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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on June, 25, 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 · 45,408 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,408 Celebrities
134 celebrities or events were found for June, 25. Add to favourites (61 fans)Biography of George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963) is an English singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album Faith which sold 14 million copies on release and to date has crossed well over the 20 million mark worldwide. George Michael is one of the world's most successful male artists, selling over 85 million records globally and encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 9 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums.... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Antonio Gaudi
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Riudoms or Reus, 25 June 1852 – Barcelona, 10 June 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudí – was a Spanish architect from Catalonia, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs. Birth and childhood Where he was born Gaudí was born in the province of Tarragona in southern Catalonia, Spain in 1852. While there is some dispute as to his birthplace – official documents state that he was born in the town of Reus, whereas others claim he was born in Riudoms, a small village 3 miles from Reus. –, it is certain that he was baptized in Reus a day after his birth. The artist's parents, Francesc Gaudí Serra and Antònia Cornet Bertran, both came fr... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. Noted as a novelist, critic, political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the 20th century. He is best known for two novels critical of totalitarianism in general, and Stalinism in particular: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Both were written and published towards the end of his life. Early life Eric Arthur Blair was born on 25 June 1903 to British parents in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India. There, Blair's father, Richard Walmesley Blair, worked for the Opium Department of the Civil Service. His mother, Ida Mabel Blair (née Limouzin), brought him to England at the age of one. H... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (pronounced ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, author, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and former pop musician. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his ground-breaking television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and collaborator, Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including For Your Consideration, Stardust, Night at the Museum and Ghost Town, in which he assumes the leading role. Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, wrote the best-selling Flanimals book series, and starred with Mercha... Biography of Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (Hindi: करिश्मा कपूर, born 25 June 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a National Film Award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Making her film debut in 1991, Kapoor went on to become one of the most popular actresses of her generation. During her career years, she has been part of many commercially and critically successful films, Raja Hindustani being the most notable of them, as it was one of the biggest hits of its decade, and won Kapoor her first Filmfare Best Actress Award. She surprised critics and audiences with her performances in art films such as Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001), for which she earned a Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) awards ... Biography of La La (entertainer)
Alani "La La" Vasquez (born in June 25, 1979, in Brooklyn) is an American disc jockey, television personality and MTV VJ of Puerto Rican descent. Early years Vasquez's parents, were born in the island of Puerto Rico. They met in New York City, where they married (they are currently divorced) and lived in the borough of Brooklyn where Vasquez was born. Vasquez also has a younger brother named Christian. As a young child, she was involved in many activities, but music was her main interest. Career In Atlanta, Vasquez obtained a job as a programming assistant at WHTA-FM radio station. While a student at Redan High School (c/o 97), she received her first big break with her debut in a radio show alongside Ludacris (then know as Chris Lova Lova), called Future Flavas. After working fo... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. Family Simon's father was Richard L. Simon (co-founder of Simon & Schuster, Inc.), an accomplished pianist who often played Chopin and Beethoven at home. Her mother was Andrea Louise Simon (née Heinemann), a biracial (black and Jewish) civil rights activist and singer. Carly was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City and has two older sisters, Joanna (b. 1940) and Lucy (b. 1943), and a younger brother, Peter (b. 1947). She attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School and... Biography of Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis (born June 25, 1971) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Lewis was born in Newport Beach, California to Nancy, a nurse, and Gregory Lewis, a court judge; the two are divorced. He has two siblings, Sean and Nicole. Lewis attended college in San Diego, California. After college he started fashion modeling, first in Paris and then with star status in Milan in the late 1990s for some of the biggest designers in fashion, including Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss. Career Lewis appeared in a cameo on Beverly Hills 90210 in 1997, and his most prominent role to date was in Sex and the City, where he was a fairly regular member of the show's cast in its final season as emerging young actor and waiter Smith Jerrod, the o... Biography of Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975), is an American television and film actress. Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m) Personal life Cardellini was born in Redwood City, California, to Wayne David Cardellini and Lorraine Hernan. She graduated from nearby Mountain View’s St. Francis High School in 1993, and attended Loyola Marymount University’s College of Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 2001 with a degree in theatre. Cardellini enjoys art, especially that of Margaret Keane. She takes martial arts classes. Cardellini dated her Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel until February 2006. Career Cardellini appeared in 1993 as a contestant on The Price Is Right , where she won a fireplace. She was the lead in Bone Chillers (1996), an ABC children’s show, and was also the voic... Biography of Kayleigh Pearson
Kayleigh Emma Pearson (born 25 June 1985 in Bath, England) is an English model. She was the winner of FHM's (For Him Magazine) High Street Honeys competition in 2003. Kayleigh sent a snap of herself to her soldier boyfriend to boost his morale while he was stationed in Iraq. She also posted the photo to competition judges, which has proved to be a wise decision. Height: 163cm She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2004 and 2005, and came 67th in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006. She is contracted to model agency IMM. She attended Bewdley High School and Sixth Form Centre from 1996 until 2001. She studied sports science at University College Worcester. In 2006 she had her breast size increased from 34B to 34DD/E.... Biography of Gilbert Bourdin
Gilbert Bourdin (June 25, 1923 - Mars 20, 1998) was the leader of the French Aumist Religion of the Mandarom. The Aumists do no expect to appoint or designate a new leader. They believe that the Lord Hamsah Manarah will be reincarnated, and that they will be able to detect the male infant who will be the next leader as the reincarnated Lord (a procedure similar to the one existing in Tibetan Buddhism in order to designate the next Dalai Lama). They are not sure whether this will happen anytime soon. In the meantime a college of high priests will govern the movement. Elder Aumists will guide the boy to assume his responsibilities as the reincarnated Lord as soon as he will be identified.... Biography of Busy Philipps
Busy Philipps (born Elizabeth Jean Philipps on June 25, 1979, in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American film actress known for a starring role in the acclaimed 2002 film Home Room, and supporting roles in the 2004 Wayans brothers film White Chicks, and on the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. She appeared on the UPN sitcom Love, Inc., in a role originally intended for Shannen Doherty. The show lasted for one season (2005-2006) before being canceled. Since Fall 2006, she had a major recurring role as Hope on ER. Her parents gave her the nickname Busy because, as an infant, she was always moving, and the nickname stuck; it even appears on her driver's license. She attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She attended Loyola Marymount University at the same time ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, more commonly known as Dikembe Mutombo (born June 25, 1966), is a Congolese-American professional basketball player in the NBA, playing at the position of center for the Houston Rockets. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players of all time, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times. At age 40, for much of the 2006-07 NBA season (until 44-year-old Kevin Willis signed with the Dallas Mavericks in April 2007), Mutombo was the oldest active player in the league. On January 10, 2007, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second most prolific shot blocker in NBA history, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon. He is 7 feet 2 inches tall (218 centimetres) and weighs 260 pounds (118 kilog... Biography of Phyllis George
Phyllis George (b. 25 June 1949 in Denton, Texas) is an American businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971. George attended the University of North Texas until crowned Miss Texas in 1971. At that time, Texas Christian University awarded scholarships to Miss Texas honorees. As a result, Phyllis left UNT and enrolled at TCU for several weeks until winning the Miss America crown later that fall. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha women's fraternity. She has worked as a television host and sportscaster (most notably, CBS' The NFL Today). She hosted a 1979 documentary called, Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown. George was previously married to Robert Evans and to former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown, Jr., with whom she had two children, including television reporter Pame... Biography of Cécile Cassel
