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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 7, 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 · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
128 celebrities or events were found for January, 7. Add to favourites (190 fans)Biography of Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Cage has also worked as a director and producer, through his production company Saturn Films. As of 2007, he has been nominated twice for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning one of them for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Early life Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California. His father, August Floyd Coppola, is a comparative literature professor and a pioneer of studies for the blind, while his part German American mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a choreographer and dancer who suffered from chronic depression; the two divorced in 1976. Cage's father is an Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an a... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Bernadette Soubirous
Saint Bernadette, born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (January 7, 1844 - April 16, 1879), was a shepherd girl from the town of Lourdes in Occitania, in southern France. Her real Occitan name is Maria Bernada Soubirous, aka Bernadeta (little Bernada). From February to July 1858, she reported eighteen apparitions of "a Lady." Despite initial skepticism from the Roman Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation. After her death, Bernadette's body remained "incorruptible", and the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year. In 1933 she was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Bernadette's life Bernadette (the sobriquet by which she was universally known... Add to favourites (73 fans)Biography of Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971 (birth time source: the Stanislaus County Office, birth certificate)) is an American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the 2009 war thriller The Hurt Locker. The source for his birth time is his birth certificate. Early life Renner was born in Modesto, California, the eldest of five children, to Valerie Cearley and Lee Renner. He graduated from Fred C. Beyer High School and attended Modesto Junior College. Career Renner has made a career out of playing charismatic anti-heroes. He has portrayed an eighteenth-century vampire, a g... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Lewis Hamilton
British Formula One racing driver. He drives for the McLAREN team in the 2007 Formula One season with Fernando ALONSO.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (January 7, 1966 (birth time source: Frances McEvoy, Astrodatabank) – July 16, 1999), née Carolyn Jeanne Bessette, was the wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She died at age 33, along with her husband and her sister Lauren Bessette, when the private plane that her husband was piloting crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Their ashes were scattered at sea on July 22, 1999. Bessette-Kennedy was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, the youngest daughter of Dr. William J. Bessette and his then-wife, née Ann Messina, an administrator in the New York public school system. She grew up in affluent Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended St. Mary's High School, where she was vo... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of David Caruso
David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York) is an American film and television actor. He is best known to audiences at present for his role as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. Height: 1m82 Background The child of an Italian-American father and an Irish-American mother, Caruso attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady of Mercy in Forest Hills, Queens, the same primary school attended by Ray Romano and Pia Zadora. He later attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, graduating in 1974. In 1987, Caruso was called upon to fill in for the leading role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables on Broadway for 6 months. Career His first film appearance was in the 1980 film Getting Waste... Biography of Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu (Bengali: বিপাশা বসু , Hindi: बिपाषा बासु) (born January 7, 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress and model. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood. She is often cited by popular magazines and newspapers as one of Asia's sexiest women. Early life Born on January 7, 1979 in New Delhi, India, Basu hails from a Bengali family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the younger—Vijayeta. Although she was born in Delhi, her family later moved to Kolkata. According to her, she had come into modelling and acting quite by accid... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Katie Couric
Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957 (birth time source: http://www.astrologysoftware.com/community/stars/reports/couric.pdf?orig=) is an American journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC's Today. In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman solo-anchor of the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks. She currently serves as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, having replaced Bob Schieffer on September 5, 2006. Schieffer served as the interim anchor following the departure of long time anchor and managing editor Dan Rather on March 9, 2005. Early life Couric was born in Arlington, Virginia, the daughter of Elinor (née Hene), a homemaker and... Biography of Nicole Avezard
Nicole Avezard is a French humorist and actress, member of comic duo Les Vamps.... Biography of Roland Topor
Roland Topor (1938-1997), was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish Jewish origin and spent the early years of his life in Savoy where his family hid him from the Nazi peril. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves. The later novel Joko's Anniversary (1969), another fable about loss of identity, is a vicious satire on social conformity. A new presentation of The Tenant by Roland Topor was released in October, 2006. The book has Topor's original novel, a new introd... Biography of Max Gallo
Max Gallo (born Nice 7 January 1932) is a French writer, historian and politician. The son of Italian immigrants, Max Gallo's early career was journalism. At this time he was a communist (until 1956). In 1974 he joined the socialist party. On April 26, 2007, the French Academy recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by the late Jean-François Revel. He was elected to the French Academy on 31 May 2007. Bibliography Le cortège des vainqueurs, Robert Laffont, 1972 Un pas vers la mer, Robert Laffont, 1973 L’oiseau des origines, Robert Laffont, 1974 Que sont les siècles pour la mer, Robert Laffont, 1977 Une affaire intime, Robert Laffont, 1979 France, Grasset, 1980 Un crime très ordinaire, Grasset, 1982 La demeure des puissants, Grasset, 1983 Le beau rivag... Add to favourites (5 fans)Biography of Blue Ivy Carter
Blue Ivy Carter, born on January 7, 2012 in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, is the daugther of American singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles and rapper Jay-Z.... Biography of Philippe Henriot
Philippe Henriot (January 7, 1889, Reims—June 28, 1944, Paris) was a French politician. Moving to the far right after beginnings in Roman Catholic conservatism in the Republican Federation, Henriot was elected to the Third Republic's Chamber of Deputies for the Gironde département in 1932 and 1936. His speeches showed him to be an Anti-communist, Anti-Semite, Anti-Freemasonry, and Anti-parliamentarianist. Initially, these were combined with strong Anti-German sentiment, but Henriot became an active supporter of Nazi Germany in 1941, when it invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). In 1940, after the capitulation of France, he stood by Philippe Pétain's German-backed régime (Vichy France), and joined the paramilitary Milice. Henriot become a powerful voice of Radio Paris, engi... Biography of Liam Aiken
Liam Padraic Aiken (born January 7, 1990) is an American actor who has starred in a number of films, most notably as Klaus Baudelaire in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Aiken was born in Manhattan, New York, the only child of Bill Aiken, an MTV producer, and an Irish immigrant mother, Moya Aiken. He made his professional acting debut in a Ford Motor Company Wind star commercial. Liam made his stage debut in the Broadway play A Doll's House at the age of seven and his film debut playing Parker Posey's son in Henry Fool in the same year. It was because of his need of a college fund, that his mother encouraged him to become an actor. When Liam found that he enjoyed acting, he decided to continue. Career Aiken's first major film role was playing... Biography of Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (IPA: ; January 7, 1899–January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music. Critic Claude Rostand, in a July 1950 Paris-Presse article, described Poulenc as "half bad boy, half monk" ("le moine et le voyou"), a tag that was to be attached to his name for the rest of his career. Early life He was the person who created the well known piano. Poulenc was born in Paris. His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life. As he was a capable pianist, the keyboard dominated much of his early compositions. He also, throughout his career, borrowed from his own compositions... Biography of Jennifer Leroy
Jennifer LeRoy (born January 7, 1974, Craig, Colorado) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February, 1993 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Measurements 34" - 24" - 35" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 120 lb (54 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 10 May 1994 - pages 14-21. Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994. Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates September 1994 - page 80. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 40 November 1994. Playboy's Nudes November 1994. Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - pages 56-57. Playboy's Playmates in Bed Vol. 1 January 1995. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 45 September 1995 - pages 74-75. Playb... Biography of Johannes Brandrup
Johannes Brandrup, born January 7, 1967 in Francfurt, is a German actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104821/ ) Böseckendorf (2009) (TV) (filming) .... Robert Grewe "Traumhotel, Das" .... Sascha Sorell (1 episode, 2009) - Malaysia (2009) TV episode .... Sascha Sorell "Siska" .... Patrick Richter (1 episode, 2008) - Und alles kann man kaufen (2008) TV episode .... Patrick Richter "Meine wunderbare Familie" .... Dr. Andreas Becker (2 episodes, 2008) - Einmal Ostsee und zurück (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Andreas Becker - Die zweite Chance (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Andreas Becker "Unser Charly" .... Freddy Noller (1 episode, 2008) - Alle für einen (2008) TV episode .... Freddy Noller Hitzewelle - Keiner kann entkommen, Die (2008) (TV) ....... Biography of Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873-September 5, 1914) was a noted French poet, essayist and editor. His two main inspirations were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic From then on, Catholicism had a major influence on his works. Péguy was born in Orléans to a father who died as a result of injuries suffered as a soldier during the Franco-Prussian war and a mother who supported him by working as a chair-stuffer. In 1894, benefitting from republican school reform, he was received in the École Normale Supérieure, and attended notably the lectures of Henri Bergson and Romain Rolland, whom he befriended. He formally left the École Normale, without graduating, in 1897, even though he carried on attending at some lectures i... Biography of Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French flautist and "has been credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century." Born in Marseille, the son of Andrée (née Roggero) and flautist Joseph Rampal, Jean-Pierre Rampal became the first exponent of modern times to establish the solo flute on the international concert circuit and to attract the acclaim and large audiences comparable to those enjoyed by celebrity singers, pianists and violinists. This was not easily done in the immediate post-war years, as it was not usual for the solo flute to be featured widely in orchestral concerts. But Rampal's flair and presence (he was a big man to wield such a slim instrument so delicately) mad... Biography of Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins (born Kenneth Clark Loggins on January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s. Originally a part of the duo Loggins and Messina, he has also recorded as solo artist and written hit songs for other artists. Loggins was born in Everett, Washington and raised in Alhambra, California. The early 70s found him in the band "Gator Creek" with Mike Deasy. An early version of "Danny's Song" (later recorded by Loggins and Messina) was included on this effort on Mercury Records. Two covers are featured as well, Jackson Browne's "These Days" and "Don't Try to Lay no Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which was made famous by Long John Baldry. Loggins ... Biography of Michael Wilding Jr.
