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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, 19, 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 · 42,008 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 42,008 Celebrities
120 celebrities or events were found for January, 19. Biography of Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four albums recorded between 1966 and 1970 -- two as the lead singer of San Francisco's Big Brother and The Holding Company, and two released as a solo artist. Joplin was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. She was ranked #41 on VH1's The 100 Greatest Artists of Rock 'n Roll in 1998, the third highest ranking for a female (only behind Aretha Franklin and Joni Mitchell) on the list. In 1999, she was ranked #3 on VH1's The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll (behind Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner). In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin #4... Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents.... Biography of Gina-Therese Pettersson
Swedish model.... Biography of Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, author, actress and philanthropist. Family life She was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children born to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Owens. Her siblings are Willadeene Parton (a poet), David Parton, Denver Parton, Bobby Parton, Stella Parton (a singer), Cassie Parton, Larry Parton (who died shortly after birth), Randy Parton (a singer), twins Floyd Parton (a songwriter) and Freida Parton (a singer), and Rachel Dennison (an actress). Her family was, as she described them, "dirt poor", and lived in a rustic, dilapidated one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains, near Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Parton's parents were parishioners... Biography of Marsha Thomason
Marsha Thomason (born January 19, 1976 in Moston, Manchester, England) is an English actress, who is best known in the USA for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of NBC's series Las Vegas, and for playing the recurring role of Naomi Dorrit in LOST. Early Life Marsha Thomason was born to an English father (Peter Thomason aka Thomo) and a Jamaican mother and attended Oldham Sixth Form College to study for A levels in Media Studies, Theatre Studies and Performing Arts. Thomason attended the Manchester Metropolitan University to study a BA in English. Career Marsha Thomason first came to prominence on British television in the series Playing The Field and Where The Heart Is, as well as in the first series of the BBC Three drama Burn It. In the U.S., she also acted in Disney... Biography of Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne (, January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed. Cézanne's work demonstrates a mastery of design, colour, composition and draftsmanship. His often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognisable. Using planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up... Biography of Karen Bach
Karen Lancaume (born Karine Bach) (January 19, 1973 – January 29, 2005) was a French adult film star. Despite her short resumé of having appeared in only 29 films from her beginnings as an adult film star in 1997, she was quite a popular actress, with her natural beautiful looks and self-esteem, especially among the francophone public. Born near Lyon, she spent her childhood in the Lyon countryside and completed her studies in communications. She was married to a DJ named Franck, but debts prompted her to work in the porn industry. She and her husband started doing scenes as a couple. In the 1997 film L'Indécente aux enfer she also started to have scenes with other partners. Once they had divorced, her ex-husband quit but Karen remained in the industry and continued to appear in pornogr... Biography of Drea de Matteo
Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life De Matteo, an Italian American, was born in Queens, New York to Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher, and Albert De Matteo, a furniture manufacturer. She grew up in a Catholic family. After graduating from the prestigious Loyola School, she studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, originally hoping to become a director, not an actress. Career De Matteo's role in The Sopranos was one of her earliest, helping to launch her career. She has also appeared in several films including Swordfish, Deu... Biography of Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel (Marseille, France, January 19, 1924 – April 30, 2006 in Kremlin-Bicêtre) was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française since June 1998. He was born Jean-François Ricard, but later adopted his pseudonym Revel as his legal surname. During the German occupation of France in WWII, Revel participated in the French Resistance and later noted that the officious but disgraceful manner of French collaborators influenced his writings . He studied philosophy at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure. He began his career as a philosophy professor, and taught in French Algeria, Italy and Mexico, before settling in Lille. He stopped teaching in 1963 and embarked on his career as an essayist and writer, as well as directin... Biography of Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg (born January 19, 1966 in Västervik, Sweden) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from Sweden. During his career, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles. Edberg is well known as one of the best serve and volley players of all time, for his superb volleying skills, and as a gentleman and ambassador for the sport. Height: 1m87 Career Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. He won all four of the Grand Slam junior titles in 1983 to become the first-ever player to achieve the "Junior Grand Slam." As a professional, Edberg won his first career doubles title in Basel in 1983 and his first top-level singles title at Milan in 1984. Edberg's first two Gra... Biography of James Watt
James Watt (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. James Watt was born on 19 January, 1736 in Greenock, a seaport on the Firth of Clyde. His father was a shipwright, ship owner and contractor, while his mother, Agnes Muirhead, came from a distinguished family and was well educated. Both were Presbyterians and strong Covenanters. Watt attended school irregularly but instead he was mostly schooled at home by his mother. He exhibited great manual dexterity and an aptitude for mathematics, although Latin and Greek left him cold, and he absorbed the legends and lore of the Scottish people. When he was 18, his mother died and his father'... Biography of Jean Delville
Jean Delville (January 19, 1867 – 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. He founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London. Quotes "Understood in its metaphysical sense, Beauty is one of the manifestations of the Absolute Being. Emanating from the harmonious rays of the Divine plan, it crosses the intellectual plane to shine once again across the natural plane, where it darkens into matter." —Jean Delville Delville's background During the last decades of the 19th century, many people in the West reacted to the materialism and hypocrisy of the period by developing an interest in esoteric, occult and spiritual subjects. The enthusiasm for these ideas re... Biography of Tippi Hedren
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress with a career spanning six decades. She is perhaps best known for her role as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on six films, notably Pacific Heights (1990). Early life Hedren was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the daughter of Dorothea Henrietta (née Eckhardt) and Bernard Carl Hedren. Her paternal grandparents were immigrants from Sweden, and her maternal ancestry was German and Norwegian. Her father ran a small general store in the small town of Lafayette, Minnesota and gave her the moniker "Tippi". "My father... Biography of Thierry Jonquet
Thierry Jonquet (born Paris, 1954) is a French writer who specialises in crime novels with political themes. His most recent and best known novels outside of France are Mygale (2003) and Tarantula, which was published in English translation in 2005 (Serpent's Tail). He has written over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie. Tarantula is currently being adapted for the cinema by acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Récompenses 1985 : Trophée 813 du meilleur roman pour La Bête et la belle. 1998 : Trophée 813 du meilleur roman francophone pour Moloch. 1993 : Trophée 813 du meilleur roman 1993 - Prix des lecteurs des C.E. de St-Nazaire - Prix Mystère de la critique - Prix polar de la ville du Mans pour Les Orpailleurs. 1999 : Pri... Biography of Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January 1980) is a British Formula One racing driver from England. He currently competes for the Honda Racing F1 team. He won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, on August 6, 2006 after 113 races. Early life Jenson Button was born in Frome, Somerset, England and went to Selwood Middle School, Frome, Somerset . He is the son of former Rallycross ace John Button from London (during the 1970s well-known in the UK for his so-called Colorado beetle Volkswagen and his VW-Audi dealership with Autoconti Tuning garage at Trowbridge, Wiltshire), whose best overall results was to become the runner-up in both the Embassy/RAC-MSA British Rallycross and TEAC/Lydden Rallycross championships of the year 1976. Jenson Button’s parents are divorce... Biography of Gustav Meyrink
