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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on July, 2, 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 · 45,414 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,414 Celebrities
104 celebrities or events were found for July, 2. Add to favourites (112 fans)Biography of Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2, 1986 (birth time source: Seventeen Magazine April 2006)) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. At age 10, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at 11, she made her motion picture debut by playing identical twins in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. The source for her birth time is Seventeen Magazine, April 2006. Lohan rose to stardom with her leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Her subsequent roles include appearances in A Prairie Home Companion and Bobby. In 2004, Lohan launched a second career in pop music yielding the albums Speak (2004) , A L... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Line Renaud
Line Renaud is a popular French singer, actress and activist (born Jacqueline Ente, on July 2 1928 in Nieppe). Early life Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on July 2, 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist and father, a truck driver during the week, who played trumpet on the weekends in a local brass band. She showed the first signs of her talent in the primary school, when at the age of 7 she won an amateur competition. During the Second World War, Jacqueline’s father was mobilised, spending five years away from the family. During this time, Jacqueline was brought up by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her grandmother had a cafe in Armentières, where she used to sing for the passing soldiers. Early career and meeting Loulou Gasté She auditioned at ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Samy Naceri
Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French actor, known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code (La Mentale). He was born Saïd Naceri to an Algerian father and French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. Criminality Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants. In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a trendy Paris restaurant. The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail. He was relea... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Flavie Flament
French TV host.... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi) which explore an individual's search for spirituality outside society. Life Youth Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family. Both of his parents served with a Basel Mission to India, where Hesse's mother Marie Gundert was born in 1842. Hesse's father, Johannes Hesse, was born in 1847 in Estonia, the son of a doctor. The Hesse family had lived in Calw since 1873, where they operated a missionary publishing house under the direction of H... Biography of Jacques Chancel
Joseph Crampes, better known as Jacques Chancel, is a French journalist and writer, born July 2, 1928 in Ayzac-Ost (Hautes-Pyrénées).... Biography of Jerry Hall
Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American supermodel and actress known for being Mick Jagger's long-time companion and common law wife. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Hall's autobiography, entitled Jerry Hall's Tall Tales, was published in 1985. In this book, she describes her early life in Mesquite, Texas, where she graduated from North Mesquite High School. She also relates her experiences as a young model living in Paris. Celebrity marriage In 1990, Hall was "married" to Mick Jagger in an unofficial Balinese ceremony. Hall began a secret affair with Jagger while still engaged to Bryan Ferry. Her common law marriage to Jagger ended in 1999. They have four children together: Elizabeth, James, Georgia, and Gabriel. Entertainment career In 19... Biography of Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin is a fashion designer. He was born on July 7, 1922, near Venice, Italy, to French parents. He moved to Paris in 1945. There he studied architecture and worked with Paquin after the war. Work with Schiaparelli followed until he became head of Christian Dior's tailleure atelier in 1947, but was denied work at Balenciaga. He founded his own house in 1950 and began with haute couture in 1953. Cardin was known for his avant-garde style and his space age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954. Cardin was the first couturier to turn to Japan as a high fashion market when he travelled there in 1959. In 1959, he wa... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985 (birth time source: "Ashley Tisdale: Star of HSM" by Posey Edwards)) is an American actress, singer, and television producer. Tisdale's first major role started in 2005 with Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Maddie Fitzpatrick and she next played Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series. She made music history by becoming the first female artist ever to debut with two singles simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top". After the first Emmy-winning High School Musical, she pursued a solo music career and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6, 2007. The album debuted at number five in the U.S. charts, selling over 64,000 copies in the first week, and was later cer... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ahmed Ouyahia
Ahmed Ouyahia (Arabic: أحمد أويحيى) (born July 2, 1952) is an Algerian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Algeria twice. Ouyahia was born in the village of Bouadnane in the Wilaya of Tizi Ouzou in the Kabylie region of Algeria on July 2nd, 1952. Following a primary education starting in Algiers in the academic year 1958/1959 and ending in the academic year 1964/1965, Ouyahia followed a secondary education at the Lycee El Idrissi in Algiers starting from the academic year 1965/1966. Ouyahia obtained his diploma of Baccalauréat ès-lettres in 1972. In 1972, Ahmed Ouyahia joined the entry examination for the "Ecole Nationale d'Administration" of Algiers. Having scored among the top three applicants, along with Ahmed Atta... Biography of Maïtena Biraben
Maïtena Biraben is a French TV host born July 2, 1967 in Saint-Denis (93).... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single "The Game of Love", which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life and solo career Michelle was born seven weeks premature in Flagstaff, Arizona on July 2 1983 , and was named after the Beatles' song "Michelle". Her father is of Irish ancestry while her Indo mother was born in the Netherlands; her maternal grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian and was held in a Japanese internmen... Biography of Adrien Gallo
Adrien Gallo, born July 2, 1988, is a French musician, singer and guitarist, a member of rock group BB Brunes, with Félix Hemmen, Karim Réveillé and Bérald Crambes. Discography Album 2007 : Blonde comme moi (disque d'or) Singles Le Gang (chanson) (sorti en 2006) Dis-moi (sorti le 18 juin 2007) Houna (Toutes mes copines) (2008) Perdus cette nuit (2008) J'écoute les Cramps (2008) Mr Hyde (2008) Confusion Printanière Dynamitez-Moi Pas comme ça Sixty-eight... Biography of René Lacoste
Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player and businessman, nicknamed "the Crocodile" or "the Alligator" by fans, because of his pugnacity on court; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929. Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, France's tennis stars who dominated the game in the 1920s and early 1930s. He won 7 Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships but never made the long trip to Australia to play in their championships. He was the world number one player for both 1926 and 1927. In 1933, Lacoste founded La Société Chemise Lacoste, together with André Gillier. The company produced the tennis shirt which Lacoste often wore when he was playing,... Biography of Imelda Marcos
