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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on June, 24, 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
104 celebrities or events were found for June, 24. Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Jean-Luc Delarue
Jean-Luc Delarue, born June 24, 1964 in Paris, died on August 23, 2012 in Paris (cancer) is a French journalist, TV host and producer.... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (born 24 June 1987 (source for his time of birht: Paddy de Jabrun) is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team, mainly as an Attacking midfielder/striker. Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21, and won in 2009 and 2010. His playing style and small stature has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi as his "successor." Messi began playing football at a young age and his skill and potential was soon realized by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke... Biography of Joe Penny
Joe Penny is an actor who was born on June 24, 1956, in London, England, UK. Alumnus of Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA (1974). He is known for his role as Nick Ryder in the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986 and for his role as Jake Styles in the series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on Forever Fernwood in 1977, the busy actor has appeared in numerous TV movies and has made many guest appearances on television shows ranging from T.J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis Murder, Walker, Texas Ranger, 7th Heaven, Matlock, Vegas and CSI.... Biography of Petra Nemcova
Petra Němcová (born June 24, 1979 in Karviná; pronounced Nyemtsovah) is a Czech Republic born fashion model. Her father was a bricklayer and her mother, a teacher. She became a model after being spotted at the age of 16 during a national talent search . She was featured on the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and has also modeled for Victoria's Secret, and for many other companies in the women's clothing market. On June 3, 2004, she was one of the telecast judges during the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition in Quito, Ecuador. The 2004 tsunami During the Indian Ocean earthquake of 26 December 2004, Petra was at the Khao Lak resort in Thailand with her main photographer and fiancé, Simon Atlee when a tsunami struck where they were staying. Atlee w... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix, Finistère, in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she employed numerous unusual musical styles, melting rock and roll, folk, jazz, spoken word poetry and world rhythms. She collaborated with such celebrated musicians as Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Archie Shepp and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Albums 12 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques Higelin and Jimmy Walter), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1965 15 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques Higelin and Michel Colombier), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1966 Brigitte Fontaine est folle (with Jean-Claude Vannier), Saravah, 1968 Comme à la... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, R&B singer, songwriter, producer, model and younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith was born on June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas, to Mathew and Tina Knowles. Her father is African-American and her mother is of Creole descent. Her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a seamstress). Knowles married college football player Daniel Smith in February 2004 and by October 2004, the couple had their first son, Daniel Julez Smith. In 2007 Knowles started going by the name Solange Knowles, rather than Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith and rumors speculating that she has ended her three year marriage to Daniel Smith began to surface... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold ("Jeff") Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London) is an English rock guitarist. He was one of three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have recorded with the band The Yardbirds. Beck has never attained the sustained commercial success of his fellow Yardbirds guitarists (he is the only one who hasn't been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame individually or with another band). In 1992 the Yardbirds, along with Jeff Beck, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jeff Beck wise-cracked at the ceremony stating: “ I suppose I should say thank you, but they fired me ... so fuck 'em! (Laughs)... ” Much of his output has been instrumental, and his releases have spanned genres, rang... Biography of Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol (French pronunciation: ; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues and contemporaries Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, Chabrol was a critic for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma before beginning his career as a film maker. Sometimes characterized as a "mainstream" New Wave director, Chabrol remained prolific and popular throughout his half-century career. Biography After spending World War II in the village of Sardent, where he and a friend constructed a makeshift movie theater, Chabrol returned to Paris to study pharmacology at the University of Paris. The... Biography of Jean Charest
John James Charest PC MNA (known as Jean Charest) IPA: (born June 24, 1958 (birth time source: birth certificate)) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec. He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party (1993 - 1998), the current leader of the Parti libéral du Québec and, the 29th Premier of Quebec. Profile Born in the Eastern Townships central city of Sherbrooke, Quebec to Claude 'Red' Charest and Rita Leonard (an Irish Quebecer), . He obtained a law degree from the Université de Sherbrooke and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1981. He is married to Michèle Dionne and is the father of three children. Conservative Party Minister He worked as a lawyer until he was elected Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian Parliam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michele Lee
Michele Lee (born on June 24, 1942) is a Tony and Emmy-nominated American singer, dancer, actress, producer, director and frequent game show panelist of the 1970s. She is best-known for her role as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera, Knots Landing. She also co-starred with Dean Jones in the 1969 Disney cult classic movie, The Love Bug. Early life She was born as Michelle Lee Dusick of Jewish heritage in Los Angeles, California, to Jack Dusick, who was a popular makeup artist for MGM Studios during the 1950s and 1960s, and to Sylvia Dusick, who was a stay-at-home mother. She had a younger brother, who's currently a district attorney. When she was in 10th grade at Alexander Hamilton High School, she tried out for a band and served as its lead singer; at th... Biography of Chidvilasananda
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, born Malti Shetty, June 24, 1955, is an Indian Hindu guru. She was a disciple of Swami Muktananda.... Biography of Jack Dempsey
Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records. A cichlid fish, the Jack Dempsey, has been named after him. Early career Born in Manassa, Colorado, Dempsey grew up in a poor family of mixed Irish origin. He dropped out of grade school to work. Because his father had difficulty in finding work, the family traveled often. Dempsey left home in his mid-teens, eager to start a better life for himself. Because of his poverty, he frequently had to travel underneath trains and sleep in hobo camps. However, Dempsey was a strong, powerful youth who qu... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Minka Kelly
Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She currently stars in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity. Early life Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California. She is an only child and the daughter of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. and the late Maureen Kelly, a former Vegas Showgirl. According to Kelly, her childhood was "pretty rough", and she held a resentment for Dufay, as he had abandoned her and her mother. However, at seventeen, she decided to try and reconcile by inviting him out to New Mexico. Career After graduating from high school, Kelly returned to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class she got "hooked" and be... Biography of Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a race car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing. He won five World Championship titles — a record which stood for 46 years — with four different teams (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati), a feat that has not been repeated since. For these achievements, and because of the time they were accomplished, he is considered by many as the "greatest driver of all time". Early life and racing Fangio was born on San Juan's day in 1911 in Balcarce, Argentina to Italian parents from the small central Italian village of Castiglione Messer Marino, near Chieti. He began his racing career in Argentina in 1934, driving a Ford Model T which he had rebuilt. During his time racing in Argentina, he dr... Biography of Mick Fleetwood
Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood (born June 24, 1947) is a British musician best known for his role as the drummer with the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His name, combined with that of John McVie was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac. Besides his work as a drummer, he also helped form the different incarnations of his band Fleetwood Mac. In 1974, he met and invited Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to join Fleetwood Mac. Although Buckingham and Nicks deserve credit for contributing to much of Fleetwood Mac's later commercial success, Mick Fleetwood's determination to keep the band together was essential to Fleetwood Mac's longevity as a band and their lasting international success. He is known for his distinctive height; Fleetwood ... Biography of Constantin Van Rijckevorsel
Constantin Van Rijckevorsel, born June 24? 1976 in Bruxelles, is a Belgian equestrian.... Biography of Reka Ebergenyi
Reka Ebergenyi, born June 24, 1982 in Budapest, is a Hungarian supermodel.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Foulquier
Jean-Louis Foulquier, born June 24, 1943 in La Rochelle, is a French actor and radio host. Filmography 1982 : Le démon dans l'île de Francis Leroi 1983 : Polar de Jacques Bral 1983 : Les Mots pour le dire de José Pinheiro 1983 : Les Fauves de Jean-Louis Daniel 1984 : Notre histoire de Bertrand Blier 1984 : J'ai rencontré le Père Noël de Christian Gion 1985 : Rouge baiser de Véra Belmont 1985 : L'Amour ou presque de Patrice Gauthier 1986 : Iréna et les ombres d'Alain Robak 1987 : Mon bel amour, ma déchirure de José Pinheiro 1988 : Sans peur et sans reproche de Gérard Jugnot 1988 : Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort de José Pinheiro 1989 : La Fête des pères de Joy Fleury 2003 : Ripoux 3 de Claude Zidi 2004 : Le Démon de midi de Marie-Pascale Osterrieth 2005 :... Biography of Emppu Vuorinen
Erno “Emppu” Matti Juhani Vuorinen (born June 24, 1978 in Kitee, Finland) is a Finnish guitarist, mostly famous as a member of symphonic power metal band Nightwish. He started to play guitar as a private study at the age of 12 and since then he has played in various bands including Nightwish, of which he is a founding member, Brother Firetribe and Altaria. Emppu most often supports the keyboard or orchestral parts of Nightwish songs, Marco Hietala easing back to allow the higher pitched guitar of Emppu to take precedence. Vuorinen's solo techniques include short range tapping and minor to extreme, whammy bar use for vibrato. Vuorinen is often referred to as "The short one" when amongst Nightwish members, as well as his other projects, standing at only 5'5" (165cm) in height. As of... Biography of Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Dorothy, a homemaker, and Frederick Weller, a lawyer, federal judge, and former helicopter pilot for the Army who often flew President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weller had a "middle-class Catholic" upbringing. As a result of his father's army work, Weller spent many years abroad during his childhood. His family lived in Germany for several years, before eventually moving to Texas. He attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. While enrolled at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), he played trumpet in one of the campus bands. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts... Biography of Ticky Holgado
Ticky Holgado, pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, (June 24, 1944 - January 22, 2004) was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He was born in Toulouse. He died in Paris. Filmography Les surdoués de la première compagnie (1980), directed by Michel Gérard starring Bernard Lavalette, Hubert Deschamps Putain d'histoire d'amour (1980), directed by Gilles Béhat starring Richard Berry, Mirella D'Angelo Belles, blondes et bronzées (1981), directed by Max Pécas starring Philippe Klébert, Xavier Deluc Comment draguer toutes les filles (1981), de Michel Vocoret Comment draguer tous les mecs de Jean-Paul Feuillebois On l'appelle catastrophe (1983), directed by Richard Balducci starring Michel Leeb, Darry Cowl Les branchés à St. Tropez (1983), directed by M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Lister Jr.
Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. (born June 24, 1958) is an American actor and former professional wrestler, best known for his role as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the series of Friday movies. Lister also famously wrestled Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing in Hogan's movie No Holds Barred. Lister has had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang (the first Klingon humans ever meet) in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. Height: 6' 5½" (1.97 m) Career Professional wrestling Lister first rose to fame in the 1989 wrestling movie No Holds Barred, which was financed by the WWF and starred Hulk Hogan. Lister's role was Zeus, an unfazable monster heel who brutally beat his opponents into submission. No Holds Barred inspi... Biography of Virginie Caprice
Virginie Gervais is a French model and porn star. She was born in Versailles, France to an Italian father and an German mother. In 2005, she was the winner of FHM France's "High Street Honeys" competition. It was later discovered that she made an adult film before being famous, which appeared soon on the Internet and quickly propelled her to fame. In 2002, a German porn producer contacted Virginie. He proposed that she appear in his next film... X, Anmacherinnen 15: Enge Spalten. Recently, she started her own website, www.virginiecaprice.com, and appeared with the new model name Virginie Caprice, as her success continues and increases her appearances in TV commercials, music videos, films and magazines. Moreover, in 2007 she participated in another X-rated film, the recent Story of Virg... Biography of Sherry Stringfield
Sherry Lea Stringfield (born June 24, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Susan Lewis on the hit medical television drama ER; a role for which she has received three Emmy Award nominations. Stringfield was one of ER's original cast, but she sensationally quit the show during its third season, despite being contractually tied to appear in five. She reprised the role in 2001, but quit once again in 2005. Away from ER she has acted mainly on television, but she has also played various parts in films. Stringfield has famously left several major roles on successful television programmes at the height of their popularity, which has led to her being nicknamed "The Goodbye Girl" in Hollywood. Early life The eldest of three children, Stringfield was bo... Biography of Julia Kristeva
Julia Kristeva (born 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. Kristeva became influential in international critical analysis, cultural theory and feminism after publishing her first book Semeiotikè in 1969. Her immense body of work includes books and essays which address intertextuality, the semiotic, and abjection, in the fields of linguistics, literary theory and criticism, psychoanalysis, biography and autobiography, political and cultural analysis, art and art history. Together with Barthes, Todorov, Goldmann, Genette, Lévi-Strauss, Lacan, Greimas, Foucault, and Althusser, she stands as one of the foremost structuralists, in that time when structuralism took majo... Biography of Curt Smith
