|
||||||||
|
Celebrities born in January
Celebrities born in February
Celebrities born in March
Celebrities born in April
Celebrities born in May
Celebrities born in June
|
Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 14, 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 · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
139 celebrities or events were found for August, 14. Add to favourites (85 fans)Biography of Emmanuelle Béart
Béart was born in Gassin, Var (not far from St. Tropez), on the French Riviera. She is the daughter of the French singer and poet Guy Béart, and actress Geneviève Galéa. In a recent trip to Croatia, she revealed that one of her grandmothers was Croatian. She obtained an acting role in the 1976 film Demain les mômes. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television then went to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year to attend drama school in Paris. A short time later she was cast in her first adult role in a film, and in 1986 she achieved fame with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the film Manon des Sources. For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for "Best Supporting Actress." She also won a "Best Actress" award at the M... Add to favourites (161 fans)Biography of Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an award-winning American actress. Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards, and was awarded the Academy Award in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball. She is the only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. Early life and career Berry's parents selected her first name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. She is the daughter of Englishwoman Judith Ann Hawkins, a Liverpudlian, and Jerome Jesse Berry, who was African American. Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins (an American), was born in Ohio. Ber... Add to favourites (116 fans)Biography of Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (Ukrainian: Милена Маркoвна Кунис) (born August 14, 1983), is a Ukrainian-American actress. She is best known for playing Jacqueline "Jackie" Burkhart on That '70s Show, and also reprises Lacey Chabert's role as Meg Griffin on the popular animated series Family Guy. The source for her birth time is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/milakunis.html. Early life Kunis was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), to a Jewish family, with whom she moved to Los Angeles, California, when she was seven. Kunis learned English by watching The Price Is Right; host Bob Barker spoke slowly enough for her to understand. In Los Angeles, wher... Biography of Charles Naudin
Charles Naudin was a French botanist born August 14, 1815 in Autin.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of David Hallyday
David Hallyday (born David Michael Benjamin Smet on August 14, 1966) is a French singer/songwriter and European GT-series racer. He is son of the French singer Sylvie Vartan and most famously the son of the legendary Johnny Hallyday. He was married to French model Estelle Lefébure and had two children, Emma and llona, with her. They are separated.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman (born August 14, 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress and dancer. Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m) Brightman debuted as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. She achieved greater fame as a musical theatre performer and partner of theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom she originated several roles including Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Her 1984 marriage to Lloyd Webber attracted active tabloid coverage. The couple divorced in 1990, effectively ending her musical theatre career. After her divorce, Brightman established a position as a crossover artist with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson. Her style, a blend of classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation and arrangement, earn... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Steve Martin
Steve Martin est un acteur et scénariste américain né le 14 août 1945 à Waco, Texas (États-Unis). Étudiant en philosophie et se destinant à enseigner cette discipline, il change brusquement d'orientation pour écrire des textes comiques, puis jouer lui-même des rôles dans ce registre, sans jamais se départir d'un style qui lui est propre, un peu décalé. Il débute dans le cinéma à l'âge de 33 ans dans le film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band en 1978 avec les Bee Gees (il retira longtemps ce titre de sa filmographie officielle à cause de l'échec du film). Son premier grand rôle est, en 1982, celui d'un détective privé ringard dans Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard de Carl Reiner, dont il a écrit le scénario : il s'agit d'un pastiche de vieux films noirs où sont intercalés d... Biography of Magic Johnson
Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic, is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. Before joining the NBA, the 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) point guard enjoyed success in NCAA college basketball, winning the title in 1979 with Michigan State University. With the Lakers, Johnson established a successful career as he won five NBA championships, played in nine NBA Finals series, and was elected three times for both NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and NBA Most Valuable Player. Johnson also played in 12 All-Star games and was voted into 10 All-NBA First and Second Teams, and led the league in regular season assists four times. Johnson is acknowledged as one of the most popular NBA basketball ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Romane Bohringer
Romane Bohringer (born August 14, 1973 in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, France) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and costume designer. She is the daughter of Richard Bohringer and sister of Lou Bohringer. Her parents named her after Roman Polanski. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Savage Nights.... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Catherine Bell
Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968 in London, England) is a British-born Iranian-American actress best known as being David James Elliott's co-star as fiancee and best friend Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the hit television show JAG from 1995 to 2005. Bell is the daughter of a Scottish father and Iranian mother. Her parents divorced, and then she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California, when she was three years old. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States at the age of 12. She acted in various television advertisements as a child. A self-described "geek", Bell thrived in math and biology classes in school, and in junior high school once programmed a computer video game. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an interest in becomi... Biography of Sinem Kobal
Sinem Kombal is a Turkish actress born August 14, 1987. She is 1m63 (5' 4¼") tall. Filmography Dünyayi kurtaran adam'in oglu (2006) .... Bianca ... aka Turks in Space (International: English title) "Selena" (2006) (mini) TV Series .... Selena "Nefes nefese" (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Asligül Okul (2004) .... Sebnem "Lise defteri" (2003) TV Series .... Inci "Hürrem Sultan" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Ayse "Dadi" (2001) TV Series .... Dilara... Biography of Tomer Sisley
Tomer Gazit Sisley, best known as Tomer Sisley, born August 14, 1974 in Berlin, is a French humorist and actor. Filmography 1996 : série télévisée Studio Sud, dans le rôle de Nico 1998 : série télévisée L'immortelle, saison 1 épisode 13, dans le rôle de Felix 2003 : Dédales de René Manzor, Malik 2003 : Bedwin Hacker, de Nadia El Fani, Kalt 2005 : Virgil de Mabrouk el Mechri, Dino Taliori 2006 : Toi et moi de Julie Lopes-Curval, Farid 2007 : Truands de Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Larbi 2008 : Largo Winch de Jérôme Salle, Largo Winch... Biography of Danielle Steel
Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born on August 14, 1947 in New York City, New York), is best known as Danielle Steel, and is one of the best selling authors in the United States. Best known for her mainstream drama novels, Steel has sold more than 530 million copies of her books (as of 2005). Her novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks and 22 have been adapted for television. Danielle Steel's estimated net worth as of 1997 was $600-$800 million dollars which has now doubled. Early Years Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in San Francisco, California. Her parents were John Schulein Steel, a descendant of the founders of Lowenbrau beer and Norma da Câmara Stone Reis, the daughter of a Portu... Biography of Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, playwright, photographer, and producer. He was born in Düsseldorf. Career and awards Wenders began his career in film as part of the New German Cinema in the late 1960s, making his feature directorial debut with Summer in the City in 1970. Awards that he has received include the Golden Lion for The State of Things at the Venice Film Festival in 1982, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his movie Paris, Texas, and Best Direction for Wings of Desire at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Wenders was awarded honorary doctorates at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 2005. He was awarded the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festi... Biography of David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for being a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). Crosby is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work in the Byrds and CSN. Early years David Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents were Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead and Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award winning cinematographer. He attended Crane Country Day School in Montecito, California, for elementary school and Jr. High. At Crane he starred in the HMS Pinafore and other musicals. He received his high school education at the Cate School, Carpinteria, California. In 1960 , when Crosby was 19, his parents divorced. Originally, he was a drama student, but he ... Biography of René Goscinny
René Goscinny (August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the early issues of the comic book series Lucky Luke with Morris. Early life Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family of Polish-Ukranian Jewish descent; his parents were Stanisław "Simkha" Gościnny (the surname means hospitable in Polish), a chemical engineer from Warsaw, Poland, and to Anna Bereśniak Gościnna from Chodorków, a small village in the 2nd Republic of Poland, now Ukraine. Claude, René's older brother was born 6 years earlier; on December 10, 1920. Stanisław and Anna had met in Paris and married in 1919. The Gościnnys moved to Buenos... Biography of Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James (born on August 14, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, primarily in sitcoms, movies and television. 5' 7½" (1.71 m) St. James became a household word at age 22, starting as an editorial assistant, Peggy Maxwell, on The Name of the Game, then as Rock Hudson's younger supportive wife, Sally McMillan in the popular 1970s crime drama, McMillan and Wife, and as Jane Curtin's childhood friend, Kate McArdle, in the 1980s sitcom, Kate & Allie. Career Born Susan Jane Miller, she was raised in Rockford, Illinois where she began modeling as a teenager. At the age of 20 she moved to California where she began her acting career. She landed a role in The Name of the Game (TV series), winning an Emmy Award for her role in 1969. From 1971 until 1976 she pl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Larson
