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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 26, 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 · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
130 celebrities or events were found for February, 26. Add to favourites (89 fans)Biography of Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is considered one of the most well-known French Romantic writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issu... Add to favourites (70 fans)Biography of Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American, multi Grammy Award-winning influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his dark clothing, and demeanor, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He traditionally started his concerts with the simple introduction "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Hurt" (a cover of the Nine Inch Nails so... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Hélène Segara
Hélène Ségara (born Hélène Rizzo February 26, 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France) is a French female singer. She was born to an Italian father and a Armenian mother. She got a role in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris, in which she played the role of Esmeralda. On August 30, 2003, she married Mathieu Lecat, they have two sons: Raphaël (born 1 February 1990) and Matteo (born on May of 2003). On November 4, 2006, Hélène took part in the Concert for Tolerance in Agadir, Morocco, where she performed with many international artists( Samira Said ,Zucchero, Pascal Obispo, F.Pagny, Faudel, Cheb Mami, Lorie, and Amina...) Trivia Has released 3 albums: Coeur de verre (1997), Au nom d'une femme (2000) and Humaine(2004). Left home at age 14. Parents:Thérèse and Bernard. She is of I... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright, February 26, 1971) is a Grammy Award winning, American R&B, soul, and hip hop singer and songwriter, whose work encompasses elements of jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion. Early in her career she was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a diverse range of supporting roles. Early Life Badu was born Erica Abi Wright in Dallas, Texas, in 1971. She was one of three siblings raised by single mother Kollen Wright, a former theat... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (French pronunciation: ) (born Michel Thomas), born 26 February 1956 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire; to detractors he is a peddler of sleaze and shock. Having written poetry and a biography of the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft he brought out his first novel Extension du domaine de la lutte in 1994. Les particules élémentaires followed in 1998 and Plateforme in 2001. After a publicity tour for this book, which led to his being taken to court for inciting racial hatred, he went to Ireland to write. He has won the Prix Gonco... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton (born February 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a former hard rock singer. He is best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals. His achievements include selling many albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards. Mainstream success Bolton's hard rock band, Blackjack, once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. He began recording as Michael Bolotin in 1975, after gaining his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan, previously best-known for singing the disco-pop classic "Gloria". Narrowly missing the Top 10 on the U.S. pop chart, Branigan took the song to number one on the Adult Cont... Biography of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (German: Ernst August Albert Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover, in English also known as Ernest Augustus of Hanover) (born 26 February 1954 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany) is the eldest son of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). He is usually styled His Royal Highness The Prince of Hanover and sometimes as Ernest Augustus V. Pretender: Ernest Augustus V of Hanover He is the third and present husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco. He is the pretender to the throne of Hanover. Name and ancestry As the senior male-line descendant of George V... Biography of Virginie Lemoine
Virginie Lemoine is a French humorist and actress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pauline Musters
Pauline Musters or Princess Paulina (February 26, 1876 in Ossendrech - March 1, 1895 in New York) is, at 2 ft (61cm), recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest woman ever recorded. Born in The Netherlands, she died in New York City. References Guinness Book of Records 2005 ISBN 0-85112-192-6... Biography of Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an actor and martial arts expert, winning numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 9 and 18. He has been featured in many action films such as Only The Strong, Double Dragon, Crying Freeman and Cradle 2 the Grave. He has also appeared in the short-lived television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow. His father, Al Dacascos, is a Filipino martial arts instructor of Malay, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. His mother, Moriko McVey, is of Irish and Japanese ancestry. Dacascos refers to McVey as his "natural mother" and his stepmother, martial artist Malia Bernal, as his "second mother." Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed "the Chairman" on Food... Biography of Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (born February 26, 1974) is a French rally driver and winner, with co-driver Daniel Elena, of the World Rally Driver's Championship title in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and of a record ten World Rallies in 2005. Loeb has the most WRC wins with 36 and is one of the most successful rallymen in history. He is also a two-time winner at the Race of Champions, after taking home the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy and the title "Champion of Champions" in 2003 and 2005. In 2004, he won the Nations' Cup for France with Jean Alesi. Height: 1m71 Late in the 2006 season, Loeb broke his right humerus in a mountain-biking accident near his home in Switzerland and missed the rallies in Turkey and Australia. In spite of this, Loeb had accumulated such a huge points lead before Turkey tha... Biography of Charlelie Couture
Famous French singer and artist.... Biography of Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the American state of Iowa), near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor. Nickname and work life William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody got his nickname for supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with bison meat. The nickname originally referred to Bill Comstock. Cody won the nickname from him in 1868 in a bison killing contest. In addition to his documented service as a soldier during the Civil War and as Chief of Scouts for the Third Cavalry during the Plains Wars, Cody claimed to... Biography of Emile Coue
Émile Coué (February 26, 1857 – July 2, 1926) was a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a method of psychotherapy, healing, and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. The application of his familiar conscious autosuggestion, "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better" (Tous les jours à tous points de vue je vais de mieux en mieux), is the best known example of what is often called Couéism or the Coué method. The Coué method depended on the routine repetition of such expressions, according to a specified ritual, at the beginning and the ending of each day. Coué was born in Troyes, France and came from old noble Breton stock. He learned hypnosis from Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault, the founder of Nancy School, and in 1913 Coué founded the Lorrain... Biography of Virginie Hocq
Virginie Hocq born February 26, 1975 in Nivelles is a Belgian humorist and actress.... Biography of Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier (February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879), was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, sculptor, and one of the most gifted and prolific draftsmen of his time. Early life Born in Marseille, Daumier showed in his youth an irresistible inclination towards the artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and later, with a bookseller. Having mastered the techniques of lithography, Daumier began his artistic career by producing plates for music publishers, and illustrations for advertisements. This was followed by anonymous work for publishers, in which he emulated the style of Charlet and displayed considerable enthusiasm for the Napoleonic legend. Published works When, during the reign of Louis Philippe, Charles ... Biography of Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pronounced ) (b. February 26, 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish politician,a former mayor of Istanbul and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey since 14 March 2003. He is also the chairman of the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi - "AK Parti"), which holds a majority of the seats in the Turkish Parliament. Personal life and education Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born, and mostly grew up, in the Kasımpaşa district of Istanbul, a less than affluent neighborhood, famous for its macho honor code. Kasımpaşa men are known to be quick to anger, painfully proud and blunt in word, and he has always been proud of being one. Erdoğan descends from a family of Adjara Georgian immigrants who had em... Biography of Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy (this last one for the Walter Lantz Studio) into regular cartoon characters. His influence was found in almost all of the animated cartoon series by various studios in the 1940s and 1950s. Avery's style of directing broke the mold of strict realism established by Walt Disney, and encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be... Biography of Camille Flammarion
Nicolas Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was usually credited as Camille Flammarion He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about spiritualism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. He was a founder and the first president of the Société Astronomique de France. He was the first to suggest the names Triton and Amalthea for moons of Neptune and Jupiter, respectively, although these names were not officially adopted until many decades later. Because of his scientific background, he approached spiritualism and r... Biography of Jennifer Grant
Jennifer Grant (born February 26, 1966 in Burbank, California) is the only daughter of actors Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, but she had a close relationship with her father for the rest of his life. Partly because father did not want her to become an actress, she tried other things for several years. After graduating from Stanford University in 1987 with a degree in history and political science, she worked for a law firm, but followed that with a job as a chef. In 1993, seven years after Cary Grant's death, she played her first acting role in the Aaron Spelling television drama Beverly Hills, 90210, in the recurring role of Celeste Lundy. She appeared as a guest star in a variety of shows, and later appeared in several movies. She was marr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vercors (writer)
