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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 18, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
110 celebrities or events were found for August, 18. Add to favourites (133 fans)Biography of Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, actor, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. Early life Redford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Martha W. (née Hart) and Charles Robert Redford Sr., a milkman-turned-accountant from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He has a half-brother, William, from his father's re-marriage. Redford is of English and Scots-Irish ancestry. He attended Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California (where he met Natalie Wood), graduated in 1954, and received a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado, where he was a pitcher. He lost the scholarship due to excessive fratting, possibly fueled by the death of his m... Add to favourites (163 fans)Biography of Edward Norton
Edward H. Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is a critically acclaimed two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director.... Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Roman Polanski
Roman Raymond Polanski (pl. Roman Rajmund Polański; born August 18, 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a celebrated Academy Award-winning director of both art house and commercial films, making such films as Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Pianist (2002). Polanski is one of the world's best known contemporary film directors and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of his time. He is also known for his turbulent and controversial personal life. In 1969, his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson Family, and in 1977, he was convicted of "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor"; he subsequently fled the United States and is presently (since 27 September... Add to favourites (98 fans)Biography of Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze (pronounced /ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he wanted the media to report that he was "kicking it". He died from the disease in September 2009. His last role was the lead in an A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Owing to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series, and on June 15, 2009, Entertainment Toni... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress best known internationally as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only. She is also recognised for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire, and in the internationally successful French film Too Beautiful For You. Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1990s. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. Since 1997 she is the life companion of French actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005.... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Mika (singer)
Michael Penniman (born 18 August 1983), also known as Mika is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. Some sources note his birth name as Michael Holbrook Penniman. Source for his birth time: the forum of his site www.mikafrance.com Early life Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the middle child of the five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was one year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. He wrote his first song, which he describes as an "awful" piano instrumental called "Angry", at age seven. The family moved to London when he was nine years old. In London, he experienced more severe bullying at school and had problems with dyslexia, so he was ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine M. Stowe (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress. She was born in Eagle Rock, a working class suburb of Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three sisters. Her father was British, while her mother had immigrated from Costa Rica as a young woman. Her father suffered from multiple sclerosis. At the age of 10, Stowe began taking piano lessons with the aim of becoming a concert pianist — and also as a way of not having to socialize with other kids. Her Russian-born music teacher Sergei Tarnowsky (he taught Vladimir Horowitz before immigrating to the US), clearly had faith in her, teaching her from his deathbed. But when he died at the age of 96, she quit ("I just felt it was time to not be by myself anymore") — and at 18 she went on her first date. She then studied cinema ... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Christian Slater
Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. Height : 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Following a run on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, he made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. He made his big screen debut in 1985 in the film The Legend of Billie Jean. In 1986, he had a significant role in the movie The Name of the Rose. In 2006 he appeared as the main character in Hollow Man 2 replacing Kevin Bacon as the invisible man, the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man(2000). The last movie that was commercially successful for Christian slater was Broken arrow. Hes been on a slump since, but is showing promise for maki... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Parker McKenna Posey
Parker McKenna Posey (born August 18, 1995 in Los Angeles, California) is an American child actor. Posey is best known for her performance as the precocious "Kady Kyle" on the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids. Posey resides in Los Angeles with her mother, Heather Stone. She keeps her middle name professionally so as not to be confused with actress Parker Posey. Posey has 3 half-siblings, 2 brothers, Khari & Jake and a sister named Dilynne. She has also performed onstage at the Blank Theatre Company in productions of Restless Peace by Jessica Juhrend and Shock Therapy by Rachel Leopold.... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Daniela Lumbroso
French TV host and radio host.... Biography of Dione Forti
Dione Forti, born August 18, 1958 in Sao Paulo, is a Brazilian astrologer and radio host.... Biography of Hugues Aufray
Hugues Aufray (born Jean Auffray on August 18, 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French singer of Spanish ancestry; Aufray began his career singing in Spanish. Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth. His most famous songs are "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and in Spanish, "Barco de Papel". Aufray is well known for his French adaptations of Bob Dylan's songs. His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus. Discography LPs Céline/Le printemps revient Hugues Aufray chante Bob Dylan Vous ma lady/adieu Dou Wakadou/On est les rois/Les remords et les regrets/Bambou L'homme orchestre/Je croyais/Laisse-moi petite fille/Les yeux fermés CDs... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Denis Leary
Denis Leary (born Denis Colin Leary on August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. He is known for his often angry comedic style and his frequent chain smoking. Leary displays an overt affinity for libertarianism. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me on FX. Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Denis Leary was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Irish Catholic immigrants John Leary (an auto mechanic) and Nora (a maid); Leary holds both Irish and American citizenship. He graduated from Saint Peter-Marian High School in Worcester. Through marriage, Leary is a distant cousin of talk show host Conan O'Brien, and has jokingly said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien that "All Irish people are... Biography of Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I (in Hungarian I. Ferenc József, in Croatian Franjo Josip I, in English Francis Joseph I) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince (Deutscher Fürst). His 68-year reign is the third-longest in the recorded history of Europe (after that of Louis XIV of France and Johannes II, Prince of Liechtenstein). Early life Franz Joseph was born in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, the oldest son of Archduke Franz Karl (the younger son of Emperor Franz), and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Because his uncle, from 1835 the Emperor Ferdinand, was weak-minded, and his father unambitious and retiring, the young Archduke "Franzl" was brought up by his mother a... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of G-Dragon