Gary Larson (b. August 14, 1950) is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel comic strip which appeared in many newspapers for fourteen years until Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. Gary Larson was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. His parents were Vern, a car salesman, and Doris, a secretary. He attended Curtis High School before attending Washington State University and graduated in 1972 with a degree in communications. In 1987, Larson married Toni Carmichael, an archaeologist. Larson credits his older brother Dan for his "paranoid" sense of humor. Dan would pull countless pranks on Gary, taking advantage of his phobia of monsters under the bed by, for example, waiting in the closet for the right moment to pounce out at Gary. Dan is also credited with giving Gary his ... Biography of Rex Chandler
American pornographic actor (porn star) who appeared in gay adult films.... Biography of Christopher Gorham
Christopher Gorham (born August 14, 1974, in Fresno, California is an American actor. He attended Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Gorham has appeared in a number of science fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in Odyssey 5 to a lead role in Jake 2.0. He also had roles on Party of Five and Felicity. Gorham has also been in a few films, including the 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven, co-starring Anne Hathaway. He also has done voice-overs for some computer and video games. Gorham played Harrison John in the WB series Popular, Dr. Miles McCabe in the NBC drama Medical Investigation, and played the lead role in the short lived CBS series Out of Practice. He was also the lead of ABC Family's origina... Biography of Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling (born 14 August 1984) is a professional tennis player from Sweden. Currently, he is the only Swede on top 100 in the ATP Rankings. On May 31, 2009 he became the first and only player to defeat Rafael Nadal at the French Open. Early career Robin Söderling made his first steps in international tennis in November 1998 in Luxembourg, when at the age of 14 he played his first official junior tournament, losing the opening match to Fred Hemmes Jr. In his first full year in the junior tour (2000), he achieved four tournament victories and in 2001 attained three more titles in the juniors including the Orange Bowl. In the same year Söderling achieved fourth place in the year-end ranking and played in his very first ATP tournament in Stockholm, winning his first match against Ra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Meilhon
Tony Meilhon, born on August 14, 1979 in Nantes, is a French suspect for the affair of the disappearance of Laetitia Perrais in Pornic. Source: http://kcrg.biz/2011/01/pornic-sarkozy-sells-its-majority-and-a-new-law-waives/... Biography of Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Harden, one of five children, was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Beverly (née Bushfield), a housewife, and Thaddeus Harold Harden, a Texas native who was an officer in the Navy. One of her siblings is also named Thaddeus. Harden's family frequently moved because of her father's job, living in Japan, Germany, Greece, California and Maryland. She graduated from Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Maryland in 1976, the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in theatre, and the graduate theatre program at New York University with a Master of Fine Arts. Career Harden debuted on Broadway in Tony Kushner's Angels in America in 1993. For her film work, she won a Best Suppo... Biography of Raoul Bova
Raoul Bova (born 14 August 1971 Rome, Italy) is an Italian actor. His father is an employee of Alitalia Airline and his mother is a housewife, both from the Calabria region. He has two sisters, Daniela and Tiziana. At the age of 16 he became a champion with the S.S. Lazio swim team of Rome, swimming the 100 meter backstroke. At the age of 21 he joined the Italian Army and performed his military duty in the Bersaglieri (sharpshooters) corps. He enrolled in the ISEF, the Italian Institute of Physical Education, but dropped out to pursue a career in acting. He studied at the school Beatrice Bracco in Rome and also studied acting with Michael Margotta. He was married in March 2000 to Chiara Giordano. They have two children, Alessandro Leon and Francesco. Filmography Scusa ma ti chiamo amo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis
Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, born Augsut 14, 1951 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French politician, member of PCI (communist) and later PS (Parti Socialiste).... Biography of Séverine Beltrame
Séverine Brémond (born Séverine Beltrame August 14, 1979 in Montpellier, France) is a professional female tennis player from France. On July 10, 2006, Brémond achieved a career-high singles ranking: World No. 65, following her success at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career—as a qualifier. On her run to the quarterfinal, Brémond defeated No. 10 Patty Schnyder in the second round for her first top 10 win, Gisela Dulko in the third round, and Ai Sugiyama in the fourth, losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne, the eventual finalist, 6–4 6–4. Brémond reached the 2nd round in the 2006 U.S. Open, where she lost to Maria Kirilenko 6–2 6–3. She also reached the quarterfinals in the Wismilak International Open defeat... Biography of Tim Tebow
Timothy Richard Tebow (play /ˈtiːboʊ/; born August 14, 1987) is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Florida, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and appearing on BCS National Championship-winning teams in 2007 and 2009. After graduating, he was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Tebow is known as a dual threat quarterback, adept at both rushing and passing the football. With his unorthodox NFL quarterback skills, frequent demonstrations of his religious devotion, and his team's success, Tebow has attracted unprecedented praise, criticism, and attention from the sporting media and beyond. Commenting ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ferruccio Tagliavini (Reggio Emilia, 14 August 1913 - Reggio Emilia, 29 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the exceptional beauty of his voice, but he did not sustain his great early promise across the full span of his career. Tagliavini studied in Parma with Branducci and in Florence with Amedeo Bassi, a well-known dramatic tenor of the pre-World War One era. It was also in Florence that he made his professional debut in 1938 as Rodolfo in La bohème. He swiftly gained recognition as one of the leading tenore di grazia of his time in operas such as Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale, La Sonnambula, Lucia ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Boniface
André Boniface (born August 14, 1934 in Montfort-en-Chalosse) is a former international rugby union player for France. His usual position was either on the wing or in the centres. His Test career for France, 1954 through to 1966, included 48 caps and 44 points. Boniface was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jay-Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born 14 August 1973 in Enugu) is a former Nigerian footballer. A midfielder, he was known for being one of the best dribblers and most skillful players in the world at his prime. Career Early years Okocha first began playing football on the street just like many other football stars, usually with a makeshift ball. In an interview with BBC Sport he said "as far as I can remember, we used to play with anything, with any round thing we could find, and whenever we managed to get hold of a ball, that was a bonus! I mean it was amazing!" In 1990 he joined his hometown club, Nigerian powerhouse Enugu Rangers. In his time at the club he produced many spectacular displays including one where he rounded off and scored a goal, against experienced Nigerian ... Biography of Roger Carel
Roger Blancharel, (born August 14, 1927 in Paris, France) better known by his stage name, Roger Carel, is a French actor, comedian and voice talent, best known for his recurring film roles as Asterix and Z-6PO, or the French voice of Star Wars' C3PO and the French voice of Winnie the Pooh. He also used to voice Wally Gator in French. Selected filmography Asterix 1976 : Les Douze travaux d'Astérix, (voice), directed by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo 1985 : Astérix et la surprise de César, (voice), directed by Gaëtan and Paul Brizzi 1986 : Astérix chez les Bretons, (voice), directed by Pino Van Lamsweerde 2006 : Astérix et les Vikings, (voice), directed by Stefan Fjeldmark... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Spencer Pratt
Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983 inLos Angeles, California) is an American television personality known for his role as the antagonistic husband of Heidi Montag on MTV's The Hills. He is the older brother of Stephanie Pratt, who also appears on The Hills. Career Reality television Pratt first appeared on television in 2005 in the short-lived reality series The Princes of Malibu. Pratt also executive produced the series and acted as a "manager-slash-publicist-slash-agent-slash-stylist" to series star Brody Jenner. Pratt's friendship with Jenner led to his role on the MTV reality series The Hills, in 2006. Pratt's relationship with fellow cast member Heidi Montag was detailed on the series, along with the tension it caused between Montag and series star Lauren Conrad. In... Biography of Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich on 14 August 1926 (source: Imdb)) is an Italian film director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with Seven Beauties. Lina Wertmüller was born in Rome to a devoutly Roman Catholic family of Swiss descent. She was rebellious as a child and was expelled from more than a dozen Catholic schools. Although her father wanted her to become a lawyer she instead enrolled in theatre school. There she became friends with a student who would later marry Marcello Mastroianni, a friendship that would later lead to her first work in film. After graduating from school her first job was touring Europe in a puppet show. For the ne... Biography of Cecilia Gasdia
Cecilia Gasdia (born August 14 1960, Verona) is an Italian soprano. Career Gasdia was born at Verona, Veneto, northern Italy. In 1980 at the age of 20, she won the first prize in the “New Voices for Opera” Competition dedicated to Maria Callas. She subsequently made her debut in Florence in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", but real fame was hers when, at last minute, she was called to La Scala in Milan to replace Montserrat Caballé in the title role of Donizetti’s "Anna Bolena": the sensational success of the evening brought her to the attention of orchestra conductors and directors all over the world. In the 80’s she at the Teatro Comunale in Florence made her debut in different roles: "Violetta" in a new production of "La traviata" under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli and condu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Mamula
Michael Daniel Mamula (born August 14, 1973 in Lackawanna, New York) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. The Eagles traded their first round draft pick (12th overall), and two second round selections to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for their first round draft pick (7th overall) and a third round selection. All picks involved in this trade were in the 1995 NFL Draft. Tampa Bay ultimately used its pick on Warren Sapp. He improved his draft stock tremendously thanks to his showing at the NFL Combine. At that time, combine drills were known and did not change, and therefore could be practiced repeatedly for optimal performance. Mamula tied the number of 225 lb bench-press... Biography of Andrea Peron
