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Astrology, birth chart, map of the heavens, biography, picture and horoscope excerpts: you will find on this page all the celebrities born on June, 30, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 42,008 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 42,008 Celebrities
107 celebrities or events were found for June, 30. Biography of Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard Tyson, (born June 30, 1966) is a former American World Heavyweight boxing Champion. Tyson was the youngest man to have won a heavyweight title belt. During his prime in the late 1980s and early 1990s Tyson was one of the most recognizable athletes in the world. Nicknamed "Iron Mike Tyson", "Kid Dynamite", and "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson adopted the Muslim name "Malik Abdul Aziz" after his conversion to Islam while in prison for his rape conviction. For his behavior both in and out of the ring, ESPN has ranked Tyson as the #1 Most Outrageous Character in modern sports history by both experts panel selection and internet poll. Trained by Hall of Fame trainer Cus D'Amato early in his career, Tyson unified the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the lat... Biography of Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps (born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American swimmer who holds World Records in several events. Phelps won eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, six of which were gold, which tied the record for medals at a single Olympics, a record that had been held by Alexander Dityatin since 1980. Phelps's international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in his being named World Swimmer of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 195 pounds (88 kg) Career Early years As a young teenager, Phelps trained at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, under coach Bob Bowman. At the age of 15, Phelps competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as the youngest American male swimmer at an Olympic Games ... Biography of Cheryl Tweedy
Cheryl Ann Cole, (née Tweedy) (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and member of the girl group Girls Aloud. She is married to the Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole. Early career She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Throughout her childhood she performed in a large number of modelling and fashion shows. She entered ballroom competitions, sang, acted and won a ballet competition. She won the following competitions as a child: Boots bonniest baby, Mothercare Happy Faces Portrait competition, Best Looking Girl of Newcastle, The Evening Chronicle 'Little Miss & Mister' and Most Attractive Girl at the MetroCentre. She appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry. In addition to Garry, Cole has... Biography of Vincent d'Onofrio
Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket Early life D'Onofrio was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family moved around in his youth, and he grew up in Hawaii, Florida, and Colorado. He graduated from Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School in Florida in 1977 and then attended a Colorado University for about 18 months. He then dropped out of college to pursue acting. He was accepted for study with the American Stanislavsky Theatre in New York City. Career In 1984, D'Onofrio became a full member of the American Stanislavsky Theatre and appeared in a number of its productions, including Of Mice and Men and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He also made his Br... Biography of Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy; born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and member of the girl group Girls Aloud. Cole is also a judge on the British reality TV show The X Factor, since 2008. She is the wife of Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole. Early career She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Throughout her childhood she performed as a dancer in recitals and on some T.V. shows. She entered ballroom competitions, sang, modelled a little, and won a ballet competition. She won the following competitions as a child: Boots bonniest baby, Mothercare Happy Faces Portrait competition, Best Looking Girl of Newcastle, The Evening Chronicle 'Little Miss & Mister' and Most Attractive Girl at the MetroCentre. She appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldo... Biography of Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician, currently performing with Down. He is best known as a vocalist, lyricist and co-composer for Pantera, but has been involved with numerous other musical projects in heavy metal. Early life Much of Anselmo's early life remains undocumented at this time, with only hints towards what it may have been like is showing up in songs like "25 Years," "Becoming" and sporadic pieces popping up in interviews. What is known is that Anselmo grew up in the inner city of New Orleans to an abusive alcoholic father who operated several bars in the area, and currently operating a restaurant in Metairie, LA called Anselmo's. He played in a few teenage bands who played tribute to rock n' roll songs. ... Biography of Florence Pernel
Florence Pernel is a French actress born on June 30, 1966 in Paris, France. She is well-known and appreciated for her various performances in quality period TV movies mostly, and some remarkable supporting roles in cinéma.... Biography of Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984), or simply Fantasia, is an American pop, R&B, soul singer and Broadway / television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. Her first album, Free Yourself, was a commercial success, earning her four Grammy nominations and selling over 2.1 million copies. Barrino was also named the number-one artist of the Adult Urban Contemporary format for 2005 according to the December 13, 2005 Billboard Magazine. Her second album, Fantasia, was released on December 12, 2006. On April 10, 2007, Fantasia began starring as Celie in the Broadway musical, The Color Purple. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Early life Barrino was born and raised in High Point, North Carolina, to Diane and Joseph Barrin... Biography of Monica Potter
Monica Potter (born June 30, 1971) is an American film and television actress. Early life Potter, one of four daughters, was born Monica Gregg Brokaw in Cleveland, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family. Her father, Paul Brokaw, was an inventor who invented the first flame-resistant car wax, and her mother, Nancy, was a secretary. During her childhood, she was a part of the St. Jerome Parish in Cleveland, and attended the local elementary school, as well as Villa Angela Catholic School for Girls, before graduating from Euclid High School. She also spent part of her early years in Arab, Alabama. Potter had wanted to be an actress since her childhood, as well as a nun. Career At the age of twelve, Potter started modeling and appearing in commercials in Chicago and Miami, before... Biography of Vahina Giocante
Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981 in Orléans, France) is a French actress. She went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence, France and previously danced with the Marseille Opera. According to Vahina, her name means "Welcome" in Madagascan. She is dating famous French designer Ora-Ïto. Selected filmography U (2006) — (voice) Riviera (2005) — Stella Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) — Marie-Hélène Lila dit ça ("Lila Says") (2004) — Lila Cadeau d'Éléna, Le ("Elena's Gift") (2004) — Marie Maigret: Les petits cochons sans queue (2004) (TV) — Germaine Leblanc Blueberry: L'expérience secrète ("Renegade") (2004) — Madeleine Intermittenze del cuore, Le (2003) — Fiametta da giovane Soldats de Salamine ("Soldiers of Salamina") (2003) — assistante... Biography of Lea Massari
Lea Massari (born June 30, 1933) is an Italian actress. She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed name after the death of her fiancé. She studied architecture in Switzerland. Massari become a celebrity in art cinema for two roles, the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura, and the mother in Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart. She worked both in Italian and French Cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut, and international commercial films such as Les choses de la vie. She was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. She won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Elio Petri's Christ Stopped at Eboli. Filmography From a Roman Balcony (1960) L'avventura (1960) A Difficult Life (1961) Il Col... Biography of Alain Finkielkraut
Alain Finkielkraut (born in Paris on June 30, 1949) is a French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan manufacturing fine leather goods who was deported to Auschwitz. He currently teaches at the École polytechnique, an elite engineering college, as professor of the "history of ideas" in the department of humanities and social sciences. Author of a number of books, Finkielkraut is among France's cohort of public intellectuals who appear regularly on talk shows and publish columns in the French media, in Finkielkraut's case from what in France is known as a humanist standpoint; although his supposed humanism has been challenged at many times during his career and frequently deemed quite the opposite of humanism. Sixty professors and researchers at the École polytechnique are known to h... Biography of Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is a popular singer of African-American descent. She has recorded and performed extensively with jazz musicians (notably Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson), Billy Strayhorn, and Duke Ellington. She currently lives in New York City and no longer makes public appearances (JET, April 2007). She might be best-known for her version of the song "Stormy Weather", which was a hit in the 1940s. Early career Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917 and grew up in an upper middle class black bourgeois community. Her father, Edwin "Teddy" Horne, who worked in the gambling trade, left the family when Lena was three. Her mother, Edna Scottron, was the daughter of inventor Samuel R. Scottro... Biography of Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Early life Hayward was born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York to Walter Marrenner and Ellen Pearson. Her maternal grandparents were from Sweden. She began her career as a photographer's model. She went to Hollywood in 1937, aiming to secure the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Her screen name was chosen by her management because it was "as close to Rita Hayworth as we can get away with." Career Although she was not given the role, Hayward found employment playing bit parts until she was cast in Beau Geste (1939) opposite Gary Cooper. During the war years, she played leading lady to John Wayne twice in Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and The Fighti... Biography of Raymond Moody
Raymond Moody (born June 30, 1944 (birth time source: Linda Clark, Astrodatabank)) is a parapsychologist. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences, (a term which he coined in 1975). His best selling title is Life After Life. Moody studied philosophy at the University of Virginia where he obtained a B.A. (1966), a M.A. (1967) and a Ph.D (1969) in the subject. He also obtained a Ph.D in psychology from West Georgia College, where he later became a professor in that topic. In 1976, he was awarded an M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia. In 1998 Moody was appointed Chair in Consciousness Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After obtaining his M.D., Moody worked as a forensic psychiatrist in a maximum-security Georgia state hos... Biography of Patrick Dils
Patrick Dils, born June 30, 1970 in Longeville-les-Metz, sentenced in 1986 to life in prison at the age of sixteen, for the killing to two young children, was acquitted at his second retrial and set free. A few days after the acquittal I saw a TV special, that gave the impression that the police investigating the crime, under heavy public pressure to find the killers, forced a confession out of Dils. He was arrested a year after the crime and not allowed anything to eat and was under heavy pressure to confess, witch he did, that was the main evidence against him. It turns out that in the same town where the killings happened serial killer Francis Heaulme was present. This fact was not known until the early 90’s and not confirmed until witnesses where found that stated that Heaulme was seen... Biography of David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955) is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. Biography Early life Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Aretas Ruth (née Dudley) and William Henry Grier, a writer who co-authored the book Black Rage. He graduated from Detroit's premier high school, Cass Tech and received a BA from the University of Michigan, and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Immediately after graduating, he landed the role of Jackie Robinson in the short-lived Broadway musical The First, directed by Martin Charnin and written by Joel Siegel. Career Grier got his start on the National Public Radio radio drama adaptation of Star Wars in 1980. He was the voice of a nameless X-Wing fighter pilot d... Biography of Yves Chalier
Yves Chalier, born June 30, 1941 in Noumea, New Caledonia, is a French politician. He was arrested November 16, 1986 with a fake passport, made by DST (The Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST; Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) is a directorate of the French National Police operating as a domestic intelligence agency. Its attributions include counterespionage, counterterrorism and more generally the security of France against foreign threats and interference, including economic. It was created in 1944 with its headquarters situated at 7 rue Nélaton in Paris.).... Biography of Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher (born June 30, 1975 in Hürth-Hermülheim near Cologne) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Toyota team. He is the younger brother of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and has won six F1 races during his career, which has spanned from 1997 to the present day. Early career He started racing at age three on his parents' go-kart track in their home town of Kerpen. After finishing runner-up in the national karting series, Schumacher graduated German Formula Three in 1995. Finishing runner up in this series was not the highlight of the year for him though, as he also won the Macau street race, a feat also accomplished by his brother Michael. In the race he beat future F1 team-mate Jarno Trulli, Pedro de la Rosa and Norberto Fontana, the driver he finished ... Biography of Isobel Barnett
