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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on December, 6, 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 · 45,414 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,414 Celebrities
104 celebrities or events were found for December, 6. Biography of Estelle Denis
Estelle Denis, born December 1976 in Paris, is a French journalist and TV host. She is the mate of Raymond Domenech.... Biography of Claude Chirac
Claude Chirac, (born on December 6, 1962 in Paris), younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac, has been her father's personal advisor since 1994. She has been involved with French judoka Thierry Rey, who is the father of her son Martin Rey-Chirac. She's also the Director of PPR, the Luxury Goods Group.... Biography of Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard is a French journalist, humorist and TV host, born December 6, 1929 in Coulommiers.... Biography of Nicole Coste
Nicole Valérie Coste, (born December 6, 1971) is a former Air France flight attendant from Togo. From 1997 until late 2002 or early 2003, she had a relationship with Albert II, Prince of Monaco, which produced a child, Alexandre Coste who was born in August 2003. She also has two sons from a previous marriage. She formerly was called Nicole Valérie Tossoukpé, but on November 10, 2004, she changed her surname to Coste. On July 6, 2005, Prince Albert announced that he is the father of Nicole Coste's youngest child, Alexandre. In 2006, approximately 1 year later, Prince Albert announced that his and Nicole Coste's son, Alexandre, has an American half sister. Her name is Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, born on March 4, 1992.... Biography of Stéphane Guillon
Stéphane Guillon, born December 6, 1963 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (birth time source: birth certificate n°4500, André Dekoster), is a French humorist, TV host and actor. Filmography Actor 2001 : Comment j'ai tué mon père, de Anne Fontaine 2003 : Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39, de Richard Berry 2004 : Une vie à t'attendre 2006 : La Vie d'artiste, de Marc Fitoussi Television 2000 : La double vie de Jeanne : Sylvain DVD 2007 : En avant la musique... Biography of Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana. He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the Discovery Channel team, and the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, and the 2009 Tour de France as well as the 2010 Tour de France with Astana. He is the fifth racer in history, and the first Spaniard, to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling. Contador has been referred to as the best climbing specialist and stage racer in the world. Notable summit stage finishes on which he has victories include the Alto de El Angliru in the Vuelta and the Plateau de Beille in the Tour. After being widely expected to lose his tenuous lead in the 2007 Tour de France in that race's final individual time trial, Contador has... Biography of Dave Brubeck
David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (December 6, 1920 (birth time source;: Gauquelin) – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities. His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the saxophone melody for the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums, Time Out. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career,... Biography of Debbie Rowe
Deborah Jeanne Rowe (born December 6, 1958 in Palmdale, California) is a dermatologist's nurse, and the second wife of pop singer Michael Jackson. She currently lives in Quartz Hill, California. Rowe met Jackson when he was diagnosed with vitiligo in 1986, acting as his dermatologist's nurse. She provided emotional support to Jackson through his changing appearance. It was announced she was pregnant in 1996, and the two were later married on November 14, 1996 in Sydney, Australia. They had two children together, son Michael Joseph Jackson Jr (born February 13, 1997) (who publicly goes by the name "Prince") and daughter Paris Katherine Jackson (born April 3, 1998) . The couple divorced on October 8, 2000, with Rowe giving full custody rights of the children to Jackson. Following Ja... Biography of Tom Hulce
Thomas Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an Academy Award-nominated, Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning American actor and producer. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, Hulce was raised in Plymouth, Michigan. He wanted to be a singer as a small child, but switched to acting when his voice changed. He graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy and then obtained a second degree from North Carolina School of the Arts. Career Hulce's first film role was in the James Dean-influenced film 9/30/55 in 1977. His next was in the highly popular National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). In 1984, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Mozart in Amadeus (despite, or perhaps due to, chewing the scenery according to many critics at ... Biography of Martin Hirsch
Martin Hirsch (born December 6, 1963 in Suresnes) is the former head of Emmaüs France and the High Commissioner for Active Solidarities against Poverty and for Young people in the government of François Fillon. He was awarded a Master in Neurobiology. Bibliography * Les Enjeux de la protection sociale (1993) * L'affolante histoire de la vache folle (en coll., 1996) * Ces peurs qui nous gouvernent (2002) * Manifeste contre la pauvreté (2004) * La pauvreté en héritage: deux millions d'enfants pauvres en France (2006)... Biography of Guy Drut
Guy Drut (born December 6, 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110m hurdles. Born in Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France, Drut captured the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing behind the American Rodney Milburn. In the European Championship of 1974 Drut came a comfortable first. It was at the next Olympics that Guy was to realise his dream, winning the 110m hurdles in a time of 13:30 ahead of Cuba's Alejandro Casañas Ramirez and the American Willie Davenport. After retirement Guy became active in business and politics, with one of his roles being Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the conservative government of Alain Juppé from 1995 to 1997. He has been convicted by French courts (a 15 mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elissa Landi
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England. Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing during lulls in her acting career. During the 1920s she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States to appear in a Broadway production of A Farewell to Arms. She was signed to a contact by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1931. She play... Biography of Dulce María
Dulce María (born Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón, December 6, 1985) is a Mexican actress, singer and songwriter born in Mexico City, Mexico. Early life Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón was born on December 6, 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico. She began acting in commercials since she was five. Dulce became well known for playing Roberta Pardo on Rebelde and for being a member of the pop band RBD. She is close to her RBD members. She has stated that she will release a book that she states are her poems and songs she wrote for the group. The release date of the book was on February 14, 2008. In present, Dulce Maria wrote a book called Dulce Amargo in which her fans can find a lot of poems she wrote since she was 11. Dulce Amargo is a book dedicated to each of us who want to know what can be ... Biography of Lindsay Price
Lindsay Jaylyn Price (born December 6, 1976 in Arcadia, California) is an American television actress, currently starring on NBC's 2008 mid-season series, Lipstick Jungle. She is known for her work on soap operas such as All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Beverly Hills 90210. She also starred on the short-lived American version of Coupling and had a recurring role on Becker, where she played Amanda, Jake Malinak (Alex Désert)'s girlfriend (a role that spanned three seasons). She is the daughter of a Korean-American mother and a German-Irish-American father. Her mother was adopted from Korea. She married Shawn Piller, creator of the hit television show, The Dead Zone, on July 31, 2004 on Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California. One of her bridesmaids was Shawn's sister, Bren... Biography of Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M.. He is the oldest member of the band. After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. After high school, Peter attended Emory University in Atlanta; however, he eventually dropped out. He later moved to Athens, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia as well. While in Athens, he worked at the Wuxtry Records store through which he met regular customer Michael Stipe as well as R.E.M.'s future legal and managerial representative, Bertis Downs. Buck currently lives in Seattle, Washington. This is notable considering the remainder of R.E.M. (Mike... Biography of Eve Curie
