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Astrology, birth chart, map of the heavens, biography, picture and horoscope excerpts: you will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 19, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 42,008 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 42,008 Celebrities
100 celebrities or events were found for February, 19. Biography of Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning Puerto Rican-American actor. He grew up in Santurce, but spent his teens and attended high school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. His parents, Gustavo Adolfo Del Toro Bermudez and Fausta Sanchez Rivera, were both lawyers. He has an older brother, also named Gustavo, who is a pediatric oncologist working in Manhattan. Benicio attended Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (The Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), a Roman Catholic school in Miramar, Puerto Rico. When he was nine years old, his mother died of hepatitis. At age 13, his father moved his family to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, near Chambersburg, where Benicio was enrolled in Mercersburg Academy,... Biography of Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England) is a British soul singer and songwriter. He is professionally known only by his first name, Seal. He won three Grammy Awards for his 1995 single "Kiss from a Rose". Early life Born Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, a childhood battle with discoid lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring and hair loss. He studied architecture and engineering. Music career Seal As the vocalist on the Adamski single "Killer", Seal became a hot property when the single reached number one in 1990 in the UK. Like many other Adamski tracks, the single was also a hit in night clubs. Seal subsequently signed to ZTT Records and released his debut album (produced by Trevor Horn), titled Se... Biography of Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was the first European astronomer to formulate a modern heliocentric theory of the solar system. His epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), is often conceived as the starting point of modern astronomy, as well as a central and defining epiphany in all the history of science. Among the great polymaths of the Scientific Revolution, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, Catholic cleric, governor, administrator, military leader, diplomat and economist. Amid his extensive responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation. While the heliocentric theory had been formulated by Greek, Indian and Muslim savants centuries... Biography of Nabila Khashoggi
Daughter or billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. She acted on NBC's espionage drama "Adderly."... Biography of Steevy Boulay
French TV host.... Biography of Prince Andrew, Duke of York
The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Duke of York since 1986. The Duke of York has been 4th in the line of succession since the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. The Duke of York married and subsequently divorced Sarah Ferguson. He also served in the Royal Navy, seeing action in the Falklands War aboard HMS Invincible. He currently serves as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. Early life Andrew was born on 19 February 1960 in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace, London. His mother is the reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, the eldest daughter of King George ... Biography of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabeth Fernández de Kirchner (born February 19, 1953), also known in the English world as Cristina Kirchner, is the incoming President of Argentina. She is the wife of outgoing-president President of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner and a former senator for Buenos Aires Province. In the October, 2007 general election, she ran for president of Argentina, representing the ruling Front for Victory party. According to partial official results, she has met the two requirements needed to win the election outright; that is, a 40%-plus plurality of the votes and a 10% advantage over her nearest rival. That would be the widest margin a candidate has obtained since democracy returned to Argentina in 1983. If final results confirm the current trend, she will be Argentina's second female preside... Biography of Shivaji
Shivaji Bhosle, also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle (Marathi: छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे भोसले) (Born:February 19, 1630, Died: April 3, 1680) was the founder of Maratha empire in western India in 1664. He is considered a great hero in India, especially in the present-day state of Maharashtra. Historical background The land of Maharashtra , in central-west India, was ruled by a local dynasty, the Satavahanas from 300 BCE to 230 CE. After which, it constantly morphed into many different kingdoms. In 1292, Ala-ud-din Khilji, an Islamic invader, defeated the Yadavas of Devagiri, but the Yadavas continued to rule till 1310. A branch of the Yadavas ruled... Biography of Julia Rais
Malaysia actress.... Biography of André Breton
André Breton (French IPA: ) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as pure psychic automatism. Born into modest origins in Tinchebray (Orne) in Normandy, he studied medicine and psychiatry. During World War I he worked in a neurological ward in Nantes, where he met the spiritual son of Alfred Jarry, Jacques Vaché, whose anti-social attitude and disdain for established artistic tradition influenced Breton considerably. Vaché committed suicide at age 24 and his war-time letters to Breton and others were published in a volume entitled Lettres de guerre (1919), for which Breton wrote four introductory... Biography of Rika Zaraï
Rika Gozman, best known as Rika Zaraï, is an Israeli singer and writer, born February 19, 1938 in Jerusalem.... Biography of Falco (singer)
Johann (Hans) Hölzel (February 19, 1957 – February 6, 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian classical music prodigy turned hip hop, pop and rock star. His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide. Early years Born in Vienna, the only survivor of a triplets birth, Falco was recognized as a child prodigy and schooled in classical music. Graduating from the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977, he lived for a short time in Berlin, West Germany, singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco", reportedly in tribute to the German skier Falko Weisspflog, and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player... Biography of Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award-nominated British film actress. Early life Oberon was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Her mother, Charlotte, was an Anglo-Sinhalese nurse; her father, Arthur, was a British railway engineer. Merle was her mother's second child. Charlotte had abandoned her first daughter, Constance, and refused to take care of another child born out of wedlock. She insisted that Arthur marry her, although there is no evidence that he actually did. In 1914, when she was 3, Merle's father died of pneumonia on the Western Front in the early months of World War I. Mother and daughter led an impoverished existence in shabby Bombay apartments for a few years. Then, in 1917, they moved to bett... Biography of Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. Early life Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father, Robert Lee Daniels, ran a local lumber yard. He was raised in the Methodist religion. Daniels attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program before dropping out during his junior year to move to New York City. His first performance in New York was in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre. It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre. Stage career Daniels has starred in a number of New York productions, on and off Broadway. On Broadway, he has appeared in Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain, A. R. Gurney's The G... Biography of Mathilde Carré
