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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 23, 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 · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
122 celebrities or events were found for December, 23. Add to favourites (112 fans)Biography of Carla Bruni Sarkozy
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, Italian pronunciation: ; 23 December 1967) is a French-Italian songwriter, singer, actress, and former model. She has been married to Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of the French Republic, since February 2008; the couple have a daughter, Giulia, born in October 2011. Early life Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy, and is heiress to the fortune created by the Italian tyre manufacturing company CEAT, founded in the 1920s by her grandfather Virginio Bruni Tedeschi. The company was sold in the 1970s to Pirelli (the brand lives on via its former subsidiary in India, founded in 1958). The family moved to France in 1975, reportedly to escape the threat of kidnapping by the Red Brigades, a Marxist-Leninist Rev... Add to favourites (66 fans)Biography of Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964) is the lead singer and one of three guitar players for the rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his deep and influential baritone vocal style, and along with his instantly-recognizable and often-imitated voice he remains a cultural icon of his era, the grunge rock scene he was a part of, and alternative rock as a whole. Early years Vedder was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the son of Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr. His parents divorced in 1965, when Eddie was a year old. His mother soon remarried a man named Peter Mueller, and young Eddie was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father. In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, moved... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jean-Luc Lahaye
Jean-Luc Lahaye is a French singer and TV host.... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Beatriz Luengo
Beatriz Luengo (born December 23, 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish actress, singer and dancer. She released her first album Mi Generación in 2005. Beatriz Luengo was born in Madrid on 23 December 1982. The daughter of Angelines and Juan, she grew up and lived in the district of Hortaleza. In her free time, she played in the district basketball team and, in spite of her height, was the best player. She considered herself like Chicho Terremoto, small but brave. It was not until she was six years old that she began to be interested in show business, after seeing a TV broadcast of the musical Cabaret starring Liza Minelli, who became a role model for her and has remained so. She studied until COU and made interpretation studies. She has specialized in singing with the best teachers. H... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion (23 December 1790 – 4 March 1832) was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, and is credited as the father of Egyptology. Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs with the help of groundwork laid by his predecessors: Silvestre de Sacy, Johan David Akerblad, Thomas Young, and William Bankes. Champollion translated parts of the Rosetta stone in 1822, showing that the written Egyptian language was similar to Coptic, and that the writing system was a combination of phonetic and ideographic signs. Champollion was born at Figeac, Lot, in France, the last of seven children (two of whom were already dead before his birth). He lived in Grenoble for several years, and even as a child showed an extraordinary linguistic talent. By the age of 16 ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s. Baker's good looks and delicate singing established him as a promising name in pop music as well. But his success was badly hampered by drug addiction, particularly in the 1960s, when he was imprisoned. He mounted a successful comeback in the '70s, and died after falling from a hotel window. Early days Baker was born and raised in a musical household in Yale, Oklahoma; his father was a professional guitar player. Baker began his musical career singing in a church choir. His father introduced him to brass instruments with a trombone, which was replaced with ... Biography of Queen Silvia of Sweden
Silvia, Queen of Sweden (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath on 23 December 1943) is the Queen Consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. She is styled Her Majesty The Queen and is in Sweden most often referred to as Queen Silvia. Childhood Born Silvia Renate Sommerlath, the Queen is the only daughter of the late German Walther Sommerlath, who as a businessman became the president of the Brazilian subsidiary of the Swedish steel-parts manufacturer Uddeholm. Her mother was Alice Soares de Toledo, a Brazilian of Spanish and Portuguese blood who was born in São Paulo. Silvia was born in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II, where her father was a member of the Nazi Party. After the war the family moved to Bra... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism. Smith's followers declared him to be the first latter-day prophet, whose mission was to restore the original Christian church, said to have been lost soon after the death of Apostles because of an apostasy. This restoration included the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the publication of the Book of Mormon and other new scriptures. As a leader of large settlement communities, Smith also became a political and military leader in the American Midwest. Although Smith's early Christian restorationist teachings were similar in many ways to other movements of his time, Smith was, and remains, a controvers... Biography of Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (23 December 1925 – 1 May 1993) was a French Socialist politician of Ukrainian origin. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993. Early career Pierre Bérégovoy was born in Déville-lès-Rouen, Haute-Normandie to a Ukrainian immigrant family (original family name Береговой) who had left the Russian Empire after the Russian Civil War. He started his professional life at the age of 16 as a qualified metal worker. He got involved in politics following his activities in the French Resistance - while working at SNCF during World War II. Member of the trade unions confederation Workers Force, he left the Socialist party SFIO in 1959 and participated to the foundation of the Unified Soc... Biography of Cláudia Raia
Claudia Raia, born December 23, 1966, is Brazilian actress on TV and theater. She is a sex-symbol in Brazil.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Estella Warren
Estella Dawn Warren (born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer. Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m) Early life Warren's father was a used car salesman, and her mother an elementary school principal. As a synchronized swimmer, she represented Canada at the World Aquatic Championships. She moved to Toronto at the age of twelve to train with the national synchronized swimming team, and after becoming the senior national champion at seventeen, Warren had the chance to move on to the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time Canadian national champion, and the solo bronze medallist at the 1995 Junior World Championships. In her free time, she enjoys horse riding, playing the piano, singing, and swimming. Fa... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Corey Haim
Corey Ian Haim (born December 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films such as Lucas, The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream, and in particular, collaborated numerous times with Corey Feldman and the pair were dubbed "The Two Coreys." Haim and Feldman currently star in a television show titled The Two Coreys, airing on the A&E Network. Biography Early life Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Judy, an Israeli-born computer operator, and Bernie Haim, who worked in sales. Haim is Jewish. He was enrolled in acting lessons by his mother in an attempt to help him overcome his shyness. Haim, not particularly fascinated by acting, participated in other activities, such as ice hocke... Biography of Jodie Marsh
Jodie Louisa Marsh, (born 23 December 1978) is an English glamour model and TV personality. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared on her own reality TV show, Totally Jodie Marsh. She has been involved in many feuds with fellow celebrities. Early life Marsh was born in Brentwood, Essex, England to a middle-class family, her father John Marsh running his own scaffolding business. She has one younger brother, Jordan. In her autobiography Keeping It Real published in 2005, Marsh jokingly mentions that it is ironic that her brother shares his name with celebrity and glamour model Jordan with whom she has had a long-running feud. Marsh's nose was disfigured as the result of a childhood hockey accident. During her schooling at Brentwood School, a private scho... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Alexander I of Russia
Aleksandr I Pavlovich (Russian: Александр I Павлович) (December 23, 1777 – December 1, 1825?), was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801-1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815–1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I, and Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the Duke of Württemberg. Alexander succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered, and ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars. In the first half of his ruling Alexander tried to introduce liberal reforms, while in the second half he turned to a much more arbitrary manner of conduct, which led to the abolishing of ... Biography of Christa Worthington
