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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 13, 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 · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
109 celebrities or events were found for August, 13. Add to favourites (72 fans)Biography of Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a highly influential film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. He directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the colour era. Hitchcock was among the most consistently successful and publicly recognizable directors in the world during his lifetime, and remains one of the best known and most popular directors of all time, famous for his expert and largely unrivalled control of pace and suspense throughout his movies. Hitchcock was born and raised in Leytonstone, London, England. He began his directing career in the United Kingdom in 1922, but from 1939 he worked primarily in t... Biography of Manuel Valls
Manuel Valls (French: , Catalan: , born August 13, 1962) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician, deputy since 2002 and mayor of Évry. On May 16th 2012 he was appointed Minister of the Interior (equivalent of United States Secretary of Homeland Security) in the French government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. Valls was born in Barcelona, Spain, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1982. He is a prominent supporter of F.C. Barcelona, the famous club whose anthem was composed by a namesake of his, the cousin of his father. As reported on the Swiss Newspapers last week he is the son of a Spanish citizen, while his mother is a Ticinese, Swiss-Italian from Valle di Blenio, Canton Ticino. After serving as an advisor on youth issues for Prime Minister Michel Rocard from 1988 to 1991, he wa... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. On July 31, 2006, Castro, after undergoing intestinal surgery for diverticulitis, transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro. On June 2, 2007, Castro appeared on Cuban Television with Vietnamese Communist Party Leader Non Duc Mahn looking much healthier, indicating his full recovery. He led the revolution overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and shortly after was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Cuba. Castro became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he became president of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. He also holds the supre... Biography of Sridevi
Sridevi (Tamil:ஸ்ரீதேவி, Telugu:శ్రీదేవి, Hindi:श्रीदेवी), born on August 13, 1963, is an Indian actress who has starred in hundreds of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She started acting at the age of four, and made her debut as an adult in the early 80s. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of her times, and although she left the industry in 1997, she has been regarded by the industry members, as one of the most talented and prominent actresses of India. Personal Sridevi was born and brought up in Sivakasi, a district in Tamil Nadu. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father's name was Ayyapan and her mothe... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Amélie Nothomb
Amélie Nothomb (born August 13, 1967) is a Belgian writer. She was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats, before living in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, and Laos. She is the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygiène de l'assassin was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Fear and Trembling (1999) and Métaphysique des tubes (published in English as The Character of Rain) (2000). She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Prix du Roman de L'Academie Francaise; the Prix René-Fallet; and twice the Prix Alain-Fournier. While in Japan, she attended a local school and learned Japanese. When she was five the family moved to China. "... Biography of Wendy Whoppers
Wendy Whoppers (born August 13, 1970) is the stage name of a big-bust feature dancer and pornographic actress originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Whoppers, with the aid of large breast implants, became a popular big-bust entertainer. Her first pornographic film was Palm Springs or Bust (1992), which also starred big bust performer Lisa Lipps. The two appeared in many films together. Height: 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Weight: 97 lb (44 kg) She had a total of 4 operations to enlarge her breasts from an original 34B, starting in 1989, ending with double lumin implants, which were made of one bag of 1000 cc's of silicone inside of another bag of 2000 cc's of saline. She retired from films in 1994, and has since had her breasts reduced. In addition to touring on the feature dancing circuit... Biography of John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird (August 13, 1888 – June 14, 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems (such as those of Vladimir Zworykin and Philo Farnsworth), his early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earn him a prominent place in television's invention. Baird was born in Helensburgh, Argyll, Scotland. He was educated at Larchfield School (now part of Lomond School), Helensburgh; the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (which later became the University of Strathclyde); and the University of Glasgow. His degree course was interrupted by World War I and he never returned to graduate. ... Biography of Grégory Fitoussi
Grégory Fitoussi is a French actor born August 13, 1976 in Paris. Filmography Filmographie TELEVISION: -Joséphine ange gardien -papa revient demain -Sous le soleil (1998-2000) -Méditerranée (2001) -Accord et à cris (2002) -La crim’ (2003) -Navarro -Colomba -Confession d'un menteur -Quintette -Ariane Ferry -Engrenage (2005-?) -Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse (2006) --> Maître Vidal -L'état de Grace (2006) --> Le gynécologue -Le chat bleu - Le chat noir COURT-METRAGES: -Convivium -La vache qui rit -Plan B -l’éternité c’est dur, surtout le dernier jour (1999) -Un café …. L’addition (1999) LONG-METRAGES: -Les baigneuses -Doo wop THEATRE: -la ménagerie de verre (1997) -Chroniques des jours entiers et nuits entières (2000)... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle (b. August 13, 1948) is an African-American Lyric Soprano. She is particularly known for her pure timbre, exceptional technique and musicianship, and ability to connect with her audience. Life and career Early life Battle was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children. Her father was a steelworker, and her mother was an active participant in the gospel music of the family's African Methodist Episcopal church. It was through Battle's musical experiences with her mother and at church that she first grew to love music. Battle attended Portsmouth High School where her music teacher and mentor was Charles Varney. In a Time magazine interview with reporter Michael Walsh, he told of his wonder at first hearing the eight-year old Battle sing, describing her... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Koffi Olomidé
Antoine Koffi Olomide (born August 13, 1956), is a DR Congolese soukous singer, producer, and composer. Born in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo to a Congolese mother and a sierraleonean father, Koffi grew up in Kinshasa. He went to France to study. While in Paris, he began playing the guitar and writing songs. On his return to Congo he was a member of Viva la Musica, Papa Wemba's band. Koffi repopularized the slower style of soukous, which had fallen out of fashion. He dubbed this style Tcha Tcho, and it gained popularity outside Congo. Koffi's music can be quite controversial, taking on current events and topics considered taboo in some conservative societies. He has also participated in the salsa music project Africando. Koffi has successfully won 4 kora in south Africa and a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Midori Ito
Midori Ito (伊藤 みどり, Itō Midori?) (born August 13, 1969) is a former Japanese figure skater. She is the 1989 World Champion and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist. In 1988, she became the first woman to land a triple axel in competition. Born in Nagoya, Ito started skating at age 5. Midori landed her first triple jump at age 8. She won her first national championship in 1985, having already participated in the World Championships one year earlier. She placed 5th at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Later that same year, she perfected the triple Axel which she had been working on since her early teens and she became the first woman to land a triple axel in competition, when competing at a regional competition in the Aichi prefecture. She wo... Biography of Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan, born in Los Angeles, California, August 13, 1944, is an American bullfighter.... Biography of Danny Bonaduce
