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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 1, 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 · 45,665 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,665 Celebrities
128 celebrities or events were found for December, 1. Add to favourites (75 fans)Biography of Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. His large body of work and cerebral film style, mixing satire, wit and humor, have made him one of the most respected and prolific filmmakers in the modern era. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on literature, philosophy, psychology, Judaism, European cinema and New York City, where he was born and has lived his entire life.... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Claire Chazal
Famous french journalist and TV host.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953 in Paris, France) is a television comedian, actor and writer. He is the son of two French personalities, television journalist George de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and X-Or. He first appeared in front of the camera with the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, before making a breakthrough with the series Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+. De Caunes first came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC Two television series Rapido before starting the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He ... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung (born Alain Baschung on 1 December 1947 in Paris and dead on 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. The multi-platinum artist Alain Bashung received three awards during the ceremony at the Paris Zenith, including best male artist, best album for "Bleu Pétrole" (Barclay/Universal) and best live show. Now 61, he has spent his career singing a pop-chanson repertoire. With 11 trophies won since 1993, he is the most awarded artist in the history of Les Victoires. Bashung, who had cancer, had to postpone several dates of his current tour. While receiving his award, he said he hoped that record companies would "remain in a human dimension by making people happy with records." Discography Studio Albums Roman Photo 1977 (Barclay) Roulette Rus... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Pierre Arditi
Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is an award-winning French film and stage actor. He has often played romantic, womanizing roles, similar to those played by Marcello Mastroianni. In 1994, he received a César Award for Best Actor for his role in Smoking/No Smoking.... Biography of Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. Escobar became so wealthy in the drug trade that in 1989 Forbes magazine had listed him as the seventh richest man in the world. He is widely considered to be one of the most brutally ruthless, ambitious, and powerful drug dealers in history. Early life Pablo Escobar began his criminal life as a teenage car thief in the streets of Medellín. He allegedly also stole headstones from graveyards and sold them in other villages of Antioquia (this allegation has never been proven). He eventually moved into the cocaine business and began building an enormous drug empire during the 1970s. His reputation grew after a well known Medellín drug dealer named Fabio Restrepo was murde... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is currently scheduled to succeed Celine Dion as the headliner at Caesars Palace, beginning February 20, 2008. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in nearby Aiea. She attended Radford High School in Honolulu. She is of Jewish descent. Her aspirations were clearly defined from the outset, and she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, and earned money in the film Hawaii (released in 1966) a... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American Emmy Award-nominated comedian, writer, singer, guitarist, and actress. Although usually credited as Sarah Silverman, she is sometimes credited by her nickname, Big S. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion. The source for her birth time is her autobiography "The Bedwetter". She often performs her act as a caricature of a Jewish-American princess, mocking bigotry and stereotypes of ethnic groups and religious denominations, by endorsing them ironically. Silverman was first noticed as a writer and occasional performer on Saturday Night Live. She now stars in and produces The Sarah Silverman Program, which debuted February 1, 2007, on Comedy Central. Early life... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Edouard Baer
French actor, producer, screenwriter, film director, radio host and TV host.... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Pryor was a storyteller known for unflinching examinations of racism and customs in modern life, and was well-known for his frequent use of colorful language, vulgarities, and racial epithets as "nigger", "honky," "cracker," and "motherfucker." He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations, although public opinion of his act was often divided. He is commonly regarded as the most important stand up comedian of his time: Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor "The Picasso of our profession"; Whoopi Goldberg cited him as her biggest influence, stating "The major influence was Richard - I want to say those things he's saying." His body of work includes such conc... Biography of Charlene Tilton
Charlene L. Tilton (born December 1, 1958) is an American actress. She was born in San Diego, California. Notably, Tilton is 4'11" (1.50 m) tall. Charlene has had a varied career in show business. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing, the sly, vixenish, frequently frustrated granddaughter of Jock Ewing in the popular television series Dallas from 1978 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1990. In addition to several appearances on various TV shows, Charlene has also appeared in feature films (including a cameo in the John Milius film Big Wednesday), although most of these did not achieve much stature. She appeared on Circus of the Stars in 1979 and 1991, on one occasion famously featuring as a knife thrower's target girl in a gold bikini. In 2005, she appeared in the British reality TV show,... Biography of Jacques Halbronn
Jacques Halbronn, born December 1, 1947 in Paris, is a writer and astrologer. Works 1976 Introduction à la réédition des Remarques Astrologiques de Jean Baptiste Morin de Villefranche, Paris, Retz 1976 Clefs pour l’astrologie, Paris, Seghers 1976 Maîtrise d'Hébreu . Paris III 1977 Traduction du Livre des Fondements Astrologiques d'Abraham Ibn Ezra, Préface G. Vajda, Paris, Retz 1979 Dir. Aquarius ou la Nouvelle Ere du Verseau Ed Albatros 1979 Doctorat en Etudes Orientales( Paris III et Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Ve section.) La problématique astrologique chez les principaux penseurs juifs du Moyen Age espagnol. 1979 Recherches dans le cadre du CNRS (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes.) 1981 DEA Linguistique Lille III sur les Jugemens astron... Biography of Gilbert O'Sullivan
Raymond Edward O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland) known professionally as Gilbert O'Sullivan, is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". Early in his life, his family moved to Swindon, Wiltshire, England, where he attended St. Joseph's Secondary School. Here he began to develop an interest in music and art. At Swindon Art College in 1963, he met Rick Davies who would later become a member of the progressive rock band Supertramp. O'Sullivan signed a five-year contract with CBS Records in 1967, where Stephen Shane, then Professional Manager at CBS's April/Blackwood publishing division originally signed him and redesignated him Gilbert O'Sullivan, a pun on the names of the Sav... Biography of Cyrielle Claire
Cyrielle Clair or Cyrielle Besnard is a French actress, born December 1, 1955 in Paris. Filmography Tusk de Alexandro Jodorowsky avec Christopher Mitchum en 1980 comme Elise. Le Professionnel de Georges Lautner avec Jean-Paul Belmondo en 1981 comme Alice Ancelin La Belle Captive de Alain Robbe-Grillet en 1983 comme Sara Zeitgeist L'été de nos quinze ans de Marcel Jullian en 1983 comme Martine Sword of the Valiant de Stephen Weeks avec Sean Connery comme Princess Linet Le Joli Cœur avec Francis Perrin en 1984 comme Nina Lemonnier Nom de code, émeraude avec Ed Harris en 1985 comme Claire Jouvet Control de Giuliano Montaldo en 1987 avec Burt Lancaster et Ben Gazzara Les Misérables de Claude Lelouch en 1995 comme la comtesse du bal Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turb... Add to favourites (8 fans)Biography of Violet Affleck
Violet Anne Affleck, born December 1, 2005 in Los Angeles, is the daughter of actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. Her parents currently live in Santa Monica, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Affleck has a holiday home in Savannah, Georgia.... Biography of Loïc Peyron
Loïck Peyron, born 1 December 1959 in Nantes, is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron. He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran Fujicolor. He won the ORMA Championship four times in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2002. After Benjamin de Rothschild gave him control of the Gitana Team in April 2006, the team built Gitana Eighty, a 60 feet monohull, launched in July 2007 with which Loick Peyron won the Transat. On 9 December 2008, he began his participation in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe with Gitana Eighty. After having led the race for 16 days, Gitana Eighty's mast broke. In 2010, Peyron sailed in the 33rd America's Cup as part of the Alinghi Team, in the roles of 'floater' in race 1 and relief helmsman in race 2. Alinghi ... Biography of Carol Alt
Carol Alt (born December 1, 1960) is an American Supermodel and actress. The source for her time of birth is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/carolalt.html. Early life Carol Alt, the third of four children, was born in Long Island, New York, to Muriel Alt, who had worked as a print and runway model before her marriage, and Anthony Alt, a New York City Fire Chief. She has two sisters, Christine, a model, and Karen; and a brother, Anthony Alt, deceased, for whom a charitable foundation is named. She was raised in East Williston, New York, and she attended The Wheatley School and Hofstra University. Career Alt's first big break in modeling in 1980, when she was featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine, but she gained real fame in 1982 when she was featured on t... Biography of Stéphane Peyron
