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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 15, 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 · 45,668 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,668 Celebrities
104 celebrities or events were found for December, 15. Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Elodie Gossuin
Élodie Gossuin (born December 15, 1980 in Reims, Marne, France) is a former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician. Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about seven miles east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, she won several local beauty contests. While training to be a nurse, she won the "Miss Picardie" beauty contest in November of 2000 that qualified her to compete for the Miss France 2001 title. She won that contest and as a result received considerable press coverage. Scheduled to represent her country in the May 2001 Miss Universe contest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, just days after winning the Miss France crown Gossuin became the victim of a malicious rumor posted on January 8, 2001 on a French language internet website that claime... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American film and television actor. He began his career in the early 2000s, appearing on the Gilmore Girls and other series, and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C., establishing his defining screen persona, with Joel Stein of Time having described Brody as having created an "Adam Brody type", a screen persona of a "nerdy, sarcastic, obscure-reference-laced Jew". Brody has also appeared in several film roles, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thank You for Smoking and In the Land of Women. Early life Brody was born in San Diego, California, the oldest son of Jewish American parents Mark Brody (a lawyer) and Valerie Siefman (a graphic artist). He has younger twin brothers, Sean and Matt. Brody attended Scripps Ranch ... Biography of Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923) was a French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887-1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, and the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, USA.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Najoua Belyzel
Najoua Belyzel (born Najoua Mazouri 15 December 1981 in Nancy, France) is a French pop rock/electronic singer of Moroccan descent. Najoua was born in Nancy, and grew up in a large family with three sisters and two brothers. Her father is Moroccan and her mother is Egyptian. Since childhood, she had shown an interest in music, and by age 14, had begun writing her own songs. Najoua originally studied law beginning in 2001 at the University of Nancy, but left for Paris to pursue a career in music. She met some success after a casting call when she joined the group Benoît, who had a successful single called Tourne-toi Benoît, which touched on the subject of homosexuality. The later singles from the group, however, only met moderate success, and eventually the group parted ways. Later ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37 – June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his grand-uncle Claudius to become heir to the throne. As Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus, he succeeded to the throne on October 13, 54, following Claudius' death. Nero ruled from 54 CE to 68 CE, focusing much of his attention on diplomacy, trade, and increasing the cultural capital of the empire. He ordered the building of theatres and promoted athletic games. His reign included a successful war and negotiated peace with the Parthian Empire (58–63), the suppression of the British revolt (60–61) and improving diplomatic ties with Greece. In 68 CE a... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Don Johnson
Donald Wayne "Don" Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his fame in film and television. Johnson played the lead role of Sonny Crockett in the popular 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges. Early life Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri. His father was a farmer, his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is of English origin. In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular television show The Dating Game. In the late 1960's, Johnson was in a psychedelic rock band called the Horses. Also in the band... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Stuart Townsend
Stuart Townsend (born on December 15, 1972 in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor. Career Like fellow Irish actor Colin Farrell, he attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin where he made his non-professional stage debut in the school's production of Tear Up The Black Sail. His professional stage debut was in 1994's True Lines, directed by John Crowley, who later directed Intermission. True Lines was first performed in Kilkenny; it later moved to the Dublin Theatre Festival and on to Bush Theatre in London. Townsend's early movie roles were in Irish short films such as "Godsuit" and "Summertime". His first part in a feature length film was Trojan Eddie, a 1996 UK/Irish co-production. In 1997 he landed a lead role in the British film Shooting Fish, which really prop... Biography of Kamel Ouali
Kamel Ouali (born 15 December 1971) is a French choreographer Biography Kamel Ouali was born in Saint-Denis. He is of Algerian descent. Dance teacher at the Dance Academy of Paris and at the Conservatories of La Courneuve and Saint Denis, Kamel Ouali works with artists on video clips and on some french musicals like Les Dix Commandements (The Ten Commandments) and Autant en Emporte le Vent (French adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind). In 2001 he starts to work as a dance teacher on the french TV show Star Academy,he becomes really popular for teenagers, then in 2005 he creates his first own musical, produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen, Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King). The same year, he is the choreographer of dances with robots for the french theme park L... Biography of Johfra Bosschart
Johannes Franciscus Gijsbertus van den Berg (15 December 1919 in Rotterdam - 6 November 1998 in Fleurac) or just Johfra Bosschart was a Dutch modern artist. Johfra and his wife, Ellen Lórien, established in Fleurac (Dordogne - France) in 1962. They lived in the Netherlands before that. Johfra described his works as "Surrealism based on studies of psychology, religion, the Bible, astrology, antiquity, magic, witchcraft, mythology and occultism." Books (Johfra) van den Berg, Franciscus Johannes Gijsbertus; Gerrit Luidinga, Bureau Van Tilburg (1998). Symphonie fantastique : autobiografie (in Dutch). Woerden: De Verbeelding. ISBN 9080442216.... Biography of Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: ), was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city which became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential on the architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments", Niemeyer was praised for being a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his genera... Biography of Ilsa Strix
Ilsa Strix (born Karin Winslow on December 15, 1967) was a Los Angeles-based professional dominatrix. Strix retired from her various roles as a dominatrix in 2002 to become a doctor of human sexuality. She was born in Connecticut. Strix is of German descent and is fluent in German. Before going "pro", Winslow participated in (Windsor) community theatre including Babes in Arms and other musical comedies. Although she had long been famous in the BDSM scene for her educational and community efforts, Strix gained mainstream notoriety when she became romantically involved with The Matrix co-creator Larry Wachowski. Her former husband Jake Miller, who later became the female-to-male (FtM) transexual pornstar Buck Angel, sold stories to British tabloids claiming that Wachowski stole Stri... Biography of Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a professional figure skater. Bonaly represented France as a competitive skater, but is now also a United States citizen. Career Bonaly was born in Nice, France in 1973. She began skating when she was eighteen months old. When she was a child, her skating heroes were Midori Ito and Brian Boitano. When Bonaly first began to compete at the international level, her coach at the time, Didier Gailhaguet, fabricated a story that she had been born on Reunion Island before being adopted by the Bonalys in France. This was widely reported by the international media (including, for example, a lengthy feature during the CBS television broadcast of the 1989 World Championships) before the story was finally debunked. Bonaly now lists her birthplace as Nice.... Biography of Kimberly Donley
