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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 9, 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 · 45,406 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,406 Celebrities
103 celebrities or events were found for February, 9. Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (February 9, 1963 - March 5, 2000) was a French dancer and actress billed as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world", though their size was artificially achieved. Background Born Eve Valois in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France, she was raised in the resort town of La Baule in an intellectual but extremely dysfunctional family. When she was a child, her father was relocated causing the move to La Baule. Her mother abused little Eve constantly, saying she was no good and that no man would want her, even going as far to whip Eve after her husband left her and her children. As a teenager, she obtained a few modelling jobs. In 1988, she married Eric Vigne, a man 14 years her senior. Appearance Encouraged by her husband, Ferrari underwent numerous plastic su... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945) is an American actress. Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award (and seven additional Golden Globe nominations), three BAFTA Film Award nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Farrow is also notable for her extensive humanitarian work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Her latest effort is "www.miafarrow.org", containing a guide on how to get involved with Darfur activism, along with her photos and blog entries from Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. Early life Farrow is the daughter of John Farrow, an Australian film director, and Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Both parents were practicing Ca... Biography of Alejandra Guzman
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968) is a Latin Grammy Award winning-Mexican rock singer and actress, the daughter of Mexican actress Silvia Pinal and Venezuelan rock and roll singer Enrique Guzmán. She has a young daughter, Frida, named after Frida Kahlo. Alejandra Guzman was born in Mexico City. After traveling with her mother's theater troupe, Guzmán recorded her debut album in Bye Mama after deciding she wanted to focus on singing. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America in the late 1980s and 1990s. Her latest album is Indeleble released in 2006 went 2x Platinum in Mexico hitting #1. In 1990, Guzmán scored one of the biggest hits of her career, the song "Eternamente Bella" ("Eternally Beautiful"), which became a number one hit in Mexico and ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Adeline Blondieau
Adeline Blondieau, born on February 9, 1971 in Paris (birth time source: Daisy Van De Vin, André Dekoster) is a French actress, comedian, and screenwriter, former wife of Johnny Hallyday. Filmography Television 1994 : Les Filles d'à côté (Série TV) : Adeline 1995-1996 : Les Nouvelles Filles d'à côté (Série TV) : Adeline 1996-2007 : Sous le soleil (Série TV) : Caroline Drancourt 1999 : Les Cordier, juge et flic (Série TV) : Irina 2002 : Navarro (Série TV saison 14 - épisode 1) : Promotion Macabre (Katia Lentz) - réalisation: Gérard Marx 2004 : Petits mythes urbains (Série TV) : La mère 2004 : Ariane Ferry (Série TV) : Barbara Perrin 2005 : Femmes de loi (Série TV) : Christine Legoff 2006 : Léa Parker (Série TV) : Sabine, saison 1 épisode 8 l... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Sharon Case
Sharon Case (born February 9, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an Emmy Award-winning American soap opera actress. In 1994, she became the third, and longest-running, actress to play Sharon Collins Newman on The Young and the Restless, a role that she still plays today. Case has won several awards for her work on Y&R, including the Outstanding Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy in 1999. She also received the 1998 Soap Opera Award for Hottest Female In A Daytime Drama. Case followed this honor up with a 2001 appearance in FHM magazine. In 1989, she assumed the role of Dawn Winthrop on General Hospital; she left the show in 1990. She took the role of Debbie Simon on As the World Turns in 1992 and played the role until 1993. She is a member of the Church of Scientology. In 2005, she filmed ... Add to favourites (73 fans)Biography of Tom Hiddleston
Thomas William "Tom" Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Loki in the 2011 action movie Thor. Early life and education Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, the son of Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother from Suffolk, England. His maternal great-great-grandfather was importer Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Baronet. He was educated at two independent schools: The Dragon School in Oxford and Eton College in Eton (near Windsor) in Berkshire, where he boarded in Durnford House. He read Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridg... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí) (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China) is one of the most well-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall. Born in Beijing, China, Zhang joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 11, and at 15 she entered China's prestigious Central Academy of Drama (regarded as the top acting college in China). When her parents suggested she go to the dance academy, Zhang was skeptical. While at the boarding school, she noticed how catty the other girls were while competing for status amongst the teachers. She would cry each night and morning, and on o... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Joe Pesci
Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an Italian-American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer. Early life Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey to Edwardo Francesco Pesci, a forklift driver and bartender, and Mary DeLores Mesce, who worked part-time as a barber. Pesci's father worked for General Motors. Pesci started out working as a barber in the 1960s, following in his mother's footsteps. He released an album entitled Little Joe Sure Can Sing under the pseudonym Joseph Richie, accompanied by a band that included good friend and future fellow actor Frank Vincent. It was announced on July 27, 2007 that Pesci had become engaged to Angie Everhart. Career Pesci's breakthrough as an actor came in 1980 opposite... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Gérard Lenorman
Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945 in Bénouville, Calvados, France) is a French singer. Born at the Château de Bénouville when it was a materinty hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. Lenorman has four children: Mathieu, Justine, Clémence and Victor. He released his first album in 1968. In 1988 he represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, reaching tenth place with Chanteur de charme. Lenorman was very popular in France and Francophonie, during the 70's and early 80's. In 1994, a compilation of his hits went gold in France. He is still recording. Songs Si j'étais président Michele Si tu ne me laisses pas tomber Soldats ne tirez pas Je vous écris Le Petit Prince Nicolas Voici les clefs La ball... Biography of Guy Lagache
Guy Lagache is a French journalist, born February 9, 1966 in Boulogne-Billancourt (92).... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Carole King
Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period. King has won four Grammy Awards and has been inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting, along with long-time partner Gerry Goffin. Born Carol Klein in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish household, King started out playing the piano and then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines at James Madison High School. She attended Queens College, where she was a classmate of Neil Sedaka and inspired Sedaka's first big hit, "Oh, Carol". She wrote "Oh, Neil"... Biography of Amber Valletta
Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American supermodel and actress. Early life Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Booker T. Washington High School. She got her start in the fashion industry when her mother enrolled her in modeling school at the age of fifteen at the Linda Layman Agency. Career Valletta has gone on to act in several films, been on the cover of magazines and in advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Versace and hosted MTV's House of Style with friend and fellow supermodel Shalom Harlow. Valletta was scheduled to appear on Punk'd on Season 6 Episode 3, along with David Boreanaz and Kristin Cavallari, but Kutcher had to move the prank played on Valletta to an ... Biography of Kool Shen