Cécile Cassel, born June 25, 1982 in Paris, is a French actress. She is the daugther of Jean-Pierre Cassel and the half sister of Vincent Cassel and Rockin' Squat. Filmography Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon, de Eric Rohmer Ô Jérusalem (2006), d'Elie Chouraqui : Jane Foon (2005), de Benoît Pétré Ma vie en l'air (2005), de Rémi Bezançon : Clémence Contre-sens (2005), de Pierre-Alfred Richard Nous étions libres (2004), de John Duigan : Céline Bessé Pour le plaisir (2004), de Dominique Deruddere : Mireille, la majorette Sex and the City (2003) - (Saison 6, épisode 19) : Chloé La Bande du drugstore (2002), de François Armanet : Charlotte Stroessman Vivante (2002), de Sandrine Ray : Isa A l'abri des regards indiscrets (2002), de Ruben Alves : la comédienne ratée... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Dijoud
Paul Dijoud, born June 25, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French politician.... Biography of Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his name, including 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The Encyclopedia of Hollywood states that Lumet was one of the most prolific directors of the modern era, making more than one movie per year on average since his directorial debut in 1957. He was noted by Turner Classic Movies for his "strong direction of actors", "vigorous storytelling" and the "social realism" in his best work. Film critic Roger Ebert described him as having been "one of the finest craftsmen and warmest humanitarians among all film directors." Lumet was also known as an "ac... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and chef. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a 28-year veteran of professional kitchens, Bourdain is currently a chef-at-large, whose home base is Brasserie Les Halles, where he was executive chef for many years. Early life and family Anthony was born in New York City to Pierre (d.1988) and Gladys Bourdain, but grew up in Leonia, New Jersey. Bourdain has French ancestry on his father's side; his paternal grandfather immigrated to New York from France following World War I. Bourdain ... Biography of Sabina Guzzanti
Sabina Guzzanti (born July 25, 1963) is an Italian actress devoted to comedy and satire. Her pieces, her movies and her public declarations display an engaged attention for social and political Italian life. Life and career Born in Rome as the eldest daughter of celebrated Italian political commentator and journalist Paolo Guzzanti (who is now also a senator belonging to Forza Italia party), she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts of Rome. Her first appearances on stage were at the side of his brother Corrado, a skilled comedian known for parody and imitation. Her career began when she took part in a series of successful television comedy formats such as Proffimamente... non stop (directed by Enzo Trapani), L'araba fenice (directed by Antonio Ricci), La TV delle ragazze and Scu... Biography of Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007. Height: 1m98 (6' 6"). In October 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a sixteen game match played in London, and became the Classical World Chess Champion. In late 2004, Kramnik successfully defended his title against challenger Péter Lékó in a drawn fourteen game match played in Brissago, Switzerland. In October 2006, Kramnik, the Classical World Champion, defeated reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match, the FIDE World Chess Champions... Biography of Alvaro Siza Vieira
Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (pron. IPA: ) and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect, son of Júlio Siza Vieira, an engineer, and wife Cassilda de Melo, and brother of Maria Teresa and António Carlos. His poetic modernism draws on context to illuminate universal conditions. Along with Fernando Távora, he's one of the references of the "Escola do Porto" (Porto School of Architecture), where both were teachers. Both their works are inspired by the site and try to achieve what was missing there - there is always a very strict connection between the built and the nature, the new and the old, the sensorial and the rational. In 1992, he was awarded the Pritzker Prize, th... Biography of Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 25 June 1958 (source: Imdb)) is a National Award winning Malayalam film actor who is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles. He is also famous for his philanthropic efforts. Personal life He was born in Kollam to Gnanalekshmi and Gopinathan Pillai. Suresh Gopi did his schooling at the Infant Jesus Anglo-Indian High School at Thangasseri. He graduated in English Literature from Fatima Mata National College at Kollam. He is married to Radhika, and has four kids: Lekshmi (died), Gokul, Bhagya, Bhavni, and Madhav. He is settled at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and is living in Sasthamangalam now. Career Main article: Suresh Gopi filmography 1965: as a child artist Suresh Gopi first came on sc... Biography of Robert Charlebois
Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Québec author, composer, musician, performer and actor. He is an important figure in French language song. Born in Montreal, Quebec, amongst his best known songs are Lindberg and Je reviendrai à Montréal. His lyrics, often written in joual, are funny utilising plays on words. He won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1970. In 1999, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. The Quebec-based microbrewery Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by Sleeman Breweries in 2004 who in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006. Music in films C.R.A.Z.Y. (2004) by Jean Marc Vallee with Michel Côté and Marc Andre G... Biography of Shannon Lucio
Shannon Lucio (born June 25, 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American actress who played Lindsay Gardner on The O.C.. Lucio is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) and was cast in the lead female role of the CBS television drama Moonlight (2007), but was replaced by Sophia Myles in June 2007. Lucio was also cast as Miriam Hultz/Trishanne in the series Prison Break. Filmography Film and television Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes 2003 ER Johanna Lambright TV series, episode: "Missing" 2004 NYPD Blue Courtney Bates TV series, episode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang" 2004 The Division Morgan Hillford TV series, episode: "The Fall of the House of Hayes" 2004 CSI: Miami Gina Lamar TV series, episode: "Innocent" 2004 Starkweather Caril-Ann F... Biography of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي, lit. Sword of Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi), born June 25, 1972, is a Libyan engineer and politician. He is the second son of Muammar al-Gaddafi, leader of Libya, and his second wife Safia Farkash. Education and career In 1994, Saif al-Islam graduated with a BSc in Engineering Science from Tripoli's Al Fateh University, earned an MBA from Vienna's IMADEC University in 2000. In 2008, he was awarded a PhD from London School of Economics, for a thesis entitled "The role of civil society in the democratisation of global governance institutions: from 'soft power' to collective decision-making... Biography of François Rebsamen
François Rebsamen, born June 25, 1951 in Dijon, is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Biography of Christa Theret
Christa Theret, born June 25, 1991, is a French actress. Filmography 2005 : Le Couperet de Costa-Gavras - Betty Davert 2006 : Et toi, t'es sur qui ? de Lola Doillon - Julie 2009 : Lol de Lisa Azuelos - Lola 2009 : Ruiflec, le village des ombres... Biography of Layla El
Layla El (born June 25, 1978) is a British dancer, model and professional wrestler of North African heritage, currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as a WWE Diva, and appears on the Raw brand. Before joining WWE in 2006, Layla El was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the NBA, and has also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards. Billed height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Billed weight 54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st) World Wrestling Entertainment Diva Search Layla El first entered the world of professional wrestling after her trainer suggested she try out for the $250,000 WWE Diva Search contest in 2006. During the contest she won a week's worth of "immunity" on the July 14 (taped July 10) edition of ... Biography of Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny (Russian: Михаил Южный (help·info) (mixaˈil ˈjuʒnɨj) born June 25, 1982 in Moscow, USSR (now Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. The highest world ranking of his career was number eight, achieved on January 28, 2008. Playing style Youzhny has a unique backhand, in which he mainly hits one-handed, but also has somewhat of a hybrid reminiscent to that of Bjorn Borg. Youzhny at times will follow through his backhand with both hands, but with only his right hand on his racket. Even so, many consider his backhand to be his best shot. From both sides, Youzhny hits the ball on the rise, achieving a flatter trajectory. His se... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edna Ballard
Edna Ballard, born June 25, 1886 in Chicago, died in 1971, was the wife of Guy Ballard, and co-founder of "The Mighty I Am" religion. The "I AM" Activity is a religious movement founded in the early 1930s by Guy Ballard (1878–1939) and his wife Edna (1886-1971) in Chicago, Illinois. It is an offshoot of theosophy and a major predecessor of several New Age religions including the Church Universal and Triumphant. The movement had up to a million followers in 1938 and is still active today on a smaller scale. According to the official website of the parent organization, the Saint Germain Foundation, its worldwide headquarters is located in Schaumburg, Illinois and there are approximately 300 local groups worldwide under several variations of the names "I AM" Sanctuary, "I AM" Temple, an... Biography of Glenmor (singer)
Émile Le Scanff, best known as Glenmor, is a French composer and musician, born June 25, 1931 in Maël-Carhaix, died June 18, 1996. Links http://www.glenmor.net http://istorhabreiz.net... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Francis
Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 - November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. He was born in San Mateo, California, and studied botany, medicine and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II before being injured in a plane crash. He was in the hospital for several years, and it was while there that he began to paint. Once out of the hospital he returned to Berkeley, this time to study art. Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He spent the 1950s in Paris, having his first exhibition there in 1952. While there he became associated with Tachisme. He later spent time in Japan, and some have seen an influence from... Biography of Bianca Bianca Brandolini d'Adda
Bianca Brandolini d'Adda, born on June 25, 1987 in Paris, is an Italian model. Bianca is the daughter of the Count and the Countess Ruy Brandolini d'Adda. External link: http://homeiswherethefashionis.blogspot.com/2010/11/bianca-brandolini-dadda.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kingi Carpenter
Kingi Carpenter, born June 25, 1962 in Ottawa, is a Canadian fashion designer, the founder of label Peach Berserk.... Biography of Alessia Mancini
Alessia Mancini, born June 25, 1978 in Roma, is an Italian actress. Filmography Natale in crociera (2007) .... Anna "Tutti i sogni del mondo" (2003) TV mini-series .... Giulia Gian Burrasca (2001) (TV) .... Ada, Gian's sister "Non è La Rai" (1992) TV series... Biography of Lord Louis Mountbatten
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900–27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India (1947–1948). From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Mountbatten was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who planted a bomb in his boat at Mullaghmore, County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. Ancestry Mountbatten was born in Frogmore House, Windsor, in England, as His Serene Highness P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emile Ntamack
Émile "Milou" N'Tamack (born 25 June 1970 in Lyon, France) is a former rugby union footballer who played professionally for Stade Toulousain and France, winning 46 caps. He made his French debut against Wales during the 1994 Five Nations Championship. N'Tamack was part of the Grand slam winning sides in 1997. In 2003, he stopped his professional rugby union career due to a facial injury. His younger brother, Francis N'Tamack was also capped by France. Now, Milou is a coach for the Espoirs team of the Stade Toulousain and for the French U21 team which was the first Northern Hemisphere one to win the World Championships in this age category, held in Auvergne in 2006. Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Weight 92 kg (200 lb) Nickname Milou (like almost all Émile) or La panthère noire... Biography of Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann (June 25, 1926 Klagenfurt, Austria - October 17, 1973 Rome, Italy) was an Austrian poet and author. Ingeborg Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia on June 25, 1926. She studied philosophy, psychology, German philology, and law at the universities of Insbruck, Graz, and Vienna. In 1949 she received her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Vienna with her dissertation entitled "The Critical Reception of the Existential Philosophy of Martin Heidegger." After graduating, Bachmann worked as a scriptwriter and editor at the Austrian radio station Rot-Weiss-Rot, a job that enabled her to obtain an overview of contemporary literature and also supplied her with a decent income, making possible proper literary work. Furthermore, her first radio dramas were publish... Biography of Peyo
Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992), known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip. Peyo was born in 1928 in Brussels as the son of an English father and a Belgian mother. He took on the name "Peyo" early in his professional career, based on an English cousin's mispronunciation of Pierrot (a diminutive form of Pierre). Peyo began work, fresh out of school, at the Compagnie Belge d'Animation (CBA), a small Belgian animation studio, where he met a few of his future colleagues and co-celebrities, like André Franquin, Morris and Eddy Paape. When the studio folded after the war, the other artists went to work for Dupuis, but Peyo, a few years younger than the others, was not accepted. He made his first comics for t... Biography of Georges Courteline
Georges Courteline (June 25, 1858 – June 25, 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist. Born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux, in Tours in the Indre-et-Loire département, his family moved to Paris shortly after his birth. During the time of the Paris Commune, at age 13, he was sent to study at Collège de Meaux and after graduation in 1876, he went on to serve in the French military before taking a job as a civil servant. Interested in poetry and authorship, he became involved writing poetry reviews and was part of a small newspaper. By the 1890s, he had begun writing plays under the name Courteline for the theaters of Montmartre where he lived. Gifted with a quick wit, he became a leading dramatist, producing many plays as well as a number of novels. The overall tone of his works was sa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Manhoff
Bill Manhoff or Wilton Manhoff, born June 25, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey, died June 19, 1974 in Los Angeles, was an American screenwriter, author and producer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542337/ ) "Sanford and Son" (1 episode, 1974) - Hello Cousin Emma... Goodbye Cousin Emma (1974) TV episode (writer) "Lotsa Luck" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes) "The Odd Couple" (1 episode, 1971) - What Makes Felix Run (1971) TV episode (writer) The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) (play) "The Governor & J.J." (1969) TV series (unknown episodes) "My World and Welcome to It" (1969) TV series (unknown episodes) "Vacation Playhouse" (2 episodes, 1963-1967) - My Boy Googie (1967) TV episode (writer) - Maggie Brown (1963) TV episode (writer) (as Wilton Manh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (25 June 1887 - 31 January 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades. Early years Abbott was born in Forestville, New York, near the town of Salamanca, which twice elected his father mayor. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he attended Kearney Military Academy. Within a few years his family returned to New York, and he graduated from Hamburg High School in 1907. Four years later he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester, where he wrote his first play, Perfectly Harmless, for the University Dramatic Club. Abbott then went to Harvard University where he studied playwriting under George Pierce Baker. Under... Biography of Christine Albanel
Christine Albanel (born 24 June 1955 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French civil servant. From May 2007 to June 2009 she was France's Minister for Culture and Communication in François Fillon's government. Albanel is agrégé in classical Letters. In 1982, she joined the administration of the city of Paris, and followed Jacques Chirac – working in his cabinet - when he became Prime Minister in 1986 and French President in 1995. In 2000, she became Conseiller d'État. She became president of the museum and domain administration of the Palace of Versailles in 2003. In 2007, she was appointed Minister of Culture in François Fillon's government. While in this position, she proposed a new law (the HADOPI law) with the objective to reduce music and video piracy over the Internet, alon... Biography of Rachel Moore
Rachel Leah Moore, born June 25, 1970 in Atlanta, is a professional fitness and swimsuit model. Height: 5'7" Weight: 112 lbs. Eye Color: Green Hair Color: Blonde Waist: 24"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Delouvrier
Paul Delouvrier is a French politician who was awarded the Erasmus Prize in 1985.... Biography of Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier (June 25, 1860 – February 18, 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise. He was born in Dieuze, the son of a baker, and after studying at the conservatoire in Lille entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1881. There he studied compositions under Jules Massenet and in 1887 won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Didon. During the time in Rome that the prize gave him, he wrote the orchestral Impressions d'Italie and began work on the libretto and music for what would become his best known work, the opera Louise. Charpentier returned to Paris, and continued to compose, including songs on texts by Charles Baudelaire and Voltaire. He eventually completed Louise, and it was accepted for production by the Opéra-Comique. A realistic portrait of Parisian workin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hermann Oberth
Hermann Julius Oberth (June 25, 1894 – December 28, 1989) was a Austro-Hungarian-born, German (Transylvanian Saxon) physicist, and, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and the American Robert Goddard, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. The three were never active collaborators: instead, their parallel achievements occurred independently of one another. Early life Oberth was born to a Saxon family in the Transylvanian city of Mediaş (today located in Romania). By his own account and that of many others, around the age of 11 Oberth became fascinated with the field in which he was to make his mark through the writings of Jules Verne, especially From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, re-reading them to the point of memorization. Influenced by ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Large
Eddie Large (born 25 June 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland) is the stage name of Edward Hugh McGinnis, a British comedian. He is best known as a partner in the double act Little and Large, with Syd Little. He was raised in Manchester, to where he moved with his family at an early age. This accounts for his pronounced Mancunian accent. He is a long time supporter of Manchester City Football Club. Little and Large began their career in a TV talent show, and went on to star in many television comedy programmes, including their own series, becoming popular as pantomime stars. Eddie Large was generally regarded as being the "funny" half of the duo, and also did impersonations. After being hospitalised in March 2002 with kidney trouble, he underwent a heart transplant at Papworth Hospital, Cambri... Biography of Katherine de Jersey