Stéphane Peyron is a French yachtsman born December 1, 1960 in Nantes. He is also a TV producer and TV host. He is the brother of Bruno Peyron;... Biography of Matthew Laborteaux
Matthew Laborteaux (born December 1, 1966) is an American actor who has starred on television and in films. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is probably best known for his television role as Albert Quinn Ingalls on the hit NBC TV series, Little House on the Prairie, from 1978-1982. He also starred in the short lived 1980s TV series , Whiz Kids and has starred in some TV movies. Laborteaux's best known film role was in the 1986 Wes Craven film, Deadly Friend, as Paul Conway, a young genius who brings back a dead girl using a chip from a robot he created that was destroyed by a mean lady. He also has worked as a voice actor for video games. He has made guest appearances on TV shows, including The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, The Love Boat, Night Court, Silk Stalkings, and Spi... Biography of Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American actress, singer and model. She is the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. She has appeared in the films The Brave One (2007) with Jodie Foster, and No Reservations (2007) with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Kravitz played Pearl on the fourth season of the Showtime television series Californication, and appeared as Angel Salvadore in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class. Early life Kravitz was born in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, at the canal-front home of her parents, actress Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz. Her paternal grandmother, actress Roxie Roker, was of African American and Bahamian descent (and a second cousin of meteorologist Al Roker), and her maternal g... Biography of Emily Mortimer
Emily Mortimer (born 1 December 1971) is an English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including 2000's Scream 3 and 2005's Match Point. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Mortimer was born in London, England, the daughter of Penelope (née Gollop) and dramatist John Clifford Mortimer, known for his Rumpole of the Bailey series. Her maternal grandfather was a pig farmer. She has a younger sister, Rosie, and a half brother, Ross Bentley. Mortimer studied at St Paul's Girls' School, where she appeared in several student productions. After St. Paul's, she moved on to Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read Russian, and performed in several plays. Before becoming an actress, Emily wrote a column for the Daily Telegraph, and... Add to favourites (2 fans)Biography of Aiko, Princess Toshi
Princess Aiko, The Princess Toshi (敬宮愛子内親王殿下 Toshi no miya Aiko naishinnō denka), born December 1, 2001, is the first child of Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince Naruhito, heir apparent to the Japanese throne, and Crown Princess Masako. Aiko, the princess's personal name, is written with kanji character for "love" and "child" and means "a person who loves others." She also has a imperial title, Princess Toshi (敬宮 toshi no miya) which means "a person who respects others." This formal title will be dropped if she marries a commoner, which is likely to happen as the nobility was abolished and the imperial family was streamlined to the descendants of Emperor Taishō in 1947. In a break with traditio... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman Robinson (born December 1, 1990) is an American model, known professionally as Chanel Iman. She is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret model. Early life Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 1990. She grew up in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is half Korean and half African American, and her father is African American. Career Modeling Robinson started modeling with Ford Models at the age of 13 as a child model in Los Angeles, California. She flew to New York in 2006 and won third place in Ford's Supermodel of the World contest. Shortly after, she signed on with the agency. In February and July 2007, Robinson she appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue, with Karlie Kloss and Ali Michael, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, then in November... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born December 1st, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Renaudot prize in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école. After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series “La Saga Malaussène”, that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris. In a 1997 piece for Le Monde, Pennac stated that Malaussène was the son of Jerome Charyn's New York detective Isaac Sidel. His writing style can be humorous and imaginative like in “La Saga Malaussène”, but he can also write “Comme un roman”, a pedagogic essay. His Comic Débauche, written jointly with Jacques Tardi, treats the topic of unemployment, revealing his social preoccupations... Biography of Jeremy Northam
Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English actor. Son of John Northam (d. 2005), an Ibsen specialist and teacher first at Clare College, Cambridge, and later at Bristol, Jeremy was educated at Bristol Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Northam performed at the Royal National Theatre, where he replaced Daniel Day Lewis in the role of Hamlet (1988). He received an Olivier Award in 1990 as "most promising newcomer". Related to Chuck Northam. He made his American film debut in The Net (1995), but has appeared more frequently in British films such as Carrington (1995), Emma (1996), The Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Enigma (2001) and as Welsh actor and singer Ivor Novello in Gosford Park... Biography of Léa Castel
Léa Castel, born December 1, 1988 in Marseille, is a French R&B singer of Italian and Spanish descent. Discography Album 2008 Pressée de vivre Single 2008 Dernière chance (feat. Soprano) 2008 Pressée de vivre Apparitions 2006 : Dernière Chance avec Soprano - extrait de Block Life 4 2007 : Mal agit avec Lorenzo - extrait de Rafale 2007 : La famille avec Soprano - extrait de Puisqu'il faut vivre 2007 : Amour impossible avec Black Marché - extrait de Black marche 2007 : Entre 2 flammes avec L'Algérino - extrait de Mentalité Pirate 2007 : L'enfant de Marseille avec L'Algérino - extrait de Mentalité Pirate 2007 : Mariah avec Mino - extrait de Il était une fois 2007 : Amour impossible avec Black marché - extrait de Au quart 2 tour 2008 : Pour tout l... Biography of John Densmore
John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer best known as the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. He is a drummer and songwriter and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge. "I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. I played symphonic music in high school (tympani, snare drum), then I played jazz for three years. I used to play sessions in Compton and Topanga Canyon." John Densmore has recently been seen with his jazz group "tribal jazz". A true lover of jazz, John Densmore had released an album with tribal jazz which can only be purchased online. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Gérard
Charles Atchémian, best known as Charles Gérard, is a French actor and director of Armenian descent. Filmography Actor 1970 : Le Voyou de Claude Lelouch - Charlot 1971 : Smic, Smac, Smoc de Claude Lelouch - Smac (Jean) 1971 : Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres de Nadine Trintignant 1972 : L'aventure c'est l'aventure de Claude Lelouch - Charlot 1973 : La Bonne Année de Claude Lelouch - Charlot 1973 : Un homme libre de Roberto Muller - Félix 1973 : Far West de Jacques Brel - le fakir 1974 : Toute une vie de Claude Lelouch - ami de Simon 1974 : La Gifle de Claude Pinoteau 1974 : Mariage de Claude Lelouch 1975 : Un jour, la fête de Pierre Sisser - Marcel 1975 : L'Incorrigible de Philippe de Broca - Raoul 1976 : Le Corps de mon ennemi d'Henri Verneuil - le chauffeur de tax... Biography of Earlyne Chaney
Earlyne Chaney, born December 1, 1916 in Dallas, is an American Spiritualist Reverend, founder of "Astara" with her husband Robert. She was also an actress. Astara is an esoteric non-profit religious institution and publishing organization based on the western mystery tradition. Astara was founded in 1951 by Earlyne and Robert Chaney, where administration has since passed to their daughter Sita. Its headquarters are located in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Astara currently has members in over 85 countries. Astara holds services and events at its main chapel, however most members relate to Astara through a set of correspondence lessons called the Book of Life, divided into eight Degrees of 22 lessons each. Astara's teachings are eclectic, and primarily draw on sources from Spiritualism,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Rouyer
Olivier Rouyer (born December 1, 1955 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former football striker from France, who earned seventeen international caps (two goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of AS Nancy, he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.... Biography of Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his skills as an electric bass player. His playing style was noteworthy for containing intricate solos in the higher register. His innovations also included the use of harmonics and the "singing" quality of his melodies on fretless bass. Pastorius suffered from mental illness and substance abuse, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1982. He died in 1987 at age 35 following a violent altercation at a Fort Lauderdale drinking establishment. Jaco was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored (and the only electric bassist). He is regarded as one of the most influential bass p... Biography of Nestor Carbonell
