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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 24, 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 · 45,665 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,665 Celebrities
162 celebrities or events were found for February, 24. Add to favourites (129 fans)Biography of Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 (source: his birth certificate) – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven gra... Add to favourites (120 fans)Biography of George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a successful but modest career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group. He was also a film producer, with his production company Handmade Films, involving people as diverse as Madonna and the members of Monty Python. From an initial exposure whilst a member of the Beatles, he maintained a high public profile regarding his religious and spiritual life. During the Beatles' heyday, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were its main songwriters though Harrison generally wrote and/or sang lead on one or two so... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Ruquier (born February 24, 1963) is a popular French journalist and TV and radio host. Laurent Ruquier was born in Le Havre, in Normandy. He now currently hosts a talk show called "On a tout essayé", meaning in french "We tried everything", in access prime-time on France 2. He also hosts a talk show on the radio Europe 1. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Ruquier"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amandine (IVF)
Amandine was the first French test-tube baby.... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Kristin Davis
Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis) (born February 24, 1965) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy award-nominated actress best known for the role of Charlotte York on HBO's Sex and the City. Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado. An only child, her parents divorced when she was a baby and she was adopted by her stepfather after he married her mother in 1968. Early in her childhood Kristin and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her adoptive father served as provost and taught psychology at the University of South Carolina. She lived in South Carolina until she graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1983. She then moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University. After graduation in 1987, Davis moved to New York and waited tables before o... Biography of Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1993 after becoming Formula One World Champion for the fourth time. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix . Prost now races on ice in the Andros Trophy. Prost discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He progressed through motor sport's junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 25. He finished in the points on his Formula... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Billy Zane
William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best recognized for his role as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic, and as The Phantom in the 1996 eponymous film based upon the comic book superhero. As of 2007, Zane has appeared in over 50 films and numerous TV-series. Height 6' (1.83 m) Early life Zane was born in Chicago, Illinois to Thalia and William George Zane, Sr., both of whom were amateur actors and founders of a school for medical technicians. His family's original surname, "Zanikopolous", was anglicized to "Zane" by his grandparents. Both of his parents are Greek American and Zane was raised in the Greek Orthodox religion. He has an older sister, Lisa Zane, who is also an actress. After complet... Biography of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair on February 24, 1977), is a professional American boxer who has a record of 39-0 (25 KOs or TKOs). He is the son of Floyd Mayweather Sr., a former welterweight boxing contender. Outside the ring Mayweather flaunts his wealth and lavish lifestyle, often referring to his $1.2 million collection of jewellery. He is known in and around boxing as the greatest boxer of his generation and one of all the best of all time. Since July 18, 2005, he has been rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound for pound boxer in the world. Mayweather has won six world boxing championships in five different weight classes; he is the current WBC welterweight champion. He was named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007. In his last bout, h... Biography of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (February 24, 1463 -November 17, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher. He was celebrated for the events of 1486, when at the age of twenty-three, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the famous Oration on the Dignity of Man which has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance", and a key text of Renaissance humanism. Pico was born at Mirandola, Emilia-Romagna, the younger son of the family of the Counts of Mirandola and Concordia, feudal lords of a small region in the province of Emilia-Romagna. A precocious child with an amazing memory, he was schooled in Latin, and possibly Greek, at a very early age. Intended for the Church by his mother, he was named a pa... Biography of Chris Fehn
Christopher "Chris" Michael Fehn pronounced "Criss Fan" was born February 24, 1973 (source Internet Movie Database), and is one of three percussionists in the nu metal band Slipknot. Chris uses a Pinocchio style mask, which has been seen in many different colors and styles with the nose of the mask always staying at 71⁄2 inches (about 19 cm) long. Chris was a college football kicker before the start of Slipknot. He does most of the backup vocals together with Shawn "Clown" Crahan, but bassist Paul Gray also performs them in many live songs. Masks Chris actually owns 5 types of masks which are mostly different colors. His best-known mask is the regular tanned leather mask used during the Iowa tour and videos. Another well known mask is Fehn's red mask used mainly in the Sublimi... Biography of Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver (born February 24, 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian actress and film and television director. Personal life Shaver was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in a small town near Toronto, Ontario with her five sisters. As a child, she suffered from rheumatic fever and was forced to spend six months of each year in bed. Shaver is married to top key grip Steve Smith (whom she met on the set of Desert Hearts); they have a son. Career Shaver has worked with such directors as Sam Peckinpah, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Brian De Palma. In 1978 she won a Canadian Film Award for her role as "Ann MacDonald" in the film In Praise of Older Women. In 1985, she appeared in the film Desert Hearts as a 1950s university professor who falls in love with another woman... Biography of Sophie Howard
Sophie Howard (born February 24, 1983) is a glamour model from Southport, England. She appears regularly on Page Three and in lads mags like Maxim, Zoo Weekly and Loaded. She has often been photographed with other big-bust models like Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh. In August 2005 Howard was voted number 1 in Loaded magazine's "Most Beautiful Breasts" poll, and in the same year she was voted 73rd in the UK FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll. In the 2006 poll she rose to 68th place. Howard has featured on the cover of Loaded more than any other model, appearing five times - beating Jordan by one cover. Height: 5 ft. 8 in. Sophie Howard was born and raised in Southport, England. She attended Christ the King Catholic High school, and was in the Salvation Army until she was 16. At 17, she becam... Biography of Guy Desnoyers
Guy Desnoyers, born February 24, 1920 in Nancy, was a French priest and criminal. As a young man, Guy Desnoyers wanted more than anything else to be a surgeon. But there was no money in his family to pay for long years of medical education, so after brooding for a while over his lost dreams. Guy. at the age of 29, turned to the priesthood. As the abbé of the little village of Uruffe in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, he became a dynamo of public service, always busily organizing youth groups, a theatrical society, football team and other worthwhile projects. On Sundays, his sermons crackled with reproof of parishioners less disposed to such constant activity, but even the reproved agreed that handsome, young Abbé Desnoyers was a godsend to the flock. The most devoted, perhaps, of ... Biography of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (or Charles I of Spain) (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands (1506-1555), King of Aragon (1516-1556), King (until 1555 on behalf of his mother the queen Joana I) of Castile (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519-1521), King of the Romans (or German King), (1519-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558) and Holy Roman Emperor (1530-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558). In Spain, though he is often referred to as Carlos V or Carlos Quinto, he ruled officially as Carlos I, Charles I of Spain. He was the son of Philip of Burgundy and Joanna the Mad of Castile. His paternal grandparents were Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy whose daughter Margarete of Austria raised him. His mat... Biography of Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947 (birth time source : Lena Accurso, Astrodatabank)) is a Mexican American (with dual citizenship) actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Stand and Deliver. He has also been a longtime pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Latinos in the U.S. media in addition to his most notable roles/work by him starring, directing and producing films... Biography of Alessandro Gassman
Alessandro Gassman (born February 24, 1965) is an Italian actor. Born in Rome, he is the son of the famous actor Vittorio Gassman and Juliette Maynel. He debuted at 17 in Di padre in figlio, written and directed by his father, and later studied in the Teathre Workshop of Florence. Among his theatrical activity, he was noted for his playing in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Affabulazione (1984). In 1993 he began a series of collaboration with Gianmarco Tognazzi with popular movies like Uomini senza donne, Facciamo festa, Teste di cocco and Lovest, and as dubbers and theatre actors as well. In 1997 he imposed internationally with Ferzan Ozpetek's Hamam. He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his parfum Opium, and issued a sexy calendar for the Italian magazine... Biography of Plastic Bertrand
Plastic Bertrand (born Roger Allen François Jouret, 24 February 1954, Brussels) is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for his 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi". Biography Early life and bands He was born in Brussels of a French father and Ukrainian mother. At the age of nine, he became a singer and drummer in the Buffalo Scouts Band, a group he formed with the Boy Scouts, who performed covers of Rolling Stones songs. He later formed a band called The Pelicans who performed at parties, later changing their name to Passing the Time, extending their act in bars, clubs and at festivals along the Dutch and Belgian coast. Later he was hired by pirate radio station Radio Veronica. Meanwhile, he continued his education a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin Malvy
Martin Malvy, born February 24, 1936 in Paris, is a French journalist and politician.... Biography of Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965. Hewitt is currently ranked 21 in the world. Hewitt is known for his competitiveness and wins most of his matches with relentless aggression, fitness, consistent shots, and highly skilled footwork. Hewitt spent much time in the late stages of 2004 working with his former coach and good friend, Roger Rasheed, on bulking up his physique. His hard work paid off after he made it to the final of the 2005 Australian Open, bef... Biography of Gérard Longuet
Gérard Edmond Jacques Longuet, born February 24, 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French politician, member of UMP.... Biography of Zofia Borucka
Zofia Borucka, born on February 1973 in London, is a Polish model and actress, married with French actor Jean Reno. They have a son, Cielo Reno, born on July 2009 in New York City. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1028279/ ) 2003 Sex and the City (TV series) Hostess – The Post-it Always Sticks Twice (2003) … Hostess 2003 Death of a Dynasty Damon Dash's Nanny 2002 Just a Kiss Flight Attendant 2001 K-PAX - L'homme qui vient de loin Woman on Train 2000 Famous Soap Actress... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Stirn
Olivier Stirn, born February 24, 1936 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French politician.... Biography of Paula Zahn
