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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 25, 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 · 45,666 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,666 Celebrities
117 celebrities or events were found for December, 25. Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen (born December 25, 1968 (birth time source: http://www.chta.org/datfotom.htm, Elle Magazine)) is a Danish fashion model, (former) Victoria's Secret Angel, beauty queen, and photographer. She has also served as creative director for Nylon magazine, designed clothing, and supported funding for breast cancer organizations and other charities. Early life Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father is Danish, and her mother is Peruvian. Miss Denmark Christensen won the Miss Denmark crown in 1986 and represented Denmark in Miss Universe 1986. She left her home soon afterwards to pursue modeling in Paris. Modeling career Christensen appeared on many magazine covers (including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, W) and in fashion campaigns (including Revlon, ... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt (born December 25, 1961) is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on February 23, 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a Green, after she decided to campaign in an area of high guerrilla presence in spite of warnings from the government, police and military not to do so. Her kidnapping has received wide coverage in France due to her French citizenship, and the government of France had participated as a facilitator for the release of Betancourt and all prisoners held by the FARC guerrillas. However, these negotiations were unfruitful. Betancourt was ultimately rescued from captivity, along with fourteen hostages, by Colombian security forces on Jul... Add to favourites (67 fans)Biography of Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castañeda (December 25, 1925 (?) – April 27, 1998) was the author of a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. The books and Castaneda, who rarely spoke in public about his work, have been controversial for many years. Supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness; critics claim the books are shams, works of fiction, and not empirically verifiable works of anthropology as claimed. In his books, Castaneda narrates in first person the events leading to and ensuing after his meeting a Yaqui shaman named don Juan Matus in 1960. Castaneda's experiences with don Juan allegedly inspired the... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Carole Rousseau
French TV host.... Add to favourites (58 fans)Biography of Dido (singer)
Dido (born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, December 25, 1971) is an English BRIT Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated singer and songwriter who performs under a nickname her mother gave her in childhood. Height: 1m54 Dido's mother, Claire (née Collins), is a French poet and her father, William O'Malley Armstrong (9 November 1938–22 December 2006) was an Irish publisher and former managing director of Sidgwick & Jackson. Informally named after the mythical Carthaginian queen, Dido was educated at Thornhill Primary, City of London Girls' and Westminster School. Because she was born on Christmas Day, in childhood she celebrated, rather in the manner of the British monarch, an "official" birthday on 25 June. At the age of five she stole a recorder from school. At six she atte... Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most notable films include The Petrified Forest (1936), Kid Galahad (1937), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), High Sierra (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950), The African Queen (1951) (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Sabrina (1954), We're No Angels (1955), and The Lef... Add to favourites (62 fans)Biography of Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born December 25, 1976, in Kitee, Finland) is the keyboardist and main songwriter in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side project is the gothic-doom metal band For My Pain.... He currently plays in the band of Timo Rautiainen. Holopainen started studying in a music college majoring in clarinet and minoring in piano. He has played various kinds of music, including classical, jazz and metal. He played in several bands, including recording keyboards for three albums with the black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, before coming up with the idea for a band of his own, where he would write all the music. That was the birth of Nightwish in July of 1996, aroun... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is an Oscar, BRIT, Grammy and Golden Globe award-winning Scottish pop musician and vocalist. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the duo Eurythmics, often hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" (VH1, 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll 1999) Life and career Ann Lennox was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls (now Harlaw Academy). She was educated as a classical musician and studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her time at the Royal Academy was not entirely happy for her. Her flute teacher's final report stated: "Ann has not always been sure of where to direct her efforts, though latterly she has been more committed. She is very, very able, however." Two years later Le... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Sissy Spacek
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Spacek was born in Quitman, Texas to Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent, and Virginia Frances (Spilman). Her paternal grandparents, Mary Cervenka and Arnold A. Spacek (who served as Mayor of Granger, Texas in Williamson County), were of Moravian/Czech/Bohemian descent. Spacek's mother was from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Spacek was given the nickname Sissy by her older brothers. She was greatly affected by the death of her eighteen-year old brother, Robbie, in 1967. Spacek decided life was too short to waste in college and moved to New York City to pursue acting. Career Spacek started out as a country singer,... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois (French pronunciation: /luiz buʁʒwa/; 25 December 1911 – ; 31 May 2010) was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for the spider structures, titled Maman. These pieces led to her being nicknamed Spiderwoman. Her career spanned at least seven decades. She is thought to have been the founder of confessional art, and influenced the feminist movement as well as modern artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Previously regarded by her fellow artists as one of the most important artists in the world, Bourgeois came to greater public attention later in life. Early life Bourgeois was born in Paris, France. Her parents repaired tapestries. Aged 12, she started helping them draw the missing segments of the tapestries. Aged 15, she stu... Biography of Jillie Mack
Jillie Mack, born December 25, 1957, is an American actress and the wife of actor Tom Selleck. Filmography "ER" (1 episode, 2002) - Chaos Theory (2002) TV Episode "Fired Up" .... Eleanor (1 episode, 1997) - Are We Not Friends? (1997) TV Episode .... Eleanor "Frasier" .... Charlotte (1 episode, 1996) - Police Story (1996) TV Episode .... Charlotte Adventures of Nicholas at Roaring Camp (1996) (TV) (voice) .... Brittany Silverfox (1991) (TV) .... Joanie "Hooperman" (1 episode, 1988) - Nick Derringer, P.I. (1988) TV Episode "Tales from the Darkside" .... Jayne (1 episode, 1987) - My Ghostwriter - The Vampire (1987) TV Episode .... Jayne "The Wizard" .... You (1 episode, 1987) - The Heart of a Dancer (1987) TV Episode .... You "Magnum, P.I." .... E... Biography of Olivier Sitruk
Olivier Sitruk is a French actor and producer, born December 25, 1970 in Nice. Filmogrpahy 2005 : Cavalcade de Steve Suissa, avec Marion Cotillard, Titoff, Estelle Lefébure Fracassés (Fragments) avec Matthieu Boujenah, Armelle Deutsch, Vincent Desagnat 2004: Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard avec Frédéric Diefenthal, Édouard Montoute, Élodie Navarre, Émilie Dequenne, Arthur Jugnot 2003 : Mariage Mixte avec Olivia Bonamy, Gérard Darmon Le Grand Rôle de Steve Suissa avec Stéphane Freiss, Bérénice Bejo, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié 2001 : Irène d'Ivan Calbérac avec Cécile de France Los Guerreros 2000 : Mémoire Morte HS Hors Service 1999 : L’envol Passeurs de rêves 1997 : Quatre Garçons pleins d'avenir avec Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Thierry Lhermitte 1995 : Un dimanch... Biography of Noël Mamère
Noël Mamère (born December 25, 1948 in Libourne, Gironde, France ) is a French politician of the French Green Party (Les Verts). He rose to fame in the 1980s as a TV journalist: he was a news anchor for the evening news on Antenne 2. In 1992, he became president of Brice Lalonde's Génération Écologie party, from which he was expelled in 1994. He then founded "Ecology-Solidarity Convergences", of which he was president, before joining Les Verts in 1998. In 2002, he was presidential candidate and garnered 5.25% of the votes. He is the mayor of Bègles in Gironde as well as deputy to the French National Assembly for that constituency. On June 5, 2004 he stirred up controversy by conducting a marriage ceremony for a male homosexual couple (see same-sex marriage in France).... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Anwar Sadat
Anwar Al Sadat, officially Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat, Arabic: محمد أنورالسادات Muhammad 'Anwar as-Sādāt (December 25, 1918 - October 6, 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from October 15, 1970 until his assassination. He is considered to be one of the most important and influential Egyptian and Arab figures in modern history. Early life Sadat was born on December 25, 1918 in Mit Abu al-Kum, al-Minufiyah, Egypt to a poor family, one of 13 brothers and sisters. His father was Egyptian, his mother was a black woman from Sudan. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Cairo in 1938 and was appointed in the Signal Corps. He entered the army as a second lieutenant and was pos... Biography of Albert Jacquard