Katherine de Jersey, born June 25, 1913 in Chicago, died February 9, 2005 (pneumonia), was an American author, astrologer, radio host and TV host.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Rain (entertainer)
Rain (born Jeong Ji-hoon; Korean: 정지훈; born June 25, 1982) is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, model, and actor. Early life Rain spent most of his childhood living with his parents and younger sister near Hongik University. Despite being an introverted and shy child, he discovered he had a passion for dance when he performed in a talent show for Sungmoon Junior High School. Rain initially had a difficult time balancing dance and academics and received low grades during the beginning of junior high because of his frequent dance practices. He decided to follow his passion and attended Anyang High School of Arts, where he received his first formal instruction in acting and was able to continue dancing as well. Rain again found he could not focus on both dance and hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Pernot
Jean-Pierre Pernot, born June 25, 1947 in Clichy, is a French engineer and politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaetano Gifuni
Gaetano Gifuni, born June 25, 1932 in Lucera, is an Italian politician, Minister of the Government of Fanfani and Secretary General of the Senate for 12 years.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Bory
Jean-Louis Bory, born June 25, 1919 in Méréville (Essonne now, Seine-et-Oise in 1919), died June 12, 1979 (suicide), was a French author and journalist. He was openly gay. Works Mon village à l'heure allemande, Flammarion, 1945. Fragile ou le panier d'œufs, Flammarion, 1950. Eugène Sue, dandy et socialiste, Hachette, 1962. L'Odeur de l'herbe, Julliard, 1962. La Peau des zèbres, Gallimard, 1969. Cinéma I : Des yeux pour voir, 10/18, 1971. La Révolution de juillet, Gallimard, 1972. Cinéma II : La Nuit complice, 10/18, 1972. Cinéma III : Ombre vive, 10/18, 1973. Questions au cinéma (Editions Stock, 1973) Ma moitié d'orange (première publication en 1973 dans la collection Idéee fixe chez Julliard) vient d'être republié avec une préface de Dominique Fernandez, collecti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabienne Yvert
Fabienne Yvert, born June 25, 1962 in Marseille, is a French writer. Bibliography 86 Y pleut y neige, revue de météo & de poésie (litho-typo - 30 ex - y’en n’a plus). La terre pète (gravure - 12 ex). 87 Les escargots bavent sur la salade F.Y. (typo-lino - 30 ex - y’en n’a plus). Les aventures des tortues naines A.L. 89 Édition des Petits Livres n° 1, 2, et 3 (photocopies - y’en n’a plus). 31 poèmes quotidiens journaliers (photocopies - 75 ex - y’en n’a plus). 91 Carnet no 2 (liho-typo - 20 ex- y’en n’a plus), edpl. Légendes illustrées - extrait no 3 (litho-typo - 20 ex), edpl. Journée type et hic avec Isabelle Braud (litho-photocopies - 40 ex). 92 La chambre d’ami (offset - 1000/729 ex - y’en n’a plus), edpl. 93 110 jours avant le printemps (série de 16 sérigraphies 105 x 7... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist and composer most notable for his work with Wayne Shorter on the album Adam's Apple. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year. In the 1960s Chambers gigged with several high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Giuffre and Bobby Hutcherson. Other artists Joe Chambers has worked with in his career include Archie Shepp, David Murray, Joe Henderson and Max Roach. He has been a member of several incarnations of Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He has also taught, including at the New School for Social Research's Mannes College of Music in New York, NY. At the school he leads the "Outlaw Band," In 2008, he was hired to be the Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor o... Biography of Roy Marsden
Roy Marsden (born on 25 June 1941 in Stepney, London) is a British actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective novels. Education Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and spent four terms there. He attempted to unionize the students but was thwarted. After one argument he poured a bottle of ink down the front of the director's suit. Marsden recalled, "Two weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I said no, so he arranged for me to start work at a theatre in Nottingham, and who should be the student assistant manager there but Anthony Hopkins. I persuaded him to go to RADA." Stage In the early 1960s, Marsden worked with the Royal Shakespeare... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Seignolle
Claude Seignolle, born June 2(, 1917 in Périgueux, is a French writer and novelist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary David Goldberg
Gary David Goldberg (born June 25, 1944) is a United States writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg is best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–1989), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993). Background Gary David Goldberg was born on June 25, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and San Diego State University, ultimately deciding to become a writer. In 1969, he met the woman who would become his wife, Diana Meehan. They founded and ran a day care center in Berkeley, California, during the 1970s. Career Gary started his showbiz career while living in Israel in 1972, landing the lead role of scooterman in the language teaching show The adventures of scooterman. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Celia Franca
Celia Franca, CC (June 25, 1921 – February 19, 2007) was the founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years (). Born Celia Franks in London, England, the daughter of an East End tailor, she began to study dance at the age of 4 and was a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Dance. She made her professional debut aged 14. She caught the attention of choreographer Walter Gore and successfully auditioned for Marie Rambert's ballet company in 1936. She changed her name to Franca in emulation of Alice Marks, who changed hers to Alicia Markova. In 1941, aged 20, she was recognized as one of the finest dramatic ballerinas in the Sadler's Wells company. In 1947 she joined the Metropolitan Ballet as a soloist and ... Biography of Fernanda Lima
Fernanda Cama Pereira Lima (born June 25, 1977 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian actress, television hostess and model. TV filmography * 2007 - Por Toda Minha Vida * 2007 - Fantástico * 2006/07 - Pé na Jaca - Maria Bo * 2005/06 - Bang Bang - Diana Bulock * 2005/08 - Vídeo Game * 2003 - Mochilão MTV e Verão MTV * 2002 - Desejos de mulher Ankita (figurante) * 2000 - Interligado - Rede TV! Cinema * 2004 - Didi quer ser criança - Sandrinha (adulta) * 2004 - A Dona da História - Maria Helena * 2004 - Cinegibi, O Filme * 2003 - Stuck on You - herself... Biography of Pierre Brossolette
Pierre Brossolette (June 25, 1903 - March 22, 1944) was a French socialist, journalist and member of French Resistance. Pierre Brossolette was born in Paris, France. He graduated from l'École Normale Supérieure in 1925 and joined the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière in 1929. He worked as a journalist for Notre Temps, L'Europe Nouvelle and the socialist party paper Le Populaire. He also worked for Radio-PTT but when he opposed the Munich Agreement in the air in 1939, he was fired. When the World War II broke out, he joined the army as a lieutenant and reached the rank of captain before the fall of France. He disapproved of the Vichy Regime and participated in the founding of the resistance groups Libération-Nord and the Organisation civile et militaire in the Vichy area.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barney Clark
Barney Ivan Soloman Clark (born 25 June 1993 in Hackney, London) is an English actor. His mother, Julie Bailue, is a writer. Clark began acting in school plays and appeared in the 2003 film The Lawless Heart. He successfully auditioned for the title role in the 2005 version of Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski; 800 children had auditioned for the role. The film opened in September 2005 and was mostly considered a financial and critical disappointment, although Clark received positive reviews for his performance. His latest projects include Savage Grace and short film 'Moog'. Clark attends Central Foundation Boys' School in Islington, London, and is in the yellow form of Year 9. Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 2007 Savage Grace Tony as a child 2005 Oliver Tw... Biography of Denys Arcand
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, CC, OQ (June 25, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. Early life Arcand was born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a devoutly religious Roman Catholic home in a village about 25 miles southwest of Quebec City. He attended Jesuit school for nine years. Entering his teen years, the family moved to Montreal and although he dreamed about being a professional tennis player, while studying for a Masters Degree in history at the Université de Montréal he became involved in film making that gave him a new sense of direction. During his university days, he and several friends would drive to New York City every few months to take in European films playing there that were not available in Quebec. Career... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Elliot
Roger Elliot, born June 25, 1937 in Torquay, died September 29, 1993 in Bristol, was a British author, lecturer and astrologer.... Biography of Prince Chichibu
Prince Chichibu (Yasuhito) of Japan, GCVO (秩父宮 雍仁 ,Chichibu no miya Yasuhito Shinnō?, 25 June 1902 - 4 January 1953), also known as Prince Yasuhito, was the second son of Emperor Taishō and a younger brother of the Emperor Shōwa. As a member of the Japanese imperial family, he was the patron of several sporting, medical, and international exchange organizations. Before and after World War II, the English-speaking prince and his wife attempted to foster good relations between Japan and the United Kingdom and enjoyed a good rapport with the British Royal Family. As with other Japanese imperial princes of his generation, he was an active-duty career officer in the Japanese Imperial Army. Like all members of the imperial family, he was exonerat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thierry Marie
