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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on July, 23, 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 · 45,413 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,413 Celebrities
130 celebrities or events were found for July, 23. Add to favourites (147 fans)Biography of Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing school-aged wizard Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and will appear in the final two films of that series as well. Early life Radcliffe was born in Fulham, London, the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham (born "Marcia Gresham Jacobson"), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and, most recently, Walk Away And I Stumble. Radcliffe's mother is Jewish and grew up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; his father is a Protestant who grew up in Northern Ireland. He has two dogs, Binka and Nugget. Radcliffe first expressed a de... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having sexual relations with while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. Its repercussions in the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the surrounding scandals of 1997-99 became known as the Lewinsky scandal, or "Monicagate". The scandal severely affected Clinton's second term and gave Lewinsky significant notoriety. Early life Lewinsky was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in Southern California on the west side of Los Angeles and in Beverly Hills. Her father was born in El Salvador, but comes from a family of German Jewish immigrants, while her mother is of Russian Jewish descent. She attended the private John Thomas Dye School in Bel-... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Slash (Guns N' Roses)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English/American guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. Known for wearing an accentuated top hat, he places high in numerous polls and is regarded by some as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Early life Slash was born in Hampstead, an affluent neighhourhood in London, England to a white English father and a Nigerian mother, both of whom were involved with show business. Slash's mother worked as a costume designer for David Bowie, and his father was an artist who contributed live ensembles to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. When Slash was nine he used to visit Iggy Pop in a mental asylum. Slash was raised in the city of Stoke-o... Biography of Haile Selassie I
Emperor Haile Selassie I (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was de jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and de facto from 1916 to 1936 and 1941 to 1974. He is also widely known as the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement, founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s. To Ethiopians he has been known by many names, including Janhoy, Talaqu Meri, Abba Tekel, amongst others.... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Martin Gore
Martin Gore (born Martin Lee Gore, 23 July 1961, Basildon, Essex, England) is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist and keyboardist. He is an original founding member of Depeche Mode, a quintessential 1980s synthpop band. His work now spans three decades, but he is best known as the composer of hits such as "Personal Jesus" and "Everything Counts". Career Gore left St. Nicholas's Comprehensive School in 1977 and took a job as a bank teller. During evenings, weekends and any other spare time, he was involved with the local band 'Norman and the Worms'. In 1980, Gore met Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher at the Van Gogh club. Fletcher recruited Gore into his band with Vince Clarke, Composition of Sound. Soon the band drafted David Gahan to be the lead singer after seeing him sing "... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Stephanie Seymour
Stephanie Seymour (born 23 July 1968 in San Diego, California) is a supermodel who has done modeling work for many well-known fashion magazines and fashion designers. She has worked with several well-known photographers, including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. In its March 1991 and February 1993 issues, she posed nude in Playboy magazine. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She started her modeling career working for local newspapers and department stores in her hometown at the age of 14. A year later she won the Elite Model Management Look of the Year model contest. Standing 5'10", Seymour is noted for her long, graceful legs in modeling swimwear, lingerie, hosiery, sleepwear, and clothing. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Seymour appeared in numerous ... Biography of Claude Barzotti
Claude Barzotti, (born 23 July 1953 as Francesco Barzotti (birth time source: act n° 102, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian singer of Italian origin of the 1980s. Barzotti recorded several songs which each sold hundreds of thousands of copies. He first achieved success in 1981 with his song "Le Rital."Belgian singer. Biography and Career Barzotti, whose real first name was Francesco, was born in Châtelineau, Belgium, but raised in Italy. Barzotti moved back to Belgium at the age of 18, settling in the town of Court-Saint-Étienne. Barzotti began his musical career in France in 1981 with his song "Madame," which sold 400,000 copies. However, later in the year, Barzotti found widespread success with his song "Le Rital," which propelled him to household-name status. "Rital" is a difficult t... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Paul Wesley
Paul Wesley (born July 23, 1982), also credited as Paul Wasilewski, is an American actor, best known for his roles as Aaron Corbett in the ABC Family miniseries Fallen and Stefan Salvatore in The CW TV series The Vampire Diaries. Life and career Wesley was born Paul Thomas Wasilewski in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, had moved from Poland shortly before his birth. He has one older sister, Monika, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. Wesley attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey and Marlboro High School for a period during his high school years. During his junior year in high school, Wesley was cast in the soap opera The Guiding Light as character Max Nickerson. He transferred fro... Biography of Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley (23 July 1942 – 15 November 2002) was an English serial killer involved in the "Moors murders" with her partner Ian Brady. Early life Hindley was born in Crumpsall, Manchester, and raised by her grandmother Ellen Maybury. She was believed to have been beaten by her alcoholic father, Bob Hindley, a paratrooper in the RAF during World War II, who was also alleged to have been violent towards her mother Nellie. Bob and Nellie Hindley divorced in 1965, around the time of Myra's arrest, and her mother subsequently married a man named Bill Moulton. Her younger sister Maureen was born in August 1946. Hindley had an IQ of 107, not much above average, and failed her eleven-plus exam. She therefore attended the Ryder Brow Secondary Modern school, where she was in the top streams... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Max Heindel
Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic. He died on January 6, 1919 at Oceanside, California, United States. Among the students of his teachings, he is said to be the greatest western mystic of the twentieth century. Early infancy He was born of the royal family of Von Grasshoffs, who were connected with the German Court during the lifetime of Prince Bismark. The father of Max Heindel, Francois L. von Grasshoff, migrated, when quite a young man, to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he married a Danish woman of noble birth. They had two sons and one daughter. The oldest of these sons was Carl Louis Von Grasshoff, who later adopted the pen name of Max Heindel. The father died when the eldest son was six ... Biography of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m). Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York, the son of Marilyn L. O'Connor, a family court judge, lawyer, and civil rights activist, and Gordon S. Hoffman, a former Xerox executive. He has two sisters, Jill and Emily, and a brother, Gordy Hoffman, who scripted the 2002 film Love Liza, in which Philip starred. Hoffman has Irish ancestry; his father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic, and Hoffman was not raised with a deep commitment to either religious tradition. Hoffman's parents divorced when he was nine years old. His first acting role was as Radar O'Riley in Fairport High School's production of MASH directed by Marjorie Marshall in 1982. Hoffman recei... Biography of Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is a renowned American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player. She entered the music industry at a young age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time on her brother's album at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album at sixteen in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss & Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989. She has thus far released more than ten albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and has been credited by audiophiles with helping to usher in a new interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the Gra... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Michelle Williams (singer)
Michelle Williams (born Tenitra Michelle Williams on July 23, 1980) is an American R&B, gospel and pop singer, songwriter, actress and dancer, who was a background singer for Monica, before rising to fame as one-third of the successful Grammy Award-winning musical group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide. Williams is currently playing the character Shug Avery in the play The Color Purple. Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Background Born July 23,1980 and raised in a Christian family, Williams first began singing in her church's choir. She later sang in a musical quartet called United Harmony with sister Cameron. After attending Rockford Auburn High School and being a part of the C.A.P.A (Creative And Performing Arts) ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Charisma Carpenter
Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m) Personal life Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she attended Bishop Gorman High School. At 15, the family moved to Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, and then to Chula Vista (a suburb of San Diego) where she attended Chula Vista High and Bonita Vista High. After graduation, she was a San Diego Chargers cheerleader in 1991 before beginning her Hollywood career. She had also dabbled in sky-diving. She married her French fiancé Damien Hardy on October 5, 2002 and she gave birth to son Donavan Charles Hardy on March 24, 2003. Carpenter has a large sc... Biography of Slobodan Zivojinovic