Curt Smith (born June 24, 1961, Bath, Somerset, England) is an English singer, bassist, synthesizer player and songwriter. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. They achieved a number of chart topping hits during the 1980s. History Curt Smith is best known as the lead singer of the successful UK band Tears For Fears who sang lead vocal on five of the band's first seven UK charting singles. Curt (alongside Orzabal) was originally a member of the ska influenced band Graduate, as well as Neon. The latter group is also noted for featuring future members of Naked Eyes. As a member of Tears for Fears, Smith sang lead vocals on all the singles released from The Hurting album, including "Mad World" which was later recorded by G... Biography of Nancy Allen
Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. Her best-known films are Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out and the RoboCop trilogy. Early life She was born in New York City, New York, the youngest of three children of Eugene and Florence Allen. Her brothers are James M. Allen (1944-1994) and William Allen. Her father was a police lieutenant in Yonkers, where she was raised. Allen was terribly shy as a child, so her mother enrolled her in dance classes at age 4. She attended the High School of Performing Arts, where she trained for a dancing career, and then attended Jose Quintano's School for Young Professionals. Her film debut was at age 12, playing the role as Melissa Dillon in Money in My Pocket (1962), a comedy/drama starring country singer Bill Anderson. From t... Biography of John of the Cross
Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, and Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, a small village near Ávila. He was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. He is also known for his writings. Both his poetry and his studies on the growth of the soul (in the Christian sense of detachment from creatures and attachment to God) are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and one of the peaks of all Spanish literature. He is one of the thirty-three Doctors of the Church. Life Early life and education He was born into a Jewish converso family in a small community near Á... Biography of Richard Z. Kruspe
Richard Zven Kruspe (born 24 June 1967 in Wittenberge) is a German musician and the lead guitarist of the German rock band Rammstein, as well as the leader of the band Emigrate. He also used to be named "Bernstein", after his South African ex-wife Caron Bernstein. They were together for five years until separating in 2004, filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2006, after which his name reverted to Kruspe. Personal life On 10 October 1989, before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was riding through the subway. When he came above ground, he found himself in the middle of a political demonstration. He was hit on the head and arrested just for being there, and thrown in jail for six days. Once out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany. Because of the Eastern Bloc, he entered West ... Biography of Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532/1533 – 4 September 1588) was the long standing favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was born a younger son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who was executed in 1553 for his part in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England. (Lady Jane was married to Robert's youngest brother, Guilford Dudley.) Robert Dudley was temporarily imprisoned, along with his father and brothers Guilford, John, Ambrose and Henry Dudley, in the Tower of London, where his stay coincided with the imprisonment of his childhood friend, Lady Elizabeth Tudor, who had been sent there on the orders of her estranged elder sister, Queen Mary I of England. By this time he was already married to Amy Robsart. A document titled "Leycester's Commonwealth", ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Fargeon
Philippe Fargeon, born June 24, 1964 in Ambilly, is a French former footballer.... Biography of Hope Sandoval
Hope Sandoval (born June 24, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer for Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Sandoval has toured and collaborated with other artists, including vocals on Massive Attack's "Paradise Circus" from their 2010 album Heligoland. Recent interest in her unique vocal style has been ignited by the release of "Gears of War 3" trailer, featuring Mazzy Star's "Into Dust". Early life and career Hope Sandoval grew up in a Catholic Mexican-American family in East Los Angeles, California. She attended Mark Keppel High School. In 1986, she formed the folk music duo Going Home with Sylvia Gomez, and recorded one album produced by David Roback, which is yet to be released. Opal and Mazzy Star Sandoval performed with the band O... Biography of Yves Bonnefoy
Yves Bonnefoy (born June 24, 1923) is a French poet and essayist. Bonnefoy was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire. His works have been of great importance in post-war French literature, at the same time poetic and theoretical, examining the meaning of the spoken and written word. He has also published a number of translations, most notably Shakespeare and published several works on art and art history, including Miró and Giacometti. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the Universities of Poitiers and Paris. After the Second World War he travelled in Europe and the United States and studied art history. From 1945 to 1947 he was associated with the Surrealists in Paris. In 1967 he joined with André du Bouchet, Gaëtan Picon, and Louis-René des Forêts to found L'éphemère, a journal of ar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) New York, New York (also known as Misty Lackey) is a prolific American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores. The other main world in which she writes is one much like our own, but also populated by elves, mages, vampires, and other mythical beings. Some of the interlocking series in this world are the Diana Tregarde thrillers, the SERRAted Edge books about racecar-driving elves, and the Bedlam's Bard books, describing a young man with the power to work incredible magics through music. While ... Biography of Julie Brochen
Julie Brochen, born June 24, 1969 in Algiers, is a French actress and theater director. Theater (mise en scène) 2007: Variations / Jean-Luc Lagarce - Paroles d'acteurs 2007 : L'échange de Paul Claudel 2006 : Histoire vraie de la Périchole d'après Jacques Offenbach 2005 : Le Condamné à mort d'après Jean Genet 2005 : Hanjo de Yukio Mishima 2003 : Le cadavre vivant de Léon Tolstoï (et actrice) 2003 : Oncle Vania d'Anton Tchekhov (et actrice) 1999 : Penthésilée de Heinrich von Kleist 1994 : La Cagnotte d'Eugène Labiche... Biography of Armel Job
Armel Job, born June 24, in Heyd, is a Belgian writer (French language). He won Prix de la Personnalité Richelieu in 2007. Bibliography Aux éditions Robert Laffont La femme manquée Baigneuse nue sur un rocher Helena Vannek Le Conseiller du roi Les Fausses Innocences Les Mystères de Sainte Freya Aux éditions Mijade Le commandant Bill (2008)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Ferland
Jean-Pierre Ferland (born June 24, 1934 (source: Imdb) in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2003, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 2005, Jean-Pierre Ferland was honoured by the AV Trust of Canada for the album Jaune with collaboration of Michael Georges.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herbert Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Field Marshal, a diplomat, and a statesman. Early life Kitchener was born in Listowel, County Kerry in Ireland, son of Lt. Col. Henry Horatio Kitchener (1805 – 1894) and Frances Anne Chevallier-Cole (d. 1864; daughter of Rev John Chevallier and his third wife, Elizabeth, née Cole). The family were English, not Anglo-Irish: his father had only recently bought land in Ireland. The year his mother died of tuberculosis, they had moved to Switzerland in an effort to improve her condition; the young Kitchener was educated there and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Pro-French and eager to see action, he joined a French field ambulance unit... Biography of Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. Today, he is best known for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical dictionary, The Devil's Dictionary. The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic – earned him the nickname, "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poet, George Sterling and the fiction writer, W. C. Morrow. In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappeared without a trace. Early life and military career ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Victor Manuel Gerena