Lady Isobel Barnett (30 June 1918 – 20 October 1980) was a British radio and television personality, popular during the 1950s and 1960s. Isobel Barnett was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She went to the independent Mount School on Dalton Terrace (A59) in York and studied medicine at Glasgow University. She was a practising doctor, and appeared as an actress, but it was as a panellist on BBC television shows such as What's My Line? that she became famous. Elegant and witty, she was regarded by audiences as the epitome of the British aristocracy (although her title actually came from the fact that her solicitor husband had been knighted; she was not an aristocrat, nor had she married into the aristocracy). She also made regular appearances on the long-running (1948 to date) BBC radio seri... Biography of Sandra Cam
Sandra Cam, born June 30, 1972 in Ougree, Belgium, is a Dutch swimmer.... Biography of Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English actor. Personal life Graves was born in Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, to Mary Lousilla (née Roberts), a travel co-ordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician. He first entered the entertainment business by leaving Wyvern Secondary School at the age of fifteen, to become a circus clown. Career Graves came to prominence in costume drama adaptations of E. M. Forster novels A Room with a View (1985) and Maurice (1987), before going to appear in films such as A Handful of Dust (1988), Different for Girls (1996) and Intimate Relations (1996). His role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal Film Festival. He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Young Jolyon in the... Biography of Paul Barras
Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (June 30, 1755—January 29, 1829) was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795 - 1799. Early life Descended from a noble family of Provence, he was born at Fox-Amphoux, in today's Var département. At the age of sixteen, he entered the regiment of Languedoc as a "gentleman cadet", but embarked for French India in 1776. After an eventful voyage, he reached Pondicherry and contributed to the defence of that city during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, a siege which ended in its surrender to Great Britain on 18 October 1778. On the release of the garrison, Barras returned to France. After taking part in a second expedition to the region in 1782-1783, he left the army and spent the... Biography of Rick Gonzalez
Rick Gonzalez (born June 30, 1979 in New York) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Coach Carter, Biker Boyz, Pulse, and Roll Bounce and in the TV show Reaper as Benji. Early life Gonzalez was born in New York City of Dominican (Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rican descent. His parents met in New York City where they married. They settled down in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn where they raised Rick. There, he attended elementary and junior high school. Ever since he was a young child, Rick would put on improvised "shows" for his family and participate in all of his school's plays. His teachers were instrumental in convincing Rick to apply and try out for the High School of the Performing Arts, on which the movie Fame was based, in Manhattan. He ... Biography of Derek William Bentley
Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was hanged for a murder which was committed by a friend of his, creating a cause célèbre and leading to a 45-year-long successful campaign to win him a posthumous pardon. The incident that led to the death sentence Bentley had a difficult upbringing. In April 1938 he is said to have fallen 15 feet from a lorry, landing on his head. This fall is said to have concussed Bentley and triggered Epilepsy, which he suffered from for the rest of his life. His house was bombed twice during World War II and during that war he suffered serious injury from a V1 flying bomb as rubble and bricks fell on him in an air raid. He was of limited intelligence - he was tested with an IQ of 66 at Kingswood Approved School- and was unable to read or wr... Biography of Philippe Jaccottet
Philippe Jaccottet (born in Moudon, Switzerland, on June 30, 1925) is a poet and translator who publishes in French. After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived several years in Paris. In 1953, came to live in the town of Grignan in Provence. He has translated into French Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Ungaretti as well as Homer's Odyssey. Publications L'Effraie, 1953 ; L'Entretien des muses, 1968 ; Paysages avec figures absentes, 1970 ; Chant d'En-bas, 1974 ; Rilke par lui-même, 1971 ; À la lumière d'hiver, 1974 ; Des Histoires de passage, 1983 ; Pensées sous les nuages, 1983 ; La Semaison, Carnets 1954-1967, 1984 ; Une Transaction secrète, 1987 ; Cahier de verdure, 1990 ; Requiem, 1991 ; Libretto, La Dogana, 19... Biography of Cody Rhodes
Cody Garrett Runnels (born June 30, 1985), better known by his ring name Cody Rhodes, is an American professional wrestler currently signed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to its Raw brand where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions. Runnels is the son of Dusty Rhodes as well as the half-brother of Dustin Rhodes. He is also nephew to Jerry Sags and Fred Ottman (better known as "Typhoon" or "Tugboat"), and godson of Magnum T.A.. Ring name(s) Cody Rhodes Cody Runnels Height 6 ft 0.25 in (1.84 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg) Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Billed weight 219 lb (99 kg) Early life Cody had a successful high school wrestling career, attending Lassiter High School. He won the Georgia state tournament his Junior year at 189 lb (going undefeated) and suc... Biography of Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (pronounced /ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/ in English) (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. Malmsteen became notable in the mid-1980s for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions. Four of his albums, from 1984 to 1988, Rising Force, Marching Out, Trilogy, and Odyssey, ranked in the top 100 for sales. Early life Malmsteen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, as the first child of a musically talented family. At age seven, he saw a television news report on the death of Jimi Hendrix. To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Malmsteen was born". At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmste... Biography of Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel-Albira (born Châtellerault France, June 30, 1979) is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist. Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003. He is currently completing the season with Cofidis, but in July 2008 he signed for two years with the Belgian team, Quick Step, which he will join from 2009 Background Chavanel was born in Châtellerault, France, although his family roots are in Spain. His great-grandparents were from Huesca, in the Aragon region. His grandfather was born in Barcelona and moved to Châtellerault during the Spanish civil war. Other members of the family still live in Aragon. It is the Spanish link that gives Ch... Biography of Jimmy Lomba
