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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 14, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,413 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,413 Celebrities
123 celebrities or events were found for January, 14. Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jordy Lemoine
Jordy Lemoine (born on January 14, 1988 in Caen, Normandy) is a French singer. Jordy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to have a #1 charted single. He achieved this feat at the tender age of four and a half with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby"). "Dur dur d'être bébé" sold 2 million copies in France and was a dance hit across Europe, Brazil, Bolivia and Japan. It landed at #58 on the US charts. However, in 1994, the French government banned six-year-old Jordy from television and radio, out of concern that he was being exploited by his parents. Rumors of exploitation were furthered when the Lemoine family opened La Ferme de Jordy (Jordy's Farm), a children's tourist attraction which was a financial failure. In 1996 Jor... Add to favourites (75 fans)Biography of David Grohl
David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the drummer of Nirvana from 1990 until the band dissolved in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the Foo Fighters in 1995. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, DC area bands, most notably the punk rock band Scream. Early life When Grohl was a young child, his family (father James, mother Virginia, and older sister Lisa) relocated from Ohio to Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother. At the age of twelve, Grohl began tinkering with the guitar. He started with lessons, but eventually grew tired of them, and began to play in band... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of LL Cool J
James Todd Smith III (born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J, is an American hip hop artist and actor. He is best known for romantic ballads like "I Need Love" as well as pioneering pop rap like "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "Boomin' System", and "Mama Said Knock You Out" "4, 3, 2, 1". He has also appeared in several films. LL Cool J is one of a few hip-hop stars of his era to sustain a successful recording career for more than two decades. He has released 12 albums and a greatest hits compilation so far, with his next album, Exit 13, set to be released September 4, 2007. The album will be the last for LL's record deal with Def Jam Recordings, a deal which has lasted for over twenty two years, making it the longest single hip hop deal to date. LL Cool J stands for ... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941 (birth time source: Steinbrecher)) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Dunaway was born Dorothy Faye Dunaway in Bascom, Florida to Grace April Smith, a homemaker, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career army officer. She attended the University of Florida and Boston University, and joined the American National Theatre and Academy in 1962. Career Dunaway appeared on Broadway in 1962 as the daughter of Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons. Her first screen role was in 1967 in Hurry Sundown, but that same year, she got the leading female role in Bonnie and Clyde (opposite Warren Beatty) which garnered her an Oscar nomination. It was in the 1970s that she began to stretch her acting muscles in such films as Three Days of ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Etienne Daho
Étienne Daho (born January 14, 1956 in Oran) is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released an impressive number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981. Career He sings in a low, whispery voice somewhat akin to Leonard Cohen or Chet Baker and his captivating music established him as a pop cult hero. He cites Serge Gainsbourg, The Velvet Underground, The Beach Boys and Syd Barrett as his musical influences. All his albums at least gold or platinum are celebrated by adoring fans and raving reviews. "Mythomane" in 1981, "La notte, la notte" in 1984, "Pop satori" in 1986, produced with a young William Orbit, "Pour nos vies martiennes" in 1988 and the double platinum "Paris ailleurs" in 1991 recorded in New York. A best-selling recording ... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 14, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull, is a Latin-American rapper. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. (short for Money Is a Major Issue) under TVT Records. Since then, he has released two other albums under the label, El Mariel in 2006 and The Boatlift in 2007. He is also the host of his own Spanish-language program on the cable channel Mun2 titled La Esquina (Spanish for The Corner). Early life and debut album Pitbull was born of Cuban-American descent and grew up influenced both by the Cuban poet Jose Marti, whose works his parents made him memorize, and the Miami bass genre of hip hop music. He expressed interest in the ... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor. After starring in several 1980s films, Bateman became known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development. Since the show's end, he has also appeared in several Hollywood films. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Bateman was born in Rye, New York to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, a film and television writer/director and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. His older sister is Family Ties star Justine Bateman. Career Bateman began acting in 1981, playing James Cooper Ingalls in the television drama, Little House on the Prairie. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such as Silver Spoons, It's Your ... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965), was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg, Alsace-Lorraine (at that time part of the German Empire). After the Allies' victory in 1918, he asked for French nationality according to his Alsacian ancestries, and got it without trouble. Later, he challenged both the secular view of historical Jesus current at his time and the traditional Christian view, depicting a Jesus who expected the imminent end of the world. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his philosophy of "reverence for life", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Lambaréné Hospital in Gabon, west central Africa. Education Schweitzer spent his childhood in Gun... Biography of Guy Williams
Guy Williams (born Armand Joseph Catalano) (January 14, 1924 - April 30, 1989) was an American actor and former fashion model, who played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s, but never quite achieved movie-star status despite his appearance (including hazel eyes, 6'3" height, and 190 lb. weight) and charisma, which helped launch his early successful photographic modeling career. Among his most prominent achievements were two memorable TV series: Zorro (in black and white -- colorized years later by the Disney enterprise) and Lost in Space, as the father of the Robinson family. The sci-fi TV program was highly popular, noted for the design of the sleek silver spacesuits, which Guy Williams wore in many publicity photos (see image at right). His hobbies included: astrono... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Marco Hietala
Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is the male vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. He joined the band for their 2002 album Century Child, following the departure of previous bassist Sami Vänskä. He was a prominent guest musician in Delain, a project involving many members of the gothic/symphonic metal community. He is the bassist and lends his voice to a number of songs. He also participated in the recording of Invitation, by Altaria, providing backing vocals. Hietala has also been part of the bands Sinergy and Northern Kings. Since his arrival to Nightwish, several songs have been written to contain duets with the former Nightwish vocal... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio?) was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake?, January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his highly notable nihilistic post-war writings and the circumstances of his ritual suicide by seppuku. Early life Mishima was born in the Yotsuya district of Tōkyō (now part of Shinjuku). His father was Azusa Hiraoka, a government official while his mother Shizue was the daughter of a school's principal in Tokyo. His paternal grandparents were Jotaro and Natsuko Hiraoka. He had a younger brother named Chiyuki and a sister named Mitsuko who died of typhus. Mishima's early childhood was dominated by the shadow of his grand... Biography of Désirée Nosbusch
Désirée Nosbusch (born January 14, 1965) is a television presenter and actress. She was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg and as of 2004 is living in Los Angeles, California. She was married to Austrian Harald Klose; the couple have two children. She presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg & hosted a kid's version of Ruck Zuck called "Kinder Ruck Zuck". Nosbusch is also a singer. In 1984 she recorded a duet with Austrian singer Falco entitled "Kann es Liebe sein?".... Biography of Nina Ricci
Maria 'Nina' Nielli was born in Turin, Italy in 1882. She moved to Florence with her family at age 5 and then to France in 1895 at age 12. At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a dressmaker. She continued to pursue her love of fashion throughout her teenage years. She married jeweler Luigi Ricci in 1904, and then became Maria Ricci. They had a child named Robert. In 1908 Nina joined the house of Raffin as a designer and remained there for 20 years. She became his partner, and then moved on to create her own design house in 1932. HOUSE OF NINA RICCI The house of Nina Ricci was founded by Maria Ricci and her son Robert in Paris in 1932. Maria was 50, and after working at Raffin for so many years was itching to design her own creations. Madame Ricci designed gowns while Robert ... Biography of Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. In 1864, she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government, and judged by academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until, in 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which was founded by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. It was held at the studio of the photographer, Nadar. She was the grand niece of the painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and she became the sister-in-law of her friend and colleagu... Biography of Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente (born January 14, 1931 in Paris) is an Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress. She comes from an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown. She had three siblings, of whom Silvio Francesco was also active in show business. Life and career In 1952 she married juggler Erik van Aro (Gerd Eric Horst Scholz). He recognized her talent and accompanied her in her initial years of worldwide success, although they later divorced. In 1953, she made her first recordings with Kurt Edelhagen. Soon afterwards she achieved great success with songs such as "Malagueña", "The Breeze and I", and "Dreh dich nicht um" with the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1955 she was featured on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" with G... Biography of Daniela Freitas
