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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on June, 19, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
138 celebrities or events were found for June, 19. Add to favourites (78 fans)Biography of Jean Dujardin
Jean Dujardin (born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He has worked notably with director Michel Hazanavicius, starring in his OSS 117 spy parodies. His starring role in Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist, playing actor George Valentin, received widespread acclaim. The role won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is the first French actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Early life Dujardin was born and raised in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France), a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Franc... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American television personality, jewelry designer, multi-platinum Grammy-winning singer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. In the 1980s, Abdul's career rose rapidly, from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a Pop-R&B singer with a string of top hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. According to Abdul, she has sold over 53 million records to date. After her initial period of success, she suffered a series of reverses in her professional and personal life, until she found renewed fame and success in the 2000s as a judge on the highly rated television series American Idol. Early life Abdul was born in San Fernando, California, to... Biography of Jérôme Cahuzac
Jérôme Cahuzac (born in Talence on 19 June 1952 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, act n° 620) is a French politician who, until his appointment as Junior Minister for the Budget at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and External Trade by President François Hollande on 16 May 2012, was a member of the National Assembly of France where he represented the 3rd constituency of Lot-et-Garonne on behalf of the Socialist Party. He resigned as a Minister on 19 March 2013 due to tax fraud allegations.... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Zoe Saldana
Zoë Saldaña (born Zoë Yadira Zaldaña Nazario on June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Taille : 5' 7" (1.70 m) Personal life Zoë Saldaña was born in New Jersey to immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Her first languages are Spanish and English. She was raised in Queens, New York. When Saldaña was nine, her father died in a car accident, and Saldaña's mother moved her and her sisters back to the Dominican Republic. While there, Saldaña enlisted in a ballet class and gained experience as a dancer, enlisting in one of the most prestigious dancing schools of that country, which benefited her during her later role in Center Stage. She returned to the USA after her sophomore year in high school and enrolled in the Faces Theater Program, an acting course. She also worked in Burger King ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (pronounced ), (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote powerfully in defense of the scientific method. He was a mathematician of the first order. Pascal helped create two major new areas of research. He wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of sixteen and corresponded with Pierre de Fermat from 1654 and later on probability theory, strongl... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has since grown steadily in stature, to the extent that he is now widely considered one of the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. Drake signed to Island Records when he was twenty years old, and released his debut album Five Leaves Left. By 1972 he had recorded a further two albums, although none sold more than five thousand copies during their first release, and his reluctance to perform live or be interviewed contributed to his la... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Wallis Simpson
Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor (previously Wallis Simpson; previously Wallis Spencer; born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1895 or 1896 – 24 April 1986) was the American wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. After two unsuccessful marriages, she allegedly became the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales in 1934. Two years later, after the prince's accession as King-Emperor of the British Empire, he proposed marriage. The monarch's desire to wed a twice-divorced American with two living ex-husbands and a reputation as an opportunist caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom and the Dominions, which ultimately led to the king's abdication in order to marry "the woman I love". After the abdication, the former king was created Duke of Windsor by his brother George VI; Edward m... Biography of Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अख़्मद सल्मान रश्दी Urdu:سلمان رشدی; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize. Much of his fiction is set on the subcontinent of India. Increasingly, however, the dominant theme of his work has become the long, rich and often fraught story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the East and the West. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), provoked violent reactions from Muslims all over the world. After death threats and a fatwa (religious edict) issued b... Biography of Nâdiya
Nâdiya (born Nadia Zighem on June 19, 1973) is a French Pop/R&B singer. Early life Nâdiya was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, to a large Algerian family, with three brothers and two sisters. In 1989 she became the French champion of the 800 metres (her brother Kader was also champion of the world in French boxing). When she was 20, she left her family and her athletics to move to Paris and take her chances there. She was first noticed on the show Graine de Star and recorded a single in 1997. She decided to stop and have a child: Yanis. 2001-2003: Early commercial success She then performed a duo with Stomy Bugsy in 2001 under the title "Aucun Dieu ne pourra me pardonner" (No God Will Ever Forgive Me). The single "J'ai confiance en toi" (I Trust You), released in February 2001,... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Poppy Montgomery
Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue (born 19 June 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. Her brother is named Jethro Tull, after Jethro Tull. Her sisters are named Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle and Marigold Sun - all named after flowers, as Poppy is. She has stated the reason for her siblings interesting names was that her parents "were big hippies." She chose her mother's maiden name, Montgomery, as her stage name. She left Australia at 16 to be with her then-boyfriend. They broke up, and she arrived in Hollywood at 18 carrying a copy of How to Make It In Hollywood. She currently stars as Samantha Spade in the American television series Without a Trace. Montgomery was the "cover girl" for the May 2005 Stuff, which labelled her "TV's Hottest Cop... Biography of Anna Maria Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli (born Anna Maria Pierangeli) (June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971) was an Italian-born actress. Early years and MGM Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, she made her film debut with Vittorio de Sica in Domani è troppo tardi (1950), after being spotted by director Léonide Moguy. She was discovered by Hollywood, and MGM launched her in her first American film, Teresa (1951). Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this film also saw the joint debuts of Rod Steiger and John Ericson. Enthusiastic reviews for her eloquent and understated performance compared her to Garbo. Under contract with MGM throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a series of films. In The Light Touch with Stewart Granger, she indeed brought a light touch of innocence to the film. Plans for a film of Romeo and Juliet with he... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Kathleen Turner
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor. Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Turner was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy Magee and Allen Richard Turner, who was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and schoolteacher; he grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather worked as a Methodist missionary) and, as a diplomat, had been imprisoned by the Japanese for four years during the Second World War. Because of her father's career, Turner lived in four foreign countries (Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and the United Kingdom. Turner has two brothers and a sister. While attending high school in London, she was... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: ); born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience. A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and in 1991 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship. Personal life Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945. Her father, Aung San, negotiated Burma's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, and was assassinated by his rivals in the same year. She grew up with her mother, Khin Kyi, and two brothers, Aung San Lin and Aung San U in Rangoon. Aung San Lin drowned in a poo... Biography of Sadie Frost
Sadie Frost (born Sadie Liza Vaughan on June 19, 1965), is an English fashion designer and former actress. She is probably best known for her six-year marriage to Jude Law and her friendship with Kate Moss, which have made her a staple of the British tabloids. Frost was born in London. Her father, David Vaughan, was a psychedelic artist who did work for The Beatles. Frost had numerous siblings and step-siblings, including a sister named Sunshine Purple Tara Velvet. She was brought up in Primrose Hill, but spent much of her youth in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, when her parents separated. At the age of five, she appeared with Morecambe and Wise. She studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. At nineteen she joined the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre to app... Biography of Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. Early life Born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Cambria, Wisconsin, her father, Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, was a state legislator, and her mother, Mary Allen Neal, a housewife originally from Arkansas. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1939 when Edwin was appointed to a position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942 when he was appointed as branch manager of the Office of Price Administration, and later to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gena attended the University of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950, where she was a popular student already renowned for her beauty. She left for New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Rowlands went... Biography of Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashād (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948) is a Tony Award-winning African American actress, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show. Rashād is also a black activist. Rashād was born in Harris County, Texas, to Andrew Arthur Allen and Vivian Ayers. She has one younger sister, Debbie. Her family spent one year in Mexico growing up, and consequently Rashād speaks both English and Spanish fluently, as well as Portuguese. She graduated from Howard University (where she later taught drama), and is a prominent member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the oldest historically Black collegiate sorority. Rashād first became notable on the stage with a string of Broadway credits, including roles in the... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress of stage, television and film. Early life Tunney was born in Chicago, Illinois to a car salesman father and a bartender mother. Tunney is Irish American; her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American. Tunney is Roman Catholic, and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. Robin graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in the class of 1990. She then went on to study acting at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Career At the age of eighteen, Tunney moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained several recurring TV roles on Class of '96, Law & Order, Dream On, and Life Goes On. Her breakthrough role was as a suicidal teenager in Empire Records before receiving the leading role as a Gothic wi... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Ann Wilson
Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1951 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer and flute player of Heart. Wilson's family moved around as a child because her father was a Marine Corps colonel. The family eventually settled in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, Washington. Shy due to a stutter, Wilson turned to music, and in the early 1970s she joined a local band which, in 1974, changed its name to Heart. Her younger sister Nancy joined the group in 1974. The band moved to Canada and cut their first album Dreamboat Annie in Vancouver in 1975. It was released in the United States in 1976. In 1977, Little Queen was released. Wilson started a recording studio, Bad Animals, with her sister in the mid-1990s. She formed a side band, The Lovemongers, which performed Battle of Evermore on... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor. Early life Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of eminent British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. He has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Kate. Dancy was educated at Winchester College and St Peter's College, Oxford. Career Dancy's first small-screen appearances were in Trial & Retribution II, Dangerfield, The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Kavanagh QC. He is fluent in French, and played a Frenchman fascinated by knights in Relic Hunter. He played the lead in BBC's Daniel Deronda (2002) which was an adaptation of George Eliot's novel based on a young man learning about life, love and ultimately who... Biography of Anne Hidalgo
Anne Hidalgo, born June 19, 1959 in San Fernando, near Cadix in Spain, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Mia Sara
Mia Sarapocciello (born June 19, 1968 in Brooklyn Heights, New York) is an American actress who uses the stage name Mia Sara. She is best known for her roles as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as Melissa Walker, Jean-Claude Van Damme's wife in Timecop. Born in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Sara is a graduate of St. Ann's School. She has two Wheaten Terriers, enjoys flying and holds a Private Pilot license. In March 1996, Sara was married to Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) with whom she performed in Bullet to Beijing. In June 1997 they had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002. Career Sara got her first major role playing opposite Tom Cruise in Legend, but is best known for her role as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend... Biography of Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium Grammar School and DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was drafted ninth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1998 NBA Draft, and was immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played ever since. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), Nowitzki plays the power forward position, but is also capable of playing other frontcourt positions like center or small forward. Nowitzki is a seven-time NBA All-Star and eight-time member of the All-NBA Teams, and is the first European-born player in NBA history to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player award. He is the first Maverick ever to be voted into an All... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Khalid Rahilou
Khalid Rahilou (born June 19, 1966 in Argenteuil, France) is a French boxer. Professional career Rahilou began his professional career in 1988 and won the WBA Light Welterweight Title by defeating Frankie Randall by TKO in 1997. Rahilou defended the belt twice before losing it to Sharmba Mitchell by decision in 1998. Rahilou retired in 2002 after losing to Souleymane M'baye. Preceded by Frankie Randall WBA Light Welterweight Champion 11 Jan 1997– 10 Oct 1998 Succeeded by Sharmba Mitchell Amateur career Rahilou compiled an Amateur Record of 45-7 (12 KO). He represented Morocco as a Light Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. His results were: Defeated Avaavau Avaavau (Samoa) RSC 3 Lost to Lyton Mphande (Malawi) walkover... Biography of Daniel Herrero
Daniel Herrero, born June 19, 1948 in Puisserguier (Hérault), is a French former rugby player. He has written books about rugby.... Biography of Paul Dano
Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Dwayne in the feature film Little Miss Sunshine and his supporting roles in several other independent films. He also starred in L.I.E. and has appeared in several Broadway productions including A Christmas Carol, Ragtime, Inherit the Wind, A Month in the Country, and A Thousand Clowns at the Roundabout Theatre. As a side project, he also provides vocals and lead guitar for the band Mook. Dano was born in Wilton, Connecticut, and lives in New York City in the East Village. He attended The New School where he majored in English. Before that he attended Wilton High School in Wilton, Connecticut.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Kael was known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated, and sharply focused" movie reviews. She approached movies emotionally, with a strongly colloquial writing style. She is often regarded as the most influential American film critic of her day and left a lasting impression on many major critics including Armond White and Roger Ebert, who has said that Kael "had a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other single person over the last three decades." Early life and career Kael was born on a chicken farm in Petaluma, California, to Isaac Paul Kael and Judith Friedman Kael, two Jewish immigrants from Poland. Affected by t... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor, most notable for playing the vampire Mitchell in BBC Three's television series Being Human. Turner was born in Ireland, and grew up in Tallaght, Dublin. He graduated from The Gaiety School of Acting in 2004. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the Ireland-Canada production of The Tudors and was also in two series of Irish hospital drama The Clinic in 2008/09 appearing as receptionist Ruairí McGowan. He plays Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the BBC Two drama series Desperate Romantics. From 2007 to 2009, he dated actress Charlene McKenna, whom he met on the set of (as yet unreleased) feature film Porcelain directed by Gavin Cleland. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2636108/) # Hattie (2010) (TV) (post-productio... Biography of Radovan Karadzic
Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић; born June 19, 1945 in Petnjica, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serb politician, poet and psychiatrist and was a long-time fugitive from 1995 until July 21, 2008, indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. Presidential and government sources in Belgrade reported that he had been arrested in Serbia and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court. There had been an outstanding international arrest warrant against Karadžić for more than a decade following Rule 61 of ICTY which concluded that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused has committed war crim... Biography of Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964, better known as Boris Johnson) is an American-born British politician and the Mayor of London. He is also a journalist and author, formerly serving as editor of The Spectator. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Henley in 2001 and was Shadow Minister for Higher Education, until the announcement of his intention to stand in the London mayoral election of 2008, his victory being announced on May 2, 2008. Early life Johnson is the oldest of the four children (including Rachel) of Stanley Johnson, a former Conservative MEP and employee of the European Commission and World Bank and his first wife, painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a prominent barrister and president of the European Commission of H... Biography of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International. Pir Vilayat’s mother, Ora Ray Baker, was a cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement. Born in London, England, Pir Vilayat was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism. His teaching derived from the mystical tradition of the East brought to the West by his father combined with his knowledge of the esoteric heritage and scholarship of western culture. He taught in the tradition of Universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun. Vilayat Inayat Khan was educated at the Sorbonne, Oxford, and L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Durin... Biography of Françoise Gauquelin
Michel Gauquelin (November 13, 1928 – May 20, 1991) was a French psychologist and statistician who, along with his first wife Françoise Schneider-Gauquelin (born June 19, 1929), conducted very important statistical research on astrology, from the beginning of the 1950s to the present day. Although he was highly critical of certain areas of the art, Gauquelin showed an interest in astrology from an early age; it is said that he could calculate a birth chart at the age of ten and earned the nickname of Nostradamus at school because of his astrological readings. After studying psychology and statistics at the Sorbonne, he devoted his life to the attempt to demonstrate the validity of certain fundamentals of astrology. However, he did not define himself as an astrologer and opposed the prac... Biography of Eric Raoult
Éric Raoult (Paris, 19 June 1955) is a French right-wing politician, currently affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement. Political carrer Raoult started his political career as aid to the major of Le Raincy, in 1983. He was first elected deputy in 1986. In 1995, Raoult was Minister in charge of "integration and activities against exclusion. He has been major of Le Raincy since 1995. Raoult was elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis in 2002. He is the vice-president of the National Assembly. During the 2005 civil unrest, Le Raincy was, although untouched by the riots, the first town to decree a curfew. In 2007, Raoult voted against inscribing the abolition of Capital punishment in the Constitution, advocating reserves for cases of "war, imminent danger or terrorist at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri (Arabic: أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري ) or closer to the original Arabic pronunciation al-Zawahri (born June 19, 1951) is an extremist Muslim leader and prominent member of al-Qaeda, and was the second and last "emir" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, having succeeded 'Abbud al-Zummar in the latter role when al-Zummar was jailed for life in Egypt. Al-Zawahiri is a qualified surgeon, and is an author of works including numerous al-Qaeda statements. He speaks Arabic, French, and English. Al-Zawahiri is under worldwide embargo by the UN 1267 Committee as a member or affiliate of al-Qaeda. He uses many aliases, including: Abu Muhammad (Abu Mohammed), ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Todd