Albert Jacquard is a French genetian.... Biography of Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein (December 25, 1870 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish-American cosmetics industrialist, founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women. Early life She was born Chaja Rubinstein, the eldest of eight children, to Augusta Gitte (Gitel) Scheindel Silberfeld Rubinstein and Naftali Herz Horace Rubinstein; he was a shopkeeper in Kraków. For a short time, she studied medicine in Switzerland. In 1902, she moved to Australia, opened a shop there a year later, and changed her forename to Helena. She mixed so-called medical formulas and ointments that she claimed were imported from the Carpathian Mountains. They were, in truth, concocted from an impure form of lanolin whose odor was disguised with scents of lavender, pine bark, a... Biography of Jimmy Buffett
James William "Jimmy" Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a film producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" (No. 234 on the list of "Songs of the Century"), and "Come Monday." He has a devoted base of fans known as "Parrotheads." His band is known as Coral Reefer Band. Aside from his career in music, Buffett is also a best-selling writer and is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best known songs, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and "Margaritaville." He owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant concept with OSI Restaurant Partners (parent of Outback Steakhouse), which operates the chain under a... Biography of Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) was Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush until his scheduled departure due to resignation at the end of August 2007. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For most of his career prior to his employment at the White House, Rove was a political consultant almost exclusively for Republican candidates. Rove's election campaign clients have included George W. Bush (2000 and 2004 presidential elections, 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections), Senator John Ashcroft (1994 U.S. Senate election), Bill Clements (1986 Texas gubernatorial election), Senator John Cornyn (2001 U.S. Senate election), Governor Rick Perry (1990 Texas Agriculture Commi... Biography of Conrad Hilton
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr. (December 25, 1887–January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotel chain. He was also the great grandfather of Paris Hilton. Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in Socorro County, New Mexico, to Augustus Halvorson “Gus” Hilton (August 21, 1854–January 19, 1919), a Norwegian-German; and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler (December 3, 1861–August 26, 1947), a German-American. Conrad's father Gus was the son of Halvor Nilsen Hilton and Karoline Hansdatter “Kari” Holum. Gus was born on the Hilton family farm near Kløfta in Ullensaker, Norway, the only place in Europe, besides Germany, where the Hilton family still have relatives living. Gus emigrated to the United States in 1870. Conrad's mother was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the daughter of a... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924–June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) The second of two sons (his brother Robert J. Serling later became a novelist), Rod was born in Syracuse, New York to Samuel and Esther Serling, but was raised in Binghamton, New York, where he later graduated from Binghamton High School. Though brought up in a Jewish family, Serling became a Unitarian Universalist. Military service Rod Serling served as a U.S. Army paratrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January 1943 to January 1945. He was seriously wounded in the wrist a... Biography of Raymond A. Merriman
Raymond A. Merriman, born December 25, 1946 in Pontiac, Michigan, is an American author and astrologer.... Biography of Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. Youth, education, family nursing Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas day, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts to Stephen and Sarah Barton. She was the youngest of five children. Barton's father and mother were abolitionists. Clara's father was a farmer and horse breeder, while her mother Sarah managed the household. The two later helped found the first Universalist Church in Oxford. As a child, Clara was shy. She had two brothers Stephen and David and two sisters Dorothy/Dolly and Sally, who were at least te... Biography of Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an irish musician and poet best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues. History MacGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His parents, both Irish., lived in many parts of the south-east of England, including Brighton and London. Soon after his birth MacGowan's mother returned to Ireland, where he spent the next six years of his life at his mother's family home in Carney, near Nenagh, County Tipperary. He returned to England where he attended Holmewood House Preparatory School at Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells. He was a brilliant scholar but suffered from bullying. Despite his early years in Ireland, he eventually acquired (and retains) a North London accent. Whilst in Ireland, he became completely i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helno (Les Négresses Vertes)
Noël Rota, best known as Helno, born December 25, 1963 in Paris, died January 22, 1993 in Paris (drug overdose), was a French singer and member of pop group les Négresses Vertes. Les Négresses Vertes, formed in 1987, are a French music group who are best described as a fusion of world music and some aspects of alternative rock. Their particular musical influences were Gypsy music, Punk Rock, Algerian raï, Mediterranean and South American music and French café music. Their tracks often feature acoustic guitar and accordion, as well as some tracks containing many other 'traditional' instruments such as piano and brass. Their style is fairly upbeat and energetic on the majority of their tracks, with unusual rhythms, vocals delivered with a generous dose of zeal and vibrant energy, and a... Biography of Jaff Noël Seijas
Jaff Noël Seijas, also known as Anchor Mejans, born December 25, 1949 in Tampa, Florida, is an American writer and artist.... Biography of Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. She was born in Kattowitz, Königshütte, Upper Silesia to German parents Antonie (née Mzyk) and Joseph Schygulla. Her father was an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as a prisoner of war until 1948. In the 1960s, Schygulla studied Romance languages and German studies, while taking acting lessons on the side in Munich. Acting eventually became her focus, and today she is a well-known actress, particularly for her collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She acted in French, Italian, and American films. In the 1990s she also became known and well-regarded as a chanson singer. Schygulla has lived in Paris since 1981. In 2002, she appea... Biography of La Fouine
Laounni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine or Fouiskin (born December 25, 1981 in Trappes, Yvelines), is a French rapper of Moroccan origins from the city of Trappes, Yvelines in the Paris western suburbs. He is a growing figure of French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré au son, in 2005. La Fouine released his second album, Aller-Retour, on March 12, 2007. The American beatmaker Focus produced four songs on the album. His most recent album, Mes Repères, was released on February 23, 2009 and is two times gold record in France. Discography * 2004: Planète Trappes Vol.1 (mixtape) * 2005: Bourré au son * 2006: Planète Trappes Vol.2 (mixtape) * 2007: Aller-Retour * 2008: Capital Du Crime * 2009: M... Biography of François de Closets
François de Closets, born December 25, 1933 in Enghien-les-Bains, is a French journalist, TV host and producer. Bibliography Toujours plus ! (1982 L'imposture informatique avec Bruno Lussato (2000). L'Espace Terre des hommes et La Lune est à vendre (1969) Le Bonheur en plus (1974) Ne dites pas à Dieu ce qu'il doit faire, biographie d'Albert Einstein, Editions du Seuil 2004, ISBN 2020638835 Plus encore, 2006, ISBN 2213629382. Le bonheur d'apprendre et comment on l'assassine, 1996... Biography of Rob Mariano
Rob Mariano (on his original name Robert Carlo Mariano on December 25, 1975 in Canton, Massachusetts, better known as Boston Rob) is an American reality TV participant, best known for appearing in several reality TV shows, partly as a contestant on The Amazing Race and Survivor: All Stars along with his wife, Amber Brkich Mariano. Early life Rob was born and raised in Canton, Massachusetts. Growing up, he was very involved in athletics, especially hockey, baseball and football. He attended Xaverian Brothers High School, where he played golf. In 1999, Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Boston University. Survivor Main article: Survivor (US TV series) In 2002, Rob appeared on Survivor: Marquesas, the fourth season of Survivor, where he finished in t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Campbell