Michael Wilding Jr., born January 7, 1853 at 0:03 AM (source: Imdb, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928680/bio ) in London, is a British actor, the son of Michael Wilding and Elizabeth Taylor, the son-in-law of Jack Palance and Virginia Baker, the brother-in-law of Holly Palance and Cody Palance and the brother of Christopher Edward Wilding. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928680/ ) "Dallas" .... Alex Barton (8 episodes, 1989) - Cally on a Hot Tin Roof (1989) TV episode .... Alex Barton - Hell's Fury (1989) TV episode .... Alex Barton - Daddy Dearest (1989) TV episode .... Alex Barton - Pride and Prejudice (1989) TV episode .... Alex Barton - Sunset, Sunrise (1989) TV episode .... Alex Barton (3 more) Deadly Illusion (1987) .... Costillion ... Biography of Nick Clegg
Nicholas William Peter 'Nick' Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British politician and, since 18 December 2007, leader of the Liberal Democrats. Clegg's first major elected position was as an MEP for the East Midlands from 1999 to 2004. He was later elected the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam in the 2005 general election, before becoming the Liberal Democrats' Home Affairs spokesperson in 2006. After Menzies Campbell's short tenure as leader of the Liberal Democrats following Charles Kennedy's resignation, Clegg defeated Chris Huhne to lead the party in its 2007 leadership election. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 30 January 2008 and affirmed his membership on 12 March 2008. As well as his parliamentary roles, Clegg has also contributed to many pamphlets and books on p... Biography of Erin Gray
Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Kate Summers in the situation comedy Silver Spoons and as Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m) Early life Gray was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Diane and Daniel Gray. At the age of eight her parents separated, and she moved to California with her mother, where she attended Redwood High School in Larkspur and later attended and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. In 1965, at the age of 15, Gray had a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard, head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, and became convinced to pursue a career in modelling. Career Within a few years she was considered one of the... Biography of Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson (born January 7, 1962) is an American businesswoman. Johnson runs part of Fidelity Investments under the auspices of her father, Edward Johnson. In March 2007, her net worth was estimated at US$13 billion. Johnson is at the 42nd position in Forbes The World's Billionaires list. In September 2007, Forbes published the 400 Richest Americans, which listed her as the 17th richest person in the United States and also she's the third richest American woman. Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors of SIFMA. Johnson is an alumna of Buckingham Browne & Nichols school (secondary education), William Smith College (undergraduate), and Harvard Business School (MBA). She lives in Milton, Massachusetts.... Biography of Linda Kozlowski
Linda Kozlowski (born January 7, 1958, in Fairfield, Connecticut) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Trained at the Juilliard School as an opera singer, soon after graduating she debuted in the 1981-1982 off-Broadway production, How It All Began. From there, she played "Miss Forsythe" on Broadway in Death of a Salesman in 1984, and took the same role in the film version of 1985. Her biggest break came when in 1986 she was cast as the female lead in the Australian film Crocodile Dundee opposite Paul Hogan. After being a controversial figure for the implied nude bondage of Favorite Son (made for TV) in 1988, the next year she revisited her starring role with Hogan in Crocodile Dundee II. Since that time she has appeared in Almost An Angel in 1990 and Village of the Damned in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Gripari
Pierre Gripari (7 January 1925 - 23 December 1990 in Paris), was a French writer. Born to a Greek father and a French mother, he was orphaned in 1944 and had to interrupt his studies and support himself with various jobs. He took up writing at an early age but did not consider his works fit for publishing until the late 1950s. In 1959, he published his autobiography, Pierrot-la-lune, which was a critical success. He gained notoriety with his 1962 play Lieutenant Tenant, but his later works were commercially unsuccessful. Pierre Gripari kept publishing his books thanks to the support of publisher L'Age d'Homme, but only gained real fame and success in the late 1970s, thanks to the publishing of his children's book Contes de la rue Broca. Until his death, he was more known to french audie... Biography of Charles Addams
Charles Samuel Addams (7 January 1912 - 29 September 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as The Addams Family, became the basis for two live-action television series, two cartoon series, and three motion pictures. Cartoons His cartoons regularly appeared in The New Yorker, and he also created a syndicated comic strip, Out of This World, which ran in 1956. There are many collections of his work, including Drawn and Quartered (1942) and Monster Rally (1950), the latter with a foreword by John O'Hara. Typical of Addams's work, one cartoon shows two men standing in a room labeled "Patent Attorney." One is pointing a bizarre gun out the window toward the street and saying, "Death r... Biography of Princess Charlotte of Wales
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 – 6 November 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at the time Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick. Early life She was born at Carlton House in London, her birth being something of a miracle as George IV later claimed that he and his wife had sex no more than three times in the whole of their marriage. By the time she was a few months old, Charlotte's parents were effectively separated, and her mother's time with her was severely restricted by her father. She grew into a headstrong and difficult teenager, and fell out with her mother when Caroline decided to go into continental exile. Following an ill-fated attempt to wed her to Prince Willem of Orange (later William II of the Netherlands) whi... Biography of Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted's daughter in How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass. She is currently starring as Alex in the the CW's action series Nikita. Early life Fonseca is half Portuguese. Born in Oakland, she was raised first in Alameda and then Moraga. She was discovered there by a manager and agent and immediately moved to Los Angeles for her first pilot season at age 13 in the middle of the school year. The following year she booked her breakthrough role, playing Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless with a 3-year contract. With ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Roy Kirk
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (born January 7, 1926) was the thirty-sixth governor of the U.S. state of Florida. He was the first Republican to hold the office of governor since 1877. Claude Kirk was born in San Bernardino, California. He lived in Chicago, Illinois, and Montgomery, Alabama, where he attended high school. After graduating at age seventeen, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Kirk served in both World War II and the Korean War. Following his service he attended the University of Alabama School of Law. In 1956, he founded the American Heritage Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1960, he switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, heading the "Floridians for Nixon" campaign. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Sena... Biography of Donna Rice
Donna Rice Hughes (born January 7, 1958) was a figure in the 1987 sex scandal that ended the second presidential campaign of Gary Hart. Since the mid-1990s, she has worked as an anti-pornography activist. Early years The daughter of a highway engineer and secretary, Rice lived in Florida, Georgia (in Atlanta), and South Carolina. A self-described over-achiever, she began a modeling career at age 13 and worked at getting straight A's in high school while attending church and working in clothing stores. Rice graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1980, where she was both an honors student and cheerleader. Of her senior year, however, she said: "I began to compromise my Christian values—partying and dating guys who weren't Christians." After graduating college, Rice sto... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vido Musso
Vido William Musso (7 (sometimes 17) January 1913 - 9 January 1982) was an Italian-born jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader born in Carini, Sicily, best-known for his many contributions to the big bands of Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. His family moved to the United States in 1920. He began on clarinet before switching to tenor sax. He is most associated with Stan Kenton who he first worked with in 1930. He reached his peak of notoriety with Kenton from 1945 to 1947. Perhaps his most notable work with the Kenton orchestra was his "Come Back to Sorrento". Musso died January 9, 1982 in Rancho Mirage, California.... Biography of Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the second Vice President to assume the Presidency upon the death of a sitting President, succeeding Zachary Taylor who died of what is thought to be acute gastroenteritis . Fillmore was never elected President; after serving out Taylor's term, he failed to gain the nomination for the Presidency of the Whigs in the 1852 presidential election, and, four years later, in the 1856 presidential election, he again failed to win election as the Know Nothing Party and Whig candidate. Early life and career Fillmore was born in a log cabin in Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, to Na... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emile Borel
Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (January 7, 1871 in Saint-Affrique, France – February 3, 1956 in Paris, France) was a French mathematician and politician. Along with René-Louis Baire and Henri Lebesgue, he was among the pioneers of measure theory and its application to probability theory. The concept of a Borel set is named in his honor. One of his books on probability introduced the amusing thought experiment that entered popular culture under the name infinite monkey theorem or the like. He also published a number of research papers on game theory. In 1913 and 1914 he bridged the gap between hyperbolic geometry and special relativity with expository work. In the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s he was active in politics. From 1924 to 1936, he was a member of the French National Assembly... Biography of Mariangel Ruiz
