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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 6, 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 · 45,654 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,654 Celebrities
146 celebrities or events were found for January, 6. Add to favourites (101 fans)Biography of Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne d'Arc, (January 1412 – May 30, 1431) was a national heroine of France. She asserted that she had visions from God which told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege at Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days. Several more swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne. The renewed French confidence outlasted her own brief career. She refused to leave the field when she was wounded during an attempt to recapture Paris that autumn. Hampered by court intrigues, she led only minor co... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson, born January 6, 1949 in Bourganeuf (Creuse), is a French journalist, producer and TV host.... Add to favourites (46 fans)Biography of Elizabeth Teissier
Élizabeth Teissier, born January 6, 1938 in Algiers, Algeria (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a Swiss and French astrologer and author, and former model and actress. Bibliography * Ne brûlez pas la sorcière, Pauvert, 1976 (épuisé). * Astralement vôtre ou le triomphe d’une vocation, Laffont, 1980 (épuisé). * L’Astrologie, science du XXIe siècle, Edition n° 1, 1988, 1994 (premier livre d’astrologie occidentale traduit en chinois) * Vos Etoiles jusqu’en l’an 2001, Edition n°1, 1989, 1993. * Astrologie Passion, Hachette, 1992 (encyclopédie d’astrologie) (épuisé). * Étoiles et Molécules, Grasset, 1992 (dialogue avec le Dr Henri Laborit). * Les douze Signes du zodiaque, 1994. * Les Etoiles de l’Elysée, Edition n° 1, 1995. * Sous le signe ... Add to favourites (67 fans)Biography of Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. He is best remembered as a founding member of Pink Floyd. He was active as a rock musician for about ten years before going into seclusion.... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Early life Atkinson was born to Ella May and Eric Atkinson, Anglican farmers in the town of Consett, north-west of the city of Durham. His oldest brother is Rodney Atkinson, a eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000. He was educated at Durham Choristers School, followed by St Bees School, and studied electrical engineering at Newcastle University. He continued with an MSc at Qu... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is a British food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Lawson was born to Nigel Lawson, who would become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa Salmon, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. empire. After graduating from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, Lawson started to work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times in 1986. She then embarked upon a career as a freelance journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines. In 1998, Lawson brought out her first cookery book, How to Eat, which sold 300,000 copies and became a bestseller. She went on to write her second book in 2000, How to be a Domestic Goddess, winning her the British Book Award for Author of The Year. ... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Kahlil Gibran
Khalil Gibran (also known as Kahlil Gibran; born Gibran Khalil Gibran, Arabic: جبران خليل جبران, Syriac: ܓ̰ܒܪܢ ܚܠܝܠ ܓ̰ܒܪܢ) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese American artist, poet and writer. He was born in today's Lebanon and spent much of his productive life in the United States. Youth in Lebanon According to a relative of the same name, the Gibran family's origins are obscure. Though his mother was the "offspring of a priestly, and important family", the Gibran clan was "small and undistinguished." He was born in the Christian Maronite town of Bsharri in today's northern Lebanon - at the time, part of the... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Norman Reedus
Norman Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of one of the MacManus brothers in The Boondock Saints. He has also been known to direct several videos and model for various fashion designers. Early Life Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida and months later moved to Los Angeles, California. Leaving home at the early age of twelve, he has lived in many countries including England, Spain and Japan. He was first discovered at a party in L.A. While in Los Angeles, he worked at a Harley Davidson shop in Venice and at the same time contributed artwork to various shows as a painter, photographer, sculptor, and video artist. He got his first taste of acting in the play "Maps for Drowners" at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. C... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (Italian pronunciation: ; born 6 January 1938 (birth time source: Steinbrecher collection, Astrodatabank)) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host. He is the best-selling Italian singer, and the best-selling male artist of Italy. Biography Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia, in Apulia, and had moved north for work. According to urban legend, before beginning his singing career, Celentano was a student of Ghigo Agosti during Agosti's 1955-1956 Northern Italian tour, which was also guitarist Giorgio Gaber's debut. Heavily influenced by his idol Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolutio... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician and member of Sheffield band, Arctic Monkeys. He is the band's lead vocalist and plays lead guitar for the band, as well as being the songwriter. Early life The only child of two teachers, Turner received his first guitar as a Christmas present in 2001 along with neighbour Jamie Cook. According to Turner, Oasis gave him the desire to play the guitar, while the antics of Craig Nicholls - lead singer of Australian rock band The Vines - left him thinking "That's what being a singer is all about". Turner suggests that his performances attempt to replicate those of Nicholls, saying "When we play, I'll do what Craig Nicholls does, be all spaced out." However, it has been the influence of his mother and father (through their ... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Malcolm Young
Malcolm Mitchell Young, born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a founding member of, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm has been described as the business and brains behind AC/DC. As the rhythm guitarist, he is responsible for the broad sweep of AC/DC's sound, and co-writer of the material. But behind the scenes, his word is said to be 'law' on matters such as organising when and where the band go on tour, when to make an album or film soundtrack, and when to meet the media. Before AC/DC Malcolm Young's parents,William and Margaret, emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland to Sydney, Australia in 1963 with their children George, Margaret, Malcolm a... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Steven Forrest
Steven Forrest, born January 6, 1949 in Mt. Vernon, is an American astrologer and writer. Some of his books about astrology : "The Inner Sky," "The Changing Sky," "The Night Speaks" and "The Book of Pluto." His wife, Jodie Forrest, is also an astrologer.... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Irina Shayk
Irina Shayk (sometimes credited as Irina Sheik, born Irina Shaykhlislamova on January 6, 1986 in Yemanzhelinsk, Russia, USSR) is a Russian fashion model known for her 2007 through 2010 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Biography Shayk was born in Yemanzhelinsk.. Since early 2010, she has been dating footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. Career After winning the "Supermodel 2004" Chelyabinsk beauty pageant, scout Guia Jikidze recommended Shayk pursue a career as a model. In 2007, Shayk debuted in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and has appeared in each annual edition since, working with photographers like Pamela Hanson, Steve Erle, Riccardo Tinelli, Rennio Maifredi, and Raphael Mazucco, and shooting in locations such as St. Petersburg, Naples Grenada and Chil... Biography of Pascal Nouma
Pascal Nouma (born 6 January 1972) is a French footballer. He is particularly famous for his eccentric behaviour both on and off the pitch. He started his career in the Paris Saint-Germain youth team before moving around other teams in France. He played for Lille and Caen before moving back to PSG for two seasons in 1994. In 1996 he left for Strasbourg, spending two seasons there before he moving to Lens. After two seasons at Lens, he left for a Turkish club where he achieved phenomenal success and still maintains his popularity among his fans, who composed special songs for him. He played for them for one season, moving to play for Marseille the next year. The next season, but his contract was cancelled by the board following a bizarre incident in which he celebrated a goal against arc... Biography of Vincent Niclot
Vincent Niclo (born in Paris on 6 January 1975) is a French tenor singer. Musical theatre Niclo comes from a family of artists and was interested in theatre and took courses Cours Florent acting school particularly with Raymond Acquaviva. He also followed courses at Simon and trained at Actor Studio. He also studied modern dance. His first role in theatre was in Renaître à Bogota, a play by Marthe Vandenberg. He also acted in a number of television films and series like Sous le soleil, Extrême Limite, Nestor Burma and a role in cinema in Place Vendôme directed by Nicole Garcia. After meeting Thierry Dran at the Paris Opera, he furthered his singing techniques and ended with a role in the musical comedy Titanic i its French version where he played Jim Farrel, followed by other rol... Biography of Olga Georges-Picot
Olga Georges-Picot was a French actress (January 6, 1940 Shangai - June 19, 1997, Paris). She was the daugther of French diplomat Guillaume George-Picot. Her most important film was The Day of the Jackal. The Day of the Jackal is a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1971, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle.... Biography of Océane (actress)
Océane, born January 6, 1975 in Paris, is a French pornographic actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Awards 2001 : Hot d'Or, best French pornographic actress... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He died at the age of 58 . He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc.). Early years Watts was born to middle class parents in the village of Chislehurst (now in the London Borough of Bromley), Kent, England in the yea... Biography of Gustave Doré
Paul Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, and illustrator. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving. Life Doré was born in Strasbourg and his first illustrated story was published at the age of fifteen. Doré began work as a literary illustrator in Paris. Dore's commissions include works by Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and Dante. In 1853 Doré was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. This commission was followed by additional work for British publishers, including a new illustrated English Bible. Doré also illustrated an oversized edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Doré's English Bible (1866) was a great success, and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London. This exhibition led to the foundati... Biography of Andrea Ferreol