Victor Manuel Gerena (born June 24, 1958) is an American wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the armed robbery of a Wells Fargo armored car facility, in connection with the Los Macheteros group. On May 14, 1984, he became the 386th fugitive to be placed on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He is still at large, and has spent the second longest time on the list since its inception in 1950 (surpassed only by Donald Eugene Webb). Gerena is believed to have lived in Cuba where his exact whereabouts and fate are unknown. Early life Gerena and his family, consisting of his mother, four brothers and one sister, moved to Hartford, Connecticut from Puerto Rico when Gerena was very young. He enjoyed wrestling, winning many tournaments; he also played American football... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Metzinger
Jean Metzinger (June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956) was a French painter. Initially he was influenced by Fauvism and Impressionism, but from 1908 he was associated with Cubism. Metzinger was a member of the Section d'Or group of artists. Certain pieces such as At the Cycle-Race track suggest speed and movement, ideas which are linked to the futurist movement. Together with Albert Gleizes, Metzinger created the first major treatise on Cubism, Du Cubisme, in 1912. In the latter stages of his career, he moved away from cubism towards realism, while still retaining elements of cubist style.... Biography of Charles Whitman
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and an ex-Marine who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966. Three of his victims were killed inside the University's tower and ten killed from the 29th floor observation deck of the University's 307 foot administrative building; one died a week after the shooting from her wounds. The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy, assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez. Charles Whitman grew up in an upper-middle class family headed by a father who owned a successful plumbing contr... Biography of Brigitte Mohnhaupt
German urban guerilla associated with the second generation of Red Army Faction (RAF) members. She was also part of the Socialist Patients Collective (SPK). From 1971 until 1982 she was a militant activist with the RAF.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Iain Glen
Iain Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish film and stage actor. Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004. They have one son, Finlay. He is now married to Charlotte Emmerson and they have one daughter of nineteen months named Mary. It was announced on August 20, 2009 that Glen would star as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. Filmography * Game of Thrones (TV series) (2011) * Spooks TV (2010) * Jack Taylor TV (2010) * Doctor Who "The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone" (2010) * Law & Order: UK "Unsafe" TV (2009) * Harry Brown Film (2009) * The Diar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ellison Onizuka
Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 - January 28, 1986) was a Japanese American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American to reach space. Early life Ellison Onizuka was the oldest son and second youngest child of the late Masamitsu and Mitsue Onizuka. He had two older sisters, Shirley and Norma, and a younger brother, Claude. Claude became the family spokesman when Ellison attained fame as an astronaut and continued after the Challenger accident. Growing up, Ellison was an active participant in 4-H and the Boy Scouts, where he reached the level of Eagle Scout. He graduated from Konawaena High School in Kealakekua in 1964. H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kate Goodale
Kate Goodale, born June 24, 1957 in Framingham, Massachusetts, is an American former swimmer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dustin Gee
Dustin Gee (24 June 1942 - 3 January 1986) was an English impressionist and comedian most famous for his double act with fellow comic, Les Dennis. Born Gerald Harrison in York, Gee lived in Manchester, where he studied at an art college. He later took a job as an artist - working mainly with stained glass, whilst playing in a rock band in the evenings. The group were called 'Gerry B and the Hornets' before they altered the name to 'Gerry B and the Rockafellas'. When the group disbanded, Gee became a compere, then later a comedian. After 20 years in show business, he got his break on Who Do You Do?, a mid seventies ITV showcase for mimics, where they impersonated a host of stars, including Robert Mitchum and Mick Jagger. Both went on to appear on Russ Abbot's Madhouse. Dustin also ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaston Flosse
Gaston Flosse (born June 24, 1931 Rikitea, Mangareva, French Polynesia) is a French Polynesian politician who has been President of French Polynesia on four separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France. Flosse has both French and Polynesian descent. He supports the current autonomy arrangement between French Polynesia and France and has led the conservative pro-autonomy and anti-independence party Tahoera'a Huiraatira (People's Rally for the Republic Party) for more than 20 years. He was the vice-president of the government council from 1982 to 1984, when more autonomy was gained and he became President of the Governing Council. He held that position from 1984 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2004. On February 27, 2004, French Polynesian autonomy was again increased, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gloria Christian
Gloria Christian, born June 24, 1934 in Bologne, is an Italian singer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Jefferies
Stephen Jefferies, born June 24, 1951 in Rinteln (birth time source: Steinbrecher, birth date source: Who's Who and Debrett's Peerage publications, is a German-British ballet dancer. He married dancer Rashna Homji.... Biography of Astro (UB40)
B40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records. Their No.1 hit singles include two U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love", while "I Got You Babe" also topped the UK singles chart. History 1980s The band members began as friends who knew each other from various schools across Birmingham. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to the document issued to people claiming unemployment benefit from the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) at the time of the band's formation. The designatio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurizio Mosca
Maurizio Mosca, born June 24, 1940 in Rome, is an Italian journalist and TV host.... Biography of Boris Gelfand
Boris Abramovich Gelfand (born June 24, 1968) is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012. Biography Boris Gelfand was born in Minsk, Belarussian SSR on June 24, 1968. In 1998, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Rishon LeZion, where he became Israel's top ranking chess player. Chess career Early career Gelfand was Junior Champion of the Soviet Union at 17, and European Junior Champion two years later. In 1988 he tied for first in the World Junior Championship, the title however going to Joël Lautier. The next year he earned the GM title. He has won about 30 tournaments in his professional career, including tournaments at Wijk aan Zee (in 1992 and 1994) and firs... Biography of Marc Riboud