Nestor Gastón Carbonell (born December 1, 1967) is an American actor known for his roles as Luis Rivera on the sitcom Suddenly Susan, Richard Alpert in Lost, Frank Duque in Cane and Batmanuel on the short-lived live action sitcom, The Tick. Early life Carbonell was born in New York City of Cuban descent. He attended Deerfield Academy and went on to Harvard University in the late 1980s. His father is a business executive, and is active in the Cuban community. Acting career Carbonell had recurring roles on Resurrection Blvd., The Tick, Strong Medicine, Kim Possible (as the voice of Señor Senior, Jr.), and Cold Case. He also guest-starred on Scrubs ("My Moment of Un-Truth"), House, Day Break, and Monk. Carbonell played Richard Alpert for seven episodes in the third season of Los... Biography of Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe (born December 1, 1985 in Kansas City as Janelle Monáe Robinson) is a Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, dancer, and performer. She is currently signed to the Wondaland Arts Society and Bad Boy/Atlantic Records. Monáe moved from Kansas City, Kansas to New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her original plan was to pursue a career on Broadway, but she soon changed her mind and returned to music, an art form which, according to her, has the potential to change the world. After moving to Atlanta, GA, where she met OutKast's Big Boi, Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts Society with like-minded young artists and made appearances on Idlewild, where she is featured on the songs "Call The Law" and "In Your Dreams". In 2007, Monáe rele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (December 1, 1884 - August 10, 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke. Karl Schmidt was born in Rottluff, today a district of Chemnitz, (Saxony), and began to call himself Schmidt-Rottluff in 1905. On 7 June 1905, the group of artists known as Die Brücke ("the bridge") was created by the architecture students Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl and Erich Heckel in Dresden. In November 1905 the first exhibition of Die Brücke followed in Leipzig. The group dissolved in 1913. In 1937, 608 of his paintings were seized from museums by the Nazis and several of them shown in exhibitions of "degenerate art" ("Entartete Kunst"). In 1947, Schmidt-Rottluff was appointed a professor at the University of Arts i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Blandine Kriegel
Blandine Kriegel, born December 1, 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French philosopher, teacher and author. She has been married with Philippe Barret, and now with Alexandre Adler. She is the daughter of Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont. Works L’État et les Esclaves (1979) Les Chemins de l’Etat (1986) L’État et la Démocratie (1986) Les Historiens et la Monarchie (1988) Les Droits de l’homme et le Droit naturel (1989) Propos sur la démocratie (1994) La Politique de la raison (1994) La Cité républicaine (1996) Philosophie de la République (Plon - 1998) Le Sang, la justice, la politique (1999) Réflexions sur la justice (éd. Plon - 2001)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lou Rawls
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul music, jazz, and blues singer, sometimes actor. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game". Rawls released more than 70 albums, sold more than 40 million records, appeared as an actor in motion pictures and on television, and voiced-over many cartoons. He had been called "The Funkiest Man Alive". Rawls is the subject of an upcoming biopic, tentatively titled "Through The Eyes Of A Son." Rawls' son, Lou Rawls Jr., is the author of the script. Rawls will reportedly be portrayed by the actor Isaiah Washington. Career Lou Rawls, who learned of gospel music through his grandmother in Chicago, became a successful si... Biography of Brad Delson
Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, lead guitarist, and one of the founding members of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R Representative for Machine Shop Recordings. Early life Brad Delson attended Agoura High School with childhood friend and Linkin Park band mate Mike Shinoda. He played in various bands throughout his high school career, the most notable being Relative Degree, in which he met and teamed up with drummer Rob Bourdon. Relative Degree's goal was simply to play a show, and, after achieving that goal, they disbanded. After graduating in 1995, Delson, Shinoda, and Bourdon formed Xero, which would eventually become the starting point for Linkin Park. Delson entered UCLA in 1995 as a Regent Scholar working towar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign, 1901 to 1910. Her family had been relatively obscure until her father was chosen with the consent of the great powers to succeed his distant cousin to the Danish throne. At the age of sixteen she was chosen as the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the heir of Queen Victoria. They married eighteen months later. As Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901, the longest anyone has ever held that title, she won the hearts of the British people and became immensely popular; her style of dress and bearing were copied by fashion-conscious women. Although she was largely exclu... Biography of Franz Bardon
Franz Bardon (December 1, 1909 – July 10, 1958). Born in Opava, Czechoslovakia. Bardon was both a stage magician and student and teacher of Hermetics. He was member of czech hermetic society Universalia. During World War II Bardon was at one point held in a concentration camp for refusing to participate in Nazi Mysticism. Bardon was rescued by Russian soldiers who raided the camp. Bardon continued his work in the fields of Hermetics until 1958 when he was arrested and imprisoned in Brno Czechoslovakia. Bardon died on July 10 1958 while in the custody of police. Works He is best known for his three volumes on Hermetic magic. These volumes are Initiation Into Hermetics, The Practice of Magical Evocation and The Key to the True Quabbalah. Additionally there was a fourth work attributed... Biography of Eugène Caslant
Eugène Caslant, born December 1, 1865 in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, died in 1940, was a French engineer of Ecole Polytechnique, author and astrologer.... Biography of Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: الطاهر بنجلون) (born in Fes, Morocco, December 1, 1944) is a Moroccan poet and writer. Professor at Tetouan and then in Casablanca. He has lived and worked in France since 1971. Ben Jelloun studied philosophy in Rabat and psychology in Paris. He attends to lectures in social psychology and works as psychotherapist. He writes in French although his first language is Arabic. He writes for diverse reviews and in particular for Le Monde. His novel La Nuit Sacrée won the Prix Goncourt in 1987. In 2004 he was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for This Blinding Absence of Light (translated from the French by Linda Coverdale). In September 2006, Tahar Ben Jelloun w... Biography of Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков) (December 1 1896 – June 18, 1974) was a Soviet Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played an important role in leading the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Axis Powers' occupation, to advance through much of Eastern Europe, and to conquer Germany's capital, Berlin. He is one of the most decorated generals in the history of both Russia and the Soviet Union. Career before World War II Born into a poverty-stricken peasant family in Strelkovka, Maloyaroslavets Uy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Adamson
Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM (born 1 December 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, California, U.S., where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, but also in South Island where much of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as a visual effects supervisor. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Personal life Adamson's... Biography of Sophie Guillemin
Sophie Guillemin, born December 1, 1977 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography 1998 : Cécilia dans L'Ennui de Cédric Kahn 2000 : Séverine dans On fait comme on a dit de Philippe Bérenger 2000 : Prune dans Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien de Dominik Moll 2000 : Annie dans Ca ira mieux demain de Jeanne Labrune 2001 : Carole dans Du côté des filles de Françoise Decaux-Thomelet 2002 : La vendeuse dans Félicitations de Matthieu Rozé 2002 : Florence dans Intrusion d'Artemio Benki 2002 : Héloïse dans A la folie, pas du tout de Laetitia Colombani 2003 : La vendeuse dans Amour tout court d'Eric Assous 2007 : Anne Saintonge dans Sœur Thérèse.com, épisode Une affaire de cœur de René Manzor Television 2002 : Inès dans Chut ! de Philippe Setbon 2007 : Vérités ass... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Agostino Chigi
Agostino Chigi (August 28, 1465 - April 11, 1520) was an Italian banker of the Renaissance. Born in Siena, he was the member of an ancient and illustrious house, the Chigi. He moved to Rome around 1487, collaborating with his father Mariano. The heir of a rich fund of capital, and enriched further after loaning huge amounts of money to Pope Alexander VI, and to other rulers of the time as well, he also obtained lucrative monopolies like the salt monopoly of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples, as well as that of the alum excavated in Tolfa, Agnato and Ischia di Castro. Alum was an essential mordant in the textile industry. After the death of the Borgia pope, Alexander VI, he helped Pope Julius II: the latter rewarded him, linking Chigi to the della Rovere family, and creating ... Biography of David Strajmayster
David Strajmayster, sometimes known as Doudi, born December 1, 1972 in Jerusalem, is an actor, screenwriter and humorist, best known for the TV soap Samantha oups !.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Curro Romero
Francisco Romero López (December 1, 1933) Spanish bullfighter, known as Curro Romero. Born in Camas, near Seville). He started his professional career in La Pañoleta (Seville), on August 22, 1954 together with Limeño. His first corrida with horses took place in Utrera (Sevilla), on September 8, 1954, fighting bulls that belonged to Ruperto de los Reyes and Francisco Corpas. His debut in Madrid happened on July 18, 1957, with bulls from Alipio Pérez-Tabernero. He was not very successful on that day. His career has been one of the longest in bullfighting. It has also been very irregular. He retired at age 66, after 42 years of profession.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dianne Lennon
The Lennon Sisters were a singing group consisting of four siblings: Dianne (born December 1, 1939), Peggy (born April 8, 1941), Kathy (born August 2, 1943), and Janet (born June 15, 1946). They were all born in Los Angeles, California. They are the eldest four in a family of 12 siblings. The quartet debuted on The Lawrence Welk Show on Christmas Eve 1955 after their school classmate, Larry Welk, son of Lawrence Welk, brought them to the attention of his father. Mr. Welk was home, sick in bed, when his son brought the sisters in to sing for him. He was so impressed he picked up the phone and booked them for that week's show. Their immediate and immense popularity was due not only to their beautiful harmonies, but to their natural charm and genuine sweetness as well. They were a mainstay... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armand de Rohan-Soubise