Thierry Marie (born June 25, 1963 in Benouville) is a former French cyclist. Marie had a very good prologue: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for seven days in total. Major victories 1982 Duo Normand 1988 Final classment Ronde van Nederland 1989 Stage 2B Ronde van Nederland Prologue Paris-Nice Prologue Ronde van België 1990 5th stage Ronde van Nederland Paris-Camembert 1991 1st stage Paris-Nice 1992 Stage 2B Driedaagse van De Panne Tour de France * 1985 - 67th * 1986 - 108th; winner prologue * 1987 - 87th * 1988 - 98th; winner 19th stage * 1989 - 72nd * 1990 - 121st; winner prologue * 1991 ... Biography of Yann Martel
Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. Early life Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain when his father was posted there as a diplomat for the Canadian government. As an adolescent he attended high school at Trinity College School, a boarding school in Port Hope, Ontario. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada. As an adult, Martel has spent time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Martel spent 13 months in India visiting masjids, churches, temples and zoos, and spent two years reading religious texts and castaway stories. His first published fictional work, Seven Stories, appeared in 1993. Career In 2001, he published Life of Pi,... Biography of Erica Gimpel
Erica F. Gimpel (June 25, 1964 in Manhattan, New York), American television actress, known from her roles on television shows such as Fame, Profiler, Roswell, ER, JAG, Babylon 5 , Veronica Mars, and Grey's Anatomy. In 1982, she graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts. She had toured the United States and Europe with her mother, singer Phyllis Bash in the play "Porgy and Bess". Her father is Joseph Gimpel, short story writer. Erica was a judge on RTE One's Fame: The Musical. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319827/ ) # "Fame: The Musical" (2010) TV series .... Judge/Herself # Machete Joe (2010) .... Erica # "Grey's Anatomy" .... Bethany Anderson (1 episode, 2009) - Invest in Love (2009) TV episode .... Bethany Anderson # Olhos azuis (2009... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexei Abrikosov
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Абрико́сов) (born June 25, 1928) is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003. Biography Abrikosov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR, on June 25, 1928, to a couple of physicians: Prof. Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov and Dr. Fani Abrikosova, née Wulf. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1948. From 1948 to 1965, he worked at the Institute for Physical Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where he received his Ph.D. in 1951 f... Biography of Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani (Hindi: आफ़ताब शिवदसानी, born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He started as a child actor in commercials and has performed in over 40 films. He also co-wrote and helped produce the film Aao Wish Karein. Early life and background Shivdasani was born in Mumbai to Prem and Putli Shivdasani. His father is a Sindhi Hindu while his mother is a Parsi. He has an older sister named Afsana Shivdasani. He studied at St. Xavier's High School, (Fort) located at Lokamanya Tilak Marg in Mumbai. He then graduated from H. R.College of Commerce in Mumbai. Career Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby (Baby food brand) at age 14 months and from that point on he a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Tambay
Patrick Daniel Tambay (born 25 June 1949 in Paris) is a French former racing driver, sports journalist, and politician. He competed in 123 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, winning twice, securing 5 pole positions and scoring a total of 103 Championship points. In 2006, he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers, and continued in the series in 2007. Career Early in his career, Tambay was a part of Formula 5000 with the team run by Carl Haas In 1977, winning the Can Am championship with Haas, Tambay debuted in Formula One on a one-off basis with Surtees, driving in only one session at the 1977 French Grand Prix before spending the rest of the season with Theodore. The team, in collaboration with Ensign, was running th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Boris Trajkovski
Boris Trajkovski (Macedonian: Борис Трајковски, Mk-Boris_Trajkovski.ogg (help·info)) (June 25, 1956 – February 26, 2004) was the president of the Republic of Macedonia from 1999 to 2004. Boris was born in the village of Monospitovo, in the municipality of Murtino, near the Macedonian town of Strumica, into a Methodist family. His father, Kiro, who died in September, 2008, was a landworker who had served in the Bulgarian army and had been imprisoned for two years for feeding P.o.Ws. Trajkovski graduated in 1980 with a degree in law from the St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He subsequently specialized in commercial and employment law and made several visits to the United States, where h... Biography of Nina Kamto Njitam
Nina Kamto Njitam (born on June 25, 1983 in Yaoundé) is a French handball player, born in Cameroon. She plays for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sarah Daninthe
Sarah Daninthe, born June 25, 1980 in Les Abymes, Gaudeloupe, is a French fencer.... Biography of Gerry Neale
Sir Gerrard Anthony Neale (born 25 June 1941 in Bedford), known as Gerry Neale, was British Conservative MP for North Cornwall. On his second attempt, he defeated the Liberal Party incumbent John Pardoe in 1979. He held the seat until 1992, when he himself lost to the Liberal Democrat Paul Tyler. Neale returned to his former career as a solicitor, but was struck off the roll of solicitors by the Law Society of England and Wales in 2002 after admitting allegations of involvement in fraudulent banking transactions .... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (Kazakh: Темір Нұрыахытұлы Бекмамбет; Russian: Тиму́р Нуруахи́тович Бекмамбе́тов, Timur Nuruahitovič Bekmambetov }; born 25 June 1961) is a Russian and Kazakh film and advertisement director. Bekmambetov was born on June 25,1961 in Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Atyrau, Kazakhstan). At the age of 19, he moved to Tashkent, then-Soviet Uzbekistan where in 1987 he graduated from the A. N. Ostrovsky Theatrical and Artistic Inst... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandre Jacovleff
Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff or Yakovlev, Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Яковлев; 25 June 1887 - 12 May 1938) was a Russian neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher. Biography Alexandre was the son of a naval officer from Saint Petersburg, where he was born. Between 1905 and 1913 he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Kardovsky. While a student he enjoyed drawing and worked for the art magazines Apollon, Satiricon, Niva, New Satiricon. After 1912, Jacovleff was a member of Mir Iskusstva. Jacovleff's large group portrait On Academic Dacha was exhibited at the Baltic Exhibition in Ma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Penny Graham
Penny Graham, born on June 25, 1940 in Burton-Upon-Trent, is a fashion journalist and writer.... Biography of Katrina Darling
Katrina Darling, born on June 25, 1990 in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a British model, burlesque performer, and hair stylist. She is a cousin of Kate Middleton.... Biography of Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor (English pronunciation: /ˈsoʊnjə ˌsoʊtoʊ.maɪˈjɔr/, Spanish: ; born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City and is of Puerto Rican descent. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. Sotomayor graduated with an A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She was an advocate for the hiring of Latino faculty at both schools. She worked as an assistant district attorney ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dell Curry
Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry (born June 25, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player at the shooting guard and the small forward positions who received his education from Fort Defiance High School in Virginia and Virginia Tech. He then played in the National Basketball Association from 1986 until 2002. He now works as a commentator, alongside Steve Martin, on the Bobcats television broadcasts. As of 2010, he is still the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929). Early life Curry was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He went to Fort Defiance High School in Fort Defiance, Virginia. His Senior Year Curry won a State Championship for Fort in Basketball and in Baseball. As a child he would shoot with two hands... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Herbert
John Paul Herbert (born 25 June 1964 in Romford, Essex, England) is a British racing driver from England. He competed in Formula One, winning three races, and also in sports cars winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 driving a Mazda 787B. He enjoyed much success in lower-level motor racing but never managed to achieve the same level of performance at the top level of motorsport. Career Early career and entry to Formula One During the mid-1980s, Johnny Herbert was widely regarded as a coming man of motor racing, comparable to the Scot Jim Clark. Winning the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in 1985, Herbert caught Eddie Jordan's attention, and together they won the 1987 British Formula Three title. Disaster struck in 1988, though, as Herbert, then a championship hopeful in Intern... Biography of Michel Côté (actor)
Michel Côté (born June 25, 1950 in Alma, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performance in the comedy Broue and his role in Omertà. A graduate of the National Theatre School in 1973, Côté won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for C.R.A.Z.Y.. He had convinced Jean-Marc Vallée to film the movie in Montreal rather than the United States. He founded Broue with Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier in 1979. He is married to French actress Véronique Le Flaguais. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194788/) 2012 Omertà (completed) Pierre Gauthier 2011 Le sens de l'humour Roger Gendron 2010 Piché: entre ciel et terre Robert Piché - 41-48 ans 1994-2009 La petite vie (TV series) Jean-Louis Pichette 'Jean-Lou' ... Biography of Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran (May 25, 1917 - June 15, 1965) was an American film, television, and stage actor, the son of a California lumberman. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1939. After a stint working as a cowpuncher, Cochran developed his acting skills in local theatre and gradually progressed onto Broadway, film, and television. Film career From 1949 to 1952, he worked for Warner Brothers (mostly supporting roles, often playing boxers and gangsters) and appeared in many films including The Chase (1946), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Copacabana (1947), A Song Is Born (1948), Highway 301 (1950), The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), and Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951), which inspired Johnny Cash to write his song "Folsom Prison Blues". One of his most memorable roles w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willis Reed
