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Astrology, birth chart, map of the heavens, biography, picture and horoscope excerpts: you will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 12, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
104 celebrities or events were found for January, 12.
Biography of Swami VIVEKANANDA
Swami Vivekananda (Bengali: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ Shami Bibekanondo) (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (নরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত Nôrendrônath Dôt-tô), was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga and a major figure in the ... Biography of Joëlle de GRAVELAINE
French writer and astrologer.... Biography of Olivier MARTINEZ
Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966 in Paris, France) is a Spanish-French film actor. He became known after roles in several French films, and has also appeared in Hollywood-produced features, including Unfaithful. Early life Martinez was born in Paris, France to a working-class family. His father was a Spanish professional boxer born in Morocco and his mother was a French secretary. He studied at the prestigious CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990, and quickly... Biography of Heather MILLS McCARTNEY
Heather, Lady McCartney (born 12 January 1968 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England), usually known as Heather Mills or Heather Mills McCartney, is a campaigner on behalf of several causes, including amputees, the curtailment of land mines and animal rights. Her early career was as a glamour model. She is the former wife of musician and ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney; the couple announced their separation in May 2006, just prior to Paul's 64th birthday. Early career Mills's early life was turbulent... Biography of Hermann GOERING
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, and commander of the Luftwaffe. He was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946 and sentenced to death by hanging; however, he escaped the hangman's noose around two hours before his scheduled execution by taking his life through the use of potassiu... Biography of MEL C (SPICE GIRLS)
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12, 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a singer most famous as one of the five members of the British girl group the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Sporty Spice". She is also known as Melanie C or Mel C. As a solo artist she has released four albums and was nominated for a BRIT Award. Chisholm has co-written 11 UK number-one singles - second only to Madonna for a female artist.... Biography of Marie DUBOIS
Marie Dubois, born Claudine Huzé January 12, 1937 in Paris, is a French actress. She is the wife of Serge Rousseau. Filmography 1999 A vot'service d'Eric Bartonio 1997 Rien ne va plus de Claude Chabrol (Dedette) 1996 Les Caprices d'un fleuve de Bernard Giraudeau (La vieille Duchesse) 1996 Confidences à un inconnu de Georges Bardawil (La mère) 1991 La Dernière saison de Pierre Beccu (Marthe) 1991 Les Enfants du vent de Krzystof Rogulski (La femme du maire) 1990 Un jeu d'enfant ...
Biography of Jack LONDON
Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Personal background Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney, was deserted by his father, William Henry Chaney. He was raised in Oakland by his mother Flora Wellman, a music teacher and spiritualist. Because ... Biography of Kirstie ALLEY
Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American Emmy Award winning actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, where she played Rebecca Howe from 1987-1993, winning an Emmy as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1991. A year later, she won a Golden Globe for her performance in Cheers as well. She won an Emmy in 1994 for her role in the TV-drama David's Mother. Other critically acclaimed roles Alley is known for include: playing Diane Barrows in It Takes Two and ... Biography of Howard STERN
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author. Stern hosts The Howard Stern Show four days a week (Monday-Thursday) on Howard 100, a Sirius Satellite Radio station. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media" (a humorous reference to Michael Jackson's appellation "The King of Pop") has been dubbed a shock jock for his highly controversial use of scatological, sexual and racial humor. Stern has said that the show was ne...
Biography of MAHESH YOGI
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born "Mahesh Prasad Varma" according to some sources, and "Mahesh Srivastava" according to others, between 1911 and 1918 in Jabalpur, India; died on February 5, 2008, in Vlodrop, The Netherlands), founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and a university with campuses in the United States and China. He was born in India, around 1917; various years are given for his birth: most frequently 1911, 191...