Kwon Ji-Yong, better known by his stage name G-Dragon, is the leader of the Korean hip-hop group Big Bang. Career 2001 – 2005: Debut G-Dragon debuted at the age of 12, by participating in the Korean Hip Hop Flex album in 2001, as the third oldest member of the group. In 2002, he was scouted to YG Entertainment. 2006 – present: Success with Big Bang and solo career Main article: Big Bang (band) In 2006, G-Dragon debuted alongside 4 other members as Big Bang with the debut song "We Belong Together". The group has enjoyed success with their songs "거짓말" (Lies), "마지막 인사" (Last Farewell), and 하루하루 (Day by Day), 천국(My Heaven) which G-Dragon participated in the production process. He ... Biography of Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet (French pronounced ) (August 18, 1922 – February 18, 2008), was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the trend of the nouveau roman. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat #32. He was married to Catherine Robbe-Grillet (née Rstakian). Life and Work Alain Robbe-Grillet was born in Saint-Pierre Quilbignon near Brest, (Finistère, France) into a family of engineers and scientists. He was trained as an agricultural engineer. In 1944 the National Institute of Agronomy awarded him a diploma. Later, he worked as an agronomist in Martinique. Either at university or while in Martinique, he studied... Biography of Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American television actor, director, and musician, primarily for his roles in sitcoms, movies and television. Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m) Career With appearances and roles on many televisions shows and films, he is best known for his role as Bill Cosby's only son, Theo Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. He also starred in Jeremiah, was the voice of The Producer character on The Magic School Bus and co-starred for 4 years on the UPN sitcom Malcolm & Eddie. Warner was on the CBS sitcom Listen Up with Jason Alexander and the host of the literacy-promoting children's show CBS Storybreak. He also starred on an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air playing the role of Hilary's boyfriend... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Waldyr B. Fucher
Waldir B. Fucher is a Brazilian astrologer and astrology teacher, born August 18, 1926 in Sao Paulo.... Biography of Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), was an Italian composer and conductor. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. Raised in a prosperous family of merchants in Legnago, Salieri studied violin and harpsichord with his brother Francesco, who was a student of Giuseppe Tartini. After the early death of his parents, he moved to Padua, then to Venice, where he studied thoroughbass with Giovanni Battista Pescetti. There, he met Florian Leopold Gassmann in 1766, who invited him to attend the court of Vienna, and there trained him in composition based on Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum. Salieri remained in Vienna for the rest of his life. In 1774, after Gassmann's death, Salieri was appoint... Biography of Craig Bierko
Craig Philip Bierko (born August 18, 1964) is an American actor. Bierko is perhaps best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight, as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man, as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie 4 (spoofing Tom Cruise throughout the film) and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man. He was also the original choice for the character of Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends but turned it down. He had a short role as attorney Jeffrey Coho during the third season of the ABC television series Boston Legal. Personal life Bierko was born in Rye Brook, New York, the son of Pat and Rex Bierko, who ran a local community theater. Bierko studied journalism at Boston University and studied at the School of Speech at Northwestern University (gra... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Frances Cobain
Frances Bean Cobain, born August 18, 1992 in San Francisco, California, is the daugther of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Courtney Love met Cobain, on January 12, 1990, in Portland's Satyricon nightclub when the two still led underground rock bands. Love made advances but Cobain was evasive. Early in their courtship Cobain broke off dates and ignored Love’s advances because he wasn’t sure he wanted a relationship. Cobain noted, "I was determined to be a bachelor for a few months But I knew that I liked Courtney so much right away that it was a really hard struggle to stay away from her for so many months." Courtney Love first saw Cobain perform in 1989 at a show in Portland, Oregon; they talked briefly after the show and Love developed a crush on him. Cobain was already aware of ... Biography of Lara-Isabelle Rentinck
Lara-Isabelle Rentinck, born August 18 in Berlin, is a German actress. Height: 1m69 (5' 6" 1/2) Filmography Verliebt in Berlin" .... Kim Seidel (1 Folge, 2006) ... alternativ: That's Life (International: English title) - Ja ich will?/Das Ja-Wort (2006) TV Episode .... Kim Seidel Verliebt in Berlin (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Kim Seidel... Biography of Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jewish parents Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's clothing, and Rose (Winters), a singer. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was three years old. She studied in the Hollywood Studio Club, sharing the same bedroom with another beginner: Marilyn Monroe. Career As the New York Times obituary noted, "A major movie presence for more than five decades, Shelley Winters turned herself into a widely respected actress who won two Oscars". Winters originally broke into Hollywood as "the Blonde Bombshell," but quickly tired of the role's limitations. She washed off her makeup and played ag... Biography of Mika Boorem
Mika Boorem, born August 18, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona, is already a 12 year veteran of the film industry in 2009. She has built up a respectable filmography. Boorem has worked under many of the industry’s most highly regarded players; Lawrence Bender, Brian Grazer, Penny Marshall, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Lee Tamahori and Morgan Freeman to name a few. Her work has received critical acclaim and she has been nominated for several awards. She won a Prism Award for 2007’s Augusta Gone and a Rising Star Award, a category created especially for her, in 2005 for the film Smile at the Stony Brook Film Festival. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Mika Boorem sparked an interest in acting at a young age. Her great uncle James Igou a thespian of vaudeville and Broadway theater encouraged her to ... Biography of Tad Mann
Tad Mann, born August 18, 1943, is an American astrologer, author, artist and architect. He has written a lot of books about reincarnation, astrology, tarot, sacred architecture.... Biography of Felipe Calderon
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (born August 18, 1962 in Morelia, Michoacán) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will end in 2012 without the possibility of re-election. He is affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN), the more conservative of the three major Mexican political Parties and which supports free-market reforms as a path towards sustainable growth. Calderón was elected in the contested 2006 presidential elections. The results were contested by opponent Andrés Manuel López Obrador but were finally validated on September 5, 2006 by the Federal Electoral Tribunal. According to polls conducted by Grupo Reforma in July 2006 and June 2007, 36% of Mexicans still believed the election may ha... Biography of Sarita Choudhury
Sarita Choudhury (birth name: Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury) (born August 18, 1966 in Blackheath, London, England) is a British-born actress of half Indian (Bengali) and half English descent. Her parents, Prabhas Chandra Choudhury, a scientist and Julia Patricia Spring, married in 1964 in Lucea, Jamaica. She studied Economics and film at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is best known for her roles in the Mira Nair-directed feature films Mississippi Masala (1992), The Perez Family (1995) and Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). After her debut film Mississippi Masala became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury acted as a Pakistani country-western singer in Wild West, a Chilean maid who is raped in Bille August's adaptation of The House of the Spirits, and a lesbian... Biography of Rosalynn Carter