Andréa Ferréol (born January 6, 1947) is a French actress. Partial filmography La Grande bouffe (Blow-Out) (1973) Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979) Le Dernier Métro (The Last Metro) (1980) La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982) A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) Nyfes (2004)... Biography of Magalie Vaé
Magalie Vaé is the stage name of Magalie Bonneau, a French singer born on January 6, 1987 in Gonesse (Val-d'Oise). She was the winner of the fifth series of the French Star Academy TV talent show. Magalie Vaé grew up in Thillay, in Val-d'Oise, a small commune of 3700 inhabitants, starting in performance arts at a young age. In September 2005, while studying for her baccalauréat exams, she was chosen to be a competitor on Star Academy. Four months later on the show she ended up the winner, winning 57% of the public vote. This success won her one million euros to record an album. On 6 February 2006, Magalie left for Canada to record the album, produced by Rick Allison. The first single, Je ne suis qu'une chanson (I am but a song) was released 1 month later. Her self-titled album was relea... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Eddie Redmayne
Edward John David "Eddie" Redmayne (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor and model. Redmayne won the 2010 Tony Award as best featured actor in a play for his performance in Red. Biography Early life Redmayne was born in London, England. He attended Eton College, and went on to study History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated with a 2:1 in 2003. He performed with the National Youth Music Theatre (where he was a contemporary of the tenor Nicky Spence). Acting career Theatre Redmayne made his professional stage debut for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Twelfth Night at the Middle Temple Hall in 2002. He won the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 50th Evening Standard Theatre Awards (2004) for his performance in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is... Biography of Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин, Aleksandr Nikolajevič Skriabin; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin or Scriabine (6 January 1872–27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. Scriabin was born into an aristocratic family in Moscow on Christmas Day 1871 according to the Julian Calendar. When he was only a year old, his mother, a concert pianist, died of tuberculosis. Scriabin's father left for Turkey, leaving the young infant with his doting grandmother and great aunt. He studied the piano from an early age, taking lessons with Nikolay Zverev, a strict disciplinarian, who was teaching... Biography of Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician and singer, recording artist and master of the celtic harp who from the early 1970s revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music. Background: learning Breton music and culture Alan was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom. His father Georges (Jord in Breton) Cochevelou was a civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance who achieved his dream of recreating a Celtic or Breton harp in the small town of Gourin, Brittany. In 1953, Alan began playing the instrument at the age of nine under the tutelage of his father and Denise Megevand, a concert harpist. Alan also learned Celtic mythology, art and history as well as the Breton language, traditional Breton d... Biography of Jérémie Renier
Jérémie Renier (born 6 January 1981 in Etterbeek, (birth time source: birth certificate Acte n°43, André Dekoster) is a Belgian actor. He lives in Paris, France. His film debut was in the critically praised La Promesse (1996), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. He became better known to worldwide audiences in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and L'Enfant (2005). The latter was also directed by the Dardenne brothers. Filmographie (source : http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0753737/) 2012 Elefante blanco (post-production) Gerónimo 2012 Cloclo Claude François 2011 Possessions Bruno Caron 2011 Le gamin au vélo Guy Catoul 2011 Les aventures de Philibert, capitaine puceau Philibert 2010 Potiche Laurent Pujol (as Jérémie Rénier) 2010 Trois chats (short) Lui 2... Biography of Nek
Filippo Neviani, also known as Nek (born January 6, 1972), is a popular contemporary Italian singer-songwriter. Some of his hits include “Laura Non C'è” or “Laura no Está” which became a major hit in Europe and Latin America in 1997 being one of the most listened songs of that year, and “Almeno stavolta”. Nek records and performs in both Italian and Spanish. Nek was born in Sassuolo, a small town in the province of Modena. He started his career at a very young age. In 1984, he formed a duo with Gianluca Vaccari that became very famous among local young people. They mostly played at graduation parties, birthdays and other similar events. In 1992 he released his first album as a soloist, but it wasn't until 1996 that he achieved international fame. He took a part of the Sanremo Music F... Biography of Loretta Young
Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah as Gretchen Young (she took the name Michaela at confirmation) she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was three years old. Loretta and her sisters Polly Ann Young and Elizabeth Jane Young (screen name Sally Blane) worked as child actresses, of whom Loretta was the most successful. Young's first role was at age 3 in the silent film The Primrose Ring. The movie's star Mae Murray so fell in love with little Gretchen that she wanted to adopt her. Although her mother declined, Gretchen was allowed to live with Murray for two years. Her half-sister Georgiana (daughter of her mother and stepfather George Belzer) eventually married actor Rica... Biography of A.R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரகுமான்; born January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar (திலீப் குமார்) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards. Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time t... Biography of Capucine (actress)
Capucine (6 January 1928 – 17 March 1990) was a Golden Globe-nominated French actress and fashion model best known for her role as Simone Clouseau in the 1963 comedy The Pink Panther. Born Germaine Lefebvre in Saint-Raphaël (Var), she soon exhibited an independent, non-conformist personality. She attended school in France and received a B.A. in foreign languages. At 17, while riding in a carriage in Paris, a commercial photographer noticed her. She quickly became a successful fashion model, working for fashion houses Givenchy and Christian Dior. She also adopted a new moniker, Capucine (French for nasturtium). During this time, Capucine met future actress Audrey Hepburn. Both were modeling in Paris, and the two would remain friends for the rest of Capucine's life. A manic-depressive, Ca... Biography of Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper is a French pianist, composer, and conductor.... Biography of Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Allyse Reece (born 6 January 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports announcer, and fashion model. Early Life Reece was born in La Jolla, California, to a mother from Long Island, New York, and a Trinidadian father - who died when she was five years old. Her height is inherited mostly from her mother. She was raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and she returned to the U.S. mainland for the eleventh grade. Reece didn't take up sports until then (the 11th grade) when she and her mother moved to St.Petersburg, Florida. Many colleges started recruiting her due to her abilities in sports. She accepted a volleyball scholarship from the Florida State University, where she majored in communications, and in volleyball she led the league in kills four ti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Roué
René Roué, born January 6, 1943 in Charlieu, died July 20, 2002 in Portes-en-Ré (Charente-Maritime), was a French military physician.... Biography of Howie Long
Howard Michael Long (born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. Long has been married since June 27, 1982, to the former Diane Addonizio and they have three sons, one of whom, Christopher, ended an award-winning college career at the University of Virginia in 2007. The family resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. High school career He attended Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Milford Hall of Fame. Long was an all-around athlete, playing football (lettered three years and was named to the Scholastic Coach All-America team as a senior), basketball (lettered three years as a forward), and track (lettered three years, competing in ... Biography of Richard II of England
Richard II (6 January 1367 – 14 February 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Early life Richard was born in Bordeaux at the feast of Epiphany, with three kings present at his birth. His father was Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and his mother was Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". After Richard's elder brother had died in infancy, he became heir to the throne of England (and was created Prince of Wales) in 1376, when the Black Prince died after a wasting illness. The following year his grandfather King Edward III of England also died, making Richard king at the age of 10. During his minority, three 'continual councils' lasting from June 1377 to January 1380 were responsible for the general governing of the country. In reality John of Gaunt, his... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurence Danon
Laurence Danon, born January 6, 1956 in Bordeaux, is a French businesswoman. Danon’s background is in science - she graduated from the elite training school Corps des Mines, holds a degree in organic chemistry, and began her career in 1984 at the French Ministry of Industry. She then switched to business, as many French civil servants do, and worked in the chemical industry for Elf and Bostik Findley. She is married and has two children. Further reading: http://www.ae2010.es/Frontals/Detalle_Contenidos/_tYsBraNzHW580nLdk5iFM2-Q-4YgZLa7p83_4fNxXAM... Biography of Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler (born 6 January 1954 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England) is an actress and producer. She is married to the musician Sting. Trudie Styler attended North Bromsgrove High School, Worcestershire, England, where one of her teachers was Clifford T. Ward. She went on to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and starred in various period BBC productions, including Poldark in 1977. A friend of John Ritchie, after a phone call from Matthew Vaughn's godfather she became an executive producer of Guy Ritchie's films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Along with Sting, she introduced Madonna to her second husband, Ritchie, and is godmother to the couple's son Rocco. Styler lived with Sting for about ten years before marrying him on 20 August 1992. They have... Biography of Lyudmila Putina