Biography of Elie KAKOU
Elie Kakou (January 12, 1960 in Nabeul, Tunisia - June 10, 1999 in Paris) was a French humorist and actor. Filmography 1997 : La Vérité si je mens ! de Thomas Gilou 1998 : Monsieur Naphtali de Olivier Schatzky 1998 : Les Kidnappeurs de Graham Guit 1999 : Prison à domicile de Christophe Jacrot... Biography of Joe FRAZIER
Joseph William "Smokin' Joe" Frazier (born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. Frazier is considered one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, but he is perhaps most famous for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali, the first of which, won by Frazier in a unanimous decision, has often been called one of boxing's greatest bouts. Frazier was known for a relentless pursuit of opponents, quickly cutt... Biography of Daniel FILIPACCHI
Daniel Filipachi, born January 12, 1928 in Paris, is the son of Henri Filipacchi, a director at Hachette and the inventor of Hachette's Livre de Poche brand of pocketbooks. He was for many years a photographer for Paris Match magazine and friend of René Char, as well as a jazz concert promoter and founder of Mood Records. He was also an associate of publisher Franck Ténot. He then became deputy chairman of Hachette Filipacchi Publication , the worlds largest magazine and publishing group. He ... Biography of Rachael HARRIS
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968 in Worthington, Ohio) is an American actress and comedian. Career Harris performed with the Los Angeles improv troupe, Groundlings. Rachael is currently still a member of "The Groundlings Main Company". Her film credits include roles in Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, Starsky & Hutch, Kicking & Screaming, and Daddy Day Care. She landed her first television job on a 1993 episode of SeaQuest DSV and after an appearance on Sta... Biography of Olivier PESLIER
Olivier Peslier (born: January 12, 1973 in Château-Gontier, Mayenne département, France) is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races. Career wins in France * = Champion Jockey 1991 - 46 1992 - 31 1993 - 91 1994 - 116 1995 - 132 1996 - 163 * 1997 - 157 * 1998 - 142 1999 - 147 * 2000 - 162 * 2001 - 148 2002 - 98 2003 - 109 2004 - 123 2005 - 99 20... Biography of Rush LIMBAUGH
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative political commentator. His nationally-syndicated talk show, The Rush Limbaugh Show, airs throughout the world on Premiere Radio Networks. He has been credited with reviving AM radio in the United States, and is considered to have been a "kind of national precinct captain" for the Republican Party's Congressional victories in 1994. National Review magazine, in a 1993 cover story, called him "The Leader of ... Biography of Georges CARPENTIER
Georges Carpentier (January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man," he stood 5 ft 11½ in (1.82 m) and his fighting weight ranged from 125 to 175 lb (57 to 79 kg). Carpentier was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch. Height: 1,82 m Born in Liévin near Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Carpentier began his career by progressing up through ...
Biography of Alfred ROSENBERG
Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893 Reval (today Tallinn) – October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. He is considered the main author of key Nazi ideological creeds, including its racial theory, persecution of the Jews, Lebensraum, abolition of the Treaty of Versailles, and opposition to "degenerate" modern art. He is also known for his rejection of Christianity. At Nuremberg he was tried... Biography of André LABARRERE
André Labarrère, born January 12, 1928 in Pau, died May 16, 2006, was a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste). He was the mayor of Pau since 1971. He was gay he has never hidden his sexuality. Books Les instituteurs Laïques au Canada Français 1836 - 1900 (Presse de l'Université Laval - Québec) Les Laïques et la Presse Pédagogique au Canada Français au XIXe siècle (Presse de l'Université Laval - Québec) Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau - Collection Les Classiques Canadiens (... Biography of AMERIE
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1978), better known as Amerie, is a multiracial (African American & Korean) American R&B singer. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily written and produced by Rich Harrison. "1 Thing", the lead single from her second album, Touch, introduced her native D.C.'s go-go elements, on which she expanded with the 2007 album Because I Love It. Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to an African-American father and a Korean mother. He... Biography of Paul-Henri MATHIEU
Paul-Henri Mathieu (born January 12, 1982 in Strasbourg, France) is a French tennis player. Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Weight 74 kg (163 lb) Tennis Career Mathieu was born in Strasbourg. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. After having won the Junior title at the French Open (defeating Tommy Robredo), he made his ATP tour debut in July 2000, in Kitzbühel...
Biography of Joseph JOFFRE
Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (12 January 1852 - 3 January 1931) was a Catalan French general who was Commander-in-Chief of the French Army between 1914 and 1916 during the First World War. He is most known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in 1914. His popularity led to his nickname Papa Joffre. Joffre was born in Rivesaltes, Roussillon. He joined the École polytechnique in 1870 and became a career office... Biography of Andrea CARNEVALE
Andrea Carnevale (born 12 January 1961 in Monte San Biagio) is an Italian former footballer. During his club career he played for: 1979-1981 : U.S. Avellino 1981-1983 : A.C. Reggiana 1919 1983-1984 : Cagliari Calcio 1983-1984 : Calcio Catania 1984-1986 : Udinese Calcio 1986-1990 : S.S.C. Napoli 1990-1993 : A.S. Roma 1993-1994 : Udinese Calcio 1993-1994 : Pescara Calcio 1994-1995 : Udinese Calcio 1995-1996 : Pescara Calcio He earned 10 caps and scored 2 goals for the I...
