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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on July, 29, 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 · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
122 celebrities or events were found for July, 29. Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown. He established a repressive fascist regime that valued socialism, nationalism, militarism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. Mussolini became a close ally of German dictator Adolf Hitler, whom he influenced. Mussolini entered World War II in June 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany. Three years later, the Allies invaded Italy. In April 1945, Mussolini attempted to escape to German-controlled Austria, only to be captured and killed near Lake Como by Communist Resistance units.... Biography of Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt (Hindi: संजय दत्त ), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor. A two time Filmfare Awards winner, he is the son of Bollywood stars Sunil Dutt and Nargis. On 31 July 2002, Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to a jail term of 6 years for illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances, who were responsible for the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. On August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted him interim bail. Sanjay Dutt married thirdly on February 10, 2008 to Manyata in Mumbai. Early days Sanjay Dutt was born to actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh state. At the age of 12... Biography of Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. He currently lives in Oxford, England, and owns a house near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. On September 25, 2005 he won the World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24 years and 58 days, thus breaking Emerson Fittipaldi's record of being the youngest F1 champion and is also the youngest double champion. He is nicknamed El Nano. Born Fernando Alonso Díaz on July 29, 1981, in Oviedo, in the Asturias province of northern Spain. His mother worked in a department store and his father was employed as an explosives expert in the mining industry. Alonso has an older sister Lorena. Alonso's father José Luis, an amateur kart racer, wished ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jean-Hugues Anglade
Jean-Hugues Anglade (born July 29, 1955) is a French actor. He was born in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. Filmography Un comique né (1977, television) La colombe du Luxembourg (1980, television) La peau de chagrin (1980, television) La randonnée (1981, television) L'indiscrétion (1982) The Wounded Man (1983) by Patrice Chéreau Par ordre du Roy (1983, television) Dangerous Moves (1984) Subway (1985) by Luc Besson Les Loups Entre Eux (1985) Betty Blue (1986) by Jean-Jacques Beineix Maladie d'amour (1987) Nocturne indien (1989) by Alain Corneau La Femme Nikita (1990) by Luc Besson Nuit d'été en ville (1990) by Michel Deville Gawin (1991) La Domenica Specialmente (1991) Jona che visse nella balena (1993) Les Marmottes (1993) Quee... Biography of Rachel Miner
Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York) is a Broadway, film and television actress. She is a Scientologist. A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director/teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller. She briefly came under the media spotlight for her two-year (1998-2000) marriage to actor Macaulay Culkin. The marriage was noted for the relatively young age at which the two were wed. Career Television Miner's television credits include Vickie in Shining Time Station: 'Tis A Gift (1990), Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light (1990–1995) and a guest starring role as Laurel in a Sex and the City episode, Twenty-something Girls vs. Thirty-something Women (1999). Theatre Among... Biography of Didier Van Cauwelaert
Didier Van Cauwelaert (born July 29, 1960) is a French author who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt. Works * Vingt ans et des poussières (1982) * Poisson d'amour (1984) * Les vacances du fantôme (1986) * L'orange amère (1988) * Un objet en souffrance (1991) * Cheyenne (1993) * Un aller simple (1994) * La vie interdite (1997) * Corps étranger (1998) * La demi-pensionnaire (1999) * L'éducation d'une fée (2000) * L'Apparition (2001) * Rencontre sous X (2002) * Amour (2002) * Hors de moi (2003) * L'évangile de Jimmy (2004) * Attirances (2005)... Biography of Martina McBride
Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas, USA) is an American country-pop music singer-songwriter. She made her debut in 1992 with the release of her album The Time Has Come; however, it was not until the release of her second album, The Way That I Am, that she first had a major hit with "My Baby Loves Me", which in late 1993 peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The source for her birth time is www.astrolreport.com/famous-m/mcbride.martina.php. She rose to stardom in the late '90s, starting out with a more traditionalist approach and moving into pop-friendlier territory. Between 1992 and the present, Martina has recorded a total of ten albums: seven studio albums, a Greatest Hits package, a compilation of covers,... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Stephen Dorff
Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat and for his roles in Blade and Cecil B. DeMented. Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Acting Born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. to a Jewish father (composer Steve Dorff) and a Christian mother, Dorff was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a film composer. Stephen started acting in television, doing guest roles. He appeared in shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Roseanne, Married With Children, Blossom and some television movies like In Love and War, I Know My First Name Is Steven, A Son's Promise, Do You Know The Muffin Man? and What A Dummy. Today, he is most famous for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the horror film Blade (1998). Fans of horror movies may rem... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her silent film work in the 1920s. Bow was widely recognized as an archetypal flapper and the original "It Girl". Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Early life Bow was born in a tenement in Brooklyn, New York, the only surviving child of a dysfunctional family afflicted with mental illness, poverty, and physical and emotional abuse. She was the third child born to her parents; the first two children, both daughters, were stillborn. Bow's mother, hoping that her third child would also die at birth, didn't bother with a birth certificate. As a child, she was a tomboy and played games in the streets with the boys. Her clothes were ragged and dirty; other girls wouldn't play with her. C... Biography of Leslie Easterbrook
Leslie Easterbrook (born July 29, 1949) is an American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life She was born in Los Angeles and adopted by a family in rural Nebraska and raised there. Her father later earned a PhD and became a voice/trumpet professor at Kearney University. He prepared her for operatic roles and coached her in trumpet playing for Laverne & Shirley. Career Easterbrook has become a familiar face to American audiences, with about a dozen feature films and over 300 television episodes to her credit. She first became famous as Rhonda Lee, the Marilyn-Monroe-like neighbor of Laverne & Shirley. But the role for which she is most widely known is that of Lt. Debbie Callahan, the no-nonsense blonde bombshell in the popular Police Academy series of movies. Among the TV... Biography of Alexandra Paul
Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the television series Baywatch from 1992 to 1997. She has appeared in over 50 movies and television programs. Personal life Paul was born in New York City, the daughter of Sarah, a social worker, and Mark Paul, an investment banker. Paul is married to triathlon coach Ian Murray. Paul's identical twin sister, Caroline Paul, was one of the first women to join the San Francisco Fire Department and has written a memoir entitled Fighting Fire: A Personal Story about her experiences. Her younger brother is Jonathan Paul, a well known animal rights activist. Accused by the US federal government as an "eco-terrorist", he is serving a sentence of four years th... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Allison Mack
Allison Mack (born July 29, 1982, in Preetz, Germany) is an American film and television actress. Mack currently stars as Chloe Sullivan on the WB/CW series Smallville. She and co-star Kristin Kreuk have become close friends. Mack was born in Germany to American parents, Mindy and Jonathan Mack. Her father was an opera singer performing there. The Mack family moved back to the United States when Allison was two years old. She began her acting career at the age of four in commercials for "German Chocolate." Mack then went into modeling for a short period because her mother thought she "looked cute in clothes." She began studying at The Young Actors Space in Los Angeles when she was seven. Her first major TV role came in an episode of the WB series 7th Heaven, in which she gained... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Bich
Marcel Bich (29 July 1914 - 30 May 1994) was the co-founder of Bic, the world's leading producer of ballpoint pens. History In 1945, Bich and his partner, Edouard Buffard, bought an empty factory near Paris, France. Bich’s knowledge of the writing instrument trade, gained while working as a production manager for an ink maker, had them starting with production of fountain pen parts and mechanical lead pencils. In 1950, Bich purchased the patent for the ballpoint pen from Hungarian László Bíró who had been producing such pens since 1943 in Argentina. The company formed by Bich still exists as the Société Bic Group and is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.... Biography of Jean-Luc Ettori
