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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 20, 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 · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
93 celebrities or events were found for December, 20. Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Hélène Rollès
French actress and singer.... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Uri Geller
Uri Geller Freud, commonly Uri Geller Hebrew: אורי גלר, born György Gellér (Hungarian name) on 20 December 1946 is an Israeli-British performer and self-proclaimed psychic who claims "to be able to bend spoons with the power of his mind" and to have psychic powers, although he currently prefers the designation of "mystifier" rather than "psychic". Early life Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Hungarian Jewish parents, Geller was named after a cousin who had been killed in a bus accident. He was the only child of retired Army sergeant Itzhaak Geller (Gellér Izsák) and Manzy Freud (Freud Manci). Geller says he is a relative of Sigmund Freud on his mother's side. At the age of 11, Geller moved with his family to Nicosia, Cyprus, where he atte... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of JoJo (singer)
Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990), known by her stage name JoJo, is an American platinum-selling R&B and pop singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 with her platinum-certified, self-titled debut album JoJo which reached number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. JoJo has also begun a film career, starring in two 2006 Hollywood films: Aquamarine and RV. Her second album, The High Road, was released on October 17, 2006. In the summer of 2007, JoJo will be embarking on a tour in the U.S., Europe and Mexico. Early life JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and was raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts. She has French, Polish, Irish and Albanian ancestry. She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Boston, in a low-inc... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Lucy Pinder
Lucy Katherine Pinder (b. 20 December 1983 in Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a glamour model. She was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach in the summer of 2003; as a result of photographs taken that day, she signed a professional modeling contract with The Daily Star. In the 2005 UK edition of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World Lucy was a new entry in the poll and finished 16th overall. She appeared at 35th place in the 2006 poll. Unlike most glamour models, Pinder did not pose for photographs showing her nipples, until she finally posed topless for the weekly UK lads mag Nuts in the April 6-April 12 issue in 2007. She is regularly partnered with Michelle Marsh, with whom she has appeared in magazines, television and corporate appearan... Biography of Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση; born December 20, 1957) is a Cypriot-Greek singer, famous mainly in Greece, and her home country Cyprus, with success in the United States as well. Childhood & Origins Vissi was born in 1957, in the village of Pyla, in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been singing from a very early age, beginning formal musical studies at the age of six at a local conservatory. At the age of twelve she entered a talent competition and won first prize. Two years later, she was the main singer at Y. Kotsonis opus Ayia Tilliria, which was also her first TV appearance. In 1973, her family moved to Athens, Greece where she was able to pursue her studies at the National Conservatory. She would eventually appear with a number of well-known... Biography of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
The Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (Elena María Isabel Dominica de los Silos de Borbón y de Grecia; born December 20, 1963, Madrid), MA (Exon), is the elder daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain, and fourth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after Infanta Sofía. She has a younger sister, the Infanta Cristina of Spain, and a younger brother, Felipe, Prince of Asturias. She studied Basic Education at the University College ESCUNI of Madrid, graduating in 1986 with a speciality of English Philology. She then continued her studies at the Comillas University of Madrid graduating in Education. In 1990 she obtained a Master's in Sociology and Education from The University of Exeter, England. The Infanta is fluent in English, French and Spanish. Infanta Elena... Biography of Yvan Le Bolloch
Yvan Le Bolloc'h, born December 20, 1961 in Brest, is a French actor, humorist and TV host. Filmography 1999 : On fait comme on a dit de Philippe Bérenger 2004 : Espace détente de Bruno Solo et d'Yvan Le Bolloc'h 2007 : Le Bénévole, de Jean-Pierre Mocky : Don Frisco Television 1991-1993 : Le Top 50 1993: le plein de super 2001-2003 : Caméra café... Biography of Ernest-Antoine Seillière
Ernest-Antoine Seillière de Laborde , born 20th December 1937 in Neuilly-sur-Seine is an entrepreneur and the heir to the empire of the Wendel(representing €730 million) . He graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, studying in law and a former pupil of the National School of Administration. Vice-président of the CNPF and member of the executive council from 1988 to 1997, President of the economic commission of the CNPF from 1988 to 1994, he became president of Medef (formerly CNPF) from December 1997 to 5th June 2005. He is CEO of Wendel Investment, a holding company for the CGIP. He is a member of Siècle. He is an officer of the Légion d'honneur and an officer of the Ordre National du Mérite. Contrary to received wisdom about Seillière, he is not a member of ... Biography of Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet (born December 20, 1942) is a French banker. He was born in Lyon, trained as an engineer at the École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy and later as a civil servant at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris (best known as Sciences Po) and the Ecole nationale d'administration. In 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France. On November 1, 2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central Bank. Wim Duisenberg had in a compromise agreed to step down from his office after four years(although this is publicly denied by all parties), in order to satisfy the French president, Jacques Chirac, who wanted a French candidate. Banking scandal In January 2003 M. Trichet was put on trial with 8 others charged with irregularities ... Biography of Peter Criss
George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known as Peter Criss, is an American musician best known as co-founder, drummer and vocalist for the rock band Kiss. Criss established the "cat" character for his Kiss persona. Early years Criss is the eldest of the five children of Joseph and Loretta Criscuola in Brooklyn, New York. He was an avid art student and a jazz aficionado. While playing with bandleader Joey Greco, Criss ended up studying under his idol, Gene Krupa, at the Metropole Club in New York. This blossomed into an active musical career as he went on to play jazz and rock with a number of bands in New York and New Jersey throughout the 1960s. Criss was involved with a number of bands throughout the mid-to-late 1960s. In late 1960s, Criss joined Chelsea,... Biography of Wendy Hamilton
Wendy Hamilton (born December 20, 1967 in Detroit) is a brunette American model and actress. After working as a fashion model she was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for December, 1991 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She also appeared in several movies in the early 1990s, most notably Ski School 2 and The Dallas Connection. Measurements 35" - 24" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 120 lb (55 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 8 June 1992 - pages 100-108. Playboy's Career Girls August 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 28 November 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 30 March 1993 - pages 84-85. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 31 May 1993. Playboy's Girls of Summer '93 June 1993 - page 52. Playbo... Biography of Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. His lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. His music career has lasted more than 30 years, and he has collaborated with Johnny Marr, Leon Rosselson, members of R.E.M., Michelle Shocked, Less Than Jake, Kirsty MacColl, and Wilco. He performed with Kate Nash at the 2008 NME awards. Bragg often plays and speaks at the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival. Bragg Close, in Dagenham, Essex, is named in his honour. He now lives in Dorset. Career This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and r... Biography of Jenny Agutter
