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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 29, 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 · 45,435 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,435 Celebrities
117 celebrities or events were found for August, 29. Add to favourites (430 fans)Biography of Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana – June 25, 2009 2:26 PM in Los Angeles, California) (birth time sources: Taj Jackson, a nephew of the performer, got the time of his grandmother Katherine Jackson (Michael's mother) from the birth certificate, twittered it on Michael Jackson's birthday- August 29th, 2010 for the fans.He shared memories of his uncle and answered questions.It was kind of a memorial chat. "got the official word from Grandma herself. :-) Uncle Michael was born at 7:33 PM." "Straight from the birth certificate."http://twitter.com/tajjackson3/status/22385183756 (original first tweet of Taj Jackson) https://twitter.com/tajjackson3/status/22385519465 (original second tweet of Taj Jackson)) - Read more... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Igor Bogdanoff
The Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanov (alternately spelt Bogdanoff). These papers were published in reputable scientific journals, and were alleged by their authors to culminate in a proposed a highly speculative theory for describing what occurred at the Big Bang, referring to a wide variety of related topics and associated jargon. The controversy started in October 2002 when John Baez posted a message on a Usenet newsgroups that their work, while filled with appropriate jargon, was substandard, even going so far as to compare it to the Sokal affair. A wide-ranging debate ensued on the matter that spread to many other Internet forums, including the blogs of notable phy... Add to favourites (97 fans)Biography of Liam Payne
Liam Payne, born on August 29, 1993 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (birth time source: https://twitter.com/HarryShakesItUp/status/240461903686664193), is an English singer, a member of One Direction, a British-Irish boy band consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They were formed on the seventh series of British television show The X Factor. Following The X Factor the group signed a record deal with Syco Records. Liam James Payne (born on 29 August 1993), is from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. Liam Payne was born to mother Karen and father Geoff. He has two older sisters Ruth and Nicola. Payne was born three weeks early. Until the age of four Payne was in the hospital having tests done. They discovered that one of his ki... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2008 presidential election. Both McCain's grandfather and father were Admirals in the United States Navy. McCain also attended the United States Naval Academy and finished near the bottom of his graduating class in 1958. McCain became a naval aviator flying attack aircraft from carriers. Participating in the Vietnam War, he narrowly escaped death during the 1967 Forrestal fire. On his twenty-third bombing mission over North Vietnam later in 1967, he was shot down and badly injured. He became a prisoner of war. He endured five and a half years of captivity, including periods of torture, before he was released following the Paris Peace A... Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Swedish actress. She also won one of the original Tony Awards. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. Early years: 1915-1938 Bergman, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden , was born in Stockholm, Sweden on August 29, 1915 to a Swedish father, Justus Samuel Bergman, and a German mother, Friedel Adler Bergman. When she was three years old, her mother died. Her father passed away when she was thirteen. She was then sent off to live with an aunt, who died of heart complications only six months later. Afterwards she was raised by another aunt and uncle, who had five ... Biography of Grichka Bogdanoff
The Bogdanov Affair is an academic dispute regarding the legitimacy of a series of theoretical physics papers written by French twins Igor and Grichka Bogdanov (alternately spelt Bogdanoff). These papers were published in reputable scientific journals, and were alleged by their authors to culminate in a proposed a highly speculative theory for describing what occurred at the Big Bang, referring to a wide variety of related topics and associated jargon. The controversy started in October 2002 when John Baez posted a message on a Usenet newsgroups that their work, while filled with appropriate jargon, was substandard, even going so far as to compare it to the Sokal affair. A wide-ranging debate ensued on the matter that spread to many other Internet forums, including the blogs of notable phy... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Rebecca de Mornay
Rebecca de Mornay, born Rebecca J. Pearch (born August 29, 1959) is an American film and television actress. Her breakout film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business. Early life De Mornay was born in Santa Rosa, California. Her birth father was the conservative radio and television commentator Wally George (born George Walter Pearch). Her parents' relationship was stormy and they were estranged for the fifteen years before his death. De Mornay was raised by her mother, Julie Eagar, and stepfather, Richard De Mornay. She grew up in France and went to college in the United Kingdom. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York (which also at one time included veterans Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken). Career De Mornay's film ... Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619 – September 6, 1683) served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He was described by Mme de Sévigné as « Le Nord » as he was cold and unemotional. His relentless hard work and thriftiness made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy. Historians note that, despite Colbert's efforts, France actually became increasingly impoverished because of the King's excessive spending on wars. Colbert worked to create a favourable balance of trade and increase France's colonial holdings. Historians of mercantilism consider Colbert a key figure. Colbert's market reforms included the impor... Biography of Charlie Parker
Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 in Kansas City (KS) (source : http://www.birdlives.co.uk/index.php/childhood.html) – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential jazz musicians. Early in his career Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird". The shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life, and inspired titles of many Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite" and "Ornithology." Place in jazz history Jazz historians consider Parker one of the greatest jazz musicians, along with other pioneers such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Jazz critic Scott Yanow stated that "Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time." Parker played a leading role in the d... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Carla Gugino
Carla Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress best known for her roles of Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and the title character of the TV series Karen Sisco. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life She was born in Sarasota, Florida to an Irish-Italian father and a mother of English descent. Her mother moved the family to Paradise, California, when she was four years old. Despite moving around California a great deal as a child, Carla Gugino remained a straight-A student and graduated valedictorian. At the age of 15 she was spotted by a modeling agency in San Diego and moved to New York. This was unusual as at only 5 feet 4 inches (1.65 meters) tall, she was considered too short for catwalk work. Finding the experience too much, Gugino moved back to California that sum... Biography of William Levy (actor)
William Levy (born William Levy Gutiérrez on August 29, 1980) is a Cuban actor and former model. Early life and education Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba, and is the oldest of four siblings. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship. He subsequently went to Los Angeles to study acting and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City (CEA, Televisa). Career Levy worked as a model for the agency Next Models and was featured later in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2. In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, starring i... Biography of David Desrosiers
David Phillipe Desrosiers (29 August 1980-) is a Québécois musician best known as the bassist for Pop-Punk band Simple Plan. He grew up in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada. Desrosiers is the bassist and backup vocalist of rock alternative band Simple Plan. He has been known to briefly play the drums or guitar during shows for Simple Plan as well as for many of his favourite bands such as The Used, Good Charlotte and MxPx. Desrosiers has developed into almost a co-frontman as dialogue between him and lead singer Pierre Bouvier enlivens the show. Desrosiers joined the band Reset, after former lead singer, Pierre Bouvier, left the band. Desrosiers was involved with reset for 6 months, although did not record any studio albums. He was subsequently recruited to join Simple Plan in 1999, which wa... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Luana Piovani
Luana Piovani (born August 29, 1976 in Jaboticabal) is a Brazilian actress and model. In 1990, she joined the Brazilian chapter of Ford Models, starting her modeling career. In the following year, she would spend 3 months in Japan for a modeling job. In 1992, she would start her acting career with a role in the Globo Tv miniseries Sex Appeal, although continuing to work as a model primarily (which included another longer trip to Japan). Piovani would start focusing on her acting career only in 1994, when a role in another Globo TV show, Você Decide, would open the doors for roles in Brazilian soap operas as of 1995 — year in which she also debuted in feature films, with Luis Ferré's Super Colosso. In 1996 she debuted in the theatre, with the play Nó de gravata (bowtie). In the ... Biography of John Locke