Michael Todd (June 22, 1907 or 1909, or June 19, 1911 – March 22, 1958) was an American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in Eighty Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Life Todd was born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Chaim Goldbogen (an Orthodox rabbi) and Sophia Hellerman, both Polish Jewish immigrants. He was one of nine children in a poor family, and his siblings nicknamed him "Toat" to mimic his difficulty pronouncing the word "coat." It was from this that his name was derived. His family moved to Chicago. Todd was expelled in the sixth grade for running a game of craps inside the school. In high school, he produced the school play, The Mikado, which was considered a hit. He eventually dropped ... Biography of Christian Wulff
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (born 19 June 1959) is a German politician of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President of Germany on 30 June 2010, and will be sworn in on 2 July. A lawyer by profession, he served as Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony between 2003 and 2010. Education and early years Wulff was born in Osnabrück and is Roman Catholic. His father left the family, and he grew up with his mother. As a teenager, he had to take responsibility for the care of his younger sister, after his mother developed multiple sclerosis. After completing his Abitur at the Ernst Moritz Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, Wulff went to study law with a specialisation in economics at the University of Osnabrück. In 1987 and 1990, he passed the first and se... Biography of Louis Jourdan
Louis Jourdan (born June 19, 1919) is a French film actor. He is known for his roles in several Hollywood films, including The Paradine Case (1947), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), and Octopussy (1983). Early life Jourdan was born as Louis Gendre in Marseille, France, the son of Yvonne (née Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner. He was educated in France, Turkey and England, and trained as an actor at the École Dramatique, making his film debut in 1939. Following the German occupation of France during World War II, he continued to make films but after refusing to participate in Nazi propaganda films, he joined the French Resistance; his father was arrested by the Gestapo. After the 1944 liberation of France by the Allies, Jourdan married Berthe Frederique, with whom h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marisa Pavan
Marisa Pavan (born Marisa Pierangeli on June 19, 1932) is an Italian-born actress who first became famous as the twin sister to movie star Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli) before achieving movie stardom on her own. Her breakthrough came in the film The Rose Tattoo as Anna Magnani's daughter; her role was first assigned to her twin, who at the time was unable to play the part. When Magnani won the Best Actress in a Starring Role Oscar for her role in the movie version of The Rose Tattoo, Pavan accepted on her behalf as Magnani was not present at the awards ceremony. Pavan was nominated for best actress in a supporting role Oscar, losing to Jo Van Fleet (for East of Eden). Both Magnani and Pavan won Golden Globe awards that year. Afterwards, Marisa Pavan co-starred in films such as The... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896, Bagumbayan), was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is considered the Philippines' national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal's 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town of Calamba, Laguna, Rizal attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, earning a Bachelor of Arts. He enrolled in Medicine and Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas and then traveled alone to Madrid, Spain, where he continued his studies at the Universid... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Françoise Chandernagor
Françoise Chandernagor is a French writer, born June 19, 1945 in Palaiseau (birth time source: email). She is the daughter of André Chandernagor. She is a former student of the National School of Administration - École nationale d'administration, and she became a member of the Council of State in 1969. Biography In 1991, Françoise Chandernagor authored the report of the Council of State on judicial public rights. She left the administration and abandoned her career as a civil servant in 1993, to dedicate her time to writing. She is a member of the Académie Goncourt. She was born to a family of masons related to the descendants of an Indian free slave (hence her name). She married Philippe Jurgensen and is the mother of three children. Françoise Chandernagor divides her life bet... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rony Brauman
Rony Brauman, born June 19, 1950, in Jerusalem, is a French physician specializing in tropical diseases. He is one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), and was its president from 1982 to 1994. He was a professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris from 1994 to 1997. With Israeli director Eyal Sivan, he co-directed a documentary (1999) on the trial of Adolf Eichmann (1961) based on Hannah Arendt's book Eichmann in Jerusalem. References "Fondation Prix Henry Dunant - 1997 - Rony Brauman". Fondation Prix Henry Dunant. Retrieved on 2008-06-14.... Biography of Sophie Trébuchet
Sophie Trébuchet, born June 19, 1772 in Nantes, is the wife of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo and the mother of French writer Victor Hugo. Bibliographie et Sources Louis Guimbaud, La mère de Victor Hugo (1930). Geneviève Dormann Le roman de Sophie Trébuchet (1982). External link horoscope and bibliography in French: http://www.astrotheme.fr/portraits/9f32A4h9tV8a.htm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Gamelon
Laurent Gamelon, born on June 19, 1960 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1985 : P.R.O.F.S. de Patrick Schulmann : Gérard Biril * 1987 : Les Oreilles entre les dents de Patrick Schulmann : Max * 1988 : Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort de José Pinheiro : L'homme au bébé * 1990 : On peut toujours rêver de Pierre Richard : Un motard * 1990 : Triplex de Georges Lautner : Mario * 1990 : Merci la vie de Bertrand Blier : Le beau-frère * 1990 : Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück de Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier, Hervé Palud, Mathias Ledoux et Thierry Lhermitte : Maurice * 1990 : Une époque formidable... de Gérard Jugnot : Le musclè accident * 1991 : Vieille canaille de Gérard Jourd'hui : 1er inspe... Biography of André Glucksmann
André Glucksmann (born 1937) is a French philosopher and writer, and considered a member of the French new philosophers. He studied philosophy at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and he is the author of "Master Thinkers" (Harper & Row, 1980). He is part of the Cercle de l'Oratoire think tank. Political opinions Glucksmann is a long-time supporter of Chechnyan independence, and was also one of the few French intellectuals supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He took position in favor of right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy for the April-May 2007 presidential election . Works A Child's Rage (Une rage d'enfant) (2006) The Discourse of Hate (Le Discours de la haine) (2004) West Versus West (Ouest contre Ouest) (2003) Dostoyevsky in Manhattan (Dostoïevski à Manhatta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Walker (mayor of New York City)
James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James (June 19, 1881 – November 18, 1946), was the mayor of New York City during the Jazz Age. Walker was the son of Irish-born William H. Walker, a Democratic assemblyman and alderman from Greenwich Village, belying certain accounts of Walker's childhood that stated he grew up in poverty. Before entering politics, the young Jimmy Walker worked as a songwriter, his most popular composition being "Will You Love Me in December (as You Do in May)?" He attended Xavier College and New York Law School. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1910 to 1914, and of the New York State Senate from 1914 to 1925. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1923 to 1924. In 1926 he became M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmond Jaloux
Edmond Jaloux (born in Marseille on June 19, 1878; died in Lutry on August 22, 1949) was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. His works tended to be set in Paris or his native Provence. He was interested in German Romanticism and English writers. In 1936 he joined the Académie française. He died in Switzerland in 1949. Bibliography Une âme d'automne (1896) L’Agonie de l'amour (1899) Le Triomphe de la frivolité (1903) Les Sangsues (1904) Le Jeune Homme au masque (1905) L’École des mariages (1906) Le Démon de la vie (1908) Le Reste est silence (Prix Femina, 1909) L’Éventail de crêpe (1911) Fumées dans la campagne (1918) L’Incertaine (1918) Les Amours perdues (1919) Au-dessus de la ville (1920) Vous qui faites l'endormie (1920) La Fin d'un beau jour (192... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Robert
Yves Robert (June 21, 1920 – May 10, 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs including that of a typesetter at a print shop. In 1949 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing. Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo and 1972's Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire plus 1976'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Félicité de Lamennais
Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, also known as Frédéric de La Mennais (June 19, 1782 - February 27, 1854), was a French priest, and philosophical and political writer. Youth Felicité de Lamennais was born at Saint-Malo in Brittany, the son of Pierre Robert de Lamennais (or La Mennais), a ship-owner ennobled by King Louis XVI for public services, and Gratienne Lorin. Lamennais lost his mother at the age of five and as a result, he and his brother Jean-Marie were sent for education to an uncle, Robert des Saudrais at La Chênaie, an estate near Saint-Malo. He spent long hours in his uncle's library, devouring among other things the writings of Rousseau and Pascal. He thereby acquired a vast and varied learning, which influenced his subsequent career. First publications Of a sic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Spanky McFarlane
Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's popular Our Gang comedies of the 1930s (known to modern audiences as The Little Rascals). McFarlane was nicknamed "Spanky" because one of the band members, perhaps influenced by her last name, said that she resembled Our Gang star George "Spanky" McFarland. The group was known for its vocal harmonies. Members Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (born 19 June 1942, Peoria, Illinois) - vocals Nigel Pickering (born 15 June 1929, Pontiac, Missouri) - rhythm guitar, vocals Paul "Oz" Bach (24 June 1939, Paw Paw, West Virginia - 21 September 1998, Asheville, North Carolina) - bass guitar, vocals (1966-67) Malcolm Hale (17 May 1941, Butte, Montana - 30 October 1968,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erik Schinegger
Erik Schinegger (born 19 June 1948) is an Austrian skier. He was the world champion women's downhill skier in 1966, at which time he was recognized as female and known as Erika Schinegger. Schinegger was born in Agsdorf, Carinthia. In 1967, preparing for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, a medical test by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) determined that Schinegger was chromosomally male, and disqualified him. Born intersexed, he had been raised as a girl and was surprised at the news. The case prompted the IOC to require chromosomal testing of all athletes. Schinegger decided to live as a man and transitioned, undergoing medical treatment and changing his name to Erik. He married and became father of a daughter, Claire. Together with Marco Schenz, Schinegger published... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Quilliot
