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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on June, 26, 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
135 celebrities or events were found for June, 26. Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Garou (singer)
Garou, is a Quebec singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Height: 1m89 Discovered by Luc Plamondon singing American blues tunes in small Sherbrooke bars, he was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre-Dame de Paris, making him a star. After the musical, he managed to launch a successful international pop music career in Quebec, France, and many other European countries. His looks and hoarse voice, as well as the virility that he combines with a boyish niceness, brought many to see him as a major modern day sex symbol.... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Dany Boon
Dany Boon (born Daniel Hamidou June 26, 1966 in Armentières, Northern France) is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone. He married and later divorced Judith Godrèche, with whom he has a son. He is currently married to Yael Harris. Dany Boon first started his career by dubbing cartoons and being a mime in the street. However, in 1992, he was given his first chance as comedian by French tv personality Patrick Sébastien who invited him on his tv show in 1992. From then on Dany Boon started being successful with his sketches and his one man shows. He was then offered several roles in movies, the most famous being Joyeux Noël that made it on the international scene in 2005. The actor, who is deepl... Biography of Alexandra Canto
Alexandra Canto "Alex Dana", born on June 26, 1978 in Marseille, is a French singer, a former member of L5, a French girl group playing pop music. The group is known for their participation in the French Popstars TV programme in its first season in 2001. L5 reached the 50th position in the list of French best-selling singles and 48th position in the list of French number-one hits of 2001 with their song "Toutes les femmes de ta vie". They toured in France with Jérémy Chatelain in 2003 and with Billy Crawford in 2006. "Make a Change", on the album Destiny by No Angels, is an English-language remake of L5's single "Reste Encore" (2003). Members Alexandra Canto (Alex Dana), born on June 26, 1978, in Marseilles Claire Litvine (Claire L.), born on April 4, 1972 in Pau Cor... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Véronique Genest
Véronique Genest (born Véronique Combouilhaud, June 26, 1956 in Meaux, France) is a French actress. She is principally known for her lead role in the French television series Julie Lescaut. Selected filmography * 1980 : La Banquière * 1982 : Guy de Maupassant * 1982 : Légitime violence * 1983 : Adam et Ève * 1983 : J'ai épousé une ombre * 1983 : Debout les crabes, la mer monte ! * 1984 : Tango * 1985 : Ça n'arrive qu'à moi * 1985 : La Baston * 1986 : Triple sec (short-film) * 1986 : Chère canaille * 1986 : Suivez mon regard * 1987 : Strike * 1987 : Association Of Wrongdoers * 1989 : Un père et passe * 1990 : Le grand ruban * 1991 : On peut toujours rêver * 1992 : Et demain ... Hollywood ! * ... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Chris Isaak
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956 in Stockton, California) is an American indie rock, pop and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Isaak's music can be described as a blend of country, blues, rock and roll, pop and surf rock. He signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label. His best-known song is "Wicked Game." Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart (and also years later in the 2000 film The Family Man). Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who was obsessed with David Lynch films, began playing the ... Biography of Zeng Jinlian
Zeng Jinlian (Simplified Chinese: 曾金莲; Traditional Chinese: 曾金蓮; pinyin: Zēng (Céng) Jīnlián; June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history. She is also the only female counted among the twelve individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in Hunan, China, she was 8 ft 1¾ in (248 cm) tall. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed spine. Nevertheless, she was the tallest person in the world at the time. In the year between the death of 8 feet 2 inch Don Koehler and her own, she surpassed fellow 'eight-footers' Gabriel Estavao Monjane and Suleiman Ali Nashnush. Her growth patterns mirrored those of R... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande, born June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida (birth time source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Passion-for-Ariana-Grande/149479545176596?sk=info), is an American actress of Italian descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3812858/) 2010-2012 Victorious (TV series) Cat Valentine / Cat / Herself – Opposite Date (2012) … Cat Valentine – The Hambone King (2012) … Cat Valentine – Wanko's Warehouse (2012) … Cat Valentine – The Blonde Squad (2012) … Cat Valentine – Crazy Ponnie (2012) … Cat Valentine See all 51 episodes » 2012 KARtv (TV series) Guest of Victorious – KARtv 02 - Gina Starbuck, Desiree Gonzalez, Madison Curtis, Lesli Matta (2012) … Guest of Victorious 2011 Winx Club (TV series) Diaspro – Winx Club: Revenge of the Trix (2011) … Diasp... Biography of Damien Sargue
Damien Sargue is a French singer known for his performance of Romeo in Gérard Presgurvic's Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour. A French native, he grew up in Caen, Normandy, France with his mother Miriam, his father Pierre, brother Julien, and his sisters Julie and Sarah, until his parents divorce when he was only a year old. Upon seeing him in "Notre-Dame de Paris" as the character Phoebus, Gérard knew he had to play Romeo.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter (born June 26, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey) is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is an eight-time All-Star shortstop, and currently the captain of the New York Yankees. Jeter has spent his entire career with the New York Yankees, starting in 1995 when he was 20 years old. He has won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, the All-Star Game MVP Award, the World Series MVP Award, a Silver Slugger Award, and three Gold Glove Awards. His .317 career batting average through the 2006 season ranks him with the 5th-highest lifetime batting average of all active baseball players. He has been in the top seven in the American League in both hits and runs scored for nine of the past ten years. During the 2000s he ranks second in the major leagues in hits... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Sami Nasri
Samir Nasri (Arabic: سمير ناصري; born 26 June 1987 in Marseille) is a French attacking midfielder. He is Algerian by ethnicity and like many other football stars in France comes from a family of immigrants who had settled in France. French Ligue 1 Nasri began playing in the French Ligue 1 with Marseille in the 2004/2005 season. He started 13 games and came on as a substitute in 11 games, scoring a total of just one goal, still an accomplishment seeing as he was only 17-years-old at the time. The next year his goal count improved scoring two goals in all competitions. But this season he got experience in both the UEFA Cup (10 games; no goals) and the UEFA Intertoto Cup (one game; one goal). In the 2006/2007 season the youngster score... Biography of Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, Grammy Award winning record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the frontman of the pop rock band OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as songwriter and producer for various artists such as Adele, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, B.o.B, Kelly Clarkson, Far East Movement, Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, Gavin DeGraw, David Cook, Demi Lovato, Sebastian Ingrosso, Maroon 5, Gym Class Heroes,T-Pain, Zedd, and Paul Oakenfold. Early life and education Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tedder was raised by an extended family of missionaries and pastors and grew up in the church. He began learning to play the piano at the age of three via the Suzuki method. His early interest in music was prom... Biography of Benoît Hamon
Benoît Hamon (born 26 June 1967) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS), part of the Party of European Socialists. He was Member of the European Parliament for the East of France from 2004 to 2009. He was national secretary for Europe in the French socialist party. At present, he is spokesman. He also was the leader of the left-wing of the PS during the 2008 Reims Congress and its candidate for the First Secretaryship. 2008 Reims Congress After the candidacy for the First Secretary of the PS became a contest between Ségolène Royal and Martine Aubry, Hamon urged his supporters to vote for Aubry, who secured a thin, contested majority.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chris O'Donnell
Christopher "Chris" Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor, perhaps best known for playing Robin in the Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandrigde in Grey's Anatomy, and more recently Jack McCauliffe in The Company. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life O'Donnell, the youngest of seven children (with four sisters and two brothers), was born in Winnetka, Illinois to Julie, a realtor, and William O'Donnell, Sr., a radio manager. O'Donnell's parents are Irish American and Catholic, and he attended Catholic schools, including Loyola Academy in Willmette, Illinois for high school, graduating in 1988. O'Donnell attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in marketing. He ... Biography of Douchka Esposito
Douchka Bogidarka Esposito, best known in France as Douchka, is a French actress, singer and TV host, born June 26, 1963. She is the daughter of actress Pascale Petit and poet Giani Esposito. Discography Albums 1984: Élémentaire mon cher Baloo 1985: Taram et le chaudron magique 1986: Basil 1987: Bernard et Bianca 1997: Princesse Sissi Compilations 1987: Top Douchka volume 1 1988: Top Douchka volume 2 1989: Disney danse 1991: Hits originaux 1991: Top Douchka des dessins animés 1991: Les grands succès (deux volumes) 1992: Les rêves magiques (deux volumes) 1992: Les N°1 des dessins animés Singles 1984: Mickey, Donald et moi (#12 France) Élémentaire mon cher Baloo (#11 France) 1985: Je chante parce que je t'aime (#49 France) Zorro (#... Biography of Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. Milan. He is also a former Italian national team captain and the most capped player for Italy with 126 caps. Maldini has played in eight Champions League finals (six under its current format) since the inception of the tournament - equalling Francisco Gento's record and more than any other active player. Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) He is the son of Cesare Maldini. Maldini is a a defender who now predominantly plays the position of centre back although he sometimes plays at left back which is his original position in the team. Throughout his long career, he has remained a one-club man with A.C. Milan, where he holds the current captaincy, and has currently made the most appearances for the club (as ... Biography of Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado (b. June 26, 1933), is an Italian conductor and opera director. Born in Milan, Italy, Abbado studied piano at the Milan Conservatory with his father Michelangelo Abbado, and went on to study conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy of Music. Abbado made his debut at La Scala in his Milan in 1960. He served as its music director from 1968 to 1986, conducting not only the traditional Italian repertoire but also presenting a contemporary opera each year, as well as a concert series devoted to the works of Alban Berg and Modest Mussorgsky. While at La Scala, Abbado also founded the Orchestra della Scala, for the performance of orchestral repertoire in concert. Abbado conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time in 1965 in a concert at the Salzburg Fe... Biography of Sinik (rapper)
Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik (born June 26, 1980) is a French-language rap artist of Kabylian ethnicity. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career. They consider themselves as brother and sister. In 2001, he founded his label Six o Nine. Discography 2000 - Malsain (Mixtape) 2003 - Artiste Triste 2004 - En attendant l'album (Mixtape) 2005 - La Main Sur Le Coeur (200.000 copies in France); 2006 - Sang Froid (more 500 000 copies in France)... Biography of Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American filmmaker. Early life Anderson was born in Studio City, California, the son of Edwina (née Gough) and Ernie Anderson, who was an actor, the voice of the American Broadcasting Company, and a Cleveland television late-night horror movie host known as "Ghoulardi". Anderson grew up in the San Fernando Valley and attended New York University, but dropped out after the first semester. The Valley may have been immortalized in the 1980s for its mall-hopping Valley Girls, but for Anderson it was a seedy part of suburban America populated by would-bes and burnouts. Anderson's experiences growing up in the Valley have no doubt shaped his artistic self; three of his five theatrical features are set in the ... Biography of Jason Schwartzman
Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980 (birth time source: Nick Dagan, Astrodatabank)) is an American actor and musician. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Talia Shire (née Coppola) and the late producer Jack Schwartzman. Many other members of Schwartzman's family are involved in film; he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and grandson of Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and Carmine Coppola. His brother is actor/musician Robert Carmine (vocalist for the band Rooney), and his half-brother is cinematographer John Schwartzman. Schwartzman is of Italian descent on his mother's side and Jewish descent on his father's. Career Sch... Biography of Samuel Benchetrit
Samuel Benchétrit (born June 26, 1973 in Champigny-sur-Marne) is a French writer, actor, scenarist and director. He had a son with Marie Trintignant. He lives with Anna Mouglalis; they have a daughter, Saul. She was born (born March 7, 2007). Works Books 2000 : Récit d'un branleur (Tale of a Jerk Off) 2005 : Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte (Asphalt Cronicles) (tome I) 2007 : Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte (Asphalt Cronicles) (tome II) Theatre 2001 : Comédie sur un quai de gare (Comedy on a Railway Platform) 2005 : Moins deux (This title is a rich pun, translating as: "ASAP", "Two Down", "Two Below", and "Minus Two") Films As a director 2000 : Nouvelle de la tour L (short film) ("Story of Tower L") 2003 : Janis et John (Janis And John) ... Biography of Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Jean Parker (born June 26, 1922) is an American film and television actress. Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m) Early life Parker was born in Cedarville, Ohio, and was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941, at the age of 19. She would have debuted that year in the film They Died with Their Boots On, but her scenes were cut. Career By 1946, she had starred in Between Two Worlds, Hollywood Canteen, Pride of the Marines and Of Human Bondage. In 1950 she received the first of three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for Caged, in which she played a prison inmate. She was also nominated in 1951 for her performance as Kirk Douglas's wife in Detective Story and again in 1955 for her portrayal of opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in the film bio, Interrupted Melody. Parker was... Biography of Aimé Césaire
Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 - 17 April 2008) was a Martinique poet, author and politician. Aimé Césaire was born in Basse-Pointe, Martinique. In 1913, he traveled to Paris to attend the Lycée Louis-le-Grand on an educational scholarship. In Paris, Césaire, who in 1935 passed an entrance exam for the École normale supérieure, created, with Léopold Sédar Senghor and Léon Damas, the literary review L'Étudiant Noir (The Black Student) which was a forerunner of the Négritude movement. In 1936, Césaire began work on his book-length poem Cahier d'un retour au pays natal - Notebook of a Return to My Native Land - (1939), a vivid and powerful depiction of the ambiguities of Caribbean life and culture in the New World and this upon returning home to Martinique. Césaire married fel... Biography of Robert Davi
Robert Davi (born June 26, 1953) is an American character actor. Davi is best remembered for his role as the villain Franz Sanchez in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, but also played roles such as Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard and the villainous, singing Fratelli brother, Jake, in The Goonies. Early life Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Maria (nee Rullo) and Sal Davi. His mother was an Italian American and his father was a native of Southern Italy; Davi spoke Italian during his childhood. He attended Seton Hall, a Catholic high school in Patchogue (Long Island), New York. He graduated from Hofstra University, the same alma mater as fellow James Bond villain Christopher Walken. Davi was drawn to Hofstra because of the school's Shakespearean 'round' theatre. Ca... Biography of Lucinda Childs
Lucinda Childs, born June 26, 1940, is an American dancer and choreographer. Choregraphies 1963 : Pastime, Three Pieces, Egg Deal 1964 : Carnation, Street Dance, Model 1964 : Germanium, Screen, Agriculture 1973 : Particuler Reel, Chekered Drift et Calico Mingling 1976 : Cross Words et Figure Eights 1977 : Plaza, Melody Excerpt et Interior Drama à la Brooklyn Academy of Music de New York. 1978 : Katema à Amsterdam. 1979 : Dance sur une musique de Philip Glass et des décors et un film de Sol LeWitt, à la Brooklyn Academy of Music. 1981 : Mad Rush sur une musique de Philip Glass au Centre culturel de Soisson. 1981 : Relative Calm mis en scène par Robert Wilson au Théâtre national de Strasbourg. 1982 : Formal Abandon, part I and II 1983 : Available Light sur une musiq... Biography of Colin Greenwood
Colin Charles Greenwood (born 26 June 1969]), also known as Coz, is a member of English rock band Radiohead. He is best known as their bass player, although he does play other instruments (see below). He is the older brother of fellow band member, guitarist Jonny Greenwood. In December 1998, Greenwood married Molly McGrann, an American literary critic and novelist. They have two sons, Jesse, born in December 2003 and Asa, born in December 2005. They live in a small village in Oxfordshire. Early years Greenwood, whose father served in the Army, lived in Germany as a child for enough time to become fluent in the language. The family historically had ties to both the British Communist Party and the Fabian Society. His father passed away when Greenwood was seven years old. He has credit... Biography of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (Russian: Михаи́л Бори́сович Ходорко́вский; born June 26, 1963) is a Russian-Jewish and former Komsomol (Soviet youth) activist who became one of Russia's oligarchs. In 2004, Khodorkovsky was the wealthiest man in Russia, and was the 16th wealthiest man in the world, although much of his wealth evaporated because of the collapse in the value of his holding in the Russian petroleum company YUKOS. On October 25, 2003, Khodorkovsky was arrested at Novosibirsk airport by the Russian prosecutor general's office on charges of fraud. Shortly thereafter, on October 31, the government under... Biography of Salvador Allende
Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup d'état of September 11, 1973. Allende's career in Chilean government spanned nearly forty years. As a Socialist Party politician, he became a senator, deputy, cabinet minister and after failing in the 1952, 1958, and 1964 presidential elections, he was elected President in 1970. He was the first Marxist leader of a nation to gain power through democratic process. Early life Allende was born on June 26, 1908 in Valparaíso. He was the son of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe. Allende's family belonged to the Chilean upper-class and had a long tradition of political involvement in progressive and liberal causes. His grandfather ... Biography of Mick Jones
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones (born 26 June 1955) was the lead guitarist and a vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and later Big Audio. In recent years Mick Jones has been collaborating with fellow punk icon Tony James, using the moniker Carbon/Silicon, and has released several albums of original material between 2002 and 2007. Early life Jones was born in Brixton, South London, England to a Welsh father and a Russian Jewish mother. He spent much of his early life living with his maternal grandmother, Stella, in South London. Jones went to Strand School - and then on to art school, because " thought that's how yo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964), born László Löwenstein, was an Hungarian - born actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner in many American films. He made an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series. Lorre was born into a Jewish family in Rózsahegy/Rosenberg, Austria-Hungary, now Ružomberok, Slovakia. When he was a child his family moved to Vienna where Lorre attended school. He began acting on stage in Vienna where he worked with Richard Teschner, then moved to Breslau, and Zürich. In the l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Greg LeMond
Gregory James ("Greg") LeMond (born June 26, 1961 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. He was World Champion in 1983 and 1989, and is a three-time winner of the Tour de France. LeMond was born in Lakewood, California, and raised in Reno, Nevada. In 1986, LeMond became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the Tour de France, but he was unable to defend his title the following year after being shot and seriously wounded in a hunting accident that spring. In addition to the 1987 race, LeMond was forced to miss the 1988 Tour as well. LeMond finally returned to the Tour in 1989, winning overall in dramatic fashion on the race's final stage. LeMond claimed his third and final Tour in 1990, which made him one o... Biography of Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; pinyin: Sài Zhēnzhū) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was a prolific American writer who won a Nobel Prize in Literature and a Pulitzer Prize. Life Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia to Caroline (Stulting; 1857-1921) and Absalom Sydenstricker, a Southern Presbyterian missionary. The family was sent to Zhenjiang,China in 1892 when Pearl was 3 months old. She was raised in China and learned the customs from a teacher named Mr. Kung. She was taught English as a second language by her mother and tutor. She was encouraged to write things at an early age. The Boxer Rebellion greatly affected Pearl Buck and he... Biography of Gabriele Pauli