Paula Zahn (born February 24, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American newscaster, most recently the host of Paula Zahn Now on CNN. On 24 July 2007, she announced her resignation from CNN. The final broadcast of Paula Zahn Now aired August 2, 2007. Early life and career Zahn initially grew up in Canton, Ohio, with her parents and three siblings. The family relocated to Naperville, Illinois, as her father's job as an IBM sales executive required them to move frequently. She once joked that "IBM" really stood for "I've been moved". She attended Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville and later graduated from Naperville Central High School in 1974. She also competed in several beauty pageants, making the finals of the 1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant. Zahn continued her education at St... Biography of Teri Weigel
Teri Weigel (born February 24, 1962) is a pornographic actress and former Playboy centerfold. Teresa Susan Weigel grew up in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and began her career as a lingerie catalog model for companies such as Saks Fifth Avenue. She first appeared on the cover of the November, 1985 issue of Playboy, and then was the Playboy Playmate for April, 1986. (See List of people in Playboy 1980-1989.) Weigel also appeared in a number of Playboy videos before her relationship with Playboy ended acrimoniously in 1990, and she has claimed that Playboy has tried to interfere in her post-Playmate career. Measurements Bust: 34"B Waist: 21" Hips: 34" Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight 108 lb (49 kg/7.7 st) In addition to modeling, Teri appeared in a minor role on NBC's Miami Vice duri... Biography of Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva (born February 24, 1927 in Cheniménil, France) is a French actress who is best known for her role in Hiroshima, Mon Amour, her film debut. She also appeared in Adua e le compagne, Léon Morin, prêtre, Thérèse Desqueyroux (for which she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival), Thomas l'imposteur, The Eyes, the Mouth, Three Colours: Blue and Venus Beauty Institute. Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress.... Biography of Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist of Armenian descent. Legrand has composed more than two hundred film and television scores, several musicals, and made well over a hundred albums. He has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations), five Grammys, and has been nominated for an Emmy. He was twenty-two when his first album, I Love Paris, became one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever released. He is a virtuoso jazz and classical pianist and an accomplished arranger and conductor who performs with orchestras all over the world. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1943-50 (ages 11-20), working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger, the teacher also of many other composers, including Aaron Copland a... Biography of Jean-Marie Cavada
Jean-Marie Cavada (born 24 February 1940 in Mirecourt, Vosges) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and chairs the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member of the delegation to the EU–Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee. Career University studies (1962) Journalist director for information with television companies (France 2, France 3, TF1) (1974-1982) Producer of information programmes (1987-1999) Chief executive officer of FR5 (education channel) (1994-1997) Chief executive officer of Radio France... Biography of Pete Duel
Pete Duel (24 February 1940 – 31 December 1971) was an American actor, best known for his role in the television series, Alias Smith and Jones. Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Early life Peter Ellstrom Deuel was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in nearby Penfield. Duel's parents, Dr. Ellstrom Deuel and Mrs. Lillian Deuel, were active citizens in Penfield and took part in many community projects. Duel had two younger siblings – a brother, Geoffrey Deuel, and a sister, Pamela Deuel. In later years, Duel often fondly reminisced about his childhood, much of which was spent playing in the woods that were outback of his family home. It would provide the basis for a passion for the environment that would continue throughout his life. Duel came from a long line of doctors and it was ... Biography of Melchior de Vogue
Eugène-Melchior, vicomte,de Vogüé (February 24, 1848–March 29, 1910) was a French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. Born in Nice, France, he served in the Franco-Prussian War, and on the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the Third Republic, being appointed successively attaché to the legations in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, then secretary to the embassy in Saint Petersburg. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of Ardèche to the French National Assembly. His connection with the Revue des deux mondes began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especi... Biography of Chad Hugo
Charles Hugo (born February 24, 1974), also known as Chase Chad is a Filipino-American, Grammy Award-winning producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes (along with Pharrell Williams) and is a member of funk/rock band N*E*R*D. He is a saxophonist, pianist, and guitarist. Early life Hugo was born in the South Hampton Roads city of Portsmouth, Virginia. He grew up in Virginia Beach with two Filipino parents; his father is a retired Navy officer. Chad is the youngest of three children, an older sister AnnaFe and older brother coincidentally named Victor, who is also a musician, likely after the famous writer. He met Pharrell Williams in the seventh grade during a summer program for gifted students. The two began working together, mixing beat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Charles Gicquel
Jean-Charles Gicquel (born February 24, 1967 in Ploërmel) is a retired high jumper from France, who set his personal best (2.35 m) on 1994-03-13 in Paris. He is a four-time national champion for France in the men's high jump event. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Height 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy DNQ 2.10 m 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie Morocco 1st 2.22 m 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia DNQ 2.24 m 1993 Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 1st 2.26 m World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th 2.25 m 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd 2.35 m European Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th 2.25 m... Biography of Franz von Stuck
Franz Stuck (February 24, 1863 - August 30, 1928) was a German Symbolist/Art Nouveau painter, sculptor, engraver, and architect. He is considered by some to be one of the artistic inspirations to German Fascism. Life and Career Stuck was born at Tettenweis, in Bavaria. From an early age he displayed an affinity for drawing and caricature. To begin his artistic education in 1878 he went to Munich, where he would settle for life. From 1881 to 1885 Stuck attended the Munich Academy. He first made a name with cartoons for Fliegende Blätter, and vignette designs for programmes and book decoration. In 1889 he exhibited his first paintings at the Munich Glass Palace, winning a gold medal for The Guardian of Paradise. In 1892 Stuck co-founded the Munich Secession, and also executed his f... Biography of Emily Didonato
Emily DiDonato (born February 24, 1991) is an American model. She was raised in a small town in Orange County in upstate New York and is of Irish and Italian ancestry. After a family friend encouraged her to pursue modeling, she signed with Request Model Management in 2008 and booked jobs as the face of Guess? clothing for spring 2009 and as a model in Ralph Lauren's "Rugby" spring 2009 advertisement campaign. In May 2009, she was signed as the latest face of Maybelline New York, a notable accomplishment for a model who had just graduated from high school with only a few months of modeling experience, and made her television commercial debut for the company's "Color Sensational Lip Color" line, alongside Christy Turlington, Jessica White, and Julia Stegner. DiDonato began modeling... Biography of Richard Bandler
Richard Wayne Bandler (born February 24, 1950) is an American author on personal development. He is best known as the co-inventor (with John Grinder) of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). He also developed follow-up systems known as Design Human Engineering (DHE) and Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning (NHR). Education and Background Bandler holds a BA (1973) in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and an MA (1975) in Psychology from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) Main articles: Neuro-linguistic programming, History of NLP Co-founding of NLP Richard Bandler was invited by Bob Spitzer, owner of Science and Behavior Books to attend trainings by Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir, and was later hired by ... Biography of Louise Woodward
Louise Woodward, born on February 24, 1978 in Elton (birth time source: Monica Dimino, Astrodatabank), is an English victim. The Louise Woodward case concerned a young English au pair convicted, at age 19, of the involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen while he was in her care in his home in Newton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Background Five days after being admitted to the Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, Matthew Eappen fell into a coma, before dying on February 9, 1997, from a fractured skull and subdural hematoma. He was also found to have a fractured wrist, an unnoticed and unexplained injury from a month earlier. Dr Lois Smith, an ophthalmologist, observed retinal hemorrhages judged characteristic of shaken-baby syndrome. In a statemen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Hélan
Serge Hélan (born 24 February 1964 in Point-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe) is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well. He also competed in the long jump from time to time, his personal best was 8.12 metres. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 6th Triple jump 1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 1st Triple jump 1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th Triple jump 1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 2nd Triple jump 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 9th Triple jump Mediterranean Games Narbonne, Franc... Biography of Antoine de Villon
Antoine de Villon, born February 24, 1589 in Apt, was a French astrologer.... Biography of Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm (24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm. He was born in Hanau, Germany and in 1803 he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jacob started there. In 1825 Wilhelm married Henriette Dorothea Wild, also known as Dortchen. From 1837-1841, the Grimm Brothers joined five of their colleague professors at the University of Göttingen to form a group known as the Göttinger Sieben (The Göttingen Seven). They protested against Ernst August, King of Hanover, whom they accused of violating the constitution. All seven were fired by the king. Wilhelm Grimm died in Berlin at the age of 73. In Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm, Academy Award winner Matt Damon played a fictionalized ... Biography of Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN (24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet ("CinCPac" pronounced "sink-pack"), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving Fleet Admiral. Early life Chester W. Nimitz, a German Texan, was the son of Chester Bernhard and Anna (Henke) Nimitz. He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, where his house is now the A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Bompard
Jacques Bompard (1943, Montpellier) is a French politician, member of Philippe de Villiers' Movement for France (MPF) and former member of the far-right National Front (FN). As a student, Bompard created in the University of Montpellier in the beginning of the 1960s a network of support to the OAS far-right terrorist organization which supported "French Algeria" during the Algerian War (1954-62). He then became a member and national secretary of Occident. Bompard became member of the National Front at his creation in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. He resigned after being excluded from the political bureau in September 2005. Bompard was one of the FN mayor, elected in Orange in June 1995 and reelected in 2001. After having resigned from the FN, he joined in three months later, in December... Biography of Abe Vigoda
Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigodah (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. Early life and family Vigoda was born in New York City, the son of Lena (née Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father was a tailor and his brother Bill Vigoda was a comic-book artist who drew for the "Archie" comics franchise and others in the 1940s. Career Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably as mobster Sal Tessio in the 1972 movie The Godfather. He later played Detective Sgt. Fish on the television series Barney Miller and its spinoff Fish. Before Barney Miller, he made a few appearances on the ABC-TV soap Dark Shadows. He has appeared on Broadway in Marat/Sade (1967), The Man in the Glass Booth (1968), Inquest (1970), Tough... Biography of Giuditta Saltarini
Giuditta Saltarini, born February 24, 1941 in Roma, is an Italian actress. Filmographie (Source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759036/ ) Ovunque sei (2004) .... Rita "Don Matteo" .... Carla (1 episode, 2004) - Il delitto del biberon (2004) TV Episode .... Carla "Maresciallo Rocca, Il" (1 episode, 2003) ... aka Maresciallo Rocca 2, Il (Italy: second season title) ... aka Maresciallo Rocca 3, Il (Italy: third season title) ... aka Maresciallo Rocca 4, Il (Italy: fourth season title) ... aka Maresciallo Rocca 5, Il (Italy: fifth season title) - Senza perdono (2003) TV Episode "Vivere" (1999) TV Series .... Colette Dubois Lampada di Wood, La (1994) Camilla (1992) (TV) "Racconti di Padre Brown, I" .... Ethel (1 episode, 1971) - Il re dei ladri (1971) T... Biography of Kristin dos Santos
Kristin dos Santos (née Veitch; born February 24, 1975) is an American television personality and columnist for the E! Entertainment Network. She covers television series appearing on all major U.S. broadcast, cable and premium networks. Biography Early life and career Dos Santos was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her family moved to San Diego, California the same year she was born. She graduated from Poway High School in Poway, California, then continued on to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor of Art degree in communications. After college she went to work for various Southern California newspapers as a reporter and an editor before moving on to the E! Network where she got the "Watch with Kristin" site. Santos has a blog on E!’s website where... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franz Burda
Franz Burda, born February 24, 1903 in Philippsburg, died September 30, 1986 in Offenburg, was a German publisher.... Biography of Vincent Voiture
Vincent Voiture (24 February 1597 - 26 May 1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orleans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions. Although a follower of Gaston, he won the favour of Cardinal Richelieu, and was one of the earliest members of the Académie Française. He also received appointments and pensions from Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. He published nothing in book form, but his verses and his prose letters were the delight of the coteries, and were copied, handed about and admired more perhaps than the work of any contemporary. He had been early introduced to the Hôtel de Rambouillet, where he was the especial friend of Julie d'Angennes, who ca... Biography of James Farentino
James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 100 television, film and stage roles, among them The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty. Career Among his many television appearances, Farentino guest starred in 1964 with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., in the episode "Super-Star" of the CBS drama series, The Reporter, with Harry Guardino in the starring role of journalist Danny Taylor of the fictitious New York Globe newspaper. Early in 1967, he appeared in Barry Sullivan's NBC western series The Road West in the episode "Reap the Whirlwind". In 1969, he starred opposite Patty Duke in the film Me, Natalie. Farentino was one of the lawyers in NBC TV series The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969-1972) which also starred Burl Ives and J... Biography of John Ogonowski
John A. Ogonowski (February 24, 1951, Lowell, Massachusetts – September 11, 2001) was a pilot and an agricultural activist. A resident of Dracut, Massachusetts, Ogonowski was a leading figure on behalf of farming in Massachusetts, particularly for immigrant farmers from Cambodia, whom he assisted as part of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. He was a pilot in the U. S. Air Force for seven years. From 1978 to the end of his life, Ogonowski flew airplanes for American Airlines. He died on September 11, 2001, when the airplane he was flying, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center. It is believed that he was stabbed to death before the plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Before dying, he managed to engage the... Biography of Princess Louise of Orléans
Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure of Orléans (born 24 February 1882 in Cannes, France ; died 18 April 1958 in Seville, Spain ) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe of Orléans (1838-1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as "Philippe VII". Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848-1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. Marriage and issue On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, England Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870-1949), Prince of the Two-Sicilies and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Spain. The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 childr... Biography of Renata Scotto
Renata Scotto (born February 24, 1934) is an Italian soprano. Since retiring from the stage as a singer in 2002, she has turned to directing opera as well as teaching at her own opera academy in Italy and New York. Her New York Academy is held in the month of June at the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains. Scotto presents a public master class and hosts a final recital of her students. She also attends a benefit to support the academy. In 2006, that benefit featured tenor Marcello Giordani. Renata Scotto was born in Savona, Italy. She made her operatic debut in her home town on Christmas Eve of 1952 at the age of 18 in front of a sold-out house as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata. The next day, she made her 'official' opera debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan as Violetta. S... Biography of Raymond A. Lucker
Raymond A. Lucker, born February 24, 1927 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an Amercian Roman Catholic priest and bishop.... Biography of Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is arguably best known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as well as the mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theatre. Biography Early life Bostwick, one of two children, was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Betty (née Defendorf), a homemaker, and Henry "Bud" Bostwick, Jr., a city planner and actor. His only sibling, Henry "Pete" Bostwick, was killed in a car accident on June 20, 1973. Bostwick attended San Diego's United States International University in 1967, majoring in acting, and worked for a time as a circus performer. Career In 1972, Bostwick originated the role of bad boy, Danny ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Dumayet
Pierre Dumayet, born February 24, 1923 in Versailles, died on November 17, 2011, is a French journalist, author and TV host.... Biography of Henri Nassiet
Henri Nassiet, born February 24, 1895 in Bègles, died April 16, 1977 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography Actor Maman Pierre (1922) de Maurice Challiot Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936) de Claude Heymann L'Innocent (1937) de Maurice Cammage La griffe du hasard (1937) de René Pujol Un carnet de bal (1937) de Julien Duvivier La glu (1938) de Jean Choux Fort Dolorès (1938) de René Le Hénaff Ma soeur de lait (1938) de Jean Boyer Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède (1939) de Maurice Cammage : Jack La Fin du jour (1939) de Julien Duvivier : Gaston Noblet La Charrette fantôme (1939) de Julien Duvivier : Gustave Le Feu de paille (1940) de Jean Benoît-Lévy : Despagnat L'Entraîneuse (1940) de Albert Valentin : Freddy Derrière la façade (1940) de Georges Lacom... Biography of Jean Marin
Yves Morvan, best known as Jean Marin, born February 24, 1909 in Douarnenez, died June 3, 1995 in Paris, was a French journalist and member of Resistance movement during WWII.... Biography of Jean Alexander
Jean Alexander (born 24 February 1926 (source: Imdb) in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is an English television actress. She is best known to British television viewers as Hilda Ogden on the soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played from 1964 - 1987. Although she always had aspirations to become an actress, she began her working life as a library assistant in Liverpool, but after five years the pull of the theatre became irresistible. She began her acting career in 1949 at the Adelphi Guild Theatre in Macclesfield, and then toured in repertory companies in Oldham, Stockport and York. During this time she worked as an actress, wardrobe mistress and stage manager. Her television debut was in the hit television police series Z-Cars. She first appeared in Coronation Stree... Biography of Lance Reventlow
Count Lance von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow or Lance Reventlow (February 24, 1936–July 24, 1972) was a wealthy playboy, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He was the stepson of actor Cary Grant. Count Lance von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow was the only child of Danish nobleman Count Curt von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow and American socialite Barbara Hutton who almost died giving birth to him. He was born at Winfield House in London, built by his mother and named for her grandfather Frank Winfield Woolworth. His parents' marriage was a tumultuous one, filled with his father's emotional and physical abuse of him and his mother, and his mother's growing alcohol and drug addiction. She had inherited the Woolworth department store fortune and was then one of the wealthiest women in the wo... Biography of Alexis Curvers
Alexis Curvers, born February 24, 1906 in Liège, died February 7, 1992, was a Belgian writer. He was the husband of writer Marie Delcourt. Works Bourg-le-Rond, Paris, Gallimard, 1937. (en coll. avec Jean Hubaux) Printemps chez des ombres, Paris, Gallimard, 1939. (Réédition avec une lecture de Françoise Tilkin, Bruxelles, Labor, 1987) Entre deux anges, chroniques, Bruxelles, Audace et le Rond-Point, 1955. Tempo di Roma, Paris, Laffont, 1957. (Rééditions Paris, Laffont, 1985 et Arles, Actes Sud, 1991, avec une préface de Jacques Peuchmaurd et une lecture de Véronique Jago-Antoine) Participation à l'anthologie Il était douze fois Liège, Liège, 1980 considérée comme une réponse à La Belgique malgré tout de J.Sojcher paru la même année avant le Manifeste pour la culture wallonne (19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaston Reiff
Gaston Reiff (February 24, 1921 – May 6, 1992) was a Belgian athlete, winner of the 1948 Olympic title in the 5,000 m. Reiff was born in Braine-l'Alleud, and competed in boxing and football before switching to running. His greatest performance is no doubt his 5000 m title at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In a rainy London, he held off Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek, winner of the 10000 m, who closed in fast in the final meters. By winning, he became the first Belgian track and field athlete to win an Olympic title. Apart from his Olympic championship, Reiff also set world records in the 2000 m, 3000 m and 2 miles, and won a bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 1950 European Championships. He won 24 national titles, and set 26 national records; in 1951 he possessed all Belgian records on dista... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Abourezk
James George Abourezk (born February 24, 1931) is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab-American to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1973 until 1979. Early life Born to Christian Lebanese parents, who had emigrated from the southern Lebanese village of EI-Kfeir , Abourezk was born in Wood, South Dakota and lived in South Dakota most of his life. Between 1948 and 1952, he served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Back in the U.S., he received a degree in civil engineering from South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1961, and then earned an advanced degree from University of South Dakota School of Law in Vermillion in 1966. He passed the ba... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Kucheida
Jean-Pierre Kucheida, born February 24, 1943 in Liévin, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti socialiste).... Biography of Steven Hill
Steven Hill (born February 24, 1922) is an American film and television actor. His two better-known roles are District Attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, whom he portrayed for ten seasons (1990–2000), and Dan Briggs, the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on CBS's television series Mission: Impossible, whom he portrayed only in the initial season of the show (1966–1967). Early life and career Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky in Seattle, Washington. After serving four years in the Naval Reserve, Hill made his first New York stage appearance in Ben Hecht's A Flag is Born in 1946, which also featured a young Marlon Brando. Hill says his big break came when he landed a small part in the hit Broadway show Mister Roberts. "The director, Joshua Lo... Biography of Sammy Kershaw
Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Kaplan, Louisiana) is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than twenty-five singles have entered Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and ten more Top Ten hits: "Cadillac Style", "Anywhere but Here", "Haunted Heart", "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer", "I Can't Reach Her Anymore", "National Working Woman's Holiday", "Third Rate Romance", "Meant to Be", "Vidalia", and "Love of My Life". Early life and career Sammy Kers... Biography of Mitch Hedberg
Mitchell Lee Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 29, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and unconventional comedic delivery. Hedberg's comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes, and observational comedy, mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs. Hedberg's comedy and on-stage persona gained him a cult following, with audience members sometimes shouting out the punchlines to his jokes before he could finish them. Early life Mitch Hedberg was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Arnold and Mary Hedberg. He graduated from Harding High School in Saint Paul and was married to Canadian comedian Lynn Shawcroft on February 25, 1999. Career Hedberg began his career in 1989 playing open mic nights in southern Florida. Two years later, ... Biography of Todd Field
William Todd Field, known professionally as Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor, producer, composer, screenwriter, and three time Academy Award-nominated writer/director. Biography Background and personal life Field was born in Pomona, California, where his family ran a poultry farm. When Field turned two his family moved to Portland, Oregon, where his father went to work as a salesman, and his mother became a school librarian. He graduated from Centennial High School on Portland's eastside a budding jazz musician and briefly attending Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University) in Ashland on a music scholarship, but left after his freshman year favoring a move to New York to study acting. Once there, he began performing with the Ark Theatre... Biography of Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun (24 February 1619 – 22 February 1690) was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France. Biography Early life and training Born in Paris, he attracted the notice of Chancellor Séguier, who placed him at the age of eleven in the studio of Simon Vouet. He was also a pupil of François Perrier. At fifteen he received commissions from Cardinal Richelieu, in the execution of which he displayed an ability which obtained the generous commendations of Nicolas Poussin, in whose company Le Brun started for Rome in 1642. In Rome he remained four years in the receipt of a pension due to the liberality of the chancellor. There he worked under Poussin, adapting the latter's theories of art. On his return to Paris in 1646, Le Brun fou... Biography of Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President, running with presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket. He and his running mate won the popular vote, but ultimately failed to gain the electoral votes needed to win the heavily controversial election. Lieberman ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate while he was also Gore's running-mate, and he was re-elected by the voters of Connecticut. He attempted to become the Democratic nominee in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Périllat
Guy Périllat (born February 24, 1940) is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s. At age 20, Périllat won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in downhill, and the gold medal in the combined, a non-Olympic event at the time, but a World Championship title. The following year, Périllat won both the classic downhills of Wengen and Kitzbühel, at the time only the third racer to have accomplished the feat in the same season. The count now includes ten racers, with Austrians as the only multiple double-winners; Toni Sailer twice (1956-57), and Franz Klammer three consecutive (1975-77). The others are Christian Pravda of Austria (1954), Jean-Claude Killy of France (1967), Karl Schranz of Austria (1969), Roland Co... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Jonah Bobo
Jonah Bobo (born January 24, 1997 in New York (source: Imdb)) is an American actor. Life and career Bobo was born in New York. His mother, Denise Raimi, is a physical therapist and personal trainer (she played his character's foster mother in Choke), and his father, Scot, works in software. He has a younger sister named Georgia. His great-grandmother was Tampa businesswoman and philanthropist Salha "Mama" Bobo. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home. His first film role was in the 2004 independent film, The Best Thief in the World. He co-starred opposite Christopher Walken and Josh Lucas in the 2004 drama Around the Bend, playing the youngest of a four-generation family. Bobo was subsequently cast in the big-budget fantasy film Zathura, which opened in November 2005 to a disappo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Wiggin
Sir Alfred William Wiggin, known as Jerry Wiggin, (born 24 February 1937) is a British Conservative Party politician. Born in Worcestershire, Wiggin was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge and became a farmer in Clevelode, Worcestershire. Wiggin contested Montgomery in 1964 and 1966. He became Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare in the 1969 by-election after the death of David Webster. He defeated Tom King in the selection contest for this by-election. He served until he retired at the 1997 general election. Wiggin was a junior Armed Forces minister from 1981 to 1983. In May 1995, he apologised to the House of Commons for having tabled amendments to a Bill in Standing Committee in the name of fellow MP Sebastian Coe, but without Coe's knowledge or c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Pellat
René Pellat, born February 24, 1936 in Hussein-Dey, Algeria, and died (accident) August 4, 2003, was a French scientist, a former President of CNES (The Centre National d'Études Spatiales). The Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public administration with industrial and commercial purpose"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris and it's placed under the supervision of the french Ministries of Defense and Research. It operates out of the Centre Spatial Guyanais, but also has payloads launched from other space centres operated by other countries. CNES formerly was responsible for the training of French spationauts, but the last of them were transferred to the European Space Agency in 2001.... Biography of Léon van Daele
Leon Vandaele (Ruddervoorde, 24 February 1933 – Oostkamp, 30 April 2000) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris-Roubaix. Palmarès 1954 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 1956 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Omloop van het Houtland 1957 Threedays of Antwerp Paris-Brussels Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Halle-Ingooigem 1958 Paris-Roubaix Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1959 Gent-Wevelgem 1961 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Nokere-Koerse... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848–29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. Born in Nice, France, he served in the Franco-Prussian War, and at the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the Third Republic, being appointed successively attaché to the legations in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, then secretary to the embassy in Saint Petersburg. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of Ardèche to the French National Assembly. His connection with the Revue des deux mondes began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especial... Biography of Thierry Dubois
Thierry Dubois, born February 24, 1967 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is a French skipper.... Biography of Klara Zakopalova
Klára Zakopalová (born as Klára Koukalová on February 24, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional female tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague, the capital. Career In her career Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, in 2005 on the grass of Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September of that year on the hard courts of Portorož (Slovenia). In January 2006 she played a comeback player Martina Hingis, at the WTA Tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, whom she lost to in the second round of the tournament. Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. Klara has not had a successful year in singles or doubles, with over ten first-round loss... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Famechon
André Famechon, born February 24, 1922 in Maubeuge, is a French boxer, the brother of boxers Ray Famechon and Emile Femchon.... Biography of Ibn Battuta
Hajji Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد ابن بطوطة), or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad–Din (February 24, 1304–1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller known for the record of his travels and excursions published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). His journeys spanned nearly thirty years and covered almost the entire known Islamic world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance far surpassing that of his predecessors and his... Biography of Todd E. Fisher
Todd E. Fisher, born February 24, 1958 in Burbank, California, is an American businessman, the son of Debbie Reynolds and her husband Eddie Fisher.... Biography of Jacques de Dixmude
Jules Marie Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude (February 24, 1858, Stavelot (birth time source: Lescaut) – November 24, 1928) was a Belgian general. He founded Albertville in Congo in 1894. His role in The Congo Free State was questioned in the Casement report. Later, on the Belgian soil, he commanded the 3rd Belgian army division from 5 February 1917 to 4 October 1919. His troops prevented Diksmuide falling into the hands of the German army. This military achievements led to his elevation to Baron of Dixmude in 1919. Alphonse Jacques in Congo 1903.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sébastien Bosquet
Sébastien Bosquet (Dunkirk, France, February 24, 1979) is a French handball player.... Biography of Jane Swift
Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and the former Governor of Massachusetts. A Republican, she is to date the only woman to hold that position, serving from 2001 to 2003. At the time she became governor, Swift was the youngest person in the country to hold the position. She had previously served as Lieutenant Governor. In 1990, at the age of 25, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Massachusetts Senate. She currently resides in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Early life Descended from an Irish-Italian political family in North Adams, Massachusetts, Swift learned politics from her father who was active in the Massachusetts Republican Party. In 1987, she graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a degree in American studies a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emanuele Naspetti
Emanuele Naspetti (born February 24, 1968 in Ancona) is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on August 30, 1992. He scored no championship points. He was considered for the Forti drive for the 1995 season.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Burleson
Tommy Loren Burleson (born February 24, 1952 in Crossnore, North Carolina) is an American and former collegiate and professional basketball player. A 7′2″ center, Burleson played for North Carolina State University's 1974 NCAA National Championship team. As a collegian, Burleson teamed with superstar David Thompson, guard Monte Towe and forward Tim Stoddard (who would go on to have success as a Major League Baseball pitcher) to dethrone UCLA and win the 1974 NCAA Championship. Burleson was the MVP of the 1973 and 1974 ACC Tournaments and was All-Final Four in 1974. Burleson's defense of UCLA superstar Bill Walton was key to the Wolfpack's semifinal win. He was a member of the 1973 World University Games Gold Medal basketball team. When Burleson was recruited he was offici... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Landré