Bruno Lopes, best known as Kool Shen, born February 9, 1966 (source: Didier Geslain), is a French rapper and marker. He was founder of hip hop group NTM (1989-1998) with Joey Starr. Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music Entertainment. Their last album, "Suprême NTM" (containing the huge hit "Ma Benz"), enjoyed commercial success (800,000 records sold up to today), and is widely considered as one of the best French hip-hop albums ever. The group takes its name from the French slang "NTM", an abbreviation for "Nique Ta Mère" ("Nique" being an aphesis of the verb "forniquer", "to ... Biography of Daniel Bravo
Daniel Bravo (born February 9, 1963 in Toulouse is a former French international football player.... Biography of Ciaran Hinds
Ciarán Hinds (born 9 February 1953; Anglicised pronunciation in IPA: /ˈkɪərɔːn ˈhaɪndz/) is an IFTA award-winning Irish actor. Early life Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Raised a Catholic in North Belfast, his father was a doctor and his mother a schoolteacher and amateur actress. He was an Irish dancer in his youth and was educated at Holy Family Primary School and St. Malachy's College. After leaving St. Malachy's, he enrolled as a law student at Queen's University but was soon persuaded to pursue acting and abandoned his studies at Queen's to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career Hinds began his professional acting career at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre in a 1976 production of Cinderella. He remained a freq... Biography of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (February 9, 1902 - March 24, 1999; nee Treusch) was a fervent National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) member and Reichs Women's Leader. She married a factory worker at the age of eighteen and had six children before he died. His martyrdom and her plain Germanic looks made her a perfect candidate for the National Socialists. Scholtz-Klink joined the Nazi Party and by 1929 became leader of the women's section in Berlin. When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he appointed Scholtz-Klink as Reich Women's Fuehrer and head of the Nazi Women's League. A good orator, her main task was to promote male superiority and the importance of child-bearing. In one speech, she pointed out that "the mission of woman is to minister in the home and in her professio... Biography of Arthur Rubinstein
Artur Rubinstein KBE (February 9, 1887 (Gregorian calendar, and January 28 with Julian calendar) – December 20, 1982) was a Polish-American pianist who is widely considered as one of the greatest piano virtuosi of the 20th century. He received international acclaim for his performances of Frédéric Chopin and Johannes Brahms and his championing of Spanish music. The source ofr his time of birth is Penfield. Artur Rubinstein was born on January 28, 1887 (Julian calendar), the eldest son of a businessman from the large Jewish community of Łódź, Congress Poland, today's Poland. He was not related to the earlier Russian pianist-composer Anton Rubinstein, nor his Polish near contemporary, the cosmetics giant Helena Rubinstein. Aside from his early and singular fascination with t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne Robillard
Anne Robillard, daugther of Pierrette Gagné and Jean-Claude Robillard, born February 9, 1955 in Montréal, is a Canadian author. Bibliography By editor Les Chevaliers d'Émeraude: Le Feu dans le ciel Les Dragons de l'empereur noir Piège au royaume des ombres La Princesse rebelle L'Île des lézards Le Journal d'Onyx L'Enlèvement Les Dieux déchus L'Héritage de Danalieth Représailles La Justice céleste ANGE: Antichristus Reptilis Perfidia Autres : Qui est Terra Wilder ?... Biography of David Gallagher
David Gallagher (born February 9, 1985) is an American film and television actor. Personal life Gallagher was born in Flushing Queens, New York, to Darren James Gallagher from Brooklyn, New York (an Irish American) and Elena (a Cuban American). Several years after David was born, Elena married Vincent Casey, David's stepfather. He has two younger sisters, Michelle and Kelly, and two younger brothers, Killian and Kyle. Killian has autism and David is a devoted member and spokesperson of the organization Cure Autism Now (CAN). David graduated from the University of Southern California, in May 2007. Career Gallagher began acting at the age of two, appearing as a model in a print advertisement. This exposure led to roles in several television commercials, including some for Walt Dis... Biography of Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (b. February 9, 1911/1914 – April 26, 1970) was an American actress, burlesque entertainer, and writer whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy. Early life Born as Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle, Washington in either 1911 or 1914, Gypsy was initially known by her middle name, Louise. Her mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, was fifteen when she married John Hovick, who, according to Rose's 1914 birth certificate, was an ad salesman with a newspaper. A second daughter, Ellen Hovick (better known as actress June Havoc), was born several years later. She, too, would be known by her middle name, June (although some sources indicate that Ellen Ho... Biography of Johann Petursson
Johann K. Petursson, was born in Dalvík, Iceland in February 9, 1913, dead November 26, 1984, was known as "The Viking Giant", and as "Jóhann Risi" (Johann the Giant) and "Jóhann Svarfdælingur" (Johann from Svarfaðardalur) in his native country of Iceland. Throughout his sideshow career he often dressed up in a suit and top hat, or his more famous Viking costume. While exhibiting himself in Sarasota, Florida he often claimed to have stood 8 ft 8 inches tall, but his actual height was about 7 ft 8 inches (source: Imdb) , a peak weight of 360 lbs and he wore a size 24 US shoe (42 cm)--He was the tallest Icelandic man on record. In addition to being a circus performer, he starred in several movies, most notably Prehistoric Women 1950 where he played the role of a giant cave man. Petursson ev... Biography of Judith Light
Judith Light (born Judith Ellen Licht on February 9, 1949) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She is best known for her role as Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, and is now starring as Claire Meade on ABC's Ugly Betty. Early life Light was born in Trenton, New Jersey of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Benjamin Licht (Benny Light), who owned a major furniture store in Trenton. After graduating from Carnegie-Mellon University with a degree in drama, she started out starring on stage, making her professional debut in Richard III at the California Shakespeare Festival in 1970, before moving to Broadway to star in A Doll's House in 1975. Career Light first found fame on television after being recast in the role of Karen Wolek on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live... Biography of Jules Berry
Jules Paufi, best known as Jules Berry, born Febrary 9, 1883 in Poitiers, died April 23, 1951 in Paris, was a French actor and director. He has been married three times, with actresses Jane Marken, Suzy Prim and Josseline Gaël. Filmography Crossroads (1929) L'argent (1929) Mon cœur et ses millions (1931) Le roi des palaces (1932) Quick (1932) Une femme chipée (1934) Arlette et ses papas (1934) Jeunes filles à marier (1935) Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l’œil (1935) Le disque 413 (1935) Baccara (1935) Une poule sur un mur (1936) Rigolboche (1936) La mort en fuite (1936) Monsieur Personne (1936) Les loups entre eux (1936) 1936 : Le Crime de Monsieur Lange de Jean Renoir La bête aux sept manteaux (1936) Aventure à Paris (1936) le Voleur de fe... Biography of Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, pron. IPA: , (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955); birth name Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, GCIH) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s. She was nicknamed Carmen by her father, because of his love of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Carmen's legacy was instrumental in popularising samba. Life and career Carmen Miranda was born in the small northern Portuguese town of Marco de Canaveses to Portuguese parents. She was the second daughter of José