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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 24, 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 · 45,455 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,455 Celebrities
122 celebrities or events were found for January, 24. Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 (birth time source: Gene Lockhard, birth certificate, Astrodatabank) - August 9, 1969) was an American actress. During the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Valley of the Dolls (1967). She also appeared regularly in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Married to film director Roman Polanski in 1968, Tate was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she was murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson on August 9, 1969. A decade after the murders, Tate's mother, Doris, in response to the g... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is an English-American fashion model, film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the American television series The O.C.. Biography Early life Mischa Barton was born in Hammersmith, West London, England, to an Irish mother, Nuala (née Quinn), a photographer, and a Mancunian English father, Paul Marsden Barton, a foreign exchange broker. She has two sisters, younger Hania and elder Zoe, a barrister in London. Her father's work took the family to New York City when Barton was six, and ten days after her twentieth birthday, she became a naturalised citizen of the United States in 2006. Retaining her British citizenship, Barton in reference to her English roots states, "I actually feel more comforta... Biography of Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech (born January 24, 1952 in Lyon) is a former French football player and the current manager of the French national team. He is of partly Catalan descent. His father fled Spain during the rule of Francisco Franco. Career 1969-1977: played for Olympique Lyonnais. Won Coupe de France in 1973. 1977-1981: played for RC Strasbourg. Won Championnat de France in 1979. 1981-1982: played for Paris Saint-Germain 1982-1984: played for Girondins de Bordeaux. Won Coupe de France in 1984. 1984: retired at the end of a playing career which saw him earn 8 international caps. 1985-1989: a year after retiring, moved into management of FC Mulhouse 1989-1993: manager of Olympique Lyonnais 1993-2004: manager of French youth team (les Bleuets) July 12, 2004: manager of the Fre... Add to favourites (70 fans)Biography of Nastassja Kinski
Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, January 24, 1961) is a prolific German actress, having appeared in more than 60 movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of 'Tess Durbeyfield' in Roman Polanski's film Tess and her parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move, Paris, Texas, and Faraway, So Close. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s Nastassja Kinski was widely regarded as an international sex symbol. Born in Berlin, Kinski is the daughter of the late German actor Klaus Kinski from his marriage to actress Ruth Brigitte Tocki. Her parents divorced in 1968. Kinski rarely saw her father after the age of 10. Kinski and her mother struggled financially. Eventually they ended up living in a commune in Munich. Kinski's foray into t... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Allison Dubois
Allison DuBois (born January 24, 1972) author and controversial research medium who states that she has psychic abilities with which she can communicate with the dead. According to DuBois, she uses her psychic abilities to help law enforcement agencies across the country solve crimes, such as the Texas Rangers and the Glendale, Arizona police department, and that she also works as a jury consultant, working on "several caseloads" a year (though she cut her caseload in late 2004), and that in doing so, she has put killers on death row. Her life is the basis of the TV show Medium. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Corona del Sol High School in Tempe in 1990. In college, she worked as an intern at the district attorney's office in Phoenix. She received her B.A. in politi... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (born January 24, 1950) is a French actor. He was born in Algiers, Algeria, to French parents who were both opera singers. His starring role in Jean de Florette brought him international recognition, and he is now one of the best known and most popular actors in France. He has two daughters; Aurore Auteuil with his former partner, Anne Jousset, and Nelly from a ten-year relationship with actress Emmanuelle Béart, his co-star in films such as the acclaimed Un cœur en hiver (A Heart in Winter). He recently married Aude Ambroggi a Corsican sculptor, July 22nd, 2006 in Oporto-Vecchi, Corsica.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (b. January 24, 1928, Brunoy, Essonne, France – d. July 29, 2007, Honfleur, France) was a celebrated French actor who appeared in over 150 films. Serrault's first film was the suspense thriller Les Diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. However, he became well-known internationally in the 1970s for his starring role as Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles, a 1978 film adaptation of the 1973 play of the same name by Jean Poiret. It was made into a successful Broadway musical with the same name and an English-language film (The Birdcage). Serrault died July 29, 2007 of cancer, aged 79, at his home in the northwestern city of Honfleur. César awards for Best Actor 1979 La Cage aux Folles 1982 Garde à vue 1996 Nelly and Monsieur A... Biography of Jean-Yves Leloup
French philosopher and writer.... Biography of Ricky Ullman
Raviv Ullman formerly known as his stage name Ricky Ullman, (born January 24, 1986 in Eilat, Israel), is an Israeli-born American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Phil Diffy, the main character in the Disney Channel television series Phil of the Future. Early life Ullman was born in Eilat, Israel, to Jewish parents Brian Ullman and Laura Ehrenkrantz. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Ehrenkrantz, is a Rabbi in Stamford, Connecticut and his family is related to Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. After his first birthday, his family moved to Fairfield, Connecticut in the United States. When Raviv was younger, his father worked as a clown. Ullman took an interest in acting after seeing a musical production in a children's acting camp. He attended the camp the following summer an... Biography of Muriel Moreno
Muriel Moreno is a French singer of Niagara. Niagara is the name of a French rock-pop duo that achieved popularity both in Europe and, to a lesser degree, North America during the late-1980s and early 1990s. They were frequently compared to the UK duo Eurythmics. The group was formed in Rennes, France in 1984 by vocalist Muriel Laporte (later known as Muriel Moreno) and keyboardist Daniel Chenevez. They became famous in France when they issued in 1985 their first single, "Tchiki boum", which was followed in the summer 1986 by their second single, "L'amour à la plage'. 200 000 copies of each single were sold in France. Driven by exotic-looking Laporte's charisma and singing ability, the duo released their first album in 1986, Encore un dernier baiser which included their first two hit... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter and sometime actor. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Diamond was one of the more successful pop music performers, scoring a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, "as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart." As of May 2005 he has sold 120 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the U.S. Though his record sales declined somewhat after the 1980s, Diamond continues to tour successfully, and maintains a very loyal following. Diamond's songs have been... Biography of Riya Sen
Riya Sen (Bengali: রিয়া সেন IPA: ITRANS:riYA sen) (born Riya Dev Varma in Kolkata, India on January 24, 1981) is an Indian film actress and model. She is often regarded as a sex symbol. Coming from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moonmoon Sen and sister Raima Sen, she started her career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her father Bharat Dev Varma belongs to the royal family of Tripura. As a model she had been featured on some of the top music videos, television commercials, fashion shows and magazine covers. Her biggest film successes include Style by N. Chandra and Ananthabhadram by Santhosh Sivan. She faced controversies around an intimate MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, as well as her ... Biography of Carole Varenne
Carole Varenne, born January 24, 1957 in Angers, was a French TV host.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Michelle Hunziker
Michelle Yvonne Hunziker (born January 24, 1977), is a Swiss actress, model and a famous personality on Italian and German television. Birth time sources: Sources: http://astrologia.forumfree.it/?t=12488444 http://www.astrologiainlinea.it/astro_magazine/articoli/astromagazine_dett_articolo.asp?ID=569 http://oroscopo.virgilio.it/oroscopovip/michelle_hunziker.html Early years Hunziker was born at Sorengo (Lugano), in the southern, Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Her mother Ineke is Dutch; her father Rudolf, who died of a heart attack in the fall of 2001, was a German speaking Swiss national. He was a painter, but worked as a hotel manager. In 1983, the family moved to Ostermundigen, a suburb of Berne in the German speaking part of Switzerland, where Hunziker attended element... Biography of Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV (Friedrich IV.) of Brandenburg. He became known as Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed der alte Fritz ("Old Fritz"). Interested primarily in the arts during his youth, Frederick unsuccessfully attempted to flee from his authoritarian father, the "Soldier-King" Frederick William I, after which he was forced to watch the execution of a childhood friend. Upon ascending to the Prussian throne, he attacked Austria and claimed Silesia during the Silesian Wars, winning military acclaim for himself and Prussia. Near the end of his life, Frederick united most ... Biography of Karine Viard