Guillaume Landré (24 February 1905 in 's Gravenhage – 6 November 1968 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer of operas, 4 symphonies, and chamber music. His father, Willem Landré was also a composer; Guillaume studied under him. He also studied under Willem Pijper who had some influence on Landré's early works. Later in his career Landré experimented with serial techniques and jazz influences. From 1950 to 1962 he acted as chairman of the Dutch Society of Composers. In addition to composing he also studied and taught law.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor. Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for La Discrète and in 2005 for Kings and Queen. Garrel was the father of producer Thierry Garrel and director Philippe Garrel, and the grandfather of actor Louis Garrel. Garrel died in Paris, aged 88.... Biography of Jean-Pierre Vidal
Jean-Pierre Vidal (born February 24, 1977 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France) is a French alpine skier. As a young skier, he focused mainly on downhill. After hurting his knee, however, he decided to go for slalom. In 2002, he had his best year, winning a gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics and a victory in the World Championships. A song was called after him (Slalom dans la tête) and in the French ski resort Les Sybelles, a lift was named after his gold medal as well (Médaille d'Or in La Toussuire). After this fantastic year, it took Vidal until 2006 to return to the highest level of skiing competition. In January 2006, he won a race in Kitzbühel. Barely a month later, on February 24, 2006, he broke his forearm during a training session in Turin. He then decided to stop his professiona... Biography of Jules Saliege
Jules-Géraud Saliège (February 24, 1870—November 5, 1956) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toulouse from 1928 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Born in Mauriac, Crouzy-Haut, Saint-Flour, Jules-Géraud Saliège studied at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris before being ordained to the priesthood on September 21, 1895. He then taught at the minor seminary in Pleaux until 1903, and at the seminary in Saint-Flour from 1903 to 1907, when he was named its rector. He was made an honorary canon of the cathedral chapter of Saint-Flour on September 14, 1905, before becoming an honorary vicar general on March 31, 1918. During World War I, he served as a military chaplain. On October 29, 1925, Saliège wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Manuel de Sica
Manuel De Sica, born February 24, 1949 in Rome, is an Italian composer. Compositions Voice per clarinetto (1971) (Edizioni Ricordi) Appunti per pianoforte per pianoforte (1971) (Edizioni Ricordi) Tre momenti per l’arpa – Sonata per arpa (1972) (Edizioni Ricordi) Canti sotto le feste per coro di voci bianche (1990) Su testi di M. De Sica (Edizioni Pentaflowers) Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini – Suite per Orchestra (1998) (Ediz. BMG Ricordi) Adagio per violoncello e pianoforte (1999) (Ediz. BMG Ricordi) Adagio per viola o clarinetto e pianoforte (1999) Edizioni Sugar Music Cinema Suite per piccola orchestra (1998) (Ediz. EMI – Sugar BMG Ricordi) Tre film di papà per pianoforte (1999) (Ediz. EMI – Sugar BMG Ricordi) Discography Canti sotto le feste per coro di voc... Biography of Sílvia Pfeifer
Silvia Pfeifer, born February 24, 1958 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, is a Brazilian actress and former model. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679394/) # "Bela, a Feia" .... Vera Ávila (5 episodes, 2009-2010) - Episode dated 24 February 2010 (2010) TV episode .... Vera Ávila - Episode #1.10 (2009) TV episode .... Vera Ávila - Episode #1.6 (2009) TV episode .... Vera Ávila - Episode #1.5 (2009) TV episode .... Vera Ávila - Episode #1.1 (2009) TV episode .... Vera Ávila # "Casos e Acasos" .... Ana Paula Gueiros (1 episode, 2008) - Ele é Ela, Ela é Ele e Ela ou Eu (2008) TV episode .... Ana Paula Gueiros # "Pé na Jaca" .... Maria Clara (60 episodes, 2006-2007) - Episode dated 15 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Maria Clara -... Biography of Pope Clement VIII
Pope Clement VIII (February 24, 1536 – March 3, 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from January 30, 1592 to March 3, 1605. Early life and education Pope Clement VIII in pietre dure by Jacopo Ligozzi.Born at Fano to an undistinguished Florentine family, the Aldobrandini, whose fortune he was to make, he studied law under his father, an able jurist; his ecclesiastical career was as a lawyer: successively consistorial advocate, auditor of the Sacra Rota Romana and the Datary. Cardinal He was made a cardinal 1585 by Pope Gregory XIII. Pope Sixtus V named him grand penitentiary in January 1586 and in 1588 sent him as legate in Poland. He placed himself under the direction of the reformer Philip Neri, who for thirty years was his confessor. Aldobrandini won the gratitude of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Gruber
Paul Blake Gruber (born February 24, 1965 in Madison, Wisconsin (source: Stephen Przybylowski)) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fourth overall in the 1988 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin. Professional career Gruber spent his entire National Football League career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1988 to 1999. He never missed a snap in his first five years in the league. Over his 12-year career he appeared in 183 games, starting all 183 of those game, which was a Buccaneers record until Derrick Brooks broke it in 2007.... Biography of Klara Koukalova
Klára Zakopalová (born as Klára Koukalová on February 24, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional female tennis player. She was born and still lives in Prague, the capital. Career In her career Zakopalová has reached eight singles finals and won two, in 2005 on the grass of Rosmalen (Netherlands) and in September of that year on the hard courts of Portorož (Slovenia). In January 2006 she played a comeback player Martina Hingis, at the WTA Tournament in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, whom she lost to in the second round of the tournament. Zakopalová was seeded No.29 at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Bychkova of Russia. Klara has not had a successful year in singles or doubles, with over ten first-round losses... Biography of Arthur Pearson
Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet, GBE (24 February 1866 – 9 December 1921) was a British newspaper magnate and publisher, most noted for founding the Daily Express. Early life Pearson was born in the village of Wookey, Somerset to Arthur Cyril and Phillippa Massingberd Maxwell (Lyte) Pearson and educated at the prestigious Winchester College in Hampshire. His father was Rector of Drayton Parslow in Buckinghamshire, England per the District 16, Drayton Parslow, Buckinghamshire, England 1881 Census. His first job was as a journalist working for the London-based publisher George Newnes. Within his first year he had impressed Newnes enough for him to make him his principal assistant. Career In 1890, after six years of working for Newnes, Pearson left to form his own publishing ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Fratello
Michael Robert "Mike" Fratello (born February 24, 1947 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American color analyst and former professional basketball coach. He previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Background Fratello graduated from Hackensack High School, where he was captain of the basketball, baseball, football and field hockey teams. He was named to the Bergen "All County" Football team as a center in his senior year. He then went on to Montclair State College in Montclair, New Jersey to play football. Upon graduation he returned to Hackensack H.S. as an assistant for both the basketball and football teams. Fratello then went on to the University of Rhode Island as a graduate assistant assigned to head coach Tom Carmody, also coac... Biography of August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 (source for his time of birth: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank) – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the so-called Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction and biography. A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious Sac Prairie Saga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Boyle
Billy Boyle, born February 24, 1945 in Dublin, was an actor on British film, television and stage. He was for a time the straight man to Basil Brush, a part he landed after several years playing 'Ronald MacDonald' in a series of UK TV ads for the fast food chain. In 1968 he appeared in "The Canterbury Tales" at the Phoenix Theatre in London. He later presented a programme, Dance Crazy for ITV on the history of dance with Lesley Judd. He was seen as Widow Twankey in Pantomime 'Aladdin' in Basingstoke at Christmas 2008. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102195/ ) 1996-2010 The Bill (TV series) Mr. Rodgers / Vicar – Walk on My Grave (2010) … Vicar – Cheating (1996) … Mr. Rodgers 2008 Coronation Street (TV series) Priest – Episode #1.6931 (2008) … Priest – Episod... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Binju wa Mutharika
Dr Bingu wa Mutharika (born February 24, 1934) is a Malawi economist, politician, and the current President of Malawi. He first took office on May 24, 2004, after winning a disputed presidential election. With the support of President Bakili Muluzi, Mutharika won the 2004 election as the candidate of the United Democratic Front (UDF); he broke with the UDF (which remained under Muluzi's control) in February 2005, however, due to disagreements over Mutharika's anti-corruption campaign. He then formed a new party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but lacked a parliamentary majority for the rest of his first term. He won a second term in the May 2009 election. His supporters credit him with responsible policies that have encouraged economic growth. Born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Chamblee
Eddie Chamblee, born on February 24, 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia, died on May 1, 1999, was an Amercian jazz musician and saxophonist. External link: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=5634... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stuart Henry (DJ)
Stuart Henry (24 February 1942, Edinburgh - 24 November 1995, Luxembourg) was a disc jockey on pirate radio station Radio Scotland, then BBC Radio 1 from its start in 1967. He left the BBC in 1974 to join Radio Luxembourg. Replace this image male.svg He subsequently suffered for many years with multiple sclerosis and he worked through his illness until he became too ill to broadcast, being assisted on air during his later years by his wife Ollie, the illness accounting for his later distinctive rather halting speech delivery. On 2 December 2004 he was posthumously inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame, honouring his outstanding contribution to UK radio.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Armand de Roquelaure
Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure (Lassouts, Aveyron 24 February 1721 - 23 April 1818), was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. He was appointed Bishop of Senlis (France) on 17 March 1754 and resigned on 21 September 1801. He was appointed Archbishop on 9 April 1802.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Magnusson
Bob Magnusson (New York, N.Y., February 24, 1947) is a bassist best known for his jazz and studio work and has a personal discography in excess of 150 albums and CDs. Career Bob Magnusson has worked with scores of well known names in modern jazz. He studied French horn for 12 years before switching to bass in 1967. Very quickly he was touring with Buddy Rich's Orchestra (1968), playing with the San Diego Symphony and Sarah Vaughan (1971-72 and 1975-76). A studio musician for decades, he was part of the co-op group Road Work Ahead from 1979-82, and worked or recorded with John Klemmer, Art Pepper, Benny Golson, Joe Farrell, Linda Ronstadt (with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra), Bud Shank, Laurindo Almeida, Shorty Rogers, Bob Cooper, Lou Donaldson, Clifford Jordan, George Cables, Victor Lewi... Biography of Johann Baptist Cramer
Johann Baptist Cramer (24 February 1771 – 16 April 1858) was an English musician of German origin. He was the son of Wilhelm Cramer (1746–1799), a famous London violinist and musical conductor of German origin, one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries. Johann Baptist Cramer was born in Mannheim and was brought to London as a child, and it was in London that the greater part of his musical efforts was exercised. From 1782 to 1784 he studied the piano under Muzio Clementi, and soon became known as a professional pianist both in London and on the continent; he enjoyed a worldwide reputation, and was particularly appreciated by Beethoven. He was the English publisher of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 and is credited wit... Biography of Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (24 February 1817 (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin) – 16 August 1882) was a French general. Ducrot served in Algeria, in the Italian campaign of 1859, and as a division commander in the Franco-Prussian War. At the Battle of Sedan on 1 September 1870, he succeeded to command of the French army when Marshal Mac-Mahon was wounded early in the morning. By that time, it was obvious that a disastrous defeat was inevitable. Ducrot summed up the situation with the famous remark Nous sommes dans un pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés. (We are in a chamber pot, and we're going to be shit on.) Ducrot ordered the army to withdraw, but then General de Wimpffen presented a commission authorizing him to succeed Mac-Mahon. Wimpffen overruled Ducrot, and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geneviève Levy