Daniela Freitas is a Brazilian supermodel born January 14, 1979.... Biography of Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels (January 14, 1901 - March 16, 1971) was an American actress. She began in Hollywood in the silent movie era and later gained fame on radio and television in England. Early life and career Daniels was born Phyllis Daniels in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a theater manager and her mother a stage actress. The family moved to Los Angeles, California in her childhood and she began her acting career at the age of four in the first version of The Squaw Man. That same year she also went on tour in a stage production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The following year she participated in productions by Morosooa and Belasco. By the age of seven Daniels had her first starring role in film as the young heroine in A Common Enemy. At the age of nine she starred as Dorothy Gale in the 1910 ... Biography of Harold Shipman
Harold Frederick "Fred" Shipman (January 14, 1946 (birth time source: Dorothy Kovach, Astrodatabank) – January 13, 2004) was an English general practitioner who was one of the most prolific known serial killers in modern history. He was convicted on 15 sample charges in 2000 and sentenced to 15 concurrent life sentences. After his trial, an inquest decided that there was enough evidence to suggest that Shipman had killed a total of 215 people, about 80% of them female. His youngest victim was Peter Lewis, a 41-year-old man. The official inquiry into his career concluded that he had probably killed 250 people, 218 of whom were positively identified. Much of Britain's legislation concerning health care and medicine was reviewed and heavily modified as a direct and indirect result of... Biography of Dominique Rocheteau
Dominique Rocheteau (born January 14, 1955 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association. Height: 177 cm Rocheteau began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed the "Green Angel". He played in the 1976 European Cup Final, which St. Etienne lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich. He won three French championships (1974-1976) and one French cup (1977) with St. Etienne. He transferred to Paris St. Germain in 1980 with whom he won once more the French championship (1986) and two more French cups (1982-1983). In 1987 he was transferred to T... Biography of Jordan Ladd
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd (born January 14, 1975) is an American actress. Height: 5' (1.52 m) Ladd was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd and David Ladd, a former actor. Her paternal grandfather was Alan Ladd, a famous film actor, and her paternal grandmother was Sue Carol (born Evelyn Lederer), a Hollywood talent agent and actress. At the age of two, Ladd began appearing in commercials. Her first commercial was for Polaroid. She began acting in film and television while in school, often working with her mother on films. After graduating high school, she took up acting professionally. Ladd turned to acting in independent films and has become known in the indie film circuit. Filmography Grindhouse (2007) - Shanna (segment Death Proof)/ ... Biography of Jean Dutourd
Jean Gwenaël Dutourd (January 14, 1920 – January 17, 2011) was a French novelist. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion of France in World War II. He escaped six weeks later and returned to Paris where he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne. His first work, Le Complexe de César appeared in 1946 and received the prix Stendhal. He was elected to the Académie française on November 30, 1978. In 1997 he was elected as a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Department of Language and Literature. Dutourd died on January 17, 2011, at the age of 91. Bibliography * 1946 Le Complexe de César (Gallimard) * 1947 Le Déjeuner du lundi (Gallimard) * 1947 Galère (Éd. des Grange... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Emily Watson
Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress. She made an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves. Personal life Watson was born in Islington, London, England, the daughter of an architect father and an English professor mother. She was raised in the Anglican religion. Watson trained at Drama Studio London and holds a BA (1988, English) as well as an MA (2003, honorary) from Bristol University. Watson married Jack Waters, whom she had met at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1995; their daughter, Juliet, was born in autumn 2005. Charity Watson is a committed supporter of the British children's charity, the NSPCC. In 2004 she was inducted into the society's hall... Biography of Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti (Italian: ; 14 January 1919 (birth time source: Grazia Bordoni) – 6 May 2013) was an Italian politician of the centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior (1954 and 1978), Defense Minister (1959–1966 and 1974) and Foreign Minister (1983–1989) and was a Senator for life from 1991 until his death in 2013. He was also a journalist and author. Andreotti was sometimes called Divo Giulio (from Latin Divus Iulius, "Divine Julius", an epithet of Julius Caesar after his posthumous deification). During the 16th term of the Senate in 2008–2013, he opted to join the parliamentary group UDC – independence.... Biography of Soprano (rapper)
Soprano, born Saïd M'Roubaba January 14, 1979 in Marseille, is a French rapper of Comorian descent. Discography Group 2002 : Block Party 2005 : Enfants De La Lune Solo 2004 : We Copy The Remix 2006 : Psychanalyse Avant L'Album 2007 : Puisqu'il Faut Vivre Featuring 2004 : Mains Pleines de Ciment 2005 : Mains Pleines de Ciment 2 Collaborations & Mixtapes 2000 Psy 4 De La Rime - La Pluie D'Un Desert sur la B.O. du film Comme un aimant Soprano Feat Sako - Pour de meilleurs... sur la mixtape Sad Hill Impact Psy 4 De La Rime - La fierté sur la mixtape Sad Hill Impact Psy 4 De La Rime - Pour mes gens sur la mixtape Sad Hill Impact 45 Niggaz Feat Psy 4 De La Rime - Mon Micro Et Mon Glaive sur l'album de 45 Niggaz, Les guerriers de Mars 2001 Psy 4 De ... Biography of Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973 in Rome, Italy), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He currently drives for the reigning world constructors' champions, Renault, and has previously driven for Sauber, Jordan, Benetton and Minardi. He has won three races in his career to date, the first of which was at the chaotic 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix; an unusual set of circumstances at the end of that race had meant that the rules were unclear about who won. Fisichella was eventually declared the winner in the following week, and collected his trophy in an unorthodox ceremony at the following race. Fisichella has endured mixed fortunes at his current team, Renault. He was brought in to the team to replace fellow Italian Jarno Trulli, and won his first race... Biography of Kuno Becker
Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz (born January 14, 1978) is an American actor who has worked in telenovelas, mexican cinema and U.S. Cinema, but is best known for his portrayal of Ruben Berrizabal in Soñadoras and Santiago Muñez in the football movie Goal! Early years Becker was born in Mexico City to Manuel Becker Cuellar and Maria del Rocío Bebie Paz Felix; his paternal grandfather was a wealthy businessman and his maternal grandfather was Spanish. He is of German and Spanish ancestry. He has two siblings, Gunther and Karine. Becker's career as an artist began at an early age, although not as an actor but as a musician. When he was six years old, he intended to become a professional violinist. After obtaining a scholarship, he travelled to Europe and began his studies in the famous Mozarteum ... Biography of Pierre Loti
Louis Marie Julien Viaud (January 14, 1850 - June 10, 1923) was a French sailor and writer, who used the pseudonym Pierre Loti. Viaud was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France, to an old Protestant family. His education began in Rochefort, but at the age of seventeen, being destined for the navy, he entered the naval school in Brest and studied on Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In January 1910 he went on the reserve list. His pseudonym has been said to be due to his extreme shyness and reserve in early life, which made his comrades call him after le Loti, an Indian flower which loves to blush unseen. Other explanations have been put forth by scholars. He was in the habit of claiming that he never read books (when he was re... Biography of Caleb Followill
Anthony Caleb Followill (born January 14, 1982), also known as Caleb Followill, is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band, Kings of Leon. He is the brother to fellow band members, bass guitarist Jared Followill, drummer Nathan Followill, and cousin to lead guitarist Matthew Followill. Personal life Caleb was born to Betty Ann and Ivan Leon Followill, a Pentecostal evangelist minister, who traveled around the South. Caleb recently smashed his beloved 1972 Gibson ES-325 after sound problems at T in the Park on 10th July 2009. - Caleb is currently dating Lily Aldridge, A Model, who appeared with him in the Kings of Leon's video for the song "Use Somebody". Influences Caleb Followill draws inspiration from the song writi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Frossard