Karin Viard, born January 24, 1966 in Rouen, is a French actress. Filmography 1986 : La Goula, de Roger Guillot 1986 : L'Amour en marche, de Bruno Chiche 1990 : Charmante soirée, de Bernard Murat 1990 : La Mort d'une vache, de Dante Desarthe 1990 : Tatie Danielle, d'Étienne Chatiliez 1991 : 25 décembre 58, 10h36, de Diane Bertrand 1991 : Delicatessen, de Jean-Pierre Jeunet et Marc Caro 1992 : Max & Jérémie, de Claire Devers 1992 : Riens du tout, de Cédric Klapisch 1993 : Ce que femme veut..., de Gérard Jumel 1993 : La Nage indienne, de Xavier Durringer 1994 : Emmène-moi, de Michel Spinosa 1994 : La Séparation, de Christian Vincent 1994 : Le Fils préféré, de Nicole Garcia 1995 : La Haine, de Mathieu Kassovitz 1995 : Fast, de Dante Desarthe 1995 : Adultère... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku (加來 道雄 Kaku Michio) (b. January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, specializing in string field theory, and a futurist. He is a popularizer of science, host of two radio programs, and a best-selling author. Kaku was born in San Jose, California, and attended and played first board on the chess team of Cubberly High School in Palo Alto in the early 1960s. At the National Science Fair in Albuquerque, N.M., he attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller, who took Kaku as a protégé, awarding him the Hertz Engineering Scholarship. Kaku received a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1968 where he placed first in his physics class. He went on to attend the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of ... Biography of Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American gymnast. She was the first female gymnast outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title. Personal life Retton was born in Fairmont, West Virginia of Italian heritage (her family's original surname was "Rotunda"). Her father, Ronnie, operated a coal-industry transportation equipment business. Retton is currently married with four daughters: Shayla Rae, McKenna Lane, Skyla Brae, and Emma. Retton was born with hip dysplasia, and had a hip replacement. Retton also suffered from an overactive bladder, as well as arthritis, and publically spoke out about her problems to endorse medication. Gymnastics career Inspired by watching Nadia Comăneci on television, Retton took up gymnastics in her hometown of Fairmont... Biography of Jose Arguelles
José Argüelles (b. January 24, 1939, Kasson, Minnesota) is the New Age spiritual leader for the Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of Time. He holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Aesthetics from the University of Chicago, and has taught at numerous colleges, including Princeton University and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has gained notoriety for his role in the Harmonic Convergence event, and his mystical book about the Maya calendar, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology. After Mayan Factor's financial success, Jose and his wife Lloydine produced "Dreamspell: The Journey of Timeship Earth 2013" and a game/divinatory tool "Telektonon: The Talking Stone of Prophesy". The former is the source of Arguelles' 13 Moon/28 Day Calendar. Argüelles' interpretation of the ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Stevo in SLC Punk, Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film series, and Stu Macher in Scream. Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Tustin, California. After high school, he was hired as an extra for Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College (1991). He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, with fellow actor Paul Rudd, and later, the theater school Circle in the Square in New York City. Lillard married Heather Helms in 2000. The couple have two children together: Addison Grace and Macey Lyn. Will hosted ACME This Week, Saturday March 8th at the ACME Comedy Theatre. Filmography Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College (1993) Serial Mom (199... Biography of Gennifer Flowers
Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is one of three women who have claimed to have had affairs with U.S. President Bill Clinton. She is the only one of the three who claims to have had a child by Clinton, a son whom she later gave up for adoption. She came forward during Clinton's 1992 Presidential election campaign claiming that she had had a twelve-year affair with him. When Clinton denied having an affair with Flowers, she held a press conference in which she played tape recordings she claimed were of secretly recorded intimate phone calls with Clinton. Hillary Clinton, for the first time, made the media rounds to rebut sexual allegations against her husband. When asked why Clinton and Flowers called each other "honey" in the tapes, Hillary explained that this was how people tal... Biography of Farinelli
Farinelli (January 24, 1705 – September 16, 1782), was the stage name of Carlo Maria Broschi, one of the most famous Italian soprano castrato singers of the 18th century. Early years Broschi was born in Andria (now in the Italian region of Apulia) into a family of musicians. As recorded in the baptismal register of the church of S. Nicola in Andria, his father Salvatore was a composer and maestro di cappella of the city's cathedral, and his mother, Caterina Barrese, a citizen of Naples. The Duke of Andria, Fabrizio Carafa, a member of one of the most prestigious families of the Neapolitan nobility, honoured Maestro Broschi by taking a leading part in the baptism of his second son, who was christened Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola (in later life, Farinelli wrote: "Il Duca d'Andria mi ... Biography of Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Marisol Ali (born January 24, 1979) is an American actress and R&B singer, perhaps best known for her role as Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Early life Ali was born in Long Island, New York, daughter of Sonia, a nurse, and Sheriff Ali, a police detective. Her mother is a native of Panama and her father is of mixed Black and Indian descent from Trinidad and Tobago. She has two younger sisters, Anastasia and Kimberly. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. She attended Marymount High School in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, and The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. In 2002, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard University. Career By the age of seven, Ali had begun her singing career. She ... Biography of Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning an Oscar in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale's Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine was also known for his role as Mermaid Man in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER. Biography Early life Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Boselli) who immigrated to the U.S. from Carpi, Italy and... Biography of E. T. A. Hoffmann
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 – June 25, 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictional opera The Tales of Hoffmann. Hoffmann's stories were tremendously influential in the 19th century, and he is one of the key authors of the Romantic movement. Life Youth Hoffmann's ancestors, both maternal and paternal, were jurists. His father, Christoph Ludwig Hoffmann (1736–97) was a barrister in Königsberg, Prussia, and also a poet and amateur musician who played the viola da gamba. In 1767 he married his cousin Lovisa Albertina Doerffer (1748–96). Er... Biography of Hadrian
Publius Aelius Hadrianus (January 24, 76 – July 10, 138), as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English, was emperor of Rome from 117 to 138 AD, as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. A member of the gens Aelia, Hadrian was the third of the Five Good Emperors, or the second of the recently proposed ulpio-aelian dynasty. His reign had a faltering beginning, a glorious middle, and a tragic conclusion. Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus in Italica or, less probably, in Rome, from a well-established family which had originated in Picenum in Italy and had subsequently settled in Italica, Hispania Baetica (the republican Hispania Ulterior), near the present day location of Sevill... Biography of Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and designer. Early life Edith Newbold Jones was born to parents George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander. She had two brothers, Frederic Rhinelander and Henry Edward. The saying "Keeping up with the Joneses" is said to refer to the family of her father. She combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous and incisive novels and short stories. As such, she was well-acquainted with many of her era's literary and public figures, including Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. In 1885, at 23 years of age, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was twelve years her senior. From a well-established Boston family, h... Biography of Klaus Nomi
Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 - August 6, 1983), better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for remarkable vocal performances and an unusual, elfin stage persona. Nomi is remembered for bizarrely theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classic opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker's "The Twist" and Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes". Personal life Nomi was born Klaus Sperber in Immenstadt, Germany. His birthday is commonly observed as January 24, 1944. In his youth in the 1960s, he worked as an usher at the Deutsche Oper in West Berlin where he would sing on stage in fr... Biography of Carole Merle