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Putina (Russian: Людмила Александровна Путина, Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Putina, née Shkrebneva, Шкребнева; born January 6, 1958, Kaliningrad, Soviet Union) is the wife of former Russian President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In her early years she was a flight attendant for the Kaliningrad branch of Aeroflot. In 1986 Putina graduated from the Branch of Spanish language and philology of the Department of Philology of Leningrad State University, where in 1990-1994 she in turn taught German. She married Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on July 28, 1983; th... Biography of Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte (born 6 January 1937) is a craggy-voiced Italian singer, pianist and composer. He both writes and performs his own material and his grainy, resonant voice redolent of Francophone singers like Jacques Brel adds a certain charm to his wistful, sometimes melancholic lyrics. Career Paolo Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont; Piemonte. Piedmont is one of 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northwest of the country. His performing career began as a vibraphone player in local and touring bands (Saint Vincent Jazz Festival). He began songwriting with his brother Giorgio Conte early on and eventually began writing songs of his own. As a poet, painter and lawyer as well as a musician, he first earned attention during the late '60s and early '70s as the creative force behind hits from ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mickey Hargitay
Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was an actor and Mr. Universe 1955. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He also is noted for his marriage to Jayne Mansfield, and as the father of actress Mariska Hargitay. Early life and sports career Growing up in Hungary, he performed in an acrobatic act with his brothers. He also played soccer and became a champion speed skater. An underground fighter during World War II, Hargitay fled Hungary after the war and moved to the United States. He settled in Cleveland, where he met and married his first wife, Mary Birge (with whom he also had an acrobatic act and one child, Tina, who was born in 1949), and worked as a plumber and carpenter. He was inspired to begin bodybuilding after seeing a magazine cover of Steve Reeves, fa... Biography of Danny Pintauro
Daniel John Pintauro (born January 6, 1976 in Milltown, New Jersey) is an American actor. Career He got his start on the television soap opera As the World Turns and in the movie Cujo. He first came to prominence on the television series Who's the Boss?. After the conclusion of that series, he was less frequently cast. In 1994, he took time off from professional acting and attended Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, and later Stanford University to study English and theater. He graduated in 2001. Pintauro has since returned to the stage in more mature roles including that of the title character in the stage version of The Velocity of Gary. Sexuality The National Enquirer tabloid contacted him in 1997 to inform him that they intended to out him as being gay. He... Biography of John Delorean
John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company. He was most well known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, which was later featured in the movie Back to the Future, and his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking, in an apparent attempt to raise funds for his struggling company, which declared bankruptcy that same year. He successfully defended himself against these charges, showing that his alleged involvement was a result of entrapment by federal agents. Early life John Zachary DeLorean was born on January 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn Pribak DeLorean. The DeLor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Dorval
Marie Dorval (January 6, 1798 - May 20, 1849), was a talented French actress. Early life Born Marie Thomase Amélie Delauney; abandoned by her father when she was five years old, and losing her mother to tuberculosis while still a teenager, at age of 15 she married Alain Dorval, a much older actor, who died five years later. The couple had two children together prior to his death. Stage career Marie began acting on stage in earnest following her husband's death. She did not see great success until the age of 29, when she starred in the French play Trente ans, ou la vie d'un joueur. At the age of 31, Marie married journalist Jean-Toussaint Merle. In January, 1833, female writer George Sand met Marie Dorval after the former wrote the actress a letter of appreciation followin... Biography of Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978), was an English singer and songwriter and is regarded as the pre-eminent British folk rock singer. She emerged in the mid 1960s while still a teenager, performing on the folk revival scene where she displayed her mastery of traditional singing and interpretation. Her song, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?", written during these early years, has been covered by numerous artists and is regarded as a classic of its type. Over a ten-year career Sandy Denny left an extensive legacy and remains influential. She is remembered for her pivotal involvement with the British folk rock movement, where as a member of Fairport Convention, she moved the band away from west coast American cover versions and into performing traditional material and original com... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mark O'Toole
Mark O'Toole (born 6 January 1964, Liverpool, England) is the former bassist and a founding member of 1980s pop band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. A guitarist from a very early age, O'Toole co-wrote hits such as "Relax", "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love". Frankie Goes to Hollywood primarily enjoyed success in 1984, at one time occupying the top two places in the UK Singles Chart. The band split in 1987. Frankie re-formed, along with a new singer in 2004, to take part in a Prince's Trust charity concert at London's Wembley Arena, to celebrate Trevor Horn's 25 years as a record producer. Currently O'Toole lives in South Florida with his wife and son, and is the bass guitar player in the rock band Trapped by Mormons, who released the album Go Go Go in 2003.... Biography of Romain Sardou
Romain Sardou is a successful French novelist born near Paris in 1974. He is the son of the very popular singer and songwriter Michel Sardou. His first novel Forgive us our Sins (2002, translated in 15 languages) is a thriller set in the High Middle Ages. It sold more than 300 000 copies only in France. Since then Romain Sardou wrote two more pieces: The Spark of God and One Second Before Christmas. Romain Sardou began life on 6 January 1974 at Boulogne-Billancourt. Born of a long line of artists, singers, actors, writers, he developed a passion at an early young age for opera - he was just ten years old when he discovered his fascination for Richard Wagner. This precocious love led him to the discovery of the theatre, then literature. His infatuation for reading quickly gained preceden... Biography of Julie Chen
Julie Suzanne Chen (born January 6, 1970) is an American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS. She has 15 years of newscasting experience. She is best known for co-anchoring CBS's The Early Show, alongside Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. She has been the host of the U.S. version of Big Brother since its debut in July 2000. She is currently the starring co-host of the CBS daytime series, The Talk, which features a panel of five hosts, discussing controversial maternal topics and contemporary issues. The Talk premiered on October 18, 2010. Personal life Chen was born in Queens, New York. Chen's mother Wan Ling Chen grew up in Rangoon, Burma, where Chen's grandfather was a leading industrialist. Her father was born in China and was one of the top leaders in the Ku... Biography of Ulrike Mai
Ulrike Mai, born January 6, 1960 in Dresden, is a German actress, famous for her role as Katia Plenske in Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin"), a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one"), written by Fernando Gaitán (also author of Café, con aroma de mujer) and produced by RCN TV. The original season of the serial comedy-drama follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic Berlin fashi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, born January 6, 1802 in Puech, Montgesty, near Cahors, died September 11, 1840 in China, was a French priest and martyr.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Nallet
Henri Nallet, born January 6, 1939 in Bergerac, is a French politician, member of PS (Pari socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emile Argand
Émile Argand (January 6, 1879-September 14, 1940) was a Swiss geologist. He was born in Eaux-Vives near Geneva. He attended vocational school in Geneva then worked as a draftsman. He studied anatomy in Paris, but gave up medicine to pursue his interest in geology. He was an early proponent of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, viewing plate tectonics and continental collisions as the best explanation for the formation of the Alps. He is also noted for his application of the theory of tectonics to the continent of Asia. He founded the Geological Institute of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Awards and honors 1913 Spendiarov Prize 1926 Marcel Benoist Prize A region of wrinkle-ridges on the Moon was named Dorsa Argand after him. There is a road named "Rue Emile-Argan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luciano Virgilio
Luciano Virgilio, born January 6, 1943 in Udine, is an Italian theater actor and former husband of Paola Gassman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin Agricola
Martin Agricola (January 6, 1486 – June 10, 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist. He was born in Schwiebus in Lower Silesia. His German name was Sohr or Sore. From 1524 until his death he lived at Magdeburg, where he occupied the post of teacher or cantor in the Protestant school. The senator and music-printer Rhau, of Wittenberg, was a close friend of Agricola, whose theoretical works, providing valuable material concerning the change from the old to the new system of notation, he published. Among Agricola's other theoretical works is Musica instrumentalis deudsch (1529), a study of musical instruments, and one of the most important works in early organology; and one of the earliest books on the Rudiments of music. Agricola was also the first t... Biography of Edoardo Ponti
Edoardo Ponti, born January 6, 1973 in Ginvera, est one of the four childs of Italian director and producer Carlo Ponti. He is the brother of Carlo Ponti junior, Alessandro Ponti and Guendalina Ponti, and the son of actress Sopfoa Loren. He is the husband of actress Sasha Alexander (August 2007 - ). Filmography Liv (1998) Between Strangers (2001)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie (January 6, 1900—June 12, 1969) was a French journalist, author, politician and member of the French Resistance. Biography Born in Paris, he attended the Naval Academy, but resigned from the French Navy in 1923. He became a journalist and a poet and was involved with the integralist and monarchist journal Action Française, but turned towards the Left after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). When the Second World War broke out, d'Astier re-enlisted into the French Navy and became the head of naval intelligence. However, after the fall of France and the proclamation of Vichy France, he was dismissed for his political dossier. In Lyon, d'Astier joined a group of saboteurs and eventually formed the Resistant group of Libération-sud with Raymond Aubrac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Ulrich
Maurice Ulrich, born January 6, 1925 in Paris, died on November 16, 2012, is a French politician and diplomat, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Biography of Michel Dernies
Michel Dernies, born June 6, 1961 in Nivelles, is a Belgian former road bicycle racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Abergel
Fréderic Abergel, born January 6, 1963, is a French author and former scientific researcher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Gigoux