Andrea Peron (born August 14, 1971 in Varese) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade. He is best remembered for leading the sombre peloton across the finish line in the neutralised Stage 16 of the 1995 Tour de France, the day after the death of his team- and room-mate Fabio Casartelli in a fall. He is a strong time trialist, with good results in the Italian championships, as well as a 5th place at the 1996 World Time-Trial Championships. Since 2002, he has been riding as an experienced domestique on Team CSC. Drug use allegations Before the 2004 Tour de France, rumours surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for using doping following a polic... Biography of James Horner
James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, USA) is an American composer, orchestrator and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements. Horner's career spans over three decades and he has composed several of Hollywood's most famous film scores. His acclaimed work on the score to the 1997 film Titanic remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. In addition, Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with acclaimed directors such as James Cameron and Ron Howard. Other scores he worked on include those of Braveheart, Apollo 13, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Glory, The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Arnaud
Maurice Denuc, best known as André Arnaud, born August 14, 1918 (or 1916) in Fumel, died in 1994, was a French famous radio host, reporter and journalist. He was kwown also as Patrice Clément.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robyn Smith Astaire
Robyn Smith, born Melody Dawn Miller August 14, 1944 in San Francisco, California, is an American musician and composer, and the wife of Fred Astaire. She is the sister-in-law of Adele Astaire, and the stepmother of Fred Astaire Jr. and Ava Astaire-McKenzie. Trivia: She was a female jockey, and won her first career race at Ferndale on August 2, 1969. Soundtrack: 1. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) ("Cheek To Cheek") ... aka "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" - USA (poster title) ... aka "A.I. - Inteligência Artificial" - Brazil, Portugal ... aka "A.I. artificiell intelligens" - Finland (Swedish title), Sweden ... aka "A.I. inteligencia artificial" - Argentina, Colombia ... aka "Искусстве... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Feeney
Joe Feeney (August 14, 1931 - April 16, 2008) was an American tenor singer who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show television program. Born to an Irish-American family in Grand Island, Nebraska; Feeney first started singing as a boy soprano in his hometown's church choir and after high school, he landed a guest appearance on the show Youth Opportunity Hour. His mother Mary supported him in all of his activities. While he attended to his studies at the University of Nebraska, where he was also football quarterback, he entered several singing contests, which included a spot on the Arlene Francis program, Talent Patrol. In 1956 while he was working at radio station WOW in Omaha, the station manager sent recordings of Feeney's voice to the Welk offices in Santa Monica, California where ... Biography of Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie (born August 14, 1978 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian actress who is best known for her portrayal of Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She has played the character since the series began in 1988 and, along with fellow original cast member Ray Meagher, holds the Guinness Record for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series. In addition to 20 years on Home and Away, Ritchie has appeared in commercials, a mini-series and an Australian film. In 1986 she was cast as Molly, the child lead in the Nine Network-PBL mini-series, Cyclone Tracy, starring Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann. In 2006 Ritchie played Nicole in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride. She has also been involved with the Campbelltown Music... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terin Humphrey
Terin Marie Humphrey (born August 14, 1986) is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, Carly Patterson, Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool. Terin competed on bars and beam in the team finals, and contributed solid scores of 9.587 and 9.487 respectively. She also competed in the event finals on the uneven bars and won a surprise silver medal for her country. This was the best bars result by an American woman in the Olympics since Amy Chow took silver in the 1996 Olympics. Terin placed third at the 2004 US Gymnastics Championships in Nashville, TN, impro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robyn Smith
Melody Dawn Miller, best known as Robyn Astaire, born August 14, 1944 in San Fransisco, was the wife of Fred Astaire (June 27, 1980 - June 22, 1987). She became a jockey in 1969 winning the Paumonok Handicap at Aqueduct in 1973 riding North Sea. Melody's mother was declared mentally unstable and Melody was placed in a foster home. She was adopted and renamed Caroline Smith.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Bindrim
Paul Bindrim, born August 14, 1920 in New York, is an American psychotherapist and psychologist. He used nude therapy. The Gwen Davis affair Gwen Davis (born May 11, 1936) is an American novelist and poet. Though she has written a number of bestselling novels, her most famous is Touching, published in 1971. Davis based the story on her real life experience with a masters-level psychologist (grandfathered in before a Ph.D was required) who encouraged naked analysis. The controversial novel compelled the therapist, Paul Bindrim, to file suit against Davis and her publisher, Doubleday. Davis lost the suit, and was held accountable by her publisher for legal expenses.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sibilla Aleramo
Sibilla Aleramo (14 August 1876 - 13 January 1960) was an Italian author and feminist best known for her autobiographical depictions of life as a woman in late 19th century Italy. Life and career Born Rina Faccio in Alessandria, Piedmont, she was forced to drop out of school at 16 and marry the man who raped her. Her first book described her decision to leave her husband and son and move to Rome, which she did in 1901. She became active in political and artistic circles. During this time she writes extensively on feminism and homosexual understanding. In 1908, she met Cordula "Lina" Poletti at a women's congress, and their one-year lesbian relationship formed the basis for the novel Il passaggio. Poletti was described as being beautiful and rebellious, and was prone to wear men'... Biography of Kofi Kingston
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (born on August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the Raw brand, where he is a former Intercontinental Champion. Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Billed weight 225 lb (102 kg) Ring name(s) Kofi Jamaica Kofi Nahaje Kingston Kofi Kingston Career Early career Born to Ghanaian parent , his family moved to the United States in 1981. Coming from a member of a family of intellectuals from near Kumasi in Ghana, Sarkodie-Mensah was expected to become a teacher like his grandfather. Sarkodie-Mensah has no connection to Jamaica, but has long been billed from Jamaica. According to Leslie Goffe of the BBC, " would be more like... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Russell Baker
Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his autobiography, Growing Up. Early years Baker was the eldest of three children born to Benny and Lucy Elizabeth Baker in Morrisonville, Virginia. After his father died when he was just a young child, his family moved to Belleville, New Jersey, and later to urban Baltimore where he graduated from the Baltimore City College high school in 1943 and received his B.A. from the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in 1947. He went on to become an essayist, journalist, and biographer, as well as the host of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1992 to 2004.Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Russell Baker, w... Biography of Catherine Picard
Catherine Picard (August 14, 1952 - ) is a French politician from the French Socialist Party. She used to be a member of the French National Assembly. Career Responsible for public education, Picard was elected on June 1, 1997 to the French Socialist Party. With centrist senator Nicolas About, Picard drafted the About-Picard law, on June 12, 2001. Picard has close ties to politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Picard is president of the Union Nationale des Associations de Défense des Familles et de l'Individu victimes de Sectes (UNADFI), and appeared in this role as a commentator in the 2004 France 3 documentary on Landmark Education: Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus. Picard is the regional adviser of Haute-Normandie. Published works Sectes, democratie et mondialisation., PUF,... Biography of Cecilia Roth
Cecilia Roth (born Cecilia Rotemberg on August 8, 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress. Her father, an Ukrainian Jew, worked as an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, Chilean singer Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series. After working in Argentina in several films she moved to Spain, where she started a frequent collaboration with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Roth went on to appear in six of his movies to date, either as lead, supporting actor or cameo. She lived with Argentine musician Fito Páez for some years, with whom she adopted a child. She is also the sister of another Argentine musician, Ariel Rot, member of the former Los Rodríguez band. Cecilia Roth is currently one of the most popular Spanish... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Prêtre
Georges Prêtre (born 14 August 1924) is a French conductor. He was born in Waziers (Nord), and studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting under André Cluytens among others at the Paris Conservatoire. After graduating, he conducted in a number of small French opera houses sometimes under the pseudonym Georges Dherain before making his Paris debut at the Opéra-Comique in Richard Strauss' Capriccio. His debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden came in 1961, with first appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, and La Scala, Milan, later in the 1960s. He worked with Maria Callas on a number of occasions, and made recordings of Carmen and Tosca with her. For a time he was music director of the Paris Opera. Aside from opera, Prêtre is best known for performances o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lee Adams
Lee Adams (born August 14, 1924) is a Tony Award-winning American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse. Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Adams received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University and a Master's from Columbia University. Adams won Tony Awards in 1961 for Bye Bye Birdie and in 1970 for Applause. In addition, he wrote the lyrics for All American, Golden Boy, It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, Bring Back Birdie, and A Broadway Musical, and the book and lyrics for Ain't Broadway Grand. Additionally, Strouse and Adams co-wrote "Those Were the Days", the opening theme to the TV situation comedy All in the Family. Adams was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Fidrych