Mathilde Carré (February 19, 1910 (maybe June 30, 1908) – 1970) was a French Resistance agent during World War II who turned a double agent. Mathilde Carré was born in Le Creusot, France. In the 1930s she attended Sorbonne University and became a teacher. After her marriage, she moved to Algeria with her husband Maurice Carré, who was later killed in World War II, during the campaign of Italy. She returned to France, became a nurse and witnessed the country fall to the Germans. In 1940, she met a Polish Air Force Captain named Roman Czerniawski cryptonymed 'Walenty' to the Poles and 'Armand' or 'Victor' to the French. Carré, who had contacts with the Vichy Second Bureau, joined the headquarters section of his Franco-Polish Interallié espionage network based in Paris under the crypton... Biography of Jacques Dufilho
Jacques Dufilho (February 19, 1914 - August 28, 2005) was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers). He was also famous for his collection of Bugatti cars. Filmography More than 150 movie, including: 1943 : Premier de cordée by Louis Daquin with Maurice Baquet 1948 : La Ferme des sept péchés by Jean Devaivre with Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Genia 1951 : Caroline chérie by Richard Pottier with Martine Carol, Jacques Clancy 1955 : Marie-Antoinette reine by France by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd 1956 : La vie est belle by Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault with Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault 1956 : Notre-Dame of Paris by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn 1958 : Taxi, roulotte et corrida by And... Biography of Justine Bateman
Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American actress. Early life Bateman was born in Rye, New York, USA, to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, an acting coach, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Her younger brother is actor Jason Bateman. She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and graduated in 1984. Career In 1984, Bateman starred on the Tales from the Darkside television series in the episode "Mookie and Pookie." She played the role of superficial Mallory Keaton on the television sitcom Family Ties from 1982 to 1989. Mallory was presented as a vacuous airhead, which was fodder for jokes and teasing from her brother Alex (Michael J. Fox). Bateman hosted an episode of Saturday Nig... Biography of Kathleen Beller
Kathleen Beller (born February 19, 1956, in Westchester, New York, USA) is an actress nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Promises in the Dark (1979). She played Betsy in 1978's "The Betsy," starring Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. She is also well remembered for her role as Kirby Anders Colby in the television drama Dynasty from 1982 to 1984. She reprised the role for Dynasty: The Reunion in 1991. Beller married musician Thomas Dolby in 1988; the couple have three children together.... Biography of Stephen Nichols
Stephen Nichols (born February 19, 1951 (source: IMDB) is an American actor. After turning down an art scholarship to Ohio State University, he traveled west, studied Yoga and lived as a monk while preparing vegetarian meals for the monks and nuns in a Hollywood ashram. After three years of celibacy, a steady diet of ice cream and the films of Truffaut and Bergman, he landed at the Theater Academy of Los Angeles City College where he studied for two years. Nichols went on to study with Stella Adler, Jack Colvin and Harry Mastrorgeorge. For his stage work, Nichols has been honored with three Drama-logue and two L.A. Weekly Awards for his performances in such notable productions as Pieces of Time (for his portrayal of real-life killer, Donald Bashor), for Delirious (directed by the lat... Biography of Benoît Chamoux
Benoît Chamoux was a French Alpinist born in La-Roche-sur-Foron near Mont Blanc in the department of Haute-Savoie, France on February 19th, 1961. Benoît climbed all 14 of the Eight-thousander Himalaya Mountains that are above 8000m. He disappeared near the summit of his 14th, Kangchenjunga (8586m) on October 6th 1995 with photographer Pierre Royer and their Sherpa Riku. The non-profit Foundation Benoît Chamoux was created in his memory under the auspices of the Foundation of France with the mission to educate Sherpa children who have lost their fathers in mountain expeditions. Principal achievements 1982: Diamond couloir on Mount Kenya 1983: Huascaran South in Peru Solo ascents 1985: Gasherbrum II (8036m) on June 15th and Gasherbrum I (8068m) on June 22nd. 1986: Broad Peak ... Biography of Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is mostly known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 13, No. 5, and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). This last work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy, in a musical family. At a young age his father, a cellist and double bass player, sent Luigi to study in Rome (1757), and after various concert tours, in 1769 his talents brought him to the Spanish c... Biography of Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious. She has made appearances in several theatrical releases, including Unknown as well as the 2006 thriller The Garden. She has appeared in several Nickelodeon series, including True Jackson, VP, The Troop, The Penguins of Madagascar and iCarly, as well as on the Nickelodeon game show BrainSurge as a contestant. In 2010 she starred in the Nickelodeon film The Boy Who Cried Werewolf. Aside from acting, Justice is involved in her musical career. She has performed several songs for the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!, ... Biography of Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6`2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hard-boiled characters, but after winning a Best Actor Oscar for his part in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles. Early life and World War II Lee Marvin (his birth name, contrary to some sources) was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and his wife Courtenay Washington Davidge, a fashion writer and beauty consultant. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and ... Biography of Leslie Ash
Leslie Ash (born 19 February 1960 in Clapham, London) is an English actress, best known for her role in the sitcom Men Behaving Badly. Her book My Life Behaving Badly: The Autobiography was published in 2007. Leslie first appeared on TV in 1964 at the age of four asking "Mummy, why are your hands so soft?" in an advertisement for the washing-up product Fairy Liquid. She was educated at the independent Italia Conti Academy stage school, and then started a career as a fashion model appearing on the cover of a number of teen magazines including Jackie for which she was photographed by David Bailey. Having appeared in the 1978 British slapstick comedy Rosie Dixon, Night Nurse, her first major film role was playing the romantic lead in Quadrophenia in 1979. In 1983 she appeared opposit... Biography of David Gross
David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American particle physicist and string theorist (although he's stated to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, on 09/27/2006, that the second area is included in the first one). Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of asymptotic freedom. In 1973, Gross, working with his first graduate student, Frank Wilczek, at Princeton University, discovered asymptotic freedom, which holds that the closer quarks are to each other, the less the strong interaction (or color charge) between them; when quarks are in extreme proximity, the nuclear force between them is so weak that they behave almost as free particles. Asymptotic freedom, independently disco... Biography of Massimo Troisi