Maria Pinto Cunha (1887 - 1938) and Maria Emília Miranda (1886 - 1971). Shortly after her birth, her father, José Maria, emigrated to Brazil and settled in Rio de Janeiro (the then capital), where he opened a barber's shop. In 1910, her mother followed, together with her ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson is an artist, writer and musician (born William Johnson on February 9, 1960 in Liverpool, England; name on passport William Holly Johnson). Some sources erroneously suggest he was born in Khartoum, a myth Johnson himself apparently started during an interview. Actively involved in the Liverpool punk rock/new wave scene, Johnson played bass with Big in Japan and released several solo singles on the Eric's label, before finding fame as the lead singer and lyricist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who enjoyed considerable controversy and commercial success during their heyday in the early 1980s. Holly left the group in 1987 after growing increasingly unhappy with their musical direction, but was immediately the subject of an injunction from the group's record company, ZTT Rec... Biography of William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. He served as the first Governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio. Harrison first gained national fame for leading U.S. forces against American Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and earning the nickname "Tippecanoe" (or "Old Tippecanoe"). As a general in the subsequent War of 1812, his most notable contribution was a victory at the Battle of the Thames, which brought the war in his region to a successful conclusion. When Harrison took office in 1841 at the age of 68, he was the oldest man to become President - a record that stood for 140 years, until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated in ... Biography of Gabriel Péri
Gabriel Péri (Peri) (1902, Toulon—December 15, 1941, Fort Mont-Valérien) was a prominent French Communist journalist and politician. He was born to a Corsican family. Forced to give up his studies at an early age, he immersed himself in political activities, and wrote for newspapers in Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles. At the age of twenty-two, Péri became departmental manager of Foreign Politics at l'Humanité. He was elected Deputy for Argenteuil in 1932 (he was re-elected in 1936). In the French National Assembly, Péri distinguished himself as an expert in the field of diplomatic and international relations and was a strident anti-fascist. He denounced both Benito Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia and France’s non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War. Péri was also a prominent oppone... Biography of Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a German artist. Richter was born in Dresden, Saxony, and grew up in Reichenau, Lower Silesia, and in Waltersdorf (Zittauer Gebirge) in the Upper Lusatian countryside. He left school after tenth grade and apprenticed as an advertising and stage-set painter, before studying at the Dresden Art Academy. In 1948 he terminated the higher professional school in Zittau, and, between 1949 and 1951, was trained there in writing as well as in stage and advertising painting. In 1950 his application for membership in the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Dresden University of Visual Arts, founded in 1764) was rejected. He finally began his study at the Dresden Academy of Arts in 1951. His teachers were Karl von Appen, Ulrich Lohmar and Will Grohmann.... Biography of Erra Fazira
Malaysian former beauty queen, model, singer and actress; Miss Malaysia/World in 1992.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Kingsford-Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (February 9, 1897 - November 8, 1935), often called Charles Kingsford Smith, or by his nickname Smithy, was a well-known early Australian aviator. In 1928, he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. He also made the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States. He also made a flight from Australia to London, and set a new record of 10.5 days. Early life Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, Australia, and was one of seven children. From 1903 to 1907, he and his family lived in Vancouver, Canada. On 2 January 1907 young Charlie Smith was res... Biography of Bruno Julliard
Bruno Julliard (born February 9, 1981) is the chairman of the UNEF, the main student union in France. He studies public law at the University of Lyon. Julliard was born in Le-Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, where his mother, Arlette Arnaud-Landau, is now a Socialist mayor. His step-father is a Socialist militant, and his grandfather was in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he was shot. Julliard joined UNEF in 1999. He became the student vice-president of the University of Lyon and chairman of the university's student union in 2001. In 2003, he entered the UNEF National Board. From 2004 to 2006, he was elected to the National Council for Higher Education and Research (Conseil National de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche), an advisory body to the F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Hayman
David Hayman (born 1950) is a Scottish film and television actor and director. Hayman studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He began his acting career at the Citizens' Theatre in the city, playing a variety of roles, including Hamlet, Figaro and Al Capone. He gained national prominence playing notorious Barlinnie Prison convict turned sculptor, Jimmy Boyle, in the film A Sense of Freedom. After this film he focussed on playing character roles rather than the lead. His long list of film credits include appearances supporting Pierce Brosnan in The Tailor of Panama, Bruce Willis in The Jackal and Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal. Hayman is also well known for his television appearances, most notably as Chief Supt. Michael Walker in Lynda La Plante'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Louis Constantin
Jean Louis Constantin, born February 9, 1923 in Paris, died January 30, 1997, was a French songwriter and singer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Jauffret
François Jauffret (born February 9, 1942, in Bordeaux) is a retired professional tennis player from France. He holds the record for most ties played for the France Davis Cup team with 35, between 1964 and 1978. Jauffret was twice a semifinalist at the French Championships, in 1966 and 1974. He won 2 singles (in 1969 in Buenos Aires and 1977 in Cairo) and 7 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career.... Biography of Gina Rinehart
Georgina "Gina" Hope Rinehart (born 9 February 1954 at St John's, Perth, Western Australia) is a mining business woman. She is the heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas. During 2011, both Forbes Asia and Business Review Weekly claimed that Rinehart was Australia's wealthiest person. Rinehart was involved in a protracted legal battle with her stepmother, Rose Porteous, over the circumstances that led to the death of Hancock, and the distribution of his estate. The action, commenced by Rinehart in 1992, was eventually settled in 2003 following a coronial inquiry that determined Hancock died of natural causes. In a separate matter presently before the courts, three of Rinehart's four children, Hope Rinehart Welker... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Fontanet
Joseph Fontanet (February 9, 1921 - February 2, 1980) was a French politician. He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as MP for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry. On February 1, 1980 he was shot shortly after midnight, he died the following day. No one has ever been convicted for the murder.... Biography of Jacques Bainville