André Frossard, was a french journalist and essayist born on January 14, 1915 in Colombier-Châtelot (Doubs) and died on February 2, 1995 in Versailles. André Frossard was son of Louis-Oscar Frossard, one of the historic founders of the Parti communiste français, wich was leader of the party for 31 years. He was raised atheist from his parents but when he was 20 years-old converted to Roman Catholicism. He was baptized on July 8, 1935, in the chapelle des religieuses de l’Adoration. André Frossard was elected to the Académie française in 1987 to Seat 2. He succeeded René de Castries. He was also one of the closest french friends of Pope John Paul II. Bibliography La Maison des otages (1946) Histoire paradoxale de la IVe République (1954) Le Sel de la terre (1956) Voyag... Biography of Angela Lindvall
Angela Lindvall (born January 14, 1979 in Midwest City, Oklahoma), is an American actress and supermodel known for her distinctive walk. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines such as ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Numero, Vogue, I-D and W. She is a Victoria's Secret model, most recently appearing in the every fashion show since 2001, and has also appeared in the Fendi, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger, Jil Sander, Chanel, and H&M campaigns. She is also frequently featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is also an ardent environmentalist and vegetarian and is the founder and president of the Collage Foundation, an organization promoting sustainability and environmentally conscious choices among young people. She was named Best Dressed Envi... Biography of Fabien Remblier
Fabien Remblier, born January 14, 1970 in Paris, is a French actor and director. Filmography 1984 : Jeu, set et match, Téléfilm de Michel Wyn 1985 : Scout toujours..., Film de Gérard Jugnot 1985 : La chambre d'ami, Téléfilm de Caroline Huppert 1986 : Chahut-bahut, Téléfilm en 6 épisodes de Jean Sagols 1988 : Pause-café, Téléfilm de Serge Leroy 1989 : En cas de bonheur, Série 1989 : Le massacre de la Saint Thomas, Téléfilm de Johannic Desclercs 1991 - 1995 : Premiers baisers, Série 1995 - 1996 : Les années Fac, Série 1998 : Les Vacances de l'amour, Série Advertisments 1985 : Alsa de Ralph MacDonald 1986 : Ramazzotti de Jed Falby (Italie) 1988 : One O One de Jed Falby (Italie) 1992 : Ricoré de Jean Becker 2000 : Fjord de Vincent de Brus Director ... Biography of Cecil Beaton
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait photographer and a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. Born in Hampstead to a society family, Beaton was fascinated by the society magazines and the images within. He was educated at Heath Mount School and St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, where his artistic talent was quickly recognised. Both Cyril Connolly and Henry Longhurst report in their autobiographies being overwhelmed by the beauty of Beaton's singing at the St Cyprian's school concerts. When Beaton was growing up his Nanny had a Kodak 3A Camera, a popular model which was renowned for being an ideal piece of equipment to learn on. Beaton's nanny began teaching him the basics of photography and developing them... Biography of Mark Antony
Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N) (January 14, 83 BC – August 1, 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. He was an important supporter and the loyal friend of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, despite his blood ties, through his mother Julia, to the branch of Caesars opposed to the Marians and murdered by them. After Caesar's assassination, Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate. The triumvirate broke up in 33 BC. Disagreement between Octavian and Antony erupted into civil war, the Final War of the Roman Republic, in 31 BC. Antony was defeated by Octavian at the naval Battle of Actium, and in a brie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sydney Barrows
Sydney Biddle Barrows (b. January 14, 1952), known as the Mayflower Madam, was a modern American madam. After her escort service was exposed and disbanded, she gained worldwide notoriety, in part because she was part of the upper-class Biddle family of Philadelphia and was a Mayflower descendant. During her years as a madam, she used the alias Sheila Devin. After a short career in fashion (after graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology), she was introduced to the world of high-class prostitution and started her own escort service named Cachet, which existed in New York City from 1979 to 1984. Unlike other escort agencies, Cachet offered an unparalleled service at the time, catering to the wealthy and powerful who either visited or lived in New York City. Some of its cl... Biography of Henri Fantin-Latour
Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. Born Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of his friends Parisian artists and writers. His work strongly influenced the symbolist movement of the late 19th Century. Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England. In addition to his paintings, Fantin-Latour created ingenious lithographs demonstrating the music of some of the great classical composers. In 1876, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he spent his summers on the country estate of his wife's family at Buré, Orne in Basse-Normandie, where he died... Biography of Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Academy Award-winning director. He is best known for directing the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, and the Ocean's Eleven franchise. Early life and career Soderbergh was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator. He has Swedish ancestry (the family's original surname in Swedish, Söderberg, was changed to Soderbergh when they immigrated to the United States). When he was a child, his family moved from Atlanta to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). There he discovered filmmaking as a teenager, direc... Biography of Christine Lemler
Christine Lemler, born January 14, 1968 in Dieppe, is a French actress. She has a twin sister, Nathalie, a dentist. Filmography Television 2006: - Mademoiselle Joubert: Chagrin caché ---> Cecile - Soeur Thérèse.com: Meurtre en sous sol. 1997: - Sous Le Soleil depuis 1997 (Rôle de Valentine) 1996: - Le club/mag hebdo 1993: - Classe Mannequin - Arsène LUPIN 1992: - Le château des Oliviers - Commisario a Roma 1991: - Le septième enfer 1990: - Edouard et ses filles 1989: - Villa Villeret 1988: - Paris Mirage CINEMA : 1996: - Joe 1995: - Ma femme me quitte 1990: - Promotion canapé Theater 2006: - Un héritage pour deux 2001: - Le politicard 1997: - boeing-boeing 1996: - Les portes claques 1995: - Dom Juan 1994: ... Biography of Myriam Baverel
Myriam Bacerel, born January 14, 1981 in Chambéry, is a French Taekwondo champion.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marjoe Gortner
Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, generally known as Marjoe Gortner (born January 14, 1944 in Long Beach, California), is a former evangelical minister who first gained a certain fame in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s when he became the youngest ordained preacher at the age of four, and then outright notoriety in the 1970s when he starred in an Oscar-winning, behind-the-scenes documentary about the lucrative business of Pentecostal preaching. The name "Marjoe" is a combination of the names "Mary" and "Joseph". When Marjoe was three, his father, a second generation evangelical minister, noticed his son's talent for mimicry and overall fearlessness of strangers and public settings. His parents claimed Marjoe had received a vision from God during a bath and began training him to deliver ser... Biography of Fabiana Lupérini
Fabiana Lupérini, born July 14, 1974 in Pontedera, is an Italian cyclist.... Biography of Hendrik van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist. Life and works He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University (1915-17) and in 1919 became an American citizen. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch, daughter of a Harvard professor, by whom he had two sons, Henry Bowditch and Gerard Willem. He had two later marriages, to Eliza Helen Criswell in 1920 and playwright Frances Goodrich Ames in 1927, but after a di... Biography of Shamil Basayev
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( January 14, 1965 – July 10, 2006) was a Chechen militant Islamist and a leader of the Chechen separatist movement. Starting as a field commander in the Transcaucasus, Basayev led guerrilla campaigns against the Russian troops for years as well as launching mass-hostage takings of civilians with his goal being the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from Chechnya. Beginning in 2003, Basayev used the nom de guerre and title of Emir Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris. In 1997-1998 he also served as vice-Prime minister of Chechnya in Maskhadov's government. Basayev was considered by some as the undisputed leader of the radical wing of the Chechen insurgency. He was responsible for numerous guerrilla attacks on security forces in and around Chechnya as well as terrorist att... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold V (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While he was still a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted unsuccessfully to surrender it to the British. After the plot was exposed in September 1780, he entered the British Army as a brigadier general. Born in Connecticut, he was a merchant operating ships on the Atlantic Ocean when the war broke out in 1775. After joining the growing army outside Boston, he distinguished himself through acts of cunning and bravery. His actions included the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, successful defensive and delaying tactics despite losing the B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Darmon
Pierre Darmon (born January 14, 1934 in Tunis, Tunisia) was a French tennis player. In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964. Tennis career A schoolboy tennis prodigy, Darmon was the top-ranked tennis star in France from 1957 to 1969 (he shared # 1 in ’57 and ’69). He was French national junior champion in 1950. Darmon won the French national singles championship a record 9 times, his first title in 1957 and last in 1968. He also won the French national doubles championship in 1961 (with Pintail) and 1966 (with Francois Jauffret). In 1963, he was French Open Singles runner-up, losing the Grand Slam final to Roy Emerson 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 4–6. That same year, he reached the Wimbledon Doubles finals with part... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Berger