Christa Worthington (1955 – 6 January 2002) was a United States fashion writer who worked for Women's Wear Daily, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Times. She was also a co-author of several books on fashion. Worthington was raped and stabbed to death at her home in Truro, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod). Her body was found on January 6, 2002, with her two-year-old daughter, Ava, clinging to her body. The child was unharmed. On April 15, 2005, the local garbage collector, Christopher McCowen, was arrested and charged with her rape and murder. On November 16, 2006 he was found guilty in Barnstable Superior Court of first-degree murder, rape and burglary, and sentenced to life without parole.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis (born 23 December 1945 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music. He is married to actress Edith Scob and lives in France. His works are often very flamboyant and exhibitionist, sharing a kinship with the work of Vinko Globokar, though Aperghis' music is far less violent and much more playful. He studied with Iannis Xenakis and founded the music and theater company ATEM (Atelier Théâtre et Musique). He was a "composer in residence" in Strasbourg, France. Selected works Il gigante golia (1975/1990) for voice and orchestra Histoire de loups (1976) opera Récitations (1977-1978) for solo voice Le Corps à Corps (1978) for a percussionist... Biography of Summer Altice
Summer Danielle Altice (born December 23, 1979 in Fountain Valley, California, U.S.A.) is an American fashion model and actress. She was named after Miss USA 1975, Summer Bartholomew. Measurements 34" B - 23" - 33" Height 5ft 10½in Weight 125 lb She won Young and Modern (YM) magazine's cover girl contest in 1995 plus she was on the cover of YM's November issue that year and subsequently signed with Elite modeling agency before appearing on the cover of GQ as well as men's magazines Maxim and Max. Maxim magazine currently featured her in their Girls of Maxim gallery. She was ranked number 100 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" in 2002. Summer played competitive volleyball while attending San Diego State University. She transferred to UCLA in Spring 2000 to pur... Biography of Marie Bell
Marie-Jeanne Bellon, best known as Marie Bell, born December 23, 1900 in Bordeaux, died August 15, 1985, was a French actress. Filmography 1924 : Paris 1928 : La Valse de l'adieu 1928 : Madame Récamier 1929 : Figaro 1930 : L'Homme qui assassina : Lady Falkland 1930 : La Nuit (La Nuit est à nous) : Bettine de Barsac 1931 : Le Joker 1931 : La Folle aventure : Nelly Irwin 1931 : La Chance : Tania Balieff 1933 : L'Homme à l'Hispano : Stéphane Oswill 1933 : Caprice de princesse : Isabelle 1934 : Poliche 1934 : Le Grand Jeu : Florence / Irma 1934 : Fedora 1935 : Sous la terreur 1935 : Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre 1935 : Quand minuit sonnera : Mattia 1936 : La Tentation 1936 : Pantins d'amour 1936 : La Glu 1936 : Fiordalisi d'oro 1936 : Les Dem... Biography of Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born in Scarsdale, New York, December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Her salary is reportedly over $1 million a year. Early life Susan Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. She attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended Marymount College at Fordham University, and graduated from Marymount in 1968. Career Daytime television Lucci is best known for playing the larger-than-life diva Erica Kane on the ABC television soap opera All My Children, on which she has appeared since the show's inception on January 5, 1... Biography of Akihito
Akihito (明仁, Akihito? born December 23, 1933) is the current emperor (天皇, tennō?) of Japan, and the 125th emperor according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989, and is the 23rd most senior monarch or lifelong leader. He is the world's only reigning monarch with the title of emperor. Name In Japan, the emperor is never referred to by his given name, but rather is referred to as "His Imperial Majesty the Emperor" (天皇陛下, tennō heika?), which may be shortened to "His Imperial Majesty" (陛下, heika?). In writing, the emperor is also referred to formally as "The Reigning Emperor" (今上天皇, kinjō tennō?). The Era of Akihito's reign bears the... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Holly Madison
Holly Madison Cullen (born December 23, 1978) is an American model and television personality, best known for appearing as Hugh Hefner's number one girlfriend with Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson on the reality TV series The Girls Next Door. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. Her most recent work was as a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. Holly was born Hollin Sue Cullen' in Astoria, Oregon. Her father traveled around due to work in the timber industry, and from ages two through eleven, she grew up on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, near Ketchikan. Her family then moved back home to St. Helens, Oregon. She attended Po... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michele Alboreto
Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One from 1981 to 1994 in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, Footwork, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi. Tyrrell driver Born in Milan, Alboreto studied design, and started racing in 1976 in a car designed by himself; it was called CMR and was raced in Formula Monza without success. He moved to Formula 3 in 1978 and in 1979 finished third in the Italian F3 series. He moved to the European Championship in 1980 while doing endurance races for Lancia. In 1981 he won the Euroracing title, which resulted in a move to the Minardi Formula 2 team, while maintaining his connections with Lancia and partnering with Riccardo Patrese to win the Watkins Glen Six Hours. He scored Minardi's on... Biography of Ina Klink
Ina Paule Klink, born December 23, 1979 in Blankenfelde, is a German actress, singer and radio host. Filmography War ich gut? (TV/Pro7) (2007) Geile Zeiten (TV/Pro7) (2006) Marga Engel kocht vor Wut (2002) Plötzlich erwachsen (Fernsehserie) (2001) Wilsberg (Fernsehserie) (seit 2000) Marga Engel gibt nicht auf (TV) (2000) GZSZ Spinn-Off Großstadträume (Mai 2000) Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten (Nov. 1998 - März 1999) The First Train (Kurzfilm) (1996)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Reding
Serge Reding (born December 23, 1941 in Oudergem – died June 28, 1975 in Manilla, Philippines) was a Belgian weightlifter, who was born as Serge Yvan Arthur Gérard. Gérard was the name of his unmarried mother Adeline Gérard and his father was unknown. His parents were originally from the Belgian Ardennes (Herbeumont). When Ernest Reding married Adeline he adopted Serge and gave him his name. When Reding was about sixteen years old he had his first contact weightlifting training. But he really started weightlifting in 1959, at the age of eighteen, when he entered the weightlifting club in Schaarbeek. His bodyweight was already 90 kg (198 lbs) at that time (length 172 cm). After three months training he entered his first competition. He made a modest total of 230 kg with 70 kg press, 7... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Negro
Laurent Negro, born December 23, 1926 in Gourdon, died December 28, 1996 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, has founded the first agency in Europe to propose temporary works.... Biography of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (December 23, 1804 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – October 13, 1869 in Paris) was a literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824-27). In 1828, he served in the St Louis Hospital. Beginning in 1824, he contributed literary articles, the Premier lundis of his collected Works, to the Globe newspaper, and in 1827 he came, through a review of Victor Hugo's Odes et ballads, into close association with that poet and the Cénacle. He became friendly with Hugo after publishing a favourable review of the author's work, later having an affair with Hugo's wife, which, naturally enough, led to their estrangement. Curiously, when Sainte-Beuve was made ... Biography of Carol Smillie
Carol Smillie (surname pronounced "smiley") (born December 23, 1961 in Glasgow) is a highly successful female Scottish television personality, with many programmes to her credit. Carol is probably best known for presenting the award winning BBC series Changing Rooms. Carol rose to fame when she became the first UK hostess of the international television game show Wheel of Fortune. Carol has also appeared onstage in The Vagina Monologues and is the author of Carol Smillie's Working Mum's Handbook. Early life Carol Patricia Smillie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of George Smillie, an electrical engineer and Isobel Smillie. Carol is the youngest of four siblings, with two sisters and a brother. Carol had a happy childhood growing up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Glasgow, sha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Gachassin
Jean Gachassin (Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France, December 23, 1941) is a French rugby player, nicknamed Peter Pan. He is President of Fédération Française de Tennis (February 8, 2009). The Fédération Française de Tennis ("French tennis federation" in English), also known as the FFT is an organisation set up in 1920 that takes charge of the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of tennis in France. It is recognised by the International Tennis Federation and by the French Minister for Sports. Its headquarters are at the Roland Garros stadium. It was originally founded under the name Fédération Française de Lawn Tennis until it changed to the Fédération Française de Tennis in 1976. The roles of the FFT include organising tennis competitions in France, most notably the French Open, supporting ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giba (volleyball player)
Gilberto Amaury de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born December 23, 1976 in Londrina) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. He is considered one of the best wing attackers in the world, if not the best. Giba is known for passing through many adversities in life - he had leukemia when was a baby, injured his arm badly in his childhood and was suspended for some time in 2002, after an anti-doping test was positive for marijuana. Palmares Club 1 Italian Cup (2006) 1 Brazilian Championship (2001) National team 1 Olympic Games (2004) 2 World Championship (2002, 2006) 2 World Cup (2003, 2007) 6 World League (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) 2 World Grand Champions Cup (1997, 2005) 7 South American Championship (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) ... Biography of Joan Severance