Willis Reed, Jr. (born June 25, 1942) is a retired American basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. Early years Reed was born in Hico, Louisiana. While Reed was growing up on a farm in nearby Bernice, the Knicks were floundering. New York managed only one winning season in the 12 campaigns between 1955–56 and 1966–67. From 1956 to 1966 the Knicks finished last nine times, and the club failed to make the playoffs in the seven seasons from 1959 to 1966. In 1963–64 the Knicks brought up the rear of the Eastern Division with a 22–58 record. At Grambling, where he played college basketball, Reed amassed 2,280 career points, averaged 26.6 points and 21.3 rebounds during his se... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Saint-Paul
Gérard Saint-Paul, born June 25, 1941 in Pithiviers (Loiret), is a French journalist and television manager.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rictor Norton
Dr. Rictor Norton (born on June 25, 1945) is an American scholar of literary and cultural history, particularly gay history. He is based in London, England. Biography Rictor Norton was born in New York on June 25, 1945. He gained a BA from Florida Southern College in 1967, and a PhD from Florida State University in 1972. His doctoral dissertation was on homosexual themes in English Renaissance literature. He worked as an instructor at Florida State University from 1970-72, where he taught a course on gay and lesbian literature in 1971, one of the earliest gay courses in the United States. He was an active member of the Gay Liberation Front from 1971-72, and was involved in campaigning for the repeal of Florida's sodomy statute. In 1973, he moved to London, UK, where he has lived s... Biography of José Frèches
osé Frèches (born 25 June 1950 in Dax, Landes) is a French historical novelist with novels set in China. His first trilogy The Jade Disk is a story, set during the Warring States Period in disunited China. It tells the story from the character of the rich merchant and eventual prime-minister Lü Buwei - real father of the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huang. It portrays the struggles between the other kingdoms and Kingdom of Qin, destined to unite China. His second trilogy The Empress of Silk is set in Medieval China during the Tang Dynasty. It depicts the story of Emperor Gaozong, the third emperor of Tang and his prominent and ambitious wife Wu Zetian, who after his death, virtually became the ruler of the country and the first female emperor in the history of China. His latest ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Edward Eaton
Charles Edward Eaton (June 25, 1916 in Winston-Salem (NC) (source: Gauquelin)–2006), was an American poet and professor. Life He was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942–1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. His papers are at the University of North Carolina. Awards Golden Rose Award 1981 Arvon Foundation competition winner Works Poetry Countermoves. Abelard-Schuman. 1962. On the edge of the knife. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeanne Champion
Jeanne Champion, born on June 25, 1931 in Lons-le-Saulnier, is a French novelist and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud
Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, born June 25, 1925 in Bastia, Corsica, is a French politician and former lawyer. He is the Mayor of Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine (1969-2004), and member of Parliament (1993-1995) and Senator (1995-2004).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriele Mucchi
Gabriele Mucchi, born June 25, 1899 in Turin, died May 10, 2002 in Milan, was an Italian painter, illustrator, artist, and architect.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques de Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (June 25, 1881 – January 12, 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel La Femme et la Pantin (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian color process. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056334/) 1948 La revanche de Baccarat 1948 Rocambole 1946 La rose de la mer 1946 Tant que je vivrai 1945 Marie la Misère 1945 Fausse alerte 1943 Les mystères de Paris 1943 L'honorable Catherine (uncredited) 1942 Haut le vent 1942 Soyez les bienvenus 1942 La duchesse de Langeais 1941 Ce... Biography of Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa (born June 25, 1975 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, but raised in Majorca, Spain) is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop. Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on each album were recorded in English. Although her albums are not readily available in the U.S. record shelves as they are in Spain and Latin America, they can be found on the Internet. She has sold more than 1,000,000 records since 2002. Chenoa was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on June 25, 1975, although her family moved to Majorca, Spain, when she was seven. She grew up in a musical family; both parents we... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Milton Shapp
Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 (birth time source: Nolle) - November 24, 1994) was the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and was the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. Early life Shapp was born Milton Jerrold Shapiro in Cleveland, Ohio to Aaron Shapiro, a businessman and staunch Republican, and Eva Smelsey Shapiro, a Democrat and outspoken suffragette. His family was Jewish, and all of his grandparents had been immigrants from Eastern Europe. He attended Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) graduating in 1933 with a degree in electrical engineering. The effects of the Great Depression ravaged America and Shapp was unable to find work in the engineering field. Instead he worked as a coal truck driver. In 1936, he too... Biography of Lauren Bush
Lauren Pierce Bush (born June 25, 1984) is a fashion model and designer. She is the daughter of Neil Bush and Sharon Bush (née Smith), niece of former President George W. Bush and granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush. Lauren Bush was born in Texas and went to high school in Houston at The Kinkaid School. (Her sister, Ashley, graduated from Kinkaid in 2007.) Bush has studied fashion design at Parsons The New School for Design and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Lauren graduated from Princeton University in 2006 and majored in anthropology. She is a member of The Ivy Club, one of Princeton's ten eating clubs. Bush, who is 5'7", is signed with the Elite Model Management. She has been featured on the covers of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazine and frequently ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clint Warwick
Clint Warwick (born Albert Eccles, 25 June 1940, in Wilton Street, Aston, Birmingham, England – died 15 May 2004, in Birmingham) was the original bassist for the rock band, The Moody Blues. The Moody Blues released one album with Warwick on bass, Go Now - The Moody Blues #1 (USA release on London Records) a.k.a. The Magnificent Moodies on Decca in the UK, with sleeve notes by Donovan. The album yielded the hit song, "Go Now", which reached #1 in the UK in January 1965 and the Top Ten in the U.S. Warwick took one co-lead vocal on that album with Denny Laine on the track; 'I've Got A Dream' (which notably featured Ray Thomas on Flute). The closing track 'Bye Bye Bird' was issued as an overseas single becoming a bit hit in France. Warwick was also on the E.P. 'The Moody Blues' ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Costa
Albert Costa i Casals (born 25 June 1975, in Lleida) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1993, he reached the French Open junior final and won the Orange Bowl. He turned professional later that year and quickly established a reputation as a strong clay court player. In 1994, he won two challenger series events and was named the ATP's Newcomer of the Year. Costa won his first top-level singles title in 1995 at Kitzbühel, beating the "king of clay", Thomas Muster, in a five set final. Costa won three further titles in 1996. In 1997, he won anoth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Six
Robert Forman Six (June 25, 1907 (birth time source: Gauquelin) - October 6, 1986) was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936 to 1981. Six's career began in the earliest days of U.S. commercial aviation. His determined, scrappy, risk-taking nature paid off for Continental Airlines, the company that would for forty-five years be forged in his image. Owing in large part to the foundation laid by Six, Continental became one of the largest and most profitable legacy airlines in the world. He died in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California in 1986. Early years Robert F. Six was one of the last of the group of innovators, pioneers, and visionaries (including Juan Trippe, William A. Patterson, Jack Frye, C.R. Smith, and Eddie Rickenbacker) who built the airline industry into ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Grumbach
Philippe Grumbach, born on June 25, 1924 in Paris, died on 2003, was a French journalist and a film producer.... Biography of Alice Taticchi
Alice Taticchi (born June 25, 1990 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy) is an Italian fashion model, beauty pageant contestant, and the winner of the fourth cycle of Italia's Next Top Model. Early life Coming from an upper middle class family, Taticchi had been hoping to become a model since her teenage years. Therefore, despite her father's initial objections, she began to compete in beauty pageants in order to start a modelling career. She went on winning different pageants, and represented Italy at Miss World 2009. These successes helped her in gaining self-confidence and overcoming her shyness due to her height. Taticchi is also a former volleyball player and one of her hobbies is playing the piano. Italia's Next Top Model Taticchi was noted since the beginning of the competition for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Péter Erdõ
