|
||||||||
|
Celebrities born in January
Celebrities born in February
Celebrities born in March
Celebrities born in April
Celebrities born in May
Celebrities born in June
|
Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 28, 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 · 45,435 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,435 Celebrities
131 celebrities or events were found for February, 28. Add to favourites (738 fans)Biography of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. His time of birth is an assumption of course, given by this site : http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/jc.html http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek, itself a transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshua or Hebrew-Aramaic Yeshua, meaning "YHWH is salvation"; and where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek christós, meaning the "Anointed One", which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The main sources of information regarding Jesus' life and teachings are the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Most scholars in the fields of history and biblical studies agree that Jesus was a Galilean Je... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Natalia Vodianova
Natalia Vodianova (Russian: Наталья Водянова, born February 28, 1982) is a Russian supermodel. Born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's third largest city), Vodianova had a difficult childhood. Her mother's abusive boyfriends and a tight financial situation dogged her throughout childhood. Having helped her mother with her fruit stall business from the age of 11, Vodianova moved into her own apartment with a friend at 15 and started her own fruit-stall business. She was thus able to help out her sisters, one of whom is disabled. Natalia Vodianova is 5'9" (1m75). Career At 15 Vodianova enrolled in a modeling academy, and started going to casting opportunities. A scouting agent from Paris... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank) – 3 July 1969) was an English guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable mod image, recreational drug excesses and his death at age 27. Early life Jones was born in the Park Nursing Home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, during World War II. Supposedly he suffered from asthma all his life. His middle-class parents, Lewis Blount Jones and Louisa Beatrice Jones were of Welsh descent. Brian had two sisters: Pamela, who was born on 3 October 1943 and who died on 14 October 1945 of leukemia; and Barbara, born in 1946. Both Jones's parents were interested in music — his mother Louisa was a p... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Robert Pelletier
Robert Pelletier, born February 28, Denver (NH) is an American professional astrologer and writer.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Richard Ramirez
Ricardo "Richard" Muñoz Ramírez (born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas) is a convicted Mexican American serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prior to his capture, Ramírez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the news media as he terrorized California with a series of satanic / sadistic hate crime murders of Asians and White Americans; while commiting various burglary, kidnappings and rape activities between 1984 to 1985. Early life Ramírez may have been influenced into becoming a murderer by his cousin, a Special Forces Vietnam War veteran who boasted of killing and torturing his Vietnamese enemies and showed him Polaroid pictures of his Asian victims. When his cousin murdered his wife, Ramírez was present and blood from the gun shot ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Pagnol (February 28, 1895 – April 18, 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Born February 28, 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône département, in southern France near Marseille, the son of school teacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot, Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul, René, and younger sister Germaine. He learned how to read at a young age to his father's amazement but his mother did not allow him to touch a book until he was six "for fear of cerebral explosion". During this time he spent many summers with his family in a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille in the hills near Aubagne. At the age of 15 he wrote his first play and followed in his father's footsteps and became an English teacher for ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Michel de Montaigne
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne-Delecroix (IPA pronunciation: ) (February 28, 1533–September 13, 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography — and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as "Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written. Montaigne had a direct influence on writers the world over, from William Shakespeare to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In his own time, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author. His tendency in his essays to diverge into anecdotes... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Karolina Kurkova
Karolína Isela Kurková (born February 28, 1984) is a Czech supermodel, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Mario Testino said of Kurková, "The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment." Designer Marc Jacobs said, "She has an angelic look with a dark side, she's sweet and fun but looks like she could be an evil bewitching child." Vogue editor Anna Wintour called her the "next supermodel.". Height 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Early life and career Karolína Kurková was born in Děčín, Czech Republic, to Josef Kurka, a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother. After a friend sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague, she immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercia... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jelena Jankovic
Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985 (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank)) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. Janković entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 15 in late 2006 when she reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. At the beginning of 2007, she broke into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, and entered the top 3 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open. She won the Mixed Doubles title at 2007 Wimbledon Championships with partner Jamie Murray. Tennis career Early career Janković learned her first tennis skills in Tennis Club 'Red Star'. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was in... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model best known for her screen roles aimed at teenage audiences. Her best known television series is Heroes. Her famous Hollywood films, so far, have been Varsity Blues, House on Haunted Hill, Final Destination, Legally Blonde, and finally Resident Evil: Extinction. Early life Ali Larter was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She attended Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West. She began modeling with the world-renowned Ford Models at the age of fourteen and traveled the world. At seventeen, Larter settled temporarily in Japan. A year later, in 1995, she accompanied her boyfriend in his move to Los Angeles, California. Soon after, she began taking acting classes, at a friend's... Biography of Bugsy Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. Early life Benjamin Siegelbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a poor Jewish family from Letychiv, Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire (today's Ukraine). As a boy, Siegel joined a street gang on Lafayette Street on the Lower East Side and first committed mainly thefts, until, with another youth named Moe Sedway, he devised his own protection racket: pushcart merchants were forced to pay him five dollars or he would incinerate their merchandise on the spot. During adolescence, Siegel befriended Meyer Lansky, who was forming a small crew whose criminal activities expanded to include gambling and car theft. Siege... Biography of Olivia Palermo
Olivia Palermo (born February 28, 1986) is currently a cast member on the MTV reality television series The City. The daughter of a Connecticut real estate developer named Douglas Palermo, Palermo came to New York to attend the New School. She has been noted as a former socialite and has graced the cover of New York Magazine as the It-Girl in 2007. Palermo was born in New York and was raised between New York City and Connecticut. Growing up as an athlete, Palermo participated in sports such as ice hockey, skiing, lacrosse and tennis. She studied abroad in Paris before returning to New York to complete her undergraduate degree in Communications Studies at The New School. She is currently dating German model, Johannes Huebl. Career Palermo made her debut on the New York social sce... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American Tony Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and singer. Beginning as a child actress, Peters has established herself as an important stage actress, particularly in musical theatre, as well as a recording star, and an actress in films and television. Peters first reached Broadway in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she took roles in film and television, but in the 1980s returned to theatre, where she has been, for over two decades, one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway stars. Peters also continues to act in films and on television, where she has been nominated for Emmy Awards for three of her appearances. Peters is particularly noted for her starring roles in the musicals Song and Dance, Annie Get Your Gun, Sunday in the Par... Biography of Jeanne Mas
Jeanne Mas, born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain, is a French pop singer and actress. She is well known in France, Switzerland and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. Her first success was "Toute première fois" in 1984. This song was simultaneously released in the United Kingdom in English. Two of her singles charted at number one in France: "Johnny, Johnny" and "En rouge et noir" in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Her 1980's albums are good examples of the Euro disco electro-pop style popular in Continental Europe at the time, featuring synthesizers and very catchy melodies. Jeanne Mas was born on February 28th, 1958 in Alicante, Spain. She started studying languages at the University of Nanterre (near Paris). After a Bachelors degree in Spanish and Italia... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actor who is most noted for his role as an aspiring actor Neil Perry in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. He is a three-time Tony Award nominee (1993, 2001 and 2003), winning in 2001 (Best Actor - Featured Play) for his role as A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. Currently, he plays Dr. James Wilson, head of the oncology department, on the FOX TV series House. He is engaged to Gabriella Salick, an international show jumper and classics scholar, whom he met at Columbia University. He also maintains a close friendship with House co-star Hugh Laurie, as well as childhood friend and Dead Poets Society co-star, Ethan Hawke. Selected fil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Cook (British politician)
Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005) was a politician in the British Labour Party. He was known as Robin Cook. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. He resigned from his post as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council on 17 March 2003 in protest against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. At the time of his death he was president of the Foreign Policy Centre and a vice-president of the America All Party Parliamentary Group and the Global Security and Non-Proliferation All Party Parliamentary Group. Background and personal life Robin Cook was born in Bellshill, Scotland, the only son of Peter and Christina Cook. His father was a science teacher and his grandfather was a miner before bei... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Despax
Olivier Despax (February 28, 1939 - April 1974) was a French jazz guitarist. He was a member of group Gamblers and a friend of Brigitte Bardot.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nathalie Ménigon
Nathalie Ménigon, born February 28, 1957 in Enghien-les-Bains, is a French terrorist, member of communist group Action directe. She has killed George Bess in 1986 and René Audran in 1985 : Jean-Marc Rouillan and Nathalie Menigon were known as the "Bonnie and Clyde" of French terrorism, because of their brutal five- year reign as leaders of Action Directe. Rouillan is suspected of masterminding the murder of a French general in 1985, while Menigon and the second woman, Joelle Aubron, 27, had been sought for the assassination last November of the president of Renault, George Besse, France's largest automaker. Action Directe is thought to have been responsible for as many as 80 terrorist attacks since 1981.... Biography of Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. Many museums, companies, and cities seek Gehry's services as a badge of distinction, beyond the product he delivers. His best known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, Experience Music Project in Seattle, Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic, and his private residence in Santa Monica, California, which jump-started his career, lifting it from the status of "paper architecture", a phenomenon which many famous architects have experienced in their formative decade... Biography of Linus Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American scientist, peace activist, author and educator. He is considered the most influential chemist of the 20th century and ranks among the most important scientists in history. Pauling was one of the first scientists to work in the fields of quantum chemistry, molecular biology and orthomolecular medicine (optimum nutrition). Pauling is one of a small group of people who have been awarded more than one Noble prize, only one of two people to receive them in different fields (the other was Marie Curie) and the only person in that group to have been awarded each of his prizes without having to share it with another recipient. Pauling is also the only known Oregonian to have been awarded his High school diploma after receiv... Biography of Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten (born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten) (February 28, 1960 birth time source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Measurements Bust: 36" Waist: 24" Hips: 36" Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 123 lb (56 kg/8.8 st) She found fame as the Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playmate of the Year for 1980. She's the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) who was born in the 1960s. Stratten afterwards began a modestly successful acting career. She was murdered at age 20 by her estranged husband, an act that was the basis of two motion pictures. Stratten and Carol Willis are the only two Playmates who died within a year and a half after their Playboy appearance, both aged 20, the youngest a Playmate ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mario Andretti
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racecar driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. He has competed and won in many different types of auto racing, including stock cars, midget cars, sprint cars, IndyCars, drag racing cars, sports cars, and single-seater Formula One cars. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles, the 1978 Formula One World Championship, and IROC VI (the 1978 - 1979 IROC). To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), NASCAR's Daytona 500 (1967), and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Cup series, Formula 1, and an Indianap... Biography of John Turturro
John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Secret Window (2004), The Bronx is Burning (2007), Transformers (2007) and a variety of collaborations with Spike Lee and Joel and Ethan Coen. He has appeared in over sixty movies, and is well known for his ability to change both his demeanor and physique. Biography Early life Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Katherine, an amateur jazz singer who worked in a Navy yard during World War II, and Nicholas Turturro, a carpenter and construction worker ... Biography of Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović (born 28 February 1979 in Zagreb) is a Croatian tennis player. At 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) tall, Karlović is the tallest player ever to play in an ATP event and is considered the best server on the tour. His best ATP singles ranking to date is world #18, which he attained in April 2008. Height 208cm (6ft 10in) Weight 104kg (230lb) Taking advantage of his height, Karlović is heavily reliant on his serve. With a more acute angle from his racquet to the service line, his first serves have a higher chance of coming in, thereby rendering many of them unhittable, let alone returnable. With bad returns from his opponents, he normally just has to put the ball away for a winner without the need of a proper volley. Some critics say he will not make his mark being a ser... Biography of Stephanie Beacham
Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is an English actress. Early life Beacham, one of four children, was born in Barnet, North London, England, the daughter of Joan, a homemaker, and a father who was an insurance executive and the managing director of the Grosvenor estate. Shortly after birth, she was diagnosed as being completely deaf in her right ear as her mother had contracted chicken pox during her pregnancy. She has about 75% of normal hearing capacity in her left ear. After leaving her girls state school, St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Beacham traveled to France and studied mime with Etienne St Creux before attending RADA. Her initial goal was to teach dance movement to deaf children. She began a career in modeling and then was cast for several parts in films. ... Biography of Awa Imani
Awa Imani, born February 28, 1987 in Paris, is French R&B , HipHop and world music singer and musician of Senegalese (her mother is a dancer, singer and dance teacher) and Guyanese (her father is a singer) descent.... Biography of Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40. Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role. He holds the record for the longest playing time without allowing goals in international tournaments (1142 minutes) set between 1972 and 1974. With 112 caps he is third only to Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro in number of appearances for the Azzurri. In 2004 Pelé named him as one of the 125 greatest living footballers. After retiring as a footballer Zoff went on to become coach for several Italian clubs and the national t... Biography of Claretta Petacci
Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945) was an upper class Roman who became Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's mistress. Her father had been the personal physician to the Pope. She was twenty-nine years younger than Mussolini. Petacci was with Mussolini to the end. On 27 April 1945, when a convoy of escaping Italian Social Republic members, including Mussolini, was captured by Communist partisans, it is said that Petacci was offered the opportunity to go unmolested, but there is no solid evidence for this. On 28 April, she and Mussolini were taken to Mezzagra where she and the Duce were shot. On the following day, 29 April, Mussolini and Petacci's bodies were taken to the Piazzale Loreto in Milan and hanged upside down in front of an Esso petrol station. The... Biography of Wolfgang Doebereiner
Wolfgang Doebereiner, born February 28, 1928 in Munich, is a famous German writer, homoeopathist and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Simard
René Claude Simard (born February 28, 1961 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a pop singer from Quebec, chiefly popular in the 1970s. He was discovered and managed by Guy Cloutier. His first albums were produced by Céline Dion's husband René Angélil He hosted his own CBC Television series from 1977 to 1979, produced in Vancouver by Alan Thicke and featuring various international celebrity guests. Since 2006, he hosts the reality television series L'heure de gloire on Radio-Canada. His sister Nathalie was also managed by Cloutier. In 2004, Cloutier was convicted of sexually assaulting Nathalie when she was a child. Michel Vastel's 2005 book on the case, Briser le silence (Breaking the Silence), alleged that René co-operated with Cloutier in trying to hide the assaults. On November 18, 2005,... Biography of Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan (February 28, 1823–October 12, 1892) was a French philosopher and writer, deeply attached to his native province of Brittany. He is best known for his influential historical works on early Christianity and his political theories. Early life He was born at Tréguier in Brittany to a family of fishermen. His grandfather, having made a small fortune with his fishing-shack, bought a house at Tréguier and settled there, and his father, captain of a small cutter and an ardent republican, married the daughter of Royalist tradesmen from the neighbouring town of Lannion. All his life, Renan felt torn between his father's and his mother's political beliefs. He was five when his father died, and his sister, Henriette, twelve years his senior, became the moral head of the household.... Biography of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (sometimes Stalina, later Lana Peters) (born February 28, 1926, Moscow, Soviet Union) (Russian: Светлана Иосифовна Аллилуева) is the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. A writer and naturalized United States citizen, Alliluyeva caused an international furor by defecting to the United States in 1967. Early life Like most children of high-ranking Soviet officials, Svetlana was raised by a nanny and only occasionally saw her parents. Her mother, Nadezhda Alliluyeva (Stalin's second wife), died on 9 November in 1932, when Svetlana was six. Nadezhda's death was officially rul... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (born 28 February 1964 in Tashkent) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes. A graduate of the Soviet sports programme, Abdoujaparov came into his prime just as his country gained independence; after initial difficulties (including Uzbekistan's not being affiliated to the UCI, which caused problems with the Cycling World Championship) he signed for a Western professional team and became one of the world's top sprinters. Abdoujaparov remains most famous for tussles with Laurent Jalabert in the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey competition in the early 1990s. In 1991... Biography of Moina Mathers