Gustav Meyrink (January 19, 1868 – December 4, 1932) was an Austrian author, storyteller, dramatist, translator, banker and Buddhist, most famous for his novel The Golem. Childhood Gustav Meyrink was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). He was the illegitimate son of Baron Karl von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen and actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier. (In 1919, when Meyrink had already become a renowned writer, the Varnbülers are said to have offered Meyrink the use of the family name. The offer was politely rejected.) It is significant that on January 19, but sixty years earlier, another mystic writer, Edgar Allan Poe, had been born. Meyrink's role in Austrian literature is similar to that of Poe in American literature. Until thirteen years of age Meyrink lived in Munic... Biography of Katey Sagal
Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her roles in Futurama, 8 Simple Rules, and Married... with Children. The source for her time of birth is Frank C. Clifford (birth certificate). Early life Sagal was born in Hollywood, California to a show business family; she is the daughter of director Boris Sagal, best known for his work on 1960s television dramas, including The Twilight Zone. Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a producer. Sagal is the older sister of twin actresses Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal, best remembered as the Doublemint Twins of the early 1980s, and for their own short-lived sitcom of that era: Double Trouble. She is also the sister of actor Joe Sagal. Sagal and her siblings ... Biography of Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer, primarily for her roles on movies, soap operas and television. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) The naturally blonde-haired Fabares is best known for her roles as Donna Reed's daughter and oldest child, Mary Stone, on the long-running The Donna Reed Show (a role she played from 1958 to 1963), and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the long-running 1990s sitcom Coach. Born Michele Ann Marie Fabares in Santa Monica, California, she is the niece of Nanette Fabray, who changed the spelling of her last name, though Shelley kept the original form. She got her big break in the role of the teenage daughter in the long-running television family sitcom, The Donna Reed Show. Her national po... Biography of Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford, OBE (born as Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith, 19 January 1942, Salisbury, Wiltshire), is an English actor and singer. He has won critical acclaim and numerous awards during his career, which includes radio, television and stage (including appearing on stage in the West End in London, and on Broadway in New York). Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Although he most often appears on stage, in musicals such as Phantom of the Opera and Barnum, he first became a household name and famous to millions for his role as the hapless Frank Spencer on the British television sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973-78), for which he performed most of his own stunts. The series became one of the BBC's most successful programmes of all time. Crawford has been awarded the OBE, and has also been... Biography of Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte (full name: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; January 19, 1798 – September 5, 1857) was a French thinker who coined the term "sociology." Life Comte was born at Montpellier, in southwestern France. After attending school, he was admitted to the École Polytechnique in Paris. The École Polytechnique was notable for its adherence to French ideals of republicanism and progress. The École closed in 1816 for reorganization, however, causing Comte to leave and continue his studies at the medical school at Montpellier. When the École Polytechnique reopened, he did not request readmission. Following his return to Montpellier, Comte soon came to see unbridgeable differences with his Catholic and Monarchist family and left again for Paris, earning money by small jobs. ... Biography of Desi Arnaz Jr.
Desi Arnaz, Jr. (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz, IV on January 19, 1953) is an American actor and musician and son of entertainers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Early life Desi Arnaz Jr was born in Hollywood, California on January 19, 1953. His sister, Lucie Arnaz, was born two years earlier. His birth was one of the most publicized and anticipated births in TV history. His parents were appearing in the sitcom I Love Lucy and Ball's pregnancy was written into the storyline of the show, a move considered daring and groundbreaking in those times. The same day Lucille Ball went to the hospital and gave birth to Desi, Jr., the network ran the scheduled episode where the fictional Lucy Ricardo gave birth to Little Ricky and millions of TV viewers watched. The newborn child was shown on the ... Biography of Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003), born in Batley, Yorkshire, was an English singer-songwriter. He was known for his soulful voice and the eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, pop and blues. 1964-1973: Early bands The son of a British serviceman stationed in Malta, Palmer moved with his family to Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1959. Influenced as a child by blues, soul, and jazz music on American Forces Radio, Robert Palmer joined his first band, The Mandrakes, at the age of 15 while still at Scarborough Boys' High School. His first major break came with the departure of singer Jess Roden from the band The Alan Bown Set in 1969, after which Palmer was invited to London to sing on their single "Gypsy Girl". The vocals for the album... Biography of Marty Conlon
Marty McBride Conlon (born January 19, 1968 in the Bronx, New York) is a former professional basketball player whose career in the National Basketball Association lasted from 1992 through 2000. Conlon started his basketball career at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY. His earliest fame came in his freshman year in college when he played on the Providence College team that went to the Final Four. His coach that year was Rick Patino. His final years in the NBA he was with the Miami Heat and was coached by Pat Riley. Conlon played for the Seattle SuperSonics, the Sacramento Kings, the Charlotte Hornets, the Washington Bullets, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat, and the Los Angeles Clippers. The height of both his career and fame came in Milwaukee. Hi... Biography of Logan Lerman
Logan Wade Lerman (born January 19, 1992) is an American actor, known for playing the title character in the 2010 fantasy-adventure Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Lerman began appearing in commercials in the mid 1990s, moving to work in feature films and television in the early 2000s, when he starred in the series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006). He gained further recognition for his roles in the western 3:10 to Yuma, the thriller The Number 23, and the comedy Meet Bill, as well as his work in the 2009 films Gamer and My One and Only. Background Lerman was born in Beverly Hills, California. His mother, Lisa (née Goldman), works as his manager, and his father, Larry Lerman, is a businessman. He has two siblings, ... Biography of Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career United States Army officer, an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history. Lee was the son of Major General Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry" (1756–1818), Governor of Virginia, and his second wife, Anne Hill Carter (1773–1829). He was a descendant of Sir Thomas More and of King Robert II of Scotland through the Earls of Crawford. A top graduate of West Point, Lee distinguished himself as an exceptional soldier in the U.S. Army for thirty-two years. He is best known for fighting on behalf of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. Overview In early 1861, President Abraham Lincoln invited Lee to take command of the entire Union Army. Lee declined because his home state of Virginia wa... Biography of Shawn Wayans
Shawn M. Wayans (born January 19, 1969 (source : Imdb)) is an American actor and comedian who starred in In Living Color and The Wayans Bros. He is the brother of Keenen Ivory, Damon, Marlon, and Kim Wayans. Early life Wayans, the second youngest of ten siblings, was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elvira, a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager. His family was involved in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion. Wayans grew up in the housing projects in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea and is a 1989 graduate of the High School for the Humanities. Career Wayans made his feature debut in older brother Keenen's I'm Gonna Get You Sucka (1988). On Fox's In Living Color (1990-93), he began as deejay SW-1 and later became a featured performer,... Biography of Francis II of France
Francis II of France (French: François II de France) (January 19, 1544 – December 5, 1560, King-consort of Scotland (1558–1560), and King of France (1559 – 1560), was born at the Royal Chateau at Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, the son of Henry II, King of France (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559) and Catherine de' Medici (April 13, 1519 – January 5, 1589). He was the grandson of Francis I, King of France, and of Claude of France, and the brother of Charles IX, King of France, and of Henry III, King of France. King Consort of Scotland His marriage to Mary Stuart was arranged by his father in 1548 when Francis was four years old. Mary had been crowned Queen of Scots in Stirling Castle on September 9, 1543, at the age of nine months. Once the marriage agreement had been formally ratified... Biography of Erin Normoyle