John Locke, (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704) was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence. Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figuring prominently in the later works of philosophers such as David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau ... Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Lea Michele
Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, 1986), known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays Rachel Berry in the Fox television series Glee. Early life Michele was born in the Bronx, New York City, the daughter of Edith Sarfati, a nurse, and Marc Sarfati, a delicatessen owner. Michele's mother is Italian American and Roman Catholic, while her father is a Spanish Sephardic Jew. Michele grew up in New York City and Tenafly, New Jersey. She attended Rockland Country Day School for elementary school in New York and then Tenafly High School. Michele was home school... Biography of Dominique Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced /ɛ̃gʀ/) (August 29, 1780 (birth time source: Penfield) – January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he thought of himself as a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was his portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy. A man profoundly respectful of the past, he assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis Eugène Delacroix. His exemplars, as he once explained, were "the great masters which flourished in that century of glorious memory when Raphael set the eternal and incontestable bounds of the sublime in art ... I am thus a conservator of g... Biography of William Friedkin
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Career After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies and began working for WGN-TV immediately after high school. He eventually started his directorial career doing live television shows and documentaries, including The People vs. Paul Crump which won several awards and contributed to the commutation of Crump's death sentence. In 1965 Friedkin moved to Hollywood and two years later released his first feature film, Good Times starring Sonny and Cher. Several other "art" films followed (includ... Biography of Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin, (born August 29, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a professor at Colorado State University and a professional designer of humane livestock facilities. Early life and education Grandin has high-functioning autism and grew up in a time when autism was unknown. Having been labeled and diagnosed with brain damage at age two, she was placed in a structured nursery school with what she considers to have been good teachers. Grandin's mother spoke to a doctor that suggested speech therapy and hired a nanny that spent hours playing turn games with her and her sister. At age 4, she got her language and started improving. Middle school and high school were the worst parts of her life. She was the "nerdy kid" the one that everyone teased and picked on. She would be walking down th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq (born August 29, 1981 in Saint Lô, Manche) is a breaststroke swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Two years later Duboscq won his first individual medal at the European LC Championships 2002 in Berlin: bronze in the 100m Breaststroke. He's on the French Swimming Team since 2000.... Biography of Lucero (singer)
Lucero (pronounced: or ) (born Lucero Hogaza León on 29 August 1969) is a successful Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 27 million albums worldwide. She has sung songs in Spanish, Portuguese and English. She started her career at the age of 10 as Lucerito. She is currently separated from singer Manuel Mijares, with whom she has two children. Her mother, actress and producer Luz María León Sauvinet, was her manager until recent times. Biography 1980s - A star is born The year 1980 marks the beginning of the career of a charismatic girl named Lucerito, who was born on the late 1960s in Mexico City. When she was too young, Lucerito always had concerns about being an artist, but at her 10 years of age Televisa offered her the first opportunity for a juvenile theme program na... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xavier Couture
Xavier Couture, born August 29, 1951 in La Tronche, is a French producer and journalist. He was the husband of French famous journalist Claire Chazal, in Mars 17, 2000. Some months later, they divorced. Bibliography Coma - Roman aux éditions Grasset La dictature de l'émotion - Essai critique sur la télévision aux éditions Audibert Sénèque dernier jour - Livret du concerto pour récitant et orchestre composé par Eric Tanguy... Biography of Emilie Dequenne
Émilie Dequenne (born 29 August 1981 in Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium) is an actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta. Taille : 5' 5" (1.65 m) Gave birth to her first child, a daughter Milla, in Belgium on July 17, 2002. Selected filmography Rosetta (1999) — Rosetta Le Pacte des loups (English: Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) — Marianne de Morangias Oui, mais... (English: Yes, But...) (2001) — Églantine Laville Une femme de ménage (English: The Housekeeper) (2002) — Laura Mariées mais pas trop (2003) — Laurence Milcaux L'Équipier (2004) — Brigitte The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) — Doña Clara Écoute le temps (2005) — Charlotte Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard (2005... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Hunt
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993), was a British racing driver from England who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976. Subsequently, after retiring from driving, Hunt became a media commentator and businessman. After beginning his racing career in lesser formulae Hunt entered Formula One in 1973, driving a March 731 entered by the Hesketh Racing team. Hunt went on to win for Hesketh, driving their own Hesketh 308 car, in both World Championship and non-Championship races, before joining the McLaren team at the end of 1975. In his first year with McLaren Hunt won the World Drivers' Championship, narrowly beating Niki Lauda who suffered a fiery crash during the 1976 German Grand Prix, mid-way through the season. Following his World Championship-winning seas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascale Rocard
Pascale Rocard, born August 29, 1960, in Paris, is a French actress. She is a grand cousin of French politician Michel Rocard. Filmographie Actress 1979 : L'Esprit de famille, de Jean-Pierre Blanc 1982 : Ma femme s'appelle reviens, de Patrice Leconte 1983 : L'Indic, de Serge Leroy 1985 : Police, de Maurice Pialat 1987 : Champ d'honneur, de Jean-Pierre Denis 1988 : Encore, de Paul Vecchiali Television 1984 : La Dictée de Jean-Pierre Marchand 1988 : Le Vent des moissons TF1 1993 : Le Château des oliviers France 2 1999 : Sauvetage sur France 2 (série télévisée) 2004 : Equipe médicale d'urgence France 2... Biography of Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He became known during the 1970s, having starred in many Hollywood films, and has since continued appearing in supporting roles. Early life Gould was born Elliott Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His mother, Lucille (née Raver), sold artificial flowers to beauty shops, and his father, Bernard Goldstein, worked in the garment business. He graduated from the Professional Children's School. Career Gould was one of the most prominent American film actors in the early-1970s, best known for playing Trapper John in Robert Altman's satirical 1970 film MASH. Time magazine placed him on one of its covers in 1970, when he was at the brief height of his long ... Biography of Elizabeth Fraser
Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "an utterly unique performer whose swooping, operatic vocals relied less on any recognizable language than on the subjective sounds and textures of verbalized emotions," Fraser's distinctive singing earned much critical praise. She was once described as "the voice of God." Fraser's singing veers between semi-comprehensible lyrics and abstract mouth music; fans have oft-debated the inspiration and meaning of her lyrics, but over the years Fraser has been reluctant to discuss such topics. Fraser has a soprano vocal range. Music career Fraser and Cocteau Twins Fraser was the vocalist and lyricist in Co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born 29 August 1923) is an English actor, director, producer, and entrepreneur. Attenborough has won two Academy Awards, BAFTA and three Golden Globes. He is the older brother of naturalist filmmaker, Sir David Attenborough. Early life Attenborough was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a standard text on Anglo-Saxon law. Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Acting career Attenborough's film career began in 1942 as a deserting sailor in In Which We Serve,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles F. Kettering
Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958) was an American inventor and the holder of over 300 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research for General Motors for 27 years from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive inventions were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems. as well as for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for automobiles. Early life Born in Loudonville, Ohio, USA the fourth of five children of Jacob Kettering and Martha Hunter Kettering. Poor eyesight hindered his progress as a student, but he... Biography of Svetlana Pankratova