Moina Mathers, born as Mina Bergson (February 28, 1865-July 25, 1928) was an artist and occultist at the turn of the 19th century. She was the sister of French philosopher Henri Bergson, the first man of Jewish descent to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. She is, however, more known for her marriage to the English occultist Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, one of the founders of the organization Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and, after his death in 1918, for being the head of a successor organization called the Rosicrucian Order of the Alpha et Omega. Moina, then named Mina, was born in Geneva, Switzerland to a talented and influential Jewish family, moving to Paris when she was but two years of age. Her father, Michel Bergson, achieved some musical success in comp... Biography of Richard Kline
Richard Kline, born February 29, 1943 in Riverside, California, is an American engineer and mathematician, member of Mensa. Mensa is the largest, oldest, and most famous high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher of a standardized, supervised intelligence test. Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organization Mensa International. Mensa (pronounced /ˈmɛnsə/; IPA: in Latin) means "table" in Latin as is symbolized in the organization's logo.... Biography of Tommy Tune
Thomas James "Tommy" Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won nine Tony Awards and the National Medal of Arts. Biography Early years Tune was born in Wichita Falls, Texas to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur, Jim Tune, and Eva Mae Clark (the family name was shortened from "Tunesmith"). He attended Lamar High School in Houston and the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, and went on to earn his Bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962, and take graduate courses at the University of Houston. Tune later moved to New York to start his career. Career In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mariano Zabaleta
Mariano Zabaleta (born February 28, 1978 in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. He turned professional in 1996. Zabaleta is a right-hander with a double handed backhand. He has an unusual but effective service motion and fighting spirit. His best shot is his forehand and his favourite surface is clay. Career Zabaleta was an outstanding junior in 1995 and finished the year as number 1 with a junior career record of 81-6, with his only loss in 1995 to Peter Wessels at the quarter finals of the US Open . Zabaleta won three of the major junior events in 1995. The Italian Open juniors without losing a set against Martin Lee in the final 6–4 6–2 and followed that up with French Open juniors which was also achieved without dropping a set and... Biography of Philippe Dupont
Philippe Dupont, born February 28, 1964 in Rocourt, Belgium, is a Dutch trap shooter. He competed and placed 20th in the Atlanta Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Frank
Bernard Frank (born 11 October 1929 in Neuilly sur Seine died 3 November 2006 in Paris.) was a French journalist and writer. Bernard Frank was raised in a comfortable family, where his father was a bank manager. After his baccalauréat, he started a Khâgne at the Lycée Pasteur but was expelled for bad conduct. He tried again to complete his preparatory classes at the lycée Condorcet, but abandoned them out of boredom during the second trimester. At the age of 20, he met Jean-Paul Sartre who entrusted him on a trail basis with a column in his magazine, Les Temps Modernes. He remained a periodic contributor, but after publication of his novel Les Rats (1953), he fell out with the magazine's management. During 1952-1953, he was in charge of the literary column in l'Observateur, as a s... Biography of Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes J. Ruehl (February 28, 1948) is an American theater, television and film actress. Personal life Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. Her father was an FBI agent and her mother, also named Mercedes, was a school teacher. She was raised Catholic, and has German, Irish, and Cuban ancestry. Ruehl attended College of New Rochelle and graduated in 1969. She is married to painter David Geiser, with whom she adopted a son, Jake (born 1997). She had another son, Christopher, whom she placed in adoption in 1976; Christopher later became Jake's godfather. Career Ruehl began her career in regional theatre with the Denver Center Theatre Company, taking odd jobs between engagements. In the late 1970s, Ruehl began chalking up New York stage successes, notably in I'm No... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Manasseri
Michael Manasseri (born February 28, 1974 in Poughkeepsie, New York) is an American actor and Executive Vice President/Director of Big Screen Entertainment Group (BSEG). He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Wyatt Donnelly in the TV series Weird Science (1994). He also had a recurring role in the second season of the NBC sitcom Wings as young pilot Kenny McElvey.... Biography of Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress. Chong was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, a comedian, actor, writer and director. She was raised by her grandmother, Tommy Chong's mother. Chong's father is of Chinese and Scotch-Irish ancestry and her mother is of African Canadian descent. Her sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. Chong is known for appearing in the films Quest for Fire (1981), The Color Purple (1985), Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), Commando (1985), Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984), and Far Out Man (1990), in the latter two appearing with her father. Chong won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1983 for Quest for Fire. Chong saw her most activ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joël Dabin
Joël Dabin, born February 28, 1933 in Le Pellet, died November 7, 2003, was a French painter.... Biography of Ingo Hoffman
Ingo Hoffmann (born February 28, 1953) is a former racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 25, 1976. He scored no championship points. Hoffman's Formula One career was hindered by the financial problems of the Fittipaldi team. Hoffman drove the team's second car when realistically the team could only afford to run one car. This meant Hoffman only entered certain selected races, and ultimately the second car was dropped altogether. After Formula One, Hoffman competed strongly in Formula 2, and also in sports cars and saloon cars both in Europe and in South America. Notably, Ingo Hoffman has won the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times (1980, 1985, 1989-1994, 1996-1998 and 2002). In 2006 December, he took his 100th ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Augustus Sutter
Johann Augustus Sutter (February 28, 1803 – June 18, 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush by the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, and for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, the state's capital. Although famous throughout California for his association with the Gold Rush, Sutter ironically died almost poor, having seen his business ventures fail while those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., prospered. Early years Johann Augustus Sutter was born on February 28, 1803 in Kandern, Baden, Germany, when his father came from the nearby town of Rünenberg in Switzerland. He went to school in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and later joined the Swiss army, eventually... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Mignoni
Pierre Mignoni (born 28 February 1977 in Toulon, France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 club competition in France. Mignoni has played for France. Height 1.70 m Weight 75 kg Mignoni's first club was RC Toulon, playing with them from 1996-1997. He then moved to AS Béziers Hérault, where he played club rugby from 1997 to 1998. Mignoni made his international debut for France on October 22, 1997, in a test against Romania. He played one other test that year, against Argentina. Mignoni then moved back to Toulon for the 1999-2000 season. During 1999, in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup in Wales, he played three tests for France; against Samoa, the All Blacks and Wales. He was included in France's 1999 Rugby World Cup sq... Biography of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran (February 28, 1712 – September 14, 1759) was the commander of the French forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (the North American phase of which is called the French and Indian War in the United States). He is most remembered for his role in the Fall of Quebec, and remains a controversial figure. Early life Louis-Joseph was the son of Louis-Daniel de Montcalm and Marie-Thérèse de Lauris and was born at their Chateau de Candiac in southern France, near Nîmes. He joined the French Army in 1727 as an ensign in the Régiment d'Hainault. On the death of his father in 1735, he became the Marquis de Saint-Veran, inheriting the honours, rights, and debts of that position. But his finances were improved soon after by his marr... Biography of Pat Monahan
Patrick "Pat" Monahan (born February 28, 1969) is the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy award winning band Train. He is a successful solo artist, and has collaborated with multiple artists. Pat plays acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, saxophone, flute, electric violin, clarinet, trumpet and trombone. Life and career Monahan was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He released his first solo album, Last of Seven, on September 18, 2007, followed by a nation-wide tour. He followed the tour up with a small, intimate acoustic tour, which inspired his Last of Seven Acoustic, available via digital download only. His first solo single, "Her Eyes", was released to radio stations in July and made the top 10 of Billboard's Hot AC chart. His second single is "Two Ways to Say Goodbye." On... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geraldine Farrar
Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an opera singer and film actress whose stage presence earned her a fanatic following of Gerryflappers in the early 20th century. Early life and opera career Farrar was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, the daughter of Sidney Farrar and his wife Henrietta Barnes. She studied voice in Boston, New York, Paris, and in Berlin with famed soprano Lilli Lehmann as was recommended to her by Lillian Nordica, creating a sensation in that city with her debut as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust in 1901, and appearing in the title rôles of Mignon and Manon, and as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. Among her fans in Berlin was Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, with whom she is believed to have conducted an affair beginning in 1903. After ... Biography of Fefe Dobson
Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and model. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released due to the album's singles failure to chart, and she was then dropped from her record label. During production of Dobson's subsequent studio album Joy, on her manager's record label (21 Music), she was re-signed to her original major record label (Island Records). Both labels are now working on Joy that is scheduled for an October 5, 2010 release. Early life Felicia Lily Dobson was born on February 28, 1985, in Scarborough, Ontario (east district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Dobson's mother is of English, Native Canadian, French ancestry and her father is of Jamaican herita... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmond Frémy