Kimberly Donley (born December 15, 1965 in Aurora, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American adult model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March 1993 and continues to model there. Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 10 May 1994 - pages 22-31. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994. Playboy's Playmates at Play July 1994 - pages 30-33. Playboy's Beauty Queens August 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 39 September 1994 - front & back covers, pages 2-6. Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates September 1994 - page 67. Playboy's Nudes November 1994. Playboy's Playmates in Bed Vol. 1 January 1995.... Biography of Henri Becquerel
Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. Early days Becquerel was born in Paris into a family which, including him and his son Jean, produced four generations of scientists. He studied science at the École Polytechnique and engineering at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. In 1890 he married Louise Désirée Lorieux. Rise in natural sciences, discoveries, and major works In 1892, he became the third in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. In 1894, he became chief engineer in the Department of Bridges and Highways. In 1896, while investigating phosphorescence in uranium salts, Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity. Inve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sophie Agacinski
Sophie Agacinski, born December 15, 1943 in Poligny Jura (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French actress, comedian, and screewriter. She is the daughter of Sylviane Agacinski and the wife of Jean-Marc Thibault. Filmography 1965 : Les malabars sont au parfum, de Guy Lefranc 1965 : Seule à Paris, de Robert Guez (feuilleton TV) 1966 : Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque, de Ralph Habib 1967 : Allô Police (série TV) (épisode Le petit horloger) 1967 : La Famille Colin-Maillard, de Georges Barrier (série TV) 1969 : Des vacances en or, de Francis Rigaud 1969 : Vînatorul de cerbi, de Jean Dréville, Pierre Gaspard-Huit et Sergiu Nicolaescu 1969 : Faites donc plaisir aux amis, de Francis Rigaud 1969 : Le Débutant, de Daniel Daert 1969 : Bas de cuir (Die Lederstrumpferzählun... Biography of Teresa May
Teresa May (born as Teresa Betteridge, December 15, 1967, Epsom, Surrey) is an English glamour model and dominatrix. In addition to films, she has appeared in numerous tabloids and men's magazines including Hustler, Score, Gent. In 1997, she appeared in the music video for The Prodigy's single "Smack My Bitch Up". She moved into acting later in her career in B movies such as Exterminator City (2005) and One Man and his Dog (2004). Likewise Teresa has appeared as an extra in many popular TV shows like Coronation Street, Our Friends up North, Eastenders and she also played Nick Berry's girlfriend in the drama Paparazzo in 1995. She also made a brief appearance in a surreal beer commercial, where her husband catches her in the bath, cheating on him with a cuttlefish. For the complete list ... Biography of Adriana Esteves
Adriana Esteves, born December 15, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. Television 2007 - Toma Lá Dá Cá - Celinha 2005 - Belíssima - Stella Assumpção (voz - participação especial) 2005 - A Lua me disse - Heloísa Queiroz 2004 - Senhora do Destino - Maria de Nazaré Esteves Tedesco/Lourdes - 1ª fase 2003 - Kubanacan - Lola 2002 - Coração de Estudante - Amélinha (Amélia Mourão) 2000 - O Cravo e a Rosa - Catarina Batista 1998 - Torre de Babel - Sandrinha (Sandra da Silva) 1997 - A Indomada - Eulália de Mendonça e Albuquerque - 1ª fase/Lúcia Helena de Mendonça e Albuquerque - 2ª fase 1996 - Razão de Viver - Zilda (SBT) 1995 - Decadência - Carla 1993 - Renascer - Mariana 1992 - Pedra sobre Pedra - Marina Batista 1990 - Meu Bem, Meu Mal - Patrícia Melo 1... Biography of J. Paul Getty
Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business, he was one of the first people in the world with a fortune of over $1 billion U.S. dollars. He was an avid collector of art and antiquities, and his collection forms the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. He enrolled at the University of Southern California, then at Berkeley before graduating in 1914 from Magdalen College, Oxford with degrees in economics and political science. He worked during the summers on his father's oil fields in Oklahoma. Running his own oil company in Tulsa, he made his first million by 1916. However, in 1917, he announced that he was r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre de Nolhac
Pierre de Nolhac, born December 15, 1859 in Ambert, died January 31, 1936 in Paris, was a French art historian, poet and author. Works Le Dernier Amour de Ronsard (1882) Lettres de Joachim Du Bellay publiées pour la première fois d'après les originaux (1883) Le Canzoniere autographe de Pétrarque (1886) La Bibliothèque de Fulvio Orsini (1887) Petites Notes sur l'art italien (1887) Erasme en Italie. Les études grecques de Pétrarque (1888) Les Correspondants d'Alde Manuce (1888) Matériaux nouveaux d'histoire littéraire (1483-1514) (1888) Le Château de Versailles au temps de Marie-Antoinette (1889) Piero Vettori et Carlo Sigonio, correspondance avec Fulvio Orsini (1889) La Reine Marie-Antoinette (1889) Les Consignes de Marie-Antoinette au Petit Trianon (1890) Le De... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Roman
Richard Roman, born December 15, 1959, is a French agricultural engineer, and the principal character of a lawsuit which proceeded La Motte-du-Caire, les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Tuesday July 26, 1988, the small Celine Jourdan, 7 years old, is found without life, having undergone sexual violences. Richard Roman, 29 years old at the time of the facts, called "the Indian" because of his way of life atypical, and Didier Gentil, called farm labourer "tattooed" are quickly suspected, and pass to the consents at the time of the police custody; Richard Roman retracts little time afterwards. the lawsuit The lawsuit opens on November 30, 1992 in Isere. At the time of the lawsuit, Didier Gentil assumes only the crime and requests forgiveness from Richard Roman, but the family of the vic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Chalais
François-Charles Bauer, best known as François Chalais, born December 15, 1919 in Strasbourg, died May 1, 1996 in Paris, was a French journalist, TV host and writer. He was member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978 and member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1969. Bibliography Ory Pascal, "Les collaborateurs", Paris, Editions du Seuil, Collection Points Histoire, 1976... Biography of Zep
Zep (born December 15, 1967) is the pseudonym of Philippe Chappuis, a comics creator from Switzerland, known for his series Titeuf, a popular character in French-speaking countries, and Tchô!, the associated comics magazine. Biography Chappuis' pseudonym derives from the first BD magazine he created at age twelve, named "Zep" in honour of Led Zeppelin (a fan of Bob Dylan, references to his musical tastes are often found in his comics). His career began with gags published in the magazine Spirou in 1987, and the character Victor which started appearing in 1988. At first struggling to find publication, the series Titeuf was initially published in the fanzine Sauve qui peut ("Escape those who can") before it was noticed by Glénat executive Jean-Claude Camano. Zep joined Glénat in 1992... Biography of Sylvie Andrieux
Sylvie Andrieux (born December 15, 1961 in Marseille) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the department of Bouches-du-Rhône as a member of Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. She is implicated in the scandal of misappropriation of the Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur subventions She was a member of the Droit Humain branch of Freemasonry until she resigned in 2012.... Biography of Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » (real name Housni Mkouboi, born December 15, 1977) is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne. Rohff was born in The Union of the Comoros (Mbeni, Ngazidja) in 1977 and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985. He first attracted attention as an MC in 1994. A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, The Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994. In 1998 he participated in the production of the album Première Classe (First Class), working on the track "On fait les choses" alongside Neg'Marrons, Mystik, and Pit Baccardi, he began to become known to a larger audience. Member of the Mafia K'1 Fry, a group of rappers from Val-de-Marne composed, among others, of Kery James, Intouchable, and 113. The group released the albu... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks (b. December 15, 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson on the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. He also provided the voice of the recurring character Thor on the same series. Biography Early life After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1994, Shanks played in several stage productions, serving a two year apprenticeship with the prestigious Stratford Festival in Ontario. He made guest appearances on TV series like Highlander, University Hospital, and The Outer Limits. He also played in the TV movie A Family Divided and The Call of the Wild before accepting his role in Stargate SG-1. Career Shanks played Daniel Jackson throughou... Biography of Jeff Chandler
Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s. Born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Erasmus Hall High School, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II. After being discharged from the military, he was a busy radio actor both in drama (such as episodes of Escape) and comedy (playing bashful biology teacher Phillip Boynton on Our Miss Brooks). His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. His first important role was in Sword In the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. He was nominated for an Academy Awa... Biography of Paul Simonon
Paul Gustave Simonon (born 15 December 1955) is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for punk rock band The Clash. His most recent work is his involvement in the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007. Simonon was born in Brixton, London, England. His father, Gustave, was a clerk in the civil service and his mother, Elaine, was a librarian. He grew up in the South London area of Brixton, spending around a year in Siena, Italy with his mother and stepfather. Before joining The Clash, he had planned to become an artist and attended the Byam Shaw School of Art, then based in Campden St, Kensington (now part of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design) relocated in Archway, London. He was asked to ... Biography of Clayton Nemrow
Clayton Nemrow, born December 15, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, is a German actor, famous for his role as Laurent van der Lohe in Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin"), a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one"), written by Fernando Gaitán (also author of Café, con aroma de mujer) and produced by RCN TV. The original season of the serial comedy-drama follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and her incongruous job at th... Biography of Pascal Bruckner
Pascal Bruckner est un romancier et essayiste français né à Paris le 15 décembre 1948. Biographie Il passe son enfance entre l'Autriche, la Suisse et la France. Il étudie notamment chez les jésuites à Lyon. Il poursuit ses études à Paris, au lycée Henri-IV (hypokhâgne et khâgne), à l'Université de Paris I et à l'Université de Paris VII, puis à l’École pratique des hautes études. Sa thèse de doctorat, consacrée à l'émancipation sexuelle dans la pensée du socialiste utopique Charles Fourier (« Le corps de chacun est accessible à tous »), a été dirigée par Julia Kristeva (et soutenue en 1975 à l'Université Paris VII). Depuis 1986, il enseigne dans des universités américaines, notamment celle de New York. Depuis 1990, il est maître de conférence à l’Institut d'études politiques ... Biography of Geoff Stults
Geoffrey Manton Stults (born December 15, 1977) is an American actor. Stults was born in Detroit, Michigan , but raised in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. He moved to Los Angeles and began to perform in the college theatre productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California, on a football scholarship. He played professional football in Europe as a wide receiver for the Klosterneuburg Mercenaries (now known as Danube Dragons). He was on the long-running television show, 7th Heaven, in which he played Ben Kinkirk, the brother of Kevin Kinkirk portrayed by George Stults, his real life brother and with whom he currently lives with in Los Angeles. He plays Eddie Latekka in newly released drama October Road. Growing up, Geoff had a passion for sports and played on teams t... Biography of Snejana Onopka
Snejana Onopka (Ukrainian: Снєжана Онопка, born December 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian model. Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) Modeling career Onopka moved to the Ukraine capital, Kiev, in 2001. While there, she was spotted by a foreign scout and thus began her career as a model. In 2005 she appeared in campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana and Prada and caught the eye of Steven Meisel, who photographed her for two covers of Italian Vogue and for whom she is the current muse. Onopka has also been on the cover of i-D, Numéro, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Elle Ukraine, Akademia, CM, and the Portuguese, Japanese, and French editions of Vogue. On the runway, she is commonly seen at shows including Chanel, Gucci, Christian La... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Bozon
Charles Bozon, born December 15, 1932 in Chamonix, died July 7, 1964 in an avalanche, was a French skier.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes, born December 15, 1946 in Paris, is a French actor, playwright, screenwriter and director. Theater Author and director 1970 : Les Fraises musclées, Théâtre La Bruyère, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse en 1973 1971 : Il faut que le Sycomore coule, Théâtre de Plaisance 1972 : Je suis un steak, Théâtre Pigall's 1972 : Par delà les marronniers, Festival du Marais, Espace Pierre Cardin 1974 : L'Odyssée pour une tasse de thé, Théâtre de la Ville 1975 : On loge la nuit-café à l'eau, Festival du Marais, Espace Pierre Cardin 1975 : Dieu le veut, Festival d'Avignon 1975 : Omphalos Hôtel, Théâtre de Chaillot 1976 : Tout contre un petit bois, Théâtre Récamier 1977 : Jacky Parady, Théâtre de la Ville 1983 : Batailles avec Roland Topor, Théâtre de l'Athé... Biography of Tim Conway
Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933, in Willoughby, Ohio) is an American comedic actor. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway. He was born in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb Willoughby and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, majoring in speech and radio. After graduating, he joined the Army, following which he took a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio station, where he went on to become a writer in the promotional department. He later worked with Cleveland broadcasting legend Ernie Anderson on WKYC TV and WJW TV and recorded a comedy album with Anderson. Conway gained a national following from his appearance in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy. After... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Gore II
George O. Gore II (born December 15, 1981 in Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S.) is an American actor. He is most recognized for playing the roles of Michael Kyle, Jr., on the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids, and G Williams on the FOX police drama New York Undercover. Gore has been acting since the age of four. He made his debut in a Burger King commercial, and soon amassed over 20 national commercials to his credit for such leading brands as Fisher-Price and IBM. His television credits include guest roles on Law & Order and Touched by an Angel. But he is perhaps best remembered as G, the young son of Malik Yoba's character, on the critically acclaimed drama series New York Undercover, for which he received three NAACP Image Award nominations. Upon graduating from high school, Gore was on h... Biography of Catalina Otalvaro
Catalina Otalvaro, born on December 15, 1991 in Cali, is a Colombian model. Catalina Otalvaro is getting lots of attention lately because of her stunning resemblance to Brazilian Victoria Secret Model Adriana Lima.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Véronique Mang
Véronique Mang (born December 15, 1984 in Douala, Cameroon) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She arrived in France with her mother, brother and sister in 1995. She represented Cameroon until 2003 when she gained French citizenship. She started running at age 12 in France. She suffered a strained leg muscle in 2000; a knee injury in 2001. Her hobbies are music, dancing and collecting postcards. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Biography of L. L. Zamenhof
Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof (born Eliezer Samenhof, December 15, 1859 – April 14, 1917) was an ophthalmologist, philologist, Zionist and the inventor of Esperanto, a constructed language designed for international communication. As of 1975, Esperanto was taught in 600 schools to 20,000 students per year; and there were about 100 journals and 7500 books written in Esperanto, including translations from 65 languages. In addition, it had by that time been used in more than 700 international conferences. As of 2000, per Cambridge Encyclopedia, it had somewhere between 1 and 15 million speakers, according to sources referenced. Life Zamenhof was born on December 15, 1859 in the town of Bialystok (now in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire) to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. He cons... Biography of Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970 in Milan) is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. Career Dettori's father bought him a palamino pony when he was 12 and he used to practise on it for an hour every night. When he was 13 Dettori left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey. The following year he went to Great Britain where he apprenticed with trainer Luca Cumani at Newmarket in 1985 and soon became a stable jockey. In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first win came at the age of 16 in Turin in November 1986, while his first in Britain was the following June. Further success f... Biography of Helen Slater
Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15, 1963) is an American film actress and singer-songwriter. Personal life Helen Rachel Slater was born in Massapequa, New York, the daughter of Alice Joan (née Citrin), a lawyer and nuclear disarmament peace activist based in New York City, and Gerald Slater, a television executive; the two divorced in 1974. She has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in New York City. Her family is Jewish. Slater attended the High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1982. She married award-winning editor Robert Watzke. Their daughter, Hannah Nika, was born August 28, 1995. She now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Slater has been erroneously thought to be related to Christian Slater. In addition to their shared professional surname--Christian's birth name is Christi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin (sometimes Valentine) (born Ursula Ledersteger December 15, 1940 in Vienna - died February 22, 2002 in Munich) was an Austrian actress. In 1984-85, she was romantically involved with Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, whom she would come to call the love of her life. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Barbara Valentin is buried in the Ostfriedhof cemetery in Munich. Selected filmography Lili Marleen (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fist-Right of Freedom and Fox and His Friends; 1975, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Angst essen Seele auf (aka Ali: Fear Eats the Soul; 1974, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Effi Briest (1974, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) A Corpse Hangs in the Web (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Érignac
Claude Érignac, born October 15, 1937 in Mende, died February 6, 1998 in Ajaccio, Corsica, was a French Prefect of Corsica (1996-1998). The murder of Claude Erignac was the most serious political assassination in France since World War Two and sparked one of the biggest investigations in the country’s history. Height: 1m83 (6')... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Carossa
Hans Carossa (15 December 1878 – 12 September 1956) was a German novelist and poet, known mostly for his autobiographical novels, and his innere Emigration (inner emigration) during the Nazi era. He was born in Bad Tölz, and studied medicine, working as a field surgeon from 1916 to 1918. He was awarded the Swiss Gottfried Keller Prize in 1931, and the Goethe Prize in 1938. He died in Rittsteig near Passau. Carossa family The Carossas were originally of North Italian stock; but by 1878, when Hans was born; they no longer spoke Italian and were considered simply Upper Bavarian Germans. Hans' father was a well-known lung specialist, who had published some significant research in his field. He had a calm humanitarian outlook which endeared him to the local Catholic population in s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe D'Amato
Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker and screenwriter who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the ... Biography of Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award nomination for her work. She is widely known as the first female to win the Tony Award for directing the musical The Lion King, for which she also received a Tony Award for her original costume designs. Early life and education Taymor was born in Newton, Massachusetts, daughter of Elizabeth (née Bernstein), a political science teacher, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a gynecologist. Taymor's interest in theatre took root early in her life. At the age of seven, she was already drawing her sister into stagings of children's stories for her parents. By the... Biography of Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole. Life and career Edna O'Brien was born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland in 1930, a place she would later describe as "fervid", "enclosed" and "catastrophic". According to O'Brien, her mother was a strong, controlling woman who had emigrated temporarily to America, and worked for some time as a maid in Brooklyn, New York for a well-off Irish-American family before returning to Ireland to raise a family. In 1950 she was awarded a licence as pharmacist. She married, against her parents' wishes, in the summer of 1954 to the Czech/Irish writer Ernest Gébler and the couple moved t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Molly Price
Molly Evan Price (born December 15, 1966) is an American actress. Biography Price was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey and graduated from North Plainfield High School in 1984. She's a graduate of Rutgers University. She is married to real-life FDNY firefighter (Derek Kelly). Price and Kelly have one son, Jake, born in November 2003. She enjoys boxing, reading, and cooking. She is working on her career of opening a gourmet sandwich shop on Block Island, Rhode Island called Three Sisters. She currently resides in New York City. Career Her television presence began with guest appearances on Law & Order. Price is primarily known for her role as Police Officer (and later, Detective) Faith Yokas in the drama Third Watch (1999 – 2005). She is married to real-life FDN... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gianluca Farina
Gianluca Farina (born December 15, 1962) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, and Piero Poli. He received a bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Red Ronnie
Red Ronnie, born Gabriele Ansaloni September 15, 1951 in San Pietro in Casale, is an Italian radio host and TV host. Radio Radio Bologna Notizie Punto Radio Marconi & Company Primato Circo Volante del Barone Rosso Bologna Broadcasting Corporation Radio RAI Radio Deejay (Be Bop a Lula; 1989, 1990, 1991) RMC (Montecarlo Story 2004) Television 1983 Bandiera gialla 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Be Bop a Lula 1984 Viva San Patrignano, Un processo a... 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Viva Sanremo 1986/1987 Pinky 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Vota la voce 1988 20 anni dopo (il bello del '68) 1989, 1990 Una Rotonda sul mare 1989 Ungheria - Italia (Verso l'Europa tra Calcio e Canzoni) 1989 Gianni Morandi:... Biography of Henrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová (Henrieta Nagyova) (born December 15, 1978 in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world (September 17, 2001). In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200. As of June 26, 2006, she is 140th in the WTA rankings. Titles Singles Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) Tour Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) Tier II Event (0) Tier III Event (2) Tier IV-V Event (7) ITF Circuit (9) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. July 17, 1994 Olsztyn, Poland Clay Poland Magdalena Grzybowska 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 2. September 25, 1994 Por... Biography of Susan Atkinson
Susan Atkinson, born December 15, 1942 in Washington DC, died drowned in the sea November 19, 1992, was an American writer, adventurer and sailor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Niven Jr.