François-Armand de Rohan, born December 1, 1717 in Paris and died June 28, 1756 in Saverne, was a French roman catholic prelate, Cardinal and Prince of Rohan-Soubise. He was also called Prince of Tournon and Abbé de Ventadour. He was a memberof Académie Française (July 15, 1741).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". Early life Lee Buck Trevino was born in Dallas, Texas in poverty to parents of Mexican descent. His mother, Juanita Trevino, and grandfather, a gravedigger, raised Trevino. He never knew his father. Trevino's childhood amounted to him spending time attending school occasionally and working to help earn money for the family. At the age of five, Lee started working in the cotton fields. Trevino was introduced to the game of golf when his uncle gave him a few old golf balls and a rusty golf club. From this point on, Lee could not get enough. He spent most of his free time sneaking into nearby country clubs to prac... Biography of Katherine Lanasa
Katherine LaNasa (born December 1, 1966) is an American actress, who originally trained as a ballet dancer. She has appeared in guest roles on numerous television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Justice, Two and a Half Men, and Seinfeld. She portrayed recurring character Yvonne Dunbar on Judging Amy and Kim McPherson on The Guardian. She played the lead role of Bess in NBC's Three Sisters, which was cancelled after two seasons. She was a member of the cast of the short-lived 2006 series Love Monkey, playing Karen Freed, sister of the main character Tom. LaNasa also appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Schizopolis as Attractive Woman #1. Personal life La Nasa was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was married to Dennis Hopper from June 17, 1989 to April 1992. Hopp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Cournut
Jean Cournut, born December 1, 1929 in Béziers, is a French psychoanalyst and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harold Goodwin
Harold Goodwin (December 1, 1902 - July 12, 1987) was an American film actor who performed in over 225 films. He was also a screenwriter. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Goodwin began his film career while still in his teens in the 1915 film short Mike's Elopement. One of his most popular roles of the silent era was that of Ted Brown in the 1927 Buster Keaton comedy College. Goodwin followed up with a role in another Keaton film The Cameraman in 1928 opposite Keaton and actress Marceline Day. He worked steadily through the silent film era and transitioned into the talkie era as a popular character actor. One of his most notable roles of the era was that of Detering in the 1930 Lewis Milestone directed World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front. In his later years, Goodwin mainly acte... Biography of Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (also known as Vaira Vikis-Freibergs; born December 1, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) was the 6th President of Latvia and first female President of Latvia. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. She has been succeeded by Valdis Zatlers, who was elected President of Latvia on 31 May 2007. Early life and education Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was born Vaircx a Vīķe on 1 December 1937 in Riga, Latvia. At the end of 1944, as Soviet occupation of Latvia begun, Vīķe's parents escaped to Nazi-ruled Germany. There she received her first education in Latvian primary school at refugee camp in Lübeck, Germany. Then her family moved to French Morocco in 1949. In Morocco she attended French primary school at Daourat hydroelect... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade (December 1, 1920 – August 27, 2003), born in Saint-Céré, Lot, was a French populist politician after whom the Poujadist movement was named. After studies in a Roman Catholic private school, Poujade joined as a teenager the Parti Populaire Français of Jacques Doriot. From 1940 to 1942, he supported the Révolution nationale of Philippe Pétain. After the invasion of the free zone by German forces, he joined the Free French Forces in Algiers, where he met his future wife. After the war, Pierre Poujade was the owner of a book and stationery store. On July 23, 1953 with a group of about 20 persons, he prevented inspectors of the tax board from verifying the income of another shopkeeper. This was the start of a tax protest movement by shopkeepers, first in the Lot, then in Avey... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gennady Khazanov
Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov (or Gennadi Khazanov) (Russian: Генна́дий Ви́кторович Хаза́нов; born on December 1, 1945) is an acclaimed Russian stand-up comedian and part time actor, best known for his consistent parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and his mockery of various sub-cultural groups in modern Russia. In 1999, he was president of the Security Foundation of the Russian Jewish Community, which was set up to coordinate action against antisemitism in Moscow. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451547/) # Prikazano unichtozhit. Operatsiya 'Kitayskaya shkatulka' (2009) (TV) .... Stalin # Tikhiye... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Gibb
Michael Jackson, born December 1, 1984 in Miami, Florida, is the son of Barry Gibb and his wife "Miss Edinburgh (Scotland)" Linda Gray. They have five children: Stephen (1973), Ashley (1977), Travis (1981), Michael (1984), and Alexandra (1991). Michael Jackson is the godfather of Barry's son Michael.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Bissell
Patrick Bissell (1 December 1957 – 29 December 1987) was an American ballet dancer. At the time of his death, he had been a leading principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater. On his death at the age of 30, he was described by the artistic director of the American Ballet Theater Mikhail Baryshnikov as "without a doubt one of the brightest lights in American Ballet Theater's history, or, for that matter, in the entire ballet world". He died from a drug overdose. Early years He was born on 1 December 1957 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was one of the five children of Donald and Patricia Bissell which included two daughters Susan and Barbara, a brother Donald, and a twin brother William. His father was a computer-systems designer with Hiram Walker Inc. Bissell was a gifted athlete wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Abrioux
Jean-Claude Abrioux, born December 1, 1931 in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-et-Oise, today Seine-Saint-Denis), is a French politician, a former member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Biography of Steve Walsh (American football)
Stephen John Walsh (born December 1, 1966 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. University of Miami career After graduating from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Walsh attended and played college football for the University of Miami. He posted a record of 23-1 in his two seasons as the team's starting quarterback and led the Hurricanes to the 1987 national championship. A prolific passer, Walsh also held the school record for career touchdown passes from 1988-2002 before being surpassed by Ken Dorsey. NFL career Walsh was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the first pick in the 1989 NFL Supplemental Draft. With Dallas, Walsh was reunited with his former head coach at Miami, Jimmy Johnson, who ... Biography of Golden Brooks
Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. Brooks has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actors such as Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kevin Bacon. Brooks is best known for her character Maya Wilkes (Joan's former sharp-tongued secretary and now acclaimed author) on the CW sitcom, Girlfriends, which she was on from 2000-2007. Before becoming an actress, Brooks studied literature and sociology at UC Berkeley and earned her Master's degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Trivia Golden Brooks has written an episode to the current season of Girlfriends entitled Snap Back which features Erykah Badu On Girlfriends, Golden's character of Maya is several years younger than the other "girlfrie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Rebelle
Bruno Rebelle, born December 1, 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, is a French politician, socialist, and veterinarian.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Moisiu
Alfred Spiro Moisiu (born December 1, 1929, in Shkodër) was the President of the Republic of Albania from July 24, 2002 to July 24, 2007. In 1946 he was sent to the Soviet Union as a student. In 1948 he graduated from the military engineering school in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad). He served in Tirana as a platoon-commander at the United Officers' School (1948–1949) and as a teacher at the Military Academy (1949–1951). From 1952 to 1958 he attended the Academy of Military Engineering in Moscow, graduating with a Golden Medal (a distinction for excellent study). Back in Albania, Moisiu continued his military career in the engineers' department of the Ministry of Defense. From 1967 to 1968 he attended to the higher courses of general staff at the Defense Academy of Tirana. At the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Doyle
David Fitzgerald Doyle (December 1, 1929 – February 26, 1997) was an American actor. Career He is perhaps best remembered for his role as detective John Bosley on the television series Charlie's Angels, for which reason he is occasionally mixed up with TV actor Tom Bosley. He is also remembered by younger generations as being the voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats until his death. The role of Grandpa Lou Pickles was taken over by Joe Alaskey, better known as the voice of Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures. Doyle made a number of appearances as a guest on the game show Match Game in the late '70s and early '80s, usually sitting in the top row next to Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly. He appeared on one week of Password Plus in 1980,... Biography of George Arundale