Yves Berger, born January 14, 1931 in Avignon, died November 16, 2004 in Paris, was a French writer and editor. Novems Le Sud (1962, prix Femina) Le fou d'Amérique Les matins du Nouveau Monde La pierre et la saguaro (1990, Prix de la langue française) L'attrapeur d'ombres (1992) Immobile dans le courant du fleuve (1994, prix Médicis) Santa Fé (1997) Thème de la jeunesse perdue. C'est l'histoire de la double passion d'un homme, Roque, la soixantaine. Celle qu'il porte à Léa, qui a 18 ans, et celle qu'il voue au Nouveau Monde. Le monde après la pluie (1998) Books Boris Pasternak (1958) Que peut la littérature ?, (collectif) Dictionnaire amoureux : États-Unis (Prix Renaudot de l'essai en 2003)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Victor Segalen
Victor Segalen (January 14, 1878 - May 21, 1919) was a French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic. He was born in Brest. He studied naval medicine in Bordeaux. He traveled and lived in Polynesia (1903-1905) and China (1909-1914 and 1917). He died by accident in a forest in Huelgoat, France ('under mysterious circumstances' and reputedly with an open copy of Hamlet by his side). He gave his name to the Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University of literature and social sciences in Brest. Works include A dreuz an Arvor (1899) L'observation médicale chez les écrivains naturalistes (Thesis, Bordeaux, 1901) Les Immémoriaux (under the pseudonym Max Anély) (1907) Stèles (prose poems, 1912) Peintures (1916) P... Biography of Frankie Sandford
Francesca "Frankie" Sandford (born 14 January 1989 in East London, England) is a female British singer, dancer and occasional actress. Career She started her career in 2001 in the group S Club Juniors, who were later known as S Club 8. The band split in 2003 but went on to shoot I Dream in Spain. In 2007 she joined the girl group The Saturdays comprising fellow S Club 8 member Rochelle Wiseman, Una Healy, Mollie King and Vanessa White. In 2008 Sandford along with her other bandmates from The Saturdays starred in the Channel 4 Hollyoaks spinoff Hollyoaks Later as themselves. Private life Sandford is known to have dated McFly bassist Dougie Poynter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1421678/ ) "Myths" .... Syren (1 episode, 2009) - The Syrens Call (2009) TV... Biography of Martin Niemöller
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (January 14, 1892 – March 6, 1984) was a prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known as the author of the poem First they came.... Although he was a national conservative and initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, he became one of the founders of the Confessing Church, which opposed the nazification of German Protestant churches. He vehemently opposed the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph, but made remarks about Jews that have been called antisemitic by some modern scholars. For his opposition to the Nazis' state control of the churches, Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945. He narrowly escaped execution and survived imprisonment. After his imprisonment, he expressed his dee... Biography of Holland Taylor
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress known for her film, television and theatre work. Her television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, senator's wife Margaret Powers on Norman Lear's The Powers That Be, Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men. Early life Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, the daughter of Virginia, a painter, and C. Tracy Taylor, an attorney. She is the youngest of three girls in the family and her sisters are Patricia and Pamela. Taylor attended high school at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, then majored in drama at Bennington College in 1964, before moving to New York City to become an actress. Career Taylor's long car... Biography of Chas Smash
Carl Smyth, also known as Chas Smash (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, 14 January 1959, in the Middlesex Hospital, London, England), is an English born musician, best known as a backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments. He occasionally performs lead vocals. He was initially an occasional songwriter, becoming a more regular contributor over the course of Madness' career, and was credited as co-writer on the group's major international hit, "Our House". In 1976, "The North London Invaders" recruited Smyth to play bass until he was replaced in 1977 by Gavin Rogers. In late 1979, Smyth became the last of the seven original Madness members to join the band. Prior to that he was a friend of the band membe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Jones
Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s. Overview He was rated highly by Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé and Tony Bennett and a major influence on Scott Walker. Judy Garland called him the best jazz singer in the world, although Jones was always a straight pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) and rarely ventured in the direction of jazz. Jones won two Grammy Awards. He performs concerts around the world and remains popular in Las Vegas. Some of his best-known recordings are "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You", "L.A. Break Down", "The Way That I Live", "Wives and Lovers" (1964 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance)", "The Race Is On", "Lollipops and Roses" (1962, Grammy Award, Best Pop Male ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefano Satta Flores
Stefano Satta Flores, born in Naples January 14, 1937 and died in Rome, October 22, 1985, was an Italian actor. Filmography I basilischi, regia di Lina Wertmuller (1963) La ragazza con la pistola, regia di Mario Monicelli (1968) La Califfa, regia di Alberto Bevilacqua (1971) Quattro mosche di velluto grigio, regia di Dario Argento (1971) C'eravamo tanto amati, regia di Ettore Scola (1974) Quanto è bello lu murire acciso, regia di Ennio Lorenzini (1975) L'Agnese va a morire, regia di Giuliano Montaldo (1976) Perdutamente tuo...mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe, regia di Vittorio Sindoni (1976) Il prefetto di ferro, regia di Pasquale Squitieri (1977) Una donna di seconda mano, regia di Pino Tosini (1977) Il malato immaginario, regia di Tonino Cervi (1979) La ter... Biography of Hannibal Giudice
Hannibal Giudice, born January 14, 1939 in New Haven, Connecticut, is an American musician, teacher, lecturer, author and professional astrologer. He has been engaged in research on the birth chart of Jesus Christ.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles-Armand-René de la Trémoille
Charles Armand René de La Trémoille (14 January 1708 – 23 May 1741), 6th duc de Thouars, was the son of Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille and his wife, Madeleine de Créquy. La Trémoille was a French soldier and president States of Brittany. He joined the military at a young age and became a colonel of the Champagne regiment at the age of eighteen. Later, he became governor of Île-de-France. He distinguished himself in the battle of Guastalla, in Italy, and was named shortly thereafter sergeant of the armies of the king. La Trémoille was the author of some works and was elected a member of the Académie française on February 13, 1738. On January 29, 1725 he married his cousin Marie Hortense de La Tour d'Auvergne, the daughter of Marie Armande Victoire de la Trémoïlle (1677-1717) a... Biography of William Bendix
William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film actor and screenwriter. Bendix, named for his paternal grandfather, was born in Manhattan, New York City, the only son of Cleveland-born Oscar and London-born Hilda (nee Carnell) Bendix. As a youth in the early 1920s, Bendix was a batboy for the New York Yankees and said he saw Babe Ruth hit more than a hundred home runs at Yankee Stadium. In 1927, he married Theresa Stefanotti. Bendix worked as a grocer until the Great Depression, before making his film debut in 1942. He played in supporting roles in dozens of Hollywood films, usually as a soldier, gangster or detective. He started with appearances in film noir films including a memorable performance in The Glass Key (1942), which also featured Brian Donlevy ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicholas Bissell Jr.
Nicholas Louis Bissell, Jr. (January 14, 1947 – November 27, 1996) was a Somerset County, New Jersey prosecutor who after being charged with embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power fled to Laughlin, Nevada near Las Vegas, Nevada and took his own life. He was the son of Nicholas L. Bissell, Sr. (1919-2002). His downfall began on May 10, 1990 with the arrest of James Giuffre of Union, New Jersey on charges of selling $700 worth of cocaine. Bissell would drop the charges if Giuffre forfeited two plots of land to the prosecutor's office. Giuffre agreed, and forfeited the two lots, valued at $174,000, and they were sold at auction for a fraction of their value, to acquaintances of someone in Bissell's prosecution office. Giuffre then contacted the IRS. Bissell was arrested, but released ... Biography of Mark Addy
Mark Addy Johnson (born January 14, 1964) is a British actor, best known for his appearances in the US sitcom Still Standing and the British film The Full Monty. Personal life Addy was born in York and educated at Millthorpe School, which he attended until leaving at the age of 16 to attend RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London) from 1982 to 1984. Addy lives with his wife Kelly and three children (Ruby, born 2000, Charlie, born 2003, and Oscar, born 2005) in Rufforth, close to Upper Poppleton village, near York. Television Addy made his first TV appearance in 1988 in A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by TV performances in shows such as "Heartbeat", "Band of Gold", "Married with Children" (one episode), Bruised Fruit, "Peak Practice", "The Thin Blue Line" and "Sunnyside... Biography of Karen Elson
Karen Elson (born 14 January 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) is a British model and singer/songwriter. As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, film maker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager. Career in fashion Elson has walked the runways of many top fashion designers including Marc Jacobs (which she did while pregnant),Shiatzy Chen, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace. She has appeared in international campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Christian Dior, Burberry and Chanel, to name a small number. She has also been on the covers of many international magazines such as Vogue, W, Dazed & Confused, Numéro, Marie Claire, Elle, Nylon and others. I... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu
Călin-Constantin-Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (Romanian pronunciation: ) (born January 14, 1952) is a Romanian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Romania between December 29, 2004 and December 22, 2008. He is the former president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), two positions he assumed in 2004. Youth Calin Popescu-Tăriceanu was born in Bucharest. His mother, Alexandrina Louise Lăzărescu, is of Greek ancestry–her mother was fully Greek while her father was half-Romanian, half-Greek. He has been married three times and has two children. Popescu-Tăriceanu is a graduate of the Technical Constructions Institute in Bucharest and has a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Comput... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gert-Jan Theunisse
Gert-Jan Theunisse (born 14 January 1963 in Oss, Netherlands) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. Theunisse turned professional in 1984 with the Panasonic cycling team. That year he came third in the Ronde van Nederland and continued with several places of honour in races such as the GP Fourmies and the GP d'Isbergues in 1986. However it was not until 1988 that Theunisse started to achieve great successes. In the 1988 Tour de France he provided a challenge to his former teammate Pedro Delgado. However during the race he tested positive for testosterone and received a ten-minute penalty which moved him from fourth place overall to eleventh overall. Theunisse returned the following year where he won the Polka dot jersey in 1989 Tour de France and the same year's prestigious stage up to Alp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Danet
Jean Danet (14 January 1924 – 15 October 2001), was a French actor, activist, and gay theorist. He appeared in 27 films between 1942 and 1983. Danet was born in Auray, Brittany, France. Following World War II, he began work in films. He founded Tréteaux de France in 1959. He was a participant in the program Sexual Morality and the Law with Michel Foucault, debating age of consent reform in France. Danet died in Paris. Filmography * Signé illisible (1942) Clément * Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) Olivier * Deburau (1951) Armand Duval * Capitaine Ardant (1951) Idjilla * Mon curé chez les riches (1952) Le vicomte Pierre de Sableuse * La Putain respectueuse (1952) Un client du night-club * Deux de l'escadrille (1953) * La nuit est à nous (1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Robert Thomazo
Jean-Robert Thomazo, born January 14, 1904 in Dax and died August 17, 1973 in Paris, was a French military and politician. Awards Commandeur de la Légion d’honneur, Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 et des TOE, Croix de la Valeur militaire, Croix du Combattant volontaire, Commandeur de l’Ordre du Vietnam.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Gailly
Christian Gailly, born January 14, 1943 in Paris, is a French writer. Bibliography Dit-il (1987) K.622 (1989) L'air (1991) Dring (1992) Les fleurs (1993) Be-Bop (1995) L'incident (1996) Les évadés (1997) La Passion de Martin Fissel-Brandt (1998) Nuage rouge (2000) Un soir au club (2002) Dernier amour (2004) Les oubliés (2007)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Beton
Jean-Claude Beton, born January 14, 1925 in Boufarik near Algiers, is a French entrepreneur, the founder of Orangina Company. Orangina is a carbonated citrus beverage made from orange, lemon, and mandarin juice, with origins in France, now owned by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Orangina produced in the United States includes orange and tangerine juice, but no lemon. According to its Scottish website, "The exact formula is a closely guarded secret, but Orangina is made up of a high content of orange juice and pulp: The bottle claims 12% juice, and 2% pulp and zest." . Orangina started life as Naranjina, presented at the 1936 Marseille Trade Fair by its Spanish inventor, chemist Dr. Trigo, from Valencia. Léon Beton bought the concept and produced it in colonial Algeria, moving prod... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean de Reszke
Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 – 3 April 1925) was a Polish operatic tenor. He was born in Warsaw in 1850. His parents were Poles; his father was a state official and his mother a capable amateur singer, their house being a recognized musical centre. After singing as a boy in the cathedral of Warsaw, he studied law at the University there, but in a few years he abandoned this and went to Milan in Italy to study singing. He made his first public appearance, as a baritone, in Venice in January 1874, as Alfonso in La Favorita, and in the following April he sang for the first time in London, appearing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and a little later in Paris. He was not entirely successful as a baritone and retired for a further period of study, during which... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Mattei
Jean-François Mattéi (b. Jan 14, 1943) is a French politician and physician. He was first elected to Parliament on December 16, 1989 to the 2nd District of Bouches.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fazıl Say
Fazıl Say is just as much a composer as he is a pianist. He is perhaps the greatest genius of the 20th century's music.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917, Asnières-sur-Seine, France – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993. Selected filmography Return to Life (1949) Cavalcade d'amour (1940) French Without Tears (1940)... Biography of Herluf Trolle
Herluf Trolle (14 January 1516 – 25 June 1565) was a Danish naval hero, born at Lillö, Scania. Early life Herluf Trolle was born of the Trolle, a Swedish-originated family of high nobility, was son of Kirsten Herlufsdatter Skave and sir Joachim Arvidsen Trolle, Lord of Lilloe; thus grandson of justiciar Arvid Trolle, Lord of Bergkvara, and the latter's second wife Beate Iversdatter of the Thott, heiress of Lilloe and daughter of lord Iver Axelsen of the Thott, fiefholder of the island of Gulland. At the age of nineteen Trolle went to Vor Frue Skole at Copenhagen, subsequently completing his studies at Wittenberg, where he adopted the views of Philipp Melanchthon, with whom he was in intimate correspondence for some years. His marriage with Birgitte, the daughter of Lord High Treasu... Biography of Yandel (singer)
Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning and American Grammy-winning reggaeton duo, consisting of Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar (Yandel) and Juan Luis Morera Luna (Wisin). They started their career in 1995 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time. Their biggest hits are "Rakata", "Llamé Pa' Verte (Bailando Sexy)", "Pam Pam", "Sexy Movimiento", "Pegao", and "Síguelo". Wisin & Yandel have collaborated with internationally known artists such as R. Kelly on "Burn It Up", Paris Hilton on the reggaeton remix to her debut single "Stars Are Blind", Lenny Kravitz on "Breathe" (a promotional song for Absolut Vodka), Mexican Pop group RBD on "Lento (Remix)", and compatriots La Secta AllStar on "Llora Mi Corazón". Biography Yandel was born... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Le Gal
Patrick Le Gal, born January 14, 1953 in Ermont, Val-d'Oise, is a French Roman Catholic Bishop, the auxilary Bishop of Lyon (2009 - ). Before 2009, he was Bishop in the Diocese of the French Armed Forces.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Dalsace
Lucien Dalsace, born Gustave Louis Chalot, January 14, 1893 in Chatou (Yvelines), died July 3, 1980 in L'Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne), was a French comedian and actor. Filmography * 1920 : La Brute de Daniel Bompard : Justin * 1921 : L'Aviateur Masqué de Robert Péguy * 1921 : La Douloureuse Comédie de Théo Bergerat, dans le double rôle de Pierre Dubreuil et Jean Dubreuil * 1921 : L'Amie d'Enfance de Félix Léonnec : Bernecourt * 1922 : Ziska la Danseuse Espionne d'Henri Andréani : l'aviateur André Vernier * 1922 : Le Crime de Monique de Robert Péguy : Gilbert Merey * 1922 : La Loupiote de Georges Hatot, avec Régine Dumien * 1923 : Ferragus, de Gaston Ravel d'après Honoré de Balzac, le rôle de Maulincour * 1924 : Enfants de Paris d'Albert Fr... Biography of Joseph Losey
Joseph Walton Losey (January 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wisconsin – June 22, 1984, London) was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood. While in Hollywood, Losey co-directed the original U.S. production of Galileo, by Brecht, with Brecht himself as the other co-director. Charles Laughton, who had worked with Brecht on the translation / adaptation, performed the lead role. In the context of that production, Losey also made a half hour film based on Galileo's life. In the 1950s Losey was blacklisted in the United States and moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom. Blacklisting During the McCarthy Era, Losey was investig... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Luc Brunin
Jean-Luc Brunin, born January 14, 1951 in Roubaix, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Ajaccio (2004- ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Briers
Richard David Briers, CBE (born 14 January 1934) is an English actor whose career has encompassed theatre, television, film and radio. He first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines in the 1960s, but it was in the following decade when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life that he became a household name. In the 1980s he starred in Ever Decreasing Circles, and from 2000 to 2002 came back to the spotlight with a leading role in Monarch of the Glen. Early life Briers was born in Merton, Surrey, England, the son of Joseph Benjamin Briers and Morna Phyllis (née Richardson). He is the second cousin of actor Terry-Thomas. He spent his childhood in Raynes Park and Guildford. His father drifted between jobs, while his mother dreamt of a career in showbiz, so... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hal Roach
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer and director from the 1910s to the 1990s. Early life and career Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York. A presentation by the great American humorist Mark Twain impressed Roach as a young grade school student. After an adventurous youth that took him to Alaska, Hal Roach arrived in Hollywood in 1912 and began working as an extra in silent film. Upon coming into an inheritance, he began producing short comedies in 1915 with his friend Harold Lloyd, who portrayed a character known as "Lonesome Luke." In 1915 Roach married actress Marguerite Nichols. They had two children, Hal, Jr. (1918–1972) and Margaret (1921–1964). Success as a comedy producer Unable to expand hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Hellier