Imelda Trinidad Romualdez-Marcos (born July 2, 1929 in Manila) is the widow of Ferdinand Marcos, former First Lady, and an influential political figure in the Philippines. She is known as the "Steel Butterfly" and remains a controversial figure not only in her home country, but around the world. Her extensive shoe collection is world-renowned. Early life Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez Marcos was born on July 2, 1929 in San Juan de Dios Hospital in Manila. Her parents were Vicente Orestes Romualdez (of Spanish blood) and Remedios Trinidad, the second wife of the widowed-Vicente. Her paternal ancestors founded the town of Tolosa, Leyte .Her own branch of the family was not political. Her father was a scholarly man more interested in music and culture than in public life. H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo after he helped to win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. Only ten weeks later, Lumumba's government was deposed in coup during the Congo Crisis. He was subsequently imprisoned and assassinated under controversial circumstances. Path to Prime Minister Lumumba was born in Onalua in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai province of the Belgian Congo, a member of the Tetela ethnic group. Raised in a Catholic family as one of four male children, he was educated at a Protestant primary school, a Catholic missionary school, and finally the government post office training school, passing the one-year course with distinction.... Biography of Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray (born July 2, 1941 in Paris) is a former journalist and film producer who has become a global philanthropist and social entrepreneur working with AIDS orphans. She is a grandchild of the Bolivian King of Tin, Simón Patiño, who was one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time of her birth. She founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) in 1989, in memory of her son who had died in 1986. Career After working variously as a model, actress and freelance journalist, she established a film production company in 1969 and is credited with producing eleven movies. These include Fort Saganne (1984), directed by Alain Corneau and starring Gérard Depardieu. She was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1985 and also became the first film producer to be... Biography of José Canseco
José Canseco y Capas, Jr. (born July 2, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball, and is the twin brother of former major league player Osvaldo "Ozzie" Canseco Capas 'Ozzie Canseco'. Canseco and his family left Cuba with his cousins when he and his brother were infants. They relocated to the United States, with José and Ozzie growing up in the Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida. Canseco did not attend college, having been drafted in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics in 1982. He first received high regard for his remarkable power at one of his early minor league stops, with the Modesto A's in Modesto, California. Home run blasts of over 500 feet were common, and the fans would chant "Loot, loot!" to cheer him on. He was a late se... Biography of Sharifah Aini
Sharifah Aini, born July 2, 1953 in Johor Bahru, is a Malaysian singer.... Biography of Yancy Butler
Yancy Victoria Butler (born July 2, 1970 in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American television and movie actress. She is the daughter of Joe Butler, drummer for the sixties rock group The Lovin' Spoonful. Career Beginnings After growing up in Greenwich Village, New York City, she went on to study at Sarah Lawrence College in 1987, where she majored in liberal arts. Butler's first major role was in the television series Mann & Machine in 1992, in which she played an android police officer partnered with a human. The series was set in Los Angeles in the near future. The series was co-created by Dick Wolf of Law & Order fame. A year later, she starred in her second series, also for Dick Wolf. In South Beach, she played a con artist and thief who made a deal with the federa... Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (born 2 July 1714 Erasbach, Upper Palatinate; died 15 Nov 1787 in Vienna) was a composer of the 18th century, most noted for his operatic works. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years. With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian opera seria had enjoyed for much of the century. The strong influence of French opera in these works encouraged Gluck to move to Paris, which he did in November 1773. Fusing the traditions of Italian opera and the French national genre into a new synthesis, Gluck wrote eight operas for the... Biography of Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) was the President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. He is currently Co-President (with Pier Ferdinando Casini) of the Centrist Democratic International, an international organization of Christian Democratic political parties (which includes Mexico's National Action Party as a member). Height: 1m98 (6' 6") Fox was elected President of Mexico in the 2000 presidential election, an historically significant election that made him the first president elected from an opposition party since Álvaro Obregón in 1920. The 2000 election was also significant because it was the first presidential election since the end of the Mexican Revolution to be generally considered competitive and fair. He was elected with 42 percent of the vote, marking the first time that... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Lescure
Pierre Lescure, born July 2, 1945 in Choisy-le-Roi, is a French journalist, TV host and radio host.... Biography of Eric Srecki
Eric Srecki, born July 2, 1964 in Bethune, is a French fencer (épéeist).... Biography of Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu is a French actor, born on 2 July 1949 in Paris, France. Died from cancer at age of 61 on 27 December 2010. Biography Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu studied theater and film at the Sorbonne Paris III and began his career in film at the age of 25 by making appearances with acclaimed directors. He notably appeared in The Tenant by Roman Polanski, The Professional by Georges Lautner, The Return of Martin Guerre by Daniel Vigne and The Vanishing by George Sluizer. Filmography Actor 1975 : Docteur Françoise Gailland de Jean-Louis Bertucelli 1976 : Le Locataire de Roman Polanski : Serveur du bar 1976 : Monsieur Klein de Joseph Losey 1976 : Si c'était à refaire de Claude Lelouch : Claude Blame 1976 : Le Corps de mon ennemi d'Henri Verneuil : Un truand 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrea Yates
Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2, 1964) a Houston, Texas resident, is known for killing her five young children on June 20, 2001, by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for years with severe postpartum depression and psychosis. Her case placed the M'Naghten Rules, a legal test for insanity, under close public scrutiny in the United States. Convicted of capital murder in 2002 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years, Yates' conviction was later overturned on appeal. On July 26, 2006, a Texas jury ruled Yates to be not guilty by reason of insanity. She was consequently committed by the court to the North Texas State Hospital, Vernon Campus, a high-security mental health facility in Vernon, Texas, where she received medical treat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ron Silver
Ronald Silver (born July 2, 1946) is an American actor, director, and producer. Early life Silver was born in New York City, New York, the son of May (née Zimelman), a teacher, and Irving Roy Silver, who worked in clothing sales. Silver was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and attended The East Side Hebrew Institute ("ESHI") and then Stuyvesant High School. He went on to graduate from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Chinese, and received a Master's Degree in Chinese History from St. John's University in New York and the College of Chinese Culture in Taiwan. He also attended Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs. Career Silver made his film debut in Tunnel Vision in 1976. Additional screen roles include Lovesick ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles (400 km) in length, reducing the schedule to 30 races.) Petty is widely considered the greatest NASCAR driver of all time. He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 top-ten finishes in his 1,185 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James MacKay