Jean-François Gigoux, born January 6, 1806 in Besançon, died in 1894, was a French artist, portrait painter and lithographer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat." Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois to Swedish ancestry. At the age of thirteen he left school and began driving a milk wagon. He subsequently became a bricklayer and a farm laborer on the wheat plains of Kansas. After an interval spent at Lombard College in Galesburg, he became a hotel servant in Denver, then a coal-heaver in Omaha. He began his writing career as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News. Later he wrote poetry, history, biographies, novels, children's literature, and film reviews. San... Biography of Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994. Azinger was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He moved down to Sarasota, Florida where he attended and graduated from Sarasota High School. After graduating from Brevard Community College, he attended Florida State University and turned professional in 1981. He finished one shot behind the winner Nick Faldo in the 1987 Open Championship. He won eleven tournaments on the PGA Tour in seven seasons from 1987 to 1993, climaxing in his one major title, the 1993 PGA Championship. He was subsequently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He wrote a book called Zinger about his battle with the disease and was the recipien... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darlene Hard
Darlene Hard (born January 6, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was a tennis player known for her volleying ability and strong serves. She captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Championships in 1960 and 1961. With eight different partners, she won a total of 13 women's doubles titles in Grand Slam tournaments. Her last doubles title, at the age of 33 at the 1969 US Open, came six years after she had retired from serious competition to become a tennis instructor. She also played the US Open singles tournament in 1969, losing in the second round to Françoise Durr 6–3, 6–3. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Hard was ranked in the world top ten from 1957 through 1963, reaching a career high of World No. 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Riccardo Bauer
Riccardo Bauer, born January 6, 1896 in Milan and died October 15, 1982 in Milan, was an Italian politician, socialist, against Mussolini.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Doris Stokes
Doris May Fisher Stokes (January 6, 1920 - May 8, 1987), born Doris Sutton, was a British spiritualist. Her memoirs, public performances, and television appearances helped to raise the profile of spiritualism and promoted a resurgence of interest in psychic phenomena in the 1980s. She was a controversial figure, with some believing her to possess psychic abilities, while sceptics stated that her performances amounted to nothing more than cold reading, a technique used to create the illusion of clairvoyance. Early life Stokes was born in Grantham, Britain. In her memoirs she claimed that she started seeing spirits and hearing disembodied voices in childhood, and developed these abilities further once she joined a local spiritualist church. She was recognised as a practising clairaudi... Biography of Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an American actress, best known for her starring role in the television series One Day at a Time. Personal life Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, an investment banker. Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 13 years old, and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of Good News as a freshman. Later, she moved back to California to attend UCLA. She was married to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970 and to film producer Marvin Minoff from 1980 until his death in November 2009. Minoff had been the executive producer of a television movie called Portrait of a Rebe... Biography of Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was an Academy Award-winning English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. Early life Minghella was born on the Isle of Wight at Ryde, the son of Gloria and Edward Minghella, ice cream factory owners. His father was Italian/Scottish and his mother came from Leeds; her ancestors originally came from Valvori, a small village in the Lazio region of central Italy. Minghella attended Sandown Grammar School and St John's College (Portsmouth). He was a graduate of the University of Hull, where he completed undergraduate and graduate courses, but eventually abandoned his doctoral thesis. Career His first piece of produced work was a 1975 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships. Amateur career Lopez was born in Torrance, California. She won the New Mexico Women's Amateur at age 12, and the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship in 1972 and 1974, at ages 15 and 17, respectively. Playing in the U.S. Women's Open as an 18-year-old amateur in 1975, she finished tied for second. In 1976, Lopez was named All-American and Female Athlete of the Year for her play at the University of Tulsa. She won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championship and was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. She left college after her sop... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) were the inventors of the montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky. Later, in December 1783, in recognition of their achievement, their father Pierre was elevated to the nobility and the hereditary appellation of de Montgolfier by King Louis XVI of France. Early years The brothers were born into a family of paper manufacturers in Annonay, in Ardèche, France. Their parents were Pierre Montgolfier (1700–1793) and his wife, Anne Duret (1701–1760), who had sixteen children. Pierre established his eldest son, Raymond Montgolfier, later Raymond de Montgolfier (173... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Berthe Bovy
Berthe Bovy (6 January 1887–26 February 1977), sometimes known as Betty Bovy, was a Belgian actress who appeared in theatre, films and television programmes for over 60 years. Daughter of poet and journalist Théophile Bovy, she was born in Cheratte, now part of the commune of Visé, in the province of Liège. Seemingly interested in acting from an early age, an interest which her father encouraged, she enrolled in the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels following a meeting with Sarah Bernhardt. From 1904 to 1906 she studied at the CNSAD in Paris. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1907. She was married and divorced three times, first to Charles Gribouval, secretary of the Comédie-Française, secondly with artist Ion Anton Ion-Don, and thirdly, in 1929, with Pierre Jules Louis Laudenb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinrich Nordhoff
Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer famous for his leadership of the Volkswagen company as it was rebuilt after World War II. Nordhoff attended technical college in Berlin, where he became a member of the Roman Catholic fraternity Askania-Burgundia, and in 1927, began work for BMW working on aircraft engines, but soon went to work for Opel where he gained experience of the automotive industry. Following the war, he was appointed Managing Director of Volkswagen, assuming the position on 2 January 1948. Nordhoff became legendary from turning the Volkswagen Beetle into a worldwide automotive phenomenon. He pioneered the idea of constant improvement - improving the car's underpinnings while keeping the styling the same. He gave liberal benefi... Biography of Max Bruch
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 2, 1920) also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, one of which is a staple of the violin repertoire. Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he received his early musical training under the composer and pianist Ferdinand Hiller, to whom Robert Schumann dedicated his piano concerto. Ignaz Moscheles recognized his aptitude. He had a long career as a teacher, conductor and composer, moving among musical posts in Germany: Mannheim (1862-1864), Koblenz (1865-1867), Sondershausen, (1867-1870) Berlin (1870-1872), Bonn, where he spent 1873 -1878 working privately. At the height of his reputation he spent three seasons as conductor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Steiner
Claude Steiner was born January 6, 1935 in Paris, France. His parents were Austrian, his mother Jewish and his father Christian. The family left France in 1939 ahead of the impending Nazi invasion. Eventually the family settled in Mexico. In 1952, Steiner went to the United States to study engineering. In 1957 he met and became a follower of Eric Berne, psychiatrist and founder of the transactional analysis school of psychotherapy. In 1965 he obtained a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is founding member and teaching member of the International Transactional Analysis Association. In the 1970s and '80s, Steiner was a founder and practitioner of Radical Psychiatry, a new approach to psychotherapy based in a social theory (of alienation) rather t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julio Maria Sanguinetti
Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (b. 6 January 1936, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan politician and journalist, as well as a former President of Uruguay (from March 1985 until March 1990, and, again, from March 1995 until March 2000) for the Partido Colorado. A lawyer and journalist by profession, he was born into a middle-class family of Italian origin. He studied Law and Social Sciences at the University of Montevideo. He received his law degree in 1961, and later combined his legal practice with work as a journalist. He had already been writing for the press, first in the weekly Canelones and later, since 1955, as a columnist for Acción, a newspaper established by the then-President, Luis Batlle, for which he covered events such as the Cuban Revolution (1959) and carried on until ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles-Guillaume Étienne
Charles-Guillaume Étienne (January 6, 1778 - March 13, 1845) was a French dramatist and miscellaneous writer. He was born in Chamouilley, Haute Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1796 to Paris, where he produced his first opera, Le Rêve, in 1799, in collaboration with Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick. Although Étienne continued to write for the Paris theatres for twenty years from that date, he is remembered chiefly as the author of one comedy, which excited considerable controversy. Les Deux Gendres was represented at the Théâtre Français on August 11, 1810, and procured for its author a seat in the Académie Française. A rumour was put in circulation that Étienne had drawn largely on a manuscript play in the imperial library, entitled Conaxa, ou les g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Murray Rose