Gabriele Pauli (born 26. June 1957 in Schweich) is a German politician with the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party, currently she is the District Administrator for the rural district of Fürth. In 2006/07 her open criticism of Edmund Stoiber, minister-president of the German state of Bavaria and fellow CSU member, led to a crisis in the party which ultimately resulted in Stoiber’s resignation.... Biography of Mark McKinney
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the long-running sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series (1989 to 1995) and feature film (Brain Candy), he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997. From 2003 to 2006, he co-created, wrote and starred in the acclaimed mini-series Slings and Arrows, a TV show about a Canadian theatre company struggling to survive while a crazy genius director haunted by his dead mentor helps the actors find authenticity in their acting. Early life McKinney was born in Ottawa, Canada. Since his father was a diplomat, he did a lot of traveling when he was young. Some of the places he lived while growing up were Trinidad, Paris, Mexic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rémy Vercoutre
Rémy Vercoutre (born in Grande-Synthe on 26 June 1980 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)), is a French football goalkeeper, currently second choice for the French champions, Olympique Lyonnais. His squad number is 30. Career Vercoutre previously played for Montpellier before moving to Lyon in 2002. In 2004, he joined the RC Strasbourg on loan, but only managed to play 8 games for them before returning to Lyon. Due to Coupet's injury for the 2007 portion of the Ligue 1 season, Vercoutre became Lyon's first choice keeper and played in every game until Coupet's return. Vercoutre has now been relegated back to the second choice, however not after leaving the impression that not only is he an exceptional keeper capable of handling Champions League pressure, but he is ready and able to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joëlle Aubron
Joëlle Aubron, born June 26, 1959 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, died March 1, 2006, was a French activist of Action directe (AD). Action directe (AD) was a French armed group which committed a series of assassinations and violent attacks in France between 1979 and 1987. Members of Action directe considered themselves libertarian communist who had formed an "urban guerrilla organisation". The French government considered them terrorists and banned the group. Action directe was set up in 1977 by two other groups, GARI (Groupes d'Action Révolutionnaire Internationalistes, revolutionary internationalist action groups) and NAPAP (Noyaux Armés pour l'Autonomie Populaire, armed core groups for popular autonomy), as the "military-political co-ordination of the autonomous movement". In 1979 it was trans... Biography of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolayevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, June 26 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. During her lifetime, Maria, too young to become a Red Cross nurse like her elder sisters during World War I, was patroness of a hospital and instead visited wounded soldiers. Throughout her lifetime she was noted for interest in the lives of the soldiers. The flirtatious... Biography of Harriet Wheeler
Harriet Wheeler (born 26 June 1963) was the lead singer of the alternative pop band, The Sundays. Early years Wheeler grew up in Sonning Common, near Reading, Berkshire, the daughter of an architect and a teacher. She was enrolled as an English literature student at Bristol University when she met David Gavurin. The two shared a common passion for music, and despite a scant background in musical training, released demos to various clubs in London (although Wheeler had sung in a band called Jim Jiminee before meeting Gavurin). After The Sundays' last album Static and Silence was released, Wheeler and Gavurin married. The Sundays were an English alternative pop group. The band, formed in the mid-1980s, released three albums of material in the late 1980s and 1990s. Their music i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Edwards
Barbara J. Edwards (born June 26, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American model and actress known for her appearances in Playboy magazine and B-movies. She was Playmate of the Month for September 1983 and Playmate of the Year for 1984. Filmography Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) Playboy Playmate DVD Calendar Collection: The 90's (2004) Playboy: California Girls (2000) Playboy: Playmates Revisited (1998) Playboy Video Centerfold: Kerri Kendall (1990) Another Chance (1989) Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989) Playboy: Wet & Wild (1989) Playboy: Sexy Lingerie (1988) Playboy: The Very Best of Playboy's Playmates (1988) Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1987 (1986) Terminal Entry (1986) Malibu Express (1985) "Matt Houston" - The Bikini Murder... Biography of Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific British writer. He first came to prominence as a philosopher, Wilson has since written widely on true crime, mysticism, fiction and other topics. Biography Wilson was born and brought up in Leicester. He left school at 16 and worked in factories and numerous other jobs while reading in his spare time. In 1956, at the age of 24, he published The Outsider, which examines the role of the social "outsider" in seminal works of various key literary and cultural figures (notably Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. E. Lawrence, Vaslav Nijinsky and Vincent Van Gogh) and aspects of alienation in their works. The book was very successful and was a serious contribution to the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wolfgang Windgassen
Wolfgang Windgassen (June 26, 1914 – September 8, 1974) was a tenor internationally known for his performances in Wagner operas. Born in Annemasse, France, he was the son (and pupil) of a well known Heldentenor, Fritz Windgassen (who was also the teacher of Gottlob Frick). Wolfgang made his début at Pforzheim as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. After army service he became a member of the Stuttgart opera company, and succeeded his father as principal tenor. Stuttgart opera remained his home base throughout his career, and for the last two years of his life he was its artistic director. Windgassen sang at all the important opera houses all over the world. He was invited to perform at the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 and continued to appear there till 1970, singing all the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993), Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) (since 2001), deputy of the State Duma (since 1995), and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (since 1996). Early life Zyuganov was born in Mymrino, a farming village in Oryol Oblast, south of Moscow. The son and grandson of schoolteachers, he followed in their footsteps: after graduating from a secondary school, his first jo... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress and comedienne who has gained popularity through her deadpan-style comedy, and currently co-stars in Parks and Recreation as April Ludgate. Early life Plaza was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Bernadette, an attorney, and David Plaza, a financial advisor. She has two younger sisters, Renee and Natalie, like her character in Parks and Recreation, whom she uses for a source of inspiration for the character of April. Plaza was named after the song "Aubrey" by Bread. Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish and English descent. Plaza has stated: "I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico." She is a ... Biography of Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 - 10 September 1988) was a noted American author and psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy. Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988. She is also known for creating the "Virginia Satir - Change Process Model", this model was developed through clinical studies. Change management and organizational gurus of the 1990s and 2000s embrace this model to define how change impacts organizations. Early years Virginia Satir was born 26 June 1916 in Neillsville, Wisconsin, the eldest of five children born to Oscar Alfred Reinnard Pagenkopf and Minnie Happe Pagenkopf. When she was five years old, Satir suffered from appendicitis. Her mother, a devout Christian Sci... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alessandro Campagna
Alessandro Campagna (or Alex Campagna), born June 26, 1963 in Palermo, is an Italian swimmer. He won gold medal in Barcelona in 1992 (with the Italian Water Polo Team).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alberto Rabagliati
Alberto Rabagliati (26 June 1906 - 7 March 1974) was an Italian singer. Early career Rabagliati was born in Milan. In 1927 he moved to Hollywood as the winner of a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest. He later recalled: "For someone like me, who had seen no more than Lake Como or Monza cathedral so far, finding myself on board a luxury steamer with three cases full of clothes, a few rolls of dollars, granduchesses and countesses flirting with me was something extraordinary". He remained four years in America, but his career as an actor never took off. During his stay he had however the opportunity to get to know new musical genres such as jazz, swing, scat. Singing Back in Europe he became a singer. After a brief experience with Pippo Barzizza's orchestra, he joined the L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Couillard
Philippe Couillard M.D., (born June 26, 1957 in Montreal, Canada) was a politician, and former university professor and neurosurgeon in Quebec, Canada. Until June 25, 2008, he served as the Quebec Minister for Health and Social Services in the government of Jean Charest. Couillard holds a medical degree and a certification in neurosurgery from the Université de Montréal. He was the head of the department of neurosurgery at St-Luc hospital from 1989 to 1992 and again at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke from 1996 to 2003. From 1992 to 1996, he practised in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 2003, he left the medical profession to run for a seat in the National Assembly representing the Quebec Liberal Party. He was elected MNA for Mont-Royal in the 2003 election and was appointed Min... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rachid Arhab