Marc Riboud (born 24 June 1923 in Lyon, France) is a French photographer, best known for his extensive reports on the East: The Three Banners of China, Face of North Vietnam, Visions of China, and In China. Early life and education Riboud was born and went to the lycée in Lyon. He photographed his first picture in 1937, using his father's Vest Pocket Kodak camera. As a young man during World War II, he was active in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945. After the war, he studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale from 1945 to 1948. Career Until 1951 Riboud worked as an engineer in Lyon factories, but took a week-long picture-taking vacation, inspiring him to become a photographer. He moved to Paris where he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David Seymour, the founders ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Illsley
John Illsley (born on 24 June 1949, in Leicester, England) is a musician who rose to fame as the bassist of the BRIT and Grammy Award-studded English rock band, Dire Straits. As one of the founding band members, with brothers and guitarists David and Mark Knopfler, and drummer Pick Withers, Illsley's skill and temperament proved essential in the longevity of the band, which underwent a grueling tour schedule at the end of the 1970s. Within only three years, Illsley lost his former roommate and bandmember David Knopfler. By the time the group disbanded in 1995, with changes in personnel, Illsley, and frontman, lead singer and guitarist, Mark Knopfler, were the only two original band members remaining. Illsley has also kept a low-key profile about his own abilities as a singer-songwrit... Biography of Glenn Medeiros
Glenn Alan Medeiros (born June 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter of Portuguese ancestry from the state of Hawaii. Medeiros began his musical career at the age of 10 when he helped his father entertain guests on his tour bus on the island of Kauai. At the age of 17 in 1987, Medeiros won a local radio talent contest in Hawaii when he performed a cover version of Michael Masser's "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" which was subsequently produced into an album by a small local independent label. A visiting radio executive from KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona heard the song and took the record back to Phoenix, where, through word of mouth, it became a national hit. A massive worldwide hit, it reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 4 weeks at number one on the UK singles chart... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Coplans
John Coplans (London, UK, June, 24 1920 – 2003) was a British artist. A veteran of World War II and a photographer, he emigrated to the United States in 1960 and had many exhibitions in Europe and North America. He was on the editorial staff of Artforum from 1962 to 1971, and was Editor-in-Chief from 1972 to 1977. He also was director of several museums including the Akron Art Museum, Ohio. In 1980 he moved to New York, and refocused his work on photography. Coplans is known for his series of black and white self-portraits which are a frank study of the naked, aging body. He photographed his body from the base of his foot to the wrinkles on his hand. As he never photographed his face, his images are not focused on a specific man or identity. Photography was in fact the third full car... Biography of Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes. Early life Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Tamil father and and Bengali mother from India. Her father, Avu, is an architect and her mother, Swati, is an obstetrician/gynecologist. She explains that she has been known as Mindy ever since her mother was pregnant with her when her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the U.S. and wanted a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. The name Vera is the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hope Cooke
Hope Cooke (born San Francisco, California, June 24, 1940) is an American socialite who was the Gyalmo (Queen consort) of the 12th Chogyal (King of Sikkim). Birth and childhood Her father was John J. Cooke. Her mother was Hope Noyes (the former Mrs. James Mulford Townsend Jr.), an amateur pilot who died in January 1942 at the age of 25 when the plane she was flying solo crashed in Nevada; suicide was suspected. After her parents' divorce in November 1941, Cooke and her half-sister, Harriet Townsend, were raised by her maternal grandparents, Helen (Humpstone) and Winchester Noyes, the president of J.H. Winchester & Co., an international shipping brokerage. Following their deaths, Cooke became the ward of her aunt and uncle, Mary Paul (Noyes) and Selden Chapin, a former U.S. Ambassado... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Ciardi
John Anthony Ciardi (CHAR-dee) (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. At the peak of his popularity in the early 1960s, Ciardi also had a network television program on CBS, Accent. Ciardi's impact on poetry is perhaps best measured through the younger poets whom he influenced as a teacher and as editor of The Saturday... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marina Ladynina
Marina Ladynina, born June 24, 1908 in Tyombino and died March 8, 2003 in Moscow, was a Russian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480651/ ) # Devotion (1954) ... aka "Ispytanie vernosti" - Soviet Union (original title) # Taras Shevchenko (1951) (as M. Ladynina) # Cossacks of the Kuban (1949) .... Galina Ermolayevna Peresvetova ... aka "Kubanskie kazaki" - Soviet Union (original title) # Symphony of Life (1947) .... Natasha Pavlovna Malinina ... aka "Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy" - Soviet Union (original title) ... aka "Tale of the Siberian Land" - USA (review title) ... aka "The Ballad of Siberia" - International (English title) (informal literal title) # Six P.M. (1944) .... Varya Pankova ... aka "V shest chasov vechera posle voyny" - Soviet Union (ori... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834), known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Early life and family Du Pont was born 24 June 1771 in Paris, son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise Le Dée de Rencourt. He married Sophie Dalmas (1775–1828) in 1791 and they had eight children. In 1799, his family immigrated to the United States, he arrived to Rhode Island, landed on 1 January 1800 along with his father and brother's family. By... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tullio Pinelli
Tullio Pinelli (24 June 1908 – 7 March 2009) was an Italian screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I Vitelloni, La strada, La Dolce Vita and 8½. Biography Born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Pinelli began his career as a civil lawyer but spent his free time working in the theatre as a playwright. Descended from a long line of Italian patriots, his great-uncle General Ferdinando Pinelli quashed the bandit revolt in Calabria following Italian unification. He first met Fellini in a Rome kiosk in 1947 while they were reading opposite pages of the same newspaper. "Meeting each other," explained Pinelli, "was a creative lightning bolt. We spoke the same language from the start... We were fantasizing about a screenplay that would be the exact opposite of what wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Casper
William Earl "Billy" Casper, Jr. (born June 24, 1931) is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. Casper was born in San Diego, California. He turned professional in 1954. Between 1964 and 1970, Casper won 27 tournaments on the PGA Tour, which was more than legends Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player did during that time period. His victories helped him finish third in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1968, 1969 and 1970, the first three years they were published. He won 51 times in his career, placing him seventh on the all time list. He captained the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1979 and was considered the best putter of his era by many. After his professional career he has been... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cicinho (footballer)
Cícero João de Cézare, nicknamed Cicinho (born June 24, 1980 in Pradópolis, São Paulo, Brazil), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as right-back for A.S. Roma. In 2005 he won the Confederations Cup with the Brazilian National Team. He was one of 23 players called in to the Brazilian squad for World Cup 2006. In 2005, he won the Club World Cup, playing for São Paulo. After that, he joined Real Madrid for €4m. In the 2006-07 season, Cicinho suffered an extensive injury to his ACL and sat out for over six months. His comeback to not only the pitch, but also starting eleven, was marked on Sunday, April 29 2007 against Athletic Bilbao where he assisted Ruud Van Nistelrooy's first goal with a cross, and played a part in Ruud's second goal as well. Real Madrid went on to win the game 4-... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Mule
