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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 22, 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
101 celebrities or events were found for August, 22. Add to favourites (96 fans)Biography of Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawley. Together they have one daughter, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few music stars to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for emotionally intense songs that cover a wide range of subjects including sexuality, religion and personal tragedy. Some of her charting singles are "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", and "Spark". Other significant recordings include "Me and a Gun", "Winter", "God", "Playboy ... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the short-lived supergroup Mad Season, known for his powerful and soulful voice. By the 90's, he was addicted to heroin, which led to the downfall of his career, and eventually took his life. History Early life Layne Thomas Staley was born on August 22, 1967 to Phil Staley and Nancy McCallum in Kirkland, Washington. He was eight years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and sisters. In early 2002 shortly before his death he would describe the experience of witnessing his parents' divorce: "My world became a nightmare, there were just shadows around me. I got a call saying that my dad had died, but my family always kn... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Claude Debussy
Achille-Claude Debussy (IPA /aʃil klod dəby'si/) (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel he is considered the most prominent figure working within the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Debussy was not only among the most important of all French composers but also a central figure in all European music at the turn of the twentieth century. His music virtually defines the transition from late-Romantic music to twentieth century modernist music. In French literary circles, the style of this period was known as Symbolism, a movement that directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant. Early life and studies ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Roland Orzabal
Roland Orzabal (full name Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana) is an internationally acclaimed musician, songwriter and record producer. He is known mainly as a co-founding member of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and predominant vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists. Born on 22 August 1961, in Portsmouth, England (birth time source: his rising sign is Gemini, so he was born between 23:05 PM and midnight), Orzabal's mother is English and his father is from Paris, but of Spanish-Basque descent. Orzabal was originally named "Raoul" at birth for two weeks, but this was subsuquently changed to Roland to anglicize the name as they were living in England. As well as his native English, he is fluent in French and Spanish. Early career... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 (birth time source: Gauquelin) — June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated among 20th century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. Beginnings Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, to a Swedish immigrant mother and a father who was a power and telephone lineman. His paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were newspaper publishers. Ray Bradbury was a reader and writer throughout his youth, spending much time ... Biography of Marie Tabarly
Marie Tabarly, born August 22, 1984 in Gouesnach, is the daughter of French sailor Eric Tabarly and Jacqueline his wife.... Biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed. Childhood Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, near Paris, France, the eldest of five children. His father was a wealthy textile manufacturer whose Cartier-Bresson thread was a staple of French sewing kits. He also sketched in his spare time. His mother's family were cotton merchants and landowners from Normandy, where he spent part of his childhood. The Cartier-Bresson family lived in a bourgeois neighborhood in Paris, near the Europe Bridge, and provided h... Biography of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. Early life Also known as Dot or Dottie, Parker was born Dorothy Rothschild at 732 Ocean Avenue in the West End village of Long Branch, New Jersey, where her parents had a summer beach cottage. Parker wrote in her essay "My Hometown" that her parents got her back to their Manhattan apartment shortly after Labor Day so she could be called a true New Yorker. Her friends found her both a source of fun and of tragedy; she attempted suicide at least three times. Her mother died in West End when Dorothy was a month shy of turning five. She grew up on the Upper West Side, and attended Roman Catholic elementary school at t... Biography of Giada de Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (IPA: ) (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer, TV Personality, and the current host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash, Giada's Weekend Getaways, and Giada in Paradise. In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor and Co-Host on NBC's Today. Personal life De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the daughter of Veronica De Laurentiis and Alex De Benedetti, and moved to Southern California when she was seven. She is the granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and Silvana Mangano, a noted Italian actress of her day. She graduated from Marymount High Schoo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Habert
Philippe Habert is a French politician (August 22, 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine - April 5, 1993 in Paris).... Biography of Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman (born 1925-08-22 ) is an English actress, who is best known for the roles of Cathy Gale on The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Youth Blackman, who was born in West Ham, London, trained as an actress at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London after persuading her father that an appropriate birthday gift would be acting lessons. Films Blackman's films include: Quartet and So Long at the Fair with Dirk Bogarde, Life at the Top with Laurence Harvey, The Virgin and the Gypsy, Shalako with Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot and Something Big with Dean Martin. She played the role of Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She also did an overdub for an actress in the same film providing the voice for the character... Biography of Judith Martin
Judith Martin born August 22, 1984 in Paris is the daughter of Cécilia Sarkozy and her former husband, French TV host Jacques Martin.... Biography of Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander (born August 22, 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles and one Grand Slam doubles title and is particularly remembered for winning three of the four Grand Slam singles events in 1988, his most successful year on the tour. He was also a driving force behind Sweden's run of seven consecutive Davis Cup finals in the 1980s. Career Wilander won three French Open singles titles, three Australian Open singles titles, and one U.S. Open singles title. The only Grand Slam singles title Wilander never won was Wimbledon. He did, however, capture the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1986 (partnering countryman Joakim Nyström). Because two of his Australian Opens were won on grass, Wilander is one of the few... Biography of Jennifer Finnigan
Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Emmy-winning role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004. Finnigan was born in Montreal. She starred in a sitcom called Student Bodies, and in a true story in the telefilm The Stalking of Laurie Show in December 2000, about the real life murder of a young teenage girl. Also in 2000, she played the character "Tara" in the episode "The Tale of the Last Dance" in Season 7 of Are You Afraid of the Dark?. In 2004, she was seen in advertisements for Almay cosmetics. In 2005, she played the character Marni Fliss on the NBC series Committed, which only aired for 13 episodes before the show was axed due to low ratings. Finnigan was featured on... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English actor. Early life Born in Leicester, Richard Armitage attended to Huncote Primary School in Huncote. Later at Brockington College in Enderby he studied music, performing cello in school and local orchestras as well as learning how to play flute. He pursued this interest to Pattison College in Coventry, where his education expanded to include dance and acting. He gained A Levels in music and English. Career At 17 he joined a circus in Budapest for 6 weeks to gain his Equity Card. Armitage returned to Britain to pursue a career in musical theater. He appeared on stage in various musicals, including Cats as Admetus and Macavity. Dissatisfied with this career path, he returned to school to study acting at the London Academy of ... Biography of Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle (born August 22, 1922) in Paris, France is an actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle. Born Micheline Nicole Julia Emilienne Chassagne, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the 1937 production of La Fessée. In 1938 she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French cinema. Her rise to European stardom, in films such as Devil in the Flesh, led to offers from Hollywood and in 1950 she was signed by 20th Century Fox. Using the easier to pronounce last name of "Prelle," her first Hollywood production was a starring role opposite John Garfield in the film Under My Skin directed by Jean Negulesco. That same year ... Biography of Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping listen (help·info) (simplified Chinese: 邓小平; traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-p'ing; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s. He pioneered "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and Chinese economic reform, also known as the "socialist market economy", and opened China to the global market. Inheriting a China wrought with social and institutional woes left over from the Cultural Revolution and other mass political move... Biography of Jeff Stinco
Jean-François "Jeff" Stinco (born August 22, 1978) is a Québécois musician best known as the lead guitarist for pop punk band Simple Plan, which is currently in the studio working on the band's third album. He attended College Beaubois High School in Montreal along with other band members Sébastien Lefebvre, Chuck Comeau and Pierre Bouvier, but not David Desrosiers. Stinco got the nickname Jeff, because many of his non-French fluent friends coudn't pronounce 'Jean-François', so they began to call him 'JF', leading to Jeff. One of his favorite bands is U2. Jeff is the oldest member of Simple Plan. According to his Myspace blog, Jeff had a small role in the french movie, Nitro, as a street racer.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Kristen Wiig
Kristen Carroll Wiig (pronounced /ˈwɪɡ/ "wig"; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and impressionist, currently appearing as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. She is a member of The Groundlings, and also appeared in the first season of Spike TV's The Joe Schmo Show. Personal life Wiig was born in Canandaigua, New York. At the age of three her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then on to Rochester, New York, where she remained until the end of high school. She graduated from Brighton High School in 1991 and attended the University of Arizona with a major in art. She was hired as a graphic artist by a plastic surgery clinic to show clientele what they would look like after surgery, but left for Los Angeles before ever starting the job ... Biography of Rodrigo Santoro
Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (born August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian actor. Career In 1993, as Santoro was studying Journalism at PUC-Rio, he entered the Actor's Workshop of Rede Globo. Santoro went on to play parts in many of Globo's telenovelas, such as Olho no Olho (1993), Pátria Minha (1994), Explode Coração (1995), O Amor Está no Ar (1997), Suave Veneno (1999) and Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003), as well as the miniseries Hilda Furacão (1998), in the role of a priest. Santoro also did the Brazilian version of the titular character in Stuart Little and its sequel. His first major role in a cinema production would come in 2001, with Bicho de Sete Cabeças (Brainstorm) by Brazilian director Laís Bodansky. At the time, he was under heavy criticism for his role in a Brazilian soap an... Biography of Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams (born August 22, 1947) is an American actress best known for starring in the TV series Laverne & Shirley and the eponymous "Shirley". Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Williams was born Cynthia Jane Williams in Van Nuys, California, to John and Lillie Williams. She has a sister Carol Ann Williams. She graduated from Birmingham High School. Among her classmates were famed financier Michael Milken and fellow actress Sally Field. Cindy also attended Los Angeles City College and went on to become a movie actress in the early 1970s. She has appeared in 19 movies, but is best known for starring in the TV series Laverne & Shirley. Career Williams picked up important film roles early in her career: George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt 1972; as Ron Howard's high school s... Biography of Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendships with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arrested but never convicted of war crimes. The propaganda value of her films made during the 1930s repels most commentators but many film histories cite the aesthetics as outstanding. After her death the Associated Press described Riefenstahl as an "acclaimed... Biography of Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina (born August 22, 1933, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia — died December 26, 1994, Rome, Italy) was an Italian actress. Biography Born in Zagreb as Sylva Koskinon of Greek and Polish descent, she may be best-remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968). During the Second World War when she was a teenager, she moved to Italy to live with her sister, who had married an Italian citizen. Koscina had an extensive film career there. She also starred in the 1967 comedy caper Three Bites of the Apple with David McCallum, and Deadlier Than the Male (1967), in which she and Elke Sommer portrayed sophisticated professi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rudy Ricciotti
Rudy Ricciotti, born August 22, 1952 in Kouba, Algeria, is a French architect. Works (in French) 2009-2011 - Reconstruction du Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris) ; 2009-2011 - Siège ITER 2000-2006 - "Centre chorégraphique national d’Aix en-Provence" dit le pavillon noir, Photo ; 2000 – "Gare maritime" Marseille (concours) ; "Passerelle de Séoul" Corée ; "Restructuration de l'Abbaye de Montmajour" ; "Salle de concert philharmonique" Potsdam; "Salle de spectacles" Sélestat (Strasbourg) (en cours) ; "Scènes de musique contemporaine de Nîmes" (études) ; "Réaménagement du Centre National de la Photographie" Paris (études) ; 1999 – "Musée des Arts Premiers" Quai Branly, Paris (concours) ; "Maisons individuelles EDF" (concours) ; "Villa et piscine Le Goff" Marseille (réalisée) ;... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Hernu
Laurent Philippe Hernu, born August 22, 1976 in Creil, is a French athlete (Decathlon).... Biography of Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1939 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American actress, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for her starring roles on the sitcoms Rhoda (a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Valerie. Early life and career Harper was born at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Rockland County, New York. Her Canadian-born mother, Iva (née McConnell), was a nurse, and her father, Howard Donald Harper, was a lighting salesman. Harper is of French and British ancestry, and was raised Roman Catholic, although at an early age she "quit" the church. The family moved every two years because of her father's promotions, living in South Orange, New Jersey. St. Andrews in Pasadena, California (wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (August 22, 1928 – December 5, 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30) composers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music" (Hewett 2007). He is known for his ground-breaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization. He was educated at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the University of Cologne, and later studied with Olivier Messiaen in Paris, and with Werner Meyer-Eppler at the University of Bonn. One of the leading figures of the Darmstadt School, his c... Biography of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje listen (help·info) (born 22 August 1967) is an English actor, solicitor and former male fashion model, best known for his role as Mr. Eko on Lost. Early life Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, England behind the firestation on Upper Street. His parents are from Nigeria, but moved to London, where he was born. He has four sisters and is fluent in several languages, including English, Italian, Yorùbá (the language of his parents' ethnic group), and Swahili. He holds a Master of Laws from King's College London. The meaning of his name is broken down thus: Ade- the crown, wale- has come home, Akin- warrior, nuoye- of chieftaincy, Agbaje prosperity and wealth. Career Akinnuoye-Agbaje's first time on camera was in Dawn Penn's video for her 1994 hi... Biography of John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. From a musical family, he was a cousin of Earl Hooker. John was also influenced by his stepfather, a local blues guitarist, who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time. John developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. His best known son... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierrette Bruno