Biography of Zack de la ROCHA
Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper, musician, poet, and activist best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine. Early life In his early youth, de la Rocha's father Roberto de la Rocha (known as Beto)—a member of Los Four, the first Chicano art collective to be exhibited at a major museum (LACMA, 1974)—suffered a nervous breakdown and took his religious ideals to extremes. He destroyed his art, and, when Zack visited...
Biography of Charles PERRAULT
Charles Perrault (Paris, 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté (Puss in Boots), Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre (Cinderella), La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard), Le Petit Poucet (Hop o' My Thumb), Les Fées (Diamonds and Toads), La Marquise de Salusses ou la Pa... Biography of Jean-Louis BIANCO
Jean-Louis Bianco, born January 12, 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Biography of Melanie CHISHOLM
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside), also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality best known as one of the five members of the English girl group Spice Girls, who was nicknamed "Sporty Spice". As a solo artist she has released four albums and was nominated for a BRIT and ECHO Awards. Chisholm holds the record for most United Kingdom number-one singles by a female co-writer (equal with Madonna). She is also thir... Biography of Blanca LI
Blanca Li, born January 12, 1964 in Grenade, is a Spanish dancer, choregrapher and director. Selected works 2007 : Poète à New York 2007 : Corazón Loco 2006 : Macadam Macadam nouvelle version 2004 : Al Andalus 2004 : Alarme 2004 : Don Giovanni au Metropolitan Opera à New York 2003 : Guillaume Tell à l'Opéra Bastille 2002 : Borderline 2001 : Shéhérazade pour le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris 1999 : Macadam Macadam 1999 : Indes galantes de Rameau pour l'Opéra de Paris 1998 :... Biography of Rob ZOMBIE
Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965), better known as Rob Zombie, is an American musician, film director and writer. Known as the founder, lead singer, and songwriter for White Zombie, Zombie has also established himself as a solo artist in more recent years. He has sold 10 million albums with White Zombie and a further 15 million albums as a solo artist. Five of his CDs have been certified platinum and another two have been certified gold, making him the artist with the most gold and...
Biography of Haruki MURAKAMI
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, Murakami Haruki?, born January 12, 1949) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described by the Virginia Quarterly Review as "easily accessible, yet profoundly complex". Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 but spent most of his youth in Kobe. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest. His mother was the daughter of an Osaka merchant. Both taught Japanese literature. Since childhood, Murakami has been ... Biography of Glenn YARBROUGH
Glenn Yarbrough (born January 12, 1930) is an American folk singer. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He was the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963, and had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels. In 1957 he was one of the first singers to record the traditional "The House of the Rising Sun" for Elektra Records. Among other career highlights, Yarbrough provided vocals for the Rankin/Bass animated version...
Biography of Bonaventure KALOU
Bonaventure "Barry" Kalou (born January 12, 1978 in Oumé, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian striker, who is currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen. He is well known for his flair and vision. He started playing for ASEC Mimosas in his home country before moving to Dutch based Feyenoord. He played in Rotterdam for six seasons as a first team regular, becoming a fans' favourite. He mainly played as a winger, but was also able to participate as a striker when necessary. In the meanwhile... Biography of Una McLEAN
Una McLean MBE (born 1930 in Strathaven, Scotland) is a Scottish actress and comedian, best known for appearing in pantomimes. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and began her career at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews in 1955. She joined the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in 1959. She starred in Scotland's first one-woman television show Did you see Una? in 1967, and she has appeared in several films, including Peter Capaldi's Strictly Sinatra in 2001. She has appeare... Biography of KRESKIN
George Joseph Kresge, Jr. (born January 12, 1935), better known as The Amazing Kreskin, is a mentalist who became popular on North American television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's famous comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician. Kresge was born in Montclair, New Jersey. From 1971 to 1975, his television series The Amazing World of Kreskin was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the U... Biography of Luise RAINER
Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910), is a two-time Academy Award-winning German film actress. Of living people who have won Academy Awards, she holds the earliest-awarded Oscars. She is also the oldest of Academy Award winners at 98. The daughter of Heinrich Rainer by his spouse Emmy née Koenigsberger, Luise was born in Düsseldorf, Germany and educated in Vienna. She made her first appearance on the stage at the Dumont Theatre in Düsseldorf in 1928. She next appeared at various theatres in J... Biography of Alain LANCELOT
Alain Lancelot (Chêne-Bourgeries, Switzerland, January 12, 1937) is a French political scientist. Works La participation des français à la politique (1961) Les attitudes politiques (1962) L'abstentionnisme électoral en France (1968)...