Jacques Bainville (February 9, 1879 in Vincennes-February 9, 1936 in Paris) was a French historian and journalist. A staunch monarchist, he was a leading figure in Action Française. A follower of Charles Maurras, Bainville was a founder of Action Française and soon became an important figure in the Institute d'Action Française, a college of sorts ran by the organisation (it had no permanent buildings but ran lectures and study groups where possible). Bainville became notorious in French political circles for his Germanophobia and this was one of the defining strands of his writing. His Histoire de deux peuples (1915) underlined the importance for France of German weakness and sought a return to the pre-Franco-Prussian War status of Germany. His Les Conséquences politiques de la paix ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jaco van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael (born February 9, 1957, Ixelles, Brussels) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter. and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Jaco Van Dormael's birth was traumatic, as his umbilical cord wound about his neck, nearly choking him. For a while, it was feared that this birth trauma would leave him mentally retarded, and knowing this may be partly responsible for his sympathetic portrayal of the mentally handicapped. He spent the first seven years of his childhood in Germany but eventually returned to Belgium. He delighted in working with children and for a while pursued a career as a circus clown. As a children's entertainer, childhood a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irina Slutskaya
Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая) (born February 9, 1979) is a Russian figure skater. She is a two-time World Champion, seven-time European Champion, two-time Olympic medalist, and four-time Grand Prix Final Champion. Slutskaya, known for her athletic ability, was the first female skater to land a triple lutz-triple loop combination. She is also known for her trademark double Biellmann spin with a foot change, which she also invented. She is generally considered to be the most successful ladies singles skater in Russian history. Her name in English is typically pronounced "e-Ree-nah Sloots-kah-yah". Slutskay... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marco Berriel
Marco Berriel, born February 9, 1962 in Montevideo, is an Uruguayan dancer.... Biography of Loris Azzaro
Loris Azzaro (February 9, 1933 - November 20, 2003), was a French fashion designer. He was born in Tunisia from Sicilian parents and came to Paris to set up his line in 1962. By 1968 his business was a huge success. He was well known for making glamorous party dresses for the elite of French society. Often his creations featured ornate beading and daring cut outs. He was also known to use brightly colored chains woven onto shirts to make intricate chainmail dresses and tops. Over the course of his long career he dressed numerous celebrities including Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch, Marisa Berenson, Claudia Cardinale, Isabelle Adjani, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman. Azzaro's collections are always named alphabetically by season. The first season's collection featured clothing all given names... Biography of Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963 in Marietta, Georgia (birth time source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank)) is a Grammy award-winning American country music artist and occasional actor, more commonly known as Travis Tritt. Starting with the debut single release of "Country Club" in 1989, Travis Tritt has charted more than thirty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts, including five Number Ones. His first and third albums—1989's Country Club and T-R-O-U-B-L-E—have each achieved platinum certification by the RIAA, while his albums It's All About to Change (1991), Greatest Hits: From the Beginning (1995) have each achieved gold status. His most recent album, The Storm, was released in 2007 on Category 5 Records. He has also received two Grammy Awards in his musical career, both awar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal (1979) and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001). He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization, free-market economists (whom he calls "free market fundamentalists") and some international institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Columbia faculty, and has held the rank of University Professor since 2003. He a... Biography of Thomas Bernhard
Thomas Bernhard (born Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard, February 9, 1931 – February 12, 1989) was an Austrian playwright and novelist. He is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era. Life Thomas Bernhard was born in 1931 in Heerlen, Netherlands as an illegitimate child to Herta Fabjan (1904-1950) and the carpenter Alois Zuckerstätter (1905-1940). Bernhard spent much of his early childhood with his maternal grandparents in Vienna and Seekirchen, near Salzburg. His mother's subsequent marriage in 1936 occasioned a move to Traunstein, Bavaria. Bernhard's grandfather, the author Johannes Freumbichler (de), pushed for an artistic education for the boy, including musical instruction. Bernhard went to elementary school in Seekirchen and lat... Biography of Charles Shaughnessy
Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy (born February 9, 1955) is an English television, theatre and film actor best known for his role as Maxwell Sheffield on the popular television series The Nanny. Early life Shaughnessy was born in London, the son of Alfred Shaughnessy, a television writer who was the scriptwriter for Upstairs, Downstairs, and the actress Jean Lodge. His brother, David Shaughnessy, is also an actor and a television producer & director. He is of Irish and English descent. Having been born into a showbusiness family he started appearing in plays during primary school. After attending Eton College he read for a law degree at the University of Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he joined the Footlights club. After graduating, he decided to return t... Biography of Delphine Peretto
Delphyne Peretto (born February 9, 1982 in Albertville) is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Peretto retired at the end of the 2007-08 season.... Biography of J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee (IPA: /kʊtˈsiː ə/ or Afrikaans IPA: ) (born John Michael Coetzee 9 February 1940) is an author and academic from South Africa (now an Australian citizen living in South Australia). A novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, Coetzee won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. Early life and education Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa. His father, a lawyer, and his mother, a schoolteacher, were descended from early Dutch settlers dating to the 17th century. Coetzee also has Polish roots, as his great-grandfather Baltazar (or Balcer) Dubiel was a Polish immigrant to South Africa. His parents gave him the names John Michael, but in his youth he changed his middle name to Maxwell before settling on just his initials. Coetzee ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod (February 9, 1910 (birth time source: Steinbrecher collection) – May 31, 1976) was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis". He and François Jacob showed that the living cell controls its manufacture of proteins through a feedback mechanism analogous to a thermostat. Born in Paris, he was also awarded several other honours and distinctions, among them the Légion d'honneur. Monod (along with François Jacob) is famous for his work on the Lac operon. Study of the control of expression of genes in the Lac operon provided the first example of a transcriptional regulation system. He also suggested the ex... Biography of Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress and operatic soprano singer. Trained as an opera singer from the age of twelve, Grayson was contracted to MGM and established a career in films from the early 1940s. Most of her films were musicals and after several supporting roles, she was given lead roles in such films as Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953). She was paired with Howard Keel and Mario Lanza in some of her films. When movie musicals fell out of favor with film audiences, she progressed to theatre work, and appeared in several musicals, including the highly successful Camelot from 1962 until 1964. During the 1960s, she performed in several operas, including La bohème, Madame Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La Traviata. Life and career ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ginette Leclerc
Ginette Leclerc (9 February, 1912 – 2 January, 1992) was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born Geneviève Lucie Menut in Paris, France and died in Paris. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Le Corbeau (1943), L'homme de nulle part (1937), The Baker's Wife (1938), Cab Number 13 (1948), and Tropic of Cancer (1970). Selected filmography The Ball of Count Orgel (1970) Goto, Island of Love (1968) Cab Number 13 (1948) Le Corbeau (1943) Louise (1939) The Baker's Wife (1938)... Biography of Rob-Vel