Erin Normoyle, born January 19, 1983, is an Australian model and motocross champion. External link: http://www.erinnormoyle.com/bio.htm... Biography of Ervin Nyíregyházi
Ervin Nyíregyházi (Budapest, 19 January 1903 – Los Angeles, 13 April 1987) was a Hungarian-born American pianist. His name is sometimes spelled "Erwin" (the German spelling of his given name) and "Nyiregyházi" or "Nyiregyhazi" (by dropping one or both of the diacritics). He signed it as "Nyiregyházi". From six to twelve years old this child prodigy was observed and studied by the psychologist G. Révész. Nyíregyházi's father was a singer in the Royal Opera Chorus in Budapest; he was also very encouraging and caring but died when Ervin was 12. Before Ervin's father's death he reported many extraordinary things about his son: that Ervin had tried to sing before he was 1 year old; that he reproduced tunes correctly before he was 2; he began to compose at the age of 2; and that he played alm... Biography of Michelle Stanley
Michelle Stanley, born January 19, 1976 in Boston, is an American actress. She won the title of Miss Colorado in 1998.... Biography of Memona Hintermann
Memona Hintermann, born January 19, 1952 in Tampon Réunion, France, is a French journalist, reporter and TV host. Autobiography Tête haute... Biography of Johann Elert Bode
Johann Elert Bode (January 19, 1747 – November 23, 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularization of the Titius-Bode law as well as his works to determine the orbit of Uranus, for which he also suggested the name. He is also credited with the discovery of Bode's Galaxy (M81). Bode was born in Hamburg. As a youth, he suffered from an eye disease which particularly damaged his right eye; he continued to have trouble with his eyes throughout his life. Bode was the director of the Berlin Observatory, where he published the Uranographia in 1801, a celestial atlas that aimed both at scientific accuracy in showing the positions of stars and other astronomical objects, as well as the artistic interpretation of the stellar constellation figures. The Uranographia ... Biography of Oveta Culp Hobby
Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905–August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post. She was born Oveta Culp in Killeen, Texas. She received her undergraduate degree from Mary Hardin Baylor College for Women and her law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1925. Following college she served as parliamentarian of the Texas House of Representatives. In 1931 she married William P. Hobby, the former Governor of Texas and the publisher of the Houston Post and took a position as research editor at the Post. During World War II she headed the War Department's Women's Interest Section for a short time and then became the Director of the Wom... Biography of Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist known for her psychological thrillers, which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Strangers on a Train has been adapted for the screen three times, notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. In addition to her acclaimed series about murderer Tom Ripley, she wrote many short stories, often macabre, satirical or tinged with black humor. Early life Born Mary Patricia Plangman just outside Fort Worth, Texas, she was raised first by her maternal grandmother and later by her mother and stepfather, who were both commercial artists. Highsmith's mother Mary divorced her father five months before her birth. The young Highsmith had an intense, complicated relationship with her mother and resented her stepfat... Biography of Eleanor Mondale
Eleanor Jane Mondale Poling (January 19, 1960 – September 17, 2011) was an American radio personality television host, and actress. iography Mondale was the only daughter of Joan Mondale and former Vice President Walter Mondale. Her older brother is former Minnesota State Senator Theodore A. "Ted" Mondale. Her younger brother is attorney William H. Mondale, the former assistant Minnesota attorney general. For her senior year of high school, Mondale attended St. Timothy's, a boarding school outside of Baltimore. After graduating from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, she moved to begin a career in Hollywood. Personal life After graduating from St. Lawrence University, Mondale quickly earned a reputation in the media for being a "wild-child," although she claims many of... Biography of Jean-Pierre Kelche
Jean-Pierre Kelch, born January 19, 1942 in Mâcon, is a French militay, Army General, the highest active military rank of the French Army.... Biography of Guy Madison
Guy Madison (January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film and television actor. Born Robert Ozell Mosely in Bakersfield, California, Madison attended Bakersfield Junior College for two years and then worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the United States Coast Guard in 1942. In 1944, while visiting Hollywood on leave from the Coast Guard, Madison's boyish good looks and manly physique caught the eye of Henry Willson, the head of talent at David O. Selznick's newly formed Vanguard Pictures. Willson was widely known for his stable of good-looking, marginally talented actors with unusual names he bestowed upon them, and he immediately cast the rechristened Madison in a bit part in Selznick's Since You Went Away. Following the film's release in 1944, the stud... Biography of Caron Wheeler
Caron Wheeler (19 January 1963) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning British R&B/soul singer, who gained fame by writing and singing the lead vocals on the two biggest hits for Soul II Soul ("Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life"). She also was a backing vocalist for Elvis Costello in 1983, and Howard Jones in 1985. She also provided backing vocals for a track on Erasure's album, The Innocents in 1988. Career Wheeler is also a founder member of the female vocal group 'Brown Sugar' along with vocalist Kofi whose solo hit "Black is My Colour" is today considered in reggae circles a classic. The two were re-united in October 2005 at the Metropolitan Black Police Association's annual gala at The Barbican in London. After her success with Soul II Soul, Wheeler embarked on a solo career, and r... Biography of Paul McCrane
Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is a Grammy Award and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) nominated American movie, television and theatre actor, as well as an occasional television director. His roles include Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop, Montgomery MacNeil in Fame, Astronaut Pete Conrad in From the Earth to the Moon, cancer-absorbing mutant Leonard Betts in The X-Files and Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano on ER. He starred on ER from 1997-2003 and returned in 2008 for one episode during its 15th and final season. More recently, he has guest-starred in 24, season 5 and 6 as Graem Bauer. He has also appeared on Ugly Betty. In addition, McCrane composed and performed two songs for Fame: "Dogs in the Yard" and "Is It Okay If I Call You Mine." Personal life McCrane was born in Philadelphia,... Biography of Wendy Moniz
Wendy Moniz (born January 19, 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) is an actress, best known for her role as Dinah Marler on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light (1995-1999) and primetime dramas Nash Bridges (2000-2001) and The Guardian (2001-2004). She also had a recurring guest-starring role on Battery Park. She has been nominated twice for Soap Opera Digest Award for her work on Guiding Light. She married David Birsner in 1991, but the couple divorced without issue in 1996. Since October 28, 2000, she has been married to her former Guiding Light co-star, Frank Grillo (ex-Hart Jessup), also of Portuguese descent. The couple has two boys Liam (born August 2004) and Rio Joseph Grillo (born January 25, 2008). Filmography Guiding Light (78 episodes, 1995-1999) .... Dinah Adele ... Biography of Pamela Crane
Pamela Crane, born January 19, 1943 in Selly Oak, is a British professional astrologer and author.... Biography of Audrey Lamy
Audrey Lamy, born January 19, 1981 in Alès, is a French actress, show-woman and humorist. She is the sister of actress Alexandra Lamy. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2188804/ ) 1. "Scènes de Ménages" .... Marion (41 episodes, 2009-2010) - Episode #2.1 (2010) TV episode .... Marion - Episode #1.40 (2010) TV episode .... Marion - Episode #1.39 (2010) TV episode .... Marion - Episode #1.38 (2010) TV episode .... Marion - Episode #1.37 (2010) TV episode .... Marion (36 more) 2. Heartbreaker (2010) .... La policière séduite par Alex ... aka "L'arnacoeur" - France (original title) 3. Tout ce qui brille (2010) .... Carole 4. Paris (2008) .... Une employée de Rungis 5. "Temps Mort" ... Biography of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteijn
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteijn, born January 19, 1851 in Barneveld, died June 18, 1922 in Amsterdam, was a Dutch astronomer.... Biography of Luciano Emmer