Svetlana Pankratova (born August 29, 1971 in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, USSR) has, according to Guinness World Records, the longest legs of any woman in the world. While she is not the world's tallest woman, her legs are 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) long. Because her upper body is of much more typical dimensions, she is 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall. She has also very large feet, size 13 (US) / 46 (EU), making shopping for shoes difficult. Pankratova played women's basketball at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, USA, from 1992 to 1995. She was an impact player, setting three school records which are still unbroken: No. 1 ⁃ Career Blocked Shots, 1992–95 (176) No. 1 ⁃ Single Season Total Blocked Shots, 1994–95 (75) No. 8 ⁃ Single Season Fiel... Biography of Madeleine Chapsal
Madeleine Chapsal, née le 29 août 1925 à Paris, is a French writer, novelist and journalist. She was the wife of Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1945-1960). Bibliography 1973 : Un été sans histoire 1976 : Je m'amuse et je t'aime et Grands cris dans la nuit du couple 1979 : Une femme en exil 1980 : Un homme infidèle 1984 : Envoyez la petite musique 1986 : La maison de jade 1985 : Un flingue sous les roses 1987 : Adieu l'amour 1988 : Douleur d'août et Une saison de feuilles 1989 : La chair de la robe et Quelques pas sur la terre 1990 : Le retour du bonheur, l'ami chien et Si aimée si seule 1991 : On attend les enfants 1992 : La femme abandonnée et Mère et filles 1993 : Oser écrire et Suzanne et la province 1994 : Ce que m'a appris Françoise Dolto, L'inondation... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Warren Armstrong Jabali
Warren Jabali (born August 29, 1946, in Kansas City, Kansas) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1968 to 1975. Introduction Born Warren Edward Armstrong, Jabali changed his name while attending Wichita State University to reflect his African roots. The name does not have any religious connotations as it is a Swahili word for "rock." A skilled defender and rebounder and a remarkable leaper, the 6'2" Jabali could allegedly touch a basketball hoop (set ten feet above the ground) with his forehead . Since he attended a relatively small college, he did not receive much attention from the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he signed instead with the Oakland Oaks of the rival ABA. In his first season in t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucia Valentini Terrani
Lucia Valentini Terrrani, born August 29, 1946 in Padova, died November 6, 1998, was an Italian opera soprano. She was the wife of Italian actor Alberto Terrani.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Anderson
Dr. Tom (Tammie) Anderson MBE, (29 August 1910- 20 September 1991) was a renowned Shetland fiddler and teacher. He was affectionately known to his peers as "Muckle Tammie" (Big Tommy). Dr. Tom Anderson was known to many in Shetland as the saviour of Shetland's musical heritage long before he died. Born in 29th of August, 1910 on a croft ("Moorfield") at Eshaness in the north of Mainland, Anderson learned to play the fiddle from his grandfather. Although he made his living as an insurance agent, his paramount work was in the conservation of traditional Shetland fiddle style of playing - playing and passing the style on to younger generations. He was the oldest child of James Anderson (b. 26 Sep 1879, Hamnavoe, Northmavine) and his wife Harriet Margaret Johnson (b. 24 Apr 1882, Avensga... Biography of Alessandra Negrini
Alessandra Negrini, born August 29, 1970 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress and model. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624487/ ) "Paraíso Tropical" .... Paula / ... (175 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 28 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula/Taís - Episode dated 27 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode dated 26 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode dated 25 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula - Episode dated 24 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Paula (170 more) "JK" (2006) TV mini-series .... Ieda Schmidt Desafinados, Os (2006) .... Luiza ... aka Out of Tune (Europe: English title: festival title) Cleópatra (2006) .... Cleópatra "Celebridade" .... Marília (2 episodes, 2004) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enzo Enzo
Körin Ternovtzeff, best known as Enzo Enzo, born August 29, 1960 in Paris is a French singer and composer. Discography Singles 1982 Je veux jouer à tout (Körin Noviz) 1982 China girl (Körin Noviz) 1984 Blanche neige 1984 Oiseau de malheur 1988 Pacifico 1990 A donde voy Albums 1990 Enzo Enzo 1994 Deux 1997 Oui 1999 Enfin seuls (avec Kent + tournée) 2001 Le jour d'à côté 2004 Paroli 2007 Chansons d'une maman Miscellaneous 1991 Ni plus ni moins (en duo avec Kent - Enregistré en public) 1992 Où en sont-ils dehors ? (en duo avec Jacques Haurogné) 1996 Donne du rhum à ton homme (en duo avec Georges Moustaki, dans l'émission Taratata) 2003 D'aventures en aventures (en duo avec Serge Lama, tiré de l'album Pluri-elles de ce dernier) 2007 Edith (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joel Schumacher
Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939 in New York, New York, USA) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Falling Down, The Client, Batman Forever, A Time to Kill and Batman & Robin. Career Early life and career Schumacher was born in New York City. His Marian mother, who is Jewish, is Swedish and his father Frank is a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee, who died when Joel was four years old. He studied at Parsons The New School for Design and The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York . After first working in the fashion industry, he realized his true love was in filmmaking. He moved out to Los Angeles, where he began his media work as a costume designer in films such as Sleeper and developed his skills ... Biography of Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington (Tuscaloosa , AL, August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the Queen of the Blues. Despite dying at the early age of 39, Washington became one of the most influential vocalists of the twentieth century, credited among others as a major influence on Aretha Franklin. She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Early life Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her family moved to Chicago while she was still a child. As a child in Chicago she played piano and directed her church choir. She later studied in Walter Dyett's renowned music program at DuSable High School. At 16 as Ruth Jones, she toured the United States' black gospel circuit with R... Biography of Bob Beamon
Robert "Bob" Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, which remained the world record for 23 years. Early life Bob Beamon was born in South Jamaica, Queens. He was raised by his grandmother, who told him about his mother who died at 25 from tuberculosis, when Beamon was only 8 months old. He later found out that his mother was physically abused by his father. He was sent to his grandmother's because his father threatened to kill Beamon if his mother took him home. When he was attending Jamaica High School he was discovered by Larry Ellis, a renowned track coach. Beamon later became part of the All-American track and field team. In 1965, he was declared s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Follain
Jean Follain, (Canisy (province of la Manche) 29 August 1903 – Paris 10 March 1971) was a French author, poet and corporate lawyer. In the early days of his career he was a member of the “Sagesse” group. Follain was a friend of Max Jacob, Andre Salmon, Jean Paulhan, Pierre Pussy, Armen Lubin, and Pierre Reverdy. He was a contributor to many journals, such as La Nouvelle Revue française, Commerce, Europe, Le Journal des Poètes and Les Cahiers des Saisons. In 1970, he was awarded the Grand Prize of Poetry from L'Académie française for his life's work. A small part of his archives is conserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Lô in France. Prix littéraire Jean Follain de la Ville de Saint Lô is a literary award honouring his name and contributions to French literature. He studied law in P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wyomia Tyus
Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-ma; born August 29, 1945 in Griffin, Georgia) is an American athlete, and the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m. Tyus, from Tennessee State University, participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics at age 19. In the heats of the event, she equalled Wilma Rudolph's World Record, propelling her to a favourite for the final, where her main rival would be fellow American Edith McGuire. Tyus won the final, beating McGuire by two tenths. At the same Olympics, she also won a silver medal with the 4 x 100 m relay team, finishing only behind Poland. The following years, Tyus won numerous national championships in the sprint events, and a gold medal in the 200 m at the Pan-American Games. In 1968, she returned to the Olympics to defend her title ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Will Perdue