Pierre Hellier, born on January 14, 1942 in Baud (Morbihan), is a French politician (UMP), and physician, a member of Parliament (1993-2007).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maina Gielgud
Maina Gielgud (born London; 14 January 1945) is a former British ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of the Australian Ballet from 1983 to 1996 and is that company's longest serving director to date. She had a twenty year career as a dancer in Europe and the United Kingdom. Gielgud directed the Royal Danish Ballet between 1997 and 1999. Until 2005, she held the artistic associate position at the Houston Ballet. Career From 1952-1955, Gielgud trained in London and Paris with such artists as George Gontcharov, Olga Preobrajenska, Tamara Karsavina, Lydia Kyasht, Nadine Nicolaeva Legat, Stanislas Idzikovski and Rachel Cameron. From 1956-1961, Gielgud trained in Cannes, Monte Carlo and Paris with such artists as Julie Sedova, Lubov Egorova, Victor Gs... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Goodson
Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows. Life and early career Mark Goodson was born in Sacramento, California on January 14, 1915. His parents, Abraham Ellis and Fannie Goodson, emigrated from Russia in the early 1900s. As a child, Mark acted in amateur theater with the Plaza Stock Company. The family later moved to Hayward, California. Originally intending to become a lawyer, Mark attended the University of California, Berkeley, and financed his education through scholarships, and by working at the Lincoln Fish Market, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 with a degree in Economics. That year, he began his broadcasting career in San Francisco, working as a disc jockey at station KJBS. In 1939, he joined the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julian Bond
Horace Julian Bond, known as Julian Bond, (born January 14, 1940) is an American social activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor and writer. While a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He was the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond was elected to both houses of the Georgia Legislature, where he served a total of 20 years. He was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1998 to 2010. Early life and education Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Bond and his family moved when he was five to Pennsylvania, when his father, Dr. Horace Mann Bond, was selected as the first African-Amer... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Gerlier
Pierre-Marie Gerlier (January 14, 1880—January 17, 1965) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937. Biography Pierre-Marie Gerlier was born in Versailles, and was a lawyer before deciding to pursue an ecclesiastical career. Indeed, after attending the University of Bordeaux, he studied at the seminary in Issy for late vocations. Gerlier studied at the seminary in Fribourg before serving as an officer of the French Army in World War I, during which he was wounded and captured. Ordained to the priesthood on July 29, 1921, he then did pastoral work in Paris, where he was also the archdiocesan Director of Catholic Works. On May 14, 1929, Gerlier was appointed Bishop of Tarb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence "Larry" Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. Life and career Kasdan was born in Miami, Florida. He was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he graduated from Morgantown High School in 1966. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an MA in Education, originally planning on a career as an English teacher. He was a student of Professor Kenneth Thorpe Rowe. Upon graduation, Kasdan was unable to find a teaching position, so he became an advertising copywriter, a profession he found so loathsome he refused to bring a second child into the world until he escaped it. Still, he labored at it for five years (even picking up a Clio Award along the way), first in Detroit and later in Los Angeles where he tried to inte... Biography of Víctor Valdés
Víctor Valdés i Arribas (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 14 January 1982 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia), is a Spanish football goalkeeper, who plays for Barcelona of the Spanish La Liga. He is the most successful goalkeeper in Barcelona's history, having won 3 La Liga titles, 2 UEFA Champions League titles, and 1 Copa del Rey. He is also one of the few goalkeepers to have played in a European Cup final without conceding a goal. Before joining the principal team in 2002–03 season, Víctor played for the youth teams and Barcelona B. Currently, he has a contract with Barcelona until 2014. Early career Valdés was born to Águeda Arribas and José Manuel Valdés, and has two brothers, elder Ricard and younger Álvaro. He started his career with Barça's youth team when he joi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Esmond
Carl Esmond (June 14, 1902 – December 4, 2004) was an Austrian stage actor, born in Vienna, Austria. His birth name was Willy Eichberger which he later changed to Charles Esmond and finally to Carl Esmond. Like many of his fellow actors, Esmond fled Nazi Germany to England during World War II. Esmond continued to appear on the stage as well as appear in British and American films. He appeared in over 50 films and numerous television programs. He died in Brentwood, California in 2004 at the age of 102. Filmography (1933) Kaiserwalzer- Viktor Eggersdorf (1933) Liebelei- Lt. Theo Kaiser (1933) Kleines Mädel-großes Glück- Georg Hellwig (1933) Inge und die Millionen- Walter Brink (1934) Die Liebe Siegt (1934) Count Rudi von Hohenberg (1934) Evensong- Archduke Theodore ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times. She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Dowd was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest of five children, where her father (who was born in County Clare in Ireland) worked as a Washington D.C. police inspector. Career In 1973, Dowd received a B.A. in English from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer. When the newspaper closed in 1981, she went to work at Time. In 1983, she joined ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jackie Planeix
Jackie Planeix, born on January 14, 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (birth time source: Lescaut), is an American dancer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Roland
Pascal Roland, born on January 14, 1951 in Chatou, Yvelines, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Moulins (Allier) (2003 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Angelo Notari
Angelo Notari, born on January 14, 1566 in Padua, died in December 1663 in London, was an Italian composer and musician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Édouard Lémontey
Pierre-Édouard Lémontey (14 January 1762, Lyon - 26 June 1826, Paris) was a French lawyer, politician, scholar and historian. Life On the convocation of the États généraux, he was noted for many political writings. Deputy for the Rhône at the Legislative Assembly, he was elected its president several times. He took part in the defence of Lyon againsst the troops of the National Convention and in 1793 escaped death by fleeing to Switzerland. Lémontey returned in 1795 and was in 1804 made head of the theatrical censorship commission, entering the Académie française in 1819. He was twice a laureate of the Académie de Marseille for his Éloges praising Peiresc (1785) and those praising Cook (1788). He edited royalist newspapers and was one of the companions at the "Déjeuner de la Fourch... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Meyer (acteur)
Jean Meyer, born on January 14, 1914 in Paris (source: Imdb), died on January 8, 2003, was a French comedian, theater director, actor, and film director. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0583183/) 1972-1982 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series) Corbaccio / Géronte / Isidore Lechat / … – Mademoiselle (1982) … Lucien Galvoisier – Brocéliande (1979) … Persilès – Volpone (1978) … Corbaccio – Le colonel Chabert (1978) … Le colonel Chabert – Un mois à la campagne (1976) … Schpieguelski See all 9 episodes » 1965 Le corniaud Un complice de Saroyan 1961 21 rue Blanche à Paris 1959 Le mariage de Figaro Bazile 1958 Le bourgeois gentilhomme Covielle 1957 Les violents Eugène Gallois 1956 Pitié pour les vamps Pierre 1952 Procès au Vatican L'abbé Delt... Biography of Jean-Pierre Ronfard
Jean-Pierre Ronfard, born January 14, 1929 in Thivencelle (Nord, France), died September 26, 2003 Montreal (Quebec, Canada), was a French comedian and theater director. Awards * 1999 : Prix Denise-Pelletier pour l’ensemble de sa carrière. Theater * À Béloeil ou ailleurs (Satire) * Autour de Phèdre (Drame) * Cinquante * Corps à corps * Dans les dunes de Tadoussac (Absurde) * Don Quichotte (Drame) * El Gran Teatro del Mondo – Le grand théâtre du Monde (Drame) * Falstaff (Comédie dramatique) * Hitler (Drame) * La leçon de musique 1644 (Drame) * La mandragore (Comédie) * La mission Prométhée (Allégorie) * La voix d’Orphée (Drame) * Le Cyclope * Le Titanic (Drame) * Lear (Absurde) * Les Mille ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stan Brakhage
James Stanley Brakhage (January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003), better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker who is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th century experimental film. Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, and the use of multiple exposures. Interested in mythology and inspired by music, poetry, and visual phenomena, Brakhage sought to reveal the universal in the particular, exploring themes of birth, mortality, sexuality , and innocence. Brakhage's films are often noted for their expressiveness and lyricism... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vikram Pandit
