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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 30, 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 · 45,420 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,420 Celebrities
132 celebrities or events were found for December, 30. Add to favourites (75 fans)Biography of Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982 in Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles on the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont and on the American television series Smallville in which she stars as Clark Kent's star-crossed love Lana Lang. Kreuk (Dutch pronunciation: IPA: øːk] {krooyk}, but more commonly pronounced "krook" to rhyme with the English, "spook") was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch descent; her mother, Deanna Che, is Chinese descent, but born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother is Chinese-Jamaican.Both parents are landscape architects. Kristin has a sister who is about five years younger. Kristin trained in gymnastics at the national level until high school but quit in grade 11 due to sco... Add to favourites (55 fans)Biography of Tiger Woods
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his eleventh and twelfth professional major golf championships and has more wins on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer. He is the only active golfer in the top 10 in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins. Among his achievements, Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight ti... Add to favourites (69 fans)Biography of Eliza Dushku
Elizabeth Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel as Faith, as well as the main character in the series Tru Calling. Early life Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts to Philip R. Dushku (born June 1, 1941), an Albanian-American administrator-teacher in the Boston Public Schools and Judith (Judy) Rasmussen (born March 30, 1942) (a half-Danish-American university administrator and professor at Suffolk University); she was raised a Mormon, the faith of her mother (though she is not actively practicing). She has three older brothers, Aaron,... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Jay Kay
Jason "Jay Kay" Cheetham (born on 30 December 1969 in Stretford, Manchester, England), is a Grammy Award-winning English artist, best known as the lead singer of the acid jazz band Jamiroquai. Career Kay formed Jamiroquai with members Toby Smith (keyboards), Stuart Zender (bass), Nick Van Gelder (drums), Wallis Buchanan (didgeridoo) and Alec Moran (pipeau) together with guest appearances by Gavin Dodds (guitar), Maurizio Ravelico (percussion) and Johnny Thirkell (horns) amongst others, both on the band's debut album and on their first tour. Jamiroquai has sold over thirty million albums, and has spent a collective 162 weeks on the UK singles chart between 1992 and 2006 with Kay's personal wealth said to be around £40 million. He appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List 2004 at joint... Add to favourites (62 fans)Biography of Patti Smith
Patricia Lee ("Patti") Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. Smith came to prominence during the punk movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called "punk rock's poet laureate", she brought a feminist and intellectual take to punk music and became one of rock and roll's most influential musicians. Although Smith's success has been limited in commercial terms (she has never had an RIAA certified record and has had just one Top 20 single), she is often regarded as one of the most influential artists in rock history: Rolling Stone magazine placed her at #47 in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On March 12, 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha. Beginnings ... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Ramana Maharshi
Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) was a Hindu Sage. He primarily advocated Self-enquiry (Atma-Vichara) to attain spiritual realization. Life Family Background Sri Ramana was the second of four children of Sundaram Iyer and Azhagammal, and named Venkataraman at birth. He was born in a village called Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, South India on the day of Ardra Darshanam. The other siblings were Nagaswamy (1877-1900), Nagasundaram (1886-1953) and sister Alamelu (1891/92-1953). Venkataraman's father was a pleader who died in 1892 at the age of 47, when Venkataraman was twelve, so he moved to his paternal uncle Subbaiyar's house in Madurai, where he attended Scott’s Middle School and the American Mission High School. The Awakening At the age of si... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James (born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). James, commonly nicknamed "King James," was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while still in high school at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School, and was named Ohio's "Mr. Basketball" three times. At the age of 18, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers and signed an US$90 million shoe contract with Nike before his NBA debut. He has since set numerous youngest player records. During his first season, he received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and in the following four seasons received All-NBA and All-Star honors. He has led the C... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Sandrine Quétier
Sandrine Quétier, born December 30, 1970, is a French TV host. She works for TF1 (4 minutes inside, 50 minutes inside, E! Entertainment and some TV show, since 1994).... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (born December 30, 1927 in Paris) is an Iranian-French film actor, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. He is the son of Aminollah Hossein.... Biography of Pierre Bodein
Pierre Bodein is suspected of being a serial killer. His nickname is Pierrot le Fou (Mad Pierrot).... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30, 1965), known as the "Hollywood Madam", is a former American madam. She was convicted in connection with her prostitution ring with charges including pandering and tax evasion. Her ring had numerous famous and wealthy clients. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, (pandering charges were dropped) but served just 21. Her father, Doctor Paul M. Fleiss is a famous Intactivist (one who opposes circumcision). He was convicted of money laundering in connection with the sex crimes of his daughter, and sentenced to one day in prison, three years of probation and 625 hours of community service. In 1995, Nick Broomfield made a documentary about her ring called Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. In 2004, a made-for-TV movie was produced calle... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and "If—" (1910); and his many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both p... Biography of Alessandra Mussolini
Alessandra Mussolini (born December 30, 1962) is an Italian right-wing politician and Member of the European Parliament. Family background Alessandra Mussolini was born in Rome, the daughter of Anna Maria Scicolone and Romano Mussolini, the third son of the fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Her aunt is the actress Sophia Loren. Acting career She pursued an early career as an actress and topless model . She appeared on two covers of European editions of Playboy magazine: Italian Playboy for August 1983, which exploited her family relations with the headline "The Niece of Il Duce--Alessandra Mussolini--the Boldness of Grandfather Benito, the sex appeal of Aunt Sophia Loren." , and the German Playboy for November 1983 , where she performs a striptease. She has been quoted as sayi... Biography of Omar Bongo
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo) (30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009 2:30 PM) was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, he became the world's longest-serving ruler, excluding monarchies and the longest-ruling head of government (but not head of state). Early life The youngest in a family of twelve children, Bongo was born on 30 December 1935 in Lewai, a town of the Haut-Ogooué province in southeastern Gabon near the border with the Republic of the Congo. He was a member of the small Bateke ethnic group. Lewai was renamed Bongoville in honour of Bongo's work to develop the town. After his primary and secondary education in Brazzaville (then the capital of French E... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Jason Behr
Jason Nathaniel Behr (born December 30, 1973 (birth time source: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/celebrities.php)) is an American film and television actor. Early life Behr, the second of four boys, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to David Paul Behr and Patricia Ann Steiner. When Behr was young, the family moved from Minnesota, living in several different states until his father left the family when Behr was around ten. Then Patricia Behr moved her sons back to Minneapolis, where Jason attended a private grade school. He eventually graduated, in 1992, from Richfield Senior High School, in Richfield, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. At the age of 19, after a chance meeting with Hollywood manager Marvin Dauer in Minneapolis, Behr moved to Los Angeles. In his early actin... Biography of Louise Monot
Louise Monot is a French actress, born December 30, 1981 in Paris. Filmography Television 2007 : La prophétie d'Avignon de David Delrieux feuilleton estival sur France 2 2006 : L'Avare, de Christian de Chalonge 2005: Béthune sur nil 2005: Ange de feu de Philippe Setbon 2004: Un amour à taire de Christian Faure 2003: Nos vies rêvées de Fabrice Cazeneuve 2003: Le bleu de l'océan 2002: Louis, la brocante 2002: Le grand patron 2002: La deuxième vérité 2001: Un homme en colère 2001: La ligne noire 2000: La Vie devant nous 1999: Le complexe d'Olympe Movies 2009 : OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus 2008 : MR 73 2006: Prête-moi ta main d'Éric Lartigau 2005: Hell de Bruno Chiche Short Movies 2004: À poil! 1999: Tempête en abîme Ads 2005: Ég... Biography of Ashley Bashioum
Ashley Bashioum (born December 30, 1983) is an American actress. She starred on The Young and the Restless as Mackenzie Browning from 1999 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2005. She briefly dated Stephen Colletti from Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Laila Ali