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French author and writer. She was the second daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie and wrote an acclaimed biography of her mother, Madame Curie, in 1937. After the defeat of France in 1940, Ève Curie moved to England and worked for the Allied and Free French causes during the rest of the war. In 1945, Curie published "Journey Among Warriors," a chronicle of her travel to the fronts of World War II. She was appointed Special Adviser to the Secretary General of NATO in 1952 and served on NATO's International Staff until she and Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. were married in 1954. Labouisse served for fifteen years as Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).... Biography of Janine Turner
Janine Turner (née Gauntt; born December 6, 1962) is an American Emmy-nominated actress, most widely known for her starring role on the prime time television show Northern Exposure. From 2000 to 2002, she appeared on the Lifetime original series Strong Medicine. In 2008, Turner became a published author when Thomas Nelson released Holding Her Head High: Inspiration from 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History. Career In 1978, at the age of 15, she left home to pursue a modeling career with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. Turner began her acting career in 1980, appearing in several episodes of Dallas. She continued to make guest appearances on popular television shows throughout the 1980s before landing the role of Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure in 199... Biography of Byron Katie
Byron Kathleen Mitchell (née Reid), better known as Byron Katie, December 6, 1942 in Breckenridge, Texas, is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work." Byron Kathleen Reid (or "Katie" as she is called) became severely depressed in her early thirties. She was a businesswoman and mother living in a little town in the high desert of southern California. According to Katie, for almost a decade she spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and constant thoughts of suicide; for the last two years she was often unable to leave her bedroom. Then, one morning in February 1986, while in a halfway house for women with eating disorders, she experienced a life-changing realization. She called it “waking up ... Biography of Richard Speck
Richard Speck, born December 6, 1941 in Kirkwood, Illinois, died December 6, 1996 (heart attack in jail) was a mass murderer and homocide. He killed eight student nurses. His sentence to die in the electric chair was changed to jail.... Biography of Kim Farnell
Kim Farnell, born December 6, 1960, is a British-American astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 24, 1995) was a German American photographer and photojournalist. He is renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera. He is best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day. Early life Eisenstaedt was born into a Jewish family in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia, Imperial Germany. His family moved to Berlin in 1906. Eisenstaedt served in the German Army's artillery during World War I, being wounded on April 9, 1918. While working as a belt and button salesmen in 1920s Weimar Germany, Eisenstaedt began taking photographs as a freelancer for the Berliner Tageblatt. Professional photographer Eisenstaedt was successful enough to become a full-time photographer in 1... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Randy Rhoads
Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. Despite his short career, he is cited as an influence by many contemporary heavy metal guitarists. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads often combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. While on tour with Ozzy Osbourne, he would often seek out classical guitar tutors for lessons. Early life Rhoads was born on December 6, 1956 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was the youngest of three children. His older brother, Doug, who goes by the name of Kelle Rhoads, is a drummer and vocalist who also arranges classical compositions. His sister's name is Kathy. When Randy was 17 months ol... Biography of Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me," and the opera Porgy and Bess. The success the brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. However, his mastery of songwriting continued after the early death of George; and he wrote further hit songs with composers Jerome Kern ("Long Ago (And Far Away)", Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen. His critically-acclaimed book Lyrics on Several Occasions of 1959, an amalgam of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dwight Stones
Dwight Edwin Stones (born December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and announce at the same Olympics. Since then, he has been a color analyst for all three major networks in the United States and continues to cover track and field on television. He will serve an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Track and Field at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Stones set his first world record when he cleared 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) in 1973 at Munich, Germany. That jump also made him the first "flop" jumper to set a world high jump record, ... Biography of Joumana Haddad
Joumana Haddad (born December 6, 1970, Beirut) is a renowned Lebanese poet, translator and journalist. Career Haddad is head of the cultural pages for the prestigious An Nahar newspaper, as well as the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the literature and arts of the body.. She’s been the administrator of the IPAF literary prize (the "Arab Booker") from 2007 till 2011, and is now a member of the prize’s board of trustees. She has already published several poetry collections, widely acclaimed by critics. Her books have been translated to many languages and published abroad. Speaking seven languages, Haddad is a polyglot and has published several works of translation, including an anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, publi... Biography of Frédéric Bazille
Jean Frédéric Bazille (Montpellier, 6 dicembre 1841 – Beaune-la-Rolande, 28 novembre 1870) è stato un pittore francese. Proveniente da una famiglia protestante agiata, si reca a Parigi a studiare medicina, facoltà che abbandona presto per dedicarsi, con la disapprovazione dei genitori, alla pittura, influenzato dalla pittura di Eugene Delacroix. Nel 1862 viene in contatto con Monet, Renoir e Sisley, i migliori membri del movimento impressionista. Le stanze dello studio di Bazille, situato a Batignolle, diventano ben presto punto di incontro per questi artisti. Il nome iniziale per gli impressionisti fu, appunto per questo, "Scuola di Batignolle". Durante i suoi soggiorni annuali a Meric, sulle rive del Lez, presso la villa di famiglia, maturò il suo stile. Qui dipinse La robe Rose ne... Biography of JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated television and film actress, as well as an Academy Award (short subject category)-nominated director. Early life Williams was born as Margaret JoBeth Williams in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Frances Faye (née Adams), a dietitian, and Fredric Roger Williams, an opera singer and manager of a wire and cable company. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island intending to become a child psychologist. Instead, she turned to theater (her father was an opera singer), training at the Trinity Repertory Company during which time she took voice lessons to help lose her "Texas-twang" accent. Following this, she moved to New York City and began to appear on television series in the mid-1970s. ... Biography of Colleen Haskell
Colleen Marie Haskell (born December 6, 1976) was a contestant on the first season of the American reality show Survivor. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland to John and Patricia Haskell. Colleen attended Walter Johnson High School and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Survivor Haskell's most notable role is likely her role as a contestant on the original season of Survivor. She was a castaway on the Pagong tribe, a tribe composed primarily of young adults, especially when compared to the Tagi tribe. Early on, Colleen was linked with contestant Greg Buis, and fellow Pagong member Jenna Lewis speculated that the friendship had become a romance. Both Greg and Colleen adamantly denied there was a romance, with Colleen ultimately joking that "it was all about the sex." At the mer... Biography of Dion Fortune
Violet Mary Firth Evans, born Violet Mary Firth (December 6, 1890 - 1946) and better known as Dion Fortune, was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "by God, not fate"). Early life She was born at Bryn-y-Bia in Llandudno, Wales, and grew up in a household where Christian Science was rigorously practiced. She reported visions of Atlantis at age four and the developing of psychic abilities during her twentieth year, at which time she suffered a nervous breakdown; after her recovery she found herself drawn to the occult. She joined the Theosophical Society and attended courses in psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of London, and became a lay psychotherapist at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Adam