Joan Severance (born December 23, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. Early life Born in Houston, Texas, Severance's family moved often while she was growing up. The family had to leave Libya during the Six Day War in 1967. They moved back to Houston where she attended Westbury High School and, at the age of 15, started modeling to make money for college. Her ambition was to become a veterinarian although she failed to make enough money for tuition. She was then hired by the Elite modeling agency which allowed her to travel again. In Paris, in 1977, she married Eric Milan. They divorced in 1984. Acting In the late 1980s Joan used her modeling success to start an acting career, making her debut in a small role in the first Lethal Weapon film in 1987. She usuall... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (born December 23, 1918) is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting Foreign Minister. Background Helmut Schmidt was born in Hamburg, son of two teachers. He was educated at Hamburg Lichtwark school, graduating in 1937. He was conscripted into military service and began World War II serving with an anti-aircraft battery at Vegesack near Bremen. After brief service on the eastern front he returned to Germany in 1942 to work as a trainer and advisor at the Reichsluftfahrtministerium. Also in 1942, on June 27, he married his childhood sweethear... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Astrid Zekul
Astrid Zekul, born December 23, 1947 in Berlin, is a German physicist, mathematician, parapsychologist and professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Harbaugh
James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh (born December 23, 1963 in Toledo, Ohio) is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He is also a former quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and San Diego Chargers of the NFL. He played for the junior league Ann Arbor Packers, then for Tappan Junior High, going on to Pioneer High School and then to Palo Alto High School in California. He was selected by the Bears out of the University of Michigan with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. College career Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards, and touchdown passes in school history. Pla... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dino Risi
Dino Risi (December 23, 1916 – June 7, 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was born in Milan. Risi became a respected director following the success of the film Pane, amore e... (1955), a sequel of blockbusters Pane, amore e fantasia and Pane, amore e gelosia, both directed by Comencini. His biggest hits were Poor, But Handsome (Poveri ma belli), followed by two sequels, which he also directed; A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile); The Easy Life (Il sorpasso); Opiate '67 or, in a cut version, 15 From Rome (I Mostri); and Scent Of A Woman (Profumo di Donna), which was remade starring Al Pacino in 1992. In 2002, he was awarded the Golden Lion – Honorary Award (L... Biography of Suzi Harvey
Suzi Harvey, born December 23, 1949 in Turlock, California, is an American-British professional astrologer and author. She is the wife of therapist and astrologer Charles Harvey.... Biography of Katie Underwood
Katie Underwood (born 23 December 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for being a member of Bardot, winners of the first Australian series of Popstars in 2000. Since departing the group in 2001, she has made numerous guest vocal appearances on dance tracks such as the Disco Montego Top 10 single "Beautiful". Born in Adelaide, Underwood sang in a girls choir, and later studied Maths and Computer Science at University of Adelaide. After three years at university she dropped out and moved to Melbourne. In June 2007, The Sydney Morning Herald printed an interview with Underwood about her bisexuality. She currently lives in Melbourne with her cosmetic surgeon husband, Paul Spano. Music career In February 1999 in London, Underwood recorded a dance track with UK tran... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Moran
Nicholas Jonathan Moran (born 23 December 1969 in East End, London) is an English actor, writer and producer, best known for his role as Eddy the card sharp in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. He will appear as Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Film career Moran first hit the big screen in 1990 alongside Roger Daltrey and Chesney Hawkes, in Buddy's Song (1990). He then went on to star with Britpack waifs Hans Matheson and Samantha Morton in a Coky Giedroyc short, The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996). In Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), he shared the screen with Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and British rocker Sting, the last of whom played the role of his father, JD. Moran played a card shark who attempts to increase the sav... Biography of Gala León García
Gala Leon Garcia (born December 23, 1973 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional female tennis player from Spain. WTA Tour titles (1) Singles (1) Legend Grand Slam (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) WTA Tour (1) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 28 May 2000 Madrid, Spain Clay Fabiola Zuluaga 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Singles finalist (4) 1998: Maria Lankowitz (lost to Patty Schnyder) 2000: Sopot (lost to Anke Huber) 2001: Knokke-Heist (lost to Iroda Tulyaganova) 2001: Sopot (lost to Cristina Torrens Valero) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gala_Le%C3%B3n_Garc%C3%ADa"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julien Carette
Julien Carette (23 December 1897 – 20 July 1966) was a French film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1964. Selected filmography * Si Paris nous était conté (1956) * His Last Twelve Hours (1951) * Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949) * Service de nuit (1944) * The Rules of the Game (1939) * Grand Illusion (1937)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Buchanan Duke
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was a U.S. tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for his involvement with Duke University. Personal life James Buchanan Duke, known by the nickname "Buck", was born near Durham, North Carolina, on December 23, 1856 to Washington Duke and his second wife, Artelia Roney Duke. Duke was married twice, the first in 1904 to Lillian Fletcher McCredy, but they divorced in 1906 and had no children. In 1907 he married the widow Nanaline Holt Inman, with whom he had his only child, a daughter, Doris, born November 22, 1912. Doris was raised at Duke Farms, where her father had worked with landscapers such as James Greenleaf (a member of the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted), and Horatio Buckenham to transform more than 2,000 acr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dan Bigras
Dan Bigras (born December 23, 1958 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone rock singer, composer, musician, comedian and director from Canada. He was discovered by Gerry Boulet in 1983, and his first album Ange Animal was released in 1990. He is the spokesman of Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal (meaning Refuge of Montreal's young people), an agency to help homeless and at-risk youth. The organisation produces le show du Refuge each year. He starred in a pair of CBC miniseries dramas about Canadian biker gangs called The Last Chapter (TV series), (2000) and The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (TV series), (2002) as Roots Racine, the impetuous leader of the Montreal chapter of the Triple Sixers, a fictional group loosely based on the Hells Angels. Discography 1990: Ange Animal 199... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frederic Forrest
Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. (born December 23, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Biography Forrest was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Virginia Allie (née McSpadden) and Frederic Fenimore Forrest, a furniture store owner. He is probably best known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, It Lives Again, the military surplus store owner in Falling Down, Right to Kill (1985 TV movie) and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film—in Hammett (1982) and in Citizen Cohn (1992 TV movie). He had a role as the renegade half breed, Blue Duck in the 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove. He was Oscar-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose. His other notable film roles include The Conversation, Promise Him Anything (TV), One from t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Didier Quentin
Didier Quentin (born December 23, 1946 in Royan, Charente-Maritime) is a French politician. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, and was elected to the 13th legislature in 2002; in 2008 he became mayor of Royan.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Holly Dale
Holly Dale (born December 23, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film and television director as well as a film producer, film editor, screenwriter and casting director and actress. Her credits include Cold Case, Flashpoint, Durham County, Missing and Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye. She owns Spectrum Films, together with Janis Cole. She has earned many nominations and won a Genie Award for Best Theatrical Documentary (with Janis Cole) for P4W Prison for Women. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197700/) (Director) "Cold Case" (7 episodes, 2007-2009) - Breaking News (2009) TV episode - Roller Girl (2008) TV episode - The Road (2008) TV episode - Boy Crazy (2007) TV episode - Thick as Thieves (2007) TV episode (2 more) "Being Erica" ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips (Born Esther Mae Jones, December 23, 1935 in Galveston, Texas; died August 7, 1984 in Carson, California) was an American singer. Phillips was one of the great female R&B vocalists. She also performed in the pop, country, jazz, and soul music. Big Break When Phillips was an adolescent, her parents divorced, and she was forced to divide her time between her father in Houston and her mother in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Because she was brought up singing in church, she was hesitant to enter a talent contest at a local blues club, but her sister insisted and Esther complied. A remarkably mature singer at age fourteen, she won the amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis. Otis was so impressed that he recorded her for Modern Records an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudio Scimone