Pierrette Bruno, born August 22, 1928 in Marseille (birth certificate), is a French actress and comedian. Filmography 1952 : Le Fruit défendu d'Henri Verneuil : Toinette 1953 : Le Boulanger de Valorgue d'Henri Verneuil : Françoise Zanetti 1954 : Les Lettres de mon moulin de Marcel Pagnol : Vivette 1956 : Mon curé chez les pauvres d'Henri Diamant-Berger 1958 : Le Tombeur de René Delacroix : Poupette Lautier 1960 : Le Capitan d'André Hunebelle : Giuseppina 1961 : Le Tracassin d'Alex Joffé : Juliette Television 1962 : Vincent Scotto : Margot 1964 : La Bonne Planque de Michel André avec Bourvil (dans le cadre d' Au théâtre ce soir) : Lulu 1982 : Bourvil, un éclat de rire : Elle-même Theater - opérette 1953 : Demeure chaste et pure de George Axelrod, mise en ... Biography of Howie Dorough
Howard Dwaine Dorough (born August 22, 1973), also known as Howie D, is an American musician and member of the boy band Backstreet Boys. Early life Dorough was born in Orlando, Florida to a Puerto Rican mother, Paula Flores, and an Irish American father, Hoke Dorough. Dorough had a passion for the entertainment business since he was three years old, when he would jump on his grandparents bed, singing "Baby Face" while strumming his tiny guitar. At the age of six, Dorough participated in an Orlando production of The Wizard of Oz to get his start in entertainment business. Personal life On August 16, 2007, Dorough announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, Leigh Boniello. Dorough and Boniello, a film exec turned real estate broker, met in 2000, during the Backstreet Boys' ... Biography of Norman Schwarzkopf
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. or H. Norman Schwarzkopf, KCB (/ˈʃwɔrtskɒf/; August 22, 1934 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander of United States Central Command, he was commander of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Schwarzkopf grew up in both the United States and Iran. After graduating high school he was accepted into the United States Military Academy (known popularly as West Point), where he attained a Bachelors of Science degree in 1956 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. He obtained his Masters of Science degree and served as an instructor at West Point before volunteering to serve as a task force adviser to the South Vi... Biography of Wolf Roth
Wolf Roth (aka Wolf K.Roth) (b. August 22, 1945 in Torgau, Germany) is a German theatre and television actor. He was born in Torgau, because his family had flewn during WW II. He was raised and educated in Bremen Germany. 1961 he went to the US and visited the Edsel Ford Highschool Detroit, where he graduated. He spent the next months travelling through the middle-west of the US. Having returned to Germany, he graduated in Bremen and went on to the Freie Universität in Berlin Germany. He heared lessons in sociology and economy, but found his real dedication, when he was taken by friends to the entrance examinations of the famous Max Reinhardt Seminar for actors. He was discovered by the actress Hilde Körber and while still in the seminary, he was seen and engaged by Boleslaw Barlog. Conseq... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rick Yune
Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971) is an American actor. Yune, a Korean American, was born in Washington, D.C., the older brother of actor Karl Yune. He graduated from the Wharton School in 1994. He appeared in Snow Falling on Cedars, The Fast and the Furious, and the James Bond movie Die Another Day. Yune qualified for the Olympic Trials in Tae Kwon Do when he was 19. He changed the spelling of his last name from "Yun" to "Yune" for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) purposes. Filmography Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - Gen Alone in the Dark II (2008) - Edward Carnby The Fifth Commandment (2008) Die Another Day (2002) - Zao The Fast and the Furious (2001) - Johnny Tran The Fence (2001) - Lucky Chang Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) - Kazuo Miyamoto Nathan Grimm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriele Tinti
Gabriele Tinti, born August 22, 1932 in Molinella, died November 12, 1991 in Rome, was an Italian actor. He married actress Laura Gemser. He was also know as: Gus Stone | Gabrielle Tinti | Gabriel Tinti | Gastone Tinti | Steve Wyler Filmography Altri tempi, regia di Alessandro Blasetti (1951) Amor non ho, però... però..., regia di Giorgio Bianchi (1951) Anni facili, regia di Luigi Zampa (1953) Giorni d'amore, regia di Giuseppe De Santis (1954) Cani perduti senza collare, regia di Jean Delannoy (1955) Il coraggio, regia di Domenico Paolella (1955) La banda degli onesti, regia di Camillo Mastrocinque (1956) Tempo di villeggiatura, regia di Antonio Racioppi (1956) Totò, lascia o raddoppia?, regia di Camillo Mastrocinque (1956) Scapricciatiello, regia di Luigi Capuano (19... Biography of Emanuela Pierantozzi
Emanuela Pierantozzi (born 22 August 1968) is an Italian judoka. She won two Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1992 and 2000. EDUCATION 2001 - Graduated in Physical Education, Bologna 1994 - Diploma in Physical Education, Genova SPORTS PRACTISED Judo, athletics, swimming, wind surf SPORTS CAREER Participated in 3 editions of the Games of the Olympiad : XXV Olympiad in Barcelona in 1992 (silver medal), XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta in 1996 and XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000 (bronze medal). World Championships in 1989 (gold medal), 1991 (gold medal), 1997 (bronze medal). European Championships in 1988 (silver medal), 1989 (gold medal), 1991 (bronze medal), 1992 (gold medal), 1993 (bronze medal), 1995 (silver medal), 1996 (silver medal). Mediterranean Championship... Biography of Colm Feore
Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is a Gemini Award-winning American-born Irish-Canadian stage, film and television actor. Personal life Feore was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life, subsequently moving to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up. After graduating from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. He is also fluent in French. Feore lives with his wife, choreographer Donna Feore, and their three children, Jack, Tom and Anna, in Stratford, Ontario. Career Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of the Stratford Festival of Canada, North Amer... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Renaud de Segrais
Jean Renaud de Segrais (August 22, 1624 - March 15, 1701) was a French poet and novelist born in Caen. In 1662, he was elected a member of the Académie française. Works Poetry Ode à M. Chapelain, about the victories of Mgr le duc d'Anguien (1647) Athys, dedicated to S. A. R. Mademoiselle (1653) Diverses poésies by Jean Regnault de Segrais (1658) Poésies by M. de Segrais Églogues by M. de Segrais. L'Athys ; le Portrait de Mademoiselle (1733) Novels and short stories Bérénice (4 volumes, 1648-51) Les Nouvelles françaises, ou les Divertissemens de la princesse Aurélie (2 volumes, 1656-57). Theatre L'Amour guéri par le Temps, tragedy by M. de Segrais (s.d.) Translations Traduction de l'Énéide de Virgile, par Mr de Segrais (2 volumes, 1668-81) Les Géorg... Biography of Marliece Andrada