William Edward Perdue (born August 29, 1965 in Melbourne, Florida) is a retired American NBA basketball player who won four NBA Championships. Perdue is now an ESPN basketball commentator and analyst. Perdue attended Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida. He then played basketball at Vanderbilt University, where he was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and SEC Male Athlete of the Year in 1988. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 11th overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft. Between 1991 and 1993, he won three championships with the Bulls, mainly as a backup to center Bill Cartwright. He became a regular starter during the 1994–95 NBA season, during which he averaged 8.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. However, the emergence of Luc Longley made him exp... Biography of Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck (August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. Count Maurice Maeterlinck was born in Ghent, Belgium to a wealthy, French-speaking family. His father, Polydore, was a notary, who enjoyed tending the hothouses on their property. His mother, Mathilde, came from a wealthy family. In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe, where works of the French Romantics were scorned. Only plays on religious subjects were permitted. His experiences at this school undoubtedly influenced his distaste for the Catholic Church and organized religion. He had written... Biography of Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh (born August 29, 1952 in Schenectady, New York) is an American actress. She is most widely known as Ted Knight's daughter in the role of Jackie Rush on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort. Alternate Names: Deborah Van Valkenberg | Debra Van Valkenberg | Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh Filmography Movies * The Devil's Rejects (2005) - Casey * 30 Days in Hell (2005) - Herself * Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005) - Beth * Criminal (2004) - Woman in Elevator * Venus Conspiracy (2003) - Zoe * Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002) - Mary Conant * Chasing Destiny (2001) - Suzy Aquado * Where No Fan Has Gone Before: The Making of 'Free Enterprise' (1999) - Herself * Free Enterprise (1998) - Marlena... Biography of Bae Yong Joon
Bae Yong-joon (born August 29, 1972 in Seoul, South Korea), is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in numerous television dramas and one of the first kkonminam icons. He is known as Yon-sama (ヨン様) to his Japanese fans. Early and private life Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, he was educated in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. He eventually went to study in PaiChai Middle School and Hanyoung High School. Bae Yong-jun acknowledged that he had a girlfriend named Lee Sa-gang (aka Sagan Lee, Sagang Lee, 이사강), and a photograph of her has since been distributed on the Internet. However, according to a 2005 edition of the I-weekly, a MediaCorp owned magazine in Singapore, Bae has since separated from Lee, citing personal reasons. H... Biography of Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and film director born in Chicago. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for a Sturges character to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene. A love scene between Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve was enlivened by a horse, which repeatedly poked its nose into Fonda's head. Sturges is often credited as the first writer to direct his own script, but this is not true: Charles Chaplin, for instance, was already writing and direc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Garland Lawing
Garland "Knobby" Lawing, born August 29, 1918 in Gastonia, North Carolina, died September 27, 1996 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, was an American basball player.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Angela Gallo
Angela Gallo, born August 29, 1923 in The Bronx, New York, died May 21, 1990 (cancer), was an American author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dick Spring
Richard "Dick" Spring (born 29 August 1950 in Tralee, County Kerry), is a businessman and former senior Irish politician. He was first elected as a Labour Party TD in 1981 and retained his seat until 2002. He became Party Leader in 1982, and held this position until 1997. He served as Minister for the Environment (1982–1983), Minister for Energy (1983–1987) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993–Nov. 1994, Dec. 1994–1997). He also served as Tánaiste during those three governments. Education He was educated by the Cistercian monks at Cistercian College Roscrea in County Tipperary, and at Trinity College, Dublin, and qualified as a barrister at King's Inns. He played Gaelic football and hurling for Kerry in the seventies . He then won rugby union caps for Ireland (1979) and Munster, and ... Biography of Edith Wangemann
Edith Wangemann, born August 29, 1917 in Magdeburg, died September 19, 2000 in Magdeburg, was a German author, lecturer and astrologer. With her husband, Helmuth Wangemann, astrologer as her, she founded several astrology magazines, such as Astro-Magazine or Sein Und Werden.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Rancillac
Bernard Rancillac, born August 29, 1931 in Paris, is a French painter and artist.... Biography of Lenny Henry
Lenworth George Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter. Early life Henry, the son of Jamaican immigrants, was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley in 1958. He has 6 other siblings. He was a pupil at St John's Primary School and later The Blue Coat School in Dudley, before completing his education at W.R. Tuson College (now Preston College). It was during his time at The Blue Coat School that Lenny discovered he had a passion for ancient history and today has amassed one of the World's largest privately held collections of Bronze Age flint arrowheads and rudimentary hand-tools. Career Henry's first manager was Robert Luff, who signed him in 1975 and gave him the opportunity to perform as part of the Luff-pro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Hensley
John Carter Hensley (born August 29, 1977) is an American actor probably best known, thus far, for his role on Nip/Tuck as Matt McNamara. John's parents divorced when he was 3 years old. He and his twin sister, spent time with both parents growing up. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Before becoming an actor, Hensley worked on a horse ranch in Wyoming. Though always drawn to storytelling, Hensley did not intend to act before he auditioned for a college play. Although he was not cast, he was hooked. Immersing himself in the school's theatre community, he formed an improv group with a few other students. He eventually decided to move to New York, where he met his future manager. Hensley's first major role was playing Luke Madigan on the TV series Madigan Men. H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Jacque
Olivier Jacque (born August 29, 1973 in Villerupt, France) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Height: 1.74 m Weight: 59.00 kg He was second in the European 250 cc Championship in 1994, before moving on to the 250 cc World Championship. He achieved a top ten finish in the points standings every year he competed. In 2000 he had a season-long battle for the championship with Tech 3 team-mate Shinya Nakano and Daijiro Kato, ultimately winning the 250 cc Motorcycle World Champion on a Yamaha TZ250. For 2001, he moved up to the 500 cc class with the Tech 3 team. He spent three years in them, before starting 2004 without a ride. He made one appearance on a Moriwaki bike, but again was rideless as 2005 started. He stepped in for the injured Alex Hofmann in China and stunned th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Markovics
Karl Markovics (born August 29, 1963 in Vienna) is an Austrian actor. He played Salomon Sorowitsch (the leading role) in The Counterfeiters (2007), the movie that picked up the Oscar for best foreign language film of the year on February 24, 2008. Prior to that, his most notable appearances have been in the highly-acclaimed Austrian (Viennese) black comedy Komm, süßer Tod (2001), his role as Franz Fuchs in the 2007 TV movie Franz Fuchs - Ein Patriot and in the police drama television series Inspector Rex. His character from Inspector Rex had his own spin-off series, Stockinger. Markovics is married to actress Stephanie Taussig and has two children. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548686/ ) Mahler auf der Couch (2010) (in production) Jud Süß (2010) (pre-product... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Blackwell
Richard Blackwell (August 29, 1922 - October 19, 2008) was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known just as Mr. Blackwell. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst Dressed Women List", an annual awards presentation he unveiled in January of each year. He published the "Fabulous Fashion Independents" list and an annual Academy Awards fashion review, both of which receive somewhat less media attention. His longtime companion, former Beverly Hills hairdresser, Robert Spencer, managed him. He wrote two books, Mr. Blackwell: 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos and an autobiography, From Rags to Bitches. Early years Blackwell was born Richard Sylvan Selzer and raised in the Bensonhurst section of Bro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Depestre
René Depestre (born 29 August 1926) is a Haitian poet and communist. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Americas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry. The city of Jacmel, his birthplace, is often evoked in his poetry and his novels, in particular Hadriana In All My Dreams (1988). He did his primary studies with the Breton Brothers of Christian Instruction. His father died in 1936 and Rene Depestre left his mother, his two brothers and his two sisters to go live with his maternal grandmother. From 1940 to 1944, he completed his secondary studies at the Pétion college in Port-au-Prince. Étincelles (Sparks), his first collection of poetry, appeared in 1945, prefaced by Edris Saint-Amand. He was only nine... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Brady
