005–06 and 2007–... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lina Rafn
Lina Rafn (born Lina Rafn Sørensen on August 12, 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish female singer, songwriter and producer and is currently active in the band Infernal. In addition to that she has formerly been a VJ on the Danish music video channel The Voice TV Danmark, presenting various charts. Lina Rafn has been a professional dancer from a very early age, but she did not have her professional singing debut before founding Infernal with Paw Lagermann and Søren Haarh in 1997. Infernal's debut single, "Sorti de l'Enfer" was an instrumental dance-track. From there on, she gained worldwide fame and recognition for her work. She is noted for her strong vocals and, along with Paw, created the hit From Paris To Berlin. With the name of the band Infernal, she has released three alb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Talley
Steve Talley (born August 12, 1981) is an American actor who played Dwight Stifler in later films of the American Pie film series. Career Talley's on-screen career began in 2002, with a minor part in the television series As the World Turns. He appeared in three episodes of the drama series Summerland between June and July 2005 as Bryce. The following year, Talley made a guest appearance in the drama film Peaceful Warrior and on the situation comedy series Twins. In the same year, Talley portrayed Dwight Stifler in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, the fifth installment in the American Pie film series. Released direct-to-video, the film earned over US$27 million worldwide. Scott Weinberg of DVD Talk wrote that Talley as Dwight "makes for one of the least appealing movie chara... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Réjean Ducharme
Réjean Ducharme (born August 12, 1941 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec) is a Quebec novelist, playwright and sculptor, who currently resides in Montreal. He is extremely reclusive and has not appeared at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work is the rejection of the adult world by children. Ducharme's L'avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2005, where it was defended by actor, Sophie Cadieux. L'avalée des avalés eventually won the contest. It is also worth mentioning that this book, the first published by the author, was a candidate for the Prix Goncourt even though the author was at the time very young and unknown. ... Biography of Christian III of Denmark
Christian III (August 12, 1503 – January 1, 1559), king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburg. His earliest teacher, Wolfgang von Utenhof, who came straight from Wittenberg, and the Lutheran Holsatian Johann Rantzau, who became his tutor, were both able and zealous reformers. In 1521 Christian travelled in Germany, and was present at the Diet of Worms, where Luther's arguments profoundly intrigued him. On his return he found that his father had been elected king of Denmark in the place of Christian II, and the young prince's first public service was the reduction of Copenhagen, which stood firm for the fugitive Christian II. He made no secret of his Lutheran views, and his outspokenness brought him into conflict, not only... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George McGinnis
George F. McGinnis (born August 12, 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a retired American professional basketball player, most notably with the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA) (from 1971 to 1975). He was drafted into the ABA from Indiana University in 1972. In the '71-72 season at Indiana, McGinnis became the first sophomore to lead the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding. He averaged 29.9 points per game in his lone season in Bloomington earning All-American and All-Big Ten Honors in 1971. George McGinnis was one of the marquee players of the ABA, and later teamed with fellow ABA alumni Julius Erving and Caldwell Jones on the Philadelphia 76ers that made the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals in 1977. McGinnis finished out his NBA playing career with ... Biography of Jesinta Campbell
Jesinta Campbell (born on 12 August 1991) is a pageant titleholder from Australia. She won her national title, Miss Universe Australia, on 17 June 2010. Miss Universe 2010 Campbell was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2010 on 17 June 2010 then became a contestant at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant. She finished as the second runner-up behind Yendi Phillipps (Jamaica) and winner Ximena Navarrete (Mexico). She was also designated Miss Congeniality at this pageant. The Morning Show In September 2010, she became a guest reporter for entertainment and fashion subjects on Seven Network's The Morning Show. Celebrity Apprentice Australia In October 2011, she appeared as a contestant on the Nine Network's The Celebrity Apprentice Australia as a member of Team Unity.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光 August 12, 1604 — June 8, 1651) was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Iemitsu ruled from 1623 to 1651. arly life (1604-1617) Tokugawa Iemitsu was born around 1604 (his exact birthdate is unknown). He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada and grandson of the last great unifier of Japan, the first Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the first member of the Tokugawa family born after Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun. Not much is known of Iemitsu's early life; his childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代). He had two sisters, Senhime and Masako, and a brother, who would become a rival, Tadanaga. Tadanaga was his parents' favorite. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later. From 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's relapse into mental illness. George IV led an extravagant lifestyle that contributed to the fashions of the British Regency. He was a patron of new forms of leisure, style and taste. He commissioned John Nash to build the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and remodel Buckingham Palace, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville to rebuild Windsor Castle. He was instrumental in the foundation of the National Gallery, London and King's College London. He had a poor relationship with both... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilles Martin-Chauffier