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter (born August 18, 1927) is the wife of former United States President Jimmy Carter and was First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Early life Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four children of Frances Allethea Murray (1905–2000), a dressmaker, and Wilburn Edgar Smith (1896–1940), an automobile mechanic and farmer. Her brothers were Murray Lee Smith (minister, 1929–2003) and William Jerrold Smith (engineer, 1932–2003) and her sister is Lillian Allethea Smith Wall (1936). The first syllable of Rosalynn is pronounced "rose," just like the flower. Her father died of leukemia when she was thirteen, and she helped her mother raise her younger siblings as well as assist her dressmaking in order to meet the fa... Biography of Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier (born August 18, 1932) is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Chabris. History of the discovery of HIV In 1982, he was asked for assistance with establishing the possible underlying retroviral cause of a mysterious new syndrome, AIDS, by Willy Rozenbaum, a clinician at the Hôpital Bichat hospital in Paris. Rozenbaum's role was vital, as he had been openly speculating at scientific meetings that the cause of the disease might be a retrovirus, and it was from a lymph node biopsy taken from one of Rozenbaum's patients that the breakthrough was to come. Jean-Claude Chermann played a vital role in the discovery as well. By 1983, this group of scientists... Biography of Helen Wambach
Helen Wambach, born August 18, 1925, died in 1986, was an American psychologist, hypnotist and therapist. Books Reliving Past Lives The Evidence Under Hypnosis... Biography of Beatrice Borromeo
Beatrice Borromeo, born August 18, 1985 in San Candido, is an Italian model and TV host.... Biography of Laurence Jalbert
Laurence Jalbert (born Lise Jalbert 18 August 1959 in Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She began her career with the band Volt in 1985. The band won CKOI-FM's L'Empire des futures stars competition in 1987. They recorded only one single, ("Nobody Knows"), before breaking up. Jalbert went on to a solo career, releasing her first album in 1990, which would know much success and become her first certified platinum album only one year later. In 1991 she receives the "Félix for discovery of the year" and Video Clip of the year award for her single Tomber. Prior to this Ms. Jalbert attended the Lafayette Louisiana Cajun French Music festival and succeeded outstandingly. In 1993 Jalbert released her second album Corridors, which received even more success then... Biography of Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774–October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Biography Meriwether Lewis was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Captain George Lewis (1712 – 1781) who was of Welsh ancestry, and Lucy Meriwether (1751 – 1837). He moved with his family to Georgia when he was ten. It was there that he met Eric Parker, who was the first to introduce him to the idea of traveling. At thirteen, he was sent back to Virginia for education by private tutors. One of these was Parson Matthew Maury, an uncle of Matthew Fontaine Maury. Parson Maury w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marita Lorenz
Marita Ilona Lorenz, born August 18, 1939 in Bremen, is a German and American adventurer. She was the lover of Fidel Castro in Havana, in 1959.... Biography of Pietro Ubaldi
Pietro Ubaldi (August 18, 1886 - 1972) was an Italian Christian philosopher and writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Boyer Coe
Boyer Coe (born August 18, 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American former professional bodybuilder. Boyer Coe, Mr. Olympia, Mr. Universe, World Body Building Champion - only person to score a perfect score in the World Body Building Championships against fellow competitor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Descendant of Timothy Coe (1631-1689) of England and Accomack County, VA USA. Pursuing a career in body building, Boyer has received worldwide acclaim for his accomplishments. Regarded as the world's best-built man, he has accumulated numerous titles, including ``Mr. Universe. In March 1981 at Atlantic City, NJ, he won body building's most prestigious event, the ``World Cup Body Building Championship, the only person to ever receive a perfect score. He lives at Huntington Beach, CA. Ru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rafer Johnson
Rafer JOHNSON, born in Kingsburg (California) on August 18, 1935 is an American decathlon champion who won a Silver medal at the 1956 Olympic Games and a Gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Candice Earley
Candice Jean Earley (born August 18, 1950) is an American actress. Earley was born in Fort Hood, Texas to Harold E Earley and Jean D Daily. She is most famous for her role as Donna Beck Tyler Cortlandt Sago Tyler on the soap opera All My Children, a role she played from 1976 to 1992. Donna was originally a troubled youth , who was a runaway and a prostitute who had been sterilized and beaten up by her pimp, and was only slated to be a short-term role. However, Earley's portrayal proved to be popular with viewers. So much so, in fact, that she won an award for Most Exciting New Actress in the first annual Soapies held in 1977 (these awards are now known as the Soap Opera Digest Awards). Over time, the character of Donna grew into a mature woman with a gift for singing. When Earley was... Biography of Cédric Vasseur
Cédric Vasseur (born August 18, 1970 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was born in Hazebrouck, France and currently resides in Lille with his wife and young son. From 2001 until 2005 he was part of the French professional cycling team Cofidis, often as the captain on the road, and then moved to the Belgian team Quick Step-Innergetic. Vasseur turned professional with the team Novemail in 1995, and switched to the GAN team in 1996 which then became Crédit Agricole in 1997. His first professional victory is also his most famous: it was his solo 147-km breakaway by which he won stage 5 of the 1997 Tour de France. He then wore the yellow jersey as the temporary race leader for 5 days. In the 2000 and 2001 seasons he rode for the U... Biography of Didier Guy Auriol
Didier Auriol (born August 18, 1958) is a French rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a French rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003. Career Auriol won his first World Championship event, the 1988 Tour de Corse, whilst driving a Ford Sierra Cosworth. For 1989 he moved to the Martini Lancia team, where he remained for four seasons, driving three successive versions of the then-dominant Lancia Delta Integrale. In 1992, driving the final evolution of the car, he won six events in one season (a record unt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stéphanie (Star Academy)
Stéphanie is a French singer born August 18, 1986 in Grasse. She has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor and director. Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii. He interpreted many films like Sembra morto...ma è solo svenuto directed by Felice Farina, Piccoli equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi and Stasera a casa di Alice by Carlo Verdone. He became more famous with the films The Great Pumpkin by Francesca Archibugi and The Star Maker by Tornatore. Success arrived with the films La famiglia, L'ultimo bacio, Caterina in the Big City, My Mother's Smile, Mostly Martha, and especially with Don't Move, written by his wife Margaret Mazzantini. The last films that he interpreted were Il regista di matrimoni... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edgar Faure