Jean Bruller (February 26, 1902 - June 10, 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. During the World War II occupation of northern France he joined the resistance and his texts were published under the pseudonym Vercors. Bibliography Le Silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea) (1942) La Marche à l'étoile (1943) Essays La Marche à l'étoile (1943) Souffrance de mon pays (1945) Portrait d'une amitié (1946) Plus ou moins homme (1948) Les pas dans le sable (1954) Les divagations d'un français en Chine (1956) P. P. C. Pour prendre congé (1957) La bataille du silence (1967) Questions sur la vie (1973) Tendre naufrage (1974) Ce que je crois (1975) Théâtre (1978) http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.com/... Biography of Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a classic R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Imperial Records era (1949-1962) Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a fat back beat. It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. Fats Domino then released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, who ... Biography of Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russian: Казимир Северинович Малевич, Polish: Kazimierz Malewicz, Ukrainian Казимир Северинович Малевич , German: Kasimir Malewitsch), (February 23, 1878 – May 15, 1935) was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian avant-garde and Suprematist movement. Life and work Kazimir Malevich was born near Kiev, Ukraine. His parents, Seweryn and Ludwika Malewicz, were ethnic Poles, and he was ... Biography of Najwa Karam
Najwa Karam (Arabic: نجوى كرم; born February 26, 1966, in Zahle, Lebanon) is a Lebanese singer. Her singing career began in the late 1980s with moderate success, but her major successes began in the mid-1990s. Najwa Karam is one of the most successful Arab singers—participating in numerous festivals and concerts around the globe, and has received a number of awards from various distinguished bodies. She is also Rotana's highest-paid artist. The early years and Layali Lubnan: 1966–1988 Najwa Karam Karam was born in Zahle, Lebanon, to Karam Karam and Barbara Chahine Karam, a family of Lebanese Maronites. She is the youngest of five children, having an older sister, Salwa, and three older brothers, Tony, Jean, and Nicolas. She spent h... Biography of Jackie Gleason
Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason (February 26, 1916 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – June 24, 1987) was an iconic American comedian, actor, and musician. One of the most popular stars of early television, Gleason was respected for both comedic and dramatic roles. However, his major legacy was his brash visual and verbal comedy styling, especially as delivered by the character Ralph Kramden on the pioneering sitcom The Honeymooners. The early years Gleason was born in New York, the son of Mae, a subway change-booth attendant, and Herb Gleason, an insurance auditor. One of two sons of a father from Ireland who abandoned the family (his brother died when Jackie was a boy), Gleason was raised by a loving but troubled, overworked Irish mother who died when she was 19. (Gleason sometimes... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Teresa Palmer
Teresa Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in the suicide drama 2:37. Palmer was seen in The Grudge 2 in 2006, in December Boys, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and in the 2008 children's fantasy Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler. She appears in the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nicholas Cage and Jay Baruchel. Her upcoming films include Young Americans, playing Topher Grace's love interest, and a turn as an alien in the sci-fi film I Am Number Four. Early life Palmer was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She is the only child of Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former nurse. She has a stepmother, Kaaren Palmer, as well as two half-sisters and two stepbrothers, who lived with her father. Her parents divo... Biography of Romane Serda
Romane Serda, born February 26, 1971 in Paris, is a French singer. She is the wife of French singer Renaud (Renaud Séchan, born May 11, 1952).... Biography of Jean Todt
Jean Todt (b. February 26, 1946, Pierrefort, France) is the executive director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor. On October 25, 2006, he was appointed as the company's CEO. Born in the commune of Pierrefort in the Cantal department of France, having some Polish origins, Todt's motorsport career began when he took his father's Mini Cooper S for a ride with a friend. Thence he moved to various driving roles in rally series, but decided his strength was as a co-driver; he continued as such with the Peugeot Talbot Sport rally team until his retirement from competition in 1981. The team moved Todt into a management-oriented position, charging him to organize the design and construction of the 205 Turbo 16 for the 1984 World Rally Championship season. Aft... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Jacques Catoni
Pierre-Jacques Catoni, born February 26, 1939 in Marseille, is a French painter.... Biography of Anicka Rodman
Anicka Rodman, born February 26, 1965, is an American fashion model and writer. She was married with Dennis Rodman during two years and were together for six years. They have a daughter, Alexis (born in 1989).... Biography of Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich on 26 February 1947) was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. With her hair, slender frame, model cheekbones and outfits, she has been described as the ultimate working-class 'it' girl. She was also notable for her quirk of usually appearing barefoot. Life and career Born and brought up in Dagenham, United Kingdom, the Ford plant IBM operator dreamed of becoming a singer. At that time, many of the working-class population of Dagenham worked at Ford, and although Shaw had gained a place at art college, she turned it down and decided to work at the plant until her singing career took off. She soon began her recording career at the age of 17, after being discovered by popular singer Adam Faith. 1960s She was spotted b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress, immensely popular in the 1930s and 1940s, who was renowned for her great beauty. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) She was born as Edith Madeleine Carroll at 32 Herbert Street (now number 44) West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England. Widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women in films, Carroll's aristocratic blonde allure and sophisticated style were first glimpsed by British movie audiences in The Guns of Loos in 1928. Rapidly rising to stardom in England, she graced such popular films of the early '30s as Young Woodley, Atlantic (1929 film) The School for Scandal and I Was A Spy. Abruptly, she announced plans to retire from films to devote herself to a private li... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Arago
François Jean Dominique Arago (Catalan: Francesc Joan Dominic Aragó; February 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician. Early life and work Arago was born at Estagel, a small village near Perpignan, in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales, Catalan France. He was the eldest of four brothers. Jean (1788 - 1836) emigrated to North America and became a general in the Mexican army. Jacques Étienne Victor (1799 - 1855) took part in Louis de Freycinet's exploring voyage in the Uranie from as 1817 to 1821, and on his return to France devoted himself to his journalism and the drama. The fourth brother, Étienne Vincent de (1802 - 1892), is said to have collaborated with Honoré de Balzac in The Heiress of Birague, and from 1822 to 1847 wrote a... Biography of Christopher Marlowe
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. Early life Christopher Marlowe was christened at St George's Church, Canterbury, on 26 February 1564. He was born to a shoemaker in Canterbury named John Marlowe and his wife Katherine. Marlowe attended The King's School, Canterbury (where a house is now named after him) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on a scholarship and received his bachelor of arts degree in 1584. In 1587 the university hesitated to award him his master's degree because of a rumour that he had converted to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Taylor Dooley
Taylor Marie Dooley (born February 26, 1993) is an American teen actress. She is well-known for her starring role as Lavagirl in the movie The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. Early life Dooley was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan of Irish, German, English, and Sioux Native American descent on her father's side and of Belgian, German and English descent on her mother's side; she has a younger brother named Drew. Dooley was raised a Christian and grew up in Glendale, Arizona, where her family moved when she was six. She began acting and dancing in the Phoenix Theater's Performance Troop, and soon appeared in commercials for Famous Footwear, Disney Superstar Kids, and Mary Kate and Ashley clothing, among others. Career Dooley subsequently moved to California and made her f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Paul Hueber
Pierre Paul Hueber, born February 26, 1920 in Strasbourg, is a French painter.... Biography of Tony Randall
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American comic actor. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life He was born as Arthur Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Mogscha Rosenberg, an art and antiques dealer, and his wife, Julia Finston. Known as Leonard, he had a sister Edna. Show business He was first attracted to show business when a ballet company played in Tulsa. He attended Northwestern University for a year before traveling to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He studied under Sanford Meisner and choreographer Martha Graham around 1935. Under the name Anthony Randall, he acted in radio soap operas and worked onstage opposite stars Jane Cowl in George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Ethel Barrym... Biography of Lorenzo Saba
Lorenzo Saba, born February 1960 in Perugia, is an Italian karate champion and later a healer.... Biography of Bruce Eisner
Bruce Jay Ehrlich (better known by his writing name Bruce Eisner) (born Brooklyn, New York, February 26, 1948) is an American writer, psychologist, and counterculture spokesman best known for his book Ecstasy: The MDMA Story. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1979, his M.A. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco, California. He is owner of the Mind Media Life Enhancement Network and President of the Island Foundation. Bibliography Books Ecstasy: The MDMA Story (1989.1994) Articles LSD Purity. By Bruce Eisner, publication: High Times, 1977. Why We Get High. By Bruce Eisner, Original pub... Biography of Bill Duke