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC (born 2 July 1927) is a Scottish advocate and former Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). Born in Edinburgh, the son of a railway signalman, Mackay was educated at George Heriot's School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge where he undertook degrees in mathematics and then did postgraduate study in that subject. For a time during the 1950s he taught mathematics at St Andrews University before returning to Edinburgh to read law. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1955 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1965. He was subsequently Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, the leader of the Scots bar. In 1979, Mackay was appointed Lord Advocate, the senior law officer in Scotland, and was created a life pe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem Akil (born 2 July 1930), usually known simply as Carlos Menem, was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). His parents were immigrants from Syria. Legacy Menem is noted for resolving territorial disputes with Chile, as well as for re-establishing diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. Menem is also infamous and criticized on a number of issues: corruption his pardons to former dictators Videla, Massera, and other convicted criminals of the Dirty War the alleged failure of his economic policies, which (albeit effective in fighting inflation) led to unemployment rates of over 20 percent and one of the worst recessions in Argentinian history. his alleged dubious handling of the investigations... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan (born July 2, 1949 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed "The Professor", plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers. Bittan has played on several dozen albums, not only for Springsteen but also David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman, Chicago, Catie Curtis, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, Celine Dion, Patty Smyth, Jim Steinman, and Bonnie Tyler. Career Bruce Springsteen Bittan is a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and has performed on the majority of Springsteen's albums, beginning with Born to Run in 1975. In Springsteen's band introductions, Bittan's "Prof... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Saive
Philippe Saive, born July 2, 1971 in Liège, is a table tennis player. He is the brother of Jean-Michel Saive.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Magrane
Joseph David Magrane (born July 2, 1964 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and is currently color commentary broadcaster for the MLB Network. He was teamed with play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats from 1998 to 2008 as part of the Tampa Bay Rays television team. Magrane served as an analyst for NBC Sports' coverage of Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He teamed with play-by-play man Eric Collins of ESPN. Playing career During his rookie season he helped the Cardinals win the 1987 NL Pennant. He also led the National League in Hit Batsmen (10). He led the National League in ERA (2.18) in 1988. He finished 4th in voting for the 1989 NL Cy Young for having an 18-9 Win-Loss record, 34 Games, 33 Games Started, 9 Complete Games, 3 Shutouts, 234 2/3... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lamine Diatta
Lamine Diatta (born 2 July 1975 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays as a defender for Al-Ahli Sports Club. Early life Diatta moved to France when he was only one year old. He was the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence, and is also tough in the air, which provides a threat in attacking set-pieces. Before moving to Olympique Lyon in 2004, Diatta played 142 games for Stade Rennais, scoring 9 goals in that time. Before his time at Rennes, he was at Marseille, but never actually played a game for them. Diatta's first club was Toulouse FC. He spent one season there and played 25 games without scoring. In his first year (2004/2005) with Lyon he played 19 games. During his second year (2005/2006) at Lyon, he was troubled with injury and only makes 13 app... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sylvain Cambreling
Sylvain Cambreling (born July 2, 1948 in Amiens, France) is a French conductor. Trained as a trombone player, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He joined l'Orchestre Symphonique de Lyon (OSL) as a trombonist in 1971. In 1974, he took second prize in the Besançon conductor competition. His conducting debut was with the OSL in 1975, leading Robert Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust. At the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he began to guest-conduct the Ensemble Intercontemporain regularly from 1976. Cambreling was the music director of the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels from 1981-1991. He served as artistic director and general music director of the Frankfurt Opera from 1993-1997. From 1997-2004, he served as principal guest conductor of Klangforum Wien. Since 1999, he has been the Ch... Biography of Owain Yeoman
Owain Yeoman (born July 2, 1978, Chepstow, Wales, UK) is a Welsh actor. His credits include The Nine, Kitchen Confidential and the HBO series, Generation Kill. He currently appears as Agent Wayne Rigsby in The Mentalist. Biography Yeoman made his film debut as Lysander in the Oscar nominated film Troy. He also had a small part in Broken Lizard's film, Beerfest, and made a guest appearance on an episode of Midsomer Murders. He played the major villain, a T-888 model cyborg Terminator, in the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The role was taken by Garret Dillahunt in the series of the same name. Yeoman studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He holds a degree in English Literature from Brasenose College, Oxford University. On 9 December... Biography of John Joubert
John J. Joubert (Methuen, MA, July 2, 1963 – July 17, 1996) was a serial killer executed in Nebraska. He had been convicted of the murders of three boys in Maine and Nebraska. Childhood Joubert's parents divorced when he was six years old, and he went to live with his mother in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was not allowed to visit his father and grew to hate his controlling mother. In 1974, she moved the family to Portland, Maine. When he was 13, he stabbed a young girl with a pencil and felt sexually stimulated when she cried in pain. The next day, he took a razor blade and slashed another girl as he biked past her. He was never caught for either attack. In another incident, he beat and nearly strangled another boy. He relished the power of bullying, and began to stab or slash othe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Talgorn
Frédéric Talgorn (born July 2, 1961 in Toulouse, France) is a French composer for film and television. Notable film scores include Robot Jox, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, Heavy Metal 2000, and Fortress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Borelly
Jean-Claude Borelly is a French trumpeter and composer. Background At the age of seven he developed a passion for the trumpet after discovering Louis Amstrong on television. He met a prominent trumpeter of the Paris Opera who touched by his fascination for the trumpet, introduced him to the instrument and accompanies all during his studies at the Conservatory and has the Normal School of Music. Early Years At the age of fourteen he had trumpet lessons at the school of music in Paris.When he was eighteen, Jean-Claude wanted to share his passion so he started teaching the trumpet to the beginners at the school of music. During the 70s, Jean-Claude became fanatical about rhythm and blues. He was so fond of it that he did not hesitate to give up his classical studies and start pl... Biography of Barbara Colby
