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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 2, 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 · 45,454 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,454 Celebrities
105 celebrities or events were found for December, 2. Add to favourites (278 fans)Biography of Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a American pop singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) She is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and the Grammy Award-winning "Toxic". In the early 2000s, Spears's success as a singer led her way to high-profile advertising deals and endorsements, as well as forays into other forms of media, including film and reality television. Her third and fourth albums, Britney and In the Zone, were released during this era. In 2004, she married back-up dancer and aspiring rap artist Kevin Federline, and the following year she gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston. Their second son, Jayden James, was born in 2006.... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. The source for her birth time is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/nellyfurtado.html. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm Like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful Folklore (2003), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous" ,"Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has been influenced by her wi... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Michaël Youn
Michaël Youn (born December 2, 1973 in Suresnes as Michaël Benayoun) is a French actor, singer, comedian, and TV and radio personality. After his education as an announcer and theater actor Youn joined the Paris youth’s radio Skyrock in 1998. There, he made sketches and further entertainment during the morning show. His popularity and success at the most important french private broadcast station lead to the TV-makers getting interested in Youn. In July 2000 he was engaged fort the new morning show "Morning Live" of Métropole Télévision M6. With Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine, Youn made the entertainment part of the show. Like their sketches and public events.(e.g. foam bath in a Paris well), their parodies were particularly successful. In particular, they e.g. parodied the m... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲 Liú Yùlíng, born December 2, 1968) is an Emmy Award-nominated Chinese-American actress. She became known after starring in the television series Ally McBeal (1998-2002) and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels. Early life Liu was born in New York City, and was raised with her older brother, Alex Liu (Liú Yá Lì), and older sister, Jenny Liu (Liu Jin Li), in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York by Chinese immigrant parents. Liu has said that she grew up in a "diverse" neighborhood; her family spoke Chinese at home and she did not learn English until she was five years old. Her father worked as a civil engineer and her mother as a biochemist in Taiwan, but they sacrificed to come to the Un... Biography of David Pujadas
David Pujadas was born in Barcelona on December 2, 1964 to a Spanish father and a French mother. A former news broadcaster for TF1's LCI, he now is an anchorman France 2's weeknight newscast, Le Journal de 20 Heures, at 8:00 CET in Metropolitan France. He has anchored these newscasts since September 2001, when he replaced Claude Sérillon, on orders from Olivier Mazerolle, the new France 2 news director. The newscasts Pujadas presents are repeated in Canada on TV5 Monde weeknights at 6:30 North American Eastern Time, and in Australia on SBS at 9.20 weekday mornings. In Metropolitan France, the audience for France 2's flagship evening newscast, at 25%, is less than the 40% audience share garnered by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor's TF1 evening newscast. David Pujadas has gone to the midd... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Caroline Myss
Caroline Myss (pronounced mace) is an American medical intuitive and mystic as well as the author of numerous books and audio tapes, including national bestsellers. Myss holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana, and a master's degree in theology from Mundelein College. She also claims to hold a Ph.D in "intuition and energy medicine", but the degree was granted by Greenwich University, a now-defunct correspondence school that was never accredited to deliver higher education awards by any recognized government accreditation authority. She has collaborated extensively with Dr. Norman Shealy, an M.D. schooled at Harvard. She tours internationally as a speaker on spirituality and lives in Chicago. Books and recordings Anatomy of t... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace (December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1997) was an accomplished Italian designer of both clothing and theater costumes. He was influenced by Andy Warhol, Ancient Roman and Greek art as well as modern abstract art; he is considered one of the most colorful and talented designers of the late 20th century. Early life Gianni Versace was born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy, where he grew up with his older siblings Santo and Donatella, along with their father and dressmaker mother, Francesca. Gianni began his apprenticeship at a young age, helping his mother find precious stones and gold braid with which to embroider dresses. He studied architecture before moving to Milan at the age of 25 to work in fashion design. In the mid-Seventies, his knits drew the attention of head-hunters ... Biography of Otto Dix
Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969) was a German painter and printmaker. Noted for his ruthless depictions of Weimar society and of the brutality of war, he is one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Life Otto Dix was born in Untermhaus, Germany, now a part of the city of Gera. The eldest son of an iron foundry worker, he was exposed to art from an early age; his mother had written poetry in her youth, and he had a cousin who was a painter. In 1910, he entered the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts and supported himself as a portrait painter. When the First World War erupted, Dix enthusiastically volunteered for the German Army. He was taken to a field artillery regiment in Dresden. In the fall of 1915 he was assigned as a non-commissi... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jeff Green (astrologer)
Jeff Green is an American astrologer born December 2, 1946 in Hollywood in California. He is the author of "Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul" and "Uranus: Freedom From the Known".... Biography of Georges Seurat
Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a French painter and the founder of Neo-impressionism. His large work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is one of the icons of 19th century painting. Life Seurat was born to a well-off family in Paris. His father was a legal official and a native of Champagne; his mother was Parisian. Seurat first studied art with Justin Lequien, a sculptor. Seurat attended the École des Beaux-Arts in 1878 and 1879. After a year of service at Brest military academy, he returned to Paris in 1880. He shared a small studio on the Left Bank with two student friends before moving to a studio of his own. For the next two years he devoted himself to mastering the art of black and white drawing. He spent 1883 on his first major paint... Biography of Monica Seles
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American professional tennis player, who originally played for her native Yugoslavia. Her family is of Hungarian descent. She has won eight Grand Slam singles titles playing for Yugoslavia and one playing for the United States. She became the youngest-ever champion at the French Open in 1990. She was the top ranked player in the women's game during 1991 and 1992. Seles (Serbian: Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; Hungarian: Szeles Mónika (pronounced /sɛlɛʃ/) was born in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Vojvodina, Serbia) to ethnically Hungarian parents. Considered to be one of the best players of all time, Seles began playing ten... Biography of Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Karen Hamaker-Zondag, born December 2, 1952 in Shiedam, is a Dutch famous astrologer. She is also an author and has written a lot of books about astrology.... Biography of Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau (December 2, 1846 - August 20, 1904) was a French statesman. René Waldeck-Rousseau was born in Nantes, France. His father, René Waldec-Rousseau, a barrister at the Nantes bar and a leader of the local republican party, figured in the revolution of 1848 as one of the deputies returned to the Constituent Assembly for Loire Inferieure. The son was a delicate child whose eyesight made reading difficult, and his early education was therefore entirely oral. He studied law at Poitiers and in Paris, where he took his licentiate in January 1869. His father's record ensured his reception in high republican circles. Jules Grévy stood sponsor for him at the Parisian bar. After six months of waiting for briefs in Paris, he decided to return home and to jo... Biography of Jérôme Thion