Rachid Arhab, born June 26, 1955 in Fort National (now Larba Nat Iraten), is a French journalist, member of Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA). The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) is a French institution, created in 1989, whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France, such as radio and television, including through eventual censorship. For example, it was the CSA that asked the French government to forbid Al-Manar TV in 2005 because of charges of hate speech; it also claimed that MED TV was close to the Kurdish PKK, on grounds not of "evidences" but of "concording elements" . The creation of the CSA was a measure found in the Socialist Party's electoral program of 1981, called 110 Propositions for France. The CSA is the French equivalent of the American... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Ricci
Antonio Ricci, born in Albenga June 26, 1950, is an Italian screenwriter, director and producer. Filmogaphy (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723194/ ) Screenwriter "Lupo solitario" (1987) TV series (writer) "Premiatissima '84" (1984) TV mini-series (writer) Cercasi Gesù (1982) (writer) ... aka Imposteur, L' (France) ... aka Looking for Jesus (International: English title) Director "Paperissima" (1990) TV series "Striscia la notizia" (1988) TV series (unknown episodes)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aaron Jackson
Aaron Jackson (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor. He is most noted for his role as "Mark Winkle" in the Peter Engel series for NBC, California Dreams, between 1994 and 1996. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1992 Passed Away Uncredited Bob Roberts Lorenzo's Oil Francesco Odone 1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Zane Direct-to-video release 2002 Wicked Spring After Stand Kennerly 2003 Tangy Guacamole Sean 2005 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge The Scout Vicious Vixens Dennis/Crypto Heaven's Neighbors Jake Francis Television Year Title Role Notes 1994-1996 California Dreams Mark Winkle 47 episodes 2006 Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories Scout Television movie... Biography of Armand de Las Cuevas
Armand de Las Cuevas (born June 26, 1968 in Troyes, France) is a retired French racing cyclist who won prestigious races like Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré or Clásica de San Sebastián. A time trial specialist, he was considered one of the best time-trialist of early 1990s, winning many prologues and individual time trials. He planned to break the current Hour record held by Eddy Merckx but never materialized his attempt. Palmarès 1990 1 stage of Vuelta a Asturias 1991 French Road Race Championship GP Ouest-France 1 stage of Bicicleta Vasca 1992 1st, Prologue, Tour de Romandie 1993 1st, Stage 7, Paris-Nice Grand Prix des Nations Étoile de Bessèges 1st, Overall and Stage 2 1994 Giro d'Italia 1st, Prologue 9th Overall Clásica de San Sebastián Paris-Came... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ismaël Ferroukhi
Ismaël Ferroukhi (born June 26, 1962) is a French-Moroccan film director. Ferroukhi was born in Kenitra. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film L'Exposé, which won the Kodak Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Following, Ferroukhi co-wrote the Cédric Kahn film Trop de Bonheur (1994). His directorial debut Le Grand Voyage, produced by Humbert Balsan and Ognon Pictures, won the Lion of the Future "Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature Film at the 61st Venice Film Festival in 2004. Awards and Nominations L'Exposé (1993) (Kodak Short Film Award, Cannes Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Nomination: Golden Star, Marrakech International Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2004) (Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Venice Film Festival) Le Grand Voyage (2005) (Best Fil... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jennette McCurdy
Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American film and television actress and country pop singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly. She has also appeared in a number of notable television series, including True Jackson, VP; Malcolm in the Middle; and Lincoln Heights. Early life Jennette McCurdy was born in Garden Grove, California, and she has three older brothers: Marcus, Scott, and Dustin. She gained interest in acting after watching Harrison Ford in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope right after her mother recovered from breast cancer. Career Acting McCurdy started her acting career in 2000 at the age of eight on MADtv. Since then she appeared in several television series, including CSI: Crime Scene I... Biography of Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942), better known as Gilberto Gil (IPA: ), is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and his political commitment. Since 2003, he has been serving as his country's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil began playing music as a child and was still a teenager when he joined his first band. He started out as a bossa nova musician, eventually writing songs that reflected a new focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música Popular Brasileira and Tropicalismo movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Vel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Streiff
Philippe Streiff (born in Grenoble, June 26, 1955) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 54 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 21, 1984. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 11 championship points. A pre-season testing crash in 1989 left him paralysed and in a wheelchair, with the quality of the care he received in the aftermath having been called into question. He has since organised a go-karting event in Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max Biaggi
Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi born June 26, 1971 (1971-06-26) (age 37) in Rome, Italy is a motorcycle racer who currently resides in Monaco and in the United States. He has won the 250cc World Championship four times, and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and MotoGP championships. In 2007 he switched to the World Superbike Championship, finishing third overall as a rookie. Career 125cc Biaggi was more interested in soccer as a child. But in 1989, after he was given an Aprilia RS125 for his seventeenth birthday, he began his racing career in the 125cc class at age eighteen. In 1990 he won the Italian Sport Production Championship. Following his success in 125cc, Biaggi moved up to the 250cc class. 250cc In 1991, Biaggi became the European champion on an Aprilia RS250, and th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Garfield
Richard Channing Garfield, Jr. (born 26 June 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a mathematics professor and game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally. He also created a variation of the game Hearts called Complex hearts. The development of Magic: The Gathering is credited with popularising the collectible card game genre. Garfield spent his childhood in many locations throughout the world as a result of his father's work in architecture. His family eventually settled in Oregon when he was twelve. While always having an interest in puzzles and games, his passion for games began when he was introduced to Dun... Biography of Luiza Possi
Luiza Possi (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi. In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with the band that was opening the show do Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo. The audience consisted of 12 thousand people, and the singer played the song "O Vento", Jota Quest, only the sound of the piano and his voice. In 2001, Singer went with some bands playing in an informal way, until Joe participated in the Program, aired on Rede Globo, beside his mother, Zizi Possi, and performed the song "Angel" theme from the movie City of Angels. Next day he received invitations to write and sign contracts. Luiza stayed with his father, who was then president of Indie Records, his first album was reco... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Damien Nazon
Damien Nazon, born June 26, 1974 in Epinal, is a French former professional bicycle racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ambroise Roux
Ambroise Roux, born June 26, 1921 in Piscop (Val-d'Oise), died April 5, 1999 in Montfort-l'Amaury, was a French businessman. He has the Chairman of Compagnie générale d'électricité (CGE) and has worked for Barclays Bank and FNAC.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stéphane Demilly
Stéphane Demilly (born June 26, 1963 in Albert, Somme) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Somme department, and is a member of the New Centre.... Biography of Willy Messerschmitt
Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, June 26, 1898 – September 15, 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of a wine merchant. His stepfather was the American painter and Munich Academy Professor Carl von Marr. Probably Messerschmitt's single most important design was the Messerschmitt Bf 109, designed in 1934 with the collaboration of Walter Rethel. The Bf 109 became the most important fighter in the Luftwaffe as Germany re-armed prior to World War II. To this day, it remains the most-produced fighter in history, with some 35,000 built. Another Messerschmitt aircraft, first called "Bf 109R", purpose-built for record setting, but later re-designated Messerschmitt Me 209, broke the absolute world air-spee... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carlos Moreno
Carlos Moreno, born June 26, 1954 in Sorocaba, is a Brazilian actor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmund Phelps
Edmund Strother Phelps, Jr. (born July 26, 1933 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American economist and the winner of the 2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Early in his career he became renowned for his research at Yale's Cowles Foundation in the first half of the 1960s on the sources of economic growth. His demonstration of the Golden Rule of national saving, a concept first devised by John von Neumann and Maurice Allais, started a wave of research on how much a nation ought to spend on present consumption rather than save and invest for future generations. His most seminal work inserted a microfoundation—one featuring imperfect information, incomplete knowledge and expectations about wages and prices—to support a macroeconomic theory of employment dete... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeanne Eagles
Jeanne Eagels (June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929) was an American actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously considered for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39. That nomination was the first ever posthumous Oscar consideration for any actor, male or female. Early life Jeanne Eagels was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles (1865–1945) on June 26, 1890 of German and Irish descent. Her parents were married on April 26, 1886 in Platte City, Platte County, Missouri. Although many biographies state that her birth name was Amelia Jean... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923) was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in Valley of the Kings. Biography Born at the family home, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire on 26 June 1866, George Herbert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding to the Carnarvon title in 1890. On 26 June 1895 Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of Marie Boyer, the wife of Frederick Charles Wombwell, but her real father was believed to be Alfred de Rothschild, the unmarried member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England who made Lady Carnarvon his heiress. Exceedingly wealthy, Lord Carnarvon was at fir... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Reverend G. Vale Owen
