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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 27, 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 · 45,413 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,413 Celebrities
121 celebrities or events were found for February, 27. Add to favourites (167 fans)Biography of Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 (birth time source: her birth certificate, Astrodatabank) – March 23, 2011), also known as Liz Taylor, was an English-American actress. A former child star, she grew to be known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list. Early years (1932–1942) Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of North West London, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (1895–1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Her pare... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter known for his mature and lyrical baritone voice. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theatre in the future. Early life Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish American father and a Norwegian American mother. His father converted to Christianity upon marriage, and Groban was raised an Anglican-Episcopalian. His younger brother Christopher shares a birthday with him four years later. Groban debuted as a singer in seventh grade, but soon put it on hold for a few years. "I enjoyed the arts aspects, but my grades were slipping. I didn't feel that I was getting enough creativ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter, and the only child of former US President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. Chelsea was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her name was inspired by her parents' fondness for Judy Collins's recording of the Joni Mitchell song "Chelsea Morning". In Arkansas, Chelsea attended Forest Park Elementary School, Booker Arts Magnet Elementary School and Horace Mann Junior High School. While at Booker, she skipped the third grade due to her reportedly high reading level. Later, she attended the prestigious, private, Sidwell Friends School. She has made few public comments on her upbringing but has said that her parents were "firm but fair". Teenager at the White House Chelsea Clinton moved into the White... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy award winning American actress. Woodward, who is married to Paul Newman, is also a television and theatrical producer. Early life Woodward was born in Thomasville, Georgia, where she remained until she was in the second grade. Her family relocated to Marietta, Georgia. They moved once again when she was a junior in high school. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1947, in Greenville, South Carolina. Woodward won many beauty contests as a teenager. She majored in drama at Louisiana State University, where she was an initiate of Chi Omega sorority, then headed to New York City to perform on the stage. She was influenced to become an actress by her mother's love of movies. Her ... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, he wrote Of Mice and Men (1937) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), both of which examine the lives of the working class and migrant workers during the Dust Bowl and subsequent Great Depression. Steinbeck often populated his stories with struggling characters, and his stories drew on real historical conditions and events in the first half of the 20th century. His body of work reflects his wide range of interests. They were marine biology, jazz, politics, philosophy, history, and myth. Seventeen of his works, including Cannery Row (1945), The Pearl (1947), and East... Biography of Derren Brown
Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English psychological illusionist and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. He was born in Croydon, South London, and studied Law and German at the University of Bristol. Whilst there, he attended a show by the hypnotist Martin S. Taylor, which inspired him to turn to illusion and hypnosis as a career. Around 1994, he worked as a conjuror, practising the traditional skills of close-up 'magic'. In 1996, he started performing stage hypnosis shows at the University of Bristol under his then stage name of Darren V. Brown. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Later, Brown became interested in mind-reading through Ian Rowland. Shortly after, he was commissioned to do a pilot for his Channel 4 television series, Mind Control. Aside from his main work, he is a... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן, also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק) (born 27 February 1928) is a former Israeli Prime Minister and military leader whose political career was ended by a massive stroke that he suffered in early 2006. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though the powers of his office were exercised by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following Sharon's stroke on 4 January 2006. At that time, Sharon fell into a coma, and did not regain consciousness. During his lengthy career, Sharon was a highly controversial figure among many factions, both inside and outside Israel. His supporters view him as... Biography of Julie Andrieu
Julie Andrieu, born February 27, 1974 in Paris, is a French TV host and author, the daugther of actress Nicole Courcel. She was a former photographer. Books Confidences sucrées (en collaboration avec Pierre Hermé) , éd. Agnès Vienot, 2007 Mes secrets pour garder la ligne... sans régime, éd. Robert-Laffont, 2007 Le B.A.-ba du chocolat, éd. Marabout, 2006 La Cuisine de Julie, éd. Albin Michel, 1999... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Kate Mara
Kate Mara (born February 27, 1983) is an American television and film actress. Beginning acting in her hometown of Bedford, New York, she moved from the stage to her first film, Random Hearts (1999). Notable roles include appearances in Academy Award-winning Brokeback Mountain and on Fox television series 24. Included on the New York Daily News list of "10 young actors who have a shot at making it big" at the start of 2006, she has since appeared in the feature films We Are Marshall (2006) and Shooter (2007). Early life Mara was born and raised in Bedford, New York, the daughter of Chris Mara, a scout for the New York Giants, and Kathleen Rooney. Her family is Irish. She has one older brother, Daniel, and two younger siblings, Patricia and Conor. Mara wanted to be an actress since seei... Biography of Roberto Assagioli
Roberto Assagioli (Venice, February 27, 1888 - Capolona d'Arezzo, August 23, 1974) was an Italian psychiatrist who was the founder of the psychological movement known as Psychosynthesis. "Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements." - Roberto Assagioli, The Act of Will, 2002, p. 6 Selected works Psychosynthesis: A Collection of Basic Writings by Roberto Assagioli ISBN 0-9678570-0-7 The Act of Will by Roberto Assagioli ISBN 0-670-10309-8 Transpersonal Development: The Dimension Beyond Psychosynthesis by Roberto Assagioli ISBN 1-85538-291-1... Biography of Marie-Laure Augry
Marie-Laure Augry is a French journalist, born February 27, 1947 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire.... Biography of Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso (February 27 (sometimes 25 depending sources), 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian opera singer and one of the most famous tenors in history. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the first twenty years of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings and his extraordinary voice, known for its range, power, and beauty, made him one of the best-known stars of his time. About Caruso During his career, Enrico Caruso made over 260 recordings and made millions of dollars from the sale of his 78 rpm records. While Caruso sang at many of the world's great opera houses including La Scala in Milan and Covent Garden in London, he is best known as the leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 17 ye... Biography of Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship, though more accurately, he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. Hence, he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under new laws and had to apply for a visa for each entry. His most famous work is the tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet. Life and work Durrell was born in Jalandhar, India, the son of Indian-born British colonials. Before going to England, he pursued schooling at St. Joseph's College (School Department... Biography of Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel. He also established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly, and the movie Serenity. He is not related to the Baldwin brothers. He currently stars as NSA agent John Casey on the NBC comedy-spy series Chuck. Biography Early life Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka, Illinois, and once worked as a truck driver. Career Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast, Ricky Linderman, in My Bodyguard (1980), and ... Biography of Kenzo (fashion designer)
Kenzo Takada (高田賢三 Takada Kenzō, born 27 February 1939 in Himeji, Japan) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a worldwide famous brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes. Kenzo's love for fashion developed at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters' magazines. He shortly attended the University of Kobe, where he felt bored and eventually withdrew, against the will of his family . In 1958, he joined a fashion school, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which had then just opened its doors to male students. After earning his diploma, he settled in Paris in 1964, not without adaptation problems. He was trying to gain a place in the fashion environment; attending shows, making contacts with the media and selli... Biography of Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist in the areas of consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. Nader has been a staunch critic of corporations, which he believes wield too much power and are undermining the fundamental American values of democracy and human rights. He helped found many governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Public Citizen, and several Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), including NYPIRG. The Atlantic Monthly, in its list of the 100 most influential Americans, ranked Nader number 96: "He made the cars we drive safer; thirty years later, he made George W. Bush the president... Biography of Maryse Bastié