Danny Bonaduce (pronounced /bɑnədutʃi/), born Dante Daniel Bonaduce, August 13, 1959 in Broomall, Pennsylvania, is an American comedian, actor, radio, and television personality. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) The son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce (Mayberry RFD, One Day At A Time, Good Times), the naturally redheaded Bonaduce gained prominence as a child actor of the 1970s, co-starring as Shirley Partridge's (played by Shirley Jones) wisecracking second son, Danny Partridge, on the sitcom/television series, The Partridge Family. Bonaduce's primary current occupation is co-hosting The Adam Carolla Show. He frequently makes personal appearances in television, radio, and at public events. Bonaduce achieved fame at the age of ten, starring as Danny Partridge on ... Biography of Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. Using a .22 caliber rifle at 90 feet (27 m), Oakley reputedly could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground. Early life According to the Annie Oakley Foundation, Annie Oakley was born in "a cabin less than two miles northwest of Woodland, now Willowdell, in Darke County", a rural western border county of Ohio. The village of North Star has a road sign stating it is near her place of birth. Her birthplace log cabin site is about five mile... Biography of Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music. Early life and family Dan Fogelberg, the youngest of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Young) Fogelberg's three sons, was born in Peoria, Illinois. His father was a high school band director who spent most of his career at Peoria Woodruff High School and Pekin High School, and his mother was a pianist. His father would later be the inspiration for the song "Leader of the Band". Using a Mel Bay course book, Dan taught himself to play a Hawaiian slide guitar his grandfather gave to him; he also learned to play the piano. He started his music career at age 14 when he joined his... Biography of Gil Ofarim
Gil Doron Reichstadt Ofarim (born August 13, 1982 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actor, currently also known as the lead singer of the band Zoo Army. Gil's showbiz career took-off in May 1997 when he was spotted in a Munich underground station by a talent scout for Bravo magazine and was asked to do a pictorial story spread. The article generated thousands of letters from fans and he landed a recording contract with BMG. His first single "Round 'N' Round (It Goes)" was released in November 1997 and became a Top 40 smash in Germany. His album Here I Am was released in May 1998 and was very successful in several Asian countries, including Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore. He became the first musician to have three singles ("Never Giving Up Now," ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) During his career he enjoyed successes at both club and international level and also in his personal life, becoming one of the most prolific strikers of all time. In total he scored 422 goals for club and country, averaging 25 goals a season for each of his 17 seasons as a player. Shearer currently holds the Premier League goalscoring record with 260 goals. He announced his international retirement following England's exit from Euro 2000 but continued to play for Newcastle United until 2006, when he retired completely from football. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stella Belmondo
Stella Belmondo, born August 13, 2003 in Paris, is the daughter of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and his wife Natty.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Domenico Dolce
Dolce & Gabbana (ˈdolt͡ʃe ænd gaˈbana) is an Italian fashion house. Its designs are worn by the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Monica Bellucci, Christina Aguilera, Isabella Rossellini, and Kylie Minogue Lynne Johnson amongst others. The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana and is based in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was £597 million (EUR€ 750 million). History Dolce (pronounced Dolche) was born in 1958, near Palermo, Sicily, whilst Stefano Gabbana (b. 1962) comes from Milan. The pair first met in Milan in 1980, while working as assistants in an atelier. They started business together in 1982, and continued to do freelance designing for others. In 1985, they made their name together when the organisers of t... Biography of Ozge Ozberk
Özge Özberk (born August 13, 1976) is a Turkish actress who has acted in many films, television series and plays. Özge Özberk was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1976. She studied theater at Istanbul University and Mujdat Gezen Arts Centre. Her most recent roles are in the films 'Mavi Gözlü Dev' and in a historical drama series called 'Kırık Kanatlar'. Filmography Movies 2008 - A.R.O.G 2008 - 120 2007 - Mavi Gözlü Dev 2005 - Babam ve Oğlum 2004 - G.O.R.A. 2000 - Yıldız Tepe TV Series 2008 - Yol Arkadaşım 2008 - Sinekli Bakkal 2007 - Geniş Zamanlar 2005-2006 - Kırık Kanatlar 2004 - Çemberimde Gül Oya 2000 - Yıldız Tepe 1999 - Sır Dosyası 1997 - Bir Demet Tiyatro 1995 - Bizim Ev 199... Biography of Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit (born August 13, 1949 in Nemours) is a French high wire artist who gained fame for his illegal walk between the Twin Towers in New York City on August 7, 1974. He used a 450-pound cable to do so and also a custom-made 26-foot (7.9 m) long, 55-pound balancing pole. Tight-rope walker, unicyclist, magician and pantomime artist, Philippe Petit was also one of the earliest modern day street jugglers in Paris in 1968. He juggled and worked on a slack rope with regularity in Washington Square Park in New York City in the early 1970s. Petit is one of the Artists-in-Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Other famous structures he has used for tightrope walks include Notre Dame de Paris, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Louisiana Superdome, the Hennepin... Biography of Lorenzo Crespi
Vincenzo Leopizzi, best known as Lorenzo Crespi, is an Italian actor, born August 13, 1971 in Messina. Filmography Movies 1995 - I buchi neri, regia di Pappi Corsicato 1996 - Italiani, regia di Maurizio Ponzi 1996 - Ninfa plebea, regia di Lina Wertmüller 1996 - La sindrome di Stendhal, regia di Dario Argento 1997 - Porzus, regia di Sergio Martinelli 1997 - Marianna Ucria, regia di Roberto Faenza 2001 - Tra due mondi, regia di Fabio Conversi Television 1996 - Il ritorno di Sandokan, regia di Enzo G. Castellari 1997 - La principessa e il povero, regia di Lamberto Bava 1999 - Operazione Odissea, regia di Claudio Fragasso 2001 - Donne di mafia, regia di Giuseppe Ferrara 2002 - Carabinieri, regia di Raffaele Mertes 2005 - Gente di mare, regia di Vittori... Biography of Brittany Andrews
Brittany Andrews (born August 13, 1973 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American pornographic actress and exotic dancer. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. Andrews grew up in Milwaukee and has described herself as being "a total punk rocker... hot pink hair in a very tall Mohawk." She worked in a Milwaukee beauty supply company before starting her career as an exotic dancer. She began doing photo shoots for men's magazines and began her career in adult film, after meeting Jenna Jameson, in 1995, during a photo shoot for Hustler magazine, in Jamaica. She starred in her first film, Internal Affairs, in 1997, for which she was nominated for an AVN award. In December 2003, Brittany Andrews was appointed to the Women In Adult (WIA) Board of Directors as the Talent Liaison. In ... Biography of Luis Mariano
Mariano Eusebio González y García (August 13, 1914 - July 14, 1970) aka Luis Mariano was a Spanish Basque popular tenor who reached celebrity in 1946 with « La belle de Cadix » (« The Beautiful Lady of Cadix ») an operetta by Francis Lopez. Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on August 13, 1914. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War. His music is featured prominently in the 1996 Belgian film Le Huitième Jour in which he is played by Laszlo Harmati during hallucination scenes.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Felix Wankel
Felix Heinrich Wankel, Hon. DEng (August 13, 1902 – October 9, 1988) was a German mechanical engineer. He was the inventor of the Wankel engine. Wankel was born in Lahr, Germany, in the upper Rhine Valley. Since his mother was widowed in World War I, Wankel received no university education or even an apprenticeship. However he was able to teach himself technical subjects and conceived the idea of the Wankel engine in 1924. During World War II, he developed seals and rotary valves for German air force aircraft and navy torpedoes. After the war, he was imprisoned by the Allies for some months, his laboratory was closed, his work confiscated, and he was prohibited from doing more work. In 1951, he began development of the engine at NSU (NSU Motorenwerke AG), leading to the first running... Biography of James Morrison (singer)
James Morrison (born 13 August 1984) is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire in the UK. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart. He released his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me in 2008, which entered the top five in the UK as well as topping the Irish Album Chart. Songs for You, Truths for Me featured the top ten singles "You Make It Real" and his critically acclaimed collaboration with Nelly Furtado titled "Broken Strings". On May 10, 2009, he will perform in Las Vegas with Jason Mraz. Early life Morrison began playing guitar at age 12 when his uncl... Biography of Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli (August 13, 1866 - December 16, 1945) was an Italian entepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899. Early life Son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Italy, still the main home and burial place of the Agnelli family. Giovanni's father, mayor of Villar Perosa, died at age 40, when Giovanni was just five. Studied at the Collegio San Giuseppe in Turin; then embarked on a military career until 1893 when he returned to Villar Perosa, where he followed in his father's footsteps and became mayor in 1895 which he held until his death. Agnelli heard about the invention of the (then) new horseless carriage and immediately saw an opportunity for using his engineering and entrepreneurial skills. In 1898, he met Cou... Biography of Georges Carnus