David Niven, Jr. (born December 15, 1942), the son of Oscar-winning actor David Niven and his wife Primula Rollo, is a film producer and film actor with stints as an executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. His credits include Rush Hour 3, The Cool Surface, Psycho Cop Returns and The Girl with the Hungry Eyes. In 1979, he produced Escape to Athena, which starred his father. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1987. Niven divorced his first wife, Barbara Niven (1993-1998), and remarried. He currently lives in the United Kingdom. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633114/ ) Producer 1. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1995) (executive producer) 2. The Cool Surface (1994) (executive producer) 3. Psycho Cop Returns (1993) (executiv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator. Early life Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised first in Colorado, then in California. He learned piano as a child, and while still a teenager toured with various bands. He attended Bell High School, in Bell, California, where he graduated in 1930. In June 1941 he formed his own band, which developed into one of the best-known West Coast ensembles of the 1940s. In the mid-1940s, Kenton's band and style became known as "The Wall of Sound", a tag later used by Phil Spector. Career Kenton played in the 1930s in the dance bands of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernest Cabo
Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo (born 15 December 1932) has been the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe since 1984. Cabo was ordained a priest in 1964 and on 2 July 1984 succeeded Siméon Oualli as the bishop of Basse-Terre.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel-Richard de Lalande
Michel Richard Delalande (December 15, 1657 – June 18, 1726) was a prolific French Baroque composer and organist who was one of the most important composers of so-called grand motets, of which he wrote almost 80. He also wrote orchestral suites known as "Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy", or in an alternative spelling of the time, simply "Symphonies". Delalande also composed ballets as well. Born in Paris, he was a contemporary of Jean-Baptiste Lully and François Couperin. Delalande taught music to the daughters of Louis XIV of France, and was director of the French chapel royal from 1714 until his death at Versailles in 1726. Delalande was arguably the greatest composer of French grands motets, a type of sacred work that was more pleasing to Louis XIV because of its pomp and gran... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lawrence Funderburke
Lawrence Damon Funderburke (born December 15, 1970 in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, formerly of the National Basketball Association. Basketball career Lawrence Funderburke was born and raised in Ohio, where he played high school basketball. Funderburke played his freshman year of college basketball at Indiana University, where he is known for tangling with Bobby Knight. He transferred after that season to Ohio State University, where he played his three remaining years of eligibility. There, he teamed with fellow NBA star Jimmy Jackson to lead Ohio State win the Big Ten Championship in 1992. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft, honing his game in Europe (in Greece's Ambelokipi and PAOK BC and ... Biography of Tatiana Perebiynis
Tetyana Yurevna Perebiynis (Ukrainian: Тетяна Юрьєвна Перебийніс), born on December 15, 1982 is a Top 100 female professional tennis player born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where she lives. She is an only child. She reached the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that year. She finished 2007 ranked #97 in the WTATour Rankings. Tatiana Perebiynis is coached by her husband, Dimitriy "Dima" Zadorozhniy. The two were married on October 15, 2005 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her father, Yuriy Perebiynis, is retired and her mother, Alla Lihova, is an economist at a bank. Her most memorable tennis experience was in 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shehzad Tanweer
Shehzad Tanweer (December 15, 1982 – July 7, 2005) was one of four men who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombing. 52 people were killed and over 700 wounded in the attacks. Tanweer was named by Scotland Yard as the man who detonated a bomb while travelling eastbound on the Circle Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, killing both himself and seven of the 52 killed in the attacks. The other three men were identified as Hasib Hussain, Germaine Lindsay, and Mohammad Sidique Khan. All four were killed in the explosions. Biography Tanweer was born in St Luke's maternity hospital, Bradford to Parveen Akhtar, whose husband, Mohammed Mumtaz Tanweer, was originally from the Faisalabad region o... Biography of Pascale Kramer
Pascale Kramer, born December 15, 1961 in Genève, is a Swiss author and novelist. She lives and works in Paris, France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978, Namur) is a professional male tennis player from Belgium. He is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player. He reached the finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both. In 2009 he reached the semi-final in Delray Beach where he lost to Russian Evgeny Korolev. In doubles he won two ATP titles with his brother Olivier. Chirstophe won five challenger tournaments. In 2009 Rochus announced that he would retire at the end of the next season.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Keith Askins
Keith Bernard Askins (born December 15 1967, in Athens, Alabama) is a retired American professional basketball player. After playing at the University of Alabama, the 6'7" Askins signed with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Miami Heat in 1990. A versatile athlete who could play at multiple positions, Askins spent his entire career as a reserve and defensive specialist for the Heat, retiring after being waived by the Heat in 1999 with career totals of 1,852 points and 1,428 rebounds. He now works as an assistant coach for the Heat.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Buoniconti
Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti (born December 15, 1940) is a former American Football League and NFL Hall of Fame middle linebacker, who played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins. Born on December 15, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, Buoniconti graduated from Notre Dame, and was drafted by the American Football League's Patriots in the thirteenth round of the 1962 AFL draft. Pro career As a tackle, Buoniconti was the captain of the 1961 Notre Dame football team, but was considered by NFL scouts as "too small" to play Pro Football. Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 1962 American Football League college draft and switched to linebacker, Buoniconti made an immediate impact with the Patriots, being named the team's rookie of the year. The following year he helped Boston capture... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Auberger
Philippe Auberger (Gennevilliers, France, December 15, 1941) is a French politician. He is the mayor of Joigny.... Biography of Isobel Black
Isobel Black (born 15 December 1943 in Scotland) is a British actress who is noted for her roles on film and television. She is the daughter of the late screenwriter Ian Stuart Black. She is perhaps best known for her parts in Hammer horror films, such as The Kiss of the Vampire in 1963 and Twins of Evil in 1971. Black also appeared in the 1971 film 10 Rillington Place. She has also made many appearances on television, including Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, The Avengers, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Troubleshooters, The Spies, Department S, Ace of Wands and The Brief (1984). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085308/ ) # "The Castle of Adventure" .... Aunt Jane (8 episodes, 1990) - Episode #1.8 (1990) TV episode .... Aunt Jane - Episode #1.7 (1990) TV epis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Leyland
James Richard "Jim" Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is a Major League Baseball manager, currently with the Detroit Tigers. He led the Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997, and previously won three straight division titles (1990, 1991, and 1992) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Tigers' victory in the 2006 American League Championship Series, Leyland became the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both the National and American Leagues. He is a three-time Manager of the Year Award winner, twice in the National League (1990 and 1992), and once in the American League in 2006.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Arnold Anderson
Roy Arnold Anderson, born on December 15, 1920 in Ripon, California, is an American former businessman, the former board chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Aircraft.... Biography of Charlie Cox