Luciano Emmer, born January 19, 1918 in Milano, is an Italian Director, Writer, Editor and Producer. He is the father of Michele Emmer. Filmography 1938 Racconto di un affresco (sceneggiato attraverso Giotto, Cappella degli Scrovegni) (documentario) 1940 Il Paradiso terrestre (sceneggiato attraverso Bosch, trittico del Giardino delle delizie, musiche di Roman Vlad) (documentario) 1940 I disastri della guerra (sceneggiato attraverso Goya, Fucilazioni del 3 maggio 1808) (documentario) 1949 Domenica d'agosto 1951 Parigi è sempre Parigi 1952 Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna 1954 Incontrare Picasso (documentario) 1954 Terza liceo 1954 Gli eroi dell'Artide (documentario) 1954 Camilla 1955 Il bigamo 1957 Paradiso terrestre (documentario) 1957 Il momento più bello 1960 ... Biography of Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman (born January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American photographer, actress and film director of Office Killer, best known for her conceptual portraits. Sherman currently lives and works in New York City. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Award. She is represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London in Europe and Metro Pictures gallery in New York. Early years Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the township of Huntington, Long Island. Sherman became interested in the visual arts at Buffalo State College, where she began painting. Frustrated with what she saw as the medium's limitations, she abandoned the form and took up photography. "here was nothing more to say ," s... Biography of Tony Anholt
Anthony "Tony" Anholt (19 January 1941 – 26 July 2002) was a British actor best known for his roles as Security Chief Tony Verdeschi in the second season of Gerry Anderson's television series Space: 1999 (1976-1977), Paul Buchet in The Protectors (1972-1973) and as Charles Frere in the highly-successful BBC drama series Howards' Way (1985-1990). Anholt was originally a continuity announcer for the BBC World Service. He also made a guest appearance in the Only Fools and Horses episode To Hull and Back as Boycie's business partner Abdul. He was born in Singapore. His family moved to Australia before the end of World War II, then to South Africa for a brief time, and eventually settled in the United Kingdom. He married and divorced twice. The first, in 1964, to Sheila Willet, with whom ... Biography of Natassia Malthe
Natassia Malthe (born 19 January 1974) is a model and actress. Biography Natassia is the youngest of two daughters. Her Norwegian father is a teacher and her Filipina mother is a retired nurse. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'. In Scotland, Norway and Canada, Malthe went to dance schools at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Goh Ballet Academy, and the Norwegian Opera House respectively, where she sang and danced while finishing high school. Later she moved to London, England to study musical theater. From there she went to Canada and landed her first part on television. She had a supporting role on ABC Family's Fallen. Most recently, Malthe starred as an elf bounty-hunter and sorcerer-in-training in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries ... Biography of Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha is a Brazilian actress (born January 19, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro), but nowadays she lives in France. Besides acting, she has danced at the Théâtre du Soleil (since 1989). Theater Her career as an actress began on a Brazilian theater stage and includes works such as As Lágrimas Amargas de Petra von Kant (English title: Petra von Kant's Bitter Tears), featuring Fernanda Montenegro in 1982, and Mão na Luva (English title: Hand in the Glove), featuring Marco Nanini, in 1984. Television Her last TV project was Hoje é dia de Maria (English title: Today is Mary's day), a short TV series that focuses on the Brazilian magical folklore, directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho. Movies She plays the dedicated mother in Lavoura Arcaica (To the left of the father) (200... Biography of Tarso Marques
Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques (born January 19, 1976 in Curitiba) is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 24 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 31, 1996. He scored no championship points in three separate seasons, all driving for the Minardi team, never completing a full year in Formula One. Career After five years of karting, Marques raced in Formula Chevrolet in his home country aged only 16, and he won the title at his first attempt. In 1993 he moved up to Formula Three Sudamericana and subsequently European Formula 3000, and became the youngest driver to win races at both levels. In 1996, he started racing for Minardi in Formula One, competing with various drivers for the seat over the following two years, including Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Pedro ... Biography of Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944 (1944-01-19)) is a Wall Street stock investor. He is currently a research consultant at Fidelity Investments. Lynch graduated from Boston College and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is not related to Edmund C. Lynch, the co-founder of Merrill Lynch. Fidelity Lynch was hired as an intern with Fidelity Investments in 1966 partly because he had been caddying for Fidelity's president (among others) at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, Massachusetts. He initially covered the paper, chemical, and publishing industries, and when he returned after a two year Army stint he was hired permanently in 1969. This time Lynch was charged with following the textiles, metals, mining, and chemicals... Biography of Martin Bashir
Martin Bashir (born January 19, 1963, London) is an English journalist and media personality. Early life Bashir was born in South London to Christian parents and grew up in Wandsworth. He was educated at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester (since 2004 the University of Winchester), studying English and History from 1982-1985, and at King's College London. Career He started work as a journalist in 1986. He worked for the BBC until 1999 on programmes including Songs of Praise, Public Eye and Panorama and then he joined ITV, working on special documentary programmes and features for Tonight with Trevor McDonald. Bashir came to wide prominence in 1995 when he interviewed (for the BBC's Panorama programme) Diana, Princess of Wales about her failed marriage to th... Biography of Georges Grey
Georges Grey (January 19, 1911 in Lyon - April 2, 1954 in Passy (Haute-Savoie)) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.... Biography of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (January 19, 1737 Le Havre – January 21, 1814 Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1787 novel Paul et Virginie. In 1795 he was elected to the Institut de France, and in 1803 to the Académie Française. From Antoine-Louis Barye: Sculptor of Romantic Realism by Glenn F. Benge, p.8: "Bayre's predators devouring their living prey indulge the emotions in a Romantic way of course, but they also embody a romantically moralizing point of view like those held by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mme de Staël, and Victor Hugo. The Oeuvres complètes of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre appeared in Paris in 1834 and was surely known to Bayre, for the author was the former director of the zoo i... Biography of Jeff Juden
Jeffrey Daniel Juden (born January 19, 1971 in Salem, Massachusetts) is a former Major League Baseball player. He is 6'8" and weighs 270lbs. He batted and threw right handed. Juden was considered a top prospect after a successful amateur career as a pitcher at Salem High School. He was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year, and the Houston Astros selected him with the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 1989 June draft. He began his professional career that year with Sarasota of the Florida State League, advancing quickly through the minors. Juden made his major league debut on September 15, 1991, becoming the youngest active player in baseball that year when he appeared in relief of Chris Gardner in a game against the Cincinnati Reds. Despite his early... Biography of Daniel-Rops
Henri Daniel-Rops (Épinal, January 19, 1901 - Aix-les-Bains, July 27, 1965), French writer and historian whose real name was Henri Petiot. Early life He was the son of a military officer. Daniel-Rops was a student of the Faculty of Law and Literature in Grenoble. He received his Agrégation in History in 1922, the youngest in France. He became a professor in Chambéry, Amiens and finally in Paris. In the late 1920's he began his literary career with an essay, Notre inquiétude (Our Concern, 1927) and a novel L'âme obscure (The dark soul, 1929) and several articles in various journals, Correspondent, Notre Temps and La Revue des vivants. Literary career Starting in 1931 he wrote mostly about Catholicism, advised by Gabriel Marcel with whom he shared membership in the Ordre Nouveau. ... Biography of Phil Everly
The Everly Brothers (Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937, Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Phil Everly, born Phillip Everly, January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) are brothers and top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The Everlys are the most successful U.S. rock and roll duo on the Hot 100. Their greatest period came between 1957 and 1964. Style The brothers are both guitarists and use a simple vocal harmony mostly based on parallel thirds. With this, each line can often stand on its own as a melody line. This is in contrast to classic harmony lines which, while working well alongside the melody, sound strange by themselves. One example of their close-harmony is "Devoted to You"... Biography of Georges Langelaan