Bill Duke (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director with over 30 years of experience. Known for his physically imposing figure, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action/crime and drama genres but also includes comedy. Early life Duke was born William Henry Duke Jr. in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Ethel Louise (née Douglas) and William Henry Duke Sr. He received his first instruction in the performing arts and in creative writing at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie under Professor Constance Kuhn in drama and Professor Howard Winn in creative writing. His first major acting role at Dutchess was as the lead in Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones. After graduation from Dutchess he went on to Boston University for further instruction in drama and fo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Gaban
Paul Gaban, born February 26, 1965, is a race car driver.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (b. 26 February 1934 in M'sila) is an Algerian movie director. Films Presented in Cannes 2003 CHRONIQUE DES ANNÉES DE BRAISE (CHRONICLE OF THE YEARS OF EMBERS) 1986 LA DERNIÈRE IMAGE 1982 VENT DE SABLE 1975 Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Years of Fire) 1967 LE VENT DES AURES 1963 SOUS LE SIGNE DE NEPTUNE Awards 1975: Palme d'Or CHRONIQUE DES ANNÉES DE BRAISE 1967: Prix de la premiere oeuvre LE VENT DES AURES... Biography of Nate Ruess
Nathaniel Joseph "Nate" Ruess (born February 26, 1982) is an American indie/indie pop singer-songwriter from Arizona. Ruess was the singer of The Format and currently lead vocalist of Fun. Early life Ruess was born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa. He is the younger of two children, his sister Libbie being one year older. In 1986 his family moved to a farm in Glendale, Arizona, where he remained throughout his childhood. He attended Deer Valley High School and graduated in 2000. Having an uncle, John Ruess, who performed on Broadway, Ruess was always somewhat interested in music and performing. He joined punk bands in high school (Nevergonnascore, This Past Year) and upon graduation chose to pursue music. He never took formal singing lessons or learned to play an instrument an... Biography of Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß, (February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902), was a German-Jewish immigrant to the United States who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm, Levi Strauss & Company, began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. Origins Levi Strauss was born in Buttenheim, Bavaria to Hirsch Strauss and his wife Rebecca (Haas) Strauss. His parents named him Löb, but he changed it to Levi after he came to the United States. In America At the age of 18, Strauss sailed for the United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun a dry goods business in New York City. His mother and two sisters came with him. By 1850, Strauss was already calling himself Levi. In 1853, Strauss became an American citizen. He moved to San Francisco, where th... Biography of Predrag Danilovic
Predrag "Sasha" Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Даниловић - Саша) (born February 26, 1970, in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player, considered the best European shooting guard during the 1990s, and current president of his former team KK Partizan Belgrade. Danilović was voted Mister Europa Player of the Year in 1998, and was Italian Basketball League MVP the same year. During his years in Virtus Bologna, he became an idol among team's fans. Still a legendary hero in Bologna, Danilovic remains one of the most charismatic and winning players in European basketball history. With the nationa... Biography of Bertrand Vecten
Bertrand Vecten, born February 26, 1972 in Compiègne (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French athlete, a rower.... Biography of Elizabeth George
Susan Elizabeth George (born 26 February 1949) is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain. Eleven of her novels, featuring her character Inspector Lynley, have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. She was born in Warren, Ohio, but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. She was a student of English, receiving a teaching certificate. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed an advanced degree in psychology. Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance in 1988, featuring Thomas Lynley, Lord Asherton, a Scotland Yard inspector of noble birth; Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley's partner, from a very working-class background; Lady Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew "Greg" Germann (born February 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, while horror fans remembered him as the nerdish and ill-fated businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2 and the vet Laurence from Quarantine. He is also known by child fans for appearing the Nickelodeon musical film Spectacular! and the Disney film Bolt. Life and career Germann was born in Houston, Texas and raised on the Lookout Mountain outside of Golden, Colorado. His father, Edward A. Germann, was a playwright and professor, and his mother, Marlene Marian (née Faulkner), was a homemaker. Germann became a theater major at the University of Northern Colorado. He began acting in Broadway plays including Assassins, The ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Greg Rikaart
Gregory Andrew Rikaart (born February 26, 1977) is an American actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003. Biography Rikaart was born in Staten Island, New York (source: Imdb). He graduated with honors from Villanova University in Pennsylvania. While in college, he spent a semester in Washington, D.C., as an intern for a congressman on Capitol Hill. Rikaart won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2005. Rikaart shares his life with his french girlfriend, met in Los Angeles. Roles * CSI: Miami - "Chain Reaction" as Scott LeBrock (November 5, 2007) (credited as Greg Rikaar) * The Young and the Restless - Kevin Fisher (July 2003–Present) * Dawson's Creek - David (2002–2003) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Jallat
Paul Jallat, born February 26, 1924 in Cholet, is a French landscape painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roma Syria
Roma Syria, born February 26, 1977 in Roma, is an Italian pop singer.... Biography of Alison Armitage
Alison Armitage (born 26 February 1965 in London, England) is a British actress. Under the pseudonym Brittany York, she was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for October 1990. Armitage had a leading role in the television series Acapulco H.E.A.T. from 1993 to 1994 and from 1996 to 1997. She has also had bit parts in movies such as Jerry Maguire and Driven. She also appeared in a pictorial in Maxim magazine in 1999.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé, born February 26, 1953 in Saint-Lô, Manche, is a French novelist, screenwriter, director and television personality. He is the boyfriend of French actress Miou-Miou. Works Bloody Mary, scénario de Jean Vautrin, Glénat, 1984 Filles de nuit, Glénat, 1985 Sita-Java, scénario de Gourio, Glénat, 1986 Gens de France, Casterman, 1988 Zazou !, Comixland, 1988 Gens d'ailleurs, Casterman, 1993 (réédition des deux livres en un monovolume Gens de France et d'ailleurs par Ego comme X en 2005) Rainbow pour Rimbaud, Julliard, 1991 L'Œil de Pâques, Julliard, 1992 Ballade pour un père oublié, Julliard, 1995 Darling, Julliard, 1998 Bord cadre, Julliard, 1999 Longues Peines, Julliard, 2001) Les Lois de la gravité, Julliard, 2003 Ô Verlaine !, Julliard, 2004 Je, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clotilde Bacri
Clotilde Bacri, born February 26, 1940 in Nice, is a French artist, designer, artistic director and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta (February 26, 1903, Imperia - Bergamo, 2 May 1979) was an Italian chemist, who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for work on high polymers. He was born in Imperia, Italy, on February 26, 1903. He graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1924. In 1927 he passed the exams for becoming a professor there. In 1933 he became a full professor and the director of the Institute of General Chemistry of Pavia University, where he stayed until 1935. In that year he was appointed full professor in physical chemistry at the University of Rome. From 1936 to 1938 he moved as a full professor and director of the Institute of Industrial Chemistry at the Politecnico di Torino. In 1938 he took the head of the Department of chemical engineering at Po... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Goldsmith
Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Goldsmith (26 February 1933 – 18 July 1997) was an Anglo-French financier. Towards the end of his life, he became a magazine publisher and a politician. In 1994, he was elected to represent France as a Member of the European Parliament and he subsequently founded the short-lived eurosceptic Referendum Party in Britain. He was known for his many romantic relationships and for the various children he fathered with his wives and girlfriends. Personal life Born into a Jewish family in Paris, Goldsmith was the son of luxury hotel owner and former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Major Frank Goldsmith and his French wife Marcelle Moullier, and younger brother of environmental campaigner Edward Goldsmith. Goldsmith attended Eton, but dropped out in 1949. Two... Biography of Julie Sudiro
Malaysian singer. Julie began her career in the music industry while still in school and become famous as a keroncong singer with the Keroncong Orkestra Irama Baru at the then Radio Malaya Singapura. She moved to Kuala Lumpur in 1964 as a singer in radio, television and popular nightclubs during that time.... Biography of Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark (born February 26, 1950) is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. She is New Zealand's second female Prime Minister and has been in office since December 1999, entering her third successive term in 2005. In 2007 Forbes magazine ranked her as the 38th most powerful woman in the world. Early life Clark grew up as the eldest of four daughters of a Waikato farming family. Her mother, Margaret, of Irish birth, worked as a primary-school teacher. Her father, George, a farmer, supported the National Party at the 1981 election. Clark studied at Te Pahu Primary School, at Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland and at the University of Auckland, where she majored in politics and graduated with an MA (Honours) in 1974. Her thesis research focused on rural poli... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude-Adrien Helvétius
Claude Adrien Helvétius (26 February 1715 (sources differ) – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher and littérateur. Life Claude Adrien Helvétius was born in Paris, France, and was descended from a family of physicians, originally surnamed Schweitzer (literally "Swissman"; Latinized as Helvétius). His grandfather introduced the use of ipecacuanha; his father was first physician to Marie Leszczyńska, queen of France. Claude Adrien was trained for a financial career, apprenticed to his maternal uncle in Caen, but he occupied his spare time with poetry. Aged twenty-three, at the queen's request, he was appointed as a farmer-general, a tax-collecting post worth 100,000 crowns a year. Thus provided for, he proceeded to enjoy life to the utmost, with the help of his wealth and lib... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enrico Coveri