Mariangel Ruiz (born January 7, 1980 in San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan show hostees, actress and fashion model. Her full name is Mariangel Ruiz Torrealba. She was first introduced as Miss Aragua in the Miss Venezuela 2002 competition, she won the contest, giving her the opportunity to go to the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, where she got the first runner up title. Mariangel has been one of the most publicized Miss Venezuelas in the recent years, having been compared to Alicia Machado (Miss Universe 1996). Like Alicia, she won her national title against every prediction (in a contest where the results are almost never surprise) and was considered a "rebel" Miss Venezuela. Also, like Alicia, she turned in a spectacular performance at Miss Universe, in comparison... Biography of Terry Moore
Terry Moore (born Helen Luella Koford, January 7, 1929) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Born January 7, 1929 in Glendale, California, as Helen Luella Koford, Moore grew up in a Mormon family in Los Angeles, California. She worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland (1940). The studios later changed her name to Judy Ford, Jan Ford and then January Ford. In the 1940s she was a hot sexpot of Hollywood. In the 1950s she was considered in equal running to Marilyn Monroe. Career Throughout the 1940s, Moore worked under a variety of names before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. She worked on and off in radio, most memorably as Bumps Smith on The Smiths of Hollywood alongside Arthur Treacher, Harry Von Zell and Brenda Marshall. (During the run... Biography of Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung or Sammo Hung Kam-Bo is a Chinese actor, producer and director from Hong Kong, known for his work in many kung fu films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, King Hu, and John Woo. Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like Jiang Shi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew. In East Asia, it is common for people to address their elders or influential people with familial nouns as a sign of familiarity and respect. Ja... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leiloca (singer)
Leiloca, born January 7, 1951 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian singer, writer and astrologer.... Biography of Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976), born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures. Ivy M Goldstein Jacobson rectified the Birth chart to 8:10 in her book Astrological Essays. For that, she used: · The death of his father @ age 6 Months · The death of his mother @ age 8 years and went to go live with his uncle · Left for America and work to support himself age @ 16 · Work for himself age @ 20 · Met his future wife age @ 20 · Married age @ 24 - formal orthodox ceremony – True Love – Wow! – Wow! – Wow! · Invested in Penny Arcade Business @ 30 · Went to France for Special film @ 39 that established his success · Death of wife @ 94 · Health issues @ 94 · Di... Biography of Fabiola Zuluaga
Fabiola Zuluaga (born January 7, 1979 in Cúcuta) was a professional tennis player from Colombia. She retired on September 9, 2005. She reached the Australian Open Semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. She is one of the best tennis player that Colombia has had (See Ivan Molina).... Biography of David Spangler
David Spangler (b. 7th January 1945) is an American spiritual philosopher and self-described "practical mystic". Instrumental in helping establish Findhorn in northern Scotland, and a friend of William Irwin Thompson, he is considered one of the founding figures of the modern New Age movement, although he is highly critical of what much of the movement has since become, especially its commercialistic and sensationalist elements. Childhood and education Spangler was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1945. At the age of six, he moved to Morocco in North Africa where his father was assigned as a counterintelligence agent for U.S. Army Intelligence. He lived there for six years, returning to the United States when he was twelve in 1957. He attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, though h... Biography of Jean-Marc Birkholz
Jean-Marc Birkholz, born January 7, 1974 in Berlin, is a German actor, famous for his role as Marc Trojan 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 fa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan, born Robert-Charles-Alexandre Coquillaud January 7, 1900 in Paris and die October 12, 1972 in Tandi, Argentina, was a French actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494670/) # Ley del mar (1952) .... Rafael # Rio turbio (1952) .... Levignan # El correo del rey (1951) .... Peabody # La orquídea (1951) .... The father ... aka The Orchid (International: English title) # Bifur 3 (1945) (uncredited) .... Paul # La collection Ménard (1944) .... Amédée Garbure # L'homme qui vendit son âme (1943) .... Grégori # Ne le criez pas sur les toits (1943) .... Le professeur Léonard Bontagues # Goupi mains rouges (1943) .... Goupi-Tonkin ... aka It Happened at the Inn (USA) # Untel père et fils (1943) (uncredited) .... L'oncle Michel Froment ... aka Immortal... Biography of Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (January 7, 1502 – April 10, 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. Early biography Youth He was born in the city of Bologna, where he studied law and graduated in 1530. Afterwards, he taught jurisprudence for some years; his students included notable figures such as Alexander Farnese, Reginald Pole and Charles Borromeo. Career before Papacy At the age of thirty-six he was summoned to Rome by Pope Paul III (1534–1549), under whom he held successive appointments as first judge of the capital, abbreviator, and vice-chancellor of the Campagna; by Pope Paul IV (1555–1559) he was attached as datarius to the suite of Cardinal Carafa; and by Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) he was created cardinal priest and sent to the council of Trent. He also serve... Biography of Kathy Valentine
Kathy Valentine (born Kathryn Valentine, January 7, 1959, Austin, Texas) is the American bass guitarist for the all-girl punk/pop band, The Go-Go's. She began playing at age 16 in her hometown of Austin, and joined a fledgling Girlschool in London, England in 1975. In 1978, Valentine relocated to Los Angeles, California and co-founded The Textones with Carla Olson. She joined the Go-Go's on New Year's Eve 1980, as a substitute for an ailing bassist, but was asked to remain as a permanent member shortly thereafter. She wrote "Can't Stop the World" on the Go-Go's debut album, and co-wrote the hit singles, "Vacation" and "Head Over Heels", which appeared on subsequent releases. After the Go-Go's disbanded, Valentine played guitar in the World's Cutest Killers with former Girlschool guitari... Biography of Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil (7 January, 1895 - 7 December, 1960) was a Jewish Romanian classical pianist, renowned as an interpreter of the classical and early romantic repertoire. Haskil was particularly noted for her performances and recordings of Mozart. Many considered her the foremost interpreter of Mozart in her time. She was also noted as a superb interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, and Scarlatti. Haskil was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Bucharest, Romania and studied in Vienna under Richard Robert (whose memorable pupils also included Rudolf Serkin and George Szell) and briefly with Ferruccio Busoni. She later moved to Paris, where she started studying with Gabriel Fauré's pupil Joseph Morpain, whom she always credited as one of her greatest influences. The same year she entered th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arnold Princeton
Arnold Princeton, born January 7, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American black jazz musician, composer and astrologer.... Biography of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (7 January 1355 – 8 or 9 September 1397) was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa. He was the fifth of the five sons of Edward III who survived to adulthood. Early life Thomas was born after two short-lived sons, one of whom had also been baptised Thomas. He was born at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire. He married Eleanor de Bohun in 1376, and inherited the title Earl of Essex from his father-in-law, Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford. Woodstock's wife's younger sister, Mary de Bohun, was subsequently married to Henry "Bolingbroke," who eventually became Henry IV of England. At the age of 22, in 1377, Woodstock was created Earl of Buckingham. In 1385 he received the title Duke of Aumale, an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Day
Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970 in Decatur, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. Day is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Arkansas, and played eight seasons in the NBA. During the 2006 season, he played for the Blue Stars of Lebanon's WASL Club League. High School career Day played for his stepfather, Ted Anderson at Memphis's Hamilton High School, where he was a McDonald's All-American. He also earned All-State and All-District honors during his prep career. Collegiate career Day played college basketball at the University of Arkansas for coach Nolan Richardson, and was a four-year letterman ('89,'90,'91 and '92). At Arkansas, Day broke Sidney Moncrief's career mark for scoring with 2,395 points during his four-year career. Day ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne Vernon
Anne Vernon (7 January 1924), born Edith Antoinette Alexandrine Vignaud is a French actress. She has appeared in 40 films between 1948 and 1970. She was born in Saint-Denis, near Paris. Selected filmography A Tale of Five Cities (1951) Edward and Caroline (1951) The Love Lottery (1954) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard F. Kneip