Jennifer Ann "Jenny" Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is a BAFTA- and Emmy award-winning English actress best known in recent years for her role as Tessa Phillips in the British TV drama series Spooks. Early life Agutter was born in Taunton, Somerset, the daughter of Catherine "Kit" (née Lynam) and Derek Brodie Agutter, a former British Army officer and live entertainment organizer. As a child, she lived always barefoot in Dhekelia, Cyprus and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was discovered while at Elmhurst Ballet School when a casting agent was looking for a young English-speaking girl for a film. She did not get the part, but he recommended her to the producers of East of Sudan (1964). Career Agutter first came to the attention of television audiences as Roberta in a BBC drama of The... Biography of Nadia Farès
Nadia Farès (born 20 December 1973) is a French actress. Born in Marrakech, Morocco. She rose to international fame in the successful police thriller Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers). Filmography 1993 : Les Amies de ma femme de Didier Van Cauwelaert : Béatrice de Mennoux 1994 : Elles n'oublient jamais de Christopher Frank : Angela 1995 : Policier de Giulio Base : Stella 1995 : Dis-moi oui d'Alexandre Arcady : Florence 1996 : Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi de Claude Lelouch 1997 : Les Démons de Jésus de Bernie Bonvoisin : Marie 1997 : Sous les pieds des femmes de Rachida Krim : Fouzia 1999 : Les Grandes bouches de Bernie Bonvoisin : Esther 1999 : Le Château des singes de Jean-François Laguionie : voix de Gina 2000 : Les Rivières pourpres de Mathieu Kassovitz... Biography of Mahathir Mohamad
Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (IPA: ; born December 20, 1925) was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia. During his term in office, he was credited for engineering Malaysia's rapid modernization and promoting non-individualistic "Asian values". Mahathir is also known for his criticisms of western and developed countries. During his administration, he was considered as one of Asia's most influential leaders. Mahathir is also noted in the Western world as an outspoken critic of Western civilization. Early life Personal Mahathir was born in Alor Star, the capital of the northern Malaysian state of Kedah, the youngest of nine children ... Biography of Nicole de Boer
Nicole de Boer (born December 20, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1998 to 1999 and as Sarah Bannerman on The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. Career De Boer's early work of note was a recurring role on the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall as Laura, the on again/off again girlfriend of Bobby Terrance (Bruce McCulloch). She subsequently appeared (as a different character) in their 1996 film Brain Candy. Her first major TV role came in 1997, in the short-lived Sci-Fi Channel series Deepwater Black (also known as Mission Genesis) as Yuna. She followed that up with a role in the low-budget science fiction film, Cube (1997). She has also been featured in episodes of the Canadian produced ... Biography of Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983), best known as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Personal life Hill was born in Los Angeles and raised in Mill Valley, California to a family that worked in the music business. His father was a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses. He attended Brentwood School and then Crossroads School, in Santa Monica. After graduating from high school, Hill left California to attend school at The New School, where he studied acting. Hill's brother Jordan is the manager of the bands Staind, Collective Soul, Maroon 5, Big City Rock and others. He also raises money for charity, including his 10 to End Malaria campaign through Crowdrise. Career Actor While in college, Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Muhl
Roger Muhl, born December 20, 1929 in Strasbourg, is a French painter and artist.... Biography of Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons (b. 20 December 1948 in London) is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved in the production of several successful albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon, for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group, the Alan Parsons Project, has also been commercially successful. Career In October 1967, at age 18, Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios, where he earned his first credit on the LP, Abbey Road. He became a fixture there, engineering such projects as Paul McCartney's Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway, five albums by The Hollies, and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination. He was known for goin... Biography of Chris Robinson (singer)
Christopher Mark Robinson (born December 20, 1966 in Marietta, Georgia), better known as Chris Robinson, is the singer of the rock and roll band The Black Crowes and brother of its guitarist Rich Robinson. Career in music Early years Along with his brother Rich, Robinson formed Mr. Crowe's Garden in the 1980s, having been influenced by bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, and Sly and the Family Stone. They played a variety of clubs in and around Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. - while some fellow students had posters of bikini girls lying on Porsches, Robinson decorated his dorm with a Tom Waits poster and a Dream Syndicate poster: "...even at 18, I was into music." Life with The Crowes In 1989 Mr.... Biography of Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946), usually billed as simply Dick Wolf, is one of American television's most respected drama series creators and is an Emmy Award-winning producer, specializing in crime dramas. Early life Wolf was born in New York City, the son of Marie G. (née Gaffney), a homemaker, and George Wolf, an advertising executive. As a child, he was an altar boy at St. Patrick's Cathedral when Francis Cardinal Spellman was Archbishop of New York. For middle school, Wolf attended the Saint David's School, an all-boys private Roman Catholic school on the Upper East side of Manhattan. Wolf was enrolled at Phillips Academy, where he was a classmate of George W. Bush, and graduated from The Gunnery. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1969. ... Biography of Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton (born 20 December 1969, Zürich) is a Swiss writer, television presenter and entrepreneur. His books and television programmes discuss various subjects in a philosophical style with an emphasis on their relevance to everyday life. In August 2008, he was a founding member of a new educational establishment in central London called The School of Life. In May 2009, he was a founding member of a new architectural organisation called Living Architecture. Personal life De Botton comes from a Jewish family, originating from a small Castilian town of Boton (now vanished) on the Iberian peninsula. His ancestors left in 1492 along with the rest of the Sephardic Jewish community and eventually settled in Alexandria, Egypt, where his father was born. His father, Gilbert de Botton... Biography of Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti (born 20 December 1947, Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer, TV presenter and journalist. At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non Ho L'Età" ("I'm Not Old Enough"), with music composed by Nicola Salerno and lyrics by Mario Panzeri. Her victory enabled her to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the same song, and she went on to claim her country's first ever victory in the event. This became an international success, even entering UK Singles Chart, traditionally unusual for Italian material. In 1966, she recorded "Dio, come ti amo" ("God, How I Love You"), which became another world-wide hit. Sanremo performances In the following occasions, Gigliola Cinquetti performed at the Sanremo Music Festival 1964 "Non ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Gillet
Thierry Gillet, born December 20, 1969, is a French jockey.... Biography of Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau (born December 20, 1981 in Bourg en Bresse, France) is a professional male tennis player from France. He resides in Boulogne Billancourt, France. In the 1996 Orange Bowl Bennetau won the Boys 16s singles title. At the 2006 French Open, Benneteau reached the quarterfinals by defeating 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, Radek Štěpánek and Alberto Martin. There he was defeated in straight sets (6–2, 6–2, 6–3) by fourth-seeded player Ivan Ljubičić of Croatia.... Biography of Lara Stone