James Scott “Jim” Brady (born August 29, 1940, Centralia, Illinois) is a former Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan. After nearly being killed and becoming permanently disabled as a result of an assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, Brady became an ardent supporter of gun control. Private life Brady was born in Centralia, Illinois and attended St. Mary Grade School in Centralia, which was across the street from his house. He joined the Boy Scouts, attained the rank of Eagle Scout, and is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Brady divorced his first wife and married Sarah Kemp in Arlington, Virginia on July 21, 1973. On December 29, 1978, their only son, James Scott Brady, Jr., was b... Biography of Amanda Marshall
Amanda Marshall (born August 29, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pop-rock singer. Marshall studied music extensively during her childhood, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. While performing on the Queen Street West bar scene in her teens, she met guitarist Jeff Healey, who was struck by her powerful voice and took her on tour. She was offered a record deal by Columbia Records in 1991, but chose to wait a few years before releasing her debut album. She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family to a Caucasian father and a Caribbean-Canadian mother. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on her racial identity "as a woman who looks white but is also half-black". Career highlights In 1995, Marshall signed to Sony Records, and released her... Biography of Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse (aka Tse Ting-fung, traditional Chinese: 謝霆鋒, born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong based Chinese singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer. He learned martial arts for the screen and television and to this day still practices. "" "" Early life Tse is the first of two children born to Hong Kong natives, actor Patrick Tse (謝賢) and actress Deborah Lee (狄波拉) raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has a younger sister, Jennifer Tse. He was educated at St. George's School, Vancouver, and later attended Hong Kong International School for one... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Ritchie
Albert Cabell Ritchie (August 29, 1876 – February 24, 1936), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 49th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1920 to 1935. Ritchie campaigned for, but did not win, the Democratic presidential nomination in both 1924 and 1932. Early life and family Albert Ritchie was born on August 29, 1876 in Richmond, Virginia to relatively distinguished parents. His father, Albert, had served as a member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention in 1867, as a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, as City Solicitor of Baltimore, Maryland, and as a judge. His mother, Elizabeth Caskie Cabell, descended from a Governor of Virginia and of Joseph Cabell, a close associate of Thomas Jefferson. Ritchie moved to Baltimore with his family... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Montgomery
George Montgomery (August 29, 1916 - December 12, 2000) was an American painter, sculptor, furniture craftsman, and stuntman who is best known as an actor in western style film and television. Born George Montgomery Letz to Ukrainian immigrant parents in Brady, Montana, he was the youngest of fifteen children. He was raised on a large ranch where as a part of daily life he learned to ride horses and work cattle. Letz studied at the University of Montana but because he was more interested in a career in film, he left after a year to go to Hollywood. At Republic Pictures, his cowboy skills got him stunt work and a small acting part in a 1935 film, The Singing Vagabond. He followed this with bit parts and additional stunt work as George Letz in mostly low-budget films. He was frequently... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Richard
Alain Richard, born on August 29, 1945, in Paris, is a French politician. An alumnus of the Ecole nationale d'administration, he was mayor of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône and member of the French parliament, elected in Val d'Oise. A member of the French socialist party and ally of Lionel Jospin, he was the French Minister of Defense from 1997 to 2002.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jennifer Landon
Jennifer Rachel Landon (born on August 29, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is only the second actress next to Jennifer Finnigan to win three Emmy awards in a row. Landon is the daughter of actor Michael Landon and his third wife, Cindy Clerico. She is also the half-sister of screenwriter Christopher Landon and director Michael Landon Jr. Career Jennifer Landon got her first acting job from her father, actor Michael Landon, when he cast her to play a little girl in one of the final episodes of his television series, Highway to Heaven, when she was only five years old. Jennifer would work with her father once more, before cancer took his life, when he cast her as Jennifer Kramer in the pilot for his next television series, US. Landon graduated from Bre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ole Ritter
Ole Ritter born in Slagelse, August 29, 1941 is a former Danish racing cyclist. Amateur years As an amateur he rode for ABC Denmark. His breakthrough came in 1962 where he won 2 silver medals at the world championship in Italy, Individual & 100km team time trial. Professional years In 1967 he became professional in Italy with the Germanvox-Wega team and his career took off. He won the individual time trial in the Giro d’Italia in front of Rudi Altig, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. In 1968 he went to Mexico City before the Olympic Games and beat the hour record. He was the first rider to take the record at altitude since Willie Hamilton in 1898. He covered 48,653km and it took four years and Eddy Merckx to beat it (49,431 km in 1972). In 1974 at the age of 33 he went t... Biography of John McCormick
John McCormick, born August 29, 1922 in Belmar, New Jersey and died May 7, 1981 (motor scotter accident), was an American astrologer and humorist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader MBE (born Sadenia Reader, 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, which in 2003 saw her showcase the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. Early career Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band Trashcan Sinatras). Living at first in a two-bedroomed flat, the family was re-housed in Irvine, Ayrshire; however, Reader returned to Glasgow (where she lived with her grandmother) in order to finish her schooling. She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking, first in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, then in the early 1980s around Europe (where she also worked... Biography of Gary Gabelich
Gary Gabelich (born August 29, 1940, died January 1984) was a Croatian-American who set the land speed record with his rocket powered automobile "Blue Flame" on October 23, 1970, achieving the average speed of 622.287 mph (1,001.474 km/h) . During the attempt only 13,000 lbs. s.t. was used and a peak speed of 650 mph (1,050 km/h) was momentarily attained (record speed was 622.407 mph (1,001.667 km/h) on dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. This record was the first record over 1,000 km/h (621 mph), it remained unbeaten until 1983, when Richard Noble broke it driving Thrust 2. Gabelich was seriously injured in the crash of an experimental 4 wheel drive Funny Car. Gabelich died in January 1984 in a motorcycle crash.... Biography of Jackie Jenkins (actor)
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins (August 29, 1937 – August 14, 2001) was an American child actor, who had a brief film career during the 1940s. Born Jack Dudley Jenkins in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Doris Dudley, Jenkins made his film debut at the age of six in The Human Comedy (1943) as Jack Jenkins after an MGM talent scout saw him playing on a Santa Monica beach and admired his high spirits. His performance as Mickey Rooney's younger brother (The Human Comedy) was well received and Jenkins was cast in a succession of films. He was given star billing for the 1946 film, Boy's Ranch. Inspired by the real-life ranch in Texas, which provided a home and education to underprivileged boys, MGM promoted the film as a successor to Boy's Town (1936). It co-starred James Craig who als... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lester Trimble
Lester Albert Trimble (August 29, 1923 Bangor, Wisconsin– December 31, 1986 New York City) was an American music critic and composer of contemporary classical music. Encouraged by Schoenberg, who had seen some of his scores, Trimble entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). While there he studied with Nikolai Lopatnikoff and Frederick Dorian and wrote music criticism for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in violin and composition from Carnegie in 1948, followed by a Masters in composition. During this time he also spent summers at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood where he studied with Darius Milhaud and Aaron Copland. In 1950, Trimble went to Paris where he continued studies with Nadia Boulanger and Arthur Honegge... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Limouzy
Jacques Limouzy (August 29, 1926, Castres, France) is a French politician, he was the mayor of Castres.... Biography of Albert Lebrun
Albert Lebrun (29 August 1871 – 6 March 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD). Born to a farming family in Mercy-le-Haut, Meurthe-et-Moselle, he attended the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines, graduating from both at the top of his class. He then became a mining engineer in Vesoul and Nancy, but left that profession at the age of 29 to enter politics. Lebrun gained a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1900 as a member of the Left Republican Party, later serving on the cabinet as Minister for the Colonies from 1912-1914, Minister of War in 1913 and Minister for Liberated Regions, 1917-1919. Joining the Democratic A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne Blanc