Vikram S. Pandit, born on January 14, 1957 in Nagpur, is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the current CEO of Citigroup. Early life Vikram Pandit was born in Nagpur, India to an affluent Marathi family . His father, S B Pandit was an executive director at Sarabhai Chemicals in Baroda. He completed his schooling at the Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School in Dadar, Mumbai. He moved to the United States when he was 16 years old, to study at Gannon University and received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1976 and 1977 respectively and an M.B.A in 1980 followed by a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1986. His Thesis was entitled "Asset prices in a heterogeneous consumer economy". He is a trustee at Columbia Universi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Maspes
Antonio Maspes (14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000) was an Italian world champion sprinter. Maspes was born and died in Milan. Maspes won seven professional world championship sprint titles between 1959 and 1955. Palmarès 1948 1st, Coppa Caldirola 1949 1st, Sprint, National championship 1952 1st, Sprint, National championship 3rd, Tandem, 1953 1st, Sprint, National championship 1954 3rd, GP de Paris, Sprint 1st, Sprint, National championship 1955 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Milan 1956 3rd, GP de Paris 1st, Sprint, National championship 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Copenhagen 1957 1st, Sprint, National championship 1958 3rd, World championship, professional sprint, Paris 1959 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicky Buchwald
Nicky Buchwald, born January 14, 1940 in Copenhagen, is a Dutch astrologer and author of astrological books.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond G. Murphy
Captain Raymond Gerald "Jerry" Murphy (January 14, 1930 (birth time source: Lescaut) – April 6, 2007) was the 39th United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Korean War. He was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony on October 27, 1953. He earned the Nation's highest decoration for heroic action and leadership in the "Reno-Vegas" fighting of February 1953. Biography Raymond Gerald Murphy was born in Pueblo, Colorado on January 14, 1930 to Thomas and Mame Murphy. He graduated from Pueblo Catholic High School in 1947. He attended Fort Lewis Junior College in Durango, Colorado for two years before transferring to Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. While in college, he played varsity football, basketball and baseball, and wor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jennifer Dundas
Jennifer Dundas, born January 14, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242177/ ) "Queens Supreme" .... Ms. Journo (1 episode, 2007) - Supreme Heat (2007) TV episode .... Ms. Journo "Desperate Housewives" .... Rebecca Shepard (2 episodes, 2006) - The Miracle Song (2006) TV episode .... Rebecca Shepard - Beautiful Girls (2006) TV episode .... Rebecca Shepard Puccini for Beginners (2006) .... Molly "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" .... Lynn Simons (1 episode, 2005) ... aka "NCIS" (USA: short title) ... aka "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (USA: new title) - Conspiracy Theory (2005) TV episode .... Lynn Simons "Benjamin Franklin" (2002) TV mini-series .... Catherine... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adolphe Brongniart
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (French pronunciation: ) (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of paleobotany. His major work on plant fossils was his Histoire des végétaux fossiles (1828–37). He wrote his dissertation on the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), an extant family of flowering plants, and worked at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris until his death. In 1851, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Brongn. when citing a botanical nam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Butterfield
Billy Butterfield (January 14, 1917 in Middletown, Ohio (source: Imdb) – March 18, 1988) was a band leader, jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist. He studied cornet with Frank Simons, but later switched to studying medicine. He did not give up on music and quit medicine after finding success as a trumpeter. Early in his career he played in the band of Austin Wylie. He gained attention working with Bob Crosby (1937–1940), and later worked with Artie Shaw, Les Brown, and Benny Goodman. On October 7, 1940, during his brief stay with Artie Shaw's orchestra, he performed what has been described as a "legendary trumpet solo" on the hit song "Stardust." Between 1943 and 1947, taking a break to serve in Uncle Sam's army, Billy led his own orchestra. On September 20, 1944, Capitol recorded... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Metzinger
Roland Metzinger, born on January 14, 1940 in Montmorillon, Poitou-Charentes, is a French politican (Socialist party).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926) is an English actor who rose to initial prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (1965–75), and its sequels Till Death... (ATV, 1981) and In Sickness and in Health (BBC, 1985–92), all of which were written by Johnny Speight. He holds both British and Australian citizenship and has enjoyed considerable success in stage performances in both countries. Early life Mitchell was born in Stoke Newington, London. His father was a glass and china merchant. He is of Russian Jewish descent, but describes himself in interviews as an atheist who sometimes believes in God. He was interested in acting from an early age, and attended the Gladys Gordon's Academy of Dramatic Arts in Walt... Biography of Gita Reddy
Gita Reddy, born January 14, 1968 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1012020/) # Dogs Lie (2011) (post-production) .... Mamaji # Eat Pray Love (2010) .... The Guru # "Law & Order" .... Dr. Nancy Kooter (1 episode, 2010) ... aka "Law & Order Prime" - USA (informal title) - Four Cops Shot (2010) TV episode .... Dr. Nancy Kooter # The Stoop (2009) .... Noore # Where Are You Going, Elena? (2009) .... Elena # Possible Side Effects (2009) (TV) .... Cookie # Prana (2008) .... Hostess # "Numb3rs" .... Tapti Ramanujan (1 episode, 2008) ... aka "Num3ers" - USA (promotional title) - Pay to Play (2008) TV episode .... Tapti Ramanujan # Quarter Life Crisis (2006) .... Sonya # Fillum Star: The Peter Patel Story (200... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Dos Passos
John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist and artist. Early life Dos Passos was born in Chicago, Illinois, the illegitimate son of John Randolph Dos Passos Jr. (1844-1917). The elder Dos Passos was a lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent, the son of John Randolph Dos Passos and Mary Hays and the brother of Louis Hays Dos Passos. He was an authority on trusts and a staunch supporter of the powerful industrial conglomerates his son would come to oppose in his fictional works of the 1920s and 30s. In 1910, he married Lucy Addison Sprigg Madison, from Petersburg. Although he provided for his son's schooling, he refused to acknowledge him until a year before his death. The younger Dos Passos received a first-class education, enrolling at Th... Biography of Romed Baumann
Romed Baumann, born January 14, 1986 in Hochfilzen, Tirol, is an Austrian alpine skier. He won the men's super-combined at Sestrieres, Italy, February 22, 2009 (Alpine Skiing World Cup).... Biography of Denis Jeambar
Denis Jeambar (born on January 14, 1948 in Valréas, Vaucluse) is a French journalist and writer. Jeambar started his career at Paris-Match in 1970. In 1972, he joined Le Point, rising to chief of its political staff in 1981. In 1988 he became director of the redaction, as well as chief redactor of the political and cultural staffs. In 1995, Jeambar became general director of Europe 1 and after a few months, of L'Express. In 2001 he became president of the directory of Groupe Express-Expansion. In August 2006, he became director of Seuil editions. Bibliography * Nos enfants nous haïront with Jacqueline Rémy, Seuil, 2006 * Le défi du monde with Claude Allègre, Fayard, 2006 * Accusé Chirac, levez vous !, éditions du Seuil, 2005 * Les dictateurs à penser et a... Biography of Olivier Séchan
Olivier Séchan, born January 14, 1911 in Montpellier and died July 7, 2006, is a French writer, the son of Louis Séchan, the father of French singer Renaud and French writer and journalist Thierry Séchan. He has writter as Olivier Séchan, Olivier Beaucaire, Tecumseh Ford or Olivier de Villar. Bibliography Novels Marthe Vignerel. Paris : la Jeune parque, 1947, 235 p. Les Morts n'en sauront rien. Paris : Pierre Horay Éditions de Flore, 1950, 235 p. Les Corps ont soif. Monaco : Éd. du Rocher, 2003, 217 p. (Collection Littérature). ISBN 2-268-04453-X L'Amour du vide. Monaco : Éd. du Rocher, 2006, 207 p. (Collection dirigée par Stéphane Loisy). ISBN 2-268-05714-3 For children Fra Diavolo / ill. d'Annie-Claude Martin. Paris : Hachette, 1975, 247 p. (Bibliothèque verte). I... Biography of Slick Rick
Richard Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known by his stage name Slick Rick (also known as MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler) is a Grammy-nominated British American rapper. He began his career in late 1983, in the hip hop genre, where he recorded a series of acclaimed recordings such as, "Children's Story", "La Di Da Di" and "Hey Young World." Walters is best known for his British accent and his story telling innovations in this genre. His music has been frequently sampled and interpolated by other artists such as, TLC, Black Star, The Notorious B.I.G. and Snoop Dogg; with many of these songs later becoming hit singles. Slick Rick rose to stardom in an era known to fans as the Golden age hip hop. Career Originally from Mitcham in London, England, Walters moved with his British Jam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes (born 14 January 1980 in Sydney) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield. Overview Hayes grew up in suburban Sydney and began playing junior football withPennant Hills in the Sydney AFL. In 1998, Hayes was a standout player for NSW/ACT in the representative TAC Cup, taking out the Morrish Medal as the best player in the competition. Hayes debuted the following year in the AFL. Although he started well, he improved throughout the year, earning an AFL Rising Star nomination in the final round of the season (R22). 2004: Captain Hayes was captain for the 2004 season as part of St Kilda's ... Biography of Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959, in Stuttgart, West Germany) is an American singer and musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche. Tate is ranked fourteenth on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time, and is listed as the 12th greatest male vocalist in the Rock genre by Digital Dream Door. He was voted #2 on That Metal Show top 5 metal vocalists of all time #1 was Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, he beat out singers such as Rob Halford, Axl Rose and Sebastian Bach. He was also voted the #1 greatest metal singer of all time by ragerecords.net... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 14 January 1965 in London) is a British celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer and "real food" campaigner, known for his back-to-basics philosophy. He is best known for being the lead personality in the River Cottage series on UK's Channel 4, which focuses on his efforts to become a self-reliant downshifted smallholder in rural England and feed himself, family and friends with locally produced and sourced fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs and meat. Biography Born in London and brought up in Gloucestershire, Fearnley-Whittingstall was educated at Eton College and St. Peter's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy and psychology. After graduating from university, he began a career in conservation work in Africa. He then spen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wayne Hightower