Edgar Faure (August 18, 1908 – March 30, 1988) was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist. Career Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time. While living in Paris, he became active in Third Republic politics, and joined the Radical Party. During the German occupation of World War II, he joined the French Resistance in the Maquis, and in 1942 fled to Charles de Gaulle's headquarters in Algiers, where he was made head of the Provisional Government of the Republic's legislative department. At the end of the war he served as French counsel for the prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials. In 1946, he was elected to the French Parliament as a Rad... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante (August 18, 1912 - 25 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History). Biography Elsa Morante was born in Rome in 1912, and except for a period during World War II, would reside in her home city until her death in 1984. She married the novelist Alberto Moravia in 1941, and through him she met many of the leading Italian thinkers and writers of the day. Morante began writing short stories which appeared in various publications and periodicals, including periodicals for children, in the 1930s. Her first book was a collection of some of the stories, Il Gioco Segreto, published in 1941. It was followed in 1942 by a children's book, La Bellissime avventure di Caterì dalla Trecciolina (rewritten in 1959 as Le straordinarie avve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Timothy Geithner
Timothy Franz Geithner (pronounced GITE-ner) (born August 18, 1961) is the 9th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In that role he also serves as Vice Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Geithner is President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Henry Paulson as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Early life and education Geithner was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Peter F. Geithner, is the director of the Asia program at the Ford Foundation in New York. During the early 1980s, Peter Geithner oversaw the Ford Foundation's microfinance programs in Indonesia being developed by Ann Dunham-Soetoro, mother of President Barack Obama, and they met in person at least once. Timothy Geithner's mother, Deborah Moore Geithner, is a pianist and piano teac... Biography of Daphnée Duplaix
Daphnée Lynn Duplaix (born August 18, 1976 in New York) is an American actress and model. Measurements 86 - 61 - 91 cm (34 - 24 - 36") Height 171 cm, 5' 7 1/2" Weight 54 kg, 120 lbs After appearing in Playboy magazine with atypically natural breasts as Playmate of the Month July 1997, she appeared in several Playboy videos, gradually moving into acting, finally becoming a regular cast member in American television soap opera Passions as Valerie Davis in 2004. Daphnée Lynn Duplaix is married to Ron Samuel (now calling herself Daphnee Duplaix Samuel), with whom she has twin sons Jaylen and Sebastian (born 2003). Daphnée is of Haitian, French and Italian descent. On January 15th, 2007, Daphnée gave birth to their third child, son Jaxson Ronald Samuel weighed in 7 lbs. 5 oz... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Orestes Quércia
Orestes Quércia (Pedregulho, August 18, 1938) is a Brazilian politician. He was the sixteenth governor of the state of São Paulo. Despite important advances in infrastructure and sanitation, his term in office was marred by corruption and poor management allegations unearthed during the term of his designated successor, Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho (most notably regarding the state-run bank, Banespa).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Perrot
Jules-Joseph Perrot (18 August 1810 in Lyon, France – 29 August 1892 in Paramé) was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. He created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century including Pas de Quatre, La Esmeralda, Ondine, and Giselle with Jean Coralli. From Dancer to Balletmaster Perrot danced often with the great Romantic ballerina, Marie Taglioni but their partnership was short-lived. She eventually refused to dance with him fearing that he would outshine her. Perrot left the Opéra in 1835 to tour European dance centers such as London, Milan, Vienna and Naples, where he met and noticed the talent of Carlotta Grisi. He coached her and presented her to the world as the next great ballerina in an 1836 per... Biography of Winona Laduke
Winona LaDuke (born 1959) is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for election to the office of Vice President of the United States as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on the ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2004 election, however, she endorsed one of Nader's opponents, Democratic candidate John Kerry. She is currently the Executive Director of both Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project. Winona LaDuke (born 1959) is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for election to the office of Vice President of the United States as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on the ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2004 election, however, she endo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vladys Muller
Vladys Muller, born August 18, 1974 in Paris, is a French actress and TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Just Fontaine
Just "JustO" Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech, French Morocco, with French and Spanish ancestors) is a former French football player. He holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament, with thirteen in 1958. He has also scored the third most goals of any player in the World Cup finals overall, beaten only by: Gerd Müller who scored fourteen goals (in two World Cup tournaments) and Ronaldo who scored fifteen goals (in three World Cup tournaments). Although France did not win the 1958 World Cup, Fontaine became the third player, after Guillermo Stabile and Alcides Ghiggia, to score in every match of a World Cup. Though born in Marrakech, he moved to Casablanca where he attended the Lycée Lyautey. Fontaine began his amateur career at USM C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sabine Sinjen
Sabine Sinjen, born August 18, 1942 in Itzehoe, died of cancer May 18, 1995 in Berliin, was a German actress. She was the wife of director Peter Beauvais. Filmographie 1957 : Les Précoces 1958 : Jeunes Filles en uniforme 1960 : Le Verre d'eau 1963 : Les Tontons flingueurs 1967 : Es 1969 : Les Rats 1970 : Nous deux 1973 : Comme il vous plaira 1984 : Les Nuées 1986 : Caspar David Friedrich - Frontière du temps 1987 : Le Pantalon 1992 : La Maison dans les genêts... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max Factor Jr.
Max Factor, Jr. (18 August 1904 – 7 June 1996), was an American businessman who was president of the Max Factor Cosmetics empire. He was born Francis Factor in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Max Factor, a Polish immigrant. Known as "Frank," his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1908 where he began working in the family business while still a boy. Upon his father's death in 1938, he became head of the company and legally changed his name to Max Factor, Jr. In 1991, the company was sold to Procter & Gamble. Max Factor, Jr., died in 1996 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irene Beardsley
Irene Beardsley, born August 18, 1935 in San Diego, California, is an American climber and adventurer. With Vera Komarkova, they were the only pair able to scale successfully of the great Himalayan mountain, Annapurna, in Nepal, in 1978.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Prost
Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, France) is a racing driver currently racing in the Euroseries 3000 Championship for the ELK Motorsport team. Career Despite being the son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. Prost is the oldest son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. Besides racing, Nicolas Prost is working part-time for a Swiss bank as a Teller in Geneva. In early 2007, it was confirmed that Prost would be racing for Team Oreca in the GT1 class of the 2007 Le Mans 24 hour race, driving a Saleen S7R. On August 29, 2007 A1 Team France confirmed Prost as their rookie driver for the 2007... Biography of Olivier Bokern
Oliver Bokern, born August 18, 1973 in Löningen, is a German actor, famous for his role as Julien Decker in Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin"), a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one"), written by Fernando Gaitán (also author of Café, con aroma de mujer) and produced by RCN TV. The original season of the serial comedy-drama follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic Berlin fas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Guitton
Jean Guitton (August 18, 1901 - March 21, 1999) was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, he studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École normale supérieure in Paris. His principal religious and intellectual influence was from a blind priest, Francois Pouget. He finished his philosophical studies in the early 1920s and later became a professor in many famous French universities. During World War II, he was made a war prisoner by the Nazis. In the year 1954, he earned a literary award from the Académie Française. From 1955 to 1968 he continued his works as a professor at the Sorbonne. He became a member of the Académie Française in 1961. Invited as an observer to the ecumenical council of Vatican II, the first lay person to b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dennis Elliott