Edmond Frémy (February 28, 1814 - February 3, 1894) was a French chemist. Frémy was born at Versailles, entered Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac's laboratory in 1831, and was employed at the École Polytechnique in 1834 and at the Collège de France in 1837. His next post was that of repetileur at the École Polytechnique, where in 1846 he was appointed professor, and in 1850 he succeeded Gay-Lussac in the chair of chemistry at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, of which he later became director (1879-1891) after Michel Eugène Chevreul. He died in Paris. Frémy's work included investigations of osmic acid, of the ferrates, stannates, plumbates, &c., and of ozone, attempts to obtain free fluorine by the electrolysis of fused fluorides, and the discovery of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid and of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Bourdais (born February 28, 1979 in Le Mans) is a French Formula 1 race car driver. He is one of the most successful race drivers of all time in the Champ Car World Series, having won four successive championships, 2004-2007 inclusive. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife Claire and daughter Emma. Height: 1m79 Wiehgt: 72 kg Early years Karting Junior formulae He progressed to single-seater racing in 1995, finishing 9th in the Formula Campus Championship. Then, he spent two years in the French Formula Renault Championship, ultimately finishing second in points in 1997 after winning four races and five pole positions. In 1998, he won five races to become Rookie of the Year (6th overall) in French Formula 3. He won the series outright in 1999, with eigh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph von Mering
Josef, Baron von Mering (born February 28, 1849, in Cologne - died January 5, 1908, at Halle an der Saale, Germany) was a German physician. Working at the University of Strasbourg, Mering was the first person to discover (in conjunction with Oskar Minkowski) that one of the pancreatic functions is the production of insulin, a hormone which controls blood sugar levels. Mering was curious about the pancreas, a comma shaped organ, that was situated between the stomach and the small intestine. In an effort to discover its function, he removed the organ from a dog. The dog was then noticed frequently urinating on the floor, although it was house trained. Mering realised that this was a symptom of diabetes and tested the urine, which was found to be high in sugar, confirming his suspicion.... Biography of Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was a famous Academy Award-winning Hollywood director and accomplished stage director. His skilled integration of story, music, lighting, and design elements in a film made him the most critically respected crafter of American film musicals. With first wife Judy Garland he was the father of Liza Minnelli. Biography Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Minnelli was the youngest surviving child of Mina Mary LaLouette Le Beau and Vincent Charles Minnelli. His father was musical conductor of Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Minnelli's Chicago-born mother was of French Canadian descent and his paternal grandfather was from Sicily. With his background in theatre, Minnelli was known as an auteur who always ... Biography of Doreen Jacobi
Doreen Jacobi, born February 28, 1974 in Potsdam, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414271/ ) # "Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei" .... Bettina Fürst / ... (2 episodes, 1998-2009) ... aka "Autobahn Cop" - Japan (English title) - Das Kartell (2009) TV episode .... Carmen Winkler - Volley Stop (1998) TV episode .... Bettina Fürst # Zwölf Winter (2009) (TV) .... Sabine # Ich liebe den Mann meiner besten Freundin (2008) (TV) .... Marie Weiß # U-900 (2008) .... Eva Strasser # "Unschuldig" .... Dr. Gabi Schuck (1 episode, 2008) - Große Fische (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Gabi Schuck # "Tatort" .... Anwältin Corinna Becker (1 episode, 2007) - Die Anwältin (2007) TV episode .... Anwältin Corinna Becker # Zwei Bräute und ein... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Vitray
Georges Vitray, born Georges Victor Leporcher February 28, 1888 in Paris and died September 8, 1960 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. He was married with writer Laura Yard. Filmography * 1931 : Tout s'arrange de Henri Diamant-Berger * 1932 : Cœurs joyeux de Hanns Schwarz et Max de Vaucorbeil * 1934 : Vers l'abîme de Hans Steinhoff et Serge Véber * 1934 : Si j'étais le patron de Richard Pottier * 1934 : Sans famille de Marc Allégret * 1935 : Les Mystères de Paris de Félix Gandéra * 1936 : La Tendre Ennemie de Max Ophüls * 1936 : Le Mioche de Léonide Moguy * 1938 : Werther ou Le Roman de Werther de Max Ophüls * 1938 : Ultimatum de Robert Wiene et Robert Siodmak * 1938 : Mollenard de Robert Siodmak * 1938 : La Tragédie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Dubus
Eric Dubus (born 1966-02-28 in Pezanas) is a former French middle distance runner, who became European Indoor Champion over 3.000m in 1990, and was the silver medalist over 3.000m at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Dubus finished fourth over 1.500m at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. Achievements Year: 1989 Tournament: Jeux de la Francophonie Venue: Casablanca, Morocco Result: 2nd Extra: 1.500 m... Biography of Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
Alexei Petrovich Romanov (Russian: Алексей Петрович) (28 February 1690 – 7 July 1718), was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina. Childhood The young Alexei was brought up by his mother, who fostered an atmosphere of disdain towards Peter the Great, Alexei's father. Alexei's relations with his father suffered from the hatred between his father and his mother, as it was very difficult for him to feel affection for his mother's worst persecutor. From the ages of 6 to 9, Alexei was educated by his tutor Vyazemsky, but after the removal of his mother by Peter the Great to the Suzdal Intercession Convent, Alexei was confined to the ca... Biography of Charles Durning
Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor, with appearances in over 200 movies, television shows and plays. Durning's memorable roles included the Oscar-winning The Sting (1973) and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon (1975), along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be or Not to Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the last two of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Tony award for his portrayal of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1990. Early life Durning was born in Highland Falls, New York and was the second youngest of five children, James G. (1915–2000), Clifford John (1916–1994), Frances (born 1919) and Gerald J. Durning (born 1926). His mother, Louise M. (1894–1982), was a laundress at We... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Figgis
Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, writer, and composer. Personal life Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films. He is cousin to Irish filmmakers Jonathan Figgis and Jason Figgis who run the award-winning film production company October Eleven Pictures in Ireland. His sons Arlen Figgis and Louis Figgis have also followed their father in to the film industry, as editor and producer respectively. Career Figgis's early interest was in music and he played keyboards for Bryan Ferry's first band. In 1983 he directed a theatre play, produced in Theatre Gerard-Philipe (Saint-Denis, Paris, France). This play performed with... Biography of Mimsy Farmer
Mimsy Farmer (28 February 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress who played in Spencer's Mountain (1960) and More (1969), the first feature film with a Pink Floyd soundtrack. After a brief film career in the United States, mostly portraying "party-girl" types in films such as Hot Rods to Hell (1967), Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) and The Wild Racers (1968), Farmer moved to Italy. Most of her career has been spent in Europe, including some giallo movies with Dario Argento. She is divorced from screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, and has a daughter by him, Italian television actress Aisha Cerami. Currently, Farmer resides in France with her husband, the sculptor Francis Poirier. Since 1992 she has worked as a sculptor for theatre and opera in France and Italy and for films such as "Tro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod (born February 28, 1931) is an American actor most notable for playing Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat. He is the stepfather of Drew Steele, of the rock band the Surf Punks. Life and career Early years Born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York, he grew up in Pleasantville and studied acting at Ithaca College, graduating in 1952. His father, a gas station attendant, was a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian. After serving in the Air Force, he moved to New York City and worked at Radio City Music Hall while looking for acting work. At about this time he changed his name, drawing "Gavin" from a cerebral palsy victim in a TV drama, and "MacLeod" from his Ithaca drama coach, Beatrice MacLeod. Career His first movie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of W. Warendorf
W. Warendorf, born February 28, 1959 in La Haye, is a Dutch artist and cartoonist.... Biography of Paul Krugman
Paul Robin Krugman (pronounced /ˈkɹuɡmən/; born February 28, 1953) is a 2008 Nobel Prize-winning American economist, columnist, author, and intellectual. He is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University who has since 2000 written a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. Krugman is well-known in academia for his work in trade theory. His best-known work provides a model in which firms and countries produce and trade because of economies of scale. He was a critic of the "New Economy" of the late 1990s. Krugman criticized the fixed exchange rates in East and Southeast Asia, and Thailand's economic policies before the 1997 East Asian financial crisis. Just before the 1998 Russian financial crisis, he criticized investors such as Long-... Biography of Aurélien Capoue
Aurélien Capoue (born 28 February 1982 in Niort) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for French Ligue 1 team Nantes. International career Capoue made his debut for Guadeloupe at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals in June 2007 against Haiti.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henriette Gröll
Henriette Gröll, born February 28, 1906 in Grenoble and died in 1996, was a French artist and painter. External link: biography of Henriette Gröll in French of Stéphane Piccarreta.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Odette Laure
Odette Laure, born Odette Dhommée February 28, 1917 in Paris and died June 10, 2004 in Paris, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography Actress 1950 : La Marie du port de Marcel Carné : Françoise 1950 : Lady Paname d'Henri Jeanson : la grue 1950 : Ce bon Monsieur Durand de Charles-Félix Tavano - court métrage- 1951 : Si ça vous chante de Jacques Loew - film resté inachevé - 1952 : La Fête à Henriette de Julien Duvivier : Valentine 1953 : La Pocharde de Georges Combret : Mme Berthelin 1954 : Le Grand Jeu de Robert Siodmak : l'amie de Mario 1956 : Mitsou de Jacqueline Audry : Petite-Chose 1957 : C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles de Henri Diamant-Berger 1958 : L'École des cocottes de Jacqueline Audry : Amélie 1958 : Guinguette de Jean Delannoy 1958 : Nuits de P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andréia Ribeiro
Andréia Ribeiro, born February 28, 1975 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian transvestite and entertainment artist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Margo Lion