Roger Quilliot, born June 19, 1925 in Hermaville (Pas-de-Calais), died July 17, 1998 in Clermont-Ferrand, was a French socialist politician and author. He was the Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand and has been Minister (several times). Works La Mer et les prisons (1956), essai sur Albert Camus La société de 1960 et l’avenir politique de la France (1960) La liberté aux dimensions humaines (1967) La SFIO et l’exercice du pouvoir : 1944-1958 (1972) L'Homme sur le pavois (1976) Une écharpe de maire (1981) Misères et grandeur des maires de France (1997) Mémoires (1999)... Biography of Leticia Spiller
Letícia Spiller, born June 19, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. She was the spouse of Marcello Novaes (1995 - 2000) and has a son, Pedro. She is now the girl friend of Daniel Mazzuca. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818784/ ) "Casos e Acasos" .... Cléo (1 episode, 2008) - Quem Passou a Noite Comigo? Quem é Amanda? Quem mandou o Bombom? (2008) TV episode .... Cléo "Duas Caras" .... Maria Eva (112 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode #1.210 (2008) TV episode .... Maria Eva - Episode #1.209 (2008) TV episode .... Maria Eva - Episode #1.204 (2008) TV episode .... Maria Eva - Episode #1.203 (2008) TV episode .... Maria Eva - Episode #1.200 (2008) TV episode .... Maria Eva (107 more) Xuxa em Sonho de Menina (2007) .... Mãe Kika... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Coia
Paul Coia (born 19 June 1955, Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer who was the first voice on Channel 4. Early life and career Coia was schooled at St Aloysius' College in Glasgow and then at the University of Glasgow before going into hospital radio and eventually getting a job as a disc jockey at Radio Clyde. In the early 1980s he also worked as a continuity announcer for Scottish Television and when he joined Channel 4 on its launch, was the first voice heard on air: "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel 4!" Subsequently he became a presenter of BBC One's daytime magazine programme, Pebble Mill at One. In 1988 Coia became the host of the BBC gameshow Catchword, and has since presented a number of other qui... Biography of Jose Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence". Life Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, at age 12 he moved to the countryside and worked on his family's farms. He excelled at marksmanship and riding, and tried his hand at smuggling from Portuguese-controlled Brazil. At age 33, he took advantage of an amnesty for those who had committed non-violent crimes, and entered the Corps of Blandengues to protect the border with Brazil. From 1806 to 1807, he participated in the Spanish resistance to the British invasions of the Río de la Plata. He was part of the force which, under Santiago de Liniers, Montevideo contributed to the liberation ("Reconquista") of Buenos Aires from Will... Biography of Nathalie Gassel
Nathalie Gassel, a long time follower of Thai Muay, is a writer and Belgian photographer. She was born in Brussels on June 19, 1964. She is best known worldwide as writer. And contributed to the 1999 work titled Picturing the Modern Amazon published by translated by Pierre Samuel and published by New Museum off Contemporary Art of New York City. She has been featured in a myriad of public appearances and writings published by the University of Brussels Review. Nathalie Gassel’s writing exposes her life as an athlete and details her muscular physique and is expressed in Eros Androgyne and Musculatures. These two works celebrate the wonders of her strong body and the power she wields in this flesh of steel. Her recent and decisive writing of The Years of Insignificance probe the adversities ... Biography of Philippe Manœuvre
Philippe Manœuvre (born June 19, 1954), is a French journalist, who has also been a radio and television presenter, specialized in rock music. He has been editor-in-chief for the magazine Métal Hurlant and is since 1993 the editor of the music monthly Rock & Folk.... Biography of James I of England
James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He became king in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary, Queen of Scots. Regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1581. On 24 March 1603, as James I, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. He then ruled England, Scotland and Ireland for 22 years, often using the title King of Great Britain, until his death at the age of 58. Under James, the "Golden Age" of Elizabethan literature and drama continued, with writers such as William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Evelle Younger
Evelle Jansen Younger (June 19, 1918-May 4, 1989) was Attorney General of California from 1971-1979. Prior to that, he was District Attorney of Los Angeles County 1964-1971. In 1978, he ran for Governor of California, but lost to incumbent Jerry Brown. Younger was a member of the Republican Party. Though he was defeated for governor, Younger's ticket-mate, Mike Curb, won the office of lieutenant governor. Curb is the last Republican to have served thus far as California lieutenant governor. One of Younger's contributions as Attorney General was to the development of the California Environmental Quality Act. Younger advocated for a broad interpretation of its applicability, filing a brief in the landmark case Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors (1972). The ruling on the case, whic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jud Buechler
Judson Donald Buechler (born June 19, 1968 in San Diego, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. He grew up in Poway, CA and attended Poway High School. A sharp-shooting 6'6" guard/forward, Buechler attended the University of Arizona before being selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990 NBA Draft. His draft rights were immediately traded to the New Jersey Nets, and he spent slightly over one season with the Nets before being waived in 1991. After a brief stint with the San Antonio Spurs, he signed with the Golden State Warriors, with whom he averaged 6.2 points, 1.3 assists and 2.8 rebounds (all career highs) during the 1992-93 NBA season. However, Buechler would become best known for his four-year tenure (1994-1998) with the Chicago Bulls. With his f... Biography of Jean Fusaro
Jean Fusaro, born June 19, 1925 in Marseille, is a French painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Václav Klaus
Václav Klaus (Czech pronunciation: ; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003, reelected 2008) and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992–1997). An economist by trade, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the major Czech centre-right party. Klaus grew up in the upper-middle class residential Vinohrady neighborhood of Prague and graduated from the University of Economics, Prague in 1963; he also spent some time at universities in Italy (1966) and Cornell University in the United States (1969). During the Prague Spring he published articles on economics in the pro-reform, non-communist magazine Tvář (The Face) and the leading weekly Literární noviny. He then pursued a postgraduate academic career at the (state) Institute ... Biography of Mia Maestro
Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978) is an Argentine actress. She's probably best known for her role as Nadia Santos in the the television drama Alias. Biography Mía Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. Her mother was an economist and her father a businessman. At the age of 18 she moved to Berlin to be trained as a classical music vocalist. There she also learned the Brechtian acting technique as well as dance. At age 20 Maestro returned to Buenos Aires. Maestro made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's Academy Award nominated film, Tango. Maestro originally met with TV producer J. J. Abrams in relation to the show Lost. She ended up getting the part of Nadia Santos in Season 4 on his other television show, the drama Alias. She then had a recurring role in the program'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Emer
Michel Emer, born June 19, 1906 in Saint-Petersbourg and died November 23, 1984, was a French singer, composer and author. Discography # "Sydän kierroksella" (2006) TV mini-series # Féfé de Broadway (1979) (TV) # Joë petit boum-boum (1973) ... aka Johnny in the Valley of the Giants (Canada: English title) # Puce (1968) (TV) # Tonton Bernard (1966) # L'art culinaire à travers les âges (1961) # Houla-houla (1959) # Madame et son auto (1958) # Mimi Pinson (1958) # Premier mai (1958) ... aka Festa di maggio (Italy) ... aka Le père et l'enfant ... aka Man to Man Talk ... aka Premier May ... aka The First Day of May # The Stowaway (1958) ... aka Le passager clandestin (France) # C'est la faute d'Adam (1958) ... aka In Six Easy Lessons (UK) ... aka It's Adam's Fault (Inte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Kasten
Robert Walter "Bob" Kasten, Jr. (born June 19, 1942), is a legislator from the state of Wisconsin, who served as a U.S. representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a U.S. senator from 1981 to 1993. Kasten was born in Milwaukee. He attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he received a high school diploma in 1960. He graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1964, and received a graduate degree from the Columbia Business School in New York City in 1966. He served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972. Kasten was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1972 on the day that Richard M. Nixon was reelected as U.S. president. In 1974, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican. He was reelected in 1976. He ran for Governo... Biography of Laura Ingraham
Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1964) is an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator. Her nationally syndicated talk show, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network. The Laura Ingraham Show is ranked eighth among most-listened-to talk radio programs, with an average 5.5 million weekly listeners. Career Ingraham grew up in a middle-class family in Glastonbury, Connecticut. and graduated from Glastonbury High School, in 1981. Ingraham earned a bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College, in 1985, and a law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law, in 1991. As a Dartmouth undergraduate, she was a staff member of the independent conservative newspaper, The Dartmouth Review. In her senior year, she was the newspa... Biography of James Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (June 19, 1606 – March 9, 1649), Scottish nobleman and Civil war General. Young Arran The son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, and of the Lady Anne Cunningham, daughter of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn, was born on 19 June 1606 at Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire. Following the death of his insane great-uncle James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran in 1609, the infant was styled Earl of Arran. Heir to the Throne of Scotland The young James' near ancestor was the Princess Mary, daughter to James II of Scotland and Mary of Gueldres. Failing the House of Stewart, as looked increasingly possible after the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1612, the young Earl of Arran would become Heir presumptive to the throne of Scotland.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, born June 19, 1926 in Milan and died March 14, 1972 in a bomb explosion in Milan, was an Italian editor and publisher, the president of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Parker