Lara Catherina Stone (born December 20, 1983 in Geldrop, The Netherlands) is a Dutch model. Biography Stone was born to a Dutch mother and an English father. She was raised in the Dutch town of Mierlo. Career Stone was first approached by an agent in the Paris Metro, at age 12. Stone entered the Elite Model Look contest in 1999, as a 15-year-old. Although she didn't win, she impressed Elite executives and was signed to the Elite Modeling Agency. After years of working as a struggling model, her career took a positive turn when she was signed by IMG in 2006. Soon after, she opened the Givenchy haute couture show in Paris. She has walked shows for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Lanvin, Miu Miu, Fendi, MaxMara, Pollini, Prada, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Stella McCartney, Zac P... Biography of David Cook
David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. On May 21, 2008, he won the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol. Prior to Idol he released an album entitled Analog Heart, and his post-Idol self-titled album, produced by Rob Cavallo, is set for release on November 18, 2008. Early life Cook was born in Houston, Texas, raised in Blue Springs, Missouri, and currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His parents are Beth (née Frye) and Stan Cook. He is the middle of three brothers. Adam is the oldest, and Andrew is the youngest. David's eldest brother, Adam, has been battling brain cancer for a decade. Cook's interest in music began early in life. He began singing in second grade, when his elementary school music teacher gave him a solo in a sch... Biography of John Hillerman
John Benedict Hillerman (born December 20, 1932) is an American Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning character actor, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum, P.I.. Early life Hillerman was born in Denison, Texas to Lenora Joan Medlinger and Christopher Ben Hillerman, a gas station owner. Young Hillerman grew up on a farm in the Denison Texas area, and (according to a childhood friend) was known as "Jackie Ben" by his friends and relatives. The friend recalls that although "Jackie Ben" loved to sing, actually could not sing very well. However, she recalls him getting the opportunity to sing on local radio, in which his friends teased him for his "nasal" singing voice. He attended St. Xavier's Academy. After graduation, he attended the University of Te... Biography of Jan Toorop
Jean Theodoor Toorop (Poerworedjo, Java, December 20, 1858 — The Hague, Netherlands, March 3, 1928), better known as Jan Toorop, was a Dutch painter whose works straddle the space between the Symbolist painters and Art Nouveau. Born in Java, Toorop moved with his family to the Netherlands in 1872, and he studied in Delft and Amsterdam. In 1880 he became a student at the State Academy in Amsterdam. From 1882 to 1886 he lived in Brussels, where he joined Les XX (Les Vingts), a group of artists centred around James Ensor. Toorop worked in various different styles during these years, such as Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. After his marriage to an English woman, Annie Hall, in 1886, Toorop alternated his time between The Hague, England and Brussels, and after 1890 also the... Biography of Amanda Swisten
Amanda Swisten (born December 20, 1978) is an American model actress who has appeared in various films and TV shows. Swisten was born in New York City, New York. Her first credited appearance was in the film American Wedding in 2003. After which she appeared in films such as The Last Run (2004), The Girl Next Door (2004), and Freezerburn (2005). She has had guest appearances on TV series such as I'm with Her, Two and a Half Men, Quintuplets, and Joey. Her free time is spent dealing with significant charities and travelling. Swisten was ranked #99 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.... Biography of Keny Arkana
Keny Arkana (born on December 20, 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French rap artist. She is active in the alter-globalization movement with "La Rage Du Peuple", a music collective created in 2004 in the neighborhood of Noailles in Marseilles. Biography Raised in Marseilles of Argentine heritage, Arkana began rapping in 1996, with her first texts at the age of 12. She formed the collectives Mars Patrie and later Etat-Major, gaining performance experience in the Marseilles underground scene, culminating in the 2003 release of Etat Major's first mixtape. After several solo appearances on various projects, Arkana released her first EP Le missile est lancé (The rocket is launched) in 2004. Her first album Entre ciment et belle étoile (Between concrete and stars) was released... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Gravier de Vergennes
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (20 December 1717—13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. Born in Dijon, France, he was introduced to the profession of diplomacy by his uncle, Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny, under whom he obtained his first appointment, to Portugal. His successful advocacy of French interests as envoy to the Electorate of Trier, in 1750, and the following years led to his being sent to the Ottoman Empire in 1755, first as minister plenipotentiary, then as ambassador (see French Ambassador to Turkey). In 1768, he was recalled, ostensibly because he married the widow Anne Duvivier, (1730-1798), but really because the Duc de Choiseul thought him not competent enough to provoke a war between Imperial Russia and the Ottomans. After Choiseul's dismissal, h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Vitez
Antoine Vitez, born December 20, 1930 in Paris and died April 30, 1990 in Paris, was a French theater and film director. Theater director 1966 à Caen Électre de Sophocle (dans sa propre traduction), Théâtre-Maison de la culture de Caen Le Procès d'Emile Henry, tragédie-montage d'Antoine Vitez 1967 Les Bains de Vladimir Maïakovski, Caen. Tournée en France, Algérie, Belgique et Suisse 1968 Le Dragon d'Evgueni Schwarz, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Bourges 1969 La Grande Enquête de François-Félix Kulpa, mélodrame-feuilleton de Xavier Pommeret, Théâtre des Amandiers La Parade de Loula Anagnostaki, Festival de Nancy, Théâtre de l'Ouest parisien 1970 Le Précepteur de Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théâtre de l'Ouest parisien La Mouette de Tchekhov, Théâtre du Midi Carcasso... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prince George, Duke of Kent
The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V and Mary of Teck. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in 1942. Birth Prince George was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England. His father was The Prince George, Prince of Wales, the eldest surviving son of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. His mother was the Princess of Wales, the eldest daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Teck. At the time of his birth, he was fifth in the line of succession. As a grandchild of the British monarch in a male line, he was styled His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales. He was baptised in the Private Chapel at Wind... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clodion (sculptor)
Claude Michel (December 20, 1738 – March 29, 1814), known as Clodion, was a French sculptor in the Rococo style. He was born in Nancy. Here and probably in Lille he spent the earlier years of his life. In 1755 he came to Paris and entered the workshop of Lambert Sigisbert Adam, his maternal uncle, a clever sculptor. He remained four years in this workshop, and on the death of his uncle became a pupil of J. B. Pigalle. In 1759 he obtained the grand prize for sculpture at the Académie Royale; in 1761 he obtained the first silver medal for studies from models; and in 1762 he went to Rome. Here his activity was considerable between 1767 and 1771. Catherine II of Russia was eager to secure his presence in St Petersburg, but he returned to Paris. Among his patrons, which were very numerous, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Audrey Totter
Audrey Totter (born December 20, 1918 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American actress. Totter began her acting career in radio in the late 1930s and after success in Chicago and New York, was signed to a seven-year film contract with MGM Studios. She made her film debut in Main Street After Dark (1945) and during the 1940s established herself as a popular female lead. Although she appeared in various film genres, she became most widely known to movie audiences in film noir productions. Initially MGM groomed her to become an important player, and she was paired opposite some of their biggest stars. Among her successes were The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) with John Garfield and Lana Turner, Lady in the Lake (1947) with Robert Montgomery and Jayne Meadows, The Unsuspected (1947 for Wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Boardman Jr.