Charlie Thomas Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor best known for his starring role as Tristan Thorn in Stardust and more recently for his supporting role in HBO's Boardwalk Empire second season. Life and career Cox, the youngest of five children, was born in London, England, and brought up in East Sussex. He is the son of Patricia C. A. "Trisha" (née Harley) and Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox, who is a publisher. His paternal ancestors include Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet, Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater, Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet, and a Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Charlie was educated at two independent schools: at Ashdown House in the village of Forest Row... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Niels Ryberg Finsen
Niels Ryberg Finsen (December 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904) was a Faroese-Danish physician and scientist of Icelandic descent. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903 "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science." Biography Niels Finsen was born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, as the second-oldest of four children. His parents were Hannes Steingrim Finsen, who belonged to an Icelandic family with traditions reaching back to the 10th century, and Johanne Fröman, who was born and raised in Iceland. The family moved to Tórshavn from Iceland in 1858 when his father was given the position of Landfoged of the Faroe Islands. When Ni... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Wingate
David Grover Stacey Wingate, Jr. (born December 15, 1963, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. The shooting guard/small forward spent 15 years in the NBA with six teams. High school and college career Wingate played high school basketball for the Dunbar Poets of Dunbar High School, where he played alongside fellow NBA players Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Lewis, and Reggie Williams. The 1981-82 Poets finished the season at 29-0, and the following year, after Wingate's graduation, finished 31-0 and were ranked first in the nation by USA Today. At the end of his senior season, it was expected Wingate would attend the University of Maryland, but instead he decided to attend Georgetown University. As a freshman for the Georgetown Hoyas men's... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Cogniot
Georges Cogniot, born December 15, 1901 in Montigny-lès-Cherlieu (Haute-Saône), died March 12, 1978 in Gagny (Seine-Saint-Denis), was a French writer, philosopher, and communist politician. Selected bibliography * L'évasion, Éditions Raisons d'être, 1947 * De l'enthousiasme à la conscience enchaînée. La question scolaire en 1848 et la loi Falloux, Éditions Hier et Aujourd'hui, 1948 * Réalité de la nation, l'attrape-nigaud du cosmopolitisme, Éditions Sociales, 1950 * Petit guide sincère de l'Union Soviétique, Éditions Sociales, 1954 * Laïcité et réforme démocratique de l'enseignement, Éditions Sociales, 1963 * Le matérialisme gréco-romain, Éditions Sociales, 1964 * Qu'est-ce que le communisme ?, Éditions Sociales, 1964 * La lyre d'airain : poési... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marion Meyer Drew
Marion Meyer Drew, born December 15, 1889 in Beacon, New York, died March 2, 1974, was an American professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (-1 fans)Biography of Julie Berry
Julie Berry, born on December 15, 1980 in Lewiston, Maine, was a contestant in Survivor: Vanuatu, mostly known for dating Survivor's host Jeff Probst. She finished 5th. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683122/) 2010 Ancient Worlds (TV series documentary) Herself - Readings – The Greek Thing (2010) … Herself - Readings (voice) – Come Together (2010) … Herself - Readings (voice) 2009 Hotel Ground Zero (TV documentary) Narrator 2004 Survivor (TV series) Herself - Alinta Tribe / Herself - Yasur Tribe / Herself - Lopevi Tribe / … – Spirits and the Final Four (2004) … Herself - Fifth Juror (also archive footage) – Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire - The Reunion (2004) … Herself – Eruptions of Volcanic Magnitude! (2004) … Herself - Alinta Tribe – Now Who's... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erich von Beckerath
Erich von Beckerath, born on December 15, 1891 in Düsseldorf, died on May 16, 1981, was a German astrologer, author, and art historian.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Winfield Stevenson (born December 15, 1980 in La Jolla, California) is a professional tennis player from the United States. She is the daughter of retired professional basketball player Julius Erving. In 1999, Stevenson, in her first appearance at Wimbledon, became the first woman qualifier in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals, and the second woman qualifier after Christine Matison in the 1978 Australian Open to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. In the fourth round, she saved one match point against Lisa Raymond in a 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 win. She then beat Jelena Dokić in three sets in the quarter-finals, before finally being knocked out in straight sets by the eventual champion, Lindsay Davenport. Stevenson joined Chris Evert and Anna Kournikova as the only ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mitchell Butler
Mitchell Leon Butler (born December 15, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player most notable for playing in the NBA from 1993 to 2004. The 6' 5" (1.96 m) shooting guard signed undrafted with the Washington Bullets in 1993 after a collegiate career at UCLA in which he played in more career games than any other Bruin and swiped the 7th most steals in UCLA history. After three seasons in Washington, Butler was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers along with Rasheed Wallace in exchange for Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant. Following his stint playing for the Blazers, he signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Following the 1999 season, Butler did not play in the NBA for 2 years. In 2001-02, Butler signed with the Trail Blazers, marki... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Guralnick
Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts (source for his time of birth, Frances McEvoy, Astrodatabank) is an American music critic, writer on music, and historian of US American popular music, who is also active as an author and screenwriter. He has been married for over 45 years to Alexandra. He has a son and daughter, Jacob and Nina. Guralnick's first two books, Almost Grown (1964) and Mister Downchild (1967), were short story collections published by Larry Stark, whose small press in Cambridge, Larry Stark Press, was devoted to stories and poems. Mona Dickson, writing in MIT's The Tech (May 13, 1964) gave Almost Grown a favorable review. After Guralnick graduated from Boston University in 1971 with a master's degree in creative writing, he began writing b... Biography of Lord Dunpark
Lord Dunpark, born on December 15, 1915 in Stirling, died on August 31, 1991, was a Scottish judge. External link: http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/lord-dunpark-1.506780... Biography of Jacques Marinelli
Jacques Marinelli, born December 15, 1925 in Le Blanc-Mesnil, is a French cyclist. He was mayor of Melun (1989-2001).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jan Bosschaert
Jan Bosschaert (born December 15, 1957) is a Belgian comics artist, painter and illustrator, best known for the comic series Sam and Jaguar, and his illustrations for the books of Marc De Bel. Biography Jan Bosschaert is born in Borgerhout in Flanders in 1957. He is raised in Wijnegem, close to the forest, in a house with a large garden. He spends most of his free time drawing. He made his first comic when he was about 10, and continued in the next years with comics in different genres, ranging from Sherlock Holmes stories to his own version of Lucky Luke. One of his comics, about two senior scouts, he shows to established comics creator Eddy Ryssack, whose main advice is to make sure everything is well documented. He gets to know and love the work of André Franquin as well when he i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gordon Douglas (director)
Gordon Douglas (December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City. Biography Hal Roach and Our Gang Born Gordon Douglas Brickner, he began his career as a child actor. As a teenager he worked at the Hal Roach Studios, working in the office and appearing in bit parts in various Hal Roach films. He made walk-on appearances in at least three Our Gang shorts: Teacher’s Pet, Big Ears and Birthday Blues. By 1934 Douglas was assistant to director Gus Meins, and served as assistant director on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s 1934 film Babes in Toyland, and on the Our Gang comedies made between 1934 and mid-1936. Beginning with Bored o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John L. Burton