Mark Steven "The Bird" Fidrych (pronounced /ˈfɪdrɨtʃ/; August 14, 1954 – April 13, 2009) was a Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers from 1976-1980. In 1976, Fidrych led the major leagues with a 2.34 ERA, won the AL Rookie of the Year award, and finished with a 19-9 record. 1976 Rookie of the Year The son of an assistant school principal, Fidrych played baseball at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Massachusetts, and at Worcester Academy, a day and boarding school in central Massachusetts. In the 1974 amateur draft, he was not selected until the 10th round, when the Detroit Tigers picked him. In the minor leagues one of his coaches with the Lakeland Tigers dubbed the lanky 6'3" right-handed pitcher "The Bird" because of his resemblan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Gubicza
Mark Steven Gubicza born August 14, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for 14 seasons for the Kansas City Royals (1984–96) and Anaheim Angels (1997). He currently coaches at Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills, CA. Career highights He helped the Royals win the 1984 American League Western Division and the 1985 World Series. He was elected to American League All-Star Teams in 1988 and 1989. He finished 3rd in voting for the 1988 American League Cy Young Award for having a 20–8 win–loss record in 35 games (all as a starter), 8 complete games, 4 shutouts, 269+2⁄3 innings pitched, 237 hits allowed, 94 runs allowed (81 earned), 11 home runs allowed, 83 walks, 183 strikeouts, and a 2.70 ERA. He led the American League in gam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Fargas
Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American composer and actor made famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies. Fargas, one of eleven children, was born in New York City to a Trinidadian mother, Mildred (née Bailey), and a Puerto Rican father, Manuel Fargas. His father worked for the city of NY After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early '70s, such as his role as Link Brown in the movie Foxy Brown, he gained recognition as streetwise informant "Huggy Bear" in the mid-'70s television series Starsky and Hutch. As a nod to his early roles, he had a part in the blaxploitation spoof, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, as well as another Wayans brothers "hood" parody, Don't Be a Menace. Some notable appearances on British television shows include participatin... Biography of Adam Timmerman
Adam Larry Timmerman (born August 14, 1971 in Cherokee, Iowa) is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Rams between 1995 and 2006. He played college football at South Dakota State. An All-Pro selection in 2001, Timmerman went to four Super Bowls in his career, winning Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers and Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams. Early years Timmerman attended Washington High School in Cherokee, Iowa, and starred in football, basketball, and track. In football, he won All-Conference honors, and was an All-State Honorable Mention honoree. In track, he finished eighth in the state track meet on the 110 high hurdles as a senior. Adam Timmerman graduated from Washington High School in Cherokee, Iowa, ... Biography of Candace Carey
Candace Carey, born August 14, 1978 in Miami, Florida, is an American actress. Her nickname is CC. Her other name is Camay Luchie. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1107186/ ) 0. Something in the Night (en développement) 1. The Evil One (2005) (V) .... Tina Moore 2. The Bahama Hustle (2004) (V) .... Darla 3. Drumline (2002) .... Diedre 4. Winner Takes All (1998) (TV) .... Model on Yacht 5. Band of the Hand (1986) (uncredited) .... Little Girl Jumping Rope... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Vlasto
Dominique Vlasto (born 14 August 1946 in Marseille) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, and a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Career Management assistant in a small clothing company (1965-1967) Worked at SOFRES (French opinion poll organisation) (1975-1979) Member of the France Congrès office (since 1995) Chairwoman of the Marseilles Tourist Office and administrator at the Marseilles International Fair limited company Member of Marseil... Biography of Willy Ronis
Willy Ronis (born August 14, 1910 and died September 12, 2009) is a French photographer, the best-known of whose work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence. Early life Ronis was born in Paris; his father was a Jewish refugee from Odessa who opened a photography studio in Montmartre, and his mother was a refugee from Lithuania who gave piano lessons. The boy's early interest was music and he hoped to become a composer. Returning from compulsory military service in 1932, his violin studies were put on hold because his father's cancer required Ronis to take over the family portrait business; Ronis' passion for music has been observed in his photographs. His father died in 1936, whereupon the business collapsed and Ronis went freelance, his first photographs being published in Regards... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pope Pius VII
Pope Pius VII, OSB (August 14, 1742—August 20, 1823), born Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was Pope from March 14, 1800 to August 20, 1823. Early life Chiaramonti was born at Cesena, the son of count Scipione Chiaramonti; his mother, Giovanna Chiaramonti, was the daughter of the marquese Ghini and was related to the Braschi family. He joined the Benedictine order in 1756 at the Abbey of S.Maria del Monte of Cesena and changed his first name to Gregorio. He then became a teacher at Benedictine colleges in Parma and Rome. His career became a series of promotions following the election of a family friend, Giovanni Angelo Braschi, as Pope Pius VI (1775–99). In 1776 Pius VI appointed the 34-year old Barnaba, who had been teaching at the monastery of S. Anselmo in Rome, honora... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Fajardo (born 14 August 1924) is a Spanish film actor. He appeared in over 160 films between 1947 and 2002. He was born in Pontevedra, Spain. Selected filmography Oasis of the Zombies (1981) Nightmare City (1980) The Mercenary (1968) Master Stroke (1967) Django (1966) Reckless (1951)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Gaston Darboux
Jean-Gaston Darboux (August 14, 1842, Nîmes – February 23, 1917, Paris) was a French mathematician. Life Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see linear PDEs for example). He was a biographer of Henri Poincaré and he edited the Selected Works of Joseph Fourier. Darboux received his Ph.D. from the École Normale Supérieure in 1866. His thesis, written under the direction of Michel Chasles, was titled Sur les surfaces orthogonales. In 1884, Darboux was elected to the Académie des Sciences. In 1900, he was appointed the Academy's permanent secretary of its Mathematics section. Among his students were Émile Borel, Élie Cartan, Gheorghe Tzitzeica and Stanisław Zaremba. In 1902, he was elected to the Royal Society; in 1916, he rece... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dash Crofts
Seals and Crofts are Jim Seals (born James Seals, October 17, 1941, Sidney, Texas) and Dash Crofts (born Darrell Crofts, August 14, 1938, Cisco, Texas). The soft rock duo was one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. They are best-known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl." Seals' younger brother, Dan Seals was also well known as one half of the successful soft rock band in the same time period, England Dan and John Ford Coley, as well as a very successful country artist in the mid-1980s. Career Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined a band called Dean Beard and the Crew Cuts where he played guitar; later on Crofts joined the band. With Beard, they moved to Los Angeles to... Biography of Ben Bass
Benjamin Langer "Ben" Bass (born August 14, 1968) is a television and stage actor. Bass was born in Baltimore, Maryland. At age 7, he moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He speaks French fluently. He started in television on the show 21 Jump Street and his stage career in Angry Housewives. He was nominated for a Vancouver Jesse Award for best supporting actor in Angry Housewives. After originating the stage role of the young Elvis Presley in Are You Lonesome Tonight at The Charlottetown Festival, PEI, he studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Returning to Canada he appeared in television guest roles before becoming a regular cast member of the series Forever Knight as the 1... Biography of Courtney Conrad
Courtney Conrad, born August 14, 1957 in Miami, is an American astrologer. She is also a musician and sometimes actress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy OM (pronounced /ˈɡɔːlzwɜrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Life John Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill in Surrey, England into an established wealthy family, the son of John and Blanche Bailey (née Bartleet) Galsworthy. His large Kingston upon Thames estate is now the site of three schools: Marymount International, Rokeby Preparatory School and Holy Cross. He attended Harrow and New College, Oxford, training as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1890. However, he was not keen to begin practising law and instead travelled abroad to look aft... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Agostino Cacciavillan
Agostino Cacciavillan (born August 14, 1926) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Pro-Nuncio to Kenya, India, Nepal, and the United States between 1976 and 1998, and then served as President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 1998 to 2002. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001, and is the current Cardinal Protodeacon. Early life and priesthood Agostino Cacciavillan was born in Novale di Valdagno. He studied at the seminary of Vicenza, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 26, 1949. He then served as a curate for three years before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained a licentiate in social sciences, and at Sapienza University, earning a doctorate in jurisprudence. At... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Clergue
Lucien Clergue (born August 14, 1934) is a French photographer. Biography Lucien Clergue was born in Arles. From the age of 7, he learned to play the violin. Several years later, his teacher revealed to him that he had nothing more to teach him. From a family of shopkeepers, he could not pursue further studies in a conservatory. In 1949, he learned the rudiments of photography. Four years later, at a corrida in Arles, he showed his photographs to Pablo Picasso who, though subdued, demanded to see others. Within a year and a half, young Clergue worked with the goal of sending photos to Picasso. During this period, he worked on a series of photographs of traveling entertainers, acrobats and harlequins, the « Saltimbanques ». He also worked on a series whose subject was carrion. On 4 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Eyen
Tom Eyen (August 14, 1940 - May 26, 1991) was a Tony Award and Grammy Award winning American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director. Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acquainted with him in 1981 when he partnered with composer Henry Krieger and director Michael Bennett to write the book and lyrics for Dreamgirls, the hit Broadway musical about an African American female singing trio. Eyen's career started, however, with avant garde plays and musicals that he wrote and directed off-off Broadway in the early 1960s, which eventually led to off-Broadway success in the 1970s with the controversial nudity-filled performance-art play The Dirtiest Show in Town and Women Behind Bars, a camp parody of wom... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Haldas