Iain Murray Rose AM was born on 6 January 1939 in Birmingham, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II. He took up swimming as a boy and was an Olympic Games champion at age seventeen. Rose became an Olympian for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He won the 400 metre and 1500 metre freestyle races and was a member of the winning team in the 4x200 metre relay. Winning three gold medals in his home country immediately made him a national hero. He was the youngest Olympian to be awarded three gold medals in one Olympic Games. Afterwards, Rose moved to the United States to study at the University of Southern California. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Rose again won an Olympic gold medal. He also won a silver and a bronze bring... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul (January 6, 1912–May 19, 1994) was a French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, lay theologian, and Christian anarchist. He wrote several books about the "technological society" and the interaction between Christianity and politics. A philosopher who approached technology from a deterministic viewpoint, Ellul, professor at the University of Bordeaux, authored 58 books and more than a thousand articles over his lifetime, the dominant theme of which has been the threat to human freedom and Christian faith created by modern technology. His constant concern has been the emergence of a "technological tyranny" over humanity. As a philosopher and lay theologian, he further explored the religiosity of the technological society. Life and influences Ellul was born in Bord... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 (source: Imdb) – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy, or The Danny Thomas Show. He is also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He is the father of Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas and Tony Thomas. Early life Thomas was born Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob in Deerfield, Michigan, son of Charles Yakhoob and his wife Margaret Christen. His parents were Maronite Catholic immigrants from Lebanon, and the family spoke Arabic at home. Thomas was raised in Toledo, Ohio, attending St. Francis de Sales Church (Roman Catholic), Woodward High School and finally The University of Toledo. He married Rose Marie Cassaniti in 1936, a week after h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Ipousteguy
Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy (January 6, 1920(1920-01-06) – February 8, 2006(2006-02-08)), a French sculptor, was born "Jean Robert" in Dun-sur-Meuse. Studied painting and drawing in Paris in 1938, under Robert Lesbounit. After World War II, he earned his living creating frescos and stained glass windows for Saint-Jacques, Petit-Montrouge. In the 1950s, at about the same time he turned from oil painting to sculpture and other media, the artist chose to add his mother's maiden name, "Ipoustéguy", to his name, since "Robert" is a common surname in France. In 1979, his largest sculpture, L'homme construit sa ville, was installed at the Congress Centre in Berlin. In 1982 Place Pradel, in Lyon. In 1985 Arthur Rimbaud, in Paris In 1989 A la santé de la Révolution, in Bagnolet (Fra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joan Hess
Joan Hess, born January 6, 1949 ni Fayetteville, Arkansas, is an American writer. She is the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Maggody mystery series. She is a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bibliography Series Claire Malloy 1. Strangled Prose (1986) 2. The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (1986) 3. Dear Miss Demeanor (1987) 4. A Really Cute Corpse (1988) 5. A Diet to Die for (1989) 6. Roll Over and Play Dead (1991) 7. Death By the Light of the Moon (1992) 8. Poisoned Pins (1993) 9. Tickled to Death (1994) 10. Busy Bodies (1995) 11. Closely Akin to Murder (1996) 12. A Holly Jolly Murder (1997) 13. A Conventional Corpse (2000... Biography of Camila Grey
Camila Grey (Camila Cristinna Gutierrez, born January 6, 1979 in Dallas, Texas) is a Los Angeles based musician currently performing in the duo Uh Huh Her. Grey was formerly the bassist and keyboardist for the band Mellowdrone. She has also worked with such artists as Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Tricky, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Kelly Osbourne. Background Grey began playing piano as a child, and attended the Suzuki music school. She later attended college at Berklee College of Music. This is presumably where she met Mellowdrone bandmate Jonathan Bates, who attended the school for awhile as well. After graduating, Grey moved to L.A. and began working as a session singer vocalist. Her work includes the soundtracks to Something's Gotta Give, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Catwoman, and the tel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Earl Scruggs
Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style (now called Scruggs style) on the 5-string banjo that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Although other musicians had played in 3-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in the "Blue Grass Boys". Scruggs built on earlier styles to develop a truly new and readily identifiable style, involving: unprecedented smoothness, syncopation, and uninterrupted flow; a large vocabulary of unique and original licks; blues and jazz phrases, evident in backup and in solos such as "Foggy Mountain Special;" and an overall coherency and polish that other stylists lacked, which inspired imitation by newer generations ... Biography of Paul Lacuria
French priest Paul Lacurian, born January 6, 1806 in Lyon, died in 1890, was a theosopher, occulist, and writer.... Biography of Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi (小林 正寛, Kobayashi Masahiro?) (May 16, 1971 in Hokkaido -) is a Japanese actor, singer and film director who is most known for portraying Barret Wallace in the Japanese versions of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII as well as portraying Teruaki Takeda in the tokusatsu film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He has also appeared in Seija No Koushin as Tatsuo Inose, Hajime No Ippo as Jason Ozuma and GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka as Hajime Hakamada. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040823/ ) # "Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth" (2007) TV mini-series # Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006) (VG) (voice: Japanese version) .... Barret Wallace # Final Fantasy VII... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pépito Elhorga
Pépito Elhorga (born Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire, 6 January 1978) is a French rugby player. He currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 club competition, and previously played for Biarritz Olympique and SU Agen. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.... Biography of Mina Agossi
Mina Agossi, born January 6, 1972 in Besançon, is a French and Beninese jazz singer. Discography * 1997 : Voice and Bass (Candid) * 2000 : Alkemi (avec Philippe Combelle, autoproduit) * 2001 : E.Z. pass to Brooklyn (live) (Cristal Records, 2121) * 2004 : Carrousel (Cristal Records, 0415) * 2005 : Zaboum!!, compilation des deux derniers albums pour l'Angleterre (Candid) * 2005 : Well You Needn't (Candid) * 2007 : Who Wants Love? Live at Jazz Standard, New York City (Candid) * 2008 : Simple Things? (Candid) * 2010 : Just Like a Lady (Naïve Records)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emil Steinberger
Emil Steinberger (born January 6, 1933, Luzern) is a Swiss comedian, writer, director and actor. He is well known as Emil in Switzerland and Germany for his acts on television in the 1970s and 1980s. He married Niccel Kristuf (28 May 1999 - present). Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825835/ ) # Niklaus und Sammy (1991) # "Flucht mit Luzifer" (1987) TV mini-series .... Polizist Valloton # Kaiser und eine Nacht (1985) # Kassettenliebe (1982) .... Felix Stamm # The Formula (1980) .... Postal Clerk # Messidor (1979) # The Swissmakers (1978) .... Moritz Fischer ... aka "Die Schweizermacher" - Switzerland (original title) # Emil auf der Post (1975) (TV) .... Emil... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Lilly
John Cunningham Lilly (January 6, 1915 – September 30, 2001) was an American physician, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher and writer. He was a pioneer researcher into the nature of consciousness using as his principal tools the isolation tank, dolphin communication, and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination. He was a member of the Californian counterculture of scientists, mystics and thinkers that arose in the late 1960s and early 70s. Career summary Lilly was a qualified physician and psychoanalyst. He made contributions in the fields of biophysics, neurophysiology, electronics, computer science, and neuroanatomy. He invented and promoted the use of the isolation tank as a means of sensory deprivation. He also invented the peak-flow meter. He was also a pioneer in atte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Didier Vermeersch
Didier Vermeersch, born on January 6, 1953 in Bruges, is a Belgian author and professor (source: Lescaut).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Freeh
Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) was the 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving from September 1993 to June 2001. Freeh began his career as an agent of the FBI, and was later an assistant United States Attorney and a United States district court judge, the position he held when appointed FBI director. He is now a lawyer and consultant in the private sector. He acquired Italian citizenship on October 23, 2009 Early life and career Born January 6, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Louis Freeh was educated by the Christian Brothers and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in 1971. He received a J.D. degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark in 1974 and an LL.M. degree in criminal law from New York University School of Law in 1984. Freeh was a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Chatillon
Pierre Chatillon, born January 6, 1939 in Nicolet, Quebec, is a Canadian poet, novelist, writer, musician and composer.... Biography of Paolo Camossi
Paolo Camossi (born 6 January 1974 in Gorizia) is an Italian triple jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.45 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Milan. This result places him second on the all-time Italian performers list, behind Fabrizio Donato. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1997 Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st Triple jump 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th Long jump 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 5th Triple jump 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd Triple jump Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 8th Triple jump 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1nd Triple jump World Championships Edmonton, Canada 11th Triple... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Octave Ferroud
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, born January 6, 1900 in Chasselay near Lyon, died August 17, 1936 in Debrecen (Hungary) (car crash), was a French musician, author and composer. Selected works Andante cordial Types (Vieux Beau - Bourgeoise de qualité - Businessman)(1922-1924) Foules (1922-1924) Sérénade Chirugie 1927 (opéra-comique) Jeunesse (1929-1933) (ballet en deux tableaux) Chansons de Fous Sonnerie pour le Hérault (1935) le Porcher (1924) {ballet} l'éventail de Jeanne (1927) (ballet) Monte-Carlo (1928) Sérénade pour orchestre (1927) Symphonie en la (1930) Chirurgie vers. orchestrale (1930) Trois pièces pour flûte seule (1920-1921) Spiritual (1926) Sonate pour violon et piano (1929) Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (1930) Trio à vent en mi (1933) Quat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enzo Sacchi
Enzo Sacchi (January 6, 1926 in Firenze – July 12, 1988 in Firenze) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 1.000m sprint scratch race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He was a professional rider from 1952 to 1965.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jõao Vanin
Jõao Vanin, born on January 6, 1948 in Curitiba, Paraná, is a Brazilian Catholic priest and psychologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Tarneaud