John Lowell Burton (born December 15, 1932, in Cincinnati, Ohio (birth time source: Contemporary American Horoscopes)) is the current Chairman of the California Democratic Party. He is an American politician who served as a Democratic California State Senator from 1996 until 2004, representing the 3rd district. From 1998 until he was forced out of office by term limits in 2004, he served as the President pro tempore of the State Senate. Prior to his time in the Senate, he served in the California State Assembly from 1965 until 1974, and again from 1988 until 1996. He was originally elected to the Assembly to succeed his brother Phillip Burton, who had been elected to Congress. He was returned to the Assembly in a 1988 special election to succeed Art Agnos, who had been elected Mayor of San... Biography of Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky (born December 15, 1977) is an American financier and the husband to Chelsea Clinton, the only daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Early life and education He is one of ten children of Edward Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. He is the nephew of Norton Mezvinsky. Mezvinsky attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Career Mezvinsky is a former Goldman Sachs investment banker. He works at the hedge fund G3 Capital. Personal life On July 31, 2010, Mezvinsky married Chelsea Clinton, the daughter and only child of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. The wedding occured at Astor Courts, a part of the former estate of Vincent Astor, in Rhinebeck, New York. The couple first met as teenagers in the 1990s at a Democratic Party political... Biography of William Orbit
William Orbit (born William Mark Wainwright, 15 December 1956, Shoreditch, Hackney) is an English musician, composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards, sold 4 million copies in the U.S., and sold 20 million copies worldwide. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used. In addition, he produced 13 by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album. He has three Grammy Awards. In addition to being a producer, Orbit is also a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has specialised in keyboard electronica and much of his work also features accomplished guitar and bass guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrume... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hellé Nice
Hellé Nice (born Mariette Hélène Delangle 15 December 1900 in Aunay-sous-Auneau, Eure-et-Loir, France; died 1 October 1984 in Nice, France) was a model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver. Early life and fast lifestyle Nice was the daughter of Alexandrine Bouillie and Léon Delangle, the postman in their small village, 47 miles to the south west of Paris Delangle went to Paris at age 16, where she found work in some of the city's music halls. She became a very successful dancer under the stage name Hélène Nice which eventually became Hellé Nice. She built a solid reputation as a solo act but in 1926 decided to partner with Robert Lisset and performed at cabarets around Europe. Her income from dancing as well as modeling became such that she could afford to purchase a home an... Biography of Michelle Dockery
Michelle Dockery (born 15 December 1981) is an English actress of stage and screen, and a singer. She is known for her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV/PBS drama series Downton Abbey. She made her television debut in Fingersmith in 2005. Early life Dockery is the youngest of three daughters of Michael Dockery, a native of Athlone, Ireland, who worked his way up from driving a van to becoming a surveyor, and his wife Lorraine, is from Stepney, East London. After working as a driver, in his 50s, her father graduated in occupational hygiene and qualified as an environmental analyst, becoming the first person to survey the British bases in Antarctica. Dockery's great-grandmother Maud Malyon was born in 1910 in Newham, East London, and was a domestic servant. She was just 17 when she m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chandler Canterbury
Chandler Canterbury, born December 15, 1998 in Houston, Texas, is an American child actor, the brother of Colby Canterbury. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2425105/ ) After.Life (2009) (post-production) .... Jack Repossession Mambo (2009) (completed) .... Peter Knowing (2009) .... Caleb Koestler Powder Blue (2009) (V) .... Billy Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009) (V) .... Young Gary Houseman ... aka Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story (International: English title) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) .... Benjamin Button - Age 8 "Criminal Minds" .... David Smith (1 episode, 2007) - In Birth and Death (2007) TV episode .... David Smith... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rabah Madjer
Mustapha Rabah Madjer (Arabic: رابح ماجر; born 15 February 1958 in Hussein Dey, Algiers) is a retired Algerian footballer. A skilled striker, he reached stardom as an F.C. Porto player during the 1980s, and is widely regarded as one of the best Algerian football players of all time. He is widely remembered for scoring on 77 minutes, an audacious back-heeled equaliser in FC Porto's first European Cup final, against Bayern Munich in Vienna. He went on to create the late winner, four minutes after his equaliser, setting up substitute Filho Juary. The scoreline ended 2–1 in FC Porto's favour, winning their very first European Cup. One of the most prolific Algerian internationals in number of games and goals, Madjer played in two Worl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Quinton
René Quinton (December 15, 1866 in Chaumes-en-Brie – July 9, 1925 in Grasse), also named French darwin, was a naturalist, physiologist and biologist. Medicine At the end of the 19th century, Quinton worked with Etienne-Jules Marey, Member of academy of medicine and president of the academy of sciences. In 1896, he formulated the theory of constance that made him called the French Darwin. Quinton worked as assistant at the Laboratoire de Pathologie Physiologique in the College de France. He studied temperatures and salt concentration between species. Quinton observed that ocean water is quite similar to human blood and made it drinkable and injectable. Successful experiments on animals and humans made Quinton plasma registered as medicine in many countries. Aviation His wor... Biography of Katja von Garnier
Katja von Garnier (born 15 December 1966 in Wiesbaden) is a German film director and screenwriter. Biography From 1989-1994, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her 1993 practice film Abgeschminkt! was shown in theatres all over Germany and attracted 1.2 million visitors. The project had been rejected by several producers that had not believed that a one-hour film could become a commercial success. The 1997 film Bandits starring Katja Riemann was also a commercial success and was the winner of the Grand Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 1999. In 2002, she directed in the United States for the first time. The resulting movie Iron Jawed Angels about the women's suffrage movement was produced by HBO Films and r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mo Vaughn
Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "The Hit Dog", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn was a three-time All-Star selection and won the American League MVP award in 1995. Early life Vaughn played high school baseball at Trinity-Pawling School, an all-male boarding school for fine gentlemen in Pawling, NY. He then moved on to play baseball at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, along with seven-time All-Star Craig Biggio. Best years Vaughn became the center of the Red Sox's line-up in 1993, hitting 29 home runs and contributing 101 RBIs. In 1995, he established a reputation as one of the most feared hitters in the American League when he hit 39 home runs with 126 RBIs a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Scott
Charles Thomas Scott (born December 15, 1948 in New York City, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) and eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6'5" (1.96 m) guard/forward from the Laurinburg Institute (following three years at New York's Stuyvesant High School) and the University of North Carolina, where he was the first black scholarship athlete. Scott averaged 22.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game at UNC. He was the first person of color to join a fraternity at the University of North Carolina, St. Anthony Hall, in 1967. Scott was a gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Scott was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1970 but opted to begin his career wi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus (Latin: Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus; 15 December 130 – 169), was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, from 161 until his death. Early life and career Lucius Verus was the first born son to Avidia Plautia and Lucius Aelius Verus Caesar, the first adopted son and heir of Roman Emperor Hadrian (76–138). He was born and raised in Rome. Verus had another brother Gaius Avidius Ceionius Commodus and two sisters Ceionia Fabia and Ceionia Plautia. His maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus and the unattested noblewoman Ignota Plautia. Although his adoptive paternal grandparents were the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Roman Empress Vibia Sabina, his biological paternal grandparents were the consul Lucius Ceionius Commodus and noblewoman Aelia or Fundan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amanda Boxtel