François Robert Velter (Paris, February 9, 1909 – April 27, 1991), known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French cartoonist. He is best known for creating the character Spirou in 1938. Birth time source: Auréas, http://www.aureas.com/AurUS/Aureas.htm, AstroPC Pro, and André Dekoster. Biography Like Spirou, Velter began his career as an elevator operator at age 16, in the London Ritz Charlton. He later learned the trade as an assistant to American cartoonist Martin Branner on the Winnie Winkle strip from 1934-1936. In 1938, Velter created the title character for the launch of a new magazine by Belgian publisher Éditions Dupuis, Le Journal de Spirou. Signing by the pen-name Rob-Vel, the story was titled Groom au Moustic–hôtel (Bellboy at the Hotel Moskito). Later the same year, he crea... Biography of Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actor. Biography Early years Born in Richmond, Surrey, England ,like fellow actor Reginald Denny, the second son and fourth child of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser, he was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he discovered he enjoyed acting. He intended to study engineering at Cambridge University, but his father's sudden death from pneumonia made this financially impossible. He became a well-known amateur actor, and was a member of the West Middlesex Dramatic Society in 1908-9. He made his first appearance on the professional stage in 1914. After working as a clerk at the British Steamship Company in the City of London, he joined the London Scottish ... Biography of Lydia Pinkham
Lydia Estes Pinkham (February 9, 1819 – May 17, 1883) was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Lydia Pinkham was born in the manufacturing city of Lynn, Massachusetts, the tenth of the twelve children of William and Rebecca Estes. The Estes were an old Quaker family tracing their ancestry to one William Estes, a Quaker who migrated to America in 1676, and through him to the thirteenth century Italian house of Este. William Estes was originally a shoemaker, but by the time Lydia was born in 1819 he had become wealthy through dealing in real estate and had risen to the status of "gentleman farmer" Lydia was educated at Lynn Academy and worked as a schoolteacher before her mar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vito Antuofermo
Vito Antuofermo (born February 9, 1953) is an actor who is also a former world Middleweight boxing champion. Background Antuofermo was born in Italy, town of Palo del Colle is located about 15 km inland from the city of Bari. but his family moved to the United States when he was 17 years old. Antuofermo learned how to fight in the tough areas of New York City, and by his teens he had made up his mind that he wanted to be a professional boxer. Amateur career Antuofermo won the 1970 147 lb New York Golden Gloves Championship, defeating Thomas Chestnut in the finals. In 1971 Antuofermo was defeated by future Light Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gregory in the finals of the 147 lb Open division. Antuofermo trained at the Police Athletic Leagues Sweeney Center in Brooklyn, New York. Pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Girard
Christophe Girard, born February 9, 1956 in Saumur (Maine-et-Loire), is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste). He is openly gay and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender social movements ) rights.... Biography of Mark Pottenger
Mark Pottenger, born February 5, 1955 in Tucson, is an American astrologer, Computer software engineer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amy Lowell
Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874—May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Personal life Lowell was born into Brookline's prominent Lowell family. One brother, Percival Lowell, was a famous astronomer who predicted the existence of the dwarf planet Pluto and believed the canals on Mars showed it hosted living intelligence; another brother, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, served as president of Harvard University. She never attended college because her family did not consider it proper for a woman, but she compensated for this with avid reading and near-obsessive book-collecting. She lived as a socialite and travelled widely, turning to poetry in 1902 after being inspired by a perfo... Biography of Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Behan (pronounced , BEE-ən) (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed Irish Republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army. Early life Behan was born in the inner city of Dublin on 9 February 1923 into an educated working class family. He lived in a house owned by his grandmother, Christine English, who owned a number of properties in the area. His father Stephen Behan, a house painter who had been active in the Irish War of Independence, read classic literature to the children at bedtime from sources such as Zola, Galsworthy and Maupassant; his mother Kathleen took them on literary tours of the city. If Behan's ... Biography of Alina Reyes
Alina Reyes (born Aline Patricia Nardone 9th Feb 1956, in Bruges, Gironde) is a French writer, best known for her literary treatment of eroticism. Originally a freelance journalist, she devoted herself to fiction after a stay in Montreal. Reyes acquired a certain notoriety with the success of her first novel, The Butcher, which was translated into many languages and adapted for the theatre; like many of her subsequent novels and essays, it showed a concern with contemporary eroticism and how to treat it in literary fiction. She now splits her time between Paris and the Pyrenees. Selected works Le Boucher, 1988 (The Butcher) Lucie au Long Cours, 1990 (Lucie's Long Voyage) Au Corset qui Tue, 1992 (The Fatal Bodice) Quand tu Aimes, il Faut Partir, 1993 (When You Love You Must... Biography of Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. Life and work Berg was born in Vienna, the third of four children of Johanna and Conrad Berg. His family lived comfortably until the death of his father in 1900. He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did not begin to compose until he was fifteen, when he started to teach himself music. In late February or early March 1902 he fathered a child with Marie Scheuchl, a servant girl in the Berg family household. His daughter, Albine, was born on December 4, 1902. ... Biography of Pierre-Loup Rajot
Pierre-Loup Rajot, born February 9, 1958 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Filmography Actor 1983 : La Scarlatine de Gabriel Aghion, avec Brigitte Fossey, Stéphane Audran et Christophe Malavoy 1983 : Garçon ! de Claude Sautet, avec Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Rosy Varte, Marie Dubois et Dominique Laffin 1983 : À nos amours de Maurice Pialat, avec Sandrine Bonnaire et Dominique Besnehard 1984 : Souvenirs, souvenirs d'Ariel Zeitoun, avec Gabrielle Lazure, Christophe Malavoy, Philippe Noiret et Annie Girardot 1985 : L'Été prochain de Nadine Trintignant, avec Claudia Cardinale, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Ardant et Jean-Louis Trintignant 1985 : Bras de fer de Gérard Vergez, avec Bernard Giraudeau, Christophe Malavoy, Ángel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Derek Strong
Derek Lamar Strong (born February 9, 1968 in Los Angeles, California), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from Xavier University, Strong played in 10 NBA seasons from 1991 to 2001 for 6 different teams. He played for the Washington Bullets, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers. In his NBA career, Strong played in 456 games and scored a total of 3,088 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1997-98 season as a member of the Magic, appearing in 58 games and averaging 12.7 ppg. During his tenure in the NBA, Derek was an avid NASCAR fan and remained committed to pursuing this childhood dre... Biography of Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud
Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud (born February 9, 1951) is a member of the National Assembly of France (parliament). As a member of parliament, she represents one of the districts of the Hauts-de-Seine department (close to Paris). As a politician, she is affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement party. She is Puteaux city mayor as well.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Heartsman
Johnny Heartsman, born on February 9, 1937 in San Fernando, California, is an American jazz and blues musician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erwin Félix Lewy-Bertaut