Enrico Coveri (February 26, 1952 – 1990) was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur from Prato. A former model and stage designer he founded the homonymous fashion house in Florence and was immediately acclaimed for his creations at the first appearances on the catwalks in both Milan and Paris in 1977. He died from lung cancer. He also took lots of pills for all of his pains. but unfortunately they were good for nothing because he died anyways.... Biography of Milan Babic
Milan Babić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Бабић; February 26, 1956 – March 5, 2006) was from 1991 to 1995 the first President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a Croatian region at the time of the war largely populated by a Serbs of Croatia that wished to break away from Croatia. He was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 2004; he was the first ever indictee to admit guilt and make a plea bargain with the prosecution, after which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was found dead in his The Hague prison cell on March 6, 2006, having apparently committed suicide. Entering politics Babić was born in the village Kukar near the town of Vrlika, in Croatia (t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Rouxel
Jacques Rouxel (26 February 1931 - 25 April 2004), born in Cherbourg, France, was perhaps one of the world's greatest animators. He is said to have been on a par with Tex Avery. Rouxel is perhaps best known for his initially controversial animated French TV series Les Shadoks, which first appeared in 1968. Rouxel graduated from the Lycée Français in New York in 1946 and obtained a business degree from the École des Hautes études commerciales.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer. Early life Hutton was born as Elizabeth June Thornburg, a daughter of railroad foreman Percy E. Thornburg (1896–1939) and his wife, the former Mabel Lum (1901–1967). Her father abandoned the family for another woman and they did not hear from or see him again until they received a telegram, in 1939, informing them of his death from suicide. Along with her older sister Marion, Betty was raised by her mother, who took the surname Hutton and was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones. The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move, and eventually they moved to Detroi... Biography of Théophile-Jules Pelouze
Théophile-Jules Pelouze (also known as Jules Pelouze, Théophile Pelouze, Theo Pelouze, or TJ Pelouze, February 26, 1807 - 1867) was a French chemist. He was born at Valognes, and died in Paris. His father, Edmond Pelouze, was an industrial chemist and the author of several technical handbooks. The son, after spending some time in a pharmacy at La Fère acted as laboratory assistant to Gay-Lussac and Jean Louis Lassaigne at Paris from 1827 to 1829. In 1830 he was appointed associate professor of chemistry at Lille, but returning to Paris next year became repetiteur, and subsequently professor at the École polytechnique. He also held the chair of chemistry at the Collège de France, and in 1833 became assayer to the mini and in 1848 president of the Commission des Monnaies. He resigned all ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leonard Borwick
Leonard Borwick (26 February 1868 – 15 September 1925) was an English concert pianist especially associated with the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Early training and debuts Born in Walthamstow, Essex, of a Staffordshire family, Leonard Borwick studied piano under Henry R. Bird, and violin and viola under Alfred Gibson until the age of 16. He then went to study piano under Clara Schumann at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, and also composition under Bernhard Scholz and Iwan Knorr, and violin and viola under Fritz Basserman. During the later 1880s, while on leave from Clara Schumann's school, Borwick had met the baritone Harry Plunket Greene while playing one evening at Arthur Chappell's house in London. Greene had been at Clifton College with Borwick's brother, and a fr... Biography of Robert Alda
Robert Alda (February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) was an American actor. He was the father of actor Alan Alda. Life and career Alda, an Italian American, was born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo in New York City, New York, the son of Frances (née Tumillo) and Anthony D'Abruzzo, a barber. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York in 1930. He began as a singer and dancer in vaudeville after winning a talent contest, and moved onto burlesque. He is known for portraying George Gershwin in the biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945) as well the greasy talent agent in the Douglas Sirk classic Imitation of Life. He was very successful on Broadway, starring in Guys and Dolls (1950), for which he won a Tony Award, and in What Makes Sammy Run? (1964). Alda moved to Italy in the ea... Biography of Eugène Savitzkaya
Eugène Savitzkaya, born February 26, 1955 in Liège, is a Belgian writer and poet. Works Poetry Les lieux de la douleur, Editions Liège des Jeunes Poètes, Liège, Belgique, 1972 Le coeur de schiste, Atelier de l'Agneau, Liège, Belgique, 1974 Rue obscure, en coll. avec Jacques Izoard, Atelier de l'Agneau, Liège, Belgique, 1975 L'empire, dessins de Veličković, Atelier de l'Agneau, Liège, Belgique, 1976 Mongolie, plaine sale, Seghers, 1976, 85 p. 78361211 Les chambres de Raphaël, Commune Mesure, Asnières, France, 1976 Plaisirs solitaires, en coll. avec Jacques Izoard, Atelier de l'Agneau, Liège, Belgique, 1979, 14 p. Les couleurs de boucherie, Christian Bourgois, 1980, 205 p. (ISBN 2267002299) Aigle et poisson, sérigraphies de Bercaval, Les Ateliers du Pré... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marilyn Michaels
Marilyn Michaels (born February 26, 1943) is an American comedic actress, impressionist and singer. She auditioned and won an RCA recording contract, singing the follow-up song to Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her", entitled, "Tell Tommy I Miss Him". This was followed by contracts with Warner Bros. Records and ABC Paramount. Career Marilyn Sternberg was born in Manhattan and attended the High School of Music and Art as a music major, but in her sophomore year she switched to art. Michaels began her career singing with her mother, Fraydele Oysher, when she was seven. At the age of 15 she was soloist in her father's choir, the late Metropolitan Opera basso, Harold Sternberg. The cantor was her uncle, Moishe Oysher. In 1961 she changed her name to Toni Michaels. She began singing... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Celestina Boninsegna
Celestina Boninsegna, born February 26, 1877 in Reggio Emilia, died in 1947, was an Italian singer (soprano). Bibliography Dizionario dell'Opera Lirica - Vallecchi 2 Volumi 62 e 63; Catalogo Generale di dischi Columbia 1929 - Dischi doppi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Perrot
François Perrot, born February 26, 1924 in Paris, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1954 : Les femmes s'en balancent de Bernard Borderie : Langdon Burdell * 1956 : Vous pigez de Pierre Chevalier : Tony Martinelli * 1958 : Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) de Jacques Becker : L'interne * 1959 : Les Liaisons dangereuses de Roger Vadim : Un invité au cocktail des Valmont * 1962 : Le Bureau des mariages de Yannick Bellon * 1965 : Evariste Galois de Alexandre Astruc : Le maître d'armes * 1973 : Le Sourire vertical de Robert Lapoujade : Relde * 1974 : Nada de Claude Chabrol * 1975 : Les Innocents aux mains sales de Claude Chabrol : Georges Thorent * 1976 : Marie-poupée de Joël Séria : Courtin * 1976 : Le Corps de... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Orde Wingate
Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO and two bars (26 February 1903–24 March 1944), was a British Army officer and creator of special military units in World War II and Palestine in the 1930s. A highly religious man, Wingate became a supporter of Zionism, seeing it as his Christian duty to help the Jewish community in Palestine form a Jewish state. Assigned to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936, he set about training members of the Haganah, the Jewish paramilitary organization, which became the Israel Defense Forces with the establishment in 1948 of the state of Israel. Childhood and education Wingate was born 26 February 1903 in Naini Tal, near Almora, in Kumaon India to a military family. His father had become a committed member of the Plymouth Brethren early in his army... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Honorin
Michel Honorin, born February 26, 1934 in Orléans, died December 21, 2001, was a French journalist and film director. Award: Albert- Londres audiovisuel (1980) Prix spécial de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is an author and journalist who currently resides in the United States. Life Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzaville in 1966. He spent his childhood in the coastal village of Pointe-Noire where he received his baccalaureate in Letters and Philosophy at the Lycée Karl Marx. After preliminary law classes at The Marien-Ngouabi University in Brazzaville studying law, he received a scholarship to go to France at the age of 22. He already had several manuscripts, mostly collections of poems, which he started publishing three years later. After receiving a post-graduate diploma in law at the Université Paris-Dauphine, he worked for about ten years for the group Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, but dedicated himself more and more to writing after the pu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Negulesco