Dennis Leslie Eliott (born 18 August 1950, Peckham, London) is most famous as the drummer who played for Foreigner from 1976 to 1991. In later years he became a professional sculptor. Life and careers Elliott became a professional musician by the age of sixteen, and joined a local band called Ferris Wheel. He then spent some years with the British jazz-rock group, IF, appearing on their first five studio albums and a live recording. Elliott met his wife, Iona in the United States, but married her in London in 1972. By 1975, he had become a U.S. resident. In 1976, he joined & became the original drummer with Foreigner in New York. After leaving the music industry behind, Elliott turned towards sculpture, working primarily with the medium of wood. Self taught, his focus and m... Biography of Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné (August 18, 1906 - October 31, 1996) was a French film director. Born in Paris, France, he began his career in silent film as a trainee with director Jacques Feyder. By age 25, Carné had already directed his first film, one that marked the beginning of a successful collaboration with surrealist poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert. This collaborative relationship lasted for more than a dozen years, during which they created films that defined French cinema of the day. Together, they were responsible for developing poetic realism. Under the German occupation of France during World War II, Carné worked in the Vichy zone where he subverted the regime's attempts to control art and filmed his masterpiece Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Pardise). In the late 1990s, the fi... Biography of Lucienne Boyer
Lucienne Boyer (Paris, August 18, 1901 (source : Imdb) - Paris, December 6, 1983) was a French female singer, best known for her song " Parlez-moi d'amour" Early career She was born as Émilienne-Henriette Boyer in the Montparnasse Quarter of (Paris. Her melodious voice gave her the chance, while working as a part-time model, she to sing in the cabarets of Montparnasse. An office position at a prominent Parisian theater opened the door for her and within a few years she was cast as Lucienne Boyer, singing in the major Parisian music halls. Popular success In 1927, Boyer sang at a concert by the great star Félix Mayol where she was seen by the American impresario Lee Shubert who immediately offered her a contract to come to Broadway. Boyer spent nine months in New York City, retur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hifikepunye Pohamba
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born August 18, 1935) is the second and current President of Namibia. He won the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections overwhelmingly as the candidate of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) ruling party, taking office in March 2005. He has also been the President of SWAPO since November 2007. Re-elected in 2009, his second term will expire in 2015. Life and career As a child, he was educated at an Anglican mission. At the age of 25, Pohamba was a founding member of SWAPO in 1960. He was arrested for his political activity but moved to Southern Rhodesia, whence he was deported soon afterwards. He then spent four months in prison in South West Africa before spending two years in Ovamboland under house arrest. In 1964, he went to Lusaka to set u... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Voisin
Gérard Voisin (born August 18, 1945 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Huth
Robert Huth (born 18 August 1984, Berlin) is a German footballer currently playing for Stoke City. He was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club Union Berlin in 2001 by then Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. He joined Middlesbrough in 2006 and spent three years at the Riverside before joining Stoke City for £5 Million in 2009. He is often referred to as "The Unstoppable Force", "The Friendly One" or "The Berlin Wall". Club career Chelsea Huth made his debut for Chelsea at the age of 17 in the last game of the 2001–02 season, coming on as a sub at the half-time in a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Aston Villa. From 2001 to 2005, Huth was very much a fringe player at Chelsea, serving as an understudy to John Terry, Marcel Desailly and William Gallas. When the 2005–06 ... Biography of Vincent Bugliosi
Vincent Bugliosi (IPA: /ˌbuːliˈoʊsi/, with a silent g) (born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca murders. His most recent books are Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (2007), and The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (2008). Education Bugliosi is a graduate of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1964, he received his law degree from UCLA, where he was president of his graduating class. Style of writing Bugliosi does not own a computer and at one time did all his research through library microfilm archives. More recently, he has relied on his virtual secretary, Rosemary Newto... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gail Fisher
Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935, Orange, NJ – December 2, 2000) was an American actress who was one of the first African American women to play substantive roles in American television. She was best known for playing the role of secretary "Peggy Fair" on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. Biography The youngest of five children, Fisher was born in Orange, New Jersey. Her father died when she was two years old and she was raised by her mother, living in poverty in the Potter's Crossing section of Edison Township, New Jersey. She graduated from Metuchen High School in Metuchen, New Jersey. During her teenage years she was a cheerleader and entered several beauty contests, winning the titles o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Greis
Michael Greis (born August 18, 1976, in Füssen, Bavaria) is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon. Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon. Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and was a member of the winning 4×7.5 km relay team in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in the individual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was also a member of the German team that won the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Martin Wilson
Charles Martin Wilson, born August 18, 1935 in Glasgow, is a Scottish Director of News and former editor of The Times.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isaac Austin
Isaac Edward "Ike" Austin (born August 18, 1969 in Gridley, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6' 10" (2.08 m) center from Kings River Community College and Arizona State University, Austin was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (48th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. He averaged two points and 1.1 rebounds during his rookie season with the Jazz, and after two more sub-par seasons, he signed to play with Tuborg İzmir, a Turkish basketball team. Austin averaged 22.3 points and 13.9 rebounds during the 1995-1996 season in Turkey, and he returned to the NBA the following season as a member of the Miami Heat. With renewed confidence, Austin averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Heat and received the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (August 18, 1917–March 28, 2006), was an American politician and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense secretary to date, after Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld. He is also known for his role in the Strategic Defense Initiative program. Early life Weinberger was born in San Francisco, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger, a Colorado-born lawyer, and the former Cerise Carpenter Hampson, an accomplished violinist whose parents were immigrants from England. Weinberger was named "Caspar" for a friend of his mother's; his father began calling him "Cap", a nickname that stuck into adulthood. Weinberger was a first cousin of the nationally-broadc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeron King Criswell