Georges Carnus (born 13 August 1942) is a French former football goalkeeper. Biography He was selected in France for FIFA World Cup 1966 in England but remained Marcel Aubour's substitute.He later signed with AS Saint-Étienne, winning his first titles.His successes with les Verts and his talent as a goalkeeper allowed him to take Marcel Aubour's titular spot in France's goal after the FIFA World Cup 1966.In 1971, he surprisingly left AS Saint-Étienne, along with teammate Bernard Bosquier for Olympique Marseille.Their combination in l'OM's defense was full of success, and Marseille won French championship and Coupe de France in 1972. Titles French championship in 1968, 1969 and 1970 with AS Saint-Étienne, 1972 with Olympique Marseille Coupe de France 1968, and 1970 with AS S... Biography of Robert L. Moore
Robert L. Moore, Ph.D., born August 13, 1942, is an internationally recognized Jungian psychoanalyst and consultant in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is: the Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality in the Chicago Theological Seminary; a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago; and Director of Research for the Institute for the Science of Psychoanalysis. Author and editor of numerous books in psychology and spirituality, he lectures internationally on his formulation of a Neo-Jungian paradigm for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. His most recent book is Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity. He is currently working on Structural Psychoanalysis and Integrative Psychotherapy: A Neo-Jungian Paradi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shani Davis
Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American speed skater who competes in both short track and long track speed skating. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport (1,000 m) and the fifth black Winter Olympics medalist. He also won the silver in the 1,500 m. He won the allround World Allround Championships in both 2005 and 2006, after winning the silver medal in 2004, and won the World Single Distance Championships 1,500 m in both 2004 and 2008. Davis has set a total of eight world records, three of them current (as of March 9, 2009): 1:06.42 in the 1,000 m, 1:41.80 in the 1,500 m, and 145.742 in the allround samalog. On January 18, 2009 he won the World Sprint Championships in Moscow, which was ... Biography of Hana Jovcic
Hana Jovcic, born August 13, 1975 in Belgrade, is a Serbian actress, the daugther of actor Zvonko Jovcic and actress Sonja Jaukovic. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431321/ ) "Lisice" (2002) TV series .... Mima Susret (2001) Dorcol-Menhetn (2000) .... Sali "Desanka" (1999) TV series Bure baruta (1998) ... aka Baril de poudre (France) ... aka Barut fiçisi (Turkey: Turkish title) ... aka Cabaret Balkan (USA) ... aka Pyritidapothiki (Greece) ... aka The Powder Keg "Gore dole" .... Mladja kucna pomocnica (3 episodes, 1996-1997)... Biography of Heike Makatsch
Heike Makatsch (born August 13, 1971) is a German actress. Early life Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for four semesters, which was followed by an apprenticeship as a dressmaker until 1994. Career Her TV career started in 1993, when she was hired by music channel VIVA, hosting shows such as Interaktiv and Heikes Hausbesuche; two years later, on August 13, 1995, she became the host of the German chart show BRAVO TV, aired by RTL II, a position she kept until summer 1996. In 1997 she started hosting her own weekly, late night show title... Biography of Amy Shapiro
Amy Shapiro, born August 13, 1951 in Boston, is an American astrologer and writer.... Biography of Tatiana Pauhofova
Táňa (Tatiana) Pauhofová (* 13 August 1983, Bratislava) is a Slovak actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1294207/ ) 3 sezony v pekle (2009) (post-production) .... Hana ... aka 3 Seasons in Hell (International: English title) ... aka Drei Jahreszeiten in der Hölle (Germany) "Soukromé pasti" .... Emma Maixnerová (1 episode, 2008) ... aka Private Traps (International: English title) - Tri do páru (2008) TV episode .... Emma Maixnerová Muzika (2008) .... Maria BrainStorm (2008) (TV) .... Viki "Vlna" (2008) TV mini-series .... Veronika Tri zivoty (2007) (TV) .... Rudá princezna Polcas rozpadu (2007) .... Mia ... aka Half Breakdown (International: English title) Indián a sestricka (2006) .... Kajovka ... aka The Indian and the Nurse (USA: ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Claude Andruet (born August 13, 1942) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship. Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, 1974 Tour de Corse and 1977 San Remo Rally. The 1973 Monte Carlo was the first ever rally in the FIA World Rally Championship. His best placement in the overall drivers' championship was 13th in 1982. He also competed in the European Rally Championship he won in 1970 and finished second overall in 1981.... Biography of Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza became by marriage duchess of Orléans, of Valois, of Chartres, of Guise, of Enghien, of Vendome, of Penthievre, of Aumale, of Nemours and of Montpensier, dauphine of Auvergne, princess of Joinville, princess of Condé, etc., titular Countess of Paris. She was born on August 13, 1911 and died on July 5, 2003. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Grão Pará, heir of the Empire of Brazil (1875-1940) and of his wife (in contravention to House Laws of the Brazilian Imperial Family) the Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz (1875-1951). Therefore she was the eldest sister of the present head of the non-dynastic Petrópolis Branch of the imperial family of Brazil. She was christened as namesake of her g... Biography of Felix Adler
Felix Adler (August 13, 1851–April 24, 1933) was a Jewish rationalist intellectual, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. Chronology He was born in Alzey, Germany, the son of a rabbi, Samuel Adler. The family immigrated to the United States from Germany when Felix was six years of age on the occasion of his father's receiving an appointment as head rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Felix Adler graduated from Columbia University in 1870 and moved to Germany where he received a doctorate from Heidelberg University. Starting in 1874 he spent two years at Cornell University in the Department of History as Professor of Oriental Languages and Hebrew before his "dangerous attitude" caused him to leave. He returned to New Yor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Borotra
Jean Robert Borotra (13 August 1898–17 July 1994) was a French champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was born in Domaine du Pouy, near Biarritz, Aquitaine and married with an English woman. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won five Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and British championships, failing to win only in the American championships. His first appearance was in the French Davis Cup team of 1921. A member of François de la Rocque's Parti social français (PSF), he became 1st General Commissioner to Sports from August 1940 to April 1942 during Vichy France, leading the Révolution nationale's efforts in sports' policy. Arrested by the Gestapo (November... Biography of Herb Ritts
Herbert "Herb" Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, California, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history. Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor decided to sh... Biography of Divina Galica
Divina Mary Galica (b. 13 August 1944, in Bushey Heath, near Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English member of the Order of the British Empire, best known for her Olympics career and her motorsport racing career. Skiing career By age 20, she participated in her first Olympic games at Innsbruck in 1964, competing in downhill skiing and the slalom. She also participated in the next two winter Olympics, at Grenoble in 1968 and Sapporo in 1972. On both occasions Galica was captain of the British Women’s Olympic Ski Team, and finished in the top-ten in the Giant Slalom. Aside from Olympic competition, Divina Glaica achieved two World Cup podium finishes in the downhill event, taking third place at both the Badgastein and Chamonix rounds in 1968. Galica also briefly held the downhill skiing sp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kate Chase
Katherine Jane ("Kate") Chase (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899), was the daughter of famous Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase, the Treasury Secretary to President Abraham Lincoln and later Chief Justice of the United States. She is best known as a society hostess during the American Civil War, and a strong supporter of her widowed father's presidential ambitions that would have made her First Lady. Early life Kate was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Salmon Chase and his second wife Eliza Ann Smith. His first wife died two weeks after the birth of their first child. Eliza, in turn, died shortly after Kate's fifth birthday, leaving Chase to remarry a woman with whom Kate had a difficult stepmother/stepdaughter relationship. Deciding it would be best for all if Kate went away for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Phil Taylor