Massimo Troisi (February 19, 1953 - June 4, 1994) was an Italian Academy Award-nominated actor, film director and poet. He is best known for the 1994 film Il Postino. Early years and TV star Troisi was born into a large family in San Giorgio a Cremano, a town near Naples. His father was a train engineer. Some of his family experiences were later told in his first movies. After high school, Troisi wrote some poems inspired by his favourite author, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and, in 1969, started to play in a small local theatre together with some childhood friends (including Lello Arena and Enzo De Caro). The early death of his mother condemned Troisi to a harsh period of activity, which is said to have had a role in the development of his heart problems. (In 1976 he had to visit the United S... Biography of Philippe Lizon
Philippe Lizon, born February 19, 1956 in Bruxelles, is a Belgian former dancer.... Biography of Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the U.S. Open. She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the U.S. Open in 1989 with Martina Navratilova. Beginning with the 1980 US Open and extending through Wimbledon in 1981, Mandlíková played in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals. Struggling with injuries and a lack of confidence, Mandlíková retired at the relatively early age of 28. Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 59.8 kg (132 lb/9.42 st) Turned pro 1978 Retired 1990 Plays Right-handed Personal life ... Biography of Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. The Arrhenius equation, lunar crater Arrhenius and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University are named after him. Early years Arrhenius was born on February 19, 1859 at Vik (also spelled Wik or Wijk), near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina Thunberg Arrhenius. His father had been a land surveyor for Uppsala University, moving up to a supervisory position. At the age of three, Arrhenius taught himself to read without the encouragement of his parents, and by watching his father's addition of numbers in his account books, became an arithmetical prodigy. In later... Biography of Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto (born 19 February 1981 in Searcy, Arkansas) is an American singer for the indie rock band The Gossip. Ditto is know for her distinctive lyrics and powerful vocals as well as her outspoken and unconventional lifestyle offstage. Career Ditto came to wider public attention in November 2006 when she was selected by NME as the coolest person in rock—being placed at number one in the magazine's annual "Cool List." The magazine cited her "non-conformity" as the reason for her selection - she is a lesbian, an outspoken advocate of gay rights, weighs 210 lbs (95 kg) and is also in a relationship with a transman. The band's breakthrough song "Standing in the Way of Control" was written by Ditto as a response to her government's decision to deny LGBT couples marriage rights. "Nobod... Biography of Louis Aubert
Louis François Marie Aubert (born Paramé (Ille-et-Vilaine), 19 February 1877, - died Paris, 9 January 1968) was a French composer. Louis Aubert was a child prodigy. His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to receive an education at an early age. He became recognized for his voice, primarily for his renditions of the Pie Jesu from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the Église de la Madeleine. The young Aubert met Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and he regularly attended at his composition classes, which greatly influenced his development. Aubert became an excellent pianist, and in fact, Maurice Ravel wrote for and dedicated his Valses nobles et sentimentales to him. He composed music for the church, several ballets, mélodies, and incidental music for the st... Biography of Matthias Rott
Matthias Rott, born February 19, 1974 in Bernau bei Berlin, is a German actor, famous for his role as Boris Wutke in Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin"), a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one"), written by Fernando Gaitán (also author of Café, con aroma de mujer) and produced by RCN TV. The original season of the serial comedy-drama follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic B... Biography of Helen Fielding
Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958 in Morley, West Yorkshire) is an English author, best known as the author of the novel Bridget Jones's Diary (winner of the 1998 British Book of the Year award) and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Olivia Joules and The Overactive Imagination, a spoof on the spy genre, was published in 2004. The Bridget Jones books had their origins in a column published in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph in 1997 and 1998. In 2005, she resumed her Bridget Jones column at the Independent. Bridget becomes pregnant and has a baby in this series, but love and commitment remain elusive. In her early years, she attended Wakefield Girls High School in Wakefi... Biography of Micha Bergese
Micha Bergese, born February 19, 1945 in Garmisch, is a German actor, dancer and choreographer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074489/ ) Best (2000) .... Portuguese Bartender Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) .... Paris Vampire ... aka Interview with the Vampire (USA: short title) "Love Hurts" .... Tomasz (1 episode, 1994) - Blue Heaven (1994) TV episode .... Tomasz "Magic" (1991) TV series .... Diether "Bergerac" .... Costello (1 episode, 1988) - Retirement Plan (1988) TV episode .... Costello Zina (1985) .... Molanov The Company of Wolves (1984) .... Huntsman "Secret Army" .... German Officer (1 episode, 1978) - Weekend (1978) TV episode .... German Officer... Biography of Karen Silkwood
Karen Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American labor union activist and chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, United States. Silkwood's job was making plutonium pellets for nuclear reactor fuel rods. She died under mysterious circumstances after investigating claims of irregularities and wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plant. Union activities After being hired at Kerr-McGee, Silkwood joined the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union local and took part in a strike at the plant. After the strike ended, she was elected to the union's bargaining committee and assigned to investigate health and safety issues. She discovered what she believed to be numerous violations of health regulations, including exposure of workers to contamination, ... Biography of Jayde Nicole
Jayde Nicole (born February 19, 1986 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian model. She is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for January 2007, and Playmate of the Year in the June 2008 issue of the men's magazine. She is the first Canadian Playmate of the Year in 26 years. Career Jayde began modeling for catalogs and fashion shows at the age of six. The following year, Jayde's family moved from Scarborough to Port Perry. When she turned eleven, she stopped modeling for a time, as she was finding herself becoming "too mature to be doing kid's jobs." When she was 15, a scout from a Toronto modeling agency spotted her outside the Air Canada Centre as she was leaving a concert and offered her an opportunity to return to modeling. Since then, Jayde has appeared in numerous publications a... Biography of Danilo Türk
Danilo Türk (IPA: , born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian lawyer and diplomat, and president-elect of Slovenia. Diplomatic and academic career He served as the first Slovenian United Nations ambassador between 1992 and 2000, and was subsequently UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (2000-2005). He is currently employed as a professor of international law and dean of student affairs at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana. Election for president In June 2007 he filed as a candidate in the October 2007 Slovene presidential election. He was backed by Social Democrats, Zares and DeSUS and also by the non-parliamentary Christian Socialists and Democrats. In the first round of the presidential elections, held on 21 October 2007, he placed second with 24.54... Biography of John Frankenheimer