Claudio Scimone (born December 23, 1934) is an Italian conductor. He was born in Padua, Italy and studied conducting with Dmitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara. He has established an international reputation as a conductor, as well as a musicologist. He has revived many baroque and renaissance works. His discography includes over 150 titles, and he has won numerous prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. He is the founder of I Solisti Veneti and honorary conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.... Biography of Manuela Moura Guedes
Maria Manuela Guedes Outeiro Pereira Moniz or Manuela Moura Guedes, born December 23, 1955 in Cadaval, is a Portuguese journalist TV host, singer and sometimes actress. She married twice, with Francisco Barbosa de Carvalho Vasconcelos (divorced, one child) and José Eduardo Moniz (two child).... Biography of Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., KBE (born December 23, 1944) is a retired general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Clark commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War during his term as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000. Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a candidate on Septembe... Biography of Harry Shearer
Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host and record label owner. Shearer, a voice actor on The Simpsons (1989 to present), provides the voices of Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Julius Hibbert, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Lenny Leonard, Principal Seymour Skinner, Otto Mann, Scratchy and Rainier Wolfcastle among others. He is also known for playing Derek Smalls in the 1984 hit This Is Spinal Tap. On June 19, 2008, it was announced that Shearer would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category. Career Early career When Shearer was four years old he had a piano teacher whose daughter worked as a child actress. The piano teacher decided to make a car... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bertrand Gachot
Bertrand Gachot (born December 23, 1962 in Luxembourg) is a Belgian former racing driver. Gachot was the son of a French European Commission official. He began karting at the age of 15. In 1983 he attended Winfield School, a well-known racing-driving school in France. After this, he focussed on his racing career, competing first in the Formula Ford 1600 series. By 1986, he had won the British Formula Ford championship. In 1987, Gachot joined the British Formula 3 series, finishing second in the championship for the West Surrey Racing team. In 1988, he switched to the Formula 3000 series, but met some success. In 1989, he entered the storied world of Formula One, driving for the newly-formed Onyx team. Although his performances were promising, after making statements in the press whic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was the oldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. He was born in New York City at 125 East 36th Street and attended Harvard University 1926-1930 but never graduated. His siblings were: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt John Aspinwall Roosevelt. He was an insurance executive until 1937, when he became secretary to his father in the White House. Roosevelt married Betsey Cushing, one of the famous Cushing sisters. He and his wife divorced in 1940, after having moved to Hollywood, California, where James had accepted a job with Samuel Goldwyn. During World War II he was second-in-command of the 2nd Raider Battalion of the Marine Raiders, an early US Marine commando u... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Micheline Ostermeyer
Micheline Ostermeyer (December 23, 1922 – October 17, 2001) was a French athlete and pianist. A great-niece of the French author Victor Hugo, and a niece of the composer Lucien Paroche, Ostermeyer was born in Rang-du-Fliers, France. At the insistence of her mother, she began learning piano at the age of 4, and at 14 she left her family's home in Tunisia to attend the Conservatoire de Paris. After the outbreak of World War II, she moved back to Tunisia where she performed a weekly half-hour piano recital on Radio Tunis. It was during her return stay in Tunisia that Ostermeyer began participating in sports, competing in basketball and track and field events. After the war, she continued her participation in athletics while resuming her education at the Conservatoire. She competed in a ... Biography of Jose Greco
José Greco (December 23, 1918 – December 31, 2000) was a flamenco dancer and choreographer. He was born Costanzo Greco in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy of Italian parents. He was raised in New York City from the time he was 10 years old. He began dancing in Brooklyn with his sister Norina at a young age. He made his professional dancing debut in 1937 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Manhattan. His most famous partners were La Argentinita (Encarnación López Julvez) and, after her death, her sister Pilar López. In 1949, he started the José Greco Dance Company, with which he toured extensively. He also appeared in a number of films, including Sombrero (1953), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Holiday for Lovers (1959), Ship of Fools (1965), and The Proud and the Damned (1972). He rec... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Negus
Kenneth Negus, born December 23, 1927 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, died September 19, 1997 (cancer), was an American astrologer, writer, German teacher and linguist.... Biography of Robert Bly
Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement in the United States. Life Robert Bly was born in Madison, Minnesota to Jacob and Alice Bly, people of Norwegian stock . Following graduation from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving two years. After one year at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, he transferred to Harvard University, joining the later famous group of writers who were undergraduates at that time, including Donald Hall, Adrienne Rich, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, Harold Brodkey, George Plimpton, and John Hawkes. He graduated in 1950 and spent the next few years in New York. Beginning in 1954, Bly took two years at the University of Iowa at the Iowa Writers W... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Filippo Battazzi
Filippo Battazzi, born December 23, 1867 in Rome, died in 1941, was an Italian scientist, biologist and parapsychologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Noël Lucas
Noël Lucas, born December 1944 in Saint-Mathurin, is a French Catholic priest, sentenced and jailed in 1997: he sexually abused dozens of young boys in Nantes ,in the 90's.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Schützenberger
Paul Schützenberger (23 December 1829 - 26 June 1897), French chemist, was born at Strasbourg, where his father Georges Frédéric Schützenberger (1779-1859) was professor of law, and his uncle Charles Schützenberger (1809-1881) professor of chemical medicine. He was intended for a medical career and graduated MD from the University of Strasbourg in 1855, but his interests lay in physical and chemical science. In 1853 he went to Paris as preparateur to JF Persoz (1805-1868), professor of chemistry at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. A year later he was entrusted with a course of chemical instruction at Mulhouse, and he remained in that town till 1865 as professor at the École Supérieure des Sciences. He then returned to Paris as assistant to AJ Balard at the College de France, in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Rodgers
William ("Bill") Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American runner and former American record holder in the marathon who is best known for his victories in the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon in the late 1970s. Rodgers won both races four times each between 1975 and 1980, twice breaking the American record at Boston with a time of 2:09:55 in 1975 and a 2:09:27 in 1979. In 1977 he won the Fukuoka Marathon, making him the only runner ever to hold the championship of all three major marathons at the same time. He made the 1976 U.S. Olympic team and raced the marathon at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, finishing 40th. He did not participate in the Olympics in 1980 due to the U.S. boycott over the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR. Rodgers is... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Fousseret
Jean-Louis Fousseret, born December 23, 1946 in Besançon, is a French politician, a member of PS (Parti socialiste). he is the Mayor of Besançon.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Pirenne
Henri Pirenne (December 23, 1862, Verviers - October 25, 1935, Uccle) was a leading Belgian historian. He also became prominent in the non-violent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I. Henri Pirenne's reputation today rests on three contributions to European history. First, what has become known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning origins of the Middle Ages in reactive state formation and shifts in trade; secondly, for a distinctive view of Belgium's medieval history; and, thirdly, for his model on the development of the medieval city. Pirenne Thesis Henri Pirenne first expressed ideas on the formation of European towns in articles of 1895; he further developed the idea for the Pirenne Thesis in POW camp during World War I. He subsequently published it in a se... Biography of Tatana Kucharova
Taťána Kuchařová (born December 23, 1987 in Trnava, Czechoslovakia, recent Slovakia) won the title of Miss Czech Republic and Miss World 2006. In doing so, she became the first woman from the Czech Republic to win the title at the final event of the Miss World competition, held on September 30, 2006, in Warsaw, Poland. Miss World experience Kuchařová beat 103 other women in voting among a panel of judges and from television viewers around the world during a two-hour finals ceremony in the Polish capital, where the president of Warsaw watched the finals, and presented the new Miss World with a scroll, dubbing her as an honorary ambassador of Warsaw, and asking her to carry a message of peace around the world. Kuchařová, a 177cm tall high-school student with long ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Ippolito
James Ippolito, born December 23, 1943 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, is an American engineer and businessman.... Biography of Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin
Blessed Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Martin née Guérin (23 December 1831 - 28 August 1877) was a French laywoman and the mother of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. Her husband was Blessed Louis Martin. Life Early life Marie-Azélie Guérin was born in Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France and was the second daughter of Isidore Guérin and Louise-Jeanne Macé. She had an older sister Marie-Louise, who became a Visitandine nun, and a younger brother, Isidore, who was a pharmacist. Zélie wanted to become a nun but was turned away by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul due to respiratory difficulties and recurrent headaches. Zélie then prayed for God to give her children and that they would be consecrated to God. Later, she decided to become a lacemaker, making Point d'Alençon lace. She l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Crane
Joseph Crane, born on December 23, 1954 in Brighton, Massachusetts, is an American astrologer, author, lecturer, and... Biography of Pernilla Mansson-Colt
Pernilla Månsson Colt, born December 23, 1966 in Orebro, is a Swedish TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Koosman
Jerome Martin Koosman (born December 23, 1942 in Appleton, Minnesota, his last name was originally Koosmann) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies between 1967 and 1985. He was generally considered the #2 starter on the Miracle Mets (behind Tom Seaver) when they won the World Series in 1969. New York Mets Rookie Year After leading all International League pitchers in strikeouts in 1967, Koosman broke into the Mets’ rotation in 1968. He posted a 19-12 record with seven shutouts, 178 strikeouts and a 2.08 earned run average. The wins, shutouts, and ERA set franchise records, breaking those set by mound mate Tom Seaver just the year before. Koosman also made the f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Brasno
George Brasno, born December 23, 1911 in Old Bridge, New Jersey and raised in Madison, was an American midget, comedian and circus artist, the brother of midget Olive Brasno. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105422/ ) # The Great John L. (1945) (uncredited) .... Tom Thumb # Arbor Day (1936) .... Boy Midget # Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) .... Colonel Tim # Carnival (1935) (uncredited) .... Midget # The Mighty Barnum (1934) .... Gen. Tom Thumb # Shrimps for a Day (1934) .... Dick as a child # Sitting Pretty (1933) (uncredited) .... A Neighbor... Biography of Jennifer Hoffman
Jennifer Hoffman, born December 23, 1980 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, is a Dutch actress. Filmographie (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388952/ ) Spion van Oranje (2009) (post-production) .... Lena "Spoorloos verdwenen" .... Max Noordhof / ... (33 episodes, 2006-2008) - De verdwenen baby (2008) TV episode .... Max Noordhof - De verdwenen bankier (2008) TV episode .... Max Noordhof - De verdwenen date (2008) TV episode .... Max Noordhof - De verdwenen DJ (2008) TV episode .... Max Noordhof - De verdwenen droomprins (2008) TV episode .... Max Noordhof (28 more) Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi (2007) .... Miljonairsdochter "Rauw" .... Anouk (6 episodes, 2006) - Episode #1.6 (2006) TV episode .... Anouk - Episode #1.5 (2006) TV... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rudolf Tomaschek
Rudolf Tomaschek, born on December 23, 1895 in Budweis, died on February 8, 1955, was a Czechoslovakian astrologer, author, psychologist, and parapsychologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dante Spanghero
Dante/Jean-Marie Spanghero, born on December 23, 1945 in Payra-sur-l'Hers, Aude (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French former rugby union player. He is the brother of Laurent Spanghero, Walter Spanghero, and Claude Spanghero.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Grasset (politician)
Bernard Grasset, born December 23, 1933 in La Rochelle, is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party (PS).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Williams (comedian)
Charles Adolphus Williams MBE (23 December 1927—2 September 2006) was a mixed-race English professional footballer (one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War), and later became Britain's first well-known black stand-up comedian. He became famous from his appearances on Granada Television's The Comedians and ATV's The Golden Shot, delivering his catchphrase, "me old flower" in his broad Yorkshire accent. Williams was born in Royston, a small mining village near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. His father, also Charles, had come to England in 1914 from Barbados, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers. After the First World War, his father settled in Royston, where he sold groceries from a horse and cart, and married a local girl, Doris Cook. His father had... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Monique Watteau
Monique Watteau or sometimes Alika Watteau, born on December 23, 1929 in Liege (birth time source: birth certificate n° 2284, André Dekoster), is a Belgian novelist, actress and painter. Bibliography La Colère végétale, Plon, 1954 ; Marabout Fantastique n° 462, 1973. La Nuit aux yeux de bête, Plon, 1956. L'Ange à fourrure, Plon, 1958. Je suis le ténébreux, Julliard, 1962. Filmography Deux sous de violettes (1951)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amédée Borsari
Amédée Borsari, born on December 23, 1905 in Paris, died on June 21, 1999 in Eaubonne (Val-d'Oise), was a French composer. Awards 1943 : Prix Favareille-Chailley-Richez 1944 : Prix Joseph Calvet 1956 : Prix de musique légère de la RTF Seleced works 3 quatuors Prélude pour la mort de Roland, (1940-41), pour orchestre Histoires enfantines, pour soprano et orchestre (1942) Quintette avec piano Eudaïmon-Symphonie (1946) Paysage d'été (1948) La Grande Place (1952) La Cathédrale meurtrie (1955) Concerto pour piano et orchestre "Américain" (1941) 2e concerto pour piano (1946) Concerto pour saxophone et orchestre à cordes (1947) 3e concerto pour clavecin ou piano, et 11 instruments (1950) References Dictio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcelin Pleynet
Marcelin Pleynet was born in Lyon, France on December 23, 1933. Writer, essayist, poet, he was Managing Editor of the influential magazine Tel Quel from 1962 to 1982, and co-edits the journal L'Infini (Gallimard) with Philippe Sollers. He was Professor of Aesthetics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1987 to 1998. He has published numerous monographs on 20th-century art, notably Situation de l’art moderne: Paris-New York (in association with William Rubin), Henri Matisse, Robert Motherwell: La vérité en peinture, Les Modernes et la tradition, Les États-Units de la peinture and L’art abstrait. He has also published books of poetry and the novel Prise d’otage, and an edition of Giorgione et les deux Vénus. Bibliography Essays Le savoir-vivre, Gallimard... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume de Sax
Guillaume de Sax, born Guillaume, Henri, Robert de Ségur Lamoignon on December 23, 1889 in Paris, died on November 6, 1945 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1937 : Les Gens du voyage de Jacques Feyder 1938 : Ernest le rebelle de Christian Jaque 1938 : J'étais une aventurière de Raymond Bernard 1938 : Le Récif de corail de Maurice Gleize 1938 : Trois Valses de Ludwig Berger 1938 : Deuxième bureau contre Kommandantur de René Jayet et Robert Bibal 1938 : Un de la Canebière de René Pujol 1939 : Angélica de Jean Choux 1939 : L'Or du Cristobal de Jean Stelli 1939 : Rappel immédiat de Léon Mathot 1941 : Mam'zelle Bonaparte de Maurice Tourneur 1941 : Ne bougez plus de Pierre Caron 1941 : Péchés de jeunesse de ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Cuesta
Henry Falcon Cuesta (December 23, 1931–December 17, 2003) was an American-born musician who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show. His primary instrument was the clarinet. At an early age, Cuesta began studying classical violin, then switched to woodwinds. He proved himself gifted and was selected to play with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra in Texas while still in high school. Before being drafted into the Army in 1952, he graduated from Del Mar College where he majored in music. In the Special Services branch of the Army, he was involved in entertaining troops in Europe and England, which included a Tribute to Gershwin concert with the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra). After his Army duty, Cuesta toured the United States and Canada, developing his own highly personal style. W... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Manotti
Dominique Manotti, born on December 23, 1942 in Paris, is a French writer and historian. Selected works: Sombre Sentier, Seuil, 1995 À nos chevaux, Rivages, 1997 Réédité en 1999 dans la collection Rivages/Noir Kop, Rivages, 1998 Réédité en 2001 dans la collection Rivages/Noir Nos fantastiques années fric, Rivages, 2001 Réédité en 2009 dans la collection Rivages/Noir Le Corps noir, Seuil, 2004 Lorraine Connection, Rivages, 2006 Réédité en 2008 dans la collection Rivages/Noir Bien connu des services de police, Gallimard, « Série noire », 2010 Réédité en 2011 dans la collection Folio policier L’Honorable Société, Gallimard, « Série noire » (Thrillers), 2011 Co-écrit avec DOA. Grand prix de littérature policière 2011... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vicente Del Bosque
Vicente del Bosque González (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 23 December 1950) is a retired Spanish footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of the Spanish national football team, taking over from Luis Aragonés following Spain's title success at Euro 2008. He is known for coaching Real Madrid from 1999 to 2003, a very successful period in the club's history. He has worked for many years with assistant coach Toni Grande. Playing career As a player, del Bosque was a defender who played in La Liga 441 times with 30 goals. This career included spells at Castilla CF, Córdoba, Castellón, and Real Madrid. He won five league titles (1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80) and four Copa del Rey titles (1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82) with Real Madrid. Internationally, Del... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Lacroix