Étienne Blanc (born August 29, 1954 in Givors, Rhône) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the third constituency of the Ain department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Déborah Anthonioz
Déborah Anthonioz (born August 29, 1978 in Thonon-les-Bains) is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a silver medal in women's snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vernon E. Clark
Vernon E. Clark, born on August 29, 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, died on November 6, 1967, was an American psychologist, author, and astrologer (source: Astrological Pioneers of America file).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Jaubert
Jean-Louis Jaubert, born Louis-Lazare Jacob on August 29, 1920 in Mulhouse, is a French musician and singer, and a member of Les Compagnons de la chanson, a French vocal group from Lyon, founded during World War II. Before 1946, they were part of a larger choir called the 'Compagnons de la musique'. The group met Edith Piaf at an event in Paris and recorded the song 'Les trois cloches' by Jean Villard. The group made 350 records and 300 concerts per year. Their final concert was in 1985. Some of their greatest hits were Tom Dooley and Kalinka.... Biography of Jérémie Elkaïm
Jérémie Elkaïm (date of birth: 29 août 1978 (source: Wikipedia in French)), is a French actor best known for his role in Presque rien (US title: Come Undone, 2000). In the movie, he plays Mathieu, a troubled, emotionally fragile teen who finds himself in a whirlwind romance with Cédric (played by Stéphane Rideau). His subtle, yet powerful performance in the movie has garnered him much critical acclaim. Other notable films starring the actor include the comedy teen flick Sexy Boys (2001), which is touted to be the French version of American Pie, À cause d'un garçon (U.S. title: You'll Get Over It, 2002), where he plays yet another gay teenager, and Mariées mais pas trop in which he plays an insurance investigator. His latest project is a role in the upcoming film, Lisa et le pilote d'avi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dimitris Christofias
Dimitris Christofias (Greek: Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας) is a left-wing Cypriot politician and the current and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus. Christofias is the General Secretary of AKEL, a Marxist-Leninist party. He won the 2008 Cypriot presidential elections in the 2nd round of voting. Throughout the election campaign, he pledged to restart talks with Turkish Cypriots in order to find a solution to the Cyprus dispute and reunify the island. He has also supported the closure of the British military bases on Cyprus. He is Cyprus' first communist president and the European Union's only one. Early life He was born on 29 August 1946 in the village of Dhikomo, Kyrenia. Christofias became involved... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jutta Kleinschmidt
Jutta Kleinschmidt (born August 29, 1962) is a competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the first woman to win the race. She was born in Cologne, Germany, and grew up in Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria. She studied physics at Isny Polytech then worked at BMW. She raced her first Paris Dakar Rally in 1988 on a BMW motorcycle. In 1994, she switched to driving a car and in 1997, became the first woman to win a stage of the Rally. The following year, she was on the podium and in 2001, she became the first woman to win the Rally.... Biography of Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford, August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American actress best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985). Biography Career Sanford was born in New York City, New York, to parents James Edward Sanford and the former Josephine Perry. She was the first African-American actress to win a Lead Actress Emmy Award (for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981), and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and received an honorary doctorate degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. During the 1960s, Sanford worked in the theatre industry, and in 1967 she made her film debut in G... Biography of Dick Cusack
Richard John Cusack (August 29, 1925 – June 2, 2003) was an American film actor and filmmaker. Early life Cusack was born in New York City to Irish-American Catholic parents.. Cusack went to a local college, and then to a university. After a career in advertising, he began acting and appeared in movies and films, in which he had minor roles. Cusack attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, after the war and played on the school's 1947 championship basketball team. Also, he served with the U.S. Army in the Philippines in World War II. Cusack was a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company and was a friend of peace activist Philip Berrigan. Career Most of his acting roles were playing authority figures, such as a United States Senate Chairm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Velan
Yves Velan, born on August 29, 1925 in Saint-Quentin, is a Swiss writer from the Canton Vaud. Publications Je, Seuil, Paris, 1959 La Statue de Condillac retouchée, Seuil, 1973 Onir, in Écriture 9, éditons Bertil Galland, Vevey, 1974 Soft Goulag, éditions Bertil Galland, Vevey, 1977 Bibliography Pascal Antonietti, Yves Velan, New York/Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilles Carrez
Gilles Carrez (born August 29, 1948) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Val-de-Marne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Gray (actor)
Charles Gray (29 August 1928 - 7 March 2000) was an English actor who was well-known for roles including the arch-villain Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes in the Granada television series, and as The Criminologist in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975. Early life Gray was born Donald Marshall Gray in Bournemouth, Dorset, the son of Maude Elizabeth (née Marshall) and Donald Gray, who was a surveyor. Gray attended Bournemouth School alongside Benny Hill, whose school had been evacuated to the same buildings, during the Second World War. Some of his friends remember that his bedroom walls were plastered with pictures of film stars. Stage career He began his stage experience at the theatre club next to B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helge Rosvaenge
Helge Rosvaenge (Roswaenge, Rosvænge), Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen, (August 29, 1897 in Copenhagen – June 17, 1972 in Munich) was a famous Danish operatic tenor whose career was centred on Germany and Austria, before, during and after World War II. He made his debut at Neustrelitz as Don Jose in Carmen in 1921. Engagements followed at Altenburg, Basle, Cologne (1927-30) and the Berlin State Opera, where he was leading tenor from 1930 to 1944, being especially distinguished in the Italian repertory. He sang regularly, too, at the Vienna State Opera (from 1936) and in Munich. Rosvaenge also appeared at the Salzburg Festival, making his debut there in Der Rosenkavalier. Other roles which he performed at Salzburg between 1933 and 1939 were Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Huon in Oberon and Flo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émile Goudeau
Émile Goudeau, born on August 29, 1849 in Périgueux (Dordogne), died in 1906, was a French journalist, novelist, and poet. Publications: 1878 : Fleurs du bitume 1884 : Poèmes ironiques 1884 : La Revanche des bêtes 1885 : La Vache enragée (roman) 1886 : Voyages et découvertes du célèbre A'Kempis à travers les États-Unis de Paris, (fantaisie), dessins de Henri Rivière 1887 : Les Billets bleus (nouvelles) 1887 : Le Froc (roman) 1888 : Dix ans de bohème (mémoires) 1889 : Corruptrice (roman) 1893 : Paris qui consomme (fantaisie) 1896 : Chansons de Paris et d'ailleurs 1897 : Poèmes parisiens 1900 : La Graine humaine (roman)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter von Bagh
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (born 29 August 1943 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish film historian and director. He currently works as a professor of film history in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has written around 20 books about film and worked as a presenter for numerous television and radio programs about film and other popular culture. Von Bagh has previously worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive. He is the editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and the festival director of Midnight Sun Film Festival. He has also directed the Bolognese film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato for nine years running. He was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fleur Pellerin
Fleur Pellerin (French pronunciation: ; born on August 29, 1973 in Seoul) is a high-level civil servant of the French administration and a politician. She joined Jean-Marc Ayrault's maiden government on May 16, 2012, as Deputy Minister in charge of Small and Medium Businesses, Innovation, and Digital Economy, and reports to the "Ministère du Redressement productif", a new label for the "Minister of Industry". She was previously working at the Court of Audit of France, and in charge of societal and digital economy issues for François Hollande's campaign for the presidential elections.... Biography of Carol Bartz
Carol A. Bartz (born August 29, 1948 in Winona, Minnesota) was the CEO at Autodesk from 1992 until 2006. According to Forbes, "Since 1992, Bartz, 56, has transformed Autodesk from an aimless maker of PC software into a leader of computer-aided design software, targeting architects and builders." She is credited with instituting and promoting Autodesk's "3F" or "fail-fast forward" concept -- the idea that you engineer a company to fail in certain missions, to be resilient to failure, and to respond to it by overcoming quickly. Yahoo On January 13, 2009, Bartz was named the CEO of Yahoo!, succeeding co-founder Jerry Yang. In a conference call with financial analysts, she announced that she intended to make sure Yahoo got "some friggin' breathing room" so the company could "kick some but... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zoltán Almási