Marliece Andrada (born August 22, 1972 in Manteca, California) was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March 1998 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She joined the cast of Baywatch in the 1997 season; her pictorial was partially shot on the show's location. She's of Portuguese descent. Marliece Andra played Agent X-Tra in the game Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0028004/ ) Love Stinks (1999) (uncredited) .... Jesse's Date ... autre titre : Allergique à l'amour (France: video title) Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999) (VG) .... Agent Xtra "Baywatch" .... Skylar Bergman / ... (5 episodes, 1997) ... autre titre : Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title) ... autre titre : Alerte à Hawaii (France: new title) ... autre titre : Alerte à Malib... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Debarge
James DeBarge (born 22 August 1963, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American R&B and soul singer of African American/French Canadian descent. He was one of the charter members of the family group DeBarge, who became stars with their 1980s classic songs "All This Love", "In a Special Way", "Rhythm of the Night", and "Who's Holding Donna Now?". James DeBarge is arguably more famous for his 1984 marriage to pop icon Janet Jackson. The marriage was annulled in 1985, after Jackson said she could not deal with James' drug abuse. As of 2000, James DeBarge has worked with Compton rapper/producer, DJ Quik on such tracks as "Tha Divorce Song", as well as "Get Nekkid" by slain rapper Mausberg. Also, in 2004, DeBarge made a song with the "Haitian Sensation" Wong-G for a remix called "Nothing's Wro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Denton Cooley
Denton Arthur Cooley (born August 22, 1920) is a pioneering American Heart surgeon. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity - Tau Chapter and graduated in 1941 from the University of Texas, then went on to complete his medical degree and his surgical training at Johns Hopkins. Following his graduation he went to London to work with Lord Russell Brock. In 1969, he became the first heart surgeon to inplant an artificial heart designed by Dr Domingo Liotta in a man. Cooley and his associates have performed more than 100,000 operations--more than any other group in the world. In high school, he played basketball. When he was younger, he discovered that he very much enjoyed golf. He has been golfing for 68 years. In the HBO film Something The Lord Made, Dr. Cooley was portraye... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Molitor
Paul Leo Molitor (nicknamed Molly or The Ignitor) (born August 22, 1956 in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota) is a former American baseball player. Molitor played for 21 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993-1995) and Minnesota Twins (1996-1998). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. Career Milwaukee Brewers Molitor played several positions during his career. He started out as a shortstop, then moved to second base when the briefly-retired Robin Yount returned. Molitor then was moved to third base at the age of 25. During the latter half of his career, he was used primarily as a designated hitter, with occasional games at first base and in the outfield. He played 44% of his career games as a DH. Molitor was part of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lewis Libby
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby (born August 22, 1950) is a former Assistant to the President of the United States, George W. Bush, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, serving from 2001 to 2005. He resigned all three government positions immediately after he was indicted on federal obstruction and perjury charges resulting from the grand jury investigation into the CIA identity leak known as the Plame Affair, which led to his criminal trial in United States v. Libby. The day after his conviction in that trial, he resigned his later appointment as senior advisor at the Hudson Institute (January 1, 2006 – March 7, 2007). In United States v. Libby, the jury convicted Libby on four of the five c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aline Roux
Aline Roux, born August 22, 1935 in Brest, is a French former ballet dancer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Doug Bair
Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB amateur draft, Bair would make his major league debut with the Pirates on September 13, 1976. Bair pitched in 584 games during his long career, all but five in relief. His best season was in 1978 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he had 28 saves and an ERA of 1.97 in 70 games. A few days before the 1982 World Series his daughter, Heather Lea Bair, was born. Bair was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Championship team and the Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series Championship team. He appeared in his final game on October 3, 1990, at th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry Heltzer
Harry Heltzer (August 22, 1911 – September 21, 2005), was the Chairman & Chief Executive Office of 3M from 1970 to 1975. Harry was also President of 3M from 1966 to 1970. Harry was forced to resign from 3M amidst allegations of improper campaign contributions during the Nixon years. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with a worldwide presence. With over 75,000 employees they produce thousands of products, including: adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental products, electrical materials, electronic circuits, and optical films. 3M has operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with manufacturing operations, and 35 with laboratories. 3M ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Denis Papin
Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. 1712) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine. Life in France Born in Blois, (Loir-et-Cher, Centre Région), Papin attended a Jesuit school there, and from 1661 attended University at Angers, from which he graduated with a medical degree in 1669. In 1673, while working with Christiaan Huygens and Gottfried Leibniz in Paris, he became interested in using a vacuum to generate motive power. First visit to London Papin first visited London in 1675, and worked with Robert Boyle from 1676 to 1679, publishing an account of his work in Continuation of New Experiments (1680). During this period, Papin invented the steam digester, a type of pressure c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Leroux
Robert Leroux, born August 22, 1967, is a French former fencer. He won several silver and gold medals in Olympics Games. He is now an executive of Olympique de Marseille (also known as l'OM or Marseille), a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football League, based in Marseille.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donna Godchaux
Donna Jean (Thatcher) Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer best known for having been a member of the rock group Grateful Dead. Donna Jean was born in Sheffield, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a session singer in Muscle Shoals, appearing on songs by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. She met fellow Grateful Dead member Keith Godchaux and they married in 1970. Donna introduced Keith to Jerry Garcia after Garcia's performance at San Francisco's Keystone Korner in October 1971. At the time, Donna Jean was not working as a musician. She joined the band shortly afterwards, remaining a member until February 1979. Donna Jean provided back-up and lead vocals in the group's music. During their membership in the Grateful Dead, the couple also... Biography of Debbi Peterson
Deborah Mary 'Debbi' Peterson (born 22 August 1961, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is the younger sister of Vicki Peterson, and the drummer of the all-girl group, The Bangles. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" (1985) and "Be With You" (1989). She had already established her first band in high school, and started a solo career after the separation of The Bangles in 1990. However, this was not very successful. In 1995, she formed the short-lived duo Kindred Spirit with Siobhan Maher, formerly of River City People. Peterson has been married to English sound engineer Steven Botting since 1989. They have two children - Brian (*1997) and Keira (*2004).... Biography of Katie Stuart