Carole Merle (born January 24, 1964 in Le Sauze). Is a former French Alpine skier. Merle, which was a specialist in giant slalom and Super-G, won by the pass of her career 22 World cup races, hereby 9 in giant slalom and 13 in Super-G. From 1989 to 1992 she won four times in a row the discipline world cup in Super-G, in addition to the overall giant slalom world cup in 1992 and 1993. At the 1989 World Championships in Vail she won a silver medal in the giant slalom, two years later at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach she won another medal and at the 1993 World Championships in Morioka she finally won the gold medal in the giant slalom. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville she won a silver medal in the Super-G event.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres, born January 24, 1974 in Fontainebleau (birth time source: birth certificate), is a French motorcycle pilot. Palmares Rallye Paris-Dakar 2005 et 2007 2e Dakar 2003, 2006 3e Dakar 2004 Rallye de Tunisie 2004, 2005 2e Rallye de Tunisie 2003 Rallye d'Orient 2005 Rallye du Maroc 2000 Champion du monde des rallyes tout terrain 2003 Champion du monde d'enduro par équipe 2001... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader and television presenter. His work has involved him with many of the biggest names in the contemporary rock and popular music industry. Born in Blackheath, London, Holland was a founding member of the band Squeeze which formed in March 1974. Holland played the keyboard with the group until after the band produced its third album in 1980 when Holland left to forge a solo career. During performances with Squeeze, he was regularly seen smoking Cuban cigars. Holland had begun issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being Boogie Woogie '78. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting ... Biography of René Barjavel
René Barjavel (January 24, 1911 - November 24, 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who supposedly was the first to think of the grandfather paradox. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love. Amongst other things, René Barjavel is the author of several suspense novels. There are several recurring themes such as the fall of civilisation due to the excesses of science and the madness of war, or indeed the eternal and indestructible character of love (Ravage, Le Grand Secret, La Nuit des temps, Une rose au paradis). His writing is poetic, dreamy and sometimes philosophical. Some of his works have their roots in an empirical and poeti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Couve de Murville
Maurice Couve de Murville (January 24, 1907 - December 24, 1999) was a French politician, and Prime Minister of France for 11 months from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. He was born Maurice Couve (his father acquired the title de Murville in 1925) in Reims and died in Paris at the age of 92 from natural causes. Life Couve de Murville joined the corps of finance inspectors in 1930, and in 1940 became Director of External Finances of the Vichy régime, in which capacity he sat at the armistice council of Wiesbaden. In March 1943, after the American landing in North Africa, he was one of the few senior officials of Vichy to join the Free French. He left for Algiers, via Spain, where he joined General Henri Giraud. On June 7, 1943, he was named commissioner of fin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Wellins
Bobby Wellins (born Glasgow on January 24, 1936) is a Scottish tenor saxophonist. He is best known for his collaboration with Stan Tracey on the seminal 1965 British jazz album Under Milk Wood.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jenny Kee
Jennifer Margaret Kee, best known as Jenny Kee, born January 24, 1947 in Sydney, is an Australian artist, fashion desinger et retailer. Her father's family, of Chinese heritage, emigrated to Australia in the 1850s during the gold rush. Biography of Jenny Kee, on site http://www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/fashion_beauty/jennykee.htm By Sara Templeton Australia's fashion heritage doesn't stretch as far back as, say, French fashion, but we do have some ties with the past, with which local designers can find inspiration. Jenny (a.k.a Jennifer Margaret Kee) was born at Bondi Beach in Sydney in 1947. Her father's family, of Chinese heritage, emigrated to Australia in the 1850s during the gold rush. I guess you could say that the gold rush brought not only wealth, prosperity and in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bamber Gascoigne
Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935 in London) is a British television presenter and author. After attending Eton College he studied English literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, followed by a year at Yale University (1958-59). He also did National Service in the Grenadier Guards. He came to fame as the presenter of the popular television quiz show, University Challenge, in 1962, based on the US series College Bowl. Although he has written several books, mostly on history, and presented other television programmes, his name is permanently connected with University Challenge in the minds of many people - despite the fact that, since 1994, the show has been presented by Jeremy Paxman. In the programme's early days, Gascoigne set all the questions himself. His style of prese... Biography of Santha Rama Rau
Santha Rama Rau (शान्ता राम राव) (born 24 January 1923) is best known as a travel writer. Her father, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, was an Indian diplomat and ambassador. Her mother was Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, a leader in the Indian women's rights movement who was the International President of Planned Parenthood. As a young girl, Santha Rama Rau lived in an India under British rule. She was sent to England to be educated, and graduated from school there in 1939. She applied to Wellesley College in the United States, and was the first Indian student to be accepted there. She graduated with honours in 1944. When India won its independence in 1947, Santha Rama Rau's father was appointed as his nation's first ambassador to Jap... Biography of Oral Roberts
Granville Oral Roberts (born January 24, 1918) is an American neo-Pentecostal televangelist. He is also a leader in the charismatic movement and a former faith healer. Early life Roberts was born in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, as Granville Oral Roberts, the fifth and youngest child of the Rev. Ellis Melvin Roberts and Claudia Priscilla Irwin. His mother was one-quarter Cherokee. He left high school and his further education consists of about two years of college study at Oklahoma Baptist University and Phillips University. In 1938, he married a preacher's daughter, Evelyn Lutman Fahnestock. Their marriage lasted 66 years until her death on May 4, 2005. During their life together, they expanded his ministry from preaching in tents to preaching on the radio. Roberts became one of the f... Biography of Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 – May 17-18, 1799) was a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). He was best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays. Humble beginnings Beaumarchais was born Pierre-Augustin Caron, the only boy among the six children of a watchmaker. The family was comfortable and Caron had a peaceful and happy childhood -- in contrast to his adult life. Caron left school at the age of 13 to apprentice under his father. A few years later, possibly between 1751 to 1753, he invented an escape mechanism for watches, that allowed them to be made substantially more accurate and compact than watches made up to this po... Biography of Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American rock singer-songwriter and musician. He was noted for his offbeat, sardonic view of life which was reflected in his dark, sometimes humorous songs, which often incorporated political or historical themes. Early life and music Zevon was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William "Stumpy" Zevon (formerly "Zivotovsky" relative of folk/blues-singer, Jedaiah Zivotovsky), a boxer, small-time criminal and Mickey Cohen associate who was of Russian Jewish origin, and Beverly Cope Simmons, a Mormon from Salt Lake City, Utah. He soon moved to California. By the age of 13, Zevon was an occasional visitor to the home of Igor Stravinsky where he, alongside Robert Craft, briefly studied modern classical music. ... Biography of Fabien Fasaké
Fabien Antoine, best known as Fabien Fasaké, is a French singer. He has participated in French show Star Academy second season in 2002.... Biography of Craig Horner
Craig Horner (born January 24, 1983) is an Australian actor who first appeared in the Australian television program Cybergirl. He is best known for his role as Richard Cypher on the television series Legend of the Seeker. Biography Horner portrayed Garry Miller on the series Blue Water High and Ash Dove in the series H2O: Just Add Water. He most recently starred as Richard Cypher in Legend of the Seeker, the syndicated television adaption of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series of books. Horner discovered a love for acting after appearing in school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Maids. In addition to performing, Horner's other creative talents include playing the guitar and writing music. An avid outdoorsman, Horner enjoys playing soccer, volleyball, tennis, sw... Biography of Robert Barbault
Robert Barbault, born January 24, 1943 in Paris, is a French astrologer. He is the nephew of André and Armand Barbault, famous astrologers.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernst Heinrich Heinkel
Ernst Heinkel (January 24, 1888 – January 30, 1958) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. Early life He was born in Grunbach and as a young man became an apprentice machinist at a foundry. He initially became interested in aviation through a fascination with zeppelins, and in 1909 attended an international airshow in Frankfurt am Main. The following year, he built his first aircraft, working from a set of plans by Henri Farman. Career Soon afterwards, he gained employment at Luft Verkehrs Gesellschaft (LVG) who were building Farman aircraft. From there, he went to Albatros, where Heinkel designed the Albatros B-II, a reconnaissance aircraft used during the early stages of the First World War. After leaving the Albatros, Heinkel designed several land- and seaplanes for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cassandre (painter)