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach) is the daughter of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali. She is a professional boxer. Ali has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previously owned a nail salon in California before becoming a boxer. She is 5' 10" tall, with a reach of 70.5", and weighs around 175 pounds. Boxing career To much fanfare, she made her debut on October 8, 1999, knocking out April Fowler in the first round. She ran off eight wins in a row, and many boxing fans started talking about wanting to see her square off in a boxing ring with George Foreman's daughter, Freeda Foreman, or Joe Frazier's daughter, Jackie Frazier-Lyde. On the eveni... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is a British-born, now U.S. citizen comedian, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author, who is most famous for being the host of her eponymous variety television show. Her early appearances were on such British TV sketch comedy shows as A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield ). She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated to the U.S. and ended up having her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later found even greater success producing programmes for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous awards. She has also appeared... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Davy Jones
Davy Jones (born David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945) is an English actor and singer, best known as a member of The Monkees. Career Jones was born in Manchester, England on December 30, 1945, but is in the process of becoming a United States citizen. He lost his mother to a protracted illness by the time he was 14. His father had hopes for him as a jockey, and just after his mother died, when Davy was 14 years old, his father sent him to live with Basil Foster to train. Basil was approached by a friend who worked in the theatre on the West End of London during casting. Basil said, "I've got the kid." Jones then became more interested in being in show business. As a teenager he appeared on British TV soap operas, including Coronation Street. He appeared to great acclaim in the musical ... Biography of Suzy Bogguss
Susan Kay "Suzy" Bogguss (born December 30, 1956) is an American country music singer and one of the most acclaimed female country singers of the 1980s and 90s. Her résumé includes the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist, the Country Music Association's Horizon Award, six top ten singles, one platinum album, and three gold albums. After taking a brief recording hiatus in the mid-1990s to start a family with her husband, songwriter Doug Crider, Bogguss returned to the country music scene to find that her charting power had already faded. Although she last appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart in 1999, Bogguss continues to record and perform around the country to a small but loyal following. Early life and rise to success Bogguss was born in Aled... Biography of Patrick Topaloff
Patrick Topaloff (30 December 1944 - 07 March 2010) was a French comedian, singer, and actor. The son of a Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, according to him, made him "a delicate Franco-Russian dessert," Topaloff began his career on Europe 1, where his comic antics drew a wide audience, especially among children who delighted in his many silly catch phrases. Popular singer Claude François encouraged him to try his hand at singing, and his recording of "Il Vaut Bien Mieux Etre Jeune, Riche et Beau" ("It's Much Better to Be Young, Rich, and Beautiful") became a major hit and the first of several gold records. In the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, writer/director Philippe Clair cast Topaloff in a number of slapstick comedy films similar to the Carry On series in the UK... Biography of Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942 (1942-12-30) (age 65) in Houston (source Imdb or Wikipedia French, German), Texas, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, perhaps best known for his time in the musical group The Monkees and on the TV series of the same name. Michael Nesmith is also notable as a hit songwriter, including "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys. Nesmith also won the first Grammy Award (1981) given for Video of the Year for his hour-long Elephant Parts. Nesmith was an only child, and his parents, Warren Audrey Nesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, separated when he was very young. With his father gone, Nesmith's mother worked as a secretary. Their fortunes changed when Bette invented ... Biography of Tyrese Gibson
Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978 city and birth time source: In the documentary he directed, it says the city he was born @01:24 and the birth time @01:30 on http://vimeo.com/62859866), also known simply as Tyrese, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, former fashion model and MTV VJ. After releasing several albums, he transitioned into films, with lead roles in several Hollywood films. Early life Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California, growing up in the Watts neighborhood. His mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson (née Durham), raised him and his three older siblings as a single parent after Gibson's father, Tyrone Gibson, left in 1983. Gibson's career began when he won a talent show at the age of fourteen. An appearance in a 1994 Coca-Cola advertisement, ... Biography of Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey Lynne (born December 30, 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award-winning English rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer who gained fame as the lead singer in ELO and was a member of The Traveling Wilburys. Lynne has produced recordings for artists such as The Beatles and Tom Petty. He has co-written songs with Petty and also with George Harrison whose 1987 album Cloud Nine was co produced by Lynne and Harrison. His compositions include Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Telephone Line, Livin' Thing, Mr Blue Sky, Don't Bring Me Down and Sweet Talkin' Woman. Early career In 1963, Jeff Lynne, Robert Reader and David Walsh formed a group using little more than Spanish guitars and cheap electrical instruments to produce music. They were originally named "The Rockin... Biography of Jack Lord
John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic feature films earlier in his career, among them Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper and the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962) starring Sean Connery. Early years Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jack Lord was the son of Irish-American parents. His father, William Lawrence Ryan was a steamship company executive. He developed his equestrian skills on his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River Valley. At the age of fifteen he started spending summers at sea, and fro... Biography of Philippe Cousteau
Philippe Cousteau (30 December 1940, Toulon, Var, France - 28 June 1979, Lisbon, Portugal) was the second son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. He was born in 1940 to Jacques-Yves Cousteau's first wife Simone. He first dived with an aqua-lung in 1945 when he was 4 years old. He died in 1979 in a PBY Catalina flying boat crash in the Tagus river near Lisbon . His children Alexandra Cousteau (born on March 21, 1976) and Philippe Cousteau Jr. (born on January 20,1980, after Philippe's death) continue the family work in oceanography as the Co-Founders of EarthEcho International. Philippe was a professional diver since he was 7 years old. A brave pilot and a witness of the advance of science in the art of diving and underwater adventure. He grew up traveling the whole world and getting in touch with di... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christine Gouze-Rénal
Madeleine Gouze, best known as Christine Gouze-Rénal, born December 1914 in Mouchard (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died October 25, 2002 in Paris, was a French producer. She was the wife of French actor Roger Hanin. Filmography 1955 : La mariée était trop belle de Pierre Gaspard-Huit 1957 : Escapade de Ralph Habib 1959 : La Femme et le pantin de Julien Duvivier 1959 : L'Affaire d'une nuit d'Henri Verneuil 1961 : Vie privée de Louis Malle 1962 : Le Gorille a mordu l'archevêque de Maurice Labro 1964 : Les Amitiés particulières de Jean Delannoy 1964 : Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche de Claude Chabrol 1965 : Un mari à prix fixe de Claude de Givray 1969 : Bruno, l'enfant du dimanche de Louis Grospierre 1971 : Les Aveux les plus doux d'Edouard Molinaro 1973 : Le C... Biography of Ben Johnson
Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (b. December 30, 1961) is a Canadian former sprinter, who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently rescinded. He set consecutive 100 m world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records. Career background Born in Falmouth, Jamaica, Johnson emigrated to Canada in 1976, residing in Scarborough, Ontario. Johnson met coach Charlie Francis and joined the Scarborough Optimists track and field club, training at York University. Francis was a Canadian 100 metre sprint champion himself (1970, 1971 and 1973) and a member of the Canadian team for the 197... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane Goulding (born 30 December 1986), known professionally as Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010 she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, followed by her debut studio album Lights in 2010. Her album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK. "Lights" was released in America March 8th 2011, where the title track has been certified platinum by the RIAA (excess of 1 million units sold) . Goulding has a soprano vocal range and her musical style has been compared to ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Pinay
Antoine Pinay (December 30, 1891, Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, Rhône, France - December 13, 1994) was a French conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of France from 1952 - 1953 (technically, "president of the Council"). Early in life, Pinay managed a small business. He served as mayor of Saint-Chamond (Loire) from 1929 to 1977. He was elected to the French National Assembly in 1936, running as a conservative. After WWII, he acquired the reputation as one of France's more spirited politicians. He is remembered today as the longest lived former Prime Minister of any country. After World War II, he helped create a conservative party, the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP). He became Prime Minister in 1952 by virtue of being the most popular elected CNIP off... Biography of Austin Osman Spare