Slobodan Zivojinovic (Serbian: Слободан Живојиновић, Slobodan Živojinović; born on July 23, 1963 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He is also the husband of folk singer Lepa Brena. Tennis career Živojinović represented SFR Yugoslavia as the number fifteen seed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by France's Guy Forget. The righthander won two career singles titles (Houston, 1986 and Sydney, 1988), as well as eight doubles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 26, 1987, when he became the number 19 in the world. Živojinović's most notable Gr... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor. He is probably best known for his role in the classic sitcom Cheers as Woody Boyd. Notable film roles include Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers, Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dusty in A Prairie Home Companion and Carson Wells in No Country For Old Men. Early life Harrelson was born in Midland, Texas, the son of Diane Lou (née Oswald) and Charles Voyde Harrelson, who divorced in 1964; he has two brothers, Jordan and Brett, the latter of whom is a professional motorcycle racer. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed by rifle fire by Charles Harrelson, who was a free-lance contract killer. He was convicted and eventu... Biography of David Proux
David Proux, born July 23, 1968 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, is a French actor and model. He was the husband of his partner in French television series Héléne et les garçons, Cathy Andrieu (divorced now). David Proux is also an artist and an draftsman.... Biography of Marlon Wayans
Marlon L. Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, producer, comedian, writer, and director of movies, beginning with his role as a pedestrian in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka in 1988. He is known for usually teaming with his brother Shawn Wayans. Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m) Early life Wayans was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elvira, a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager. His family was involved in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion. Wayans was raised in the housing projects of New York City, the youngest of ten siblings. He is the brother of Elvira Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, and Kim Wayans; all celebrities in their own right. Wayans went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts... Biography of Armelle (comédian)
Armelle Lesniak, best known as Armelle, is a French actress and TV host, born July 23, 1969. Theater 1996-98. L'audition, de Rodolphe Sand, David Talbot et Armelle 2005. Le voyage en Armélie. Texte: Armelle; mise en scène: Rodolphe Sand Filmography 1995 : Les Anges gardiens de Jean-Marie Poiré 1996 : La Belle Verte de Coline Serreau 1996 : Arlette de Claude Zidi 1997 : Bimboland d'Ariel Zeitoun 1997 : Les Couloirs du temps : Les visiteurs 2 de Jean-Marie Poiré 1998 : La Dilettante de Pascal Thomas 1998 : L'Ame sœur de Jean-Marie Bigard 1999 : Six-Pack d'Alain Berbérian 1999 : Le Sens des affaires de Guy-Philippe Bertin 1999 : Jet set de Fabien Onteniente 1999 : Mercredi folle journée de Pascal Thomas 2001 : Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain de Jean-Pierre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marianne Pearl
Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl (b. July 23, 1967 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French freelance journalist and a reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002. Of Dutch-Jewish, Afro-Latino-Cuban and Chinese Cuban ancestry and raised in Paris, Van Neyenhoff met Daniel Pearl while he was on assignment in Paris. They married in August 1999, lived for a time in Mumbai, India where Daniel was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, and later traveled to Karachi, Pakistan to cover aspects of the war on terrorism. Their son Adam was born in Paris three months after his father was killed. Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart, was adapte... Biography of Stéphane Diagana
Stéphane Diagana (born July 23, 1969 in Saint-Affrique) is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37 sec. in Lausanne in 1995. He has two sons named Tidiane and Djibril.... Biography of Sheila Mello
Sheila Mello is a Brazilian model and actress, born July 23, 1978 in Sao Paulo.... Biography of Valentina Acosta
Valentina Acosta, born July 23, 1982 in Bogota, is a Colombian television actress. Height: 5' 4½" (1.64 m)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Theo van Gogh (film director)
Theo van Gogh (IPA: ) (July 23, 1957–November 2, 2004) was a Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor. He was a descendant of Theo van Gogh, the brother of painter Vincent van Gogh. He was murdered by Islamist Mohammed Bouyeri in 2004. Theo Van Gogh was born in The Hague. His great-grandfather was art dealer Theo van Gogh, brother of Vincent van Gogh. His father, Johan van Gogh, was a member of the Dutch secret service ('AIVD', then called 'BVD'). Theo's uncle, also named Theo, was executed as a resistance fighter during the German occupation. After dropping out of law school, Theo van Gogh became a stage manager. His self proclaimed passion was the making of movies, and he debuted as a director with the movie Luger (1981). He received a Gouden Kalf ("Golden Cal... Biography of Stephanie March
Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress. March was born to John Abe March IV and Laura Len Irwin in Dallas, Texas. She attended Highland Park High School, the same high school Angie Harmon (of the original Law & Order) attended. March was a sophomore when Harmon was a senior. She began performing in plays in high school. In 1996 she graduated from the School of Speech (now School of Communication) at Northwestern University, where she majored in Theater and Hispanic Studies. After graduating, she landed her first professional acting role (in her very first audition) as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Chicago, where she continued to pursue her stage career. In 1999, March made her Broadway debut in the highly acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Essex
David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July 1947, in Plaistow, East London (now Greater London), is an English actor and singer, who has enjoyed a varied show business career. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Life and career His father was an East End dock worker and his mother was a self-taught pianist and the daughter of Irish travellers. Essex was two years old when his parents moved out of the overcrowded home the family was sharing with relatives, to Canning Town East London, where he grew up. He loved playing football, was a member of West Ham United Juniors for a while and dreamed of one day being a professional player. David Essex's first notable acting role was the lead in the stage musical, Godspell in 1971 at the age of 23. Two years later, he starred in the film Th... Biography of Alain Decaux
Alain Decaux was born July 23, 1925 in Lille, France. A historian by profession, he was elected to the Académie française on February 15 1979. 1947 Louis XVII retrouvé (Librairie académique Perrin) 1949 Létizia. Napoléon et sa mère (Librairie académique Perrin) 1951 La Tribune de l'Histoire (in collaboration with A. Castelot, J.-C. Simard, and J.-F. Chiappe) 1952 La Conspiration du général Malet (Librairie académique Perrin) 1952 La Médaille militaire (Librairie académique Perrin) 1953 La Castiglione, d’après sa correspondence et son journal inédits (Librairie académique Perrin) 1954 De l’Atlantide à Mayerling (Librairie académique Perrin) 1954 La Belle Histoire de Versailles (Librairie académique Perrin) 1956-1957 Énigmes de l’Histoire (in collaboration with Ste... Biography of Omar Epps
Omar Hashim Epps (born July 23, 1973) is an American actor and musician. Since 2004, he has played the role of Dr. Eric Foreman on the Fox medical drama series House. Early life Epps was born in Brooklyn, New York to a single mother who was a school principal. Before he started acting, he belonged to a rap group called Wolfpak which he formed with his brother in 1991. He began writing screenplays at the age of ten and attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Career Early in Omar's career, he found himself cast in the traditional black roles of troubled teen and/or athlete, but as he amassed credits and demonstrated his range, he moved on to more substantial dramatic fare. Epps made a promising film debut as star of Juice, cinematographer... Biography of Elden Campbell
Elden Jerome Campbell (born July 23, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Height: 7-0 / 2,13 Weight: 279 lbs. / 126,6 kg Campbell played college basketball at Clemson University. During his four years at Clemson, he averaged 15.3 points per game, 6.8 rebounds per game and 2.7 blocks. His college team was involved in one of the most notable plays in college basketball history - a one-point loss in the 1990 NCAA Tournament to a Connecticut team following a miraculous full-court catch-and-shoot play by Tate George with one second on the clock. That same year, the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Campbell with the 27th pick in the 1990 NBA Draft. On March 10, 1999 Campbell w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annie Sprinkle
Annie M. Sprinkle (born Ellen F. Steinberg on 23 July 1954 (1954-07-23) (age 53) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America) is a former prostitute, stripper, porn film star, cable television host, porn magazine editor and writer, and sex film producer. She received a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1986. Currently, Sprinkle works as a performance artist and sex educator. According to Curve magazine, Sprinkle, who is bisexual, undertook a same-sex marriage in Canada with her long-time partner, Beth Stephens, in January 2007. Career Sprinkle is known as the "prostitute and porn star turned sex educator and artist". Her best known theater and performance art piece is her Public Cervix Announcement, in which she invites the audience to "celebrate the female b... Biography of Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, official documents give her date of birth as July 23, but Rodrigues always said her birthday was July 1, 1920. She was born in the rua Martim Vaz (Martim Vaz Street), freguesia of Pena, Lisbon. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, leaving her to live in Lisbon with her maternal grandmother in a deeply Catholic environment until she was 14, when her parents returned to the capital and she moved back in with them. She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was unquestionably the most important figure in the genre’s ... Biography of Eriq La Salle
Eriq Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton during the first eight seasons of the NBC drama series ER. Early life La Salle, one of four children, was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He was raised by a foster mother, Ada Haynes. La Salle attended New York University's theater program in 1984, after studying for two years at Juilliard, he did not complete the program or receive a degree. After leaving school he was cast in the first of several productions for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park theater company. Soon after, he found continuous acting work on Broadway, off-Broadway and in the daytime TV drama One Life to Live as reporter Mike Rivers. He... Biography of Aaron Peirsol
Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983 in Irvine, California) is an Olympic-level swimmer from the United States of America. Peirsol participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals. He is best known for sweeping the gold medals in the backstroke at the Athens games. Peirsol has also won the world championships in the 100 meter backstroke in 2003, 2005 and 2007, and won 200 meter backstroke in 2001, 2003 and 2005. Peirsol is a student-athlete at the University of Texas, although he considers Newport Beach, California, home. Aaron and his sister's first swim team was at the NCMY (Newport Costa Mesa YMCA). After leaving NCMY, he trained with the Irvine NovAquatics. He trains with fellow world record holders and go... Biography of Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best known for his 12-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics. He has also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. Payton played point guard for most of his career. He is thus far the only point guard ever to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, Payton is widely considered one of the greatest defensive point guards of all time. He was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team nine times, an NBA record he shares with Michael Jordan. He shares the nickname "The Glove" with Travis Eubanks. As the story goes, Payton's cousin called him during the 1993 Western Conference Finals series aga... Biography of Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1988. Appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan, he acts as the Court's swing vote in many cases, and as a result has held special prominence in many politically charged 5-4 decisions. Personal history Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, married Mary Davis, with whom he had three children. He is not related to the Kennedy family of American politics. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1958. He also spent part of his undergraduate time at the London School of Economics before earning an LL.B from Harvard Law School in 1961. Kennedy was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1961-1963, th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE, (born 23 July 1938), is an Australian television, radio, film, stage performer and author. Childhood Newton was born in Fitzroy, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia as Albert Watson Newton. He was educated at St Joseph's Marist Brothers College which is Roman Catholic. In his early years he had thoughts of entering the priesthood. Radio Newton's first paid radio appearance was on 3XY on 10 June 1952 as a schoolboy, doing advertisements dressed as a clown with Doug McKenzie, later to become "Zag" in Zig and Zag. "... there was a radio program on 3XY Melbourne called Scouting Around, compered by the late Tom Jones. One week the broadcast was recorded at our Scout Hall, and as the direct result of this, I began to appear... Biography of Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chessplayer in history. In 1991, she achieved the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years and 4 months. She was, at that time, the youngest person to do so. Polgár is ranked number 22 in the world on the July 2008 FIDE rating list with an Elo rating of 2711, the only woman on FIDE's Top 100 Players list, and has been ranked as high as number eight. Background Judit Polgár is Jewish, and from Budapest. Members of her family perished in the Holocaust. She and her two older sisters, Grandmaster Susan and International Master Zsófia, were part of an educational experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt to prove that children could make exceptional ac... Biography of Leonardo Ferragamo
Leonardo Ferragamo, born July 23, 1953 in Fiesole, is an Italian businessman, a chief executive officer of ‘Palazzo Feroni Finanziaria’ and chairman of ‘Lungarno Alberghi S.p.A.’. He is also on the board of various other Ferragamo companies. He is the son of Salvatore Ferragamo.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Greene (athlete)
Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is a former American track and field sprinter who specialised in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career (1997–2001) he won two Olympic gold medals and was a five-time World Champion. This included three golds at the 1999 World Championships, a feat which had previously only been done by Carl Lewis. His career was affected by a number of injuries from 2003 onwards, although he won the 100 meters bronze and silver in the sprint relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greene was also successful indoors: he was the 1999 Indoor World Champion and remains the world record holder in the 60 meter dash and the joint-fastest man over 50 meters. He raced sparingly after an i... Biography of Francis Healy
Francis "Fran" Healy (born July 23, 1972 in Stafford, England) is a Scottish musician. He is currently the lead singer and main songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their six studio albums. Music Regarded as one of Britain's best present day songwriters and melodists, Healy’s songwriting has been publicly praised by numerous artists, including Paul McCartney, Elton John and Noel Gallagher (from British band Oasis). In 2005, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called himself "a poor man’s Fran Healy". In interviews, Healy has talked of being influenced by songwriters such as Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney and Graham Nash (of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fame). Healy has since played with both McCartney and Nash. Although Healy ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ronny Cox
Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist. Personal life Cox, the third of five children, was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the son of Lounette (née Rucker) and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. Cox tours regularly with a band, performing at theatres and folk music festivals. On September 10, 1960, he married Mary Cox. She died in 2006; they had two children. Career As an actor, he is probably best known for his debut performance as Drew Ballinger in the acclaimed 1972 film Deliverance in which he plays the instrumental "Dueling Banjos" on his guitar with a mentally retarded banjo-playing mountain boy named Lonnie, played by child actor Billy Redden. Cox ... Biography of Jade Hsu
Jade Hsu (born July 23, 1981) is an American pornographic actress and model. She is also known as Jada Fox, Jade Martin, Lin Su (in some of the work of Earl Miller), Kima Lee (some videos), and Heather Gentry (Playboy). Background Hsu grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, later becoming an erotic dancer in Los Angeles. Hsu has a Korean father and a Caucasian mother. On some internet resources, her height is listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.6 m) rather than 5 ft 0 in (1.5 m) Hsu has modeled for Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler.. Career Hsu has performed in a number of adult film features, with over 75 titles to her credit. Some of her most notable boy/girl work can be seen in Jules Jordan's films, such as "Perfect Specimens", "Trained Teens 2" and "Invasian 2!". She is also noted for p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Terré
François Terré, born July 23, 1930 in Paris, is a French member of The Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences). The Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The académie was founded in 1795, suppressed in 1803, and reestablished in 1832 through the appeal of Guizot to King Louis Philippe. It is divided into five sections and has for its chief purpose the discussion of mental philosophy, law and jurisprudence, political economy and statistics, general and philosophical history, and politics, administration, and finance. It has the Baujour, Faucher, Halphen, Bordin, and other prizes at its distribution, publis... Biography of Rebecca Cartwright
Rebecca "Bec" June Hewitt (née Cartwright) (born July 23, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer. Background Hewitt is known for her acting career, as Rebecca Cartwright and later Bec Cartwright, in Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Water Rats and Totally Wild, and she is best known for her role as Hayley Smith in the soap opera Home and Away. After her marriage to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt she changed her name to Bec Hewitt. Career Hewitt starred in an episode of Police Rescue in 1992, at the age of 9. She came to prominence when she joined the cast of the Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away in 1998, playing Hayley Smith Lawson. Hewitt remained on the show until August 2005. Although she left the show, her character did not and Ella Scot... Biography of Beth Ehlers
Beth Ehlers (born July 23, 1968 in Queens, New York) is a Daytime Emmy-nominated American actress. Personal life Born in Queens, Ehlers eventually moved closer to Manhattan and attended Satellite Academy, a performing arts school, as a child. Ehlers briefly attended Syracuse University before focusing on her acting career. In 1991, Ehlers married Dr. William Parsons. Ehlers became involved with Mark Derwin, her co-star on Guiding Light shortly after marrying Parsons and they later divorced in 1992. On March 22, 1996, she married Matthew Christian, who is a sports video editor. Beth and Matthew have two sons, Henry Jack Christian, who was born on May 21, 1999 and Will, born July 16, 2001. Career Ehlers grew up in New York City and begin appearing in television commercials at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Régis Bulot
Régis Bulot, born July 23, 1947 in Etaples-Sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, is French businessman. He was President of Relais & Châteaux (1987-2005) and is now President of Auberges & Bistrots de France. Relais & Chateaux is a global group of individually owned and operated luxury hotels and restaurants. Currently the group has 456 members in 50 countries on five continents. The group originated in France and is known for its extremely strict admission standards. In addition to luxurious facilities, members must have special features distinguishing them from chain hotels. Most of them are historic landmarks such as castles, manor houses, or townhouses in idyllic settings and offering exquisite cuisine. Prospective and current members are evaluated by the group's traditional "five C" motto... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mukesh
Mukesh Chand Mathur (Hindi: मुकेश चन्द माथुर) (23 July 1923 (source: Imdb) – 27 August 1976) was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. Along with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar, he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. Early life Born in Delhi, in a small middle class family to Zorawar Chand Mathur, an engineer and Chand Rani. He was the sixth in a family of ten children. The music teacher who came home to teach Mukesh's sister Sundar Pyari, found a pupil in Mukesh who would listen from the adjoining room. He had a younger brother Parmeshwari Das. Mukesh left school after the 10th standard and worked briefly for the Delhi Department of Public Works. Mukesh experimented w... Biography of Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, CH, FRIBA, FCSD, (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He was born in Florence in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, before graduating from Yale School of Architecture in 1962. Early career At Yale he met fellow students Jesse Mccartney & Norman Foster and on returning to England he set up architectural practice as Team 4 with Foster and their respective girlfriends, the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman. They quickly earned a reputation for high-tech industrial design. In 1967 the practice split up, and Rogers joined Renzo Piano. An early commission was a house and studio for Humphrey Spender near Maldon, Essex, a glass cube framed... Biography of Julian Brian Leitch