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (January 24, 1901 – June 17, 1968) was an influential Ukrainian-French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer. Born Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron in Kharkov, Ukraine, to French parents, as a young man, Cassandre moved to Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie Julian. The popularity of posters as advertising afforded him an opportunity to work for a Parisian printing house. Inspired by cubism as well as surrealism, he earned a reputation with works such as Bûcheron (Woodcutter), a poster created for a cabinetmaker that won first prize at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs. Cassandre became successful enough that with the help of partners he was able to set up his own advertising agency called A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephanie Romanov
Stephanie A. Romanov (born January 24, 1969) is an American model and actress, best known for playing Lilah Morgan on Angel. She first began modeling in Europe and was discovered at 15 by Elite Modeling agent John Casablancas. Her first professional modeling job was in Europe, shooting fashion layouts for Italian and French Bazaar. She then moved to New York to pursue a professional model career, leaving her family in Las Vegas. She appeared in ELLE, Vanity Fair and French Vogue. In 1993, Romanov decided to leave modeling in favour of acting. She landed her first role as Teri Spencer on Aaron Spelling's Models, Inc.. She went on to land guest starring roles in Homicide: Life on the Street, The Sentinel, Just Shoot Me! and Burke's Law. She was a recurring guest star on Angel for four ... Biography of Yakov Smirnoff
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (Russian: Яков Наумович Похис), better known as Yakov Smirnoff, is a Ukrainian-born American comedian and painter. He was popular with American audiences in the 1980s for comedy performances in which he used irony and word play to contrast life under the Communist regime in his native Soviet Union with life in the United States, delivered in heavily accented English. Life Smirnoff was born in a Jewish family in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. He was an art teacher in Odessa and continues to paint. He came to the U.S. in 1977 and became an American citizen on July 4, 1986. He was a roommate of comedian Andrew Dice Clay and has appeared in severa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Saldanha
Carlos Saldanha (born January 24, 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is the director of Ice Age 2 (2006), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). He received an MFA in computer art from the School of Visual Arts in 1993.... Biography of Christian Wolff (philosopher)
Christian Wolff (less correctly Wolf; also known as Wolfius), baron, (24 January 1679 - 9 April 1754) was a German philosopher. He was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His main achievement was a complete oeuvre on almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which perhaps represents the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany. Wolff was also the creator of German as the language of scholarly instruction and research, although he also wrote in Latin, so that an international audience could, and did, read him. A founding father of, among other fields, economics and public administration as academic disciplines, he concentrated especially in these fields, giving advice ... Biography of Norman Dello Joio
Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913 – July 24, 2008) was an American composer. He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian immigrants; the spelling "Gioio" was later anglicized to "Joio". He began his musical career as organist and choir director at the Star of the Sea Church on City Island in New York at age 14. His father was an organist, pianist, and vocal coach and coached many opera stars from the Metropolitan Opera. He taught Norman piano starting at the age of four. In his teens, Norman began studying organ with his godfather, Pietro Yon, who was the organist at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. In 1939, he received a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied composition with Bernard Wagenaar. He was the father of American Olympic medalist (equestrian),... Biography of Emerse Faé
Emerse Faé (born 24 January 1984 in Nantes, France) is a French-born Ivorian professional football midfielder who plays for Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, and Côte d'Ivoire. Club career Nantes Faé started his career with his home town club, Nantes, in 2003 who were then in Ligue 1. He went on to play over 100 league games for them. Reading During the summer 2007 transfer window, Faé was strongly linked with a move to Premier League club Reading, and eventually completed a £2.5m move on 2 August 2007, signing a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth. He was given the number 20 shirt. He made his Premier League debut for Reading against Bolton Wanderers on 25 August 2007. Faé was diagnosed as having contracted malaria following blood tests on 1 March 2008. He fell ill in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis de Wohl
Louis De Wohl (24 January 1903 – 2 June 1961) was a German-Catholic author and astrologer who specialized in historical fiction novels of notable Roman Catholic Saints and different periods of the Bible, after an audience with the Pope where he was told to "write about the history and mission of the Church in the World." Life Born in Berlin to a poor family and Catholic upbringing, de Wohl was forced by his mother to assume an apprenticeship to a banker when he was only 17. However, in 1924, at the age of 21, he was fired. In 1935, he moved to London, England as an objector to the Hitler regime. There are some 'writings' that claim he had a wife named Alexandra, who supposedly fled to Santiago, Chile, claiming to be a Romanian princess and was known as "La Baronessa." This could not be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (born January 24, 1926) is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. he is the son of French comedian Renée Saint-Cyr. Filmography As director 1958 : La Môme aux boutons 1960 : Arrêtez les tambours 1960 : Marche ou crève 1961 : Le Monocle noir 1962 : Le Septième juré 1962 : En plein cirage 1962 : L'Œil du Monocle 1963 : Les Tontons flingueurs 1964 : Des pissenlits par la racine 1964 : Le Monocle rit jaune 1964 : Les Barbouzes 1965 : Les Bons Vivants, co-directed with Gilles Grangier 1966 : Galia 1966 : Ne nous fâchons pas 1967 : La Grande sauterelle 1968 : Fleur d'oseille 1968 : Le Pacha 1971 : Il était une fois un flic 1971 : Sur la route de Salina (Road to Salina) 1971 :... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Vargaftig
Bernard Vargaftig, born January 24, 1934 in Nancy, is a French poet and author. Bibliography Chez moi partout, Pierre-Jean Oswald, 1967. La véraison, Gallimard, 1967. Jables, Messidor, 1975. Description d'une Elégie, Seghers, 1975. Orbe, Flammarion, Collection Textes/Flammarion, 1980. Couverture de Serge Marlin. Et l'un l'autre Bruna Zanchi, Pierre Belfond, 1981. Cette matière, André Dimanche, 1986. Couverture de Colette Deblé. Lumière qui siffle, Seghers, 1986. Suite Fenosa (avec Bernard Noël), André Dimanche, 1987. Voici, Æncrages & Co, 1990. Ou vitesse, André Dimanche, 1991. Couverture de Colette Deblé. Un récit, Seghers, 1991. L'inclinaison, Atelier des Grames, 1994. Le monde le monde, André Dimanche, 1994. Distance nue, André Dimanche, 1994. Dans les... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Suzanne Gabriello
Suzanne Gabriello (Born Suzanne Yvonne Henriette Marie Galopet on 24 January 1932 - Died 9 August 1992 in Paris) was a French singer/actress, daughter of actor Gabriello. She was one of Jacques Brel's partners, for whom he wrote "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (although he failed her). Her position as a presenter at the Paris Olympia concert hall helped Brel's rise to fame. She later married Theatre director Guy Lauzin with whom she had a daughter, Marie. She was about 60 years old when she died.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Réda
Jacques Réda (Lunéville, January 24, 1929) is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996. Works Amen (1968) Récitatif (1970) Les Ruines de Paris (1977) L’Improviste, une lecture du jazz (1980) L’Herbe des talus (1984) Celle qui vient à pas légers (1985) Jouer le jeu (L’Improviste II) (1985) Retour au calme (1989) (Return to Calm, trans. by Aaron Prevots, 2007, Host Publications, Inc. ) Le Sens de la marche (1990) References France, Peter (Ed.) (1995). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198661258.... Biography of Ed Helms
Edward Parker "Ed" Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, humorist, and comedian known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as Andy Bernard on the US version of the sitcom/mockumentary The Office and for his role as Dr. Stu Price in The Hangover films. Early life Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother was a school administrator and his father was an attorney. He graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992 a year after his Office co-star Brian Baumgartner. Originally a geology major, Helms graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in film theory and technology in 1996 and spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating from Oberlin, Helms began his comedy a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ulla Werbrouck
Ulla Werbrouck (born January 24, 1972 in Izegem) is a Belgian politician and former judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's half-heavyweight category. In january 2007, she joined the newly-established right-liberal List Dedecker party and in june 2007, she was elected member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Antoine Villemin
Jean-Antoine Villemin (January 28, 1827-October 6, 1892) was a French physician who demonstrated in 1865 that tuberculosis was an infectious disease. Villemin was born in the department of Vosges, and studied medicine at the military medical school at Strasbourg, qualifying as an army doctor in 1853. Afterwards he practiced medicine at the military hospital of Val-de-Grâce in Paris. In 1874 he became a member of Academy of Medicine, and was its vice-president in 1891. Villemin proved that tuberculosis was an infectious disease by inoculating laboratory rabbits with material from infected humans and cattle. He published his results in the treatise Etudes sur la Tuberculosis (Studies on Tuberculosis). Here he describes the transmission of tuberculosis from humans to rabbits, from cattle t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot
Christophe Ono-dit-Biot, born January 24, 1975 in Harfleur, is a French writer and journalist. Bibliography "Désagrégé(e)" Plon/Pocket Prix La Rochefoucauld 2000 "Interdit à toute femme ou femelle" Plon/Pocket 2002 "Génération spontanée" Plon/Pocket Prix de la Vocation 2004; Prix Vol de Nuit "Birmane" Plon Awards Prix Interallié November 13, 2007 for "Birmane" Plon... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux, born January 24, 1897 in Tirlemont, died September 21, 1993 in Villerville (Calvado), was a Belgian and French actor and comedian. Theater 1959 : Les Séquestrés d'Altona de Jean-Paul Sartre, mise en scène de François Darbon, au Théâtre de la Renaissance à Paris Filmography 1918 : La Faute d'orthographe -court métrage- de Jacques Feyder 1919 : Le Carnaval des vérités de Marcel L'Herbier 1919 : Le Fils de monsieur Ledoux de Henry Krauss 1920 : Villa destin de Marcel L'Herbier 1920 : L'Atlantide de Jacques Feyder 1922 : Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre de Jacques de Féraudy (Extraits de pièces de Molière) 1932 : L'Homme à la barbiche -court métrage- de Louis Valray - L'assistant du détective 1934 : Le Train de huit heures quarante-sept de Henry Wulschleger... Biography of Kenya Moore
Kenya Summer Moore (born January 24, 1971) is an American film and television actress, producer, beauty queen, model and author. She is best known for her roles in movies such as Waiting to Exhale, Deliver Us from Eva and the 2007 Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me. One of her best acting roles came in the independent film Trois which also starred Gretchen Palmer and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Gary Dourdan. Trois went on to become one of the highest grossing African-American films of 2000. She has appeared on the cover of several major magazines, including Glamour, Seventeen, Ebony and Essence. Kenya has also been featured in several music videos, including R&B group Shai's "I Don't Wanna Be Alone", rapper Nas' "Street Dreams" and the Jay-Z & Jermaine Dupri Grammy-n... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmond Maire
Edmond Maire, born January 24, 1931 in Epinay-sur-Seine, is a French syndicalist. He was secretary general of CFDT (1973-1988). The Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT or "French Democratic Confederation of Labour") is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2002 by François Chérèque. It is the largest French trade union confederation by number of members (875,000) but comes only second after the Confédération générale du travail (CGT) in voting results for representative bodies. He is also a chemist.... Biography of Shae-Lynn Bourne
Shae-Lynn Bourne (born January 24, 1976 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice dancer. She and partner Victor Kraatz became the first North American ice dancing world champions in 2003. Bourne began skating at age seven. She first competed in pair skating events with partner Andrew Bertleff. She later changed to ice dancing and found a partner in Victor Kraatz. The team has had quite a few coaches, among them Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Dubova, Uschi Keszler, and Nikolai Morozov. Bourne skated for the club CPA Brossard. The final training location was Newington, U.S.. Bourne and Kraatz were the first ice dancers to include hydroblading elements in their routines. They became known for their deep edges and soft knees, but later became famous for fast and difficult footwork se... Biography of Nadine Vogel
Nadine Vogel, born January 24, 1917 in Paris, died September 3, 1993 in Paris, was a French actress. She married Marc Allégret and André Bernheim. Filmography * 1936 : Un grand amour de Beethoven de Abel Gance * 1937 : Drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (Eva) * 1938 : Alerte en Méditerranée de Léo Joannon (Claire Lestailleur) * 1938 : Vidocq de Jacques Daroy (Annette) * 1950 : Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier * 1959 : Les Liaisons dangereuses de Roger Vadim... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Pérès
Marcel Pérès, born Marcel Jean Paul Laurent Farenc January 24, 1898 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, died June 28, 1974 in Châlette-sur-Loing, Loiret, was a French actor (more than 190 movies) and comedian. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702454/ ) 1. Le fantôme de la liberté (1974) .... Un moine ... aka Il fantasma della libertà (Italy) ... aka The Phantom of Liberty ... aka The Specter of Freedom 2. La cerisaie (1972) (TV) .... Pitschik 3. La part des lions (1971) .... Le clochard ... aka L'ultima rapina a Parigi (Italy) ... aka The Lion's Share (International: English title) 4. L'Albatros (1971) (as Marcel Peres) .... Pierson ... aka Love Hate (UK) (USA) ... aka The Albatross 5. Robert Macaire ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stevin Smith
Stevin L. Smith (born January 24, 1972) is an American professional basketball player and former college star, known for being a main player in the 1994 Arizona State Point Shaving Scandal. Early life Smith was born in Dallas, Texas and was an outstanding high school basketball player. He was recruited to Arizona State by basketball head coach Bill Frieder. Smith received his unique nickname "Hedake" (stemming from "headache") as a child for his precocious, and sometimes mischievous nature. College career Smith was an All-PAC-10 Conference point guard for Arizona State University from 1991 through 1994, twice leading the Sun Devils to the NCAA Tournament. Professional basketball career After failing to make an NBA team after leaving college in 1994, Smith took his game ov... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert J. Lafortune
Robert J. LaFortune, born January 24, 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. LaFortune was mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1970 to 1978. He currently serves as a Director of Apco Argentina Inc., where he as served since 1998. LaFortune has been a Director of Bank of Oklahoma Financial Corporation (Formerly BOK Financial Corp.) since 1993. He was also a 1982 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Ferdinand d'Artois
Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry (Charles Ferdinand d'Artois; 24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820) was the younger son of Charles X of France and his wife, Marie Thérèse of Savoy. As the son of the king, he was a Fils de France. His maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Bourbon. She was the youngest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese. He was born at Versailles. At the French Revolution he left France with his father, then comte d'Artois, and served in the émigré army of his cousin, Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé, from 1792 to 1797. He afterwards joined the Russian army, and in 1801 took up his residence in England, where he remained for thirteen years. During that time he married an Englishwoman, Amy Brown Freeman, ... Biography of Rachid Ferrache
Rachid Ferrache, born January 24, 1972 in Livry-Gargan, is a French actor and singer of Kabylian descent. Filmography 1981 : L'Amour nu : Le fils de Gérard 1982 : Mille milliards de dollars (non crédité) 1982 : L'As des as : Simon Rosenblum 1983 : Banzaï : Julien 1983 : Attention ! Une femme peut en cacher une autre : Simon 1984 : Les parents ne sont pas simples cette année : Paul enfant 1984 : La Bavure (feulleton TV) : Victor 1988 : Un coupable (TV) 2000 : Le G.R.E.C. (série TV) : Rachid Amar Discography 1987 : La fille aux cheveux bleus 1987 : Le p'tit beur 1988 : Presque l'amour / Les flamants roses 1991 : Encore un jour avec toi 1996 : Listen to the funky 2007 : Preparation album... Biography of Swami Rudanandra
Albert Rudolph (Rudi) (January 24, 1928—February 21, 1973) was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was an entrepreneur and spiritual teacher in New York City. Biography Early years Albert Rudolph (Rudi) was born January 24, 1928 to impoverished Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His father abandoned the family when he was young and his mother could be quite violent. According to his autobiography, Rudolph's first spiritual experience occurred at age 6 in a park. Two Tibetan Buddhist lamas appeared out of the air and stood before him. They told him they represented the heads of the "Red Hat" and "Yellow Hat" sects, and they were going to place within him the energy and wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism. Several clay jars appeared, which they said they would put inside his solar plexus. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Boulanger
Daniel Boulanger (Compiègne, Oise, 24 January 1922) is a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and has been a member of the Académie Goncourt since 1983. Filmography 1960 : Le Farceur, by Philippe de Broca 1960 : À bout de souffle, by Jean-Luc Godard 1960 : Les Jeux de l'amour, by Philippe de Broca 1960 : Tirez sur le pianiste, by François Truffaut 1961 : L'Amant de cinq jours, by Philippe de Broca 1962 : L'Œil du malin, by Claude Chabrol 1966 : Le Roi de cœur, by Philippe de Broca 1967 : The Oldest Profession 1968 : La Mariée était en noir, by François Truffaut 1970 : Sortie de secours, by Roger Kahane 1970 : Domicile conjugal, by François Truffaut 1971 : The Married C... Biography of Alba Rigazzi
Alba Rigazzi, born January 24, 1947 in Milan, won the title of Miss Italy in 1965. She was actress for one movie, La lunga notte di Veronique (1966).... Biography of Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945 in Nagpur, India) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan (1976),Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986),Ram Lakhan (1989),Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999). He launched 'Mukta Arts', a film production company in 1982, and is known as the "showman" of Hindi Cinema, for making epic films that portray grandeur and a very rich theme. Early life Subhash Ghai belongs to a Punjabi Khukhrain family. Born to a dentist father who practised in Delhi, Subhash did his Higher secondary in Delhi, and thereafter graduated in Commerce from Rohtak, Haryana. Next he moved to Pune, Maharashtra to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). After attaini... Biography of Wilfred Jackson
Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906 - August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons from The Walt Disney Company. Wilfred Jackson was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 24, 1906 and died in Balboa Island, Los Angeles, California on August 7, 1988 at age 82. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414144/) Director 1958 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art' (documentary short) (uncredited) 1954-1958 Disney Parade (TV series) – An Adventure in Art (1958) – Four Fabulous Characters (1957) (segment director) – Tricks of Our Trade (1957) (cartoon director) – The Plausible Impossible (1956) (animated segments) – The Great Cat Family (195... Biography of Joyce Nunn
Joyce Nunn, born January 24, 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Desenfans
Constant Albrecht (Albert) Desenfans (January 24, 1845 - March 12, 1938) was a Belgian sculptor. Desenfans studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels as a pupil of Eugène Simonis. Most of the work in his career is related to the building and public park projects of King Leopold II of Belgium in the years between 1870 and 1907. In his hometown of Schaerbeek is a street named after him. His work includes: * bronze figures of Hainaut and Limbourg at the Triumphal Arch at the Cinquantenaire * figures of Day and Night in the Passage du Nord, Brussels * work at the Botanical Garden of Brussels * Eve and the Serpent (1913) and other work at Josaphat Park, Schaerbeek... Biography of Walther Model
Otto Moritz Walter Model (IPA: ) (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west, and for his close association with Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He has been called the Wehrmacht's best defensive tactician. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of attrition warfare—his associate, General Erhard Raus, called it "zone defence". It emphasised strong fortifications, a reluctance to give ground (although not an absolute refusal to withdraw), and the importance of not allowing major enemy breakthroughs. This approach brought him much success, but hi... Biography of William Gregory Lee
William Gregory Lee (born January 24, 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American actor. His first prominent role was as Virgil on Xena: Warrior Princess. He is perhaps still best known for his role as Zack on the series Dark Angel (2000-2001). Lee has appeared in a number of other roles, including the 2002 horror film Wolves of Wall Street and his current starring role as "Ambrosius Vallin" in the here! original series Dante's Cove. He has also appeared as Sven in the 2003 film Beauty and the Beast. Filmography Father (1996) A Kiss So Deadly (1996) Anything Once (1997) Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997) Wind on Water (1998) Clueless (1999) Brutally Norman (2000) Xena: Warrior Princess (2000-2001) Baywatch (2001) V.I.P. (2001) Dark Angel (2001) Wheelmen (2... Biography of Laure Belleville
Laure Belleville, born January 24, 1976 in Annecy, was Miss France 1996. She was Miss Pays de Savoie in 1995.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, January 24, 1939, Clarkdale, Georgia) is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs as well as his involvement in the Tea Party movement. He was born in Clarkdale, a small town west of Atlanta. Career Early career Stevens' recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. In 1958, Stevens joined Lowery's National Recording Corporation (NRC), playing numerous instruments, arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band. After NRC filed for bankruptcy, he signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s ... Biography of Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the youngest of the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Philip Guston Motherwell was born in Aberdeen, Washington. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Stanford University in 1937 and completed one year of a philosophy Ph.D. at Harvard before shifting fields to art and art history, studying under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University. His rigorous background in rhetoric would serve him and the abstract expressionists well, as he was able to tour the country giving speeches that articulated to the public what it was that he and his friends were doing in New York. W... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Kastenmeier
Robert William Kastenmeier (born January 24, 1924) is a United States politician. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1991, and is a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Education Kastenmeier was born in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, and attended its public schools. He continued his education at Carleton College and at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he got his LL.B. in 1952, and was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Watertown, Wisconsin. Military service He entered the Army as a private in February 1943 and served in the Philippines. He was discharged on August 15, 1946 as a first lieutenant. Afterwards, he served in the War Department as a branch office director in the claims service in ... Biography of Stefan Benz
Stefan Benz, born January 24, 1964 in Würzburg, is a German physician, dietician and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lorenzo Mattotti
Lorenzo Mattotti (born 24 January 1954) is an Italian comics and graphical artist as well as an illustrator. His illustrations have been published in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, The New Yorker, Le Monde and Vanity Fair. In comics, Mattotti won an Eisner Award in 2003 for his Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde graphic novel. Biography Mattotti was born in Brescia (Lombardy). He studied architecture when he was young, but did not finish the course. Instead he became a comics artist. After a few traditional comic stories he decided he wanted to tell different kinds of stories and portray these in a different style. Il Signor Spartaco was the first comic made under this ambition. The story centred around the dreams of a train passenger making it possible for Mattotti to use forms and c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maxime Alexandre
Maxime Alexandre, born on January 24, 1899 in Wolfisheim, died on September 12, 1976, was a French poet and author. Works Poetry Mes respects.- Parmain : HC, 1931 Le Corsage.- Paris : Corti, 1931 Le Mal de Nuit.- Paris : Corréa, 1935 Sujet à l’amour.- Paris : Gallimard, 1937 La loi mortelle.- Paris : La Sagesse, 1939 Les yeux pour pleurer.- Paris : Le Sagittaire, 1945 Durst und Quelle.- Amriswil: Bodensee, 1952 La Peau et les Os.- Paris : Gallimard, 1956 L’Oiseau de papier.- Paris : Rougerie, 1972 Circonstances de la Poésie.- Paris : Rougerie, 1976 Portrait de l’auteur.- Paris : Rougerie, 1978 Das Meer sang fern von uns.- Berlin : Henssel, 1984 Other publications Les desseins de la liberté.- Paris : Chez l’auteur, ... Biography of Ugo Calvelli Gucci
Ugo Calvelli Gucci, born January 24, 1899 in Florence, is the illegitimate son of Guccio Gucci, the founder of a fashion empire and Aida.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of T.C. Tahoe
T.C. Tahoe, born January 24, 1963 in Great Falls, Montana, is an American professional magician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Congreve (playwright)
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet. Early life Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England (near Leeds). His parents were William Congreve (1637–1708) and his wife, Mary (née Browning; 1636?–1715); a sister was buried in London in 1672. He spent his childhood in Ireland, where his father, a Cavalier, had settled during the reign of Charles II. Congreve was educated at Trinity College in Dublin; there he met Jonathan Swift, who would be his friend for the remainder of his life. Upon graduation, he matriculated in the Middle Temple in London to study law, but felt himself pulled toward literature, drama, and the fashionable life. Artistically, he became a disciple of John Dryden. Literary career William Congreve wrote ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ann Todd
Dorothy Anne Todd (24 January 1909, Hartford, Cheshire – 6 May 1993, London) was an English actress and producer. She was born in Hartford, Cheshire and was educated at St. Winifrid's School, Eastbourne. She became a popular actress from appearing in such films as Perfect Strangers (1945) (as a nurse) and The Seventh Veil (1945) (as a troubled concert pianist). She is perhaps best known to American audiences as Gregory Peck's long-suffering wife in Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947). She later produced a series of travel films. Her autobiography is entitled The Eighth Veil, an allusion to the film which made her a star in Britain. Todd was known as the "pocket Garbo" for her diminutive, blond beauty. Personal life Ann Todd was married three times. Her first husband, Victor ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Perrut
Bernard Perrut (born January 24, 1957 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Rhône department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Christ
Jean-Louis Christ (born January 24, 1951 in Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin)) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haut-Rhin department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Bibliography "Célibat et mondialisation" (celibacy and globalization), in Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly ou le triomphe de l'écriture : pour une nouvelle lecture de Un prêtre marié by Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, Paris, 2006, pp. 175-181.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Abram Besicovitch
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (or Besikovitch) (Russian: Абра́м Само́йлович Безико́вич; 24 January 1891 – 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov (now in Ukraine) to a Karaite family. Life and career He studied under A. A. Markov at the St. Petersburg University, graduating with a PhD in 1912. He then began research in probability theory. He converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, joining the Russian Orthodox Church, on marrying in 1916. He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917, and was caught up in the Russian Civil War over the next tw... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Cravenne