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982) born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell, was an American psychic who was famous for his wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell. The name "Criswell" was pronounced . Criswell said that he had worked as a radio announcer and news broadcaster early in his life. He began buying time on a local Los Angeles television station in the early 1950s to run an early equivalent of infomercials for his own "Criswell Family Vitamins." To fill in the airtime, he also began his "Criswell Predicts" segments as part of the show. The shows made him something of a minor, off-beat celebrity in Los Angeles and around Hollywood, and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank N. Mitchell
Frank Nicias Mitchell (August 18, 1921–November 26, 1950) was a Marine First Lieutenant who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Korean War. Frank Mitchell was born on August 18, 1921, in Indian Gap, Texas, and was a 1938 graduate of Roaring Springs High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1939, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1945, following World War II service aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Wake Island, and additional service in the Marshall Islands, and occupation duty in China. He was also attached to Fleet Marine Force Pacific as a member of its rifle and pistol team. He attended Colorado College under the Navy V-12 program, and also attended Southwestern Uni... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marshall Field
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores. Life and career Marshall Field was born on a farm in Conway, Massachusetts, the son of John Field IV and wife Fidelia Nash. His family was descended from Puritans who had come to America as early as 1650. At the age of 17, he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he first worked in a dry goods store. He left Massachusetts at the age of 18 for new opportunities in the rapidly expanding West. In 1856, at age 21, he went to live with his brother in Chicago, Illinois, and obtained employment at leading dry goods merchant Cooley, Wadsworth and Co., which was to become Cooley, Farwell & Co. in 1857. In 1862, Field purchased a partnership with the reorga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Umberto Guidoni
Umberto Guidoni (born in Rome, 18 August 1954) is an Italian politician and a former ESA astronaut. He is a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. He was a Member of the European Parliament 2004-2009, representing the Party of Italian Communists. Guidoni earned a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1978 and worked in the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as well as in the European Space Agency (ESA). One of his research projects was the Tethered Satellite System, which was part of the payload of the STS-46 mission. Guidoni trained as an alternate payload specialist for this mission and made his first spaceflight aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-75 in 1996, which included another test of the TSS system. Guidoni's second flight was aboard Endeavour STS-... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dennis Sutton
Dennis Sutton, born August 18, 1946 in Parramatta, is an Australian professional astrologer and author.... Biography of Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (born 18 August 1925 in East Dereham, Norforlk) is an English author of both general fiction and science fiction. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He is also (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. His writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C. Clarke. His influential works include the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Biography Aldiss's father ran a department store that his grandfather had established, and the family lived a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Romain Maes
Romain Maes (18 August 1913 in Zerkegem– 22 February 1983 in Groot-Bijgaarden) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He started racing when he was 17. He turned professional in 1933 and won the Omloop van het Westen (Tour of the West). The following year he started the Tour de France and twice finished stages in second place. He then crashed on the day from Digne to Nice and left the race in an ambulance. His win in 1935 ended a six-year run by French riders. He was a hero in Belgium. He won Paris–Roubaix in 1936 but wasn't given the victory. The judge said he had seen the Frenchman, Georges Speicher, win. In 1938 he was well on the way to winning Paris-Bruss... Biography of Benjamin Godard
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (August 18, 1849, Paris – January 10, 1895, Cannes) was a French violinist and Romantic composer. Biography Benjamin Godard was a student of Henri Vieuxtemps. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1863 where he studied under Vieuxtemps (violin) and Henri Reber (harmony) and accompanied Vieuxtemps twice to Germany. He composed music with great facility. In 1876, his Concerto romantique was performed at the Concerts Populaires, and other of his large works were also performed at these concerts. In 1878, Godard was the co-winner of the Prix de la Ville de Paris. His winning composition, a dramatic symphony entitled Le Tasso, remains among his most admired works. From that time until his death Godard wrote a surprisingly large number of compositions. Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Morisset
Jean-Marie Morisset (born August 18, 1947) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Deux-Sèvres department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy Bush Koch
Dorothy Walker Bush Koch, often called "Doro", (born August 18, 1959), is the daughter of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and the youngest sibling of George W. Bush, the 43rd President. Her other four siblings are Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, and Robin Bush, who died of leukemia in 1953. Life and career Bush Koch was born in Harris County, Texas. Since she was a child, Dorothy has spent summers and holidays at the Bush compound, a sprawling estate in Kennebunkport, Maine. In 1975, during a visit to Beijing, Dorothy became the first person publicly baptized in the People's Republic of China since its government began discouraging foreign religious practices in 1949. Dorothy attended Miss Porter's School and earned ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Auguste-Armand de La Force
Auguste Armand Ghislain Marie Joseph Nompar de Caumont de La Force (18 August 1878, Dieppe - 3 October 1961, Saint-Aubin-de-Locquenay), 12th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian. Specialising in the 17th century (he was himself a descendent of the 1000-year-old Caumont de la Force family), his work allowed him to reconstruct events in which his ancestors had taken part. He was elected a member of the Académie française on 19 November 1925. Works * Amours et usages de jadis, Paris, Fayard 1959 * Anne de Caumont-La Force, comtesse de Balbi, Paris, Émile-Paul, 1909 * Chateaubriand au travail, Avignon, Aubanel, 1941 * Claire Marie de Nassau : princesse de Ligne, Bruxelles, , 1936 * Comédies sanglantes, drames intimes, Paris, Émile-Paul frères, 1930 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Podoloff
Maurice Podoloff (August 18, 1890 - November 24, 1985) was a U.S. lawyer and basketball and ice hockey administrator. He was the first president of the National Basketball Association. He served from the league's founding as the Basketball Association of America in 1946 until 1963. Profile Maurice Podoloff was born to a Jewish family in Elizabethgrad, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) on August 18, 1890. When he was a young boy his family emigrated to the United States, where he graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut in 1909. From there Podoloff went on to Yale University where he got his law degree in 1915. A distinguished lawyer, Maurice Podoloff was a man of impeccable character and was instrumental in the development and success of professional basketball.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Simon Sutour
Simon Sutour (born in August 18, 1952 in Sète, France) is a French politician member of the PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Héléna Manson
Elena Eugenia Manson (18 August 1898 – 15 September 1994) was a French film actress. She appeared in 95 films between 1925 and 1989. Selected filmography Le Corbeau (1943) Return to Life (1949) Clear the Ring (1950) Peace in the Fields (1970) Agent trouble (1987)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Ingrand