Jean Tarneaud, born January 6, 1888 in Jarnac, died in 1972, was a French physician and otorhinolaryngologist. Works * Tarneaud (J), 1933, Le nodule de la corde vocale, Paris, Maloine. * Tarneaud (J), 1937, La stroboscopie du larynx, séméiologie stroboscopique des maladies du larynx et de la voix, Paris, Maloine. * Tarneaud (J) et Borel-Maisonny (S), 1941, Traité pratique de phonologie et de phoniatrie, la voix - la parole - le chant, Paris, Maloine. Première édition. * Tarneaud (J), 1944, Laryngites chroniques et laryngopathies, Paris, Maloine. * Tarneaud (J), 1946, Le chant, sa construction sa destruction, Paris, Maloine. * Tarneaud (J) et Seeman (M), 1950, La voix et la parole, études cliniques et thérapeutiques, Paris, Maloine. * Tarneaud (J), 195... Biography of Maurice Abravanel
Maurice Abravanel (January 6, 1903 – September 22, 1993) was a Swiss-American Jewish conductor of classical music. He is remembered as the conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years. Life Abravanel was born in the Greek Macedonian city of Salonika (now Thessaloniki, Greece), then within the Ottoman Empire . He came from an illustrious Sephardic Jewish family, which was expelled from Spain in 1492 (see Isaac Abrabanel). Abravanel's ancestors settled in Salonika in 1517, and his parents were both born there. In 1909, the Abravanel family moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, where the father, Edouard de Abravanel, was a successful pharmacist. For several years, the Abravanels lived in the same house as Ernest Ansermet, the conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. The... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Jacques Roux
Jean-Jacques Roux, born January 6, 1932 in Fargues-sur-Ourbise, is a French scientist, bacteriologist and virologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anselme Payen
Anselme Payen (January 6, 1795 - May 12, 1878) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose. Payen was born in Paris. He began studying science with his father when he was 13-year-old, and later studied Chemistry at the École Polytechnique under the chemists Louis Nicolas Vauquelin and Michel Eugène Chevreul. At the age of 23, Payen became manager of a borax-refining factory, where he developed a process for synthesizing borax from soda and boric acid. Previously, all borax had been imported from the East Indies exclusively by the Dutch. Payen's new method of synthesizing borax allowed him to sell the mineral at one third the going price, and break the Dutch monopoly. Payen also developed processes for refining sugar, along with a ... Biography of Thomas Dewar
Thomas Robert "Tommy" Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar (6 January 1864 – 11 April 1930) was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family label, Dewar's, into an international success. They blended their whisky to make it more appealing to the international palate and Dewar demonstrated particular skills in marketing, travelling the world to find new markets and promote his product, exploiting romantic images of Scotland and tartan in his advertising. Life Dewar was born in 1864 in Perth, Scotland. The son of John Dewar, Sr., he was exposed at a very young age to the spirit industry in Scotland as his father founded the John Dewar & Sons, Ltd. He earned his education in Perth, as well as in Edinburgh and he soon realized that farming was not his calling.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Sirven
Alfred Sirven, born January 6, 1926 in Toulouse, died February 12, 2005 in Deauville (heart attack), was a French businessman, a former executive at Elf Aquitaine.... Biography of Helen Kleeb
Helen Kleeb (January 6, 1907, South Bend, Washington — December 28, 2003, Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television actress. In a career covering nearly fifty years, she may be best-known for her role as "Miss Mamie Baldwin" on CBS's The Waltons (1972–81). In 1956-57, she guest-starred on CBS's Hey, Jeannie!, starring Jeannie Carson. In the 1960-1961 television season, Kleeb appeared as Miss Claridge, a legal secretary, on the ABC sitcom Harrigan and Son, starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry. She appeared in episodes of, among other television shows, Dennis the Menace, I Love Lucy and Get Smart, as well as in small film roles (The Manchurian Candidate, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte). She died in 2003, nine days before her 97th birthday, in Los Angeles, and was int... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Magali Lunel
Magali Lunel, born January 6, 1975 in Paris, is a French television journalist and personality. Lunel has anchored for several rolling news channels in France, including LCI and Infosport. Her amiable style and shapely good looks brought her to national attention. In May 2008, TF1, France's most widely-viewed channel, announced that she would take over as host of the popular show Droit a Savoir from Charles Villeneuve. Acknowledging a fall in audience figures, TF1 President Nonce Paolini said that he hoped the re-launch of Droit a Savoir would act as a boost to the channel's audience figures.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961), often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. Background Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and was baptized by Elder H.G. Ball in the Primitive Baptist Church, also known as Old Line Baptist or Hard Shell Baptist Church. Rayburn graduated from Mayo College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) in Commerce, which was located in northeast Texas. He attended the University of Texas School of Law while teaching school, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1908. Just after being admitted to the bar, he won election to the Texas House of Representa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Grant (basketball)
Paul Edward Grant (born January 6, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Grant attended Brother Rice High School in Michigan, and played at Boston College for three seasons, but then transferred to Wisconsin for his senior year. He was named honorable mention All-Big Ten after leading the Badgers in scoring, field goal percentage, and blocked shots. He also played in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and the Nike Desert Classic. Grant was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the 20th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He was on the injured list for his entire rookie season because of a right midfoot sprain. He finally made his NBA debut on February 5, 1999 in a 110–92 win over the Denver Nuggets. On March 11, 1999, h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Bogart
Stephen Bogart, born January 6, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, is the son of actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall. He was 8 when his father died. He is now a writer and novelist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Richardson
Larry Richardson, born on January 6, 1941 in Minerva, Ohio, is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin John O'Neill
Martin John O'Neill, born January 6, 1945 in Edinburgh, is a Scottish politician, a Member of Parliament (Labour).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Favre de Vaugelas
Claude Favre de Vaugelas (6 January 1585 – February 1650) was a French grammarian and man of letters. Although a life-long courtier, Claude Favre was widely known by the name of one of the landed estates he owned as seigneur of Vaugelas and baron of Peroges. Born at Meximieux, in the Ain département of France, he became gentleman-in-waiting to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and continued faithful to this prince in his disgrace, although his fidelity cost him a pension from the crown on which he was largely dependent. His thorough knowledge of the French language and the correctness of his speech won him a place among the original members of the Académie française in 1634. On the representation of his colleagues his pension was restored so that he might have leisure to pursue his Remarques ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nelson Paillou
Nelson Paillou, born January 6, 1924 in Bordeaux, died November 17, 1997, was a French handball player and President of Comité national olympique et sportif français.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stéphane Joulin
Stéphane Joulin (born 1971) is a French team handball player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th. He also participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed sixth.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Saul Raisin
Saul Raisin (born January 6, 1983 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American former professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole. Career Raisin began racing mountain bikes at 13, and moved to road bikes when he was 17. Raisin had a good start to his professional career with Crédit Agricole in 2005, coming 37th in the Tour de Suisse, later having the best result of his career with a 13th place in the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt (or Tour of Austria). He then went on to win the King of the Mountains jersey in the Tour de l'Avenir. In early 2006 Raisin won the third stage of the Le Tour de Langkawi and ended the Malaysian Tour placed eleventh overall. In 2003 Saul won Best Young Rider at the Tour de Georgia. At the 2006 Tour of California Raisin came 17th overall. He raced ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Baudrillart
Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, Orat. (6 January 1859 – 19 May 1942) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris from 1907 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. Biography Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart was born in Paris, to Henri and Marie (née Sacy) Baudrillart. His father was professor of political economy at Collège de France, editor in chief of the Journal des Économistes, and a member of Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Baudrillart's maternal grandfather, Samuel Ustazade de Sacy, was redactor in chief of the Journal des débats and a member of the Académie française. Raised in the Latin Quarter, Baudrillart entered École Bossuet in 1868, and later the Collège Louis le Grand. In 18... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Gauja
Maurice Gauja, born on January 6, 1867 in Toulon, Var (source for his time of birth: Lescaut), was a French physician, a Member of the Académie des sciences Morales et Politiques.... Biography of Tatiana Moukhine
Tatiana Moukhine, born on January 6, 1922 in Alexandria, Egypt, is a French actress and comedian of Russian descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609675/ ) 1994 Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles Isabelle Romée 1985 Les enfants Natasha 1981 Le fleuve rouge (TV movie) Ludmila Priakhina 1981 L'amour nu La dame au tricot 1979 Mireille dans la vie des autres Germaine 1978 L'amour violé La mère de Nicole 1975 La preuve par treize (TV series) La femme de César 1975 Naïves hirondelles (TV movie) Mme Séverin 1975 Lily, aime-moi La mère de Lily/Lily's mother 1974 La femme de Jean Christine 1972 Alberte (TV mini-series) Marusjka 1971 La cavale... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kid Gavilan
Gerardo González (January 6, 1926 in Berrocal, Camagüey - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a native of the city of Camagüey. Early career Gavilan was managed by Yamil Chade, a part Lebanese, part Cuban boxing manager (based in Puerto Rico) who also directed the careers of Wilfredo Gómez, Wilfred Benítez, Carlos De León and Félix Trinidad among others. Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana. His first ten bouts were in Havana, and then he had one in Cienfuegos, but soon he returned to Havana for three more wins. After 14 bouts, he left Cuba for his first fight abroad, and he beat Julio César ... Biography of John Singleton