Barbara Colby (July 2, 1939 (source Imdb) – July 24, 1975) was an American television actress (1940 instead of 1939 is sometimes given for her birth date). Born in New York City, Colby began her acting career in theatre, and made her Broadway debut in The Devils in 1965. Her first important television role was in an episode of the television series Columbo, titled Murder by the Book in 1971. Over the next few years she continued to appear in theatre, and played supporting roles in some made-for-television movies, as well as guest appearances in such television series as The Odd Couple, McMillan and Wife, Medical Center, Kung Fu and Gunsmoke. She impressed the producers of The Mary Tyler Moore Show with a guest appearance as a wise-cracking prostitute and was invited to reprise her ro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Chassaigne
André Chassaigne, born July 2, 1950 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), is a French politician, member of PC (Parti Communiste).... Biography of Henri Génès
Henri Génès (July 2, 1919 in Tarbes- August 22, 2005 in Paris) was a French actor and singer. He was the symbol of the good humor of the South West of France, and he played in more than 80 movies in more than 50 years. Born in Tarbes, in southwestern France, he went very young to Paris to get fortune. He was famous for his chubby silhouette and his southwest accent and in played in small roles as early as 1945 in more than 80 movies such as the ones by Gérard Oury (Le Corniaud, La Grande Vadrouille, Le Cerveau) and by Robert Dhéry (Allez France !, Le Petit Baigneur). In parallel he led a career as a singer and in operetta.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nathalie Duhamel
Nathalie Duhamel, born July 2, 1948 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French journalist, the daugther of Marie-Claire Servan-Schreiber and Jacques Claret de Fleurieu. She was the press secretary of President François Mitterrand.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fred Galiana
Fred Galiana, born July 2, 1931 in Quintanar de la Orden and died July 4, 2005, was a Spanish boxer.... Biography of Wislawa Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923, in Prowent, now part of Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. In Poland, her books reach sales rivaling prominent prose authors — although she once remarked in a poem entitled "Some like poetry" that no more than two out of a thousand people care for the art. Szymborska frequently employs literary devices such as irony, paradox, contradiction, and understatement, to illuminate philosophical themes and obsessions. Szymborska's compact poems often conjure large existential puzzles, touching on issues of ethical import, and reflecting on the condition of people both as individuals and as members of human society. Szymborska's style is succinct and marked by introspection a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dave Thomas
David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was an American restaurant owner and philanthropist. Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. He is also known for appearing in more than 800 commercial advertisements for the chain from 1989 to 2002–more than any other person in television history. Biography Dave Thomas was born on July 2, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey to a young unmarried woman he never knew. He was adopted at 6 weeks by Rex and Auleva Thomas and as an adult would become a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. After his adoptive mother's death when he was 5, his father moved around the country seeking work. Dave... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964 (as Sir Alec Douglas-Home). He was the last member of the House of Lords to be appointed Prime Minister and the only Prime Minister to renounce his peerage to leave the House of Lords and contest a by-election to enter the House of Commons. He was also the only Prime Minister to have played first class cricket and the first British Prime Minister to have been born in the 20th century. Early life Douglas-Home was born in Mayfair, London, England, the eldest of seven children born to Charles, Lord Dunglass, (the oldest ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Owen
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP (born 2 July 1938) is a British politician and previous Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. He was one of the founders of the British Social Democratic Party (SDP). He led the SDP from 1983 to 1987 and the re-formed SDP from 1988 to 1990. He is also known for becoming the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post of British Foreign Secretary (from 1977 to 1979) and as one of the authors of the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War. He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Biography Owen had long been regarded as a serial resigner. He had quit as Labour's spokesman on defence in 1972 in protest at the Labour leader Harold Wilson's attitude to the EEC; he left th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Bethe
ans Albrecht Bethe (German pronunciation: ; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. A versatile theoretical physicist, Bethe also made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics and particle astrophysics. During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory developing the first atomic bombs. There he played a key role in calculating the critical mass of the weapons, and did theoretical work on the implosion method used in both the Trinity test and the "Fat Man" weapon dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. For most of his career, Bethe was a professor at Cornell University. During the early 1950s, Bethe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marko Milosevic
Marko Milosevic, born July 2, 1974 in Belgrade, is a Serbian businessman, the son of Slobodan Milosevic and his wife Mirjana Marković.... Biography of David Saelens
David Saelens (Ypres, July 2, 1975) is a racing driver from Belgium. He drove in several racing classes such as Formula 3, Formula 3000, American LeMans Series, DTM and most recently the Porsche Supercup. In 1998 he won the Marlboro Masters of Formula Three at Zandvoort. In 1998 he became the first non French driver to win the French Formula Three Championship.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe, born July 2, 1904 in Liège, Belgium, and died July 2, 2001 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French philosopher and writer. He was specialized in Indianism. Publications * Le Râmâyana : Conté selon la tradition orale (Poche) de Serge Demetrian, préface d'Olivier Lacombe, Albin Michel, 2005 (ISBN 978-2226149145) * La Bhagavad Gîtâ de Olivier Lacombe et Anne-Marie Esnoul, Collection : Sagesses, Editeur : Seuil, 1997. (ISBN 978-2020045469) * Jacques Maritain, la générosité de l'intelligence de Olivier Lacombe, Collection : Croire et savoir, Editeur : Tequi, 1991. (ISBN 2740300301) * Expérience du soi : Etude de mystique comparée de Olivier Lacombe et Gardet, Desclée de Brouwer, 1986. (ISBN 978-2220022963) * Indianité de Olivier Lacombe, Collection : L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ronny Coutteure
Ronny Coutteure (2 July 1951 - 21 June 2000 - suicide) was a Belgian actor. He worked in cinema, radio, television, opera and theatre. He was a celebrity in his home country and in France and is most famous internationally for his supporting role of Remy in the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In France, he presented different TV-programmes and was one of the symbols of the culture of the fronteer region with Belgium. Movies 1982 : Hiver 60 de Thierry Michel 1983 : Un Dimanche de flic de Michel Vianey 1983 : Zig-Zag Story (Et la tendresse ? Bordel ! n°2) de Patrick Schulmann 1989 : Pentimento de Tonie Marshall 1993 : La cavale des fous de Marco Pico 1995 : Le Roi de Paris de Dominique Maillet 1997 : Arlette de Claude Zidi Television 1974 : La colonie de Berna... Biography of Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie (born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress. She is most recognised for her role as Donna Freedman on the soap opera Neighbours, which earned her two Logie Award nominations. In 2011, Robbie began appearing as Laura Cameron in the ABC drama series Pan Am. Early life Robbie was born on 2 July 1990 and grew up on the Gold Coast in Australia. Robbie split her time between the beach and her grandparents' farm, before moving to Melbourne when she was seventeen to begin acting professionally. She graduated from Somerset College on the Gold Coast in 2007. Career Robbie has been acting professionally since 2007, when she starred in two feature films, I.C.U. and Vigilante, both directed by Ash Aaron. After impressing the director with her performance during an audition, she... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Axel