Tom Boardman Jr., born December 20, 1930 in Bronxville, New York, is an American sci-fi author and editor.... Biography of Bob Hayes
Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. An American track and field athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and football at Florida A&M University. Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2009. He was officially inducted in Canton, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Hayes is the second Olympic gold medalist to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, after Jim Thorpe. Once considered the world's fastest man by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes, Hayes is the only man to w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joel Gretsch
Joel James Gretsch (born December 20, 1963 in St. Cloud, Minnesota) is an American actor. His recent roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400, Capt./Maj./Col. Owen Crawford in the Steven Spielberg produced 2002 sci-fi miniseries Taken and more recently Father Jack Landry on V. Career Gretsch studied acting at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles in 1989. His stage work includes roles in Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. He started his television work in the early '90s, appearing in episodes of Married... with Children, Melrose Place and Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Since then he has appeared in episodes of JAG, Silk Stalkings, CSI: Miami, Burn Notice, and NCIS. More recently, he played a... Biography of Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s. Dunne was nominated fives times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember Mama (1948). Early life Born Irene Marie Dunne in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph Dunne, a steamboat inspector for the United States government, and Adelaide Henry, a concert pianist/music teacher from Newport, Kentucky, Irene Dunne would later write, "No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father." She was only eleven when her father died in 1909. She saved all of his letters and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Harbison
John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. Harbison won the prestigious BMI Foundation's Student Composer Awards for composition at the age of sixteen in 1954. He studied music at Harvard University, where he sang with the Harvard Glee Club, and later at Princeton. He is an Institute Professor of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a former student of Walter Piston and Roger Sessions. His works include several symphonies, string quartets, and concerti for violin, viola, and bass viol (double bass). He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1987 for The Flight into Egypt, and in 1998 he was awarded the 4th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities. In 2006 he was nominated ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rod Amateau
Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Filmogaphy (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024120/ ) Producer: 1. Swimsuit (1989) (TV) (producer) 2. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (producer) 3. Six Pack (1983) (TV) (producer) 4. "The Dukes of Hazzard" (supervising producer) (30 episodes, 1979-1981) - My Son, Bo Hogg (1981) TV episode (supervising producer) - Carnival of... Biography of Francis Valéry
Francis Valéry, born December 20, 1955 in Luxembourg, is a critic, writer and novelist. He is also know as Ken J. Lesterton Jr, F.-Paul Doster, Kevin H. Ramsey, and Michaël de Buhr. Works * L'Arche des rêveurs, éditions de l'Aurore "Futurs", 1991. * avec Jean-Pierre Andrevon, Manuscrit d'un roman de SF trouvé dans une poubelle…, Encrage, 1996. * Voyageurs sans mémoire, Encrage, 1997. * La Cité entre les mondes, Denoël "Présence du futur", 2000. * Passeport pour les étoiles, guide de lecture, Gallimard "folio SF", 2000. * Le Talent assassiné, Denoël "Lunes d'encre", 2002. For children * Julien et l'Envers-monde, Magnard, 2001. * Julien et les voyageurs d'Halloween, Magnard, 2002. * Le Mystère du Manoir Millard, Degliame, 2006. Aw... Biography of Adrián Caetano
Israel Adrián Caetano (born December 20, 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan-Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina and at times obtains funding for his films in Europe. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Biography At age of sixteen his family moved to Córdoba, Argentina. When older he shot several short videos including Visite Carlos Paz, and Calafate. In 1995 Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the short Down Hill (Cuesta abajo), his first work filmed in 35mm. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals it screened. In 1996 C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, which both starred the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Other notable films are Slaughterhouse-Five, The World According to Garp, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot , A Little Romance, and The Little Drummer Girl. Life He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to George Roy and Helen Frances Owens Hill, part of a well-to-do Roman Catholic family with interests in the newspaper business; the family owned the Minneapolis Tribune. Hill was no relation to the rather less successful 1930s director George W. Hill. He was educ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruben Pellejero
Ruben Pellejero, born December 20, 1952 in Baladona, is a Spanish artist and cartoonist. French Publications With Jorge Zentner * FM, Magic Strip, 1986 * Les Mémoires de Mr Griffaton, Magic Strip, 1987 * Aventures de Dieter Lumpen, Casterman (sauf le premier tome) 1. Le Poignard d’Istambul, Magic Strip, 1986 2. Ennemis communs, 1988 3. Caraïbes, 1990 4. Le Prix de charon, 1994 * Le Silence de Malka, Casterman, 1996 * Blues et autres récits en couleur, Casterman, 1999 * Tabou, Casterman, 1999 * Âromm, Casterman 1. Destin nomade, 2002 2. Cœur de steppe, 2003 * Le Captif, Mosquito, 2002 * La Flûte enchantée, d’après l’œuvre de Mozart, Théloma, 2004 With Denis Lapière ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bouabdellah Tahri
Bouabdallah "Bob" Tahri (born 20 December 1978 in Metz) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for France. He competes mainly in the 3000 m steeplechase distance but also on 3000 m and 5000 m distances. Tahri improved his European best in the 2000 m steeplechase with a run of 5:15.36 in Nancy, France, in June 2009. Notable results * 2009 World Championships - bronze medal (3000m) * 2007 European Indoor Championships - silver medal (3000 m) * 2006 IAAF World Cup - bronze medal * 2006 World Athletics Final - bronze medal * 2006 European Championships - bronze medal * 2005 World Athletics Final - fifth place * 2005 World Championships - eighth place * 2004 Olympic Games - seventh place * 2003 World Athletics Final - fifth ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giampiero Albertini