Paul Adam (December 6, 1862 – January 2, 1920) was a French novelist. Adam wrote a series of historical novels that dealt with the period of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; the first installment in the series, La Force, appeared in 1899. Together with Jean Moréas, he co-wrote Les Demoiselles Goubert, which was a novel that marked the transition between Naturalism and Symbolism in French literature. His novel Stephanie, which appeared in 1913, argued in favour of arranged marriages as opposed to those founded on romantic attachments. His written work can be compared to that of Paul Carson, Robin Cook and Len Deighton. Works Chair molle, A. Brancart, Bruxelles, 1885. Soi, Tresse et Stock, Paris, 1886. Les Demoiselles Goubert, Mœurs de Paris (avec Jean Moréas), Tresse ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wally Cox
Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States. Early life and education Cox was born in Detroit, Michigan. He moved with his divorced mother, mystery author Eleanor Atkinson and a younger sister to Evanston, Illinois, when he was about 10, where he met and became close friends with another neighborhood child, Marlon Brando. Cox's family moved fairly frequently, eventually to Chicago, Illinois, then New York City, then back to Detroit where he graduated from Denby High School. During World War II he and his family returned to New York City, where Cox attended City College of New York, had four months of Army service, and then attended New York University. H... Biography of Henry VI of England
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England 1422–1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then 1470–1471, and a claimant to the kingdom of France 1422–1453. Child King Henry was the only child and heir of King Henry V of England and therefore great things were expected of him from birth. He was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor, and succeeded to the throne at the age of nine months on 31 August 1422, when his father died. His mother, Catherine of Valois, was then only 20 years old and as the daughter of King Charles VI of France was viewed with considerable suspicion and prevented from having a full role in her son's upbringing. On 28 September 1423, the nobles swore loyalty to Henry VI. They summoned Parliament in the King's name and established a regency counci... Biography of Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur, born 6 December 1945 in British India (in an area which became part of Pakistan) is a renowned film director and producer from India. Personal life His basic schooling was done at the Modern School, New Delhi. His works include Elizabeth (1998),a historically inaccurate account of the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I; it was nominated for 8 Oscars. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri. Shekhar Kapur is reported to be a close family relation of the Indian veteran star Dev Anand. Kapur is also a chartered accountant. He was married to singer and actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy and they divorced in Feb 2007. In June 2005, Kapur and his friend, author Deepak Chopra launched a discussion blog with a select group of their friends and family. The purpose of the blog is ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Xishun Bao
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun or "The Mast") (simplified Chinese: 鲍喜顺; traditional Chinese: 鮑喜順; pinyin: Bào Xǐshùn) (born December 6, 1951 in Chifeng) is a herdsman from Inner Mongolia, China, who is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man (This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bao.) Guinness World Records has returned the title of world’s tallest man back to him after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk took over the title shortly. After Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines, which required him to be independently measured by Guinness World Records’s adjudicators, the title was returned to Xishun. Bao Xishun, born in Inner Mongolia, measured at 2.36 meters (7 ft 8.95 in) tall at the Chifeng City ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elmore Spencer
Elmore Spencer (born December 6, 1969, in Atlanta, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. Spencer played for the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Seattle SuperSonics in 5 NBA seasons. His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 season as a Clipper when he appeared in 76 games and averaged 8.9 ppg. He played collegiately at the University of Georgia, Connors State Community College and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.... Biography of Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Although she appeared in more than 70 films (beginning with "Citizen Kane") and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than 30 years, Moorehead is probably most widely known to modern audiences for her role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. While rarely playing leads in films, Moorehead's skill at character development and range earned her one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe awards in addition to four Academy Awards and six Emmy Award nominations. Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters. Biography Early life Moorehead was born on D... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE (b. December 6, 1958) is a four-time Academy Award-winning English filmmaker of stop motion animation best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit. He has been nominated for an Oscar five times and won four times (the fifth nomination was against another of his own films). Nick Park was born in Preston in Lancashire, England, and attended Cuthbert Mayne High School (now Our Lady's Catholic High School). He grew up with a keen interest in drawing cartoons. He studied Communication Arts at Sheffield Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University) and then went to the National Film and Television School, where he started making the first Wallace and Gromit film, A Grand Day Out. In 1985, he joined the staff of Aardman Animations in Bristol, where he worked as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erin Cameron
Erin Cameron, born December 6, 1932 in Syracuse, Kansas, is an American astrologer. Before astrology, she was a fashion model.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helio Amorim
Helio Amorim, born December 6, 1923 in Itapeva, is a Brazilian professional astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Agnolutto
Christophe Agnolutto (born 6 December 1969, Soisy-Sur-Montmorency, France) is a professional road bicycle racer from France. Agnolutto was a commercial artist when, as an amateur in 1995, he won Bordeaux-Saintes and the GP Nord-Pas de Calais and came third in the national championship. He rode successively for the CSM Puteaux, the US Créteil and the ASPPT Paris. He dedicated himself to cycling when he met his wife, Mélanie, when he was 23. He turned professional the following year for Petit Casino, sponsored by a supermarket chain. He stayed with the team and its directeur sportif, Vincent Lavenu, through changes of sponsors. He said: "I didn't exactly have a lot of other offers." Then he left for Agritubel. He said: “ I needed a change of air. I owe a lot to Vincent, who let me tu... Biography of Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (pronounced /ˈæpətaʊ/; born December 6, 1967 ) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work in comedy, especially for films he has been involved with throughout the latter half of the 2000s. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the critically acclaimed cult television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Early life Apatow was born in Flushing, New York to a Jewish family, and raised in Syosset, New York. He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Mia; his father, Maury, was a real estate developer, and his mother, Tami (née Shad), worked at a comedy club in Southampton. His maternal grandfather was music producer Bob Shad. Apatow's parents divorced wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938 (birth time source: Acte n° 1676, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian actor. Early life Bauchau was born in Etterbeek, Brussels, the son of Mary (née Kozyrev), a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and Henry Bauchau, a school administrator, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian Underground during World War II. He was raised in Belgium, Switzerland and England. He attended Oxford University on an academic scholarship and speaks German, French, English, Spanish, Italian and a little Russian & Flemish. Career Bauchau began his career in French New Wave cinema, including acting in two films by Éric Rohmer, La Carrière de Suzanne (1963) and La Collectionneuse (1967). He ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Handke