Péter Erdő (born June 25, 1952) is a Hungarian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, and thus Primate of Hungary. He is the President of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe, and is currently the youngest member of the College of Cardinals. Erdő was born in Budapest, the first of the six children of Sándor and Mária (née Kiss) Erdő. He studied at the seminaries of Esztergom and Budapest, and the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome (where he attained a doctorate in both theology and canon law). On June 18, 1975, Erdő was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop László Cardinal Lékai, and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Esztergom. He worked as vicar in Dorog, and then continued his studies in ... Biography of Alan Feinstein
Alan Shawn Feinstein (born June 25, 1931) is an American philanthropist and former mail-order and Internet promoter. Early life and family Feinstein was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931. He grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston University where he studied economics and journalism. After graduating, he wrote advertisements for a shoe company, but was unsatisfied with the experience. He attended Boston Teachers' College at night and taught elementary and junior high school in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He married Dr. Pratarnporn Chiemwichit, a child psychiatrist, in 1963 and moved to Rhode Island. As part of an extended travel to Thailand in 1965, Feinstein had a private audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The couple returned in 1966 and settl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sanja Papić
Sanja Papić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сања Папић, born June 25, 1984 in Novi Sad, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian model. She was the 2002 Miss Yugoslavia winner, the 3rd runner-up 2003 Miss Universe, and then became the 2nd runner-up at the 2003 Miss Europe contest. Professional career In September 2003, Papić finished as a runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris. In November, she left for New York in the company of Roberto Cavalli as his muse. She had been Omega Watches Ambassador (alongside Michael Schumacher, Anna Kournikova and Cindy Crawford), following a contract between Omega and Sanja signed in August 2003. She was also the face for the "Ice Tea" commercials of the Apatinska Pivara in her homeland. She was als... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Indigo (actress)
Indigo (born Alyssa Ashley Nichols on June 25, 1984) is an American television and voice actress, best known for her role as Vaneeta on the Showtime series Weeds. She has been billed by her birth name, but for the majority of her career has been credited as Indigo. Personal life Indigo was born in Los Angeles, CA. and grew up in the West Los Angeles city known as Culver City. She attended both Los Angeles High School and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts before taking the California High School Proficiency Exam her junior year and receiving her diploma. Career Indigo's first major television role was at the age of 11 when she played Julie on the American sitcom Minor Adjustments. Her second recurring role was on the Lifetime series Any Day Now, playing the role of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Bozon
Louis Bozon, born June 25, 1934 in La Tronche (Isère), is a French former actor, radio host and TV host. He has worked for RTF, France Inter and TF1. He was a friend of actress Marlene Dietrich. Bibliography Louis Bozon (souvenirs de son amitié avec Marlene Dietrich), Marlène : La Femme de ma vie, Éditions Michel Lafon, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1992, ISBN 2908652242... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alex Toth
Alex Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006), pronounced with a long "o," was an acclaimed professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is best known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman. Toth’s work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spinoffs on Cartoon Network: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Early life and career Toth's talent was noticed early on as a teacher from his poster class in junior high took time to urge that he devote himself to art. Enrolling in the High School of Industrial Arts, Toth studied illustration and sold his first paid free... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in Crowded House and his joint effort with younger brother Neil Finn as the Finn Brothers. Biography Tim Finn was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He went to Sacred Heart College, Auckland, a Catholic boarding school. In 1971 he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Auckland. The music practice room 129 (later featured in one of the Split Enz hits) appealed to him, where he jammed with friends Mike Chunn, Robert Gillies, Philip Judd and Noel Crombie. Music soon became more important to Brian than his studies and in mid-1972 he quit Universi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mason Vale Cotton
Mason Vale Cotton (born June 25, 2002) is a young American actor. He portrays Maynard "M.J." Delfino on the television series Desperate Housewives. Cotton was born in San Diego, California. He is the younger brother of fellow actor Maxwell Perry Cotton. Filmography Television * Medium (2008), Ben Goldman (1 episode: "And Then") * ER (2008), Brian (1 episode: "Life After Death") * Disney Prep & Landing (2009), Timmy Terwelp (voice) * Desperate Housewives (2008-present), Maynard 'M.J.' Delfino * Melrose Place (2009-2010), Noah Mancini Film * A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007), a futuristic boy. * The Spleenectomy (2008), Casper * Radio Free Albemuth (2009), Ezra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Guillon
Bruno Guillon, born on June 25, 1971 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély (Charente-Maritime), is a French radio host and TV host.... Biography of Greg Raymer
Gregory Raymer (born June 25, 1964, in Minot, North Dakota), nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and for the opaque holographic sunglasses that he sometimes wears while playing poker. Early life Raymer's family moved numerous times during his childhood, from his birthplace to Clearwater, Florida, and then to St. Louis, Missouri. After Raymer graduated from Parkway South High School in St. Louis, he enrolled at the University of Missouri–Rolla, where he majored in chemistry and became a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1992 then practiced law as a patent attorney for more than a decade and worked for the pharmaceutical company P... Biography of Charlotte Kady
Charlotte Kady, born on June 25, 1962 in Lyon, is a French actress and former TV host. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0434432/) 2011 Camping paradis (TV series) Laurence Forrest – Miracle au camping (2011) … Laurence Forrest 2010 Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (TV series) Clémence Chouilloux – On purge bébé (2010) … Clémence Chouilloux 2010 Section de recherches (TV series) Louise Delcroix – Les chasseurs (2010) … Louise Delcroix 2010 Le juge est une femme (TV series) Agnès Monnet – Les enfants de la lumière (2010) … Agnès Monnet 2007 Fabien Cosma (TV series) Cora Lecorre – La fissure (2007) … Cora Lecorre 2007 Le vrai coupable (TV movie) Mme Sanders 2006 Chassé croisé amoureux (TV movie) Sabine 20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlotte Greenwood
Frances Charlotte Greenwood (25 June 1890 - 28 December 1977) was an American actress, singer and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye." She starred with such luminaries as Betty Grable, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Buster Keaton, and Carmen Miranda. Most of Greenwood's best work was done on the stage, and was lauded by such critics as James Agate, Alexander Woollcott and Claudia Cassidy. One of her most successful roles was that of Juno in Cole Porter's Out of This World in which she introduced ... Biography of Marc Brillouet
Marc Brillouet, born June 25, 1948 in Hasselt, is a Flemish radio host, TV host and producer. Since 1999 Marc Brillouet works full time as a producer at Radio 2 in Brussels.... Biography of Angela Kinsey
Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She currently appears as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the hit NBC television series The Office. Personal life Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and she attended the Jakarta International School. During this time she learned Indonesian, which she still knows. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas. Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where she became a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor stude... Biography of Annelies Beck
Annelies Beck, born on June 25, 1973 in Aalst, is a Belgian journalist and author.... Biography of Michele Merkin
Michele Merkin (born June 25, 1975) is an American model and television host. Early life and beginnings Merkin was born in San Francisco, California of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent as the youngest child and only daughter of four children. She attended boarding school in England. Her mother was from Sweden, and had been a model for twenty years, including an appearance in the debut 1977 Victoria's Secret catalog. Merkin grew up tall and slender, reaching 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) by the age of 14. This helped her play basketball, but gathered her some abuse in school, where she was called nicknames such as "Giraffa" and "Manute Bol". Merkin began modeling part time from the age of 15, while she was in high school. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, aiming to stud... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aaron Sele