Philip Douglas "Phil" Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English darts player. Nicknamed The Power, he has won 52 major tournaments, which includes 14 world championships, more than any other player in the history of the sport. He has been ranked World Number One since June 2008 and has had eight different spells at Number One, a record fifty-six months overall. To date, he has won over 130 professional tournaments, over twice as many as anyone else in the history of the game. Early career Born to Margaret and Sefton Taylor in in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, he left school at the age of 16 and entered work at JF Sale and Co. in Burslem. His early working career consisted of him making ceramic toilet roll handles - earning no more than £52 a week at the time. Between jobs there were spell... Biography of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (August 13, 1907 – July 30, 1967), often referred to as Alfried Krupp, was a member of the 400-year Krupp dynasty of industrialists in Germany, and head of the Krupp company, which is now part of ThyssenKrupp, during World War II. He was an early member of the Nazi party, and later the main defendant in the Krupp Trial, convicted, and pardoned. Alfried Krupp also competed in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin in 8 Meter Class sailing and won a bronze medal. Krupp was a German industrialist and the head, at the time of his death in 1967 of a large Ruhr River Valley steel concern Fried. Krupp A.G., Essen that, despite its appearance under the then-prevailing German Company Law as a joint-stock company, was historically an undertaking owned an... Biography of Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (b. 13 August 1955) is an English writer and Academy Award nominated film director. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. Greengrass was born in Cheam, Surrey, and educated at Sevenoaks School and Queens' College, Cambridge University. He first worked as a director in the 1980s, for the ITV current affairs programme World in Action. At the same time he co-authored the notorious book Spycatcher with Peter Wright, former assistant director of MI5, which contained enough sensitive information that the British Government made an unsuccessful attempt to ban it. He then moved into drama, directing made-for-television films such as The One That Got Away, based on Chris Ryan's book about SAS actions in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Ho
Don Ho, born Donald Tai Loy Ho (Chinese: 何大來; Cantonese: Ho4 Daai6 Loi4), (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian and traditional pop musician and singer and entertainer. Life and career Ho, of mixed Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako, but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu. He was a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended Springfield College in 1950, but returned home to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i in 1953. In 1954 Ho entered the United States Air Force and spent time flying fighter jets in both Texas and Hawaii. Ho left the United States Air Force in 1959 due to his mo... Biography of Mary Reid
Mary Reid aka Mary Reid MacArthur (August 13, 1880-1921) was a Scottish suffragette and trades unionist. She was born in Glasgow and became politicised when she joined the shop assistant's union whilst working in her father draper's shop. In 1903 she became the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and in 1906 formed the National Federation of Women Workers and assisted in the creation of the National Anti-Sweating League. In 1909 Mary led the women chain makers of Cradley Heath to victory in their fight for a minimum wage and led a strike to force employers to implement the rise.... Biography of Ryoko Shinohara
Ryoko Shinohara (篠原 涼子 Shinohara Ryōko, born August 13, 1973 in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro. She is perhaps most famous among anime enthusiasts for providing the theme song to the Japanese version of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. The single produced by Tetsuya Komuro sold over 2 million copies. She released singles regularly until 1998, then concentrated on her acting career, which is successful today. By 2004 she was one of the most popular actresses in Japan. She married on December 8 2005 to actor Masachika Ichimura, 24 years her senior. She gav... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Aiken
Robert Aiken, born August 13, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American actor and screenwriter. Filmography (actor) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0014585/ ) And When She Was Bad (1973) ... aka The Stepdaughter (USA: alternative title) ... aka There Was a Little Girl (USA: alternative title) The Other Side of the Wind (1972) Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970) .... Tom ... aka Megavixens ... aka Three Ways to Love The Ramrodder (1969) (as Brave Eagle) .... Brave Eagle ... aka Ramrodder (USA) ... aka Ramrodders ... aka Savage Passion Vixen! (1968) .... Dave King ... aka Russ Meyer's Vixen Games (1967) .... Party Guest A Guide for the Married Man (1967) (uncredited) .... Ticket Clerk The Swinger (1966) (uncredited) .... Photographer Who Has Seen the Wind? ... Biography of Elin Klinga
Elin Klinga, born August 13, 1969 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actress, the daughter of actress Malin Ek and actor Hans Klinga, and the granddaughter of choreographer Birgit Cullberg and actor Anders Ek. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459724/ ) # Nu (2003) .... Lisa ... aka Now (Europe: English title) # Lyckantropen (2002) .... The Wife # Bildmakarna (2000) (TV) .... Tora Teje ... aka The Image Makers (International: English title) # Glasblåsarns barn (1998) .... The Empress ... aka The Glass-blower's Children # "Rapport till himlen" (1994) TV mini-series .... Lisa ... aka "Report to Heaven" # Tala! Det är så mörkt (1993) .... Girl at Consert ... aka Speak Up! It's So Dark ... aka Talk! It's So Dark # Bananen (1989) .... Barfly # Drömmen om Amerika (1976) .... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sabine Sesselmann
Sabine Sesselmann (or Sabina Selman | Sabina Sesselmann | Sabrina Sesselmann), born August 13, 1936 in Munich and died March 3, 1998 in Tutzing, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785923/ ) # "SOKO 5113" .... Frau Meersen (1 episode, 1996) - Ein interessanter Typ (1996) TV episode .... Frau Meersen # "Luftsprünge" .... Nancy Maine (1 episode, 1970) - Der Spezial-Ski (1970) TV episode .... Nancy Maine # Ein Sarg aus Hongkong (1964) .... Janet West ... aka Coffin from Hong Kong (USA) # Rote Lippen soll man küssen (1963) (as Sabina Sesselmann) .... Candy # Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern (1962) (as Sabina Sesselmann) .... Sybil Lansdown ... aka Edgar Wallace - Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern (West Germany: series title) ... aka Front à la... Biography of Buddy Rogers
Charles Edward “Buddy” Rogers (13 August 1904 – 21 April 1999) was an American actor and jazz musician. Early years Rogers was born to Maude and Bert Henry Rogers in Olathe, Kansas. He studied at the University of Kansas where he became an active member of Phi Kappa Psi. In the mid-1920s he began acting professionally in Hollywood films. A talented trombonist skilled on several other musical instruments, Rogers performed with his own jazz band in motion pictures and on radio. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a flight training instructor. Career Nicknamed "Buddy", his most remembered performance in film was opposite Clara Bow in the 1927 Academy Award winning Wings, the first film ever honored as "Best Picture." Respected by his peers for his work in film and... Biography of Gretchen Corbett
Gretchen Corbett (born August 13, 1947) is an American actress most noted for the role of Beth Davenport on the television series The Rockford Files from 1974 to 1978. Early Life in Oregon Corbett was born in 1947 in Camp Sherman, Oregon. She studied drama at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech just before its merger into Carnegie Mellon University in 1967. Her pursuit of a serious acting career first brought her to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. She moved to New York and enjoyed a successful career on stage, with many roles on and off Broadway. Some highlights include Broadway's After the Rain with Alec McCowen, Forty Carats with Julie Harris directed by Abe Burrows, Shakespeare's Henry VI at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Shaw's Arms and the Man at The Sheridan Square, ... Biography of Salvador Luria
Salvador Edward Luria (August 13, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an Italian-born American microbiologist and a Nobel laureate (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular biology. Luria was born Salvatore Luria in Turin, Italy to an influential Italian Jewish family. He attended the medical school at the University of Turin studying with Giuseppe Levi. There, he met two other future Nobel laureates: Rita Levi-Montalcini and Renato Dulbecco. He graduated from the University of Turin in 1935. From 1936 to 1937, Luria served his required time in the Italian army as a medical officer. He then took classes in radiology at the University of Rome. Here, he was introduced to Max Delbrück's theories on the gene as a mol... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Scheps