Jean Negulesco (born Jean Negulescu; 26 February 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-born American film director and screenwriter. Born in Craiova, he attended Carol I High School. In 1915 he moved to Vienna, in 1919 to Bucharest, where he worked as a painter, before becoming a stage decorator in Paris. In 1927 he went to New York City for an exhibition of his paintings, and settled there. In 1934 he entered the film industry, first as a sketch artist, then as an assistant producer, second unit director and in the late 1930s he became a director and screenwriter. He made a reputation at Warner Brothers by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes. Negulesco's first feature film as dire... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek (February 26, 1919 – November 6, 2003) was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion. Biography Born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, she started swimming under the coaching of "Ma" Braun, who had coached her daughter to an Olympic gold medal in 1928. In 1934, Mastenbroek won three gold medals and a silver at the European Championships. She repeated that performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics, aged only 17, winning the 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m freestyle. In the 100 m backstroke, she finished second behind teammate Nida Senff. (Senff missed a turning point and had to swim back before completing the last 50 m. She nevertheless beat Mastenbroek thanks to an outstanding last leg.) The following year she became a swimmin... Biography of Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon (26 February 1918 — 8 May 1985) was an American science fiction author. He was known to use a technique known as "rhythmic prose", in which his prose text would drop into a standard poetic meter. This has the effect of creating a subtle shift in mood, usually without alerting the reader to its cause. His most famous novel is More Than Human (1953). Biography Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York in 1918. His name was legally changed at age eleven after his mother's divorce and remarriage to William Dicky ("Argylle") Sturgeon. "Theodore Sturgeon" is occasionally misidentified as a pseudonym; it was in fact his legal name. He sold his first story in 1938 to the McClure Syndicate, which bought much of his early (non-fantastic) work... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jon Hall
Jon Hall (February 26, 1915 – December 13, 1979) was an American film actor. Born Charles Felix Locher in Fresno, California and raised in Tahiti by his father, the Swiss-born actor Felix Locher, he was a nephew of James Norman Hall, one of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty. Hall began acting in films in 1935 in minor roles, one of which was Charlie Chan in Shanghai in 1935. He achieved success in 1937 when cast opposite another relative newcomer, Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane, which was written by James Norman Hall. His double in The Hurricane was the stuntman and actor Paul Stader. He maintained his popularity until the end of the 1940s usually playing leads in adventure films. In 1940, he portrayed Kit Carson in a biographical film of the frontiersman's life. He is notable ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hervé Giraud
Hervé Jean Robert Giraud, born on February 26, 1957 in Tournon, Ardèche, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin (February 22, 2008 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tim Thomas (basketball)
Timothy Mark "Tim" Thomas (born on February 26, 1977, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player, in the small forward position. High school / College A versatile 6'10" forward with a soft shooting touch, Thomas was tabbed as a future NBA star when he was still in high school, and was selected to the McDonald's All-American team after averaging 25.3 points and 14.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Paterson Catholic High School. Following his freshman year at Villanova University, he was drafted seventh overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 1997 NBA Draft and was immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the Sixers' draft pick (Keith Van Horn). NBA Philadelphia 76ers Thomas enjoyed a solid rookie season, averaging 11.0 points per gam... Biography of Margaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress. She had an exquisite sense of grandeur and refinement. She created the role of Hannah Jelkes in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana. Life and career Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, Leighton made her stage debut was as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for television on BBC. She went on to become a star of the Old Vic. Her Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London. After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven i... Biography of Carmen Martínez-Bordiú
María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (born 26 February 1951 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish aristocrat and social figure. Under current Spanish law she is heir to her mothers Dukedom. Birth and youth She was born in the Palacio Real de El Pardo in Madrid and is the daughter of Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, the 10th Marquess of Villaverde, and Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco Grandee of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, the Spanish Head of State and Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdès, 1st Lady of Meirás Grandee of Spain. Her paternal grandparents were José María Martínez y Ortega (1890-1970) and María de la O Bordiú y Bascarán, 7th Countess of Argillo (1896-1980). When Carmen was born in the Palacio del Pardo, the ancient palace of the Spa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erinn Bartlett
Erinn Bartlett (born 26 February 1973) is an American actress who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Bartlett was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and first competed in the Miss Massachusetts Teen USA title in 1989, when she placed first runner-up. She went on to win the Miss Massachusetts Teen USA crown in 1991 and represented Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA 1991 held in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 19, 1991. Barlett made in the top twelve of the nationally televised event, placing sixth in interview, last in swimsuit and tenth in evening gown. Her average competition score put her in tenth place overall. She graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in communications. She became engaged to actor Oliver Hudson, son of Goldie Hawn, on 21 February 2004 and the two marri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Mac Orlan
Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan, (born Pierre Dumarchey, February 26, 1882 – June 27, 1970) was a French novelist and songwriter. His novel Quai des Brumes was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin. He was also a prolific writer of chansons, many of which were recorded and popularized by French singers such as Juliette Gréco, Monique Morelli, Catherine Sauvage, and Germaine Montero. Life Born in Péronne, Somme in northern France, Mac Orlan lived in Rouen and Paris as a young man, working at a variety of jobs and learning to play the accordion. In his twenties, he travelled widely in Europe, before returning to Paris and becoming a noted figure in Bohemian art circles. In particular, his song performances were a regular feature at ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn (Czech: Ema Destinnová ( ( listen)); 26 February 1878 – 28 January 1930) was a renowned Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She enjoyed a successful career in both Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Biography Destinn was born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová () in Prague, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At first Destinn devoted herself to studying the violin, and intended to shine as a virtuoso on that instrument. When she was well on in her teens, however, her voice was so rich and full that she changed her mind and determined upon an operatic career. Her voice teacher since age 13 had been Marie Maria von Dreger Loewe-Destinn, and the young singer began using her teacher's surname as a tribute. Sh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émile Clapeyron
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (26 February 1799 – 28 January 1864) was a French engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. Life Born in Paris, Clapeyron studied at the École polytechnique and the École des Mines, before leaving for Saint Petersburg in 1820 to teach at the École des Travaux Publics. He returned to Paris only after the Revolution of July 1830, supervising the construction of the first railway line connecting Paris to Versailles and Saint-Germain. He married Mélanie Bazaine, daughter of Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (mathematician and bridge and canal engineer), and older sister of Pierre-Dominique (Adolphe) Bazaine (railway engineer) and Francois Achille Bazaine (Marshal of France). Work Thermodynamics In 1834, he made his first contribution to the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar
Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (February 26, 1947 – January 6, 2006) was a Brazilian soldier. He was born in Bagé in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He served for 39 years in the Brazilian Army and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was married and had two children. On September 1, 2005 he was selected to lead the military contingent of MINUSTAH, the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, replacing his fellow Brazilian, Lieutenant-General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira. Graduated at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy, he was a decorated officer. Having a great career, he was also a teacher at AMAN. He was nominated to lead the UN mission Minustah in Haiti. On January 7, 2006 General Bacellar was found dead, fallen from a chair on the balcony of h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hildo Krop
Hildebrand Lucien (Hildo) Krop (February 26, 1884, Steenwijk, Overijssel - August 20, 1970) was a prolific Dutch sculptor and furniture designer, widely known as the city sculptor of Amsterdam, where his work is well-represented. In 1916 Krop became a staff member of the Amsterdam Department of Public Works, first creating two groups of dockworkers in granite for a 1916 Public Works project, and his work appears integrated with many civic buildings and bridges of the time. For instance, exterior figures on the Scheepvaarthuis designed by Amsterdam School architects Johan van der Mey, Piet Kramer and Michel de Klerk are his. Krop was active through 1967. References * Fixed & Chiselled: Sculpture in architecture 1840-1940, Ype Koopmans, NA1 Uitgevers/Publishers, 1994... Biography of John Carey (dancer)
John Carey, born on February 26, 1978 in Sutton Coldfield, is an English dancer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Lindroos
Peter Lindroos, born Paul Peter Christer Lindroos February 26, 1944 in Pohja, Helsinki, Finland, died November 17, 2003 in Tjörnarp, Skåne län, Sweden (car accident), was a Finnish musician and actor.... Biography of Umberto Romano
Umberto Romano, born February 26, 1905 in Bracigliano, Italy, died on 1984, was an italian/american artist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonin Sova
Antonín Sova (February 26, 1864, Pacov – August 16, 1928, Pacov) was a Czech poet. He was one of the foremost representatives of the literary Impressionism and Symbolism in Czech literature. Poetry Realistické sloky (1890) Lyrika lásky a života Květy intimních nálad (1891) Z mého kraje (1893]) Soucit i vzdor (1894) Zlomená duše (1896) Vybouřené smutky (1897) Údolí nového království (1900) Ještě jednou se vrátíme (1900) Balada o jednom člověku a jeho radostech (1903) Dobrodružství odvahy Zápasy a osudy Zpěvy domova (1918) Drsná láska Krvácející bratrství (1920) Básníkovo jaro (1921) Jasná vidění (1922) Básně nesobeckého srdce (1922) Naděje a bole... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Dureau
Serge Dureau, born February 1929 in Nice, is a French businessman and entrepreneur. He was the President of Drugstores Publicis in Paris.... Biography of Robert Taft Jr.