Georges Haldas, born August 14, 1917 in Geneva, is a French writer, poet and translator of Swiss and Greek descent. Awards * Prix Schiller 1971 et 1977 * Grand Prix de la ville de Genève 1971 * Prix Taormina 1970 * Prix Edouard Rod 2004 pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre Publications Poetry * Cantique de l'Aube, Éditions de la Baconnière, 1942. * La Voie d'Amour, La Baconnière, 1948. * Chants de la Nuit, Rencontre, 1952. * Le Couteau dans la Plaie, La Baconnière, 1956. * La Peine capitale, Éditions Rencontre, 1957. * Le Pain quotidien, Rencontre, 1959. * Corps mutilé, Rencontre, 1962. * Sans Feu ni Lieu, Éditions de l'Aire, 1968. * Poèmes de la grande Usure, L'Aire, 1974. * Funéraires, Éditions l'Âge d'Homme, 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alice Ghostley
Alice Ghostley (August 14, 1926 – September 21, 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She was best known for her roles as Bernice Clifton on Designing Women (Emmy Nomination, Best Supporting Actress; 1992), as Esmeralda on Bewitched, and as Cousin Alice on Mayberry R.F.D. Television A veteran of early television, Ghostley appeared as one of the ugly step-sisters in the landmark 1957 musical television production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Cinderella, which starred Julie Andrews in the title role. Ghostley's character, ironically named Joy, was paired with Kaye Ballard as the other stepsister, Portia. Ghostley portrayed several well-known recurring characters on situation comedies, beginning with Esmeralda, a shy witch who served as a maid and babysitter to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ottavio Riccadonna
Ottavio Riccadonna, born August 14, 1938 in Turin, is an Italian businessman and vintner.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frederic Raphael
Frederic Michael Raphael (born August 14, 1931 in Chicago) is an American-born, British-educated screenwriter, and also a prolific novelist and journalist. He is the son of Cedric Michael Raphael, an employee of the Shell Oil Co., and Irene Rose Mauser. With his parents, he emigrated to Putney, England in 1938. He was educated at Copthorne Preparatory School, Charterhouse School (Lockites), and St John's College, Cambridge, he won an Oscar for the screenplay for the 1965 movie Darling, and two years later an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Two for the Road. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1967 film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd directed by John Schlesinger. His articles and book reviews appear in a number of newspapers and magazines, including t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shawn Batten
Susan Shawn Batten (born August 14, 1975) is an U.S. actress most notably recognized from her role as the second Sara Cummings (1998-1999) in NBC's soap opera Sunset Beach and Natalia Carlisle on Spyder Games (2001). Besides a one episode appearance on the short-lived series Just Legal in 2006, Batten has yet to return to acting since Games ended. Batten grew up in Ramsey, New Jersey. She is currently married to Steve Lukather. They have a daughter whose name is Lily Rose, born in 2008. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061362/ ) # "Just Legal" .... Sophie (1 episode, 2006) - The Code (2006) TV episode .... Sophie # "Spyder Games" .... Natalia Carlisle / ... (40 episodes, 2001) - Episode #1.64 (2001) TV episode .... Natalia Carlisle - Episode #1.58 (20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicola Giuliani
Nicola "Ballo" Balestri Michele Giuliani, born August 14, 1980 in Bologne, is an Italian musician, member of boys band Lunapop. Members of Lunapop: Cesare Cremonini, Nicola "Ballo" Balestri Michele Giuliani, Gabriele Gallassi and Alessandro "Lillo" De Simone.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dalia Hernández
Dalia Hernández Armenta (born 14 August 1985) is a Mexican actress who made her acting debut in the 2006 epic film Apocalypto, which chronicles the declining years of the Maya civilization. Hernández was born in Veracruz, Mexico, and is a student at the University of Veracruz. She has been studying dance for five years. Filmography Apocalypto (2006) .... Seven ... aka Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (USA: promotional title)... Biography of Thierry Renard
Thierry Renard, born August 14, 1963 in Lyon, is a French poet and writer. Bibliography Neptune Mambo, suivi de Depuis toujours, illustrations de Sonia Viel et de Annie Maurer, Éditions Bérénice. 2006. Va, respire d'autres lumières : la deuxième vie de Rogelia Cruz, Le Bruit des autres, 2008. Citoyen Robespierre, Éditions Bérénice, 2004. L'Éclosion du coquelicot, Le Dé bleu, 2002. Il neige sur ta face, Le Bruit des autres, 2001. Écrivains/Sans-papiers, Éditions Bérénice, 2000. Poèmes à suivre, Le Printemps des poètes/Folio junior poésie, 2000. La Route, traces, gravures & écrits, Éditions Stéphane Bachès, 2000. L'Espérance récompensée, illustrations de Philippe Bouvier et Yannis Renard, Éditions Bérénice, 2000. Anthologie parlementaire, Le Printemps des poè... Biography of Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif (August 14, 1922 - April 18, 1990) was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists. He frequently collaborated with notable composers Maurice Jarre and Vangelis. Life Rossif was born in Cetinje, Montenegro, former Yugoslavia. His family was killed during the Second World War. He studied in Rome in late 1930s and early 1940s before joining the French Foreign Legion's 13th Demi-Brigade in 1944. After the war, in 1945 Rossif established himself in Paris and worked at Club Saint-Germain. During those years he got acquainted with Jean-Paul Sartre, Boris Vian, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway and Malcolm Lowry among oth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Méric
André Méric (August 14, 1913, Toulouse, France) was a French politician, member of the PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Brickowski
Francis Anthony (Frank) Brickowski (born August 14, 1959 in Bayville, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association. College and overseas career Brickowski played college basketball for four years as a power forward/center for Pennsylvania State University. He won the John Lawther Award in 1980 as Penn State's MVP. Brickowski was then selected with the 11th pick of the third round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. The Knicks considered him not quite ready for the NBA, so he began his professional basketball career in Italy. After a year in Italy, he played for another year in France, and the Knicks relinquished their draft rights after the 1982-83 NBA season. Brickowski then played another season oversea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed O'Bannon
Edward Charles O'Bannon, Jr. (born August 14, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American basketball player, who was a star power forward for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, where he was known as "Ed-O", but had a less-than-illustrious career as a professional basketball player. He is the older brother of former Detroit Pistons guard Charles O'Bannon (with whom he shares the same first and middle names, in reverse order), who also played college basketball at UCLA. High school and college Ed O'Bannon was a McDonald's High School All-American coming from Artesia High School and originally planned to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). However, when that school's men's basketball program was placed on probation due to recruiting improprieties, O'Banno... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Myard
Jacques Myard (born August 14, 1947) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Yvelines department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 14, 1840 – December 22, 1902) was an Austro-German sexologist and psychiatrist. He wrote Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a famous series of cases studies of sexual perversity. The book remains well-known for his coinage of the term masochism using the name of a contemporary writer, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose partially autobiographical novel Venus in Furs tells of the protagonist's desire to be whipped and enslaved by a beautiful woman. Baron von Krafft-Ebing was born in Mannheim, Baden, Germany, educated in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), and studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg. After Krafft-Ebing graduated in medicine and finished his specialisation in psychiatry, he worked in several asylums, but he soo... Biography of Rusty Wallace
Russell William Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a current television broadcaster on ESPN, car owner in the Nationwaide Series, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is also a co-host of NASCAR Angels. Wallace had his first live broadcast of the Indy 500 on May 28, 2006. Wallace had also appeared in the 1990 film Days of Thunder. His birthplace is Fenton, Missouri. Early racing career In the late '70s, prior to joining the NASCAR circuit, Wallace made a name for himself racing around the Midwest winning a pair of local track championships. Rusty won more than 200 short track races. In 1979 he won United States Auto Club's (USAC) Stock Car Rookie of the Year honors, finishing third in the points behind A.J. Foyt and Bay Darnell. He finished second in USAC Stock Car i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barthélémy-Catherine Joubert
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (14 April 1769 – 15 August 1799) was a French general. He joined the royal French army in 1784 and rose rapidly in rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte recognized his talents and gave him increased responsibilities. Joubert was killed while commanding the French army at the Battle of Novi in 1799. Early life and career The son of an advocate, Joubert was born at Pont-de-Vaux (Ain), and ran away from school in 1784 to enlist in the artillery. He was brought back and sent to study law at Lyon and Dijon. In 1791, during the French Revolutionary Wars, he joined the French Revolutionary Army regiment of the Ain, and was elected by his comrades successively corporal and sergeant. In January 1792 he became Sous-lieutenant, and in Novembe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolai
Aimar-Charles-Marie Nicolaï (14 August 1747, Paris – 7 July 1794, Paris) was a French magistrate in the Ancien Régime of France. He was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes, and the fourth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1788. After giving praise to Louis XVI of France during his reception at the Academy, he was declared an enemy of the people and sentenced to death by guillotine in 1794.... Biography of Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian make-up artist, fashion photographer, and model. He is most recognizable as the director of photo shoots on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model. Manuel is also the host and lead judge of the second and third cycle of Canada's Next Top Model, a spin-off to the original. Manuel was born in Toronto, Ontario to a mother of Italian and Czech descent and a South African father of Malaysian and Dutch descent. He was raised in Toronto where he attended Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute high school and York University. Before entering the fashion industry, Manuel was a pre-med student and also studied opera, even working for the Metropolitan Opera at one point. Eventually, he became a makeup artist, working for clie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isaac C. Kidd Jr.