Jerome Thion (born 2 December 1977 in Senlis, Picardie, France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is at lock. Thion has played for France, including representing them at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia as well as captaining them in three tests in late 2005. He was also a part of the 2006 Six Nations Championship winning side. Height 1,99 m Weight 120 kg Thion's first club was AS Montferrand, where he stayed until 2001, then signing with the USA Perpignan, where he stayed for two seasons, before moving to Biarritz Olympique, his current club. Thion made his international debut for France in 2003, leading up to the Rugby World Cup later that year. He debuted as a starter on June 14... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adel Kachermi
Adel Kachermi, born December 2, 1975 in Paris, with 2 friends, Filip Nikolic and Frank Delay, was a former member of pop group 2Be3, one of the first French boys bands.... Biography of Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer (born December 2, 1956) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 movie Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa USA. Early life Bauer was born Esteban Ernesto Echevarria in Havana, Cuba, the son of Lillian, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Echevarria, a pilot who worked for Cubana Airlines. Bauer's maternal grandparents were Jewish refugees from Germany; his stage surname comes from his maternal great-grandmother. Bauer's parents fled from Cuba to Miami, Florida, on July 4, 1960, following Fidel Castro's Revolution. He graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 1974. Originally intending to become a musician, Bauer turned to acting while attending Miami-Dade Community College, but then transferred to ... Biography of Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to achieve five second place finishes, along with a fourth place (2004) and a third place finish (2005). In 2006, Ullrich was barred from competing in the Tour de France amid speculation of having doped. In late February, 2007, he announced his retirement at a press conference. Many consider Ullrich one of the most talented riders of all time, possessing great power with a soft, athletic style. Despite, or perhaps because of this talent, critics consider Ullrich to be "lazy" as he was notorious for allowing himself to get out of shape during the off season. Ullrich won a gold and a silver medal in the Olympics 20... Biography of Patrizia Gucci
Patrizia Gucci, born December 2, 1948 in Vignola, was the former wife of Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of the founder of the Gucci fashion dynasty. They divorced in 1992. Her ex-husband was murdered in Milan, 3/27/1995 and Patrizia Gucci was arrested for the murder of her ex-husband. Patrizia Gucci was sentenced to prison (26 years) for murder in 1997.... Biography of Kimberly Mays
Kimberly Mays (born November 1978) was born in a Wauchula, Florida, hospital and switched at birth with Arlena Twigg, a girl who died at age nine (Aug 1988) of complications following surgery for a heart defect. Mays was the subject of a bitter custody battle in the late 1980s and early 1990s between her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg of Sebring, Florida, and Bob Mays, the man who raised her after she was switched at birth. Though Mays won the right to stay with Bob Mays in a 1993 Florida court proceeding, she later ran away from Bob Mays and moved in with the Twiggs. Her early adulthood was troubled, as she battled marital woes and lost custody of her own child for a time. The court battle was the subject of a 1991 television movie called Switched at Birth. The case was al... Biography of Chris Wolstenholme
Christopher Wolstenholme (born Christopher Tony Wolstenholme, 2 December 1978, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England) is the bassist for the rock band Muse. He also sings backing vocals to some of the band's songs, and sometimes plays guitar instead of bass. He also plays keyboard on occasions, but rarely and only at live shows. Wolstenholme grew up in Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, Devon in 1989. While living there he played drums for a post-punk band, while Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard played in another. After two years of failed bassists in Matthew and Dominic's band, Wolstenholme gave up the drums and joined with them as bassist to create The Rocket Baby Dolls (later to be renamed Muse). Although he had never played a bass guitar before that time, Wolstenholme is now ... Biography of Candice Pascal
Candice Pascal, born on December 2, 1984 in Agen, is a French professional dancer. She has danced with André Manoukian (season 1) et Philippe Candeloro (season 2) in the French version of Strictly Come Dancing, Danse avec les stars (DALS) which was first broadcast on TF1 on February 12, 2011, the participants having been selected in November 2010.. The first series finale took place on March 19, 2011. A second series was broadcast between October 8 and November 19, 2011.... Biography of Amaury Leveaux
Amaury Leveaux (born December 2, 1985) is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is the current World Record Holder in the 50 m Freestyle (Short Course - 20.48 sec.), the 100 m Freestyle (Short Course - 44.94 sec.) and the 50 m Butterfly (Short Course - 22.29 sec.) He also holds the 200 m freestyle (Long Course - 1:46.54) national record and the European record in the 50 m freestyle (Long Course). At the French national championships, Leveaux managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 50 m and 200 m freestyle events. Finishing fifth in the 100 m, he also qualified for the 4x100 m freestyle relay team. He set an Olympic record in the 100 m freestyle in the heats of the relay after leading off. France finished second in the final and Leveaux thus won a silver. Later in the wee... Biography of Charles Watson (murderer)
Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer and former member of the Charles Manson "Family". He was convicted of the murders of Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Jay Sebring, which took place in the early hours of August 9, 1969, in the Tate residence at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, and also of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at the LaBianca residence in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles the following night. Watson's accomplices in the murders were Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel. Early life Watson's family was strict and religious, with his mother considered a domineering presence in the home and in her son's life. He was a model child who did well in school, was a star football pla... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cathy Lee Crosby
Cathy Lee Crosby (born December 2, 1944) is an American actress. She achieved TV and film success in the early 1970s and was a co-host of the television series That's Incredible. Personal life Born in Los Angeles, California, Crosby is the daughter of announcer Lou Crosby and actress Linda Hayes. Crosby was, at one time, a professional tennis player. Later she took courses in the Church of Scientology and in 1979, she reached Scientology state of "Clear" as Clear #16,459, during courses she took at Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles, California. and completed the controversial Purification Rundown detoxification regimen in 1980. She was in a relationship with football star Joe Theismann throughout the early 1980s. They split up after Theismann retired from football wit... Biography of Arthur Jugnot
French actor, son of Gérard Jugnot, husband of Salomé Lelouch, daughter of French film director, writer and producer.... Biography of Daniela Ruah
Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah (born December 2, 1983) is a Portuguese actress who plays Kensi Blye in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles. Ruah was born Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah in Boston, Massachusetts and lived in the United States until she was five. She attended St. Julian's School in Portugal. Ruah is of Portuguese Jewish descent. She has a distinguishable birthmark in her right eye, and her other eye is hazel. She speaks both Portuguese, Spanish and English fluently. She holds citizenship in both the United States and in Portugal. Extended Biography She was born in Boston, the only child of Dr. Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah and his wife Catarina Lia Azancot Korn. Her father was a resident of the ear, nose and throat department at the BU-TUFTS combined residency program. Both of her pare... Biography of Julie Harris
Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is a distinguished American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Career Harris's screen debut was in 1952 in The Member of the Wedding, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. That same year, she won her first Best Actress Tony for originating the role of Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, the stage version of Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin (later musicalized as Cabaret). She repeated that role in the 1955 film version of I Am a Camera. She also appeared in such seminal films as East of Eden, Reflections in a Golden Eye, and Requiem for a Heavyweight. Horror film fan... Biography of Rena Sofer
Rena Sherel Sofer (born December 2, 1968 in Arcadia, California) is an American actress. Early life Sofer was born to an Orthodox Jewish rabbi father and a psychology teacher mother; her family subsequently moved to Pittsburgh, where she was raised after her parents' divorce. Sofer attended the Frisch School, a Yeshiva high school in Paramus, New Jersey. Career Daytime television Sofer's first high profile role was as Rocky on the daytime soap opera Loving, a role she played from 1988 to 1991. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital from 1994 to 1996. Her portrayal of the outrageous Lois won Sofer a Daytime Emmy Award in 1995 for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series." Primetime television Sofer has appeared in several hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaëtan Gorce
Gaëtan Gorce, born December 2, 1958 in Luzy, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. Reid is the U.S. Senate Majority Leader in the 110th Congress. He assumed majority leadership after the Democratic Party won seated majority of the Senate in the 2006 congressional elections. Reid is the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve as Senate Majority Leader. Background and family life Reid was born in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada to Inez and Harry V. Reid. His nickname since childhood was "Pinky." Reid attended Basic High School in Henderson, where he had a history teacher Mike O'Callaghan, who would play a prominent role in his future. Reid received his A.S. from Southern Utah State College in 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Troisgros
Jean Troisgros, born December 2, 1926 in Chalon-sur-Saône, died in 1983, was a French chef.... Biography of Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyle ( 2 December 1963) is an English actor. Early life & family Coyle was born in Corby, Northamptonshire, to an Irish father and Scottish mother; his parents moved to Corby from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; thus he holds Irish and British citizenship. He is the great nephew of football manager Sir Matt Busby.Brendan is a recipient of a Laurence Olivier award for his performance in Conor McPherson's The Weir and the New York Critics Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. Education He studied at a drama school in Dublin in 1981, and then received a scholarship to Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in England in 1983. Film career Brendan Coyle In 2001, Coyle appeared in the film Conspiracy as Gestapo Chief Heinrich Müller. In addition to film acting,... Biography of Tarcisio Bertone
Tarcisio Bertone, SDB (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Vatican Secretary of State and Camerlengo, having previously served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995 and Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006. Bertone was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati upon the death of Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo, and is now one of the highest-ranking officials in the Church. Early life Bertone was born in Strambino, the fifth of eight children. He revealed his mother was a determined anti-Fascist militant of the Italian Popular Party, and later a Christian Democrat. He professed his vows as a member of the Salesians on 3 December 1950, and was ordained a priest by... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born in Philadelphia, December 2, 1924) is a retired four-star General in the United States Army who served as the U.S. Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 Haig served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the number two ranking officer in the Army. Haig served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the ex-officio commander of the all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. Haig is a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army's second highest medal for heroism, as well as the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart. Education Haig attended St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphi... Biography of Léon Schwartzenberg
Léon Schwartzenberg, born December 2, 1923 in Paris, died October 14, 2003 in Villejuif, was a French cancerologist and politician. Works Changer la mort, A. Michel, 1977 (ISBN 2226005277) Requiem pour la vie, Pré aux clercs, 1985 (ISBN 2714417779) La Société humaine, P. Belfond, 1988 (ISBN 2714422640) Face à la détresse, Fayard, 1994 (ISBN 2213593418) Doubles vies, Stock, 1997 (ISBN 2234048605) "C'est quoi le sida ?", Albin Michel, 1999 (ISBN 2226109269)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giovanni Parisi
Giovanni Parisi (born Décember 2, 1967 in Vibo Valentia, Calabria) is an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Amateur Accomplishments 1985 Italian Lightweight Champion 1986 Italian Featherweight Champion Olympic results 1st round bye Defeated Lu Chih Hsiung (Chinese Taipei) 5-0 Defeated Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) RSC 2 Defeated Jacov Shmul (Israel) 5-0 Defeated Abdelhak Achik (Morocco) RSC 1 Defeated Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) KO 1 Professional career Parisi began his professional career in 1989 and won the Vacant WBO Lightweight Title by defeating Javier Altamirano in 1992. He later defeated former champion Freddie Pendleton and in 1995 challenged Mexican legend Julio Cés... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner (born December 2, 1958) is a U.S. figure skater, the partner of Tai Babilonia. They began skating together as children, when Babilonia was eight and Gardner ten. Their coach was John Nicks. The pair were five-time gold medalists at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and won the gold medal at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships. They were medal favorites at the 1980 Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner. Gardner revealed that he is gay in a 2006 interview with Scene magazine. He discovered that he was adopted as an adult after a relative divulged the family secret and he subsequently tracked down his birth mother, with whom he developed a relationship. Gardner has been featured as a choreographer on the television show "Skating with ... Biography of Pedro II of Brazil
Pedro II, (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. His name in full was Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança e Habsburgo, By the Grace of God and Unanimous Acclamation of the People, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. When anglicised, his name would be Peter II of Brazil, full name Peter of Alcantara John Charles Leopold Salvador Vivian Francis Xavier of Paula Leocadio Michael Raphael Gonzaga of Braganza and Habsburg. He was born on December 2, 1825 in Rio de Janeiro, the seventh son of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. The Regency When he was a boy of five, Pedro became the Emperor of ... Biography of Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (December 8, 1902, Sagua La Grande, Cuba; – September 11, 1982, Paris, France), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in contact with some of the most renowned artists of the twentieth century, Lam melded his influences and created a unique style, which was ultimately characterized by the prominence of hybrid figures. Though he was predominantly a painter, he also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking in his later life. Early life Wifredo Lam was born and raised in Sagua La Grande, a village in the sugar farming province of Villa Clara, Cuba. He was of mixed ancestry: his father, Yam Lam, was a Chinese immigrant and his mother, A... Biography of Yvonne Catterfeld
Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German singer, actress and TV host. Biography Catterfeld was born in Erfurt, Thuringia in 1979. At the age of 15 she started playing the piano and the flute, simultaneously taking first dance and vocal lessons. After the high school graduation she studied Pop and Jazz at the music academy in Leipzig for two years. In 1998 she eventually released her first recordings under her synonyme KIV, but the seven songs only found little to none professional response. After her studies Yvonne participated in the singing contest Stimme 2000 (briefly performing under the name Vivianne), where she met manager and later BMG boss Thomas Stein, who offered her a contract with the sub-label Hansa Music. In 2001 she released her first... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan (2 December 1884 — 9 October 1968) was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was born in Nîmes (Gard) and died in Paris. Works Les Hain-Tenys Merinas (Geuthner, 1913, reissued 2007) Le Guerrier appliqué (Sansot, 1917 ; Gallimard 1930, reissued 2006) Jacob Cow le Pirate, ou Si les mots sont des signes (1921) Le Pont traversé (1921, reissued 2006) Expérience du proverbe (1925) La Guérison sévère (1925, reissued 2006) Sur un défaut de la pensée critique (1929) Les Hain-Tenys, poésie obscure (1930) Entretien sur des faits-divers (1930, 1945) L'Aveuglette (1952) Les Fleurs de Tarbes ou La terreur dans les Lettres (1936, 1941) Jacques Deco... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eileen McCallum
Eileen McCallum (born in Glasgow on 2 December 1936 (birth time source: British Entertainers, Frank C. Clifford, 2003)) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing Isabel Blair in Take the High Road from 1980 to 2003. Other notable roles include playing Dolly in the television version of Tony Roper's The Steamie and guest appearances in programmes such as Rebus, Still Game and New Tricks. She has also worked on radio. She is currently appearing in the BBC Scotland soap River City as Liz Buchanan.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yvette Benayoun Nakache
Yvette Benayoun Nakache, born December 2, 1946 in Toulouse, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti socialiste).... Biography of Melissa Archer
Melissa Jean Archer (born December 2, 1979) is an American soap opera actress. Archer was born in Dallas, Texas (U.S.). She was hired to play the role of bad girl Natalie Balsom on One Life to Live in 2001. Over time, the audience learned that Natalie was really Victoria Lord's long lost daughter with Clint Buchanan; she is Jessica's half fraternal twin sister. This, coupled with the character's love affair with Cristian Vega (David Fumero), slowly turned her good. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1027833/ ) "One Life to Live" .... Natalie Buchanan / ... (265 episodes, 2001-2008) - Inmates on the Inside (2008) TV episode .... Natalie Buchanan - Not the Safe! (2008) TV episode .... Natalie Buchanan - Don't Cry for Me, Mendorra (2008) TV episode .... Nata... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ezio Gamba
Ezio Gamba (born December 2, 1958 in Brescia) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984). He claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (– 71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams. Four years later in Los Angeles, California Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun in the final. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MEDALS GOLD 82 European Championships (71kg) - Rostock, Germany 80 Olympic Games (71kg) - Moscow, Russia 80 Dutch Open (71kg) – Den Haag, Holland SILVER 84 Olympic Games (71kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA 83 World Championships (71kg) - Moscow, Russia 83 European Championships (71kg) - Paris, France ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Dubillard
Roland Dubillard, born December 2, 1923 in Paris (birth time source: birth certificate, Didier Geslain), died on December 14, 2011 in Paris, is a French comedian, actor, screenwriter, poet and author. His daugther, Ariane Dubillard, is a comedian and singer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239286/ ) # Poisons (1987) .... Jacques Loiseau # Charlotte for Ever (1986) .... Herman # Lien de parenté (1986) .... Philippe Guérin # Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire (1986) .... M. Gulderbilt ... aka Paulette (France: short title) # L'amour braque (1985) .... Le commissaire # Polar (1984) .... Jean-Baptiste Haymann # Un bruit qui court (1983) (voice) .... La voix du ministère du Labeur # Debout les crabes, la mer monte! (1983) .... Le poulet # La belle captive (198... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Henderson
Alan Lybrooks Henderson (born December 2, 1972 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American former professional basketball player of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Henderson attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana. They lost the Indiana State title game his senior year to Glenn Robinson's Gary Roosevelt squad. In 1994, he was a part of the US men's basketball team for the Goodwill Games. While at Indiana University, Henderson led the team in rebounding all four years. Currently, he is the only Indiana University player to rank in the school's top five in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and steals, and appeared in the Final Four in 1992. He was accepted into medical school at Indiana University and Howard University School of Medicine in 1995. He i... Biography of Jacques Lacarrière
Jacques Lacarrière (2 December 1925 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne) - 17 September 2005) was a French writer. He studied moral philosophy, classical literature and Hindu philosophy and literature. Professionally, he was also a prominent critic, journalist, and essayist. A passionate admirer of ancient Greece and its mythology, his essay L'été grec (Greek Summer) was an immense popular success, as were his following classical works Maria of Egypt and Dictionnaire amoureux de la Grèce (Dictionary for one who loves Greece). Of interest to ethnographers and ecologists is his Chemin faisant: Mille kilomètres à pied à travers la France. Lacarrière's 1973 literary essay, Les Gnostiques, is also well-respected for its insights into the early Christian religious phenomenon of Gnosticism. For the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Doumeng
Jean-Baptiste Doumeng, born December 2, 1919 in Lavernose-Lacasse Haute-Garonne, died in 1987, was a French businessman and communist. He was called "le Milliardaire rouge" (red billionaire). Books René Mauriès, préface de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, Jean-Baptiste Doumeng : le grand absent, Toulouse, Milan, coll. Les gens d'ici, 1992 ISBN 2-86726-800-1 Serge Coumont, La balade de J.B.D. le milliardaire rouge, éditions Atlantica, 2006... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Capucci
Roberto Capucci, born December 2, 1930 in Rome, is an Italian stylist and fashion designer.... Biography of Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes (Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées December 2, 1868 - Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) November 1, 1938) was a French poet, from an ancient family. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life (donkeys, maidens). His later poetry remained lyrical, but also included a strong religious element brought on by his conversion to Catholicism. Biography The young author's first poems began to be read in Parisian literary circles around 1895, and they were appreciated for their fresh tone which broke considerably from symbolist tendencies of the period. Jammes frequented other writers, including André Gide (with whom he travelled to Algeria in 1896), Stéphan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacki R. Chan
Jaclyn Roxane Chan, born December 2, 1980 in San Francisco (also known simply as Jacki R. Chan or Jacki Chan), is an American actress, musician, and model. She has gotten recognition for her unique facial features (resulting from, "traces of British and Portuguese ancestry") and voluptuous curves. She has appeared in various magazines, calendars and print ads, as well as several motion pictures, television shows, and commercials. She is niece to Hollywood stuntman Darryl Chan. Formerly under the Universal Music Group label, she is also an experienced drummer that has been featured in several films, commercials, television spots, and music videos. Background Jaclyn Roxanne Chan was born in San Francisco, California and raised as the oldest of three siblings in Daly City, Californ... Biography of Maëlle Ricker
Maëlle Danica Ricker (born on December 2, 1978 in Whistler, British Columbia) is a Canadian athlete who placed 4th in the Women's Snowboard Cross event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, an event best remembered for the crash of American boarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who fell two jumps from the end of the race whilst showboating. She crashed hard in the race, and was hospitalized with a minor concussion. She won a bronze medal in the same event at Winter X Games XI. Maëlle was the overall world cup champion during the 07/08 season. Maëlle also previously competed in the halfpipe world championships her highest finish was 7th in 2003, she is a two time gold medalist in snowboard cross winning the gold in both the 1999 Winter X Games and the Winter X-Games 10. References * [http://www.ctv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Massimiliano Lelli