Professor Erwin Félix Lewy-Bertaut, born on February 9, 1913 in Leobschutz, Germany, died on November 6, 2003 in Grenoble, France, was a scientist and crystallographer. Biography on http://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2004/02/00/es0336/es0336.pdf... Biography of Robert Morris
Robert Morris (born 9 February 1931, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd but he has also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement and installation art. Morris studied at the University of Kansas, Kansas City Art Institute, and Reed College . Initially a painter Morris’ work of the 1950s while studying and living in San Francisco was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and particularly Jackson Pollock. In California Morris also came into contact with the work of La Monte Young and John Cage. The idea that art making was a record of a performance by the artist (drawn from Hans Namuth’s photos of ... Biography of Pietro Nenni
Pietro Sandro Nenni (February 9, 1891, Faenza, Emilia-Romagna - January 1, 1980) was an Italian socialist politician, the national secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and lifetime Senator since 1970. He was a recipient of the Stalin Peace Prize in 1951. He was a central figure of the Italian left from the 1920s to the 1960s. Biography Early life and career He was born in Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna. After his peasant parents died, he was placed in an orphanage by an aristocratic family. Every Sunday Nenni recited his catechism before the countess and if he did well received a silver coin. "Generous but humiliating", he recalled. He affiliated with the Italian Republican Party. In 1908 he became editor of a Republican paper in Forlì. The socialist paper in the town was e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jaque Catelain
Jaque Catelain (9 February 1897 - 5 March 1965) was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself, and he was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. (He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain; other variations of his name used at different times were Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain, Jacques Catelin, and Jacque Cathelain.) Early life Jaque Catelain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Pavillon Henri IV (he was said to have been born in the same room as Louis XIV). His father was then the mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young... Biography of John Lindh
John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) was captured as an "enemy combatant" during the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. An American citizen, he is now serving a 20-year prison sentence in connection with his participation in Afghanistan's Taliban army. He was captured during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent Taliban prison uprising where American CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann was killed. Lindh received training at Al-Farouq, an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp located in Afghanistan. There, he attended a lecture by Osama bin Laden before the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Lindh had previously received training with Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, an internationally designated terrorist organization based in Pakistan. Lindh went by Sulayman al-Faris during his tim... Biography of Charles-Auguste Bontemps
Charles-Auguste Bontemps, born February 9, 1893 in Billy-sur-Oisy, Nièvre, died October 14, 1981 in Paris, was a French anarchist and activist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Coutelot
Nicolas Coutelot (born 9 February 1977 in Strasbourg, France) is a professional male tennis player from France who reached the top 100 in 2002 but currently plays mostly futures.... Biography of Theobald Ziegler
Theobald Ziegler (February 9, 1846 – September 1, 1918) was a German philosopher and educator who was a native of Göppingen, Württemberg. Career Ziegler studied theology and philosophy at the University of Tübingen, and later was a secondary school teacher in Heilbronn, Winterthur and Baden-Baden. During this time period he also taught classes at Tübinger Stift, and in 1882 became Konrektor of a Protestant secondary school in Strasbourg. In 1886 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Strasbourg. Published works Among his written works was a biography of David Friedrich Strauss, and a 1900 publication on Friedrich Nietzsche that was based on lectures Ziegler gave in 1897-98. Other important publications by Ziegler include: * Geschichte der christlic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcelle Chantal
Marcelle Chantal, born February 9, 1898 in Paris, died March 11, 1960 in Paris, was a French actress. Her husband was Jefferson-Cohn, a billionaire. Filmography * 1920 : Le Carnaval des vérités de Marcel L'Herbier * 1929 : Le Collier de la reine de Gaston Ravel et Tony Lekain – la comtesse de la Motte * 1930 : Toute sa vie (premier titre du film : L’Appel du cœur) d’Alberto Cavalcanti – Suzanne Valmond * 1930 : La Tendresse d’André Hugon – Marthe Dellières * 1930 : Le Secret du docteur de Charles de Rochefort – Liliane Garner * 1930 : Les Vacances du diable d’Alberto Cavalcanti – Betty Williams * 1930 : Le Réquisitoire (premier titre du film : Homicide) de Dimitri Buchowetzki – Lydia Alton * 1931 : La Vagabonde de Solange Bussi – Renée Nérée ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karel Bossart
Karel Jan Bossart (February 9, 1904 in Antwerp – August 3, 1975, San Diego, California) was a pioneering rocket designer and creator of the Atlas ICBM. His achievements rank alongside those of Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev but as most of his work was for the United States Air Force and therefore was classified he remains relatively little known. After winning a scholarship - under the Belgian American Education Foundation - to M.I.T. to study aeronautical engineering he remained in the US working for various aircraft companies. In 1945 he was chief of structures at Convair and proposed to the USAF that a missile could be developed with an 8000km range based on the work of von Braun. The Air Force was skeptical of Bossart's proposal partly to preserve the priority of Strategic Bom... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helena Resano
María Helena Resano Lizaldre, born on February 9, 1974 in Pamplona, is a Spanish TV news presenter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Guichon
Lucien Guichon, born on February 9, 1932 in Oyonnax (Ain), is a French politician, a former member of Parliament, and a member of UMP (Union for a Popular Movement). He was the Mayor of Oyonnax (Ain) (April 1, 1983 - March 18, 2001).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Norman Shumway
Norman Edward Shumway (February 9, 1923 – February 10, 2006) was a pioneer of heart surgery at Stanford University. Early life Shumway was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan for one year as an undergraduate until he was drafted by the Army in 1943, which sent him to John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville, Texas for engineering training. He then underwent Army Specialized Training, which included nine months of pre-medical training at Baylor University, followed by enrollment at Vanderbilt University for medical school. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt in 1949. He did his residency at the University of Minnesota, and was awarded a surgical doctorate in 1956. In 1958, he began working as an instructor in surgery at Stanford Hospital in S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Wallace
John Gilbert Wallace (born February 9, 1974 in Rochester, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player, in the forward position. He was picked 18th by the NY Knicks in the 1996 draft. A 1992 graduate of Greece Athena High School in Rochester, NY and a 1996 graduate from Syracuse University, Wallace played seven seasons in the NBA, with the New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat. Stats Professional Season Team GP MPG RPG APG PPG 1996-97 Knicks 68 11.6 2.3 0.5 4.8 1997-98 Raptors 82 28.8 4.5 1.3 14.0 1998-99 Raptors 48 16.9 3.6 1.0 8.6 1999-00 Knicks 60 13.3 2.3 0.4 6.5 2000-01 Pistons 40 13.2 2.1 0.6 5.9 2001-02 Suns 46 10.7 1.8 0.6 5.0 2003-04 Heat 37 9.9 1.6 0.4 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Fortineau