Maryse Bastié (February 27, 1898 - July 6, 1952) was a French aviator. Born Marie-Louise Bombec in Limoges, at age eleven Bastié's father died and her family struggled to survive. However, as an employee in a shoe factory, money was scarce and an early marriage that failed left her with a child and limited means. As a result of her marriage to a World War I pilot, she became fascinated by the new phenomenon of powered flight and was determined to become a pilot and to own her own plane. She obtained her license to fly and although her husband was killed in a 1926 plane crash, Maryse Bastié began doing aerobatics to earn money to keep herself flying and in 1927 purchased her own aircraft, a Caudron C.109. In the 1930s, Maryse Bastié set several international records for female aviators i... Biography of Constantine the Great
Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 – 22 May 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great (among Western Christians), or Saint Constantine (among Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians), was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 to his death. Best known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine reversed the persecutions of his predecessor, Diocletian, and issued (with his co-emperor Licinius) the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious toleration throughout the empire. The Byzantine liturgical calendar, observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite, lists both Constantine and his mother Helena as saints. Although he is not included in... Biography of Joan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an Emmy-nominated American film actress who also achieved success later in life as a television actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Bennett, the youngest of three daughters, was born in Palisades Park, New Jersey, the daughter of stage actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison, and the younger sister of actresses Constance and Barbara Bennett (the mother of Morton Downey, Jr.). Bennett and her siblings were also the grand-daughters of prominent stage actor Morris W. Morris, who was of Afro-Caribbean descent. Morris, who was born in Jamaica (West Indies), was an American Civil War veteran who served in the "Blacks" division of the Louisiana Native Guards. Career Bennett made her first film appearance i... Biography of Franco Moschino
Franco Moschino, born February 27, 1950, is an Italian fashion designer.... Biography of Jacques Charon
Jacques Charon (27 February 1920-15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director. Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. During his time there which lasted until his death, he played over 150 roles in the classical and modern repertoire. Charon directed the 1968 feature film A Flea in Her Ear and the 1973 television movie Monsieur Pompadour. Charon died in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.... Biography of Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricœur (born February 27, 1913 in Valence France; died May 20, 2005 in Chatenay Malabry, France) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. As such, he is connected to two other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer. Ricœur was born in a devout Protestant family, making him a member of a religious minority in Catholic France. Ricœur's father died in a 1915 World War I battle when Ricœur was only two years old. He was raised by his paternal grandparents and an aunt in Rennes with a small stipend afforded to him as a war orphan. Ricœur, whose penchant for study was fueled by his family's Protestant emphasis on Bible study, was bookish and intellectually precocious. Ricœur rec... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Rozonda Thomas
Rozonda Ocelean Thomas (born February 27, 1971), best known by her stage name Chilli, is an American R&B singer and actress who rose to fame as one third of the successful R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop girl group TLC. Early life Rozonda Ocelean Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from B.E. Mays High School. Her father, Abdul Ali, was of East Indian descent and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of African American and Native American descent. Thomas, who had been raised by her mother, later allowed the Sally Jessy Raphael television talk show to air footage of her meeting her father for the first time in 1996. Career 1992 - present: TLC Main article: TLC (band) Thomas was first a dancer for Damian Dame. In 1991, she joined TLC, replacing founding member Crystal Jones, and was nickn... Biography of Georges Migot
Georges Migot, born February 27, 1891 in Paris, died January 5, 1976 in Levallois-Perret (Hauts de Seine), was a French composer, writer and painter. Bibliography Léon Vallas : Georges Migot (Paris, 1923), Pierre Wolff : La route d'un musicien : Georges Migot (Paris, 1933 - Georges Migot, étude générale (Paris, Leduc 1933), Maurice Henrion : La musique vocale de Georges Migot in Revue Musicale (novembre 1946), Marc Honegger : Georges Migot in Revue Musicale Suisse (1954)- éd. Catalogue des œuvres musicales de Georges Migot (Strasbourg, 1977), Max Pinchard : Connaissance de Georges Migot musicien français (Les éditions ouvrières,1959), Alain Pâris : Georges Migot in Universalis (1977), C. Lathan : éd. Et trad. Georges Migot : the man and his work (Strasbourg, 1982), René Aigrin ... Biography of Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born February 27, 1953 (birth time source: birth certificate n° 69, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian comedian and film director. In 1989 she joined Jérôme Deschamps and Macha Makeieff's troupe, of which she became one of the stars, especially with the TV programme, Les Deschiens. She played a concierge in the film Amélie, a mime in Paris, Je T'aime and a lovesick woman in Vagabond (Sans Toit, ni Loi) by Agnes Varda. Filmography 1993 : Germinal de Claude Berri La Levaque 1995 : Le Bonheur est dans le pré d'Etienne Chatilliez Lucette 1995 : Les Trois Frères de Didier Bourdon et Bernard Campan La patronne du PMU 1996 : Tout doit disparaître de Philippe Muyl Irène 2001 : Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain de Jean-Pierre Jeunet Madelaine Wallace 2001 : Le Lait d... Biography of Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935) is a famous Italian opera soprano much admired for the youthful quality of her voice and her acting skills. Her repertoire encompasses some forty roles, Verdi and Puccini in particular but also Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Freni was married for many years to the Bulgarian basso Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded frequently. Freni was born into a working class family in Modena (both her mother and tenor Luciano Pavarotti's mother worked in the same cigarette factory in that city). She was a musically gifted child and sang "Un bel dì vedremo" in a radio competition at age ten. The tenor Beniamino Gigli warned her, however, that she risked ruining her voice and advised her to give up singing until she was older. She resumed singing at ag... Biography of Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon (born 27 February 1970) is a French coloratura soprano who has been acclaimed for her interpretations of French Baroque music. Biography Born in Montargis, Loiret, she initially studied plastic arts, then studied at the Conservatoire de Paris after earning a bachelor's degree in musicology, and won the Conservatory's first prize in 1995. Petibon has worked with William Christie; John Eliot Gardiner; Marc Minkowski; Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien; Robert Wilson and even the French Rap group Futuristiq. She has recorded the works of Lully, Charpentier, Rameau, Landi, Couperin, Handel, Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Caldara, Bernstein, Barber, Bruno, Dello Joio, Debussy, Mancini, Méhul, Jommelli, Offenbach, Delibes, Poulenc, and Nicolas Racot de Grandval. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Gaudin
Jean Gaudin, born February 27, 1953 in Bois-Colombes, is a French choregrapher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mouna Ayoub
Mouna Ayoub (Arabic: منى أيوب)(born on February 27, 1957 in Kuwait) is a well-known French socialite and Businesswoman of Christian Lebanese origin. Very mediatized , she is often the guest of the Cannes film festival, and make headlines in the French people magazines. When she was 20 years old she converted to Islam to marry Nasser Al-Rashid, a 40 year old businessman and advisor of King Fahd. After eighteen years of marriage she left Saudi Arabia and made a fortune in real estate. In 1997 she bought the boat of Bernard Tapie , Phocéa, for 5.56 million euros to which were added 18.25 million euros of work. To carry this work out Mouna sold a proportion of her jewels including one of the largest yellow diamonds of the world (112.53 carat... Biography of Nancy Spungen
Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 (birth time source: Carolyn Caufman in MH 4/1984 quotes Spungen's mother's biography "And I Don't Want to Live This Life." , Astrodatabank) – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Early life Spungen was born at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Frank and Deborah Spungen. She was born with severe cyanosis, and nearly died of brain damage after being choked by her umbilical cord during delivery. The doctors successfully secured a blood transfusion which healed her brain damage, and she was released from the hospital eight days after birth. The Spungen family was a middle... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christopher Wilding
Christopher Edward Wilding, born February 27, 1955 in Santa Monica, is the son of Michael Wilding and Elizabeth Taylor, the brother of Michael Wilding Jr., half-brother of Liza Todd Burton and Maria Burton Carson, brother-in-law of Brooke Palance, and the husband of Aileen Getty (1981 - 1989) (divorced, 2 children).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Schrameck
Olivier Schrameck, born February 27, 1951 in Paris, is a French civil servant and author. Works Les cabinets ministériels, 1 décembre 1997, Broché Matignon Rive gauche, 1997-2001, 17 octobre 2001, Broché Mémoire d'alternance : L'Espagne de Zapatero, 15 avril 2005, Broché Dans l'ombre de la République - Les cabinets ministériels, Paris, Dalloz, 2006 (9 novembre 2006), 224 p., broché ISBN 2-247-07108-2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Connally
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor of Texas, and Secretary of the Navy and Treasury under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, respectively. While Governor, Connally was a passenger in the car in which President Kennedy was assassinated, and he was wounded in the shooting. Early years, education, military Connally was born into a large family in Floresville, the seat of Wilson County located southeast of San Antonio. He was among the few Floresville High School graduates who attended college. He graduated from The University of Texas School of Law where he was student body president. He was admitted to the bar by examination before he graduated from law school. Connally served in the United ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Liane Dayde-Giraud
Liane Dayde-Giraud, born February 27, 1932 in Paris, is a French dancer of the Paris Opera.... Biography of Pascale Petit
Anne-Marie Petit, best known as Pascale Petit, born February 27, 1938 in Paris, is a French actress. She married poet and comedian Giani Esposito and has a daugther, Duska Bojidarka, best known as Douchka, a singer for Disney France. Filmography 1956 : Les Sorcières de Salem de Raymond Rouleau 1957 : Une vie de Alexandre Astruc 1958 : Les Tricheurs de Marcel Carné 1959 : Julie la rousse de Claude Boissol 1959 : Faibles femmes de Michel Boisrond 1960 : La Novice de Alberto Lattuada 1960 : Une fille pour l'été de Édouard Molinaro 1965 : Duel à la vodka / Ces dames de l'étoile rouge (Zwei girls von roten stern) de Sammy Drechel 1971 : Chronique d'un couple de Roger Coggio 1985 : Une étrange histoire d'amour de Eric de Kuyper 1991 : Ville à vendre de Jean-Pierre Mocky... Biography of Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, (born 27 February 1941), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and international diplomat. Ashdown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 1983 to 2001, and leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until August 1999; later he was the international High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 May 2002 to 30 May 2006, following his vigourous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s. A gifted polyglot, Ashdown is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and other languages. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) in the New Year Honours 2006. In his 2009 autobiography, he revealed that he has worked as a spy f... Biography of Alan Guth
Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory (and how particle theory is applicable to the early universe). Currently serving as Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is the originator of the inflationary universe theory. He graduated from MIT in 1968 in physics and stayed to receive a master's and a doctorate, also in physics. As a junior particle physicist, Guth first developed the idea of cosmic inflation in 1979 at Cornell after attending a Big Bang lecture by Robert Dicke, and gave his first seminar on the subject in January 1980. Moving on to Stanford University Guth formally proposed the idea of cosmic inflation in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giuseppe Patroni-Griffi
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (February 26, 1921 – December 15, 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author. He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy. His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo de Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastever... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elisa Uga
Elisa Uga, born February 27, 1968 in Vercelli, is an Italian fencer. She won a solver medal in Atlanta in 1996. Height: 5'8" (173 cm) Weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)... Biography of Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. She possessed a rich and vibrant voice with an intrinsic quality of beauty. Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in major music venues and with major orchestras throughout the United States and Europe between 1925-1965. Although she was offered contracts to perform roles with many important European opera companies, Anderson declined all of these, preferring to perform in concert and recital only. She did, however, perform opera arias within her concerts and recitals. She made many recordings that reflected her broad performance repertoire of everything from concert literature to lieder to opera to traditional Ameri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander, born February 27, 1939 in Los Angeles, is an American artist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Christian (singer)
Gary Christian, born February 27, 1955 in Liverpool, is a British musician and singer, a member of group The Christians. The Christians are a musical ensemble from Liverpool, England, who had several UK and international chart hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band biography The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up, and is also coincidentally guitarist Henry Priestman's middle name. Garry Christian (born 27 February 1965, Liverpool) (lead vocals), Roger Christian (born 13 February 1950 - died 8 March 1998 from brain tumour) (vocals, instrumentalist), Russell Christian (born 8 July 1956) (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), and Henry Priestman (born Henry Christian Priestman, 21 July 1955, in Kingston upon Hull, brought u... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jaana Rinne
Jaana Rinne, born February 27, 1958 in Mikkeli, Finland, is a Finnish rock music producer.... Biography of Donal Logue
Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian actor perhaps most famous for his role as Sean Finnerty in Grounded for Life. Biography Early life Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His father, Michael J. Logue, was once a Carmelite Catholic missionary in Africa where he met Donal's mother, Elizabeth, where they eventually got married and had four children. He has three sisters: Karina, an actress, his twin sister Deirdre (who is not in show business), and Eileen, an education consultant. His father is the president of Aisling Industries, which makes microchips for cellphone companies (such as Telcel USAcell, Pegaso, and Nokia) and rents his plot from Nuevo Centro Industrial Comercial S.A. de C.V., in the famous building of Cervecería de Mexicali, Maltera. Lo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Yvel
Albert Yvel, born February 27, 1927 in Algiers, Algeria, is a French light heavyweight former boxer. Yvel was of Algerian-Hebrew decent. He was the first of many excellent North African-Hebrew fighters who emerged from that region after World War Two. Yvel was both the French and European Lightheavyweight champ between 1949 and 1951. He was ranked by Ring as the #9 Lightheavyweight in the world starting in Sept. 1950 and ending Feb. 1951.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ewen Vernal
Ewen Vernal (born February 24, 1964) is a Scottish musician. Born in Glasgow to a musical family, Ewen began taking piano lessons at 8 years old – inspired by a Beatles-singing mother and a choir-leading, saxophone-playing father. Singing competitions and local talent contests followed, but it was not until his teenage years that the bass guitar soon became the focus of Ewen's musical aspirations. Discovering an old guitar in the family loft with only a single low E-string left, he started to pick out bass-lines from favourite records, finally graduating to the “real thing” at 16 years old. From the early 1980s, Ewen began playing in a variety of Glasgow-based bands and some jazz residencies throughout Scotland until, after some gentle persuasion from their drummer, joined newly-sign... Biography of James Worthy
James Ager Worthy (born February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina), is a retired Hall of Fame American college and professional basketball player. Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, "Big Game James" was a seven time NBA All-Star and three time NBA champion. A standout for the North Carolina Tar Heels, the 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) small forward was the MOP of the 1982 NCAA Tournament and #1 pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. Worthy was an All-American high school basketball player at Ashbrook High School in Gastonia, North Carolina. Worthy averaged 21.5 points and 12.5 rebounds during his senior season, for a team that lost in the state championship game. College basketball career After graduating high school, Worthy attended the University of North Carolina (UNC). He q... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary Frann