Austin Osman Spare (December 30, 1886 - May 15, 1956) was an English artist who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writing, automatic drawing and sigilization based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self. His artistic work is characterized by skilled draughtsmanship exhibiting a complete mastery of the use of the line, and often employs monstrous or fantastic magical and sexual imagery. Spare was born in Snow Hill, near Smithfield Market, London on December 31, 1886, the son of Philip Newton Spare, a City of London policeman who retired after 25 years of service, and Eliza Ann Adelaide Osman. He was the fourth of five children. According to his mother Spare first began to show signs of his talent (and of his well kno... Biography of Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008) was an influential American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Often cited as a key figure in the transition from blues to rock and roll, he introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard-edged guitar sound. He was also known for his characteristic rectangular guitar. Early life and career Born in McComb, Mississippi as Ellas Otha Bates, he was adopted and raised by his mother's cousin, Gussie McDaniel, whose surname he assumed, becoming Ellas McDaniel. The family moved to Chicago when he was seven. He took violin lessons as a youth, but was inspired to become a guitarist after seeing John Lee Hooker. He worked as a carpenter and mechanic, but also began a musical career playing on street corners with friends, includ... Biography of Russ Tamblyn
Russ Tamblyn (born Russell Irving Tamblyn on December 30, 1934) is an American actor who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang. Early life Born in 1934 in Los Angeles, California to actor Eddie Tamblyn. Roles Discovered at the age of ten by actor Lloyd Bridges after acting in a play, Tamblyn's first film appearance was a small non-speaking role in 1948's The Boy With Green Hair. Shortly thereafter, he portrayed the young Saul in Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 version of Samson and Delilah. He later had a minor role as Spencer Tracy's son and Elizabeth Taylor's younger brother in the 1950 version of Father of the Bride and the following year's sequel, Father's Little Dividend, both directed by Vincente Minnell... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Chapel
Alain Chapel, born December 30, 1937 in Lyon, died July 10, 1990 (heart attack) in Avignon, was a French chief. He had 3 Michelin stars in The Michelin Guide in 1973 (The Michelin Guide (Le Guide Michelin) is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term refers by default to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars. Michelin also publishes Green Guides for travel and tourism, as well as several newer publications such as the Guide Voyageur Pratique (independent travel), Guide Gourmand (good-value eating-places), Guide Escapade (quick breaks) and Guide Coup de Cœur (hotels of character).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sandy Koufax
Sanford Koufax (pronounced /ˈkoʊfæks/) (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding seasons from 1961 to 1966, before arthritis ended his career at age 30. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1963, and won the 1963, 1965, and 1966 Cy Young Awards by unanimous votes; in all three seasons, he won the pitcher's triple crown by leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (he actually led both leagues in all three categories). A notoriously difficult pitcher for batters to face, he was the first major leaguer to pitch more than three no-hit... Biography of Meredith Monroe
Meredith Leigh Monroe (born December 30, 1968), is an American actress who portrayed Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2000. She was a series regular in Seasons 2-3, appeared in several episodes at the beginning and end of season 4, and was a special guest star in the final series episode in Season 6, though these scenes were cut from the televised episode, but appear on the DVD extended cut release. Aged 34 at the time of the series finale, Monroe was the oldest cast member of the show, being 29 years old when she first appeared in Season 2 as the 16 year old Andie. Biography Monroe was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois. She attended Millikin University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She married Steven Kavovit in August 1999. She ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lotte von Strahl
Lotte von Strahl, born December 30, 1895 in Oldeburg, was a German psychic, an important figure in the field of parapsychology.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diego Della Valle
Diego Della Valle, born December 30, 1953, is an Italian designer ofhigh fashion and clothing industrialist.... Biography of Ryan Sheckler
Ryan Allen Sheckler (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional skateboarder and the star of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan. Early life Sheckler was born in San Clemente, California. When he was just 18 months old, Sheckler found his dad's old-school skateboard. Sheckler taught himself to push it around using one knee, and eventually stood up on the skateboard. From age 6 on, he has spent up to 22 hours a week practicing tricks in his backyard skate park, which includes a half pipe, table tops and several grind rails. He developed his own trick called the Sheck-lair - an indy kickflip flyout. Career Sheckler's career took shape during the summer of 1995, when his dad built a new quarter pipe in the family's skatepark. A few years later, he joined the CASL (Californi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrea Tantaros
Andrea K. Tantaros, born on December 30, 1978 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a political analyst and commentator on Fox News, Fox Business Channel and writes for the New York Daily News and Newsmax magazine. Her columns appear in the New York Daily News every Thursday. Early life A daughter of an immigrant Greek family, Andrea Tantaros is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, although she grew up in the Trexlertown suburb. During her teenage years, she worked as a waitress in her family's restaurant. She is a 1997 graduate of Parkland High School; going on to attended Lehigh University (2001 graduate), where she majored in journalism and French and wrote political commentary for the college newspaper., and then pursued further studies at The Université de Paris in France. She is pr... Biography of Katoucha Niane
Katoucha Niane (30 December 1960 in Conakry, Guinea – 2 February 2008 in Paris, France) was a French supermodel—one of the world's first to have come from Africa. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess" (in reference to her ethnic Fula background), she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was the daughter of author, playwright and historian Djibril Tamsir Niane. She had three children. Early life and career As a child, Katoucha's family was forced into exile after her father came into conflict with Guinean President Sekou Toure. Living with an uncle in Mali, she rejoined her family in Dakar at age twelve. There she lived with the family of her paternal uncle, whose wife was private secretary to President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor. After marrying her husband at ag... Biography of Catherine Mengue
Catherine Mengue Ndong, best known as Catherine Mengue, born December 30, 1980 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, is a French singer.... Biography of Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd). Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. Banks was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Early years Banks, born in Sheffield and a Chesterfield F.C. fan, was a careful student of goalkeepers during childhood. Banks played in local colliery football as a boy and was offered an apprenticeship by Chesterfield after initially going to work as a coal bagger and then as a bricklayer on leaving school. After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to t... Biography of Meredith Vieira
Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American journalist, television personality, actress and game show host. She currently co-hosts NBC's Today and often contributes to Dateline NBC. She is the current host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in syndication, replacing Regis Philbin in 2002. She previously co-hosted ABC's daytime talk show The View (from 1997 to 2006). She also hosted Intimate Portrait, a series on Lifetime Television. Early years Vieira was born in East Providence, Rhode Island, to Mary Louisa Elsie Rosa Silveira Vieira (1914–2004) and Dr. Edwin Vieira (1904–1987), both first generation Portuguese-Americans. All four of Vieira’s grandparents came from the Azores, three from Faial Island, one of the nine islands in the archipelago. They all left for a ... Biography of Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian fiction writer, playwright, and visual artist. His first book, the 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, became an international bestseller and popularized the terms "McJob" and "Generation X". Much of Coupland's work explores the unexpected cultural shifts created by the impact of new technologies on middle class North American culture. Persistent themes include the conflict between secular and religious values, difficulty in aging and taking on adult roles, ironic attitudes as a response to intense media saturation, and pop and mass culture. Biography Coupland was born to Dr. Douglas Charles Thomas and C. Janet Coupland on a Royal Canadian Air Force b... Biography of Horace Engdahl
Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born December 30, 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic. He has been the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy since 1999. Engdahl was born in Karlskrona, Blekinge. He earned his B.A. in 1970 at Stockholm University; he earned his doctoral degree (fil. dr.) in 1987, with a study on Swedish romanticism, but had meanwhile been active as a literary critic, translator and journal editor, and was one of the introducers of the continental tradition of literary scholarship in Sweden. He is currently adjunct professor of Scandinavian literature at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He speaks Swedish, English, German, French and Russian fluently. In 1997, Engdahl became a member of the Swedish Academy, elected to the seat vacated by the death of Jo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brigitte Peskine