Giampiero Albertini,, born December 20, 1927 in Muggio and died May 14, 1991, was an Italian actor. Filmography * I compagni, regia di Mario Monicelli (1962) * La marcia su Roma, regia di Dino Risi (1962) * La vita agra, regia di Carlo Lizzani (1964) * Thrilling, regia di Carlo Lizzani (1965) * Sette uomini d'oro, regia di Marco Vicario (1965) * Made in Italy, regia di Nanni Loy (1965) * Il grande colpo dei sette uomini d'oro, regia di Marco Vicario (1966) * Per favore... non sparate col cannone, regia di Mario Caiano (1967) * Tiffany Memorandum, regia di Sergio Grieco (1967) * Gangster '70, regia di Mino Guerrini (1967) * Il padre di famiglia, regia di Nanni Loy (1967) * La pecora nera, regia di Luciano Salce (1968) *... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frederick Berry
Frederick E. Berry, born December 20, 1948 in Salem Neck, Massachusetts, is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts, currently serving as Massachusetts Senate Majority Leader. Berry, representing Essex County in the State Senate from 1983, was previously Second Assistant Majority Floor Leader (1991-1994) and Assistant Majority Floor Leader (1995-1996), before becoming Majority Leader himself in 2003. The Democratic Party holds a super majority in both House (141 to 19) and in Senate (35 to 5). Before his election to the Senate, Berry was a Peabody City Council member (1979-1983). He is a graduate of Bishop Fenwick High School, Boston College (in 1972) and Antioch College, M. Ed. {1974). Leader Berry is also a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules.... Biography of Fernanda Gattinoni
Fernanda Gattinoni, born December 20, 1907 (sometimes 1906) in Cocquio-Trevisago, died December 26, 2002 in Rome, was an Italian stylist and fashion designer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommaso Chieffi
Tommaso Chieffi, born December 20, 1961 in Anversa, is an Italian professional sailor. He was world champion with his brother Enrico, in 1995.... Biography of Nicolas Kurtovitch
Nicolas Kurtovitch, born December 20, 1955 in Noumea, French territory of New Caledonia, is a French writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce (born 20 December 1943 in Byfleet, Surrey, England (source: Imdb)) is a British actress. Career Jacqueline Pearce trained at the British stage school RADA and at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in Los Angeles. Whilst having appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, she is perhaps best known for her role as Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake's 7 (1978–1981). Filmography Jacqueline Pearce starred in two Hammer horror films: The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile, the latter of which she played the title fiend under mounds of monster make-up. Other film roles include: White Mischief, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Princess Caraboo and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River. TV appearances As well as appearing in the BBC children's ... Biography of Pierre Bokma
Pierre Bokma, born December 20, 1955 in Paris, is a French actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092592/) # Sterke verhalen (2010) (completed) # "Bloedverwanten" .... Ronald Mok (1 episode, 2010) - Episode #1.12 (2010) TV episode .... Ronald Mok # "S1ngle" .... Reimko (1 episode, 2010) - Ongewenst bezoek (2010) TV episode .... Reimko # The Hell of '63 (2009) .... Commissaris der Koningin Harry Linthorst Homan ... aka "De hel van '63" - Netherlands (original title) # Stricken (2009) .... Huisarts ... aka "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" - Netherlands (original title) # Terug naar de kust (2009) .... Rechercheur Van Wijk # Happy End (2009/I) .... Nico # Caresse (2009) .... Victor # Oh, Deer! (2009) # "Zeg 'ns Aaa" .... Lucas / ... (2 episodes, 2009) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Friedrich Sieggruen
Friedrich Sieggruen, born December 20, 1877 in Lübeck, died May 4, 1961 in Hamburg, was a German scientist, professional astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marion Talley
Marion Talley, born December 20, 1906 in Nevada, Missouri, died January 3, 1983 in Berverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, was an American singer and actress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob de Moor
Bob de Moor is the pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor (Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, 1992), a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style. He wrote and drew several comics series on his own, but also collaborated with Hergé on several volumes of The Adventures of Tintin. iography Bob de Moor started drawing with pencil at three or four. Living in a port town, he developed a strong interest for drawing sailing ships which carried into his professional career with his Cori series and other work. Following studies at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, De Moor started his career at the Afim animations studios. His first album was written in 1944 for "De Kleine Zondagsvriend". Beginning in March, 195... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicole Maurey
Nicole Maurey, born December 20, 1925 in Bois-Colombes near Paris, is a French actress and comedian. Filmography 1945: Blondine de Henri Mahé (Blondine) 1945: Paméla de Pierre de Hérain (Mme Royale) 1945: Le cavalier noir de Gilles Grangier (Solange) 1949: La bataille du feu de Maurice de Canonge (Anne-Marie) 1951: Journal d'un curé de campagne de Robert Bresson (Mlle Louise) 1952: Rendez-vous à Grenade de Richard Pottier (Manina) 1953: L'Ennemi public numéro un d'Henri Verneuil (Peggy) 1953: Le dernier Robin des Bois d'André Berthomieu (Isabelle Delorme) 1953: Les Compagnes de la nuit de Ralph Habib (Yvonne Leriche) 1953: Opération Magali de László V. Kish (Manon) 1953: Little Boy Lost de George Seaton (Lisa Garret) 1954: Si Versailles m'était conté... de Sacha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vaino Linna