Nick Scheps, born August 13, 1929 in Leyden, is a Dutch musician, also music therapist and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miho Konishi
Miho Konishi (小西美帆 Konishi Miho; born 13 August 1977 Gifu Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465165/ ) # "Danryû" (2007) TV series (unknown episodes) # "Imo tako nankin" (2006) TV series .... Taiko Katahira (unknown episodes) # Kindaichi shônen no jikenbo - Kyuketsuki densetsu satsujin jiken (2005) (TV) .... Junko Nekoma # "3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei 6" (2001) TV series .... Hanako Watanabe (unknown episodes) # "San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei 5" (1999) TV series .... Hanako Watanabe (Home Economics) (unknown episodes)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Regis Toomey
John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 - October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer. Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a stock actor and eventually made it to Broadway. Toomey was a singer on stage until throat problems (acute laryngitis) while touring in Europe stopped that aspect of his career. In 1929, Toomey first began appearing in films. He initially started out as a leading man, but found more success as a character actor (sans his toupee). ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Rothblatt
Henry Rothblatt, born August 13, 1916 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, died September 1, 1985, was an American famous attorney.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruben Flam
Ruben Flam, born August 13, 1986 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor. Filmographie (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280947/ ) 2003 Ondskan ( - uncredited) Classmate (uncredited) 1997 Slutspel Brazilian boy... Biography of Rudolf Schmundt
Rudolf Schmundt (13 August 1896 – 1 October 1944) was an officer in the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) during World War II. Schmundt was born in Metz and served as a Lt in World War I. Schmundt was the Chief of the personnel department of the German Army. Major-General (Generalmajor) Schmundt was killed in the "Wolf's Lair" (Wolfsschanze) near Rastenburg, East Prussia (today Kętrzyn, Poland). He was one of the casualties of the July 20 plot to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler. Schmundt was posthumously awarded the German Order on 7 October 1944. One of the conspirators, Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb in a suitcase beside Hitler. But another officer moved it behind a heavy table leg and unwittingly saved Hitler's life. Schmundt was replaced as the Chief of the personn... Biography of Alex Fernandez
Alexander Fernandez (born August 13, 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a Cuban American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched for the Chicago White Sox (1990-96) and Florida Marlins (1997, 1999-2000). Fernandez retired in 2001, citing shoulder problems that were incurred in the 1997 postseason, where the Florida Marlins won their first World Series. In 1990, Fernandez won the Dick Howser Trophy for National College Baseball player of the year while pitching at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). He previously played at the University of Miami before transferring to MDCC to be eligible to enter the Baseball Major League Draft. In Little League Baseball, Alex played for the Hialeah Athletic Association (HAA) where he fine-tuned his pitching skills. Alex's fa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Lino
Pascal Lino (born August 13, 1966) is a French former road cyclist, who was born in Sartrouville, Yvelines. Lino turned professional in 1988, and is most famous for being the wearer of the yellow jersey of the 1992 Tour de France for 11 days. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Men's Points Race. Honours 1989 Winner of a stage of the Critérium International Winner of the Tour de la Communauté Européenne. 1992 5th in the 1992 Tour de France, wearing yellow jersey for 11 days 1993 Winner of the 14th stage (Montpellier-Perpignan) in the Tour de France 1994 14th in the Vuelta a España 11th in the Tour de France The best team (with Festina) 1997 3rd in the Critérium International 2nd place in the Circuit d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Backman
Anthony Backman, born Anthony Bernard Backman August 13, 1972 in St. Paul, Minnesota, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295801/ ) # A Girl, a Guy, a Space Helmet (2010) (post-production) .... Walter Kipling # "General Hospital" .... Bartender (1 episode, 2005) - Episode #1.10912 (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Bartender # Ding! (2004) .... Paul # Descent (2004) .... Brad # Hunger (2002) .... Ma # Kiss the Girls (1997) (uncredited) .... Competitive Swimmer ... aka "Collector" - Japan (English title) # Red Ribbon Blues (1996) (uncredited) .... Savemore Pharmacy patron # Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995) (uncredited) .... Shotgun Thug # Money Train (1995) (uncredited) .... Man on Platform # The American President (1995) (uncredited) .... Senat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (born August 13, 1976 in Guayaquil) is a professional tennis player from Ecuador who is currently ranked 73rd. He is Andrés Gómez's nephew. Beginnings Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six. He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, when he also captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (partnering with Gustavo Kuerten) and the US Open. Professional Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá. In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 that November. In 2002, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philip Bourke Marston
Philip Bourke Marston (13 August 1850 – 13 February 1887) was an English poet. He was born in London. His father, John Westland Marston (1819-1890), wrote verse dramas, and was a friend of Dickens, Macready and Charles Kean. Philip's godparents were Philip James Bailey and Dinah Mulock. At his father's house near Chalk Farm he met authors and actors of his father's generation, and subsequently the Rossettis, Swinburne, Arthur O'Shaughnessy and Henry Irving. In his fourth year, his sight began to decay, and he gradually became almost totally blind. His mother died in 1870. His fiance, Mary Nesbit, died in 1871; his closest friend, Oliver Madox Brown, in 1874; his sister Cicely, his amanuensis, in 1878; in 1879 his remaining sister, Eleanor, who was followed to the grave after a brief ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier (August 13, 1869 Lyon – January 19, 1948, Roquefort-la-Bédoule, France) was a noted architect and city planner. He was most active in his hometown of Lyon. Garnier is considered the forerunner of 20th century French architects. In 1901, after extensive study of sociological and architectural problems, he began to formulate an elaborate solution to the perceived issues concerning urban design. His basic idea included the separation of spaces by function through zoning into four categories including leisure/recreation, industry, work, and transport. Garnier published his major treatise Une cité industrielle in 1918. Garnier designed a city that was partially adopted in the French city of Lyons. Une Cite Industrielle was designed as a utopian form of living. The plan allowe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Willstatter
Richard Martin Willstätter (August 13, 1872 – August 3, 1942) was a German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Willstätter invented paper chromatography independently of Mikhail Tsvet. Willstätter was born in to a Jewish family in Karlsruhe. He went to school there and, when his family moved, he attended the Technical School in Nuremberg. At age 18 he entered the University of Munich to study science and stayed for the next fifteen years. He was in the Department of Chemistry, first as a student of Adolf von Baeyer -- he received his doctorate in 1894 - then as a faculty member. His doctoral thesis was on the structure of cocaine. Willstätter continued his research into other alkaloids and synt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Foucher
Jean-Pierre Foucher, born on August 13, 1943 in Clamart, is a French politician and scientist. He was the Mayor of Clamart (1987-2000), and a former Member of Parliament for the Hauts-de-Seine (1988-2002). He is a member of the Académie nationale de Pharmacie.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Camillo Olivetti
Camillo Olivetti (born August 13, 1868 in Ivrea - died December 1943 in Biella) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines.... Biography of Edouard Michelin (1963)