Brigitte Peskine, born December 30, 1951 in Neuilly, is a French author and screenwriter. Link: http://www.brigittepeskine.com/Accueil.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Quine
Robert W. Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison. Critic Mark Demming writes "Quine's eclectic style embraced influences from jazz, rock, and blues players of all stripes, and his thoughtful technique and uncompromising approach led to rewarding collaborations with a number of visionary musicians." His collaborators include Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Lou Reed (notably on The Blue Mask), Brian Eno (on Nerve Net), John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Lloyd Cole, Tom Waits (Rain Dogs), Matthew Sweet, Odds, Jody Harris {Escape}, and many more, including a r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Will Noffke
Will Noffke, born December 30, 1929 in Rochester, New York, is an American editor and radio host.... Biography of Del Shannon
Del Shannon (December 30, 1934 — February 8, 1990), was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" in 1961. Biography Del Shannon was born Charles Weedon Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up in Coopersville, a small farming community near Grand Rapids. There he learned ukulele and later guitar, and listened to country and western music, including Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell. In 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called the Cool Flames. When his army service ended, he returned to Battle Creek, Michigan and worked in a furniture factory, as a truck driver, and selling carpets. He also found part-time work as a rhythm guitarist in singer Doug DeMott's group, working at th... Biography of Jaime Faith Edmondson
Jaime Faith Edmondson, born December 30, 1978 in Bartow, Florida, is an American female model, who was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for January 2010. Edmondson is a 2002 graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Criminal Justice. She is a former police officer and Miami Dolphins cheerleader. She is also an animal lover who has volunteered at a non profit shelter for dogs. Edmondson and her friend, Cara Rosenthal were runners-up in The Amazing Race 14. Edmondson appeared in the music video for "This Ain't No Love Song" by Trace Adkins.... Biography of Paul Bowles
Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris in the 1930s. He studied music with Aaron Copland and in New York wrote music for various theatrical productions, as well as other compositions. He achieved critical and popular success with the publication in 1949 of his first novel The Sheltering Sky, set in what was known as French North Africa, which he had visited in 1931. In 1947 Bowles settled in Tangier, Morocco, and his wife, Jane Bowles followed in 1948. Except for winters spent in Sri Lanka... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Bel
Jean-Pierre Bel (born 30 December 1951 in Lavaur (Tarn)) is a French politician who has been President of the Senate of France since 2011. From the Ariège department, he is a member of the Socialist Party. Bel was also the President of the Socialist Group in the French Senate until his election.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fred Ward
Fred Ward est un acteur américain, né le 30 décembre 1942 à San Diego, en Californie (États-Unis). Ses ancêtres étaient irlandais et cherokees. Filmographie * 1973 : Le Ere de Medici, de Roberto Rossellini (téléfilm) * 1973 : Cartesius, de Roberto Rossellini (téléfilm) * 1975 : Hollywood cow-boy (Hearts of the West), de Howard Zieff * 1979 : L'Évadé d'Alcatraz (Escape from Alcatraz), de Don Siegel * 1981 : Sans retour (Southern comfort), de Walter Hill * 1982 : Timerider, de William Dear * 1983 : Retour vers l'enfer (Uncommon valor), de Ted Kotcheff * 1983 : Le Mystère Silkwood (Silkwood), de Mike Nichols * 1983 : L'Étoffe des héros (The Right stuff), de Philip Kaufman * 1984 : Swing Shift, de Jonathan Demme * 1985 : Remo sans a... Biography of Paul Stookey
Noel "Paul" Stookey (born December 30, 1937) is a singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, and as of 2008 active as a solo singer and activist. He is an alumnus of Michigan State University. While attending Michigan State University he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. As Paul in the Peter, Paul and Mary trio, he participated in one of the best known mass-media ensembles of the 1960s phase of the American folk music revival, and included some of his solo songs and extended monologues in their performances and recordings. His best-known composition is "The Wedding Song (There is Love)", which charted in 1971 and remains popular for performance during wedding services. He wrote the song as a wedding gift for Peter Yarrow, and refused to perform i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Noël Kerdraon
Jean-Noël Kerdraon, born December 30, 1943 in Guipavas, Finistère, is a French Politicina, member of PS (Parti socialiste). he was a member of the Parliament (1997-2002).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Véra Clouzot
Véra Clouzot (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a Brazilian-born French film actress and screenwriter. Born as Véra Gibson-Amado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the wife of film director Henri-Georges Clouzot. She made only three films, all directed by her husband, the most notable of which was the classic thriller, Les Diaboliques (1955). Writer She also wrote the screenplay for the film La Vérité (1960), which was also directed by her husband. Death In 1960 she died in Paris, aged 46, from a heart attack and is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery. Filmography * The Wages of Fear (1953) * Les Diaboliques (1955) * Les Espions (1957)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (born Jacques André François Joseph Dynam-Barbe 30 December 1912 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1942 and 2004. He was born in Paris, France and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * Carom Shots (1963) * Male Companion (1964) * The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970) * The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maria Esteve
María Esteve, born December 30, 1974 in Mar del Plata, is an Argentine actress, the daugther of Marisol and Antonio Gades. She has two younger sisters, Tamara and Celia Flores. María Esteve is an ex-girlfriend of actor Adrià Collado. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261695/ ) Four Last Songs (2007) .... Sweetie ... aka Mallorca's Song (Spain) 2 lados de la cama, Los (2005) .... Pilar ... aka The 2 Sides of the Bed (International: English title) "Maneras de sobrevivir" .... Estela (13 episodes, 2005) - Uhú, nena, voy a ser una Rock & Roll Star (2005) TV episode .... Estela - Detrás de la barra (2005) TV episode .... Estela - Un hombre de verdad (2005) TV episode .... Estela - Ante todo mucha calma (2005) TV episode .... Estela - El calor ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geoffrey Dean
Geoffrey Dean, born December 30, 1935 in Eltham, England, is a British-Australian chemist, author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert de Lapparent
Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (30 December 1839 - 5 May 1908) was a French geologist. He was born at Bourges. After studying at the École polytechnique from 1858 to 1860 he became ingénieur au corps des mines, and took part in drawing up the geological map of France; and in 1875 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy at the Catholic Institute in Paris. In 1879 he prepared an important memoir for the geological survey of France on the Pays de Bray, a subject on which he had already published several memoirs, and in 1880 he served as president of the Société Géologique de France. In 1881-1883 he published his Traité de géologie, a well-regarded textbook of stratigraphy. His other works include Cours de minéralogie (1884), La formation des combustibles minéraux (1886)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sally Marr
Sally Marr, born December 30, 1906 in Jamaica, New York and died December 14, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, was an American actress. She is the mother of Lenny Bruce and the grandmother of Kitty Bruce. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550022/ ) # Rooster: Spurs of Death! (1983) .... The K.C. Hooker ... aka Rooster ... aka Spurs of Death! # The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (1982) (TV) .... Claudia # Nice Dreams (1981) (as Sally K. Marr) .... Nut #5 ... aka Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (USA: complete title) # The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) .... Mrs. Gromlev # "Eight Is Enough" .... Blanche (1 episode, 1979) - The Final Days (1979) TV episode .... Blanche # Dracula's Dog (1978) .... Camper ... aka Dracula contro Zombi (Italy) ... aka Zoltan il cane di Dra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Riley
Jack Riley (December 30, 1935) is an American comedic actor probably most recognizable as the irascible Elliot Carlin from Bob Newhart's 1970s TV sitcom, The Bob Newhart Show, and as the voice of Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!. Early life Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. (née Corrigan) and John A. Riley. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the US Army. After being discharged, Riley became a popular radio personality in Cleveland. His friend Tim Conway helped him receive work in California writing comedy sketches, which later led to acting jobs. Career Riley was one of the busiest 'bit players' on television in the 1970s and 80's. He also was a favorite of Mel Brooks, appearing in several of his films.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Simon Forman
Simon Forman (December 30, 1552 – September 12, 1611) was arguably the most popular Elizabethan astrologist, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. His reputation, however, was severely tarnished after his death when he was implicated in the plot to kill Sir Thomas Overbury. Writers from Ben Jonson to Nathaniel Hawthorne came to characterize him as either as a fool or an evil magician in league with the devil. Life Forman was born in Quidhampton, Fugglestone St Peter, near Salisbury, Wiltshire on December 30, 1552. At the age of nine he went to a free school in the Salisbury area but was forced to leave after two years following the death of his father on 31 December 1563. For the next ten years of his life he was appre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lynne Burmyn