Isaac Campbell Kidd, Jr. (August 14, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was an American Admiral in the United States Navy who served as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO's Atlantic Fleet, and later as commander in chief of the US Atlantic Fleet from 1975 to 1978. He was the son of Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was killed on the bridge of the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Adm. Kidd, Jr. graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941; he was commissioned an ensign on December 19, 1941, just 12 days after his father was killed aboard his flagship. As Time Magazine described the event, when Kidd received his commission as ensign "the U.S. Naval Academy and its guests broke into a thunderous cheer— an unprecedented demonstration in honor o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (August 14, 1910–August 19, 1995) was a French composer, noted as the inventor of musique concrète. Life Schaeffer was born in Nancy. His parents were both engineers, and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take this as a career. He studied at the École Polytechnique and after a stint as a telecommunications engineer in Strasbourg from 1934, he found a job in 1936 at Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) in Paris. It was there that he began to experiment with recorded sounds, convincing the radio station's management to let him use their equipment. He tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds, all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time. His first completed pi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bertrand Collomb
Bertrand Collomb, born August 14, 1942 in Lyon, is a French businessman and entrepreneur, the son of Charles Collomb (1901-1982), the grandson of Charles Collomb (1870-1933).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jiro Taniguchi
Jiro Taniguchi (谷口ジロー Taniguchi Jirō?, born 14 August 1947 in Tottori Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. Biography He began to work as assistant of the late manga artist Kyota Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya (A Desiccated Summer), published in the magazine Young Comic. From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West is White and Lindo 3. From 1984 to 1991, Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai. In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which Aruku Hito (歩くひと?), Chichi no koyomi (The Almanac of My Father), and Keyaki no ki . In 1992-1993 he... Biography of Ana Matronic
Ana Matronic (born Ana Lynch, 14 August 1974, Portland, Oregon (Imdb gives San Francisco)) is the female lead singer for the Scissor Sisters. Her stage name is said to be due to "a deep and abiding love of robots". She has a large tattoo on her right shoulder of bionic circuitry. Biography Prior to moving to New York, Lynch lived in San Francisco, California, where she performed at the drag club Trannyshack and reached the finals of the Miss Trannyshack pageant. It was her experience at Trannyshack that inspired her to start the club Knockoff, intended as a "knockoff" version of Trannyshack. She joined Scissor Sisters, founded by Jake Shears and Babydaddy, after they played their first live gig at a cabaret night called Knockoff which she founded and hosted at The Slipper Room on ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is an Anglo-French actor. Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France to a family of Russian descent. He attended Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, in the 1940s, where he won the Acting Cup. One of his many television roles was as the Chief Scientist in the Doctor Who story The War Games in 1969. In his 2006 memoir Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, British actor Rupert Everett describes an encounter with Dobtcheff on the boat train to Paris, and reveals his extraordinary reputation as the "patron saint" of the acting profession, stating that Dobtcheff "was legendary not so much for his acting as for his magical ability to catch every first night in the country". Widely travelled and prone to pop up in the most unlikely of loca... Biography of Jean-Paul Roy
Jean-Paul Roy (born on August 14th 1964 in Civray, France) has been the bassist of French rock group Noir Désir since 1996. Before joining the band, he accompanied Noir Désir on tour as a guitar technician. When the bassist, Frédéric Vidalenc, left the group in 1996 to pursue other musical interests, Jean-Paul Roy was naturally chosen as his successor as he was a friend of the group, was able to play both guitar and bass guitar, and knew how to play Noir Désir's songs. He has played a few songs with Alain Bashung and participated as a bassist on one of the songs of the artist Romain Humeau (who had also written arrangements for the Noir Desir song "Des Visages, Des Figures"). In 2006, he participated in the creation of the soundtrack of the film Enfermés dehors (by Albert Dupontel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Slava Dosedel
Ctislav Doseděl (born August 14, 1970 in Přerov), aka Sláva Doseděl, is a former tennis player from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1989. Doseděl won three singles titles and one doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on October 10, 1994, when he reached number 26 in the world. His tennis career ended with the 2001 US Open. Doseděl appeared in a 1999 Czech movie titled "Life Water" (Voda života), telling the life of Vincent Priessnitz who found cure for high fever during the 1800s. Singles wins (3) Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (3) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 30 October 1995 Santiago,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Duhem
Joe Gerald Duhem, born August 14, 1931 in Beloit, Wisconsin, is an American former baseball player.... Biography of Carl Lumbly
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is most known for the role of Marcus Dixon in the television drama Alias, and for the role of Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Biography Born to Jamaican immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lumbly graduated from South High School there and Macalester College in nearby St. Paul. At one time he was a journalist in Minnesota, when he got an acting job while on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre and stayed with the improvisational company for two years (along with then-unknown Danny Glover). His first major role was Detective Marcus Petrie on the television series Cagney and Lacey (1982 – 1988).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John North
John North, born August 14, 1903 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is an American former impresario of the traveling circus (The Ringling Brothers Circus).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Brodie (NFL Quarterback)
John Riley Brodie (born August 14, 1935) is a former professional American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, and had a second career as a Senior PGA Tour professional golfer. Biography Early years and education Brodie was born in San Francisco, California. He grew up in the Montclair district of Oakland and attended Montclair Grammar (later Elementary) School and Oakland Technical High School, where he was a standout athlete. Brodie went on to attend Stanford University, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. He was selected as a consensus All-America in 1956, his senior year. Professional football career Brodie first appeared with the 49ers as a rookie in 1957, seeing limited action. He got more playing time in 1958 through 1960, sharing time with Y... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Watt Kay
Andrew Watt Kay, born August 14, 1916 in Ayr, is a Scottish physician, professor and surgeon.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herman Van Springel
Herman Van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region. He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia. He won seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris. He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tour. He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981. Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman van Springel fan club. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François de Harlay de Champvallon
François de Harlay de Champvallon (François III de Harlay; 14 August 1625 – 6 August 1695) was the fifth archbishop of Paris. Biography Early years Harlay de Champvallon was born in Paris, the nephew of François de Harlay, archbishop of Rouen, he was presented to the abbey of Jumièges immediately on leaving the Collège de Navarre, and he was only twenty-six when he succeeded his uncle in the archiepiscopal see. He was transferred to the see of Paris in 1671, he was nominated by the king for the cardinalate in 1690, and the domain of Saint-Cloud was erected into a duchy in his favour. He was commander of the order of the Saint Esprit and a member of the French Academy. Career During the early part of his political career he was a firm adherent of Mazarin, and is said to have help... Biography of Maggie Ausburn
Margaret Ausburn (born on August 14, 1978, in Sonoma County, California), a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, is known for winning the American version of the reality TV show Big Brother 6, broadcast by CBS in 2005. Medical career Maggie worked her way through college, by working as an Emergency medical technician. After obtaining her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Boston, she became an RN at Summerlin Hospital in Nevada. Big Brother 6 In 2005, Maggie was one of fourteen Big Brother 6 contestants. In this, the sixth season of the show, known as the Summer of Secrets, each contestant had a secret partner, that they knew before the show, who would work together on the show. Maggie's secret partner was her friend, Eric Littmann. On the 80th day, the jury v... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paulo Sarpi
Fra (Brother) Paolo Sarpi (August 14, 1552 – January 15, 1623) was a Venetian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer. His most important roles were as a canon lawyer and historian active on behalf of the Venetian Republic. Early years He was born Pietro Sarpi in Venice, the son of a tradesman, but was orphaned at an early age. He was educated by his maternal uncle and then Giammaria Capella, a Servite monk. Ignoring the opposition of his remaining family, he entered the Servite order in 1566. He assumed the name of Fra (Brother) Paolo, by which, with the epithet Servita, he was always known to his contemporaries. In 1570 he sustained 318 theses at a disputation in Mantua, and was so applauded that the Duke of Mantua made him court theologian. Sarpi spent four years at Man... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Blanche Montel
Blanche Montel (14 August 1902 – 31 March 1998), was a French actress. She appeared in 33 films between 1914 and 1943. She was born in Tours, France and died in Luzarches, France. Filmography A Tragedy in the Clouds Barrabas Chichinette et Cie The Two Girls Zidore ou les métamorphoses Séraphin ou les jambes nues L'orpheline Gustave est médium Son altesse Gaëtan ou le commis audacieux The Girl of the Dust Bin Pax Domine L'affaire du courrier de Lyon The Beauty from Nivernais Une vieille marquise très riche L'éveilleur d'instincts Le roi de la pédale The Vocation of André Carel Infernal Circle L'Arlésienne Flagrant délit Claire de lune The Blaireau Case The Miracle Child The Nice Adventure Miquette et sa mère The Blue Ones of the Sky La maison du mystère Three... Biography of Fred Roberts
Frederick (Fred) Clark Roberts (born August 14, 1960, in Provo, Utah) is a retired American basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, a career spanning from 1983 to 1997, becoming one of the more successful journeymen to play in the league. He also played in FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB. College career Roberts played four years of college basketball at Brigham Young University in Utah, from 1978 to 1982. He played in 119 total games, averaged 15.5 points and seven rebounds and shot 54.6% from the field. His playing ability along with Danny Ainge and Greg Kite led to the success of the BYU program during this time. Roberts also played on the USA Junior World Championship Team in 1979, playing alongside greats such as James Wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexei Panshin