Robert Taft (generally known as Robert Taft Jr. for the sake of convenience - see below) (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. He also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976. Taft attended Yale University and Harvard University Law School. At Yale he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. During World War II, Taft served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946. After law school, Taft joined the Cincinnati law firm, Taft, Stettinius, and Hollister, which had been founded by his father. Taft served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1955-1962 until winning election to the United States House of Repres... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriel Obertan
Gabriel Obertan (born 26 February 1989 in Pantin, Paris, France) is a French footballer currently playing for Manchester United of England. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play in the centre of midfield and as a striker. Club career Early career Gabriel began his career playing for his local club in Pantin before moving to a higher level joining Paris FC in 2002. After spending a year there, he did what most youths at Paris FC often do and joined Paris-Saint Germain. Following another year of training, he moved to the famed Clairefontaine academy in order to further his development. It was here where he was first spotted by Bordeaux scouts. After a year at Clairefontaine, he moved to Bordeaux to began training with them. Bordeaux After spending only a year in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Novak
Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak (February 26, 1931 – August 18, 2009) was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving for the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he became a reporter for the Associated Press and then for The Wall Street Journal. He teamed up with Rowland Evans in 1963 to start Inside Report, which became the longest running syndicated political column in U.S. history and ran in hundreds of papers. They also started the Evans-Novak Political Report, a notable biweekly newsletter, in 1967. Novak and Evans played a significant role for CNN after the network's founding. He worked as a well-known television personality in programs such as The Capital Gang, Cros... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Currie Graham
Currie Graham (born February 26, 1967) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. Graham is known for playing Lt. Thomas Bale, the micromanaging station commander in the final season of the TV program NYPD Blue. His other regular starring TV appearances include the final season of the TV program Suddenly Susan as the male lead/romantic interest Nate Knaborski. Graham has established a prolific career in television with multiple guest-starring roles, including recurring roles in House playing the husband of Dr. House's ex-girlfriend, Stacy (Sela Ward), 24 as Ted Cofell, Boston Legal as ADA Frank (My Name Appears Second on the Ballot this November) Ginsberg, Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo's boss, Ed Ferrara, and in Men in Trees as Supervisor Richard Ellis, the romantic inte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yékini
Yékini is the nickname of Yakhya Diop, born on February 26, 1974 in Bassoul, near Joal-Fadiouth, a popular champion of Senegalese wrestling, the most prominent variant of the Lutte Traditionnelle, a West African folk tradition which has become a major professional sport in the last two decades. From the Serer ethnic group, Yékini is the most successful wrestler since the professionalisation of the sport, and his appearances are major news in his home country. His 2006 fight against and defeat of Mouhamed Ndao, alias Tyson, was billed in Senegal as "the fight of the century", cementing the two as the best known exponents of the sport. As of March 2008, Yékini remains undefeated in fifteen years of professional bouts. Yékini studied traditional "mbapatte" wrestling techniques before turni... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernando Llorente
Fernando Llorente Torres (Spanish pronunciation: ; born February 26, 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao in Spain's first division, as a striker. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Llorente joined Athletic de Bilbao's youth system in 1996, at the age of 11, being eligible through his Navarrese roots. He spent several seasons in the various junior levels of the club, moving in 2003 to CD Baskonia of the fourth category, effectively an Athletic youth team, and also a feeder club since 1997. Llorente scored 12 goals in 33 appearances for Baskonia, paving way for his promotion to Bilbao Athletic, Athletic's reserve team, then in Segunda División B. After featuring in 16 games and scoring four goals for the Bilbao Athletic in the first half o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Li Na (tennis)
Li Na (Chinese: 李娜; pinyin: Lǐ Nà; born February 26, 1982) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Li has won 5 WTA and 19 ITF singles titles. She is currently ranked World No. 4 by WTA. In January 2011, Li reached the singles final at the Australian Open, where she was defeated by Kim Clijsters in 3 tight sets. In June 2011, Li won the 2011 French Open by defeating the defending champion Francesca Schiavone in the final, and became the first national of an Asian country to win a Grand Slam singles title. Personal life Li Na was born on February 26, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Her father Li Shengpeng (李盛鹏) was an amateur badminton player who could not turn professional because of the Cultural Revolution; he died from cardiovascular diseas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Bocharov
Alexander Bocharov (Russian: Александр Бочаров; born February 26, 1975 in Irkutsk; name also spelled Alexandre Botcharov), is a Russian professional road bicycle racer most recently riding for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha. Palmares 1999 1st, Stage 9, Tour de l'Avenir 2001 17th, Tour de France 3rd, Stage 16 2002 14th, Midi Libre 15th, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 30th, Tour de France 2nd, Stage 14 2003 9th, Classique des Alpes 2004 8th, Classique des Alpes 2006 4th, Clasica San Sebastian 6th, Tour of Poland 4th, Stage 7 8th, World Championship 10th, Critérium International 2nd, Stage 2 ... Biography of Koxie (singer)
Koxie, born Laure Cohe, February 26, 1977 in Paris, is a French singer, best known with her song Garçon in 2007. Discography Albums 2007 : Koxie Intro Rêver de ça koxie Garçon ( 1er single ) Sortir de l'ombre Ma meilleure amie ( 2ème single ) Seule avec toi Sacré salah Plus de place pour les rêves J'aime Je fais des rimes Femme de football fan Sans essayer La force de croire Singles 2007 : Garçon 2008 : Ma meilleure amie... Biography of Antonio de la Rúa
Antonio de la Rúa (born February 26, 1973, in Córdoba, Argentina), is the oldest son of the Argentine ex-president, Fernando de la Rúa (who governed Argentina from 1999 to 2001) and Inés Pertiné. He was an advisor to his father during his father's presidency and one of the heads of his father’s presidential campaign. Though he held no formal position in his father's government, he was the chief architect of his father's election campaign; his success led his father to continue to turn to him for political advice after his ascension to the presidency. He was pointed to as the leader of the "Sushi set", a group of young officials so-called due to their alleged preference for expensive Japanese cuisine; they were sometimes criticised for their influence on politics. After the collapse of t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Bougaud
Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud (b. at Dijon, 26 February 1824 (source: Wikipedia in French), d. at Laval, 7 November 1888) was a French Catholic priest, known as a writer and preacher. He became Bishop of Laval. He was an influential writer, aiming to reconcile his contemporaries with Catholic teaching. Life He received his classical education at Autun, where his professor of rhetoric was the Abbé Pitra. He studied theology at Dijon and Paris, was ordained priest by Monseigneur Affre in 1846, was professor of church history at the Seminary of Dijon (1846–51), and then chaplain of the Convent of the Visitation in the same city (1851–61). In 1861 he accepted the position of Vicar-General to Bishop Dupanloup at Orléans. In 1886 he was appointed Bishop of Laval. Works Besides the se... Biography of Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy (born James Narz on February 26, 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of the late television host Jack Narz and the brother-in-law of the late Bill Cullen, and changed his name to avoid confusion prior to hosting his first national show, The Big Game, in 1958. Shows His biggest hit series were You Don't Say!, which aired on NBC from 1963 to 1969 and on ABC in 1975; Split Second, on ABC from 1972 to 1975; Name That Tune, which he hosted from 1974 to 1981; and Password Plus, which he hosted from 1980 to 1982 following the illness (and later death) of original host Allen Ludden due to stomach cancer. Other hosting credits include Doctor IQ, Break the Bank, To Say the Least, Body... Biography of Barbara Kux