Geneviève Levy (born February 24, 1948 in Marseille) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Var department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Suzanne Bianchetti
Suzanne Bianchetti (24 February 1889 – 17 October 1936) was a film actress. Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses. She appeared as Marie Antoinette in Abel Gance's 1927 epic, Napoléon and worked with many of the early notables of the silent film era such as Antonin Artaud and the singer, Damia. She was married to writer and actor René Jeanne (1887–1969) who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées. Prix Suzanne Bianchetti Main article: Prix Suzanne Bianchetti When Suzanne Bianchetti died in 1936 at the age of 47, the following year her husband created an award in her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress. It was given for the f... Biography of Jacques Rebillard
Jacques Rebillard (born February 24, 1954 in Strasbourg) is a Frenc politician, a former Member of Parliament (Radical Party of the Left) (1997 - 2002).... Biography of Arnold Dolmetsch
(Eugène) Arnold Dolmetsch (24 February 1858 - 28 February 1940), was a French-born musician and instrument maker who spent much of his working life in England and established an instrument-making workshop in Haslemere, Surrey. He was a leading figure in the 20th century revival of interest in Early Music. Dolmetsch's early life The Dolmetsch family was originally of Bohemian origin, but (Eugène) Arnold Dolmetsch, the son of Rudolph Arnold Dolmetsch and his wife Marie Zélie (née Guillouard) was born at Le Mans, France, where the family had established a piano-making business. It was in the family's workshops that Dolmetsch acquired the skills of instrument-making that would later be put to use in his early music workshops. He studied music at The Brussels Conservatoire and learnt t... Biography of Guy Owen
Guy Owen (February 24, 1925 – 25 July 1981) was a novelist, poet, editor, critic and teacher. He was born in Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina, and grew up on a tobacco farm. Although his college education was interrupted by three years as an army private in Europe during World War II, he ultimately earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although he never returned there to live, his Depression-era boyhood in the Cape Fear region, spent accompanying his grandfather to auctions and clerking at his father's general store, informed his writing, providing him with a lifetime of material for his fiction and poetry. In the years between earning his M.A. and his Ph.D., Owen taught briefly at Davidson College and Elon Co... Biography of Marc Lincourt
Marc Lincourt, born February 24, 1944 in Terrebonne, Quebec, is a Canadian artist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Yves Riocreux
Jean-Yves Riocreux, born February 24, 1946 in Marlhes, Loire, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Pontoise (2003 - ).... Biography of Jessica-Jane Clement
Jessica-Jane Clement (born 24 February 1985 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English glamour model, actress and TV presenter. Education She attended High Storrs School in Sheffield, studied Performing Arts and Psychology at The Sheffield College before going on to study at the Dartington College of Arts. Career Clement made her name in the BBC production The Real Hustle where, along with Alex Conran and Paul Wilson, she demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets on members of the public, to show viewers how to avoid being fooled by them. She featured similar trick-demonstration roles in one-off special Don't Miss a Trick. Other roles include Cindi Marshall in the British Sky TV series Dream Team for two seasons 2005-2007, and... Biography of Bradley McGee
Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France. His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the Tour de France, and leading the race for three days in 2003. In 2004 he wore the leader's pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia for one day. In 2005 he wore the leader's golden jersey for four days in the Vuelta a España. He was the first Australian to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours. Brad McGee riding for Française ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (born 24 February 1971) is a Formula One driver who has participated in 87 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren and Sauber teams, debuting on 7 March 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point at his first race. He has scored a total of 35 championship points, which includes a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. On 21 November 2011, it was announced that de la Rosa had signed a two-year contract to drive for the HRT F1 team.... Biography of Rudolf Ganz
Rudolph Ganz (24 February 1877 – 2 August 1972) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer. He claimed direct descent from Charlemagne. Biography Ganz was born in Zurich, Switzerland. A pupil of Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin, he became head of piano studies at the Chicago Musical College in 1901. From 1921 to 1927 he was the conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and did much to raise it to the top rank of orchestras. While in St. Louis, he was initiated as an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1924 at the University of Missouri. From 1928 he returned to teach at the Chicago Musical College, serving as its president from 1934 to 1958. He died in Chicago. Ganz was active in the promotion of new music throughout his career. In 1923 he received the Légio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brigitte Douay
Brigitte Douay (born 24 February 1947 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the Committee on Budgets. She is also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee. Career Degree in classics (1968), graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies Teacher (1971) Editorial secretary on 30 jours d'Europe (1971–1972) Editorial secretary on issues of the Moniteur devoted to public works (1972–1973) Journalist (1974–1977) Press attaché to Pierre Mauroy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Abram Topor
Abram Topor, born on February 24, 1903 in Warsaw, died in 1992, was a French painter born in Poland.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Radford
Michael Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. Early life and career Radford was born on 24 February 1946, in New Delhi, India, to a British father and an Austrian Jewish mother. He was educated at Bedford School before attending Worcester College, Oxford. After teaching for a few years, he went to the National Film and Television School, becoming a student there in its inaugural year. Between 1976 and 1982 Radford worked as a documentary film maker, mostly on projects for the BBC, covering subjects such as Scottish islanders on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides who believe in the literal truth of the Bible: The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel; the soprano Isobel Buchanan: La Belle Isobel; the singer songwriter Van Morrison: Van Morris... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ulrich de Maizière
Ulrich de Maizière (German pronunciation: ; 24 February 1912 – 26 August 2006) was a German general. He served as an aide to general Adolf Heusinger during World War II and later succeeded Heusinger as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, holding the position from 1966 to 1972. His brother Clement de Maizière decided to stay in the Soviet-occupied part of Germany and became one of the founding members of the CDU (Ost), his nephew Lothar de Maizière was the last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), while his son Thomas de Maizière currently serves as Federal Minister of Defense. He belonged to a noble family of French Huguenot origin, originally from Maizières-lès-Metz.... Biography of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
tanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (February 24, 1885 – September 18, 1939) more commonly known as "Witkacy" was a Polish playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher. Life Born in Warsaw, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was the son of painter, architect and art critic Stanisław Witkiewicz. His godmother was the internationally famous actress Helena Modrzejewska. Witkiewicz was reared at the family home in Zakopane. In accordance with his father's antipathy to the "servitude of the school," the boy was home-schooled and encouraged to develop his talents across a range of creative fields. Witkiewicz was close friends with Karol Szymanowski and, from childhood, with Bronisław Malinowski and Zofia Romer. Following a crisis in Witkiewicz's personal life due to ... Biography of Inguna Butane
Inguna Butane (born February 24, 1986 in Riga), sometimes simply known as Inguna, is a Latvian model. Inguna was discovered when a contest was held in Latvia, where she met agents from Women Management in Milan, Italy, but decided to finish her degree of Interior Design. She then went to Moscow, Russia, and then went to New York, USA, to start her career. She has been in ad campaigns for Armani Jeans, Bergdorf Goodman, Dolce & Gabbana, L'Oréal, mark, and Neiman Marcus. Her runway work includes Fendi, Alexander McQueen, Viktor and Rolf, Yohji Yamamoto, Alice Roi, Baby Phat, Belstaff, Gucci, Versace, and Oscar de la Renta. She is currently signed with Mother New York. Currently she is the face of Escada and Bottega Veneta, along with models Julia Dunstall and Chanel Iman. She wal... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Stapleton
John Stapleton (born 24 February 1946 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English television presenter. Television career Stapleton is an award winning journalist with more than 40 years experience in newspapers and television. His career began on local newspapers in the North West of England before becoming a staff reporter on the Daily Sketch in Fleet Street. His first job in television was as a researcher and script writer on "This is Your Life" presented by the late Eamonn Andrews. He subsequently worked as a reporter on the Thames TV regional news magazine show Today from 1971 until 1975.He joined the BBC Nationwide programme in 1975 as a reporter, and then became one of the main presenters from 1977 until 1980.While on Nationwide he also carried out major investigations in... Biography of Brian Close (cricketer)
Dennis Brian Close (born 24 February 1931), usually known as Brian Close, is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked for the Test team to play against New Zealand, in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times (six wins, one draw). Close also captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. Throughout his cricket career, which lasted from 1948 until the 1977 season, Close was one of ... Biography of Henry Houssaye
Henry Houssaye (also Henri) (24 February 1848 – 23 September 1911), was a French historian and academician. He was born in Paris, the son of the novelist Arsène Houssaye. His early writings were devoted to classical antiquity, his knowledge drawn partly from visits to the actual Greek sites in 1868. He published successively Histoire d’Apelles (1867), a study on Greek art; L'Armée dans la Grèce antique (1867); Histoire d’Alcibiade et de la République athénienne, depuis la mort de Périclès jusqu’à l’avènement des trente tyrans (1873); Papers on Le Nombre des citoyens d'Athènes au Vème siècle avant l’ère chrétienne (1882); La Loi agraire à Sparte (1884); Le premier siège de Paris, an 52 avant l’ère chrétienne (1876); and two volumes of miscellanies, Athènes, Rome, Paris, l'histoire et les... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vladimir Chekasin
Vladimir Chekasin, born on February 24, 1947 in Sverdlovsk, is a Russian musician, saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Lawrence
Barbara Jo Lawrence (born February 24, 1928) is an American film actress. Lawrence was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma. She began her career as a photographer's model at a very young age, and appeared in her first film, Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945). She was featured in the swashbuckler, Captain From Castile (1947) with Tyrone Power. While finishing her studies at UCLA, she attracted the attention of talent scouts, and Lawrence was soon co-starring in a handful of 20th Century Fox movies, including A Letter to Three Wives, The Street with No Name, Thieves' Highway and Here Come the Nelsons. In January 1947, aged 18, she married John Fontaine, an actor known professionally as Jeffrey Stone. The marriage was kept secret until June 28, 1947, when her mother gave Barbara a church wedd... Biography of Bruno Aveillan