Katie Stuart, born August 22, 1984 in Sonora, California, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835759/ ) Lost Dream (2008) (completed) .... Janine Blackout (2007/II) .... Francesca Tamara (2005) .... Chloe Wild Things 2 (2004) (V) .... Shannon The Girl Next Door (2004) .... Jennie "General Hospital" (1963) TV series .... Cindy (2003) / ... (unknown episodes, 2003-2004) "Boomtown" .... Claudia Nelson (1 episode, 2003) - Home Invasion (2003) TV episode .... Claudia Nelson "City Guys" .... Brittany (1 episode, 2001) - Red Dawn (2001) TV episode .... Brittany "Xena: Warrior Princess" .... Genia (1 episode, 2001) ... aka "Xena" (Australia) - Many Happy Returns (2001) TV episode .... Genia "Titans" .... Faith (7 episodes, 200... Biography of Scott Chiamparino
Scott Michael Chiamparino (born August 22, 1966 in San Mateo, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers from 1990 to 1992. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins as the 41st pick overall in the 1992 MLB expansion draft. Scott currently works as an assistant to Scott Boras.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Kroft
Steve Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes. His investigative reporting has garnered him much acclaim, including three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, one of which was an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement. Early life Born on August 22, 1945 in Kokomo, Indiana, Kroft attended Syracuse University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1967. After his graduation, he was drafted into the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi, where he was a reporter for the Armed Forces Network; he covered the Division's participation in the invasion of Cambodia. Kroft won several Army journalism awards for his work and a Bronze Star for Meritorius Achievement. When the Divi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edwin Deveny
Edwin Deveny, born August, 22, 1930 in Austin, Texas, is an American musician and pianist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard d'Espagnat
Bernard d'Espagnat (b. Fourmagnac, Lot, France, August 22, 1921) is a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Quote: "The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment." Early life d’Espagnat was born on August 22, 1921 in Fourmagnac, France, but spent most of his early years in Paris, where his father, a post-impressionist painter, and mother imbued him with a love of classic literature and the arts. Attending some of the finest schools in Paris, he was drawn to the humanities, especially philosophy. Despite his love of philosophy, d’Espagnat focused on science ... Biography of Pat Taylor
Pat Taylor, born August 22, 1937 in Wilmington , North Carolina, is an American homicide. She was released from prison in 1997, after more than 20 years.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Pontecorvo
Bruno Pontecorvo Russian: Бруно Максимович Понтекорво (Marina di Pisa, Italy, August 22, 1913 - Dubna, Russia, September 24, 1993) was an Italian-born atomic physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and then the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. He moved to the USSR in 1950, where he continued his research on the decay of the muon and on neutrinos. The prestigious Pontecorvo Prize was instituted in his memory in 1995. Pontecorvo was born in Pisa into a wealthy non-observant Italian Jewish family. At only 18 he was admitted to the Course of Physics held by Enrico Fermi at the University of Rome... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (August 22, 1897 – May 12, 1986) was an actress. She was born Elisabeth Ettel in Drohobycz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drogobych, Ukraine). She went on stage when fourteen years old and began acting in Innsbruck at the age of 15. In Vienna. Age sixteen she toured Austrian and German provinces with a Shakespearean company, later becoming accepted as the greatest Shakespearean actor on the Continent. She worked as an artist's model, posing for sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck, who fell in love with her. She eventually moved to Munich and then Berlin. In 1923 she made her film debut in Der Evangelimann. With the rise of Naziism, Bergner moved to London with director Paul Czinner and they were married in 1933. Her stage work in London included The Boy David (1936) by J.M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harold Gomes
Harold Gomes, born August 22, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American former professional boxer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Wilson
Andrew Cunningham Wilson (born August 22, 1964) is an American film actor. He is the older brother of actors Owen and Luke Wilson. Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1993 Das letzte U-Boot Grant TV 1995 House of Pain Unknown role 1996 Bottle Rocket John Mapplethorpe / Future Man Also short from 1994 of the same name and also was the associate producer Trois vies & une seule mort Unknown role 1998 Rushmore Coach Beck 1999 Merlin: The Return Arthur's Knight 2 Chicks Eddie TV Never Been Kissed School Guard 2000 Preston Tylk Police Officer Hijack Stories Medic Charlie's Angels Corwin's Driver 2001 Zoolander Hansel's Corner Guy The Royal Tenenbaums Farmer Father/Tex Hayward 2002 Showtime Locker Room Cop# 1 Serving Sara Mr. A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gerald Carr
Gerald Paul Carr (born August 22, 1932) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps colonel and former NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final manned visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973 to February 8, 1974. Carr was born in Denver, Colorado on August 22, 1932; but was raised in Santa Ana, California, which he considers his home town. He graduated from Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana, California; received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1954, A Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1961, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University in 1962; Military career Carr ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway (August 22, 1893 – February 28, 1973), born in Cape Town, South Africa, was a character actor. Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to Australia. Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights (1939). From then on Kellaway was always in demand when the part called for a kind hearted middle aged man. Kellaway died in 1973, in Hollywood, California. He was entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Edmund Gwen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Frohman
Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 - December 26, 1940) was a Jewish American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer. Frohman was born in Sandusky, Ohio. In his younger days he worked as a clerk at the New York Tribune, and while there witnessed the fatal shooting of the reporter Albert Deane Richardson by Daniel McFarland on November 25, 1869, and was a witness at McFarland's murder trial. With his brothers Charles and Gustave Frohman, he helped to develop a system of road companies that would tour the nation while the show also played in New York City. He was the producer-manager of the Lyceum Theatre and its stock company from 1887 to 1909. During this period he launched careers for such actors as E. H. Sothern, Henry Miller, William Faversham, Maude Adams, Rich... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William MacQueen
William MacQueen, born August 22, 1965 in Boston, died in August 1996, was an American actor. He acted in Celtic Pride," "Spenser For Hire" and "The Karate Kid."... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pope Leo XII
Pope Leo XII (August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga, was Pope from 1823 to 1829. Life Della Genga was born of a noble family in Spoleto; his family was from La Genga, a small town in what is now the province of Ancona, then part of the Papal States. The place of his birth is uncertain, the usual candidates being Genga, Ancona, and Spoleto. He was educated at the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici at Rome, where he was ordained priest in 1783. In 1790 the attractive and articulate della Genga attracted favourable attention by a tactful oration commemorative of the late Emperor Joseph II. Private secretary to Pope Pius VI In 1792 Pope Pius VI made him his private secretary, in 1793 creating him titular archbi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Valérie Rouzeau