Dr. George Sidney Arundale (1 December 1878 in Surrey, England — 12 August 1945 in Adyar, India) was a theosophist, freemason, president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. After his mother died, he was adopted by her aunt Francesca Arundale. At first he was privately tutored by Charles Webster Leadbeater. Later, he moved with Francesca to Germany, where he went to school. Returning eventually to England, he received a Master's degree from St John's College in Cambridge. In 1902 he moved to Varanasi where he became a history teacher at the Central Hindu College. He later became the head of the school. In 1917 he organized with Annie Besant and Rabindranath Tagore the "National University of India" in Chennai. In June 1917 he was arrested to... Biography of Alberto Cova
Alberto Cova (born December 1, 1958) is a retired Italian athlete, winner of the 10,000 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Inverigo, province of Como, Italy, Alberto Cova was characterized by his superiority in the sprint finish, and the only way to nullify this was to set a very fast pace from the start to finish. Cova got his first fame at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, where he surprisingly outsprinted the main favourite Werner Schildhauer from East Germany, to win his first international championship title. In the next year, Cova wasn't the main favourite at the first World Championships held in Helsinki, being considered only as a possible medal winner. The 10,000 m final at Helsinki was run in slow pace, with thirteen runners still in a leading pack at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Scoff
Alain Scoff, born December 1, 1940 in Paris, is a French writer and screenwriter. Bibliography Notre sang quotidien, Flammarion, 2003 Le Patos, Editions J.C. Lattès, 2002 Le pantalon, 1998, Editions J.C. Lattès L'angelus du corbeau, Biblio-Verte, 1996 J'ai confiance en la justice de mon pays, 1975, Edit. J.P Oswald Jésus-fric Supercrack,1972, l'Avant Scène Un nommé Durand, 1970 , Editions J.C. Lattès (inspiré de l'histoire de l'anarchiste Jules Durand) Screenwriter Paris en 70 mm, 2003 La tribu, réal. Yves Boisset, 1990 Radio corbeau, réal. Yves Boisset, 1988 Zone rouge, réal. Robert Enrico, 1986 Le tuteur (épisodes « Demain il fera beau » et « La belle et la bête »), 2003 L'affaire de Lépanges sur Vologne, 2002 Le Patos, 2000 L'adieu, 2003 Villa mon... Biography of Steve Gibb
Stephen Thadius Crompton Gibb (born 1 December 1973 in London, England), the firstborn son of Barry (one third of the Bee Gees) and Linda (nee Gray, voted Miss Edinburgh 1968) Gibb. Steve Gibb is at least a third generation musician via his father's side of the family. His paternal grandparents were involved in performing music during the 'big band' era. His father and uncles are internationally known songwriters and performers who reached the height of their success in the late 1970s. Due in part to these influences and a number of others, Steve was determined to take the stage early in his life. An impressionable five year old in 1978, Steve was exposed to the highlights of musical success and fame, witnessing firsthand all the excitement his father and uncles were a part of at the ti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Englert
Walter Englert, born December 1st, 1907 in Frankurt am Main, died August 3, 1984, was a German professional astrologer, author, economist and publisher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Roux
Vincent Roux, born December 1, 1928 in Marseille, is a French sculptor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary Martin
Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award-winning star of stage, film and screen. Among the roles she originated were Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. Early life Martin's life as a child, as Martin describes it in her autobiography My Heart Belongs, was secure and happy. She had close relationships with both her mother and father, as well as her siblings. Her autobiography details how the young actress had an instinctive ear for recreating musical sounds. Martin's father, Preston Martin, was a lawyer and her mother, Juanita Presley, was a violin teacher. Although the doctors told Juanita that she would risk her life if she attempted to have another baby, she wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Bowering
George Harry Bowering, OC, OBC (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was born in Penticton, British Columbia, and raised in the nearby town of Oliver, where his father was a high-school chemistry teacher. Bowering is author of more than 60 books. Bowering is the amongst the best-known of a group of young poets including Frank Davey, Fred Wah, Jamie Reid, and David Dawson who were together at the University of British Columbia in the 1950s. There they founded the journal TISH. Bowering lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, where he worked for 30 years. Never having written as an adherent of organized religion, he has in the past wryly described himself as a Baptist agnostic. In 200... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kirk Rueter
Kirk Wesley Rueter (born December 1, 1970 in Centralia, Illinois) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and is the winningest left-hander in San Francisco Giants history. Rueter played for the Montreal Expos and the Giants and made most of his career appearances as a starter. Rueter attended and played for Murray State University. He is nicknamed "Woody" after his resemblance to a character in the animated movie Toy Story. Rueter was born in Centralia, Illinois, but grew up in Hoyleton, Illinois. Professional career Drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1991 after playing in the Cape Cod League, he quickly came to the majors with them by 1993. His years with the Expos were uneven, with a reasonable 1994 performance followed by a solid 1995 and a mediocre 1996. That ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Quéméneur
Louis Quéméneur, born December 1, 1884 in Commana, is the brother of Pierre Quéméneur, killed in the night of 25/26 May 1923 during a business trip from Brittany to Paris with Seznec. The Seznec Affair was a controversial French court case of 1923-1924. Course Joseph Marie Guillaume Seznec, born in Plomodiern in Finistère in 1878 and the head of a sawmill at Morlaix, was found guilty of false promise and of the murder of the wood merchant Pierre Quéméneur, conseiller général of Finistère. Among other things, Quéméneur had strangely disappeared on the night of 25/26 May 1923 during a business trip from Brittany to Paris with Seznec, a trip linked (according to Seznec) to the sale of stocks of cars (left behind in France after the First World War by the American army) to the Soviet ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stéphane Bruey
Stéphane Bruey (December 1, 1932 – August 31, 2005) was a French football (soccer) striker. He was part of the French national team during 1958 World Cup tournament. Honours 1958 FIFA World Cup third place with France... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Louis Cartan
Jean Louis Cartan, born December 1, 1886 in Nancy and died March 26, 1932, was a French musician and composer, a member of a noted family. He is the brother of mathemacian Ellie-Joseph Cartan.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walt Alston
Walter Emmons Alston (December 1, 1911 – October 1, 1984), nicknamed "Smokey," was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Venice, Ohio but grew up in Darrtown. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he lettered three years in both basketball and baseball and is a member of the University's Hall of Fame. He maintained his residence in Oxford and died there in 1984 at the age of 72. Alston was a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1936 season. He played in his only major league game on September 27, as a substitute for future Hall of Famer Johnny Mize, who had earlier been ejected from the game. Alston struck out in his only major league at bat on three pitches – although the second strike was a long fly ball with home run distance that ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre de Bougainville
Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (Paris, 1 December 1722 - Loches, 22 June 1763) was a French writer and the elder brother of the explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emily McLaughlin
Emily McLaughlin (December 1, 1930 (source: Imdb) - April 26, 1991) was an American soap opera actress. Biography She was born in White Plains, New York, where her father was mayor. She was educated at Middlebury College. Marriages She was briefly married to actor Jeffrey Hunter before his death in 1969. She was also married to actor Robert Lansing from 1956 to 1969, with whom she had a son. Career From 1963 to 1991, she starred in the soap opera General Hospital as "Nurse Jessie Brewer", the trusted confidant to John Beradino's lead character, "Steve Hardy". Her character in General Hospital was phased out in 1985, and was essentially replaced with that of "Ruby Anderson" (played by actress Norma Connolly). As the 1980s progressed, her health began failing. In 1984, she... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne Ducros
A native of Longfossé, in the Pas-de-Calais, Anne Ducros, born December 1, 1959, began her classical training (musical and vocal) at the conservatory of Boulogne-sur-Mer with Lyne Durian. Then while studying law at the University of Lille, she completed and refined her vocal skills under the tutelage of Yuri Anoff and Maddy Mespley. Afterward she studied baroque music in a course at the University, including Couperin, Twig and Bach. She was first introduced to vocal jazz in 1986. She set up her first jazz quartet with whom she won various international competitions (Prize for best soloist and best vocalist in the festival of jazz in Dunkirk; First prize for soloist and vocalist in the festival of jazz of Vienna in 1989). This growing recognition stimulated her inexhaustible will to sing a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Detlev Buck