Gilles Martin-Chauffier, born August 12, 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French writer, novelist and journalist. He is also known as Gilles Hemsay. Awards Prix Interallié (1998) Works Novels * 1980 : Pourpre', Mercure de France * 1982 : Les Canards du Golden Gate, Mercure de France * 1987 : Sans effort apparent, éditions Balland * 1991 : L'Ouest, éditions de Fallois * 1995 : Une affaire embarrassante, éditions Grasset & Fasquelle - Prix Jean-Freustié * 1998 : Les Corrompus, éditions Grasset & Fasquelle - Prix Interallié * 2001 : Belle-amie, éditions Grasset & Fasquelle * 2003 : Silence, On Ment, Grasset & Fasquelle - Prix Renaudot des lycéens * 2004 : Le Roman de Constantinople, éditions du Rocher * 2007 : Une vraie Parisienne, ... Biography of Natalia Navarro
Natalia Navarro Galvis (born August 12, 1987) is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Señorita Colombia 2009 and placed in the Top 15 at Miss Universe 2010. Early life Born in Barranquilla to parents Fuad Navarro and María Cecilia Galvis, Navarro is pursuing a bachelor's degree in finance at Florida International University in Miami and speaks English, Spanish and some French. Señorita Colombia 2009 Navarro, who stands 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) tall, competed as the representative of Bolívar, one of 24 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Señorita Colombia 2009, broadcast live from Cartagena de Indias on November 16, 2009, where she obtained the Best Figure, Best Face and Miss Photogenic awards. During the competition, Navarro placed first in... Biography of Austra Skujytė
Austra Skujytė (born 12 August 1979 in Biržai) is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366. Her personal best in the 7-event heptathlon of 6435 was set on 21 August at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won the Olympic silver medal. Skujytė graduated with a degree in kinesiology from Kansas State University, where she became the first woman at the school to win multiple NCAA championships, capturing titles in the heptathlon in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, she also took second in the NCAA in the shot put competition. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Event 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th Heptathlon ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Clement
Matthew Paul Clement (born August 12, 1974, in Butler, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres (1998-2000), Florida Marlins (2001), Chicago Cubs (2002-2004) and Boston Red Sox (2005-2006). While on the Red Sox active roster, he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed. Clement had a sinking fastball in the low 90s and a hard slider he mixed with a four-seamer and a changeup. He held opposing batters to a .233 batting average from 2002–05, while posting a 47-42 record and a 3.99 ERA. Baseball career In nine seasons, Clement won 87 games and lost 86, and was 1-2 in post-season play, going 1-1 with the Cubs in 2003 and 0-1 with Boston in 2005. His win in Game 4 of the 2003 National League Ch... Biography of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد ضياء الحق; August 12, 1924 – August 17, 1988), was the fourth Chief martial law administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from September 1978 to his death in August 1988. Distinguished by his role in the Black September in Jordan military operation in 1970, he was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976 by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after Bhutto forcefully retired seven senior lieutenant-generals who were tainted with their role in the East-Pakistan war in order to bring and promote Zia to four-star rank. After widespread civil disorder, he planned and overthrew ruling Prime Minister Bhutto in a bloodless coup d'état on July 5, 1977, code name Fair Play, an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Bellows
George Wesley Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 - January 8, 1925) was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation". Youth George Bellows was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He was an only child, born four years after his parents married, at the ages of fifty and forty respectively. His mother, Anna Wilhelmina Smith, was the daughter of a whaling captain. Bellows attended The Ohio State University from 1901 until 1904. There he played for the baseball and basketball teams, and provided illustrations for the Makio, the school's student yearbook. He was encouraged to become a professional baseball player, and he worked as a co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Beaver
James Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian. He is perhaps most familiar to worldwide audiences as the gruff but tenderhearted prospector Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwood, a starring role which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting after three decades of supporting work in films and TV. He portrays Bobby Singer in the CW television series Supernatural. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009. Early life Beaver was born in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of Dorothy Adell (née Crawford) and James Norman Beaver, Sr. (1924–2004), a minister. His father was of French and English heritage (the family name w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christy Mathewson
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lauren Cimorelli
Lauren Cimorelli, born on August 12, 1998 in Sacramento, California, is an American singer. Cimorelli (sim-or-ELL-ee) is a singing group popularized on YouTube and signed to Universal Music's Island label. Cimorelli is made up of six sisters, Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren, and Dani. Their singing style is mostly using a capella with occasional instruments. They started posting covers of songs on YouTube, before releasing original songs. As of December 2012, the group has released three EP's. Career 2007-2008: Formation In 2007, the oldest five girls launched Cimorelli as a vocal group. They recorded covers of charting songs and uploaded them to YouTube every few weeks. In 2008, the girls released their first EP. Each song was written by Christina and Lauren with the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Temple Lea Houston