Julian Brian Leitch, born July 23, 1964 in Reading, is a British musician, the son of Linda and Brian Jones. After the death of his father, his mother re-married Donovan who adopted him.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (born 23 July 1922) an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. He was born in Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli. Filmography as director Lipstick (Il rossetto, 1961). Arturo's island (L'isola di Arturo, 1962) The Empty Canvas (La noia, 1963) The Reunion (La rimpatriata, 1963) La Strega in amore (1966) A Bullet for the General (El Chuncho, quien sabe?, 1966) A Complicated Girl (Una ragazza piuttosto complicata, 1967) The Day of the Owl (also known as Mafia and Il giorno della civetta, 1968) La moglie più bella (1970) L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi – tante sbarre (1972) Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessioni di un Commissario di Polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica) (1971) Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972) The Devil Is... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gustav Heinemann
Gustav Walter Heinemann, GCB (July 23, 1899 (time birth source: Lescaut, Astrodatabank) - July 7, 1976) was a German politician. He was Minister of Interior Affairs from 1949 to 1950, Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969 and President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was famous for being open-minded with respect to the student protests of 1968, and he tried to keep his office as down-to-earth as possible (e.g. when asked whether he loved Germany, he answered that he loved his wife). In the Weimar Republic Heinemann was member of the Christian Social People's Service (CSVD). After World War II he was one of the founders of the CDU and became mayor of the city of Essen. He was Minister of the Interior in the first cabinet of Konrad Adenauer. In 1950 he left the ca... Biography of Bert Convy
Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American game show host and panelist, actor and singer known for his tenure as the host for Tattletales, Super Password, and Win, Lose or Draw. Early life Convy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Monica and Bert Convy. Convy was a member of the 1950s vocal band, The Cheers, who had a Top 10 hit in 1955 with "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots". He was also a minor league baseball player, within the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Early career Convy started his career in the entertainment business as a featured performer and singer in the Billy Barnes Revues of the 1950s and '60s. He appeared in the 1961 Warner Brothers drama, "Susan Slade", playing Troy Donahue's rival for the affections of Connie Steve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Phil Andros
Samuel Morris Steward (July 23, 1909-December 31, 1993), also known by the pen name Phil Andros, was a novelist and tattoo artist based in Oakland, California. He was born in Woodsfield, Ohio and attended the Ohio State University. He began teaching English at OSU as a university fellow in 1932 during the final year of his PhD and was given his first post as a university professor in 1934 at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. In 1936 he was dismissed from a position at the State College of Washington due to the portrayal of prostitution in his novel Angels on the Bough. He moved to Chicago, teaching at Loyola until 1946 and then at DePaul University. In 1954 he left teaching and began tattooing in Chicago under the Trade Name Phil Sparrow. Steward met famed sex researcher Alfred Kinsey... Biography of Steve Jocz
Stephen Martin Jocz (nicknamed Stevo 32 or Stevo) was born on July 23, 1981, and is best known as the drummer for Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. Personal Jocz is of Polish descent. He was born in Ajax, Ontario, to Marg and Phil Jocz, and has an older sister named Jenn. Around 1993, he met future Sum 41 frontman, Deryck Whibley. They became the first two members of the band, which formed out of two rival bands at their local high school. Jocz is the youngest in the band, and a vegan. School and youth Jocz finished high school along with Cone and Deryck. All band members attended school in Ajax, Ontario. In high school, Steve was on the dive team and portrayed his skills in the music video for "In Too Deep". Sum 41 With Sum 41, he is known for his outspoken personality and toi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wally Albertson
Wallace Thompson or Wally Albertson, born July 23, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American activist, politician and educator. She was a model and actress before. She is the widow of actor Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucky Blondo
Gérard Blondiot, best known as Lucky Blondo, born July 23, 1944 in Paris, is a French former rock singer in the 60s. Discography Betty et Jenny / Je bois, je dors et j'oublie / Baby reste avec moi / C'est merveilleux / Fontana, 1962 Multiplication / Une fille comme toi / Dis-moi oui / Dans la rue des souvenirs, Fontana, 1962 Sheila / Avec toi / C'est le mashed potatoes / Isabelle, Fontana, 1962 Au cœur du silence / Baby Face / Filles / Vous souvenez-vous, Fontana, 1963 L'autre nuit / Trop sage pour aimer / J'ai un secret à te dire / Comment l'oublier, Fontana, 1963 Sois gentille / Dans l'eau bleue / Avec des si / Ne pleure pas, Fontana, 1964 Tu me regretteras / On a toujours ses yeux d'enfant / Clopin clopant / Bien sage, Fontana, 1964 Une fille me sourit / Sur ton visag... Biography of Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 in Rorschach – January 3, 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. Early life He was christened Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of a German mother and an American father. Career Jannings was a theater actor who eventually started a career in Hollywood. He won the 1928 Oscar for two films, The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. He also starred in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh, a film notable in silent cinema for its lack of title cards, and in the 1922 film version of Shakespeare's Othello. His Hollywood career came to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthyr Chadbourne
Arthyr Chadbourne, born July 23, 1940 in York Beach, Maine, is an American author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sabine Pfeifer
Sabine Pfeifer or Sabine Pfeiffer, born July 23, 1980 in Nijmegen, is a Dutch actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679443/ ) "Lindenstraße" .... Kathy Müller / ... (20 episodes, 2007-2008) - Alles im Griff (2008) TV episode .... Kathy Müller - Großes Kino (2008) TV episode .... Kathy Müller - Liebesmaßnahmen (2008) TV episode .... Kathy Müller - Ehrlich reisen (2008) TV episode .... Kathy Müller - Die Muräne (2008) TV episode .... Kathy Müller (15 more) Geheimnisvolle Schwiegersohn, Der (2007) (TV) .... Tanja "Hausmeister Krause - Ordnung muss sein" .... Krankenschwester (1 episode, 2007) - Frau wider Willen (2007) TV episode .... Krankenschwester "Axel! wills wissen" .... Yvonne Pfeiffer (26 episodes, 2005-2006) - Die ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Cameron
Barbara Cameron, born July 23, 1934 in Springfield, Massachusetts, died April 10, 1987 (cancer), was an American author and astrologer, member of AFA.... Biography of Gloria Dehaven
Gloria DeHaven (born July 23, 1925, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. The daughter of vaudeville performers, DeHaven began her career as a child actor as an extra in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM Studios and despite featured roles in such films as The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) she did not obtain the kind of stardom some had expected of her. She has also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope. She was one of the numerous celebrities enticed to appear in the all-star box office flop Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), and has guest starred in such television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, M... Biography of Lydia Cornell
Lydia Cornell (born July 23, 1962) is an American actress, writer, novelist, comedienne, blogger and talk-radio host. Cornell was born in El Paso, Texas. Her great-great-great grandfather was Henry Ward Beecher Stowe, and she is rumored to be the great-great granddaughter of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Actress She co-starred as Ted Knight's daughter in the role of Sara Rush on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort, and most recently on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Cornell was a Best Actress nominee at Method Fest, which honors outstanding acting performances, for her leading role in the AFI indie "Miss Supreme Queen." Cornell was also a People's Choice Award winner for Too Close For Comfort. She has appeared on numerous television program... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Lennox
John Lennox, born July 23, 1946 in Fort Worth, Texas, is an American TV producer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Howard L. Cornell
Howard L. Cornell, born July 23, 1872 in Hartsville en Pennsylvania, died February 13, 1939 in Los Angeles (heart failure), was an American author, teacher and astrologer.... Biography of Hubert Selby
Hubert Selby, Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was a 20th century American writer. His best-known novels are Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978). Both novels were later adapted into films. Biography Early life Hubert Selby Sr. was a merchant seaman and a former coal miner from Kentucky. He and his wife Adalin settled in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge. Hubert Selby Jr. was born in 1928, in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended various New York state schools, including Stuyvesant High School. His childhood nickname, "Cubby", stuck with him his entire life. In 1943, Hubert Sr. returned to the United States Merchant Marines. His son, Hubert Jr., dropped out of school, and at the age of fifteen was able to persuade the recruiters to allow him to jo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher (born July 23, 1928) is an American pianist and conductor. He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studying the piano at age 4. He made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16. He studied with Artur Schnabel. He made a memorable series of recordings with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra before losing the use of his right hand due to focal dystonia. He continued performing the left-handed repertoire until he quite recently regained the use of his right hand through a combination of massage and botox injections. He also undertook conducting during this time, serving at one time as Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland. He is particularly well-known for his interpreta... Biography of Daniel MacIvor