Mary Frann (February 27, 1943 – September 23, 1998) was an American actress best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife, Joanna Loudon, on the television series Newhart. She is sometimes called Jennifer Douglas or Mary Fran. Early life and career Born Mary Frances Luecke in St. Louis, Missouri, Frann was a child model and appeared in commercials for a local television station while she was at Nerinx Hall High School. At the age of 18, she was voted Missouri's "Junior Miss". She went on to win the 1961 national title of America's Junior Miss and earned a college scholarship. Frann studied drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and worked as weather reporter for the NBC station in St. Louis. In 1964, Frann made her television debut in an episode of the Kraft Suspen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Vicaut
Jimmy Vicaut (born 27 February 1992 in Bondy (birth time source: birth certificate, Marc Brun)) is a French sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada and promptly travelled to Barcelona to help the French men's 4 x 100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. Personal best Distance Time venue 100m 10.16 s Mannheim (3 July 2010) 200m 21.02 s Montgeron (12 June 2010)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Errol Ferguson
John Errol Ferguson, born on February 27, 1948 in Miami, Florida, is an American homicide. He has killed six persons and was sentenced to death. External link: http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/flyer.do?personId=57737... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of João Bernardo Vieira
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile. He made a political comeback in 2005, winning that year's presidential election. Vieira was killed by soldiers on 2 March 2009, apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed Guinea-Bissau's military chief General Batista Tagme Na Waie. The military officially denied these allegations after Army officials claimed responsibility for Vieira's death. Vieira described himself as "God's gift" to Guinea-Bissau during his tenure in office. He is, as of March 2011,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Leo Herlihy
James Leo Herlihy (27 February 1927 – 21 October 1993) was an American novelist, playwright and actor. Born into a working class family in Detroit, Michigan, Herlihy is known for his novels Midnight Cowboy and All Fall Down and his play Blue Denim, all of which were adapted for the screen. Other works include The Season of the Witch and a number of short stories. After leaving high school, Herlihy enlisted in the Navy in 1945, receiving his overseas orders just two days before the end of World War II. From 1947-48, with money from the G.I. Bill, Herlihy attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina, a small, experimental institution whose faculty included Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Willem de Kooning, and other innovative figures in the arts. Herlihy studied art, music, and lite... Biography of George Mitchell
George Mitchell, (27 February 1917 - August, 2002) was a Scottish musician, best known for having devised the long-running Black and White Minstrel Show. Born in Stirling, Scotland, Mitchell's grandfather was well-known Scottish choir master John Laing, and both of his parents were amateur singers. He was educated at Southgate County School in North London. Mitchell was a pianist before his World War II military service. During the war, he organised choirs within the forces, and afterwards he formed the George Mitchell Choir for BBC radio. After some success, the name was changed to the George Mitchell Glee Club, and it continued in that form until 1957, when the George Mitchell Minstrels were created. In 1958, the Minstrels, in red make-up which looked black on camera, transferred to t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lotte Lehmann
Charlotte (Lotte) Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German soprano who was especially associated with German repertory. She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss. The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier was considered her greatest role. During her long career, Lehmann also made more than five hundred recordings. Life Lehmann was born in Perleberg, Germany. After studying in Berlin with Mathilde Mallinger, she made her debut at the Hamburg Opera in 1910 as a page in Wagner's Lohengrin. In 1914, she sang for the first time at the Vienna State Opera, which she joined in 1916. There she sang the premieres of a number of operas by Richard Strauss, including Ariadne auf Naxos in 1916, Die Frau ohne Schatten in 1919, Intermezzo in 1924, and Arabella in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff (Russian: Давид Сарнов, February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Belarusian-born Russian-American businessman and pioneer of American commercial radio and television. He founded the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He ruled over an ever-growing telecommunications and consumer electronics empire to include both RCA and NBC, which became one of the largest companies in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General." Sarnoff is credited with Sarnoff's law, whi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marino Marini
Marino Marini (February 27, 1901 - August 6, 1980) was an Italian sculptor. Born in Pistoia, Marini is particularly famous for his series of stylised equestrian statues, which feature a man with outstretched arms on a horse. Probably the most famous example is The Angel of the City at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. He attended the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in 1917. Although he never abandoned painting, Marini devoted himself primarily to sculpture from about 1922. From this time his work was influenced by Etruscan art and the sculpture of Arturo Martini. Marini succeeded Martini as professor at the Scuola d’Arte di Villa Reale in Monza, near Milan, in 1929, a position he retained until 1940. During this period Marini traveled frequently to Paris, where he associat... Biography of Ellen Terry
Dame Ellen Terry, GBE (27 February 1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English stage actress, who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Born into a family of actors, Terry began acting as a child in Shakespeare plays, and continuing as a teen, sometimes in London and sometimes on tour. At the age of 16, she married the much older artist George Frederick Watts, but they separated within a year. She briefly returned to acting but then began a relationship with the architect Edward William Godwin and retired from the stage for six years. She returned to acting in 1874 and was immediately acclaimed for her portrayal of roles in Shakespeare and other classics. In 1878, she joined the company of Henry Irving as his leading lady and, for the next two decades, she was considered the l... Biography of Didier Lombard
Didier Lombard (born 27 February 1942 in Ixelles, Belgium) is a French businessman. He is the current Chairman and CEO of France Télécom since 27 February 2005. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (Promotion X1962) and the Télécom Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yvan Audouard
Yvan Audouard, born February 27, 1914 in Saïgon (now Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville), died March 21, 2004 in Paris, was a French journalist and writer. Works Liqueurs fortes, 1946 Recherche de Paul Valéry. Albi, Editions du Languedoc, 1946. Au petit poil. Ed. du scorpion, 1949. La belle embellie. Horay, 1953. Brune Hors Série. Ed. de Paris, 1955. Vie à crédit. Horay, 1955. Minute d'égarement. Série blonde, 1956. Bout d'essai. Série blonde, 1956. Cartouche ou la rage de vivre. Editions de Paris, 1957. A la belle hormone. Série blonde, 1957. Les lions d'Arles. Lausanne. La Thune Du Guay, 1957. Cocagne. Lausanne. La Thune Du Guay, 1960. La pastorale des santons de Provence. Etoile, 1960. (avec la coll.de Paul Durand) Pas de panique. Plon, 1963. Camargue. Rencontre, 1965. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aveline Kushi
Aveline Kushi, born February 27, 1923 in Yokota, is a Japanese-American businesswoman and entrepreneur. She was involved in the macrobiotic movement in the 50's.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eduardo Cruz
Eduardo Cruz Sánchez, born on February 27, 1985 in Madrid, is a Spanish musician and singer, the brother of actresses Penélope Cruz and Monica Cruz. Eva Longoria, born in 1975 - who broke up with her husband Tony Parker in November 2010 - is allegedly dating Eduardo Cruz, the younger, super-hot brother Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz. Link: http://www.popcrunch.com/eduardo-cruz-eva-longoria-dating/... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Loy Vaught
Loy Stephen Vaught (born February 27, 1967 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Los Angeles Clippers. Vaught played at East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, and helped lead the University of Michigan Wolverines to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Vaught was drafted in 1990 by the Los Angeles Clippers. For a short period in the mid 1990s, Vaught was one of the most consistent forwards in the league, averaging 16.2 points and approximately 10 rebounds per game while missing only four games between 1994 and 1997. Injuries sustained in 1997 hampered his career, and after that he never played more than 51 games in a season. Vaught clos... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Deirdre Curron
Deirdre Curron, born February 27, 1939 in London, is a British clairvoyant.... Biography of Iain Calder