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film director. Frankenheimer was born in New York, the son of a German-born Jewish father and an Irish-American Roman Catholic mother. He was graduated from Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1951. He became a film maker while serving as a U.S. Air Force lieutenant during the Korean War, directing service films for the Air Force and became interested in directing after his military service. Career Frankenheimer began his directing career in live television shortly after the service. He recalled after being discharged, he had an interview with CBS and had a conversation with the hiring manager. The manager had also been a member of the armed forces and told Frankenheimer that while they... Biography of René Allendy
René Félix Allendy, born February 19, 1889 in Paris and died in 1942, was a French physician, homeopath, psychoanalyst and author. Works La Psychanalyse et les névroses. (En collaboration avec René Laforgue, préface de Henri Claude). Payot, 1924. Le problème de la destinée, étude sur la fatalité intérieure, Paris, Gallimard, 1927, (220 pages) La Psychanalyse (1931) Capitalisme et sexualité (1932) Paracelse, le médecin maudit (1937) Rêves expliqués (1938) Aristote ou le complexe de trahison (1942) Journal d'un médecin malade (1942) Les constitutions psychiques', Ed.: Editions L'Harmattan, 2002, ISBN 2747522652... Biography of Jacques Doucet
Jacques Doucet (1853 - 1929) was a French fashion designer, known for his elegant dresses, made with flimy translucent materials in superimposing pastel colors. He was born in Paris in 1853 to a prosperous family whose lingerie and fine linens business, Doucet Lingerie, had flourished in the Rue de la Paix since 1816. In 1871, Doucet opened a salon selling ladies apparel. An enthusiastic collector of eighteenth-century furniture, objets d'art, paintings and sculptures, many of his gowns were strongly influenced by this opulent era. A designer of taste and discrimination, Doucet valued dignity and luxury above novelty and practicality and therefore gradually went out of popularity during the 1920s. By far his most original designs were those he created for actresses of the time. Cecile S... Biography of Ryū Murakami
Ryū Murakami (村上 龍, Murakami Ryū?, born 19 February 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. Born as Ryūnosuke Murakami (村上 龍之助). Works Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student of Musashino Art University, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim. Takashi Miike's feature film ... Biography of Max Lejeune
Max Marius Achille Lejeune, born February 19, 1909 in Flesselles (Somme), died November 23, 1995 in Abbeville (Somme), was a French politician, member of SFIO and later member of PS (Parti socialiste). He is the founder of PSD (Parti social-démocrate), now a part of UDF (Union pour la démocratie française), a French centrist political party.... Biography of Didier Wampas
Didier Wampas, born Didier Chappedelaine February 19, 1962, is a French musician and singer, the leader of rock group Les Wampas. Les Wampas are a French punk rock/psychobilly band, who refer more exactly to their music as "Yéyé-punk". The band was formed in Paris in 1983. Members Didier Wampas The group is best known for its frontman, real name Didier Chapedelaine, main lyricist and singer. He deliberately sings off-key and often high-pitched, so has a recognisable voice. His on-stage energy, and crowd-surfing, hoisted and hauled up on garden chairs, are major features of the band's live shows, which frequently end up in a complete mess, Didier Wampas singing among the audience, and a large part of the audience going onto the stage. Since the release of the album Kiss (2000), he c... Biography of Andrija Puharich
Andrija Puharich, MD, also known as Henry K. Puharich, (February 19, 1918 - January 3, 1995), was a medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor and author, who is perhaps best known as the person who brought Uri Geller and Peter Hurkos to the United States for scientific investigation. Biography In 1947, Puharich graduated from the Northwestern University School of Medicine. His residency was completed at Permanente Hospital in California, where he specialized in Internal Medicine. Of the many books Puharich wrote, he also wrote a supportive biography Uri Geller. Before that he investigated favorably the Brazilian psychic surgeon José Arigó. He met the Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos and brought him to the United States to participate in scientific experiments in parapsyc... Biography of Camillo Ruini
His Eminence Camillo Cardinal Ruini (born February 19, 1931) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. He is very active in the mass media and is one of the cardinals who most often appear on Italian television, newspapers and magazines. On February 14, 2006, he was confirmed as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference by Pope Benedict XVI a post at which he served until March 2007. Ruini was born in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. Having studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he obtained a licentiate in philosophy and a licentiate in sacred theology . He was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1954, by Archbishop Luigi Traglia. In 1957 he returned to... Biography of Pierre Boileau (scientist)
Pierre Boileau, born February 19, 1811 in Metz, died September 11, 1891 in Versailles, was a French mathematician, inventor and scientist.... Biography of Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman (born February 19, 1975 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch television and film actress, VJ, singer, and television personality. Youth Katja grew up in Bunnik as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she has a younger sister, Birgit, who went on to become a celebrity as well. The 1990s Schuurman made her acting debut in 1992 on the television series Uit de school geklapt. Two years later she resurfaced in the RTL soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (GTST) as Jessica, the eldest niece of one-time angry neighbour Govert Harmsen. Katja's star immediately rose to fame. With two other characters from GTST she formed the spin-off girl group Linda, Roos & Jessica. Their debut single "Ademnood" (English version: "Turn Your Love Around'") t... Biography of Maria Mena
Maria Viktoria Mena (born February 19, 1986 in Oslo) is a Norwegian pop artist. Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. Her mother wrote plays and her father Charles was a drummer. Both Maria and her brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Mena towards music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorced. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder. Her mother is Norwegian while her father is Nicaraguan. When Mena was 13 years old, she moved to live with her father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of therapy for her feelings and frustrations. Not all the stories in her diary became songs, but "My Lullaby" was one of them, expressing her pain from her ... Biography of Jeffrey Immelt
Jeffrey Immelt (born February 19, 1956, Cincinnati, OH) is the current chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the U.S. based conglomerate General Electric. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace John Francis Welch Jr. (Jack Welch) following his retirement. Previously, Immelt had headed up GE's Medical Systems division (now known as GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO. Since taking over, GE's stock has dropped signicantly, and under Immelt's leadership dipped to an all-time low of nearly 80% below its peak value. He holds an A.B. in Applied Mathematics from Dartmouth College where he currently serves on the board of trustees and was president of his fraternity, Phi Delta Alpha, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has been with GE since ... Biography of Joseph Kerwin