John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his early films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy. He branched out into mainstream territory with the blockbuster 2 Fast 2 Furious and Four Brothers. Early life Singleton was born in Los Angeles, the son of heila Cali Singleton, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and Danny Singleton, a real estate agent, mortgage broker, and financial planner. He attended Pasadena City College and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He graduated from USC in 1990, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Singleton was enrolled in the Un... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edward Gierek
Edward Gierek (Polish pronunciation: ; January 6, 1913 – July 29, 2001) was a Polish communist politician. He was born in Porąbka, outside of Sosnowiec. He lost his father to a mining accident in a pit at the age of four. His mother married again and emigrated to northern France, where he was raised. He joined the French Communist Party in 1931 and was later deported to Poland for organizing a strike. After his military service in Stryj, Galicia, Gierek went to Belgium in 1934, where he joined the Communist Party of Belgium while working in the coal mines of Waterschei. During World War II, he remained activist of the Communist Party of Belgium. He returned to Poland in 1948 and rose through the party ranks to become by 1957 a member of the Polish parliament. As first secretary of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Busquin
Philippe Busquin (born on 6 January 1941 in Feluy (birth time source: Lescaut)) is a Belgian politician. He was Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Busquin was the chairman of the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel. He also was a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. From 1999 to 2004, he was Member of the European Commission with responsibility for research. His tendency to stutter has been ridiculed on a number of viral videos posted on Youtube, most famously i... Biography of Harry M. Miller
Harry Maurice Miller (born 6 January 1934) is an Australian promoter and publicist. Early career Born in New Zealand, Miller grew up in Grey Lynn, Auckland, and moved to Australia in 1963, where he established a company called Pan Pacific Productions with Keith and Dennis Wong, owners of the noted Sydney nightclub "Chequers". During the 1960s, Pan Pacific promoted many concert and theatrical tours of Australia and New Zealand, including Louis Armstrong, Arthur Rubinstein, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys. In 1969, Miller discovered 16-year-old American singer Marcia Hines in Boston, Massachusetts and cast her in the Australian stage version of Hair which he was producing. Hines flew to Australia, unaware that she was already six months pregnant, and Miller acted as her legal ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cary Middlecoff
Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative. Middlecoff was born in Halls, Tennessee. He graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He played collegiate golf at the University of Mississippi where he was the school's first golf All-American in 1939. He won the Tennessee State Amateur Championship four straight years (1940–1943). He won a PGA Tour tournament as an amateur in 1945, and then turned professional in 1947. During his playing career, Middlecoff won 40 professional tournaments, including the 1955 Masters and U.S. Open titles in 1949 and 1956. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Blisko
Serge Blisko is a French politician, born on the 6th of January, 1950 at Nancy. He was reelected as the member of the seventh legislature (spanning from 2007 to 2012) for the tenth Parisian constituency. He is a socialist, a doctor, and a member of the municipal government for the thirteenth borough of Paris. List of Mandates held 05/11/1983 - 01/04/1986 : MP 17/03/1986 - 22/03/1992 : Member of the regional council of the Île-de-France region. 01/01/1993 - 18/06/1995 : Member of the general council of Paris. 01/01/1993 - 18/06/1995 : Member of the council of Paris. 19/06/1995 - 18/03/2001 : Member of the general council of Paris. 19/06/1995 - 18/03/2001 : Member of the council of Paris. 01/06/1997 - 18/06/2002 : MP 19/03/2001 - 16/03/2008 : Membe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Schockert
Claude Schockert, born on January 6, 1940 in Foug, Meurthe-et-Moselle, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard (2000- ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léonce Bourliaguet
Léonce Bourliaguet, born on January 6, 1895 in Thiviers, died on March 26, 1965 in Malemort-sur-Corrèze, was a French writer and teacher. Selected bibliography: La Geste des Bestes, Bestions et Bestioles - 1935 la trilogie des « gangsters » de la Mardondon (Quatre du cours moyen, Les farauds de la Mardondon, Le maquis de la Mardondon) Les aventures de Flosco (SUDEL 1936, réédition 1951 et Magnard 1981) (Trois étoiles filantes, Trois balles sifflantes, Trois voiles claquantes) les aventures du petit rat Justin (t.1) (t.2 : Sept peaux de bêtes, 1939 ; t.3 : Justin chez les hommes, 1942) ; ces trois titres sont illustrés par Édouard Bernard Par monts et par vaux (1945) illustré par Bresson Contes de mon père le Jars (Hachette 1944, réédition 1964) Les Con... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vittorio Monti
Vittorio Monti (6 January 1868 – 20 June 1922) was an Italian composer, violinist, and conductor. Monti was born in Naples, where he studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella. Around 1900 he got an assignment as the conductor for the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris, where he wrote several ballets and operettas, for example, Noël de Pierrot. His only famous work is his Csárdás, written around 1904 and played by almost every gypsy orchestra.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max Théret
Max Théret (6 January 1913 - 25 February 2009) was the co-founder of Fnac, originally Fédération nationale d’achats des cadres, or National Purchasing Federation of Managers, alongside André Essel. He was also an antifacist activist and a believer of Trotskyism. Political career Before the rise of the extreme right, Max Théret often engaged with street battles against French Stalinists during the years following the death of Lenin and the intense power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky. Between 1936 and 1939, Max Théret joined the battle against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. After which he returned to France, where he met with Trotsky who was in exile, and became his informal bodyguard. During the Second World War he fought for the French army, and joined the resistance duri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Byrne (playwright)
John Byrne (born 6 January 1940 (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford, British Entertainers 1997)) is a Scottish playwright and artist. Life John Byrne was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire where he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963. Byrne has received several Honorary Doctorates: in 1997 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paisley, in 2004 he was made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, in 2006 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the Robert Gordon University Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and in 2011 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Dundee. He currently lives in Edinburgh with his children, twins ... Biography of Tom Mix
Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and screenwriter, and the star of many early Western movies. Between 1909 and 1935, Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed. Early years Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880 in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles (60 km) north of State College, Pennsylvania, to Edwin and Elizabeth Mix. He grew up in nearby Dubois, Pennsylvania, where his father, a stable master for a wealthy lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses. He spent time working on a local farm owned by John Dubois, a lumber businessman. He had ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon Bérard
Léon Bérard (6 January 1876 in Sauveterre-de-Béarn – 24 February 1960 in Saint-Étienne) was a French politician and lawyer. He was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 1932 and was elected to the Académie française in 1934. Bérard was the Ambassador from Vichy France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1945. Léon Bérard and esperanto Léon Bérard was strongly opposed to esperanto, which he considered an instrument of Internationalism and a potential rival of French as a diplomatic language. As Minister of Public Instruction he banned the teaching or the promotion of esperanto in public schools, and had a prominent role in the rejection by the League of Nations of a resolution in favor of the adoption of esperanto as an auxili... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Blanzat
Jean Blanzat, born on January 6, 1906 in Domps, died in 1977, was a French novelist, journalist, and a member of the French Resistance. Works: Enfance, 1930 À moi-même ennemi, Grasset, L'Orage du matin, 1942 La Gartempe, 1957 Gallimard, Le Faussaire, 1964 L'Iguane, 1966... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas, Jr. (pronounced /əˈriːnɨs/; born January 6, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays as a point guard and shooting guard. Arenas attended Grant High School in Los Angeles, and accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Arizona late in his junior year. He entered the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected with the 31st overall pick by the Golden State Warriors. Arenas is a three-time NBA All-Star, three-time member of the All-NBA Teams, and was voted the NBA Most Improved Player in the 2002–03 season. Arenas was most often nicknamed "Agent Zero," but has increasingly been referred to as "Hibachi," a nod to the small Japanese heating device, which liter... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Perrin
Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut. Background Perrin was born 6 January 1963, in Meknes, Morocco, but considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. He entered the French École polytechnique (Paris) in 1982 and graduated as "Ingénieur Polytechnicien" (engineering degree) in 1985. Perrin then received his Test Pilot Licence in 1993 from the École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception (EPNER), the French Test Pilot School at Istres Air Force Base and received his Air Line Pilot Certificate in 1995. Awards and honors Awarded his pilot’s wings "first of his class" in 1996 French Air Force award for Flight Safety (2) in 1989 French Overseas Medal (Gulf War, 1991) French National Defens... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Judith Rakers
Judith Rakers (born 6 January 1976 in Paderborn, West Germany) is a German journalist and television presenter. Biography Rakers grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. After graduating from the Pelizaeus-Gymnasium Paderborn from 1995 to 2001, she studied journalism and communication studies, German philology and modern and contemporary history at the University of Münster. In parallel, Rakers worked as a radio presenter at the NRW-local radio stations; Radio Hochstift and Antenne Münster. From January 2004 to 17 January 2010, Rakers presented the Hamburg Journal for local TV-station Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Since 2005, Rakers presents the Tagesschau news programme on ARD, as well as reading the news in the Tagesthemen, Nachtmagazin and Morgenmagazin. In addition to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ali ibn Husayn