Anthony Michael Parker (born June 19, 1975) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe. There, Parker spent five seasons with the Israeli Super League basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and one season with the Italian Lega A club Lottomatica Roma. With Maccabi he won five Israeli Super League national championships, five Israeli National Cups, two Euroleague titles, one Suproleague title, and was voted two-time consecutive Euroleague Most Valuable Player. After returning to the NBA as a free agent in 2006, Parker established himself as the Tor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia. Life He was born in Bloomington, Illinois to Silas Hubbard and Juliana Frances Read and grew up in Hudson, Illinois, where his first business venture was selling Larkin soap products. His innovations for Larkin included premiums and "leave on trial." His best-known work came after he founded Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts movement community in East Aurora, New York in 1895. This grew from his private press, the Roycroft Press, which was inspired by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press. (Although called the "Roycroft Press" by latter-day collectors and print ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Douglas Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the 3rd Battle of Ypres and the series of victories leading to the German surrender in 1918.Early life Haig was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Haig, who was head of the family's successful Haig & Haig whisky distillery. Haig attended Clifton College and unusually for a British officer at that time attended university, studying at Brasenose College, Oxford 1880-1883. He left without a degree, partially due to sickness, and perhaps also as he would otherwise have... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alberto Falck
Alberto Falck, born June 19, 1938 in Mandello, is an Italian businessman, industrialist and president of his company.... Biography of Vilayat Inayat Khan
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International. Pir Vilayat’s mother, Ora Ray Baker, was a cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement. Life Born in London, England, Pir Vilayat was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism. His teaching derived from the mystical tradition of the East brought to the West by his father combined with his knowledge of the esoteric heritage and scholarship of western culture. He taught in the tradition of Universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun. Vilayat Inayat Khan was educated at the Sorbonne, Oxford, and L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury (born 19 June 1952) is a French composer. Philippe Manoury was born in Tulle. His first composition studies were at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Gérard Condé and Max Deutsch. He continued his studies from 1974 to 1978 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michel Philippot, Ivo Malec, and Claude Ballif. From 1975 he undertook studies in computer assisted composition with Pierre Barbaud. He joined IRCAM in 1980. He is currently on the composition faculty at the University of California, San Diego where he teaches courses in composition, real-time signal processing, and musical analysis. Music Manoury's work is strongly influenced by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis, and his early work from 1972–76 combines serial Punctualism with ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Hertz
Roy Hertz, born June 19, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio and died in 2002, was an American physician and researcher (Obstetrics).... Biography of Luciano Chailly
Luciano Chailly, born June 19, 1920 in Ferrara and died December 24, 2002 in Milan, was an Italian musician and composer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Dupont
Jean-Pierre Dupont (born June 19, 1933 in Algiers) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Corrèze department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles de Bourbon-Charolais
Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (19 June, 1700 – 23 July, 1760) was a French noble. As a member of the reigni prince of the Blood. A son of Louis III, Prince of Condé, he was made governor of Touraine in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against the Ottoman Turks and won distinction at the battle of Belgrade. He was governor of his nephew Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé. He secretly married Jeanne de Valois-Saint Remy, a descendent of Henri II via an illegitimate branch. Their son was Louis-Thomas (1718–1799), who was not legitimated by the king, later was exiled to England. He had two illegitimate children with Marguerite Caron de Rancurel : * Marie Marguerite de Bourbon (1752–1830), who married Denis Nicolas, comte de Puget. * Charlotte Marguerite... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oléo (actress)
Oléo, born Baptistine Émilienne Françoise Lapeyre, June 19, 1906 in Gimont (Gers), died February 21, 1978 in Paris, was a French comedian and actress, the wife of Raoul Arnaud. Filmography * 1924 Une vie sans joie, de Jean Renoir : une fille * 1930 Le tampon du capiston, de Joe Francis et Jean Toulout : Mélanie * 1933 Les surprises du sleeping, de Karl Anton : la princesse Eugénie * 1933 Chourinette, d'André Hugon * 1933 Âme de clown, de Marc Didier * 1933 La tête d'un homme, de Julien Duvivier : la femme de chambre * 1935 Gangster malgré lui, d'André Hugon * 1935 La carte forcée, d'André Hugon * 1937 Les Perles de la couronne, de Christian-Jaque et Sacha Guitry : la petite poule * 1937 Gribouille, de Marc Allégret * 1937 Un de l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erich Koch
Erich Koch (June 19, 1896 – November 12, 1986) was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NDSAP) in East Prussia from 1928 until 1945, and Reichskomissar in Ukraine from 1941 until 1943. Early life and First World War Koch was born in Elberfeld, today part of Wuppertal, as the son of foreman. A skilled trader, Koch joined the railway service as an aspirant for the middle level of the civil service. In World War I he was a soldier from 1915 till 1918 and later fought as a member of Freikorps Rossbach in Upper Silesia. Rise in the Nazi Party Koch joined the NSDAP in 1922. During the Occupation of the Ruhr, he was a member of Albert Leo Schlageter's group and was imprisoned several times by the French authorities. In 1927 he became Bezirksführer of the NSDAP in Essen and later the deputy Gau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anna Lindh
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician who served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her murder in 2003. She previously served as Minister for the Environment from 1994 to 1998. Anna Lindh was married to Bo Holmberg, the Governor of Södermanland, with whom she had two sons. Political career Lindh was born to Staffan and Nancy Lindh in Enskede, a southeastern suburb of Stockholm, but grew up in Grillby, just outside of Enköping. She became involved in politics at the age of twelve. Lindh joined the local branch of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, protesting against the Vietnam war as one of her top priorities. Lindh studied at Uppsala University and graduated as a Candidate of Law (jur. ka... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Dupont
Jacques Dupont (born June 19, 1928 in Lézat-sur-Lèze) is a French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. He received a gold medal in 1000m time trial at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also received a bronze medal in road race, team, together with José Beyaert and Alain Moineau. He won Paris-Tours 1951 and in 1955.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Malcolm McAlpine
Sir Malcolm McAlpine, born June 19, 1877 in Hamilton, was a British businessman, the director and chairman of Sir Robert Mc Alpine and Sons.... Biography of Marsha Kramer
Marsha Kramer, born June 19, 1945 in Chicago, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469615/ ) "Days of Our Lives" .... Nurse Emily (1 episode, 2007) ... aka Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives (USA: summer title) ... aka DOOL (USA: informal short title) ... aka Days (USA: short title) - Episode #1.10718 (2007) TV episode .... Nurse Emily "Out of Order" (2003) TV mini-series (voice) .... Hamster/Plant "Malcolm in the Middle" .... Toni (1 episode, 2001) - Charity (2001) TV episode .... Toni "Titus" .... Eva (1 episode, 2000) - Sex with Pudding (2000) TV episode .... Eva "Touched by an Angel" .... Gloria (1 episode, 1998) - Only Connect (1998) TV episode .... Gloria "Frasier" .... Tooty / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1998) ... Biography of Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro in particular. Son of the academic Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived in several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and came to music through the bossa nova compositions of João Gilberto. He performed music throughout the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several of his fellow musicians, were threa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Monette
Richard Jean Monette OC, DHum, LLD (June 19, 1944 – September 9, 2008) was a Canadian actor and director, best-known for his 14-season tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007. Early life Monette was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the son of Florence M. (née Tondino) and Maurice Monette. He was educated at Loyola High School (Montreal) and Loyola College (now Concordia University). Theatre career It was at college that his acting skills were first noticed when he took top acting honours at the 1959 Hart House Inter-Varsity Drama competition in Toronto. Upon graduation, he chose to pursue an acting career, and his first professional role was as a 19-year-old Hamlet at the Crest Theatre in Toronto. He joined the Stratford Festival Com... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Duron
Philippe Duron is a French politician. He is mayor of Caen and deputy for Caen-Ouest. Philippe Duron was born June 19, 1947 in Antony (Hauts-de-Seine). He received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher until 1997. His political models are Pierre Mendès-France and François Mitterrand. As first secretary of the Socialist Party in Calvados, he has been successful in uniting the parties on the left in all of Basse-Normandie. He was elected president of the regional council of Basse-Normandie on March 28, 2004, the first member of France's Socialist Party to be elected to this office. He defeated the 18-year incumbent, René Garrec. Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of Louvigny (Calvados), and was elected mayor of Caen on March 16 2008. He served as deputy to the French ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ken Davitian
Kenneth "Ken" Davitian (born June 19, 1953) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Borat's producer (Azamat Bagatov) in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, in which he speaks the Eastern dialect of Armenian throughout the film. Life and career Davitian, who is of Armenian descent, was born in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of Garfield High School, he briefly attended East Los Angeles Community College. Early in his career, he appeared in the movies American Raspberry, Bikini Summer, Maximum Force, Frogtown II, and Sexual Intent. In 1994, he appeared in the movie The Silence of the Hams, a spoof of The Silence of the Lambs. Davitian has also appeared in television series such as Chuck, Ghost ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Lombardo