Väinö Linna (December 20, 1920 – April 21, 1992) was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959 – 1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). Biography Väinö Linna was born in Urjala, an agrarian village near the city of Tampere. He was the seventh child of Viktor (Vihtori) Linna (1874–1927) and Johanna Maria (Maija) Linna (1888–1972). However, Linna's father, a slaughterman, died when Väinö Linna was only eight years old. Thus his mother had to support the entire family by working at a nearby manor. Despite his background, Lin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan (Prentice, Wisconsin, December 20, 1908 – Fresno, California, September 7, 1994) was an American actor-singer. In 1945, he played the part of Jefferson Jones in the holiday classic Christmas in Connecticut opposite Barbara Stanwyck. He also starred in such films as God Is My Co-Pilot and the 1943 film version of The Desert Song. He was Ginger Rogers's love interest in the films Kitty Foyle and Perfect Strangers. Morgan was a leading man with Warner Bros in the 1940s, starring with best friend Jack Carson in many movies, several of which were "two guys" buddy pictures. His peak years were 1943 to 1949. Morgan's film persona was often that of an easy-going, good-natured ladies man. A solid "Irish" tenor voice graced parts of his films (though he was actually of Swedish de... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benoît August
Benoît August (born 20 December 1976 in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes)) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is as a hooker. Prior to joining Biarritz he played for US Dax and Stade Français Paris. He was selected in the French national team's squad for the 2007 Six Nations, making his debut in the Test against Wales. That is still his only cap for his National Team. Height: 6' (1m83) Weight: 110 kg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clara Rojas
Clara Leticia Rojas González (born December 20, 1964, Bogotá) is a Colombian tax lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager for former senator and presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. She was kidnapped along with Betancourt by the FARC guerrilla group near San Vicente del Caguán on February 23, 2002, while Betancourt was campaigning for the presidency. After the kidnapping, Rojas was named as Betancourt's vice-presidential candidate. In 2006, it was revealed that Rojas had given birth to a boy named Emmanuel while in captivity. The father was said to be a FARC guerrilla. Rojas had last been seen publicly in a video released by the guerrilla group in 2003. However, on January 10, 2008, Rojas and former congresswoman Consuelo González were freed after six years in captivity... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Da Cruz
Carlos Da Cruz (born December 20, 1974 in Saint-Denis (source: http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=386)) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In his 11 year career, he rode for BigMat-Auber93 between 1997 and 2000, Festina in 2001 and then for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux between 2002 and 2007. Palmarès Circuit de la Sarthe - 1 stage & Overall (2003) Settimana Lombarda - 1 stage (2000)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gordon Getty
Gordon Peter Getty was born on December 20, 1933 (source: (source : the Wilsons)). He is the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was his father's third wife. When his father died in 1976, Gordon assumed control of Getty's US$2 billion trust. According to the Forbes 400, as of September 2008 his net worth is $2.5 billion, making him number 163 on the list of the richest Americans. Biography Getty was raised in San Francisco, California, attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory, and earned a B.A. in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He married Ann Gilbert in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Christmas Day, 1964. The wedding was witnessed by William Newsom, Gordon's longtime friend, and father of Gavin Newsom. He joined the oil business to please hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of A.E. Thierens
A.E. Thierens, born December 20, 1875 in Den Briel (Brielle), died December 30, 1941, was a Dutch professional astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Pringle-Pattison
Andrew Seth (December 20, 1856, Edinburgh (source for his time of birth: Paul Wright, Astrodatabank) – 1931, The Haining, Selkirkshire), who changed his name to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison to fulfill the terms of a bequest, was a Scottish philosopher. Seth's twin enemies were English Empiricism and the Anglo variant of Hegelianism. According to Seth, both manner of philosophy degraded the independence of the individual. "Each self," he wrote in "Hegelianism and Personality," "is a unique existence, which is perfectly impervious ... to other selves -- impervious in a fashion of which the impenetrability of matter is a faint analogue." Seth's comments here stand in stark contrast to the British and American Hegelianism of the turn of the 20th century. It was F. H. Bradley's and Josiah Ro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Phills
Bobby Ray Phills II (December 20, 1969 – January 12, 2000) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Phills attended Baton Rouge's Southern University. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Phills was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1991 NBA Draft (45th overall), but was cut in December 1991 without playing a game for them. He signed with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association where he averaged 23.1 points before rejoining the NBA with the Cavaliers late in the 1991–92 season. Over his nine-year career, he averaged 11 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. On January 12, 2000, while a member of the Charlo... Biography of Gonzalo Justiniano
Gonzalo Justiniano, born on December 20, 1955 in Santiago, is a Chilean film director and producer. Filmography: Los hijos de la Guerra Fría (1985) Sussi (1988) Caluga o Menta (1990) Amnesia (1994) Tuve un Sueño contigo (1999) El leyton: Hasta que la muerte nos separe (2002) B-Happy (2003) Lokas (2008) ¿Alguien ha visto a Lupita? (2011)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruce Conners
Brice Conners, né le 20 décembre 1918 in Montana, is an American former weight lifter.... Biography of Harvey Firestone
Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth during the 20th century. Firestone was born in his family's farm house on December 20, 1868, in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger. The Firestone ancestors were German immigrants named Feuerstein. After graduating from Columbiana High School, Firestone worked for the Columbus Buggy Company in Columbus, Ohio before starting his own company in 1890, making rubber tires for carriages. In 1895 he married Idabelle Smith. They had six children: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., R... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Wendlinger