Édouard Michelin (August 13, 1963 – May 26, 2006), was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), a co-founder of the company. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand; after first studying at Ecole Massillon in Clermont-Ferrand, he entered the Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles. An engineering graduate of the École Centrale de Paris, he joined the Michelin Group, which was then headed by his father, François Michelin, in 1985. He initially worked at the lower levels of the company, including a stint on an assembly line. In 1987–1988 he completed his military service on French nuclear submarines. When he returned to the company in 1989 he was first appointed production manager at the Puy-en-Velay (France) plant,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès, born Anatole Gleizes, August, 13, 1856 in Metz, Moselle, and died October 6, 1941 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1916 : Le Droit à la vie d'Abel Gance * 1916 : L'Homme de compagnie de Jacques Feyder - (court métrage) * 1916 : Midinettes de René Hervil et Louis Mercanton * 1917 : Les Bleus de l'amour de Henri Desfontaines * 1917 : La Zone de la mort d'Abel Gance * 1917 : Mater Dolorosa d'Abel Gance * 1919 : Le Fils de la nuit de Georges Bourgeois * 1921 : Blanchette de René Hervil * 1923 : La Faute des autres de Jacques Olivier * 1926 : L'Homme à l'hispano de Julien Duvivier * 1926 : Paris, Cabourg, Le Caire...et l'amour de Gabriel de Gavronne * 1931 : L'Amour à l'américaine de Claud... Biography of Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13, 1971) is a German actor. Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner, and the great-grand-nephew of the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg. His first appearance on TV was in the late seventies on a children's television series called Neues aus Uhlenbusch, written by his mother Monica and Rainer Boldt. Next roles in Boldt's Ich hatte einen Traum and beside his mother Monica in miniseries Mit meinen heißen Tränen. After he left school when he was 16, he lived in Paris and New York City where he attended acting school. In 1992 he began his acting career at the age of 21 at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He also had numerous small parts in television productions. His first son, David, was born ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Makarios III
Makarios III, born Mihail Christodoulou Mouskos on August 13, 1913, Panayia, Cyprus – August 3, 1977) was the archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950 - 1977) and first and fourth President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960 - 1974) and (1974 - 1977). Early life, studies, and Church career (1913-1950) Mouskos was born in Panayia village in the Paphos District. His father was a farmer; his mother died soon after his birth. In 1926, aged 13, he was admitted to Kykkos Monastery as a novice. At age 20 he was sent to the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia, where he completed his secondary education in 1936. He spent the difficult years of World War II studying theology and law at the University of Athens graduating in 1942. He took up the duties of a priest in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Michelin
Bernard Michelin, born August 13, 1915 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and died in 2003, was a French musician and cellist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Sorel
Albert Sorel (13 August 1842 - 29 June 1906), was a French historian. He was born at Honfleur and remained throughout his life a lover of his native Normandy. His father, a rich manufacturer, wanted him to take over the business but his literary vocation prevailed. He went to live in Paris, where he studied law and, after a prolonged stay in Germany, entered the Foreign Office (1866). He had strongly-developed literary and artistic tastes, was an enthusiastic musician (even composing a little), and wrote both poetry and novels (La Grande Falaise, 1785-1793, Le Docteur Egra in 1873. Despite these fantastic characteristics, Sorel was not a great socialite. Academic Life Anxious to understand present as well as past events, he was above all a student. In 1870 he was chosen as secretary b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alex Goude
Alex Goude (13 August 1975, Neuilly-sur-Seine (source : Marc BRUN - FDAF http://www.fdaf.org/)) is a French journalist, television host, author and actor. Career He was a former footballer. He started as a journalist in video games including le Journal de Mickey, for which he is still working. At 24, he took acting classes. He co-wrote and directed Théatrouille Comedia theater in Paris in 2005. He played Les homos préfèrent les blondes for a year at the Temple Theater in Paris. He began a career as animator on Disney Channel, then worked on M6, Canal + and France 2. In 2006, he presented the weather on Canal + and since 2008, he does it on M6 with Cali Morales and Laurence Roustandjee. He is known for his sense of humor during the weather an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 in New York – March 6, 1958) was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew had the screen credit "additional dialogue by Sam Taylor." However, no extant prints of the film contain this credit, and there is no substantial documentary evidence that it ever existed. Selected filmography * The Mohican's Daughter (1922) * Safety Last! (1923) * Why Worry? (1923) * Girl Shy (1924) * The Freshman (1925) * Exit Smiling (1927) * My Best Girl (1927) * Tempest (1928) * L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Sinoël
Jean Sinoël, born Jean Léonis Blès (Sinoël is an anagram), August 13, 1868 in Sainte-Terre (Gironde), and died August 30, 1949 in Paris, was a French actor and singer. Discography * 1909 : o Ça fume à la bastoche o Si qu'on saurait o Moi j'fait du crochet o On ne peut pas tout avoir o Y a des apaches dans la maison, o Horrible * année 1913–1914 : o Le genre tata o Comme ça me plait o Il y a quelque chose qui mijote o Après 40 ans de république o Ça y est c'est la révolution o Je suis un petit cochon o Quand une femme à dormi là o Comme je les aime o La passion des coups Filmography * 1931 : La Petite ... Biography of Kasia Smutniak
Kasia Smutniak, born August 13, 1979 in Pila, is a Polish actress and former model. Her daughter Sophie, with boyfriend Pietro Taricone, was born in Rome on 4 September 2004. She is the girlfriend of actor Raz Degan. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810738/ ) # La passione (2010) (post-production) # Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio (2010) .... Giulia ... aka "Clash of civilization over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio" - International (English title) # From Paris with Love (2010) .... Caroline # Barbarossa (2009) .... Eleonora # Tutta colpa di Giuda (2009) .... Irena # Goal! III (2009) .... Sophia Rossi # "Il commissario De Luca" .... Laura Utimperger (1 episode, 2008) - Indagine non autorizzata (2008) TV episode .... Laura Utimperger # C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Manning
Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English stand-up comedian. He was born and brought up in Manchester in North West England. Manning courted controversy because his act often contained material involving ethnic stereotypes and minority groups. This type of material was commonplace among British stand-up comedians in the 1970s, but was largely excluded from television from the 1980s onward. Manning continued to perform in theatres and pubs until his death. Critics of his humour described much of it as racist, although Manning himself denied this. Born in the Ancoats district of Manchester, Manning was of Jewish descent. Manning's house in Alkrington, Greater Manchester was called Shalom, the Hebrew word for "peace". National Service Manning left school a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elvis Grbac
Elvis M. Grbac (pronounced /ˈɡɜrbæk/; born August 13, 1970) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL. During his career he was a starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens. In college he was a two-time passing efficiency champion and the quarterback for Heisman Trophy-winner Desmond Howard. College career Elvis Grbac played college football at the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1992. He led the Wolverines to two Rose Bowls in 1991 and 1992 and is best remembered for throwing to wide receiver Desmond Howard during the latter's Heisman-winning campaign in 1991. Grbac finished his career at Michigan as the school's all-time leader in passing attempts (835), completions (522), passing yards (6... Biography of John Slattery
John Slattery (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his Emmy nominated role as Roger Sterling on AMC's series Mad Men. Early life and career Slattery attended high school at St. Sebastian's School in Needham, Massachusetts. He later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Catholic University of America in 1984. He is also known for roles such as union organizer Al Kahn on Homefront; Senator Walter Mondale in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon; guest appearances as Sam Truman, Will's brother, on Will & Grace; guest appearances as Michael Cassidy, Amy's estranged husband, on Judging Amy; guest appearances as urine fetish politician Bill Kelley on Sex and the City; principal Dennis Martino on Ed; and college president Peter Benedict on Jack and Bob... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Rabaté