Jimmy Lomba, born June 30, 1978 in Lille, is a French athlete (800 meter track).... Biography of Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, currently starring in the TMN series ReGenesis. Peter Outerbridge grew up in Toronto as a youngest of five siblings. He is of Swedish and Bermudian descent. His grandparents from the father's side were Protestant missionaries in China in the 1920s. After they returned to Canada his grandfather became the priest in the Lutheran-Reformed Church in the northern Ontario. After high school Outerbridge enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. Afterwards he toured Canada for four years with the theatre group Way Off Broadway. In 1997 and 2002 he was nominated in the Canadian Genie Awards as the best actor in the films Kissed and Marine life respectively. He was also nominated in the Gemini Awards for... Biography of Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (June 30, 1927) was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who was born in Akron, Ohio, United States. Irvin is one of a dozen persons to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during the person's career. She also is one of only five persons to have won each Grand Slam tournament in same-sex doubles as well. The others are Doris Hart, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, and Roy Emerson. Irvin won the last three Grand Slam singles tournaments she played. Her victories in those tournaments included wins over Althea Gibson in a quarterfinal of Wimbledon in 1956 and in the finals of the 1956 U.S. Championships and 1957 Australian Championships. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Irvin was ranked in the w... Biography of Franz Halder
Franz Ritter Halder (June 30, 1884 – April 2, 1972) was a German General and the head of the Army General Staff from 1938 until September 1942, when he was dismissed after frequent disagreements with Adolf Hitler. Early life Halder was born in Würzburg to General Max Halder. In 1902 he joined the 3rd Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment in Munich. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1904 upon graduation from War School in Munich, then he attended Artillery School (1906–07) and the Bavarian Staff College (War Academy) (1911–14), both in Munich. World War I In 1914 during World War I, Halder became an Ordnance Officer, serving in the Headquarters of the Bavarian 3rd Army Corps. In August 1915 he was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) on the General Staff of the Crown Prince of Bavari... Biography of Murray McLauchlan
Murray McLauchlan (born June 30, 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old. At 17, he began playing at coffeehouses in Toronto's Yorkville area and later attended Central Tech as an art student before deciding to become a full-time musician. He is best known in Canada for his Canadian smash hits "The Farmer's Song" and "Down by the Henry Moore", which was about a sculpture in front of Toronto's city hall, where students met in the '60s and early 1970s. McLauchlan has had success in the pop, adult contemporary, country, and folk-music fields, with songs such as the Juno Award-winning "The Farmer's Song" (1973), "Hurricane of Change" (also 1973... Biography of Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII, called the Affable (French: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Franco-Italian wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century. Childhood and youth Charles was born at the Château d'Amboise in France, the only surviving son of King Louis XI by his second wife Charlotte of Savoy. Charles succeeded to the throne on August 30, 1483, at age 13. His health was poor and he was regarded by his contemporaries as of pleasant disposition but foolish and unsuited for the business of the state. In accordance with Louis XI's wishes, the regency of the Kingdom was granted to Charles' elder sister, Anne, a formidably intelligent and ... Biography of Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamel (June 30, 1884 - April 13, 1966), was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit (ISBN 2-7152-1793-5), the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française. Georges Duhamel was born in the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris on the 30th June 1884. He was the third child of a family which struggled to survive on the income of his unstable father. After a childhood disrupted by numerous moves, Georges nonetheless passed his baccalaureate in 1902 and decided to become a doctor (though he continued with his literary interests also). Between 1906 and 1909 he founded l'Abbaye de Créteil with Charl... Biography of Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born June 30, 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with the obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's most famous and influential writers, and was elected to the Académie française on June 16, 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition. Early life Djebar was born in Cherchell, a small coastal town near Algiers. She attended the primary school where her father taught French, and attended secondary school elsewhere in Algeria. In 1955, she became the first Algerian woman to be accepted at the École Normale Supérieure, an elite Parisian college. Career In 1957, she published her first nove... Biography of Cyril Atanassoff
Cyril Atanassoff, born in Puteaux June 30, 1941, is a French dancer and sometimes actor of Bulgarian descent.... Biography of Michel Pajon
Michel Pajon, born June 30, 1949 in Drancy, is a French politician, member or PS (Parti socialiste).... Biography of Anna Murdoch
Anna Murdoch, born Anna Tõrv June 30, 1944 in Bridge of Allan, is the secoud spouse of Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch has been married three times. In 1956 he married Patricia Booker, a former shop assistant and air hostess from Melbourne, with whom he had his first child, a daughter Prudence Murdoch, born in 1958. Pat did not like Adelaide with its extremes of weather and where she had few friends and Rupert was frequently away building the foundations of his future empire. They divorced in 1967. In the same year, he married Anna Tõrv, an Estonian-born cadet journalist working for his Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph. Tõrv and Murdoch had three children: Elisabeth Murdoch (born in Sydney, Australia August 22, 1968), Lachlan Murdoch (born in London, UK September 8, 1971), and James Murdoch... Biography of Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 in Philippeville (now Skikda) – 21 November 1963 (brain tumor)) was a French actor and director. He appeared in 54 films between 1922 and 1961. He was the husband of Marthe Vinot and the father of Dominique Blanchar. Theater 1927 : Knock Out de Jacques Natanson et Jacques Théry, au Théâtre Edouard VII à Paris avec Arletty. 1927 : Les Amants de Paris, de Pierre Frondaie, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt avec MMmes Sylvie, Mady Berry et MM. Harry Baur et Fernand Fabre. 1953 : L'Heure éblouissante d'Anna Bonacci, mise en scène Fernand Ledoux, Théâtre Antoine 1956 : Le Prince endormi de Terence Rattigan, mise en scène Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Madeleine 1959 : Les Possédés d'Albert Camus d'après Fedor Dostoïevski, mise en scène Albert Camus, Théâtre Antoi... Biography of Melanie Thernstrom