Robin Campbell, born December 25, 1954 in Birmingham, is a British musician, singer and guitarist, member if group UB40. UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008, the band placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and achieved considerable international success as well. Their #1 hits (which are all covers) include "Red Red Wine" (#1 US/UK/Canada/NZ/Netherlands), "Can't Help Falling in Love" (#1 US/UK/Australia/Sweden/Netherlands), and "I Got You Babe" (#1 UK/Netherlands). History The band members began as friends who knew each other from various colleges and schools across Birmingham. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social ... Biography of Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows (1980-82) that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s. She is the only female in country music history to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice, and she has also won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" twice. Barbara Mandrell's first number-one hit was 1978's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" and immediately followed by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" in early 1979. Later in the year, "Years" also reached number one, as did three more singles: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signat... Biography of Evelyn Nesbitt
Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 – January 17, 1967) was an artists' model and chorus girl, noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect Stanford White, by her first husband, Harry K. Thaw. Early life She was born Florence Evelyn Nesbit in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1884. Her family was left destitute when her father, a lawyer named Winfield Scott Nesbit, died in 1893 leaving substantial debts. For years Nesbit, her mother, and younger brother lived in near-poverty, but by the time she reached adolescence her beauty came to the attention of several local artists, including John Storm, and she was able to find employment as an artists' model. Modeling career In 1901, when Nesbit was sixteen (and by now the sole support of her family), she and h... Biography of Noel Redding
David "Noel" Redding (December 25, 1945 – May 11, 2003) was a British rock and roll guitarist best known as the bass guitarist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Born in Folkestone, England, he was selected by Chas Chandler to join Hendrix's band at its inception in 1966, and left in 1969. Although he appeared in other bands before and after Hendrix's death, he never achieved a similar level of success, and retired to Clonakilty, Ireland in 1972. At nine, Redding played violin at school and then mandolin and guitar. His first public appearances were at the Hythe Youth Club then at Harvey Grammar School where he was a student. His first local bands were: The Strangers: with John "Andy" Andrews (bass) The Lonely Ones: 1961 - John Andrews (bass) Bob Hiscocks (rhythm guitar); Mick ... Biography of Desireless
Desireless (pronounced (born Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, 25 December 1952, Paris, France) is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit record, "Voyage Voyage" made it to number one in many European and Asian single charts and sold over five million copies. Desireless (pronounced (born Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, 25 December 1952, Paris, France) is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit record, "Voyage Voyage" made it to number one in many European and Asian single charts and sold over five million copies. The singer's androgynous look — complete with a porcupine-style hairdo — made her one of the most colorful personalities to grace the European pop scene, while her moniker, Desireless, was reportedly inspired by her voyage to India and her subsequent interest in its philo... Biography of René Girard
René Girard (born December 25, 1923, Avignon, France) is a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. He is the author of several books (see below), in which he developed the following ideas: 1. mimetic desire: imitation is an aspect of behaviour that not only affects learning but also desire, and imitated desire is a cause of conflict, 2. the scapegoat mechanism is the origin of sacrifice and the foundation of human culture, and religion was necessary in human evolution to control the violence that can come from mimetic rivalry, 3. the Bible reveals the two previous ideas and denounces the scapegoat mechanism. René Girard's writings cover many areas. Although the reception of his w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Seaforth, Lancashire; 25 December 1944, – 4 April 1995), was an English radio DJ and television entertainer. He is best known for his career as a radio DJ, and for the Kenny Everett television shows. Early life Everett attended the local secondary modern school, St. Bede's Secondary Modern, which is now part of Sacred Heart Catholic College. He attended a junior seminary at Stillington near York with an Italian Missionary Order, the Verona Fathers, but left under a cloud after, rumour has it, he broke into the sacristy and drank the communion wine. After schooling, he worked in a bakery and in the advertising department of The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph. However, having revealed a natural comic and broadcasting talent, he ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giancarlo Baghetti
Giancarlo Baghetti (born December 25, 1934 in Milan, Italy; died November 27, 1995) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, ATS (Ita), BRM, Brabham and Lotus teams. He was the son of a wealthy Milan industrialist. Baghetti is one of only three drivers to have won his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960). Formula 1 career He began racing in 1955 in production cars, moving up to Formula Junior in 1958. In 1961 he was selected by the Federazione Italiana Scuderie Automobilistiche (FISA), a coalition of independent Italian team owners who had agree... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Celia Lipton
Celia Lipton, sometimes called Frederic Worlock, born December 25, 1923 in Edinburgh, is a Scottish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513845/ ) "B.L. Stryker" (1 episode, 1989) - The Dancer's Touch (1989) TV episode "Robert Montgomery Presents" (2 episodes, 1954) ... aka Lucky Strike Theater ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater - The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 2 (1954) TV episode (as Frederic Worlock) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 1 (1954) TV episode (as Frederic Worlock) "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954) ... aka Goodyear Playhouse (USA: new title) - The Personal Touch (1954) TV episode The Tall Headlines (1952) .... Sandra ... aka The Frightened Bride (USA) ... Biography of Vera Komarkova
Vera Komarkova, born December 25, 1942 in Pikek, was a russian adventurer, climber and botanist. Biography on the site http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/obverkommoun.html , source New York Times Vera Komarkova, a botanist and mountain climber who was among the first women to scale some of the world's highest peaks, died on May 25 in her home in Leysin, Switzerland. She was 62. The cause was complications of breast cancer, her family said. In the fall of 1978 the American Women's Himalayan Expedition left the United States for Annapurna in Nepal, the 10th highest mountain in the world. Dr. Komarkova and her climbing partner Irene Miller, now Beardsley, with the help of two Sherpa guides, became the first women and the first Americans to reach the summit. "She was an incred... Biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد علی جناح, Sindhi: محمد علي جنا ح, Gujarati: મુહમ્મદ અલી જિન્ના About this sound Audio (help·info); December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) was a 20th century lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum (بابائے قوم) ("Father of the Nation"). Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 191... Biography of Bernard Alane
Bernard Alane, born December 25, 1948 in Paris, is a French actor. He is the son of actress Annick Alane. Filmography Actor 1969 : Hibernatus d'Édouard Molinaro avec Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac. Rôle de Paul Fournier, dit l'hiberné. 1969 : Mon oncle Benjamin d'Édouard Molinaro avec Jacques Brel, Claude Jade. Rôle du vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé. 1978 : Violette Nozière de Claude Chabrol avec Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran. Rôle du fils Pinguet. 2001 : Sur mes lèvres de Jacques Audiard avec Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos. Rôle de Morel. 2002 : Dans ma peau (2001) de Marina de Van avec Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas. Television 1975 : Au bois dormant de Pierre Badel avec Maureen Kerwin, Vernon Dobtcheff. Rôle d'Aurélien. 1978 : La passion de Camille et Lucile Des... Biography of Tony Martin
Tony Martin (born December 25, 1912) is an American actor and traditional pop singer. Career Martin was born Alvin Morris in Oakland, California to Jewish immigrants from Poland. He received a soprano saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and a boy soprano singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was at Oakland Technical High School, eventually joining the band of a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a reed instrument specialist, sitting alongside the future bandleader Woody Herman. He attended Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga during the mid-1930s. After college, he left Gerun's band to go to Hollywood to try his luck in films. It was at that time that he adopted the stage ... Biography of Irish McCalla
Nellie Elizabeth "Irish" McCalla (December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002) was an American actress and artist best-known as the title star of the 1950s television series Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Sheena co-stared actor Chris Drake (Christian Drake). Formerly a Varga Girl model for pinup girl artist Alberto Vargas, the statuesque McCalla had measurements reported as an improbable 39½-18-37 at age 18, and a more credible 39½-24-36 during the filming of Sheena, according to Celebrity Sleuth magazine — which also listed her as a fit 39½-26½-39½ in 1996, in her late 60s. Early life Born in Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States, McCalla was one of eight children of father Lloyd, a butcher, and mother Nettie Geiger McCalla. The family moved often, settling in Des Moines, Iowa in late 1939 w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Grazka Taylor