Detlev Buck (born December 1, 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director and actor. Life and work From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, Erst die Arbeit und dann?, he has remained one of the most important young filmmakers working in Germany. His first feature, Karniggels, in 1991, put him on the international radar and since then he has continued to make both short and feature films. He is known for making cameo appearances in his work and acting in films of fellow directors. A nice example of his acting skills can be seen in Blue Moon. Filmography * 1993: Wir können auch anders - Dir. D. Buck (with Joachim Król and Horst Krause) * 1999: Sonnenallee - Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Henry Huebchen, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer, Katharina Thalbach) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn (December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. Early life and career Shawn was born as Richard Schulefand in Buffalo, New York. He played Sylvester Marcus, son of Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman), in Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and as Lorenzo St. DuBois/Adolf Hitler in the musical Springtime for Hitler, the play within the movie The Producers. He also provided the Snow Miser's voice in The Year Without a Santa Claus. He had continued success with his stand-up comedy act that he successfully performed for over 35 years in nightclubs around the world. His award-winning one-man stage show, The Second Greatest Entertainer in the Whole Wide World, was sometimes performed with a unique opening: When the audience entered the theater, they ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lynne Carter
Lynne Carter, born December 1, 1924 in New York, is an Americian actor and impersonator.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine-Louis Séguier
Antoine-Louis Séguier (1 December 1726, Paris - 26 January 1792, Tournai) was a French lawyer and magistrate. Life He became avocat du roi in 1748, avocat général to the Grand Conseil in 1751, then to the Parlement de Paris in 1755. As a protégé of Louis XV he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1757, though the only written works he produced were some discourses, mémoires and réquisitoires. An opponent of Enlightenment philosophers, who he called an "impious and audacious sect" and denounced as "false wisdom", he emigrated in 1790 at the start of the French Revolution and died in Belgium two years later.... Biography of Mino Damato
Mino Damato (Naples, Italy, December 1, 1937) was an Italian newscaster and journalist. He published "L'auto che non uccide".... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fritz Werle
Fritz Werle, born December 1, 1899 in Pforzheim and died in 1979, was a German professional astrologer, author and psychologist.... Biography of Louis VI of France
Louis VI (1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (French: le Gros), was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137). Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I and his first wife, Bertha of Holland. Almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign was spent fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy. Nonetheless, Louis VI managed to reinforce his power considerably and became one of the first strong kings of France since the division of the Carolingian Empire. His biography by his constant advisor Abbot Suger of Saint Denis renders him ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brent Harken
Brent Harken, born December 1, 1961 in Spokane, Washington, is an American former high jumper.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stansfield Turner
Stansfield M. Turner (born December 1, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Highland Park, Illinois, USA) is a retired Admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence. He is currently a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy. Military career Following graduation from Highland Park High School, Turner attended Amherst College, entering it in 1941, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1947 and attained a commission in the United States Navy in June, 1946 (during WWII classes were graduated in three years). He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford while serving in the navy, earning a Master's Degree in philosophy, politics, and economics in 1950. During his naval career he served as commanding officer of the Gui... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenny Moore
Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Moore (born December 1, 1943 in Portland, Oregon, raised in Eugene, Oregon) is an American athlete and journalist. At the University of Oregon, Moore was one of Bill Bowerman's finest distance runners. After college, Moore ran in the Olympic marathon at both Mexico City and Munich, finishing fourth in 1972. (Teammate Frank Shorter United States won the Gold). He won the largest footrace in the world, the San Francisco Bay to Breakers, six times in a row--the all-time leader in victories in the race. After his track career, Moore became a journalist and screenwriter. He had a twenty-five year career covering athletics for Sports Illustrated. At the end of his career at Sports Illustrated, Moore took up the plight of former competitor Mamo Wolde, who was falsely ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Patrick Graves
Charles Ranke Patrick Graves (1 December 1899 – 21 February 1971) was a journalist and writer. Born in Wimbledon, England, he worked on the Sunday Express, Daily Mail and many other newspapers. He published 46 books in all including the Thin Blue Line or Adventures in the RAF. His hobbies were golf and gin rummy. He was the brother of Robert Graves. Books Two of his books are of special interest, his Ireland Revisited (1949) and his autobiography The Bad Old Days (1951). In Ireland Revisited he takes the reader on an informative and humorous tour of Ireland. He begins his autobiography: "Those were the days, the Bad Old Days - primarily of large families, but also of could look the dollar in the eye without flinching or wincing, when cigarettes were lid, for 20 and beef was un... Biography of Morris (comics)
Maurice De Bevere (December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium. He went to school in the well-known Jezuit college in Aalst, whose suits inspired him for those of the undertakers in his Lucky Luke series. Morris started drawing in the Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA) animations studios, a small and short-lived animation studios in Belgium where he met Peyo and André Franquin. After the war, the company folded and Morris worked as an illustrator for Het Laatste Nieuws, a Flemish newspaper, and Le Moustique, a weekly magazine published by Dupuis, for which he made some 250 covers and numerous other illustrations, mainly caricatures o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sebastián Piñera
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (Spanish pronunciation: ; born December 1, 1949) is currently the President-elect of Chile after winning the second round of the presidential election that took place on January 17, 2010. He is a well known economist, investor and politician. He is a member of the center-right National Renewal (RN) party, a constituent of the Alliance for Chile coalition, and a former Senator. Personal life Piñera was born in Santiago to Magdalena Echenique Rozas and José Piñera Carvallo, an engineer who worked for CORFO and was Chile's ambassador to Belgium and to the United Nations. He is the fourth child, with three brothers and two sisters: Guadalupe, José Piñera (a former Minister of Labour under Augusto Pinochet), Pablo, Sebastián, Miguel Piñera (a well-kn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Veronica Forqué
Veronica Forqué (Spanish pronunciation: ) (born Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo on 1 December 1955 in Madrid) is a Spanish actress of stage, film and television who comes from an artistic and theatrical family. Her mother is Carmen Vázquez Vigo and her father is the director José María Forqué. Her brother is director Álvaro Forqué. She was married to Spanish actor Manuel Iborra, by whom she has a daughter, María (born 1990). She is reported to speak fluent Italian. In September 2005, she was a Member of the Jury at San Sebastián's Movie Festival. She began her career in the 1972 film Mi querida señorita ("My Dearest Senorita"). She continued acting with regularity and appeared in Pedro Almodovar's 1984 film, ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?) as "Cri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Quesada
Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born December 1, 1962), is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Writer and artist Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents. He studied at the School of Visual Arts, where he received a BFA in illustration in 1984. He started out as an artist in the early 1990s. His first widely distributed works were for Valiant Comics where he penciled and plotted Ninjak, X-O Manowar, and others. His art was heavily influenced by Japanese manga, evidenced by large, watery eyes, long, flowing hair, and unnatural body proportions. Several of his page compositions reflect the art nouveau style of Alphonse Mucha. Later, he formed his own publishing company, Event Comics, and created Ash, a firefighte... Biography of Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair). The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Early life Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, but shortly after that his Quaker parents, John Wallace Stout and Lucetta Elizabeth Todhunter Stout, moved their family (nine children in all) to Kansas. His father was a teacher wh... Biography of Chriselle Almeida
Chriselle Almeida, born on December 1, 1980 in Mumbai, is an American actress who lives in New York, but was born and raised for much of her life in Mumbai, India. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, and most recently shot a scene alongside Keira Knightley in the forthcoming Miramax Films production Last Night. The film also stars Eva Mendes. On September 28, 2009, Chriselle appeared in an episode of the CW series "Gossip Girl," and in 2010, had a role in Sex and the City 2. Almeida's role as a lesbian in When Kiran met Karen has caused some controversy in India. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1679534/ ) 2010/I Last Night Chris 2010 Sex and the City 2 Stewardess #3 2009 Gossip Girl (TV series) NYU Student Aide – The Lost Boy (2009) … NY... Biography of Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (born December 1, 1987 in Normandy, France) is a French actor notable for his role in the Christophe Honoré film Les Chansons d'amour. He is also a singer. Between 1998 and 2002, Leprince-Ringuet was a member of the choir at the Opéra National de Paris. Singing would eventually become an integral part of his acting career, with singing roles in the films Strayed and Les Chansons d'amour. Leprince-Ringuet has been nominated for César awards on three occasions. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1228072/ ) # Roses à crédit (2010) (TV) (post-production) .... Daniel # The Stranded (2010) (post-production) .... Michel ... aka "Stranded" - International (English title) # L'autre monde (2010) (completed) .... Gaspard ... aka "Black Heaven" - I... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julie Condra