Melanie Thernstrom (born June 30, 1964) is an author and Contributing Writer for the New York Times Magazine who frequently writes about murders and crime. She is the daughter of Abigail Thernstrom, a prominent neoconservative political scientist, and Stephan Thernstrom, the Winthrop Professor of American History at Harvard. Thernstrom attended Harvard University, where she graduated with highest honors in English. Her senior thesis was entitled Mistakes of Metaphor, an account of the mysterious disappearance and murder of her best friend, Bibi Lee, three years earlier, for which Lee’s boyfriend was eventually convicted on the basis of a confession which he recanted. Thernstrom's poetry professor showed it to literary agents, and she soon received an advance of $367,000. The Dead Gir... Biography of Oswald Pohl
Oswald Pohl (June 30, 1892 - June 7, 1951) was a Nazi official and member of the SS (with a rank of SS-Obergruppenführer), involved in the mass murders of Jews in concentration camps, the Endlösung. Early years Pohl was born in Duisburg-Ruhrort as the son of blacksmith Hermann Otto Emil Pohl and his wife Auguste Pohl (née Seifert); he was the fifth of a total of eight children. After graduating from school in 1912, he became a full-time sailor in the German navy, being trained in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven as well as the Caribbean and south-east Asia. During World War I, he served in the Baltic sea region and the coast of Flanders. Pohl also attended a navy school, and became paymaster on April 1, 1918; most of his time in the navy from then on was spent in Kiel. On October 30 the same ye... Biography of Astrid Plank
Astrid Plank, born June 30, 1971 in Vipiteno, is an Italian skier. She has participated in the Albertville Olympics in February 1992.... Biography of Pedja Bjelac
Predrag Bjelac, born June 30, 1962 in Belgrade, is a Serbian actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084759/ ) Actor (34 titles) Sasha 2010 Sasha Vlado An Early Frost 2010 An Early Frost Stari Nikola At zijí rytíri! 2009 At zijí rytíri! Ahmed Maestro 2008 Maestro (short) Yuri The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Lord Donnon (as Pedja Bjelac) "The Fixer" 2008 The Fixer (TV series) Tarek Sokoli (1 episode) – Episode #1.3 (2008) … Tarek Sokoli (as Pedja Bjelac) The Courier/2.0 2008 The Courier/2.0 (TV movie) Valentine "MI-5" 2007 MI-5 (TV series) Edik Kuznetzov (1 episode) – Episode #6.2 (2007) … Edik Kuznetzov (as Pedja Bjelac) Ro(c)k podvratáku 2006 Ro(c)k podvratáku Chrestýs ... Biography of Tony Fernandez
Octavio Antonio Fernández Castro (born June 30, 1962), better known as Tony Fernández, is a former Major League Baseball player most noted for his defensive skills setting a record for shortstops with a .992 fielding percentage in 1989. Career Fernández was first scouted by the Toronto Blue Jays' famed Latin America scout Epy Guerrero and was signed as an undrafted free agent. Promoted to the Blue Jays in 1983, Fernández became the team's full-time shortstop in 1985, and contributed significantly to the team winning its first division title that year. Fernández continued to star for the Jays for several years afterwards. Before the 1991 season, Fernández was traded to the San Diego Padres in a major deal that also sent Jays star Fred McGriff to San Diego in exchange for Roberto Al... Biography of Francisco da Costa Gomes
Francisco da Costa Gomes, GOA (Chaves, Portugal, 30 June 1914 – 31 July 2001), was a Portuguese military officer and politician, the 15th President of the Portuguese Republic (the second after the Carnation Revolution). Life On 8 December 1952, Gomes married Maria Estela Veloso de Antas Varajão (born 23 March 1927 in Viana do Castelo), daughter of João de Campos Varajão and his wife Angélica Martins Veloso (b. Barcelos, Barcelos), at the See of Viana do Castelo. The couple had only one son, Francisco da Costa Gomes. Costa Gomes was involved in a revolutionary attempt in 1961 led by the Minister of Defense, General Botelho Moniz. In 1970 he occupied the post of Commander of the Military Region of Angola where he overhauled the chief-command and was the first to try to establish a mi... Biography of Mongo Beti
Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 - 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti, was a Cameroonian writer. Life Though he lived in exile for many decades, Beti's life reveals an unflagging commitment to improvement of his home country. As one critic wrote after his death, "The militant path of this essayist, chronicler and novelist has been governed by one obsession: the quest for the dignity of African peoples." Early life The son of Oscar Awala and Régine Alomo, Alexandre was born in 1932 at Akométan, a small village 10 km from Mbalmayo, itself 45 km away from Yaoundé, capital of Cameroon. (The village's name comes from Akom 'rock' and Etam 'source': in old maps of the region, the name is written in two parts). From an early age, Beti was influenced by the currents of rebellion... Biography of Nancy Dussault
Nancy Dussault (born June 30, 1936) is an American singer and actress. Born in Pensacola, Florida, her parents were George Adrian, a naval officer and Sarah Isabel (née Seitz). She grew up as a "Navy junior" . A former resident of Arlington, Virginia, she graduated from Washington-Lee High School (W-L) where she was an actress and singer in the W-L drama program under director Jack Jeglum and a choral singer in the nationally known Washington-Lee High School Choir and Madrigal Singers under director Florence Booker. In 1962, Dussault stepped into the role of Maria in the Broadway production of The Sound of Music. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1961 for Best Featured Actress (Musical) for Do Re Mi and was nominated for her performance in Bajour (1965). Of her performance in Do R... Biography of Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht (30 June 1893 – 1 August 1973) was a German communist politician. As First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971 (and then Honorary "Chairman" until his death), he played a leading role in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). From President Wilhelm Pieck's death in 1960 he was Head of State of the GDR until his own death in 1973. Early years Ulbricht was born in Leipzig, Saxony, where his father worked as a tailor. He spent eight years in primary school (Volksschule). After leaving school he trained to be a joiner. Both his parents worked actively for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Walter Ulbricht joined the party in 1912. First World War and Weimar years Ulbricht served in World War I fr... Biography of Silvio Orlando
Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born in Naples. He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others. He also took part to several TV series. Orlando in 1988 directed two theatre works written by Peppino De Filippo: Don Rafelo 'o trumbone and Cupido scherza e spazza. In 2008 he was protagonist of Roberto Paci Dalò's play L'assedio delle ceneri. Filmography * Kamikazen - Ultima notte a Milano (1987) * Palombella rossa (1989) * Matilda (1990) * La settimana della sfinge (1990) * Vicini di casa (1991, TV series) * Il portaborse (1991) * Un'altra vita (1992) * Sud (1993) * Arriva la bufera (1993) * La scuola (1995) ... Biography of Jean-Yves Le Drian