Zoltán Almási (born August 29, 1976) is a Grandmaster of chess from Hungary. He is a seven-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, he made it to the fourth round where he lost 2-0 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov, the eventual winner of the event. In 2008 he won the Reggio Emilia chess tournament in Italy scoring 5.5/8. As of November 2009, Almasi has a FIDE rating of 2704.... Biography of Kyan Khojandi
Kyan Khojandi, born on August 29, 1982 in Reims, is a French humorist, actor, screenwriter, and film director of Iranian descent. Filmography (actor) (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm4595016/) 2011 Bref (TV series) Je – J'aime bien cette photo (2011) … Je – J'ai recouché avec mon ex (2011) … Je – J'ai un pote à conditions générales (2011) … Je – J'ai fait un dépistage (2011) … Je – J'ai fait un rêve (2011) … Je... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Cvjetkovich
Nick Cvjetkovich (born August 29, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler of British and Serb descent, better known as The Original Sinn, or simply Sinn (also spelled as SiNN). He most recently worked for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as Kizarny. Ring name(s) Sinn / SiNN H.N. Hardcastle Lucifer Love Kizarny Nicholas Sinn Nick Sinn The Original Sinn Sinn Bowdee Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 234 lb (106 kg) Career Training and beginning Cvjetkovich was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and Ron Hutchison in Orangeville, Ontario and also trained for (and later earned) his Black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute. His debut match was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournamen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darnell Hillman
Darnell “Dr. Dunk” Hillman (born August 29, 1949 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional basketball player. Hillman graduated from Hiram W. Johnson High School. The 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) forward played college basketball at San Jose State University. Hillman was selected in the first round of the 1971 NBA Draft (the 8th pick overall) by the Golden State Warriors, but opted instead to play for the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association. Hillman played six seasons for the Pacers, who joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the ABA-NBA merger in June of 1976. Hillman earned a reputation for his stylish slam dunks and oversized afro hairstyle. Hillman later played with the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Kansas City Kings, and Golden State Warrio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armand Eloi
Armand Eloi (born 29 August 1962 in Liège) a Belgian actor and director. He graduated in the ENSATT (school of la rue Blanche) and has created, together with the scenographer Emmanuelle Sage, the Théâtre du Passeur Works 1993 : La Chunga de Mario Vargas Llosa (création nationale) Premier Prix des Rencontres Charles-Dullin 1994. 1994 : Le Corps de Léonard de Michel Danton 1996 : Les Noces du Romanode John Millington Synge 1997 : L'Antichambre de Jean-Claude Brisville 1999 : La Balade du Grand Macabre de Ghelderode 2001 : Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue de Georges Feydeau 2001 : Le Jardin de Perrot de Joëlle Moussafir 2002 : Perroquin de Tim Rescala 2005 : La Chunga de Mario Vargas Llosa (nouvelle mise en scène) Roles in file, televisio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Courtney Stodden
Courtney Stodden (born August 29, 1994 (birth time source: Sarah Van Sanden, Astrodatabank)) is an American model, actress, singer and reality television personality, best known for her controversial marriage to actor Doug Hutchison, which began in May 2011 when Stodden was 16 and Hutchison was 51. She is notorious for her provocative style of dress, and was briefly evicted from the VH1 reality television series Couples Therapy for "refusing to adhere to a demure dress code." Early life Courtney Alexis Stodden was born on August 29, 1994 in Tacoma, Washington to Alex John Stodden and Krista Kay Keller Stodden, the youngest of their three daughters. Stodden describes her childhood as "beautiful and fun", stating that she was "extremely spoiled, in a good way". Stodden says that she d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David West
David Moorer West (born August 29, 1980) is an American professional basketball player on the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. Though he was born and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, West went to high school at Garner Magnet High School in Garner, North Carolina and at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia and won 1st Team All-State honors in North Carolina. College career West attended and graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. There, he was a four-year starter on the basketball team. West was the first XU player to get his number retired while still playing for the Musketeers , in which he led Xavier to a top 10 national ranking and a #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. West was named as a first team All-American his senior year and the 2003 Associated Press and Un... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Perdita Felicien
Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is a noted Canadian hurdler. Early life Felicien carries her mother's maiden name, whose origins are in the tiny Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. Her mother named her "Perdita" after a contestant on the television game show, The Price is Right. Felicien grew up in Pickering, Ontario, where, as a student, she began competing in track and field events at her school. At first, she competed in the 100m dash. Inspired by the success of World and Olympic champions Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin from Canada, Felicien dedicated herself to hurdling and won the Ontario high-school hurdling championship in 1997. She repeated as the Ontario champion in 1998 and that year added the first of two consecutive Canadian junio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Delmotte
Nicolas Delmotte, born on August 29, 1978 in Flines-lez-Raches, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, is a French horse rider.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antti Niemi (ice hockey)
Antti Niemi (Finnish pronunciation: ; born August 29, 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. During the 2009–10 NHL season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, he became the first Finnish goaltender to win the Stanley Cup. Playing career Niemi played junior-level hockey for Kiekko-Vantaa from 1998 until 2005, where he also worked part-time as a Zamboni driver. He turned pro with the Pelicans of the Finnish SM-liiga in 2005. Niemi played three seasons with the Pelicans, until he signed with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League as an undrafted free agent in 2008. Assigned to Chicago's minor league affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, Niemi spent the majority of the 2008–09 seas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswalt (play /ˈoʊzwɑːlt/; born August 29, 1977 in Weir, Mississippi) is an American Major League Baseball pitcher and Olympic gold medalist who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. Oswalt, a slender six-foot right-handed starting pitcher, is currently in his ninth major league season. He spent the first eight and a half years of his career in the Houston Astros organization. Oswalt is currently considered to be among the elite pitchers in the National League. After completing nine years (2001–2009), Oswalt has compiled an 137–70 record with a 3.23 ERA and a 3.58 strikeout-to-walk ratio (1473 – to – 418) in 1803.1 innings pitched. He posted a 20–12 record in 2005 with a 2.94 ERA, repeating his 20-win performance of 2004. He was the ace of a Houston Astros s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Phillips (rugby player)
William Michael "Mike" Phillips (born 29 August 1982) is a Welsh international rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half for Bayonne. Personal life The third son of dairy farmer Trevor and teacher Morfydd, Phillips was born and raised on the family farm between Bancyfelin and St Clears. His middle brother became Welsh amateur boxing champion before fighting professionally, while his eldest brother Rob was a scrum-half with Whitland RFC, where Mike also spent his late teenage years as both a blind and open side flanker. Phillips then moved to Carmarthen RFC as a flanker, before playing scrum-half; at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), he is the one of the tallest scrum halves in international rugby. Being tall and powerful, unusual properties in a scrum half, he also has a combative st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mick Harvey
Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave. A multi-instrumentalist, Harvey plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion including glockenspiel and sings. Biography Born in rural Victoria, Harvey moved to the suburbs of Melbourne in his childhood. His father was a Church of England Vicar and the family lived adjacent to the church, first in Ormond then later Ashburton. Harvey sang in the church choir from an early age. Harvey, his elder brother Philip and younger brother Sebastian all attended the private boys school Caulfield Grammar School. It was at school in the early 1970s th... Biography of Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC CD (born 29 August 1959) is a Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. A former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995 and STS-100 in 2001, and served as capsule communicator for both Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) expeditions. On 19 December 2012, Hadfield launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M flight for a long duration stay on board the ISS as part of Expedition 35. He is scheduled to arrive at the station on 21 December, and will become the first Canadian to command the ISS. Personal life Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario. His parents are Roger and Eleanor Hadfield, who live in Milton, Ontario. Hadfield was raised on a corn farm in southern Ontario and beca... Biography of Nicole Anderson