George Langelaan (January 19, 1908 – February 9, 1972) was a British writer and journalist born in Paris, France. He is best known for his 1957 short story "The Fly", which was the basis for the 1958 and 1986 sci-fi film horror classics and a 2008 opera composed by Howard Shore. Career During World War II, Langelaan worked as a spy and special agent for the Allied powers as part of SOE (Special Operations Executive). According to his memoirs, The Masks of War (1959), he underwent plastic surgery to alter his appearance before being dropped into France. He parachuted into occupied France on September 7, 1941 to make contact with the French resistance forces south of Chateauroux, arranged to meet Edouard Herriot, was captured on October 6, imprisoned in the Mauzac camp, condemned to dea... Biography of Julian Barnes
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946 Leicester, England) is a contemporary English writer. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Personal life Following an education at the City of London School and Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes, is a philosopher specializing in Ancient Philosophy. He lived in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, until her death on 20 October 2008. Career His first novel, Metroland, is a short, sem... Biography of Jeff Van Gundy
Jeffrey W. "Jeff" Van Gundy (born January 19, 1962) is a former American basketball head coach. He coached most recently with the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets. Van Gundy attended Yale University, where he was cut from the basketball team. He transferred to Menlo College and ultimately graduated from New York's Nazareth College (1985). Early life Van Gundy was born in Hemet, California. He grew up as a son of a basketball coach, Bill Van Gundy, the former head coach at Brockport State University in Western New York. His brother Stan Van Gundy is the current head coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic. Career Van Gundy began his basketball coaching career during the 1985-86 season at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York. The following year he became a g... Biography of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born 19 January 1943), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, is the third daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. As a daughter of the late Queen Juliana and a younger sister of the current monarch, Queen Beatrix, she is currently ninth in line to the Dutch throne. The Princess was born in Ottawa, Ontario, as the family had been living in Canada since June 1940 after the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany. The maternity ward of Ottawa Civic Hospital in which Princess Margriet was born was temporarily declared to be officially part of the Netherlands so that the princess would be born on Dutch soil. Since she is a descendant of King George II of Great Britain, an... Biography of Jean de Tinan
Jean de Tinan, a.k.a. Jean Le Barbier de Tinan, (January 19, 1874 in Paris - 1898) was a French writer and novelist. Born to a baron and a socialite , Jean de Tinan moved to Paris in 1895 after graduating from the School of Agriculture in Montpellier. He is remembered as a figure of the Belle époque. Bibliography * Un document sur l'impuissance d'aimer (1894) * Penses-tu réussir ! (1897) * Maîtresse d'esthètes (1897) * L'Example de Ninon de Lenclos amoureuse (1898) * Un villain monsieur (1898) * Aimienne ou le détournement de mineure (1899) Film adaptations In 2002, a film was made on his novel Le Doux amour des hommes. Literary significance and criticism Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flauber... Biography of Thierry Tusseau
Thierry Tusseau (born January 19, 1958 in Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a former football midfielder from France, who earned a total number of 22 international caps (no goals) for the French national team during the 1970s and 1980s. A player of Girondins de Bordeaux (1983–1986), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Clubs FC Nantes-Atlantique (1977–1983) Girondins de Bordeaux (1983–1986) RC Paris (1986–1987) Matra Racing (1987–1988) Stade de Reims (1988–1991)... Biography of Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1920 and 1958. Selected filmography * The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) * Mayerling (1936) * The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) * The Lame Devil (1948, Le Diable boiteux) * Justice Is Done (1950) * Paris Vice Squad (1951) * La Poison (1951) * The Long Teeth (1952) * Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon (1954) * Huis clos (1954) * The Crucible (1957)... Biography of Silvio Martinello
Silvio Martinello (born January 19, 1963 in Padua) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2004.... Biography of Luc Longley
Lucien James "Luc" Longley (born 19 January 1969) is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for eleven seasons. Known for his passing ability and free spirit, Longley drew comparisons to fellow redhead Bill Walton upon his entry into the NBA. Biography Luc Longley was born 19 January 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria. At age sixteen Luc was a member of the Australian Under-19 side and the following year, 1986, he joined the Perth Wildcats, with whom he played two games. Longley was recruited by the University of New Mexico's basketball coach, Gary Colson, who went to Perth to recruit Andrew Vlahov, who attended Stanford University. He attended college at the University of New Mexico, between 1987–1991, where he av... Biography of Michael Virtue
Michael Virtue, born January 19, 1957 in Birmingham, is a British musician, member of group UB40. UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records. Their No.1 hit singles include two U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love", while "I Got You Babe" also topped the UK singles chart. History 1980s The band members began as friends who knew each other from various schools across Birmingham. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to the document issued to people claiming unemployment benefit from the UK government's ... Biography of Hikaru Utada
Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru), born January 19, 1983 in New York, New York, USA, known by her stage name Utada (English pronunciation: /ˈuːtədə/) in America and Europe, and as Hikki (ヒッキー, Hikkī?), is a Japanese American singer and songwriter, arranger, and record producer. Before her First Love album (1999), she sold several records with mediocre success. After First Love's release, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon's recent history, Utada has three of her Japanese studio albums in Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (#1, #4, #8) and an overall six of her albums, two English-language and one compilation, charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums li... Biography of Ken Keyes Jr.
Ken Keyes, Jr. (January 19, 1921, Atlanta, Georgia – December 20, 1995, Coos Bay, Oregon) was a personal growth author and lecturer, and the creator of the Living Love method, a self-help system. Married four times, Keyes wrote fifteen books on personal growth and social consciousness issues, representing about four million copies distributed overall. Early life Childhood and adolescence Keyes was born an only child to an affluent family in Atlanta. Throughout their lives, he was close to his father and especially to his mother, despite her eventual abuse of alcohol. He suffered from chronic bronchitis and croup in his infant years, and in 1925 his family moved to Miami Beach, Florida in hopes of his benefiting from its sunny climate. His father, Kenneth Keyes Sr., became successfu... Biography of John H. Johnson
John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was an American businessman, publisher. and founder of the Johnson Publishing Company. In 1982 he became the first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400. Biography Johnson was born in rural Arkansas City, Arkansas, the grandson of slaves. When he was six years old, his father died in a sawmill accident and Johnson was raised by his mother and stepfather. He attended an overcrowded and segregated elementary school. Such was his love of learning, he repeated the eighth grade rather than discontinue his education, since there was no public high school for African Americans in his community. After a visit with his mother to the Chicago World's Fair, they decided that opportunities in the North were more plentiful than in the... Biography of Allegro Grandi
Allegro Grandi, born on January 19, 1907 in San Pietro in Casale, Italy, died on April 2", 1973 in Caracas, Venezuela, was an Italian and Venezuelan cyclist.... Biography of Marian Walker
Marian Walker, born January 19, 1950 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is an American attorney and lawyer.... Biography of Laurent Groppi
Laurent Groppi, born January 19, 1983 in Thonon-les-Bains, is a French racing driver.... Biography of Alexander Woollcott
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. He was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside, the main character in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and for the far less likable character Waldo Lydecker in the classic film Laura (1944). He claimed to be the inspiration for Rex Stout's brilliant detective Nero Wolfe, but Stout, although he was friendly to Woollcott, said there was nothing to that idea. Woollcott's review of the Marx Brothers' Broadway debut, I'll Say She Is, helped the group's career from mere success to superstardom and started a life-long friendship with Harpo Marx. Harpo's two adopted sons,... Biography of Brion Gysin
Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 – July 13, 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script. Burroughs later stated that "Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected." Biography Early years John Clifford Brian Gysin was born at Taplow House, England, a Canadian military hospital. His mother, Stella Margaret ... Biography of Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation: ; born January 19, 1969) is an Haitian-American author. Biography Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. When she was two years old, her father André emigrated to New York, to be followed two years later by her mother Rose. This left Danticat and her younger brother Eliab to be raised by her aunt and uncle. Although her formal education in Haiti was in French, she spoke Haitian Kréyòl at home. While still in Haiti, Danticat wrote her first short story about a girl who was visited by a clan of women each night. At the age of 12, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, to join her parents in a heavily Haitian American neighborhood. As she was an immigrant teenager, Edwidge's accent and upbringing were a source of discomfort for her, thus... Biography of Arthur Morris (cricketer)
Arthur Robert Morris MBE (born 19 January 1922) is a former Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handed batsmen. He is best known for his key role in Don Bradman's Invincibles side, which made an undefeated tour of England in 1948. He was the leading scorer in the Tests on the tour, with three centuries. His efforts in the Fourth Test at Headingley helped Australia to reach a world record victory target of 404 on the final day. Morris was named in the Australian Cricket Board's Team of the Century in 2000 and was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001. In his youth, Morris excelled at rugby league as well as cricket, being selected for the state schoolboys' team in both... Biography of Hans Hotter
Hans Hotter (19 January 1909 – 6 December 2003) was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagner operas. He was extremely tall and his appearance was striking because of his high, narrow face, wide mouth, and big, aquiline nose. His voice and diction were equally recognisable. Biography Born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Hotter studied with Matthäus Roemer in Munich. He worked as an organist and choirmaster before making his operatic debut in Opava in 1930. He performed in Germany and Austria under the Nazi regime, but, while he made some appearances outside the country, including concerts under the baton of Bruno Walter in Amsterdam, he was unable to pursue an international ca... Biography of Sylvain Van de Weyer
Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802–23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician, and then the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James's, effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom. Born in Louvain or Leuven, Van de Weyer's family moved to Amsterdam in 1811. The family returned to Leuven when his father, Josse-Alexandre (1769–1838), was named police commissioner for the city. Jean-Sylvain studied law at the State University of Louvain and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823. Here he frequently defended newspapers and journalists which fell foul of the government of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which modern Belgium then formed the southern half. On the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution in 1830, Van de Weyer was in Leuven, but hurried to Brussels where he beca... Biography of Armand Robin
Armand Robin (January 19, 1912 (birth time source: Lescaut) – March 30, 1961) was a French poet, translator, and journalist. Life Robin was born in Plouguernével by Rostrenen (Côtes-d'Armor) and came to Paris. He was unable to settle down for all his life. He traveled to USSR in 1934, and returned shocked by the reality of communism. During the German occupation of France during World War II he worked in radio broadcasting foreign news. Robin continued his language studies so that he understood twenty-six languages. He translated works from English (Shakespeare), Russian (Yesenin, Blok, Pasternak), Hungarian (Ady), Polish (Mickiewicz), Italian (Ungaretti), Chinese (Tu Fu), Flemish, Finnish, German, Arabic, Spanish, Kalmyk, etc. He joined the French Anarchist Federation in 1945, w... Biography of Eugénio de Andrade
Eugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of José Fontinhas, GOSE, GCM (19 January 1923 – 13 June 2005), a Portuguese poet. José Fontinhas was born at Póvoa de Atalaia, Fundão. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry. He died in Porto. Selected awards Prize of the International Association of Literary Critics (1986) Grand Prize for Poetry of the Portuguese Association of Writers (1989) Camões Prize (2001)... Biography of Lloyd Robertson
Lloyd Robertson, OC (born January 19, 1934) is the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening newscast, CTV News with Lloyd Robertson. Broadcasting career Robertson has covered many major events throughout his career, including the 1967 opening of Expo 67 in Montreal, the 1969 Moon landing (along with Percy Saltzman), many Olympic Games, Terry Fox, the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, both the 1980 Quebec referendum and the 1995 Quebec referendum on separation from Canada, many federal elections, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the power outage crisis on both sides of the border. On the scene, he has covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the deaths of four Canadian prime ministers, the elections of nearly half of Canad... Biography of Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch (born 19 July 1941, Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist. Upchurch started his career working with The Kool Gents, The Dells, and The Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Groove Holmes, B.B. King, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1961, when billed as the Philip Upchurch Combo, his recording of "You Can't Sit Down" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Returning from the Army in 1967, he recorded with Richard Evans, John Lee Hooker, Grover Washington, Jr. and Cannonball Adderley. Upchurch was part of a group called The Soulful Strings during the 1960s, prior to working with Rotary Connection on Chess's Cadet lab... Biography of Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923) is an American character actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the long-suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) and mother of Gloria Stivic (played by Sally Struthers), on the 1970s situation comedy All in the Family. Stapleton was also seen occasionally on the All in the Family follow-up series, Archie Bunker's Place, but, tired of the role, asked to be written out after the first season. Career Carroll O'Connor with Jean Stapleton in All in the family Born in New York, New York, the daughter of Joseph E. Murray (a billboard advertising salesman) and Marie Stapleton Murray (a singer), she attended Hunter College. She began her career in 19... Biography of Christophe Perrillat
Christophe Perrillat (born January 19, 1979) is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 10 km event in France in 2004 while Perrillat's best individual finish was eighth in a 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at Whistler Olympic Park in January 2009. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Salt Lake City in 2002. Perrillat's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Oberstdorf in 2005.... Biography of Joël Beaugendre
Joel Beaugendre (born January 19 1950 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a politician from Guadeloupe who was elected to the French National Assembly in 2002 .... Biography of Javier Cámara
Javier Cámara (born 19 January 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). He was born in Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja (Spain) in 1967. Soon, he went to Madrid and graduated from the Dramatic Art School. He worked as an usher in Figaro Theatre in Madrid. His debut in theatre was in "El caballero de Olmedo" in 1991. He won big success in the TV series 7 vidas and then worked with Pedro Almodóvar in the film Hable con ella. Awards: 12 wins & 22 nominations. Filmography Let the ugly die (2010) Chef's Special (2008) The Blind Sunflowers (2008) Lex (2008) Ficción (2006) Alatriste (2006) Paris, je t'aime (2006) The Secret Life of Words (2005) Mal... Biography of John Weldon (musician)
John Weldon (19 January 1676 – 7 May 1736) was an English composer. Born at Chichester in the south of England, he was educated at Eton, where he was a chorister, and later received musical instruction from Henry Purcell. By 1694 Weldon had been appointed organist of New College in Oxford and became well known in the musical life of that city, writing music for masques as well as performing his organist duties. Some believe he set Shakespeare's play The Tempest to music in 1695, although others attribute that to Henry Purcell, and all agree that the style is Purcellian. Weldon moved to London and in 1701 took part in a competition to set Congreve's libretto The Judgement of Paris to music. Perhaps surprisingly, Weldon's setting was chosen over contributions by his older, more expe... Biography of Marie Koenen
Marie Koenen, born on January 19, 1879 in 's-Hertogenbosch (birth time source: Lescaut), died on July 11, 1959 in Maastricht, was a Dutch novelist. Publications 1912 - De witte burcht 1916 - Sproken en legenden 1917 - De moeder 1918 - De wilde jager 1919 - De andere 1922 - Limburgse verhalen 1934 - Het nieuwe begin 1941 - De korrel in de voor 1947 - Wassend graan... Biography of Saro Urzi