Margo Lion, born February 28, 1899 in Constantinople (Istanbul), died February 25, 1989 in Annecy-le-Vieux, was a French actress. Her real name was Marguerite Hélène Constantine Barbe Elisabeth Lion. Filmography Docteur Françoise Gailland Lola Martin Roumagnac La Fleur de l'âge... Biography of Pierre Clostermann
Pierre Clostermann, Grand-Croix of the French Légion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre France, DFC and bar, Distinguished Service Cross (USA), Silver Star (USA), Air Medal (USA), (28 February 1921–22 March 2006) was a French flying ace, author, engineer, politician and sporting fisherman. Early life Clostermann was born in Curitiba, Brazil, into a French diplomatic family. He completed his secondary education in France and gained his private pilot's licence in 1937. Wartime service On the outbreak of war the French authorities refused his application for service, so he travelled to Los Angeles to become a commercial pilot, studying at the California Institute of Technology . Clostermann joined the Free French Air Force in Britain in March 1942. After training at RAF Cranwell and 61... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Duveyrier
Henri Duveyrier (28 February 1840 – 25 April 1892) was a French explorer of the Sahara born in Paris. In 1857 and 1858, he spent some months in London, where he met Heinrich Barth, then preparing the narrative of his travels in the western Sudan. At the age of nineteen Duveyrier, who had already learned Arabic, began a journey in the northern parts of the Sahara which lasted nearly three years. In 1864, two years after returning to France, he published Exploration du Sahara: les Touareg du nord (Exploration of the Sahara: Tuaregs of the North), for which he received the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society. In the war of 1870 he was taken prisoner by the Germans. Subsequently he made several other journeys in the Sahara, adding considerably to the knowledge of the regions immediate... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Remengesau
Thomas Esang Remengesau, Jr. (born 28 February 1956) is a Palauan politician who served as president of Palau from 2001 to 2009. He became vice-president in 1992 and was elected as president in 2000; he took office on January 1, 2001. He wished to make Palau less dependent upon United States aid, and to promote limited tourism and fishing activities. In Palau's foreign affairs, Remengesau has been active in maintaining Palau's presence in international organization. He has led official delegations to Taiwan (Republic of China) multiple times, and hosted the first Taiwan-Pacific Allies Summit in September 2006. Life and career Remengesau was born in Koror, Palau. His father is Thomas Remengesau, Sr., another Palau politician who served as acting president twice. In 1984, at 28 years... Biography of Eric Van Meir
Eric van Meir (born February 28, 1968 in Deurne) is a former Belgian football defender. His former clubs include Lierse, Charleroi and Standard Liège. Van Meir also played for Belgium and was in the squad for the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups and also for the Euro 2000 but played only a few matches. Eric van Meir won the Belgian First Division Title with Lierse in 1997, and the Belgian Cup in 1999, also with Lierse. In 1997, he scored 17 goals and won 2nd place in the Belgian Golden Shoe award. He currently works as assistant-coach for Lierse SK... Biography of Rory Cochrane
Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known as playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami. Cochrane was born in Syracuse, New York to an Irish-American father and an Indian-American mother. He has two siblings, Brendan and Siobhan. He spent his childhood in Grantchester, England. Cochrane returned to the United States and was educated in New York City and trained in the drama department of NYC's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. His first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989) and an appearance in an episode of H.E.L.P. (1990). He then made his film debut (with about fifteen seconds screen time) in A Kiss Before Dy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aldo Andretti
Aldo Andretti, born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, is an Italian racing driver, the twin brother of Mario Andretti. After his career, he became a businessman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Askew
Vincent Jerome Askew (born February 28, 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round (39th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'6" guard-forward from Memphis State University, Askew played in nine NBA seasons for eight different teams. College career Askew was a Frayser High School graduate before enrolling at Memphis State University. He was a key player on the Tigers' 1984-85 squad that reached the Final Four. Askew was one of the more complete players on the team, capable of banging down low one possession and running the point the next. After the Final Four season, Askew found himself in the midst of a debate on NCAA regulations when he briefly considered transferring to Kansas.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Milton Caniff
Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1988. Biography Caniff was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was an Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Caniff did cartoons for local newspapers while studying at Stivers High School. At Ohio State University, Caniff joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity and later illustrated for The Magazine of Sigma Chi and The Norman Shield (the fraternity's pledgeship/reference manual). Graduating in 1930, Caniff began at the Columbus Dispatch where he worked with the noted cartoonist Billy Ireland, but C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barry McGuigan
Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961), known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion. Background McGuigan was born in Clones, Ireland, son of singer Pat McGuigan (died 1987). He represented Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games at Edmonton 1978 and represented Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Pat McGuigan sang "Danny Boy" before several of his son's fights. This fact inspired the Hacienda Brothers' song "If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy", written by boxer and musician Chris Gaffney. During his career, McGuigan fought at a number of venues in both parts of Ireland and in Great Britain. He attracted an enormous and loyal following in the mid-1980s, particularly t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zero Mostel
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original, film version of The Producers. He was blacklisted during the 1950s, and his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner. Early life Mostel was born as Samuel Joel Mostel to Israel Mostel, an Eastern European Jew, and Cina "Celia" Druchs, also from a Jewish family, who was born in Poland and raised in Vienna. The two immigrated to the United States (separately: Israel in 1898 and Cina in 190... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss (born 28 February 1931) is an English golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary often displaying a witty demeanour. He is regarded by many as the "Voice of Golf" along with long term commentating partner Alex Hay. His father Percy was a professional golfer who won several tournaments on the European golf circuit in the 1920s and 1930s, and Peter was born in Berlin while his father was employed as a club professional there. Alliss quit school at the age of 14 (then the minimum school leaving age in the UK) and began his career as a professional golfer in 1947, at the age of 16. In his 27 years of playing, he won three British PGA Championships, was semi-finalist in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Theunis
Georges Emile Léonard Theunis (28 February 1873, Montegnée - 4 January 1966, Brussels) was the 24th Prime Minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1941 until 1944. He received a military training and was also trained as an engineer. Georges Theunis started his career in the Empain group, where he was an administrator and later the president of the board of ACEC. During World War I, he headed the Belgian Wartime Provisions Commission in London. After the war he was involved in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and served as the Belgian delegate to the Reparations Commission. From 1926 until 1927 he chaired the International Economic Conference in Geneva. In 1926 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mario Ancona
Mario Ancona (1860-1931) was an Italian baritone, born in Livorno, Tuscany to a Jewish family. A master of bel canto singing, he enjoyed an international reputation as a star of what is commonly referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera". Career Ancona entered the world on February 28, 1860. After embarking on a business career he decided to study voice with Maestro Matteini in his native city of Livorno. Later, he took lessons from Giuseppe Cima in Milan. Ancona is said to have made his debut as an amateur singer as far back as 1880; but his earliest known professional appearance in an opera occurred in 1889, when he sang the role of Scindia in Massenet's Le roi de Lahore in Trieste. Not long afterwards, he appeared in another Massenet opera, Le Cid, at La Scala, Milan. On May 21, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Jansen
Pierre Jansen, born Pierre Georges Cornil Jansen on February 28, 1930 in Roubaix, is a French musician and composer (film score). He is well known for his works with film director Claude Chabrol. Filmography (fr) 1960 : Les Bonnes Femmes 1961 : Les Godelureaux 1962 : Les Sept Péchés capitaux (sketch) 1962 : L'Œil du Malin 1963 : Ophélia 1963 : Landru 1963 : La 317e Section 1964 : L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel (sketch dans Les plus belles escroqueries du monde) 1964 : Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche 1965 : Marie-Chantal contre docteur Kha 1965 : Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite 1966 : La Ligne de démarcation 1967 : Le Scandale 1967 : La Route de Corinthe 1968 : Les Biches 1969 : La Femme infidèle 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stanley Baker
Sir Stanley Baker (28 February 1928 – 28 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer. Early career William Stanley Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales. In the mid-1930s his parents moved to London where Baker spent most of his formative years. He made his film debut as a teenager in the Ealing Studios 1943 film Undercover, about the Yugoslav guerrillas in Serbia. He served in the Royal Army Service Corps from 1946-1948. His first role as an adult was in All Over the Moon (1949). At first Baker was usually cast as a villain - tough, gritty and fiery. In private life, he was a close friend and drinking companion of another Welsh actor, Richard Burton. Although it has been said that both men had been taught by the same teacher at school who encouraged their theatrica... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benjamin Raich
Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian alpine skier who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy. Career After having won Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, obtaining immediately a tenth place. The following year he scored his first victory, in slalom. In 2001 he won the silver medal in Slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he gained the Slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Raich, who had matured familiary with fast specialities such as Super-G and Downhill also, in 2005 missed barely the aggregate World Cup, losing to American talent ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Duane Ferrell