Joseph Peter Kerwin, M.D. (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. Kerwin was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he graduated from Fenwick High School, a private school in Oak Park, in 1949. He received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1953; a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, in 1957; completed internship at the District of Columbia General Hospital in Washington, D.C.; and attended the United States Navy School of Aviation Medicine at Pensacola, Florida, being designated a naval flight surgeon in December 1958. Military career Kerwin was a captain (now retired) in the ... Biography of Jon Whiteley
Jon Whiteley (born 19 February 1945 in Monymusk, Scotland) was a briefly successful Academy Award-winning child actor in films. Whiteley appeared in five films during his brief career, and it was for the second of these, The Little Kidnappers (1953) that he, along with co-star Vincent Winter, was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award for this film. He only appeared in three films after this, including The Spanish Gardener (1956), before his acting career ended when his mother insisted on his passing the Eleven Plus exams. Whiteley is now a respected art historian at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. He wrote his Doctorate on Paul Delaroche. He has catalogued all the French Drawings in the museum, and written books on artists like Ingres. He published a book on the Ashmolean's Stri... Biography of Saparmourad Niazov
Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow (pronounced ; 19 February 1940 - 21 December 2006), known in English as Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (Russian: Сапармурат Атаевич Ниязов) was a Turkmen politician who served as President (later President for Life) of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006. He was First Secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and continued to lead Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. His name in English is a romanized of the Russian spelling Сапармурат Атаевич ... Biography of Ray Winstone
Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone, Jr. (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum, and is also known as a voice over actor. More recently he has branched out into film production. Early life Winstone was born in Homerton, in the London Borough of Hackney. His family was originally from Cirencester – half of them moving to London, the other half to Wales. Moving via Plaistow to Enfield when Winstone was seven, his father, Raymond Andrew Winstone, Sr., ran a fruit and vegetable business (he is now a black cab driver) while his mother, Margaret, had a job emptying fruit machines. Winstone recalls playing with his friends on bomb sites until "Moors Murderer... Biography of Dick Emery
Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery (19 February 1915 – 2 January 1983) was an English comedian and actor , 'a light entertainment icon' who began on radio in the 1950s. After transition to television his popularity grew through the 1960s and 1970s. He was the brother of Ann Emery. Life and career Richard Gilbert Emery was born in University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London in 1915. His parents were the comedy double act Callan and Emery. They took him on tour when he was only 3 weeks old and gave him the occasional turn on the stage throughout his childhood, which was always on the move and disrupted, creating problems for the future, but at least setting the scene for eventually going into show business. His parents split up when he was 8 years old and he chose to stay with his mothe... Biography of Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray (February 19, 1929 in Lyon – August 9, 2003 Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French film director. Filmography 1960 : Le Gigolo 1962 : Du rififi à Tokyo 1963 : Symphonie pour un massacre 1965 : Par un beau matin d'été 1966 : Avec la peau des autres 1966 : L'Homme de Marrakech 1969 : La Piscine 1970 : Borsalino 1971 : Doucement les basses 1971 : Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide 1972 : Un homme est mort 1974 : Borsalino & Co 1975 : Flic Story 1977 : Le Gang 1978 : Un papillon sur l'épaule 1980 : Trois hommes à abattre 1983 : Le Marginal 1985 : On ne meurt que 2 fois 1987 : Le Solitaire 1987 : Maladie d'amour 1989 : Les Bois noirs 1991 : Contre l'oubli (film collectif) 1991 : Netchaïev est de retour 1993 : Un crime 1994 : 3000 sc... Biography of Pierre Barouh
Pierre Barouh, born February 19, 1934 in Paris, is a French musician, composer, singer, actor and former sports journalist. Filmography Actor 1962 : En plein cirage 1964 : D'où viens-tu Johnny ? 1964 : La Dérive 1964 : Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 1965 : Les Grands Moments 1965 : Une fille et des fusils 1966 : Les Amants de la mer 1966 : Un homme et une femme 1967 : Vivre pour vivre 1977 : Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue 1982 : Elle voit des nains partout ! 1990 : Il y a des jours... et des lunes 2005 : Le Courage d'aimer Composer 1966 : Un homme et une femme 1967 : Vivre pour vivre 1975 : Oh ! America 1979 : À nous deux 1981 : Les Uns et les Autres 1997 : Le Mariage de mon meilleur ami 1998 : Hasards ou coïncidences 2001 : Th Anniversa... Biography of Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Personal life Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Florida State University. Tennis career In June 1995, he reached his highest singles ranking of World No. 18. He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together. In his career he has won one singles title and 54 doubles titles. He is, together with Sergi Bruguera, Richard Krajicek, Leander Paes, and Michael Stich, the only player of the same generation with... Biography of Saparmurat Niyazov
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; 19 February 1940 - 21 December 2006), (Russian: Сапармурат Атаевич Ниязов) (Turkmen: Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow) was a Turkmen politician who served as President (later President for Life) of Turkmenistan from 2 November 1990 until his death in 2006. He was First Secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and continued to lead Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. His name in English is a romanization of the Russian spelling Сапармурат Атаевич Ния... Biography of Maxime Chattam
Maxime Chattam, also known as Maxime Williams or Maxime Guy Sylvain Drouot, born February 19, 1976 in Herblay, is a French crime writer of novels.... Biography of Sven Hedin
Sven Anders Hedin (February 19, 1865 – November 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. His achievements include the production of the first detailed maps of vast parts of Pamir, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet, the ancient Silk Road, and the Himalayas. He seems to have been the first explorer to realise that the Himalayas are a single mountain range. Life Hedin was born in Stockholm. Between 1886 and 1892 he studied geology, mineralogy, zoology, and Latin in Stockholm, Uppsala, Berlin, and Halle. He was a student of Ferdinand von Richthofen. Of small stature, with a bookish, bespectacled appearance, Hedin nevertheless proved himself a determined explorer, surviving several brushes with death from hostile forces and the elements over his long career. Between hi... Biography of Eddie Arcaro