Biography of Alwilda FINNICUM
Alwilda Finnicum, born January 12, 1894 in Rossville, Indiana, died February 3, 1982, was an American author and astrologer.... Biography of Bernadine DOHRN
Bernardine Rae Dohrn (born January 12, 1942) is an American former leader of the 1969–1980 radical leftist organization Weather Underground. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center. Personal life Bernardine Dohrn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942 and grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, an upper-middle-class suburb of Milwaukee. Her father, Bernard Ohrnstein, changed the surname... Biography of Ken USTON
Ken Uston (January 12, 1935 – September 19, 1987) was a famous blackjack player, strategist, and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack. During the early to mid 1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with some bets as high as $12,000 on a single hand. He then became famous for being banned from casinos around the world, and became a maste...
Biography of Charlotte JULIAN
Charlotte Julian (or sometimes Charlotte Jullian), born January 12, 1951 in Perpignan, is a French singer and actress. Discography Albums 2005 : Par le trou de la serrure 1. Les ratés de la bagatelle 2. Ouvre la fenêtre 3. En douche 4. Chez le boucher 5. Madame Arthur 6. Le tango stupéfiant 7. Tu m'as possédée par surprise 8. Ah ! vous dirai-je maman 9. La biaiseuse 10. Julie 11. Partie carrée 12. La p'tite Huguette 13. Les amis de Monsieur 14. Par le trou ... Biography of Yohana COBO
Yohana Cobo (born Madrid, January 12, 1985) is a Spanish film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Penélope Cruz's daughter in Pedro Almodóvar's's Volver. Filmography Films 2006 - Arena en los bolsillos (post-production) 2006 - Volver 2005 - Fin de curso 2004 - Seres queridos 2004 - El Séptimo día 2004 - Las Llaves de la independencia 2003 - La Vida mancha 2001 - Sin noticias de Dios 2000 - Aunque tú no lo sepas 1997 - Campeones TV El Comisari... Biography of Gerard WILK
Gerard Wilk, born January 12, 1944 in Gliwice, died August 29, 1995, was a Polish dancer and actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929017/ ) Przygoda z piosenka (1969) .... Dancer ... aka Adventure with a Song Przekladaniec (1968) (TV) ... aka Layer Cake ... aka Roly Poly Malzenstwo z rozsadku (1967) (uncredited) .... Dancer ... aka The Marriage of Convenience...
Biography of Eugène LAMI
Eugène Louis Lami (January 12, 1800 - December 19, 1890) was a French painter and lithographer. He worked at the studio of Horace Vernet then studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Camille Roqueplan and Paul Delaroche under Antoine-Jean Gros. While there, he learned watercolor technique from Richard Parkes Bonington and would later become a founding member of the Society of French Watercolorists. Lami's 1881 watercolor titled A Couple Embracing is at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, C... Biography of SANDY (UK's BIG BROTHER)
Sandy Cummings (born 12 January 1959) is a woman's personal shopper from Scotland. He was the last man to enter the house on Day 1. While in the house he isolated himself from the group, making friends with Alex, Lynne, Adele, & to an extent Jade. On Day 20, after urinating in a bin, he left the house by climbing over the wall, as the others watched a football match.. On Day 24, he was replaced by Tim.... Biography of Julien KAPEK
Julien Kapek (born 12 January 1979in Clamart) is a French triple jumper. His personal best is 17.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine. This result places him third on the all-time French performers list, only behind Serge Hélan and Karl Taillepierre.... Biography of Christiane AMANPOUR
Christiane Amanpour, CBE, (born January 12, 1958) ( listen (help·info) Persian: کریستین امانپور) is a correspondent for CNN. As of July 2008, she is based in New York City. Early years Shortly after her birth in London, her father Mohammad, an Iranian airline executive and her British mother Patricia, moved the family to Tehran. The Amanpours led a privileged life under the government of the Shah of Ir... Biography of Maggie BELL
Maggie Bell (born 12 January 1945, Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin. Career From a musical family, she sang from her teenage years, leaving school at the age of fifteen, to work as a window dresser by day and singer at night. Bell was introduced to Leslie Harvey, by his older brother Alex, after getting up on stage to sing with him (Alex). Leslie Harvey was, at that time, a guitarist with the K... Biography of Scott BURRELL
Scott David Burrell (born January 12, 1971 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. He has played internationally and was also a professional baseball player. Burrell was also the first American athlete to be a first round draft-pick of two major sporting organizations (the NBA and MLB). A 6'7" multi-sport star at Hamden High School in Connecticut, Burrell was drafted by baseball's Sea...