Nicole Gale Anderson (born August 29, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Macy Misa in the Disney Channel Original Series JONAS L.A., and also known for the role of Kelly Parker on the ABC Family series Make It or Break It. She is a spokesperson for Underwriters Laboratories. Early life Anderson was born in Rochester, Indiana. Her mother was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States with her father, a Commander in the United States Navy. In her younger years, she won national gymnastics competitions, but retired due to injuries. Anderson was awarded a scholarship to Georgia's Barbizon modeling school at the age of 13. She then began to study acting and attending auditions. She landed several print ads and television commercials, including Mary... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Milena Boteva
Milena Boteva, born on August 29, 1981 in Roussé, is a Bulgarian volleyball player.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony MacAlpine
Tony MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960) is an American musician and composer. In a career spanning more than two decades and eleven studio albums, he is best known as an instrumental rock solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in guest appearances and collaborations. Biography Having started playing piano at the age of five and guitar at twelve, MacAlpine studied classical music for a number of years at the Springfield Conservatory of Music in Massachusetts, as well as various music programs at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. One of his musical influences is Frédéric Chopin, to whom he pays homage in his interpretations of the latter's études, which are featured on the majority of his studio albums. Together with his first studio rele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Celestine Babayaro
Celestine Boyd Jonto Hycieth Babayaro (born 29 August 1978 in Kaduna) is a former Nigerian footballer. He was named after Pope Celestine V. Club career Babayaro began his playing career at Nigerian side Plateau United, before moving to Belgium club Anderlecht in 1994, and eventually would make a name for himself, quickly gaining first-choice status although still a teenager. Chelsea Babayaro was signed by Chelsea after being spotted by scout Lewis Durkin in April 1997. He moved for a transfer fee of £2.25 million, a club record paid for a teenager at the time. During his time at Chelsea, the team won the FA Cup, and Charity Shield in 2000, and reached the FA Cup final in 2002. He faced competition from Graeme Le Saux during his seven-year spell, but managed to play over 200 games... Biography of Jay Ryan (actor)
Jay Bunyan, better known by his stage name Jay Ryan (b. 29 August 1981 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a New Zealand actor who resides in Australia. Career Under his birthname of Jay Bunyan, he appeared as "Glen" in the "Scallywag Pirates"(2000) and had a minor role in Xena. He is known for his portrayal of Jack Scully in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from late 2002 until January 2005. He reportedly turned down a major role in a Canadian action movie to play the part. When auditioning for roles in LA, it was suggested that Ryan change his name. It was felt that "Bunyan" sounded too similar to bunion. Starting 2007 Ryan has played Seaman William "Billy" Webb aka Spider in the popular Australian drama, Sea Patrol. From a theatre background Ryan has shared the stage with the li... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Banks
Carl E. Banks (born August 29, 1962) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. Career He made the Pro Bowl in 1987, had 39.5 career quarterback sacks, and was a member of the NFL's 1980's All-Decade Team. He played college football at Michigan State University and was the third overall pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. He was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV as well as a key part of the Big Blue Wrecking Crew. Banks was a standout in their Super Bowl XXI victory in which he recorded 14 total tackles, including ten solo tackles. In 1993, Banks entered a three year contract to play for the Washington Redskins. He was released from the Redski... Biography of Hannah Cornett
Hannah Cornett, born on August 29, 1980 in Hawaii, is an American actress and surfer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1918626/) 2010 Hawaii 5-0 (TV series) Gatekeeper – Mana'o (2010) … Gatekeeper 2008 Surfer, Dude Blonde #3 2006 Trapped in TV Guide (TV series) Principle 2005 American Pie présente: No Limit! (video) Head Counselor (uncredited) 2004 Hotties Ce Ce 2004 Passions (TV series) Danny – Episode #1.1330 (2004) … Danny – Episode #1.1324 (2004) … Danny – Episode #1.1323 (2004) … Danny 2004 Reno 911! (TV series) Girl Gone Wild #3 – President Bush's Motorcade (2004) … Girl Gone Wild #3 2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV series) Tara – Little Girl Lost (2003) … Tara 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series) Tris... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pablo Mastroeni
Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976 in Mendoza) is an Argentine-born American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer, and for the United States national soccer team. Career Early life Mastroeni moved to the United States from Argentina with his family at the age of four, settling in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Thunderbird High School, and played youth soccer for the Santos Futbol Clube. Mastroeni attended North Carolina State University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he spent the collegiate off season playing for the Tucson Amigos of the USISL. Professional In February 1998, the Miami Fusion selected Mastroeni in the second round (thirteenth overall) of the 1998 MLS College Draft. He played four seas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ella Lemhagen
Ella Elisabet Lemhagen (born 29 August 1965 in Uppsala) is a Swedish film director. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501281/) Director (10 titles) 2011 Kronjuvelerna 2008 Les joies de la famille 2003 Tur & retur 2003 Järnvägshotellet (TV movie) 2001 Om inte 1999 Les aventures de Tsatsiki 1997 Välkommen till festen 1996 Drömprinsen - Filmen om Em 1994 13-årsdagen (short) 1992 Suicide Bridge (short) Writer (8 titles) 2011 Kronjuvelerna (screenplay) 2008 Les joies de la famille (writer) 2003 Tur & retur (writer) 2001 Om inte 1997 Välkommen till festen 1996 Drömprinsen - Filmen om Em 1994 13-årsdagen (short) 1992 Suicide Bridge (short)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leon Washington
Leon Washington (born August 29, 1982) is an American football running back for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. Early years At Andrew Jackson High School he won the "Mr. Football" Award in 2001 and later committed to Florida State. As a freshman at Florida State, he changed positions from Cornerback to Running back. Professional career New York Jets Washington was selected in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. The pick used was obtained by the Jets from the Kansas City Chiefs, as compensation for the release of former Jets head coach Herman Edwards. Washington gained some attention in his second preseason game, re... Biography of Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter. Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. Her works largely concentrate on the topics of AIDS, mental illness, despair, injustice, condemnation, and loss of dignity. She has worked with many avant-garde composers, including Iannis Xenakis, Vinko Globokar and John Zorn, and also collaborated with jazz musician Bobby Bradford, and John Paul Jones, former bassist of Led Zeppelin. Biography Diamanda Galás was born and raised in San Diego, California, to Greek Orthodox parents. She studied a wide range of musical forms, and played gigs in San Diego with her father, also a music... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Agel
Henri Agel, born on August 29, 1911 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on July 1, 2008 in Decazeville, is a French critic, professor, and author. Selected bobliography Bibliographie Le Cinéma a-t-il une âme ?, Paris, Cerf, 1952 (coll. 7e Art). Le Cinéma et le sacré, Paris, Cerf, 1953, 2e éd. augm. 1961 (coll. 7e Art). Le Prêtre à l'écran, Éditions Téqui, 1953 Vittorio de Sica, Éditions universitaires, coll. Classiques du cinéma, 1956. Esthétique Du Cinéma, Presses Universitaires De France, coll. Que sais-je ? no 751, Paris, 1957. Précis d'initiation au cinéma : Classes de 3e, 2e, 1re et classes supérieures (Henri et Geneviève Agel), Éditions de l'École, 1957 Les grands cinéastes, Éditions universitaires, 1960 Le Cinéma, Casterma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Ache
Jean Ache, born Jean-Baptiste Huet on August 29, 1923 in Le Havre (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on December 19, 1985 in Joinville-le-Pont, is a French author and cartoonist. Publications Achille, collection Papillons, Editions Bias, 1954 Revues 19 épisodes de Pat'Apouf dans le magazine Le Pèlerin de 1973 à 1984 Albums Arabelle la sirène : Paris by Night, Denoël, 1964 Pasctec, SFPI : , 1968 , 1968 , 1968 Arabelle la dernière sirène, Glénat, 1978 Supershoot, Albin Michel Les aventures de Supershoot, 1982 Tire au but, 1982... |
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