Valérie Rouzeau, born August 22, 1967 in Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre, is a French poet, writer and translator. Works * Je trouverai le titre après, Chambelland, Le Pont sous l'Eau (1989) * À tire d'elle, La Bartavelle (1989) * À cause de l'automne, supplément Polder n°62, revue Décharge (1991) * Petits poèmes sans gravité, Prix de la Crypte 1991, La Crypte (1991) * Les ailes et les fruits, Multiples (1992) * Chantier d'enfance, La Bartavelle et Le Noroît (Québec, 1992) * Patiences, Albatroz et Le Manège du Cochon Seul (1994) * Ce n'est pas le printemps, Traumfabrik (1995) * Pas revoir, Le Dé bleu (1999) * Neige rien, Unes (2000) o Pas revoir/Neige rien, La Table ronde, rééd. (2010) * Une foule en terre foulée, traduction ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Ducis
Jean-François Ducis (August 22, 1733 – March 31, 1816) was a French dramatist and adapter of Shakespeare. Ducis was born at Versailles. His father, originally from Savoy, was a linen draper at Versailles; and all through life he retained the simple tastes and straightforward independence fostered by his bourgeois education. In 1768 he produced his first tragedy, Anzlise. The failure of this first attempt was fully compensated by the success of his Hamlet (1769), and Roméo et Juliette (1772). Œdipe chez Admèle, imitated partly from Euripides and partly from Sophocles, appeared in 1778, and secured him in the following year the chair in the Academy left vacant by the death of Voltaire. Equally successful was Le Roi Lear in 1783. Macbeth in 1783 did not take so well, and Jean sans peur in 179... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Boris Shapiro
Boris Schapiro (August 22, 1909 – December 1, 2002) was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl (the world championship for teams) and the World Senior Pairs championship. He won the European teams championship on four occasions as part of the British team. Life Schapiro was born in Riga, Latvia (part of Imperial Russia at that time) into a prosperous family of Jewish traders which left at the time of the Russian Revolution when he was eight years old, and soon settled in England. He was educated at Clifton College in England and at various universities, including the Sorbonne in Paris. After graduating, Boris joined the family horse trading and meat business. He worked there... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Collin Raye
Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 (imdb) or 1960, in De Queen, Arkansas) is an American country music singer and actor, known professionally as Collin Raye. He made his debut on the American country music scene in 1991 with the release of his debut album All I Can Be, which produced his first Number One hit in "Love, Me". All I Can Be was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. He maintained several Top Ten hits throughout the rest of the decade and into 2000. 2001's Can't Back Down was his first album that did not produce a Top 40 country hit, and he was dropped by his record label soon afterward. He did not record another studio album until 2005's Twenty Years and Change, r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Smith
Charles Cornelius Smith (known simply as Charles Smith; born August 22, 1975 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American professional basketball player currently playing with Efes Pilsen Istanbul in the TBL. NBA and Euroleague career Smith has played for the Denver Nuggets, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. A prolific scorer, he starred in European national leagues with Makedonikos Kozani, Virtus Bologna and Efes Pilsen SK. With Italian team Scavolini Pesaro in 2005, he won the first-ever Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy as the best scorer in the 2004-05 Euroleague. He was also the MVP of the ULEB Cup final in 2006-07 playing with Spain's Real Madrid Baloncesto. Back to Turkey for the 2008-2009 season, he signed by E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Horst Skoff
Horst Skoff (August 22, 1968 – June 7, 2008) was a former professional tennis player from Austria. He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria and died in Hamburg, Germany. Skoff turned professional in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 at Athens. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles and two tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World Number 18 in singles and World Number 70 in doubles. His career prize-money totalled US$1,651,858. Skoff played on Austria's Davis Cup team for nine years, compiling a 22-17 record. He helped the team reach the World Group semi-finals in 1990. Memorable Davis Cup rubbers which Skoff was involved in include a 6–7, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4, 9–7 win over Mats Wilander in the 1989 quarter-final; and a 6–3, 7–6, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Curry
Michael Edward Curry (born August 22, 1968 in Anniston, Alabama) is the associate head coach of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. He previously served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Curry also played in the National Basketball Association from 1993 to 2005. A 6'5" guard/forward from Glenn Hills High School in Augusta, Georgia, and Georgia Southern University, Curry played eleven seasons (1993–1994 through 2004–2005) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors and the Indiana Pacers. Though he never averaged more than 6.6 points per game in a season, Curry was well respected throughout the league for his strong defense and leadership qualities, and for several years ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Malachi Favors
Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 in Lexington, Mississippi – January 30, 2004 in Chicago) was a noted American jazz bassist best known for his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography He primarily played the double bass, but also played the electric bass guitar, banjo, zither, gong, and other instruments. He began playing double bass at age fifteen and began performing professionally upon graduating high school. Early performances included work with Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard. By 1965, he was a founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and a member of Muhal Richard Abrams' Experimental Band. At some point he added the word "Maghostut" to his name and because of this he is commonly listed as "Malachi Favors Maghostut." Musically he is most... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari (born on August 22, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. In his career he has won 3 ATP Tour singles titles and he has reached the semi-finals at the 2000 French Open. He stopped his career in 2005. He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten Federer in both times they played.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Aquistapace
Jean Aquistapace, born on August 22, 1882 in Nice, died on October 20, 1952 in Nice, was a French opera singer, actor, and politician. He was the Mayor of Cros-de-Cagnes. Filmography 1932 : Maurin des Maures de André Hugon : Pastoure 1932 : La Merveilleuse Journée de Robert Wyler et Yves Mirande : Le pharmacien 1932 : Mon cœur balance de René Guissart 1932 : Prenez garde à la peinture de Henri Chomette 1933 : D'amour et d'eau fraiche de Félix Gandera 1933 : L'Illustre Maurin de André Hugon : Pastoure 1933 : Je te confie ma femme de René Guissart 1934 : Le Billet de mille de Marc Didier 1934 : Le Comte Obligado de Léon Mathot 1934 : On a trouvé une femme nue de Léo Joannon 1935 : Coup de vent de Jean Dréville et Giovacchino Forzano... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Pollien
Michel Pollien, born August 22, 1937 in Paris, is a French Roman Catholic Bishop, the Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (1996 - ).... Biography of Louis Martin (blessed)
Blessed Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Martin née Guérin (23 December 1823 - 28 August 1877) was a French laywoman and the mother of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. Her husband was Blessed Louis Martin, born on August 22, 1823 in Bordeaux, and died on July 29, 1894. Life Early life Marie-Azélie Guérin was born in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France and was the second daughter of Isidore Guérin and Louise-Jeanne Macé. She had an older sister Marie-Louise, who became a Visitandine nun, and a younger brother, Isidore, who was a pharmacist. Zélie wanted to become a nun but was turned away by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul due to respiratory difficulties and recurrent headaches. Zélie then prayed for God to give her children and that they would be consecrated to God. Later, she d... Biography of Keiko Kitagawa