Jean-Luc Ettori (born July 29, 1955 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a retired football goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Bartolone
Claude Bartolone (born July 29. 1951) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Seine-Saint-Denis department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. Claude Bartolone (born July 29. 1951) is a member of the National Assembly of France and represents the Seine-Saint-Denis department. He is a member of the SRC parliamentary coalition. Political career Governmental functions Minister for City: 1998–2002. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France Deputy to the National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis (6th constituency): 1981–1998 (Became minister in 1998) / And since 2002. Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002, and 2007. Regional Council Regional councillor of Ile-de-France: 1998–2002 (Resig... Biography of Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born, American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of America's most prominent journalists. Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience marred his first short stint in the anchor chair, and Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, honing his reporting skills in the Middle East. He returned as one of World News Tonight's three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor in 1983. Jennings forme... Biography of Claude Bébéar
Claude Bébéar (born in July 29, 1935, in Isaac, France) is a French businessman. He is the creator and former CEO of AXA.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kaori Sakagami
Kaori Sakagami (坂上 香織 Sakagami Kaori) (born July 29, 1974 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese singer and AV Star who is noted for singing Platonic, the first ending of Ranma 1/2. She also portrays Deputy Captain Shinobu Mizuki in Ultraman Cosmos. Works Platonic (Let's keep is friends)... Biography of Theda Bara
Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955), an American silent film actress. Movie executives made promotional claims that her stage name was chosen because it is an anagram for "Arab Death." In reality, "Theda" was a childhood nickname for Theodosia. "Bara" was a shortened form of her maternal grandfather's last name, Baranger. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, and was one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" (short for vampire). The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman. Bara, along with the French film actress Musidora, popularized the vamp persona in the early years of silent film and was soon... Biography of Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (July 29, 1805 – April 16, 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on both the individual and the state in western societies. Democracy in America (1835), his major work, published after his travels in the United States, is today considered an early work of sociology. An eminent representative of the liberal political tradition, Tocqueville was also an active participant in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849–1851) which succeeded to the February 1848 Re... Biography of Zibia Gasparetto
Zibia Gasparetto, born July 29, 1926, is a famous Brazilian psychic.... Biography of Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short)
Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – ca. January 15, 1947) was an American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. Nicknamed the Black Dahlia, Short was found mutilated, with her body severed, on January 15, 1947 in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. The murder, which remains unsolved, has been the source of widespread speculation as well as several books and film adaptations. Early life Elizabeth Short was the third of five girls. She was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts and her father built miniature golf courses until the 1929 stock market crash. In 1930, he parked his car on a bridge and vanished, leading some to believe he had committed suicide. Later, it was discovered he was alive. Elizabeth Short was raised in Medford, by her mother, Phoebe Mae, who m... Biography of Chris Marker
Chris Marker (French: ; 29 July 1921 – 30 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), Sans Soleil (1983) and AK (1985), an essay film on the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Marker is often associated with the Left Bank Cinema movement that occurred in the late 1950s and included such other filmmakers as Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Henri Colpi and Armand Gatti. His friend and sometime collaborator Alain Resnais has called him "the prototype of the twenty-first-century man." Film theorist Roy Armes has said of him: "Marker is unclassifiable because he is unique...The French Cinema has its dramatists and its poets, its technicians, and its autobiograph... Biography of Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. Appearing in over 40 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in Laurel and Hardy's Another Fine Mess, The Devil's Brother (aka Fra Diavolo), and Chickens Come Home, and appeared briefly in The Bohemian Girl playing a part that was suddenly truncated by her mysterious early death. Early life Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and was a bright student who achieved good academic results. She intended to become a school teacher. However, in her late teens, she began entering beau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Morin
Michel Morin, born July 29, 1945 in Paris, is a French politician.... Biography of Sabra Johnson
Sabra Elise Johnson born July 29, 1987, is a dancer from Roy, Utah and the most recent champion of the Fox reality television show So You Think You Can Dance. She has the distinction of being the first female and person of African-American descent to win the title. She was born in the Netherlands, lived nine years in Germany, and after that, nine years in Utah. She now lives in New York while pursuing her dancing career. Early career Johnson started formal dance training at the age of 16 at Dance Impressions, in Bountiful, Utah. But before training in dance, Johnson had a previous background in gymnastics, under the direction of mother-daughter team, Kandee Allen and Vivian Colobella. Her training consists of jazz, ballet, contemporary, and gymnastics, with some experience in hip ho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (Dag Hammarskjöld (help·info)) (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961 under mysterious circumstances. The exact cause of his death has never been conclusively determined. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Early life Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping, although he lived most of his childhood in Uppsala. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden (1914–1917), and Agnes Almquist. His ancestors had served the Swedish Crown since the 17th century. He studied at Uppsala University where he graduate... Biography of Mikis Theodorakis
Mikis Theodorakis (b. July 29, 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973). External link: try this. Politically, until the late 1970s he identified with the left; in 1990 he became a member of parliament with the centre-right New Democracy party, a move which he has since said he regretted but asserts that was needed in order for the country to come out of the political crisis that had been created due to the numerous scandals. He continues identifying himself with the left and speaking out against any aggressor and oppressor. See his statements on Palestine Official ... Biography of Alice Sapritch
Alice Sapric, best known as Alice Sapritch, born July 29, 1916 in Ortaköy, Turkey, died March 24, 1990 in Paris, was a French actress and humorist with Armenian blood. Filmography Actress 1950 : Le Tampon du capiston de Maurice Labro 1958 : Premier Mai de Luis Saslavsky - une entraîneuse 1959 : Le Testament d'Orphée de Jean Cocteau - une gitane 1960 : La Menace de Gérard Oury - la cliente 1960 : Tirez sur le pianiste de François Truffaut - La concierge 1961 : Le Tracassin ou les plaisirs de la ville d'Alex Joffé 1966 : Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? de William Klein - la Reine Mère 1967 : Lamiel de Jean Aurel - Mme Legrand 1968 : La Fille d'en face de Jean-Daniel Simon 1971 : Sur un arbre perché de Serge Korber - Lucienne Roubier 1971 : La Folie des grandeur... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Casanova