Aaron Helmer Sele (born June 25, 1970 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who is currently the minor league pitching instructor for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Early years His family moved to Poulsbo, Washington, a Scandinavian town on the Kitsap Peninsula, where he pitched for North Kitsap High School. College career Sele was drafted out of high school in the 37th round by the Minnesota Twins, but he chose to attend Washington State University where Bobo Brayton was the baseball coach. John Olerud was a pitcher in his last year at WSU when Sele was a freshman, and he gave Aaron some advice on pitching. Another incoming freshman was catcher Scott Hatteberg. During Sele and Hatteberg's three years at State, they won three conference tit... Biography of Ian McDonald (musician)
Ian McDonald (born 25 June 1946) is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist. He also plays flute, vibraphone, keyboards and guitar. Biography Born in Osterley, Middlesex, McDonald served five years in the Army as a bandsman. His music talent ranged from classical orchestra to dance bands to rock. In 1969, he was in King Crimson's initial line up, which recorded their first album In the Court of the Crimson King. McDonald and drummer Michael Giles departed and formed a spin-off group that released one album titled McDonald and Giles. He re-appeared in King Crimson in 1974 and int... Biography of Olesya Stefanko
Olesya Stefanko (Ukrainian: Олеся Стефанко; (born June 25, 1988) is a Ukrainian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ukraine Universe 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, where she was 1st runner up. Early life Born in Kolomyia in the Carpathian region of Ukraine, Stefanko was named Miss Odesa National Law Academy in 2008 as a student at the Institute of Prosecution and Investigation. She's currently pursuing a law degree in Odessa. Miss Ukraine Universe 2011 Stefanko, who stands 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) tall, competed as one of 15 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Ukraine Universe, held in Kiev on 11 December 2010, where she became the ... Biography of Maja Latinović
Maja Latinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Латиновић; born June 25, 1980 in Banatsko Veliko Selo near Kikinda, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian model. At 16, Latinović's modeling career began accidentally with her sister entering her into a local modeling contest. She placed 2nd runner-up and a model scout soon asked her to fly to Milan. At the age of nineteen, Latinović began working with the Women Management agency in New York City. Mario Testino hand-picked Latinović to be the face of the Roberto Cavalli campaign and after working with her the first time, continued to shoot her for Italian Vogue. Latinović has worked for many clients, such as Italian, French, German, Japanese, Bri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Delgado
Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972) is a retired Puerto Rican professional baseball player. With 473 home runs and 1,512 RBI, he holds the all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players. During his 11 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, Delgado set many team records, including home runs (336), RBI (1,058), walks (827), strikeouts (1,242), slugging percentage (.556), OPS (.949), runs (889), total bases (2,786), doubles (343), runs created (1,077), extra base hits (690), times on base (2,362), hit by pitch (122), intentional walks (128) and at bats per home run (14.9). Delgado also played for the Florida Marlins and New York Mets. Biography Delgado was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Carlos "Cao" Delgado and Carmen Digna Hérnandez. He grew up in the El P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Schaub
Matthew Rutledge "Matt" Schaub (born June 25, 1981) is the starting quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia. He is commonly rated in the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL. High School career Schaub attended West Chester East High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. During his senior year he lead the school's football team to win the Ches-Mont League championship. College career Schaub enrolled at Virginia in the fall of 1999 and redshirted his true freshman season. In 2000, starter Dan Ellis missed some time due to injury, but fellow redshirt freshman Bryson Spinner received ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ken Hodge
Kenneth Raymond Hodge, Sr. (born June 25, 1944) is a retired hockey player for the NHL Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. Playing career One of the few British-born players in NHL history, Ken Hodge was signed by the Black Hawks as a teenager, and had a stellar junior league career with the St. Catharines Black Hawks of the OHA, leading the league in goals and points in the 1965 season before being called up for good to Chicago the next year. Stereotyped as a grinding policeman - at 6'2", 215 lbs, Hodge was one of the larger forwards of his era - the rangy right wing played two mediocre seasons with the Black Hawks before being sent to Boston in a blockbuster deal with teammates Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield. The trade made the Bruins into a powerhouse, as E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aramis Ramírez
Aramis Nin Ramírez (/əˈrɑːmɨs/; born June 25, 1978) is an All-Star Major League Baseball third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers. He started his professional career with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1998, before being traded to the Cubs in 2003. On November 12, 2006, Ramírez signed a five-year deal with the Cubs. MLB career Pittsburgh Pirates On November 7, 1994, Ramírez signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. On May 26, 1998, he made his major league debut with the Pirates, becoming the youngest player in MLB at that time. Ramírez struggled in his first three seasons, splitting playing time between the Pirates and Triple-A Nashville. Playing with the Pirates for an entire season for the first time in 2001, Ramírez hit .300 with 34 home runs. In 20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Megan Burns
Megan Burns (born 25 June 1986), also known as Betty Curse, is a British musician and actress. Early life and acting career Megan Burns was born in Liverpool, England. When she was three years old, her father left her and her mother. At age 11 her grandmother sent her to a drama class. From there she received a part in the film Liam (2000). She won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance. Danny Boyle saw this and cast her in his film 28 Days Later, where she played Hannah, one of the survivors of a deadly epidemic. Singing career Burns has since worked as a singer under the pseudonym Betty Curse, which was chosen by Island Records. Her first single release was a double A-side, "Met on the Internet" and "Excuse All the Blood", released 29 May 2... Biography of Mary Beth Peil
Mary Beth Peil (born June 25, 1940) is an American actress and singer. Early life Born in Davenport, Iowa in 1940, Peil (pronounced "peel") trained as an opera singer at Northwestern University under Lotte Lehmann. There she became a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. In 1964 she won both the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Career During the 1960s, Peil toured with Boris Goldovsky's opera company and the Metropolitan Opera's national company singing such roles as Susanna in Mozart and da Ponte's The Marriage of Figaro. She also sang with the New York City Opera. In 1971, she originated the role of Alma in the opera Summer and Smoke, based on a Tennessee Williams play, and performed it again when it was broa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nuno Resende
Nuno Resende, born on June 25, 1973 in Porto (birth time source: http://www.nunoresende.new.fr/) is a Portuguese-Belgian singer. Born in Porto, Portugal, he was a member of the group La Teuf, who finished sixth in the competition to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000. He was more successful solo in 2005, representing Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Semi Final with the song "Le grand soir" (The Big Night). Nuno did not make it to the final because his song received 29 points, placing him 22nd from 25 participating countries. Nuno played in a number of musicals including Belle et la Bête, Roméo et Juliette, and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (in 2003), and tackled the role of Aladdin at the Palais des congrès de Paris in December 2007. In 2009, he joined... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shiro Ishii
Shirō Ishii (石井 四郎 Ishii Shirō?, June 25, 1892 – October 9, 1959) was a Japanese microbiologist and the lieutenant general of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army involved in human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Biography Early years Ishii was born in the former Shibayama Village of Sanbu District in Chiba Prefecture, and studied medicine at Kyoto Imperial University. In 1922 was assigned to the 1st Army Hospital and Army Medical School in Tokyo. There his work impressed his superiors enough to gain him, two years later, post-graduate medical schooling back at the Kyoto Imperial University. Beginning in 1928, Ishii took a two-year tour of the West. In his travels, he did extensive r... Biography of Killian Donnelly
Killian Donnelly (born June 25, 1984) is an Irish-born musical theatre performer. He has appeared in such musicals and plays as Les Misérables, Curtain Up! and The Phantom of the Opera. Background Donnelly is from Kilmessan, in County Meath, Ireland, where he was a member of the St Mary's Musical Society. He has one sister and one brother who still live in Ireland, while Donnelly takes up residence in London. Donnelly is a tenor and plays piano and guitar. Career Donnelly has appeared in many different roles around Ireland and has also directed and written shows. His first theatre role was in 2005 where he featured in the chorus of The Wireman at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. He then continued to play Rod in Singin' in the Rain and Ethan in The Full Monty, both at the Olympia Theat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann (born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010. He made his debut as a 16-year-old unknown during the 1997–1998 Ski jumping World Cup season. Ammann qualified for the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, where he finished 35th. Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, he crashed and suffered injuries. Despite this, he won the gold medal in both the Individual Normal Hill and Individual Long Hill events, only the second person to accomplish this feat. (The first was Matti Nykänen in 1988). ... |
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