Temple Lea Houston (August 12, 1860 – August 15, 1905) was an attorney and politician, a state senator (1885-1889) in Texas. He was the last-born child of Margaret Lea Houston and Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, and later U.S. senator and governor of Texas. He became the youngest practicing attorney in Texas in 1881 when he opened his law practice. In 1894 he moved his family to the cattle town of Woodward in the Oklahoma Territory. He was legal counsel of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; its Woodward depot became one of the most important points in the Territory for cattle shipping to the East. Houston became widely known and popular for his courtroom dramatics. He was acquitted of murder in the shooting of a brother of the outlaw Al Jennings, after... Biography of Charlotte Salt
Charlotte Leah Salt (born on 12 August 1985 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England) is an English actress. She attended St Dominic's Priory School in Stone, Staffordshire. She has appeared in Born and Bred in the UK and Entourage, CSI Season 6 Episode 13: Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye as Eve Girard, and Wildfire. Salt has also acted in several films including Beowulf alongside Angelina Jolie. She was previously seen in the third series of the UK show The Tudors in the recurring role of Lady Ursula Misseldon. In 2010 she played the part of Lady Virginia Revel in ITV's adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Secret of Chimneys, part of the Marple series starring Julia McKenzie. She starred in Sky's "Bedlam" as Kate Bettany. In October 2011, she joined the regular cast of Casualty as Dr Sam N... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christina Cimorelli
Christina Lynne Cimorelli, born on August 12, 1990 in Sacramento, California, is an American singer. Cimorelli (sim-or-ELL-ee) is a singing group popularized on YouTube and signed to Universal Music's Island label. Cimorelli is made up of six sisters, Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren, and Dani. Their singing style is mostly using a capella with occasional instruments. They started posting covers of songs on YouTube, before releasing original songs. As of December 2012, the group has released three EP's. Career 2007-2008: Formation In 2007, the oldest five girls launched Cimorelli as a vocal group. They recorded covers of charting songs and uploaded them to YouTube every few weeks. In 2008, the girls released their first EP. Each song was written by Christina and Lauren... Biography of Sir Mix-a-Lot
Anthony Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an American MC and producer based in Seattle, Washington. The founder of the Nastymix record label, he debuted in 1988 with Swass. Sir Mix-a-Lot is best known for his 1992 album Mack Daddy and its Grammy Award-winning single "Baby Got Back." Career In 1986, Sir Mix-a-Lot and his DJ, Nasty Nes, founded the Nastymix record label. His first hit, released in 1987, was the single "Posse on Broadway," whose title referred to a street in Seattle's Capitol Hill district. The Godzilla remix of "Posse on Broadway" contained a sample from David Bowie's 1975 hit "Fame," but neither the album version nor the original seven-inch edit version (which was used for the video) used the Bowie sample. Swass, his debut albu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emil Kostadinov
Emil Lubtchov Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Емил Костадинов) (born 12 August 1967 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian football striker, former member of the Bulgaria national team for which he played in two World Cups. He shares his birthdate with another legendary Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov (Bulgarian: Димитър Якимов) (born 12 August 1941). Club career Kostadinov started his career in CSKA Sofia. There he formed a redoubtable trio with Hristo Stoichkov and Luboslav Penev in the late 1980s, helping the team to win three times the Bulgarian Championship title, three times the Bulgarian Cup and reach the semi-final of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geoff Muldaur
Geoff Muldaur (born August 12, 1943, Pelham, New York, United States) is an American founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days; and an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and arranger. Career After establishing an impressive reputation with the Kweskin Jug Band during the 1960s, Geoff and then-wife, Maria Muldaur recorded their first album, "Pottery Pie," on Warner Bros. Records in 1969. It was on this album that Geoff recorded his celebrated version of "Brazil" (original title Aquarela do Brasil) which became the title inspiration and the opening theme for Terry Gilliam's 1984 film "Brazil". After recording "Pottery Pie," the Muldaurs moved to the burgeoning folk, blues and folk-rock in Wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Verstraeten
Michaël Johan Stefan (Mike) Verstraeten (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 12 August 1967 in Mechelen, Belgium (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a Belgian politician and a former football player. His former clubs include Germinal Ekeren and R.S.C. Anderlecht. Capped for the Belgium national team, Verstraeten played one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Vignal
René Vignal (born 12 August 1926 in Béziers (Hérault) (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French former football goalkeeper. He played for France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rafael Araújo (basketball)
Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, nicknamed "Baby" and later "Bàbby" in Brazil, (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born August 12, 1980) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played for three years in the National Basketball Association without much success. College career After attending Padre Anacleto High School in São Paulo, Araújo went to the United States to play college basketball, attending Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona. In his freshman season (2000–01), he averaged 12.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Araújo later explained that AWC coach Kelly Green gave him $400 to get his visa and stabilish himself in Yuma, despite coaches being forbidden to do so. As a sophomore, he tallied 17.9 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, leading the Matadors to a 28-3 record and a to... |
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