Joseph-Raoul Cohen, best known as Georges Cravenne, born January 24, 1914, died Januaray 10, 2009, was a French producer and owner of advertising agencies. He married actress Françoise Arnoul.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geneviève Asse
Geneviève Asse, born in Vannes January 24, 1923, is a French painter and artist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Ruberti
Antonio Ruberti (January 24, 1927 – September 4, 2000) was an Italian politician and engineer. He was a member of the Italian Government and a European Commissioner as well as a Professor of engineering at La Sapienza University. Antonio Ruberti was born in Aversa in the province of Caserta, Campania. He trained as an engineer and taught control engineering and systems theory as the first head of the Department of Science and Engineering of La Sapienza university in Rome, a university of which he was later Rector. In 1987, he joined the Italian government as Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research. He held this position for five years. He was appointed to the European Commission by the Italian government 1993, when he joined the Delors Commission wit... Biography of Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983) is an American (from United States of America) race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix; becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993. Speed has currently turned his career towards stock car racing; specifically NASCAR, where he has driven for Red Bull Racing and Whitney Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. In 2012 he will be driving a limited schedule for Leavine Family Racing. Personal life Speed currently resides in Mt. Holly, NC, where he lives with his wife Amanda. On October 4, 2011, Scott and Amanda welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Juliet. His brother Alex currently races karts in America ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Muir Mathieson
James Muir Mathieson (24 January 1911 – 2 August 1975) was a Scottish conductor and composer. Mathieson was almost always described as a "Musical Director" because he worked in films. Mathieson was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1911. After attending Stirling High School, he went to the Royal College of Music in London. In the 1930s he was head of the music department for Alexander Korda at Denham Film Studios. During his wartime service with the Ministry of Information, Mathieson is credited with commissioning film scores from Arthur Bliss, William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Malcolm Arnold. He composed the music for the films This Happy Breed (1944), Hide and Seek (1963), and Woman of Straw (1964). Jointly with the composer of the score for the 1953 film Genevieve - the ha... Biography of Mathieu Molé
Louis-Mathieu Molé, also known as Comte Molé and Mathieu Molé (24 January 1781 - 23 November 1855) was a French statesman and 18th Prime Minister of France. Biography Molé was born in Paris. His father, a president of the parlement of Paris, who came of the family of the famous president noted below, was guillotined during the Terror. Count Molé's early days were spent in Switzerland and in England with his mother, a relative of Lamoignon-Malesherbes. On his return to France, he studied at the Ecole Centrale des Travaux Publics, and his social education was accomplished in the salon of Pauline de Beaumont, the friend of Châteaubriand and Joubert. A volume of Essais de morale et de politique introduced him to the notice of Napoleon, who attached him to the staff of the council of st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruce Duggan
Bruce Duggan, born on January 24, 1957 in Belleville, Ontario, is a Canadian film director (source: The Canadian Astrology Collection).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Matthews
Bernard Trevor Matthews CVO CBE (24 January 1930 – 25 November 2010) was the founder of Bernard Matthews Farms Limited, a company that is best-known for farming turkeys and producing turkey products. Early life Bernard Matthews was born in 1930 in Brooke, Norfolk, the son of a car mechanic and his housekeeper wife. Skilled at mathematics, he won a scholarship to the City of Norwich School, but found it difficult to settle. Resultantly failing exams, the headmaster refused to let him reduce the school's pass-rate, and he left school with no qualifications. Career Matthews worked as a trainee livestock auctioneer at Waters & Son between 1946 and 1948. During an auction at Acle market, he saw 20 freshly laid turkey eggs for sale, which he bought for a shilling each, and then acquired ... Biography of Jade Ewen
Jade Almarie Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988 in Plaistow, London) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and member of the Sugababes after replacing Keisha Buchanan in September 2009. Ewen had represented the UK at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest performing the Andrew Lloyd-Webber penned "It's My Time". She achieved fifth place, cementing her as the most successful British Eurovision act since 2002. Life and career 1988-2009: Early life and career beginnings Ewen was born and brought up in Plaistow, London, to a Jamaican mother, Carol and a Scottish/Sicilian father, Trevor. Trevor is blind and partially deaf, while Carol is partially blind. Because of her parents' disabilities, Ewen is a carer to both her parents and two younger siblings, Shereen and Kiel. After being spotted... Biography of Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal (born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, writer and comedian, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords and as a contributor on The Daily Show. Background Schaal grew up on a farm in Longmont, Colorado and graduated from Northwestern University. After college she moved to New York to pursue a comedy career and five years later in 2005 had her first break when she was included in New York Magazine's "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of." Live comedy In 2006, Schaal was invited to perform at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen where she won the award for "Best Alternative Comedian". She was also the winner of the second annual Andy Kaufman Award (hosted by the New York Comedy Festival), Best Female St... Biography of Michael Kiske
Michael Kiske (born January 24, 1968 in Hamburg, Germany) is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist. In late 2009, he formed the rock band Unisonic and began touring again after 17 years. Biography Early life Prior to joining Helloween, Kiske sang with the German band Ill Prophecy at the age of 17. The band recorded a demo, but it was never released commercially. Helloween At the age of eighteen, Kiske was asked to join the German power metal band Helloween, which was fronted by singer/guitarist Kai Hansen. Hansen had some difficulties being... Biography of Leland Wheeler
Leland Wheeler, born on January 24, 1952 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, was part of the retinue of film Director Derek Jarman in the 1980s and was instrumental in bringing Jarman films to the United States. He has been an actor and a writer - and also writes under the name "Oberon Skye". His writings span several decades and include poetry, literary criticism, essays and magazine articles.... Biography of Beth Hart
Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)", which aired during Episode 17 of the 10th and final season of Beverly Hills, 90210. Her musical influences include rock, blues and gospel. Musical career While playing the Los Angeles clubs, she enlisted bassist Tal Herzberg and guitarist Jimmy Khoury. In 1993, Hart appeared on Ed McMahon's Star Search several times. "Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls" was recorded in 1993. It includes "Am I the One" (re-worked on later albums) and a pop-rock cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Hart released her album Immortal with her band Beth Hart Band in 1996. Her next album, Screamin' for My Supper (Atlantic, 1999), featured "LA Song (Out of This Town),"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diane Birch
Diane Birch (born January 24, 1983) is an American singer-songwriterBorn in Michigan, she spent her childhood in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sydney, Australia. Her father was a Seventh-day Adventist preacher and took his family wherever he worked. When she was ten, her family returned to the United States of America, and settled in Portland, Oregon. Diane attended Portland Adventist Elementary School and later, Portland Adventist Academy while living in Portland. Birch began studying piano using the Suzuki method at the age of seven. When she was old enough to leave home, she moved to Los Angeles and pursued work as a "pianist for hire". Eventually she landed gigs at the Beverly Hotel and L'Orangerie. Prince heard her playing at the Polo Lounge in 2006 and invited her to jam with him a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark Eaton (basketball)
Mark E. Eaton (born January 24, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player who was a member of the NBA's Utah Jazz from 1982 to 1994. He was famous for his giant frame (2m25, 290 pounds) and his strong defense. He holds the NBA's record for highest average of blocks per game in a season (5.6) and in a career (3.50). College career Mark Eaton grew up in Southern California. Despite his height, as a youth he was more interested in playing water polo than basketball. After graduating from Westminster High School, Eaton attended the Arizona Automotive Institute in Phoenix and graduated as a service technician. He worked as an auto mechanic for about three years, and was eventually discovered by Tom Lubin while repairing cars in Anaheim in April 1977. Lubin, a chemistry pr... Biography of Joachim Gauck