Julie Michelle Condra-Dacascos (born December 1, 1970) is an American TV and movie actress. She was born in Ballinger, Texas, the daughter of Priscilla Condra, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. During her teenage years, she modeled in various catalogs and commercials. In 1982, Condra had a very small role in the film Wrong is Right. The role that she is best known for is that of Madeline Adams in the TV show The Wonder Years, where she was featured on four episodes of the show's fourth season. Condra left the show to appear in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana, and on various shows including Married... with Children and Walker Texas Ranger. In 1995, Condra starred in the film Crying Freeman alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos, whom she eventually married. They curr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nancy Tellem
Nancy Tellem (b. December 1, 1953, in Danville, California) currently serves as President of CBS Paramount Television Network Entertainment Group. Legal/TV Career She is responsible for deciding which shows appear on CBS, supervises the current prime-time, daytime, late-night, and Saturday morning lineup on both CBS and The CW Television Network - the merged network of The WB and UPN - including shows such as CSI, Survivor, Without a Trace, Everybody Loves Raymond, & The King of Queens, and helped create landmark shows such as Friends and ER. As president, she also oversees programming, development, production, business afairs and operations of the CBS network. In 2006, she was ranked as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes Magazine (#75). Also, she is the second woman in t... Biography of Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American author and columnist based in New York City. She is best known for writing a column that was anthologized in a book, Sex and the City, which in turn became the basis for a popular television series and its subsequent film adaptations. Personal life Bushnell was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. While attending high school there, she was accompanied to her senior prom by Mike O'Meara, now a nationally syndicated radio host. She attended Rice University and New York University in the 1970s, and became known in New York City as a socialite and party-goer. She often frequented Studio 54. In 2002, Bushnell married Charles Askegard, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. The couple lives in Manhattan. Career At age 19,... Biography of Sandy Lakdar
Sandy Lakdar, born on December 1, 1980 in Dole (Jura), is a French actress. External link: http://www.sandylakdar.com/?-Bio- Filmography 2009 Écrire pour un chanteur (TV series short) Female double – Les astres noirs (2009) … Female double 2008 Dead End (video short) 2008 Engrenages (TV series) Kathie – Episode #2.7 (2008) … Kathie – Episode #2.3 (2008) … Kathie – Episode #2.2 (2008) … Kathie 2008 Les filles de feu (short) Karima 2008 Le mal (short) Marie 2008 Affaire de famille La fille de l'armurier 2005 Backstage 2005 Imposture Caissière 1 2004 Bertrand.çacom (TV mini-series) Marie 2003 Dans le rouge du couchant... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isabella Soric
Isabella Soric, born on December 1, 1988 in Fürth, Bavaria, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2686423/ ) 2010 Ein Haus voller Töchter (TV series) Jana Vogel – (Alb)Traum Familie (2010) … Jana Vogel – Der Mann vom Jugendamt (2010) … Jana Vogel – Drei sind (k)einer zu viel (2010) … Jana Vogel – Ein Mann geht seinen Weg (2010) … Jana Vogel 2009 Le renard (TV series) Theresa Bachmayr – Im freien Fall (2009) … Theresa Bachmayr 2008 Disneys kurze Pause (TV series) Julia – Die spanische Freundin, Teil 2 (2008) … Julia – Die spanische Freundin, Teil 1 (2008) … Julia Hide HideShow ShowSelf (2 titles) 2008 The Disney Channel Games (TV mini-series) Herself – Episode #1.5 (2008) … Herself – Episode #1.4 (2008) … Herself – Episode #1.3... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Otto Pérez Molina
Otto Pérez Molina (born 1 December 1950) is a Guatemalan politician and general who won the presidential election as the Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota) candidate. Born in Guatemala City, Pérez is a graduate of Guatemala's National Military Academy (Escuela Politécnica), the School of the Americas and of the Inter-American Defense College. During his time in the army he served as director of military intelligence and inspector-general of the army. In 1983 he was a member of the group of army officers who backed Defence Minister Óscar Mejía's coup d'état against de facto president Efraín Ríos Montt. While serving as chief of military intelligence in 1993, he was instrumental in forcing the departure of President Jorge Serrano after Serrano attempted a "self-coup" by dissolving Congre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miguel Fleta
Miguel Burró Fleta (1 December or 28 December 1897, Albalate de Cinca, Huesca Province, Spain - 28 May or 30 May 1938, A Coruña) was a Spanish operatic tenor. Despite his short stage career, lasting from 1919 to 1935, Fleta has been described as one of the most significant Iberian opera singers of the 20th century. Among the important international venues at which he sang were La Scala, Milan, (in 1923-26) and the New York Metropolitan Opera (in 1923-25). Additionally, in 1926, he had the honour of creating the role of Calaf in Puccini's posthumously-premiered final opera, Turandot, at the insistence of La Scala's principal conductor, Arturo Toscanini. But this taxing dramatic role took him to the limit of his resources and he did not attempt it again. Fleta made his operatic debut i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hasan al-Askari
Hasan al-‘Askarī (Arabic: الإمام الحسن بن علي العسكري) (Eighth of Rabi' al-thani 232 AH – Eighth of Rabi' al-awwal 260 AH; approximately: 1 December 846 – 1 January 874) was the eleventh of the Twelve Imams. His given name was Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Muhammad. His title al-Askari derives from the Arabic word Asker which means military.He was given this title mainly because the country he lived in (Samarra) was a military camp. Hasan al-‘Askarī was 22, when his father was killed. The period of his Imāmate, following his father's death, was six years. Hasan Al-‘Askarī died at the age of 28 in the year, 260 Hijra and was buried in... Biography of Lilia Biktagirova
Lilia Biktagirova (born December 1, 1990 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2005-2006 Russian national bronze medalist.... Biography of Chris Poland
Chris Poland (born December 1, 1957) is an American guitarist, best known for being a former member of Thrash metal band Megadeth. Biography Early career Poland began playing the guitar in high school in Dunkirk, New York. He later replaced a former guitar instructor, Dick "Max" Maxfield, in the Cambridge, NY based rock/jazz band Welkin. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where from 1977 to 1982 he was the lead guitarist in the New Yorkers, a Jazz/Rock fusion band, with Robert Pagliari on fretless bass, Gar Samuelson on drums, Stu Samuelson on guitar, and Don Roper on saxophone. Megadeth In 1984, Poland's bandmate from the New Yorkers, Gar Samuelson, became the drummer of thrash metal band Megadeth. Megadeth had been formed the previous year by Dave Mustaine, the original lead g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American singer and actress. With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she collaborated with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch, who produced and wrote the lyrics for all of her released songs. Cruise currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Edward Grinnan, the editor-in-chief of Guideposts Magazine and author of the best-selling book The Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life. She is in pre-production for her upcoming album featuring New York musicians Jesse Krakow, Clifton Hyde and... Biography of Shiho Sakai
Shiho Sakai (酒井 志穂, Sakai Shiho?, born December 1, 1990 in Koga, Fukuoka) is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. Major achievements 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships * 100m backstroke 1st (1:01.13) * 200m backstroke 2nd (2:12.00) Personal bests In long course * 50m backstroke: 27.88 (July 29, 2009) * 100m backstroke: 59.14 Asian Japanese Record (July 28, 2009) * 200m backstroke: 2:09.06 (August 28, 2008) In short course * 50m backstroke: 26.42 (February 21, 2009) * 100m backstroke: 55.23 World Record (November 15, 2009) * 200m backstroke: 2:00.18 World Record (November 14, 2009)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xavier Durringer
Xavier Durringer, born on December 1, 1963 in Paris, is a French film director and playwright. Works 1988 : Une rose sous la peau 1989 : La Nuit à l’envers, Éditions Théâtrales 1989 : 22.34, Editions Théâtrales 1989-1990 : Bal-Trap, Éditions Théâtrales 1990-1991 : Une petite entaille, Éditions Théâtrales 1991 : Une envie de tuer.., sur le bout de la langue, Éditions Théâtrales 1993 : La Quille, Éditions Théâtrales 1994 : Quand le père du père de mon père 1995 : Polaroid, paru en français sous le titre Chroniques, des jours entiers, des nuits entières, Éditions Théâtrales 1998 : Surfeurs, Éditions Théâtrales 2001 : La Promise, Éditions Théâtrales 2002 : Quoi dire de plus du coq - Chroniques 2, Éditions Théâtrale 2003 : Hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Walker
Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 2005, Walker played for the Montreal Expos (1989–1994), Colorado Rockies (1995–2004), and St. Louis Cardinals (2004–2005). He announced his retirement after Game 6 of the 2005 National League Championship Series. Early life and career Walker grew up playing ice hockey and dreamed of a career in the NHL as a goaltender, only playing baseball for fun during the summer. At the age of 16, he was offered tryouts with Junior A teams in Regina, SK and Kelowna, BC, but after getting cut from both teams, Walker decided to focus his athletic aspirations on baseball. Walker was selected to join the Canadian team at the 1984 World Youth Championships in Saskatchewan. At th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Foster (baseball)