Tommy Casanova (born Thomas H. Casanova, III, July 29, 1950, in New Orleans) is an ophthalmologist in Crowley, Louisiana, who is a former American football player and politician. He played football for the LSU Tigers and the Cincinnati Bengals. He was also a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1996-2000. High School Casanova graduated in 1968 from the Catholic Notre Dame High School in Crowley], the seat of Acadia Parish. College After high school, Casanova went to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he became one of the greatest LSU football players in the history of the institution. He played three seasons for LSU: 1969, 1970, and 1971. At LSU, Casanova did it all, playing running back, punt returner, kick returner, and defensive back. During each... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (July 29, 1765-January 25, 1844) was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's Army. D'Erlon notably commanded the I Corps of the Armée du Nord at the battle of Waterloo. D'Erlon was born in Reims, and in 1792 served as a corporal in the pre-revolutionary army, being elected to captain the following year. In 1794 he returned to Reims to marry Marie-Anne Rousseau the daughter of Nicolas Rousseau a banker, who he has got to know through Marie-Jeanne (Rousseau) the wife of his brother Jean-François Drouet. while in Reims on the morning of his wedding, he was informed of his appointment as aide-de-camp to General Francois Lefebvre. On Christmas day 1794, his first child, a son who was christened Nicolas Adolphe was born. In 1796 his wife had their s... Biography of Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born July 29, 1980), nicknamed El bombardero de La Reina (Spanish "The La Reina Bomber"), is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest hitting forehands in the circuit. One of his other nicknames is Mano de Piedra ("Stone Hand"). Throughout his career, González has defeated many former number-one players, including Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer (all while they held the top spot), Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin and Pete Sampras. Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Weight 81 kg (178 lb) Tennis career Early years González began playing tennis at the age of seven. He moved in with his family to the municipality of La Reina in eastern Sant... Biography of Jean-Paul Huchon
Jean-Paul Huchon is a civil administrator French politician. He was born July 29, 1946 in Paris. Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001, he is now President of the regional council for Île-de-France, since 1998. Biography Graduated of ENA 1971 to 1975 : Civil administrator of Treasure Department 1981 to 1985 : General director for Michel Rocard (Treasure departement, than Agriculture departement) 1985 to 1986 : General Manager of Credit Agricole. 1988 to 1991 : General director for Michel Rocard (Prem Minister) 1991 to 1998 : General Manager for François Pinault 1994 to 2001 : Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine 2004 to present : President of The Metropolis Association Awards Légion d'honneur officer Ordre national du mérite Mérite Agricole Books... Biography of Lana Kinnear
Lana Kinnear, sometimes called Lana or Lana Star, born July 26, 1976 in Burbank, California, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0455698/ ) Iron Man (2008) .... Stan's Girl #1 ... autre titre : Ironman (International: English title: alternative spelling) (USA: poster title) ... autre titre : Iron Man (France) "The Chelsea Handler Show" .... Stephanie (1 episode, 2006) - Episode #2.3 (2006) TV episode .... Stephanie "Las Vegas" .... Brandy (1 episode, 2004) ... autre titre : Las Vegas (France) - Blood Is Thicker (2004) TV episode .... Brandy "Women of Wrestling" (2000) Série TV .... Lana Star (unknown episodes) ... autre titre : WOW: Women of Wrestling (USA) Pay It Forward (2000) (uncredited) .... Dancer ... autre titre : P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine
Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, born July 29, 1970 in Plessis-Trévise (Val-de-Marne), is a French journalist, radio host and TV host. She has worked for France Inter and RTL with Marc-Olivier Fogiel and on France Info with Marion Ruggieri. She hosts several TV show as Ça balance à Paris on Paris Première, 5 ans avec... with Estelle Denis on M6, and she works for Canal+ (2007- ).... Biography of William Powell
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical portrayals. A major star at MGM, he was paired with Myrna Loy in fourteen films, including the popular Thin Man series in which Powell and Loy played Nick and Nora Charles. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936) and Life with Father (1947). Childhood Powell, an only child, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Nettie Manila (née Brady) and Horatio Warren Powell. He showed an early aptitude for performing. In 1907, he moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri. The Powells lived a few blocks away from the Carpenters, whose daughter Harlean evolved into Jean Harlow, although Powell would n... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Bowers
Lieutenant Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (July 29, 1883 - March 29, 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913) who all died during their return from the South Pole. Early life Bowers was born on 29 July 1883 in Greenock, of Scottish descent, and was raised alone by his mother after his father died in Rangoon when he was three years old. He went to sea first as a cadet in the merchant service, training on HMS Worcester and sailing around the world five times on the Loch Torridon. He then enlisted in the Royal Indian Marine Service in 1905, appointed sub-lieutenant serving in Ceylon and Burma, and commanding a river gunboat on the Irrawaddy. He later served on HMS Fox, preventing gun-running in the Persian Gulf. The Britis... Biography of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
Princess Isabel of Brazil, daughter of Pedro II, Emperor of Brasil and Princess Teresa of The Two Sicilies, was born 29 July 1846 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died 14 November 1921 Château d'Eu, France. She was the wife of Gaston d'Eu, born 28 April 1842 Château de Neuilly and died 28 August 1922 (Married 15 October 1864 Rio de Janeiro).... Biography of Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidential administrations, and currently serves as a United States senator from North Carolina. She was elected to the Senate in 2002 for a term ending in 2009 and is the first woman to represent that state in the Senate. She is a member of the Republican Party and former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She is married to former U.S. Senator and 1996 presidential nominee Bob Dole. Early life and career Dole was born Mary Elizabeth Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Mary Ella Cathey (died December 2004) and John Van Hanford. She attended Duke University, graduating in 1958, and followed that with post-graduate wor... Biography of Josh Radnor
Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He made his writing and directorial debut with the 2010 comedy-drama film Happythankyoumoreplease, for which he won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated the Grand Jury Prize. He is currently producing his second film, entitled Liberal Arts, which he again wrote and directed. Early life Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer, and Carol Radnor. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, where he attended Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and summer camps. Radnor ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Carter
Don Carter (born July 29, 1926 in St. Louis, MO, USA) was a right-handed American professional bowler. Picking up the game while working a childhood job as a pinsetter, Carter went on to become one of the legends of ten-pin bowling and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958. He was 6-time bowler of the year (1953, '54, '57, '58, '60 and '62). He was voted the Greatest Bowler of All-Time in a 1970 Bowling Magazine poll, and ranked #11 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." He currently resides in Miami, FL. Bowling career Prior to the PBA being formed, Don Carter was known as the most dominant bowler of the 1950s. In the prestigious BPAA All-Star tournaments (predecessor to the U.S. Open) between 1952 and 1960, Carter wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raphaëlle Delaunay
Raphaëlle Delaunay, born July 29, 1976 in Paris, is a French dancer and choreographer. Choreographies 2000 : It Takes Tutu Tango et The Gwendolyns 2002 : Corpo Pensante avec Bruno Listopad 2003 : Dreamparture 2003 : Jeux d'intention 2006 : Jeux d'intention 2 - l'Échappée Couly 2006 : Les Sept Péchés capitaux de Kurt Weil 2007 : Vestis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Baru (cartoonist)
Hervé Baruléa, best known as Baru, born July 29, 1947 in Thil (Meurthe-et-Moselle), is a French cartoonist.... Biography of Jean-Philippe Lecat
Jean-Philippe Lecat, born July 29, 1935 in Dijon, is a French politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Federico Euro Roman
Federico Euro Roman (born July 29, 1952 in Trieste) is an Italian equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in eventing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was also a member of the Italian team that received a silver medal in team eventing at the same Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian (Charles Henry Christian) (July 29, 1916–March 2, 1942) was an American swing and jazz guitarist. Christian was an important early performer on the electric guitar, and is cited as a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941. His single string technique combined with amplification helped bring the guitar out of the rhythm section and into the forefront as a solo instrument. John Hammond and George T. Simon called Christian the best improvisational talent of the Swing Era. In the liner notes to the 1972 Columbia album Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian, Gene Lees writes that "many critics and musicians consider that Christian was one of t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laetitia Pesenti
Laetitia Pesenti, born July 29, 1975 in Marseille, is a French actress. She was nominated for Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) for: Marius et Jeannette (1997). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675963/ ) "Maigret" .... Aline Archambaud (1 episode, 2004) - Maigret en meublé (2004) TV episode .... Aline Archambaud À l'attaque! (2000) .... Vanessa ... aka Charge! (International: English title) À la place du coeur (1998) .... L'institutrice ... aka Where the Heart Is (International: English title) Marius et Jeannette (1997) .... Magali, Jeannette's Daughter ... aka Marius and Jeannette (USA) À la vie, à la mort! (1995) .... Vénus ... aka 'Til Death Do Us Part (International: English title)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Egan
Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American actor. In some films he is credited as Richard Eagan. Born in San Francisco, California, Egan served in the United States Army as a judo instructor during World War II. A graduate of the University of San Francisco (B.A.) and Stanford University (M.A.), he studied and taught at Northwestern University for a time. Having studied theatre, he took a bit role in the 1949 Hollywood film "The Story of Molly X". This start would lead to his signing of a contract with 20th Century Fox where his talent, rugged physique and good looks made him a favorite and respected leading man. In 1956, he starred as Elvis Presley's older brother in Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, and in 1959 was the male lead opposite Dorothy McGuire in ... Biography of Steve Wojciechowski
Steven Joseph Wojciechowski (July 29, 1970 in Blue Island, Illinois), is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1995-1997. He would play for the Oakland Athletics. Steve Wojciechowski Pitching Stats (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wojcist01 ) Year Team G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD 1995 Athletics 14 7 3 2 3 .400 5.18 0 0 0 48.2 219 51 28 28 7 28 1 13 0 1 0 - 1996 Athletics 16 15 0 5 5 .500 5.65 0 0 0 79.2 356 97 50 57 10 28 0 30 3 2 1 - 1997 Athletics 3 2 0 0 2 .000 7.84 0 0 0 10.1 46 17 9 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 - Career G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD 3 Years 33 24 3 7 10 .412 5.65 0 0 0 138.2 621 165 87 94 19 57 1 48 3 3 1 -... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sander Littel
Sander Littel, born July 29, 1939 in Zwijndrecht, is a Dutch artist, painter, author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lisa Peluso
Lisa Peluso (born July 29, 1964) is an American soap opera actress. Peluso was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mary Peluso. Her first big break came at the age of nine, when she starred in the Broadway production of Gypsy with Angela Lansbury. At age 12, she played Linda, the younger sister of John Travolta's Tony, in the classic Saturday Night Fever. She became most notably known in the soap world for a nine-year stint as teenager Wendy Wilkins on Search for Tomorrow (1977-1986). While playing Wendy, a sixteen-year old Peluso received her first on-screen kiss from Kevin Bacon. Other important soap credentials include her portrayal of Ava Rescott Masters on Loving (1988-1995), as well as her portrayal of Lila Hart Roberts Cory Winthrop on Another World (1997-1999)... Biography of Hermann Esser
Hermann Esser (29 July 1900 – 7 February 1981) entered the Nazi party with Adolf Hitler in 1920, became the editor of the Nazi paper, Völkischer Beobachter, and a Nazi member of the Reichstag. In the early history of the party, he was Hitler's de facto deputy. Esser was born in Röhrmoos, Kingdom of Bavaria. He did service in World War I and was for a short time a Social Democrat. He was an effective public speaker and was the Nazi party's first chief of propaganda. After the Beer Hall Putsch fiasco, he was excluded from the party, along with Julius Streicher, under the temporary leadership of the Strassers. He was later re-admitted by Hitler and became influential in the reorganisation of the party. From 1929 to 1933, he was the party's floor leader in Munich's city council. Afterwar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth (born July 29, 1946, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director and writer, noted for his commitment to national film-making. Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco. The relative success of the film was carried to a higher level by his next film Gregory's Girl in 1981. This featured some of the same young actors, in particular John Gordon Sinclair, as well as the acting debut of the singer Clare Grogan. The film was a major hit and won 'Best Screenplay' in that year's BAFTA Awards. He later wrote and directed the successful Local Hero for David Puttnam. It was rated in the top 100 films of the 1980s in a Premiere magazine recap of t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Horton
Robert Horton (born Meade Howard Horton Jr. on July 29, 1924 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television actor, who was most noted for the role of Flint McCullough in the TV series Wagon Train (1957 – 1962). When Horton quit that series, he was quickly replaced with near-lookalike Robert Fuller, whose series, Laramie had been cancelled by NBC after four years. According to an item in the 4-20-1959 issue of Time magazine, Horton's measurements were 42-31-40. Horton also played Ronald Reagan's role in the TV version of Kings Row (1955), which featured Jack Kelly and ran for seven episodes as part of the Warner Bros. Presents series, rotating with a TV version of Casablanca and a western series called Cheyenne. The ruggedly handsome Horton made dozens of appearances in movies an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrea Zorzi
Andrea Zorzi (born July 29, 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro. After his debut in Bormio in 1986, he totalled 325 caps with Italian national team. He was a silver medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, he won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995. In 1991 he was declared World's Best Player by FIVB. Clubs Padua Italy from 1982-1983 to 1984-1985 Parma Italy f... Biography of David Warner
David Warner (born 29 July, 1941) is an English actor, who is known for playing sinister or villainous characters. Early life Warner was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Doreen (née Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner, who was a nursing home proprietor. He was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be brought up by each of his parents, eventually settling with his Russian Jewish father and his stepmother. He was educated at Feldon School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London. Career Theatre Warner made his professional stage debut at the Royal Court Theatre in January 1962, playing Snout, a minor role in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Tony Richardson for the Eng... Biography of Emily Bauer
Emily Bauer (born July 29, 1981 in New Jersey) is an American singer, dancer, actress and voice actress. She is also credited as Emily Blau. Bauer grew up in suburban New Jersey, and took dance, acting, and singing classes at a local performing arts school, and later performed in professional plays and musicals at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Bauer attended Millburn High School, and majored in both Business and Theatre at New York University. She graduated Cum Laude in 2002, and also received the Presidential Honors Scholar Award for maintaining one of the highest cumulative G.P.A.'s. Bauer has acted in Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts and will be appearing in Long Distance with Monica Keena. She also voiced in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Alison Lohman, Patrick Stewart and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maria Ouspenskaya
Maria Ouspenskaya (Russian: Мария Успенская; July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949) was a Russian actress who achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. Early life Ouspenskaya was born in Tula, Russia to a lawyer father. She studied singing in Warsaw and acting in Moscow and performed extensively in Russian theater. Career A member of the Moscow Art Theatre, Ouspenskaya was directed by Constantin Stanislavski, and for the remainder of her life advocated and taught his 'system', which in America became 'method acting'. The Moscow Art Theatre traveled widely throughout Europe and when it arrived in New York in 1922 she decided to stay ther... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy Oja
Dorothy Oja, born July 29, 1947 in Ried im Innkreis, is an Austrian and American professional astrologer and author. External link: http://www.planetweather.net/page6.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Cottavoz
André Cottavoz, born July 29, 1922, is a French painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ato Essandoh
Ato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American televisionand film actor. Essandoh, who was born Schenectady, New York, graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a BA in chemical engineering from the Cornell University. He is also a playwright, and authored "Black Thang" which is published in the anthology "Plays and Playwrights 2003". He also studied acting at the Acting Studio in New York City. Essandoh is also the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group. Filmography * "Falling for Grace" (2007) .... Jamal * "Blood Diamond" (2006) .... Commander Rambo * "Brother's Shadow" (2006) .... Soy * "Dawn's Early Light" (2005) .... James * "Prime" (2005) .... Damien * "Hitch" (2005) .... Tanis * "Saving Face" (2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabre d'Églantine
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine; July 29, 1750 – April 5, 1794) was a French actor, dramatist, and politician of the French Revolution. Early life He was born in Carcassonne, Aude. His surname was Fabre, the d'Églantine being added in commemoration of his receiving a silver dog rose (French: églantine) from Clémence Isaure from the Academy of the Jeux Floraux at Toulouse. He married Marie Strasbourg Nicole Godin on November 9, 1778. His earliest works included the poem Étude de la nature, the Study of Nature in 1783. After travelling in the provinces as an actor, he came to Paris, where he produced an unsuccessful comedy entitled Les Gens de lettres, ou Le provincial à Paris (1787). A tragedy, Augusta, produced at the Théâtre França... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Melvin Belli
Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – 9 July 1996) was a prominent American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and by detractors as 'Melvin Bellicose'. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, Sirhan Sirhan, Jim Bakker, the Rolling Stones, and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West. He won over USD $600,000,000 in judgments during his legal career. Early life Belli was born in the California Gold Rush town of Sonora, California in the Sierra foothills. His father was born in Nevada of Italian Swiss ancestry, and his mother was born in California of French-German Swiss ancestry. By the 1920s, the family had moved to the city of Stockton, California where Belli attended Stockton High School. Ed... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stanton T. Friedman
Stanton Terry Friedman (July 29, 1934) is a professional ufologist, currently residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident. He originally studied physics at the University of Chicago and worked as a nuclear physicist on Research and Development projects for several large companies. He is a dual citizen of the US and Canada. Qualifications and career in Nuclear Physics Friedman graduated from the University of Chicago, earning a Bachelor of Science (1955) and Master of Science (1956) degree in nuclear physics. Friedman was employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW Systems, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Douglas where he worked o... Biography of Budd Boetticher
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. (July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, and recurring stories of a lone man seeking vengeance amidst a brutal and abstract landscape, the films have, decades after their release, come to be known as some of the most important Westerns ever made, often compared to the works of existential writers or to narratives from the Old Testament. Until 2008, only Seven Men From Now had received a special edition DVD release, and the remainder of Boetticher's most acclaimed films, including Ride Lonesome, The Tall T, Comanche Station, D... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Bosley
Todd Bosley (born in July 29 1984 in Overland Park, Kansas City, KS), is an American actor. Bosley lives in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for playing the role of Howie in the sitcom Scrubs. He began his acting career a child, having notable roles in Little Giants and Jack alongside Robin Williams. As a child actor on television he played a kid, and friend, to Cosmo Kramer in the sictom Seinfeld. Todd also played the title role in the family film Lloyd. He is Jewish.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hélène Flautre
Hélène Flautre (born July 29, 1958 in Bapaume, France) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France. She is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry James (basketball)
Henry Charles James (born July 29, 1965 in Centreville, Alabama) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. Undrafted out of Saint Mary's University, the 6'9" small forward signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 1990–91 NBA season and in 37 games, averaged 8.1 points per game. He played with six other teams throughout his career, and once in 1996-97 as a member of the Atlanta Hawks, hit a then-record tying seven three-pointers in a quarter. He also had a career in the Philippine Basketball Association. On September 7, 2006, James was charged with two counts of the felony for selling a total of $750 in crack cocaine to an undercover police officer on August 30 and September 7. His six children (all under the age of 11) were present during his last dea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Bigot
Charles Bigot, born July 29, 1932 in Angers, is a French businessman. He was the CEO of Ariane Espace Company.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Marquis
Don Marquis (born July 29, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois - died December 29, 1937, in New York City) was an American humorist, journalist and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. Life Donald Robert Perry Marquis (pronounced "MAR kwis" (Scottish), not "mar KEE" (French)) grew up in Walnut, Illinois. His brother David died in 1892 at the age of 20; his father James died in 1897. After graduating from Walnut High School in 1894, he attended Knox Academy, a now-defunct preparatory program run by Knox College, in 1896, but left after three months. From 1902 to 1907 he served on the editorial board of the Atlanta Journal where he wrote many ed... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. Biography Booth Tarkington was born Newton Booth Tarkington in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the son of John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington, and named after his maternal uncle Newton Booth, then the governor of California. Tarkington was also related to Chicago Mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth . Tarkington first attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, but completed his secondary education at Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school on the East Coast. Tarkington attended Purdue University for two years, was a member of the university's Morley Eating Club, and then transferred to Pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Braunberger
Pierre Braunberger, French producer, executive producer, and actor, born 29 July 1905 in Paris (France) to a family of doctors, died 17 November 1990. At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be a doctor. He saw a performance of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre and decided to work in the cinema. After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked. In 1923, he left for New York (U.S.A.), where he worked for a few weeks at Fox Film Corporation, and became a director of production along with Ferdinand H. Adam where he also worked on films with Frank Merrill. In the course of h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Drica Moraes
Drica Moraes, born July 29, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. She was married with director Regis Faria. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0602412/ ) # Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas (2009) .... Silvinha # "Decamerão, a Comédia do Sexo {O Ciúme (#1.4)}" (2009) TV series .... Tessa # "Decamerão, a Comédia do Sexo" .... Tessa (2 episodes, 2009) - O Abade (2009) TV episode .... Tessa - O Vestido (2009) TV episode .... Tessa # "Decamerão, a Comédia do Sexo {O Espelho (#1.1)}" (2009) TV series .... Tessa # "Queridos Amigos" .... Vânia (24 episodes, 2008) - Episode #1.25 (2008) TV episode .... Vânia - Episode #1.24 (2008) TV episode .... Vânia - Episode #1.23 (2008) TV episode .... Vânia - Episode #1.22 (2008) TV epis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeremy Beiler
Jeremy Beiler, born July 29, 1982 in Madison, Wisconsin, is an American actor, journalist and writer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501030/ ) # "Mercy" .... Process Server (1 episode, 2010) - We All Saw This Coming (2010) TV episode .... Process Server # "Law & Order" .... Terry Clark (1 episode, 2009) ... aka "Law & Order Prime" - USA (informal title) - Human Flesh Search Engine (2009) TV episode .... Terry Clark # "Michael Stahl-David: Behind the Star" .... Jeremy Schwartz (11 episodes, 2008) - Checkmate (2008) TV episode .... Jeremy Schwartz - 200,000 Dollars Later (2008) TV episode .... Jeremy Schwartz - Call Me Austin (2008) TV episode .... Jeremy Schwartz - He's a Teenager (2008) TV episode .... Jeremy Schwartz - Katie and... Biography of Jean-François Breau
Jean-François Breau, born July 29, 1978 in Hamilton, Ontario, is a Canadian singer and composer. Discography * 2001 - Jean-François Breau (album solo éponyme) (Quartett Music/QUARTCD-1650) * 2003 - Don Juan (Guy Cloutier Communications/PGC-CD-9446) * 2004 - Don Juan, L'intégrale (Guy Cloutier Communications/PGC-CD-9453) * 2006 - Exposé (deuxième album solo) (ICI Musique/IMCD-4444) Awards * 1997 - Festival de la chanson de Petite-Vallée * 1998 - Gala de la chanson de Caraquet * 1998 - Gala de la chanson de St-Ambroise * 1998 - Gala de la chanson de Granby * Titre de personnalité de l'année au Nouveau-Brunswick, prix décerné par les médias francophones de cette province. * 2002 - prix de l'album de l'année et du spectacle de l'ann... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Trintzius
René Victor Trintzius, born July 29, 1898 in Rouen and died January 24, 1953 in Paris, was a French novelist, author, biographer, occultist and healer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Tourtelier
Philippe Tourtelier (born July 29, 1948) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Ille-et-Vilaine department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillermo Martínez
Guillermo Martínez (born 29 July 1962) is an Argentine novelist and short story writer. Martínez was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires. After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. His most successful novel has been The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages. The book has appeared as a film in 2008, directed by Alex de la Iglesia, and starring John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Leonor Watling and Julie Cox. Most of his articles and essays (in Spanish) can be found in his personal site . Books * Vast Hell (Infierno grande, 1989) —... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Beebe