Amanda Boxtel, born on December 15, 1967 in Brisbane (source: Amy Rodden), is an American and Australian International Professional Speaker and Coach Motivational Catalyst Successful Entrepreneur and sportswoman. On 2/27/1992, her back was broken, a skiing accident at Snowmass rendered Amanda Boxtel paralyzed from the waist down.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ami Kawai
Ami Kawai (河合 亞美(亜美) Kawai Ami?, born on December 15, 1967 in Tokyo) is a Japanese television and theater actress, best known in Japan for her role as Marsha in Kidou Keiji Jiban and Lami in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (the latter known as Scorpina in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers). Biography Kawai was born to a restaurant manager and actress Rie Kawai in Tokyo. She comes from a lineage of actors, including her grandmother and great-grandfather. Her older sister is Katsumi Fujita, who is an environmental planning designer, most recently contributing to the sign for Park Hyatt in Seoul, Korea. Her mother has been managing a small bar in Takadanobaba, an area close to Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Kawai attended Jiss... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rick Helling
Richard Allen Helling (born December 15, 1970, in Devils Lake, North Dakota) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. High school and college Helling attended Lakota High School in Lakota, North Dakota for three years, before graduating from Shanley High School in Fargo, North Dakota. He was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a three-time All-Conference honoree. Helling played college ball at Stanford University and was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Baseball career Helling was an early critic of performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, warning the Players Union as early as 1998 that drugs were a problem in the sport; he served as a Union Executive Board Member from 199... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Junsu
Kim Junsu (Korean: 김준수, Japanese: ジュンス; born December 15, 1986; registered on January 1, 1987), also known by his stage name Xiah (pronounced "shee-ah") or Xia, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and stage actor. Best known as a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ and currently JYJ, he has branched out to act in musicals. Biography Pre-debut Kim Junsu was born and raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. His mother was a former Miss Korea contestant and he has an older fraternal twin brother named Kim Junho. In elementary school he was a member of a dance group, 'SRD', which stood for song, rap and dance, with childhood friend Eunhyuk of Super Junior. Junsu was signed by Korean talent agency SM Entertainment after his participation in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Makinen
Karl Makinen, born on December 15, 1970 in Queens, New York, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538625/) 2011 Esprits criminels (TV series) Blake Wells – Big Sea (2011) … Blake Wells 2010 Río de oro Peter Glanton 2010 Memphis Beat (TV series) Jerry Bugner – Run On (2010) … Jerry Bugner 2010 Lie to Me (TV series) Nick – Teacher and Pupils (2010) … Nick 2009-2010 Desperate Housewives (TV series) Detective Furst – The Ballad of Booth (2010) … Detective Furst – Careful the Things You Say (2009) … Detective Furst – Being Alive (2009) … Detective Furst 2010 Cold case - affaires classées (TV series) Roy Easton '10 – Free Love (2010) … Roy Easton '10 2009 Monk (TV series) Xavier Danko – Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy (2... Biography of Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young (born December 15, 1983 in Saint Vincent, West Indies) is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. High school years Young attended Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. College years Young was an All-American at Baylor University and helped lead the team, nicknamed the Lady Bears, to their first National Championship during the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, defeating Michigan State University. She is one of only four women in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, collect 300 steals, as well as dish out 300 assists. Big 12 10th Anniversary Team (only active player named to the five person squad) Big 12 Player of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Duprée
René Goguen (born December 15, 1983) is a French Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name René Duprée. Goguen is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier as the tag team La Résistance and a one time WWE Tag Team Champion with Kenzo Suzuki. Upon winning both titles, Goguen became the youngest wrestler in WWE history to win the World Tag Team Championship (at age 19) and the WWE Tag Team Championship (at age 20). His World Tag Team Championship win also made him the youngest man in WWE history to win any title. He is also the son of celebrated Canadian Maritimes wrestling promoter Emile Duprée. Professional wrestling career As his father Emile was a wrestling promoter, Goguen was e... Biography of Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on. Appice is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice. Appice is known for his showmanship, stick tosses and twirls. He is considered one of the most accomplished showmen in rock and was the first rock drummer to organise drum clinics held at college campuses, theatres, and drum stores. He is credited with influencing drummers including: Nicko McBrain, Fast Joey Brighton, Joey Kramer, Roger Meddows-Taylor, Phil Collins, Neil Peart, Tommy Lee, Dave Lombardo, Richard ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Beggs
Nick Beggs (born Nicholas Beggs, 15 December 1961, Winslow, Buckinghamshire) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard. Personal life His parents were Herby and Joan Beggs, and he has a younger sister, Jacqueline. Nick's father left when he was young but came back into his life at a later age. In November 1979, Beggs' mother died of cancer, leaving him to care for his sister, who was then 15. He took a job as a dustman upon leaving school. Nick's daughter Lula was born 29 May 1991, and his first marriage ended in 1994. He had another daughter, Willow, in 2002 by his girlfriend Ann, whom he married in 2003. He is now also stepfather to Ann's children Olivia, Jake and Callu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Freed
Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known as Moondog, was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s. Early years Freed was born to a Jewish father, Charles S. Freed, and Welsh-American mother, Maude Palmer, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1933, Freed's family moved to Salem, Ohio where Freed attended Salem High School, graduating in 1940. While Freed was in high school, he formed a band called the Sultans of Swing in which he played the trombone. Freed's initial ambition was to be a bandleader; h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dave Clark (musician)
David 'Dave' Clark (born 15 December 1942) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the leader and drummer of the 1960s beat group The Dave Clark Five, the first big British Invasion band to follow The Beatles to America in 1964. Career Born in Tottenham, North London, Clark left school without qualifications at the age of 15 and became a film stuntman, performing in over 40 films. In the late 1950s Clark bought himself a set of drums, taught himself how to play them, and formed a skiffle band to raise funds so that his football team could travel to Holland. The skiffle band grew into The Dave Clark Five with Clark their leader, co-songwriter, manager and producer. The Dave Clark Five grew in popularity in the UK. They unseated The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Y... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Broussolle
Jean Broussolle, born on December 15, 1920 in Saint-Vallier (Drôme) (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on March 22, 1984, is a French singer and composer, a member of Les Compagnons de la chanson, a French vocal group from Lyon, France, founded during World War II. Before 1946, they were part of a larger choir called the 'Compagnons de la musique'. The group met Edith Piaf in 1952 at an event in Paris, and recorded a French language song, "Les trois cloches", which was written in 1945 by Jean Villard Gilles and Marc Herrand. English lyrics were later added by Bert Reisfeld, but it was first recorded by the Melody Maids in 1948. Some of Les Compagnons de la chanson's biggest hits were "Tom Dooley", "Kalinka" and the aforementioned and re-titled "The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown So... |
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