Henry Ingrand, born August 18, 1908 in Echiré, Deux-Sèvres, died in 2003 in Aix-en-Provence, was a French resistant, civil servant and Compagnon de la Libération. The Ordre de la Libération (“Order of the Liberation”) is a French Order awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II. It is an exceptional honor, the second highest after the Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) and only a small number of people and military units have received it, exclusively for deeds accomplished during World War II.... Biography of Maria Cuffaro
Maria Cuffaro, born August 18, 1964 in Rome, is an Italian journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Sainte-Marie
Michel Sainte-Marie (born August 18, 1938 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Gironde department, and is a member of the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left (SRC) party.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giulio Tremonti
Giulio Tremonti (Italian pronunciation: ) (born August 18, 1947) is an Italian politician. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance in the last Italian government presided over by Silvio Berlusconi. He served in the same capacity and as Deputy Prime Minister in prior Berlusconi cabinets. Career Tremonti is a full professor of law at the University of Pavia, Italy, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Comparative Law, Oxford. His particular fields of interest are fiscal and tributary law, as well as fiscal policies. Born in Sondrio, Northern Lombardy, in a family of Venetian ancestry (from Lorenzago di Cadore, Northern Veneto), he was the man who facilitated the dialogue between billionaire entrepreneur/politician Silvio Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi, leader of th... Biography of Everlast (musician)
Erik Schrody (born August 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Everlast, is a Grammy-Award winning Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, known for his solo hit "What It's Like" and as the front-man for rap group House of Pain. He is also part of the hip-hop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which consists of his former House of Pain mates, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, along with Underground rap veteran Ill Bill and Irish-American rapper Slaine. On July 14 of 2009 they released their debut album A Brand You Can Trust on Uncle Howie Records and Suburban Noize Records. Early days & House of Pain Everlast was born in Valley Stream, New York of Irish descent. Emerging as a member of the Rhyme Syndicate, Everlast's first solo album Forever Everlasting (1990), largely made possible by M... Biography of Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage (born 18 August 1991) is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team. Cambage was born in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and Cambage moved to Australia with her mother. First settling in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, the family then moved to Melbourne and later the Mornington Peninsula. WNBL Cambage played her junior basketball with Dandenong Rangers, joining their WNBL team for the 2007-08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Besse
Roger Besse, born on August 8, 1929 in Ydes, Cantal, died on January 7, 2009 in Lyon, was a French politician, a former Senator (1989-2008).... Biography of Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson (born August 18, 1975) is an American actress best known for playing Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Early life and career Born in Portland, Oregon (source: Imdb). She attended the University of Oregon, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally. Olson was a part of the improvisational group the Groundlings. She made several guest appearances in films and TV series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm (as Becky, Larry David's sister-in-law) and The Drew Carey Show (as Mimi Bobeck's nemesis, Traylor). Olson toured with the USO to Bosnia, Kosovo and Norway. Olson has appeared on The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Out of Practice, Miss Match, Family Guy, and Punk'd. She had a minor role in the film Coyote Ugly. In 2004, she was ... Biography of Elena Santarelli
Elena Santarelli, born on August 18, 1981 in Latina, is an Italian model, TV host, and actress. Filmography Actress * Il pranzo della domenica, regia di Carlo Vanzina (2003) * Vita Smeralda, regia di Jerry Calà (2006) * Commediasexi, regia di Alessandro D'Alatri (2006) * Baciato dalla fortuna, regia di Paolo Costella (2011) TV actress * Camera Café - serie TV (2007-2008) - Caterina Farini TV host * L'Eredità (2004) * Stadio Sprint (2004-2005) * L'isola dei famosi (2005) - concorrente * IX Giochi Paralimpici invernali (2006) * Glob - L'osceno del villaggio (2007) * Total Request Live (2007-2009) * Kalispéra (2010) * Finale Mediafriends Cup (2010)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fat Lever
Lafayette "Fat" Lever (born August 18, 1960 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is currently the director of player development for the Sacramento Kings. Lever was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers as the 11th pick in the 1982 NBA Draft out of Arizona State and was considered one of the NBA's best point guards in the late 1980s while playing for the Denver Nuggets. Despite his size (6 feet 3 inches) he regularly led the Nuggets in rebounding. In 1987-88, he produced a memorable performance against the Chicago Bulls, with 31 points, 12 assists, 16 rebounds and 6 steals. While not well-known by many current NBA fans, Lever is one of a handful of NBA players to nearly average a triple-double over the course of an entire seas... Biography of Andi Deris
Andreas "Andi" Deris (born 18 August 1964 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is the vocalist and a songwriter for power metal band Helloween, and co-founder and former lead singer of German melodic metal band Pink Cream 69. He has an active solo career, as well as his own recording studio in Tenerife. Biography First bands (1979 - 1987) Andi started to sing in his first band called Paranoid when he was 15. Two years later they changed the band's name to Nameless. In Nameless Deris stayed along with his school friend, drummer Ralf Maurer, who also played on both Andi's solo albums. In late 1984 Andi Deris joined a band called Dragon with the two brothers Bruno and Oscar Di Blasio (Di Blasio BrOs) on guitar and Bernd and Stefan Lüddemann (bass & drums). After playing live concerts in the Karlsru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mohamed Ghannouchi
Mohamed Ghannouchi (Arabic: محمد الغنوشي, Mʋhɑm̑ɑd alƠɑnúşí; born 18 August 1941) was the Prime Minister of Tunisia and was self-proclaimed acting President of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011, under Article 56 of the Constitution of Tunisia. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi has been a long-standing figure in the Tunisian government; he was Minister of Finance from 1989 to 1992, Minister of International Cooperation from 1992 to 1999, and Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Political career Ghannouchi is a member of the Tunisian parliament for the Democratic Constitutional Rally. From 1992 to 1999, he was the Minister of International Co-operati... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto. He began his professional career playing with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPPR). While he was playing in Puerto Rico, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract to play with the Montreal Royals. Clemente accepted the offer and was active with the team until the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired him in the Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft of 1954. Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ivan Klemenc
Ivan Klemenc, born August 18, 1949 in Novi Sad, is a Serbian actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459208/ ) # Dosije 128 (1998) (TV) .... Drug Franc # Pun mesec nad Beogradom (1993) .... Otac Timotije ... aka Full Moon Over Belgrade (International: English title) # "Balkan ekspres 2" (3 episodes, 1989) - Episode #1.7 (1989) TV episode - Episode #1.5 (1989) TV episode - Episode #1.2 (1989) TV episode # "Vuk Karadzic" .... Filip Visnjic (5 episodes, 1987-1988) - Putovanje (1988) TV episode .... Filip Visnjic - Nesloge (1987) TV episode .... Filip Visnjic - Takovski ustanak (1987) TV episode .... Filip Visnjic - U golemom Becu (1987) TV episode .... Filip Visnjic - Vojevanje (1987) TV episode .... Filip Visnjic # Crveni i crn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Siri Tollerød