Alexis Adams Panshin (born August 14, 1940 (birth time source: Contemporary American Horoscopes, Astrodatabank)) is an American author and science fiction (SF) critic. He has written several critical works and several novels, including the 1968 Nebula Award-winning novel Rite of Passage and the 1990 Hugo Award winning study of science fiction The World Beyond the Hill (written with his wife, Cory Panshin). Other works Panshin is also noted for the cult favorite Anthony Villiers series which consists of three books: Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World. The fourth volume of the series, The Universal Pantograph, never appeared, reputedly because of conflicts between the writer and his publisher. Of the Villiers series, noted SF writer Samuel R. Delany writes in the foreword ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Rouffio
Jacques Rouffio (born on August, 14, 1938 in Marseille) is a French film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography as director V'la l'cinéma ou le roman de Charles Pathé (The Life of Charles Pathé) (1995) (TV) Le Stagiaire (1991) (TV) L'Orchestre rouge (The Red Orchestra) (1989) L'Argent (1988) (TV) L'État de grâce (State of Grace) (1986) Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (They've Killed Her!) (1986) La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982) Le Sucre (The Sugar) (1978) Violette & François (1977) Sept morts sur ordonnance (Seven Deaths by Prescription or Bestial Quartet) (1975) L'Horizon (Horizon) (1967)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Dunstall
Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He is the third greatest goalkicker in the history of the VFL/AFL. Dunstall is regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards to have ever played, kicking 1254 goals, a feat only exceeded by Tony Lockett with 1360 and Gordon Coventry with 1299. He is widely regarded the greatest Queensland born player of all time. Early life Dunstall was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and grew up in Brisbane. He attended the Anglican Church Grammar School from 1977-1981. At school he played football (soccer) as a goalkeeper and also rugby union. His junior football was spent playing with the Coorparoo Football Club in the then Queensland Australian Football League. V... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Al Shearer
Al Shearer (born August 14, 1972 (source: Imdb)) is an American actor. He portrayed Nevil Shed in the 2006 Disney blockbuster Glory Road (film), produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Shearer might be best known for his role on the MTV series Punk'd, or as "Hits" - host of the once-popular BET series Hits from the Street. Shearer was born in Columbus, Ohio. Hits began his humble career at BET as the host of a show titled, "Game Room." Later, he honed his skills in front of the camera as the DC correspondent for the award-winning teen show, Teen Summit. He would then go on to host a morning hip-hop show at WPGC-FM/AM (CBS Radio) in Washington, DC. However, it is his 'you so crazy' personality that draws attention to his very candid, yet comedic, persona, which he portrays easily on as well as of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Son Seals
Frank "Son" Seals (August 14, 1942 – December 20, 2004) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. Career He was born in Osceola, Arkansas where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small juke joint. He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk, and later as a guitarist. At age 16, he began to play at the T-99, a local upper echelon club, with Walter Jefferson, “Little Walter”, who was his brother in law. At the T-99, he played with many other musicians, such as Albert King, Rufus Thomas, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, and Rosco Gordon. Their varying styles contributed to the development of Seals' own playing techniques. While playing at the T-99, he was also introduced to country-western music by Jimmy Grubbs, who would ask Seals... Biography of Sandra McCoy
Sandra Christina McCoy (born August 14, 1979) is an American actress and dancer who is best known for her role in the 2005 thriller Cry Wolf. Early life Sandra McCoy was born in San Jose, California (where she was also raised) to a Filipino/Irish family. Her mother, Madeline McCoy, was a high school P.E. teacher, tennis coach, and aerobics instructor. Her father, Gary McCoy, was the director of database management at the county Sherrif's Department and a private pilot. Her brother, who was two years her junior, enjoyed playing basketball and wrestling. All three passed away in the fall of 1993 in a tragic airplane accident that left McCoy as the sole survivor. McCoy has trained in dance and gymnastics since she was eight years old, and was on the cheerleading squad at Independence H... Biography of Darren Clarke (golfer)
Darren Christopher Clarke, OBE (born 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. His most notable win came at Royal St George's where he won the 2011 Open Championship, his first major win after more than 20 years and 54 attempts. Clarke has also won two World Golf Championship events, most notably the 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship where he squared off with, and defeated, Tiger Woods. These victories came when Clarke enjoyed his most prominent spell as a golfer – he was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World G... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist, journalist, and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band. Biography Sidran was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1961, where he became a member of The Ardells along with Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs. When Miller and Scaggs left Wisconsin for the West Coast and stardom, Sidran stayed behind to earn a degree in English literature. After graduating in 1966, Sidran enrolled in the University of Sussex, England, to pursue a PhD degree in American Studies. Sidran rejoined Miller in an English recording studio the next year, playing on the album "Children of the Future." While in England, he was a session musician for... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonello Grimaldi
Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, best known as Antonello Grimaldi, is an Italian actor and director, born August 14, 1955 in Sassari. Filmography Director 1983 : Juke-Box (série TV) 1990 : Nulla ci può fermare 1996 : Il cielo è sempre più blu 1999 : Asini 2000 : Un delitto impossibile 2001 : Distretto di polizia 1 et 2 (série TV) 2004 : Le stagioni del cuore (série TV) 2006 : Distretto di polizia 6 (série TV) 2008 : Caos calmo Actor 1997 : Nirvana 1998 : Ecco fatto 1999 : Come te nessuno mai 1999 : Guardami 2006 : Il caimano de Nanni Moretti... Biography of Natalia Gantimurova
Natalia Sergeyevna Gantimurova (Russian: Наталья Сергеевна Гантимурова; born 14 August 1991) is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2011 and will represent her country in the 2011 Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Early life She descends from Russian princely family of Gantimurov. Born in Chelyabinsk to parents Sergei Gantimurov and Svetlana Nosyreva, Gantimurova is pursuing a bachelor's degree in international relations at Russian State University for the Humanities and knows two foreign languages. She also enjoys snowboarding. Miss Russia 2011 Gantimurova, who stands 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1... Biography of Debbie Meyer
Deborah ("Debbie") Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952 in Annapolis, Maryland) is a former American swimmer who won the 200, 400, and 800 m swimming events at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While still a 16-year old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, she became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympics. Career Meyer set world records in 200, 400 and 800 m freestyle events at the Olympics trials. Her winning times at the Olympics were 2:10.5 for 200 m, 4:31.8 for 400 m, and 9:24.0 for 800 m, all of them new records. Despite suffering from asthma, she broke twenty world records, which landed her in the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986. She also broke 24 American records and won 19 Amateur Athletic Union cham... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Stone
David Stone (born David Muller) is a French writer, producer and multi award winning magician specialized in close-up magic and coin magic. Biography David was born on August the 14th, 1972 in Eaubonne, (France), of parents passionate about literature and cinema and started a foundation in musical theory and guitar at the very young age of six. At 19, a chance encounter with a school friend allowed him to discover the art of magic and of card manipulation. At 23, he won the Diavol Grand prix (France championships of magic). At 24, he won the Gold Dove (close-up category) award at the European championships of magic organized in France. The same year, David won the Close-up Grand Prix of South America in Las Tunas, Cuba. In 1995, David met the French magician Stéphane Jardonn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Backlund
Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund (born August 14, 1949 in Princeton, Minnesota) is an American professional wrestler and actor with an in ring career that spanned over 30 years. Over that time, he went on to become a two-time WWWF/WWF Champion. Bob Backlund is the third longest WWE Champion in history behind Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino Backlund was also an accomplished amateur wrestler wrestling for the North Dakota State University Bison in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Backlund continues to work in the pro wrestling business in various capacities. In 2000, Backlund unsuccessfully ran for a Connecticut seat in Congress on a Republican ticket. Career In 1969 during his freshman year, Backlund was an All American in both football and wrestling (191 lbs finishing 3rd) while at Waldorf... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Dicillo
Thomas A. "Tom" DiCillo (born August 14, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Early life He was born in Camp Le Jeune, North Carolina. He studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and went on to study filmmaking at New York University's Film School, subsequently working as an actor, then cinematographer, before making his own films. Career His first film, Johnny Suede, cast the then-unknown Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener in what would be their first starring roles. It received a nomination for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. For his second film, Living in Oblivion, DiCillo received acclaim for his satire of independent film-making. This 1995 black comedy, itself a low-budget independent film, ... Biography of Liz Fraser
Liz Fraser (born Elizabeth Winch, 14 August 1930, London) is an English actress, mainly in comedy roles. Life and career Her birthdate is usually attributed as 1933, the year she gave when auditioning for her role in I'm All Right Jack, as the Boulting Brothers wanted someone younger for the part. She is three years older. She attended grammar school and the London School of Dramatic Art, Fraser is known for her many appearances in British films and television series, including Hancock's Half Hour, Citizen James, Last of the Summer Wine and The Avengers episode "The Girl from Auntie". She has to date never appeared as a regular on any television programme (making her most frequent appearances in Hancock's Half Hour). Her film appearances include I'm All Right, Jack (1959), Two... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Juan Pierre