George Vale Owen, born June 26, 1869 in Birmingham, died in 1931, was a British medium, spiritualist and writer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell, 26 June 1943, Leigh, Lancashire) is a British rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. The one-time rock and roll tour musician, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer; often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Biography Early life Fame took piano lessons from the age of seven and after leaving Leigh Central County Secondary School at 15, he worked for a brief period in a cotton weaving mill and played piano for a band called The Dominoes in the evenings. After taking part in a singing contest at the Butlins Holiday Camp in Pwllheli, North Wales he was offered a job there by the band leader, early British rock'n'roll star Rory Blackwell. The Flamingo and London club scene At sixtee... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerome Kersey
Jerome Kersey (born June 26, 1962 in Clarksville, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for a number of teams, but most notably for the Portland Trail Blazers. He also has served in various coaching roles in the NBA. College career Kersey attended the then Longwood College, at the time a NCAA Division II school, where he set school records for points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots while making 57% of his baskets. As a senior, his rebounding average of 14.2 led all Division II players. However, it was not until May 2006 that Kersey graduated from Longwood, having only needed two more college courses to graduate, for some years. NBA Coming from a school that was not known as a basketball powerhouse, Kersey was ... Biography of Alizée Poulicek
Alizée Poulicek (born June 26, 1987 in Uccle, Belgium) is a beauty queen who won the title of Miss Belgium 2008, and represented her country in Miss Universe 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Unfortunately, she unplaced at the pageant. She also represented Belgium in Miss World 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her ambition is to become a television presenter and she has completed many contracts in TV already.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Royer (poet)
Jean Royer, born June 26, 1938 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, is a Canadian poet and writer. Awards * Prix Alain-Grandbois (1989)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named by the Guinness Book of Records, along with Lottie Dod, as the most versatile female competitor. She achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field. Life history Mildred Ella Didrikson was the sixth of seven children born in the coastal oil city of Port Arthur in southeastern Texas. Her mother, Hannah, and her father, Ole, were immigrants from Norway. Three of her seven siblings were born in Norway, and the other three were born in Port Arthur. She later changed the spelling of her surname from Didriksen to Didrikson. Didrikson moved to Beaumont when she was four years of age. The family resided at 850 Doucette. She always claimed to have acquired the nickn... Biography of Nadine Krüger
Nadine Krüger, born June 26, 1977 in Est Berlin, is a German TV host and actress. She has a sister named Michelle and was the spouse of Mirko von Schliefen (1999 - 2002). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473253/ ) # Die Drachentöter (2003) (V) .... Eva # "Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei" .... Staatsanwältin Wolf (1 episode, 2002) - Späte Rache (2002) TV episode .... Staatsanwältin Wolf # Wenn die Liebe verloren geht (2002) (TV) .... Nicole # "Lindenstraße" .... TV Reporter (1 episode, 2001) - Die nackte Franziska (2001) TV episode .... TV Reporter # "St. Angela" .... Vanessa von Schütte / ... (24 episodes, 2000-2001) - Nur aus Liebe (2001) TV episode .... Vanessa von Schütte - Psychospiele (2001) TV episode .... Vanessa von Schütte ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maxime Bossis
Maxime Bossis (born June 26, 1955 in Saint-André-Treize-Voies, Vendée) is a retired football defender from France, who obtained 76 caps (one goal) for the French national team. He is mostly remembered for missing the last penalty in 1982 World Cup semifinal between Germany and France. While the score was tied at 4-4, Bossis missed the next penalty, allowing Horst Hrubesch to score the last penalty, and with 5-4, to drive his team to the final. From 1985 to 1992, he held the French record of caps, when the also defender Manuel Amoros established a new mark with 82 caps. He also held the French record of matches played in the FIFA World Cup with 15, now surpassed by Fabien Barthez. Titles * French championship in 1977, 1980 and 1983 with FC Nantes * French championship runne... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrea Pininfarina
Andrea Pininfarina (June 26, 1957 – August 7, 2008) was an Italian engineer and manager, former CEO of the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina, founded by his grandfather Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930 and still controlled by the family. He was the son of Sergio Pininfarina and was married to Italian aristocrat Cristina Maddalena Pellion di Persano, with whom he had three children, Benedetta, Sergio and Luca. Pininfarina was born in Turin. In 1981 he graduated from Polytechnic of Turin as a mechanical engineer and in 1982 was employed by Fruehauf corporation in the United States of America. In 1983 he joined the family business as Program Manager of the Cadillac Allanté project at Pininfarina. In 1987 he was promoted to Co-General Manager of the company, and in 1988 he became General Mana... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karel Kosík
Karel Kosík (June 26, 1926 – February 21, 2003) was a Czech Neomarxist philosopher. In his most famous philosophical work Dialectics of the Concrete (1963) Kosík presents original synthesis of Martin Heidegger's version of phenomenology and ideas of Young Marx. His later essays can be called as a sharp critique of the modern society from the leftist conservative position. Biography Karel Kosík was born in June 26, 1926 in Prague. From September 1, 1943 until his arrestment by Gestapo in November 17, 1944, he was a member of an illegal anti-nazi communist resistance group Předvoj (The Vanguard) and a chief editor of an illegal journal Boj mladých (The Fight of Youth). After his seizure Kosík was accused of high treason and repeatedly questioned. From January 30 to May 5, 1945 h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hélène Tanguy
Hélène Tanguy, born June 26, 1949 in Vannes (Morbihan), is a French politician, member of UMP. She is a former member of Parliament, and the Mayor of Guilvinec, Finistère.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefano Magagnoli
Stefano Magagnoli, born June 26, 1958 in Cairo Montenotte, is an Italian actor, editor and journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 (birth time source: Lescaut) – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field. She was named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th Century by ESPN, and the 9th Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century by the Associated Press. Biography Mildred Ella Didrikson was the sixth of seven children born in the coastal oil city of Port Arthur in southeastern Texas. Her mother, Hannah, and her father, Ole, were immigrants from Norway. Three of her six siblings were born in Norway, and the other three were born in Port Arthur. She later changed the spelling of her surname from Didriksen to Didrikson. Didrikson moved with her family to Beaumont, Texas, at age four,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Alexandre
Bernard Alexandre, born June 26, 1918 in Le Havre, died in 1990, was a French writer and Catholic priest.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Niggli
Paul Niggli (June 26, 1888 – January 13, 1953) was a Swiss crystallographer who was a leader in the field of X-ray crystallography. Niggli was born in Zofingen and studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the University of Zurich, where he obtained a doctorate. His 1919 book, Geometrishe Kristillographie des Diskontinuums, played a seminal role in the refinement of space group theory. In this book, Niggli demonstrated that although X-ray reflection conditions do not always uniquely determine the space group to which a crystal belongs, they do reveal a small number of possible space groups to which it could belong. Niggli used morphological methods to account for internal structure and, in his 1928 Kristallographische und Strukturtheoretische Grundbegriffe, he t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John V. Tunney
John Varick Tunney (born June 26, 1934), is a former Democratic Party United States Senator and Representative. Biography He is the son of the famous heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney and Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney. Tunney graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1956. He attended the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1959, where he was a roommate of future Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, who remained a close friend. Tunney was admitted to the Virginia and New York bars in 1959 and practiced law in New York City. Tunney joined the United States Air Force as a judge advocate and served until he was discharged as a captain in April 1963. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Argoud
Antoine Argoud (26 June 1914 – 10 June 2004) was a French Army officer specializing in counter-insurgency during the Algerian War of Independence. Argoud's opposition to Algerian independence from France resulted in his joining of the Organisation de l'Armée Secrète (OAS) and support for its use of violence in opposition to this policy. Argoud was twice placed on trial and convicted (the first in absentia) of attempting to assassinate de Gaulle. Following the second trial Argoud was sentenced to life imprisonment, but released as part of a general amnesty in 1968.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jan de Jong
Jan de Jong, born on June 26, 1917 in Sprundel, died in June 1992 in Roosendaal, was a Dutch author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Neubaecker
Peter Neubäcker, born June 26, 1953 in Melle, is a German musicologist, editor, writer, and professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Lesaffre