Biography of Greg K (THE OFFSPRING)
Gregory David Kriesel (born January 12, 1965, in Glendale, California), best known by his stage name Greg K., is an American bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk band, The Offspring. Kriesel is one of the founding members of the band alongside singer Dexter Holland. He played an Ibanez custom ATK300 bass and is currently using an Ibanez RD bass, and his hobbies include golf,and BASE jumping. In the early days of The Offspring, up until around 1994, he played a Fender Precision Bas...
Biography of Emmanuel LEVINAS
Emmanuel Levinas (IPA: ; born January 12 1906 in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania); died December 25, 1995 in Paris, France) was a French philosopher and Talmudic commentator. Life and philosophy Emanuelis Levinas (later adapted to French orthography as Emmanuel Levinas) received a traditional Jewish education in Lithuania. After WWII, he studied the Talmud under the enigmatic "Monsieur Chouchani," whose influence he acknowledged only late in his life. Levinas began his philosophical... Biography of Blixa BARGELD
Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany) is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields. He is best known for his studio work and tours with the groups Einstürzende Neubauten and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Artistic career In 1980, he founded the music group Einstürzende Neubauten, which has released numerous albums and singles, performed all over the world, and still exists to this day. His st... Biography of Pieter Willem BOTHA
Pieter Willem Botha (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as "P. W." and Die Grote Krokodil (Afrikaans for "The Big Crocodile"), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. Botha was a long-time leader of South Africa's National Party and a staunch advocate of the apartheid system. While in power he made some small concessions towards human rights, but he upheld apartheid. He refused to testify at the new gover...
Biography of Claude DELVINCOURT
Claude Delvincourt (January 12, 1888 - April 5, 1954) was a French pianist and composer of classical music. Claude Delvincourt was born in Paris on January 12, 1888, the son of Pierre Delvincourt and Marguerite Fourès. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, first under Leon Boëllmann, then Henri Busser. He was also taught counterpoint and fugue by Georges Caussade and composition by Charles Marie Widor. He won the Prix de Rome in 1910 and 1913 (when he shared it with Lili Boulanger). He wa... Biography of Shirley EATON
Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Preferring to devote herself to raising a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969. Life and career Career Eaton was born in London and raised in the suburb of Harrow Weald. Throughout her career, she appeared with many of the top British male comedy s... Biography of Gerasime PATILAS
Gerasime Patilas, born January 12, 1954 in Athenes, is aGreek-British astrologer, author and editor.... Biography of Liliana CAVANI
Liliana Cavani (born in January, 12 in 1933 in Carpi, Italy) is an Italian director and screenwriter, best known for her 1974 feature film Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter) which launched actress Charlotte Rampling to international stardom. Selected filmography Ripley's Game (2002) Dove siete? Io sono qui (1993) Francesco (1989) Interno Berlinese (The Berlin Affair) (1985) Oltre la porta (1982) La pelle (1981) Al di là del bene e del male (Beyond Good and Evil) (1977) Mi...
Biography of Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (Venice, January 12, 1876 – Venice January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by Carlo Goldoni, including Le donne curiose (1903), I quattro rusteghi (1906) and Il campiello (1936). Life Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was born in Venice in 1876, the son of an Italian mother and a German father. Although he studied piano from an early...
Biography of Paul Hermann MULLER
Paul Hermann Müller also known as Pauly Mueller (January 12, 1899 – October 12, 1965) was a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate. In 1948 he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. Müller's discoveries are estimated to have saved over 21 million lives worldwide. Müller was born in Olten, Solothurn and was raised in Lenzburg, a village in Aargau. He receive...
Biography of Felipe ROSE
Felipe Rose (born January 12, 1954) was a founding member of the disco group the Village People, in which he is the Indian. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father a Native American (Lakota Sioux). He is openly gay. Early years Rose was born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn where he displayed an interest in the arts during his childhood. His mother was his main inspiration as she herself had been a dancer for the Copacabana during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1970, when Rose was 16 ye...
Biography of Renata LITVINOVA
Renata Muratovna Litvinova (Russian language: Рената Муратовна Литвинова, Tatar Cyrillic: Рената Мурат кызы Литвинова, Latin: Renata Murat qızı Litvinova), born January 12, 1967 in Moscow, is a Russian ...
Biography of John Singer SARGENT
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