Charles William ("Will") Beebe (July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962) was an American naturalist, explorer, and author. To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King —Beebe, Journal, 31 December, 1893 Born in Brooklyn, New York, he went on to become Curator of Ornithology for the New York Zoological Society from 1899 to 1952. He was a self-styled naturalist and everything living seemed to hold a continuing fascination for him. In 1919 he was also made Director of the Department of Tropical Research. He wrote many popular books of his expeditions some of which became best-sellers ("my potboilers") in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also a regular contributor to the National Geographic Magazine. The money from the sale of these books helped finance his later expeditions. He also wrote his mag... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Springer
Gary Springer, born July 29, 1959 in New York, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819725/ ) Liminality (2005) .... Uncle Georgie "Faerie Tale Theatre" .... Older Brother (1 episode, 1984) ... aka "Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre" (USA) - The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) TV episode .... Older Brother The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service (1982) .... Cap A Small Circle of Friends (1980) .... Greenblatt Hometown USA (1979) .... Rodney C. Duckworth "ABC Weekend Specials" .... Dan Michaels (1 episode, 1978) - The $1000 Bill (1978) TV episode .... Dan Michaels Jaws 2 (1978) .... Andy Nicholas Between the Lines (1977) .... Jason "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" .... Chet / ... (... Biography of Dean Haglund
Dean Haglund (born July 29, 1965) is a Canadian actor known for the role of Richard "Ringo" Langly, one of the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files. Haglund is also a stand-up comedian, specializing in improvisational comedy (formerly with Vancouver TheatreSports League.) In addition to The X-Files, he played the voice of Sid in Tom Sawyer, Haglund also portrayed Langly in the spin-off The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. Haglund appears briefly in a documentary-style production called "From Here to Andromeda", released in 2007. The production has UFOs and extraterrestrials as a central theme. Haglund was born in Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada, the son of a structural engineer. He is the inventor of the Chill Pak, a commercial external cooling product for laptop computers. On... Biography of Alice Dellal
Alice Dellal (born 29 July 1987) is a Brazilian model. In 2008 she was the face of Mango and the body of the Agent Provocateur collection. . Her brother, Alex Dellal, runs East London gallery 20 Hoxton Square.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chester Himes
Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels. In 1958 he won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; two of his novels were made into feature films: Cotton Comes to Harlem directed by Ossie Davis in 1970 and A Rage in Harlem starring Gregory Hines and Danny Glover in 1991. Life Early life Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, on July 29, 1909. He grew up in a middle-class home in Missouri. When Himes was about 12 years old, his father took a teaching job at Branch Normal College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and soon a tragedy took place that would profoundly shape Himes's view of race relations. He had misbehaved and his mother made him sit out a gun... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Meret Burger
Meret Burger, born on July 29, 1975 in Cologne, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. Filmography Director 1998 : Benni Benesch - Bobsport 1999 : Julias Spaziergang 2000 : Room Service 2000 : Handy 2003 : Alle meine Mütter Producer 1998 : Benni Benesch - Bobsport 1999 : Julias Spaziergang 2005 : La Soupe culturelle - La soupe magique (TV) Screenwriter 1999 : Julias Spaziergang 2000 : Handy Actress 1985 : Zuckerbaby : Girl in the Train... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Seltzer
Robert R. Seltzer or Bob Seltzer, born on July 29, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American chess prodigy.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eyvind Johnson
Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish writer and author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom. Johnson was born Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson in Svartbjörnsbyn village in Överluleå parish, near the town of Boden in Norrbotten. In Boden they show the small house where he grew up. His most noted works include Här har du ditt liv! (Here's Your Life) (1935), Strändernas svall (Return to Ithaca) (1946) and Hans Nådes Tid (The Days of his Grace) (1960). Controversy The choice for Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson in 1974 was controversial as both were on the Nobel panel themselves and Grah... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis-Benoît Picard
Louis-Benoît Picard (29 July 1769, Paris - 31 December 1828, Paris) was a French playwright After having begun to study law, he first became an actor before producing his first play, Le Badinage dangereux, in 1789. He was the director of the Odéon then the Académie impériale (then royale) de musique (1807–1816), his troupe having been merged with that of the Comédiens-Italiens. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1807. He again directed the Odéon from 1816 to 1821. Works He wrote several pieces, nearly 100 according to certain sources, including: Les Visitandines (put on at the Théâtre Feydeau on 7 August 1792, with music by François Devienne) Médiocre et rampant (1797) Le Collatéral (1799) Les Provinciaux à Paris (1801) Le Contrat d'u... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000. Biography Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children, to Yetta Helen (née Jasspon) and Solomon Z. Kunitz, both of Jewish Russian Lithuanian decent. His father, a dressmaker of Russian Sephardic Jewish heritage, committed suicide in a public park six weeks before Stanley was born. After going bankrupt, he went to Elm Park in Worcester, and drank carbolic acid. His mother removed every trace of his father from the household. The death of his father would be a powerful influence of his life. Kunitz and his two older sisters, Sarah and Sophia, were raised... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alessandra Marc
Alessandra Marc (born July 29, 1957) is an award-winning American dramatic soprano who has appeared at many of the world's finest opera houses and orchestras. Marc is particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, music of the Second Viennese School, and the title role in Puccini's Turandot. Early life and education Alessandra Marc was born with the name Judith Borden in Berlin, Germany to a German mother and a Polish-born father who worked for the United States Army Intelligence. Marc spent much of her childhood traveling around the world as an "army brat". Her parents ultimately divorced, and she spent her high school years in the Baltimore area. Marc first became interested in becoming an opera singer while attending Gle... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Beck (guitarist)
Joe Beck (July 29, 1945 – July 22, 2008) was an American guitarist who had been notable in jazz for more than 30 years. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beck also briefly flirted with rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Beck played in a variety of jazz media, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz. Beck began as a member of the Gil Evans orchestra. In 1970 he released Rock Encounter on Polydor Records. In 1975 he released an eponymous album for Kudu Records. With Esther Phillips, he released an album, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes in 1975 on Kudu Records. In the 1980s Beck recorded several CD's for the DMP Digital Music Products label, including co-billed work with the noted flautist Ali Ryerson. In 2000, he released a collaboration with ... Biography of Diane Webber
Diane M. Webber AKA Marguerite Empey (July 29, 1932—August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress. Empey was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and screen writer Arthur Guy Empey. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer. Empey took ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Befefi and later worked as a chorus girl at Bimbo's in San Francisco. In 1955, she married Joe Webber. She later took an interest in nudism, appearing in numerous nudist magazines. The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange, published by Elysium Inc in 1967, documented the Webbers' nudist life style. Webber po... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laetitia Le Corguiller
Laëtitia Le Corguillé (born July 29, 1986 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French cyclist and Olympic athlete who won the silver medal in BMX at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.... Biography of Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī (محمد ابن الحسن المهدى) (born c. July 29, 869; 15 Sha‘bān 255 AH) is believed by Twelver Shī‘a Muslims to be the Mahdī, an ultimate savior of humankind and the final Imām of the Twelve Imams. Twelver Shī‘a believe that al-Mahdī was born in 869 and did not die but rather was hidden by God (this is referred to as the Occultation) and will later emerge with Isa (Jesus Christ) in order to fulfill their mission of bringing peace and justice to the world. He assumed the Imamate at 5 years of age. Some Shi‘īte schools do not consider ibn-al-Hasan to be the Mahdī, although the mainstream sect Twelvers do.... Biography of Anna Selezneva