Grazka Taylor, born December 25, 1950 in Warsaw, is a Polish producer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852429/ ) Touched (2005/I) (producer) Prophecies (1998) (executive producer) Tricks (1997) (TV) (producer) Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997) (producer) The Burning Season (1994) (TV) (producer) (uncredited) The Operation (1990) (TV) (associate producer) ... aka Bodily Harm Voice in Exile (1984) (co-producer) Rage (1983) (TV) (producer)... Biography of Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp (December 25, 1908(1908-12-25) – November 21, 1999), born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to remain in the closet. Early life Denis Charles Pratt was born in Sutton, Surrey, the fourth child of solicitor Charles Pratt (1871 – 1931) and former governess Frances Pratt (née Phillips) (1873 – 1960); he changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home and cultivating his outlandishly effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked h... Biography of Alex Hepburn
Alex Hepburn, born on December 25, 1986 in London birth time source: email), is an English singer and composer. External link: Discography http://www.musictory.com/music/Alex+Hepburn/Album/Alex+Hepburn+%5BEP%5D http://www.myspace.com/hepburns http://alexhepburn.blogspot.com... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Meyer
Philippe Meyer, born December 25, 1947 in Germersheim, is a French journalist, radio host, TV host and writer. Bibliography * L'Enfant et la Raison d'État, Seuil, 1977 * Le communisme est-il soluble dans l'alcool ? en collaboration avec son frère A. Meyer (1978), Seuil, coll. Essais (ISBN 2-02004-914-7) * Justice en miettes (avec Hubert Lafont), PUF, 1980 * Le Nouvel Ordre gendarmique (avec Hubert Lafont), Éd. du Seuil, 1980 * Québec, Éditions du Seuil, coll. Petite Planète, 1980 * Heureux habitants de l'Aveyron et des autres départements français, Éd. du Seuil, 1990 * Dans mon pays lui-même, Flammarion, coll. « Documents », 1993, 220 p. (ISBN 2-08066-825-0) * Pointes sèches, Éd. Points Seuil, 1993, 152 p. (ISBN 2-02022-508-5) * Eaux-forte... Biography of Cab Calloway
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86. Biography Early years Cab Calloway was born in a middle-class family in Rochester, New York, on Christmas in 1907 and lived there until 1918, on Sycamore Street. He was later raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Cabe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ella Young
Ella Young (December 25, 1867 – 1956) was an Irish poet, political activist, and mystic. Born in County Antrim, she grew up in Dublin and attended the Royal University. Her interest in Theosophy led her to become an early member of the Hermetic Society, and her acquaintance with "Æ" (George William Russell) led to her becoming one of his select group of protegés, known as the "singing birds." Her nationalist sentiments also led her to a friendship with Patrick Pearse, and she had a supporting role in the Easter Rising; as a member of Cumann na mBan, she smuggled rifles and other supplies in support of Republican forces. Young's first volume of verse, titled simply Poems, was published in 1906. She became friends with Yeats's erstwhile flame Maud Gonne, and Gonne illustrated Young's firs... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Besse
Georges Besse (December 25, 1927 in Clermont-Ferrand, France — November 17, 1986 in Paris) was a French businessman who led several large state-controlled French companies during his lifetime. He was assassinated outside his home on November 17, 1986. Assassination Besse's killers rode up on a motorcycle as he emerged from his chauffeur-driven automobile. The car chief was shot in the head and chest and died where he fell on the pavement. Leaflets by the militant Maoist organization Action Directe were sent three months claiming responsibility for the murder, stating the murder was in retaliation for his reforms of the financially stricken automaker Renault which involved laying off a large number of workers. However, the Action Directe members denied any responsibility during their... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Herndon
William Henry Herndon (December 25, 1818, Kentucky - March 18, 1891, Springfield, Illinois) was the law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. Herndon's biography Herndon's family moved from Kentucky to Springfield when he was five. Herndon attended Illinois College from 1836-1837. Following college, he returned to Springfield, where he clerked until 1841, when he went into law practice with Lincoln. Both men were members of the Whig Party and joined the fledgling Republican Party after the dissolution of the Whigs. In 1858, Herndon conducted opposition research in the Illinois State Library to be used against Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 presidential race. Herndon was a much stauncher opponent of slavery than Lincoln and claimed that he helped change Lincoln's views on the su... Biography of Robert Ripley
Robert LeRoy Ripley (December 25, 1890 - May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur and amateur anthropologist, who created the world famous Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, featuring odd 'facts' from around the world. Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little known facts about unusual and exotic sites, but what ensured the concept's popularity may have been that Ripley also included items submitted by readers, who supplied photographs of a wide variety of small town American trivia, ranging from unusually shaped vegetables to oddly marked domestic animals, all documented by photographs and then depicted by Ripley's drawings. Robert Ripley was born in Santa Rosa, California on December 25, 1890. While trying to ma... Biography of Sacha Trudeau
Alexandre "Sacha" Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian filmmaker and journalist, and the son of Canada's former Prime Minister, the late Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau. The second of three children born to Pierre and Margaret Trudeau during Pierre's term in office, Alexandre Trudeau was a media sensation, just like his brothers, at the time of his birth. However, Pierre and Margaret tried as much as possible to protect their children from the public eye, and after Pierre retired as Prime Minister in 1984, he raised them in relative privacy in Montreal. Like his father and brothers, Alexandre studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He graduated with a philosophy degree from McGill University in 1997. At birth, he was given the nickname "Sacha" (the Russian diminutive of Al... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة) (25 December 1916 (source: Wikipedia in French) - 11 April 2012) was an Algerian soldier and revolutionary, and the first President of Algeria. Youth Ben Bella was born in a small village in western Algeria during the height of the French colonial period to a Sufi Muslim family. He attended school in Tlemcen and was disturbed by the discrimination towards Muslims by his European teacher. He failed his brevet exam, and subsequently dropped out of school. Service with French Army Ben Bella volunteered for service in the French Army in 1936. The Army was one of the few avenues of advancement for Algerian Muslims under colonial rule and voluntary enlistment was common. Posted to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Pathé
Charles Pathé (December 25, 1863 – December 26, 1957) was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries. The son of a butcher shop owner, Charles Pathé was born at Chevry-Cossigny, in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. In 1894, together with his brother Émile, he formed Pathé Records. Two years later they created the Société Pathé Frères to enter the motion picture production and distribution business. Both companies would become a dominant international force in their respective industries. In 1929, Charles Pathé sold out his interest in the businesses and retired to Monaco where he died in 1957.... Biography of Jessica Origliasso
The Veronicas are an electropop pop-rock duo based in Australia. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the duo in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007. They have released two studio albums, the first being The Secret Life of... in 2005. It peaked at #2 on the Australian charts and gained an ARIA certification of four times platinum, for 280,000+ sales. The Secret Life of... spawned five singles, including three top ten singles in Australia. The Veronicas released their second album Hook Me Up in 2007; it peaked at #2 on the Australian charts and earning a certification of two times platinum. The album has had four Australian top ten singles released from it to date. The album's title track, "Hook Me Up", was The Veronicas' first... Biography of Lisa Origliasso
Lisa (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland) is most notably the lead vocalist for the band The Veronicas. Early life Origliasso was born to a middle class Sirian family. She has an identical twin sister, Jess Origliasso, who plays guitar in The Veronicas. She has an older brother named Julian. Origliasso attended Brisbane Junior High School in Brisbane, Australia. Career The Veronicas In 2005, Origliasso attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his sister Jess. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such as Rancid and Social Distortion, as well as the influence of the Beastie Boys concert, the two started their own band with a friend. The band was short lived and the Origliassos eventually recruited fellow high schoolers... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eliza Orlins