Roland Lesaffre, born on June 26, 1927 in Clermont-Ferrand, died on February 3, 2009 in Paris, as a French actor. Filmography 1950 : La Marie du port de Marcel Carné : Un marin 1950 : L'Étrange Madame X de Jean Grémillon : Roland, le garçon de café 1950 : Juliette ou la Clé des songes de Marcel Carné : Le légionnaire 1952 : Casque d'or de Jacques Becker : Anatole 1952 : Nous sommes tous des assassins d'André Cayatte : Le détenu-coiffeur 1953 : Quand tu liras cette lettre de Jean-Pierre Melville : Roland 1953 : L'Amour d'une femme de Jean Grémillon : Yves 1953 : Thérèse Raquin de Marcel Carné : Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur 1954 : L'Air de Paris de Marcel Carné : André Ménard 1955 : La Main au collet d'Alfred Hitchcock : Claude ... Biography of Nathan Followill
Ivan Nathan Followill (born June 26, 1979), also known as Nathan Followill, is the drummer of the Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band, Kings of Leon. He is the brother to fellow band members, singer Caleb Followill, bass guitarist Jared Followill, and cousin to lead guitarist Matthew Followill. Personal life Nathan was born to Betty Ann and Ivan Leon Followill, a Pentecostal evangelist minister, who traveled around the South. Nathan grew up playing drums in church. He is engaged to American singer-songwriter, Jessie Baylin, with whom he lives in Nashville. They both have stated that they are planning to have their wedding in November. Equipment Nathan currently uses DW Drums, Pedals and Hardware with Paiste cymbals and Evans drum heads, his cymbals from left to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lyman Spitzer
Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 in Toledo, Ohio – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation and for his promotions of telescopes in space and research into plasma physics. A graduate of Phillips Academy, Princeton University, and Yale University, Spitzer invented the Stellarator plasma device and is the namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Death Spitzer died suddenly on March 31, 1997 after having completed a regular working day at Princeton University. He was survived by wife Doreen Canaday Spitzer, four children, and ten grandchildren. Among Spitzer's four children is neurobiologist, Nicholas C. Spitzer, who is currently the professor and vice chair in section of neurobiology at UC San Diego ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard B. Anderson
Richard Beatty Anderson (June 26, 1921 (source for his time of birth: Nolle) – February 1, 1944) was a United States Marine who sacrificed his life during World War II and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism. Biography Anderson was born in Tacoma, Washington on June 26, 1921 and was raised in Agnew, Washington. He attended Macleay School in Agnew before graduating from Sequim High School in the nearby city of Sequim. He entered the Marine Corps on July 6, 1942 in Oakland, California, receiving his recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. Private Anderson then joined the Marine Barracks, Naval Receiving Station in San Diego in October 1942. Promoted to private first class on April 12, 1943, he was ordered to the Infantry Battalion, T... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Schatzberg
Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927 in Bronx, New York) is a photographer, screenwriter, and film director. Career Schatzberg was born to a Jewish family of furriers and grew up in the Bronx. He photographed for magazines such as Vogue, Esquire and McCalls. He made his debut as a feature film director with 1970's Puzzle of a Downfall Child starring Faye Dunaway. He went on to direct films such as Scarecrow, which shared the grand prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Honeysuckle Rose with Willie Nelson, Misunderstood (based on a novel by Florence Montgomery), Street Smart in 1987, and The Panic in Needle Park, which starred Al Pacino. He was a member of the jury at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. As a still photographer, one of Schatzberg's most fa... Biography of Terri Nunn
Terri Kathleen Nunn, born on June 26, 1961 in Baldwin Hills, California (source: Imdb) is an American singer and actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the New Wave band Berlin. Biography Nunn joined the New Wave, techno-pop band Berlin in 1978, but temporarily left the band the following year to pursue an acting career. In 1981, Nunn rejoined the group as the lead vocalist and would soon forge her recording career with the band. Nunn's greatest success with Berlin was the top-selling single "Take My Breath Away", the love theme from the film Top Gun, which reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Other popular songs voiced by Nunn include "Sex (I'm A ...)", "The Metro", "You Don't Know", "No More Words", and "Masquerade". She appeared in numerous television shows ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harold Hason
Harold Hason, born on June 26, 1915 in Toronto, Ontario (source: AFA), died on April 10, 1988 (cancer), was a Canadian astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Arène
Paul-Auguste Arène, born 26 June 1843 in Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and died 17 December 1896 in Antibes, was a Provençal poet and French writer. The son of Adolphe, a clockmaker, and Reine, a cap presser, he studied in Marseille, then in Vannes. A short play which enjoyed some success at the Odéon, Pierrot héritier, led him to quit, in 1865, the University, and journalism. He was 23. He started to contribute to Figaro littéraire and composed his first Provençal verses, which were published in the Almanach avignonnais by Joseph Roumanille. The subject of all of his Provençal pieces are the area, and particularly the countryside, around Sisteron : Fontfrediero, Lis Estello negro, Raubatori. In French, Paul Arène published Parnassiculet, in which he talked about his life, in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 - 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then grand almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722. He constructed the Hotel de Rohan next to the present day Hotel de Soubise in which his father lived, employing his father's architect, Pierre-Alexis Delamair. The prince de Rohan was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions in 1701 and of the Académie française in 1703. He was made a commander of the Saint-Esprit in 1713. Bibliography Claude Muller, Le siècle des Rohan : une dynastie de cardinaux en Alsace au XVIII|e, La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg, 2006, 446 p. ISBN 2716506523... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Luc Raharimanana
Jean-Luc Raharimanana (born June 26, 1967, Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Malagasy writer in French. He wrote his first book in his birth countryside, but he couldn't publish it because of the political situation . He went to France to study ethnolinguistic. He has been a teacher, a journalist and the writer of several books, which have been translated to German, English, Italian and Spanish. He describes the situation of poverty and corruption and the history of his homeland with a violent and lyrical style. Books Le prophète et le président (1989) Le lépreux et dix-neuf autres nouvelles (Hatier, 1992) Rêves sous le linceul (Le Serpent à Plumes, 1996) Le puits, (Actes Sud Papier, 1997) Lucarne (Le Serpent à Plumes, 1999) Nour, 1947, (Le Serpent à Plume... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Issa-Aimé Nthépé
Issa-Aimé Nthépé (born 26 June 1973 in Douala) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Cameroon in 1999. At the 2002 European Championships he finished fifth in the 100 metres and fourth in 4 x 100 metres relay. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 World Championships. He finished seventh with the French relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. His personal best times are 10.11 seconds in the 100 m and 20.58 seconds in the 200 m, both achieved in the summer of 2002.... Biography of Olga Potachova
Olga Dmitrievna Potachova (Russian: Ольга Дмитриевна Поташова; born June 26, 1976 in Potsdam, Germany) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She is 2.04 m tall, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world. She had to retire in 2004 due to health problems.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Deuchar
James "Jimmy" Deuchar (26 June 1930 - 9 September 1993) was a jazz trumpeter and big band arranger, born in Dundee, Scotland. He found fame as a performer and arranger in the 1950s and 1960s. Deuchar was taught trumpet by John Lynch, who learned bugle as a boy soldier in the First World War and who later was Director of Brass Music for Dundee. Career After National Service, Deuchar worked with the seminal British modern jazz unit, the Johnny Dankworth Seven (1950–51). During the 1950s, he worked with a number of commercial bands, such as the Oscar Rabin Band, and also intermittently with Ronnie Scott. In the late 1950s he worked with Kurt Edelhagen’s orchestra in Germany. He returned to the UK and worked again with Scott (1960-62) and with Tubby Hayes (1962-66). As a highly gifted ... Biography of Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Tibetan: ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྡོ་རྗེ།; Wylie: O-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje) (born June 26, 1985), also written Urgyen Trinley Dorje (Wylie: U-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje; or Orgyen Trinley Dorje or Ugyen Trinley Dorje) is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa. The Karmapa is head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Thaye Dorje are the persisting claimants to that office and title. Born in Kham, Tibet to largely nomadic parents, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is said to have identified himself to family members as the Karmapa early in childhood. (The identification of ... Biography of Gary Gilmour
Gary John Gilmour (born 26 June 1951, Waratah, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1973 to 1977. At the peak of his career, Gilmour combined spectacular, free-hitting batting with penetrative left-arm swing bowling and the ability to hang on to a blinding catch in the slips cordon. He earned comparisons with the great Alan Davidson. Early life and education Gary John Gilmour was born 26 June 1951 in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah. He attended Waratah Primary School and Newcastle Boys High School. He was awarded two "Blues" by the New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association: in 1967 (Baseball) and 1969 (Cricket). Cricketer A score of 122 on his debut for New South Wales in January 1972, f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Castellin
Philippe Castellin, born on June 26, 1948 in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, is a French poet and author.... Biography of Hugues Cuénod
Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod (French pronunciation: ; 26 June 1902 – 6 December 2010) was a Swiss tenor known for his performances in opera, operetta, both traditional and musical theatre, and on the concert stage, where he was particularly known for his light, romantic and expressive interpretation of mélodie (French art song). His repertoire encompassed everything from the medieval chansons of Guillaume de Machaut to the avant garde works of Igor Stravinsky. He had an extraordinarily long career of over 64 years: he gave his first concert in 1928 and his last in 1992 when he was aged 90, hence breaking the record for the longest career as a professional vocalist. Career Born in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, Cuénod received his training at the Ribaupierre Institute in Lausanne, at the conservatories i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hélène Mignon