Anna Selezneva is a Russian fashion model. Selezneva was born July 29, 1990 in Moscow. She was discovered in 2007 at a McDonald's. Not long after, she negotiated an exclusive contract with Silent Models and landed in the couture capital, Paris, two months later. Career At the spring 2008 Prêt-a-Porter shows in Paris, Selezneva debuted on the runways of Dries van Noten, Céline, and Akris. One month later, Selezneva's graced the November 2007 cover of Vogue Italia, effectively launching her high fashion editorial career. Selezneva has since done cover and editorial work for fashion magazines Vogue Paris, i-D, "The Last Magazine," and V. She has been featured on the cover of five international distributions of Vogue, working with top photographers like Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, and P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Briançon
Nicolas Briançon, born July 29, 1962 in Chambéry, is a French actor, comedian, and theater director. Filmography Actor * 1989 : Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non (court-métrage) de Noémie Lvovsky * 2001 : Embrassez qui vous voudrez de Michel Blanc * 2002 : Il est plus facile pour un chameau... de Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi * 2004 : L'Avion de Cédric Kahn * 2005 : Les Poupées russes de Cédric Klapisch * 2005 : Gentille de Sophie Fillières * 2007 : Hellphone de James Huth * 2007 : La Disparue de Deauville de Sophie Marceau * 2009 : Le Bal des actrices de Maïwenn Le Besco Television * 2001 : Une fille dans l'azur de Jean-Pierre Vergne * 2002 : Une fille dans l'azur Caroline Fabre de Marc Rivière * 2002 : Brigade spéciale Enfance vol... Biography of Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American director and producer of documentary films known for his style of making use of archival footage and photographs. Among his most notable productions are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001) and The War (2007). Burns's documentaries have been nominated for two Academy Awards (Brooklyn Bridge in 1982 and The Statue of Liberty in 1986) and have won seven Emmy Awards. Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to graduate from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1975, and went on to be one of the co-founders of Florentine Films. The recipient of more than 20 honorary degrees, Burns is a sought-after public spe... Biography of Wanya Morris
Wanyá Jermaine Morris (born July 29, 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylania) is an American R&B singer, best known as a member of the R&B group Boyz II Men. Aside from Boyz II Men, Wanyá has his own record label, "The Company Entertainment". Wanya Morris is known for being the "emotional boy" of Boyz II Men. He has sung most of Boyz II Men bridges and including duets with former girlfriend Brandy Norwood, and Mariah Carey. He has stated that he was forced to grow up a little faster than his peers, who are older than him, which contributed to him not graduating from high school where the group was formed. Also, he was a part of the original group Unique Attraction, but later was revamped into Boyz II Men. Morris is currently in the studio working on a solo album to be released in late 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Danger Mouse
Brian Joseph Burton (born July 29, 1977), better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is a Grammy Award winning, American musician, songwriter and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles' White Album. He formed Gnarls Barkley with Cee Lo Green and produced their albums St. Elsewhere and The Odd Couple. He produced the second Gorillaz album, 2005's Demon Days, as well as Beck's 2008 record, Modern Guilt. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Producer of the Year category five times (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011), and won the award in 2011. In addition, Burton worked with rapper MF Doom as Danger Doom and released the album The Mouse and the Mask a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Malaval
Robert Malaval, born on July 29, 1937 in Nice, died August 8 or 9, 1980 in Paris (suicide by gunshot to the mouth), was a French artist, the creator of a French version of Pop Art.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Wedman
Scott Dean Wedman (born July 29, 1952 in Harper, Kansas) is a former NBA basketball player. He was drafted by Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the first round in the 1974 NBA Draft. Kansas City Kings Wedman was a prolific shooter. He represented the Kansas City Kings twice in the NBA All-Star Game. During his time in Kansas City, Wedman gained the nickname "The Incredible Hulk" because of his extensive sessions in the weight room. On March 4, 1979, Wedman was involved in a 1-car accident, when his Porsche overturned on a rainy highway in Kansas City. At the time, doctors credited his conditioning with keeping him out of action for only a few games. He hit a career plateau in 1979-80 and 1980-81, with a scoring average of 19.0 points per game. On January 2, 1980, he scored 45 points in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luigi Borro (sculptor)
Luigi Borro, born July 29, 1826 in Ceneda, died January 6, 1880, was an Italian sculptor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sally Gunnell
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE (born 29 July 1966 in Chigwell, Essex, England) is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles. She has also worked as a television presenter predominantly for the BBC until January 2006. Early life She attended the West Hatch High School on High Road in Chigwell. Career Athletics Gunnell started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete, before turning to the sprints and hurdling. Gunnell won the 400 m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. She set the world record in the same event when she won gold in the 1993 World Championships. This record was broken by Kim Batten in 1995, but is still the UK record. Her defence of her Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996 was cut short... Biography of Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee Weinrib, OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953), better known as Geddy Lee, is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined what would become Rush in September 1968, at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones. An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have inspired many rock musicians such as Cliff Burton of Metallica, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, Frank Bello of Anthrax, Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta, and Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine. In addition to his composing, arranging, and performing duties for Rush, Lee has produced for v... Biography of Neal Walk
Neal Eugene Walk (born July 29, 1948) is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons. Early life Walk was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Miami Beach, Florida with his parents at the age of 6. He attended Miami Beach High School, and played high school basketball for the Miami Beach Hi-Tides. College career Walk received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Tommy Bartlett's Florida Gators men's basketball team for three seasons from 1966 to 1969. As a senior team captain, he led the Gators to the 1969 National Invitation Tournament—their first-ever post-season tournament. When Walk graduated from Florida,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Garson
Mike Garson, born on July 29, 1945 in New York, New York, is an American pianist, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Early career In the early 1970s, Garson was a member of rock/country/jazz amalgam Brethren with Rick Marotta, Tom Cosgrove and Stu Woods. They recorded two hard-to-find albums on the Tiffany label, which featured guest piano and liner notes by Dr. John (and, strangely enough, album photography by Murray Head, who scored a hit with "Say it Ain't So Joe" and later with the single "One Night In Bangkok"). Garson also earned notice when he played on the I'm the One album by early 1970s experimental artist Annette Peacock. Bowie asked Peacock to join him on a tour; she declined, but Garson be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike McGee
Michael "Mike" Ray McGee (born July 29, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player. McGee was born in Tyler, Texas. He then moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he played high school basketball at Omaha North. McGee scored 916 points during his senior season of high school in 1976-77. A 6'5" (1.96 m) shooting guard/small forward from the University of Michigan, McGee played nine seasons (1981-1990) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, and New Jersey Nets. McGee averaged 9.6 points per game in his career and won two NBA Championship rings with the Lakers in 1982 and 1985.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Viv Anderson
Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson MBE (born 29 July 1956 in Clifton, Nottingham) is an English football player and coach, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday in the 1970s and 1980s. He is also notable for being the first black football player to represent England in a full international match. Playing career Nottingham Forest Anderson had broken into the Nottingham Forest team during 1974 and became a regular after the arrival of Brian Clough as manager of the East Midlands club, then in the Second Division, in January 1975. He was part of the side that won promotion to the First Division in 1977, winning the title, along with the League Cup, a year later. Anderson was one of the first black players to represent top En... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Orlando (producer)
Bruno Gigliotti, born Bruno Gigliotti on July 29, 1936 in Cairo, Egypt, is a French producer of Italian descent. He is the young brother of singer Yolanda Gigliotti , best known as Dalida. He has produced these artists: Dalida (1970–1987, although Orlando produced several anthologies thereafter) Hélène Ségara (since 1996) Indra (since 1990) Les Vagabonds (1990–1995) Melody (1989–1992) Frédéric Chateau (in his band Koeurs (1983–1986), as a solo artist (1988–1993)) Cerena (since 2003) Until 1970, Orlando was the art director at Barclay Records. The Orlando label also has Antoine Angelelli as the executive producer.... Biography of Génesis Rodríguez