Joachim Gauck (born 24 January 1940 (birth time source: http://www.starshoch2.de/astro/2012/02/20/joachim-gauck-horoskop)) is the incumbent President of Germany. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany. During the Revolutions of 1989, he was a co-founder of the New Forum opposition movement in East Germany, which contributed to the downfall of the Soviet-backed dictatorship of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1990 he served as a member of the only freely elected People's Chamber for the Alliance 90. Following the Reunification of Germany, he was elected by the Bundestag as the first Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, serving from 1990 to 2000. As Federal Commissioner, he earned recognition as a "S... Biography of Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens (24 January 1978 Brasschaat, Belgium) is a Flemish actress. She followed a musical education at the "Brusselse Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten". She is probably best known for her roles in Sara and many Flemish movies. In 2005 she won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award", in the category Leading Actress in a little musical, for her role as Pippi Longstocking in the same named Dutch musical. In 2008 she won the Flemish TV-star Award (Flemish Emmies) for Best Actress and Most Popular TV Personalaty both for her role as Sara in Sara. Filmographie Zot van A (2010) as Anna Reynders Loft (2008) as Ann Marai Windkracht 10: Koksijde Rescue (2006) - Alexandra 'Alex' Breynaert Dennis van Rita (2006) Verlengd weekend (2005) as Lisa Litteken... Biography of John Myung
John Ro Myung (play /ˈmaɪ.əŋ/; born January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American bassist, Chapman Stick player and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. He is considered a virtuoso player who is widely recognized for his technical proficiency. In a poll conducted by MusicRadar in August through September 2010, he was voted the greatest bassist of all time. Background Born in Chicago to Korean parents, Myung grew up in Kings Park, Long Island, New York. He played the violin from the age of five until he was asked to play electric bass in a local band when he was fifteen. He accepted, assuming the violin and bass were similar due to the number of strings. After graduating from high school he and his high school friend John Petru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Preud'homme
'Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme'tönten mannen, (born 24 January 1959 in Ougree (Seraing)), commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a Belgian football coach and retired goalkeeper. He is currently head coach of Al-Shabab Riyadh, a role he took after guiding outgoing Dutch Eredivisie champions FC Twente in the 2010–11 season. He was considered one of the world's best goalkeepers during his career, and the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup. On club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen, and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 ti... Biography of Michael Des Barres
Lord Michael Philip Des Barres (AKA Marquis Des Barres) (born 24 January 1948) is a British actor and rock singer. He is known for playing the recurring role of Murdoc on the television show MacGyver and for replacing the late Robert Palmer in the band Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert. He is also the ex-husband of groupie, actress and author Pamela Des Barres and is written about extensively in two of her books, I'm With The Band and Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart. Biography Personal life The only child of Marquis Philip and Marchioness Irene Des Barres, Michael Des Barres grew up in Surrey and attended a boarding school. He later attended the Corona Academy drama school in London and appeared in several plays. Married in England, he divorced his... Biography of Nigel Glockler
Nigel Glockler (born 24 January 1953, Hove, East Sussex) is an English drummer for the heavy metal band, Saxon. His first professional musical experience was the UK band Krakatoa, followed by session work. He joined Toyah Willcox's band in late 1980. In 1981 Saxon's drummer, Pete Gill, damaged one of his hands and Glockler, an old friend of Saxon's manager (who played bass in Krakatoa) replaced him. He left the band in Spring of 1987 to join GTR, a supergroup project. He returned to the Saxon fold in late 1988. In 1998 after tearing muscles in the neck and shoulder doctors advised him against playing drums and was substituted by German drummer Fritz Randow but he continued to write material with the band for subsequent albums. In 2001 he recorded a solo album with Saxon guitarist Dou... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joanna of Austria
Joanna of Austria (German Johanna von Österreich, Italian Giovanna d'Austria) (24 January 1547 – 11 April 1578) was born an Archduchess of Austria as the youngest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. By marriage, she was the Grand Princess of Tuscany and later the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. One of her daughters was Marie de Medici, second wife of King Henry IV of France. Family Joanna was born in Prague as the youngest of 15 children. She never knew her mother and eldest sister as her mother died 2 days after Joanna's birth and her sister Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of Poland, died two years before Joanna was born. Her paternal grandparents were Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile. Her maternal grandparents were King Vladislaus II of Bohe... Biography of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn
Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell, later the Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn) (24 January 1743 – 28 December 1808) was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn. Early life Anne was born in Marylebone, London. She was the only daughter of Simon Luttrell, later first Earl of Carhampton, and his wife, Judith Maria Lawes. Her father was a Member of the House of Commons before being created Baron Irnham in 1768, Viscount Carhampton in 1781 and Earl of Carhampton in 1785. Marriages Anne was first married to a commoner, Christopher Horton (sometimes spelled Houghton) of Catton Hall, on 4 August 1765. She later married Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, the sixth child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Galeazzo Maria Sforza (January 24, 1444 – assassinated, December 26, 1476) was Duke of Milan from 1466 until his death. He was famous for being lustful, cruel and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who had gained the Duchy of Milan, and Bianca Maria Visconti. He married into the Gonzaga family; on the death of his first wife Dorotea Gonzaga, he married Bona of Savoy. Life Galeazzo Maria Sforza was born in Fermo, near the family's castle of Girifalco, the first son of Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti. At the death of his father (March 8, 1466), Galeazzo was in France at the head of a military expedition to help King Louis XI of France against Charles I of Burgundy. Called back home by his mother, Galeazzo returne... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oskar Morgenstern
Oskar Morgenstern (January 24, 1902 – July 26, 1977) was a German-born Economist. He, along with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory (see von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem). Morgenstern was born in Görlitz, Germany. His mother was said to be an illegitimate daughter of Emperor Frederick III of Germany. He was educated in Vienna, and was a recipient of a three year fellowship financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. When Adolf Hitler took over Vienna through the Anschluss, Morgenstern was in the United States and decided it would be a good idea to stay. He became a member of the faculty at Princeton University, but gravitated toward the Institute for Advanced Study. His first book was "Economic Prediction". In 1944, he and von Neumann co-wrote The... Biography of Gifford Beal
Gifford Beal (January 24, 1879 – February 5, 1956) was an American artist noted for his work as a painter, watercolorist, printmaker and muralist. Early life Born in New York City, Gifford Beal was the youngest son in a family of six surviving children. His oldest brother Reynolds Beal (1866–1951) also went on to become an accomplished painter as did his niece Marjorie Acker (1894–1985), who married Duncan Phillips, the founder of The Phillips Collection of Washington D.C. Beal knew from an early age that he wanted to paint. Between 1892 and 1901 he studied with William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) on weekends in New York City and during the summer at Chase’s School in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. After graduating from Princeton University in 1900 he studied at the Art Students ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicole Marie Lenz
Nicole Marie Lenz (born January 24, 1980) is an American actress and fashion model. Lenz grew up in northeast Ohio and started modeling in her teens. She first came to public attention in 2000, including being featured in the November issue of W photographed by Mario Sorrenti, and appearing as the Playmate of the Month for March 2000. She subsequently signed a modeling contract with Elite modeling agency, before appearing on the cover of GQ as well as men's magazines including Italian Max and Stuff magazine, where she was ranked number 94 of the 100 Sexiest Women Of 2007. Lenz made her film debut in August 2003 in Confidence, directed by James Foley, and has since appeared in several independent and feature films, including My Sister's Keeper, Seeing Other People, Toxic, Kush, and Fanbo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julie Gregg
Julie Gregg (born Niagara Falls, January 24, 1944) is an American television, film and stage actress. She generally played supporting or guest, but not lead, roles. She is best known for her portrayal of Sandra Corleone in The Godfather. Very little information is available on her personal life. Roles on television Gregg's first television role was in 1964 as a nurse in McHale's Navy. She guest starred in many television shows in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, in both dramatic and comic roles. For example, she twice appeared on Bewitched, in two different guest roles. The first was in "Double Split," episode no. 62 in season 2, 1966, and the second in 1967 during season 3, episode no. 99, "The Crone of Cawdor." In the latter show, she played Terry Warbell, a magic crone, who stole the you... |
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