Richard Axel (born July 2, 1946, New York City) is an American neuroscientist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, a former post-doctoral scientist in his research group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. In their landmark paper published in 1991, Buck and Axel cloned olfactory receptors, showing that they belong to the family of G protein coupled receptors. By analyzing rat DNA, they estimated that there were approximately one thousand different genes for olfactory receptors in the mammalian genome. This research opened the door to the genetic and molecular analysis of the mechanisms of olfaction. In their later work, Buck and Axel have shown that each olfactory receptor neuron remarkably only expresses one kind of olfactory receptor protein an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Winifred Ann Taylor
Winifred Ann Taylor, born July 2, 1947 in Motherwell, is a Scottish politician, Labour representative and a Member of Parliament. She is a former teacher.... Biography of Wendy B. Lawrence
Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly in space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She enjoys running, rowing, and triathlons. Captain Lawrence is unmarried. Early life Lawrence was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She is the daughter and the granddaughter of Naval Aviators. Her father was the late Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence, USN, a former Vietnam Prisoner of War who was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy during her last three years as a Midshipman. Education Lawrence graduated f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Friedrich Klopstock
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (IPA: ) (2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. Biography Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer. Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, young Klopstock passed a happy childhood; and more attention having been given to his physical than to his mental development he grew up a strong healthy boy and was an excellent horseman. In his thirteenth year Klopstock returned to Quedlinburg where he attended the gymnasium, and in 1739 proceeded to the famous classical school of Schulpforta. Here he soon became an adept in Greek and Latin versification, and wrote some meritorious idylls and odes in German. His original intention of making Henry the Fowler the hero of an ep... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Pesques
Nicolas Pesques, born July 2, 1946 in Paris, is a French writer and poet. External link: http://www.nicolas-pesques.fr/... Biography of Jenni Rivera
Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012), better known as Jenni Rivera, was a Mexican-American singer known for her work within the banda and norteña music genres. She began recording in 1992, and her recordings often have themes of social issues, infidelity, and relationships. Her tenth studio album, Jenni (2008), became her first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In 2010, she appeared in and produced the reality TV show Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C. She also appeared in and produced I Love Jenni starting in 2011 and Chiquis 'n Control in 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash near Iturbide, Nuevo León, México, on December 9, 2012. Early life Rivera, a Mexican American, was born in Long Beach, California. He... Biography of Jean-François Richet
Jean-Francois Richet is a French screenwriter, director, and producer, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in Meaux, a suburb east of Paris. Selected filmography * État des lieux (1995) - named at the César Awards 1996 in the Best Debut category. * Ma 6-T va crack-er (1997) - a film which caricatures gang warfare. * Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - an action/thriller starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, and Drea de Matteo. It is a loose remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film of the same name, with an updated plot. * Public Enemy Number One (2008) - featuring Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, Mathieu Amalric and Cécile de France. The movie (An adaptation of L'Instinct de mort) is being relea... Biography of Albert Batteux
Albert Batteux (July 2, 1919 – February 28, 2003) was a French football midfielder and a manager. He is the most successful manager in the history of Ligue 1 having won 9 domestic titles, twice reaching the European Cup final and a 3rd place finish at the 1958 World Cup. Titles * o As a player * French championship in 1949 with Stade de Reims * Coupe de France in 1950 with Stade de Reims o As a coach * 9 French championship in 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962 with Stade de Reims, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 with AS Saint-Etienne * Latin Cupwith Stade de Reims * Coupe de France in 1958 with Stade de Reims, 1968, 1970 with AS Saint-Etienne * European Cup runner-up in 1956, 1959 with Stade de Reims * 1958 FIFA World Cup third place wi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943 in Ghent) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team, professional team. Godefroot was a specialist in one-day classic cycle races, winning three Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967), Paris–Roubaix (1969), and the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1968, 1978). Besides winning the green jersey at the 1970 Tour de France, Godefroot was the first to win the final stage on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France. Godefroot was disqualified three times for doping. On 25 May 2007 Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France and member of Team Telekom of which Godefroot was coach, admitted using EPO. Riis claims Godefroot turned a blind eye to drug use on the team. Godefroot steppe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Séra Martin
Séraphin (Séra) Martin, born on July 2, 1906 in Nice (source: Gauquelin), died on April 23, 1993, was a French athlete, a field and track runner, and the winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in the 800m race in Amsterdam in 1928 and in Los Angeles in 1932.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émile Ollivier
Olivier Émile Ollivier (French pronunciation: ; 2 July 1825 – 20 August 1913) was a French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Early life and career Émile Ollivier was born in Marseille. His father, Demosthènes Ollivier (1799–1884), was a vehement opponent of the July Monarchy, and was returned by Marseille to the Constituent Assembly in 1848 which established a republic. His opposition to Louis Napoleon led to his banishment after the coup d'etat of December 1851, and he returned to France only in 1860. With the establishment of the Second Republic, his father's influence with Ledru-Rollin secured for Émile Ollivier the position of commissary-general of the dé... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Mancini
Chris Mancini, born on July 2, 1950 in Hollywood, California (source: LMR), is an American rock singer, the son of Henry Mancini.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry E. Claiborne