Iain Calder, born February 1939 in Slamannan, is a Scottish-American editor and journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti, born February 27, 1922 in Marseille and died March 10, 2002, was a French actress, the wife of Raoul André (December 1955 - 4 November 1992) (his death). She is the mother of the actress Ariane Carletti and the sister of actress Carlettina. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137420/) # Mission spéciale à Caracas (1965) .... Martine de Lainville ... aka "Mission to Caracas" - USA (video title) # The Hideout (1962) .... Giselle ... aka "La planque" - France (original title) ... aka "Walls of Fear" - USA # Ah, quelle équipe! (1957) .... Marie-Lou # Les pépées au service secret (1956) .... Christine # Les indiscrètes (1956) .... Hélène # Les pépées font la loi (1955) .... Christine # Marchandes d'illusions (1954) .... Marcelle ... aka "Nights of Sha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dexter Gordon
Born in Los Angeles, California, Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor (Round Midnight. Warner Bros, 1986). He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell (bebop) to the tenor saxophone. Gordon is one of the most influential and iconic figures in Jazz and is largely credited for establishing the classic, modern sound and stylistic concept for the saxophone in general, and the tenor in particular. His studio and live performance career was both extensive and multifaceted, spanning over 50 years in recorded jazz history. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (about 198 cm), and so consequently ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and occasional presenter. Early life Spall, third of four sons, was born in Battersea, London; his father, Joe, was a postal worker, and his mother, Sylvia, a hairdresser. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor in his year. His brother, Matthew, is studio director of the computer games company Morpheme. Career Initially notable in the UK for playing the gormless Barry Taylor in all four series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet alongside actors such as Jimmy Nail, Kevin Whately, Christopher Fairbank and Christine Garner and Kevin in Outside Edge alongside Robert Daws and Josie Lawrence, he has since starred in films such as Crusoe, Secr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Early life He was born as Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone in Niagara Falls, New York, the youngest son of Dr. Frank Jerome Tone, the wealthy president of the Carborundum Company, and his socially-prominent wife, Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot. Tone was a distant relative of Wolfe Tone: his great-great-great-great-grandfather John was a first cousin of Peter Tone, whose eldest son was Theobald Wolfe Tone. Tone was of French Canadian, Irish, English and Basque ancestr... Biography of Monica Schreiner
Monica Schreiner, born February 27, 1954 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an American professional astrologer, producer and TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willie Banks
Willie Anthony Banks (born February 27, 1969 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was a pitcher for Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins (1991–93), Chicago Cubs (1994–95), Los Angeles Dodgers (1995), Florida Marlins (1995), New York Yankees (1997–98), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998) and Boston Red Sox (2001–02). Banks was a member of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins, the 1995 National League Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1998 World Series champion New York Yankees teams. In nine seasons he had a 33-39 record over 181 games, with 84 games started, 1 complete game, 1 shutout, 40 games finished, 2 saves, 610 ⅓ innings pitched, 632 hits allowed, 370 runs allowed, 322 earned runs allowed, 65 home runs allowed, 302 walks allowed, 428 strikeouts, 15 hit bat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Garnett
Richard Garnett C.B. (27 February 1835 – 13 April 1906) was a scholar, librarian, biographer and poet. He was son of Richard Garnett, an assistant keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum. Born at Lichfield in England, and educated at a school in Bloomsbury, he entered the British Museum in 1851 as an assistant librarian. In 1875, he became superintendent of the Reading Room, in 1881, editor of the General Catalogue of Printed Books, and in 1890 until his retirement in 1899, Keeper of Printed Books. His literary works include numerous translations from the Greek, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; several books of verse; the book of short stories The Twilight of the Gods (1888, 16 stories; 12 stories added in the 1903 edition); biographies of Thomas Carlyle, John Milton... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jake Thackray
John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002), was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling, making him difficult to pigeonhole. Jake Thackray sang in a lugubrious baritone voice, accompanying himself on a nylon-strung guitar in a style that was part classical, part jazz. His witty lyrics and clipped delivery, combined with his strong Yorkshire accent and the northern setting of many of his songs, led to him being described as the "North Country Noël Coward", a comparison Thackray resisted, although he acknowledged his lyrics were in the English t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heather Jenner
Heather Jenner, born February 27, 1914 in London, is a British former businesswoman, writer and match-maker who said: Marriage is my business. She established 10,000 marriages.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucio Costa
Lucio Costa (27 February 1902 - 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner. Career Costa was born in Toulon, France. Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and in Montreux until 1916, he graduated as an architect in 1924 from the School of Fine Art (Escola Nacional de Belas Artes) in Rio de Janeiro. After some early works in the eclectic manner, he adopted Modernism in 1929. In 1930 Costa established a partnership with Russian-born Brazilian architect Gregori Warchavchik, and became the Manager of the School of Fine Art. Even though he found students eager to be taught in the "new style," his ruthless administration won him the opposition of the faculty and student body, and Costa eventually had to resign after a year in office. He joined the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Garraud
Jean-Paul Garraud (born February 27, 1956 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 10th constituency of the Gironde department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos (born February 27, 1960, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990. Career Gómez turned professional in 1979. Early success in his career came mainly in doubles competition. He won five doubles titles in 1980, and seven in 1981. In 1986, Gómez attained the World No. 1 doubles ranking. He won seven doubles events that year, including the US Open men's doubles title (partnering Slobodan Živojinović). Gómez won a second Grand Slam men's doubles title in 1988 at the French Open (partnering Emilio Sánchez). His first top-level singles title came in 1981 in Bordeaux. He then the won the Italian Open in 1982, beating Eliot Teltscher in the final... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luitzen Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (February 27, 1881 – December 2, 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Biography Early in his career, Brouwer proved a number of theorems that were breakthroughs in the emerging field of topology. The most celebrated result was his proof of the topological invariance of dimension. Among his further results, the Brouwer fixed point theorem is also well known. Brouwer also proved the simplicial approximation theorem in the foundations of algebraic topology, which justifies the reduction to combinatorial terms, after sufficient subdivision of simplicial complexes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Jay Grossman
Michael Jay Grossman, born on February 27, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on April 6, 1991 (AIDS), was an American theater director. (Source: Steinbrecher).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch (27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry, a loose group of poets including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery that eschewed contemporary introspective poetry in favor of an exuberant, cosmopolitan style that drew major inspiration from travel, painting, and music. Life Koch (pronounced coke) was born Jay Kenneth Koch in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began writing poetry at an early age, discovering the work of Shelley and Keats in his teenage years. At the age of 18, he served in WWII as a U.S. Army infantryman in the Philippines. After his service, he attended Harvard University, where he met future New York School poet John Ashbery. Af... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 27 February 1942) is an American journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service. In 1961, Athens, Georgia witnessed part of the civil rights movement when Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. Upon her graduation in 1963, she became the university's first black graduate. In 1967, she joined the investigative news team at WRC-TV, Washington, D.C., and also anchored the local evening news. In 1968, Charlayne joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter specializing in coverage of the urban African American community. She joined The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent, and became The NewsHour's... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine (born 27 February 1948 in Paris) is a French actor of Russian-Polish descent. Born in Paris, he has had a career in European cinema and television since the early 1970s, and made occasional appearances in English-language films, notably as the Russian gangster "Mikhi" in Ronin, as Woody Allen's father in Love and Death, and the recurring character of "Major Pierre Ducos" in the UK TV series Sharpe. Atkine is also a well-regarded voice artist, providing the voice of "Jafar" in the French version of Disney's Aladdin (1992). He also provides the French dub for Dr. Gregory House on House, M.D. and is the French narrator of the Law and Order series. Selected filmography Alexander (2004) Vatel (2000) History Is Made at Night (1999) Ronin (1998) Henry & June (1990) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Lorius