Hélène Mignon, born on June 26, 1934 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, is a French politician (Socialist party) and physician. She is a former member of Parliament (1998-1993, 1997-2007).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Maclennan
Robert Adam Ross "Bob" Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart PC (born 26 June 1936, Glasgow) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat life peer. He was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), serving during the negotiations that led to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988. He then became joint interim leader of the new party, known as the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) before later becoming the Liberal Democrats. Early life Maclennan was educated at Glasgow Academy; Balliol College, Oxford; Trinity College, Cambridge; and Columbia University, New York City. He became Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Caithness and Sutherland in 1966, and serving until 1997; and for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross after boundary changes, from 1997 to 2001. Following th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Davide Ferrario
Davide Ferrario, born on June 26, 1956 in Casalmaggiore, is an Italian film director. Filmography 1987 : Non date da mangiare agli animali 1989 : La fine della notte 1991 : Lontano da Roma 1994 : Anime fiammeggianti 1995 : A Rimini 1995 : IlFiglio di Zelig 1996 : Estate in città (Téléfilm) 1997 : Partigiani 1997 : Il 45° parallelo 1997 : Devenir adulte (Tutti giù per terra) 1998 : Loro 1998 : Figli di Annibale 1999 : Guardami 2000 : La rabbia 2002 : Le strade di Genova 2004 : Dopo mezzanotte 2004 : Se devo essere sincera 2006 : Le Voyage de Primo Levi (La strada di Levi) 2009 : Tutta colpa di Giuda... Biography of Olivier Dahan
Olivier Dahan, born in La Ciotat June 26, 1967, is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196860/ ) Director My Own Love Song (2009) (post-production) Môme, La (2007) ... aka Edith Piaf (Czech Republic) ... aka Life in Pink (USA: informal alternative title) ... aka The Little Girl (USA: literal English title) ... aka The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (International: English title) ... aka Vie en rose, La (USA: new title) Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse, Les (2004) ... aka Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (International: English title) ... aka Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (UK: DVD title) ... aka Crimson Rivers: Angels of the Apocalypse (USA: DVD title) ... aka Fiumi di po... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Sifrein Maury
Jean-Sifrein Maury (June 26, 1746 – May 10, 1817) was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. Biography The son of a poor cobbler, he was born on at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France that belonged to the pope. His acuteness was observed by the priests of the seminary at Avignon, where he was educated and took orders. He tried his fortune by writing éloges of famous persons, then a favorite practice; in 1771, his Éloge on Fénelon was pronounced by the French Academy as second only to that by La Harpe. The real foundation of his fortunes was the success of a panegyric on Saint Louis delivered before the Académie Française in 1772, which caused him to be recommended for an abbacy in commendam. In 1777 he published under the title of Discours choisis his pane... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is an American film actor. He was born Maximilian Josef Sommer in Greifswald, Germany and was raised in North Carolina, the son of Elisabeth and Clemons Sommer, a professor of art history at the University of North Carolina. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He has a daughter, Maria. Sommer made his acting debut at the age of nine in a North Carolina production of Watch on the Rhine. He made his film debut in 1971 in Dirty Harry, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind in 1977, and appeared in Witness opposite Harrison Ford (where he played a crooked police officer) and Moonlight and Valentino with Elizabeth Perkins. He appeared as President Gerald Ford opposite Gena Rowlands in the 1987 made-for-TV movie The Betty Ford Story. He has als... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Berenson
Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and therefore establishing the market for paintings by the "Old Masters". Personal life Berenson was born Bernhard Valvrojenski in Butrimonys (now in Alytus district of Lithuania) to a Litvak family. They emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts from the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire in 1875, whereupon the family name was changed to "Berenson." Berenson converted to Christianity in 1885, becoming an Episcopalian. He later converted to the Catholic religion, while living in Italy. He attended the Boston University College of Liberal Arts as a freshman during 1883-84, but, unable to obtain instruction in Sanskrit from... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glen Stewart Godwin
Glen Stewart Godwin (born June 26, 1958 in Miami, Florida) is a fugitive and convicted murderer who was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on December 7, 1996, nine years after he escaped from Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California where he was serving a 26-years-to-life sentence. He replaced O'Neil Vassell on the list. Murder of Kim LeValley In 1980, Godwin was living in Palm Springs, California, working as a self-employed tool salesman and had no known criminal past. He has also worked as a mechanic and a construction worker. On August 3, 1980, some Eagle Mountain residents found a blown-up pickup truck with remains of a human body inside of it abandoned in desert. The explosion was intended to disguise the murder of LeValley. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Sicre
Henri Sicre, born on June 26, 1935 in Rabat, Morocco, is a French politician (Socialist party), the former Mayor of Ceret, and a former member of Parliament (1988-2007).... Biography of Liliane Ferrarezi
Liliane Ferrarezi (born 26 June 1988) is a Brazilian model. The daughter of a broker and a housewife, she was born at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has a brother and a sister. Ferrarezi came to national attention in 2002, when she was the winner out of some 350,000 entrants competing in the Brazilian round of the Supermodel of the World contest. Representing Brazil in the 2002 world final, held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, she was the runner-up out of forty-five contestants. Since then, she has modelled for designer labels including Balenciaga, Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs and been photographed for the campaigns of Burberry and Gap. Her magazine covers include French and Italian editions of Vogue. She has also appeared in a television commercial for 'Ech... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annie Sinigalia
Annie Sinigalia, born June 26, 1944 in Montfort-l'Amaury, is a French actress and comedian. Theater 1964 : Croque monsieur de Marcel Mithois, mise en scène Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Saint-Georges 1970 : La Locandiera de Carlo Goldoni, mise en scène Jacques Ardouin, Théâtre Hébertot 1986 : Faisons un rêve de Sacha Guitry, mise en scène Jacques Rosny, Théâtre Saint-Georges 1989 : Tempo de Richard Harris, mise en scène Philippe Ogouz, Théâtre Fontaine Filmography Voice Karen Allen : Marion Ravenwood dans Les Aventuriers de l'arche perdue Zoë Wanamaker : Martha dans 5 enfants et moi Judi Dench : Aereron dans Les Chroniques de Riddick Sinéad Cusack : Delia Surridge dans V pour Vendetta Meryl Streep : Inga Helms-Weiss dans Holocauste, Joanna Kramer dans Kramer con... Biography of Deron Williams
Deron Michael Williams (pronounced /ˈdɛrən/, dair-in) (born June 26, 1984), nicknamed D-Will, is an American basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to playing in the NBA, Williams played for the University of Illinois men's basketball team. Early life and high school athletics In elementary school and middle school, Williams won two state wrestling championships. In 1993, as an eight-year-old, he won the 67 lb. weight class Texas State championship. Four years later in 1997, he won the twelve-year-old 116 lb. weight class championship. Williams attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas and averaged 17 points, 9.4 assists, and 2 steals per game as a junior in 2001. That year he led his team, the C... Biography of Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973) is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party. Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, One of the Boys, was released in 2007. Overall, Wilson has charted 13 singles on the Billboard country charts, of which five have reached Top Ten: the Number One "Redneck Woman", as well as "Here for the Party" (#3, 2004), "When I Think About Cheatin'" (#4, 2004), "Homewrecker" (#2, 2005), and "All Jacked Up" (#8, 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stefan Andres
Stefan Paul Andres (Dhrönchen (a part of Trittenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate), 26 June 1906 - Rome, 29 June 1970) was a German novelist. He was a widely-read German writer in the post-World War II period. Works Bruder Lucifer (1932) Eberhard im Kontrapunkt (1933) Die Löwenkanzel (1933) Die unsichtbare Mauer (1934) Vom heiligen Pfäfflein Domenico (1936) Utz, der Nachfahr (1936) El Greco malt den Großinquisitor* (1936) Moselländische Novellen (1937) Der Mann von Asteri (1939) Das Grab des Neides (1940) Der gefrorene Dionysos (1942) Wir sind Utopia* (1942) Wirtshaus zur weiten Welt (1943) Ein Herz wie man braucht (1946) Die Söhne Platons (1946) Die Hochzeit der Feinde (1947) An Freund und Feind (1947) Ritter der Gerechtigkeit (1948) Tanz durchs Labyri... Biography of Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (born June 26, 1975) is a Canadian contralto. She first came to the world's attention in 2000 when she became the first Canadian to win first prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Belgium. Since then Lemieux has established herself as one of the finest contraltos currently singing on the classical music stage, appearing with some of the world's best orchestras and singing with many great opera companies. Lemieux is admired for possessing an unusually flexible and beautiful contralto voice that does not have the heaviness that is often associated with her particular voice type. For this reason, Lemieux has become a favorite among lovers of Baroque opera and she is noted for her portrayal of characters in the operas of Handel and Vivaldi in part... Biography of Paul Phillips