Jean Lacroix, born December 23, 1900 and died June 27, 1986, was a French author and philosopher. Bibliography Timidité et adolescence, Aubier, 1936, 173 p. Itinéraire spirituel, Bloud et Gay (Cahiers de la Nouvelle Journée, 35), l937, 158 p. Mystique et politique, dans l'ouvrage collectif Options sur demain, Bloud et Gay (La Nouvelle Journée, 6), 1939, p. 63-92. L'adolescence scolaire, éditions de l'Ecole nationale des Cadres d'Uriage, 1941, 45 p. Personne et amour, éditions du Livre français (Construire), Lyon, 1942, 128 p. ; nouvelle édition augmentée, Seuil, 1955, 146 p. Vocation personnelle et tradition nationale, Bloud et Gay (La Nouvelle Journée, 10), 1942, 192 p. Le sens du dialogue, La Baconnière, Neuchatel, 1944, 149 p. ; 2 édition, 153 p. Socialisme ?, éditio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xavier Vallat
Xavier Vallat (December 23, 1891 in Villedieu (Vaucluse - 6 January 1972 in Annonay (Ardèche)), French politician, was Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions in the wartime Vichy collaborationist government, and was sentenced after World War II to ten years in prison for his part in the persecution of French Jews. Until World War II Vallat was born in the department of Vaucluse into a family of conservative Catholics. In his youth he was active in Catholic organisations and joined the monarchist Action Française, the most important group on the extreme right of French politics. He became a teacher in Catholic schools before joining the French Army. In World War I he was severely wounded, losing his left leg and right eye. He was elected to the National Assembly for the Ardeche in 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Augustin Delgado
Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá (born December 23, 1974 in Ambuquí, Imbabura) is a retired Ecuadorian footballer. Nicknamed Tín, Delgado is the all-time top scorer for the Ecuadorian national team with 31 goals in 71 games. He played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England. Club career Southampton Delgado moved to Southampton in 2001. Unfortunately, Tin - as he is affectionately known to his legion of fans - was dogged by injuries which restricted him to only a few games during his time with "The Saints". Southampton F.C. tried to get him back to fitness after the injury he picked in Necaxa prior to the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers, but to no avail. It might have been a different story had the striker refused to play while injured during the 2002 World Cup. The pressur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Hornung
Paul Vernon Hornung (born December 23, 1935 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former professional football player, playing for the Green Bay Packers from 1957-66. Hornung,one of the most versatile players ever to play the game, was Halfback, Quarterback,and Place Kicker. Hornung is one of the greatest all-purpose backs to ever play the game. Not only could Hornung run, he was a excellent passer, receiver, and blocker. Hornung was an excellent all-around athlete who played college basketball, but is best known for his prowess as a football player. Hornung was an outstanding athlete at Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High School in Louisville (now closed), having lettered four years each in football, basketball, and baseball. He was recruited by Bear Bryant at Kentucky, but chose to attend Notr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mathieu Brosseau
Mathieu Brosseau, born on December 23, 1977 in Lannion, is a French poet and author. Publications L'Aquatone. Charlieu : La Bartavelle éditeur, juin 2001 Surfaces : journal perpétuel. Paris : Editions Caractères, décembre 2003 Dis-moi. Livre d'artiste. Dingé : Editions La Canopée / La Rivière échappée, décembre 2008 La Nuit d'un seul. Dingé : Editions La Rivière Echappée, mars 2009 UNS. www.publie.net 6, septembre 2009. L'espèce7. Lyon : éditions Mots_tessons, décembre 2009 Et même dans la disparition. Rennes : Editions Wigwam, mars 2010... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aldo Capitini
Aldo Capitini, born in Perugia December 23, 1899 and died October 19, 1968 in Perugia, was an Italian politician, author, teacher, philosopher and anti-fascist. Works 1937 Elementi di un'esperienza religiosa, Laterza, Bari. 1942 Vita religiosa, Cappelli, Bologna. 1943 Atti della presenza aperta, Sansoni, Firenze. 1947 Saggio sul soggetto della storia, La Nuova Italia, Firenze. 1948 Esistenza e presenza del soggetto in Atti del Congresso internazionale di Filosofia (II Vol.), Castellani, Milano. 1948 La realtà di tutti, Arti Grafiche Tornar, Pisa. 1951 L'atto di educare, La Nuova Italia, Firenze. 1955 Religione aperta, Guanda, Modena. 1967 Le tecniche della nonviolenza, Feltrinelli, Milano (rist. Linea D'Ombra, Milano 1989). 1967-1968 Educazione aperta (2 Voll.), La Nu... Biography of Jamie Noble
James Gibson (born December 23, 1976) better known by his ring name Jamie Noble, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, wrestling on its Raw brand.He is also known for his appearances with Ring of Honor, where he won its World Championship, and World Championship Wrestling in its cruiserweight division and is a one time Cruiserweight Champion. Ring name(s) James Gibson Jamie Howard Jamie Knoble Jamie Noble Jamie-San Billed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Billed weight 202 lb (92 kg) Career Gibson started wrestling in 1995 after being trained by Dean Malenko, briefly working for the Jacksonville, Florida based Renegade Championship Wrestling. World Championship Wrestling His first national exposure was in World Champio... Biography of Dave Murray
David Michael "Dave" Murray (born 23 December 1956) is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as one of the original members of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He joined the band just two months after their inception in 1975. Career This biographical section of an article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (May 2007) As a boy, Murray was a fanatical football player and fan, as well as a keen cricketer. But his family was poor – his father was disabled and his mother worked part-time as a cleaner – and the family never settled anywhere long enough for Murray to establish h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Soulié (author)
Frédéric Soulié, born in Foix December 23, 1800 and died in Bièvres in Essonne Septembre 23, 1847, was a French author, journalist and novelist. Selected bibliography Clothilde, théâtre, 1832 Les deux cadavres, roman, 1832 Le comte de Toulouse, roman, 1835 Le vicomte de Béziers, roman, 1835 Sathaniel, roman, 1837 Les Mémoires du diable, roman, 1837-1838 Diane de Chivry, théâtre, 1839 Le Lion amoureux, roman, 1841 La Closerie des genêts, théâtre, 1846... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (born December 23, 1940 in Washington, D.C.) is an American blues, folk and rock guitarist. Born to a Finnish American father and a Jewish American mother, employed by the U.S. foreign service, Kaukonen was a founding member of the popular psychedelic San Francisco-based band Jefferson Airplane, which scored two Top 10 radio hits in 1967 with "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit." Kaukonen learned to play guitar as a teenager in Washington, D.C. But before moving to the DC area, Jorma and family lived in the Philippines and other locales as he followed his father's career from assignment to assignment before returning to the place of his birth. As a teenager in Washington he and future Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady (who at the time played six-string... Biography of Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963 (time birth source: a relative)) is an American writer and author of the novels The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002). She won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003. Early life The daughter of Don and Taylor Tartt, she was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and raised in the nearby town of Grenada. At age five, she wrote her first poem, and she was first published in a Mississippi literary review when she was 13. Enrolling in the University of Mississippi in 1981, she pledged to the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her writing caught the attention of Willie Morris while she was a freshman. Following a recommendation from Morris, Barry Hannah, then an Ole Miss Writer-in-Residence, admitted Tartt into his graduate short s... Biography of Hubert Pierlot
Hubert Marie Eugène, Count Pierlot (23 December 1883, Cugnon (Bertrix) - 13 December 1963, Uccle) was a Belgian Walloon politician and jurist, the Prime Minister of Belgium between 1939 and 1945 (a mandate coinciding with World War II and Nazi Germany's occupation of the country). He was a representative of the Catholic Party (which took various names during his lifetime) in the Chamber of Deputies in 1925 (for Neufchâteau), then to the Senate for Luxembourg Province (between 1926 and 1936) and Arlon (from 1936 to 1946). He also served as Minister of Internal Affairs (1934-1935), Minister of Agriculture (1934-1935; 1936-1939), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1939). He first led a coalition of Catholics and Socialists, and then one of Catholics and Liberals. When the Phony War broke,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Nyhan
David Nyhan (born Charles David Nyhan, Jr.) (December 23, 1940 in Boston – January 23, 2005) was a journalist and biographer whose op-ed column ran in The Boston Globe newspaper for many years. After working for the Boston Globe for 32 years, he was fired by the paper in 2001. A tall man at 6'4", Nyhan's writing has been described as "fiercely liberal." He died suddenly, suffering a heart attack after shoveling snow. His wife, Olivia, brought him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on January 23, 2005. The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University established the David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism in his honor. The first recipient of the prize was David Willman in 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Lagrange
Henri Lagrange, born December 23, 1894 in Bordeaux, died in 1914, was a French journalist, monachist activist and author. Works Gérard de Nerval, Paris, Éditions de la Revue critique, 1911. « Introduction » à Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Les femmelins. Les grandes figures romantiques : J. J. Rousseau, Béranger, Lamartine, Mme Roland, Mme de Stael, Mme Necker de Saussure, George Sandavec , Paris, Nouvelle librairie nationale, 1912. Vingt ans en 1914. Études politiques et littéraires, portraits et polémiques, lettres de guerre, préface de Charles Maurras, Paris, Nouvelle librairie nationale, 1920.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mikhail Gromov
Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Russian: Михаил Леонидович Громов (born December 23, 1943, also known as Mikhael Gromov, Michael Gromov, or Misha Gromov) is a Franco-Russian mathematician known for important contributions in many different areas of mathematics. He is considered a geometer in a very broad sense of the word. His style of geometry features a "coarse" or "soft" viewpoint, often analyzing asymptotic or large-scale properties. Gromov's impact has been felt most heavily in geometric group theory, where he characterized groups of polynomial growth and created the notion of hyperbolic group; symplectic topology, where he introduced pseudoholomorphic curv... Biography of Esthero
Esthero (born Jenny-Bea Englishman, December 23, 1978 in Stratford, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero, pronounced es-TAIR-oh, refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc. She claims to have got the name by combining the name of the heroine (Esther) and last line ("If I am to be the hero, then I cannot fly from darkness.") of the movie from Sylvia Plath's novel, 'The Bell Jar'. Esthero's sound characteristically features her voice over a mix of mellow bass lines, jazzy trumpets, Spanish guitar and hip-hop. She is sometimes compared to artists Björk, Portishead and Sade. Later artists who count Esthero among their influences include Res, Fergie and fellow Canadian Nelly... Biography of Belsy (singer)
Belsy, born Belsy Demetz on December 23, 1984 in Kerala province, India, is a German-speaking singer of folk music, and lives in South Tyrol. External link: http://www.belsy-und-florian.de/ Discography 2002 - Alles was vom Herzen kommt 2003 - Heimat entsteht 2004 - Ciao Amore Goodbye 2005 - Weihnachtstraum 2006 - Bel Ami 2007 - Lieber Gott, bitte vergiss uns nicht 2009 - Lust auf Sommer Singles Heimat entsteht Madre di Dio Die Sterne vom Lago Maggiore Piar Salve Regina (mit Rudy Giovannini) Bel Ami Alles möcht i sein Hast du mich wirklich lieb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin (born December 23, 1988 in Cannes) is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Challe
Claude Challe (born Claude Shalom December 23, 1945 in Tunisia) is a French DJ and club owner, the creator of the Buddha Bar restaurant/clubs and music compilations. Challe moved to France at age three. He attended Rabbinical school as a young man. At the age of 19, he opened a hair salon in Paris, and became known as "the man with the golden scissors". Challe then abandoned the salon and lived as an expatriate on the island of Sardinia, in a hippie commune. He subsequently traveled to India, Nepal and Indonesia. Challe returned to France and was introduced to New Age music by the likes of Andreas Vollenweider and Ennio Morricone. He became involved in Parisian nightlife. He managed a series of French clubs, including Le Prive (1974), Le Centre Ville in Les Halles (1979), Les Bain... Biography of Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd (born 23 December 1985) is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. He also won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Early life and education Judd was born in the town of Chelmsford in Essex in southern England, and educated at two leading co-educational independent schools: at Old Buckenham Hall in the village of Brettenham in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England, followed by Uppingham School in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland in central England. Career Main article: McFly Judd appeared in Busted's music video for their single "Crashed the Wedding", after which he joined McFly following auditions. Alongsid... Biography of Anna Maria Perez de Taglé
Anna María Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé (born December 23, 1990) is a Filipino-American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She also played Miracle Ross on Cake T.V., and was recently in the 2009 film Fame, whom she starred as Joy Moy. She also went on tour with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.(Jonas Brothers Live in Concert) In November 2011, she began starring on Broadway in the Godspell revival at the Circle in the Square theater in New York City. That is her current role. Personal life Perez de Taglé was born in San Francisco, California. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Bee Season Bee Season #1 2008 Camp Rock Ella Pador Disney Channel Original... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew (born Robert Steven Belew, December 23, 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson (which he has fronted since 1981) and for his unusual impressionistic approach to guitar playing (involving arresting yet frequently melodic sounds more akin to animals and machines than to standard instrumental tones). Widely recognized as an "incredibly versatile player", Belew has released nearly twenty solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records which blend Beatles-inspired pop-rock with more experimental fare. His 2005 single "Beat Box Guitar" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance ca... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Gomez
Scott Carlos Gomez (born December 23, 1979) is an American professional ice hockey center of both Mexican and Colombian descent, currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Scott Gomez was selected with the 27th pick of the first round by the New Jersey Devils. His father is Carlos, a Mexican-American, and his mother is Dalia, a Colombian-American. At the time, he was playing for the Tri-City Americans of the WHL, and had just been named to the WHL's All-Rookie Team. In the season after he was drafted, he justified the Devils' decision by scoring 108 points in 58 games for the Americans. This earned him a spot on the WHL West First All-Star Team. The year before, Gomez led the South Surrey Eagles of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Smith (diplomat)
Sir Thomas Smith (23 December 1513 – 12 August 1577) was an English scholar and diplomat. He was born at Saffron Walden in Essex. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1530, and in 1533 was appointed a public reader or professor. He lectured in the schools on natural philosophy, and on Greek in his own rooms. In 1540 Smith went abroad, and, after studying in France and Italy and taking a degree of law at the University of Padua, returned to Cambridge in 1542. He now took the lead in the reform of the pronunciation of Greek, his views after considerable controversy being universally adopted. He and his friend, Sir John Cheke, were the great classical scholars of the time in England. In January 1543/4 he was appointed first Regius Professor of Civil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hanley Ramírez
Hanley Ramirez (born December 23, 1983 in Samaná, Dominican Republic) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins. Ramírez was named 2006 NL Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In 2009, Ramírez won the NL batting title and is a three-time All-Star starter. Additionally, Ramirez finished runner-up in the 2010 Home Run Derby. Minor League career Ramírez signed with the Boston Red Sox as an International Free Agent in July 2000. He was discovered by scouts and was considered the top prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization. He was traded to the Florida Marlins in 2005 together with Aníbal Sánchez for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota. Major League career 2006 season During Spring Training in 2006, Ramírez was impr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brad Lidge
Bradley Thomas "Brad" Lidge (born December 23, 1976 in Sacramento, California) is a closer for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Lights Out", he is the all-time leader in strikeouts per nine innings (12.2 K/9) among pitchers with at least 200 appearances in their career. Lidge throws a four-seam fastball that consistently reaches 91 or 92 miles per hour, as well as a hard, sharp breaking slider that ranges from 85 to 87 mph. He sealed the Phillies' 2008 World Series Championship with the final out, a strikeout of Eric Hinske in Game 5. Early life Brad Lidge was born in Sacramento, California on December 23, 1976. At a young age, the Lidge family moved to Englewood, Colorado. Growing up, Lidge was very active, playing football, basketball and baseball amon... Biography of Theo Kogan
Theo Kogan (born December 23, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. She is most well known for being the vocalist of the all girl punk band, Lunachicks. Currently, she sings in the dance/electronic band, Theo & the Skyscrapers. She also has her own cosmetic line, Armour Beauty. She is married to Sean Pierce, the guitarist of Theo & the Skyscrapers and the Toilet Böys. Acting Theo has had roles in many big movies such as Zoolander, Rock Star, Bringing Out the Dead and High Times' Potluck. She has also been on a few TV shows; Law & Order, Third Watch and The Jon Stewart Show. She did some voice over work in Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Kogan can also be seen in "Screen Test", a broadway musical directed by Rob Roth which her band Theo and the Skyscrapers composed the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mikael Samuelsson
Mikael Samuelsson (born December 23, 1976) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Samuelsson began his career in Sweden, starting with Södertälje SK as a junior in 1994. He went on to also play for Swedish teams IK Nyköping, Frölunda HC and Brynäs IF. He was selected 145th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks and moved to the NHL in 2000–01. After short stints with the Sharks, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers, he returned to Europe during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. As NHL play resumed, Samuelsson signed with the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup with the club in 2008. After four seasons in Detroit, he signed with the Canucks in July 2009. Int... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Keiji Mutoh