Massimiliano Lelli, born December 2, 1967 in Manciano, is an Italian bicycle racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ibrahim Rugova
Ibrahim Rugova (2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was an Albanian politician who was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). During the many conflicts in Kosovo, Rugova was regarded as a moderate ethnic Albanian leader, and later by some as "Father of the Nation". Family and early life Ibrahim Rugova was born on 2 December 1944 in Crnce, Kosovo near the end of World War II, to a family that is a branch of the Kelmendi Albanian clan. At this time, the major part of Kosovo was unified with Albania (controlled by the Italians since 1941, and later by the Germans since 1943). Yugoslav control was re-established towards the end of the war when the Yugoslav Partisan army of Tito defeated Albanian nationalists for control of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Fellows
Don Fellows (December 2, 1922 – October 21, 2007) was an American actor, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, who spent the bulk of his career acting in England, mostly in television. He has had roles in Space: 1999, Z Cars, The Omen, Raffles, Lillie, The Sandbaggers, Eye of the Needle, The Citadel, The Bill, Inspector Morse, The Naked Civil Servant, The Beiderbecke Tapes, and Velvet Goldmine. He died in London. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271514/) # Headhunter (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Chief Frank Hawke # "Fun at the Funeral Parlour" .... American (1 episode, 2001) - The Jaws of Doom (2001) TV episode .... American # The Man Who Cried (2000) .... Joe # Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (1998) (TV) # Horseshoe (1998) (voice) .... Charles # Velvet Goldmine (1998)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrice Martin-Lalande
Patrice Martin-Lalande (born December 2, 1947 in Grenoble) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loir-et-Cher department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is the Mayor of Lamotte-Beuvron (Loir-et-Cher).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Augustine Brohan
Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan (December 2, 1824–1893) was a French actress. The eldest daughter of Augustine Susanne Brohan and the sister of Ethelie Madeleine Brohan, she was admitted to the Conservatoire when very young, twice taking the second prize for comedy. The soubrette part, entrusted for more than 150 years at the Comédie-Française to a succession of artists of the first rank, was at the moment without a representative, and Mlle Augustine Brohan made her debut there on May 19, 1841, as Dorine in Tartuffe, and Lise in Rivaux deux-mêmes. She was immediately admitted pensionnaire, and at the end of eighteen months unanimously elected sociétaire. She soon became a great favorite, not only in the plays of Molière and de Regnard, but also in those of Marivaux. On her ret... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Kingsbery
Peter Kingsbery, born December 2, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona, is an American singer songwriter who cofounded Cock Robin in the 80s. After the band split up in the early 90s, he enjoyed a fairly successful solo career, releasing four albums over a decade, and scoring a major hit in France with the song "Only the Very Best". With his fourth album he tried his luck singing in French, the language of his adopted country (living there since some years back). Discography 1991: A Different Man 1995: Once In A Million 1997: Pretty Ballerina 2002: Mon Inconnue... Biography of Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Spheeris was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Greek immigrant father who owned the Magic Empire Shows circus carnival and was a side-show strong man. Her mother was a ticket taker for a traveling circus side show. Spheeris is the sister of singer Jimmie Spheeris and the first cousin of musician Chris Spheeris and the Greek-French director Costa Gavras, whom she says makes her consider that there is something to the genetic aspects to the job description. Spheeris spent her first seven years traveling around the American South and American Midwest with her father's carnival. She majored in film and has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theater Arts from UCLA in Los Angeles, Calif... Biography of Teairra Mari
Teairra Maria Thomas (born December 2, 1987) better known by her stage name Teairra Marí is an American singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer. Early life At a young age, she was encouraged by her grandmother who sang back up for Aretha Franklin to pursue a musical career. She began her career at age 12, recording in her cousin's basement. She soon caught the attention of Big Mike, Ed K and Helluvah of Detroit's K.I.S.S. Productions, which developed her from the age of 13 onward. Under Big Mike's guidance, Marí spent every free moment in the studio, working with some of the hottest producers and songwriters in the game, including Helluvah, Disco D, Big Mike, Chaz M, Detail, Lyriq, AK, and J.R. K.I.S.S. Productions arranged for Marí to collaborate with artists such as Ray J, J-Kwon... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène de Girardin
Eugène de Girardin, born in Saint-Léger des Bois, Maine-et-Loire December 2, 1828 and died in 1888, was a French explorer and artist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mahmoud Zemmouri
Mahmoud Zemmouri, born December 2, 1946 in Boufarik, Algeria, is an Algerian actor, film director and screenwriter. Filmography Actor * 1977 : L'Autre France d'Ali Ghalem * 1983 : Tchao Pantin de Claude Berri * 1984 : Pinot simple flic de Gérard Jugnot * 1984 : La Smala de Jean-Loup Hubert * 1986 : Nuit d'ivresse de Bernard Nauer * 1987 : L'Œil au beur(re) noir de Serge Meynard * 1988 : Série Noire - La fée carabine (TV) d'Yves Boisset * 1989 : Commissaire Moulin - Paris 18 (TV) de Paul Planchon * 1991 : La Thune de Philippe Galland * 1992 : Julie Lescaut (TV) de Caroline Huppert * 1992 : Blanc d'ébène de Cheik Doukouré * 1993 : L'Honneur de la tribu de Mahmoud Zemmouri * 1994 : Hexagone de Malik Chibane * 1997... Biography of Jean-Luc Bennahmias
Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 2 December 1954 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the Democratic Movement (formerly French Green Party, part of the European Greens), and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a substitute for the Committee on Petitions, a member of the delegation for relations with South Africa, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Canada. Bennahmias is currently the candidate of the Democratic Movement for the municipal elections in Marseille, to be held in March 2008. Career Advanced Technician's Certificate (1976) University diploma in training (1984) J... Biography of Nate Mendel
Nathan Gregor "Nate" Mendel (born December 2, 1968 in Richland, Washington) is an American bassist for the bands Foo Fighters, The Jealous Sound, Sunny Day Real Estate, and The Fire Theft. Biography He began his musical career in the punk band Diddly Squat, then played in the fairly popular punk bands Christ on a Crutch, Brotherhood (Seattle Straight edge), Galleons Lap. He was a member of Sunny Day Real Estate and Juno before joining the Foo Fighters in 1995 (after Sunny Day Real Estate had disbanded). Although Sunny Day Real Estate reunited for two more albums (How It Feels to Be Something On and The Rising Tide), he stayed with the Foo Fighters. After SDRE disbanded once more, he joined with other Sunny Day Real Estate members Jeremy Enigk and William Goldsmith to form The Fire Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Stankowski
Paul Francis Stankowski (born December 2, 1969) is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. Stankowski was born in Oxnard, California. He first played golf on Easter Sunday in 1978 at the age of 8. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso and turned pro in 1991. Stankowski initially played on the Nationwide Tour. His first and only victory in this venue came at the 1996 NIKE Louisiana Open. The following week, he played in the BellSouth Classic on the PGA Tour and won, becoming the only golfer in history to win a Nationwide Tour event and a PGA Tour event back-to-back. He had another big year in 1997, winning the United Airlines Hawaiian Open. His best finish in a major was T5 at the 1997 Masters Tournament. In 1998, howeve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Larrabee