Harry Eugene Claiborne (July 5, 1917 (source: AFA) – January 19, 2004) was a United States district court judge who was impeached for tax evasion. He was only the fifth person in U.S. history to be removed from office through impeachment by the U.S. Congress, and the first since Halsted Ritter in 1936. Biography Harry Eugene Claiborne was born in McRae, Arkansas and graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University in 1941. He was admitted to both the Arkansas and Nevada bars, and spent two years as a deputy prosecutor before becoming a well-known defense attorney in Las Vegas. Claiborne ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1964, losing in the Democratic primary. He was appointed to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Neva... Biography of Erin Burnett
Erin Isabelle Burnett (born July 2, 1976 in Mardela Springs, Maryland) is the anchor of CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront. She was the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street program and the host of CNBC's Street Signs program. She also appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, Today, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and NBC Nightly News, as well as occasional appearances on The Apprentice as an advisor to Donald Trump. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Burnett has hosted a number of documentaries filmed outside of the United States: "India Rising: The New Empire", "The Russian Gamble", and "Dollars & Danger: Africa, The Final Investment Frontier. She has focused extensively on the Middle East as well, reporting live from across the region and hosting documentaries including: "On Assignment:... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Gomis
Joseph Gomis (born July 2, 1978 in Évreux, Eure) is a French professional basketball player. Honors SLUC Nancy Korać Cup: 1 2002... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude-Michel Cluny
Claude-Michel Cluny, born on July 2, 1930 in Charleville (now Charleville-Mézières), is a French poet, critic, and novelist. Works Poetry Désordres, Gallimard, 1965 Inconnu passager, Gallimard, 1978 Asymétries, La Différence, 1985 ; nouvelle édition 1986 Hérodote Eros, Fata Morgana, 1984 Feuilles d’ombre d’Harmodios de Cyrène apories, La Différence, 1987 Poèmes du fond de l’œil, Gallimard, 1989 Odes profanes, La Différence, 1989 Œuvre poétique, vol. 1 « Œuvres complètes », La Différence, 1991 Un jour à Durban, La Différence, 1991 Les dieux parlent, La Différence, 1993 Poèmes d'Italie, La Différence, 1998 À l’ombre du feu,La Différence, 2001 L’Autre Visage, La Différence, 2004 Œuvre poétique, vol. 2, La Différence, ... Biography of Cameron Badenoch
Cameron Badenoch, born July 2, 1889 in Torphins, was a Scottish civil servant and economist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry Fragson
Harry Fragson (July 2, 1869 – December 31, 1913) was a British music hall singer and comedian, born in Soho, London. While living in Paris, he developed an act involving impressions of French music hall performers, which gradually became popular, allowing him to introduce his own material. He came back to London in 1905 and became a popular performer in both the U.K. and France. He is well known for the song 'Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?'. Fragson was shot dead by his own Belgian father, with whom he lived in his flat in Paris (56 rue Lafayette) His father believed that Fragson was going to put him into a home and, as a result, he became rather unstable and depressed. Fragson returned home one evening to find his father with a gun, intending to commit suicide. When Fragson ente... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Divoff
Andrew Daniel Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan-born film and television actor, best known for playing the evil Djinn in the two first Wishmaster films. Personal life Divoff was born in San Tome, Venezuela. He currently lives in the United States. Divoff can speak eight languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. He used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one to speak it with. Career Divoff has played many villains in film and on television and is best known for playing the nefarious Djinn in the first two films of the Wishmaster series. His other films include Another 48 Hrs., The Hunt for Red October, and Toy Soldiers. Divoff's television guest appearances include The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Ser... Biography of Kayliah (singer)
Kayliah, born July 2, 1981 in Créteil, is a French R'n'B, hip-hop and soul singer. Discography * 2005 : On a tous besoin de croire * 2007 : Caractère... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Hornish, Jr.
Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979) is an American auto racing driver. He currently drives the #12 Alliance Truck Parts/Würth Group Dodge Challenger for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Early career Hornish began racing at the age of 11 in go-kart. After competing in junior leagues for various seasons, he joined the World Karting Association in 1993, winning seven races and posting twenty-nine top-five finishes. The following season, he won several championships in WKA, including the U.S. and Canadian Grand Championships, as well as the U.S. Junior Class Grand Championship. In 1995, he repeated his U.S. Grand National title and won nine races. He would move up to the United States F2000 Series, driving six races for his family-owned team, and had one top-ten finis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Curtis Rowe
Curtis Rowe, Jr. (born July 2, 1949 in Bessemer, Alabama) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA Draft. Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA. Rowe played eight seasons (1971-1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game. At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams: 1969, 1970 and 1971.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Ralston
Robert Ralston (born July 2, 1938 in Upland, California) is an American pianist and organist perhaps best known from television's The Lawrence Welk Show. A native of California, Bob Ralston attended Wheaton College on a full music scholarship but later returned home to attend the University of Southern California, where he graduated with a degree in music composition and accompaniment. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from USC in 1964. During his years in college, he played six nights a week with the Freddy Martin orchestra (1959-1962) at Los Angeles's Coconut Grove nightclub, where in 1962, Welk invited him on his show as a guest musician. That lasted until the summer of 1963 when he was hired on a permanent basis. The Welk TV shows feature Bob Ralston's piano and organ solos,... Biography of André Kertész
(The Hungarian name form is Kertész Andor; this article uses the Western style.) André Kertész (2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. Kertész never felt that he had gained the worldwide recognition he deserved. Today he is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism. Expected by his family to work as a stock broker, Kertész pursued photography independently as an autodidact, and his early work was published primarily in magazines, a major market in those years. This continued until much later in his life,... Biography of Bret Hart
Bret Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. Along with his famed "Hit Man" nickname, Hart's technical prowess and agility earned him the monikers "The Excellence of Execution", and "The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be". He was also known as "The Pink and Black Attack", in reference to his ring attire, as well as his signature mirrored sunglasses, which he would routinely give away to a young audience member before matches. Hart debuted in professional wrestling in 1976 with his father Stu Hart's promotion, Stampede Wrestling,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clark Kellogg
Clark Clifton Kellogg, Jr. (born July 2, 1961) is the VP of player relations for the Indiana Pacers as well as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports and former player in the National Basketball Association. Biography Basketball career High School Clark 'Special K' Kellogg attended St.Joseph's High School in Cleveland, Ohio and had a high school basketball career generally regarded as the finest in Cleveland history. The highlight was a 79-65 loss in the state championship game to Columbus East that saw Kellogg score 51. This 51 point game is still an Ohio state finals record. College From 1979–82, Kellogg played for Ohio State University, where he earned All-Big Ten Conference and Most Valuable Player honors; in 1996, he received his marketing degree. NBA I... Biography of Randy McDowell