Lynne Burmyn, born December 30, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts and died September 9, 1988, was an American Astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andy Stewart
Andy Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 - 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer and entertainer. Career The use of tartan patriotism and stereotypical Scottish humour, goes back to Sir Harry Lauder and music hall songs. In the 1960s this strand was continued by the entertainer, Andy Stewart. He was born in Glasgow in 1933, the son of a teacher. He moved to Arbroath as a child, and then trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He had several hit singles - "Come in-Come in", "Donald Where's Yer Troosers?", "A Scottish Soldier" (36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in 1961), "Campbeltown Loch", "The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre", "The Road to Dundee", "Tunes Of Glory", and "Dr. Finlay" (1965). He is also remembered for being the compere of the The White... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinz Kern
Heinz Kern, born on December 30, 1919 in Rochlitz-Sachsen, is a German astrologer and author.... Biography of Alain Testart
Alain Testart, born on December 30, 1945, is a French social anthropologist and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Lopez
Vincent Lopez (30 December 1895 – 20 September 1975) was an American bandleader and pianist. Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917. On November 27, 1921 his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio; the band's weekly 90-minute show on Newark, NJ station WJZ boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s. He began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!".His theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone, Vincent Lopez an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benjamin Rabier
Benjamin Rabier (December 30, 1864, La Roche-sur-Yon - 1939, Faverolles) is a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating La vache qui rit, and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo. Rabier started to work as an illustrator for various newspapers after meeting Caran d'Ache. His most famous creations are Gideon the duck and the characters he drew for Le roman de Renart. Bibliography * Olivier Calon, Benjamin Rabier, Paris, Tallandier, 2004 ISBN 2847341021... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giacomo Gualco
Giacomo Gualco, born December 30, 1936 in , is an Italian politician, a former Member of Parliament.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American theatre and film actress. Van Fleet established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful with Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint. Her first film role was playing the mother of James Dean's character in East of Eden (1955). This debut performance earned Van Fleet an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her subsequent film work was steady through 1960, then very sporadic, and included such films as The Rose Tattoo, I'll Cry Tomorrow (both 1955), The King and Four Queens (1956), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). In 1958, she was n... Biography of Daniel Sunjata
Daniel Sunjata (born December 30, 1971) is a Tony Award-nominated American actor who has performed in film, television and in the theater. Career Sunjata played the role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of Sex and The City. He has portrayed Langston Hughes in the film Brother to Brother and James Holt, a fictitious fashion designer in The Devil Wears Prada. He currently stars as Franco on the television program Rescue Me. During the summer of 2007, he also starred in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning as Reggie Jackson. Awards/Nominations In 2003, he won a Theatre World Award for his breakout broadway performance as a gay Major League Baseball player who comes out to the public in Take Me Out, the Tony award-winning play, which also earned him... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lester Patrick
Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick (December 30, 1883 – June 1, 1960) born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (Western Hockey League after 1924), and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Lester Patrick was a great rover and defence man who first came to prominence in 1900 when he played for McGill University. In 1904, he was the star for the Brandon team in the Northwestern and Manitoba Hockey Leagues and became the first defence-man known to score a goal. With Patrick at cover point, Brandon challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup in that season, but were defeated in the two-game, total-goal series. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of A. J. Pierzynski
Anthony John "A. J." Pierzynski (pronounced /pɪərˈzɪnski/) (born December 30, 1976) is an American Major League Baseball catcher who is currently with the Chicago White Sox. Pierzynski previously played with the Minnesota Twins (1998-2003) and San Francisco Giants (2004). Pierzynski was also a wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Early life Anthony John Pierzynski was born on December 30, 1976, in Bridgehampton, New York. He attended Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, where he won All-State honors in baseball. Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Johnny Damon was one of Pierzynski's high school teammates. Professional career Minnesota Twins Pierzynski graduated from high school in 1994 and signed a letter of intent to play baseball at the University... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriel Aghion
Gabriel Aghion is a French film director. He was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955. Filmography * La Scarlatine (1983) * Bras de Fer (1985) * Rue du Bac (1990) * Pédale douce (1995 * Belle Maman (1998) * Le Libertin (1999) * Absolument fabuleux (2001) * Pédale dure (2004)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Cantwell
Christian Cantwell (born September 30, 1980 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs . Cantwell's personal best throw is 22.54 metres, or 73 ft 11½ in, set in Gresham, Oregon on June 5, 2004. His best outdoor season to date was 2006, in which he had 8 of the 10 longest throws in the year. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and attended Eldon High School in Eldon. In 2003, he attended the University of Missouri. He won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, China on August 15, 2008 with his final throw of 21.09 metres behind the gold winner, Tomasz Majewski of Poland. At the Berlin World Championships in 2009, their positions were reversed as Cantwell took gold with a throw of 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annagemma Angelini
Annagemma Angelini, born December 30, 1933 in Zucchi, died June 15, 1986 (cancer of pancreas), was an Italian journalist and musical critic.... Biography of Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable-news show, Hannity, on Fox News Channel. Hannity has also written three New York Times bestselling books: Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism, Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, and Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda. Personal background Hannity is the son of Hugh J. and Lillian F. Hannity. His paternal and maternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland. He has two sisters, Joanne S. Hannity and Therese (Hann... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Barclay
Jean-Claude Barclay, born December 30, 1942 in Paris, is a French former tennis player.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Bellucci (born December 30, 1987 in Tiete, Brazil) is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He used a string of Challenger tournament victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 in the world as a 20-year-old. Juniors career Bellucci reached a high of #15 in the world two weeks after his 17th birthday, in January, 2005. Professional career 2007 Bellucci began 2007 ranked #582, but began a rapid ascent in June to finish the year at #202. 2008 The 20-year-old Bellucci continued his rapid rise early in 2008. The first week of the year, ranked #202, he made it to the quarterfinals of a Challenger in Sao Paolo. Bellucci had little success in his next few tournaments, but in February he got back on track, beating #145 Pablo Andujar while qualifying into an ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raoul Ponchon
Raoul Ponchon, born December 30, 1848 in Napoléon-Vendée (now La Roche-sur-Yon), died December 3, 1937 in Paris, was a French writer, poet, and painter. Selected works * La Muse au cabaret, Fasquelle 1920, publié de son vivant. Réédition chez Cyral en 1925 (600 ex.), illustration Daniel-Girard, et éditions Rieder en 1938 (2000 ex.), sous la direction de Marcel Lubineau, illustration Lucien Boucher puis 1946 (lithographies Jean-Denis Malclès, aux éditions "La Bonne Compagnie", 1000 ex.), puis 1998 éditions Grasset, Collection "les Cahiers Rouges". * La Muse vagabonde, 1938 réédité en 1947, Le Rameau d'Or, sous le titre Gazette rimées. * La Muse frondeuse, Fasquelle, 1971, textes réunis par Daniel Mouret, préfacé par Roland Dorgelès * La Muse gaillarde, Fasquelle, 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Charles Benik
Anthony Charles Benik, born on December 30, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, is an American spiritualist ministe, the founder of the Universal Christ Church in 1970 (source: Bert Granite, birth certificate).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carol Reed
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver! Early life and education The son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, an independent school. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films. Career and personal life He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, but soon went into the role of producer/director. He worked as an Assistant Director with Basil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Reid (basketball)
Don Reid (born December 30, 1973, in Washington, D.C.) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (58th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. In his career, Reid played for the Pistons, Washington Wizards and Orlando Magic in 8 NBA seasons. In his 1995-96 rookie season as a member of the Pistons, he averaged 3.8 points in 69 games played. He played collegiately at Georgetown University.... Biography of Chris Vance (actor)