Richard Francis "Dick" Kneip (January 7, 1933–March 9, 1987) was the 25th Governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota from 1971 until 1978. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the first Catholic Governor of South Dakota. Kneip was born on January 7, 1933, in Tyler, Minnesota, to Berniece and Frank Kneip, who lived in Elkton, South Dakota.He was of Luxembourgish ancestry. He attended South Dakota State University and St. John’s University. He served in the U.S. Air Force and then owned a wholesale dairy equipment distributorship in Salem, South Dakota. He served in the South Dakota Legislature as a State Senator from 1965 to 1971. When Richard F. Kneip was elected governor of South Dakota in 1970, defeating the Republican incumbent Frank Farrar, he was only the fourth governor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Deussen
Paul Jakob Deussen (German pronunciation: ; January 7, 1845 – July 6, 1919) was a German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar. He was influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer. He was also a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. In 1911, he founded the Schopenhauer Society (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft). He was the first editor, in 1912, of the scholarly journal Schopenhauer Yearbook (Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch). Deussen, who 'Sanskritised' his name to ‘Deva-Sena’ as a mark of his admiration for Hinduism, is one of the distinguished roll of Europeans who—often with lyrical admiration—participated in the scholarly Western discovery of Sanskrit and Hinduism which took place in British India itself, Germany, France and England. Paul Deussen was born in 1845 in Oberdreis in the Rhine Provinc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Bourlet
Michel Bourlet, born January 7, 1949 in Ans, is a Belgian magistrate and public prosecutor.... Biography of Hallie Todd
Hallie Todd (b. January 7, 1962) is an American actress, producer and writer. Personal life Hallie Todd was born as Hallie Eckstein in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of producer George Eckstein and actress Ann Morgan Guilbert. She has a sister Nora Eckstein (acting teacher). Hallie Todd is married to Glenn Withrow; they have a daughter Ivy Withrow. Career Todd played a homeless character, “The Kid,” on a Christmas episode of the sitcom, Growing Pains. She played Penny Waters, the daughter of fictional former football player Joe Waters on the Showtime comedy series Brothers. Then she played Lal, Data’s “daughter”, on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Offspring", as Blanche's niece, Lucy, on the The Golden Girls episode "Nice and Easy", the mom on Disney Chann... Biography of Komar (fakir)
Komar, born Vernon Craig January 7, 1932 in Hamilton, Ohio, is an American fakir and showman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jann Wenner
Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines. Childhood Wenner was born in New York City and grew up in a secular Jewish family. His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools to live. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California at Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain de Rothschild
Alain de Rothschild, born on January 7, 1910 in Paris, died in 1982, was a French banker. He is the son of Éric de Rothschild, the President of the Mémorial de la Shoah. The Rothschild family (/ˈrɔːtʃilt/, known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds) is a European family of German Jewish origin that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century. Five lines of the Austrian branch of the family have been elevated to Austrian nobility being given hereditary baronies of the Habsburg Empire by Emperor Francis II in 1816. The British branch of the family was elevated to British nobility at the request of Queen Victoria. It has been argued that during the 19th century, the family possessed by far the largest private f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Finch
Bernard Finch, born January 7, 1918 in Covina, California, is an American physician and murderer. He shot his wife in the back on July 18, 1959, and said that it was an intruder who committed the murder. He and his lover were both sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1971, and married Elizabeth Kehoe in 1974.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Desplechin
Marie Desplechin (born Roubaix, Nord, 1959) is a French writer and journalist. She studied literature and journalism before becoming a writer. She is the author of a children's novel and Taking it to Heart, a collection of short stories. Sans Moi, her first novel, has been a great success in France, where it has sold over 120,000 copies. Works * 1993 : Le Sac à dos d'Alphonse, L'école des loisirs (ISBN 2-211-04429-8) * 1994 : Rude samedi pour Angèle, L'école des loisirs * 1994 : Et Dieu dans tout ça, L'école des loisirs * 1995 : Trop sensibles, éditions de l'Olivier * 1995 : Tu seras un homme mon neveu, L'école des loisirs * 1995 : Une vague d'amour sur un lac d'amitié, L'école des loisirs (ISBN 2-211-03135-8) * 1996 : Verte, L'école des loisirs ... Biography of Chester Kallman
Chester Simon Kallman (7 January 1921 – 18 January 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky. Life Kallman was born in Brooklyn of Jewish ancestry. He received his B.A. at Brooklyn College and his M.A. at the University of Michigan. He published three collections of poems, Storm at Castelfranco (1956), Absent and Present (1963), and The Sense of Occasion (1971). He lived most of his adult life in New York, spending his summers in Italy from 1948 through 1957 and in Austria from 1958 through 1974. He moved his winter home from New York to Athens, Greece in 1963. He died in Athens, aged 54. Career Together with his lifelong friend (and former lover) W. H. Auden, Kallman wrote the libretto for Stra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Denis Ranque
Denis Ranque, born on January 7, 1952 in Marseille, is a businessman, chief executive officer, and engineer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988) was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the New American Poetry and Black Mountain poets. Duncan's mature work emerged in the 1950s from within the literary context of Beat culture and today he is also identified as a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance. Overview In addition to his accomplishments as a poet and intellectual, Duncan's presence was felt across many facets of popular culture over a period of several decades. Duncan’s name figures prominently in the history of pre-Stonewall gay culture, in the emergence of bohemian socia... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Saint-Macary
François Saint Macary, born on January 7, 1936 in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, died on March 26, 2007 in Saint-Grégoire, Ille-et-Vilaine, was a French Catholic Bishop, the Archbishop of Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo (September 1998-March 2007).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Clemens
Paul Day Clemens, born January 7, 1958 in Los Angeles, is an American actor, the son of actress Eleanor Parker. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166045/ ) The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008) .... Jack Cucchiaio Monsters of the UFO (2005) (V) .... 'Lucky' Sutton "The District" .... Dennis Roseman (1 episode, 2002) - Drug Money (2002) TV episode .... Dennis Roseman Daybreak (2001) .... Jeff "The Ray Bradbury Theater" .... Tom (1 episode, 1992) ... aka Monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, Le (Canada: French title) ... aka Mystery Theatre (UK: rerun title) ... aka Ray Bradbury présente (France) ... aka The Bradbury Trilogy (UK: rerun title) ... aka The Ray Bradbury Theatre (UK) - The Martian (1992) TV episode ....... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (January 7, 1852 – 1929) was one of the leading French artists of the academic school. He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after his father emigrated to Brazil. Later he added his grandfather’s name, Bouveret, to his own. From 1869, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1873, he opened his own studio with a fellow student Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois. From 1875, he exhibited at the Salon, where in 1880 he won the first-class medal for the painting An Accident, and a medal of honour in 1885 for Horses at the Watering Trough. From the 1880s, Dagnan-Bouveret along with Gustave Courtois, maintained a studio in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a fashionable suburb of Paris. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie-Dominique Chenu
Marie-Dominique Chenu (OP) (7 January 1895, Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne – 11 February 1990, Paris) was a progressive Roman Catholic theologian and a founder of the reformist journal Concilium. He entered the French Province of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) in 1913. His earlier theological work was on St. Thomas Aquinas, employing an historical method. He was invited to be a peritus, or expert, at the Roman Catholic Second Vatican Council (1962–65) where he was influential in the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes). (see Walter Principe, "Chenu, M.D" in Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Edited by Richard McBrien, 1995.) Although his book Le Saulchoir: Une école de la théologie was put on the Index librorum prohibitorum in 1942 by Po... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Napier
Alan William Napier-Clavering (January 7, 1903 – August 8, 1988) was an English character actor. He is best known for playing Alfred in the 1960s live-action Batman television series. Early life and career Napier was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain, Britain's prime minister from 1937 to 1940. He was stage-struck from childhood and after graduating from Clifton College, the tall 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), booming-voiced Napier studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then later was engaged by the Oxford Players, where he worked with such raw young talent as Sir John Gielgud and Robert Morley. He continued working with the cream of Britain's acting crop during his ten years (1929–1939) on the West End stage. He came to New York City in 1940 to co-star with Gladys George in Lady in Waitin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tassos Papadopoulos