Duane Ferrell (born February 28, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland) is retired American professional basketball player. Early life and college career Ferrell attended high school at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Maryland where he was part of the 1982 National Championship team, the number one rated high school squad in the country during his junior year. He went on to attend Georgia Tech from 1984-88. Ferrell was named the 1985 Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the year and went on to average 18.6 points per game during his senior year at Georgia Tech. Professional basketball career Duane Ferrell was never drafted but found his way into the NBA after being signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks in 1988. Ferrell would go on to play in six seasons with the Hawks in the reserve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leon Cooper
Leon Neil Cooper (born February 28, 1930) is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, who with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity. He is also the namesake of the Cooper pair and co-developer of the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. Biography Cooper graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947 and received a B.A. in 1951, M.A. in 1953, and Ph.D. in 1954 from Columbia University. He spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study and taught at the University of Illinois and Ohio State University before coming to Brown University in 1958. He is the Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science at Brown, and Director of the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems. A fellow of the American Physical Society, American Ac... Biography of Alfred Loisy
Alfred Firmin Loisy (28 February 1857 – 1 June 1940) was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian who became the intellectual standard bearer for Biblical Modernism in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a critic of traditional views of the biblical creation myth, and argued that biblical criticism could be applied to interpreting scripture. His theological positions brought him into conflict with the leading Catholics of his era, including Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius X. In 1893, he was dismissed as a professor from the Institut Catholique de Paris. His books were condemned by the Vatican, and in 1908 he was excommunicated. Loisy's most famous observation was that "Jesus came preaching the Kingdom, and what arrived was the Church" ("Jésus annonçait le Royaume et c'est ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Floch
Jacques Floch, born on February 28, 1938 in Bihorel, Seine-Maritime, is a French politician (Socialist party). He is a former Member of Parliament.... Biography of Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin, OM (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Career While Maddin strives to recreate the styles and moods of early film melodramas, Weimar Republic German silent films, and 1920s Soviet agit-prop, his own personal style lies in his use of clichés, psychosexual situations, bizarre stories and humour. Reminiscent of the early work of American director David Lynch, it is this self-conscious and surreal merging of early film-making techniques with a post-modern sensibility that giv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Renard
Maurice Renard (28 February 1875 - 18 November 1939) was a French writer. Overview Maurice Renard was born in Châlons-en-Champagne. He was the author of the archetypal mad scientist novel Le Docteur Lerne - Sous-Dieu (1908), which he dedicated to H. G. Wells. In it, a Doctor Moreau-like mad scientist performs organ transplants not between men and animals, but also between plants and even machines. Renard’s 1912 novel, Le Péril Bleu ("The Blue Peril") postulates the existence of unimaginable, invisible creatures who lived in the upper strata of the atmosphere and fish for men the way men captured fish. These aliens, dubbed “Sarvants” by the human scientists who discover them, feel threatened by our incursions into space the way men would be threatened by an invasion of crabs, an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mimí Ardú
Mimí Ardú, born February 28, 1956 in Río Cuarto, Provincia de Córdoba, is an Argentine actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034147/ ) 2010 Franzie Franzie 2009 ¡Me robaron el papel picado! 2008 Patito feo (TV series) Susana Bernardi 2008 Dos amigos y un ladrón 2007 El pasado Nancy 2007 Mujeres elefante (TV movie) 2006 El destino María 2005 Se dice amor (TV series) Elena Suárez – Episode #1.1 (2005) … Elena Suárez 2005 La démolition 2005 Lo bueno de los otros Doctora 2005 Un año sin amor Auntie 2005 Conflictos en red (TV series) 2005 Paredón, paredón 2004 Vereda tropical Kari Kerr 2004 Sangre fría (TV mini-series) Marga 2004 Los pensionados (TV series) 2004 Los machos de América (TV series) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amat Escalante
Amat Escalante (born 28 February 1979 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Mexican director, producer and screenwriter known for his films Sangre and Los Bastardos. Biography Escalante has spent the majority of his life in Guanajuato, Mexico, though he was born in Barcelona, Spain. He came back to Barcelona to study motion picture editing and sound at the Centre of Cinematographic Studies in Catalunya. Later on he studied at the International School of Film and Television in Cuba. In 2003, he received an award at the Berlin Film Festival for his short film Amarrados. His 2005 film Sangre was included in the section Un Certain Regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival. He is a close friend and collaborator of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Breuil
Henri Édouard Prosper Breuil (28 February 1877 – 14 August 1961), often referred to as Abbé Breuil, was a French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. He is noted for his studies of cave art in the Somme and Dordogne valleys as well as in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, China with Teilhard de Chardin, Ethiopia, Somaliland and especially Southern Africa. Life Breuil was born at Mortain, Manche, Normandy. He received his education at the Seminary of St. Sulpice and the Sorbonne, and was ordained in 1900, and was given permission to pursue his research interests. He was a man of deep religious faith and learning. In 1904 Breuil had recognised that a pair of 13,000 year old carvings of reindeer at the British Museum were in fact one composition. He a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geraldine Price
Geraldine Price, born February 28, 1922 in San Diego, California, died December 19, 1992 (pancreatic cancer), was an American artist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudio Chiappucci
Claudio Chiappucci (born 28 February 1963 in Uboldo, Varese, Lombardy) is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification - second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992. Career After a quiet start to his career he burst onto the scene in the 1990 Tour de France. Chiappucci found himself almost casually wearing the yellow jersey after a stage one attack which the favourites allowed him to arrive with a 10 minute time advantage. In subsequent stages he resisted the return of Greg LeMond, only losing the lead of the race in stage 20, the final time trial. In the end, LeMond won the Tour by 2' 16", Chiappucci came home with a surprising second place and, moreover, the status of a cycling star. He was the firs... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie (born February 28, 1933) is a Canadian film director. Furie is perhaps best known for directing American Soldiers, The IPCRESS File, The Entity, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Lady Sings the Blues, The Boys, Gable and Lombard, Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York and the Iron Eagle films. Also credited with co-creating NBC's off-beat legal drama Petrocelli, which ran from 1974 to 1976 (it was a spin-off from his 1970 film The Lawyer), he also directed Cliff Richard and The Shadows in the 1964 musical Wonderful Life. Filmography A Dangerous Age (1959) director A Cool Sound from Hell (1959) director Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961) director The Snake Woman (1961) director During One Night (1961) director The Young Ones (1961) director... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lowell Ponte
Lowell Ponte, Ph.D., born February 28, 1946 in Redlands, California, is a former think tank futurist and one of the world's most widely quoted experts on global climate change. Lowell was hailed as "the world's most widely read investigative science reporter" when he worked at Reader's Digest Magazine. He is now a Contributing Editor and columnist for NewsMax Magazine and NewsMax.com. Lowell lectures widely and has been a guest on the Today Show, David Letterman, and Good Morning America.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert de Mun
Adrien Albert Marie, Comte de Mun (French pronunciation: ; 28 February 1841 - 1914) was a French political figure and reformer. Early life and politics He was born at Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, Seine-et-Marne. He entered the French Army, saw much service in Algeria (1862), and took part in the fighting around Metz in 1870 (during the Franco-Prussian War). On the surrender of Metz, he was sent as a prisoner of war to Aachen, and afterwards returned in time to assist at the capture of Paris from the Paris Commune. A fervent Roman Catholic, he devoted himself to advocating a patriarchal type of Christian Socialism. His was the most prominent and eloquent member of the Cercles Catholiques d'Ouvriers, and his attacks on Third French Republic's social policy ultimately provoked a prohibitio... Biography of Jeanne Cherhal
Jeanne Cherhal (born February 28, 1978 in Nantes (source : birth certificate - Acte n°NA04/275 - Marc BRUN (FDAF))) is a French singer-songwriter. After spending her younger years in Erbray near Châteaubriant, Cherhal studied philosophy before moving to Paris. She started her singing career playing piano - solo, or accompanied by her guitarist Éric Löhrer in small concert venues. At the time she sported long, plaîtted hair. After a six-title CD (edited by Madame Suzie), she released an album entitled "Jeanne Cherhal" with the independant label Tôt ou tard. Little by little, her renown increased. At the beginning she sang Georges Moustaki, Jacques Higelin, Thomas Fersen and Emir Kusturica; she was invited on by the group les Têtes Raides, sang as a d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Florent Serra
Florent Serra (Born February 28, 1981 in Bordeaux, France), is a French male tennis player. In January 2006, he won his second ATP tour title in Adelaide, Australia, at the Next Generation Adelaide International. He defeated Michael Llodra,Tommy Robredo, Jarkko Nieminen, and Dominik Hrbaty on the way to the final, where he defeated Xavier Malisse 6–3,6–4. As of June 26, 2006, he is ranked #36 in the world, the highest he has ever been ranked. However, at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships he was upset in the first round by Lukas Dlouhy. Serra, a right-handed player, is 5'11" tall. ATP Tour titles (2) Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (2) Singles (2) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 18 Sept... Biography of Edouard Collin