Claude Lorius (born on February 27, 1932) is a French glaciologist. He is currently director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et geophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988. He has taken part in more than 20 polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, and has helped organise many international collaborations, notably the Vostok ice core. He was instrumental in the discovery and interpretation of the palaeo-atmosphere information within ice cores. Awards commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, 2009 Blue Planet Prize, 2008 Vernadsky medal of the EGU, 2006 CNRS Gold Medal, 2002 Balzan Prize 2001 for climatology Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1996 officer of the Légion d'honneur,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandre Arnoux
Alexandre Arnoux, born on February 27, 1884 in Digne, died on January 5, 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, was a French novelist, poet, and playwright, member of the Académie Goncourt (1947). Works: Poetry L'Allée des mortes (1906) Au grand vent (1909) Cent sept quatrains (1944) Novels and short stories Didier Flaboche (1912) Abisag ou l'Église transportée par la foi (1918) La mort de Pan, pièce montée par Antoine à l'Odéon(1909) C'est le Cabaret, recueil de nouvelles de guerre (1919) Indice 33 (1920) La nuit de Saint-Barnabé (1921) Écoute s'il pleut (1923) Le règne du bonheur (1924) Suite variée (1925) Le chiffre (1926) Les gentilshommes de ceinture (1928) Carnet de route du juif errant (1930) Merlin l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Yves Dubois (actor)
, born on February 27, 1958 in Chartres, died on January 17, 2003, was a French actor and comedian. FJean-Yves Duboisilmography 2003 : Une grande fille comme toi (TV) 1997 : Mange ta soupe de Mathieu Amalric 1997 : Port Djema 1996 : La Propriétaire de Ismail Merchant 1996 : Sortez des rangs de Jean-Denis Robert 1994 : La Servante aimante 1992 : La Vie de Galilée (TV) 1991 : Le Roman 1983 : Vive la sociale ! 1983 : Les Yeux des oiseaux 1983 : Ballade à blanc 1983 : Richelieu ou la journée des dupes (TV) 1981 : Julien Fontanes, magistrat épisode La dixième plaie d'Égypte (TV) 1978 : Le Temps d'une république : Un soir d'hiver, place de la Concorde (TV) Theater 1982 : Hippolyte de Robert Garnier, mise en scène... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé
Jean-de-Dieu Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé (27 February 1732, Rennes – 22 August 1804) was a French prelate, statesman and cardinal. Life Achieving remarkable success in his studies, the death of his elder brother made him the head of his family, and giving up his birthright, he dedicated his life to the Catholic Church. First made Vicar-General of Pontoise, in 1765 he was created Bishop of Lavaur, and in 1770 appointed to the archiepiscopal See of Aix in Provence. In this last position he won for himself the name of skillful administrator and princely benefactor. Provence owes to him the digging of a canal bearing his name, several works of public utility, such as a bridge at Lavaur and educational institutions for poor children. When in a time of scarcity and of political ferment,... Biography of Francis Wilson
Francis Alfred Wilson, born on February 27, 1949 in Irvine, is a Scottish TV host and TV weatherman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Mahony
Roger Michael Mahony (born February 27, 1936 (source: birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is an American cardinal and retired prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985–2011. Before his appointment as Los Angeles archbishop, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno from 1975–1980 and as Bishop of Stockton from 1980–1985. Born in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles and raised in the city's San Fernando Valley area, Mahony was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno in 1962. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in January 1975 and consecrated bishop in March 1975. He was then appointed Bishop of Stockton in 1980. In 1985, Mahony was appointed Archbishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II, and becam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novel, The Young Lions (1948) about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film starring Marlon Brando. Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim, the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminished his literary reputation. Shaw was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brother, David Shaw (died 2007), became a noted Hollywood producer. Shortly after Irwin's birth, the Shamforoffs moved to Brooklyn. Irwin changed his surname upo... Biography of Elisabeth Welch
Elisabeth Welch (born 27 February 1904, New York (source: Imdb) – died 15 July 2003, Northwood, Middlesex, United Kingdom) was an American born singer, actress, and entertainer whose career spanned seven decades, many years of which she was based in Britain. Personal life Elisabeth Welch was born in New York on 19 February 1904. Her father was the chief gardener in an estate in Englewood, New Jersey. He was of mixed race being Afro-American and Native American. Her mother was Scottish of Irish descent. She had intended to go, after finishing High School, into Social Work, but instead became a singer. She started her career in New York, went on to Paris (France), and from there went on to Britain where she remained for the seventy years left in her life. In 1928, she was married to Lu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Dash
Samuel Dash (February 27, 1925 – May 29, 2004), a native of Camden, New Jersey, a co-chief counsel along with Fred Thompson for the Senate Watergate Committee during the Watergate scandal. Dash became famous for his televised interrogations during the Congressional hearings on Watergate. Two decades later, Dash was again in the news after resigning his post as ethics adviser to independent counsel Kenneth Starr. After working for the investigation for four years, Dash resigned to protest Starr's appearance before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Dash felt that Starr was acting as an "aggressive advocate" instead of an impartial investigator. Dash was a law professor at Georgetown University for nearly 40 years where he taught criminal procedure. Shortly before his ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Lyot
Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (27 February 1897 in Paris – 2 April 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer. His interest in astronomy started in 1914. He soon acquired a 4-inch (100 mm) telescope and soon upgraded to a 6-inch (150 mm). From graduation in 1918 until 1929, he worked as a demonstrator at the Ecole Polytechnique. He studied engineering, physics, and chemistry at the University of Paris, and from 1920 until his death he worked for the Meudon Observatory. In 1930 he earned the title of Joint Astronomer of the Observatory. After gaining the title, he earned a reputation of being an expert of polarized and monochromatic light. Throughout the 1930s, he labored to perfect the coronagraph, which he invented to observe the corona without having to wait for a solar eclipse. In 1938, he show... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is a NASCAR driver. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoffrey and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion. He currently drives the #11 Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing in the Camping World Truck Series. Early career Bodine would make his Busch Series debut in 1986, for Pistone Racing at Martinsville. He qualified and finished 27th in the 30-car field, falling out of the race early with an engine problem. Bodine went on a three year hiatus from the series until 1990, when he would drive eight races for Diamond Ridge Motorsports #42/#81 Ames Pontiac, making his season debut at Martinsville. He started 11th and finished in the 8th position. He then followed that up with finishes of 7t... Biography of Daniel Gibson
Daniel Hiram Gibson (born February 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. His nickname, "Boobie," was given to him by his mother. High school Gibson averaged 25.54 points per game and 9.3 assists per game while leading Jones High School in Houston, Texas to a 31-4 record and the Texas Class 4A state title as a senior. It marked the school's first state championship since 1965. Gibson graduated sixth out of 212 students in his high school class, and was a member of the National Honor Society. College Gibson starred as a guard in college basketball for the University of Texas at Austin. In his two seasons with the Longhorns, he scored 935 points, including 175 three-point field goals. Gibson made 101 threes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 (source for his time of birth: biography on Imdb) – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942 he made his film début - he was exempted from military service specifically - in the UFA production Die grosse Liebe with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954 he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Mounet-Sully