Thierry Fortineau, born February 9, 1953 in Nantes, died February 8, 2006 in Paris, was a French comedian and actor. He lived with actress Marushka Detmers, and has a daughter, comedian Jade Fortineau. Filmography Actor * 1987 : Bonjour l'angoisse de Pierre Tchernia * 1987 : Doux Amer de Franck Apprederis * 1988 : Vent de galerne de Bernard Favre * 1988 : Un tour de manège de Pierre Pradinas * 1988 : Comédie d'été de Daniel Vigne * 1989 : Rendez-vous au tas de sable de Didier Grousset * 1989 : Le Brasier d'Éric Barbier * 1990 : Un cœur qui bat de François Dupeyron * 1991 : Le Trou de la corneille court métrage de François Hanss * 1992 : L'Homme de ma vie de Jean-Charles Tacchella * 1992 : La Fille de l'air de Maroun Bagdadi ... Biography of Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit was "Waltz Across Texas" (1965), which became one of his most requested songs and is often used in dance halls throughout Texas during waltz lessons. Tubb recorded duets with the then up-and-coming Loretta Lynn in the early 1960s, including their hit "Sweet Thang". Tubb is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Biography ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi was a French director, born on February 9, 1921, in Paris, died on November 5, 1982 in Paris. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975. Filmography 1950 : Suzanne et les brigands 1950 : Un certain monsieur 1951 : Un grand patron 1952 : Le Plus heureux des hommes 1954 : le Guérisseur 1955 : Les Héros sont fatigués 1957 : Typhon sur Nagasaki 1959 : Le vent se lève 1960 : Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Sorge ? 1961 : Liberté I 1964 : Le Ciel sur la tête 1969 : A quelques jours près... Biography of Raphaël Burtin
Raphaël Burtin, born on Feb ruary 9, 1977 in Bonneville, is a French alpine skier.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ali Bongo
Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo on February 9, 1959) is a Gabonese politician who is currently President-elect of Gabon following his victory in the 2009 presidential election. Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2009. He is a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and was the PDG's candidate in the August 2009 presidential election, which followed his father's death. According to official results, he won the election with 42% of the vote. Early life and political career Bongo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Phil Ford (basketball)
Phil Jackson Ford Jr. (born February 9, 1956 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974. North Carolina Ford played four years of basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After his sophomore season, Ford started for the U.S. Olympic team that won the gold medal in 1976. While a senior, he averaged 20.8 points a game during that 1977-78 season. In 1978, Ford finished his career at Carolina as the number 1 all time leading scorer in North Carolina history with 2,290 points. Ford was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in May 1991. On December 18, 2008, Tyler Hansbrough surpassed Ford's total making Phil the num... Biography of Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis (born February 9, 1988 in Hørsholm) is a Danish swimmer from Allerød. Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition. At the 2009 World Championships she won silver in the 1500 metre freestyle competition and gold in the 800 metre freestyle competition with the second fastest time ever and a new championship record. in the final of the Women's 800 Metre Freestyle at the European Swimming Championships, August 12, 2010 in Budapest, she won the gold medal.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Servat
William Servat (born 9 February 1978 (source: Wikipedia in French) in Saint-Gaudens, France) is a French international rugby union footballer, who plays at hooker for Toulouse in the French Top 14. Career Club career Born in Saint-Gaudens in the Haute-Garonne département of France, Servat began his rugby career at his local club, Mazères-Cassagne. He played for Mazères-Cassagne until 1998, when he was signed by Toulouse. In his first season at Toulouse, Servat helped the club to their fifth Top 14 title in six years. He has since been involved with just one more Top 14 title victory (in 2001), but he has helped the club to two Heineken Cup titles in 2002-03 and 2004-05. International career Servat made his debut for the French national team on 14 February 2004 in a 35–17 victo... Biography of Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor (born 9 February 1978) is an English model. Early life Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England and went to Brownhills Community School (now Brownhills Community Technology College/Brownhills C.T.C). She was raised Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. On a school trip to the Birmingham Clothes Show she was spotted by a scout. Modelling career Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for a 1996 issue of i-D. She has modelled on the catwalk for John Galliano, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace, Miu Miu, Jasper Conran, Giorgio Armani, Julien Macdonald, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Badgley Mischka, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has worked with many leading fashion photographers including Patri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Stone
George Stone (February 9, 1946 in Murray, Kentucky – December 1993) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from Marshall University, Stone played four seasons (1968-1972) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Stars, Utah Stars, and Carolina Cougars. He averaged 13.6 points per game over the course of his career and ranked tenth in ABA history in three point field goal percentage (.323). He also won a league championship with the Utah Stars in 1971. Stone died of a heart attack in December 1993.... Biography of Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer
Jennifer Şebnem Macide Simone Schaefer (known in Turkey as Şebnem Schaefer and in Germany as Jennifer Schäfer; born 9 February 1984), is a German fashion model, actress and TV presenter. Early life Jennifer Şebnem was born Frankfurt am Main on 9 February 1984. Her father is German and her mother Turkish. She has been modeling since she was fifteen, commuting between career engagements in Germany and Turkey, at the same time as pursuing her studies in Goethe University in her hometown. She is a native speaker of German and Turkish and has full command of English. She is also fluent in French since she studied it at school, and even in Arabic since it was part of her courses during her initial choice of Turkology at the university. She later switched to anthropology and Eu... Biography of Charlie Day
Charles Peckham "Charlie" Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American television and film actor and writer best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Early life Day was born in New York City. His mother, Mary (née Peckham), is a piano teacher at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, is a professor of Music History and Music Theory at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. Charlie Day spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Rhode Island. He attended Pennfield School and graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, both in Portsmouth. He went on to attend Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts where he was a shortstop on the baseball team. Career Besides playing Charlie Kelly on t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelson (born February 9, 1982 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He played college basketball at Saint Joseph's University and was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets but was traded to the Orlando Magic, where he has played for his entire professional career. High school Nelson attended Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania and was a student and a letterman in basketball. In basketball, he helped lead his team to two PIAA state championships. College career Nelson began his play at Saint Joseph's University in the 2000–2001 NCAA season. He had a breakout freshman season in which he was named unanimous National Freshman of the Year. During his junior season in 2... Biography of Avan Jogia