Randy McDowell (born July 2, 1977) is an American film and television actor. Best known for playing Gene Smith in the CBS miniseries Elvis. McDowell was born in Warsaw, Indiana, the son of a Baptist minister. His mother died in 1980 from her battle with cancer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1816154/ ) # Good Intentions (2010) (completed) .... Rob # "Army Wives" .... Clark Zimmerman (1 episode, 2009) - As Time Goes By... (2009) TV episode .... Clark Zimmerman # The Lena Baker Story (2008) .... Lyle Jacobs ... aka Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (USA: new title) # Dance of the Dead (2008) .... Jules # One Missed Call (2008) (as Randy MacDowell) .... Boost Mobile Clerk ... aka Don't Pick Up the Cell Phone! (Australia) ... aka Tödlicher Anruf (Germa... Biography of Geir Skeie
Geir Skeie (born July 2, 1980, Fitjar) is a Norwegian chef, winner of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe, and the 2009 Bocuse d'Or world final. Skeie is a chef de cuisine at Mathuset Midtåsen Solvold in Sandefjord, Midtaasen, owned by 1997 Bocuse d'Or bronze medallist Odd Ivar Solvold, and has previously worked at restaurants Le Canard, Solsiden and Palace Grill in Oslo and at Skarsnuten hotell in Hemsedal. Skeie made the decision to pursue the Bocuse d'Or in 1993 when watching Bent Stiansen appear on the television program of Ingrid Espelid Hovig having become the first Norwegian to win the contest, and subsequently worked towards this goal for fifteen years since. In contrast to his fellow candidates in the 2009 finals who have lodgings in Lyon where they make their last preparations, Ske... Biography of Larry David
Lawrence Gene "Larry" David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and television producer. He is best known as the co-creator (with Jerry Seinfeld), head writer, and executive producer of the television series, Seinfeld, during the period, 1989 to 1996. David has subsequently gained further recognition for the HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, a mostly improvised sitcom, also created by David, in which he stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. David's work won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. Formerly a standup comedian, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as being voted by fellow comedian... Biography of Monie Love
Simone Wilson or Simone Gooden (born 2 July 1970) known by her stage name Monie Love, is a female, English emcee and former radio personality in the United States. Love was a well-respected figure in British hip hop, and made an impact with American hip hop audiences as a protégé of female American emcee Queen Latifah, as well as through her membership in the late 1980s/early 1990s Native Tongues. Love was one of the first BritHop artists to be signed and distributed worldwide by a major record label. Early years Love was born in the Battersea area of London on July 2, 1970. She is the younger sister of techno musician Dave Angel, and was a daughter of a London-based, jazz musician father. Musical career Love began her hip hop/BritHop career as an emcee in the British Jus Bad ... Biography of Monica Ivancan
Monica Ivancan, born on July 2, 1977 in Stuttgart, is a German actress, and the bachelorette in Germany's version of The Bachelorette. She is of Slowenian-Croatian descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2610735/) 2010-2011 Der große deutsche... (TV series) Herself – Der große deutsche Love & Sex-Test 2011 (2011) … Herself – Der große deutsche Führerschein-Test (2010) … Herself 2010 Die Hit-Giganten (TV series documentary) Herself – Die erfolgreichsten Herzschmerz-Hits (2010) … Herself 2009 Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (TV series documentary) Herself – Episode dated 4 December 2009 (2009) … Herself 2009 Yes We Can Dance (TV series) Herself - Contestant – Finale (2009) … Herself - Contestant – Episode #1.1 (2009) … Herself - Contestan... Biography of Amy Weber
Amy Marie Weber (born July 2, 1970 in Peoria (source: Imdb)) is an American actress, model, film producer, former professional wrestling valet, and singer who is best known for her time as a WWE Diva for World Wrestling Entertainment under the SmackDown! brand. Weber also has released a single, "Ghost." Weber has also been the face of a Shiseido cosmetic campaign. Television Weber has played roles in numerous television shows including CSI: Las Vegas, Son of the Beach, Andy Richter controls the Universe, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, Pacific Blue, The Young & The Restless, Baywatch, Jenny, USA High, and City Guys. She also appeared in country musician Toby Keith's video for his song "Whiskey Girl" as the Whiskey girl, and, on December 31, 2004 she was featured in a sketch on the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Purvis Short
Purvis Short (born July 2, 1957, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. On November 17, 1984 in game against New Jersey, Short scored a career high 59 points. At the time, only 9 other players had scored more points in one game (Wilt Chamberlain doing it several times). After leaving The NBA in 1990, Short took a year off Basketball. In early 1991 he returned to play, this time in Israel For Hapoel Tel Aviv. Short led the team to a successful season that ended in a 3-2 loss to arch rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Playoff Final series. He retired aft... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke QC MP (born 2 July 1940 in West Bridgford) is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Secretary of State for Justice, and Lord Chancellor. He was first appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of the best-known politicians in Britain today. Since 1997 he has been President of the Tory Reform Group. Ken Clarke was a minister throughout the 18 years of successive Conservative governments from 1979 to 1997, serving in the cabinets of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. After the Conservative defeat in the 1997 general election Clarke became a backbencher and remained one until his return to frontline politics in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary in 2009. He has contested the ... Biography of Joe Thornton
Joseph Eric "Joe" Thornton (born July 2, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. Splitting the campaign between the two teams, he received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league's leading point-scorer and most valuable player, respectively. Thornton's on-ice vision, strength on the puck, deft passing ability, and power forward style of play have led to him becoming one of the league's premier top line centres. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, he has received the nickname Jumbo Joe. Playing career Amateur c... Biography of Valentinian III
Flavius Placidius Valentinianus (2 July 419 – 16 March 455), commonly known as Valentinian III, was Western Roman Emperor from 425 to 455. Family Valentinian was born in the western capital of Ravenna, the only son of Galla Placidia and Flavius Constantius. The former was the younger half-sister of the western emperor Honorius, and the latter was at the time Patrician and the power behind the throne. Through his mother, Valentinian was a descendent both of Theodosius I, who was his maternal grandfather, and of Valentinian I, who was the father of his maternal grandmother. It was also through his mother's side of the family that he was the nephew of Honorius and first cousin to Theodosius II (the son of Honorius' brother Arcadius), who was eastern emperor for most of Valentianian's... Biography of Omar Souleiman