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Early life Handke and his mother (a Carinthian Slovene whose suicide in 1971 is the subject of Handke's A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, a reflection on her life) lived in East Berlin from 1944 to 1948 before resettling in Griffen. According to some of his biographers, his stepfather Bruno's alcoholism and the limited cultural scope in the small town have contributed to Handke's revolt against habitualness and restrictions. In 1954 Handke was sent to a Roman Catholic boys' boarding school in Tanzenberg, Carinthia. Here, he published his first texts in the school paper, the Fackel. In 1959, he moved to Klagenfurt, where he went to high school. In 1961, he commenced law ... Biography of Antonella Clerici
Antonella Clerici (Legnano, 6 December 1963) is an italian television host and journalist. Biography She debuted in 1985 in Telereporter, as TV announcer. In 1987 switched to Rai 2 where she presented Semaforo giallo, Oggi sport and then the popular sports programs Dribbling and Domenica Sprint. In those years presented also Ristorante Italia and Segreti per voi. After these, she hosted Forza Italia on Odeon TV, with Fabio Fazio and Walter Zenga. She came back to Rai 2 in 1995 with another show about football, Telegoal. From 1996 to 1998 she was one of the presenters of Unomattina, a daily Rai 1's morning show, and in this period followed the 1998 Fifa World Cup with the depth program Occhio al mondiale, with Giorgio Tosatti and Giampiero Galeazzi. In 1999/2000 switched to Medi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Thys
Guy Thys (December 6, 1922 – August 1, 2003) was the most successful Belgian national football coach in history. Thys was born in Antwerp and started his career in the 1940s and 50s as a football player with Beerschot, Daring Molenbeek and Standard. In 1952 and 1953 he played two matches with the Red Devils, the Belgian national team. He combined the activities of player and trainer for Cercle Brugge from 1954 until 1958. In 1959 he performed the same functions for Racing Lokeren. He became a fulltime trainer with Wezel the same year, followed by Herentals, Beveren, Union Sint-Gillis, and Antwerp. Antwerp was successful under Thys' leadership, including winning the Belgian Cup and twice finishing second in the championship. Partly due to these achievements Thys was appointed as natio... Biography of Jonathan King
Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King, 6 December 1944, London, England) is a British singer, songwriter, TV personality, impresario, writer, film maker, and pop music producer. He first came to prominence as a Cambridge University undergraduate when he wrote and sang "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" in 1965, going on to become an executive and media entrepreneur. He recorded many more songs as well as becoming a writer and producer for various other musical artists. In total he has amassed sales as a performer in the region of 40 million. In 2001, King was convicted of sexual offences (committed in the 1980s) against boys aged 14 and 15, for which he served three and a half years in prison. He continues to protest his innocence. His application for review has been accepted by the Eur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Susanna Foster
Susanna DeLee Flanders Larson Foster (born December 6, 1924) is an American film actress. Foster was born in Chicago, Illinois, and taken to Hollywood at the age of twelve by MGM, who sent her to school and groomed her for an acting and singing career. Two of her classmates at school were Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. MGM never used her, however, and she was signed to Paramount, where went on to make The Great Victor Herbert (1939) and many other movies in the 1940s. Filmography The Great Victor Herbert (1939) There's Magic in Music (1940) Glamour Boy (1941) Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) Phantom of the Opera (1943) starring Claude Rains Top Man (1943) This Is the Life (1944) The Climax (1944) Bowery to Broadway (1944) Frisco Sal (1945) That Night with You (194... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Flajolet
André Flajolet is a French politician. He was born on the 6th of December 1946 in Saint-Floris, départment of Pas-de-Calais. He is a philosophy teacher. He was elected on the 16th june of 2002 deputy of the 9th circonscription of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune and surroundings) for the 12th Legislature so as becoming the first right-wing deputy for many years. He was re-elected on the 17th of June 2007 deputy of the 13th Legislature. During his two mandates, he was member of the Union for a Popular Movement parliamentary group.... Biography of Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson (born 6 December 1969) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, and Stargate Atlantis. She is also a theater actress and has appeared in Three Tall Women, Weldon Rising and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Higginson took over the role of Dr. Elizabeth Weir from Jessica Steen in a guest spot on the season eight opener of Stargate SG-1. She was then carried over as the leader of the Atlantis expedition on Stargate Atlantis and continued playing that role until the end of the show's third season, afterwards being reduced from a main cast member to a recurring role in the fourth season. She did not reprise the role for the show's fifth season. Higginson was once lin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Louis Fagniez
Pierre-Louis Fagniez, born December 6, 1939 in Salies-de-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a French politician, a former member of UMP, and a surgeon.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, to date the only Dutch player to do so; in the quarter-finals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras, Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. Since 2004 he has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. He is also the author of various sportsbooks. Personal life His half sister Michaëlla Krajicek is also a professional tennis player. He is the son of Czech immigrants. In 1999, Krajicek married model, actress and writer Daphne Deckers. Career Richard Krajicek began playing tennis at the age of four. As a youngster he won the Dutch under-12 and under-14 Nation... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elian Gonzales
The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González (born December 7, 1993), was at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States; González's father, Juan Miguel González Quintana; González's other relatives in Miami, Florida and in Cuba; and Miami's Cuban American community. González's mother had drowned in late 1999 while with her son and boyfriend, from Cuba to the United States. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initially placed González with paternal relatives in Miami, who sought to keep him in the United States against his father's demands that González be returned to Cuba. A federal district court's ruling that only González's father, and not his extended relatives, could petition for asylu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edna Rowland
Edna Rowland, born December 6, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an American astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Graber
Pierre Graber (December 6, 1908–July 19, 2003) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970-1978). He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-at-law in Lausanne. Active in the Social Democratic Party, he was in the municipal parliament of Lausanne (1934-1946), member of the parliament of the canton of Vaud (1937-1946), mayor of Lausanne (1946-1949), member of the National Council (1942-1969, except 1963), he was the Speaker of that Assembly from 1965/66, he sat in the Foreign affairs committee and was deputy chairman of the enquiry parliamentary committee dealing with the Mirage affair. He was also a member of the government of the canton of Vaud (1962-1970) in charge of the Finance Department. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Deniaud
Yves Deniaud (December 6, 1901 in Paris - December 7, 1959 in Le Vésinet) was a French comic actor and comedian. Selected filmography * The Smugglers' Banquet (1952) Filmography * 1936 : Le Crime de Monsieur Lange de Jean Renoir * 1937 : Drôle de drame de Marcel Carné - Policeman * 1938 : Les Gens du voyage de Jacques Feyder - Le bonimenteur * 1938 : Je chante de Christian Stengel - The butcher * 1938 : Prisons de femmes de Roger Richebé - Victor * 1938 : Le Ruisseau de Maurice Lehmann et Claude Autant-Lara * 1939 : Le Récif de corail de Maurice Gleize - The seller in the bazaar * 1939 : Dernière Jeunesse de Jeff Musso - Reynaud * 1939 : Le Déserteur de Léonide Moguy * 1939 : Quartier Latin de Pierre Colombier, Christian Cha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Fleury