Jean-Yves Le Drian (born June 30, 1947) is a socialist French politician born in Lorient, Morbihan. Le Drian is a member of the Socialist Party of France. He was a member of the French National Assembly for Morbihan from 1978 to 1993 and again from 1997 until June 2007. He is employed as the Inspector General for state education. In 2004, at the top of the list Bretagne à gauche, Bretagne pour tous (PS-PCF-PRG-Les Verts-UDB), he won 58.66% in the runoff and a total of 58 seats in the regional council. He thus became regional president of Brittany.... Biography of Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" . He was an important figure in the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s. His work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, blues, gospel, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He was also known for performing instrumental ragtime guitar music, especially his transcription of St. Louis Tickle and Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Dave Van Ronk was regarded as the friendly uncle of Greenwich Village, presiding over the coffeehouse folk culture and acting as a friend to many up and coming artists, inspiring, aiding and promoting them. Folk performers whom he befriended includ... Biography of Czeslaw Milosz
Czesław Miłosz (Lithuanian: Česlovas Milošas) (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004) was a Polish poet, prose writer and translator of Lithuanian origin and subsequent American citizenship. His World War II-era sequence The World, is a collection of 20 "naive" poems. He defected to the West in 1951 and his non-fiction book The Captive Mind (1953) is one of the classics of anti-Stalinism. From 1961 to 1998 he was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1980, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Life in Europe Czesław Miłosz was born on June 30, 1911 in the village of Šeteniai/Szetejnie, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kėdainiai district, Kaunas County, Lithuania) on the border between two L... Biography of Guy Mardel
Mardochée Elkoubi, best known as Guy Mardel, born June 30, 1944 in Oran, is a French composer and singer. Discography 45 tours C'est mon bilan d'amour (1963) Si tu n'y crois pas - Je t'ai crue trop vite (1964) N'avoue jamais - Songe songe (1965) Je voudrais l'oublier - Entre les deux (1965) Monsieur Plum / Toi et moi (1966) C'est une larme / Quand on est jeune (1967) Qui n'aime pas les filles / Kitty (1968) C'est la Primavera / Le temps d'aimer (1973) Un arc et des flèches / On ne met pas l’amour dans sa valise (1974) Ma femme / De quoi demain sera-t-il fait ? (1977) Gueule d'ange / Paradiso (1979) Brésillienne / Paradiso (1985) Entre nous / Prends le temps (1986) Voir ci dessous pour plus de détail sur sa discographie 45 tours : http://209.85.135.104/s... Biography of Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (born June 30, 1970) is a prominent Argentine film and television actor, with extensive credits in Argentina and Spain. Life and work Leonardo Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in the film La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series Clave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon, Closer). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in Tango feroz: la leyenda ... Biography of Frédéric Bastiat
Claude Frédéric Bastiat (pronounced: ) (30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. Biography Bastiat was born in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. When he was nine years old, he was orphaned and became a ward of his paternal grandparents. At 17, he left school to work in his family's export business. Economist Thomas DiLorenzo suggests that this experience was crucial to Bastiat's later work since it allowed young Frédéric to acquire first-hand knowledge of how regulation can affect markets. Sheldon Richman notes that "he came of age during the Napoleonic wars, with their extensive government intervention in economic affairs." When Bastiat was 25, his grandfather died, leaving the young man the family... Biography of Bud Black
Harry Ralston "Bud" Black (born June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, California) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher and current manager of the San Diego Padres. Early life Black is a graduate of Mark Morris High School in Longview, Washington. Playing career College Black played two years at Lower Columbia College in Longview. For his junior and senior years, he played at San Diego State. Professional Black pitched fifteen seasons in the majors, most notably for the Kansas City Royals, winning 121 games in his career and was part of the starting rotation for the Royals team that won the 1985 World Series. He also played professionally for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants. Black was the starting pitcher for th... Biography of Winston Graham
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003) was an English novelist, best known for the The Poldark Novel series of historical fiction. Biography Graham was born in Victoria Park, Manchester, England. When he was 17 years old he relocated to Perranporth, Cornwall. His first novel, The House with the Stained Glass Windows was published in 1934; his first Poldark novel, Ross Poldark, was published in 1945, and was succeeded by a series of eleven further titles, the last of which, Bella Poldark, was published in 2002. The series was set in Cornwall, especially in and near Perranporth, where Graham spent much of his life. The first seven Poldark novels were turned into a BBC television series first broadcast in the UK between 1975 and 1977 which gained audiences of about 14... Biography of Dortha Waneta Fretz
Dortha Waneta Fretz, born on June 30, 1909 in Bourbon, Indiana, is an American medium and spiritualist reverend, co-founder of the Universal Christ Church (source: Burt Granite).... Biography of Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress. Career Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era. Farrell began her career with a theatrical company at the age of 7. She played Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She paused at times to continue her education but appeared with a number of theatrical companies and in several Broadway productions. She was in the cast of Cobra and The Best People with actress Charlotte Treadway, at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles, California, in 1925. Farrell was first signed to a long-term contract by First National Pictures in July 1930. She was given the feminine lead in Little Caesar directed by Mervyn Leroy. Warner Brothers signed her to re-create on film the role she played in Life Begins on Bro... Biography of Paul Escoffier
Paul Adolphe, Jean-Marie Escoffier, born on June 30, 1875 in Cahors, Midi-Pyrénées, died on July 19, 1941 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1912 : Le Coupable (court métrage anonyme) 1913 : Germinal d'Albert Capellani 1913 : Le Mystère de la chambre jaune de Maurice Tourneur 1913 : Par la main d'un autre (anonyme) 1914 : Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge d'Albert Capellani (ciné-roman en 6 parties et 60 tableaux) 1914 : La Dernière Incarnation de Larsan de Maurice Tourneur : Larsan 1914 : La Jeunesse de Rocambole de Georges Denola 1914 : Les Exploits de Rocambole de Georges Denola 1914 : Rocambole et l'héritage du marquis de Morfontaine de Georges Denola 1914 : Le Voleur d'André Caillard 1914 : Les Yeux du cœur d'H... Biography of Ron Husmann