Avan Tudor Jogia (born February 9, 1992) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Beck Oliver on Victorious. Early life Jogia was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He went to a few different schools in Vancouver, including Killarney Secondary School and King George Secondary School. In tenth grade he was 16 years old and left school altogether to pursue a career in acting. He is of Gujarati Indian, Welsh and Irish descent. Career Jogia's very first role came in 2006, when he played Danny Araujo, the younger brother of a transsexual teenage male to female, or transwoman, Gwen Araujo, in the television movie A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, directed by Agnieszka Holland. He appeared in The CW TV series Aliens in America as the character Sam. In 2008, h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1975, in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball right fielder and designated hitter with the Baltimore Orioles. In 2004, he was voted the American League MVP. He helped lead the Angels to five American League West championships (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), and was voted as one of the most feared hitters in baseball in a 2008 poll of all 30 major league managers. A nine-time All Star, he is widely recognized as one of the best all-around players in the game because of his impressive offensive production (regularly hitting for power and average), and stellar defense (which is highlighted by one of the strongest throwing arms in baseball). He is also regarded as the game's premier "bad ball hitter," for his abili... Biography of Cassandra Steen
Cassandra Steen (born February 9, 1980 in Ostfildern, Baden-Württemberg) is a German singer, songwriter and voice actress, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the trio Glashaus. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Steen released her moderately successful solo debut album Seele mit Herz in 2003. After her departure from Glashaus and a label change to Universal Urban Records in 2007, she released her second album Darum leben wir in February 2009. A gold-certified the top ten success, it spawned three singles, including "Stadt," the fourth biggest-selling single of 2009 in Germany. In 2010, she won the ECHO Award for Best National Artist Rock/Pop. Also in 2009, Steen voiced the character Tiana in the German dub of Disney's 49th animated feature The Prin... Biography of Isabel Gillies
Isabel Gillies (born February 9, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an actress and author. She has played Elliot Stabler's wife, Kathy, in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999. In March 2009, Scribner published Happens Every Day, her New York Times bestselling memoir. Prior to assuming her role on SVU, Gillies appeared in an episode of the original Law & Order series, "Bad Girl". She played a young woman who murders an undercover police officer, and then undergoes a religious conversion during her trial and is born again. In 2000, she played the role of Alison in the short-lived Fox TV series The $treet. She played the film parts of Cynthia McLean in Metropolitan (1990) and Alison in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). She also played Moira Ingalls in the movie On Line (2002), Isabel... Biography of Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Katherine Guehrer (born 9 February 1986) is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds After her breakout meet in late 2008, Guehrer broke her personal best times in several events, also breaking the short course 50 m butterfly world record. At the 2009 Telstra Aus trials, she earned an individual spot in the 100 m freestyle clocking 54.28 along with a spot on the 4x100 m Freestyle relay team. The next day she clocked 25.60 s in the 50 m Butterfly, easily making the qualifying time and becoming the third fastest in history in that event, after some thunderous times posted in the semi-finals, the fasted qualifiers failed to match their times in the final, and Guehrer won gold. At the 2009 World Aquati... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Igor Babailov
Igor Valerievich Babailov (born February 9, 1965 in Glazov, Udmurt Republic) is a Russian-born American portrait artist, known for his commissioned portraits of global leaders, celebrities and distinguished individuals. Some of his notable portraits include those of: Pope Benedict XVI(Vatican), President of Russia Vladimir Putin(Kremlin), United States Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Sullivan (Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State), Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York (Giuliani Partners), Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (House of Commons), pianist Byron Janis (Steinway Hall), Templeton Prize recipient Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute, and numerous other prominent figures for public and private collections. Besides portrait works, Babailov is also known for... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janet Suzman
Dame Janet Suzman, DBE (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress and director. Early life Janet Suzman was born in Johannesburg to a Jewish family, the daughter of Betty (née Sonnenberg) and Saul Suzman, a wealthy tobacco importer. Her grandfather, Max Sonnenberg, was a member of the South African parliament, and she is a niece of civil rights/anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman. Suzman was educated at the independent school Kingsmead College, Johannesburg, and at the University of the Witwatersrand where she studied English and French. She moved to London in 1959. Stage career After training for the stage at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Suzman made her debut as Liz in Billy Liar at the Tower Theatre, Ipswich in 1962. She then became a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from their debut in 1986 to 1989. Lyle was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in December 2011 and was inducted in May 2012. Early life Lyle was born in Shrewsbury, England and now lives in Scotland with his wife Jolande and children Lonneke and Quintin. He represented Scotland during his professional career. He was introduced to golf by his father, Alex, who had taken the family from Scotland to England in 1955 when he became resident professional at Hawkstone Park go... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Servier
Jump to: navigation, search Jacques Servier (b. 1922, Vatan, France) is a doctor of medicine and pharmacy, French entrepreneur. Biography Founder of the pharmaceutical group Servier in 1954, he has a fortune estimated at €3.8 billion in 2009. The group led by him, Servier, has been convicted several times to pay damages for Redux, aka Isoméride, both trade names of dexfenfluramine. There are also active discussions and trial around benfluorex. Decorations Legion of Honour Knight (1976) Officer (1 December 1987; by Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Philippe Séguin) Commander (31 December 1992; by Minister for Foreign Trade Dominique Strauss-Kahn) Grand Officer (25 March 2002; by President Jacques Chirac) Grand Cross (31 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brian Bennett (musician)
Brian Laurence Bennett OBE (born 9 February 1940, Palmers Green, North London, England) is an English drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and record producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group, The Shadows. Biography Educated at Hazlewood School, Palmers Green, London and Winchmore Hill School. He finished school at the age of sixteen to play drums in a Ramsgate skiffle group performing for holiday makers. After returning to London he became the in-house drummer at The 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho and was a regular performer on Jack Good's TV show Oh Boy! He then became a member of Marty Wilde's Wildcats in 1959. After a successful period with the Wildcats, during which he appeared on their instrumental record without Wilde (recorded as the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marianna Hill
Marianna Hill (born Mariana Schwarzkopf; February 9, 1941), sometimes credited as Mariana Hill, is an American actress mostly working in American television. A life member of The Actors Studio, Hill has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes. She co-starred in the Elvis Presley film Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1966 as Lani Kaimana; the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter as Callie Travers in 1973; and in The Godfather II as Deanna Dunn-Corleone. Hill guest-starred in several 1960s sitcoms, a short list of which include My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes, Love American Style, and Batman. One of Hill's many TV appearances was as Dr. Helen Noel in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Dagger of the Mind". She also guest-starred in the following drama series: ... |
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