George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 4, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. He is widely regarded as the greatest jockey in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. Eventually nicknamed "Banana Nose" by his confreres, Arcaro won his first race in 1932 at the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico. American Classic Races Eddie Arcaro won his first Kentucky Derby in 1938 aboard Lawrin. He is tied with Bill Hartack for most Derby wins at five, and has the most wins in the Preakness... Biography of Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South. Her other novels have similar themes and are all set in the South. Early life She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia in 1917. Her mother was the granddaughter of a plantation owner and Confederate war hero. Her father, similar to Wilbur Kelly in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, was a watchmaker and jeweler of French Huguenot extraction. From the age of ten she took piano lessons, and at the age of 15 she received a typewriter from her father. In September 1934 at age 17 she left home on a steams... Biography of David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. He was also a renowned chess writer. Early life David Bronstein was born in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, to a Jewish mother and father. Growing up, he learned chess at age six from his grandfather. As a youth in Kiev, he was trained by the renowned International Master Alexander Konstantinopolsky. He finished second in the Kiev Championship when he was only 15, and achieved the Soviet Master ... Biography of Alessandra Virginio
Alessandra Virginio, born February 19, 1965 in Palmanova, is an Italian scientist (aircraft).... Biography of Annette Wademant
Annette Wademant, born December 19, 1928 in Brussels, is a Belgian screenwriter. She lives in France. She has a son, French painter François Boisrond, with film director Michel Boisrond. Filmography * 1950 : Édouard et Caroline de Jacques Becker (+ dialogues) * 1951 : Casque d'or de Jacques Becker (non créditée) * 1952 : Rue de l'Estrapade de Jacques Becker * 1953 : Madame de... de Max Ophüls * 1955 : Lola Montès de Max Ophüls * 1956 : Club de femmes de Ralph Habib * 1957 : Typhon sur Nagasaki de Yves Ciampi (dialogues) * 1957 : Une manche et la belle d'Henri Verneuil (+ dialogues) * 1957 : Une Parisienne de Michel Boisrond (+ dialogues) * 1959 : Faibles femmes de Michel Boisrond (+ dialogues) * 1959 : Voulez-vous danser avec moi... Biography of Bernard Murat (politician)
Bernard Murat, born February 19, 1946 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, is a French politician, member of UMP, former Senator, former Member of Parliament, and former Mayor of Brive-la-Gaillarde.... Biography of Akosh Szelevenyi
Szelevényi Ákos or Akosh S., born February 19, 1966 in Debrecen, Hungary, is a Hungarian jazz musician and saxophonist. Albums * Pannonia (1993) de Akosh S. ensemble * Asile (1995) de Akosh S. trio (Autoproduction)... Biography of Carlos Roque Alsina
Carlos Roque Alsina, born on February 19, 1941 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine and French musician, pianist and composer.... Biography of Tina Pisnik
Tina Pisnik (born February 19, 1981 in Maribor) was a professional Slovenian tennis player. Pisnik turned professional in 1999, but retired in 2005. Pisnik's highest singles ranking was World Number 29, of which she reached on January 12, 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was World Number 63, on April 3, 2000. During her career, she won 1 singles title and 2 doubles titles on the WTA tour. Pisnik currently resides in her city of birth of Maribor, Slovenia.... Biography of Brad Steiger
Brad Steiger (February 19, 1936 – ) is an American author. Childhood Steiger was born on 19 February 1936 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to a mother and father who were farmers. His given name was Eugene Olson. He claims to have lived "in a haunted house with thumps, bumps, doors opening and closing, and men and women walking around all night in period costume." Writing career Steiger claims to have written his first book when he was seven years old, and has published 162 books with over 17 million copies in print, including the biography of Rudolf Valentino, later made into a feature film by British director Ken Russell. From 1970-1973 Steiger wrote a weekly newspaper column, The Strange World Of Brad Steiger. He has authored over 2000 newspaper columns. Personal life and beliefs St... Biography of Jules Sandeau
Leonard Sylvain Julien (Jules) Sandeau (February 19, 1811 – April 24, 1883) was a French novelist. He was born at Aubusson (Creuse), and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met George Sand, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in 1831 they had a relationship. The intimacy did not last long, but it produced Rose et Blanche (1831), a novel written together under the pseudonym J. Sand, from which George Sand took her famous pseudonym. Sandeau continued to produce novels and plays for nearly fifty years. His major works are: Marianna (1839), in which he draws a portrait of George Sand Le Docteur Herbeau (1841) Catherine (1845) Mademoiselle de la Sei... Biography of Sam Abell
Sam Abell (born February 19, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic. He first worked for National Geographic in 1967, and is one of the more overtly artistic photographers among his magazine peers. Sam Abell's style of photography is documentary in the sense that his major avenue, the National Geographic magazine, is a publication of record. However, his best work is known for its transcendent qualities, starting at the documentary level yet open to interpretation on an aesthetic level. One of his favorite photographs (based on how often he mentions it when asked about his work) is of the tree viewed through a Japanese window, which graces the cover of his book Seeing Gardens. It's a documentary photograph ... Biography of Louis Feuillade
Louis Feuillade (19 February 1873 – 25 February 1925) was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films. He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex. Early life and career Louis Feuillade was born in Lunel (Hérault) to Barthelemy Feuillade, a modest wine merchant, and Marie Avesque. Just beyond adolescence, he showed a deep interest in literature and created numerous drama and vaudeville projects. His excessively academic poems were occasionally published in local newspapers, and he acquired a reputation for his articles devoted to bullfighting. At twelve he was sent by his parents to a Catholic seminary in Carcassonne, which has been attributed to his gothic stylization in his later ... Biography of Pietro Pancrazi
Pietro Pancrazi, born on February 19, 1893 in Cortona, died on December 26, 1952 in Florence, was an Italian writer, journalist, and critic.... Biography of Ivo Heuberger
Ivo Heuberger (born February 19, 1976) is a retired tennis player who represented Switzerland at the Davis Cup. Early life Ivo Heuberger was born in the small town of Altstätten, Switzerland on February 19, 1976. He began his tennis career after moving to the French part of Switzerland to attend the National Training Center. He showed promise during his junior days and was eager to begin his professional debut. Tennis career He became a pro in 1997. Ivo won his first title in India at a small $25,000 challenger, beating Dania Udomchoke, 6–2 6–3. Ivo was chosen to represent Switzerland along with the rest of the Swiss Davis Cup team 7 times during his career. His career was one that had few highlights and perhaps he was best known in the tennis world for his relationship with ... Biography of Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was a noted English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years. Hardwicke's theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, and his film work included leading roles in a number of adapted literary classics. Life and career Hardwicke was born in Lye, Worcestershire, the son of Jessie (nee Masterson) and her husband Dr. Edwin Webster Hardwicke. He attended Bridgnorth Grammar School in Shropshire and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He made his first appearance on stage at London's Lyceum Theatre in 1912 during the run of Frederick Melville's melodrama The Monk and the Woman, when he took up the part of Brother ... Biography of Felipe Pedrell
Felip Pedrell (Spanish: Felipe)(19 February 1841, Tortosa – 19 August 1922, Barcelona), was a Spanish Catalan composer. He worked as a musicologist and early music specialist and edited Victoria’s opera omnia and the requiem of Joan Brudieu. This and other of his writings fostered a keen interest in the early music of Spain. Among his notable pupils was composer Rosa García Ascot. Roberto Gerhard set 8 of Pedrell's folk tunes as Cancionero de Pedrell.... Biography of Saul Chaplin
Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer, author, and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won four Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961). Following education at New York University's School of Commerce, Chaplin joined the ASCAP and started out penning tunes for the theatre, vaudeville and for New York's famous songwriting district, Tin Pan Alley. While in New York, Chaplin teamed with Sammy Cahn to compose original songs for Vitaphone movie shorts, filmed in Brooklyn by Warner Brothers. During this period the team... Biography of Horace Andy
Horace Andy (born Horace Hinds, February 19, 1951, Kingston, Jamaica) is a roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", "Angel", "Five Man Army" and a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine". Biography Early Days Hinds recorded his first single in 1967 for producer Phil Pratt. "This is a Black Man's Country" failed to make an impact, and it wouldn't be until 1970 that he achieved a breakthrough. After unsuccessfully auditioning at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One as a duo along with Frank Melody, he successfully auditioned on his own a few days later. Dodd decided Hinds should record as Horace Andy, partly to capitalize on the popularity of Bob Andy, and partly to avoid comparisons with his cousin, Justin Hinds, with whom his sin... Biography of Pierre-René Wolf
Pierre-René Wolf, born on February 19, 1899 in Rouen (birth time source: Gauquelin), died on April 6, 1972, was a French journalist. Bibliography Cécile-Anne Sibout, Paris-Normandie à l’époque de Pierre-René Wolf, un grand patron de la presse régionale (1945-1972), thèse d’histoire, Université Paris IV, 1999 (dactylographiée) Cécile-Anne Sibout, Les hommes de presse de l'agglomération rouennaise, , collection histoire(s) d'agglo, Agglomération de Rouen, 2002 (ISBN 978-2-913914-48-3)... Biography of Ralph Dills
Ralph Dills, born on February 19, 1910 in Rosser, Texas, is an American politician and a former California Senator.... Biography of Luis Puenzo
Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born February 19, 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States. Biography Puenzo was born in Buenos Aires in 1946. He began a successful career in 1965 producing television advertising spots in Argentina. He founded Luis Puenzo Cinema, a production company, with Sergio Tamburri (film editor and trombone player of the famous Porteña Jazz Band); the firm's name was changed to Cinemanía S.A. in 1974. During Argentina's Dirty War in the mid 1970s and early 1980s many filmmakers became victims of repression and some went into exile; some disappeared. During this difficult time, Puenzo decided to work in advertising. In the United States he is known for... Biography of Vitas
Vitas (born February 19, 1981, Daugavpils, Latvian SSR), is a Russian pop singer, composer, actor and fashion designer. He is most commonly known by his shortened first name, Vitas, or Витас in Russian. Much of his music is straightforward pop influenced by techno, and occasionally classical opera. He has received much of his fame through Russian television and is planning to sign to entertainment labels in countries such as China, Korea, and Japan in order to expand to those markets. Vitas' 2005 video "Opera#2" has been forwarded frequently via the Internet, which accounts for much of his worldwide recognition. Early life and success Vitas was born Vitaliy Vladasovich Grachov on February 19, 1981 in Latvia. He first appeared in Russia in December 2000 ... Biography of Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956) was an American stage and screen actor. Early life Louis Calhern was born Carl Henry Vogt on February 19, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York. His family left New York City while he was still a child and moved to St. Louis, Missouri where he grew up. While playing high school football, a stage manager from a touring theatrical stock company spotted him, and hired him as a bit player. Just prior to World War I, Calhern decided to move back to New York to pursue an acting career. He began as a prop boy and bit player with touring companies and burlesque companies. His burgeoning career was interrupted by the war and he served overseas in the military during World War I. Career He became a matinee idol by virtue of a play titled Cobra, and soon... Biography of Thomas Brasch
Thomas Brasch (19 February 1945 in Westow, Yorkshire - 3 November 2001 in Berlin) was a German author, poet and film director. Life Thomas was the son of German Jewish communist emigre parents. Awards 1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director Publications "Sie geht, sie geht nicht", play, 1970 "Das beispielhafte Leben und der Tod des Peter Göring", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1971 "Galileo Galilei – Papst Urban VIII.", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1972 "Der Schweinehirt. Die wilden Schwäne", two radio plays by Hans Christian Andersen, Berlin 1975 "Vom dicken Herrn Bell, der das Telefon erfunden hat", radio play, Berlin 1974 "Herr Geiler", play, 1974 "Lovely Rita", play, 1975 "Poesiealbum 89", Berlin 1975 "Die argentinische Nacht", comedy ba... Biography of Julia Saner
Julia Saner, born on February 19, 1992 in Bern, is a Swiss model. She walks for Gucci, Fendi, Moschino, Gaetano Navarra, Salvatore Ferragamo, Aquilano Rimondi, Roberto Cavalli, Iceberg, Barbara Bui, Dior, Lanvin, Chanel, Blugirl, Max Mara, Brioni, Dries Van Noten, Hakaan, Sharon Wauchob, Céline, Givenchy, Loewe, Elie Saab, Louis Vuitton, Paul&Joe, Alexander McQueen, and Valentino.... Biography of Luke Pasqualino
Luke Pasqualino (born Luca Giuseppe Pasqualino on 19 February 1989 (source: Imdb) in Peterborough, England) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Freddie Mclair in the television series Skins. Early life Pasqualino attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough. He is of Italian heritage: Sicillian on his father's side and Neapolitan on his mother's. He attended the drama classes held by Martin Tempest at Stamford Art Centre. He auditioned for the part of Tony Stonem in Series 1 but it went to Nicholas Hoult. Before landing a part in Skins he performed numerous plays and had done some modelling. Pasqualino also worked in his sister's salon. Career In 2007, Pasqualino played the leading role in a budget film called Stingers Rule!. Pasqualino played Fredd... Biography of Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy. Robinson's consistent commercial success and creative contributions to the label have earned him the title "King of Motown." As an original member of Motown Records' first vocal group The Miracles and as a solo artist, Robinson delivered thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987. He also served as the company's vice president from 1961 to 1988. Biography Early years and formation of The Miracles Robinson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan's North End neighborhood. According to Entertainment Weekl... Biography of Ola Salo
Ola Salo, real name Rolf Ola Anders Svensson, born 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Salo is openly bisexual. Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the Danish film Idioterne (The Idiots). In October 2006 during a party celebrating the new Swedish embassy in Washington, The Ark was performing on stage. As a p... Biography of Christian Zuber
Christian Zuber, born February 19, 1930 in Mulhouse, died July 23, 2005 in Paris (cancer), was a French journalist, author, film producer and lecturer. Bibliography Archipel des Galapagos. Robert Laffont,1961. Paradis des bêtes. Robert Laffont,1964. Le grand safari. Presses de la Cité, 1966. Caméra au poing. Presses de la Cité, 1969. Galapagos. Presses de la Cité, 1971. L'arche de Noé. Flammarion, 1974, ISBN 2082004244. Aux îles Galapagos. Flammarion, 1976, ISBN 2082012506. Les grands singes. Flammarion, 1977, ISBN 2082004376. Vivre pour les animaux. Opera Mundi, 1978. Les oiseaux du ciel. René Moser, 1978, ISBN 2902906013. Tahiti et les plus belles îles du monde. Presses de la Cité. Trésors vivants. Arthaud. Ceylan. Delroisse. Malte Delroisse. Le petit pr... Biography of Arielle Kebbel