Saro Urzì, (born Rosario Urzì, Catania, January 19, 1913 (source for his date and time of birth: Gauquelin, Astrodatabank) - San Giuseppe Vesuviano, November 1, 1979) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Sicilia, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune. He met Pietro Germi in 1949 and appears in Germi's In nome della legge, a film for which he won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actor. He became Germi's favourite actor, working together with him in Path of Hope (1950), The Railroad Man (1956), The Facts of Murder (1959), Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) and most notably Seduced and Abandoned in 1964. That film earned him Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Nastro d'Argento the following year. He acted in Don Camillo sequels, John Huston's Beat the Devil, Luigi Comen... Biography of Claude Birraux
Claude Birraux (born January 19, 1946) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Savoie department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of André Gerin
André Gerin (born January 19, 1946 in Vienne, Isère) is a French politician who is currently a Deputy in the National Assembly of France. He has been elected in the Rhône department, and is a member of the French Communist Party.... Biography of Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966) is an American film director. He directed the film Training Day as well as Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter and Brooklyn's Finest. He is currently slated to direct Southpaw in 2012, a boxing film described as a "metaphorical sequel to 8 Mile", penned by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter and starring rapper Eminem. Movie career After going to school for electrical engineering, with the hope of going on to fly jets in the military, Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists like Toni Braxton and Prince, and then went on to become a successful film director. He is perhaps best known for the award-winning film Training Day. Fuqua was scheduled to direct Prisoners, based on a storybook from Aaron Guzikowski, but has left t... Biography of Fabio Carpi
Fabio Carpi, born on Filmography (writer) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139535/) 007 The Moon and the Stars 2003 Le intermittenze del cuore (writer) 2003 My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 (scenario collaborator) 2001 Nobel 1999 Buck and the Magic Bracelet (story / writer) 1997 Homère, la dernière odyssée 1994 Et ensuite, le feu 1991 L'amour nécessaire (screenplay / story) 1990 Barbablù, Barbablù 1985 Baciami strega (TV movie) 1983 Le ambizioni sbagliate (TV movie) (screenplay) 1983 Il quartetto Basileus (writer) 1980 Il giorno del Cobra (screenplay) 1978 Madame Bovary (TV mini-series) – Episode #1.6 (1978) (writer) – Episode #1.5 (1978) (writer) – Episode #1.4 (1978) (writer) – Episode #1.3 (1978) (writer) – Episode #1.2 (1978) ... Biography of Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones (born 19 January 1984) is a British actress from Birmingham, England. She is best known to television audiences for her role as the school bully Ethel Hallow in the first of series The Worst Witch (she was replaced by Katy Allen for series two and three) and its spin-off Weirdsister College. Personal life After Kings Norton Girls School, Jones attended King Edward VI Handsworth School, to complete A Levels and went on to take a gap year (during which she appeared in the BBC series Servants). She then read English at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a 2:1 in 2006. Whilst studying English, she appeared in student plays, including Attis in which she played the title role, and in 2005 Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors for the OUDS summer tour to Japan, starring along... Biography of Ron Killings
Ron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, performing on the SmackDown brand under the ring name R-Truth. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was a two time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Ring name(s) K-Krush K-Kwik K. Malik Shabazz Ron Killings R-Truth Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 228 lb (103 kg/16.3 st) Early life Killings was born in Atlanta but grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His family struggled to make ends meet as a result of low-paying jobs and periods of unemployment, and his father supplemented the family income by selling cannabis. While Killings occasionally helped his father, he aspired to become a m... Biography of Richard Lester
Richard Lester (born 19 January 1932) is an American film director based in Britain. Lester is notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s. Early years and television Lester was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy, he began studies at the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 15. He started in television in 1950, working as a stage hand, floor manager, assistant director, and then to director in less than a year, because no one else was around that knew how to do the work. In 1953, Lester moved to London and began work as a director in independent television, working for the legendary low cost television producers The Danziger Brothers on episodes of Mark Saber, a half-hour detective series. A variety sh... Biography of Candice Hillebrand
Candice Hillebrand (also known as Candîce) (born January 19, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African-born actress and singer-songwriter. She has also worked as a presenter and model. She is recently known for playing Nina Williams in the upcoming 2010 Tekken live-action movie, based on the popular video game series, Tekken. Career Hillebrand's on screen career started early in life; she started hosting South African children's television channel, KTV, from the age of 6. Hillebrand went on to appear in numerous commercials and has acted in both TV and film. In 2002, she signed with Musketeer Records and released her debut album, Chasing Your Tomorrows in 2003. She has also appeared in Maxim magazine. In 2008, Hillebrand was offered the role of Nina Williams,... Biography of Ferruccio Parri soon available
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Seïd Khiter (Arabic: سيد خيتر) (born January 19, 1985) in Roubaix, France, is a French football player who is currently playing for Vannes OC on loan to Valenciennes FC. Career Khiter joined on 21 January 2009 on loan to Vannes OC. International career Although he has represented France at junior level, Khiter has indicated that he will join the Algerian national team in the near future, however, due to a new FIFA law, he is unable to do this as he is over the age of 21. Privates He is of Algerian descent.... Biography of Denise Boutte
Denise Boutte (born January 19, 1982) is an American actress, who has appeared in the film Why Did I Get Married? as Trina, as well as the film Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill, as Mandy. She is currently starring in the new hit sitcom Meet the Browns as Sasha Brown. She does not appear in the sequel to Why Did I Get Married, properly named, Why Did I Get Married Too?. Despite this, her character was mentioned briefly. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594832/ ) # "Meet the Browns" .... Sasha (51 episodes, 2009-2010) ... aka "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" - USA (complete title) - Meet the Bucket List (2010) TV episode .... Sasha - Meet the Cheating Liver (2010) TV episode .... Sasha - Meet the Loot (2010) TV episode - Meet the Mugger (20... Biography of Svetlana Khorkina
Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина, born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has been cited as a fan favorite in various polls in gymnastics magazines. Khorkina is also notable because she was able to continue competing and winning medals for more than a decade, participating in three Olympics and three changes to the Code of Points. She won her f... Biography of Daouda Sow
Daouda Sow (born January 19, 1983 in Roubaix) is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division. At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Klyuchko but qualified at the second tournament. At Beijing he surprisingly medaled by beating Olympic silver medalist Kim Song-Guk, José Pedraza, local Hu Qing and 2005 world champ Yordenis Ugas and made it to the final. There he was edged out by Russian 2004 Olympic Champion Aleksei Tishchenko 9:11.... Biography of Yves Lenoble
Yves Lenoble, born on January 19, 1947 in Le Mans, Sarthe, is a French astrologer, lecturer, and author. External link: http://yveslenoble.com/... Biography of Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa. His most common subject is youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock or skateboarding. Life and career Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He learned photography at an early age. His mother was an itinerant baby photographer, and Clark himself was enlisted in the family business from the age of 13. In his mid-teens, Clark began injecting amphetamines with his friends in 1959. Always armed with a camera, from 1963 to 1971 Clark produced pictures of his drug-shooting coterie that have been descr... Biography of Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn (January 19, 1945) was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a boxer who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Dunn was beaten whenever he stepped up to true world class, losing to Muhammad Ali, Joe Bugner, Jimmy Young, Kallie Knoetze and Jose Manuel Urtain. However, he did defeat some useful fighters such as Bernd August, Terry Krueger, Carl Gizzi, Ray Patterson, Roy Williams, Johnny Griffin, Billy Aird, Neville Meade, Bunny Johnson, Obie English and Danny MacAlinden. A southpaw, Dunn's career started off badly with a first round defeat on his debut against Danny McAlinden in July 1969. However, by May 1973 Dunn was beating Billy Aird on points in an eliminator for the British Heavyweight Championship at Grosvenor House in Londo... Biography of Bitsie Tulloch