Claude Fleury (December 6, 1640, Paris – July 14, 1723, Paris), was a French ecclesiastical historian. Destined for the bar, he was educated at the aristocratic College of Clermont (now that of Louis-le-Grand). In 1658 he was nominated an advocate to the parlement of Paris, and for nine years followed the legal profession. But he had long been of a religious disposition, and in 1667 turned from law to theology. He had been some time in orders when Louis XIV, in 1672, selected him as tutor of the princes of Conti, with such success that the king next entrusted to him the education of the count of Vermandois, one of his natural sons, on whose death in 1683 Fleury received for his services the Cistercian abbey of Loc-Dieu, in the diocese of Rodez. In 1689 he was appointed sub-preceptor ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eleanor Holm
Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. An Olympic champion, she is best known for having been suspended from the 1936 Summer Olympics team, after she had attended a cocktail party on the transatlantic cruise ship taking her to Germany. She went on to have a high-profile celebrity career as actress and singer, socialite and interior designer that included co-starring as Jane in a Hollywood Tarzan movie. Born the daughter of a fireman in Brooklyn, New York, Holm learned swimming while very young. Winning her first national swimming title at age 13, she was selected to compete in the 1928 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth in her specialty, the 100-meter backstroke. She was talented in several other strokes as well, winning several American ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mic Delinx
Mic Delinx, born Michel Houdelinckx December 6, 1930 in Paris and died January 6, 2003, was a French cartoonist. Publications * 1973 : Les aventures de Joe le tigre, La Jungle en folie T.1, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1974 : Salut la compagnie, La Jungle en folie T.2, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1974 : La conquête de l'espace, La Jungle en folie T.3, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1975 : Corrida pour une vache maigre, La Jungle en folie T.4, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1975 : Perrette et le grand méchant Louloup, La Jungle en folie T.5, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1976 : La crise, La Jungle en folie T.6, scénario Christian Godard, éd. Rossel * 1976 : Le mouton enragé, La Jungle en folie T.7, s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Keijo Rosberg
Keijo Erik Rosberg (born 6 December 1948 in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden), nicknamed "Keke", is a Finnish former racing driver and winner of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. He was the first Finnish driver to compete regularly in the series. Rosberg grew up in Oulu and Iisalmi, Finland. Minor teams Keke had a relatively late start to his F1 career, debuting at the age of 29 after stints in Formula Vee, Formula Atlantic, and its antipodean counterparts Formula Pacific) and Formula 2, then "feeder" series to F1. His first F1 drive was with the Theodore team during the 1978 season. He immediately caught the attention of the F1 paddock with a superb drive in the non-Championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone in just his second race with the team, emerging victorious ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes (6 December 1721 – 23 April 1794) was a French statesman, minister, and afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI. Born at Paris from a famous legal family, he was educated for the legal profession. The young lawyer soon proved his intellectual capacity, when he was appointed president of the cour des aides in the parlement of Paris in 1750 on the promotion of his father, Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil, to be chancellor. One of the chancellor's duties was to control the press, and this duty was entrusted to Malesherbes by his father during his eighteen years of office, and brought him into connection with the public far more than his judicial functions. To carry it out ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Piero Piccioni
Piero Piccioni (December 6, 1921 - July 23, 2004), was an Italian pianist, organist, conductor, composer, and prolific author of more than 200 film soundtracks. Biography Piero Piccioni was born in Turin, Piedmont. His mother’s maiden name was Marengo, hence his pseudonym Piero Morgan, which he adopted until 1957. When he was growing up his father, Attilio Piccioni (a prominent member of the Christian Democratic Party with the post-war Italian government), would frequently take him to hear concerts at the E.I.A.R. Radio Studios in Florence. Having listened to jazz throughout his childhood (he dearly loved Art Tatum and Charlie Parker) and without attending studies at the Conservatoire Academy of Music, Piero Piccioni became an extremely talented self-taught musician. Piccioni ma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Shepherd
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (born 6 December 1942, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He is currently a Member of Parliament, having represented the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills since 1979. A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to John Major's legislation on the European Union. Shepherd is also a libertarian, and had a three line whip imposed against him by Margaret Thatcher when he introduced an amendment loosening the Official Secrets Act. Early life Shepherd was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and educated at Isleworth Grammar School (now Isleworth and Syon School) in Isleworth. He then went on to the London School of Economics where he received a Bachelor of Scienc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929, Geneva) is a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies, he felt drawn to film. Film career Tanner found work at the British Film Institute in 1955, subtitling, translating, and organizing the archive. His first film, Nice Time (1957), a short documentary film about Piccadilly Circus during weekend evenings, was made with Claude Goretta. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown as part of the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in May 1957. The deb... Biography of Tomson Highway
Tomson Highway, CM (born December 6, 1951) is a Cree playwright, novelist, and children's author from Brochet, Manitoba. He is the celebrated author of the plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, both of which won him the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Floyd S. Chalmers Award. The Rez Sisters became a smash hit across Canada and went on to the Edinburgh International Festival in 1988. Both of these plays focus on the native community on a reservation on Manitoulin Island, with The Rez Sisters depicting (in a somewhat abstract style) the women of the community planning a trip to the biggest bingo game ever, in Toronto; while Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing depicts (in a more abstract style) the men's interest in hockey. Rose, written in 2000, is the third play in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William S. Hart
William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Biography Hart was born in Newburgh, New York; to James Howard Hart (1829–1902) and Katherine Diédricht Hart (1833–1909). William had 2 brothers and 4 sisters. His father was of Irish ancestry, and his mother was of German heritage. In his twenties, Hart began his acting career on stage and would not consider acting in movies until he was 49 years of age. He toured and traveled extensively while trying to make a name for himself as an actor, and for a time coached shows at the Asheville Opera House around year 1900. His family had moved to Asheville but after his youngest sister Lotta died of typhoid fever they all left together for Brooklyn until William wen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Soulé
Robert Soulé, born December 6, 1926 in Chéragas near Algiers, is a French former journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Hanzlik
William Henry (Bill) Hanzlik (born December 6, 1957 in Middletown, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'7" guard, Hanzlik played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame. He was selected for the 1980 US Mens Olympic Team which never was afforded the chance to compete due to the US's boycott of the Moscow Games. He was selected with the 20th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. A defense specialist, at the time of his selection Hanzlik had the lowest college scoring average (7.2 ppg) for any player selected in the first round of the draft. Hanzlik played in the NBA for ten years - two with the Sonics and eight with the Denver Nuggets. He was a 1986 All-Defense second team selection. He worked as an assistant with the Charlotte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Lévesque