Ron Husmann (born June 30, 1937 (source: Gauquelin)) is an American actor. Born in Rockford, Illinois, Husmann graduated from Northwestern University in 1959, and made his Broadway debut in Fiorello! later that year. In 1960 he was cast in Tenderloin, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and winning the Theatre World Award for his performance. Additional Broadway credits include All-American, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, On the Town, Irene, and Can-Can. Husmann made his film debut in the 1965 melodrama Love Has Many Faces, but most of his screen credits have been limited to television. He has appeared in the daytime soaps General Hospital and Days of our Lives, as well as such primetime series as Dr. Kildare, Land of the Giants, Get Smart, The F.B.I.,... Biography of Walter Hampden
Walter Hampden is the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles) was a U.S. actor and theatre manager. He was the younger brother of the American painter Paul Dougherty (1877-1947). He went to England for apprenticeship for six years. Later, he played Hamlet, Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway. In 1925, he became manager of the Colonial Theatre on Broadway. He became noted for his Shakespearean roles as well as for Cyrano, which he played in several productions between 1923 and 1936. Hampden's last stage role was as Danforth in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Hampden appeared in a few silent films, but did not really begin his film career in earnest until 1939, when he played the good Ar... Biography of Jean-Luc Romero
Jean-Luc Romero (born June 30, 1959 at Béthune, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician, writer and NGO leader. Biography Since 1986, Romero is Parlement assistant of Pierre-Rémy Houssin (from 1986 to 1997), Jean-Marie Demange (1997) and Guy Drut (from 1997 to 2000). Since 2001, he is solidarity director at Vigneux-sur-Seine (Essonne). Romero was outed as gay by the French magazine eM@le and subsequently sued them. In May 2002, Jean-Luc Romero became the first French politician who revealed having AIDS. Since 2005, he has been working for the Presidency of the Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité, a NGO member of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies who co-organized the 17th world conference about euthanasia in Paris. He is a former national Secretary o... Biography of Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles. Early life and education Clarke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was introduced to the bass as a schoolboy when he arrived late on the day instruments were distributed to students and acoustic bass was one of the few remaining selections. He is a graduate of Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. Having graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy, (which was absorbed into the University of the A... Biography of Mitch Richmond
Mitchell James "Mitch" Richmond (born June 30, 1965 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately at Kansas State University. He was a 6-time NBA All-Star, a 5-time All-NBA Team member and a former NBA Rookie of the Year. In 976 NBA games, Richmond averaged 21.0 points per game and 3.5 assists per game. #2 has been retired in his honor by the Sacramento Kings, for whom he played seven seasons. He was on the cover of video game NBA Live 97. Richmond is now a scout for the Golden State Warriors, for whom he played from 1988 to 1991. NBA career Golden State Warriors (1988–91) Richmond was drafted 5th overall in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, following two years at Kansas ... Biography of Nicolas Mitric
Nicolas Mitric, born on June 30, 1969 in Paris, is a French cartoonist and author.... Biography of Alissa Jung
Alissa Jung, born June 30, 1981 in Münster, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.de/name/nm0432506/ ) Griechische Küsse (2008) (TV) .... Vanessa 'Nessi' "Inga Lindström" .... Hellen Reslow (1 Folge, 2008) - Hochzeit in Hardingsholm (2008) TV Folge .... Hellen Reslow "Im Tal der wilden Rosen" .... Carol (1 Folge, 2008) - Fluss der Liebe (2008) TV Folge .... Carol "SOKO Wismar" .... Angela Hausmann (1 Folge, 2007) - Spitzenleistung (2007) TV Folge .... Angela Hausmann "Kommissar Stolberg" .... Patricia Lukas (1 Folge, 2007) ... "Stolberg" - Der Sonnenkönig (2007) TV Folge .... Patricia Lukas Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten (2007) (TV) .... Rezeptionistin "Schmetterlinge im Bauch" .... Nelly Heldmann (6 Folgen, 2006-2007) - Endlich ge... Biography of Aimé Duval
Aimé Duval, born on June 30, 1918 in Le Val-d'Ajol, Vosges, died on April 30, 1983 in Metz, Moselle, was a French priest, singer, guitarist, and composer. He was a friend of Georges Brassens. Bibliography LUCIEN (un pseudonyme : il s'agit de son deuxième prénom), L'enfant qui jouait avec la lune, Mulhouse, 1983. TIHON, P., Le Père Duval ou la chanson fraternelle, Bruxelles, 1960.... Biography of Laurent Joffrin
Laurent Mouchard, best known as Laurent Joffrin, born June 30, 1952 in Vincennes, is a French journalist, author, TV host and radio host. He is director of Libération. Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Broadly speaking, Libération's editorial point of view is currently center-left. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts, in particular during the 1980s and 1990s, and, more recently, since Edouard de Rothschild's entrance in its capital (37%) in January 2005. Serge July's campaign for the "yes" vote in the referendum on the TCE (Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe) alienated it ... Biography of Anthony Mann
Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director, most notably of film noirs and Westerns. As a director, he often collaborated with the cinematographer John Alton and with James Stewart in his Westerns. Biography Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, California, Mann was the son of Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original surname: Weichselbaum) of Macon, Georgia. Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures. Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures. Mann was respected for his acute visual s... Biography of Hal Lindes
Hal Andrew Lindes (born on June 30, 1953 in Monterey, California) is an English-American guitarist and film score composer. In 1980 he began recording a solo album with producer Al Kooper, along with Herbie Flowers on bass and John Bradbury (of The Specials) on drums. The project was halted mid-stream when Lindes received an invitation by Mark Knopfler to join the British rock band Dire Straits. Dire Straits Lindes became a full-time member of Dire Straits in 1981 while the band were promoting their third album, Making Movies. During his five year tenure with the group, Dire Straits grew from playing small clubs to performing in sold out stadiums. He featured in the their next album, 1982's Love Over Gold as well as the 1983 EP, titled ExtendedancEPlay and the live album Alchemy Liv... Biography of John Denis Fraser
John Denis Fraser (born 30 June 1934(birth time source: Pulsar collection, Astrodatabank)) was Labour Member of Parliament for Norwood in London from 1966 to 1997 and a solicitor. Fraser was educated at Sloan Grammar School and the Law Society College of Law, becoming a solicitor. He was a councillor on Lambeth Borough Council 1962-65 and the London Borough of Lambeth from 1964. He was a founder member of the Co-operative (Housing) Development Society. He was Under Secretary of State for Employment 1974-1976, and Minister of State at the Department of Prices & Consumer Protection 1976-1979.... Biography of Pierre Lefaucheux