Eliza Orlins, born December 25, 1982 in New York, is a contestant of Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire, (also known as Survivor: Vanuatu for short), the ninth season of the United States reality show Survivor. Filmed in Summer 2004, the game took place on Vanuatu, a chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific. Survivor: Vanuatu debuted on September 16, 2004. Also debuting that day was Survivor Live, an hour-long Internet talk show hosted by the original Sole Survivor Richard Hatch and Entertainment Tonight correspondent Chris Booker. The talk show, airing every Thursday and Friday on the CBS website, interviews former contestants and reviews the players' gameplay. On December 12, 2004, Chris Daugherty defeated Twila Tanner by a vote of 5-2 to become the sole survivor. The DVD for t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr (born 25 December 1942, in Algiers, Algeria) is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Bud Collins, and the Women's Tennis Association, Durr was ranked in the world top ten from 1965 through 1967, from 1970 through 1972, and from 1974 through 1976, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1967. She finished second to Billie Jean King in prize money earnings in 1971. Grand Slam tournaments Durr is best remembered for winning the singles title at the 1967 French Championships. She defeated Maria Bueno in a quarterfinal before defeating Lesley Turner Bowrey in the final. In addition to her singles championship, Durr won seven Grand Slam wo... Biography of Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henley Henderson (born Rickey Nelson Henley, December 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the ten-time American League (AL) All-Star ranked among the sport's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in bases on balls. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In addition to the career steals record, Henderson also holds the single-season record... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Sandy
Gary Sandy, born December 25, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762466/ ) # A Place Called Home (2004) (TV) .... Doctor Douglas "Doc" Hamilton # Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001) (TV) .... Luke ... aka 100 Millionen Volt - Inferno am Himmel (Germany: Pay-TV title) ... aka Wenn die Welt untergeht - Das Wetter-Inferno (Germany) # "The Young and the Restless" .... Terrence Kelley (5 episodes, 2001) ... aka "Y&R" (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Episode #1.7045 (2001) TV episode .... Terrence Kelley - Episode #1.7044 (2001) TV episode .... Terrence Kelley - Episode #1.7043 (2001) TV episode .... Terrence Kelley - Episode #1.7042 (2001) TV episode .... Terrence Kelley - Episode #1.7040 (2001) TV epis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of O'Kelly Isley
O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986), better known as Kelly Isley, was an American singer and one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers. Biography Born the eldest of six boys to Sally and O'Kelly Isley, Sr. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kelly, whose vocals were countertenor, started singing in church at an early age. By the time he was in teens, he was singing regularly with his younger brothers Rudy Isley and Ron Isley. In 1957, following the death of fourth brother Vernon, the 19-year-old Kelly, and his two brothers Rudy, 18, and Ron, 16, moved from Cincinnati to New York finding deals with local labels cutting regional doo-wop singles. Their regional success eventually landed the group a deal with the established RCA label in 1959. F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alton Delmore
Alton Delmore (December 25, 1908 - June 8, 1964) and Rabon Delmore (December 3, 1916 - December 4, 1952), billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. The Delmore Brothers, together with other brother duets such as the Louvin Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, the Monroe Brothers (Birch, Charlie and Bill Monroe), the McGee Brothers, and The Stanley Brothers, had a profound impact on the history of country music and American popular music. The brothers were born into poverty in Elkmont, Alabama, as the sons of tenant farmers amid a rich tradition of gospel music and Appalachian folk. Their mother, Mollie Delmore, wrote and sang gospel songs for their church. The Delmores blended gospel-style harmonies with the quicker guitar-work of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Calman
Sir Kenneth Charles Calman, KCB, DL, FRSE (born 25 December 1941) is a Scottish cancer researcher and former Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006, before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He has held the position of Chair of National Cancer Research Institute since April 2008. From 2008 to 2009, he was convener of the Calman Commission on Scottish devolution. Early life Kenneth Calman was born on Christmas Day 1941 to Arthur McIntosh Calman and Grace Douglas Don. He was educated at the independent Allan Glen's School and the University of Glasgow. He began medical training, and took an intercalated BSc in Biochemistry, whilst studying for his MB ChB, the general medical degree. He... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Philip Anderson
Michael Philip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Colonel (USAF) and NASA astronaut, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Anderson was born in Plattsburgh, New York, but considered Spokane, Washington to be his hometown. Education * 1977: Graduated from Cheney High School in Cheney, Washington. * 1981: Bachelor of science degree in physics/astronomy from University of Washington. * 1990: Master of science degree in physics from Creighton University. Special honors * Distinguished graduate USAF Communication Electronics Officers course * Recipient of the Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association (AFCEA) Academic Excellence ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (December 25, 1905, Ixelles (Belgium) - November 2, 1970, Paris, France), also known as Fernand Gravet in America, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who have appeared in silent films produced by pioneer "Belge Cinéma Film" (a subsidiary of Pathé). Early life He started performing at the age of five, under his father's direction. Prior to World War I, he received an education in Britain, so could speak both French and English fluently - something which would become useful in his movie roles. During the First World War, Gravet, who stood about five feet nine inches tall, went into the British Merchant Marine Corp. Film career He had made four silent films in 1913 and 1914, but his first film of any importance was L'Amour Chante in 1930.... Biography of Noel Hogan
Noel Hogan (born Noel Anthony Hogan, 25 December 1971, Moyross, Limerick, Ireland) is the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Cranberries. Hogan's self-titled solo album, under the pseudonym 'Mono Band', was released on 20 May 2005, in Ireland. The lead double single was "Waves" and "Brighter Sky". "Waves" featured the vocals of Richard Walters, and the single version of "Brighter Sky" was a Steve Hillier remix. The album's creation started in the summer of 2003. Hogan produced two songs together with programmer Matt Vaughan, who also did work on four unreleased Cranberries songs and Dolores O'Riordan's solo material. Hogan self-produced several collaborations with singers such as Richard Walters, Alexandra Hamnede, and Kate Kobro, together with Cranberries veteran producer Stephen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alziro Zarur
Alziro Abrahão Elias David Zarur, born December 25, 1914 in Rio de Janeiro, died October 21, 1979, was a Brazilian poet, writer and journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edith Jesse Thompson
Edith Jesse Thompson, born December 25, 1893 in London, died hanged in September 1923, was a British homicide. With her lover Fred Bywaters, she killed her husband on October 3, 1922.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Csonka
Larry Richard Csonka (born December 25, 1946) is a former collegiate and professional American football fullback. One of six children, Csonka was born in Akron, Ohio. He was raised on a farm by his Hungarian family in Stow. He weighed almost ten pounds at birth, 150 pounds at the age of 12, 237 pounds at the age of 16. He began his football career at Stow High School as the starting tailback on the 1963 Stow Bulldogs squad that won the Metropolitan League of the Akron, Ohio, area championship under coach Dick Fortner. He played for Stow from 1960–1963. Csonka became a running back by accident. Because of his size, he played defensive end on the varsity team as a sophomore. In the last game that year, he was sent in as a substitute on the kickoff return team. The ball just happened to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Evangeline Booth
Evangeline Cory Booth (December 25, 1865 – July 17, 1950) was the 4th General of the Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. Early life She was born in South Hackney, London, England, the seventh of eight children born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, who had earlier in the year founded The Christian Mission, which became the Salvation Army in 1878. Catherine Booth had recently read Uncle Tom's Cabin and wanted to name her baby 'Eva', but William Booth did not like the name and wrote 'Evelyne' on the birth certificate. Years later, while in the United States, Evelyne would be persuaded by Frances Willard, founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to adopt the name 'Evangeline' as being more dignified and more befitting the commander of The Salvation Army in America. At 15 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