Juan D'Vaughn Pierre (born August 14, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago White Sox. He bats and throws left-handed. Pierre, who was named after Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal, went to high school at Alexandria Senior High School in Alexandria, Louisiana. College Prior to his professional career, he played at Galveston College and the University of South Alabama, where he was 1998 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. Minor leagues Pierre began his professional career with the Portland Rockies of the Northwest League, after being selected by Colorado in the 13th round of the 1998 MLB Draft. He won the league batting and stolen base titles in his first professional season, and was a fan favorite even at that level.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (born August 14, 1949 in Vordingborg) is a Danish football (soccer) manager and former football player. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship and 2010 FIFA World Cup. He has also managed Brøndby IF to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax Amsterdam to the Double of the 1998 Dutch Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. His career as a coach is remarkable in that he has been fired in all of his clubs. He is the only person ever in football to achieve 100 national matches as player as well as coach. In his active career, Olsen predominantly played as a defensive midfielder and libero. He played professionally in Belgium and Germany, and won the 1983 UEFA Cup and... Biography of Trevor Bannister
Trevor Gordon Bannister (14 August 1934 – 14 April 2011) was an English actor best known for playing the womanising junior salesman Mr. Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as Toby Mulberry Smith in the longest-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010. He died the following year. Career In 1960, Bannister appeared on stage at the Cambridge Theatre in London in Billy Liar, which starred Albert Finney. He starred as Darkie Pilbeam, a wartime spiv, in the 1968 television series The War of Darkie Pilbeam, and from 1969 to 1970 he appeared as "Heavy Breathing" in Jack Rosenthal's sitcom, The Dustbinmen. Shortly afterwards, he was asked to play Mr Lucas in a Comedy Playhouse pilot called Are You Being Served? ... Biography of Mark Loretta
Mark David Loretta (born August 14, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. Loretta played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1995-2002), Houston Astros (2002, 2007-2008), San Diego Padres (2003-2005), Boston Red Sox (2006) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2009). He batted and threw right-handed. Playing career Minor leagues Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft out of Northwestern University, Loretta made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers in 1993. He subsequently played with the Stockton Ports, El Paso Diablos and New Orleans Zephyrs. He was selected to the American Association All-star team during the 1995 season. Milwaukee Brewers Loretta made his Major League debut on September 4, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chucky Atkins
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkins (born August 14, 1974) is a former American professional basketball player. Basketball career After playing four years (1992/93-1995/96) of college basketball at the University of South Florida, he was undrafted in the 1996 NBA Draft. In 1996–97, he played with the now-defunct LaCrosse Bobcats in the CBA before going overseas to play for the Cibona Zagreb club in Croatia from 1997–1999. Atkins began his NBA career in 1999 with the Orlando Magic, with immediate impact (all games played, averaging 9 points and four assists per game). He then played for the Detroit Pistons (being included in a July 2000 deal which brought Grant Hill to Orlando) and Boston Celtics (being traded midway through 2003–04 for Mike James, thus not appearing in the 2004 NBA Finals... Biography of Susan Olsen
Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is a former American child television actress, current animal welfare advocate, Radio Host, and an artist of pop art. Olsen is best known for her role as Mike and Carol Brady's (played by Robert Reed and Florence Henderson) youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, on 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch for the full run of the show, from 1969 to 1974. Early life Born in San Francisco, California, the youngest of four children, with two older brothers Larry and Christopher (fourteen years older) and a sister Diane. Her brother Christopher was also a child actor, perhaps best known for his role in The Man Who Knew Too Much. The Brady Bunch After landing a number of supporting roles, most notably, Ironside, Gunsmoke, and Julia, at age seven she was c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clay Buchholz
Clayton Daniel Buchholz (born August 14, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. On September 1, 2007, in just his second major league start, he recorded a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles, becoming the third MLB pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second start. He is the first Red Sox rookie and 17th Red Sox pitcher to pitch a no-hitter. Baseball career High school Raised in Lumberton, Texas, Buchholz played baseball for the local youth baseball leagues, and then for the Lumberton High School Raiders. College Buchholz began his college career in 2004 at McNeese State University. Also that year, he and a hometown friend were arrested for stealing 29 laptop computers from Lumberton Intermediate ... Biography of Alma Reville
Alma Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982) was an English assistant director, screenwriter and editor. Life and work She was born in Nottinghamshire, England, the second daughter of Matthew Edward and Lucy Reville (née Owen). She is best known as the wife and collaborator of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while they were working together at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London, during the early 1920s. A talented editor, Alma worked on British films with directors such as Berthold Viertel and Maurice Elvey, though her main focus was her husband’s work. Cinema was the couple’s passion. She converted to Roman Catholicism before their marriage. Alma was one day younger than her husband. They married on 2 December 1926 at Brompton Oratory in London; t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brenda Benet
Brenda Benet (August 14, 1945 – April 7, 1982) was an American television and film actress. Benet was best known for her roles on the soap operas The Young Marrieds and Days of our Lives. Early life and career Benet was born Brenda Ann Nelson in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. She attended UCLA for a time. Her first acting roles were in 1964, with appearances on Shindig! and The Young Marrieds. She eventually became an actress very much in demand for roles in episodic prime time television in the 1960s and 1970s, including I Dream of Jeannie, Mannix, My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes, Love, American Style, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She also had a major feature role in the film Walking Tall (1973). Although many of the characters she portrayed seemed to be either sweet o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and banned May celebrations. His reign also witnessed Tuscany's deterioration to previously unknown economic lows. He was succeeded by his elder surviving son, Gian Gastone, when he died, in 1723. He married Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of Louis XIV. The marriage was solemnized by proxy in the King's Chapel at the Louvre, on Sunday, April 17, 1661. It was a marriage fraught with tribulation. Marguerite Louise eventually abandoned Tuscany for the Convent of M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francis I of the Two Sicilies
Francis I of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe; 14 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830. Biography Francis was born in Naples, the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria. He was also the nephew of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI the last King and Queen of France before the first French Republic. At the death of his older brother Prince Carlo, Francis became the heir apparent and thus Hereditary Prince of Naples. In 1796 Francis married his double first cousin Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. When she died, he married his first cousin María Isabel, daughter of King Charles IV of Spain. After the Bourbon family fl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prince Christian of Hesse
Prince Christian of Hesse (Danish: Christian af Hessen; German: Christian von Hessen) (14 August 1776 – 14 November 1814) was a German prince and member of the House of Hesse-Kassel. As a son of the Danish Field Marshal Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Louise of Denmark, he was a member of the extended Danish Royal Family and spent his entire life in Denmark. Death Already at the time of his engagement, Prince Christian was weakened. A year after the engagement, he suffered a breakdown in Odense Palace. Shortly after it became clear that he was mentally ill, suffering from frequent fits. He died on 14 November 1814 at the age of 38 in Odense Palace, Denmark. He was buried in the Church of Saint John in Odense, but in 1862 his remains were transferred to Schleswig Cathedral.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maddy Prior
Madeleine E. "Maddy" Prior, MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. Early life Born in Blackpool, Prior moved in her teens to St Albans, where she befriended the young Donovan Leitch and Mac MacLeod in The Cock pub . She later formed a duo with MacLeod called 'Mac & Maddy'. She became a roadie for visiting American musicians, including Reverend Gary Davis. They gave her useful advice about singing British folk songs instead of American songs. Maddy's father Maddy's father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police drama Z-Cars, and wrote Stookie, a 6-part series for television, about a boy with his arm in a sling. Maddy sang the title song, which was released as a single in 1985. It reappeared on the Steeleye Span album... Biography of Gongchan (singer)
Gong Chan-shik, born on August 14, 1993 in Suncheon, is a South Koeran singer and actor, a member of B1A4, a South Korean idol group under the management of WM Entertainment. The group debuted in 2011 with their single "O.K". They were first introduced to the public through a webtoon. They have released one studio album, three EPs and various singles in South Korea. The group began their foray into the Japanese market late 2011 with a showcase and in 2012, they released their first compilation album that consisted of all the tracks from their first two EPs Let's Fly and It B1A4. The group released remakes of two Korean singles namely "Beautiful Target" and "Sleep Well, Good Night" as Japanese singles on June and August respectively, both peaking at number four on the Oricon weekly singl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jo Frachon
Jo Frachon, born on August 14, 1919 in Davézieux, Ardèche (birth time source : Didier Geslain), died on February 10, 1992 in Paris, was a French musician and singer, a member of Les Compagnons de la chanson, a French vocal group from Lyon, France, founded during World War II. Before 1946, they were part of a larger choir called the 'Compagnons de la musique'. The group met Edith Piaf in 1952 at an event in Paris, and recorded a French language song, "Les trois cloches", which was written in 1945 by Jean Villard Gilles and Marc Herrand. English lyrics were later added by Bert Reisfeld, but it was first recorded by the Melody Maids in 1948. Some of Les Compagnons de la chanson's biggest hits were "Tom Dooley", "Kalinka" and the aforementioned and re-titled "The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brow... |
Celebrities born in July
Celebrities born in August
Celebrities born in September
Celebrities born in October
Celebrities born in November
Celebrities born in December
|
||||||
To add this celebrity to your favourites, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.
To get your compatibility ratings with this celebrity, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.