Mounet-Sully (February 28, 1841 - 1916), a French actor, was born at Bergerac. His birth name was Jean-Sully Mounet: "Mounet-Sully" (without the "Jean") was a stage name. He entered the Conservatoire at the age of twenty-one, where he took first prize for tragedy. In 1868 he made his debut at the Odéon without attracting much attention. His career was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, and his passion for his military career had almost convinced him to give up the stage, until he was offered the opportunity to play the part of Oreste in Racine's Andromaque at the Comédie Française in 1872. His striking presence and voice and the passionate vigor of his acting made an immediate impression, which resulted in his election as sociétaire in 1874. He became one of the mainstays of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Pican
Pierre Pican, born on February 27, 1935 in Granville, Manche, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux-Lisieux (March 2010 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Leducq
André Leducq (27 February 1904, Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis - 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tour de France. Career Leducq was born at Saint-Ouen. He was twice world champion as an amateur before turning professional in 1927. The following year he won Paris–Roubaix and was second in the Tour de France, becoming popular for his humour. His other victories included two Tours de France (he won 25 stages in nine rides) and the 1931 Paris–Tours. After his retirement, he founded a professional cycling team that raced in the 1950s. Major results 1927 Tour de France 4th overall Stage 6, 23 and 24 wins 1928 Tour de France 2nd overall Stage 2, 10, 11 and 16 wins Paris–Roubaix 1929 Tour de Fr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Al Licklider
Al Licklider, born on February 27, 1913 in St Louis, Missouri (birth time source: Steinbrecher), died on September 4, 1992, was an American theater director and businessman. He has made multiple marriages.... Biography of Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 (borth time source: Vena Naughton, Astrodatabank) – September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971. Black was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 63 to 13. He was first of nine Roosevelt nominees to the Court, and outlasted all except for William O. Douglas. Black is widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century. The fifth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history, Black is noted for his advocacy of a textualist readi... Biography of Seray Sever
Seray Sever, born February 27, 1973 in Istanbul, is a Turkish actress and TV host. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1100062/ ) # Maskeli besler kibris (2008) # Banyo (2005) .... Süreya ... aka "The Bathroom" - International (English title) # "AB'nin yollari tastan" (2005) TV mini-series .... Hildegart # "Tatil asklari" (2004) TV mini-series # "Kurtlar vadisi" .... Derya Çakir (2003-2004) (20 episodes, 2003-2004) ... aka "Valley of the Wolves" - International (English title) (literal title) - Episode #1.20 (2003) TV episode .... Derya Çakir (2003-2004) - Episode #1.19 (2003) TV episode .... Derya Çakir (2003-2004) - Episode #1.18 (2003) TV episode .... Derya Çakir (2003-2004) - Episode #1.17 (2003) TV episode .... Derya Çakir (2003-2004) -... Biography of Keren Craig
Keren Craig is an English fashion designer. Craig, alongside Georgina Chapman are the co-founders of the fashion label Marchesa. As teenagers, Craig met future partner Georgina Chapman while they were both students at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Craig graduated from Brighton Art College in 2000 with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Textiles with Business and afterwards concertrated on print and embroidery design. This included freelance printmaking at Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana. In 2004, Craig and Chapman launched Marchesa which is named after socialite Marchesa Luisa Casati. Investors of the brand include Giuseppe Cipriani and Steven C. Witkoff. In 2006, the label was named one of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's top ten finalists. Recently it was confirmed in the UK Press that... Biography of JWoww
Jennifer "Jenni" Farley (born February 27, 1986), also known as JWoww, is an American television personality. She first came to prominence as one of the eight main cast members in the MTV reality series Jersey Shore. She has also made several appearances on other shows, such as TNA Impact! and Disaster Date. She also has a line of tanning products with Australian Gold. Early life Farley attended Columbia High School, in East Greenbush, New York. She is of Spanish-Irish descent. Before starting her career, she spent time as a nanny. Career Prior to Jersey Shore, Farley owned a graphic design business, Jenni Farley Designs, Inc. In December 2009, Farley began appearing on Jersey Shore as she and seven other housemates spent the summer in the Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The second... Biography of Yifan Hou
Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán About this sound pronunciation (help·info)) (born February 27, 1994, in Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese chess prodigy. Iin 2008, she became the youngest ever female in history (at the age of 14 years 6 months) to qualify for the title of Grandmaster. In June 2007, she became China's youngest ever National Women's Champion, and in September 2008 she became the youngest ever finalist for the Women's World Championship title. At the age of 12, she became and still holds the record for being the youngest ever player to participate at the FIDE Women's World Championship (Yekaterinburg 2006), and at the Chess Olympiad (Torino 2006). She achieved the titles of Woman FIDE Master in January 2004, Woman Grandmast... Biography of Mayra Suarez
Mayra Suarez is a Mexican fashion model. Born in Celaya, Guanajuato the 27th February 1986, Suarez began her modeling career after participating in Elite Model Look Mexico 2003. She was featured on the covers of the Italian editions of Glamour and Vogue Beauty. She has appeared in advertisements for Dillard's and Target and KensieGirl.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski (born 27 February 1945) is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies. Olbrychski was born in Łowicz, Poland. He played one of the leading roles in Volker Schlöndorff's rendering of Nobel-prize awarded German writer Günther Grass's book "Die Blechtrommel" (The Tin Drum). He also appeared in one of the ten short films in Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Decalogue, and had a small role in the film adaptation of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In 1986 Olbrychski received the French Legion of Honor (L'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur). In 2007 he received the Stanislavsky Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's sch... Biography of Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a former Brazilian football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He was last manager of the South Africa national football team. Coaching career Parreira supports Fluminense, and he has won two league titles for the club: The First Division Brazilian Championship in 1984 and the Third Division in 1999. About the latter title, Parreira has said that this was personally the most important trophy of his career, even more so than Brazil's World Cup triumph, as the club he loved was facing near-bankruptcy and became very close to extinction at the time. Parreira is one of two coaches that has led five national teams to the Wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérémie Kisling
Jérémie Kisling (born Jérémie Tschanz) is a singer songwriter born in 1976 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He explored several ways of expression until he decided to start singing. His songs describe a melancholic, fragile and impishly humorous universe. His deliberately old fashioned arrangements of vintage synths (moog, korg, cwurlitzer) insisting trumpets and light guitar tunes create genuinely enchanting harmonies. His second album, 'Le Ours' peaked at 59 on the Swiss charts. His third album, 'Antimatière', debuted at 39 on the Swiss charts. Discography * Monsieur Obsolète, 2003 * Le Ours, 2005 * Antimatière, 2009... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ali Bastian
Ali Bastian (born Alexandra Louise Bastian; 27 February 1982) is an English television actress, best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007, and PC Sally Armstrong in long-running ITV drama series The Bill from 2007 to 2009. Biography Born in Windsor, Berkshire, to Paula C. Marriott and Nicholas P. Bastian. She is of Armenian and Russian descent. Bastian has one younger brother, Nicholas Ruel Bastian (born March 13, 1986). Bastian was raised in Cookham and Maidenhead in Berkshire, and Marlow in Buckinghamshire. She attended the Redroofs Theatre School at Maidenhead from the ages of 10 to 13 and She started professional acting with a role in Jane Eyre aged 10. She went to school at Claires Court, the College. (Maidenhead) Hollyoaks Ma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yovani Gallardo
Yovani Gallardo (born February 27, 1986) is a Mexican right-handed starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Gallardo is listed at 6'2" and 210 pounds. He has showcased impressive hitting skills for a pitcher. In 188 career at-bats, he has an average of .213 with nine home runs and twenty-six RBIs. He regularly throws four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup with a lot of movement. He has an above-average arm with a fastball that touches the 96 mph, but he usually throws in the 92 MPH range with a hard-breaking 78–82 MPH curve that, when he was in the minors, was considered the best curveball in the minors. His slider is also very good... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rainhard Fendrich
Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich (born 27 February 1955 in Vienna) is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians. His lyrics are written in Viennese German, and he is very popular in Austria, but less in other German-speaking countries, and by far less known in non-German speaking ones. His song from 1990, "I am from Austria" (its lyrics are, except for this one line, in Viennese German) is still popular in Austria. Life Rainhard, called "Raini" by his friends, attended a Catholic boarding school. By his own admission he was a lazy pupil, and shy. He got his first guitar on his 15th birthday, and taught himself how to play it and started writing songs. He later began to study law, but soon gave up and took several jobs in order ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Feindouno
Pascal Feindouno (born 27 February 1981 in Conakry) is a Guinean international footballer, who currently plays for Swiss side FC Sion as a winger. Early career Feindouno began his career with Club Industriel Kamsar who played two years before signed in January 1998 with Hirondelles de Conakry, who played a half year. Career Feindouno started his European career at FC Girondins de Bordeaux in July 1998, and scored the goal which gave the club the Ligue 1 Championship title in 1999. He spent the 2001-02 season at Lorient, and was sold by Bordeaux to Saint-Étienne before the 2004-05 season. He missed Guineas lost quarter final against Ivory Coast in the 2008 African Nations due to suspension. In summer 2007 he was linked to a move away from his club, with many sides from all ove... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wil Jones
Wilbert "Wil" Jones (born February 27, 1947 in McGehee, Arkansas) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" forward from Albany State University, Jones was drafted in the fifth round of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and by the Miami Floridians in the 1969 ABA Draft. Jones played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Miami Floridians, Memphis Pros, Memphis Tams and Kentucky Colonels. After the ABA-NBA merger in 1976 Jones was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the ABA Dispersal Draft and played two seasons (1976–1978) in the National Basketball Association for the Indiana Pacers and Buffalo Braves. Jones won the 1975 ABA Championship with the 1974-75 Kentucky Colonels and was named to the 1975 ABA All... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christopher B. Landon
Christopher Beau Landon (born February 27, 1975 in Los Angeles) is an American screenwriter best known as the writer of 2007 film Disturbia and as the son of filmmaker Michael Landon. Career Landon, following his father Michael Landon's footsteps in filmmaking, studied screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University, but dropped out three years into the course to pursue a career when film director Larry Clark offered him a writing job after reading one of his scripts. He went on to co-write the script of Another Day in Paradise with Eddie Little and Stephen Chin. After writing Another Day in Paradise, he came out as gay, aware that homophobia may have harmed his potential in the industry. "I may fall off some list because of my sexuality. But if that happens, then I really don't want to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Denard Span
Keiunta Denard Span (born February 27, 1984 in Tampa, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He was selected by the Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft from Tampa Catholic High School. Span turned down just over $2 million from Colorado in an offer for a predraft deal; he fell all the way to the 20th pick and cost himself around $800,000. He bats and throws left-handed and is known as one of the premier lead-off hitters in the AL due to his exceptional on-base percentage. Professional career After being drafted by the Twins in 2002, Span signed with the Twins on August 15, 2002. He started his minor league at Elizabethon, Twins rookie affiliate in 2003. In 2004, he played for the Twins of the Gulf Coast L... Biography of Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) is an English musician, best known as one of the three guitarists in the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden, for whom he regularly writes and, along with bassist Steve Harris, performs backing vocals on some songs. Growing up in Camden, London, Smith gained an interest in rock music at 15 and formed a friendship with future Iron Maiden guitarist Dave Murray, who would inspire Smith to take up the guitar himself. Upon leaving school at 16, he formed his own band, Urchin, which he would lead until their demise in 1980. Having already been offered a position as their second guitarist the previous year, Smith joined Iron Maiden in November 1980, replacing Dennis Stratton. Following a short-lived solo project entitled A.S.A.P, he left Iron Maiden... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Craig Monroe
Craig Keystone Monroe (born February 27, 1977, in Texarkana, Texas), nicknamed "C-Mo," is a Major League Baseball outfielder who most recently played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Professional career Monroe joined the Detroit Tigers organization on February 1, 2002, when he was selected off waivers from the Texas Rangers. He played his first full season in 2003, hitting 23 home runs. On July 19, 2006, Monroe hit a grand slam home run off Javier Vázquez of the Chicago White Sox that was decisive in the Tigers' 5–2 win. At the time, both teams were locked in a tense struggle for the lead of the American League Central division. Monroe called it "by far the biggest home run I've ever hit." On August 17, 2007, the Tigers designated Monroe for assignment. On August 23, he was traded to ... Biography of Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer (Latvian: Gidons Krēmers; born February 27, 1947) is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany. Biography Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish (his father being a Holocaust survivor) and Latvian-Swedish origins. He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather, who were both professional violinists. He went on to study at the Riga School of Music and with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1967, he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels; then, in 1969, second prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition (shared with Oleh Krysa) followed by first prize at the Paganini Competition in Genoa; and finally firs... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Pyper-Ferguson
John Pyper-Ferguson (born February 27, 1964) is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters. He also portrayed Tomas Vergis on the science fiction drama television series Caprica. Early life John Pyper-Ferguson was born in Mordialloc, Australia, the son of Olympic swimmer Kathleen (née MacNamee) and Richard Ferguson. After a brief period in his country of birth, he moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he was raised by his parents. Pyper-Ferguson went to high school at Handsworth Secondary School. He later graduated with distinction from the University of Alberta with a Bachel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (/ˈsɑrəzɛn/; February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers (along with Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods) to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam: U.S. Open in 1922, 1932, PGA Championship in 1922, 1923, 1933, British Open in 1932, and The Masters in 1935. Early life Sarazen was born in Harrison, New York as Eugenio Saraceni. Sarazen began caddying at age ten at local golf clubs, took up golf himself, and gradually developed his skills; he was essentially self-taught. He used the somewhat unusual, at the time, interlocking grip to hold the club. Young prodigy Sarazen took a series of... Biography of Aimi MacDonald
Aimi MacDonald (born 27 February 1942) is a British actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television sketch comedy show, At Last the 1948 Show (Rediffusion, 1967). Background and early career Aimi MacDonald's Scottish father was a medical doctor. Her mother was English. She is the youngest of three daughters. MacDonald went to ballet school and entered show business at 14. She was a dancer, working during her teens in Britain and the United States. While performing with a troupe in Las Vegas, she met Elvis Presley at the Silver Slipper casino, remarking years later that he would "jam with the rest of them" and on his ability as a jazz guitarist. MacDonald married an American musician at 17 and they had a daughter named Lisa. The ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Devin Harris
Devin Lamar Harris (born February 27, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harris attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Harris was selected with the fifth pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards. Early life Harris was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the son of Terry and Julie Harris. Throughout high school, Harris was a superior athlete and took up basketball and volleyball at Wauwatosa East High School. He played volleyball for only one season, a season in which he gained all-conference honors, before he set that aside to focus on basketball. Harris was nagged by injuries after his sophomore year of high school and was unable to participate in the summ... |
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