Génesis Rodríguez Pérez (born July 29, 1987) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the Telemundo TV series Prisionera, Dame Chocolate and Doña Bárbara. She also played Becky Ferrer on Days of our Lives. She has also starred in the films Man on a Ledge, Casa de Mi Padre, What to Expect When You're Expecting, and The Last Stand. Life and career Rodríguez was born July 29, 1987 in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Carolina Pérez, is a Cuban model, and her father, José Luis Rodríguez, is a Venezuelan actor and singer who is also known by the nickname "El Puma". She speaks both English and Spanish fluently. Rodriguez has two half-sisters, Liliana Rodríguez Morillo and Lilibeth Rodríguez Morillo. When she was 2½ years old, she entered the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Mi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miles Hunt
Miles Hunt (born 29 July 1966, in Birmingham) is the singer / guitarist and songwriter for the Stourbridge, England-based Alternative Rock band The Wonder Stuff. Early life His father was a union official for the TGWU. In the 1970s, his father was based at Derby, and they lived in Etwall for four years, with Hunt attending the Etwall Junior School and his brother attending the John Port School. Hunt now lives in South Shropshire and regularly plays acoustic gigs in the locality. Hunt married the late-night/early-morning BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs in April 1990, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. She was working for the NME at the time. They were married for five years. His partner is Erica Nockalls, violinist with The Wonder Stuff. Career Hunt's first band (in which ... Biography of Ayse Hatun Önal
Ayşe Hatun Önal, (born July 29, 1978 in Adana) is a Turkish model, actress, singer and Miss Turkey 1999 who represented her country in the 49th Miss World 1999 in London, England. She graduated from Adana Borsa High School in Adana, Ayşe was a professional model while she was a university student. She studied Public relations at Anadolu University in Eskişehir but left after second class. She participated in the Miss Turkey contest in 1999, and won the title. The same year in July, she represented her country at the Miss World 1999. Since 2004, she successfully played in a number of films, mini television series and commercials. She is interested in music and listens Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, U2, Madonna, Depeche Mode and Prince. Height : 1.81 m Weight... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriella Giorgelli
Gabriella Giorgelli (born on July 29, 1941 (source: Imdb)) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1962 and 1998. She also appeared in many photo comics including Sadistik and is interviewed in the new film The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal. She was born in Carrara, Italy. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320377/) 1999 Anni '60 (TV mini-series) Silvana 1998 La rumbera 1997 M.D.C. - Maschera di cera Aunt Francesca 1995 A che punto è la notte (TV movie) Romilda 1988 Bersaglio sull'autostrada Billie Cody 1986 Storia d'amore Sergio's mother 1985 Cinq salopards en Amazonie Psychic Medium 1983 Hercule Mother (as Gabriella George) 1982 Roma dalla finestra 1982 Delitto sull'autostrada Bocconotti Cinzia 1981 Gn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martin McCarrick
Martin McCarrick (born 29 July 1962, Luton, Bedfordshire) is an English cellist, keyboardist and guitarist. He is best known for his work Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He recorded with them three studio albums : Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture. His biggest hit with the band was in 1991 with the single "Kiss Them For Me" which reached the number twenty-three in the Billboard Hot 100. McCarrick is also known for his membership in the hard rock band Therapy?: he joined them in 1996 (his first gig as a full-time member being a secret fan-club show in Dublin, Ireland on 10 April 1996), having previously supplied guest cello work on their albums Troublegum and Infernal Love, as well as various live appearances with the band since 1992. During the bands UK tour in 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chad Billingsley
Chad Ryan Billingsley (born July 29, 1984 in Defiance, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Biography As a senior at Defiance High School in 2003, Billingsley pitched in 11 games and was 6–1 with a 1.49 ERA, striking out 113 and walking only 16 in 56.0 innings. He pitched three games and went 3–0 with a 2.45 ERA for Team USA, which won the bronze medal in the 2002 IBAF World Junior Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec and would have attended the University of South Carolina had he not signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was signed by Dodger scout Marty Lamb. Billingsley was a high school teammate of New York Mets pitcher Jon Niese. Draft Billingsley was the first round pick (24th overall) of the Los Angeles Dodgers in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Timothy Omundson
Timothy Michael Omundson (born July 29, 1969) is an American actor perhaps most notable for his supporting roles as Sean Potter on the CBS television series Judging Amy, Eli on the syndicated series Xena: Warrior Princess, and as Carlton Lassiter in the USA Network series Psych. Life and career Omundson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, to a railroad worker father and teacher mother. After his family moved to Bellevue, Washington, he started to study theater at the age of twelve at the Seattle Children's Theater, and interned at various theaters during his high school years. With acting as his primary focus, he studied during the summer of his junior year in New York City at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. For two years in a row, he was Washington State Debate Champion in Dramat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
Henri Jules de Bourbon (Paris, 29 July 1643 – Paris, 1 April 1709) was prince de Condé, from 1686 to his death. At the end of his life he suffered from clinical lycanthropy and was considered insane. Biography Henri Jules was born to Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and his wife in 1643. He was five years younger than King Louis XIV. He was the sole heir to the enormous Condé fortune and property. His mother was a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. He was baptised at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris on his day of birth. For the first three years of his life, while his father was duc d'Enghien, he was known at court as the duc d'Albret. Upon the death of his grandfather, he succeeded to his father's courtesy title of duc d'Enghien. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was bo... Biography of Kit Hoover
Catherine "Kit" Hoover (born July 29, 1970, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American television personality, sportscaster and broadcast journalist, best known for her stints on Fox News Channel and ESPN. It was announced in September 2010 that Hoover would begin co-hosting Access Hollywood with Billy Bush on September 13, 2010. She has been a correspondent for TV Guide; a host on TLC's Real Simple Real Life; a sideline reporter on Shaq Vs and host of Six Flags TV. MTV Hoover made her television debut as a cast member on Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure, the inaugural season of MTV's Road Rules in July 1995, a reality television series that followed five college-age cast members crisscrossing the country in a Winnebago. American Journal Following Road Rules, Hoover was hired as an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Sirico
Genaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico, Jr. (born July 29, 1942) is an American character actor who is most noted for his role as Paulie Gualtieri in the television series The Sopranos. Background and career Sirico was born on July 29, 1942, in Midwood, Brooklyn. He has played gangsters in a number of films, including Goodfellas, Mob Queen, Gangsters, Love and Money, Fingers, The One Man Jury, Defiance, The Last Fight, Innocent Blood, Bullets Over Broadway, The Pick-up Artist, Gotti, Cop Land, Turn of Faith, and Mickey Blue Eyes. He also played the part of Paulie Guatieri in the Sopranos. He also played policemen in the films Dead Presidents and Deconstructing Harry. Recently, he told the host of a Las Vegas radio show he would be playing the role of an ill-tempered high school football coach in... Biography of Dominique Bona
Dominique Bona (born July 29 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer. She has been a member of Académie française since April 2013. She is the daughter of Arthur Conte. Publications Les Heures volées, roman, Mercure de France, 1981. Argentina, roman, Mercure de France, 1984. Romain Gary, biographie, Mercure de France, 1987 - Grand Prix de la biographie de l'Académie française. Les Yeux noirs ou « les vies extraordinaies des sœurs Hérédia », biographie, Lattès, 1989 - Grand Prix de la Femme, Alain Boucheron, Prix de l'Enclave des Papes, Prix Lutèce, Prix des Poètes français. Malika, roman, Mercure de France, 1992 - Prix Interallié Gala, biographie, Flammarion, 1994. Stefan Zweig, l'ami blessé, biographie, Plon, 1996. Le Manuscrit de Port-Ébène, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marius Vazeilles
Marius Vazeilles (July 29, 1881 in Messeix (Puy-de-Dôme) (birth time source: Didier Geslain)–June 7, 1973 in Meymac (Corrèze)) was a French archaeologist, syndicalist, and politician.... |
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