Michael ("Mike") Denny Larrabee (December 2, 1933 – April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Born in Hollywood, California, but raised in Ventura, California, Larrabee was a young running talent in the mid 1950s. In 1952, his athletic performances earned him a scholarship at the University of Southern California, from which he graduated as geology major. A series of injuries hampered his running career--causing him to miss out on the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, but he had his best season ever in 1964. At first he won his only AAU title in 400 m, then he won the 400 m (tying the world record of 44.9) at the 1964 Olympic Trials in Los Angeles. In the Tokyo Olympics final, Larrabee was in fifth place going into the final turn, when he p... Biography of Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Rodgers was selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Packers. Rodgers played college football while attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he set several California Golden Bears records, including lowest interception rate at 1.43%. Professionally, Rodgers is the NFL's all-time career leader in passer rating during both the regular season (101.9), and in the post-season (112.6) – among passers with at least 1,500 and 150 pass attempts respectively. He also owns the league's lowest career pass interception percentage for quarterbacks during the regular season (1.89%). Early years Rodgers was... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Charles (author)
Jean-Charles, born Jean Louis Marcel Charles December 2, 1922 in Saint-Aulaye, Dordogne, died June 21, 2003, was a French humorist and writer. Selected bibliography: * La Foire aux cancres continue (1962) * Les Plumes du corbeau (1962) * Aux quatre coins du rire (1964) * Hardi les cancres (1965) * Histoires croustillantes (1968) * Vingt cancres après (1973) * L'amour en Perles (1974) * La Foire aux bidasses (1975) * Où est donc ma femme ? (1976) * Lits Jumeaux. Théâtre. Pièce créée en octobre 1977 à Bordeaux * Sacrés gendarmes (1977) * Vous avez dit horrible ? (1981) * Drôle de justice (1982) * Le Rire sur ordonnance (1983) * Les Gaietés de la marine (1984) * Le rire en herbe * Lexique des histoires d... Biography of Cassie Steele
Cassandra Rae Steele (born December 2, 1989, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Her mother is of Filipino and African Descent, while her father is British-Canadian. Steele appeared in the 2007 MTV movie, Super Sweet 16: The Movie.. Steele is currently living in Los Angeles in order to concentrate on her music career. She attended London School of Dance in Scarborough, Ontario and trained in ballet and jazz. Born in Toronto, Canada in 1989, Steele began crafting her own made-up songs to go with her poetry when she was in first grade, she then began taking singing lessons. Steele has been a regular cast member on Degrassi: The Next Generation playing the character of M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leonard Lightfoot
Leonard Lightfoot, born December 2, 1947 in Carlistle, Pennyslvania, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509980/ ) # "Brooklyn South" .... Det. Gavin Cox (1 episode, 1997) - McMurder One (1997) TV episode .... Det. Gavin Cox # "The Pretender" .... Reb McElroy (1 episode, 1997) - Bazooka Jarod (1997) TV episode .... Reb McElroy # "Seinfeld" .... Clyde (1 episode, 1996) - The Rye (1996) TV episode .... Clyde # Virus (1995) (TV) (as Leonard C. Lightfoot) .... Attendant ... aka "Robin Cook's Outbreak" - Canada (English title) ... aka "Level 4/Outbreak" - Japan (English title) # Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) (as Leonard C. Lightfoot) .... Warehouse worker # "Murder, She Wrote" .... Det. Henderson / ... (5 episodes, 1993-19... Biography of Nicola Tappenden
Nicola Tappenden (born 2 December 1982 in Bromley, London) also know by her modelling name Nicola T is an English Page 3 Girl and glamour model. Tappenden began her topless modelling career as a Page Three girl at the age of 20 in 2003 after winning the The Sun's newspaper's first ever 'Page 3 Idol' competition whilst working for the American company of Merrill Lynch in their payments section. She has become a regular fixture since, as well as undertaking other glamour and retail fashion modelling assignments. In May 2007 she entered the Miss Great Britain contest as Miss Croydon. She went to Shirley High School in Croydon. As an actress, Tappenden appeared in the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo in 2005. Tappenden was invited to take part in WAGs Boutique (due to her rela... Biography of Luisa Corna
Luisa Corna, born December 2, 1965 in Palazzolo sull'Oglio, is an Italian singer, show girl and TV host. Discography Album 2006 - Acqua futura Singles 1992 - Dove vanno a finire gli amori scritta da Depsa 2002 - Ora che ho bisogno di te (con Fausto Leali) 2005 - Colpa mia con Gatto Panceri External link, her site: www.luisacorna.it... Biography of Takahito Mikasa
Takahito, Prince Mikasa (三笠宮崇仁, Mikasa-no-miya Takahito Shinnō?, born December 2, 1915) is the fourth and youngest son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. He is a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the only surviving paternal uncle of Emperor Akihito. With the death of his sister-in-law, Princess Takamatsu (Kikuko) on December 17, 2004, Prince Mikasa became the oldest living member of the Japanese imperial family. After serving as a junior cavalry officer in the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, the prince embarked upon a postwar career as a scholar and part-time lecturer in Middle Eastern studies and Semitic languages. Early life Prince Takahito was born at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, in the third year of his fa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Sohl
Gerald Allan Sohl Sr. (December 2, 1913 - November 4, 2002) was a scriptwriter for The Twilight Zone (as a ghostwriter for Charles Beaumont), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, Star Trek and other shows . He also wrote novels, feature film scripts, and the nonfiction works Underhanded Chess and Underhanded Bridge in 1973. His 1955 Point Ultimate is a piece of Cold War invasion literature: in 1999, a faraway future history at the time of writing, the US lies under a cruel Soviet occupation, reinforced by a deadly artificial disease which makes conquered Americans dependent on the conquerors for the injections which keep them alive. But a dashing Illinois farm boy breaks out in revolt, killing a degenerate soviet governor and his "Commie" American collaborators. Eventually, he b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of J.C. van Wageningen
J.C. van Wageningen, born December 2, 1895 in Utrecht, died January 15, 1964 in Amsterdam, was a Dutch astrologer and writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Meijers
Henri Meijers, born on December 2, 1879 in Maastricht (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin), was a Dutch champion cyclist. He won at the Olympics in Paris, in 1924.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucius Beebe
Lucius Morris Beebe (December 2, 1902 (source: Astrodatabank) – February 4, 1966) was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist. Early life and education Beebe was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, to a prominent Boston family. Beebe attended both Harvard University and Yale University. During his tenure at boarding school and university, Beebe was known for his numerous pranks. One of his more outrageous stunts included an attempt at festooning J. P. Morgan's yacht Corsair with toilet paper from a chartered airplane. His pranks were not without consequence and he proudly noted that he had the sole distinction of having been expelled from both Harvard and Yale, at the insistence, respectively, of the president and dean of each.... Biography of Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born December 2, 1971) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the Broadway musical Rent, for which he won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical. Heredia also originated the role in London's Shaftesbury theatre in the West End theatre district. Life and career Heredia was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic - a seamstress mother and a building superintendent father. He has appeared in several films, including his portrayal of Cha-Cha, the drag queen, in 1999's Flawless, where he worked opposite former Rent cast mate Daphne Rubin-Vega. The film also stars Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Heredia also appeared in the Law & Order: Special V... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed Meese
Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California) is an attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967-1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980), and the Reagan White House (1981-1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985-1988). He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several public policy councils and think tanks, including the Constitution Project and the Heritage Foundation. Early life and education Meese is the eldest of four sons born to Edwin Jr. and Leone Meese. His father was an Oakland city government official, president of the Zion Lutheran Church, and served 24 years in the non-partisan of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jonathan Hunt
Jonathan Lucas Hunt, ONZ (born 2 December 1938) is a New Zealand politician, and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005 to March 2008 . He formerly served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was until recently the longest serving MP in Parliament. Hunt is a member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civilian honour. Early life Hunt was born in Lower Hutt, but grew up in Palmerston North and Auckland. After studying at Palmerston North Boys' High School and later Auckland Grammar School, he enrolled at the University of Auckland, where he gained a BA (Hons) degree in history. In 1958 Hunt was elected editor of the Auckland University Students' Association's (AUSA) Craccum magazin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Duesberg
Peter H. Duesberg (born December 2, 1936 in Germany) is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Duesberg received acclaim early in his career for research on oncogenes and cancer in the 1970s and later "became arguably the most important figure in denialism", arguing that HIV is harmless and not the cause of AIDS. He is one of the most important figures in the denialist community. Duesberg continues his research on cancer in both Berkeley and an alternative lab in Germany, as well as his activities within the AIDS denialist community. In 1970, Duesberg and Peter Vogt reported that a cancer-causing virus of birds had extra genetic material compared with non-cancer-causing viruses. A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Moevs
Robert Walter Moevs (b. La Crosse, Wisconsin, December 2, 1920; d. December 10, 2007) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was known for his highly chromatic music. Moevs was a student of Walter Piston and Nadia Boulanger. He taught at Harvard University and Rutgers University. He received the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1962). His music has been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Symphony of the Air. Moevs' papers, including unpublished scores and recordings, are held by Rutgers. Notes ^ http://www.ebmarks.com/Moevs.htm ^ http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/music/moevs.shtml Bibliography Boros, James. 1990. "The Systematic Chromaticism of Robert Moevs." ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dimitri Dragin
Dimitri Dragin, born December 2, 1984 in Le Havre, is a French judoka. He was 5th in Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph Beard
Ralph Milton Beard, Jr. (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. He was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Beard was a member of Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky basketball team. After the 1951 NBA season, both Alex Groza and himself were suspended from the NBA for life by commissioner Maurice Podoloff when the players admitted point shaving during their college careers. Beard died at his Louisville, Kentucky home in 2007.... Biography of Rick Savage
ichard "Rick" Savage (born 2 December 1960) is the bassist and one of the founding members of the English rock band, Def Leppard. He is called "Sav" to avoid confusion between him and the other Rick in the band, drummer Rick Allen. He and lead vocalist, Joe Elliot, are the only remaining original members of the band. The two of them, plus Allen, are also the only members of the band who have performed on every album. Biography Savage was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Rick was educated at Tapton Secondary school in Sheffield. In his youth, he learned to play guitar along with his older brother. They played songs like Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and Don McLean's "American Pie." Savage also pursued a career as a professional football player with Sheffield United, despite h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli, CH (2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was an English conductor and cellist. Born in London, of Italian and French parentage, he grew up in a family of professional musicians. His father and grandfather were violinists. Barbirolli was the first of the family to become a conductor. Barbirolli is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving there from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benjamin Stora
Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 195 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria, which left the country following its War of Independence in 1962. The main body of his writing is in French, but some works have been translated into English. Works in English (translated) * Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History (translated by Jane Marie Todd, with foreword by William B. Quandt). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. ISBN 0801489164 ISBN 9780801489167 Works in French * Messali Hadj. Pionnier du nationalisme algérien, Hachette, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-0127-9190-5. * Dictionnaire biographique de militants ... Biography of Alicia Hall
Alicia Hall (born on December 2, 1985) is an American model and winner of NBC's 2005 reality TV show Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search. Biography Hall was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and by the age of seven, becoming a swimsuit model was her lifelong career goal. Once she was old enough, Hall began appearing in local fashion shows. At the age of 13, encouraged by her mother and stepfather, she participated in her first professional photo shoot in October 1998 before winning a competition held by the John Robert Powers School, a well-established Las Vegas modeling institution where she then received formal training while working as a freelance web designer. In January 2003, Hall competed on CBS's revival of Star Search, making it as far as the semi-finals in the model catego... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Davis (cartoonist)
Jack Davis (b. December 2, 1924) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003. He also received the National Cartoonists Society Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Davis saw comic book publication at the age of 12 when he contributed a cartoon to the reader's page of Tip Top Comics #9 (December, 1936). He drew for his high school paper and then spent three years in the U.S. Navy, where he contributed to the daily Navy News. Attending the University of Georgia on the G.I. Bill, he did drawings for the campus newspaper and helped launch an off-campus humor publication, Bullsheet, which he described as "not political or anything but just something with risque jokes and cartoons." After graduatio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of T.C. Boyle
Tom Coraghessan Boyle (born Thomas John Boyle, also known as T.C. Boyle, born on December 2, 1948) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. Since the mid 1970s, he has published twelve novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988 for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York. He is married to Karen Kvashay, with whom he has three children, Kerrie, Milo, and Spencer. Boyle has been a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California since 1978, when he founded the school's undergraduate creative writing program. Boyle was born in Peekskill, New York, the small town on the Hudson Valley that he regularly fictionalizes as Peterskill (as in his widely anthologized short story, "Greasy Lake"). Boyle... Biography of Paul Watson
Paul Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation. The Toronto native joined a Sierra Club protest against nuclear testing in 1969. He was an early and influential member of Greenpeace, crewed and skippered for it, and later was a board member. Watson argued for a strategy of direct action that conflicted with the Greenpeace interpretation of nonviolence, was ousted from the board in 1977, and subsequently left the organization. That same year, he formed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The group is the subject of a reality show, Whale Wars. He also promotes veganism, voluntary human population control, and a biocentri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kelly Buchberger