Omar Suleiman (Arabic: عمر سليمان; born July 2, 1936) is the Vice President of Egypt, a position to which he was appointed by President Hosni Mubarak on January 29, 2011. From 1993 until that appointment, General Suleiman was Minister without Portfolio and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID), the national intelligence agency. Reporters and human rights groups charge that Suleiman oversaw the systematic use of torture on detainees, sometimes at the behest of Western intelligence agencies. Prior to heading the intelligence service, Suleiman was a military and military intelligence officer. The Egyptian people remain opposed to Suleiman ruling their country without elections taking place. Human rights... Biography of Ángel Pagán
Ángel Anthony Pagán (born July 2, 1981 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He currently plays outfield for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Pagan's original contract in Major League Baseball was with the Mets, but he was transferred to the Chicago Cubs when they bought his contract. Pagan was subsequently traded back to the Mets prior to the 2008 season. Pagán was given the nickname "El Caballo Loco" or "Crazy Horse" by his Mets teammates. Professional career On January 25, 2006, the Cubs purchased Pagán's contract from the Mets. Pagán made his major league debut with the Cubs on April 3, 2006, but was injured early in the season and missed two and a half months. On July 2, 2006, his 25th birthday, Pagán hit his first and second car... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Costello
Lawrence Ronald "Larry" Costello (July 2, 1931 in Minoa, New York – December 13, 2001) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was known as the National Basketball Association's last two-handed set shooter. After playing at Niagara University, he joined the Philadelphia Warriors in 1954. Two years later he was traded to the Syracuse Nationals. He retired in 1965 from the Philadelphia 76ers (the former Syracuse Nationals), but eventually came back for the 1966-67 NBA season after new head coach Alex Hannum told him he needed a veteran point guard. With 42 games into the season, Costello ripped his Achilles tendon on January 6, 1967 and was replaced by Wali Jones. He did, however, come back to participlate in the 1967 playoffs. Costello ended his career for the second... Biography of Alex Morgan
Alexandra Patricia "Alex" Morgan (born July 2, 1989) is an American soccer player and Olympic Gold medalist. She is a forward for Seattle Sounders Women and member of the US Women's National Team. Morgan was the youngest player on the USA's roster at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Early life and collegiate career Morgan was born in Diamond Bar, California, the daughter of Pamela S. (née Jeske) and Michael T. Morgan. She attended Diamond Bar High School. As a freshman at the University of California, Berkeley, Morgan was the leading scorer for the Golden Bears with eight goals in 2007. Her last goal of her freshman season came against Stanford in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, tying the game at 1–1 with less than two minutes left in regulation time and forcing the Car... Biography of Johnny Weir
John Garvin "Johnny" Weir-Voronov (born July 2, 1984 (birth time source: http://noeltyl.com/discussion/index.php?topic=2570.0)) is an American figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. National Champion (2004–2006), the 2008 Worlds bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2001 World Junior Champion. Weir did not skate competitively in the 2010–11 or 2011-12 seasons. In January 2012, he announced he would return to competition in the 2012-13 season. Life Weir was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, to John and Patti Weir. He is of Norwegian heritage. He has a brother, Brian, who is four years younger. Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, a town in southern Lancaster County. As a child, he was a successful equestrian, competing with his pony, My Blue S... Biography of Ruslana Korshunova
Ruslana Sergeyevna Korshunova (Kazakh: Коршунова Руслана Сергейқызы/Korshunova Ruslana Sergeykizy; July 2, 1987 – June 28, 2008) was a Kazakh model of Russian descent. After establishing herself as a rising figure in the fashion industry by posing for magazines like Vogue and designers such as Vera Wang and Nina Ricci. Korshunova's death, which was ruled a suicide, became a longtime controversial subject of international attention. Early life and career Ruslana Korshunova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR. Her father, Sergey Korshunov, died in 1992 when she was 5 years old. Her mother, Valentina (née Kutenkova) and her brother, Rus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tomáš Vokoun
Tomáš Vokoun (Czech pronunciation: ; born July 2, 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Vokoun was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 226th overall. He remained in the Czech Republic for another year, playing with Poldi Kladno. Vokoun moved to North America for the 1995–96 season and played for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. He was called up to the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League (AHL) and played one playoff game. Having proven himself in the ECHL, Vokoun spent the 1996–97 season in Fredericton and played in his first game for Montreal; it was not a stellar debut as he allowed four goals in only... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of Royal Supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm. During Cranmer's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, he was responsible for establishing the first doctrinal and liturgical structures of the reformed Church of England. Under Henry's rule, Cranmer did not make many radical changes in the Church, due to power struggles between religious conse... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rose Bertin
Marie-Jeanne Rose Bertin (2 July 1747, Bellancourt near Abbeville, Picardie, France – 22 September 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine) was the French milliner and dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette. She was the first celebrated French fashion designer, and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture. Early years Bertin came from a family of small means, her mother was a sick nurse. Rose and her brother Jean-Laurent received a modest education but a superior sense of ambition. Rose moved to Paris and became apprenticed to a milliner, Mademoiselle Pagelle, eventually becoming her partner. Rose Bertin’s early success can be attributed to her good relations with the Princesse de Conti, the Duchesse de Chartres and the Princesse de Lamballe, wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Armas
Antonio Rafael Armas Machado (born July 2, 1953) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was one of the top sluggers in the American League in the early 1980s. Twice Armas led the league in home runs, and led all of Major League Baseball in RBIs in 1984. He was, however, prone to injuries that affected his career. In his major league career, Armas went to the disabled list twelve times, missing 302 games. Pittsburgh Pirates Armas debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates' Gulf Coast League affiliate in 1971 just shy of his eighteenth birthday. He spent six seasons in their farm system, batting .270 with 69 home runs when he received a September call-up in 1976. He appeared in four games for the Pirates, and collected two ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mr. C (DJ)
Richard West (born 2 January 1964 (source: Imdb), London) is a British DJ, musician, actor and rapper, who uses the monikers Mr. C, Sycophant Slags & "'Indigo Kidz"'. He is best known as the frontman for The Shamen during their most commercially successful era. West is also a house music DJ and was co-owner/co-founder of London's The End nightclub with Layo from Layo and Bushwacka!. He is considered a leading proponent of tech house, a fusion of house and techno music & has been credited with coming up with the genre. In 1995 his DJing talents came to the attention of UK rave promoter/record company Fantazia who asked him to mix their new album Fantazia DJ Collection 3 - Back to the Old Skool. He's also mixed CDs Psycotrance vol 1, X-Mix 6 on Studio K7, Sunterrain 100% Unreleased on his En... |
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