Tassos (Efstathios) Nikolaou Papadopoulos (in Greek, Τάσσος (Ευστάθιος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος– 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician. He served as the fifth President of the Republic of Cyprus from February 28, 2003 to February 28, 2008. His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Assia. He was the first of three children. Papadopoulos attended the Ayios Kassianos and Elenio primary schools in Nicosia and then the Pancyprian Gymnasium. His father's circle which included lawyers and judges, were influential on his future career and he went on to study law at King's College London before becoming... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Claes
Georges Claes, born January 7, 1920 in Boutersem, died March 14, 1994 in Louvain, was a Belgian cyclist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mario Bergamaschi
Mario Bergamaschi (born January 7, 1929 in Crema) is a retired Italian professional football player. He played for 14 seasons (392 games, 7 goals) in the Serie A for Calcio Como, A.C. Milan and U.C. Sampdoria. He made his debut for the Italy national football team on December 5, 1954 in a game against Argentina. He stated that during the championship 1957 season he used to take doping that the players called "centimeter", from the markings on the syringe. Honours * Serie A champion: 1954/55, 1956/57. * Latin Cup winner: 1956.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Joller
Marcel Joller, born on January 7, 1953 in Zurich, is a Swiss actor, cabaret entertainer, and humorist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Conigliaro
Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964–67, 1969–1970, 1975) and California Angels (1971). He was born in Revere, Massachusetts, and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School (Lynn, Massachusetts). During the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season of 1967, he was hit in the face by a pitch, causing a severe eye injury and derailing his career. Though he would make a dramatic comeback from the injury, his career was not the same afterwards. Baseball career Conigliaro was signed by the Red Sox in 1962, at the age of 17. In 1963, he batted .363 with 24 home runs in the New York - Penn League and was subsequently called up to the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Baptiste-Marrey
Baptiste-Marrey, born on January 7, 1928 in Paris, is a French writer and novelist. Novels: SMS, roman-poème, Actes Sud, 1982, 1996, 2012 Les Papiers de Walter Jonas, Actes Sud, 1985, Babel, 2010 Elvira, suivi d’ Edda H., opéra-roman, Actes Sud, 1986, Babel, 1995 L’Atelier de Peter Loewen, Actes Sud, 1989, 2010 Les Sept Iles de la Mélancolie, Actes Sud, 1991 Le Maître de Stammholz (« l’Histoire »), François Bourin, 1992 Le Peuple sans Loi (« Les Temoins »), Julliard, 1994 Le Roman crétois, Phébus, 1997 L’Evangile selon Tommaso, DDB, 1999 La Terre Promise de Don Rubber, Fayard, 2000 Le Montreur de Marionnettes, Fayard, 2002 Other works: Venise, suivi de L’Île des morts, poèmes, Le Temps qu’il fait, 1984 Ode aux poète... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Rubinstein
Serge Rubinstein, born on January 7, 1897 in Paris, killed (strangled to death) on January 27, 1955, was a Russian entrepreneur.... Biography of Günter Wand
Günter Wand (January 7, 1912 in Elberfeld, Germany – February 14, 2002 in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne conservatory, he was a composition student with Philipp Jarnach and a piano student with Paul Baumgartner. He was a conducting pupil of Franz von Hoesslin in Munich, but was otherwise largely self-taught as a conductor. During his 65 years long career as a conductor, he was honoured with many significant awards, including the German Record Award and the internationally important Diapason d'Or. Career Cologne Wand started his career in Cologne, where he was to stay for several decades, as a conductor of the Cologne Opera in 1939. After World War II his position in Colog... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diane Meur
Diane Meur, born in Uccle, January 7, 1970, is a Belgian writer. Awards Prix Victor Rossel for her novel Les Vivants et les Ombres. Publications Works * La vie de Mardochée de Löwenfels, écrite par lui-même, S. Wespieser, Paris, 2002 * Le Prisonnier de Sainte-Pélagie, Labor, Bruxelles, 2003 * La Dame blanche de la Bièvre, Labor, Bruxelles, 2004 * Raptus, S. Wespieser, Paris, 2004 * Les Vivants et les Ombres, S. Wespieser, Paris, 2007 Translations * Hanns Eisler, Musique et société, Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’homme, 1998 * Erich Auerbach, Le Culte des passions. Essais sur le XVIIe siècle français, Macula, 1998 * Erich Auerbach, Écrits sur Dante, Macula, 1999 * Harald Weinrich, Léthé. Art et critique de l’oubli, éd... Biography of Christian Louboutin
Christian Louboutin (pronounced IPA: ) (born 7 January 1963 in Paris (source: http://www.fluctuat.net/naissance-1963.html) is a French footwear designer who launched his line of high-end women's shoes in France in 1991. Since 1992, his designs have incorporated the shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature. On 27 March 2007, Louboutin filed an application for U.S. trademark protection of this red sole design. Biography As a child, Louboutin would regularly sneak out of school, from the age of 12, to visit the flea market of Vila do Conde, where all the gipsies loved his shoes. Although Louboutin faced much opposition following his decision to leave school so early, he claims that his resolve was strengthened after watching an interview on TV with Sophia Loren in which... Biography of William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty (born January 7, 1928 (birth time source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank)) is an American writer and filmmaker. The novel The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his magnum opus; he also penned the subsequent screenplay version of the film, for which he won an Academy Award. His most recent works include the novels Elsewhere (2009), Dimiter (2010) and Crazy (2010). He is also featured in the 2010 Smoke And Mirrors anthology, featuring the teleplay "Hell Hospital" and the treatment "Faith". Early life Blatty was born in New York City, the son of Lebanese parents who came to America on a cattle boat, Mary (née Mouakad) and Peter Blatty, a cloth cutter in a garment factory. His father left home when William was three years old. Raised in what he described as "comfortable ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Lockhart
Robert Lockhart, born January 7, 1894 in Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, author, and Professor of anatomy.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross (January 7, 1913 — March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer. Ross was born Bernice Gaunt in Omaha, Nebraska but her family relocated to California when she was a child. She studied at Hollywood High School and the University of California and auditioned successfully for Gus Arnheim's band during her second year at university. She made her first recordings at the age of 20 with Arnheim in 1933. Her film career began in 1933 and the following year she introduced the melody of the song "Blue Moon" for the Clark Gable movie Manhattan Melodrama, only with different lyrics. Ross first achieved prominence appearing opposite Bing Crosby in the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding, in which she and Crosby sang "Blue Hawaii". In The Big Broadcast of 1938 she sang "Thanks for the Mem... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francesco Rezzesi
Francesco Domenico Rezzesi, born on January 7, 1902 in Sondrio (birth time source: Lescaut), is an Italien professor of medecine.... Biography of George N. Hatsopoulos
George Hatsopoulos, born on January 7, 1927 in Athènes, is a Greek American mechanical engineer noted for his work in thermodynamics. In 1965, he and Joseph Keenan published their famous textbook Principles of General Thermodynamics, which restates the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the existence of stable equilibrium states. Their formulation of the second law of thermodynamics states that: “ When an isolated system performs a process after the removal of a series of internal constraints, it will reach a unique state of equilibrium: this state of equilibrium is independent of the order in which the constraints are removed. ” The Hatsopoulos-Keenan statement of the Second Law has been rigorously shown to entail the well-known Clausius, Kelvin-Planck, and Carathéodory statem... Biography of Arié Elmaleh
Arié Elmaleh, born January 7, 1975 in Casablanca, Morocco, is a French actor and comedian. He is the brother of French actor and humorist Gad Elmaleh. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065166/ ) # Jusqu'à toi (2009) .... Pedro ... aka C'est toujours mieux quand on sourit sur la photo (France) ... aka Shoe at Your Foot (Canada: English title) # Faut que ça danse! (2007) .... François ... aka Let's Dance (Europe: English title: festival title) # Persepolis (2007) (voice) # Je déteste les enfants des autres (2007) .... Sami ... aka I Hate My Best Friends' Kids (International: English title) # Molière (2007) .... Maître de danse # Bataille natale (2006) (TV) .... Joseph # L'école pour tous (2006) .... Jahwad # La maison de Nina (2005) .... Avner ... aka Nina's Ho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franco Debenedetti
Franco Debenedetti, born on January 7, 1933 in Turin, is an Italian entrepreneur and politician (PDS, DS). He is the brother of Carlo De Benedetti.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Trevor Nelson (DJ)
Trevor Nelson MBE (born 7 January 1964 in Hackney, London) is an English DJ and presenter. Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, he attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School (now known as Central Foundation Boys' School) in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College. His first job was in a shoe shop, but his love of music meant a part time role as a DJ. Nelson gained day time work at a record importer in 1985, and widened his DJ experience putting on "warehouse parties" on the weekends. Nelson then worked in A&R for record labels Cooltempo and EMI, promoting artistes such as D'Angelo, Mica Paris and Lynden David Hall; while also promoting events, including his own Soul II Soul and The Lick. Radio career Nelson began DJing on pirate radio st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henny Porten
Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German film actress and producer of the silent era. She appeared in over 170 films between 1906 and 1955. She was one of the few German actress of the era to enter film without having stage experiences. Many of her earlier films were directed by her husband Kurt Stark, who died on the Western Front in 1916. In 1921, she remarried, to Wilheim von Kauffman. When the Nazis took power, and she refused to divorce him, a complete Jew, she found that her career, where she had done twelve films a year, dissolved immediately. When she resolved on emigration, she was denied an exit visa to prevent a negative impression. She made a few films during the Nazi era, particularly after Allied bombardment started, and her placid a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Conrad
Arthur Conrad, born on January 7, 1935 in Oakland, California, died of pneumonia from AIDS on November 25, 1986 in San Francisco, was an American dancer, choreographer, and opera director.... Biography of Sofi Oksanen
Sofi Oksanen (born January 7, 1977) is a contemporary writer in Finland. She was born in Jyväskylä. Her father is Finnish and her mother is Estonian. She is a former dramaturgy student of the Finnish Theatre Academy. She is a self-identified bisexual and has suffered from eating disorders. Oksanen first became well-known for her novel Stalinin lehmät ("Stalin's Cows") (2003). It was nominated for the Runeberg Prize. Two years later, she released her second novel Baby Jane (2005). Oksanen’s first original play Puhdistus (”Purge”) was staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007. From out of the play grew Oksanen’s third literary novel Puhdistus (2008). It ranked number 1 on the bestseller list for fiction in Finland when it was published. She was awarded the prestigious Finlandia Pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Iona Brown
Iona Brown, OBE (7 January 1941 – 5 June 2004) was a British violinist and conductor. Elizabeth Iona Brown was born in Salisbury. Her parents Antony and Fiona were both musicians. In addition, her brother Timothy is principal horn player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, her other brother Ian is a pianist, and her sister Sally plays viola with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. From 1963 to 1966, Brown was a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1964, she joined the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, working her way up through the ranks to become a soloist and director in 1974. She formally left the Academy in 1980, but continued to work with them for the remainder of her life. In 1981, Brown was appointed artistic director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. The Norwegian roy... Biography of David Arroyo
David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding on the UCI ProTeam Caisse d'Epargne. He is one of the best climbers on his team along with team leader Alejandro Valverde and Óscar Pereiro. After Valverde crashed on the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory. Arroyo's biggest win to date is Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains competition and the young riders competition. His top ten performance in the 2007 Giro d'Italia suggests that t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925, Elizabeth, New Jersey - September 20, 1988, Paris, France) was an American jazz drummer. Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums, and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940s. He gigged with Paul Gayten in an R&B group, and then played in the early 1950s with Joe Holiday, Roy Eldridge, and Milt Buckner. In 1955, he joined Duke Ellington's orchestra, and remained the ensemble's drummer until 1966. After his time with Ellington, Woodyard played behind Ella Fitzgerald, and then moved to Los Angeles. In the 1970s he played less due to health problems, but recorded with Buddy Rich and toured with Claude Bolling. In 1983 he played in a band with Teddy Wilson, Buddy Tate, and Slam Stewart. His last recording was on Steve Lacy's 1988 album... Biography of Dick Marty
Dick Marty (born 7 January 1945 in Sorengo) is a Swiss politician (FDP.The Liberals) and former state prosecutor of the canton of Ticino. He is a member of the Swiss Council of States (since 1995), and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Marty holds a doctorate in law from the University of Neuchâtel with the thesis: "The role and the power of the Swiss judge in the application of penal sanctions" (French: Le rôle et les pouvoirs du juge suisse dans l'application des sanctions pénales). Professional career Max Planck Institute From 1972 to 1975, Marty worked at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany, responsible for the section on Swiss law. State prosecutor In 1975, Marty was nominated st... Biography of Mallory Snyder
Mallory Snyder (born January 7, 1984) is an American model best known for her participation on MTV's reality television program The Real World: Paris and her work as a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated. Snyder is a 2002 graduate of William Fremd High School. Her father, Todd Snyder, played professional American football in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons from 1970-1973. The Real World: Paris Snyder first appeared in the public eye when she appeared as a cast member on The Real World: Paris, which aired in 2003. Snyder was known on the show as a virgin who gave up her soccer scholarship at Iowa State University to participate in the taping of the show. Snyder's looks gained the attention of the males in the house, especially Adam King and Ace Amerson, the latter whom she eventually ... Biography of Zöe Salmon
Zöe Salmon (born 7 January 1980) is a television presenter who hosted the children's television show Blue Peter from 23 December 2004 to 25 June 2008. She also appeared on Dancing on Ice in early 2009. Life and career Salmon was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. She attended Kilmaine Primary School and Glenlola Collegiate School while growing up in Bangor, a town on the east coast of Northern Ireland which she says is her "favourite place.... It's a really pretty seaside town with a marina which is lovely in the summer". She then attended Queen's University, Belfast, where she gained a 2:1 degree in law, before qualifying as a solicitor. She was crowned Miss Northern Ireland in 1999 (beating future Big Brother contestant Orlaith McAllister). In 2009 she was placed at num... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and world champion. Semenya won gold in the women's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships with a time of 1:55.45 in the final. Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships questions were raised about Semenya's gender. She was withdrawn from international competition until 6 July 2010 when the IAAF cleared her to return to competition. Early life and education Semenya was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village in South Africa near Polokwane and grew up in the village of Fairlie, "deep in South Africa's northern Limpopo province." She has three sisters and a brother, and her family are members of the Zion Christian Church. She is said to have been a tomboy as a child. Semenya attended Nt... Biography of Paul Keres
Paul Keres (January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975), was an Estonian chess grandmaster. Keres narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions. He won the 1938 AVRO tournament, which led to negotiations for a World Championship match against Alexander Alekhine, but the match never took place due to World War II. Then after the war he was runner-up in the Candidates' Tournament on four consecutive occasions. Due to these and other strong results, many commentators consider Keres to be the strongest player never to become World Chess Champion. He was nicknamed "The Crown Prince of Chess". Early life Paul Keres was born in Narva, Estonia. Keres first learned about chess from his father and older brother. With the scarcity of chess literature in his small t... Biography of Christophe Guenot
Christophe Guenot (born January 7, 1979 in Saint-Rémy) is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He is brother of the Olympic Champion Steeve Guenot. External links http://pekin.franceolympique.com/pekin/athletes/6/guenot-29036.html... Biography of Kevin Rahm
Kevin Rahm (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor known for his role as Kyle McCarty on the CBS series Judging Amy. He also appeared in the NBC sitcom Jesse. Currently, he portrays Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives. Early Life Rahm was born in Mineral Wells, Texas. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called the Mormon Church, he served as a missionary in France, Switzerland, and on the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990 and 1992. Returning to the United States, he studied pre-law at Brigham Young University, before changing his major to drama. In 1994, he was awarded the Irene Ryan Award for best college actor, and in 1996 dropped out of university to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Career He played Norvo Tigan... Biography of Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc (born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III on January 7, 1979) is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician. He is a first generation African-American with parents born in Panama Early career and Shine Through (1995-2009) Blacc first began his career in 1995, as a rapper in the American hip hop duo Emanon. which consisted of producer Exile and Aloe himself. By the end of the 1990s, Blacc was a "Stowaway" on a Lootpack tour in Europe. The duo released six albums in total. This also led to Blacc working with the French Jazz group Jazz Liberatorz. In 2003, he was signed as to Stones Throw Records and started a solo career. He released his debut EP in the same year. He then released his debut album, entitled Shine Through on July 11, 2006. It was released on CD, Vinyl and Digi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ulysses Kay
Ulysses Simpson Kay (January 7, 1917, Tucson, Arizona–May 20, 1995, Englewood, New Jersey) was an African-American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style. Ulysses Kay, the nephew of the classic jazz musician King Oliver, studied piano, violin and saxophone. Kay attended the University of Arizona where he was encouraged by the African-American composer William Grant Still. He went for graduate work to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and there worked under Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. Ulysses Kay met the eminent neoclassical composer Paul Hindemith in the summer of 1941 at the Berkshire Music Center and followed Hindemith to Yale for a formative year of study from 1941 to 1942. After a stint as a musician in the Navy during the World War II, Uly... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Yost