Pascal Rabaté, born August 13, 1961 in Tours, is a French author and comics creator. Biography on site http://lambiek.net/artists/r/rabate_p.htm: Pascal Rabaté is one of the main representatives of French contemporary comics, best known for his Tolstoi adaptation 'Ibicus'. Born in Tours, he didn't start his professional career in comics and illustration before he was 28 years old. After 'Chrétiens Dans le Diocèse de Saint-Étienne' (Fleurus, 1989), he published three books with Futuropolis, 'Exode' (1989), 'Les Amants de Lucie' (1989) and 'Vacances, Vacances' (1990). In 1991, he created 'À Table' at Week-End Doux and 'Signé Raoul' at Éditions Rackham. In the following year Rabaté began his trilogy 'Les Pieds Dedans' at Vents d'Ouest. At the same time, Rabaté contributed the story '... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Birman
Matt Birman, born on August 13, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec, is a stuntman and actor, the son of actor Len Birman. Filmographie (Stunts) (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083641/) 2012 The Stupidest Angel (stunt coordinator) (pre-production) 2011 'A Fish Story' (stunt coordinator) (post-production) 2011 Three Inches (TV movie) (stunt coordinator) 2011 Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (stunt coordinator) 2009-2011 Warehouse 13 (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 26 episodes) – The New Guy (2011) (stunt coordinator - uncredited) – Secret Santa (2010) (stunt coordinator) – Reset (2010) (stunt coordinator) – Buried (2010) (stunt coordinator) – Where and When (2010) (stunt coordinator - uncredited) See all 26 episodes » 2011 Rookie Blue (TV series) (stunt performer - 1 episode... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bo Keister
Bo Keister, born on August 13, 1974 in Dublin, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445180/) 2012 Reunion 108 (filming) Roger Jackson 2012 The Deed (short) Tyler Blackwood 2012 Local Talent (TV series) Bartender – Pilot … Bartender 2011 Immortal Island Cid 2011 Where I Begin Tyler 2010 Sheltered Bar Patron #1 2010 Blue Ridge Kyle 2003 Vampires Anonymous Strickler 2000 Le plus beau des combats Kip Tyler (as Walter Benjamin Keister) 2000 Cybertr@que Reporter (uncredited) 1998 Black Dog FBI Agent (uncredited) 1998 Le combat de Ruby Bridges (TV movie) Policeman (uncredited) Hide HideProducer (5 titles) 2012 The Deed (short) (producer) 2012 Quite a Conundrum (executive producer) 2011 Immo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alona Bondarenko
Alyona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Альона Володимирівна Бондаренко, born August 13, 1984) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria (b. 1982-06-20) in doubles. Height 168cm (5ft 6in) Weight 59kg (130lb) Her career high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on April 14, 2007. She won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals. Tennis career In 2005, she made her grand slam debut at the Australian Open, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Moustiers
Pierre Rossi, best known as Pierre Moustiers, born on August 13, 1924 in La Seyne-sur-Mer, is a French writer and novelist. Works As Pierre Moustiers Le Journal d’un geôlier. Mauvaise graine ou graine de violence, Paris, Éditions Denoël, 1957, 207 p. La Mort du pantin, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. « Blanche », 1962 (réimpr. Folio # 1975), 232 p. (ISBN 9782070246588) L'Irak des révoltes, Paris, Le Seuil, 1962, 325 p. Le Pharisien, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1962, 210 p. (ISBN 9782070246595) La Paroi, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. « Blanche », 1969 (réimpr. Folio,1972), 188 p. (ISBN 978-2070361588). Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française 1969 L'Hiver d'un gentilhomme, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1974 (réimpr. Folio,1975), 276 p. (ISBN 978-2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec) is a Canadian race car driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series. Patrick currently drives the #10 Valvoline Dodge Charger for Gillett Evernham Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Open-Wheel Career In 2005 Patrick drove for the Red Bull-sponsored team run by Eddie Cheever in the Indy Racing League. Prior to this he spent nearly a decade in the rival ChampCar series with Bettenhausen as a rookie, but subsequently in the team owned by Gerry Forsythe. In his early years he was prone to missing races through injuries, some of which originated off-track. His first Champ Car victory came in 2001 at Michigan and he then took third in the championship in 2002. Pat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Hyson
Matthew "Matt" Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his performances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Spike Dudley and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brother Runt. In ECW, he was a two-time Tag Team Champion. In WWE, he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion, a one-time Tag Team Champion with Tazz, a one-time European Champion and a seven-time Hardcore Champion. Personal life Hyson was a former third grade teacher from Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling business. In mid-2006, Hyson trained professional wrestlers at Toprope Promotions in Fall River, Massachusetts. until 2010.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks (born 13 August 1945) is a Welsh author, former teacher and drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug Enforcement Administration. At the height of his drug career, he was said to have controlled 10% of the world's hashish trade. He currently lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is also a fluent Welsh speaker. Early life Marks was born in Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend, Wales, and attended the Garw Grammar School in Pontycymer, followed by Balliol College, Oxford between 1964 and 1967 to study Natural Science, with a Physics (B.A., Oxon). Among his friend... Biography of Maria Rohm
Maria Rohm (born 13 August 1945, Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian actress. She is famous for appearing in many exploitation films directed by Jesús Franco in the late 60s. She has been married to film producer Harry Alan Towers since 1964. She has been retired from acting since 1976, and is now a film producer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737538/ ) 1976 La fine dell'innocenza Susan 1975 El asesino no está solo Teresa 1974 Dix petits nègres Elsa Martino 1972 L'appel de la forêt Mercedes 1972 L'île au trésor Mrs. Hawkins 1971 Black Beauty Lady Anne 1970 Le dépravé - Dorian Gray Alice Campbell 1970 Les nuits de Dracula Mina Murray 1970 Les inassouvies Madame Saint Ange 1970 Le trône de feu Mary Gray 1970 Le laby... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ron (singer)
Ron, byname of Rosalino Cellamare (born August 13, 1953) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Dorno, province of Pavia, he debuted under his true name at the 1970 edition of the Sanremo Festival, together with Nada. In the following years he distinguished as songwriter for Lucio Dalla and others. After a period as actor, he returned collaborating with Dalla and De Gregori in their Banana Republic tour of 1979, and issuing the LPs Una città per cantare (1980) and Anima (1982). These were followed by Joe Temerario (1984) and Il mondo avrà una grande anima (1988). In 1996 he won the San Remo festival with "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni", sung in duo with Tosca. External link, his site: http://www.ron.it/... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI (Salamanca, August 13, 1311 – March 26/27, 1350 in Gibraltar) was the king of Castile, León and Galicia the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. He is variously known among Castilian kings as the Avenger or the Implacable, and as "He of Salado River." The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable Marinid invasion of Iberian Peninsula in 1340. Alfonso XI never went to the insane lengths of his son Peter of Castile, but he could be bloody in his methods. He killed for reasons of state without form of trial. He openly neglected his wife, Maria of Portugal, and had an ostentatious passion for Elean... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Shearing
Sir George Shearing, OBE (born August 13, 1919) is an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group which recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he has had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He became known for a piano technique known as Shearing's voicing, a type of double melody block chord, with an additional fifth part that doubles the melody an octave lower. George Shearing credits the Glenn Miller Orchestra's reed section of the late thirties and early forties as an important influence. Shearing's interest in classical music resulted in some performances with concert orchestras in the 1950s and 1960s, and his solos frequently draw upon the music of Debussy and, parti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Clarke (ice hockey)