Wayne A. Hightower (January 14, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 18, 2002) was an American basketball player who had a long and productive career in the NBA and ABA during the 1960s and early 1970s. He was a 6'8" power forward and center. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hightower went to Kansas, and after graduation moved to Spain and signed for Real Madrid, whom he led to a domestic championship and the final of the European Champions Cup, which the team lost. He was drafted in the 1962 NBA Draft at the 7th spot overall by the San Francisco Warriors, with whom he played for 3 seasons. The pinnacle of his NBA career came with the Warriors, together with fellow Philadelphia native Wilt Chamberlain he reached the 1964 NBA Finals. Hightower recorded his best seas... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph M. Steinman
Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian immunologist and cell biologist at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 coined the term dendritic cells while working as a postdoc in the lab of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University. In 2011 he received one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" (the other half went to Bruce Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity"). He was awarded the Nobel Prize three days after his death, so he was never able to receive it. Nobel rules prohibit awarding a prize posthumously; however, the Nobel committee was unaware of his death when it announced the winners. Steinman recei... Biography of Jeanine Mason
Jeanine Marie Mason (born January 14, 1991) is an American dancer specializing in contemporary dance. She is best known for her 2009 appearance as the winner of the fifth season of the television show So You Think You Can Dance - which airs on the Fox Network - becoming the youngest person to win the competition. She had a small role (her acting debut) on the Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush as a vampire slayer hunting down the vampire James (James Maslow). Personal Although Mason was born in Miami, Florida, she grew up in a dance-oriented family in Pinecrest, Florida. Mason began her dance training at the age of three in ballet and flamenco, and went on to study jazz, acrobatics, hip-hop, modern, and contemporary dance. So You Think You Can Dance At the age of 18, Mason competed on... Biography of Narain Karthikeyan
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Tamil: குமார் ராம் நாராயண் கார்த்திகேயன்; born 14 January 1977, in Madras) is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in 2005 with the Jordan team, and was a Williams F1 test driver in 2006 and 2007. Like several other former F1 drivers, Karthikeyan moved to stock car racing and drove the #60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In 2011 he returned to F1 with the HRT team, and has again signed with them for the 20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adam Dell
Adam R. Dell (born 14 January 1970) is an American venture capitalist and is the brother of Michael Dell, the founder of computer manufacturing company Dell Inc. Early life Adam Dell was born in Houston, Texas. He attended Memorial High School, Tulane University and the University of Texas School of Law. Career He began his career working as a corporate attorney for Winstead Sechrest & Minick in Austin, Texas before joining the venture capital firm of Enterprise Partners in southern California in 1997. He then joined Crosspoint Venture Partners in northern California where he became a Partner in 1999. In 2000 he formed Impact Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm, in New York City. Dell is currently a Venture Partner at Austin Ventures. During the course of hi... Biography of Kacey Barnfield
Kacey Louisa Barnfield (born 14 January 1988) is an English actress. Personal life She was born in Hackney, London. She is a second cousin of the actress Victoria Shalet. Kacey moved to Los Angeles in January 2011. Kacey's father Malcolm (a partner at Enfield estate agency Barnfield's) and Karen (née Clarke) (a former glamour model) divorced in 2010. She has a brother Kye and a sister Tyla. For a time, she dated England cricketer Stuart Broad. Acting career Kacey's acting career began in 1997 when she was just 9, appearing in advertisements and stage plays. Her first notable TV role was a guest role in the BBC drama Hope and Glory starring Lenny Henry. In 2000, Kacey won the role of bully Maddie Gilks, girlfriend to Baz Wainwright (played by Thomas Hudson), in Grange Hill,... Biography of Élodie Clouvel
Élodie Clouvel, born on January 14, 1989 in a French athlete (modern pentathlon).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vonetta McGee
Vonetta McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress. Life and career Vonetta McGee was born in San Francisco, to Alma and Lawrence McGee. She graduated from San Francisco Polytechnic High School and made her debut in 1968 as the eponymous character in the Italian comedy Faustina. In the same year she performed alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski in the Western The Great Silence, but became well known for her parts in the 1972 Blaxploitation films Melinda and Hammer. In the action thriller Shaft in Africa (1973), McGee took the role of Aleme, the daughter of an emir, who teaches John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) Ethiopian geography. Vonetta McGee played “Thomasine” in the western action film Thomasine & Bushrod, in 1974. Max Julien portrayed Bushrod in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kevin Durand
Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood. Durand recently received a Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster. Life and career Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand. He is of French Canadian descent. Durand graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay. Durand is well known as a versatile character actor and has played series regulars on shows such as James Cameron's Dark Angel as Joshua, Agent Jay Swopes in the American remake of Touching Evil, as well as guest roles on CSI, CSI: M... Biography of Kai (singer)
Kai (Korean: 카이) His birth name is Kim Jong In. (Korean: 김종인; Hanja: 金鐘仁) Born on January 14, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. He was cast into S.M. Entertainment after winning in the company's Youth Best Contest in 2007. Prior to joining S.M. Entertainment, Kai trained in ballet and jazz dance. In 2008, he made a brief appearance in TVXQ's music video, "HaHaHa Song" along with Exo-K's Suho and Chanyeol. and also in TaeTiSeo's debut single, "Twinkle" alongside members Baekhyun, Chanyeol and Sehun. Kai was the first of the twelve members to be formally introduced through teaser trailers; his teaser was released on December 23, 2011. Kai appeared in twelve more trailers in the next three months, and performed with Exo-M's Lu Han, Tao, and Ch... Biography of Zach Gilford
Zach Gilford (born January 14, 1982) is an American actor best known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC television series Friday Night Lights. Career Gilford graduated from Northwestern University and Evanston Township High School. He serves as a Trip Leader for Adventures Cross-Country. He has led wilderness and adventure trips for teenagers to California, Hawaii, Alaska, the South Pacific, and British Columbia. Gilford worked as a staff member for YMCA Camp Echo in Fremont, Michigan.. In 2005, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2006, he landed a regular role in Friday Night Lights in which he played the role of Matt Saracen for nearly five seasons until the show ended in 2011. He made his feature film debut starring in The Last Winter. In 2009,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry Burnett (born January 14, 1948), widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue. After that tour ended, Burnett and two other members of the backing band formed The Alpha Band, followed by his first solo album in 1980. Burnett has produced artists such as Roy Orbison, Lisa Marie Presley, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Counting Crows, Elton John & Leon Russell, Elvis Costello and his wife Diana Krall, Natalie Merchant and The Wallflowers as well as Tony Bennett and k.d. lang on the A Wonderful World album. Burnett won Grammy Awards for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack and for his work with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. He was nominated for ... Biography of Yohan Cabaye
Yohan Cabaye (French pronunciation: ; born 14 January 1986 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French international footballer who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League and the French national team. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder and is described as a player who possesses "excellent vision, great ball control", and "provides technical quality". Cabaye is also known for his penalty-taking ability. Cabaye began his football career playing for hometown club Tourcoing FC at the age of five. After seven years developing in the club's youth academy, he joined professional club Lille. Cabaye spent six years in the club's youth academy before making his professional debut in the 2004–05 season helping Lille win the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He became a r... |
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