Barbara Kux, born February 26, 1954 in Zürich, is a Swiss businesswoman, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and head of Supply Chain Management and Chief Sustainability Officer. Barbara Kux is named to Fortune's 10 Most Powerful Global Women List 2009.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, who released her debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She became the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. Bailey Rae was nominated for Grammy Awards and BRIT Awards, and has won two MOBO Awards and two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (for her work as a featured artist in Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters) and for Best R&B Performance (for "Is This Love)". Bailey Rae was married to fellow musician Jason Rae from 2001 until his death in 2008. Bailey Rae released her second a... Biography of Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay Williams (クリスタル・ケイ・ウィリアムズ, Kurisutaru Kei Wiriamuzu?) (born February 26, 1986), better known by her stage name Crystal Kay (クリスタル・ケイ, Kurisutaru Kei?), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. After releasing her debut single "Eternal Memories" (1999) Kay gained fame for her third studio album, Almost Seventeen (2002), which debuted at number-two on the Japanese Oricon charts. Almost Seventeen eventually sold over 400,000 copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Kay is currently signed to Epic Records a sub-label of Sony Music Japan. As of July 20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandria Mills
Alexandria Mills (born February 26, 1992 (source: French Wikipedia) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an American beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, China. Mills is the first American to win Miss World since Gina Tolleson in 1990 and the 60th Miss World in the history of the pageant. She is vegetarian. Early life Prior to participating in Miss World, 18-year-old Mills graduated high school and would like to become a teacher. Mills is also a fashion model and is listed with Elite Models agency. Miss World 2010 As the official representative of her country to the 2010 Miss World pageant held in Sanya, China, Mills placed first runner-up during the Miss World Beach Beauty fast track event held on October 19 and second-runner-up ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jose Mestre
José Mestre (born 26 of February 1956 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a man known for having a 40 cm (16 in), 5 kg (11 lb) haemangioma tumor on his face. The tumor started forming on his lips when he was 14. Mestre had not received treatment for the tumor due to "years of medical misinformation, some misdiagnosis, lack of finances, and reluctance to undergo treatment due to religious beliefs." A documentary titled "The Man with No Face", part of the television series My Shocking Story, aired on the Discovery Channel on 6 December 2007. In 2010, Mestre underwent four operations during a period of three months at Saint Joseph Hospital (Resurrection Health Care)|Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago. The life-threatening tumor was completely removed by Dr. McKay McKinnon during the first procedure, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Parent
Claude Parent, born February 26, 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French architect, one of France's most revered modernist architects and an elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.... Biography of Rika Ishii
Rika Ishii (石井里佳, Ishii Rika), born February 26, 1980 in Hiroshima, is a Japonese singer of J-pop. J-pop (ジェイポップ?, also J-POP) is an abbreviation for Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern "J-pop" has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles and replaced kayōkyoku (Japanese pop music until 1980s) in the Japanese music industry. It was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music and now refers to most of Japanese popular music. Today, the Japanese music industry is the second largest in the world, behind the United States. Singles * 2000.10.25 : Super Jet Shoes ~Mirai wo Aruku Kutsu (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Atiq Rahimi
Atiq Rahimi is a renowned French-Afghan writer and film-maker, born on February 26, 1962 in Kabul. Life He was born in 1962 in Kabul to a senior public servant and did his High School in Lycée Esteqlal. Following the Soviet invasion, Rahimi fled Afghanistan, taking refuge in Pakistan for a year and then relocating to France after receiving political asylum. On completion of his studies at the Sorbonne, Rahimi joined a Paris based production company where he produced seven documentaries for French television as well as several commercials. Taking time off in the late 1990s, Rahimi embarked on his first writing project. His 2000 Dari/Persian book, Earth and Ashes, was an instant bestseller in Europe and South America. A movie based on this book, directed by Rahimi, was awarded th... Biography of Jaz Coleman
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to rock band Killing Joke. In addition, he is also the band's keyboardist and has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces. Biography Coleman was born in Cheltenham to an English father and an Anglo-Indian mother of half-Bengali descent who are both school teachers. He studied piano and violin under Eric Coleridge, head of music for Cheltenham College, until the age of 17 and was a member of several cathedral choirs in England. In 1973, Jaz was awarded the Rex Watson Cup at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music. Jaz Coleman studied in Leipzig DDR in 1987 and Cairo Conservatoire in 1979 wh... Biography of Tim Commerford
Timothy Robert Commerford (born February 26, 1968 in Irvine, California), also known by his various monikers/stage names (Timmy C, Y. tim K., Simmering T, Tim Bob, and tim.com) is the bassist/backing vocalist for American rock band Rage Against The Machine and the now-defunct supergroup Audioslave. Biography Tim Commerford was born on February 26, 1968 in Irvine, California, and was youngest of six children. His father, an aerospace engineer, worked on the Space Shuttle and his mother was a teacher/mathematician. He is of French and Irish descent. When Commerford was in fifth grade, he met Zack de la Rocha. Around this time, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Shortly thereafter Commerford's father divorced and remarried, his mother moved to Sacramento, California to live with her ... Biography of Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards (born February 26, 1985 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, who competes internationally for the United States. She won two Olympic gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, for the 400 m. She won a gold medal in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin in the 400 metres race. Career Richards left Jamaica for the USA at the age of 12 and became a US citizen in May 2002. At St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, she lettered in Track and Field in high school and is a member of the National Honor Society, ending her high school academic career with a 4.0 grade point average. In 2002 she was named N... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rolando Blackman
Rolando "Ro" Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired basketball player in the NBA. He was an All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. He is now the Director of Basketball Development for the Mavericks. Playing career College basketball After being raised in Brooklyn, New York, Blackman attended Kansas State University where he played basketball under Jack Hartman. At Kansas State, Blackman had a number of noteworthy achievements: * In 1980, he was named the Big Eight Conference Player of the Year and All-American. * He was a three-time unanimous All-Big Eight selection. * He was three times named the Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year. * He scored 1,844 career points, the second-highest total in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Failler
Jean Failler, born February 26, 1940 in Quimper, is a French writer. He lives in Île-Tudy, Finistère. Publications: Séries Mary Lester 1. Les Bruines de Lanester (Lanester) 2. Les Diamants de l'Archiduc (Quimper) 3. La Mort au bord de l'étang (Cornouaille) 4. Marée blanche (Concarneau) 5. Le Manoir écarlate (dans la région de Châteauneuf-du-Faou, notamment au Château de Trévarez) 6. Boucaille sur Douarnenez (Douarnenez) 7. L'Homme aux doigts bleus (La Baule) 8. La Cité des dogues (Saint-Malo) (trad. Mayhem in Saint-Malo par William Rodarmor) 9. On a volé la Belle Étoile ! (Camaret-sur-Mer) 10. Brume sous le grand pont (Saint-Nazaire) 11. Mort d'une rombière (Île-Tudy) 12. Aller simple pour l'enfer (En mer, entre les Îles Féroé et l'Island... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kevin Dunn
Kevin Dunn (born February 26, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s. Personal life Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Margaret, a nurse, and John Dunn, a musician and poet. His sister is actor/comedian Nora Dunn. Dunn graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1977, and received and honorary doctorate in 2008 from the same school. Career Dunn's recent work includes Samantha Who?, a series appearing on ABC from 2007 to 2009, as well as playing Ron Witwicky in Michael Bay's Transformers film series. His film appearances include Small Soldiers, Stir of Echoes, Godzilla, Snake Eyes, Nixon, Mad Love, Ghostbusters II, Dave, Beethoven's 2nd, Hot Shots!, and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Dunn also played Murry ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nacho Cano