Marcel Lévesque, born on December 6, 1877 in Paris, died on February 16, 1962 in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, was a French actor, comedian, and screenwriter. Filmography 1909 : L'Arrestation de la duchesse de Berry réalisé par le Film d'Art 1913 : Léonce et Poupette de Léonce Perret, également scénariste : Le domestique 1913 : La belle mère de Léonce Perret, également scénariste 1913 : L'Illustre Mâchefer de Louis Feuillade : Laidurot 1913 : Les Somnambules de Louis Feuillade : Jujubier 1914 : Le gendarme est sans culotte de Louis Feuillade 1914 : L'Hôtel de la gare de Louis Feuillade 1914 : Tu n'épouseras jamais un avocat de Louis Feuillade : Maître Tapire, l'avocat 1914 : Le Furoncle de Louis Feuillade 1914 : Le Jocond de Louis Feuillade ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Osbert Sitwell
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet, (6 December 1892–4 May 1969) was an English writer. His elder sister was Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell and his younger brother was Sir Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature. Early life He was born on 6 December 1892 at 3 Arlington Street, London. His parents were Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth baronet, genealogist and antiquarian, and Lady Ida Emily Augusta (née Denison). He grew up in the family seat at Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, and at Scarborough, and went to Ludgrove School, then Eton College from 1906 to 1909. For many years his entry in Who's Who contained the phrase "Educ: during the holidays from Eton." In 1911 he joined the Sherwood Rangers but, not cut out to be a cavalry officer, transf... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Newby
George Eric Newby CBE MC (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006) was an English travel author. Newby's best known works include A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Last Grain Race, and Round Ireland in Low Gear. Life Newby was born and grew up near Hammersmith Bridge, London, and was educated at St Paul's School. After leaving school he worked for two years at the Dorland advertising agency until 1938 when he apprenticed aboard the Finnish windjammer Moshulu and took part in what was known as the 'Grain Race' from Australia to Europe by way of Cape Horn. This voyage was subsequently described under the misleading title The Last Grain Race and pictorially documented in Learning the Ropes. In fact, two more grain races followed the 1939 race in which Newby participated, with the last race be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herman Shumlin
Herman Shumlin (December 6, 1898 – June 4, 1979) was a prolific Broadwaytheatrical director and theatrical producer beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all male cast. He was also the director of two movies, most famously Watch on the Rhine, which he first directed and produced on Broadway 1941/1943, and then directed for the screen and released in 1943. During a Broadway career which lasted 47 years, he produced and/or directed 45 different productions, including three separate productions of The Corn is Green (1940, 1943, and 1950). Other well known productions included The Little Foxes (1939), Watch on the Rhine (1941), and Inherit the Wind (1955), which ran for 806 performances, and was famously fir... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Target
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target (6 December 1733 (source: Wikipedia in French) – September 9, 1806) was a French lawyer and politician. Born in Paris, he acquired a great reputation as a lawyer, less by practice in the courts than in a consultative capacity. He strenuously opposed the "parlement Maupeou", devised by Chancellor Maupeou to replace the old judiciary bodies, refusing to plead before it. He was counsel for Louis René Edouard, cardinal de Rohan in the "affair of the diamond necklace". In 1785, he was elected to the Académie française. In 1789, he was returned as one of the deputies of the Third Estate in Paris to the States-General, where he supported revolutionary measures such as the union of the orders, the suspensive veto, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, etc. His excess... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli, born on December 6, 1894 in Lille, died on February 2, 1975 in Grasse, was a French film director, actor, and former journalist. Filmography 1922 : Les Roquevillard de Julien Duvivier 1935 : Jeunesse d'abord (co-réalisateur : Claude Heymann) 1938 : Durand bijoutier 1939 : Pour le maillot jaune 1939 : L'Or du Cristobal (co-réalisateur : Jacques Becker) 1942 : Le Voile bleu 1943 : La Valse blanche 1944 : L'Enfant de l'amour 1945 : La Tentation de Barbizon (première apparition à l'écran de Louis de Funès) 1946 : Mensonges 1947 : Le Mystérieux M. Sylvain 1947 : La Cabane aux souvenirs 1948 : Route sans issue 1948 : La Cité de l'espérance 1948 : Cinq tulipes rouges 1949 : Dernier Amour 1949 : ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate
Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC QC (6 December 1938 in St. Johns Wood (source: Pulsar) – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell. Early life Born in St. Johns Wood, he was the son of High Court judge Sir Maurice Lyell, and sculptor/designer Veronica Luard, the daughter of Lowes Luard, a contemporary of Augustus John and Walter Sickert. His mother died when he was 11, leaving Lyell and his sister Prue to continue their mother's work to preserve the work of their grandfather. Educated at Stowe School, he was his father's best man when he married the also widowed Kitty, Lady Farrar, younger daughter of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford. Lyell read modern history at C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Satoru Iwata
Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡 ,Iwata Satoru?, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo, succeeding the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi in 2002. Satoru Iwata was responsible in great part for defining Nintendo's strategy both before and during the release of its GameCube video game console in 2001, a vision which helped Nintendo generate a forty-one percent increase in sales at the end of the 2002 fiscal year. Barron's Magazine named Satoru Iwata one of the world's top CEOs, due mostly to the Wii, Brain Age sales, as well as a soaring stock. Early years Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan. He expressed his interest in the creation of video games early on, and originating in an environment with a tradition of co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mykola Kolessa
Mykola Kolessa (6 December 1903 – 8 June 2006) was a prominent Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in the village of Sambir near Lviv and died in Lviv. His father Filaret was a prominent Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer and his cousin was the celebrated pianist Lubka Kolessa. He studied in Prague under Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Ostrčil, and taught at Lviv Conservatory. His works include two symphonies (1949 and 1966), symphonic variations (1931), a 'Ukrainian Suite' (1928), all for orchestra, and 'In the Mountains' for string orchestra (1972), and a number of chamber and incidental works as well as some song cycles. His composition style was tonal and conservative and has been likened to that of Alexander Glazunov.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ulrich Thomsen
Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor. Thomsen was born in Fyn, Denmark and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen, such as Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater. His film debut was in 1994 in Nattevagten, (Nightwatch) directed by Ole Bornedal. Since then a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's De største Helte (1996), Susanne Bier's Sekten (1997) and Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights (2000). The major breakthrough in his career came in the 1998 film Festen followed by an important role in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) portraying the part of henchman Sasha Davidov. This established Thomsen as an internationa... Biography of Jaquelin Dudley
Jaquelin P. Dudley, Ph.D., born December 6, 1951, is an American microbiologist and professor at the University of Texas, in Austin.... Biography of Colin Salmon
Colin Salmon (born December 6, 1962) is an English actor known for playing the fictional character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films. Personal life Salmon was born in Luton, Bedfordshire (source: Imdb), England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brundenell Salmon, a nurse.He grew up in Luton and attended Ramridge and Ashcroft High School. He supports the Luton Town Football Club. Salmon married Fiona Hawthorne in 1988; the two have three children: Sasha, Rudi, and Ben. Career Colin is known for his strong and calm voice and for his physical presence (his height is 6'4"). He plays Note Makoti in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and David Tyrel in the Sky One UK television series Hex . He has also recorded the role of Kerr Avon in the new audio series of Blake's 7. He appears as h... Biography of Aurélie Bargème