Keiko Kitagawa (北川 景子, Kitagawa Keiko?, born August 22, 1986) is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid 2006, and left modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003-4), and after her role in the film Mamiya Kyōdai, she left modeling to concentrate on acting. She has appeared in several films, including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Handsome Suit (2008), and has played leading roles in the TV Dramas Mop Girl (2007), Homeroom on the Beachside (2008), and Buzzer Beat (2009). Life Kitagawa was born on August 22, 1986 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and has ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Durrens
Claude Durrens, born on August 22, 1921 in Cenon, Girond, died on December 20, 2002 in Bordeaux, was a French artist and engraver.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sophia Tolstaya
Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya (née Behrs) (Russian: Со́фья Андре́евна Толста́я, in German transliteration Sofja Andrejewna Tolstaja, sometimes Anglicised as Sophia Tolstoy, or in French Sophie Tolstoï ; August 22, 1844 – November 4, 1919), was the wife of Russian novelist and thinker Leo Tolstoy. Biography Sophia was one of 3 daughters of physician Andrey Behrs, and Liubov Alexandrovna Behrs. She was first introduced to Leo Tolstoy in 1862, when she was 18 years old. At 34, Tolstoy was 16 years her senior. On 17 September 1862 the couple became formally engaged after Tolstoy gave Sophia a written proposal of marriage, marrying a week later... Biography of Mark Williams (actor)
Mark Williams (born 22 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter. He is best known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show, as well as for his role of Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films. Life and career Williams was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, attending North Bromsgrove High School. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied English. He became a member of the Mikron Theatre, a canal boat-based touring group in the 1980s. He has appeared in numerous British television series, most notably The Fast Show. He also starred as Olaf Petersen in Red Dwarf and Kirk in Carrie and Barry. He starred in the 1997 film The Borrowers with Tom Felton and Jim Broadbent. Later, the three would all be cast in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of GZA (rapper)
Gary Grice (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage name GZA (pronounced /ˈdʒɪzə/) and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist best known as a founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and for his inclusion on their group albums, his group mates' solo releases and a successful solo career. Gary Grice developed an interest in hip-hop by attending block parties as a child in the early '70s. He formed a three-man group with his cousins, who would later be known as RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard. The group, All in Together Now, saw the three rapping and DJing, switching off names and performing local shows; since they lived in different boroughs, GZA and Ol' Dirty would travel from Brooklyn out to Staten Island to meet up with their cousin RZA, ... Biography of Laura Breckenridge
Laura Breckenridge (born August 22, 1983) is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related. The role of a young woman who switches her major from pre-med to experimental theater is not exactly a stretch for Breckenridge, who appeared on Broadway in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible (also in the cast was another rising young star, Kristen Bell of UPN's Veronica Mars). At a young age she appeared in the movie Loving Annabelle, a dramatic movie in which a Catholic school teacher falls in love with one of her girl students. She plays a teenager who is very troubled and cuts her wrists. Laura currently attends Princeton University, class of 2010. She had a guest role on Gossip Gir... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Theo Bos
Theo Bos (born August 22, 1983 in Hierden) is a Dutch track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar Holland. He won silver at the 2004 summer Olympics in the sprint event. He has won an individual gold in the sprint and 1 km time trial at the 2004 UCI Track World Championships. The following year, he won the individual sprint and captured a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2005 UCI Track World Championships. In 2006 at the UCI Track World Championships, Bos won the gold medal in the keirin event and completed a triple, having been world champion in the sprint, kilo and keirin. He won the keirin convincingly having accelerated with two laps to go, winning by a wide margin and able to raise his hands and salute the crowd as he passed ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Martin
Louis and Zélie Martin are the parents of Thérèse of Lisieux, a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun who was canonized a saint and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church, one of only three women to receive that honor. She is also known as The Little Flower of Jesus. Louis Martin was born August 22, 1823 in Bordeaux and Zelie Martin December 23, 1831, in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon. Beatification Louis and Marie-Azélie Martin were declared "venerable" on 26 March 1994 by Pope Paul II. They are both due to be beatified on 19 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI in Lisieux Cathedral.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anh Đào Traxel
Anh Dao Traxel (Vietnamese spelling: Anh Đào Traxel, born Dương Anh Đào August 22, 1957 in South Vietnam) is the foster daughter of former French President Jacques Chirac. She was a boat people refugee, and met Jacques Chirac at Roissy Airport in 1979. He told her "Don’t cry, ma chérie. You are coming home with us" and took her home. She was then 21 and her adoptive father was 47.* She spent two years in the home of the Chiracs. Mrs Traxel was married twice. Her second husband, Marc Traxel, is a police lieutenant. She has three children, Bernard-Jacques, Laurence-Claude and Jacques. The children call Jacques Chirac Grandpa. She is now the President of a European association of assistance to the families of civil servants who died during their service (Étoile européen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Felix Machado
Felix Machado (born August 22, 1972 in Guyana) is a Venezuelan featherweight boxer. He currently resides in Bolívar, Venezuela. He is a former IBF super flyweight champion, defeating Julio Gamboa on July 22, 2000 for the vacant title. Machado successfully defended the title three times before losing to Luis Alberto Pérez by a split decision on January 4, 2003.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Theodore Zeldin
Theodore Zeldin CBE (born 22 August 1933, British Mandate of Palestine), President of the Oxford Muse Foundation, is an English philosopher, sociologist, historian, writer and public speaker. Zeldin was born in Palestine and went to school in Egypt and at Aylesbury Grammar School. He entered Birkbeck College, London when he was 15, graduating in 1951. He then pursued a further undergraduate degree at Christ Church, Oxford, before studying for his DPhil at St. Antony's College, Oxford. Zeldin was first known as a historian of France but is today probably most famous internationally as the author of An Intimate History of Humanity (1994), a book which probes the personal preoccupations of people in many different civilisations, both in the past and in the present; it illuminates the wa... Biography of Carolina Indriago
Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto is a Venezuelan show hostess and a pageant titleholder. She was born in Valencia, Venezuela on August 22, 1980. She is the first woman of noticeably black heritage to win the Miss Venezuela title. Indriago was the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1998, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1999 pageant held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago on May 26, 1999, when she classified in the 5 finalists.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is an English-born American guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Critic Steve Huey writes, " rampant eclecticism encompasses everything from heavy metal and punk to funk, R&B and avant-garde jazz, and his anarchic, lightning-fast solos have become something of a hallmark as well." Biography Early life and career Reid was born in London, England to Caribbean parents, but grew up in New York City. He attended the prestigious math-science-engineering Brooklyn Technical High School. He first came to prominence in the 1980s in the band of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Canfin