Bruno Aveillan (born February 24, 1968 in Toulouse) is a director, a photographer and a multimedia artist. Bruno Aveillan is one of France's most distinguished and internationally sought after commercials director. After graduating from Ecole Supérieur des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, he joined Quad Productions in Paris. Since then, he has achieved international acclaim for directing sophisticated cinematographic commercials for clients such as Coca-Cola, Lexus, Louis Vuitton, Jaguar, Nintendo, Lanvin, Chanel, Acura, Perrier, Miller Beer, Audi, Orange, Club Med, Bailey's, Lacoste, Nike, Volvo, FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Guerlain and Philips. Aveillan first made his name with awards-winning spots for Perrier "La Foule" and Paco Rabanne's "XS". He was also directing alongside Martin Scorsese, Won... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andy Crane
Howard Andrew 'Andy' Crane (born 24 February 1964, Morecamb (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford, British Entertainers, 1997 ) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Children's BBC between 1987 and 1990 and for his current work as presenter on BBC Radio Manchester. Career Crane started his career in radio before applying for Children's BBC in 1987, taking over as sole presenter from Philip Schofield. This role saw him present the interstitial sections of the schedule through the use of in-vision continuity. Presenting from the continuity announcer's booth, nicknamed 'The Broom Cupboard', Crane presented links on until leaving in 1990, to be replaced by Andi Peters. In addition to Children's BBC, Crane also acted as a relief presenter on Top of the Pops... Biography of Antony Dupuis
Antony Dupuis is a French tennis player. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol, and was suspended for two and a half months. Personal life Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He is coached by Beniot Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli has coached Dupuis since February 1998.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexei Kovalev
Alexei "Alex" Vyacheslavovich Kovalev (Russian: Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв, Aleksey Vyacheslavovich Kovalyov; born February 24, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the New York Rangers, with whom he was originally drafted and has won a Stanley Cup in 1994. One of his nicknames among francophone Canadiens fans is L'Artiste (The Artist) due to his stickhandling prowess. Playing career Alex Kovalev was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, first round, 15th overall, becoming th... Biography of Horia Damian
Horia Damian, born February 24, 1922 in Bucharest, is a Romanian painter and sculptor. He lives in Paris, France. His work "La Colline" was constructed for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.... Biography of Stéphan Rizon
Stéphan Rizon, born on February 24, 1987 in Agen, is a French songer, and the winner of The Voice: La Plus Belle Voix (The Voice: The Most Beautiful Voice), a reality singing competition and French version of The Voice of Holland. It is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. The first episode was aired on February 25, 2012. It is the second version of the show in the French language after The Voice Belgique. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coa... Biography of Mazan (cartoonist)
Mazan, born Pierre Lavaud on February 24, 1968 in Périgueux, is a French author and cartoonist. Publications (French) Aux éditions Delcourt Le grand mal (1990) Lumière sur le front (1992) Ville basse (1995) Le Vaillant Petit Tailleur (1996) Apprendre à frissonner (+ luxe) (1998) Dans l'cochon tout est bon (2000) L'hiver d'un monde (2001) Donjon Monsters Jean-Jean la terreur avec Lewis Trondheim et Joann Sfar (2001) Le renard et le bouc in la fontaine aux fables (2002) collectif C'est aujourd'hui dimanche (2004) La grenouille et le bœuf in la fontaine aux fables, tome 2 (2004) collectif La vie par procuration in chansons pour les yeux (JJ Goldman) (2004) collectif La cabane du pêcheur in les beaux dessins (F Cabrel) (20... Biography of Mark Moses
Mark W. Moses (born February 24, 1958) is an American actor. Moses was born in New York City, the brother of actor and singer Burke Moses. As a character actor with appearances on projects ranging as diverse as Big Momma's House 2 (2006), Platoon (1986) and Star Trek: Voyager (1999), Moses was always reliably employed, but never became a household name in America. This changed in 2004, when Moses was cast in the role of Paul Young on the hit ABC dramedy Desperate Housewives (2004-07). As the disturbed husband of the deceased (suicide victim) Mary Alice Young, Moses played one of the pivotal figures in the show's original main mystery. He currently plays Herman "Duck" Phillips on the AMC series Mad Men. Moses played the title character, "a Wall Street creep", in a 2006 Off-Broad... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heini Wathén
Heini Wathén (born 24 February 1955 in Hanko, Finland) is a former model and Miss Viking pageant winner married to Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, with whom she has four children: daughters Jasmine and Camilla, and sons Kareem and Omar. Heini Al-Fayed was the stepmother of Dodi Al-Fayed, the lover of Princess Diana. Pageants Miss Viking, 1972, winner Miss Finland, 1977, finale References Nigel Rosser (1998-06-02), Meet Mohamed Fayed's better half, Evening Standard (London)... Biography of Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry (born February 24, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. Early life McCurry began studying film history cinematography and filmmaking at Penn State in 1968, but ended up getting a degree in theater arts and graduating cum laude in 1974. He became very interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper called The Daily Collegian. Career His photojournalism career began with his coverage of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. McCurry disguised himself in native dress and hid his film by sewing it into his clothes. His images were among the first of the conflict and were widely published. His coverage won ... Biography of Ona Grauer
Ona Grauer is a Mexican–Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of the Ancient Ayiana and later Emily Young in the science fiction television franchise Stargate. Life and career Grauer was born Ona-Margarita Grauer in Mexico City, Mexico. She moved to Canada as a child, and was raised in Nelson, British Columbia. Grauer's mother worked as a caterer on MacGyver, the show whose star, Richard Dean Anderson, Grauer would later act with in Stargate SG-1. Her height is 5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m). Grauer has appeared in a number of films such as House of the Dead and Deep Evil. She has also appeared in a number of television series besides the Stargate franchise, such as First Wave, The Net, Sliders, Freedom, Smallville, Tarzan, Andromeda, Archer and ABC-TV's re-imagined V series. Gra... Biography of Brian Schmidt
Brian P. Schmidt (born February 24, 1967) is a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is widely known for his research in using supernovae as Cosmological Probes. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Federation Fellowship. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Early life and education Schmidt, an only child, was born February 24, 1967 in the Montana mountains where his father was a fisheries biologist. When he was 13, his family relocated to Anchora... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sébastien Rouault
Sébastien Rouault (born 24 February 1986 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines) is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. On August, 11, 2010, France's Sebastien Rouault timed his race to perfection overhauling long-time leader, Pal Joensen of the Faroe Islands, to win the men's 1500m freestyle in national record 14:55.17.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Akermanis
Jason Dean "Aker" Akermanis (born 24 February 1977) is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs. He currently plays for Glenorchy Magpies Football Club in Tasmania State League. Early career Akermanis grew up in Victoria, moving to Queensland in his youth where he was educated at Wavell State High School then at St. Joseph's Nudgee College and played football with the Mayne Football Club where he was spotted by Brisbane Bears talent scouts. He completed year 12 at high school (aged 18) during his first year with the Brisbane Bears. AFL career Brisbane Bears (1995–1996) Akermanis was a solid contributor to the Brisbane Bears midfield (wing), with his pace an... Biography of Nicole Faverón
Nicole Faverón (born February 24, 1988 (birth time source from an email)) is a model and Peruvian pageant titleholder who will represent her country in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant. In 2008, Faverón won the Super Model of Perú pageant and represented her country at the Supermodel of the World pageant in 2009 where she signed with Ford Models. In 2010 she won a contract for be the image of Maybelline. Miss Perú 2011 Faverón, who stands 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), competed as Loreto, one of 12 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant Miss Perú 2011, held on June 25, 2011 in Callao, where she obtained the Miss Elegant award. She placed as 1st Runner-Up. 2012 Designation Due to the restructuring that is carrying out the Miss Peru organizacion, Nicole was appointed to represent... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anjanette Kirkland
Anjanette Kirkland (born 24 February 1974 in Pineville, Louisiana) is an American hurdler. In 2001 she won gold medals at the World Indoor Championships and the World Championships, the latter in a career best time of 12.42 seconds. She also competed at the World Championships in 1997 and 2003 without reaching the final. Vital Information and Career Highlights Anjanette Kirkland was born February 24, 1974 in Pineville, Louisiana. Kirkland attended Taft High School, as well as Holmes High School. She ran during her college career at Texas A&M in 1997. In 2003, she gave birth to daughter Jadin on May 4th. Kirkland sponsored by Nike, with the help of her coach Tony Ross, and agent, Kimberly Holland briefly reached the top of the top of the sport. Weighing in at 145 pounds and being... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dafne Molina
Dafne Molina Lona (born February 24, 1982 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican model who represented her country in Miss World 2005, held in Sanya, China on December 10, 2005. Biography Prior to becoming a beauty queen, Dafne Molina participated in Elite Model Look Mexico 2002 and later received her diploma in interior design. On September 10, 2004, she competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza México, held in San Luis Potosí. Placing second to Laura Elizondo of Tamaulipas, who became Miss Mexico Universe, Molina obtained the title of Miss Mexico World, which gave her the right to represent Mexico in the Miss World pageant. There, Molina placed as the First Runner-up to Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland and obtained the title of Miss World Americas 2005. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rodrigue Beaubois
Rodrigue Beaubois (born February 24, 1988 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French professional basketball player who was drafted 25th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks after being drafted. He is listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and he plays the shooting guard position. Pro career Beaubois was discovered by NBA player Mickaël Piétrus at an open basketball camp in his native home island, Guadeloupe, located in the French West Indies. He made his professional debut in the 2006-07 season with Cholet Basket in the French Pro A League. He was selected 25th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder, who traded him, along with a future 2nd round draft pick, to the Dallas Mavericks for B.... Biography of Carlo Verri (agronomist)
Carlo Verri (February 24, 1743 in Milan - July 7, 1823) was an Italian politician and agronomist. Born in Milan, he was the brother of literates Alessandro and Pietro Verri. During the Napoleonic suzerainty in Italy, he was deputy and prefect in the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of Italy. In the town of Biassono there is now a museum dedicated to him . He died at Verona.... Biography of Line Beauchamp