Robert Earle Clarke, OC (born August 13, 1949), better known as Bobby Clarke or, in later life, Bob Clarke, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers and is currently an executive with the team. During his 15 season playing career, he led the Flyers to two Stanley Cups and was awarded the Hart Trophy as league MVP three times. A 1987 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Clarke was rated number 24 on The Hockey News' list of The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time in 1998. A talented playmaker, he had three 100-point seasons, twice led the league in assists, and played in eight NHL All-Star Games. He was also a great defensive player, a great checker, and one of the best in the face-off circle.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治 Kondō Kōji?, born August 13, 1960) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series. Biography Early life Koji Kondo was born in Nagoya (source: Imdb), Japan, on August 13, 1960. He began taking lessons in the electronic organ from the age of five. He improved his skills in the instrument in a cover band that played jazz and rock music. Kondo studied at the Art Planning Department of Osaka University of Arts, but was never classically-trained or particularly dedicated to music. However, he gained some experience in composing and arranging pieces, using both the piano and a computer to assist h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Corey Patterson
Donald Corey Patterson (August 13, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He is the older brother of outfielder Eric Patterson. Amateur career Patterson attended Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, and helped Harrison win the Georgia state championship as a senior in 1998. That year, he had a batting average of .528 with 81 runs scored, 22 home runs, 61 RBI and 38 stolen bases in 38 games. Patterson was named to the Baseball America and USA Today first-team All-America teams, and was selected by USA Baseball as its Amateur Player of the Year and as the Baseball Coaches Association's co-national high school Player of the Year. Patterson was also named a Baseball America second-team selection after his juni... Biography of Maria Carolina of Austria
Maria Carolina of Austria (German: Maria Karolina von Österreich; Italian: Maria Carolina d'Austria; 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV & III. As de facto ruler of her husband's kingdoms, Maria Carolina oversaw the promulgation of many reforms, including the revocation of the ban on Freemasonry, the enlargement of the navy under her favourite, John Acton, 6th Baronet, and the expulsion of Spanish influence. She was a proponent of enlightened absolutism until the advent of the French Revolution, when, in order to prevent its ideas gaining currency, she made Naples a police state. Born an Austrian archduchess, the thirteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, she married Ferdinand as part of an Austrian all... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Ravelli
Thomas Ravelli (born 13 August 1959 in Vimmerby) is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His 21-year professional career was almost exclusively associated with Öster and Göteborg, for whom he amassed Allsvenskan totals of 430 games. Ravelli also ranked as the Swedish national team's all-time leader in caps, at 143 (also one of best in the world), representing the nation at two World Cups and one European Championship. Club career At the club level, Ravelli played for Östers IF and IFK Göteborg, winning three national championships in ten seasons with the former, before signing for the latter in 1989 at the age of 29. With Göteborg, he won a further six leagues and his only Swedish Cup. In 1998, already 39, Ravelli left for the Tampa Bay Mutiny of the Major ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kathleen Gati
Kathleen Gati (born 13 August 1957) is a Canadian TV and movie actress. His official site is http://kathleengati.workbooklive.com/Wbl.mvc/Page/Profile. She is the daughter of Hungarian immigrants in Canada, a symphony conductor and an opera singer. She has been an actress since the early 80s to present day. She has appeared in many productions, including All My Children, The Practice, NYPD Blue, ER, Meet the Fockers, Desperate Housewives, and Las Vegas. She also played Russian First Lady Anya Suvarov on 24 (season 6). She also starred in the 2008 film, The House Bunny. Alternates names : Cathy Gati | Kathi Gati | Katleen Gati | Kathleen Gáti | Kati Gáti. Awards and nominations Won the Best Actress Award at the Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival in 2011 for Visszatérés-Retr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjamin Mwaruwari (born 13 August 1978), known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently playing for Watford F.C. Having started his career with Jomo Cosmos he moved to Europe in 2001 joining Swiss side Grasshopper Zurich before moving to Auxerre a year later. He signed with Premier League club Portsmouth in 2006, and went on to play in England's top flight for Manchester City, Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers before returning to Portsmouth in 2011. Benjani played a total 44 times for the Zimbabwe national football team and was their captain for many of those matches. He retired from international football in October 2010 in order to concentrate on his club career. Club career Early career Benjani began his career at Lulu Rovers, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Michael Hill
The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven were the collective names of two groups of people whose convictions in English courts in 1975 and 1976 for the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 were eventually quashed after long campaigns for justice. The Guildford Four were convicted of bombings carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and the Maguire Seven were convicted of handling explosives found during the investigation into the bombings. Both groups' convictions were eventually declared "unsafe and unsatisfactory" and reversed in 1989 and 1991 respectively after they had served years in prison. Guildford Four The Guildford Four were charged with direct involvement with the IRA attacks. They were: Defendant Age at time of trial Convicted of Paul Michael Hil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pippa Bartolotti
Pippa Bartolotti (13 August 1953, Cornwall, United Kingdom) is the current leader of Wales Green Party since January 2012. Previously she was Wales Green Party’s deputy leader in 2010, and was the Green Party's parliamentary candidate for Newport West in the 2010 general election. Career By 1991, Bartolotti states that she had managed two companies before making the shift into electronics to become CEO of Encrypta Electronics. Directorships of other companies followed. In 1997 she accepted a position with the Welsh Development Agency working to grow indigenous businesses; from there she moved to the Welsh Assembly working on business consultancy. Bartolotti has said that, disillusioned with the slow pace and chronic wastage in civil service, she took early retirement to travel and to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey CBE (Hindi: मधुर जाफ़री madhur jāfrī; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian actress and food writer who introduced the Western world to the many cuisines of India. Biography Personal life She was born Madhur Bahadur in Delhi, British India, and was educated at Miranda House (of the University of Delhi). After college, she worked for All India Radio. She then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from which she graduated with honors in 1957. She then met and married Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey and moved to New York City. She and Saeed divorced in 1965. They have three daughters, Meera, Zia and Sakina Jaffrey. In 1969, she married Sanford Allen, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic Orche... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and fans. His nine career professional major championships tie him (with Gary Player) for fourth all-time, trailing only Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (14) and Walter Hagen (11). Furthermore, he is one of only five golfers to have won all four major championships currently open to professionals (the Masters Tournament, the British Open, the U.S. Open, and th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Deborah Falconer
Deborah Falconer (born August 13, 1965) is an American actress and musician. Her first album was "Untangle". She released her second album, Brave Like Me, on July 22, 2003, through Ravish Records Recording Studio. She was also A Formal Elite Model. She was formerly married to actor Robert Downey, Jr. They have a son, Indio Falconer Downey, born September 7, 1993. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265999/) 1993 Short Cuts - Les Américains Barbara 1993 Mr. Bluesman Chloe 1991 Brotherhood of the Gun (TV movie) Allison McBride 1991 Pyrates Rivkah 1991 Les Doors John Densmore's Girlfriend (as Debbie Falconer) 1988 The Wrong Guys Wendy Soundtracks 2003 This Girl's Life (writer: "Come To California" / "Come To California") 2000 Amours mor... Biography of Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1983) is a Romanian-born American actor. He played Jefferson the Mad Hatter on the television drama Once Upon a Time, Prince Jack Benjamin on Kings and Carter Baizen on Gossip Girl, and appeared in the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Black Swan. Early life Stan was born in the Romanian city of Constanţa. At age 8, he and his mother moved to Vienna, where she was employed as a pianist. Four years later (age 12), his mother moved with him to Rockland County, New York after she married the headmaster of an American private school. During his years at the Rockland Country Day School, he starred in productions such as Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors, Over Here, and West Side Story. He also attended the Stagedoor Manor s... |
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