Marcel Mule (June 24, 1901; December 19, 2001) was a French classical saxophonist. Marcel Mule was known worldwide as one of the great classical saxophonists, and many pieces were written for him, premiered by him, and arranged by him. Many of these pieces have become staples in the classical saxophone repertoire. He is considered to be the founder of the French Saxophone School and the most representative saxophone soloist of his time, being a fundamental figure in the development of the instrument. Yet, his beginnings were very humble. Beginnings Marcel Mule was born in a village in Aube, France, to a father who learned the saxophone while doing his military service and became director of the brass band of Beaumont-le-Roger. In a time when Paris lacked saxophone teachers, having... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer
Jean-Jacques Renouard, seigneur de Villayer (June 24, 1607 in Nantes – March 5, 1691 in Paris) was a member of the French Conseil d'État, which had been delegated special legal authorities by the absolutist reigning King Louis XIV. In 1653 as the tenant of the Paris City Post, Renouard de Villayer ordered letter boxes to be set up at different places in Paris. Letters, prepaid with a uniform postage of 1 sol, could be put in these boxes and were then delivered inside of the city within the same day. The receipts (billet de port payé), which were issued for this purpose and had to be attached to the letters as postage, are considered to be early precursors of the postage stamp. There are no examples still existing today. The so-called Petite Poste was an economic failure, but was later s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Kerchbron
Jean Kerchbron, born on June 24, 1924 in Paris, died on February 3, 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French film director. Filmography (director) (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0449238/) 1994 De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (video documentary) (segment "Le claqueur de doigts" 1959) 1976-1988 Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (TV series) – Maigret et l'homme de la rue (1988) – Maigret, Lognon et les gangsters (1977) – Maigret a peur (1976) 1987 La baleine blanche (TV movie) 1986 Grand hôtel (TV series) 1985 Hôtel du siècle (TV series) – Les Chasseval 1902 (1985) 1984 Le château (TV movie) 1983 Les beaux quartiers (TV movie) 1982 Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Phèdre (TV movie) 1982 Le rêve d'Icare (TV movie) 1976-1981 Commissaire ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Darnal
Jean-Claude Darnal, born June 24, 1929 in Douai, is a French singer, composer and writer. He has worked for a lot of French or Belgian artists: Édith Piaf, Juliette Gréco, Petula Clark, Raoul de Godewarsvelde, les frères Jacques, les Compagnons de la Chanson, Catherine Sauvage, Annie Cordy etc. He married Uta Taeger, and has a son, Thomas, a musician and pianist, a former member of Mano Negra, and a daugther, Julie Darnal, comedian and singer. Bibliography * Ce soir on joue Guignol, roman * Bien joué, monsieur Marine, roman * Raoul, ou quand la mer monte, récit * @rtémise in Retour au Québec, nouvelle * On va tout seul au paradis, récit * Et la belette joue de la trompette * La Maison du français, roman (2006). * Opale.Nouvelles(2009) Thea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Jousse
Thierry Jousse, born on June 24, 1961 in Nantes, is a French film director, screenwriter, actor, and critic. Filmography (director) (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0431185/) 2010 Je suis un no man's land 2009 L'âge d'or de la musique de film 1965-1975 (TV movie) 2005 Les invisibles 2003 Julia et les hommes (short) 2001 Nom de code: Sacha (short) 1998 Le jour de Noël (short)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre (real name: Paule Marie Jeanne Perron) born in Paris, June 24 in 1917, was a French actress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sharon Sato
Sharon Sato, born on June 24, 1945 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska (source: LMR), is an American artist and graphic designer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Beaulieu
Jean-Claude Beaulieu (born June 24, 1944) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Charente-Maritime department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley, CBE (24 June 1912 – 30 December 2002) was an English novelist. She reportedly worked in MI5 during World War II.During her career, she became one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including 10 best-sellers in the last 20 years of her life. Background Mary Aline Mynors Farmar was born in Englefield Green, Surrey, the third child of Colonel Harold and Violet Mynors Farmar. As a child, she had 16 governesses. When she asked her mother why they kept on leaving, she was reportedly told "Because none of them like you, darling." She had three sons by three different men. Her first husband was Carol Swinfen Eady (the 2nd Baron Swinfen) with whom she had a son Roger (now Lord Swinfen). She had an affair with the Czech war hero H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Waller
Gary Peter Anthony Waller (born 24 June 1945) is a British Conservative politician. He was originally MP for Brighouse and Spenborough from 1979 until 1983, when after boundary changes abolished the seat, he was elected for nearby Keighley – defeating the Labour incumbent Bob Cryer. At the 1997 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer. Waller appeared on the second ever installment of Cilla Black's popular 1980's TV show Blind Date in 1985. He picked Annie McGee, and their Blind Date was a day at Pontin's holiday camp in Southport, Lancashire. References * "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1983 and 1997 editions.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruce Johnston (musician)
Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin on June 27, 1942) is a member of The Beach Boys and a songwriter, remembered especially for composing "I Write the Songs". Johnston was not one of the original members of the band. He joined the band on April 9, 1965 after Glen Campbell (who was substituting on stage for the group's chief song writer Brian Wilson) decided to embark on a solo career. Johnston's first vocal recording with the Beach Boys was "California Girls." Biography As a child Johnston was adopted by William and Irene Johnston of Chicago, and grew up on the West side of Los Angeles in Brentwood and Bel-Air. His adoptive father was president of the Owl Rexall Drug Company in Los Angeles after moving from Walgreens in Chicago. Johnston attended private school in Los Angele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen (born June 24, 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, specializing in sprint finishes. As a triple winner of the Tour de France's spinters' classification, at his peak , he was considered one of the fastest sprinters in the world. A former junior Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road racing in 1990 at 18. He was first selected for the Australian national road team in 1994. McEwen lives in Brakel, Belgium with his wife Angélique Pattyn, his son Ewan, and his daughter Elena. Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Weight 67 kg (150 lb/10.6 st) Career McEwen started road cycling in 1992 at the Institute of Sport in Canberra under head coach Heiko Salzwedel. The first signs of his sprinting prowess on the international ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Blavette
Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography Angèle (1934) Toni (1935) The Baker's Wife (1938) Girl and the River (1958) Picnic on the Grass (1959) The Long Absence (1961) La Vendetta (1962) Sun in Your Eyes (1962)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hut Stricklin
Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin is a former NASCAR race car driver. He was born on June 24, 1961, in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey. Hut was the last member of the Alabama Gang. In 1986, Stricklin won NASCAR's Dash Series Championship. The next year, he made his debut in NASCAR Winston Cup. Two years later he finished second to Dick Trickle in the NASCAR Rookie of the Year championship with car owner Rod Osterlund. In his sophomore season, he competed in only three events before taking over the driving chores of Bobby Allison's #12 Raybestos Brakes Buick. 1991 turned out to be one of his best seasons yet, as he finished 16th in the championship point standings as well as a career high 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer. Early life Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO. In 1975, he turned professional after his sophomore season due to the university's dropping its NCAA Division II golf team. Professional career Early career In the late 1970s, Roberts worked as an assistant pro at San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club as well as Morro Bay Golf Course. He won the Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship of 1979 and was second in 1980. The first professional tour where he briefly competed was the PGA Tour of Australasia, after his 1979 PGA victory. PGA Tour On his fifth attempt, Roberts earned his PGA Tour card at the PGA Tour Qualific... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Devère
Arthur Devère (24 June 1883 – 23 September 1961) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in 59 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography Carnival in Flanders (1935) Le Jour se lève (1939) Girls in Distress (1939) Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951) The Smugglers' Banquet (1952)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sylvain Courtoux
Sylvain Courtoux, born on June 24, 1976 in Bordeaux, is a French poet.... Biography of Sam Jones
Samuel Jones (born June 24, 1933, in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player at point guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was known for his quickness and game-saving shots, especially during the NBA Playoffs, that inspired his famous nickname "Mr. Clutch". Jones graduated from North Carolina Central University after a spectacular career there. He scored 1,770 points playing for Hall of Fame coach John McLendon. He was a 4-year letter winner and was a 3-time All-Conference team.... Biography of Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø (Norwegian pronunciation: , /ˈsisel ˈçyrçeˌbø/; born 24 June 1969 in Bergen), also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. Sissel is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs, to classical vocals and operatic arias. She possesses a "crystalline" voice and wide vocal range, sweeping down from mezzo-soprano notes, in arias such as Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix from Saint-Saëns's opera Samson et Dalila, to the F natural above soprano C. She sings mainly in English and Norwegian, and has also sung songs in Swedish, Danish, Irish, Italian, French, Russian, Icelandic, Faeroese, German, Neapolitan, Māori, Japanese and Latin. She is well known for singing the Olympic ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Foust
Lawrence Michael Foust (June 24, 1928 in Painesville, Ohio – October 27, 1984) was an American basketball player who spent 12 seasons in the NBA and was an 8-time All-Star. He attended South Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Pa and was instrumental in winning the city championship against archrival Southern High School by scoring a last second basket. larry was one of a number of great players to come out of the south Philadelphia area during the mid forties A 6'9" center from La Salle University, Foust was selected by the Chicago Stags in the 1950 NBA Draft, but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the 1950-51 NBA season, and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons. On November 22, 1950, Foust scored the winning basket in a 19-18 Pistons victory over the Minneapolis Lakers,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Scofield
Barbara Scofield (born 24 June 1926 in San Francisco) was a post-war American tennis player. She was also known by her married name, Barbara Scofield-Davidson. Along with the Argentine Enrique Morea, she notably won the mixed doubles at Roland Garros in 1950, and also reached the women's doubles finals with Beryl Bartlett.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marek Malík
Marek Malík (born June 24, 1975 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for Genève-Servette HC of the National League A. Malík played in the National Hockey League from 1998 to 2009. He is best known for a highlight reel shootout goal while with the New York Rangers. Playing career After playing with TJ Vitkovice Jr. in the Czech junior league, Malík was drafted 72nd overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played one season for HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga before joining the Whalers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, in 1994–95. He played the better part of two seasons with the Falcons before earning a roster spot with the Whalers. While the Whalers' franchise r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carole Caldwell
Carole Caldwell Graebner (June 24, 1943 – November 19, 2008) was an American tennis player. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Graebner was ranked in the world top ten in 1964 and 1965, reaching a career high of World No. 4 in those rankings in 1964. Graebner was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1961 through 1965 and in 1967. She was the third-ranked U.S. player in 1964 and 1965. She was ranked U.S. No. 1 in doubles in 1963. Career summary Graebner paired with Nancy Richey Gunter to win doubles titles at the U.S. Championships in 1965 (defeating Billie Jean King and Karen Hantze Susman in the final) and the Australian Championships in 1966 (defeating Margaret Court and Lesley Turner ... Biography of Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell Riley, born June 24, 1935, is an American composer associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music. Life Born in Colfax, California, Riley studied at Shasta College, San Francisco State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory before earning an MA in composition at the University of California, Berkeley, studying with Seymour Shifrin and Robert Erickson. He was involved in the experimental San Francisco Tape Music Center working with Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, and Ramon Sender. His most influential teacher, however, was Pandit Pran Nath (1918–1996), a master of Indian classical voice, who also taught La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela. Riley made numerous trips to India over the course of their association to study and to ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betty Stöve
Betty Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles. Personal life Stöve was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Tennis career A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stöve out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stöve recovered and had her best years on the circuit after that. Stöve's most notable singles match was the 1977 Wimbledon final, which she lost to Virginia Wade: 4–6, 6–3, 6–1. Stöve, however, had her greatest success in doubles. She won ten Grand Slam doubles championships, six in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She won two of her women's doubles championsh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shane Churla
Shane Churla (born June 24, 1965) is a former Canadian ice hockey right winger. He was drafted in the sixth round, 110th overall, by the Hartford Whalers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He is currently a scout for the Stars. After playing two seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Churla made his professional debut with the AHL's Binghamton Whalers in the 1985–86 season. He made his NHL debut with Hartford in the 1986–87 season, appearing in 20 games. After dressing for two more games with Hartford in the 1987–88 season, he was traded to the Calgary Flames in a multi-player deal. During the 1988–89 season, the Flames traded Churla to the Minnesota North Stars. He was one of the players selected from the North Stars by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 NHL Dispe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wayne Cashman