Prince Bernhard of Holland, born December 25, 1969 in Nijmegen, is the son of Prince van Vollenhoven and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.... Biography of Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo (born December 25, 1915) is a Sicilian-born jazz composer and arranger. He was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Santa Rosa, California. He started his musical career playing the baritone, like his father, but he quickly branched out into other instruments, notably the French horn and the piano. He received a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State College, and then went on to study composition with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California and earn his master's degree. After he graduated, he was hired as an arranger and composer by guitarist and bandleader Johnny Richards. He spent World War II playing with Paul Desmond in an army band. After WWII Rugolo went to work for Stan Kenton who he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Angelica Garnett
Angelica Vanessa Garnett (née Bell, born 25 December 1918 in Lewes) is a British writer and painter. She is the illegitimate daughter of the painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, niece of Virginia Woolf, and was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her mother's husband, Clive Bell, was not her biological father, but was fully supportive of her mother's love affair with Grant, and willingly allowed Angelica to bear his name and to regard him as her father in order that his conservative family not disinherit her. She was not told of her true parentage until she was seventeen, although she had grown up living with Grant and her mother at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex/England, which her mother had rented and shared with other members of the Bloomsbury Group. The farmhouse is now a museum. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Nannen
Henri Nannen (December 25, 1913 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany – October 13, 1996 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany) was a famous German journalist. His father was a police officer in Emden. After a one-year book dealer apprenticeship he studied the history of art at the University of Munich. In the 1930s he started working as a journalist. Being large, well-built and fair haired, he corresponded to the racial ideals of the time in Germany. This made him the speaker of the Olympic Oath during the 1936 event in Berlin. During the war he served in a propaganda unit in Italy. Politically somewhat a Vicar of Bray, he got back to journalism while working for the Hannoverschen Neusten Nachrichten, the daily newspaper Abendpost and the youth newspaper Zickzack. He was the founder of Gruner... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI (25 December, 1717 – 29 August, 1799), born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799, was born at Cesena. Biography Early years After completing his studies in the Jesuit college of Cesena and receiving his doctorate of law (1734), Braschi continued his studies at the University of Ferrara, where he became the private secretary of Tommaso Ruffo, papal legate, in whose bishopric of Ostia and Velletri he held the post of auditor until 1753. His skill in the conduct of a mission to the court of Naples won him the esteem of Pope Benedict XIV (1740–58), who appointed him one of his secretaries, 1753, and canon of St Peter's. In 1758, putting an end to an engagement to be married (Pastor 1952) he was ordained priest, and in 1766 appointed treasurer of the camera... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tapani Kuningas
Tapani Kunigas, born December 25, 1945 in Ruotsinphytaa, is a Finnish Editor of New Age magazines.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tilly Koenen
Tilly Koenen, born December 25, 1873 in Salatiga, Java, Indonesia, died in 1941, was a Dtuch contralto. After very successful concert-tours through Middle-Europe, she settled down in London. In 1909 and 1910 she made concert-tours through the U.S. and Canada.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Minton (artist)
Francis John Minton (25 December 1917–20 January 1957) was an English painter, illustrator, stage designer and teacher. After studying in France, he became a teacher in London, and at the same time maintained a consistently large output of works. In addition to landscapes, portraits and other paintings, some of them on an unusually large scale, he built up a reputation as an illustrator of books. In the mid-1950s, Minton found himself out of sympathy with the abstract trend that was then becoming fashionable, and felt increasingly sidelined. He suffered psychological problems, abused alcohol, and in 1957 committed suicide. Life and career Early years Minton was born in London, the second of three sons of Francis Minton, a solicitor, and his wife, Kate, née Webb. From 1925 to 193... Biography of Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant (Gujarati: ઈસ્માઈલ મર્ચન્ટ) (25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director (and Merchant's longtime professional and personal partner) James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. Merchant succeeded as an independent producer in Hollywood for more than 40 years. His strength lay in funding his projects, particularly in his ability to produce films for several million dollars less than those of his contemporaries. Background Born Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman (Gujarati: ઈસ્મ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guido Reybrouck
Guido Reybrouck (born December 25, 1941 in Bruges) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Wilfried Reybrouck and the cousin of Gustave Danneels. Palmarès 1964 1st, Paris-Tours 1st, Züri-Metzgete 1965 1st, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 1st, Stage 5, Tour de Belgique 1st, Stages 6 and 10, Tour de France 1966 Belgium National Road Race Championship 1st, Paris-Tours 1st, Stage 2, Tour de France 1967 1st, Stages 1 and 3, Paris-Nice 1st, Stages 4 & 9, Tour de France 1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a España 1968 1st, Paris-Tours 1st, Stage 3, Giro di Sardegna 1st, Stages 3, 11 and 22, Giro d'Italia 1st, Stage 2, Paris-Luxembourg 1st, Stages 2 and 4, Setmana Catalana 1st, Stage 1, Volta a Catalunya 1969 1st, Amstel Gold Race 1st, Stage... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chevalier de Saint-George
Joseph Bo(u)logne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges (sometimes spelled Saint-George) (December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799) was one of the most important figures in the Paris musical scene in the second half of the 18th century, he was also famous as a swordsman and equestrian. Known as the "Black Mozart" or the "Voltaire of music" he was one of the earliest musicians of the European classical type known to have African ancestry. Youth Joseph Bologne was a mulatto born out-of-wedlock in Guadeloupe to Nanon, a former black Wolof slave, and a white French plantation owner, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges. The child was named Joseph. Although his father called himself ‘de Saint-Georges’, after one of his properties, he was not born into the nobility. Some biographers have mistaken him for Pie... Biography of Alexander Helios
Alexander Helios (Greek: ο Αλέξανδρος Ήλιος, 25 December 40 BC - possibly between 29 BC - 25 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and was the eldest son of Greek Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. His twin was Cleopatra Selene II. He was of Greek and Roman heritage. Cleopatra named him Alexander in honour of her Macedonian heritage, and after her maternal grandfather. His second name in Ancient Greek means "Sun"; this was the counterpart of his twin sister’s second name Selene, meaning "Moon". Life Alexander Helios was born and educated in Alexandria. In late 34 BC, at the Donations of Alexandria, he was given the title of "King of Kings". His parents also made him ruler of Armen... Biography of Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau, MP (born December 25, 1971 (birth time source: Chris MacRae, Astrodatabank))) is a Canadian politician. He has represented the Montreal electoral division of Papineau in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party and currently serves as the party's critic for youth, post-secondary education, and amateur sport. Trudeau is the eldest son of the late former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper. His maternal grandfather, James Sinclair, was also a federal cabinet minister. Early life and personal life Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971, in Ottawa, Ontario. He was only the second child in Canadian history to be born when one of his parents was prime minister; the first was John A. Macd... Biography of Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer and a major performer of Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) who has recorded more than 31 albums. Biography Simone was born on December 25, 1949 in Salvador, Bahia as the seventh daughter in a family of nine children. During her teenage years she was a professional basketball player and moved to São Paulo to become a member of the women's national basketball team. She studied in Santos (São Paulo), majoring in Physical Education. Career Her career begun when a close friend and guitar teacher Elodir Barontini invited her to sing in a pre-schedule dinner with Odeon´s marketing manager. At the end of this meeting, specially scheduled for the performance, came an offer of a contract to record not one but four ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy Wordsworth
Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English author, poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close for all of their lives. Dorothy Wordsworth did not set out to be an author, and her writings comprise a series of letters, diary entries, and short stories. Life Dorothy Wordsworth was born on Christmas Day in Cockermouth, Cumberland in 1771. Despite the early death of her mother, Dorothy, William and their three siblings had a happy childhood. In 1783 their father died, and the children were sent to live with various relatives. Dorothy was sent alone to live with her aunt Elizabeth Threlkeld in Halifax, West Yorkshire. After she was able to reunite with William in 1795 in Alfoxton House in Somerset... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Lucquin