Kelly Michael Buchberger (born December 2, 1966) is a retired professional Canadian hockey player and current assistant coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Playing career Buchberger played for the Edmonton Oilers, Atlanta Thrashers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played minor hockey with the Western Hockey League Moose Jaw Warriors and also pro hockey with the American Hockey League Nova Scotia Oilers. He was drafted in the ninth round by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, making him the 188th overall pick. He made his NHL debut in 1987 Stanley Cup Finals (The last player to play his first NHL game in Stanley Cup Finals). During his playing career, he was known best for his gritty play and leadership, havin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nancye Wynne
Nancye Wynne Bolton (2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles. Bolton won 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 21 titles. According to Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bolton was ranked in the world top ten in 1938, 1947, and 1948 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 4 in those rankings in 1947 and 1948. According to Ned Potter of American Lawn Tennis magazine, Bolton was the second ranked player in 1947, just behind Louise Brough Clapp. Bolton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Holmgren
Paul Howard Holmgren (born December 2, 1955) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota North Stars. He moved into coaching after his playing career, serving as head coach of the Flyers and Hartford Whalers. He then moved into management and is currently the general manager of the Flyers. Playing career Holmgren was selected by the Edmonton Oilers 67th overall in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. He never played for Edmonton as his WHA rights were traded to the Minnesota Fighting Saints. A year later he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers 108th overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He began his professional career with the Fighting Saints in 1975–76, but left the team th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonín Panenka
Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948 in Prague) is a Czech former footballer. Club career An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career, joining the club as a youth in 1959. In 1981 Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian club Rapid Vienna, where he won two Bundesliga titles and an Austrian Cup. In 1985 Rapid reached the Cup Winners' Cup final; Panenka played as a substitute, but his side lost 3–1 to Everton. Later that year Panenka moved to VSE St. Pölten, and played two more seasons before moving into the lower leagues in Austria, playing from 1987–89 for Slovan Vienna, from 1989–91 for ASV Hohenau and from 1991–93 for Kleinwiesendorf. Panenka Penalty He came to international prominence pl... Biography of Jana Kramer
Jana Rae Kramer (born December 2, 1983) is an American actress and country music singer. She is best known for her role as Alex Dupre on the television series, One Tree Hill. Kramer began a country music career in 2010 with the single "Why Ya Wanna", from her self-titled debut album for Elektra Records. Biography Early life Kramer was born in Detroit, Michigan to Nora Kramer. She grew up in the town of Rochester, Michigan, where she attended Rochester Adams High School. She is fluent in German. She knows spanish as well. 2002-11: Acting career and Record deal In 2002 Kramer made her Acting debut in the low budget independent Horror film Dead/Undead. The following year Kramer guest appeared on All My Children which was marked as Kramer's television debut. Kramer has since continued... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Angelina Grün
Angelina Grün (born December 2, 1979 in Dushanbe, Soviet Union (now capital of Tajikistan) is a German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Grün also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career A ninth-time consecutive German Volleyball Player of the Year (2000–2008), she played in Turkey for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul for the 2008-2009 season. After winning the European Champions League with the Italian team Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2007 for a second time after 2005, Grün was honored "Most Valuable Player" of the tournament. Starting her career in Münster, Germany, where she won the national title in 1997 and the Cup in 2000, she won several Italian Cups (2002, 2006), C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julio César Baldivieso
Julio César Baldivieso Rico (born 2 December 1971 in Cochabamba) is a former Bolivian association football midfielder who played for the Bolivian national team in the 1994 World Cup and several Copa Américas. He is currently a football manager. Club career Nicknamed "El Emperador", Baldivieso began his career in his native Cochabamba playing for Wilstermann in 1987. His exquisite technique didn't go unnoticed and he signed with Bolivia's biggest football club, Bolívar in 1992. Thanks in part to the successful run with the national team, which qualified to the 1994 World Cup, he awoke the interest of several clubs outside Bolivia. After the World Cup, he transferred to Argentine team Newell's Old Boys from Rosario, where he played until the winter of 97. Subsequently, he joined J. Lea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jonathan Frid
John Herbert "Jonathan" Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian theater, television, and film actor, best known for having played the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows. Biography Early life and career Frid was born of Scottish, English, German and Danish ancestry in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was the youngest son of Isabella Flora (née McGregor) and Herbert Percival Frid, a construction executive. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton in 1948, and the following year was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He moved to the United States in 1954, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing from the Yale School of Drama... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrizia Reggiani
Patrizia Reggiani (born December 2, 1948 in Vignola (birth time source: Bordoni, Astrodatabank)) is the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci. During the 1980s while she was married to Maurizio Gucci, she was a wealthy Italian socialite and high fashion personality. In late 1998 she went through a scandalous trial followed closely by the Italian public for ordering her husband's murder. Relationship with Maurizio Gucci In 1973 she married Maurizio Gucci, with whom she had 2 children, Allegra and Alessandra. On May 2, 1985, after 12 years of marriage, Maurizio left Patrizia for a younger woman, telling her he was going on a short business trip. He never returned home. In 1991, Patrizia and Maurizio Gucci officially divorced. As part of the settlement, Patrizia Reggiani collected the equivalent of $... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Collins
Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978) is an American professional basketball center with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Collins attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. He was selected in the first round with the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. On April 29, 2013, Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major American professional team sport to publicly come out as gay. High school career Collins graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, where his backup was actor Jason Segel. Collins, playing alongside his twin brother, Jarron, won two California Interscholastic Federation state titles during his four-year career with a combined record of 123–10. Collins broke the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raphaëlle Duchemin
Raphaëlle Duchemin, born on December 2, 1972 in Toulon, is a French journalist and radio host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josef Schovanec
Josef Schovanec, born on December 2, 1981 in Joinville-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate)), is the author of the book "Je suis à l'Est !", a French researcher in philosophie and social sciences of Czech descent. (source: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=103033943068748&story_fbid=175543029254546) He speaks 8 languages. Before he was diagnosed properly he was considered psychotic/schizophrenic and treated with neuroleptics: the first evidence of an autistic French who has agreed to open the doors of his inner world. "Live with autism,"writes Josef Schovanec, highlighting what he sees as a more quality than a handicap. This passionate traveler ancient civilizations mastered a dozen languages, is a graduate of Sciences Po and holds a Ph.D. in ... |
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