Edouard Collin (born 28 February 1987), is a French actor and comedian. He is best known outside of France for playing gay teenager Martin in the film Crustacés et Coquillages ('Cockles and Muscles'), and Franklin in Hellphone. He has also appeared in theatrical productions and on French television. His new film Les Irréductibles is due out 2006. Filmography Actor 2005 : Crustacés et coquillages de Olivier Ducastel et Jacques Martineau 2006 : Les Irréductibles de Renaud Bertrand 2007 : Hellphone de James Huth 2008 : Nés en 68 d'Olivier Ducastel et Jacques Martineau Television 2006 : Madame le proviseur (2 épisodes) de Philippe Bérenger. 2007 : Clara Sheller (saison 2), de Alain Berliner (série télévisée). 2007 : Marie Humbert, le secret d'une mère de Marc Angelo. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Tevis
Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages. Biography Tevis was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the Sunset District, near the Pacific Ocean and Golden Gate Park. When he was ten years old, his parents placed him in the Stanford Children's Convalescent home for a year while they returned to Kentucky, where the family had been given a grant of land in Madison County. At the age of 11, Tevis traveled across country alone on a train to rejoin his family. Near the end of World War II, the 17-year-old Tevis served in the Pacific Theater a... Biography of Noureen Dewulf
Noureen DeWulf (born February 28, 1984) is an American actress. DeWulf, an Indian American, was born in New York City, New York, and was raised in Georgia in a Muslim household in with parents from Pune, Maharashtra, India. She attended Boston University. DeWulf is known as the star of the 2007 Academy Award winning musical comedy (winning the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film), West Bank Story, in which she played a Palestinian fast food cashier named Fatima who falls in love with an Israeli soldier. DeWulf also starred in 2006's American Dreamz alongside Hugh Grant and Mandy Moore. She was next seen as one of the leads in the Fox Feature Comedy, The Comebacks, which was released in the United States in October 2007. DeWulf played a small comedic role in Ocean's Thirteen as Fran... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Medawar
Sir Peter Brian Medawar, OM CBE FRS (28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a Brazilian/British biologist, whose work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance was fundamental to the practice of tissue and organ transplants. He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Until he was partially disabled by a cerebral infarction, Medawar was Director of the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill. Life Early years Medawar was born on 28 February 1915, in Petrópolis, Brazil (a town 40 miles north of Rio de Janeiro) of a Brazilian mother and a Lebanese father. Medawar left Brazil for England in 1928, and lived there for the rest of his life. Medawar was educated at Marlborough College and Magdalen ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène Bigot
Eugène Bigot (28 February 1888 in Rennes, Brittany, France – 17 July 1965 in Paris) was a French composer and conductor. He also taught at the Conservatoire de Paris where his notable pupils included Émilien Allard, Louis de Froment, Henri-Claude Fantapié, António Fortunato de Figueiredo, Karel Husa, Paul Kuentz, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Pierre Rolland, and Mikis Theodorakis.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Aldredge
Tom Aldredge (born February 28, 1928) is an American actor. Aldredge was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Lucienne Juliet (née Marcillat) and W. J. Aldredge, a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps. His most notable roles have been on the stage. He has been nominated for five Tony Awards for his roles in Sticks and Bones (1972), Where's Charley? (1975), The Little Foxes (1981), Passion (1994) and Twentieth Century (2004). He also starred in the original Broadway productions of Vieux Carré (1977), On Golden Pond (1979), and Into the Woods (1987) and the 2000 off-Broadway revival of The Time of the Cuckoo. Aldredge's film credits include What About Bob (1991), Cold Mountain (2003), and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007). He appeared as Dr. Robinson ... Biography of Steven Chu
Steven Chu (born February 28, 1948) is an American experimental physicist. He is known for his research in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997. His current research is concerned primarily with the study of biological systems at the single molecule level. He is currently Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology of University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has been designated Secretary of Energy-designate by President-elect Barack Obama. As global warming warnings grow more dire, Chu has pushed scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and in industry to develop technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He has joined the Copenhagen Climate Council, an i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrian Dantley
Adrian Delano Dantley (born February 28, 1956 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA, seven of which as a member of the Utah Jazz. He was a forward/guard. A six-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010 he is the acting head coach of the Denver Nuggets due to the illness of head coach George Karl. Playing career College Dantley attended basketball powerhouse DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland where he played under legendary basketball coach Morgan Wootten. Dantley was a forward at Notre Dame from 1973-76. He was a consensus first team All-American in 1974-75 and 1975-76 and was named 1976 National Player of the Year. He ranks second on the Notre Dame career scor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Minassian
Nicolas Minassian (born February 28, 1973 in Marseille) is a French race driver of Armenian decent. After finishing second in the 2000 Formula 3000 season, he drove in 2001 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in CART and the Indianapolis 500 before being released by the team. In 2002 Minassian won the ASCAR oval racing series for RML (Ray Mallock Ltd) before returning to endurance racing including the 24 Hours of Le Mans for such teams as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport. For 2007 he is a factory driver for the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series. For 2008 he will be driving the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series. As well as competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Peugeot 908... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Finn
William Alan Finn (b. February 28, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) is an award-winning American composer and lyricist, especially of musicals. Life William Finn grew up in Natick, Massachusetts with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He majored in music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He lives with his life partner in New York City and Pittsfield, MA, where he is an independent composer and writer. He is also "Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist" at NYU. Work Finn is a heavily autobiographical textwriter (he always writes his own lyrics); his topics are the gay and Jewish experiences in contemporary America, and very often conflict, loyalty, family, belonging, sickness, healing, and loss. Finn is especially well noted for his work on what was to becom... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oliviero Toscani
Oliviero Toscani (born on February 28, 1942 in Milan) is an Italian photographer, best-known worldwide for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton, from 1982 to 2000. Most of these advertising campaigns were actually institutionals for the brand, always composed of rather controversial photography, usually with only the company logo "United Colors of Benetton" as caption. One of his most famous campaigns included a photo (by Therese Frare) of David Kirby dying of AIDS, lying in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital bed, surrounded by his grieving relatives. That picture was controversial due to its similarity to a pietà painting and because some thought the use of this image to sell clothing was exploiting the victim; though the Kirby family stated that they author... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raphaële Billetdoux
Raphaële Billetdoux (born on February 28, 1951 Paris) is a French novelist. She is the daughter of François Billetdoux, and was a companion of the political journalist Paul Guilbert (died July 2002). She was assistant editor on feature films and television. Then in 1975, she became a journalist. She made a feature film, La Femme enfant (1980). In 2006, she wrote a memoir, Un peu de désir, sinon je meurs, under the name "Mary" Billetdoux. Awards Bourse de la Fondation del Duca, for Jeune fille en silence. 1974 Prix Louise de Vilmorin, for L'Ouverture des bras de l'homme 1976 Prix Interallié, for Prends garde à la douceur des choses 1985 Prix Renaudot, for Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours Works Jeune fille en silence, Éditions du Seuil, Paris,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Fahey (musician)
John Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate classical, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Indian music into his œuvre. Fahey wrote a largely apocryphal autobiography and was known for his coarseness, aloof demeanor, and dry humour. He spent many of his latter years in poverty and poor health,... Biography of Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros (pronounced /ˈlɪndrɒs/; born February 28, 1973 (source for his time of birth: Fire on Ice, Written by Randy Starkman, 1991 HarperCollins Canada)) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals prior to being selected first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. Lindros refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in June 1992 for a package of players and draft picks including Peter Forsberg. During his OHL career, Lindros led the Generals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1990. Prior to being drafted in 1991, Lindros captured the Red Tilson Trophy as the Most Outstanding Player in the OHL, and also was named the CHL Player of th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tayshaun Prince
Tayshaun Durell Prince (born February 28, 1980, in Compton, California) is a left-handed American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association. Prince is a small forward, listed at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) and 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st). A graduate of Dominguez High School and the University of Kentucky, Prince was drafted in the first round (23rd overall) by the Detroit Pistons in the 2002 NBA Draft. Prince wears the jersey #22 as a result of his draft position, signifying the 22 teams that passed on drafting him. His college #21 was previously retired by the Pistons in honor of guard Dave Bing. College career Prince played four seasons (1998 to 2002) for the University of Kentucky Wildcats, averaging 13.2 points and 5.7 rebounds as the Wildcats posted a... Biography of Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams (born February 28, 1977, in Macon, Georgia) is an American country music singer, known professionally as Jason Aldean. Since 2005, Aldean has recorded for Broken Bow Records, an independent record label for which he has released four albums and fifteen singles. His 2005 self-titled debut and 2009 album Wide Open are both certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while 2007's Relentless is certified gold. Of his singles, seven have reached the number one position on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Why", "She's Country", "Big Green Tractor", "The Truth", "Don't You Wanna Stay" (a duet with Kelly Clarkson), "Dirt Road Anthem", and "Fly Over States." Eight more have reached top ten on the same chart. Early life Aldean's parents, Barr... Biography of Saartje Vandendriessche