Chris Vance (born 30 December 1971) is a British actor. Vance is known for his role as Jack Gallagher in the Fox series Mental and James Whistler in Prison Break, and has guest-starred on Burn Notice and Dexter. Early life Vance attended Newcastle University, graduating with a degree in civil engineering. Career Vance appeared in the British television series, The Bill, and in the Australian television series Stingers and Blue Heelers, before achieving success in the role of Sean Everleigh in All Saints. He appeared in the third and fourth seasons of Prison Break, as James Whistler. In June 2008, Vance moved to Colombia in order to film the Fox series Mental, but the show ended up being cancelled after only 13 episodes. He guest–starred in an antagonistic role as Mason Gilroy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Aubron
Jean-Marie Aubron, born on December 30, 1937 in Villedieu-la-Blouère (Maine-et-Loire), is a French politician (Socialist party), a former member of Parliament.... Biography of Jacques Rigaut
Jacques Rigaut (30 December 1898 – 9 November 1929) was a French surrealist poet. Born in Paris, he was part of the Dadaist movement. His works frequently talked about suicide and he came to regard its successful completion as his occupation. In 1929 at the age of 30, as he had announced, Rigaut shot himself, using a ruler to be sure the bullet would pass through his heart. He is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre. Rigaut's works include: Agence Générale du Suicide Et puis merde! Papiers Posthumes Lord Patchogue His suicide inspired the book Le Feu Follet by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within from Louis Malle is based on this book.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeanette Nolan
Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American radio, film and television actress. Nolan was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Nolan was a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles. Career Nolan began her acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, and, while a student at Los Angeles City College, made her radio debut in 1932 in Omar Khayyam, the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ, and continued acting until the 1990s. She made her film debut as Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles's 1948 film Macbeth, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Despite the fact that she and the film received withering reviews at the time, Nolan's film career flourished in largely supporting rol... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Hartford
John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang. Life John Harford (he would change his name to Hartford later in life at the behest of Chet Atkins) was born on December 30, 1937 in New York City to parents Dr. Carl and Mary Harford. He spent his childhoo... Biography of Lucy Punch
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is an English actress, best known for her roles in both the television show Doc Martin on ITV as receptionist Elaine Denham and for her starring role in the American programme The Class, on CBS. Born in London, Punch performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress. She dated actor James D'Arcy. Career Punch made her debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood. Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived French and Saunders series, Let Them Eat Cake. In 2000, she made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate. She has also worked at the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Messager
André Charles Prosper Messager (30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929), was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international success. Despite financial obstacles, Messager pursued studies in piano and composition, with teachers including Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of London as well as Paris, both as a conductor and a composer. Most of his Parisian works were produced in London, where several of them had long runs and numerous revivals, and he wrote two operatic works in English. He was the only French composer to write an o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an American film director. Miller is the director of the feature Moneyball (2011). He also directed the documentary film The Cruise (1998) and Capote (2005), a film for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director as well. He has also directed television commercials and music videos, most recently Bob Dylan's "When the Deal Goes Down." Filmography The Cruise (1998) Capote (2005) Moneyball (2011) Foxcatcher (2013) Personal life Bennett was born in New York City and has known writer Dan Futterman and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman since their childhood. He and Futterman were classmates at Mamaroneck High School, and all three were graduates of the 1984 NYSSSA School of Theatre.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pietro Villaggio
Pietro Villaggio, born on December 30, 1932 in Genoa (birth time source: Bordoni, Astrodatabank), is an Italian University Professor, the twin brother of the author Paolo Villaggio.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Leteurtre
Claude Leteurtre (born December 30, 1940 in Donville-les-Bains, Manche) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Calvados department, and is a member of the New Centre.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Art Bassett
Charles Arthur "Art" Bassett, II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer and United States Air Force officer. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and assigned to Gemini 9 but died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight. Biography Early life and education Bassett was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 30, 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. After graduating from Berea High School in Berea, Ohio in 1950, he attended Ohio State University from 1950 to 1952, and Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech University, from 1958 to 1960. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering with honors from Texas Tech; he did graduate work at University ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Leacock
Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. In the early part of the 20th century he was the best-known humorist in the English-speaking world. Early life Leacock was born in Swanmore, near Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England, and at the age of six moved to Canada with his family, which settled on a farm in Egypt, Ontario, near the village of Sutton and the shores of Lake Simcoe. While the family had been well off in England (the Leacocks had made a fortune in Madeira and lived on an estate called Oak Hill on the Isle of Wight), Leacock's father, Peter, had been banished from the manor for marrying Agnes Butler without his parents' permission. The farm in the Georgina township of York ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Mottet
Alain Mottet, born on December 30, 1928 in Lyon, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography Cinema 1961 : Climats de Stellio Lorenzi 1962 : Le Pèlerin perdu de Guy Jorré (court-métrage) 1963 : Le Feu follet de Louis Malle 1964 : Les Indes noires, d'après Jules Verne. 1965 : Le Dimanche de la vie de Jean Herman 1968 : Ho ! de Robert Enrico 1969 : L'Armée des ombres de Jean-Pierre Melville 1969 : Une veuve en or de Michel Audiard 1969 : Dernier domicile connu de José Giovanni 1970 : Un aller simple de José Giovanni 1972 : La Scoumoune de José Giovanni 1976 : Le Bon et les Méchants de Claude Lelouch 1977 : La Nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Près de Bob Swaim 1978 : Le Point douloureux de Marc Bourgeois 1978 : L'Amour en... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kevin Salvadori
Kevin Michael Salvadori (born December 30, 1970, in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" center from the University of North Carolina, Salvadori went undrafted but did manage to play for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association for two seasons from 1996 to 1998. His father, Al Salvadori, was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 4th round (1st pick) of the 1967 NBA draft and was also selected by the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association. Al Salvadori played one season for Oakland. In his NBA career, Kevin Salvadori played in 39 games and scored a total of 42 points. He graduated from Seton-La Salle Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and was a member of North Carolina's 1993 National Championship team.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ian MacNaughton
Edward Ian Macnaughton (30 December 1925 – 10 December 2002) was a Scottish former actor-turned-television producer/director, best known for his work with the Monty Python team. He was born and brought up in Glasgow, educated at Strathallan School, and died in a car accident in Munich. Serving as both director and producer of Monty Python's Flying Circus, MacNaughton also directed the team's first film, And Now For Something Completely Different and their German special, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus. In 1979, he made the short movie Le Pétomane about farting artist Joseph Pujol, starring Leonard Rossiter. He also was the producer of Spike Milligan's Q, which was a big influence on the Monty Python team. Filmography (director) (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534084/) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Loren Meyer
Loren Henry Meyer (born December 30, 1972 in Emmetsburg, Iowa) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. A 6'10", 257-pound center from Ruthven, Iowa and Iowa State University, Meyer played in three NBA seasons for the Mavericks, Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets. In his NBA career, Meyer played in a total of 140 games and scored a total of 645 points, thus averaging 4.6 points per game.... Biography of Sophie Ward (actress)
Sophie Ward (born 30 December 1964 in London), is an English actress and the daughter of actor, Simon Ward. Career One of Sophie's early film roles was in the film Young Sherlock Holmes. Other early films included Return to Oz, Little Dorrit and A Summer Story, and she also portrayed the unattainable love object in the video of Roxy Music's song "Avalon". Often cast as an icy, distant Victorian or an unattainable object of desire, Ward's choice of roles in the 1980s and early 1990s did not offer much variation. During the 1990s she turned her acting energies to stagework, with considerable acclaim and success. She has appeared in several Glasgow Citizens' Theatre productions including Private Lives (as Amanda), Don Carlos (as Queen Elizabeth) and most strikingly in Hamlet as Ophelia.... Biography of Titus