Line Beauchamp (born February 24, 1963 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec) is a Quebec politician. She served as Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Montreal riding of Bourassa-Sauvé as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Line Beauchamp was Minister of Education, Sports and Leisure until she resigned on May 14, 2012 during the 2012 Quebec student strike. Formerly Minister for Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from April 17, 2007 to 2010, she was also the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2003 to 2007. Beauchamp studied at Université de Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1985. Between 1987 and 1998 she became the director of several community and social institutions including Montreal's non-profit and community radio s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zach Johnson (golfer)
Zachary Harris Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and the 2007 Masters champion. Background The son of a chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids, the oldest of Dave & Julie Johnson's three children. Playing many sports as a youth (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. He played #2 on the Regis High School golf team and led them to an Iowa 3A state championship in 1992, his sophomore year. Following graduation from high school in 1994, Johnson enrolled at Drake University in Des Moines. As the #2 player on the Drake golf team, he led the Bulldogs to three NCAA regional meets and two Missouri Valley championshi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Honus Wagner
Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (play /ˈhɒnəs ˈwæɡnər/; February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955 ), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Lowell
Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. During a 13-year career, Lowell played for the New York Yankees (1998), Florida Marlins (1999–2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006–2010). With the Red Sox, he was named World Series MVP of the 2007 World Series for batting .400 with 1 HR, 4 RBI, 6 runs scored and a stolen base in the four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies. Biography Early years and personal life Lowell was born in Puerto Rico to Carl and Beatriz Lowell on February 24, 1974. His parents were born in Cuba, and are of Irish and Spanish ancestry. His family relocated to Miami, Florida when Lowell was four years old. As a high school sophomore, he was chosen to play for the varsity baseball team at Christopher C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bronson Arroyo
Bronson Anthony Arroyo (born February 24, 1977 in Key West, Florida) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and an aspiring musician. He has previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002 and Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005. Bronson is a Cuban-American and grew up in Brooksville, Florida and pitched for Hernando High School, graduating in 1995. Professional career Pittsburgh Pirates Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1995 draft, Arroyo made his major league debut with Pittsburgh in 2000. Boston Red Sox He came to the Boston Red Sox after being selected off waivers before the 2003 season. On August 10, 2003, Arroyo pitched the fourth nine-inning perfect game in the 121-year history of the Internation... Biography of Wilson Bethel
Stephen Wilson Bethel (born February 24, 1984) is an American actor and the son of American author Joyce Maynard. Bethel is best known for his role as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. As of 2011 he can be seen in the role of Wade Kinsella when he is on the CW Network comedy-drama, Hart of Dixie. Career Before becoming a regular on The Young and the Restless, Bethel had been seen on television in various one-time roles on shows such as JAG, Cold Case, and NCIS. Those small parts were followed up by a role in the 2008 Vietnam War film, 1968 Tunnel Rats where he played the Army Special Ops soldier, Corporal Green. This was followed by his role as Corporal Evan "Q-Tip" Stafford in the 2008 HBO mini-series Generation Kill; Bethel appeared in all 7 epi... Biography of David Wineland
David Jeffrey Wineland (born February 24, 1944) is an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physics laboratory in Boulder. His work has included advances in optics, specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations. In 2012 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Career Wineland graduated from Encina High School in Sacramento, California in 1961. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1965 and his PhD in 1970 working under Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. at Harvard University. His doctoral dissertation is entitled "The Atomic Deuterium Maser". He then worked as a postdoc in Hans Dehmelt's group at the University of Washington before joining the ... Biography of Semih Kaya
Semih Kaya (Turkish pronunciation: , born 24 February 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Galatasaray and the Turkish national team. His surname means "rock" in Turkish and his nickname is "the Rock" given by fans due to his strength and surname. Club career Galatasaray He joined Galatasaray's youth academy from Altay's youth team when he was 15. On 25 February 2007, when he was playing with older young players in the season of Süper Gençler Ligi (Super Teen League), in the match between Galatasaray and Beşiktaş J.K. at 5. minute of the game a kick from Batuhan Karadeniz came to his head, he collided, had to leave game and went to a hospital for a head surgery (Coagulation). When he woke up after the surgery, a nurse told him with humor : "When you recover, you wi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Anne de Bourbon, Duchess of Vendôme
Marie Anne de Bourbon (24 February 1678 – 11 April 1718) was the daughter of the Prince of Condé and a Bavarian princess by birth. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a Princesse du Sang. She was the duchesse de Vendôme by marriage. She was the Duchess of Étampes in her own right. Biography Born in Paris in 1678, she was ninth child of her parents and in her youth was known as Mademoiselle de Montmorency - a style which was derived from one of her grandfathers titles. Her father, the Duke of Bourbon, was the eldest surviving son of the Grand Condé - the famous general and the First Prince of the Blood. One of the last of her many siblings to marry, she was the sister-in-law to the: Louise Françoise de Bourbon - eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV of France... Biography of Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell (24 February 1939 – 16 May 1992) was an Austrian actress who became a cult figure of 1960s Italian B-movies. She was born as Marlies Theres Moitzi in Graz, Austria. Life and career In 1963, she was involved in a violent automobile accident in France. For six hours, she lay unconscious, unaware that she nearly lost her right eye. The disfigurement extended to her lip as well. She spent the next two years undergoing plastic surgery, and no damage remained in her face, except for a distinctive curl of her upper lip. She turned down a seven-year Hollywood contract, saying that while the payment would have been great, "the contract was a whole book. I think that even to go to the toilet I would have needed a permission." In 1967, she performed the title role in the "utterl... Biography of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
Matthias of Austria (24 February 1557 – 20 March 1619) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 (as Matthias II) and King of Bohemia from 1611. He was a member of the House of Habsburg. Biography Matthias was born in the Austrian capital of Vienna to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain. Matthias married Archduchess Anna of Austria, daughter of his uncle Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, whose successor in Further Austria Matthias became in 1595. Their marriage did not produce surviving children. In 1578, Matthias was invited to the Netherlands by the States-General of the rebellious provinces, who offered him the position of Governor-General. Matthias accepted the appointment, although the position was not recognized by his uncle,... Biography of Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston, February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. Early life Shocked was born Karen Michelle Johnston on February 24, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, at the Baylor University Medical Center. Her stepfather was in the US Army and the family moved from base to base. Her mother was Mormon and she was raised in that faith. Her mother had her committed to a psychiatric hospital for a time during her teenage years. She went through a punk rock phase, wearing a Mohawk hairdo and squatting in abandoned buildings in San Francisco. Career In 1984, Shocked adopted the stage name "Michelle Shocked", often misquoted as "Miss Shell Shocked" or "Me-Shell-Shocked" as in the misquote in Green Left Weekly: "The term 'Miss Shell Shocked' is a direct refere... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He was known as one of the most reliable and productive hitters of his era. Murray is regarded as one of the best switch hitters ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. Early career Murray was the eighth child of twelve and still has 5 sisters and 4 brothers, and has often quipped that as a child, he did not have to go far for a pick-up baseball game. The games were quite fierce and his older brothers never let him win. He carried that competitive edge to each of his next levels of baseball. At his Hall of Fame induction, Murray thanked his little league coach, Clifford Prelow, for teaching him not just th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rafael Gordillo
Rafael Gordillo Vázquez (born 24 February 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer. A tremendously offensive left wingback, equally at ease as defender and midfielder and with a good effort rate, he had an unmistakable style of playing with his socks down, he represented with individual and team success Betis and Real Madrid, appearing in 428 La Liga games and scoring 38 goals (505/47 during his professional career), over the course of 16 seasons. He was a mainstay for the Spanish national team in the 80's, appearing in nearly 80 matches and representing the nation in five international tournaments. Club career Born in Almendralejo, Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Gordillo moved to Seville - from where his parents were originally - when he was just a few months old. He grew up i... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Lívian Aragão
Livian Aragão, born on February 24, 1999 ni Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress, the daugther of actor Renato Aragão. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1048068/) 2012 Acampamento de Férias 3 (TV mini-series) Lili 2010 A Princesa e o Vagabundo (TV movie) Lili 2009 Uma Noite no Castelo (TV movie) Lili 2008 O Guerreiro Didi e a Ninja Lili Lili 2007 O Segredo da Princesa Lili (TV movie) Lili 2006 O Cavaleiro Didi e a Princesa Lili Princesa Lili 2006 Didi - O Caçador de Tesouros Belinha (as Lívian Taranto Aragão) 2004 Didi Quer Ser Criança Candy Girl 2003 Didi: O Cupido Trapalhão (as Lívian Taranto Aragão) 2001 Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 2 (video) 1999 O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul 1998 A Turma do Didi (TV series)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Beth Broderick
Elizabeth Alice "Beth" Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress famous for her portrayal of the character Zelda Spellman in the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 1996–2003 on ABC and then the Warner Bros. network. Early life Broderick was born in Falmouth, Kentucky and grew up in Huntington Beach, California. Even as a child, Beth was interested in theatre. She graduated from high school at sixteen and then from the American Academy of Arts in Pasadena, California, at the age of eighteen. Afterwards, she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. Her mother's name is Nina Broderick. She has two sisters and one brother. Career Billed as Beth Alison Broderick and later as Norris O'Neal, she made her debut in two films, In Love (1983) and Bordello... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is a British and American composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN. Life and career Holmes was born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England. His father, Leonard Goldstein, was a United States Army Warrant Officer and bandleader, his mother, Gwen, was English, and both were musical. Holmes has dual Brit... Biography of Marianne Löfgren
Marianne Löfgren, born on February 24, 1910 in Stockholm, died on September 4, 1957 in Solna, Stockholms län, is a Swedish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530458/) 1956 Lille Fridolf och jag Mrs. Slamse 1956 Nattbarn Lätthammar 1956 Flamman Patient 1956 Egen ingång Mrs. Johansson 1955 Så tuktas kärleken Dinner Guest 1955 Flottans muntergökar Berta 1955 Hoppsan! Juttan Järpe 1955 Friarannonsen Hilda 1954 L'heure du désir Mrs. Johansson 1954 Salka Valka Tordis 1954 Simon syndaren Mrs. Spalding 1954 Ung sommar Helga's landlady 1952 Trots Lisa 1952 Åke klarar biffen 1951 Frånskild Mrs. Ingeborg 1951 Tull-Bom Aurora 1951 Puck heter jag Louise Haglund 1950 Kanske en... |
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