Jean-François Lucquin, born December 25, 1978 in Valence, is a French professional golfer.... Biography of Vassilis Alexakis
Vassilis Alexakis (Greek: Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; born Athens, December 25, 1943) is a Greek-French writer of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French. His works, drawn from two cultures, are full of tender irony; his style gives the reader an intimate and personal perspective on his stories. In 2006, Les mots étrangers was translated by Alyson Waters and published under the title Foreign Words; this was the first of his novels to be translated into English. In 2007, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Ap. J.-C. Works In French * 1974: Le Sandwich. Paris: Julliard. * 1975: Les Girls de City-Boum-Boum. Paris: Julliard. * 1978: La Tête du chat. Paris: Le Seui... Biography of Noël Le Graët
Noël Le Graët, born on December 25, 1941 in Bourbriac (Côtes-d'Armor) (birth time source: email), is a French entrepreneur, politician, and the President of the French Football Federation (FFF), the governing body of association football in France, as well as the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion).... Biography of Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1958, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album. In 1990, "Black Velvet", a single from that album, was a worldwide hit and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female. Biography Alannah began writing songs at the age of 9. She performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at 12 years of age and by the time she was a teenager, began performing solo gigs in Southern Ontario. She eventually met Christopher Ward, a WMG recording artist and songwriter who helped her to form her own band, and performed cover versions of T. Rex, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Ann Peebles, the Rolling Stones, and the Preten... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Bechard
Paul Léon Albin Béchard, born December 25, 1899 in Alès (Gard), died April 26, 1982 in Montpellier (Hérault), was a French socialist politician, member of Blum's Government.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jürgen Roland
Jürgen Roland, actual Jürgen Schellack (* December 25, 1925 in Hamburg; † September 21, 2007 in Hamburg), was a german Director- and Filmmaker. Life and career Filmography Stahlnetz 1958: Mordfall Oberhausen 1958: Bankraub in Köln 1958: Die blaue Mütze 1958: Die Tote im Hafenbecken 1958: Das zwölfte Messer 1958: Sechs unter Verdacht 1959: Treffpunkt Bahnhof Zoo 1959: Das Alibi 1959: Aktenzeichen: Welcker u.a. – Wegen Mordes 1960: Die Zeugin im grünen Rock 1960: Verbrannte Spuren 1960: E 605 1961: Saison 1961: In der Nacht zum Dienstag 1962: In jeder Stadt… 1962: Spur 211 1963: Das Haus an der Stör 1964: Rehe 1964: Strandkorb 421 1965: Nacht zum Ostersonntag 1966: Der fünfte Mann 1968: Ein Toter zuviel Dem Täter auf der Spur 1967: ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Maréchal
Marcel Maréchal, born December 25, 1937 in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, is a French actor, director,screenwriter and author. He is the father of French comedian Mathias Maréchal. Director L'Amant militaire de Carlo Goldoni Devant la porte de Wolfgang Borchert 1958 : Le Bal des voleurs de Jean Anouilh 1959 : L'Ombre de la ravine de John Millington Synge 1960 : Oraison de Fernando Arrabal 1961 : Les Impromptus de René de Obaldia 1961 : Faux Jour de Christopher Fry 1961 : Théatre pour rire : comédie drôle ou drôle de comédie 1963 : Le Cavalier seul de Jacques Audiberti, Studio des Champs-Elysées 1964 : Le Général inconnu de René de Obaldia 1964 : Fin de partie de Samuel Beckett 1965 : Badadesques de Jean Vauthier 1965 : Elocoquente de Georges Limbour 1965 : Tamerlan de ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Gavini
Jacques Gavini, born December 25, 1889 in Bastia, Corsica, died October 1, 1964 in Paris, was a French politician.... Biography of Paula Seling
Paula Seling (Romanian pronunciation: ) is a Romanian singer and composer, radio DJ. She was born on 25 December 1978 in Baia Mare. She has been playing piano since she was 6. Also, she graduated from the “Bucharest Superior School of Journalism” in 2002. So far she has won awards and trophies such as: * “The Golden Stag” trophy in 2002 * ”Best Female Voice” at Romanian Musical Industry Awards 2002 * ”Best Artist in a Video” at MTV Romania Music Awards 2002 * ”Woman of the year” by “Avantaje” Magazine * Numerous awards in music festivals from Turkey, Skopje, Malta. She sang in duets with Al Bano, Anita Doth (from 2 Unlimited), Tony Hawks and she performed opening acts for Joan Baez (27 June 1997), Chick Corea (9 November 1998), Michael Bolton (7 July 2007), B... Biography of Ronnia Fornstedt
Ronnia Stephanie Fornstedt (December 25, 1990 in Södertälje) is a Swedish fashion model and current Miss Universe Sweden titleholder. Miss Universe Sweden 2011 Fornstedt was crowned Miss Universe Sweden 2011 in June, and represented Sweden at Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paolo, Brazil on September 12. The crowning was made by Starworld Entertainment. Fornstedt has been signed with agencies such as Elite Stockholm and Zap Models. Fornstedt became the face of Transderma Skin Care after her crowning in June 2011. She was personally invited by former Miss Sweden 1989 and first runner up at Miss Universe 1989, Louise Camuto (neé Drevenstam) to visit the Camuto Group showroom in New York where she received wardrobe for Miss Universe. Ronnia is also being outfitted by Maggie Norris Couture... Biography of Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren (Dutch pronunciation: ), OON (born 25 December 1976 in Leiden, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. Between 2007 and 2010, he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs. In the 2011 list, he ranked in second place. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which claims to have around 25 million weekly listeners in 26 countries, which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history. Personal life Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976, but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Bonnart
Laurent Bonnart (born 25 December 1979 in Chambray-lès-Tours) is a French football player. He is equally at home at either right or left back being proficient with either foot. Bonnart played with Le Mans UC72, with whom he began his career. He was a regular in the team from the start of the 2001–02 season, having made his debut in Ligue 2 in the season's first match. In 2007 he moved from Le Mans UC72 to his current club Olympique de Marseille.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yin Jian
Yin Jian (simplified Chinese: 殷剑; traditional Chinese: 殷劍; pinyin: Yīn Jiàn; born December 25, 1978 in Xichang, Liangshan, Sichuan) is a double Olympic medal winning Chinese sailor, in women's windsurfing. Yin won the silver medal in the 2004 women's Olympic sailboard competition. She was the 2008 Olympic women's windsurfing champion, achieving dominance over the fleet in light wind conditions with four race victories. 2008 Summer Olympic regatta Points Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal race Net Position 1 1 1 3 3 13 7 8 8 1 6 39 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paulo Fernando da Costa Lacerda
Paulo Fernando da Costa Lacerda, born on December 25, 1945 in Anàpolis, is a Brazilian lawyer and a chief executive of Police.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ali Soumaré
Ali Soumaré, born December 25, 1980 in Montmorency (Val d'Oise), is a French politician, member of PS (Parti socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Gordon
Eric Gordon, Jr. (born December 25, 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana), nicknamed "EJ", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. In high school, he was named "Mr. Basketball" of Indiana during his senior year while playing at North Central High School. He is known, in part, as the subject of a major recruiting battle between the University of Illinois and Indiana University in the spring and summer of 2006; because of Gordon's talent and high level of play that year, his recruitment was the subject of a great deal of media coverage. Gordon played one season of college basketball at Indiana and was considered one of the top collegiate players in the nation that year. He finished his freshman season leading the Big Ten in scoring and tied for 19th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980) was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, on Christmas Day. A schoolmaster encouraged him to concentrate on spin bowling rather than fast bowling. He played club cricket in Wellington, and made his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of 17. At that time, New Zealand was not a Test cricketing nation, and in 1914 he moved to neighbouring Australia, then as now one of the sport's superpowers. He played club cricket in Sydney for 3 years. After marrying a Victorian, he moved to Melbou... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nellie Fox
Jacob Nelson Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox. Fox was born in St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania. He was selected as the MVP of the American League in 1959. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. Career Fox began his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1947, though he was never a full-time starter during his three seasons with the team. Traded to the White Sox October 29, 1949, Fox's career took off. He spent 14 seasons with Chicago, making 10 All-Star teams. He played his final two seasons (1964–65) with the Houston Colt .45s and Astros. With the White Sox, Fox played next to a pair of slick-fielding shortstops, Venezuelans Chico Carrasquel (1950–55) and Luis Aparicio (1956–62), ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annabelle Wallis