Elizabeth Tulloch (born January 19, 1981, known professionally as Bitsie Tulloch) is an American actress. Early life and education Tulloch was born in San Diego, California but grew up in Spain, Uruguay, and Argentina. Bitsie isn't a contraction of Tulloch's birthname, Elizabeth, but an homage to her unusually-nicknamed grandfather, a WWII bomber pilot. Her father, Andrew Tulloch, works in Latin American banking, which is why she grew up in Europe and South America. After returning to the U.S., she went to middle and high school in Bedford, New York. Tulloch attended Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a double-major in English and American Literature, and Visual and Environmental Studies. Tulloch is of Scottish descent on her father's side, and Spanis... Biography of Michael Adams (basketball)
Michael Adams (born January 19, 1963 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a former NBA player and basketball coach. After starring at Boston College, the 5'10" point guard was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 3rd round with the 66th pick of the 1985 NBA Draft. He only averaged 2.2 points during his rookie season, but he would have more success later in his career while playing for other teams. In his second season he played with the Washington Bullets, but Adams had his best season in 1990-1991, when he averaged 26.5 points (including a 54 point game) and 10.5 assists per game while playing for the Denver Nuggets. After that breakout season, he rejoined the Bullets via a trade, during which time he appeared in his first NBA All-Star Game in 1992. Renowned for his "push shot", Adams re... Biography of JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee (born January 19, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who was selected 18th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2008 NBA Draft. He is a center who is listed at 7'0" and 252 lb. On July 9, 2008, he signed a two-year, $2.4 million deal with the Wizards. High school and college McGee was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended two high schools in Michigan: Detroit Country Day and Providence Christian, before transferring to Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago. McGee was the starting center for the University of Nevada, Reno. According to Hales Franciscan coach Gary London, McGee's natural position in college was ideally small forward, and that he could play both forward spots. After his sophomore campaign, in which he averaged 14.3 points and 7.3 rebo... Biography of Guido Cagnacci
Guido Cagnacci (January 19, 1601 – 1663) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, belonging to the Forlì painting school and to the Bolognese School. Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna near Rimini, he died in Vienna in 1663. He worked in Rimini from 1627 to 1642. After that, he was in Forlì, where absorbed the lesson of the Melozzo's painting. Prior to that he had been in Rome, in contact with Guercino, Guido Reni and Simon Vouet. He may have had an apprenticeship with the elderly Ludovico Carracci. His initial output includes many devotional subjects. But moving to Venice under the name of Guico Baldo Canlassi da Bologna, he renewed a friendship with Nicolas Regnier, and dedicated himself to private salon paintings, often depicting sensuous naked women from thigh upwards, in... Biography of Nara Leão
Nara Lofego Leão (born January 19, 1942 in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; died June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Her husband was Carlos Diegues, director and writer of Bye Bye Brasil. When she was twelve, her father gave her a guitar since he was worried about her being shy. Popular musician and composer Patricio Teixeira and classical guitarist Solon Ayala were her teachers. While still a teenager, she met a number of singers and composers who took part of Bossa Nova's musical revolution, in late '50s and early '60s, including Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli, João Gilberto, Vinicius de Moraes and Antônio Carlos Jobim. By 1963, after singing as an amateur for a few years, she became a professional a... Biography of Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson (born January 19, 1959, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA) is an American bass guitarist, best known for his stint in the heavy metal band Dokken. He has been the bassist for Foreigner since 2004. Pilson was also a member of Dio, and has his own progressive metal group called War and Peace, which was formed in 1993, releasing two albums: 1993's War and Peace and 2004's The Walls Have Eyes. He has worked with his ex-Dokken bandmate, guitarist George Lynch in a two-member group called Lynch/Pilson. He also played in the band Wild Horses (not to be confused with the British band of the same name). In 2010, Jeff participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin’s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by guitar legend Tommy Bolin prior to h... Biography of Ian Laperrière
Ian Laperrière (born January 19, 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but who has not played since the 2009–10 season because of post-concussion syndrome. Playing career Laperrière played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 1990 to 1993 and was drafted by the St. Louis Blues of the NHL in the 7th round and pick number 158 in the 1992 draft. He made his NHL debut with the Blues on March 3, 1994. On December 8, 1995, he was traded to the New York Rangers for Stéphane Matteau. On March 14, 1996, he was traded with Ray Ferraro, Mattias Norström, Nathan LaFayette, and a draft pick to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jari Kurri, Marty McSorley and Shane Churla. Lape... Biography of Pulcheria
Aelia Pulcheria (January 19, 399 – 453) was the daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. She was the second child born to Arcadius and Eudoxia. Her oldest sister was Flaccilla born in 397, but is assumed she had died young. Her younger siblings were Theodosius II, the future emperor and Marina, both born in 401. When her father Arcadius died in 408, her brother Theodosius II was made Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, at seven years old. On July 4, 414 a fifteen year old Pulcheria proclaimed herself regent over her brother, then thirteen, and made herself Augusta and Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. According to the ancient historian Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History, Pulcheria took a vow of virginity when she became Augusta, and her sisters followed... Biography of Michael III
Michael III (Greek: Μιχαήλ Γ΄, Mikhaēl III ), (January 19, 840 – September 23–24, 867), Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty. He was given the disparaging moniker the Drunkard (ὀ Μέθυσος) by the hostile historians of the succeeding Macedonian dynasty, but modern historical research has largely rehabilitated him, demonstrating the vital role his reign played in the resurgence of Byzantine power in the 9th century. Life Michael was the youngest child of Emperor Theophilos and Theodora. Already crowned co-ruler by his father in 840, Michael III had just turned two years old when he succeeded as sole emperor on January 20, 842... Biography of Ricardo Arjona
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, (born 19 January 1964, in Jocotenango near Antigua, Guatemala), known as Ricardo Arjona (Spanish pronunciation: ), is a Guatemalan singer. He has won two Grammy Awards from three nominations: The 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album and the 2006 Latin Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Album, both for his album Adentro, (2005). Biography and career Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales was born on January 19, 1964 in Jocotenango, Guatemala, to parents Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Mimi Morales de Arjona. He lived most of his childhood and began his musical instruction in Jocotenango. At the age of 8, young Ricardo could already play the guitar. He kept studying and went through a teenage rebel phase which became a problem for him at school, but never put music aside, t... Biography of Kayla Radomski
Born on January 19, 1991, Kayla Radomski is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer from Aurora, Colorado, who started dancing when she was two years old. She was first partnered with Latin/ballroom dancer Max Kapitannikov, until he was eliminated in week 2, after which she was paired with contemporary dancer Kūpono. She received constant praise from the judges - Mia Michaels claimed she is "the perfect girl," Debbie Allen gave her the moniker 'White Lightning' (which would stick with her for the duration of the competition), and Adam Shankman compared her to dancers from previous seasons such as Will Wingfield, Travis Wall and Danny Tidwell, due to her technical skill. Despite this, she ended up in the bottom three four times. Kayla is possibly best remembered for her dancing in a Mia Michaels co... Biography of Lucho González
Luis Óscar "Lucho" González (born 19 January 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in Portugal. A versatile midfielder who is able to play in different positions, but mainly in the centre, he is well known for his fierce shot, passing skills and hardworking style, being affectionately known as El Comandante (the commander) due to his leadership skills. An Argentine international on 44 occasions, González represented his country in the 2006 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments. Club career Early years / Porto González began his career at Club Atlético Huracán, at the age of 14, making his first division debut on 29 April 1999, in a 1–2 home loss against Racing Club de Avellaneda. Three years later, he transferred to another side in his h... |
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