David Harold Yost (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor and producer known for his role of Billy Cranston on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Power Rangers Zeo. Early life Yost was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and moved around throughout the United States, winning many gymnastics competitions nationally, most notably the state championships Iowa and Montana. In 1987, he graduated from Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA. In 1991, graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa with a B.A. in communication and dramatic arts. He moved to California with hopes of becoming an actor and auditioned for a role in the Power Rangers series only three months after arriving. He won the part of Billy Cranston, the comp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Svetlana Metkina
Svetlana Metkina, born January 7, 1974 in Moscow, is a Russian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343003/ ) # Putevoy obkhodchik (2007) .... Katya ... aka Путевой обходчик (Russia) ... aka Trackman (International: English title) # Bobby (2006) .... Lenka # Mini's First Time (2006) .... Jelena Mariskova Flachsman # Slingshot (2005) .... Fast Bobby # The Second Front (2005) (as Lana Litwak) .... Olga Ryabina ... aka Второй фронт (Russia) # Barbarian (2003) (V) .... Gilda ... aka Barbarian: The Last Great Warrior King (Australia) # "Sokrovishcha mertvykh" (2003) TV series ... aka Сок... Biography of Anabela Belikova
Anabela Belikova, born on January 7, 1990 in Brest, is a Belarusian model. She has worked for Nina Ricci, Balenciaga, Vera Wang, Blumarine, Pepe Jeans, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, and Jill Stuart cosmetics.... Biography of Clint Mansell
Clinton Darryl "Clint" Mansell, (born 7 January 1963) is an English musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of the band Pop Will Eat Itself. After the disbanding of Pop Will Eat Itself in 1996, Mansell was introduced to film scoring when director Darren Aronofsky, hired him to score his debut film, π. Mansell then wrote the score for the next Aronofsky film, Requiem for a Dream, which has been well received. Its main composition "Lux Aeterna" has become extremely popular, appearing in a wide variety of advertisements and film trailers. Mansell's composition for The Fountain was nominated for Best Original Score at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards. His other notable film scores include Moon, Smokin' Aces, The Wrestler, and Black Swan. Career Pop career M... Biography of Abilio Estévez
Abilio Estévez, born on January 7, 1954 in Havana, is a Cuban writer and novelist. Bibliography * Ce royaume t'appartient , trad. Alice Seelow, Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, Paris, 1999, 352 p. (ISBN 978-2246567011) * Rue Caraïbes, avec Jean-Pierre Favreau, Éditions En Vues, Indre, France, 1999, 104 p. (ISBN 978-2911966125) * Palais lointains , trad. Alice Seelow, Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, Paris, 2004, 364 p. (ISBN 978-2246649014) * Le navigateur endormi , trad. Alice Seelow, Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, Paris, 2010 (ISBN 978-2246749813)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Longo
Robert Longo (born January 7, 1953) is an American painter and sculptor. Longo became famous in the 1980s for his "Men in the Cities" series, which illustrated sharply dressed businessmen writhing in contorted emotion. Early life and education Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Long Island. He had a childhood fascination with mass media: movies, television, magazines, and comic books, which continue to influence his art. Longo began college at the University of North Texas, in the town of Denton, but left before getting a degree. He later studied sculpture under Leonda Finke, who encouraged him to pursue a career in the visual arts. In 1972, Longo received a grant to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. Upon his return to New York... Biography of Lindsay Clubine
Lindsay Clubine, born on January 7, 1983 in Kansas City, is an American model, and a contestant of the American game show Deal or No Deal. External link: http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/models/lindsay.shtml... Biography of Serena Ortolani
Serena Ortolani (born on January 7, 1987 in Ravenna) is an Italian volleyball player. She has played plays as an opposite hitter for Foppapedretti Bergamo from 2008 to 2011. Despite being of a young age, Ortolani has already made several appearances for the Italian national volleyball team in international competitions and is considered by numerous experts to being one of the biggest promises of Italian women's volleyball. Her debut for the national team came on the 2005 edition of the European Championships, held in Croatia, when the team was then coached by Marco Bonitta. In the 2005/06 season, she won her first Coppa Italia and Scudetto with Foppapedretti Bergamo. In 2006, she was selected again for the national team for the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship, held in Japan, where ... Biography of Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Golf career Gulbis started finding interest in the game at the early age of 4. By the time she reached 7 years old, she had won her first tournament. In three years, at age 10, she was breaking par. She played in her first LPGA tour event as an amateur at the age of 14 (handicap of 2). She attended Granite Bay High School and graduated when she was 16. She turned professional at age 18 after playing for one season on the women's golf team at the University of Arizona. Gulbis did not win a tournament in the first five years of her professional career but still finished sixth on the LPGA money list in 2005 with over $1 million (U.S.) in earnings and played on the w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Inga Skaya
Inga Skaya (born Ingeborg Berdichevsky on January 7, 1986 in Moscow, Russia) is a Canadian model of Russian Jewish descent who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2007 on March 4, 2007. She was raised in Toronto, Canada for most of her life. Inga attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in Toronto, as did the previous Miss Universe Canada, Alice Panikian. Before competing in Miss Universe Canada 2007, Inga participated in Miss Matryoshka 2006, a beauty pageant for women of Eastern European decent, part of Russian festival Matryoshka organized annually at the end of August in Toronto at park Canada's Wonderland, where she placed 3rd after Niki Yampolsky and Julia Safronova. Inga represented her country in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, but didn't make into the top 15. Dur... Biography of Michelle Behennah
Michelle Behennah (born January 7, 1977, Singapore) is an English model. Early life Behennah was born in Singapore where her father was a school administrator. The youngest of three children, Michelle relocated to Sheffield, England, after her parents' divorce. Her mother Rosemary eventually remarried and now lives in France where she and her current husband manage an inn. As a child, Behennah aspired to study medicine and become a plastic surgeon. Her mother saw her potential as a model. At the urging of her mother, 14-year old Michelle entered a beauty contest sponsored by a shampoo company.Michelle won the contest. She next entered the 1993 Ford Agency "Supermodel of the World" competition. At this event she was a finalist, along with now fellow model Magdalena Wrobel. Her c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lush, sweeping landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter of these scenes for the remainder of the 19th century. Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism. An important interpreter of the western landscape, Bierstadt, along with Thomas Moran, is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School. B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph Miliband
Ralph Miliband (7 January 1924 – 21 May 1994) was a notable British Marxist and sociologist. Though born in Belgium he was of Polish-Jewish ancestry. He was married to Marion Kozak and is the father of two British MPs, David and Ed Miliband, who were both members of the British Cabinet under Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the latter of whom is now leader of the Labour Party. Early life and family As Adolphe Miliband, he was born in Brussels of Polish-Jewish émigré parents. Both his parents lived in the Jewish quarter of Warsaw, before his father, Samuel Miliband, joined the Red Army in the Polish–Soviet War. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery close to Karl Marx. The young Miliband was forced to move from Belgium in 1940 as Hitler's army moved westwards through the country and he m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Degenkolb
John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989 in Gera) is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam HTC-Highroad. In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt. Palmares 2008 1st Stage 2 Thüringen Rundfahrt 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Anjou 2nd ZLM Tour 3rd U-23 Road Race UCI Road World Championship 2009 3rd ZLM Tour 3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 2010 1st Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne 1st Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne 1st Stage 3 Tour Alsace 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt 1st Stage 3 9th Overall FBD Insurance Ras 1st Stage 6 1st Stage 8 2nd La Côte Picarde 2nd U-23 Road Race UCI Road World C... Biography of Janine Jansen
Janine Jansen (born January 7, 1978, in Soest in the Netherlands) is a violinist and violist. She began to study the violin at age 6. Her father and both her brothers are also musicians. Her mother is a classical singer and is a sister of the bass Peter Kooy. Jansen studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philippe Hirschhorn, and Boris Belkin. Biography She appeared as soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in 2001, where she performed the Brahms Violin Concerto. She opened the BBC Proms in 2005. When performing live, she is sometimes rather adventurous with her performance, with emphasis on emotional accents more than on precision or adherence to the scores. She has eschewed tradition by recording with only 5 solo strings rather than an orchestra, including her brother as ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jon Lester (baseball)