Daniel MacIvor (born 23 July 1962) is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director and film director. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and then at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario. MacIvor formed the theatre company da da kamera in Toronto - in residence at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - for whom he has written, directed, and acted. He is now one of Canada's best known playwrights. His plays include Never Swim Alone, This is a Play, Monster, Marion Bridge, You are Here, Cul-de-sac, and A Beautiful View. Five of MacIvor's plays were published as I Still Love You in 2006, in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of da da kamera, (Never Swim Alone, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, In on It, and A Beautiful View), and won MacI... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Drysdale
Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale (July 23, 1936 - July 3, 1993) was a Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one of the dominant starting pitchers of the 1960s, and became a radio and television broadcaster following his playing career. He was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California and attended Van Nuys High School, where one of his baseball teammates was actor Robert Redford. Playing career Pitching for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, he teamed with Sandy Koufax during the late 1950s and 1960s to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history. The ferocious hurler (nicknamed "Big D" by fans) used brushback pitches and a sidearm fastball to intimidate batters, and his 154 hit batsmen remain a modern National L... Biography of Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku, Finland) is a professional tennis player from Finland. Nieminen ranked World No. 37 in the ATP Rankings in the 2008 end of season rankings. He has won one ATP singles title and one doubles title in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open. Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the highest ranked Finn ever, and is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event. His wife, Anu Nieminen is currently Finland's top ranked badminton women's single player as her husband is in men's tennis. Caree... Biography of Claude Luter
Claude Luter 23 July 1923, Paris – 6 October 2006, Paris) was a jazz clarinetist who also doubled on soprano saxophone. He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to Sidney Bechet when he was in Paris, but he also worked with Barney Bigard and French writer and musician Boris Vian. Discography En Concert (06/16/2003) Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage (01/06/2003)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darvin Ham
arvin Ham (born July 23, 1973 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. He played eight seasons in the NBA. Basketball career Ham attended Saginaw High School and Texas Tech University. While playing for Texas Tech, he gained national attention by shattering the backboard on a slam dunk during the 1996 NCAA Tournament against UNC. The dunk shifted momentum for the Red Raiders, catapulting them to the second Sweet Sixteen in school history. The dunk was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Ham won the NCAA slam dunk contest in 1996, following former college teammate Lance Hughes' win in 1995. He went on to play in eight NBA seasons, also competing in the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and was a member of the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons. His powe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Angeli
Claude Angeli, born July 23, 1931 in Champigny-sur-Marne, is a French journalist and author. Works Claude Angeli et Paul Gillet, La Police dans la politique : 1944-1954. 1967. Claude Angeli et Paul Gillet, Debout partisans ! : les Communistes dans la Résistance, de la débâcle aux F.T.P.. Paris : Fayard, 1970. Les polices de la nouvelle société. Petite collection Maspéro, 1971. Une milice patronale, Peugeot. Paris, Maspéro, coll. « Cahiers libres », avril 1975. Une femme à part. Paris : Grasset, coll. « Littérature française », mars 1991. 217 pages, 13 x 20 cm. ISBN 2-246-44441-1. Claude Angeli et Stéphanie Mesnier, Notre Allié Saddam. Paris : Olivier Orban, 1992. Claude Angeli et Stéphanie Mesnier, Le Nid de serpents. Paris : Grasset, janvier 1995. 229 pages, 13 x 20 cm. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Whitten Brown
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 – October 4, 1948) was a Scottish aviator. He was the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight. Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow. He began his career in engineering before the outbreak of the First World War. In 1914, he enlisted in the British Army and the following year obtained a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps as an observer. After being shot down and badly wounded over Germany on 10 November 1915, Brown became a prisoner of war. Once released and back in the United Kingdom, Brown continued to develop his aerial navigation skills. He became a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force and while visiting the engineering firm of Vickers he was asked if he would be the navigator for the proposed transatlantic flight, part... Biography of Antoine Carr
Antoine Labotte Carr (born July 23, 1961) is a retired American basketball player. A 16-year NBA journeyman, he was known for the goggles he wore onto the court. Early life Antoine Carr was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A tall, garrulous youngster, Carr was a star basketball player at Wichita Heights High School (class of 1979)—a teammate on the 1977 Heights team was future NBA player Darnell Valentine. He accepted a scholarship to play locally at Wichita State University. A four-year player, Carr was a major contributor on a team that also included future NBA players Xavier McDaniel and Cliff Levingston, averaging 17 points per game while shooting over 55% during his college career. He played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Brown
Robert James Brown (23 July 1921 – 11 November 2003) was an English actor known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond movies, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981. Brown was born and died in Swanage, Dorset, England. Before appearing in the Bond films, he had a long career as a bit-part actor in films and television. Two of his most notable parts were as the galley-master in Ben-Hur (1959) and as factory worker Bert Harker in the BBC's 1960s soap opera, The Newcomers. Technically, Brown first started in the James Bond franchise in the film The Spy Who Loved Me as Admiral Hargreaves. After Lee's sudden death in 1981, the producers, instead of hiring a replacement, decided to leave M out of For Your Eyes Only out of respect for the actor and trade his lines with M's Chief of St... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Eiden
Andrew Michael Eiden (born July 23 1983 in La Mirada, California) is an American actor who comes from a family of theater folk including his sister, Emily Eiden, his actor/writer mother, Susan Hunter Eiden, and his director father, Michael Eiden. Extended family includes uncle Production Designer Clark Hunter and Newbery Award winning children's author and great-grandmother, Carol Ryrie Brink (Caddie Woodlawn). Andrew made his theatrical debut at the age of four playing Herold the Herald in a children's production of Sleeping Beauty at the Whittier Junior Theater. Andrew's first professional gig came in the form of a guest spot on VR Troopers. Then at the age of 15, he played himself in the Disney Channel TV series Movie Surfers. Before reality shows were all the rage, Andrew again play... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mandy Miller
Mandy Miller (born Carmen Isabella Miller, 23 July 1944, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England) was an English child actor who made a number of films in the 1950s. She was christened Carmen but called Mandy by her family. Her career tended to involve serious acting roles rather than comedy, even in her first small part in The Man in the White Suit, where she was a sad-faced little girl who helped Alec Guinness escape his pursuers. She was a natural actress and put in a much praised performance in her second film, another Ealing production, Mandy (1952), playing a deaf child whose parents (played by Jack Hawkins and Phyllis Calvert) did not know how to cope with raising her. She was also convincing in the next film, Background (1952), along with the other two child actors in this film ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne Louis Malus
Etienne-Louis Malus (23 July 1775 – 24 February 1812) was a French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician. Malus was born in Paris, France. He participated in Napoleon's expedition into Egypt (1798 to 1801) and was a member of the mathematics section of the Institut d'Égypte. Malus became a member of the Académie des Sciences in 1810. In 1810 the Royal Society of London awarded him the Rumford Medal. His mathematical work was almost entirely concerned with the study of light. He studied geometric systems called ray systems, closely connected to Julius Plücker's line geometry. He conducted experiments to verify Christiaan Huygens' theories of light and rewrote the theory in analytical form. His discovery of the polarization of light by reflection was published in 1809 and his... Biography of James Gibbons
James Gibbons (July 23, 1834—March 24, 1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction. Early life and education The fourth of six children, James Gibbons was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Thomas and Bridget (née Walsh) Gibbons. His parents were from County Mayo, Ireland, and settled in the United States after moving to Canada. After falling ill with tuberculosis in 1839, his father moved the family to his native Ireland, where he believed the air would benefit him. There, Thomas operated a grocery store in Ballinrobe and young James received his early educa... Biography of Edouard Colonne
Édouard Juda Colonne (23 July 1838 – 28 March 1910) was a French conductor and violinist. Born in Bordeaux, Colonne studied at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he won first prizes in both harmony and violin. For almost a decade (1858-67) he was first violinist at the Opéra in Paris. In 1873, Colonne, along with a music publisher named Georges Hartmann, founded the "Concert National" at the Odéon Théatre. Two years later, the venue changed to the Théatre du Châtelet and the name of the enterprise was changed to The Association Artistique du Châtelet. The Association's performances eventually became known as "Colonne Concerts"; and this name continued to be used until the 1960s (except for the years of Paris's German occupation during World War II, when - because of Colonne's Jewish a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Foot
Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and writer, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Associated with the Labour left for most of his career, he was a passionate supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and British withdrawal from the European Economic Community. A passionate orator, he was Labour leader at the 1983 general election when the party received its lowest share of the vote since 1918. His parallel career as a journalist included appointments as editor of Tribune, on several occasions, and the Evening Standard newspaper. Among the books he authored are Guilty Men (an attack on Neville Chamberlain and others f... Biography of Mathieu Madénian
Mathieu Madénian, born July 23, 1976 in Perpignan, is a French humorist and shoman, and a former lawyer.... Biography of Tasha Tilberg
Tasha Tilberg (born July 23, 1978 in Chilliwack, British Columbia) is a Canadian model. Biography Tilberg was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Tilberg has appeared in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Bloomingdale's, Comma, Fendi, Esprit, Gucci, Mango, Missoni, Moschino, Versace and Versus and she has walked in fashion shows for, among others, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Anna Molinari, Balenciaga, Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, DKNY, Fendi, Versace, Genny, Iceberg, Jil Sander, Les Copains, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Missoni, Moschino, Narciso Rodriguez, Rifat Ozbek, Richard Tyler, Sportmax, Victor Alfaro, Versus, Isabel Marant, Miu Miu and Yohji Yamamoto. She has appeared on Mademoiselle, Vogue, W, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Flare and was a spokesmodel for CoverGirl. Tilberg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Leenhardt
Roger Leenhardt is French writer and filmmaker (July 23, 1903 in Montpellier - Decemeber 4, 1985 in Paris). Born in Languedoc, France, in a bourgeois Protestant family, this brilliant student of philosophy was very soon fascinated by cinema. Through a cousin, he started working for the newsreel program Éclair Journal and in 1934 set up his own production company, “Les Films du Compas,” later known as, “Roger Leenhardt Films.” As a critic in the journal “Esprit”, he was considered one of the most perceptive observers of pre-war France and strongly influenced André Bazin and the entire “Nouvelle Vague.” Thanks to his series of articles known as “La petite école du spectateur,” cinema became considered as an art and a language in its own right. Leenhardt also contributed to other journa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luis Arrieta
Luis Arrieta, born July 23, 1982 in Mexico City, is a Mexican actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1674835/ ) Love Equation (2008) (completed) .... Esteban Paradas continuas (2009) .... Emilio Dragonball Evolution (2009) .... Weaver ... aka Dragonball Evolution (Japan) ... aka Dragonball: Evolution (USA) Chicano Blood (2008) (V) .... Chicano Gangster The Price of the American Dream II (2008) .... Manny Munoz ... aka The Price of the American Dream Part II (USA: alternative transliteration) Without Finishing My Coat (2007) .... Philoshoper Morgan Ride, El (2007) .... Juan "Lo que callamos las mujeres" .... Rene (1 episode, 2006) - Tiene mi sangre, segunda parte (2006) TV episode .... Rene "Vida es una canción, La" .... Antonio / ... (2 episode... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (born July 23, 1940) is an Italian banker and economist who was Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance from May 2006 until May 2008. Biography Born in Belluno, he graduated from Bocconi University, Milan in 1966 and received a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970. After a first job in Germany with the retailer C&A Brenninkmeijer, he joined the Bank of Italy in 1968, eventually becoming Vice-Director General from 1984 to 1997. In 1980 he became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty and remains one to this day. From 1993 to 1997, he was also president of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. In 1997-1998 he was head of Consob, Italy's stock market supervision agency. P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Fior
Claude Fior, born July 23, 1955 in Nogaro, Gers, died in December 2001 (airplane crash), was a French motorbike racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive Dixieland musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and dabbled in free improvisation, but Lacy's music was typically melodic and tightly-structured. Biography Lacy began his career at sixteen playing Dixieland music with much older musicians such as Henry "Red" Allen, Pee Wee Russell, George "Pops" Foster and Zutty Singleton and then with Kansas City jazz players like Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, and Jimmy Rushing. He then became involved with the avant-garde, performing on Jazz Advance (1956... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was the American president and production director of Columbia Pictures. Career Cohn was born to a working-class German-Jewish family in New York City. In later years, he appears to have disparaged his heritage. After working for a time as a streetcar conductor, and then as a promoter for a sheet music printer, he got a job with Universal Pictures, where his brother, Jack Cohn, was already employed. In 1919, Cohn joined with his brother and Joe Brandt to found CBC Film Sales Corporation. The initials officially stood for Cohn, Brandt, and Cohn, but Hollywood wags noted the company's low-budget, low-class efforts and nicknamed CBC "Corned Beef and Cabbage." Harry Cohn managed the company's film production in Hollywood, while his brother m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joanny Durand
Joanny Durand, born on July 23, 1886 in Boën, Loire, died in 1956, was a French sculptor.... Biography of Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Hahn (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress known for her role on the television series Crossing Jordan. Personal life Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Hahn attended Northwestern University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in theatre before attending Yale. Hahn has been married to actor Ethan Sandler since January 3, 2002. The couple lives in Silver Lake, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. They have two children, a boy Leonard (b. October 2006) and a girl Mae (b. July 27, 2009), Mae was born prematurely. Her pregnancy, with Leonard, was written into the storyline of Crossing Jordan, with husband Sandler portraying the baby's father. Career While attending a theater festival she met an NBC casting director who introduced her to... Biography of Don Imus
John Donald Imus, Jr. (born July 23, 1940) is an American radio host, humorist, writer, and philanthropist. His nationally-syndicated talk show, Imus in the Morning, airs throughout the United States on Citadel Media and is simulcast on RFD-TV. Personal life Imus was born in Riverside, California, but he was raised on a sprawling cattle ranch called The Willows near Kingman, Arizona. He served in the Marine Corps from 1957 to 1960. Imus battled alcoholism during his early career in New York, but in 1987 finally pursued effective treatment. (As of 2008, he has remained sober for 20 years). In 1988, with his cocaine and alcohol addictions now legendary in show business, Imus reshaped his show from strictly comedy into a forum for political issues, charitable causes and news-based paro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Treacher
Arthur Veary Treacher (23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English actor born in Brighton, East Sussex, England. Treacher was a veteran of World War I. After the war, he established a stage career and in 1928, he went to America as part of a musical-comedy revue called Great Temptations. He was featured in the 1930 Billy Rose production Sweet and Low. Treacher began his film career in the 1930s, which included roles in four Shirley Temple films: Curly Top (1935), Stowaway (1936), Heidi (1937), and The Little Princess (1939). Scenes intentionally put the six-feet-four Treacher standing or dancing side-by-side with the tiny child actress. Treacher filled the role of the ideal butler, and he portrayed P.G. Wodehouse's perfect valet character Jeeves in the films Thank You, Jeeves! (1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gregori Chmara
Gregori Chmara, born July 23, 1893 in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), died February 3, 1970 in Paris, was a Russian actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158103/ ) 1971 Crime et châtiment (TV movie) 1969 Paris n'existe pas (as Gregory Chmara) Le vieillard (as Gregory Chmara) 1966 La roulette russe (TV movie) (as Gregory Chmara) Arcade (as Gregory Chmara) 1963 La belle vie (as Gregory Chmara) Joseph - un homme riche qui invite le couple à Monte Carlo (as Gregory Chmara) 1962 Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (as Grégory Chmara) Basile (as Grégory Chmara) 1959 Mon pote le gitan Le pépé 1958 Les femmes sont marrantes... ( - uncredited) Le patron de la boîte russe (uncredited) 1957 Les fanatiques 1956 Mannequins de Paris Bori... Biography of Stéphane Henon
Stéphane Henon, born July 23, 1966 in Montauban, is a French actor, the twin brother of film director Eric Henon. Filmography * 2008 : RIS, police scientifique : Pierre Beaumont dans l'épisode Partout ou tu iras (série TV) * Depuis 2007 : Plus belle la vie : Jean-Paul Boher (série TV) - Rôle régulier * 2007 : Mystère : copilote (série TV) * 2007 : Julie Lescaut : motard radar (série TV) * 2006 : David Nolande : José (série TV) * 2006 : Famille d'accueil : le prof de taï-chi (série TV) * 2006 : SOS 18 : policier #1 (série TV) * 1996 : Les vacances de l'amour : rôle inconnu (Série TV) * 1993 : Hélène et les garçons (épisode 108 La révélation) : dealer de drogue présumé de Cri-Cri d'amour (Série TV) * 1992 : Chien et Chat : Cookie (série... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Demange
Jean-Marie Demange (born July 23, 1943 in Toulouse — dead November 17, 2008 in Thionville) was the Mayor of Thionville since June 25, 1995 to March 21, 2008. He committed suicide by gunshot after he killed a person.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elio Vittorini
Elio Vittorini (23 July 1908 - 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S. edition of the novel, published in 1949, included an introduction from Ernest Hemingway, whose style influenced Vittorini and that novel in particular. Life Vittorini was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and throughout his childhood moved around Sicily with his father, a railroad worker. Several times he ran away from home, culminating in his leaving Sicily for good in 1924. For a brief period, he found employment as a construction worker in the Julian March, after ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Bonnet (homme politique)
Georges-Étienne Bonnet (23 July 1889 (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin) – 18 June 1973) was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party. Early career Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of a lawyer. He studied law and political science at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques and Sorbonne, and then went to work as an auditeur at the Conseil d'état. In 1911, he launched a political career after marrying Odette Pelletan, the granddaughter of Eugene Pelletan. Bonnet's wife, often known as Madame Soutien-Georges, ran a salon, and had great ambitions for her husband; one contemporary reported that Madame Bonnet was "so wildly ambitious for her husband that when a new ministry was being formed he was afraid to go home at night unless he had ca... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Weston Mueller