Wayne Cashman (born June 24, 1945) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and a former NHL head coach. Playing career Cashman played his junior hockey as a teammate of Bobby Orr's on the Oshawa Generals of the OHA. He played parts of three seasons in the minor leagues for the Oklahoma City Blazers and the Hershey Bears before making the Bruins' squad for good in 1969. Cashman played his entire NHL career with the Boston Bruins (1964–65, 1967–83). His jersey number was #12. Cashman was a hard-grinding left winger on the era's most formidable forward line with superstar centre Phil Esposito and right wing Ken Hodge His role was to get into the corners and battle for loose pucks, feeding them to Esposito or Hodge. Cashman was also a tenacious forechecker and he also se... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Danielle Spencer (American actress)
Danielle Spencer (born June 24, 1965) is an American actress and former child star best known for her role as the sarcastic Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 to 1979. She would later reprise the role in four episodes on the series' sequel, What's Happening Now!!. Spencer is the stepdaughter of actor Tim Pelt, who was killed in a car accident on September 7, 1977. Spencer herself was seriously injured and suffers chronic back pain as a result of that same accident. Spencer attended the University of California-Davis two years (1983–85) to pursue her a degree in veterinary medicine, a pursuit encouraged by her late stepfather. She later took a break from her studies to participate in the revival of her character, Dee, in What's Happening Now!! (1985–1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernie Nicholls
Bernard Irvine Nicholls (born June 24, 1961) is a former professional ice hockey centre. His junior career was spent with the Kingston Canadians, where he established himself as a dynamic scorer and a multi-faceted talent. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the fourth round of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, 73rd overall. Over his 17 year playing career, Nicholls would play 1127 games for The Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks, scoring 1209 points. He is one of only 8 players in NHL history to score 70 goals in one season, and one of 5 to score 150 points. Playing career After Nicholls was drafted, he played one more year of junior before making his professional debut with the New Haven Nighthawks of the ... Biography of Rebecca Romero
Rebecca Jayne Romero MBE (born 24 January 1980) is an English sportswoman, a former World Champion and Olympic Games silver medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and former Olympic champion track cyclist. Biography Romero was born in Carshalton, Surrey, of an English mother and Spanish father, and brought up in Wallington, Surrey where she attended Wallington High School for Girls. Her success in both sports has meant that she has been funded as a full-time athlete since graduating from university. She went to St Mary's College in Strawberry Hill, where she studied Sports Science and English, gaining a 2.1 in 2002. She has a postgraduate diploma in Marketing Communications, which she gained in 2006. Rebecca is currently studying for an MSc in Sports and Exercise Nutrition ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Suter
Gary Lee Suter (born June 24, 1964) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. Early years He played his junior hockey for the Dubuque Fighting Saints, high school hockey at Culver Military Academy and then moved on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Professional career Suter was drafted by the Calgary Flames in round 9 (#180 overall) in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and had a long and successful career in the National Hockey League (NHL), including receiving the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie in 1986; in doing so, he became the first American-born player to claim the honor. He won the Stanley Cup in 1989 with the Calgary Flames. Suter also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and the San Jose Sharks. In 2001-02, his final year in the NHL, he helped lead the Sha... Biography of Lotte Verbeek
Lotte Verbeek (born 24 June 1982 in in Venlo, Netherlands) is an award-winning Dutch actress, dancer and model. Her most famous role is Giulia Farnese in The Borgias television series created by Neil Jordan. Early life Lotte Verbeek was educated at Gymnasium Collegium Marianum in Venlo and graduated in 2008 at the Theaterschool in Amsterdam. From 1999, Verbeek attended the Dance Academy in Arnhem and the Amsterdam Academy of Jazz/Musical Theatre and Dance, where she graduated in 2006. During her studies she worked as a dancer and model for photographer Erwin Olaf. Career After completing high school, Verbeek started her acting career performing lead roles in dutch movies such as Moes (2006) and LEFT (2007), in which she plays five double roles. In 2009 she won the Leopard for be... Biography of Art Heyman
Arthur Bruce "Art" Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Early years Heyman, who was Jewish, was born in New York City. After attending Oceanside High School in Nassau County, New York, the 6'5" guard/forward was heavily recruited by many schools, and originally signed a letter of intent to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels. At the last moment, however, Heyman changed his mind and agreed to play for the Tar Heels' greatest rivals, the Duke Blue Devils. College career Due to NCAA eligibility rules that prohibited freshmen from playing varsity sports, Heyman played his first year at Duke with the Freshman team, which compiled a record of 10–5, including three victories over the Tar Heels. During one of the Duke-North Carolina f... Biography of Laura Donnelly (actress)
Laura Donnelly (born 24 June 1982) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She made her on-screen debut in 2005 in the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush, where she featured as a love interest of the female protagonist in two episodes. She is also known for appearing in Casualty, Hex, and as a main character in the Irish film Insatiable (2008). She recently starred in Best: His Mother's Son, a BBC drama on the life of George Best, playing Best's sister, Barbara. She currently stars in Jez Butterworth's new play, The River at the Royal Court Theatre, alongside Dominic West and Miranda Raison. Biography Donnelly attended Rathmore Grammar School in Belfast, where she grew up. She then moved to Glasgow to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. After graduating in 2004, she had a seri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anita Desai
Anita Mazumdar Desai (born 24 June 1937) is an Indian novelist and the Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a writer she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times; she received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for her novel Fire on the Mountain, from the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters; she won the British Guardian Prize for The Village by the Sea. Background Anita Mazumdar was born in Mussoorie, India, to a German mother, Toni Nime, and a Bengali businessman, D. N. Mazumdar. She grew up speaking German at home and Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English outside the house. Although German is her first language she did not visit Germany until later in life as an adult. She first learned to read and wr... Biography of Nichkhun
Nichkhun Horvejkul (Thai: นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล, RTGS: Nitchakhun Horawetchakun; born June 24, 1988), usually known mononymously as Nichkhun (Korean: 닉쿤), is a Thai-Chinese American singer. He sings and raps in 2PM, a six-member boy band in South Korea. Background Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California to Thai-Chinese parents. Nichkhun has one older brother Nichan, and two younger sisters, Nichthima (Yanin) and Nachjaree (Chereen). At the age of two, he moved to Thailand with his family and studied at Dhepkanjana School and Tangpiroondham School. At the age of twelve, he studied at Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand for a year and a half and moved back to the United States to... |
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