Ignacio Cano Andrés, aka Nacho Cano, (b. Madrid, February 26, 1963) is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He studied solfège and was one of the members of the Spanish group Mecano along with his brother José María Cano and Ana Torroja. He has released 4 solo albums, including Vivimos siempre juntos with Mercedes Ferrer. As a producer, he founded the company Fairlight Estudios with Alejo Stivel. He also made the 2005 musical Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar which has a great success in Madrid. He is a Buddhist and vegetarian and he collaborates in several humanitarian projects, for example Fundación Sabera, which helps girls in India. Discography Albums recording with Mecano Album: "Mecano" ℗1982 Album: "¿Dónde Está El País De Las Hadas?" ℗... Biography of CL (singer)
CL (Korean: 이채린; Lee Chae-rin; born February 26, 1991) is a South Korean idol singer, rapper, dancer and song-writer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, and spent much of her early life in Japan and France where she learned English, French, and Japanese. In 2009, she debuted along with YG Entertainment label mates Sandara Park, Minzy, and Park Bom as 2NE1. CL has worked with Big Bang, Uhm Jung Hwa, YMGA, and Teddy Park. With 2NE1, she has released two extended plays, 2NE1 and 2NE1 2nd Mini Album, and one full length album, To Anyone, along with their Japanese releases. Her duet song with fellow member Minzy, "Please Don't Go," peaked at number 6 on the monthly Gaon Chart on November 2009. Life and career Early life CL, also known as Lee Chaerin or Faith Lee ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bingo Smith
Robert "Bingo" Smith (born February 26, 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee) was a Forward/Guard for the San Diego Rockets (1969-70), Cleveland Cavaliers (1970-79) and San Diego Clippers (1979-80). He helped the Cavaliers win the 1975-76 NBA Central Division. In 11 seasons, Smith played in 865 games and logged 22,407 minutes. Smith was especially noted for his ability to hit jump shots from long range. His outside jump shots, often were taken from today's 3 point range. For his career, he recorded a .449 field goal percentage (4,776 FGs made out of 10,642 attempts). Smith also had a .798 free throw rate (1,307-of-1,637) and also accounted for 3,630 total rebounds, 1,734 assists and 10,882 points. Smith was inducted into the University of Tulsa Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984. His number "7" ha... Biography of Leila Lopes (Miss Universe)
Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes (born February 26, 1986) is an Angolan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010 and later Miss Universe 2011. Personal life Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes was born on February 26, 1986 in Benguela, Angola. Lopes studied business management at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich, England. When crowned Miss Angola UK on October 8, 2010, Lopes would become representative of the Angolan community in the United Kingdom to the Miss Angola 2011 event, taking place two months later in Luanda. Titles Miss Angola UK 2010 - she won this on October 8, 2010, gaining the right to take part in the Miss Angola 2011 elections, but the victory caused protests within the Angolan community in Britain, due to the fact tha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed Quinn
Arthur Edward "Ed" Quinn (born February 26, 1968) is an American model and actor who has appeared in several film and TV roles, including Eureka, Starship Troopers 2, Young Americans and True Blood. Early life Quinn was born in Berkeley, California, where he attended St. Mary's College High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. After graduating, he worked as a model in Paris, Barcelona, and Milan, landing parts in more than 35 international television commercials. When he returned to the United States, Quinn landed the starring role of Finn in The WB summer series Young Americans. From 2006 through 2008, he played Nathan Stark in the Syfy Channel series Eureka, reprising this role once during 2010. He has thr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Mullen
Joseph Patrick Mullen (born February 26, 1957) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins from 1980–1997. He won three Stanley Cups in 1989 with Calgary, and in 1991 and 1992 with Pittsburgh. His brother Brian is also a former NHL player, and his son Patrick signed with the Los Angeles Kings after playing four seasons for the University of Denver in the WCHA. His other son Michael is playing professional hockey, and his oldest son Ryan played ACHA hockey at Robert Morris University. Joe and wife Linda have four children: sons Ryan, Michael and Patrick, and daughter Erin. Amateur career Mullen grew up in the tough Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan neig... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Serre
Henri Serre (born 26 February 1931) is a French actor who is best known as Jim in Jules and Jim. Other appearances include The Fire Within, Section spéciale and Mister Frost. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785676/) 1995 Belle Époque (TV mini-series) 1992 Beaumanoir (TV series) Ercole Moretti 1991 Des voix dans la nuit - Les mains d'Orlac (TV movie) Pierre Cerral 1991 Riviera (TV series) Laurent 1990 Alcyon (TV movie) Le directeur du pénitencier 1990 Moi, général de Gaulle (TV movie) Charles De Gaulle 1990 Sixième gauche (TV series) Jacques Villiers 1990 Mister Frost André Kovac 1990 Je t'ai dans la peau Henri 1989 La révolution française Le gouverneur de Launay (segment "Années Lumière, Les") 1989 Lundi noir (TV movie) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maria Sansone
Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American television personality, and currently the co-anchor of Good Day LA on KTTV FOX 11 in Los Angeles. She is former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York who appeared daily on LX New York. Sansone is television host and reporter who has contributed to Access Hollywood, Extra, ABC, NBC, MTV, TV Guide Network, Yahoo!, CBS Sports, NESN and ESPN. Biography Maria Sansone gained celebrity at a very young age when a local reporter, Mike Gallagher discovered her while competing in a kids slam-dunk contest in Erie, Pennsylvania. After interviewing her for the local news he was impressed by the 11 year old, Sansone, and gave her a sports segment called "Down to Size" on WJET-TV which appeared weekly on the ABC affiliate i... Biography of Freda Betti
Freda Betti (26 February 1924 – 11 November 1979), whose birth name was Frédérique Betti, was a French mezzo-soprano singer. Biography Betti was born in 1924 in Nice into a modest family: her father was a house painter, her mother a fishmonger. Her older brother was the composer and pianist Henri Betti (1917–2005) and like him, she studied music and especially singing at the Conservatory of Nice where she obtained a Premier Prix de Chant in 1943. She made her debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1947 as Siébel in Faust by Charles Gounod. She appeared frequently with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France of the RTF in the early 1950s, before entering the troupe of the Opéra-Comique in the 1960s. She sang the title role in particular of Carmen by Georges Bizet. She later ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michele Carey
Michele Carey (born 26 February 1943, Annapolis, Maryland) is an American actress. She was also a child piano prodigy and a model. Touted as a discovery of Howard Hawks, she made her film debut in Hawks' El Dorado (1966), starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. She went on to co-star in the Elvis Presley musical Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), The Sweet Ride (1968), and played an anachronistically miniskirted Indian girl in Frank Sinatra's Dirty Dingus Magee (1970). That same year she also made Five Savage Men with Henry Silva and Keenan Wynn. On television she did guest-starring roles on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966), Mission Impossible (1969), It Takes a Thief (1970), and three episodes of The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Feathered Fury", 1967 and the two-part "The Night of... Biography of Chase Masterson
Chase Masterson, born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an American actress, singer and voice actor. Career Masterson portrayed the Bajoran Leeta on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for five years, from 1995 to 1999, and Ivy Lief on General Hospital. Her recent prominent feature film roles include starring as a sultry singer in James Kerwin's sci-fi film noir Yesterday Was a Lie, which she also produced, and voicing "Janice Em" in the animated film Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Her television guest starring roles include ER and Sliders (as Kelly Welles, the sister of Wade Welles). Masterson has released two commercial records: 2011's Yesterday Was a Lie and 2012's "Burned With Desire". In addition, she has released several independent jazz CD... Biography of Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol)
Ai Shinozaki (篠崎 愛 Shinozaki Ai?), born on February 26, 1992 in Tokyo, is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and a member of "AeLL.", a musical idol group. When she started modelling at age 14, Ms. Shinozaki caused widespread press and Web comment about her having an unusually curvy figure for a Japanese teenager. In 2009, her page on the directory site "Chu-Boh" gave her height and figure as "160 B87 W60 H88" in centimeters. Career Singles "M" ( 2008, March 26, FOR-SIDE RECORDS ) The Cover of Princess Princess's Famous song. Photo albums "START DUSH!!" (July 2006, Saibunkan) ISBN 4-7756-0134-2 Photo by Mitsuhiro Mouri "Bon! Bon! Ai-bomb" (December 2007, BUNKASHA ) ISBN 978-4-8211-2688-0 Photo by Ryuuzi Maemura "Milk-colore... |
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