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist. Forming "The Royal Canadians" in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven." The Lombardos are believed to have sold between 100 and 300 million phonograph records during their lifetimes. Early life Lombardo was born in London, Ontario to Italian-Canadian immigrants, Gaetano Sr. and Lena Lombardo. His father, who had immigrated to Canada from Italy and worked as tailor, was an amateur singer with baritone voice and had four of his five sons learn to play instruments so they could accompany him. Lombardo a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sigrid Sternebeck
Sigrid Sternebeck, born on June 19, 1949 in Bad Pyrmont (birth time source: Lescaut), is a German terrorist. The Red Army Faction (RAF) operated in Germany from the late 1960s to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as "German Autumn". The RAF was founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Ulrike Meinhof, Horst Mahler, and others, and the first generation of the organisation was commonly known as the "Baader-Meinhof Gang". The RAF was responsible for 34 deaths, including many secondary targets such as chauffeurs and bodyguards and many injuries in its almost 30 years of activity. Below is a list of the most members of the group. Eileen MacDonald claimed in Shoot the Women First (1991), that female... Biography of Eugene F. Tighe
Lieutenant General Eugene Francis Tighe, Jr. (June 19, 1921 – January 29, 1994) was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.. Tighe was born in 1921, in New Raymer, Colorado, and graduated from Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, in 1939. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, in 1949 as a distinguished graduate, with a bachelor of arts degree in history. The general also completed Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama in 1966, and received an honorary doctor of military science degree from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, in 1980. In September 1942 Tighe enlisted in the U.S. Army and served at Fort Bliss, Texas; Camp Cooke, California; and in Australia. He graduated from the Artillery Officer Candidate School at Camp... Biography of Julien Bertheau
Julien Bertheau, born June 19, 1910 in Algiers, Algeria, died October 28, 1995 in Nice, France, was a French actor and comedian. Theater, Comédie-Française 1. Fortunio, Le Chandelier, Alfred de Musset, mes Gaston Baty, 18 décembre 1936 2. Clitandre, Le Misanthrope, Molière, 1° janvier 1937 3. Lord Kingston, Chatterton,, Alfred de Vigny, 7 & 14 janvier 1937 = 2 fois 4. Éraste, Le Dépit amoureux, Molière, 15 janvier 1937 5. Cléante, Le Malade imaginaire, Molière, 15 janvier 1937 6. Le jeune malade, Le Jeune Malade, André Chénier, 23 janvier 1937, matinée poétique 7. Damis, Tartuffe, Molière, 1° mars 1937 8. Mario, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, Marivaux, 2 mars 1937 9. Henri, Le Peintre exigeant, Tristan Bernard, 15 mars 1937 10. Vinaigre, Madame ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnnie Lemaster
Johnnie Lee LeMaster (born June 19, 1954 in Portsmouth, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played for 12 seasons (1975–1985 and 1987) for four teams, including 10 seasons for the San Francisco Giants. He batted and threw right-handed. On September 2, 1975 LeMaster set a major league record hitting an inside-the-park home run in his first at bat, during a 7–3 win over the Dodgers. Brian Downing two years previously was the first MLB player to hit his first homer inside-the-park, but not in his first at bat. However, following his first at bat, LeMaster hit only 21 home runs the rest of his career (3,191 at bats). Many will long remember LeMaster for one game in 1979. The shortstop took the field wearing the phrase on his back that Giants fans often welcomed him with... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier Todd
Olivier René Louis Todd, born on June 19, 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French writer and journalist, of Austrian and Hungarian descent (his father), and British descent (his mother). Works Novels 1960 : La Traversée de la Manche'' 1976 : Les Canards de Ca Mao 1977 : L'Année du crabe 1986 : Un Fils rebelle 1989 : La Négociation 1992 : La Sanglière 1998 : Corrigez-moi si je me trompe 2011 : J'ai vécu en ces temps Biographies 1977 : La Marelle de Giscard : 1926-1974 1984 : Jacques Brel, une vie 1996 : Albert Camus, une vie 2001 : André Malraux, une vie Miscellaneous 1969 : Des trous dans le jardin 1973 : Les Paumés 1979 : Portraits 1982 : Un Cannibale très convenable 1983 : Une Légère Gue... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thelma Barlow
Thelma Barlow (born Thelma Pigott; on 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom Dinnerladies. Early life Thelma Barlow was born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire in 1929, the younger of two daughters. Her father Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, so Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. During her childhood, the family moved to Huddersfield and Thelma Barlow left school at 15 and went to Huddersfield Technical College to study shorthand and typing. Her first job, as a secretary, she held for eight years and at the same time belonged to an amateur dramatics group. Barlow decided to tak... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yannick Bokolo
Yannick Bokolo, born 19 June 1985 in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), is a French professional basketball player. He is a 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall point guard. Biography Born in Zaïre in 1985, Bokolo left the country aged 3 to move to Belgrade, Yugoslavia. At the age of 5, he moved to Strasbourg, France. Later, he joined the National basketball academy (INSEP), alongside Johan Petro and Terence Parker. Due to his successful international career with France youth, he then joined Le Mans, the team with whom he would win his first honors. He caught the eyes of the world with strong performances at the 2006 World Championships. After five years in Sarthe, Bokolo joined Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral in 2008. Pro clubs 1998-2000 : France Pôle esp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Schmittlein
Raymond Schmittlein, born on June 19, 1904 in Roubaix, Nord (source for his time of birth: Lescaut), died on September 29, 1974 in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, was a French politician, professor, and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Abe Fortas
Abraham Fortas (June 19, 1910 (birth time source: Lescaut) – April 5, 1982) was a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice from 1965 to 1969. Originally from Tennessee, Fortas became a law professor at Yale, and subsequently advised the Securities and Exchange Commission. He then worked at the Interior Department under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and subsequently Harry Truman appointed him to delegations that helped set up the UN. Later, in private practice, Fortas represented Lyndon Johnson in an electoral dispute, and formed close ties with the president-to-be. Fortas also represented Clarence Earl Gideon before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case involving the right to counsel. As a Johnson appointee to the Court, Fortas maintained a close working relationship with the president, and in 1968 Johns... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andy Ruben
Andy Ruben, born on June 19, 1949 in Staten Island, New York (source: LMR), is an American producer and screenwriter, the son of producer Aaron Ruben. Filmographie (screenwriter) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747834/) 998 Club Vampire (video) 1996 Rumble in the Streets 1992 Dance with Death (story) 1992 Fleur de poison (screenplay) 1990 Streets (written by) 1989 Dance of the Damned (writer) 1989 Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (writer) 1987 Stripped to Kill 1986 The Patriot 1981 Private Benjamin (TV series) – Gone with the Jeep (1981) (story) 1981 La croisière s'amuse (TV series) – Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor (1981) (writer) 1978 C.P.O. Sharkey (TV series) – Punk Rock Sharkey (1978) (written by) – Sharkey's Bac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Latortue
Gérard Latortue (born June 19, 1934 at Gonaïves) was the Prime Minister of Haïti from March 12, 2004 to June 9, 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as foreign minister of Haïti during the short-lived 1988 administration of Leslie Manigat. In February 2004, the country experienced a coup d'état which saw the removal and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; Breaking with the Haitian constitution a "council of the wise" was set up by the international powers to choose a new Prime Minister. Latortue was selected by the Council and appointed head of the interim government on March 9 while still living in the United States, and was sworn in on March 12. His administration was recognized by the United Nations, the United States, Canada and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Guyard
Michel Guyard, born on June 19, 1936 in Paris, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre (2011 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeremy Bates
Michael Jeremy Bates, commonly known as Jeremy Bates, (born 19 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. He was born in Solihull, England. During his career, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. After retiring from the professional circuit, he has served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team. Career Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a men's doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren). As a singles player, he reached the fourth rou... Biography of Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 in Palo Alto, CA – December 31, 2000) was an American journalist and Democratic Senator from California. Education Cranston earned his high school diploma from the old Mountain View High School. He attended Pomona College and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México before graduating from Stanford University in Palo Alto in 1936. Early career Cranston was a correspondent for the International News Service for two years preceding World War II. When an abridged English-language translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was released, sanitized to exclude some of Hitler's anti-semitism and militancy, Cranston published an unexpurgated and annotated translation which he believed more accurately reflected the contents of the book. In 1939, Hitle... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Hendrik Johannes Weissenbruch (born Jan Hendrik on 19 June 1824 in The Hague (birth timle source: Lescaut) – 24 March, 1903 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter of the Hague School. He came from an artistic family, his father he painted in his free time and collected art on a small scale. Among his collection were works by Andreas Schelfhout and Bartholomeus van Hove. His cousin Jan was a well-known painter of romantic city views, and a brother, an uncle, and two cousins worked in the graphic arts. He also gave lessons to his son Willem Johannes, Theophile de Bock and Victor Bauffe. Biography When Jan was sixteen years old he received drawing lessons from Johannes Low. In 1843, he took evening classes taught by Bartholomeus van Hove at the Hague Academy of Art. During the day Weissenbruch... Biography of Lauren Lee Smith