Aurélie Bargème, born December 6, 1971 in Paris, is a French actress, comedian and TV host. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm2066890/ ) 31 North 62 East (2009) (completed) .... Corine Perret ... autre titre : Too Close to the Truth (UK) "R.I.S. Police scientifique" .... Nathalie Giesbert (42 episodes, 2006-2009) - À l'ombre du paradis (2009) TV episode .... Nathalie Giesbert - Bonnes manières (2009) TV episode .... Nathalie Giesbert - Cercueil volant (2009) TV episode .... Nathalie Giesbert - Tu seras un homme (2009) TV episode .... Nathalie Giesbert - Boomerang (2009) TV episode .... Nathalie Giesbert (37 more) Raboliot (2008) (TV) .... Flora L'emploi vide (2008) .... Mme Remiot Mademoiselle Gigi (2006) (TV) .... Adrienne Él... Biography of Simone Hanselmann
Simone Hanselmann (Mülheim an der Ruhr, 6 December 1979) is a German actress. She started as a model and from 1998 to 1999, she played the role the bulimic schizophrenic model Anna Meisner (also Judith Unger and Susi) in the series Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten. She has worked in movies such as Flashback – Mörderische Ferien and in more television series like Schulmädchen or Alles außer Sex. Filmography Films 2000: Flashback – Mörderische Ferien as Lissy Schröder 2000: Girl 2001: 99 Euro – Der Hüpfer 2001: Zwei Engel auf Streife (Pilotfilm) as Laura Koslowski 2002: Schulmädchen (Pilotfilm) as Stella 2002: Rosamunde Pilcher – Flammen der Liebe / Paradies der Träume as Monica 2002: Click 2003: Polly Blue Eyes 2004: Hai-Alarm auf Mall... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Craig Newmark
Craig Alexander Newmark (born 6 December 1952 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based website Craigslist. Early life and background Newmark attended Morristown High School. Upon graduation he attended college at Case Western Reserve University for a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Career Newmark is a vocal advocate of keeping the Internet free. He has donated $10,000 to a non-profit group, NewAssignment.Net, which plans to combine the work of amateurs and professionals to produce investigative stories on the Internet. Newmark resides in San Francisco's Cole Valley and is active at Craigslist in customer service, mostly dealing with spammers and scammers.... Biography of David Lovering
David Lovering (born December 6, 1961) is an American musician and magician. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Pixies, which he joined in 1986. After the band's breakup in 1993, Lovering drummed with several other acts, including The Martinis, Cracker, Nitzer Ebb and Tanya Donelly. He also pursued a magic career as The Scientific Phenomenalist; performing scientific and physics-based experiments on stage. When the Pixies reunited in 2004, Lovering returned as the band's drummer. As a drummer Lovering was inspired by bands from a variety of genres, including Rush and Steely Dan. His musical style while in the Pixies was highly acclaimed by critics. Author Ben Sisario described him as the "great unacknowledged anchor" of the band, and stated that his unique inf... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Otto Graham
Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921 - December 17, 2003) was an American professional football and basketball player who played for the Cleveland Browns in both the AAFC and NFL, as well as the Rochester Royals in the NBL. Early life Born in Waukegan, Illinois, USA, Graham grew up with a strong connection to music, with his father serving as Waukegan High School's band director. However, it would be on a variety of athletic fields where Graham's talents would truly sing, making him the most famous native of Waukegan since comedian Jack Benny. Graham graduated from Northwestern University, attending the school on a basketball scholarship. In 1944, he was named an All-American in basketball. He was talked into playing football by Northwestern's head football coach, Lynn Waldorf,... Biography of Jim Fuchs
James ("Jim") Emanuel Fuchs (born 6 December 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put. He competed for the United States atthe 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain, where he won the bronze medal in the men's shot put event. He repeated this with his second bronze medal in the shot put at the 1952 Summer Olympics, held in Helsinki, Finland. For a little more than two years, Fuchs was the best shot putter in the world. During that span, he won 88 consecutive meets and set four world records. His peak period fell between Olympics. Competing for Yale University, Fuchs won both the IC4A and NCAA championships in 1949 and 1950. He won the AAU national outdoor titles the same years and was the AAU indoor champion three years in a r... Biography of Joe Hisaishi
Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守 Fujisawa Mamoru?), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲 Hisaishi Jō?, born December 6, 1950), is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, European classical, and Japanese classical. Lesser known are the other musical roles he plays; he is also a typesetter, author, arranger, and head of an orchestra. He is best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, having composed scores for many of his films including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighb... Biography of Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is a contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Life and work Nauman studied mathematics and physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and art with William T. Wiley and Robert Arneson at the University of California, Davis. He worked as an assistant to Wayne Thiebaud, and in 1966 he became a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968 he met the singer and performance artist Meredith Monk and signed with the dealer Leo Castelli. In 1979, Nauman moved to New Mexico where he continues to work and live along with his wife, the painter Susan Rothenberg. Much of his work is characterized by an inter... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (6 December 1893 - 1 May 1978) was an English novelist and poet. Life Sylvia Townsend Warner was born at Harrow on the Hill, the only child of George Townsend Warner and his wife Eleanora (Nora) Hudleston. Her father was a house-master at Harrow School and was, for many years, associated with the prestigious Harrow History Prize which was renamed the Townsend Warner History Prize in his honour, after his death in 1916. As a child, Sylvia seemingly enjoyed an idyllic childhood in rural Devonshire, but was strongly affected by her father's death. She moved to London and worked in a munitions factory at the outbreak of World War I. She was friendly with a number of the "Bright Young Things" of the 1920s. Her first major success was the novel Lolly Willowe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Naughton
James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an American Tony Award-winning theater, film and television actor. Naughton was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Rosemary (née Walsh) and Joseph Naughton, both of whom were teachers. He is the brother of actor David Naughton. He and his wife, Pam, have two actor children: Keira Naughton and Greg Naughton. He started singing during his years at Conard High School "with the high school band and at parties". Naughton graduated from Brown University and Yale Drama School. His acting career began when he appeared in a series of Broadway dramas and musicals. He has since become an accomplished actor in both starring and supporting film and television roles. He has appeared with virtually every leading actress of his generation. His la... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dan Harrington
Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a professional poker player. Harrington chose his own nickname "Action Dan" even though he is known for being a tight conservative player. He is a distant cousin to both professional golfer Pádraig Harrington and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington. Currently residing in Santa Monica, California, Harrington is a former champion backgammon player, U.S. chess master (he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship), and bankruptcy lawyer. He also played poker against Bill Gates while Gates was at Harvard. Some of his earlier poker experience came from the Mayfair Club in the mid-1980s where he played with Howard Lederer, Steve Zolotow, and Erik Seidel. In addition to being a successful professional poker player, H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Vittorio Mezzogiorno (December 6, 1941 - January 7, 1994) was an Italian actor. Mezzogiorno was born in Cercola, the youngest of seven children. His older brother Vincenzo, who wanted to become a director, introduced him to the theatre. At 18, Mezzogiorno enrolled at the university and began medical studies before choosing law. Then he had his first experience as an actor at the Teatro S. theatre where he recited texts by Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco. Desiring to improve his diction he spent long nights exercising his voice with extracts of the Penal Code. In 1962, at age 21, he played Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the "Piccolo Teatro" of Naples. In 1966 - 1967, he joined the troupe of Eduardo De Filippo and obtained his university diploma. In 1969, he met actress Cecilia... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ebizô Ichikawa