Karl Wendlinger (born 20 December 1968 in Kufstein) is an Austrian sportscar racing and former Formula One driver. Mercedes Juniors Wendlinger started his career in karting and in Formula Ford before entering the German Formula 3 Championship in 1988. After managing tenth place in that inaugural season, Wendlinger won the crown in 1989, which earned him also a drive in the Mercedes-Benz sportscar team for 1990. Driving the Sauber-Mercedes C11 - alongside Michael Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mauro Baldi and Jean-Louis Schlesser - the quintet managed to achieve fifth place in the 1990 World Sportscar Championship standings. In 1991, he continued to race with Mercedes sportscars - alongside a Formula 3000 programme with the Helmut Marko team. Towards the end of the year, Merce... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Moynot
Bruno Moynot, born on December 20, 1950 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, is a French theater director, comedian, and actor. Filmography 1976 : L'Aile ou la Cuisse, de Claude Zidi 1976 : Une fille unique, de Philippe Nahoun : Raymond 1976 : L'Affiche rouge, de Frank Cassenti : Jonas 1977 : Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine, de Coluche : Un homme à la cour 1978 : La Chanson de Roland, de Frank Cassenti : Pair Charlemagne 1978 : La Tortue sur le dos, de Luc Béraud 1978 : Les Bronzés, de Patrice Leconte : Gilbert 1979 : Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles, de Charles Némès : le loueur de voitures 1979 : Les Bronzés font du ski, de Patrice Leconte : Gilbert 1981 : Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, de Patrice Leconte : L'acc... Biography of Norman Stevens
Norman Stevens, born December 20, 1852 in Rochester, New Hampshire, was an American psychic and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Dot
Raymond Dot, born on December 20, 1926 in Puteaux, is a French former gymnast.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Gernelle
François Gernelle, born on December 1944, is a French engineer. With a small team of engineer, he has designed and built the world's first microcomputer, the Micral, and developed a microprocessor-based operating system for Intel's 8008. Some words about the Micral N: According to the Computer History Museum, the Micral N was the earliest commercial, non-kit personal computer based on a microprocessor, the Intel 8008. André Truong Trong Thi (EFREI degree, Paris), a French immigrant from Vietnam and François Gernelle developed the Micral N computer for the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), starting in June 1972. Alain Perrier of INRA was looking for a computer for process control in his hygrometric measurements. The software was developed by Benchetrit, with Ala... Biography of David Bohm
David Joseph Bohm (20 December 1917 – 27 October 1992) was an American-born British quantum physicist who made contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to the Manhattan Project. Biography Youth and college Bohm was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to a Hungarian Jewish immigrant father and a Lithuanian Jewish mother. He was raised mainly by his father, a furniture store owner and assistant of the local rabbi. Bohm attended Pennsylvania State College, graduating in 1939, and then headed west to the California Institute of Technology for a year, and then transferred to the theoretical physics group under Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, where he eventually obtained his doctorate degree. Bohm lived in the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kathryn Joosten
Kathryn "Joosten" Rausch (December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) was an American television actress best known for her regular role as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and for her recurring role in The West Wing as Dolores Landingham. Early life Joosten was born Kathryn Rausch in Eustis, Florida (source: Imdb). Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42. Career It was not until the mid-1990s that Joosten made the move to Hollywood, where she took guest roles in television series such as Roseanne, Home Improvement, Picket Fence... Biography of Edouard Montoute
Édouard Montoute, born December 20, 1970 in Cayenne, French-Guyana, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography Actor 2008 : La Première Étoile de Lucien Jean-Baptiste 2007 : Taxi 4 de Gérard Krawczyk 2007 : Fracassés de Franck Llopis 2006 : Enfermés dehors de Albert Dupontel 2006 : Alice et Charlie de François Charlent 2005 : Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard de Laurent Dussaux 2005 : Dans tes rêves de Denis Thybaud 2004 : Nos amis les flics de Bob Swaim 2003 : Dédales de René Manzor 2003 : Taxi 3 de Gérard Krawczyk 2002 : La sirène rouge de Olivier Megaton 2002 : Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre de Alain Chabat 2002 : Femme fatale de Brian De Palma 2001 : Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas forcement superficiels de Eric Assous 2000 : Antilles s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John R. Guthrie
John Reiley Guthrie is a retired United States Army four star general who served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Research Command (CG DARCOM), from 1977 to 1981. In the 1980's, DARCOM was renamed United States Army Materiel Command. Military career Guthrie was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, on December 20, 1921. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. degree in 1942. An honor graduate of the Princeton ROTC, he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve, and immediately ordered to active duty. He was integrated into the Regular Army in July 1946, while on duty with the War Department General Staff. In October 1946, he was assigned to London, England as Assistant to the Military Attaché, where he served for three years. In November 1949, ... Biography of Adina Fohlin
Adina Fohlin (born December 20, 1984) is a Swedish model. She was discovered while walking down the street in Stockholm, and Emmanuelle Alt, the fashion director of Vogue Paris approached her, having noticed her unusual features. Myriam Obadiah, creative director of Fohlin's agency, Next, described her as a girl who does not resemble a typical model. Fohlin appeared on the cover of Japanese and Italian Vogue for the June 2007 issue, Flair, French Revue de Modes, Swedish ELLE and The Face magazine. First surfacing on international catwalks during the spring 2001 prêt-à-porter season, Fohlin has proved a prolific runway model, appearing in numerous shows for fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Gucci, YSL Rive Gauche and Prada. In addition to her editorial ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Moreno Jr.