Lauren Lee Smith (born June 19, 1980) is a Canadian actress. Early life Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stepdaughter of a documentary filmmaker, Lauren traveled around the world with her family. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. There, she began a modeling career. Acting career At the age of 19, she was cast in a featured role in the remake of Get Carter. Smith has also appeared in such works as Christy: Return to Cutter Gap, Christy: A Change of Seasons and Christy: A New Beginning and starred in the show Mutant X, where she played the character of Emma deLauro. She has also guest-starred in episodes of Dead Zone, The Twilight Zone, and Blade: The Series, among others. Smith was also a recurring character in the Showtime dram... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Coburn
Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theater actor. Biography Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scots-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman and Moses Douville Coburn. Growing up in Savannah, he started out doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs, ushering, or being the doorman. By age 17 or 18, he was the theater manager. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequently on Broadway. After his wife's death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Iris Mulej
Iris Mulej, born June 19, 1981 in Podgrad, is a Slovenian model. She was Miss Slovenia 2002, Miss Slovenia 2006 and Miss World 2006.... Biography of Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser (born 19 June 1951 in Palù di Giovo, Trentino), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six victories in three of the five Monuments. He began his professional career in 1973. He had an almost effortless pedal stroke that provided great power. Moser was intimidating on a bicycle but his powerful build meant he wasn’t a gifted climber. Palmarés Classic races After finishing second in 1974 behind Roger De Vlaeminck, and likewise in 1976 behind Marc Demeyer of Belgium, Moser finally won Paris–Roubaix, his favorite race, three consecutive times. In total, Moser has had seven... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Buchan (poet)
Tom Buchan, born on June 19, 1931 in Glasgow (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford, British Entertainers 1997), died in 1995, was a Scottish poet and playwright.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph-François Michaud
Joseph François Michaud (19 June 1767 – 30 September 1839) was a French historian and publicist. He was born at La Biolle, Savoie, educated at Bourg-en-Bresse, and afterwards engaged in literary work at Lyon, where the French Revolution first aroused the strong dislike of revolutionary principles which manifested itself throughout the rest of his life. In 1791 he went to Paris, where, at great risk to his own safety, he took part in editing several royalist journals. In 1796 he became editor of La Quotidienne, for which he was arrested after the 13th of Vendémiaire; he evaded his captors, but was sentenced to death par contumace by the military council. Having resumed the editorship of his newspaper on the establishment of the Directory, he was again proscribed on the 18th of Fructidor,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Beverly Murphy
William Beverly Murphy (June 19, 1907 birth time source: Lescaut) – May 29, 1994) was a U.S. food businessman. He was the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company between 1953 and 1972. From 1942 to 1945 he was on leave from Campbell's Soup to the War Production Board. Prior to joining Campbell's Soup he was at the A.C. Nielsen Company (1928–1938) where he is credited with conceiving the idea for the Nielsen Food Index and Nielsen Drug Index Services. Mr Murphy was also a life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Mr Murphy was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and received a Bachelor's of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1928. He subsequently joined the A.C. Nielsen Company of Chicago and rose to the position of e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlie Drake
Charlie Drake (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006) was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. With his small stature (5' 1" tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick he was a popular comedian with children in his early years, becoming nationally-known for his "Hello, my darlings" catchphrase. The catchphrase came about because he was short, and so his eyes would often be naturally directly level with a lady's bosom. Because of this and because in his work he preferred working with the fuller, bigger busted lady, the catchphrase was born. He died from complications from a stroke on 23 December 2006, aged 81. Biography Born Charles Edward Springall in the Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London, he took his mother's maiden name for the stage and, later, television an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vasil Bykau
Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Vasil' Uladzimiravich Bykaw; Russian: Васи́лий (Васи́ль) Влади́мирович Бы́ков, Vasiliy Vladimirovich Bykov) (June 19, 1924 - June 22, 2003) was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II, is a monumental figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought. The writer's talent and the moral courage that permeates his writings earned him end... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Dumesnil
René, Alphonse, Adolphe Dumesnil, born on June 19, 1879 in Rouen (birth time source: Lescaut), died on December 24, 1967 in Paris, was a French physician, critic, author, and musicologist. Publications Le Rythme musical — 1921 ; 2e éd. Augmentée, 1949 Le Monde des musiciens, 1924 Le Don Juan de Mozart — 1927 ; 2e éd. Augmentée, 1955 Musiciens romantiques — 1928 Richard Wagner — 1929 La Musique contemporaine en France — 1930 ; 2e éd. Augmenté 1949 Le Livre du disque — avec P. Hemarinquer ; 1931 Histoire illustrée de la musique — 1934 Portraits de musiciens français — 1936 La Musique romantique en France — 1945 La Musique en France entre les deux guerres — Genève, 1946 L'Envers de la musique — 1949 Histoire illustrée du théâ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Depetro
John DePetro, born June 19, 1964 in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American talk radio host on WPRO (AM), television host and analyst, stand-up comedian, and on-line columnist. Background DePetro was raised in Edgewood, Rhode Island, the youngest of seven children to Thomas and Virginia DePetro. With seven children in the house, the DePetro household was always bustling with a combination of comedy and debate. The DePetro children were encouraged to be competitive in both academics and athletics. At a young age DePetro was a competitive basketball and baseball player. Remembered by childhood friend Mayor Steve Laffey, "John DePetro was one of the fastest players I had seen in Edgewood sports. In baseball he could steal at will. In basketball he could race down the court making easy la... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams (23). Gehrig is chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter, his consecutive games-played record and its subsequent longevity, and the pathos of his farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. In 1969 he was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association, and was the leading vote-getter on the Major League Baseball All-Centu... Biography of Ana Sofia Henao
Ana Sofia Henao (nicknamed Lolilta), born on June 19, 1981 in Medellin, is a Colombian model.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wally Hammond
Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (19 June 1903 (Birth time is from Gerald Howat's 1984 biography) – 1 July 1965) was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England. Primarily a middle-order batsman, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him in his obituary as one of the four best batsmen in the history of cricket. He was considered to be the best English batsman of the 1930s by commentators and those with whom he played; they also said that he was one of the best slip fielders ever. Hammond was an effective fast-medium pace bowler and contemporaries believed that if he had been less reluctant to bowl, he could have achieved even more wi... Biography of Helene Madison
Helene Madison (June 19, 1913 – November 27, 1970) was an American swimmer. She won three gold medals in freestyle at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, becoming, along with Romeo Neri of Italy, the most successful athlete there. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. In sixteen months in 1930 and 1931, she broke sixteen world records in various distances. Following the 1932 Olympics she appeared in the films The Human Fish and The Warrior's Husband and hence, as a professional, was not allowed to participate in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. After her swimming career, she did odd jobs as a swimming instructor, department store clerk and a nurse. Divorced thrice and living alone, she died of throat cancer in 1970 in Seattle, Washington. She was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brian Vander Ark
Brian Vander Ark is an American Singer-songwriter best known as lead singer for the band The Verve Pipe. Born in Holland, Michigan, Vander Ark began playing guitar at age 8. At age 18, he was married to then girlfriend Michelle Marthens and had a son named Joshua Vander Ark. Soon after he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. After release from the army, he and Michelle divorced and he joined the band His Boy Elroy as a guitarist. He eventually quit and started the band Johnny With an Eye. In 1992, he disbanded Johnny With an Eye to form The Verve Pipe with drummer Donny Brown and his brother, bassist Brad Vander Ark. The Verve Pipe's major label debut, Villains, featured the Vander Ark-penned single "The Freshmen", one of the most successful multi-format tracks of 1997. "Neve... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Descola
Philippe Descola (born on June 19, 1949 in Paris) is a French anthropologist noted for studies of the Achuar, one of several Jivaroan peoples. Background He started with an interest in philosophy and later became a student of Claude Lévi-Strauss. His ethnographic studies in the Amazon region began in 1976 and was funded by CNRS. He lived with the Shuar or Achuar from 1976 to 1978. His reputation largely arises from these studies. He is currently chair of anthropology at the Collège de France. His wife, Anne-Christine Taylor, is an ethnologist. Partial bibliography In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia Cambridge, 1994 The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon jungle 1986, La Nature domestique : symbolisme et praxis dans l'écologie des Achu... Biography of Louis Fan Siu-wong
Louis Fan Siu-wong (born June 19, 1973) is a Hong Kong actor, stuntman, and martial artist. He is best known for his role as Ricky Ho in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) and as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man (2008) and Ip Man 2 (2010). Biography Early life Fan was born in Hong Kong in 1973, the son of the 1970s martial arts film actor Fan Mei-sheng. At the age of 14, Fan traveled to Xuzhou on the request of his father to take up martial arts in order to improve his thin physique. There, Fan studied gymnastics and wushu. Career Fan began his career as an action star in the mid 1980s. Between 1995-1997, he was a contract artiste under the Hong Kong television station TVB and starred in several television dramas; he eventually left TVB and worked on a few more television series in Taiw... Biography of Brittany Elmslie