Jonathan Tyler Lester (born January 7, 1984, in Tacoma, Washington) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Less than two years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, Lester started and won the final game of the 2007 World Series, and in May 2008, pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. Career High school Lester attended Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, Washington, where he was a three-time MVP and three-time All-Area selection. In addition, he was named Gatorade State Player of the Year for Washington in 2000. Professional The Red Sox drafted Lester in the second round (No. 57 overall) of the 2002 draft and gave him the highest signing bonus of any second-rounder that year, $1 million. Lester quickly moved through ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luz (cartoonist)
Renald Luzier, best known as Luz, born on January 7, 1972, is a French political cartoonist, journalist, and author. Œuvres Charlie Hebdo: 1998 : Les Mégret gèrent la ville 1999 : C'est la crise finale 2002 : Monsieur le baron 2005 : Un Turc est entré dans l'Europe 2006 : Charlie blasphème (en collaboration avec Charb) Other editors: 2002 : Cambouis (L'Association) Livret de l'album OuMuPo3 avec Rubin Steiner sur le label Ici, d'ailleurs... 2003 : The Joke (Les Requins Marteaux) 2005 : Claudiquant sur le dancefloor (Hoëbeke) 2006 : Faire danser les filles (Hoëbeke) 2007 : J'aime pas la chanson française (Hoëbeke) 2008 : Quand deux chiens se rencontrent (Les Échappés) 2009: Les Sarkozy gèrent la France (Les Échapp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rex Lee (actor)
Rex Lee (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Lloyd Lee. Early life Lee was born in Warren, Ohio. He grew up in the states of Massachusetts and California and graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Career Prior to landing the role on Entourage, Lee had various jobs including performing in the children's theater company, Imagination Company, as well as working as a casting assistant. He was the casting director for the TV movie The Cure for a Diseased Life. Lee has also played roles on a variety of TV shows, including Twins, What About Brian and Zoey 101. Lee plays Lloyd Lee, the gay assistant to Ari Gold, the character played by Jeremy Piven — eventually becoming an agent and interim head... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jesse Branson
Herman Jesse Branson (born January 7, 1942 in Graham, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for Elon University. He is 6'7". He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (18th pick overall) of the 1965 NBA Draft. He played for the 76ers (1965-66) in the NBA for 5 games and for the New Orleans Buccaneers (1967-68) in the ABA for 78 games.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donald Brashear
Donald Brashear (born January 7, 1972) is an American-Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently a member of the Rivière-du-Loup CIMT in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). He previously played for five organizations in the National Hockey League (NHL). His main role is that of an enforcer. He was considered one of the best, and most feared, in the NHL. His aggressive style of play has led to being among the league leaders in penalty minutes six times, while currently ranking 15th all-time in NHL history, and has resulted in multiple suspensions as well. He remains the Vancouver Canucks all-time single season leader in penalty minutes, which he set in the 1997–98 season. He was the victim of one most publicized incidents of on-ice violence in NHL history, when he... Biography of Ryan Star (musician)
Ryan Star (born January 7, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Long Island, New York. He was also a reality television contestant on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. Biography Star was born Ryan Star Kulchinsky in Huntington, New York on Long Island, and grew up in nearby Dix Hills. He was 14 years old when he formed his first band called Stage. They released a four EPs - "Black" in 1997, "Blue" in 1999, "White" in 2000 and "The Final" in 2004, and in 1995 studio album "Historical Underdosing" and a self-titled album on Maverick Records in 2002. While still in high school, the band played CBGB's and the Mercury Lounge. When the band parted ways, Star became the solo artist R.Star and released his independently produced debut solo album Songs from the Eye of an El... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Butterfly McQueen
Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen (January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, the 28-year-old McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, then continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting in the 1950s . Early life Born Thelma McQueen in Tampa, Florida, she had planned to become a nurse until a high school teacher suggested that she try acting. McQueen initially studied with Janet Collins and went on to dance with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. Around this time she acquired the nickname "Butterfly"—a tribute to her constantly moving hands—for her performance of the Butterfly Ballet in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (she had always hated her birth name... Biography of Haley Bennett
Haley Bennett (born Haley Loraine Keeling; January 7, 1988) is an American singer and actress. She will star in the new FX series Outlaw Country with Luke Grimes and Mary Steenburgen. Life and career Haley Bennett was born in Naples, Florida as Haley Loraine Keeling, the daughter of Leilani Dorsey Bennett and Ronald Keeling. As a child, she moved with her father to Stow, Ohio, where she attended Stow-Munroe Falls High School, before the family relocated back to Naples. Later, she studied music and acting while attending Barron Collier High School in Naples. She and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her career in the summer of 2005 after high school. Haley made her film debut as the pop music singer Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics, along... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7, 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. He previously played for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals. Soriano played primarily as a second baseman for the Yankees and Rangers. He bats right-handed, and has batted as a lead-off hitter for most of his career. Professional career 1997: Japan Soriano began his professional baseball career in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, training at their Carp Academy for Dominican players. In 1997, he was promoted to the varsity team, and, wearing uniform number 74, he appeared in nine games, batting .118 (2 for 17) with two walks. Soriano disliked the intense Japanese practice schedule, and the Carp deni... Biography of Rand Paul
Randal Howard "Rand" Paul (born January 7, 1963) is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. He is a member of the Republican Party. A member of the Tea Party movement, he describes himself as a "constitutional conservative" and a libertarian. He is the son of former Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, who ran for president in 1988 as a libertarian, and in 2008 and 2012 as a Republican. He first received national attention in 2008 when making political speeches on behalf of his father and is the first United States Senator to serve simultaneously with a parent in the United States House of Representatives. A graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine, Paul has been a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, since 1993, and established his own clinic in December 20... Biography of Fern Fitzgerald
Fern Fitzgerald (b. January 7, 1947, Valley Stream, New York) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role (from 1978 to 1990) in the soap opera Dallas as oil cartel businesswoman Marilee Stone. She also appeared in the original productions of Chicago and A Chorus Line on Broadway. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280235/) 1996 Seinfeld (TV series) Ms. Wilkie – The Abstinence (1996) … Ms. Wilkie 1995 Vanishing Son (TV series) – Long Ago and Far Away (1995) 1990-1992 Corky, un adolescent pas comme les autres (TV series) Robin Benchfield – Confessions (1992) … Robin Benchfield – Out of the Mainstream (1991) … Robin Benchfield – Brothers (1990) … Robin Benchfield 1991 Shades of LA (TV series) Katherine – Ten Little Thespians (1991) … Kath... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Villey
Raymond Henri Joseph Villey-Desmeserets, best known as Raymond Villey, born on January 7, 1913 in Caen (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on January 16, 1999 in the same city, was a French physician. Bibliography Les symptômes embryonnaires, thèse de médecine, 1941, Paris, n° 214, 140 p., L. Arnette, Paris, 1941 Réflexions sur la médecine d'hier et de demain, 240 p., Plon, Paris, 1966 (Avec Claude Mandonnel et Pascal Campbell) Histoire du diagnostic médical, 219 p., Masson, Paris, 1976 Déontologie médicale, 106 p., Masson, Paris, 1982 (ISBN 2-225-78640-2) (Avec Philippe Letellier et Philippe Boutard) Dictionnaire médical des symptômes et syndromes, 351 p., Masson, Paris, 1982 (ISBN 2-225-78640-2) Histoire du secret médical, Seguers, Paris, 1986 (ISBN... Biography of Hardwell
Robbert van de Corput (born 7 January 1988), better known by his stage name Hardwell, is a Dutch progressive and electro house DJ and music producer. After watching parties on MTV as a 13 year old, he was inspired to start DJing. Breaking into the scene in 2009 with his bootleg of "Show Me Love vs. Be", he has produced multiple hit EDM singles such as "Encoded" and "Cobra" and also made collaborations and toured with Tiësto. In 2010 he formed his own label Revealed Recordings and was ranked number 24 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list for 2011, and number 6 in 2012. Alongside other artists like Alesso, Deniz Koyu and R3hab, Hardwell was named an EDM artist to watch in 2012 by MTV. Discography Charting Singles Year Single Credited to Peak positions Album NED AUT BEL (Fl) BEL (Wa... |
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