Titus (Latin: Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81), was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own father. Prior to becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a military commander, serving under his father in Judaea during the First Jewish-Roman War. The campaign came to a brief halt with the death of emperor Nero in 68, launching Vespasian's bid for the imperial power during the Year of the Four Emperors. When Vespasian was declared emperor on 1 July 69, Titus was left in charge of ending the Jewish rebellion. In 70, he successfully laid siege to and destroyed the city and Temple of Jerusalem. For this ac... Biography of Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP (born December 30, 1949 in Lachine, Quebec) is Canada's Minister of Finance; he had formerly served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005 he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was previously a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and has sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions. Flaherty won the riding of Whitby—Oshawa in the federal election held January 23, 2006 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada beating Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield by nearly 4000 votes. He was re-elected in 2008. Flaherty's wife Christine Elliott is currently representing Whitby-Oshawa in the Ontario Legislature.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Janssens
Marcel Janssens (Edegem, 30 December 1931 — Nukerke, 29 July 1992) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Janssens won two stages in the Tour de France, and finished 2nd place in 1957 after Jacques Anquetil. He also won the 1960 edition of Bordeaux-Paris Palmarès 1945 Oostrozebeke 1951 Belgium National amateur road race Championship 1953 Mortsel Bruxelles - Liège Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1954 Polder-Kempen Zingem Tongeren 1955 Aurillac Brasschaat Nederbrakel Wilrijk Schelde-Dender-Leie Polder-Kempen GP du Brabant Wallon Tour de l'Ouest 1956 Wilrijk 1957 Tour de France: Winner stage 4 2nd place overall classification 1958 Waarschoot 1959 Antwerpen - Ougrée Aarschot Tour de France: Winner stage 10 1960 L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Bedel
Maurice Bedel (Paris, December 30, 1883 - Thuré (Vienne), October 15, 1954) was a French novelist and essayist. He was awarded with the prix Goncourt in 1927 for Jérôme 60° latitude nord. He was elected in 1948 as president of the Société des gens de lettres. Works Jérôme 60° latitude nord (1927) Molinoff Indre-et-Loire (1928) Philippine (1930) Fascisme an VII (1929) L'Amour camarade (1931) Une Enquête sur l'amour (1932) Zulfu (1933) Zigzags (1932) la Nouvelle Arcadie (1934) l'Alouette aux nuages (1935) Mémoire sans malice sur les dames d'aujourd'hui (1935) la Touraine (1935) Monsieur le professeur Jubier (1936) le Laurier d'Apollon (1936) Géographie de mille hectares (1937) Bengali (1937) la France des Français et celle des autres (1937) Monsieur ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant, born Yvette, Camille, Hélène Etiévan-Estival December 30, 1922 in Paris and died March 21, 2003, was a French actress, the daugther of French director Henri Etiévant. She is the founder with of ArtMédia agency. Artmedia represents more than 600 artists of all fields and 9 artistic agents work with their respective assistants on representing these artists professional interests and, especially, on negotiating their contracts. Filmography 1944 : Les Dames du bois de Boulogne de Robert Bresson 1948 : Entre onze heures et minuit de Henri Decoin 1948 : Le point du jour de Louis Daquin 1948 : Dernier amour de Jean Stelli 1949 : Le parfum de la dame en noir de Louis Daquin 1950 : Maître après dieu de Louis Daquin 1950 : Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier ... Biography of Cédric Carrasso
Cédric Carrasso (French pronunciation: ; born 30 December 1981) is a French footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Bordeaux and France national team. Club career Carrasso has had two loan spells away from Marseille. In 2001, he was loaned out to Crystal Palace, playing one match. He later went to Guingamp where he played regularly. During Fabien Barthez's long ban, Carrasso filled in. During this time he greatly impressed the coaches, winning the starting job after Barthez departed the club. On 30 June 2009, Carrasso signed a four-year deal with Bordeaux. International career In May 2010, Carrasso was included by coach Raymond Domenech in the French Squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Personal life His younger brother, Johann, plays as a goalkeeper for Mon... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Titre
Claude Titre, born December 30, 1930 in Rabat, Morocco, died January 29, 1985 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. He was Bob Morane for French television, the dynamic hero created by French author Henri Vernes. Theater 1971 : Le Train de l'aube de Tennessee Williams, mise en scène Jean-Pierre Laruy, Théâtre Edouard VII Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864519/ ) "Châteauvallon" (1 episode, 1985) - Episode #1.4 (1985) TV episode "Homme de Suez, L'" (1983) TV mini-series ... aka Der Mann von Suez (West Germany) Blancs paturages, Les (1980) (TV) .... L'abbé Imseng "Amours de la belle époque, Les" .... Pierre de Bonivet (1 episode, 1979) - La duchesse bleue (1979) TV episode .... Pierre de Bonivet "Petit théâtre d'Antenne 2, Le" (1 episode, 197... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis-Thomas Jurdant
Louis-Thomas Jurdant, born December 30, 1909 in Soumagne, is a Belgian novelist and writer, author of a lot of Detective fiction books. Louis-Thomas Jurdant was also called: Hubert du Boy, James Lawrence Greenflash, Ted Greenflash, J. de Soumagne and Hubert Toussimple. Bibliography Cent mille dollars au-dessus du lac Michigan - L'Arc-En-Ciel N°5, 1937 Les bâtisseurs de cathédrales, Ed. Mercure de France Jetés au vent, poèmes, Ed. de luxe à tirage limité Le pommier fleuri, roman, Ed. L'Essor Profondeurs, roman, Collection Durendal, Bruxelles, P. Lethielleux, Paris, 1942 Les sonneurs de joie, poetry Ferments, novel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Al Smith
Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr. (December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944), known in private and public life as Al Smith, was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He then became president of the Empire State, Inc. and was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression. Early life Smith was born to Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine Mulvihill, and initially grew up in the multiethnic Lower East Side of Manhattan, on Oliver Street, within sight of the Brooklyn Bridge, then under construction. His four grandparents were Irish, German, Italian, and English, but Smit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Renaud Écalle
Captain Renaud Ecalle, born December 30, 1980 in Charenton-le-Pont, died October 3, 2010 (accident), was a French aviator, fighter pilot and world champion aerobatic flyer. External link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/captain-renaud-ecalle-fighter-pilot-and-world-champion-aerobatic-flyer-2100861.html... Biography of Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage currently serving as music director at the Royal Opera House in London, and l'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Pappano was born in Epping, England to a family having its origins in Castelfranco in Miscano, near Benevento, Italy. When he was 13 years old, he moved with his family to Connecticut, in the United States. After musical training in piano, composition, and conducting, he became a rehearsal accompanist at the New York City Opera by the age of 21. Pappano is the youngest conductor to lead the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in London, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. Career A pianist as well as a conductor, he attracted the atten... Biography of Adolphe Max
Adolphe Eugène Jean Henri Max (Brussels, 30 December 1869–6 November 1939) was a Belgian liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels from 1909 until his death. He graduated in law at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, and entered the legal profession, besides doing journalistic work. When he was 25 years old, he was appointed provincial counsel for Brabant, and became a communal counsel in 1903. After he had worked as a magistrate, he was elected burgomaster of Brussels on 6 December 1909. During the German occupation of Brussels in the First World War, Max refused to cooperate with the occupying forces. As a result he was arrested and held in captivity, first at Namur, and then at Glatz, until he escaped on 13 November 1918. Charles Lemonnier was acting mayor during his captivity. On h... Biography of Liz Fuller
Elizabeth "Liz" Fuller (born December 30, 1975) is a British Television presenter , Welsh actress, TV host of ITV Wales The Pop Factory , model and media personality, known for once having owned the British branch of the Miss World franchise. Liz is the former owner of the Miss Great Britain pageant from Sept 2009 to Jan 2011, and a former Miss Great Britain 1996-97. Early career Fuller was born in Swansea, Wales and attended Hendrefoilan Primary School and Dumbarton House School, where ex-students included Catherine Zeta-Jones. Fuller started dance lessons, and gave her first ever solo performance at the age of 3. She then attended the Dubensky stage school, where performances included Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Fuller moved over to The Grand Theatre School of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30, 1977 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "K-Mart", he currently plays power forward for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. College career Martin played for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of Bob Huggins. As a senior, he averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game. He was the consensus National Player of the Year, earning numerous awards from various organizations, but suffered a broken leg in the Conference USA Tournament, keeping him out of the NCAA Tournament that year. Cincinnati retired his #4 jersey on April 25, 2000. Later that year, he was selected first overall in the 2000 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. Martin is currently the last American-born college senior to have bee... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم ʾUmm Kulṯūm; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: ; born فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي Fātimah ʾIbrāhīm as-Sayyid al-Biltāǧī, ; see Kunya) (December 30, 1898–February 3, 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village, which belongs to El Senbellawein, she is known as the Star of the East (kawkab el-sharq). More than three decades after her death, she is widely regarded as the greatest female singer in Arabic music history. Biography Early life Umm Kulthum was born in Tamay e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Celia Morgan