Siri Tollerod, also spelled Tollerød, (born August 18, 1988) is a Norwegian model. Biography Early life Tollerød started school at 7. She was always active outside of school, enjoying in particular horseback riding, skiing (cross country), European handball, aerobics, and singing. She has one younger sister named Susanne. She was discovered in Sørlandssenteret shopping mall in her hometown of Kristiansand, Norway and went to Milan, Italy in September 2006 to dabble in modeling for a summer. She soon returned home to earn her high school diploma. Immediately upon graduating, she signed with Trump Models. She moved to New York City in April 2007 to pursue full-time modeling. In October 2009, Tollerød switched mother agencies from Trump to DNA Model Management. Career Tollerød... Biography of Zuzana Jandová
Zuzana Jandová (born 18 August 1987 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia) is a beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Czech Republic and represented her country in Miss World 2008 in South Africa. She completed her studies at Business School and works in Charity Endowment, Help and Support.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joan Taylor
Joan Taylor (born August 18, 1929) is a retired American film actress. Early life She was born in Geneva, Illinois. Her father Joseph Emma was from Sicily and became a movie manager and a Hollywood prop man. Her mother Amelia Berky was from Austria and became a vaudeville dancer/singer. Filmography * Split (1989) as Tourist * 77 Sunset Strip as Beth Collins (1 episode, 1963) * The Rifleman as Milly Scott (18 episodes, 1960-1962) * The Dick Powell Show (1 episode, 1962) * Bronco as Lorain (1 episode, 1962) * My Three Sons as Muriel (1 episode, 1961) * Rawhide as Paibada (1 episode, 1961) * The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor as Myrna Fontaine (1 episode, 1961) * Lock Up as Lauren Bodret (1 episode, 1960) * Colt .45 as Dr. Ellen ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glenn Plummer
Glenn E. Plummer (born August 18, 1961) is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter. Plummer was born in Richmond, California. He has appeared in numerous films and television series, primarily in supporting roles or small bit parts, such as High Top in Colors. His prominent roles came in the films Menace II Society, Speed, Bones, Showgirls, South Central, The Day After Tomorrow, The Salton Sea and Saw II. He was offered the role of Jesse in Riding the Bus with My Sister. Films * 1987 – Hands of a Stranger – Willy Johnson * 1988 – Funny Farm – Mickey * 1988 – Colors – Clarence "High Top" Brown * 1990 – Downtown – Valentine * 1991 – Pastime – Tyrone Devray * 1992 – South Central – Bobby * 1992 – Trespass – Luther * 1993... Biography of Kim Glass
Kimberly Marie Glass (born August 18, 1984) is an American indoor volleyball player. She is 6'2" (188cm) (http://usavolleyball.org/athletes/kim-glass) and plays as an outside hitter. She currently plays for Modřanská Prostějov. She joined the U.S. national team on May 23, 2007. Glass made her first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal. High school and personal life Glass was born in Los Angeles, California, to Sherman and Kathy Glass. She has two brothers, Darryl and Marcus, and two sisters, Shalana and Shaynce. She grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and attended Conestoga Valley High School where she was a three year letterwinner. She was the 2001 Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year. She was the Lancaster-Lebanon ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Les
James (Jim) Allen Les (born August 18, 1963 in Niles, Illinois) is an American basketball player and coach. A former NBA basketball guard, he was picked in the third round (70th pick overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft out of Bradley University. College career Les began his collegiate basketball career playing at Cleveland State University, but transferred after the 1981–1982 season to Bradley. While attending Bradley University he was a member of the Accounting Student Association and the Delta Upsilon fraternity. When he left college in 1986, he had compiled the second most assists in NCAA history in a combined playing career with Cleveland State and Bradley. Professional career A 5'11" point guard, Les played seven seasons in the NBA, from 1988 to 1995 for four franchises. The hig... Biography of Helena Rojo
Helena Rojo (August 18, 1944) is a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Biography Born Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the early-1960s. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with renown Mexican directors Carlos Ancira and José Luis Ibáñez, making her film debut in 1968 in the film El club de los suicidas. That same year, Helena also appeared in her second film, Los amigos. She continued working as a model and appearing in small film roles in the late 60's and early 70's. In 1969, she signed an exclusivity contract with Productora Cinematográfica Marte. Later, she began expanding her acting career into television and theater. In 1974, her first television role was the lead in the telenovela Extraño en su pueblo. She was married to actor Juan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darren Pettie
Darren Pettie, born on August 18, 1970 in Andalusia, Alabama, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1496294/) 2012 Pan Am (TV series) George Broyles – 1964 (2012) … George Broyles – New Frontiers (2012) … George Broyles – Diplomatic Relations (2012) … George Broyles 2011-2012 Ringer (TV series) Detective Jimmy Kemper – What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag? (2012) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – That's What You Get for Trying to Kill Me (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – The Poor Kids Do It Everyday (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – Pilot (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper 2012 Prime Suspect (TV series) Mr. Coleman – Ain't No Sunshine (2012) … Mr. Coleman 2011 Castle (TV series) Tra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emir Spahić
Emir Spahić (born 18 August 1980) is a Bosnian football central defender playing for Sevilla FC in the Spanish La Liga and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is naturally left footed but can play with either foot very well. Career Over the course of his career, Spahić played for NK Čelik Zenica, Russian clubs Torpedo Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Lokomotiv Moscow as well as Croatian sides NK Zagreb and NK GOŠK Dubrovnik. On 24 June 2009, Spahić announced that he will join the newly promoted Montpellier squad for the 2009–10 Ligue 1 season. On his league debut against Paris Saint-Germain, he scored a header in the 94th minute for a 1–1 draw, which earned a point for the newly promoted club. He scored his second goal for Montpellier in a 2–2 draw ag... Biography of Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Jafet Ruiz González (born 18 August 1985 in Alajuela) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He is a right sided attacking midfielder, with good ball control, heading and passing, who can play as a second striker. Club career Liga Deportiva Alajuelense He began his professional career at 18 playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, in Costa Rica's top division. He formed a trio with 2 strikers, Rolando Fonseca and Froylan Ledezma, where he built a reputation as a goalscorer and a play maker. In Alajuelense, Bryan was nicknamed in jest "la comadreja" (the weasel), for his facial profile. He was on the team when it won regional titles such as the UNCAF Cup and the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Gent In the summer of 2006, Ruiz was signed by K.A.A. Ge... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Prince de Condé (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740) was head of the Bourbon-Condé cadet branch of the France's reigning House of Bourbon from 1710 to his death, and served as prime minister to his kinsman Louis XV from 1723 to 1726. Despite succeeding as head of the House of Condé in 1709, he never used that name, preferring the title "Duke of Bourbon", and was known at court as Monsieur le Duc. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang. Biography Early years Louis Henri was born at Versailles, the eldest son of Louis III, Prince of Condé and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, the eldest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. He was the great-grand... |
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