Ichikawa Ebizō XI (十一代目市川海老蔵, Jūichidaime Ichikawa Ebizō?) (born December 6, 1977 in Tokyo) is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizō name. He is a famous Kabuki and television actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Danjuro XII (the current head of the family), he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six in the play Genji Monogatari, 1983. In 1985 he was bestowed the name Shinnosuke VII and continued to perform in kabuki under this name until 2003. In that time he made his first television appearance in 1994 in the NHK Taiga drama, Hanna no Ran, which starred his father. In 2002/2003, he would make his first starring television role as the gre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe (born December 6, 1991 in New York City) is an American professional tennis player. She played on the junior circuit, where she reached a high ranking of junior world no. 15, but is gradually playing more senior tournaments. She won the 2008 US Open Girls' singles championship. She made her WTA debut in Los Angeles, and reached her senior singles career high of world no. 113 on October 4, 2010. In May 2010 she won the LA Open Women's Singles championship. She plays for the Boston Lobsters in the World TeamTennis pro league. Early life Vandeweghe first started playing tennis with her older brother, Beau. Playing style Vandeweghe has a massive serve. She has a great topspin/flat forehand that she uses to dictate play with. Her backhand has good power on it, a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Watt
Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt (born 6 December 1962, Barnes, London) is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl. Family Watt is the son of British bandleader Tommy Watt and has four half brothers and sisters. He is the youngest of the family. Watt lives with his spouse and creative partner Tracey Thorn in Hampstead, North London. They met at Hull University in 1981 and after 28 years as a couple, in 2009, they married at the Chelsea Registry Office. They have twin daughters, Jean and Alfie, born in 1998, and a son, Blake, born in 2001. Recording artist Main article: Everything but the Girl Watt began recording in 1981 on the indie label Cherry Red - and went on to make the album North Marine Drive, a collection of fol... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ashley Madekwe
Ashley Madekwe (born 6 December 1981) is an English actress, best known for her role as social climber Ashley Davenport on ABC drama series Revenge. Early life Madekwe was born in London, England, United Kingdom to an English mother and a Nigerian/Swiss father. She has an A-level in Drama and BTec from BRIT School of Performing Arts as well a one year foundation course at LAMDA. Madekwe also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. While attending the prestigious school, she appeared in numerous stage productions including King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw. Career Madekwe started her acting career with a film entitled "Storm Damage" Since then she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gor... Biography of Katie O'Donnell
Katie O'Donnell (born December 6, 1988, in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American field hockey player who began playing for the University of Maryland in the 2007 season. She attended Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania. She is the youngest member of the United States women's national team and has become known for her excellent stick skills and ability to create. Her attributes were put on full display throughout her freshman campaign as she earned a starting position for the preseason number-one team in the country at forward. High school O'Donnell helped lead Wissahickon to the District 1 title by scoring the game-winning goal in double overtime to win the championship. She continued her dominance in her sophomore year and recorded 24 goals and 9 assists in her junior... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrian Borland
Adrian Borland (6 December 1957 – 26 April 1999) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, best known as the lead singer of post-punk band The Sound (1979–87). Following a substantial solo career spanning five albums he succumbed to the symptoms of schizoid-affective disorder and committed suicide in April 1999. Early career Adrian Kelvin Borland was born in England in 1957, the son of Bob Borland, a physicist at the National Physical Laboratory, and his wife Win, an English teacher. At primary school the young Adrian Borland was already friends with future Sound bassist (and Second Layer collaborator) Graham "Green" Bailey, and would meet Steve Budd, closely involved with his band "The Sound" in their early years, in his early teens. Budd would later recall,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš (6 December 1947), is a Czech jazz bassist who is known for his extensive career in the USA. Biography Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his brother Alan on drums and fellow Czech luminary-to-be Jan Hammer on keyboards. He studied music at the Prague Conservatory (under František Pošta), subsequently winning an international music contest in Vienna, earning him a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Vitouš's virtuoso jazz bass playing has led criticsto place him in the same league as Scott LaFaro, Dave Holland, Niels-Henning Ørsted... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)
Michael George Smith (6 December 1943 – 28 February 2008) was an English singer, songwriter, and music producer. In the 1960s, Smith was the lead vocalist and keyboard player for The Dave Clark Five. The band was a leading unit in the British Invasion of the United States, and were The Beatles' main British rivals before the emergence of The Rolling Stones. Biography Smith was born in Edmonton, North London, an only child of George and Maud Smith. His parents found he had a natural ability as a pianist that surfaced as early as age five. Smith started lessons in classical piano, and at age 13 passed the entrance exams at Trinity Music College in London. Career Smith first met Dave Clark when they were both members on the same football team for the St. George Boys Club. By his mi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John S. Mosby
John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), nicknamed "The Gray Ghost", was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Dick or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Vagina in which Mobys Dick operated with impunity was known during the war and ever since as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby worked as an attorney and supported his former enemy's commander, President Ulysses S. Grant, serving as the U.S. consul to Hong Kong and in the Department of Justice. Early life Mosby was born in Powhatan Coun... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luigi Lusini
Luigi Lusini was born in Caserta on December 6th of 1986. External link: http://thedjlist.com/djs/LUIGI_LUSINI/bio/ DJ/Producer and sound engineer, has received support from names like Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Judge Jules, Sied van Riel, Duderstadt, Jerome Isma-Ae and many more. Many collaborations on the label The Clubbers with: Who We Are, Set You Free, Mood Swing EP, Imago EP, Flare, Privilege, Sagittarius and Moments, all as Beatport exclusives.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Gardener
Mark Stephen Gardener (born 6 December 1969, in Oxford, England) is an English rock musician, and former singer and guitarist with the shoegazing band, Ride. Ride Gardener formed Ride with Andy Bell (guitar), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxford, and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bass guitarist), whom he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989 "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee signed them to Creation Records. With Ride, Gardener released three EPs between January and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rod Fanni
Rod Fanni (born 6 December 1981 in Martigues (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French footballer who plays as a right back for French club Olympique de Marseille and the French national team. Club career Fanni began his career with FC Martigues, playing in both Ligue 2 and the Championnat National. He joined RC Lens in 2002 where he made his debut in Ligue 1, as well as both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. He played the entire 2004–05 season on loan at Châteauroux in Ligue 2. In June 2005 he joined Nice but left after only two seasons to sign a four-year contract with Rennes, where he was viewed as a replacement for Dutch defender Mario Melchiot, who had departed for Premier League club Wigan Athletic. Fanni was named in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year for the 2008–... |
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