Carlos Moreno Jr, born December 20, 1971 in McAllen, Texas, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1019884/ ) "ER" .... Mr. Ortiz (1 episode, 2008) - The High Holiday (2008) TV episode .... Mr. Ortiz "Eleventh Hour" .... Manny (1 episode, 2008) - Containment (2008) TV episode .... Manny Primo (2008) .... Jaime Molina ... aka Cousin (USA: informal English title) Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day (2007) (TV) (voice) ... aka For One More Day (USA: short title) ... aka Mitch Albom's For One More Day (USA: short title) Bone Eater (2007) (TV) .... Randy Cook "The Unit" .... Gate Guard (1 episode, 2007) - Pandemonium: Part Two (2007) TV episode .... Gate Guard The Journey (2007/II) .... The Guy Who Speaks Englis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aubrey Huff
Aubrey Lewis Huff III (born December 20, 1976, in Marion, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball first baseman with the San Francisco Giants. He debuted in 2000 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and later played for the Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers. He is the starting first baseman for the San Francisco Giants who won the 2010 World Series. He played college baseball at the University of Miami. Early life Huff grew up in Mineral Wells, Texas. When he was six years old, his father, Aubrey II, was killed as an innocent bystander in a workplace domestic dispute, fatally shot attempting to take away a gun from a threatening man. Huff attended Mineral Wells High School, then transferred to Brewer High School in Fort Worth before his junior year in 1992. Huff was an All-Dis... Biography of Taliana Vargas
Taliana María Vargas Carrillo (born December 20, 1987 in Santa Marta) is a Colombian actress, fashion model, television personality, Miss Colombia 2007 and Miss Universe 2008 first runner-up. Vargas is a Colombian student of Journalism at the Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Vargas is of Greek descent through her grandparents, and has Italian relatives. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and Italian, as well as some Greek and Arabic. Miss Colombia 2007 Vargas was crowned as Miss Colombia on November 12, 2007, thus bringing the first crown to her home department of Magdalena, Colombia. During the three-week long competition, she was also awarded with the Miss Elegance, Best Face Award and The Queen of the Police. Miss Universe 2008 During the pagea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Binger
Michael W. Binger (born December 20, 1976 in Delray Beach, Florida) is a part-time professional poker player, based in Atherton, California. Binger graduated from North Carolina State University before receiving a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University in 2006. Just two months after receiving his PhD, he outlasted almost 8,800 players in the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 No limit Texas Hold'em Main Event, finishing third and earning $4,123,310. Binger had reached a final table earlier in that year's WSOP, finishing sixth. Since the 2006 WSOP, Binger has finished in the money of six World Poker Tour events. At the 2007 WSOP, Binger tied Phil Hellmuth and Humberto Brenes for second most cashes of any player in a single World Series of Poker season with eight.... Biography of Mike Watt (musician)
Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best-known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects. CMJ New Music called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player." In November 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea. Biography Early career When he was young, Watt's family moved to San Pedro, California, where he became good friends with D. Boon. Watt and Boon picked up bass and guitar, respectively. Watt was a fan of T Rex and Blue Öyster Cult, while Boon's exposure to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Trent Tucker
Kelvin Trent Tucker (born December 20, 1959, in Tarboro, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American National Basketball Association. A 6'5" shooting guard, Tucker attended the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a Big Ten Conference championship in his senior year. He was then selected by the New York Knicks with the 6th overall pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. One of the earliest three-point specialists, Tucker represented the Knicks in the first ever Three-point Shootout (1986), making it to the semifinals before being outpaced by Craig Hodges and eventual winner Larry Bird. Tucker would play nine seasons with the Knicks before joining the San Antonio Spurs in 1991, and after one season with the Spurs he... Biography of David Wright (baseball)
David Wright (born December 20, 1982) is an American baseball player who plays third base for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 and made his Major League debut in 2004. Wright is a five time All-Star and won the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2007 and 2008. He also is a member of the 30-30 club and holds the record for most career doubles as a Met. Biography Wright was born December 20, 1982, in Norfolk, Virginia, and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. Wright attended Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, and was the 2001 Gatorade Virginia High School Player of the Year. Wright also earned All-State honors in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and was named Virginia All-State Player of the Year in 2001. Over his four-year career at ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edwin A. Abbott
Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex – 12 October 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the satirical novella Flatland (1884). Biography Edwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808–1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806–1882). His parents were first cousins. He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honors in classics, mathematics and theology, and became a fellow of his college. In particular, he was 1st Smith's prizeman in 1861. In 1862 he took orders. After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, he succeeded G. F. Mortimer as headmaster of the City of London School in ... Biography of Andrea Guasch
Andrea Guasch (born December 20, 1990) is a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She started her artistic career when she was just 2 years old when she played the starred a commercial. When she was 4, she started to receive tuition in classic ballet and jazz and then went on to study hip-hop, breakdance, tap dancing and contemporary dancing. In October 2007, she passed the Royal Academy of Dance’s Intermediate examination with the grade of “Merit”. During her childhood, she took part in almost a hundred commercials and then embarked upon a career as an actress. Since she was 9 until today, she has enrolled in numerous acting, singing and dubbing courses and seminars at various specialised centres: Escola Memory, Eòlia, Magatzem d’Arts, Aules, Juan Carlos Corazza Studio... She has ... Biography of Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FAA, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and the 12th Prime Minister of Australia. Serving a collective total of over 18 years, he was Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister. Menzies' first term as Prime Minister commenced in 1939, after the death in office of the United Australia Party leader Joseph Lyons and a short-term interim premiership by Sir Earle Page. His party narrowly won the 1940 election, which produced a hung parliament, with the support of independent MPs in the House. A year later, his government was brought down by those same MPs crossing the floor. He spent eight years in opposition, during which he founded the Liberal Party of Australia. He again became Prime Minister at the 1949 election, a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nate Newton
Nathaniel Newton (born December 20, 1961 in Orlando, Florida) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Dallas Cowboys (1986–1998) and the Carolina Panthers (1999). He also played for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League, in 1984 and 1985. Newton played college football at Florida A&M University. Early years Newton attended Jones High School where he practiced football, basketball, wrestling and shot put. In football he played as a fullback until his junior year, when he outgrew the position and was moved to the defensive line. Although he had Division I colleges recruiting him, he chose to remain close to home and signed with Florida A&M University. As a sophomore he played in both the offensive and de... Biography of Patty Hou
Patty Hou (Chinese: 侯佩岑; pinyin: Hóu Pèicén; born December 20, 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China) is a former news anchor in Taiwan who resigned her position after a Hong Kong magazine revealed her relationship with Taiwanese R&B singer Jay Chou in February 2005. She subsequently hosted an entertainment program on Azio TV and has published the book Patty's About Love. Career Hou graduated with a degree in mass communications and psychology from the University of Southern California. She was a news anchor for TTV, Era News and CTi before resigning in 2004 and venturing into the entertainment scene. Hou is currently an anchor at Azio TV for Entertainment in Asia (every weekday, 19:00-20:00) and for fashion news at Eranews (Saturdays, 12:00-12:30). She is ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Dautzenberg
Philippe Dautzenberg (Ixelles, Brussels, 20 December 1849 (birth time source: Acte n° 466, André Dekoster) - Paris, 9 May 1935) was a Belgian malacologist, in other words, he was a biologist who specialized in the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with mollusks. He assembled a large part of the shell collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, which consists of 9,000,000 specimens and is one of the three biggest shell collections in the world. References Duchamps Ph., 1986, Philippe Dautzenberg (Ixelles, le 20 décembre 1849 - Paris, le 9 mai 1935)., Apex, 1 (2): 47-62, pls 1-3. Duchamps Ph., 1989, Philippe Dautzenberg, son oeuvre, sa collection., Annales de la Societé royale zoologique de Belgique, 119 (2) : 215-222. Lamy, E., 1935, Nécrologie P... |
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