Paul James Phillips (born June 26, 1975, in Brunswick, Georgia) is the lead guitarist for the band Puddle of Mudd since their 2001 hit album Come Clean. He also assisted with guitars and vocals in the group's second record, Life on Display. Phillips left the band in 2005, citing creative differences, but returned in 2009. Early life Paul Phillips picked up guitar when he was 15. His father played guitar in a cover band. His first guitar and amp was a Squier Strat and a small Peavey combo amp, "I don't remember what the name or model it was; I remember it was a small combo thing." Phillips said. He joined the band when his friend Fred Durst invited him to audition for a band for Durst's record label. He had previously played guitar in the Jacksonville, Florida ska/punk band Happy H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antoine Saout
Antoine Saout, born June 26, 1984 in Morlaix, is a French Everest Poker player. He has become the most successful French player ever to participate in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Saout, from Brittany, the underdog of the 2009 WSOP Final, had one of the best performances of all finalists losing a coin-flip hand showdown of pocket eights against Ace-King. A King on the river netted Antoine just under $3.5 million in winnings for his third place title and entered him in the history books with the best ever performance by a French player at a WSOP Main Event Final. Antoine beat over 6,400 payers from around the world during the WSOP Main Event and became only the second Frenchman in history to be a finalist in the world’s most important poker event. He played the World Series of... Biography of Peter Sloterdijk
Peter Sloterdijk (German pronunciation: ; born June 26, 1947 in Karlsruhe) is a German philosopher, television host, cultural scientist and essayist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He currently co-hosts the German show Im Glashaus: Das Philosophische Quartett. Biography Sloterdijk studied philosophy, German studies and history at the University of Munich and the University of Hamburg from 1968 to 1974. In 1975 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg. In the 1980s he worked as a freelance writer, and published his Kritik der zynischen Vernunft in 1983. He has since published a number of philosophical works acclaimed in Germany. In 2001 he was named chancellor of the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe, pa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hal Greer
Harold Everett Greer (born June 26, 1936, in Huntington, West Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958. Greer played for Syracuse for five seasons, raising his scoring average to 22.8 points a game in 1961. He was selected for the NBA All-Star team that year. In 1963, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers. There, Greer became well-known as a teammate of Wilt Chamberlain, and starred on the powerful 1966-67 team that ended the eight-year championship reign of the Bill Russell-led Boston Celtics. In the 76ers' 15 playoff games that season, Greer averaged a team-best 27.7 points. Greer had an unusual but highly effec... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Felipe Melo
Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983 in Volta Redonda) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Juventus F.C. in Serie A. Club career Flamengo Felipe Melo began his career for Flamengo, where he made 24 appearances and scored 3 goals in his two season spell with the club. Following impressive performances with Flamengo, Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003. Cruzeiro Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003, but would remain for just one season. In his single season with Cruziero, Melo did manage to make 31 league appearances, also scoring 2 goals. Following yet another impressive season in Brazil, he was sold to fellow Brazilian club, Grêmio. Grêmio Following his transfer to Grêmio, Melo managed to make an add... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yuri Schukin
Yuri Schukin (born June 26, 1979 in Kislovodsk) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Career 2008 The 6 ft 1 1/2 inch 181 pound Russian began the 2008 tour season by losing in the first round to Rajeev Ram at the Chennai Open 6–7 (6–8), 6–7 (2–7) .... Biography of Caroline Guérin
Caroline Guérin, born on June 26, 1983, is a French actress. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2706885/) 2012 Interpol (TV series) Isabelle 19 ans – Les larmes du jaguar (2012) … Isabelle 19 ans 2011 Kanon Pokajanen (video short) Esther 2009 Des illusions Eva (as Caroline Guérin) 2007 Où es-tu? (TV mini-series) Suzanne adolescente 2007 Femmes de loi (TV series) Florence Sarran – La fille de l'air (2007) … Florence Sarran 2006 Coeur océan (TV series) Daphné... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérémie Beyou
Jérémie Beyou, born on June 26, 1976 in Landivisiau (birth time source: birth certificate, Didier Geslain), is a French navigator.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Pletcher
Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas) is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Career Todd began working for his father, Jake Pletcher, as a hot walker at the age of seven. During his summers off from junior and senior high school he went to California where he worked as a hot walker for Henry Moreno at Hollywood Park and Del Mar Racetracks. He graduated from high school in 1985 and began college at the University of Arizona in their Race Track Industry Program in the fall of that year. Between his sophomore and junior years he worked as a groom for D. Wayne Lukas at Arlington Park near Chicago. He spent the f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Kendall
Jason Daniel Kendall (born June 26, 1974, in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball catcher who currently plays for the Kansas City Royals. He is the son of former catcher Fred Kendall, who played in the majors from 1969–1980. High school Kendall attended and played at Torrance High School in California, where he tied a national high school record by hitting safely in 43 straight games. He was drafted out of high school in the first round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft (23rd overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Professional career Pittsburgh Pirates (1996-2004) Kendall made his major league debut 1996. In his rookie year, he hit .300, made the National League All-Star Team, and was named NL rookie of the year by The Sporting News (he finished third in v... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gordon McQueen
Gordon McQueen (born 26 June 1952 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire) is a former Scottish football player, who played as a central defender for Leeds United, Manchester United and Scotland. Early career McQueen was a goalkeeper as a schoolboy, but later switched to centre back. He was signed at the age of 18 by St. Mirren. He soon had scouts from other clubs monitoring his progress, and it was Leeds who finally offered £30,000 in 1973, seeing him as a long-term replacement for the ageing Jack Charlton. Leeds United Charlton played for some of the 1973 season, but had decided to quit as it drew to a close. McQueen played six times in his first season at Leeds but missed out on the FA Cup final, with manager Don Revie preferring the experience of utility player Paul Madeley. With Charlton... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steven Brand
Steven Brand (born 26 June 1969 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish actor. He made his American screen debut in Universal's The Scorpion King as Memnon, evil warlord and arch nemesis of Mathayus, played by The Rock. Following the success of his debut movie in the US, Brand’s work has included the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man, Stephen King’s The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, CSI, Human Target and more recently starring in the movies Treasure Raiders with David Carradine, Say It in Russian with Faye Dunaway, and XII. Anime fans also know him as the voice of Alexander Anderson from the anime and OVA of Hellsing, as well as the voice of Richard Hellsing in the OVA. He also appeared in the NCIS Season 2 episode, "Pop Life" as Ian Alfred "Bulldog" Hitch. He would later go on to gues... Biography of Sean Hayes (actor)
Early life Hayes was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary, the director of a non-profit food bank, and Ronald Hayes, a lithographer. He is of Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic. After graduating from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Hayes attended Illinois State University. There he studied piano performance and conducting, with a special focus on the music of Mozart, but he left before graduating. He worked as a classical pianist, and served as a music director at the Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. He also composed original music for a production of Antigone at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Hayes moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he found work as a stand-up comedian, stage actor and as an actor in television co... Biography of Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman (born June 26, 1970 in Joliet, Illinois (source: Imdb)) is an American actor, writer, and carpenter. He is best known for his breakout role as Ron Swanson in the acclaimed NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. Early life Offerman grew up in Minooka, Illinois. His father, Ric, taught social studies at a junior high school in nearby Channahon. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. That year, he and a group of fellow students co-founded the Defiant Theatre, a Chicago-based theatre company. Career Offerman lived in Chicago in the mid-1990s, where he participated with theatre companies such as Steppenwolf, Goodman, and Wisdom Bridge. At Steppenwolf, he also worked as a fight choreographer and master carpenter. During t... Biography of Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont (born May 26, 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with team mates Denise Dupont, Christine Svensen and Lina Knudsen. The team won gold in the big world cup tournament in Yichun, China in December 2011. Dupont has skipped the Danish team to two World Championships events, finishing 8th at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championship and 10th at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship. She won a gold medal at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships in 2004, and a silver medal in 2002 at the European Curling championships as an alternate for Dorthe Holm's team. Dupont won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships, and a silver medal at the 2007 Worl... Biography of Adrianna Costa
Adrianna Costa (born Adrianna Heber on June 26, 1981) is an American television personality best known as an entertainment reporter and a reality show host. Biography Heber, whose mother's name is Anita Garza, graduated from Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, in 1999. She received a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism, with a minor in film studies, from the University of Colorado in 2003. She appeared in the 36-minute student short "Red Roses", as the character "Veronica", in 2001. Heber began working as a local entertainment reporter at the Palm Springs, California CBS television network affiliate KPSP-LP, a low-power television station known as "CBS 2", though broadcast on UHF channel 38. She expanded into entertainment reporting for the cable television n... |
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