Saartje Vandendriessche, born on February 28, 1975 in Wilrijk, is a Belgian actress, singer, and TV hosT.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), an American jazz percussionist. Biography William Correa grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York City. He made his name in Latin Jazz, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz, in the 1960s and '70s, with the timbales becoming his favoured instrument. He met Mongo Santamaría shortly after his arrival in New York and studied with him while acting as his translator, and later at age 19 joined Tito Puente for four years. The nickname Bobo is said to have been bestowed by the jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams in the early '50s. His first major exposure was when he joined George Shearing's band on the album The Shearing Spell. After leaving Shearing, Cal Tjader asked Bobo and Santamaria to become part of the Cal... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jan Ceulemans
Jan Anna Gumaar Ceulemans (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1957 in Lier, Belgium) is a Belgian former football player who played as a midfielder. He is his country's most capped player with 96 international appearances. Most of his time with Belgium took place under the guidance of Guy Thys. This period saw the Belgium squad record some of their finest results, which include reaching the final of Euro 80 and fourth place at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Career Ceulemans' first of three World Cup appearances was at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Belgium beat the defending champions Argentina 1-0 in the opening game of the tournament at Nou Camp en route to reaching the second round. Among one of Ceulemans' finest achievements was captaining his national side to fourth place in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randi Zuckerberg
Randi Jayne Zuckerberg (born February 28, 1982) is an American internet entrepreneur. She is the former marketing director of Facebook, and sister of the company's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Ranked among 50 "Digital Power Players" by the Hollywood Reporter in 2010, Zuckerberg organized and also was a correspondent for the ABC News / Facebook Democratic Party and Republican Party U.S. Presidential primaries debates in 2008 as well as the CNN/Facebook Inauguration Day Partnership in 2009 and Comcast’s Facebook Diaries. Zuckerberg also was a correspondent at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions for Facebook in 2008. Remaining politically neutral, she told the Wall Street Journal that her Facebook journalist team was treated at the DNC "like rock stars." On the e... Biography of Jamaal Tinsley
Jamaal Lee Tinsley (born February 28, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Tinsley was drafted out of Iowa State University by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 27th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, and was immediately dealt to the Atlanta Hawks, and then on to the Indiana Pacers on draft night. He has played in the NBA for the Pacers and the Grizzlies. Early years and college career As a teen, Tinsley developed his game playing streetball at New York City's legendary Rucker Park. Tinsley's streetball nickname is "Mel Mel The Abuser". He played college basketball for two schools in his four year collegiate career, Mt. San Jacinto Community College (MSJC) and Iowa State. During the two seasons he playe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Włodzimierz Lubański
Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (born February 28, 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a former Polish football (soccer) striker, the all-time goal scorer for the Polish national team. He was considered the best Polish striker ever. Currently holds the position of vice-chairman at Polonia Warszawa. For his national team, Lubański amassed 65 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 44 goals (if Olympic matches are considered, the numbers become 80 caps and 50 goals). He scored five hat-tricks in his international career, including the rare feat of five goals in one game against Luxembourg in 1969. Lubański made his international debut at the age of 16 years and 188 days, becoming the youngest player ever to appear for Poland. He led his country to the gold medal at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady, born on February 28, 1990 in Stockport, is an English tennis player who is coached by Suzi Riley. She began playing tennis at the age of 7 and was the 2007 British under 18 girls' champion. She is currently the British no. 5 with a career-high world ranking of no. 185 (as of 29 Apr 2012). So far in her career she has won four ITF titles in singles and seven in doubles. Her favourite surfaces are hard and grass because they "favour her big serve and powerful range of groundstrokes". Background Naomi is a sister of the tennis player Liam Broady and has a sister and another brother. She attended Priestnall School. Career Junior (2004–2008) Broady competed on the junior ITF circuit from January 2004 until June 2008. She won one singles title in April 2006 at the Sutton... Biography of Sarah Bolger
Sarah Lee Bolger (born 28 February 1991) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Christy in the 2003 film In America, playing Princess/Lady Mary Tudor on the TV series The Tudors, and for guest starring as Princess Aurora on Once Upon a Time. Early life Bolger was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Monica and Derek Bolger, who is a butcher. She has a younger sister, actress Emma Bolger. As a youth Bolger attended The Young People's Theatre School in Dublin. Bolger attended Loreto High School, Beaufort in Rathfarnham between the years 2003–2009. Movie and television career She starred in In America with her sister Emma. From 2008 to 2010, Bolger portrayed Princess Mary Tudor on The Tudors. Bolger starred in Stormbreaker alongside Alex Pettyfer. She also starre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Blitz (entrepreneur)
Gérard Blitz (28 February 1912 (birth time source: André Dekoster, Act n°1161) – 3 March 1990) was a Belgian water polo player and Yogi. Born in Antwerp, he was the son of Maurice Blitz and nephew of Gérard Blitz, both members of the Belgian water polo national team who won Olympic medals. He was apolitical during the 1930s, but joined the French resistance in World War II. After the war, he founded Club Med. On 27 April 1950, Gérard Blitz founded the Club Méditerranée association. In the same year, the first vacation resort for the members of the club was opened on Majorca island, in Spain. Gérard Blitz was also a promoter of yoga practice. He was secretary and then president of the European Union of Yoga from 1974 to his death in 1990 in Paris. Bibliography Gérard Blitz, ... Biography of Angelababy
Angela Yeung Wing (born February 28, 1989), popularly known by her stage name Angelababy, is a model and actress from Hong Kong. Her stage name came from the combination of her legal given name "Angela" and her nickname her family gave her "Baby". She was born in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and half-Chinese/half-German father, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 13. Career Angelababy's career began when she was spotted by Style International Inc. at the age of 17 and entered the modeling industry that year (2007). She then featured as a dancer in Jay Chou's 《07-08世界巡迴演唱會香港站》 concert in Hong Kong. Other than her movies, Angelababy has featured in a large number of catwalk appearances, television sho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lee Carsley
Lee Kevin Carsley (born 28 February 1974) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City, Everton and Birmingham City. Although born in Birmingham, England, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally. He played as a midfielder. In July 2011 he was appointed coach of Coventry City's under-18 team, and a year later was promoted to development coach. Career Derby, Coventry & Blackburn Carsley began his career at Derby County where he played more than 150 games in all competitions. He was sold to Blackburn Rovers in March 1999 for £3.4 million, and was their top scorer in 1999–2000, his only full season with the club. In December 2000 he moved on to Coventry City for a fee of aroun... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ricky Steamboat
Richard Henry Blood (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is a retired American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE working as a road agent. He was one of the few wrestlers who stayed a babyface throughout his career. He is best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In the NWA and WCW, he was a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a four-time World Television Champion, a twelve-time World Tag Team Champion (eight-time under the WCW banner, one-time (though unofficial) under the NWA banner, and three-time under the Mid-Atlantic ba... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geoffrey Arend
Geoffrey Arend (born February 28, 1978) is an American actor. Life and career Arend was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City. His mother is Pakistani and his father is of German and English ancestry. He graduated from New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1996. In 2000, he began providing voices for video games such as Daria's Inferno and soon landed small roles in films such as Super Troopers and Bubble Boy. He played a mentally challenged man in the film The Ringer, and then had a supporting role in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. On October 11, 2009, Arend married actress Christina Hendricks. Hendricks is known for her role in Mad Men. Arend now appears in the medical drama television series Body of Proof, whic... Biography of Tangi Miller
Tangi Miller (born February 28, 1970) is an American actress, model and dancer. As an actress she is known for the role of Elena Tyler on the popular television drama Felicity. In 2001 she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Early life Miller was born and raised in Miami, Florida, the eldest of six children. She and her siblings were not permitted to watch television as they grew up due to their parents' religious beliefs. At high school, Miller began acting in stage productions. She did not plan to become an actress and chose to major in marketing while attending Alabama State University. Miller realized she spent all of her free time acting, so after graduation she pursued that at Alabama State. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of California, Irvine. S... |
Celebrities born in July
Celebrities born in August
Celebrities born in September
Celebrities born in October
Celebrities born in November
Celebrities born in December
|
||||||
To add this celebrity to your favourites, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.
To get your compatibility ratings with this celebrity, please register as a member. It is free and quickly done. Then, you can use all the applications reserved for members only, and you can receive your free personalized horoscope by email.