Arielle Caroline Kebbel (born February 19, 1985) is an American model and actress. Arielle is perhaps best known for her roles in films such as American Pie Presents: Band Camp, John Tucker Must Die, Vampires Suck, and Aquamarine, as well as TV series including The Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls, and Life Unexpected, on which she played Paige Thomas. She is often considered a Scream Queen, due to her work in notable horror films including The Uninvited and The Grudge 2. Early life and modeling career Kebbel was born in Winter Park, Florida. Her mother, Sheri, is a talent manager and owns a production company. Kebbel graduated from Crenshaw School in Winter Garden. Arielle was a contestant at the 2002 Miss Florida Teen USA beauty pageant. Before pursuing a career in acting, Arielle wa... Biography of Nicolas Hayek
Nicolas George Hayek (19 February 1928, Beirut – 28 June 2010, Biel) was the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swatch Group, with principal Headquarters in Biel. Hayek was born to a Lebanese mother and Lebanese American father, both from well-regarded Greek-Orthodox Christian Lebanese families with deep roots in Lebanon's Northern Governorate of El-Koura. His father was a dentist. Hayek originally headed a business consulting firm, who was called on by a group of Swiss bankers to oversee a liquidation of Swiss watch manufacturing firms ASUAG and SSIH, who were encountering stiff competition from Japanese watch manufacturers. Hayek believed that the Swiss watch manufacturing industry could remain competitive with a restructuring and a focus on different business ar... Biography of Kate Radley
Kate Radley (born 19 February 1967) was a keyboard player for the British rock band Spiritualized, and was, for part of her tenure with the band, in a long-term relationship with the band's frontman and principal creative force, Jason Pierce. She was a member during the time period which saw the release of the Lazer Guided Melodies, Pure Phase and Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space albums, before leaving the band in 1997. She has been married to Richard Ashcroft, frontman of The Verve, since 1995. The couple's first son, Sonny, was born on 23 March 2000. In 2004, their second son, Cassius, was born.... Biography of Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American writer. Best known as a novelist, Hustvedt has also produced a book of poetry, and a number of short stories and essays. She is the author of The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), The Sorrows of an American (2008), and The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010) Background Hustvedt was born in Northfield, Minnesota. Her father Lloyd Hustvedt was a professor of Scandinavian literature, and her mother Ester Vegan emigrated from Norway at the age of thirty. She holds a B.A. in history from St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University; her thesis on Charles Dickens was entitled Figures of Dust: A Reading of Our Mutual Friend. Like her husband, Paul Auster, Hustved... Biography of Marta (footballer)
Marta Vieira da Silva (born February 19, 1986 in Dois Riachos, Alagoas), commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian female football forward who plays for the Western New York Flash of Women's Professional Soccer. She is also a member of the Brazil women's national football team. She has been named FIFA World Player of the Year four times (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) and was the inaugural winner of that award's successor, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, in 2010. She was a member of the Brazilian National Teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also awarded the Golden Ball (MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. In the 2007 Women's World Cup, she won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top ... Biography of Chico Vaughn
Charles "Chico" Vaughn (born February 19, 1940 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American basketball player. At 6'2", he played the guard position. Vaughn is the highest scorer in Illinois high school boy's basketball, tallying 3,358 points during his career at Tamms High School (1954-1958). Vaughn had an unorthodox behind the head release that made his shot difficult to block. After attending Southern Illinois University, Vaughn played five seasons (1962-67) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis Hawks and Detroit Pistons. He joined the rival American Basketball Association in 1967 and played three seasons there as a member of the Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers. Vaughn was the fourth leading scorer (19.9 points per game) on the 1967-68 Pipers team which won... Biography of Jessica Tuck
Jessica Ines Tuck (born February 19, 1963) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live and for her role as Nan Flanagan on True Blood. She may be also known for her role as Madeline Peterson Woods on Days of our Lives. Personal life Tuck was born in New York City and is a graduate of Yale University and Middlesex School. She and her husband have a daughter, Samara, born on March 24, 2003. Career She played Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, and 2004. Tuck played Nicole Brown Simpson in The O.J. Simpson Story and had a leading role in the Olsen twins' straight-to-video movie Billboard Dad. In 1992 she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outst... Biography of Dave Wakeling
Dave Wakeling (born David Wakeling, 19 February 1956, Birmingham, England) is an English rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-Tone band The English Beat and General Public. Career The first The English Beat album, I Just Can't Stop It, was a hit and singles from this album included "Mirror In The Bathroom", "Hands Off She's Mine" and "Can't Get Used To Losing You" which all entered the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. They also had UK hits from the albums Wha'ppen? and Special Beat Service. In 1983 The English Beat disbanded, citing, "every great band only has three really good albums". Wakeling then formed General Public with Ranking Roger in 1984 and they released their debut album, All the Rage. He would go on to... Biography of Tom Angelripper
Tom Angelripper (real name Thomas Such, born 19 February 1963 in Gelsenkirchen) is the founding member and main songwriter of the German thrash metal band Sodom. Biography In this band he plays the bass guitar and handles the vocals. He is highly inspired by the band Motörhead, though Slayer is his favorite band. Originally he played with his fingers, but now uses a pick. He formed Sodom with guitarist Frank "Aggressor" Testegen and drummer Rainer "Bloody Monster" Focke in 1982, in a desperate bid to get out of working in the coal mines that the three had worked in. He also founded a band called Onkel Tom Angelripper which plays metal versions of Schlagers, drinking songs and Christmas carols. In addition, he worked with a side project of Sodom's touring guitarist Alex Kraft, c... Biography of Enzo Scifo
Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo (Italian pronunciation: ; born 19 February 1966 in Haine-Saint-Paul (now La Louvière) is a retired Belgian football midfielder. He was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so. Early life Scifo was born in La Louvière. He proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football and was nicknamed "Little Pele" at his local team. Scifo joined the local side La Louvière aged fourteen but soon transferred to Anderlecht, making his first team debut in 1983. Club career He moved to Internazionale in 1987 but did not do very well, and soon moved to Girondins Bordeaux in 1988 where he again disappointed. His career was revived by a successful move to Auxerre in 1... |
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