Celia Morgan (née Walden; born 30 December 1976) is a French-born British journalist, novelist and critic. She is the daughter of former Conservative Party Member of Parliament George Walden. Walden was born in Paris and educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. Walden is a feature writer and former gossip columnist. She was the last person to edit The Daily Telegraph's now defunct diary "Spy". She previously wrote for the Daily Mail. Her first novel Harm's Way was published in 2008. From 2006 to 2010, she dated Piers Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror who is now a television personality and fellow critic. She was previously in a relationship with chef Jean-Christophe Novelli. While she previously professed a preference for the Brentford F.C., she has begu... Biography of Matt Lauer
Matthew Todd "Matt" Lauer (born December 30, 1957) is an American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1996. He was previously a news anchor in New York City and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond. He was also host of PM Magazine (or "Evening Magazine" 1980-1986) and worked for ESPN in the 1980s as a sideline reporter. In the early 1990s, Lauer hosted segments of HBO Entertainment News. Early life He was born in New York City, the son of Marilyn Kolmer, a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive. Lauer is of Romanian-Jewish descent on his father's side, as seen on the Today Show's Finding Our Roots. His parents divorced during his youth, and his father died in 1997. Lauer had become co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the Robin Hood of poker". Personal life After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He studied for a PhD in mathematics, but never defended his completed dissertation. According to his book, Ace on the River, Greenstein was doing quite well playing poker, but figured a more conventional job would improve his chances of adopting his stepchildren, so he ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lars Boom
Lars Boom (born 30 December 1985) is a professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist who was born in Vlijmen (Noord-Brabant) in the Netherlands. Boom rides for UCI ProTeam Rabobank cycling team, having previous ridden for the junior and continental teams. Boom is the current World Champion in this discpline. He has also been the Dutch national cyclo-cross champion in his discipline since 2001 - being the Dutch Junior Cyclo-Cross champion from 2002 to 2003, Under 23 National Champion from 2004 to 2006. Early wins During the 2005-2006 cyclo-cross season, Boom who just turned 20 years of age, scored several wins including a win ahead of Sven Nys in the Grand Prix Sven Nys as well as the win in the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse after Bart Wellens was disqualified for having kicked a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Millau
Christian Millau is a food critic and author, born on December 30, 1928 in Paris. In 1965 he founded the restaurant guide Le Nouveau Guide with Henri Gault and Andre Gayot. He was originally slated to be one of the judges at the historic Judgment of Paris wine tasting event of 1976 but was replaced by his brother Claude Dubois-Millot. Published works Journal impoli, 2011-1928 Editions du Rocher 2011 ISBN 2-268-07052-2 Le passant de Vienne. Un certain Adolf Éditions du Rocher, 2010 Guide des restaurants fantômes. Ou les ridicules de la société française. Plon 2007 ISBN 978-2-259-20699-0 Dieu est-il Gascon ? Le Rocher 2006 ISBN 2-268-05775-5 Bon baiser du goulag. Secrets de famille. PLON 2004 ISBN 2-259-19976-3 Commissaire Corcoran Editions Feryane 2004 ISBN ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Nicholas
Charles "Charlie" Nicholas (born 30 December 1961 in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional football player from Scotland. During his career, he played as a striker for Celtic, Arsenal, Aberdeen and Clyde, and the Scottish national team. After retiring from playing he began a new job as a panelist on the Sky Sports show Soccer Saturday. Club career Celtic Nicholas started his career with Celtic, making his debut in 1980 at the age of 18. He had a superb 1982-83 season which saw him score a total of 50 goals in all competitions (including 29 in the league) and win the Scottish Footballer of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards. Nicholas had the envious choice of being offered a contract at Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal. He had interviews at both... Biography of Virginie Guyot
Commandant Virginie Guyot (born 30 December 1976 in Angers) is a fighter pilot of the Armée de l'Air who achieved an historical first when she was appointed leader of the Patrouille de France, becoming the first woman in the world to command a precision aerobatic demonstration team. Career After following high school and scientific classes prépa in the Prytanée Militaire, an advanced military secondary institution, Virginie Guyot entered the Ecole de l'Air, the French Air Force officers' school, in 1997. After her degree, she joined the fighter pilot training Air Force base in Tours. She received her fighter pilot wings in 2002, just three years after Caroline Aigle, the first woman to reach that position in the history of the Armée de l'Air. She was assigned to the Mirage F1-CR in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darrin Huss
Darrin C Huss, born on December 30, 1965 in Cooksville, Ontario, Canada, is the vocalist and lyricist of the Canadian dark synthpop band Psyche. His band has released 11 official albums, 3 EPs, and 5 compilations of their work to date Together with Niels Hesse, and Marco Drewes, Darrin formed Lounge in 2001, and released a mini-album entitled "Everyday on the label Novatune. Later in 2006 the album was released with added tracks and mixes with "Elegance" as the title on Digipac CD, and also digitally. In 2007 a solo EP entitled "Radio Melancholia" was released digitally, and as a CD. One of the EP tracks "Destination Moon" created with Marcus Zelonka was released as a remix EP digitally. In 2008 "Golden Days" with two updated versions of the song, and some rare Lounge tracks was r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daria Halprin
Daria Halprin (born December 30, 1948) is an American author, dancer, and former actress known primarily for her naturalistic performances in three films of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Early life Daria Halprin was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, the daughter of San Francisco-based landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and choreographer Anna Halprin, who, in the 1950s, was one of the Western pioneers of using dance as a healing art. Like her mother, Halprin studied dance, and in the mid 1960s, began acting in film. Acting career In 1968, she appeared in Revolution, a documentary by Jack O'Connell. Shot mainly in San Francisco, the film exposed the thriving counterculture movement and featured a series of interviews with that city’s hippie residents. Subsequently... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dawan Landry
Dawan Frank Landry (born December 30, 1982 in Ama, Louisiana) is an American football safety of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Landry was a successful college safety for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 2002 to 2005, and was drafted in the 5th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Ravens. College While at Georgia Tech, he majored in Management. Dawan was a quarterback at Hahnville High School; he originally was redshirted to play quarterback in college but changed positions. Dawan, in four years, had 250 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 7 interceptions, and four fumble recoveries. The most notable performance of Dawan's career was against Auburn in 2005 when he accumulated 10 tackles and an interception to help defeat the Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium 24-13. Professional career Baltimor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa Corrales (born 30 December 1984 in San José) is a Costa Rican football midfielder who played for K.A.A. Gent in the Jupiler League. In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team Gençlerbirligi at a transfer price of 1,6 million Euros. Club career Azofeifa won 2 national championship, the UNCAF Nations Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title with C.D. Saprissa. He participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, where he played a key role in helping them to finish in third place, behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C.. Azofeifa joined Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in 2006. International career Azofeifa has made 28 appearances for the full Costa Rica national football team, including qualifying matches for the 2006 F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hélène Couvert
Hélène Couvert, born on December 30, 1970 in Aulnay-sous-Bois, is a French pianist.... Biography of K.Will
Kim Hyung-Soo (Hangul: 김형수; born December 30, 1981), better known by his stage name K.Will (Hangul: 케이윌) is a South Korean ballad singer, vocal coach, dancer, songwriter, composer, and actor. K.Will first became known in South Korean through his single called “Dream” in “A Love to Kill” OST, released in 2006. A year after his single and 5 years after as a trainee and a vocal coach, he released his first album “Left Heart” in 2007. Then, after two years, he came back with a successful single, "Love 119," in December 2008. This was followed by a mini album “Dropping the Tears” in April 2009 and his second album “Miss, Miss and Miss” in November 2009. K.Will has a great deal of collaborations and drama soundtracks to his name, and can even rap and ... |
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