Alī ibn Ḥusayn (Arabic: علي بن حسين زين العابدين) (approximately 6 January 659 - 20 October 712) is a great-grandson of Muhammad as well as the fourth Shī‘ah Imām (the third Imām according to Ismā‘ilī Islam). His mother was Shahrbānū and his father was Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī. His brothers include ‘Alī al-Aṣghar ibn Ḥusayn and ‘Alī al-Akbar ibn Ḥusayn. He is known as Zayn al-Abidīn "Beauty/Best of the Worshippers". He is also referred to as Imām al-Sajjad "the Prostrating Imām" and Sayyid as-Sājjadīna wa r-Rāki‘īn "Leader of Those who Prostrate and Bow". ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Le Comte de Bouderbala
Le Comte de Bouderbala, born Sami Ameziane, January 6, 1979 in Saint-Denis, is a French and Algerian humorist and a former basketball player. External link: http://www.lecomtedebouderbala.com/... Biography of Tiffany Pollard
Tiffany "New York" Pollard (born January 6, 1982) is an American reality television personality and actress. She is best known for her participation in VH1's Flavor of Love and I Love New York television series. Pollard was given the nickname "New York" by rapper Flavor Flav, whom she dated on both season 1 and season 2 of Flavor of Love. Pollard is also known colloquially by her self-proclaimed nickname, the "HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge)", which she exclaimed in the Flavor of Love series in an attempt to taunt her competitors. Personal life Pollard was born in Utica, New York to Michelle Rothschild-Patterson (also known as "Sister Patterson") and Alex Pollard. She has an older brother named Derek. Pollard attended John F. Kennedy Middle School and graduated from Thomas R. Proctor Hig... Biography of Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist, and musician. He may be best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the English voice of Ichigo Kurosaki in the hit anime series Bleach, Vash the Stampede in Trigun and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. He is also a two-time American Anime Award nominee. Biography Early life Bosch was born John Jay Bosch in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Garland, Texas. His mother is Korean, and his father is of German and Irish descent. Power Rangers Bosch is best known for his role as Adam Park in the hit show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, for which he was cast at age 18. During the second season, three of the actors w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Natali Thanou
Natali Thanou (Serbian: Натали Тану, Greek: Νάταλι Θάνου) (born January 6, 1983 in Belgrade) is a Serbian-Greek model and singer, most known as the Greek Playmate of the year 2007. She was born Natalija Šoša (Наталија Шоша) in the capital of Serbia in 1983. She attended music school. She began her modeling career when she was 16 years. Since 2005 she lives in Athens, Greece where she was part of a music and dance group. In June, 2007, she received the title as "Playmate of the year 2007". After the release of her first single "Why Not" she became famous for her singing with the song becoming a club hit ... Biography of Milka Chulina
Milka Yelisava Chulina Urbanich (born January 6, 1974 in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela) is Miss Venezuela 1992, second runner-up to Miss Universe 1993 and Top 15 semifinalist at Miss International 1994. Miss Venezuela Chulina grew up in Maracay, Venezuela and competed in 1992 as Miss Aragua in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1993. Miss Universe As the official representative of her country to the 1993 Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 1993, she got the highest semifinal interview score ever seen in the history of the pageant, a combined score of 9.843, and still holds the record. In the end, she placed second runner-up to Miss Universe 1993. Miss International ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Haley
Charles Lewis Haley (born January 6, 1964) is a former American football linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League who played for the San Francisco 49ers (1986–1991, 1998–1999) and the Dallas Cowboys (1992–1996). He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1986 NFL Draft out of James Madison University. A versatile defensive player, Haley began his career as a specialty outside linebacker, eventually progressing to pass-rusher and finally full-fledged defensive end. Haley had the reputation of being a volatile and unpredictable yet exceptionally talented and hardworking player. College career Charles was a starter for the Dukes during his entire college career (1982-1985). He was a two-time All-American and finished his career as the school's leading tackler with 506 s... Biography of Andrzej Piaseczny
Andrzej Piaseczny (born Pionki, 6 January 1971) more commonly known as Piasek, is a Polish singer. Piasek represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with his up-tempo dance song "2 Long". He finished 20th from a field of 23 participating countries. The song received 2 points from Sweden, 3 points from Slovenia, 5 points from Germany and 1 point from Denmark. Piasek is also the name of several villages in Poland and it is also the Polish word for sand. He was born on January 06, 1971 in small city called Pionki in the center of Poland. After finishing High school he attend to WSP (college) in Kielce where he studied music. There he met other musicians to form "Mafia", a soft rock/pop music band.... Biography of Andrea Thompson
Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born on January 6, 1959 in Dayton, Ohio (source: Imdb)) is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, JAG, 24 and NYPD Blue. Early life Thompson was born in Ohio in 1959. When she was six her family moved to Australia. She left high school at 16, and after an extended period of travel she moved to New York City. She began modeling and studied acting at the Strasberg Studio and at the Herbert Berghof Studio under Uta Hagen. Career Acting career Thompson began her career as a voiceover artist, which continues today. Her first significant film role was in the 1987 film Wall Street. In 1989 she was cast on the soap opera Falcon Crest as the scheming Genele Ericson during the show's final season and in 1993 on t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (Eleonore Magdalene Therese; 6 January 1655 – 19 January 1720) was Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through her marriage, she was also Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, German Queen, and Archduchess of Austria. She served as Interim Regent in 1711. She was the paternal grandmother of Empress Maria Theresa. Birth and family Born a Countess Palatine of Neuburg in Düsseldorf, Eleonore Magdalene was the oldest daughter of Philip William, Elector Palatine and his wife Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among her siblings were Maria Sophia, future wife of Peter II of Portugal and Maria Anna, future wife of Charles II of Spain. Marriage Eleonor married Emperor Leopold I in 1676. She was a good candidate as a bride for the emp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Farrior
James Alfred Farrior (born January 6, 1975) is a former American football inside linebacker. He played college football at the University of Virginia, and played with the New York Jets from 1997 to 2001. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2002 to 2011 and earned two Super Bowl rings with them (XL and XLIII). Early years Farrior was born in Ettrick, Virginia. He was a Parade All-America selection and named Virginia's Group AA Co-Offensive Player of the Year as senior at Matoaca High School in his hometown and birthplace of Ettrick, Va. also selected first-team All-Conference at both FB and LB, also earned All-Metro and All-State honors, he was The Richmond Times-Dispatch's co-Player of the Year after posting 78 tackles, 11 sacks, five blocked kicks, four forced fumbles and two... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Norm Charlton
Norman Wood Charlton III (born January 6, 1963), nicknamed "The Sheriff", is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1988-1992, 2000), Seattle Mariners (1993, 1995-1997, 2001), Philadelphia Phillies (1995), Baltimore Orioles (1998), Atlanta Braves (1998), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1999). Charlton holds three degrees from Rice University. The left-handed Charlton was best known as being part of the infamous "Nasty Boys" relief pitching corps for the 1990 Reds team who won the World Series. Randy Myers and Rob Dibble were the other two members. The Boys were renowned for their clutch, shutdown performances, particularly during the playoff run; their blazing fastballs; and their bruising beanballs. Charlton is also famous in Cincinnati for plowing over Mik... Biography of James Durbin (singer)
James William Durbin (born January 6, 1989) is an American singer and guitarist from Santa Cruz, California, who finished in fourth place on the tenth season of American Idol. Early life Durbin was born in 1989 to Judy Settle-Durbin and Willy Durbin. His father, a musician, died of a drug overdose when Durbin was nine. He announced during his aired audition on American Idol, he was upset he didn't get a chance to know his father well. He was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and Asperger syndrome shortly after his father died. He attended Musicschool, a music school run by Dale Ockerman in Santa Cruz instead of a traditional school. Durbin never graduated from High School. Durbin cites popular bands My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to Mars as his inspirations for his music. In 2006... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar, Count of Olivares and Duke of San Lúcar la Mayor (Spanish: Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, conde-duque de Olivares, also known as Conde de Olivares y duque de Sanlúcar la Mayor) (January 6, 1587 – July 22, 1645), was a Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister. As prime minister from 1621 to 1643, he over-exerted Spain in foreign affairs and unsuccessfully attempted domestic reform. His policies of committing Spain to recapture Holland led to his major involvement in the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) and his attempts to centralise power and increase wartime taxation led to revolts in Catalonia and in Portugal which brought about his fall. Rise to power Olivares was born in Rome in 1587, where his father, Enrique de Guzmán, ... Biography of Nicky Romero
Nicky Romero (born Nick Rotteveel; January 6, 1989) is a Dutch DJ and house music composer/producer. He has worked with, and received support from, DJs such as Tiësto, Fedde Le Grand, Sander van Doorn, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, and Avicii. Early life Romero born and raised in the Netherlands moved to Kingston, Canada, for a year, later moving back to the Netherlands to continue his education. Reception In 2012, Romero achieved popularity with the recording "Toulouse," which became a mainstay on the Beatport Top Ten for a significant period of time. Recognizing his talent, MTV named him an EDM artist to watch in 2012. His popularity has risen in recent years, and he has attained a joint residency with David Guetta at party hot spot Ibiza for the summer of 2012. October 2012,... |
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