Annabelle Wallis (born 25 September 1984) is an English actress, possibly best known for her role as Jane Seymour in Showtime's hit period drama The Tudors and Bridget in ABC's period drama Pan Am. Personal life Maternal niece of Richard Harris, Wallis was born in Oxford, England, but spent much of her childhood in Portugal attending Saint Dominic's International School. She speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish. She now lives in London. Career In Portugal, she did several short films before she moved to London to pursue a career in movies. In London, she did some advertisements and went to drama school. In 2009, Wallis starred as Jane Seymour in season three of the Showtime drama series The Tudors with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. She took over from Anita Briem, who... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Rene
Christopher "Chris" Rene (born December 25 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Santa Cruz, California. He had been in a band called Diversion and also had a solo career, including the album Soul'd Out. Chris auditioned for the first season of The X Factor USA with one of his original compositions "Young Homie" and was one of the finalists during season one, with L.A. Reid as his mentor. He finished third overall in the competition, behind winner Melanie Amaro and runner-up Josh Krajcik. Music career 1993-2002: Diversion Diversion was Rene's first musical alliance; an alternative pop band based in Soquel, California (1994–2002) composed of Tas Szemeredi (vox/bass), Chris Rene (guitar/vox), and Mike Rene (drums). They were only 12 or 13 years old when th... Biography of Natália Guimarães
Natália Aparecida Guimarães (born on December 25, 1984 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is a former Miss Universe Brazil. She won the title on April 14, 2007 beating out over 26 other contestants from states and the Federal District, Brasília. Natalia is a model, actress and current host of Hoje em Dia, of TV Record. Natalia, who began her modeling career at 15 years old and previously worked for Ford Models, also won the 2006 Top Model of the World International Pageant. However, she resigned due to her participation in Miss Universe 2007 and her runner up from the Philippines assumed the title. On May 28, 2007, Natália competed in the 2007 Miss Universe Pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico. She finished as the 1st runner up. The day after the Miss Universe competition, a Me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mabel King
Mabel King (December 25, 1932 – November 9, 1999) was an American film, stage and television actress. Early life and career King was born Donnie Mabel Elizabeth Washington in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of Rosalie Washington. She was raised in Harlem where she eventually became a gospel and nightclub singer. She did not start acting until her mid thirties, in 1966, when she played the role of Maria in the national touring play of Porgy and Bess. The following year she played the role of Ernestina in the Broadway musical/comedy Hello, Dolly!. Then in 1972, she appeared in the Broadway musical Don't Play Us Cheap. The following year, 1973, she appeared in the film version of the play. That same year she played the Queen of Myrthia in the horror film Ganja & Hess. In Janua... Biography of Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France
Margaret of Scotland (French: Marguerite d'Écosse) (25 December 1424 – 16 August 1445) was a Princess of Scotland and the Dauphine of France. She was the firstborn child of King James I of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort. She married the eldest son of the king of France, Louis, 9th Dauphin, at eleven years old. Their marriage was unhappy, and she died childless aged 20 apparently of a fever. Early life She was born in Perth, Scotland to James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, a cousin of Henry VI of England. Margaret was the first of six daughters and twin sons born to her parents (her surviving brother, James, would become James II of Scotland at six years old). Marriage Margaret was Charles VII of France's diplomatic choice for daughter-in-law. The marriage was forced upon Cha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fennesz
Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian guitarist active in electronic music, often credited on albums simply as Fennesz. Fennesz uses guitar and notebook computers to make multilayered compositions that blend melody and conventional musical instruments with harsh, irregular glitch-influenced sounds and washes of white noise. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Biography Fennesz was born and raised in Austria and studied music formally in art school. He started playing guitar around the ages 8 or 9. He became involved in the Viennese techno scene of the early 1990s. From there on, he began to collect his own equipment and produce music based loosely around guitar and synthesizer sounds. Since the 1990s, Fennesz played live with Ryuichi Sakamoto, with Britis... Biography of Trenesha Biggers
Trenesha Biggers (born December 25, 1981) is a model and professional wrestler who worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Rhaka Khan. She was in the final top 25 in the 2005 WWE Diva Search. Professional wrestling career Before entering wrestling, Biggers played college basketball at the College of Southern Idaho. She also played Division I volleyball at Florida State University. She later began working as a model and entered the WWE Diva Search, but was eliminated during the top 25. World Wrestling Entertainment later expressed interest in Biggers and signed her to a developmental contract. She was assigned to Deep South Wrestling. Biggers trained with Marty Jannetty for two months prior to reporting to Deep South Wrestling. Deep South Wrestling Biggers d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marguerite Churchill
Marguerite Churchill (December 25, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American movie actress with a film career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She was daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats. Career She played leading lady to John Wayne in The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen epic and Wayne's first leading role. She appeared with Wayne the following year in Girls Demand Excitement (1931); with... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of CCH Pounder
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as C. C. H. Pounder (styled "CCH Pounder"), is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television miniseries and plays, and has made guest appearances on notable television shows. From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX Networks police drama The Shield. In 2009, she starred in James Cameron's film, Avatar as Mo'at. She currently stars in Warehouse 13 in a recurring role as Mrs. Irene Fredric. Early life Pounder was born on December 25, 1952, in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), the daughter of Betsy Enid James Arnella and Ronald Urlington Pounder. She was educated in England and moved to the U.S. in 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Alias
Charles 'Don' Alias (December 25, 1939, New York City – March 29, 2006, New York City) was an American jazz percussionist. Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for example, Alias played drums on the song "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from trumpeter Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew (1969) when neither Lenny White nor Jack DeJohnette were able to play the marching band-inspired rhythm requested by Davis. Alias performed on hundreds of recordings, and was perhaps best known for his associations with Miles Davis and saxophonist David Sanborn, though he also performed or recorded with the group Weather Report, singer Joni Mitchell, pianist Herbie Hancock, the Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Nina Simone a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990), born Mikhaił Mazurkiewicz, was an Austrian-born American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in over 100 movies. His towering 6' 5" presence and intimidating face usually got him roles playing tough guys, thugs, strong men, and gangsters. Life and career Mazurki was born in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil, Ukraine). He migrated with his family to the United States at the age of six, living in Cohoes, New York, a city just outside of Albany, in old mill housing on Olmstead Street with his mother. He attended La Salle Institute in Troy, New York, for high school. He later graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He became a professional athlete in three sports, primarily wrestlin... Biography of Ethan Kath
Ethan Kath (born 25 December 1982) is a Canadian musician, known as the producer and main songwriter of Crystal Castles. Rolling Stone Magazine named Crystal Castles the #1 Icons of 20 Years of Lollapalooza. Ethan Kath and his band Crystal Castles received the John Peel Award For Innovation at the 2011 NME Awards. His debut album with the band Crystal Castles was included in NME's "Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade" list at #39. History Prior to his work in Crystal Castles, Kath played different instruments in many bands. As a teenager he played drums in an anarchist-punk band called Jakarta. Later he played bass in a garage-metal band, and guitar in a GG Allin cover-band. He was also in a 2-piece folk band, inspired by Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. He played bass and sang in a ... |
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