George Arthur Foster (born December 1, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is a former left fielder and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Chicago White Sox from 1969-1986. In his career he hit for a .274 batting average, with 348 Home run, 1,239 Runs batted in, 1,925 hits and 986 runs scored in 1,977 games played. Professional career Foster began his career in the San Francisco Giants organization, but the Giants already had promising young outfielder Bobby Bonds. As they believed Foster was expendable, the Giants dealt him early in the 1971 season to the Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert. Foster made the Reds lineup as the starting center fielder (replacing an injured Bobby Tolan) almost immediat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Childish
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. He is known for his explicit and prolific work – he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novels My Fault (1996), Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997), Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) – The Idiocy of Idears (2007), and in several of his songs, notably in the instrumental "Paedophile" (1992) (featuring a photograph of the man who sexually abused him on the front cover) and "Every Bit of Me" (1993). From 1981 till 1985 Childish had a relationship with artist Tracey Emin and has also been associated with another British artist Stella Vine. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Van Der Elst
François J. C. Van Der Elst (born 1 December 1954 in Opwijk) is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a striker. Nicknamed Swat, his younger brother, Leo, was also a professional footballer. Both were Belgian internationals. Football career From 1969–80, Van Der Elst played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, with which he would go on to total 82 Belgian First Division goals, surpassing 100 overall; in 1976, he was part of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup-winning squad, netting twice in the final against West Ham United (4–2) and, in the following season's league, was crowned the competition's topscorer at 21 goals, as the Brussels outfit finished in second position. In January 1982, after a brief USA spell with the New York Cosmos, Van Der Elst signed with West Ham for £400,000, pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walt Simon
Walter Simon (December 1, 1939 in Delcambre, Louisiana – October 10, 1997) was an American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard from Benedict College, he played seven seasons (1967-1974) in the American Basketball Association for the New Jersey Americans, New York Nets and Kentucky Colonels. He appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game, and he scored 6,414 career points. After retiring from Basketball, he went on to work for John Y. Brown, Jr. (who had owned the Kentucky Colonels with his wife, Ellie Brown) at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Simon became the first black Vice President of a Fortune 500 Company. He left a widow, Marge Simon, and a son, Chris Simon.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tomáš Tatar
Tomáš Tatar (born December 1, 1990 in Dubnica nad Váhom) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings. Tatar had played for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL). Tatar was selected 60th overall in the second round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Red Wings. He was also drafted 15th overall in the first round of the 2009 KHL Entry Draft by SKA St. Petersburg. Tatar scored his first NHL goal in his first game, on December 31, 2010 against Dwayne Roloson of the New York Islanders, scoring a game-tying goal in the third period.... Biography of Riz Ahmed
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known as Riz MC, is a British actor and rapper from Wembley, London. He is noted for his lead performances in The Road to Guantanamo, Shifty, Britz, and Four Lions. Biography Ethnic background Ahmed is a British Pakistani. Ahmed's parents belonged to Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan, before emigrating to the United Kingdom. Education Ahmed attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood through a scholarship programme. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford with a degree in PPE and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Television and film Ahmed's film career began in the Michael Winterbottom film The Road to Guantanamo in which he played the part of Shafiq Rasul, a member of the Tipton Three. Ahmed described his par... Biography of Dean O'Gorman
Dean O'Gorman (born 1 December 1976) is an actor, artist, and photographer from New Zealand. Early life O'Gorman was born into a family of Irish descent in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Vicky and Lance O'Gorman, a landscape painter. He has a brother named Brett. He attended Rangitoto College and earned a black belt in karate by the age of ten. Career Got his start in the television movie, The Rogue Stallion at the age of fourteen, and Raider of the South Seas, both of which were released in 1990. He then won the role of Nurse Harry Martin in the New Zealand soap opera, Shortland Street and has appeared in both Hercules and Xena multiple times, as well as a recurring role as young Iolaus in Young Hercules, co-starring Ryan Gosling.. More recently, he has made multiple guest a... Biography of Ryan Roxie
Ryan Roxie (born in Sacramento, California, December 1, 1965 is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the founding member of Roxie 77 and probably most well known for his guitar work with Alice Cooper, Slash, Casablanca, Dad's Porno Mag plus many more. Along with his writing, recording, and touring schedule, he is also developing a new TV web magazine show entitled 'All Excess with Ryan Roxie'. Ryan re-joined Alice Cooper's live band for the 2012 Tour. Early life Roxie was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the East Bay in a small town called Pleasanton. Ryan's father, Polish, used to play trumpet and his mother was a drummer in her high school marching band. Around age five Roxie picked up the guitar but was more interested... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre Onaindía (born December 1, 1958 in Mexico City), popularly nicknamed El Vasco (The Basque), is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He was also a member of the Mexico national team and later became manager in two different occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Playing career Aguirre played for a number of clubs in Mexico, including Club América, where he won several championships, including a final against CD Guadalajara, in which he scored a goal. He also played outside Mexico with CA Osasuna in Spain and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the United States. He made 59 appearances for the Mexico national team between 1983 and 1992, scoring 13 goals. He played in the FIFA World Cup in 1986 and was sent off in the quarter-final defeat by West Germa... Biography of Svetlana Shusterman
Svetlana Shusterman, born on December 1, 1985 in Odessa, is an Amercian TV personality. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2604485/) 2007 Reality TV's Sexiest Vixens (TV movie) Herself 2006-2007 Real World/Road Rules Challenge (TV series) Herself – The Duel: The Duel Ain't Over 'Til the Reunion (2007) … Herself – The Duel: Handsome Reward (2007) … Herself – The Duel: Paddle Me (2007) … Herself – The Duel: Around the Block (2007) … Herself – The Duel: Sunken Treasure (2007) … Herself See all 17 episodes » 2006 The Real World (TV series) Herself – Fun, Sun and Now Totally Done: The Real World Key West Reunion (2006) … Herself – Time to Say Goodbye (2006) … Herself – Svetlana's Birthday (2006) … Herself – Regaining the Pace (2006) … Herself – Relationsh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephanie Brown Trafton
Stephanie Brown Trafton (born December 1, 1979) is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was a somewhat unusual modern athlete in that she had become a two-time Olympian before she had competed at a World Championships. Her first World Championships in 2009 ended with a sub-par performance in the discus final. Pre-Olympic career Brown Trafton has said she was inspired to become an Olympian as a 4-year-old watching Mary Lou Retton perform in the 1984 Summer Olympics. After a youth of attempting several different sports, she eventually divided her time between athletics and basketball. She competed in the discus and shot put at Arroyo Grande High School, and was the CIF California State Meet high school cham... Biography of Treat Williams
Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is a Screen Actors Guild Award–nominated American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television. From 2002 to 2006, he was the star of the television series Everwood. He is also known for starring in "The Substitute" franchise, beginning with the 2nd movie of the series The Substitute 2. Early life Williams was born in Rowayton, Connecticut, the son of Marian (née Andrew), an antiques dealer, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. His maternal great-great-grandfather was Senator William Henry Barnum of Connecticut, and a distant relative was Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Williams graduated from the Kent School in Connecticut and Franklin and Marshall College.... Biography of Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming in October 1998. He was attacked on the night of October 6–7, and died a few days later at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12 from severe head injuries. During the trial it was widely reported that Shepard was targeted because he was gay. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to the contention of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels. In 2009, his mother Judy Shepard authored a book The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed. In October 2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Reggie Sanders
Reginald Laverne Sanders (born December 1, 1967) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Sanders was 24 years old when he made his major league debut on August 22, 1991, after being selected in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College before beginning his pro career with the Rookie-level Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in 1988. He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals, and was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2001 World Series champions. With the Cardinals, Sanders had a breakout of sorts during the 2005 National League Division Series against the San Di... |
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