Weston Mueller, born on July 23, 1982 in Port Washington, Wisconsin, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611120/ ) 2009 Glee (TV series) Deaf Choir #5 – Hairography (2009) … Deaf Choir #5 2009 Hollywood, je t'aime Commercial Camera Op 2009 Galahad (TV movie) Galahad Dietrick 2007 Everything or Nothing Matt Stanton 2003 Boys Life 4: Four Play Riley (segment "L.T.R.") 2002 One on One (TV series) Teenage #1 – Give'm an Inch, They'll Throw a Rave (2002) … Teenage #1 2002 Children on Their Birthdays Butch 2002 L.T.R. (short) Riley 2001 What About Joan (TV series) Daniel / John – My Dinner with Jake (2001) … Daniel – The Proposal (2001) … John – Testing, Testing … Daniel 2001 Boys to Men Tim (segment "Cru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rémi Martin
Rémi Martin, born July 23, 1965 in Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine), is a French actor. Filmography * 1984 : Le Thé au harem d'Archimède : Pat * 1986 : Conseil de famille : François jeune homme * 1987 : Les Possédés : Erkel * 1986 : Désordre : Xavier * 1986 : Mafiosa, le clan * 1987 : Camomille : Martin Benedi * 1987 : Miss Mona : Pat * 1987 : Les Nouveaux Tricheurs : Marc * 1988 : Sans peur et sans reproche : Pierre Terrail de Bayard * 1989 : Comédie d'été : Adrien * 1989 : La Fête des pères : Jérôme * 1991 : Sans un cri : Pierre * 1992 : Sang et poussières * 1993 : La Légende : l'homme * 2000 : La Mécanique des femmes * 2000 : Stand-by : l'homme violent * 2000 : Les Destinées sentimentales : Dahlias ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David W. Henderson
David W. Henderson, born on July 23, 1903 in Glasgow (source: Paul Wright collection, Astrodatabank), was a Scottosh scientist, researcher, physician, and author.... Biography of Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI (23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death in 1721. Biography Early life Albani was born in Urbino, into a noble family that had established itself there from northern Albania in the 15th century and were originally soldiers of Scanderbeg against the Ottoman Empire. During his reign as a Pope the famous Illyricum Sacrum was commissioned, and today it is one of the main sources of the field of Albanology, with over 5000 pages divided in several volumes written by Daniele Farlati and Dom. Coletti. He was governor of Rieti and Urbino, and was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro by Pope Alexander VIII, whom he succeeded as Pope on 23 November 1700. Pontificate Papal styles of Pope Clement XI C... Biography of Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior commander in the British Army. He was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War, and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1944. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke was the foremost military advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and in the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts was an important but not always well-known contributor to the Allies' victory in 1945. After retiring from the army, Alanbrooke (as he then was) served as Lord High Constable of England during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His war diaries attracted attention for their criticism of Churchill and for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006 (lung cancer)) was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. At the beginning of the 70s he twice tried his hand at directing, but neither film achieved commercial success. Works include 1965 Repulsion (Writer) 1966 Cul-de-sac (Writer) 1967 Le Bal des vampires (UK: Dance of the Vampires; US: The Fearless Vampire Killers) (Writer) 1967 The Two of Us (Le vieil homme et l'enfant) (Writer) 1970 La Maison (Director) 1971 Le Bateau sur l'herbe (The Boat on the Grass) (Director) 1972 Quoi? (What?) (Writer) 1976 Le Locataire (The Tenant) (Writer) 1978 Rêve de singe (Writer) 1979 Tess (Writer) 1979 Seeking Asylum (Writ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Dasseux
Michel Dasseux, born on July 23, 1936 in Périgueux (Dordogne), is a French politician (Socialist party), a former member of Parliament (1997-2007).... Biography of Kim Commons
Kim Commons, born July 23, 1951 in Lancaster, California, is an American chess player, International Master (IM). In 1972, he won the California State Championship. He was awarded the IM title in 1976 and in that year won three international tournaments in Bulgaria: Plovdiv, Primorsko (1st=) and Odessos.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Tibbs
Tommy Tibbs, born on July 23, 1934 in Lancaster, Ohio (birth time source: Gauquelin), is an American boxer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Chott
Bill Chott (born July 23, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. Early life During his school years, Chott appeared in numerous plays and musicals. As a graduate of Ritenour High School he was inducted into the school's hall of fame for his tremendous success.{date=February 2008}} He continued appearing when he was in college at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri, with starring roles in both comedic and dramatic plays and musicals. Leaving St. Louis in 1992, he headed to Chicago, IL and immediately broke into improvisational theater at ComedySportz, IO (formerly known as Improv Olympic), and became one of the creme de la creme of the Second City comedy troupe, where he studied with people such as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Career Chot... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Micheal Williams
Micheal Douglas Williams (born July 23, 1966 in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Out of Baylor University, Williams was selected with the 48th overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons with whom he played 49 games in his rookie season, averaging 2.4 points and 1.4 assists per game. The Pistons won the NBA championship in his rookie year. Williams was traded by Detroit to the Phoenix Suns on draft day of 1991, along with the Pistons' first-round draft pick (27th overall) of the 1989 NBA Draft, Kenny Battle, in exchange for the Suns' first-round draft choice (24th overall pick), Anthony Cook. That season was spent split between the Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giorgia Fiorio
Giorgia Fiorio, born July 23, 1967 in Turin, is an Italian photographer. She is also a singer and actress. Discography Singles 1982 - "Bimbo" / "Segreti" 1983 - "Avrò" / "Segreti" (prima partecipazione a Sanremo con "Avrò" - 5° posto) 1983 - "Un'altra estate" / "Indovinare" 1984 - "Se ti spogli" / "Bimbo" (seconda partecipazione a Sanremo con "Se ti spogli" - eliminata alla prima fase) 1986 - "Pirates of Love" / "Take It or Leave It" 1986 - "Tell Me Why" / "Take It or Leave It" ("Tell me why" è una cover in inglese della canzone in italiano "Non mi avrai" di Marcella Bella) 1987 - "Rock Show" / "Clip Show" (abbinato allo spot TV degli orologi Hip-Hop) 1988 - "Io con te" / "Prende al cuore" (terza e ultima partecipazione a Sanremo con "Io con te" - accede alle semi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elliott See
Elliot McKay See, Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966), was an American astronaut, selected in the second group of astronauts. Elliot See was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Highland Park High School. After initially attending The University of Texas where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, he then attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating in 1949. He later obtained a masters degree from UCLA. He worked for General Electric before and after serving as a naval aviator from 1953 to 1956. He was married to Marilyn Denahy See, and had three children, Sally, Carolyn, and David. See acted as backup pilot for Gemini 5 and was in line to fly as Prime Crew Pilot for Gemini 8 but was promoted to be the Command Pilot of Gemini 9. According to chief astronau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nomar Garciaparra
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (pronounced /ˈnoʊmɑr ɡɑrˌsiːəˈpɑrə/; born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. His full name is Anthony Nomar Lee, but he began going by Nomar when he was a child, after there were too many Anthonys in his class. Nomar is his father's first name (Ramon) spelled backward. Garciaparra is a six-time All-Star (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006). In five postseason series he has batted .323 with a slugging percentage of .625. Early years Garcia... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English actor. Early life Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Wilding was a successful commercial artist when he joined the art department of a London movie studio in 1933. He soon embarked on an acting career. Career He appeared in numerous British motion pictures, often opposite Anna Neagle, but had a less productive career in Hollywood. His screen performances include Sailors Three (1940), In Which We Serve (1942), Piccadilly Incident (1946), Spring in Park Lane (1948), Stage Fright (1950) and The World of Suzie Wong (1960). His last appearance was in an uncredited, non-speaking cameo in Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), which co-starred his last wife, Margaret Leighton. He also appeared on television, including the title r... Biography of Danielle Collobert
Danielle Collobert was a French author, poet and journalist, born in Rostrenen, Côtes-d'Armor on 23 July 1940. She died, by her own hand, in Paris on 23 July 1978. Her mother, a teacher, was obliged to live in a neighbouring village, and thus, Danielle grew up at her grandparents' house, where her mother and her aunt would return whenever they so could. Both entered into the French Resistance. In 1961, having abandoned her university studies, she worked at the Galerie Hautefeuille in Paris, where she wrote Totem and many other texts that would three years later be part of her seminary text, Meurtre. In the April of that year, she published, at her own expense, Chants des Guerres (War Songs) with Pierre-Jean Oswald publishers. Some years later, she would destroy the early editions of ... Biography of Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra, born July 23, 1961 in New-Delhi, is an Indian writer who has won awards and critical acclaim for his novels and short stories. He is married to writer Melanie Abrams, who, like Chandra, teaches creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley. Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai (Bombay), India and Oakland, California. He is often confused with his namesake Vikram A Chandra, journalist and author of The Srinagar Conspiracy. Family Background Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. His father, Navin Chandra, is a retired executive. His mother, Kamna Chandra, has written several Hindi films and plays; her most notable works include the films Prem Rog and 1942: A Love Story. One of his sisters, Tanuja Chandra, is a filmmaker and screenwriter who has... Biography of Brandon Roy
Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA Draft, having completed four years playing for the Washington Huskies. In 2009, he serves as the team's co-captain, along with LaMarcus Aldridge. His nickname is "B-Roy", but he is also referred to as "The Natural" by announcer Brian Wheeler. Born in Seattle, Washington, Roy became known for his immediate impact on the Trail Blazers. Zach Randolph, then the team captain, was traded to the New York Knicks at the end of Roy's first season, which cleared the way for Roy to take on a leadership role on the team. Though hampered by an injured ankle, Roy won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for 2006–... Biography of Silvia Colloca
Silvia Colloca (born 23 July 1977) is an Italian actress. Colloca was born in Milan to Loredana and Mario Colloca. Her first major film role was in Van Helsing, in which she played Verona, one of Dracula's brides. In September 2004, she married the Australian actor who played Dracula in that film, Richard Roxburgh. They have two sons Raphael Jack Domenico Roxburgh was born on 10 February 2007 and Miro Roxburgh who was born in September/October 2010. Colloca is an opera-trained mezzo soprano and worked as a musical theatre performer in Italy before becoming a film actress. Filmography Van Helsing (2004) -Verona L'Apocalisse delle scimmie (2005) - The Detonator (2006) -Nadia Cominski Virgin Territory (2007) - Casomai (2008) - Lesbian Vampire Killers (20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chuck Jeffreys
Chuck Jeffreys, born July 23, 1958 in Washington, District of Columbia, is an American actor and stuntman of African decent. Filmography Assistant Stunt Coordinator * Smoke Fight Choreographer * The Art of War II: Betrayal * Blade: Trinity * The Contractor * Freddy vs. Jason * Kamikazes: A Deathography Special Assistant to Stunt Coordinator * Blade Stunt Coordinator * An American Affair * The Dead Ones * Kamikazes: A Deathography * A Lesson Before Dying * The Wire Stunt Double * Boomerang Stunt Performer * Rescue 911... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Allison Pierce (singer)
The Pierces are an American New York-based band consisting of sisters Allison Margaret Pierce (born July 23, 1975) and Catherine Eleanor Pierce (born September 11, 1977). Biography Childhood The Pierce sisters were born three years apart in Birmingham, Alabama. They traveled frequently and received home-schooling from their self-described hippie parents. Their father played the guitar in various bands, while their mother was a painter. Exposed to music and arts at an early age, the Pierce sisters grew up listening to Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel. As kids, they were encouraged to explore their creative side and would perform at parties, weddings and churches. Allison started dancing at age three, and both sisters are accomplished ballerinas. Musical career It was while the... Biography of Rob Dickinson
Rob Dickinson (born 23 July 1965) is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel. He is now a solo artist. Dickinson was raised in Norfolk, England, and is the younger cousin of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. Music career While a member of Catherine Wheel from 1990 to 2000, Dickinson proved himself as a talented songwriter and soulful vocalist. However, after the 2000 release of Catherine Wheel's last album, Wishville, the group disbanded. Dickinson contributed vocals to two tracks on the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex album, Life Begins Again, which was released in January 2005. Dickinson returned to the music scene in September 2005 with the release of his debut solo album, Fresh Wine for the Horses. The album includes tracks written by Dickinson ... Biography of Gerald Wallace
Gerald Jermaine Wallace (born July 23, 1982 in Sylacauga, Alabama) is an American professional basketball forward for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. High school Wallace attended Childersburg High School in Childersburg, Alabama, where he had a very successful career. For his senior season efforts he was named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year, an honor given to the best high school basketball player. College Wallace attended the University of Alabama for one season before declaring himself eligible for the 2001 NBA Draft. NBA Sacramento Kings In three seasons with the Sacramento Kings, Wallace rarely played, but in the brief appearances he made himself known for his versatility and extraordinary athleticism. In the 2002 Slam Dunk Contest, Wallace finished secon... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (Buda, Hungary, 23 July 1503 – Prague, Bohemia, 27 January 1547), also sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, was, by marriage to Ferdinand I, King of the Romans and later Holy Roman Emperor, Queen of the Romans. Family She was the elder child and only daughter of king Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (1456–1516) and his third wife Anne of Foix-Candale. She was an older sister of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, and his eventual heiress. Her paternal grandparents were King Casimir IV of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, of the Jagiellon dynasty, and Elisabeth of Austria, one of the heiresses of Bohemia, duchy of Luxembourg and duchy of Kujavia. Her maternal grandparents were Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale and Catherine de Foix, Infanta of the Kingdom... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helen Ferguson
Helen Ferguson (23 July 1901 — 14 March 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist. Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, she graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was a newspaper reporter before entering the motion picture field. It is thought she made her debut in films in 1914, although her first recorded credits are in 1917. She soon starred in roles for Fox Film Corporation by 1920, which is when her career really took off with films such as Hungry Hearts (1922) for Samuel Goldwyn. She was cast mostly in westerns, comedies, and serials. She was selected as a WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922. She married actor William Russell in 1925, but he died in 1929. The following year, she married wealthy banker Richard L. Hargreaves. Follo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Néicer Reasco
Néicer Reasco Yano (born July 23, 1977 in San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He is a defender who plays for LDU Quito in Ecuador, and has won four league titles with them Reasco began his professional club career playing for LDU Quito for seven years. After the 2006 World Cup, he joined São Paulo in Brazil for a two year contract, the only non-Brazilian on the team. In mid-2008, he rejoined his first club. He was part of the Ecuadorian national team that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was named as part of Ecuador's squad for the 2007 and 2011 Copa América. Honors LDU Quito Serie A (5): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005 Apertura, 2010 Copa Sudamericana (1): 2009 Recopa Sudamericana (2): 2009, 2010 São Paulo Campeonato Brasilei... Biography of Stefanie Sun
Sng Ee Tze (born 23 July 1978), better known as Stefanie Sun, and known to fans as 13姐 ("13th sister"), is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums during the span of her career thus far. She does the majority of her recording and conducts most of her publicity events in Taiwan, which comprises her largest audience. She also visits mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore frequently for promotional rounds. Biography Sun has an older sister three years her senior Sng Yee-kia (simplified Chinese: 孙燕佳; traditional Chinese: 孫燕佳; pinyin: Sūn Yànjiā), and a younger sister six years her junior named Sng Ee-mei (simplified Chinese: 孙燕美; traditional Chinese: ê... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Faryl Smith
Faryl Smith (born 23 July 1995) is a British teen mezzo-soprano who rose to fame after appearing on the second series of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2008. She received praise throughout the competition, and although the favourite to win after the second round, she finished outside the top three in the live final on 31 May. During the competition, she was tutored by singing coach Yvie Burnett and received offers from various record labels. After the show, she, unlike other finalists, did not sign with Simon Cowell's Syco, although she did appear on fellow finalist Andrew Johnston's debut album, One Voice. Smith signed a contract with Universal Classics and Jazz for a £2.3 million advance in December 2008, the largest ever granted to a schoolgirl. Her debut albu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rob Stewart (actor)
Rob Stewart (born 23 July 1961) is a Canadian actor born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada principally known for the lead role of Nick Slaughter in the action-comedy television series Tropical Heat. Early life Growing up in Bramalea, a neighbourhood in the city of Brampton, Rob loved to play hockey, dreaming of becoming a professional. At the age of 17, he sustained an injury that caused him to lose a kidney and subsequently turn down a number of athletic scholarships that had been offered to him. He enrolled at the University of Waterloo where he majored in Latin and English. In order to put himself through university, he took up his guitar, set some poems to music and sang in local restaurants. In the summers, he did stunts and acrobatics at Canada's Wonderland amusement park. Personal... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Hall (New York politician)
John Joseph Hall (born July 23, 1947 (source: Imdb)) is an American musician and liberal environmental activist, and was the U.S. Representative for New York's 19th congressional district, serving from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 19th District includes all or part of five counties on both sides of the Hudson River: Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland, with more than 650,000 residents. Hall also co-founded the rock band Orleans in 1972, a musical collaboration that continues to this day. Musical career Hall was born in Baltimore and grew up in Elmira, New York, son of James A. Hall, PhD in Electrical Engineering and Marie W. Hall, MA in Divinity. A three-time National Science Foundation summer scholar, he skipped two grades in school and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (23 July 1930 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 29 July 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969. Vidal-Naquet was a specialist in the study of Ancient Greece, but was also interested (and deeply involved) in contemporary history, particularly the Algerian War (1954–62), during which he opposed the use of torture by the French Army, as well as Jewish history. Having participated with Michel Foucault and Jean-Marie Domenach in the founding of the Groupe d'information sur les prisons (GIP), one of the first French new social movements, he criticized negationism. Vidal-Naquet, who never abandoned his fascination with Antiquity, was also a supporter of Middle East peace effor... |
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