Brittany Elmslie (born 19 June 1994) is an Australian swimmer. She has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in swimming. Personal life Nicknamed Brit, Britty and Bidz, Elmslie was born on 19 June 1994 in Nambour, Queensland. She was named a 2011-2012 YoungStar Sport Award winner for the Northside Chronicle. As of 2012, she lives in Brisbane, having moved there from Noosa in 2011 in order to improve her chances of making the Olympics. Elmslie is 179 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 73 kilograms (160 lb). Swimming Elmslie is a swimmer. As of 1 July 2012, her best time in the 100 metre freestyle of 54.02 seconds was set at the 2012 New South Wales State Championships. Her best time in the 50m freestyle was 25.34 set at the 2010 Australian Age Cha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maddie Aldridge
Maddie Aldridge, born on June 19, 2008 in McComb, Mississippi (birth time source: Sarah Van Sanden, Astrodatabank), is the daugther of Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge. She is the niece of Britney Spears.... Biography of Marie-Lou Sellem
Marie-Lou Sellem, born on June 19, 1966 in Göttingen, Niedersachsen, is a German and French actress. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783317/) 2012 Exit Marrakech (post-production) Lea 2012 Un cas pour deux (TV series) Dr. Ruth Schneller – Abgezockt (2012) … Dr. Ruth Schneller 2012 Blutadler (TV movie) Dr. Susanne Eckhardt 2012 SOKO Stuttgart (TV series) Petra Rückert – Filmtod (2012) … Petra Rückert 1997-2012 Tatort (TV series) Anne Thomsen / Antje Lischinski / Chantal / … – Borowski und der freie Fall (2012) … Ulla Jahn – Vergissmeinnicht (2010) … Anne Thomsen – Der Tag des Jägers (2006) … Ina Müritz – Revanche (2006) … Petra Reuter – Teufelskreis (2004) … Antje Lischinski See all 10 episodes » 2012 Der Hafenpastor (TV movie) Rita ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kid Loco
Jean-Yves Prieur, aka Kid Loco is a French electronic musician, DJ, remixer and producer. He was born on June 19, 1964 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France (source: Wikipedia in French). Allmusic considers his style to be similar to Air and Dimitri from Paris. His best-known album is A Grand Love Story (1997), and he has also compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Another Late Night series on Azuli Records. He has worked with Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), with Italian band The Transistors (Maurizio Mansueti and Luca Cirillo) and Glasgow bands A Band Called Quinn and Mogwai, and produced the album Too Late To Die Young by the British group Departure Lounge. Discography Albums Blues Project (1996, Yellow Productions / East West Records) A Grand Love Story (1997, Yellow Producti... Biography of Robin McLeavy
Robin McLeavy (born June 19, 1981) is an actress from Sydney, Australia and NIDA graduate. Life and career McLeavy graduated from NIDA in 2004. She starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror The Loved Ones, directed by Sean Byrne. The film screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award. In 2009, McLeavy played the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton in the Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire. The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. McLeavy received the American Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer. McLeavy appeared in four encore seasons of H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Dorin-Habert
Marie Dorin Habert (born June 19, 1986 in Lyon (birth time source: Marc Brun, FDAF)) is a biathlete who represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was also on the bronze medal winning French relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2009. Dorin won a bronze in the women's 7.5 km sprint on 13 February 2010 and a silver in the relay.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marvin Williams
Marvin Gaye Williams, Jr. (born June 19, 1986 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association and is listed at 6'9" and 240 pounds. Williams played college basketball under coach Roy Williams at the University of North Carolina. High school career Marvin Williams was a standout for Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington. As a senior, he averaged 28.7 points, 15.5 rebounds, 5.0 blocks, and 5.0 assists per game. Williams earned numerous awards, including being named a McDonald's All-American, a Parade All-American, and all-state. After being offered scholarships by the University of Washington, the University of Arizona, and the University of Kansas, Williams accepted a basketball scholarship at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ryan Hurst
Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Harry "Opie" Winston, an outlaw motorcycle club member in Kurt Sutter's FX production Sons of Anarchy through season 1 until mid season 5. He also portrayed Allison's half-brother, Michael, in the show Medium. Additionally, Hurst played the role of football player Lump Hudson in The Ladykillers, appeared in the movie We Were Soldiers as Sgt. Savage, and starred in the TNT show Wanted. In Saving Private Ryan, Hurst portrays a paratrooper who, because of temporary hearing loss, cannot understand Captain Miller's questions about sighting Private Ryan which forces Miller (played by Tom Hanks) to ask the questions in writing. Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Candace Kaniecki... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer (born June 19, 1969) is the lifestyle anchor for Good Morning America. She is also a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. Previously, she was the host of the syndicated television newsmagazine The Insider and was a regular contributor to CBS's The Early Show. Previous to this, she was the National Correspondent for Good Morning America and spent several years as a features and lifestyle reporter for WABC-TV. She also hosted Antiques Roadshow on PBS for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, as well as Antiques Roadshow FYI and also has a segment airing semi-regularly on Rachael Ray titled "The Dish". Biography Born Lara Christine Von Seelen, she grew up in the New York City suburb of Garden City, Long Island. She attended and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University on an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralna English
Ralna Eve English is an American-born singer (born June 19, 1942, Haskell, Texas) who gained fame as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo of Guy & Ralna with then-husband Guy Hovis, both of whom were featured performers on The Lawrence Welk Show. She was reared in Lubbock, where, as a teenager, won a local battle of the bands competition with her group "Ralna and the Ad-Libs". One of her competitors was legendary rock star Buddy Holly, a Lubbock native. After attending Texas Tech University, and singing jingles for television commercials in Dallas, she relocated to California in the late 1960s, where she performed regularly at The Horn nightclub in Santa Monica. It was there that she met fellow aspiring performer Guy Hovis, a native of Mississippi. They were married on January 25... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Bosquier
Bernard Bosquier (born 19 June 1942 in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie) is a former French international footballer who played defender. Biography Bernard Bosquier came up from Olympique Alès, and signed with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1961, where he became an excellent defender playing at Right Back before moving to Centre Back later at Olympique Marseille. He quickly earned his first cap for France on 2 December 1964, aged 22, against Belgium. He was then part of France squad at the FIFA World Cup 1966 in England playing in all France's games. Coming back from the World Cup he signed with AS Saint-Étienne, where he won his first titles and was widely regarded as the best French footballer of the 1960s, winning the French player of the year award in 1967 & 1968. He surprisingly... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of May Whitty
Dame May Whitty DBE (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948) was an English stage actress who appeared in numerous films in later life, achieving recognition in several character roles. Background Born in Liverpool to William Alfred Whitty (c. 1837–1876) and Mary Louisa (née Ashton, ca. 1837–1894), she made her first stage appearance in Liverpool in 1881, later moving to London to appear on the West End. She married the actor-manager Ben Webster in 1892 in St Giles' Parish Church, London and in 1895 they visited the United States where Whitty appeared on Broadway. Their first child, a son, died at birth. Their only surviving child, a daughter born in the USA in 1905, Margaret Webster, was a stage actress and held dual US/UK citizenship. Whitty's stage career continued for the rest of her life... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rashard Mendenhall
Rashard Jamal Mendenhall (born June 19, 1987) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers 23rd overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois. Early years Mendenhall attended Niles West High School and Lincoln Jr. High School in Skokie, Illinois. As a five-star prospect, he was also rated the No. 1 recruit in the state of Illinois by Scout.com. He recorded 1,300 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore. As a junior, he rushed for 1,832 yards and 19 touchdowns, while averaging 11.6 yards per carry. In his last year, he averaged 9.1 yards per carry, rushing for 1,453 yards on 160 attempts and 14 touchdowns. Following his high school career, Mendenhall played in the 2005 U.S. Army A... Biography of Brian Welch
Brian Phillip Welch (born June 19, 1970), better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death. "Along with fellow Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, Welch helped patent Korn's distinctive sound, a mix of sirenlike shards of dissonant guitar that mimicked a turntablist's various effects and rumbling down-tuned riffing that defined the nu metal aesthetic beginning in the mid-'90s." After becoming a Christian, Welch left the band in 2005 to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own solo career. He released his debut Christian album Save Me from Myself, in 2008. Welch and Munky are ranked at No. 26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time. Welch's work ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Teddy Dunn
Edward Wilkes "Teddy" Dunn (born June 19, 1980) is an Australian actor known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series Veronica Mars which he portrayed for 44 episodes. Biography Personal life Dunn was born in Torquay, Victoria, Australia but grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, a preparatory high school in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated in 1999. Dunn attended Northwestern University, where he studied theatre and political science. He remains a student of history and politics. Dunn enjoys playing several sports and is a devoted fan of Major League Baseball. He is currently a second-year law student at Boston College Law School in Newton, Massachusetts. Career At Phillips Academy, Andover, he became involved i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of D-Nice
D-Nice (born Derrick Jones; June 19, 1970 (Imdb)) is the stage name of discjockey, beatboxer, rapper, producer and photographer who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. He discovered Kid Rock in 1988, landing him a deal with Jive Records. Career D-Nice currently works as an in-demand DJ as well as a photographer. He shot the album covers for a couple of recent albums, such as Carl Thomas' 2007 album So Much Better as well as Pharoahe Monch's 2011 album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). Personal life He has one daughter Ashli Jones with his ex-girlfriend. In August 2008 he married actress Malinda Williams. In October 2009 the couple separated. In February 2010 the couple filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized on June 14, 2010. Discogr... |
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