Keiji Mutoh (武藤 敬司 Mutō Keiji?, born December 23, 1962) is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. He is mostly known for his work as The Great Muta in New Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1990s, but he has also competed in United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan. He is a former President of All Japan Pro Wrestling, as well as being a full-time wrestler for the promotion since 2002. Mutoh is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, both in Japan and America. Mutoh is credited as one of the first Japanese wrestlers to achieve a fan base outside of his native Japan in the United States. The Great Muta gimmick is one of the most influential gimmicks in puroresu, havin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emperor Zhenzong of Song
Emperor Zhenzong (December 23, 968 – March 23, 1022) (also Chen-tsung) was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. He reigned from 997 to 1022. Zhenzong was the third son of Emperor Taizong. His personal name was Zhao Heng and his temple name Zhenzong means "True Ancestor". Zhenzong's reign was noted for the consolidation of power and the strengthening of the dynasty. The country prospered, and its military might was further reinforced. However, it would also mark the beginning of a foreign policy towards the Khitan Empire (Liao Dynasty) in the north that would ultimately result in humiliation. In 1004, the Khitan waged war against the Song empire. Zhenzong, leading his army, struck back at the Khitan. Despite initial successes, in 1005 Zhenzong concluded the Shanyuan Treaty. Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet (born 23 December 1947) is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri. Career Early days Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947. He had his first hit single with the duo, The Marbles in 1968, with the single "Only One Woman" (Polydor 56 272), which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. This and its follow-up were both written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees who had recorded in Australia with Bonnet bandmate from The Marbles, Trevor Gordon. Bonnet then quit to do advert jingles. He appeared in the 1974 British comedy film, Three for All as lead singer of 'Billy Beethoven', a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of A Fine Frenzy
Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy, is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released in 2007, followed in 2009 by Bomb in a Birdcage. Sudol's songs have charted in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and France, among other countries. Her music has also been featured on numerous television shows and featured in several major motion pictures. According to her official website, A Fine Frenzy's upcoming album, Pines, will be released October 9, 2012. Biography Early life Born in Seattle, Washington to two dramatic arts teachers, Sudol and both parents moved to Los Angeles after their divorce when she was five years old. She grew up listening to a wide range of mus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elizabeth Hartman
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 (source: Imdb) – June 10, 1987) was an American actress, best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The next year, she appeared in You're a Big Boy Now as Barbara Darling, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Early life Hartman was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where she became known to patrons of the Youngstown Playhouse as "Biff" Hartman. After gaining valuable experience in community thea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mariana of Austria
Mariana of Austria (Maria Anna; 23 December 1634 (source: Wikipedia in German and French) – 16 May 1696) was Queen consort of Spain as the second wife of King Philip IV, who was also her maternal uncle. At the death of her husband in 1665, Queen Mariana became regent for her son Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg, and she remained an influential figure during his reign. Early life Born as Maria Anna on 22 December 1634 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, she was the granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. Her parents were King Ferdinand III of Hungary and Maria Anna of Spain, the sister of Mariana's future husband, King Philip IV of Spain. Her father, who would become Emperor in 1637, was as yet only King of Hungary and Bohemia, and was away for most of his wife's pregnancy cam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Doug Gillard
Doug Gillard (born December 23, 1965 in Sandusky, Ohio) is a guitarist and songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio who has performed with bands and artists such as Death Of Samantha, Gem, Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices, Richard Buckner, Children's Crusade, Starvation Army, Yuji Oniki, My Dad is Dead, The Mice, Bill Fox, Fence Lions, Zest Of Yore, Stewart Pack, Nada Surf, The Oranges Band, and as a solo artist. Gillard attended schools in Elyria, Ohio, but moved to Cleveland after graduating high school. During the late 1980s he was a DJ for WCSB. Gillard has also scored several independent films, including American Cannibal. Gillard presently lives in New York, New York. Discography As Doug Gillard: Cover Songs With Big Heads (self released cassette EP – sold mail order by Scat Records) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman (born Andrée Christine Aynard on 23 December 1925 - died in Paris, 19 January 2013, in the sixth arrondissement of Paris) was a French interior and product designer. Long considered as a shocking eccentric by the French as she likes to defend the indefensible, Andrée Putman partly owes her reputation to foreigners. New Yorkers were the first ones to see her as an artist, a Parisian icon of French taste. Adventurous, atypical, deeply free, Andrée Putman had established new connections between arts, fashion, interior design and product design during her whole career. Independent from intellectual circles, she used to take a little something from each discipline in order to create her own language of shapes, materials, colours and symbols. It is this particular vocabulary tha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Kidd (singer)
Johnny Kidd (23 December 1935 – 7 October 1966) was an English singer and songwriter, the front man for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame. Kidd was born Frederick Heath in 1935 in Willesden, North London. He began playing guitar in a skiffle group circa 1956. The group, known as "The Frantic Four" and later as "The Nutters", covered primarily skiffle, pop and rockabilly. Simultaneously Heath was proving to be a prolific writer; penning up most of 30 songs in over three months. Heath's 31st song would prove to be the group's break. In 1959 Heath and his band were given a recording test for their first single, a rocker titled "Please Don't Touch". A contract with HMV quickly followed and the g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fredi Washington
Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an accomplished African American dramatic film actress, who was active during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). She is best known for her role as Peola in the 1934 version of the film Imitation of Life. Early life and education Fredi Washington was born in Savannah, Georgia to Hattie and Robert T. Washington, who according to her sister Isabel, were both African American. Fredi was the second of their five children. Her mother, Hattie, died when Fredi was a girl. As the oldest girl in her family, Fredi helped raise her younger siblings Isabel, Rosebud and Robert with the help of her grandmother, who the family called "Big Mama." After her mother's death, Fredi was sent away to a sch... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Victoria Williams (singer)
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a vivid feeling of small-town, rural Southern upbringing and life. Her best-known songs include "Crazy Mary", and "Century Plant". Finding inspiration in nature, ("Weeds", "Century Plant," "Why Look at the Moon"), everyday objects ("Shoes," "Frying Pan") and the unseen, as in "Holy Spirit". Biography Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1986, she worked with then husband Peter Case on his debut album, following a year later with her own debut, Happy Come Home... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robbie Dupree
Robert Dupuis (born December 23, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his stage name Robbie Dupree, is an American singer-songwriter best known for his 1980 top ten pop hit, "Steal Away". Dupree originally became popular with his breakout hit, "Steal Away", which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1980. Thereafter, he scored another hit with "Hot Rod Hearts", which rose to #15 in October 1980. Dupree's final single to make the Billboard charts, "Brooklyn Girls", peaked at #54 in June 1981. In 1987, Dupree contributed the song "Girls in Cars" to Piledriver - The Wrestling Album 2, a collection of theme songs for World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation). The tag team Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) used "Girls in Cars"... Biography of Yuka Kashino
Yuka Kashino (樫野 有香 Kashino Yuka?), nicknamed Kashiyuka (かしゆか?), is a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume. Biography Kashino was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, where she attended Hiroshima Actors School with friends and current Perfume members Ayaka Nishiwaki and Ayano Ōmoto. She and Nishiwaki are the two original members of Perfume. Kashino and Nishiwaki formed Perfume in 2001 with former member Yūka Kawashima, who left shortly after to focus on her schoolwork. When Ōmoto joined Perfume, after being asked by Nishiwaki, the two had not met.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Éric Lévi
Éric Jacques Levisalles, stagename Eric Lévi (Paris, December 23, 1955 (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank)) is a French rock musician based in London. In 1975 Eric Lévi founded the hard rock band Shakin' Street with Fabienne Shine, which would release the two albums Vampire Rock and Solid as a Rock. Shakin' Street briefly toured with AC/DC and the Blue Öyster Cult before disbanding in 1981. He then moved to New York, and back to Paris in 1992. Later on in his career, Eric Lévi wrote the musical score to several movies, including L'Opération Corned-beef and the comedy Les Visiteurs which was an international success and one of the highest grossing movies of all time in France. Lévi is best known for being the mastermind behind the musical project ERA, and for inventing... |
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