Pascal Canfin (born 22 August 1974) is a French politician and journalist, currently serving as Deputy Minister for Development under the Foreign Minister. A member of Europe Écologie–The Greens, he was a Member of the European Parliament between the 2009 European election, when he was elected in the Île-de-France constituency, and his appointment to Government. Biography Pascal Canfin graduated initially from the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and then from Newcastle University. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a journalist for the monthly magazine Alternatives économiques and a specialist for questions linked to the environment, social economy as well as corporate social responsibility. Prior to that he was a human resources consultant (1999–2003), after ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Margaux Farrell
Margaux Farrell, born on August 22, 1990 in Glen Rock (New Jersey) (birth time source: Marc Brun) is a French-American swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics for France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Robert Madden
Richard Robert Madden (born Dublin, Ireland 22 August 1798, died Dublin, 5 February 1886) was an Irish doctor, writer, abolitionist and historian of the United Irishmen. He was born at Wormwood Gate, Dublin to Edward Madden, a silk manufacturer. He was educated at private schools. He studied medicine in Paris, Italy, and St George's Hospital, London. While in Naples he became acquainted with Lady Blessington and her circle. Madden was employed in the British civil service from 1833, first as a justice of the peace in Jamaica, where he was one of six Special Magistrates sent to oversee the eventual liberation of Jamaica's slave population, according to the terms of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. From 1835 he was Superintendent of the freed Africans in Havana. His son, Thomas More Mad... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vojin Cetkovic
Vojin Ćetković (born 22 August 1971 in Kruševac, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor. Filmography Raj (1993) (TV) Simpatija i antipatija (1995) (TV) - Dimitrije Tango je tužna misao koja se pleše (1997) Dosije 128 (1998) (TV) - Miroslav Bojić, slikar Raskršće (1998), (segment "Važno je da si tu") Porodično blago (1998) TV Series - Goran 'Brando' Gagić Stršljen (1998) - Taksista Nož (1999) - Ljubo Nikšićanin A sad adio (2000) (TV) - Goran 'Brando' Gagić Boomerang (2001) - Lepotan, prvi telohranitelj Porodično blago 2 (2001) TV Series - Goran 'Brando' Gagić Treći kanal od sunca (2001) (TV) Zona Zamfirova (2002) - Mane Kujundžija Pljačka Trećeg rajha (20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jahri Evans
Jahri Evans (born August 22, 1983) is an American football offensive guard, who currently plays for the NFL's New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Although only a fourth round draft pick from a small school, Evans established a reputation as one of the best guards in the NFL, and in May 2010 the Saints signed him to a seven-year, $56.7 million contract that reportedly made him the highest paid guard in NFL history. High school career Unusual for an NFL player, Evans did not play football before high school. He attended Frankford High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was an All-Public League selection as a junior. However, Evans fractured his leg playing a game of pickup basketball at a church event prior to his senior ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mila Mason
Mila Mason (born August 22, 1963 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. She made her debut on the country music scene in 1996 with the release of her debut album That's Enough of That, which produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, including its title track. The album was followed by 1998's The Strong One, from which two more singles were released. Mason did not record another album until 2003's Stained Glass Window, on the independent Twinbeat label. Biography Early life Mila's mother, Diane, was a singer who had performed in Las Vegas, Nevada and toured throughout Europe. When Mila was 17 years old, she and her mother moved to Nashville, Tennessee. It was there that Mason decided to pursue a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Wolf
Randall Christopher Wolf (born August 22, 1976, in Canoga Park, California) is a left-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. Randy's older brother Jim is a Major League umpire. To avoid a potential conflict of interests, Jim does not work behind the plate on games his brother pitches. More recently, Jim has not officiated games that includes his brother's team. If his crew is involved in games that include Randy's team, he is removed from those games and switches with another umpire.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche (born August 22, 1986 in Syracuse, New York) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. High school Blatche attended Henninger High School in Syracuse before attending the South Kent School in South Kent, Connecticut. He declared for the 2005 NBA Draft out of high school, and while originally thought of as a first-round prospect, he slipped to the second round and was taken by the Washington Wizards with their only selection, the 49th pick. NBA career Washington Wizards (2005-2012) Blatche was shot in a carjacking on September 25, 2005, and as a result missed training camp. He recovered successfully and played his first game with Washington versus Seattle on November 11, 2005, scoring five points in a 137–96 Wizards victory. Given that he d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jenna Leigh Green
Jenna Leigh Green (born August 22, 1974) is an American actress and singer best known for her performances as Libby Chessler on the television show Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and on Broadway and on tour in the musical Wicked. Early life and career Green was born Jennifer Leigh Greenberg in West Hills, California to an actress mother and a musician father. She was raised in Simi Valley, California with her twin sister Jessica and younger sister Becca in a family of actors and musicians. She began to perform in school and community theatre productions by age 12 and later began to appear in commercials and television programs, as well as a few made-for-TV movies. After graduating from Simi Valley High School, Green appeared for several seasons as Libby Chessler in the television seri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glen De Boeck
Glen De Boeck (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 22 August 1971 in Boom) is a Belgian former football player and manager. During his career he played as central defender, mostly in the books of Anderlecht. Career In the summer of 1995, De Boeck was transferred from KV Mechelen to Anderlecht. In the late 1990s, he was criticized by pundits, who claimed he was not good enough for Anderlecht. He eventually increased his technical performances to become one of the best defenders in Jupiler League in the early 2000s. In February 2005, De Boeck decided to end his career due to a heavy knee injury. Coaching career He was directly snapped up by his last club to become an assistant manager, together with Daniel Renders. On 23 April 2007, it was revealed that De Boeck would become manager... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Salvador Carmona
Salvador José Carmona Álvarez (born 22 August 1975 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican football defender who is currently banned for life from playing professional soccer affiliated to FIFA for failing two separate anti-doping tests. During his career, he obtained 85 caps for the Mexican national team since his debut in 1996, and participated in the World Cup's of 1998 and 2002, in which he played an important role in the team. He was involved in a doping controversy and suspended one year along with teammate Aaron Galindo in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, therefore prohibiting both players from representing Mexico in the 2006 World Cup. Finally, on 16 May 2007, Carmona received a lifetime ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for testing positive once again in an antidoping c... |
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