Pierre Lefaucheux (30 June 1898 – 11 February 1955) was a leading French industrialist and a Compagnon de la Libération. Early years Born at Triel-sur-Seine, and descended from the French inventor Casimir Lefaucheux, Pierre was second of the four children of Pierre André Lefaucheux and Madeleine Dulac. He volunteered for military service in September 1917, his record of military achievement in the First World War being crowned with his receipt of the croix de guerre. Returning to civilian life he enrolled at the école centrale des arts et manufactures, obtaining his diploma in 1922. Lefacheux began his working life with a brief spell at the North France Railway Company, before joining in 1925 the Compagnie générale de construction de fours (General Boiler Manufacturing Company)... Biography of Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. He is married to Paula and has a daughter, Sutherlin, and a son, Steadman, who sometimes races in the Nationwide Series. Beginnings While he attended Spring Hill High School, Marlin played high school basketball and football, earning the captain status his senior year while he played quarterback and linebacker. He began his collection of civil war artifacts shortly after highschool. In 1976, he made his NASCAR debut at Nashville Speedway, filling in for his injured father in the #14 H.B. Cunningham Chevrolet. He started 30th and finished 29th after suffering oil pump failure early in the race. He made two more starts in 1978, finishing ninth at World 60... Biography of George Chandler
George Chandler (June 30, 1898 - June 10, 1985) was an American actor best known for playing the character of "Uncle Petrie" on the television series Lassie. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and died in Panorama City, California, at the age of eighty-six. Chandler appeared six times in Bill Williams's western series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1955) in episodes entitled "Law of Boot Hill", "Lost Treasure of the Panamints", "Trails Westward", "The Wrong Man", "Trail to Bordertown", and "Gunsmoke Justice". He guest starred on the Reed Hadley CBS legal drama The Public Defender. He appeared as the character Ames in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" in the 1955 NBC western anthology series Frontier. In the 1954-1955 season, he appeared as a milkman in two episodes of the N... Biography of Leonard Whiting
Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950 in London, England) is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor. Early life Whiting was born in the Wood Green area of London, England, the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting and Peggy Joyce O'Sullivan. He has English, Irish and some Romani/Gypsy ancestry. Whiting attended the St. Richard of Chichester School, Camden and graduated just a week or two before beginning work on Romeo and Juliet (1968). Career Whiting was spotted by an agent at a recording studio at the age of 12. After hearing him sing, the agent suggested he try out for Lionel Bart's Oliver! which constantly needed... Biography of Jean-Paul Moulinot soon available
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Ebru Polat, born June 30, 1983, is a Turkish singer. Albums * Çetin Ceviz (2007) * Çok Geç (2008, Seyhan Müzik) * Kalp Ayazı (2009, Seyhan Müzik) Video Clips * Çetin Ceviz * Seni Yerler * Çığ Gibi * Çok Geç * İnanamıyorum * Memnun Oldum * Kalp Ayazı * seni aldattım... Biography of Stéphanie Possamaï
Stéphanie Possamaï (born 30 July 1980 in Bordeaux) is a French judoka. Possamaï won a bronze medal in the -78kg category at the 2007 World Judo Championships.... Biography of Marton Csokas
Marton Csokas (Hungarian pronunciation: ; born June 30, 1966) is a New Zealand film and television actor. Early life Csokas was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. His mother, a nurse, is of Irish and Danish descent, and his Hungarian-born father, also named Márton Csókás, worked as a mechanical engineer. Csokas attended King's College, Auckland, and graduated from Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School in 1989. Career One of Csokas' more notable roles is Lord Celeborn in the films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He has also made repeated appearances in Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's past love and ally, Borias. He also played Jarda in the The Bourne Supremacy. Personal life Csokas holds Hungarian ... Biography of Victoria Crawford
Victoria Crawford (born June 30, 1986) is an American model and professional wrestler best known by her ring name Alicia Fox. She is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the ECW brand. She is also currently training at their developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling. She was a model for kindindustries.com and was later recruited by WWE to train as a professional wrestler. Ring name(s) Victoria Crawford Tori Alicia Fox Billed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Billed weight 120 lb (54 kg) Career World Wrestling Entertainment Developmental territories Crawford signed a developmental contract with WWE and was later assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling. She debuted on July 1, 2006, as a special guest referee in a match between Shelly Martinez and O... Biography of Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. In film she in best known for her roles of Janis Ian in Mean Girls, Marlena Diamond in Cloverfield, and April in Hot Tub Time Machine. Also well-known on television, her most notable roles include Kat Warbler in The Class, Amy Burley in True Blood, Avery in Tru Calling and Casey Klein in Party Down. Early life Caplan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in a Reform Jewish family. Caplan attended Alexander Hamilton High School, a public high school on Los Angeles's Westside. Caplan was a student at the school's prestigious Academy of Music, a performing arts program, and decided to pursue drama after she lost interest in playing the piano. She starred in productions of Much Ado About Noth... Biography of Ginta Lapina
Ginta Lapina (Latvian: Ginta Lapiņa, born June 30, 1989) is a Latvian model. Modeling career Lapina was born in Riga, Latvia, and began her modeling career in 19.03.2005 when she was scouted on street of Riga by Nils Raumanis, the founder of DANDY model management in Riga, Latvia and after placed with MC2 Model Management in New York. Her runway debut was at the Spring 2008 New York Fashion Week in the Benjamin Cho show. In 2008 she signed with model agency Women Management. Lapina has since walked in shows for many notable designers in the Milan, Paris, London, and New York fashion weeks including Anna Sui, Nina Ricci, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana, Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Vivienne Westwood, Miu Miu, Yves Saint Laurent, Carolina Herrera, Bottega Veneta, Versace, Valentino, and... Biography of Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen (born June 30, 1958) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. He and his family have their primary residence in Los Angeles, California. Early career Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, studied horn and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, as well as conducting with Jorma Panula. His conducting classmates included Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Osmo Vänskä. Another classmate on the composition side was the composer Magnus Lindberg and together they formed the new-music appreciation group Korvat auki and the experimental ensemble Toimii ("Ears open" and "It works" in the Finnish language). Later, Sal... Biography of Miles Austin
Miles Jonathon Austin III (born June 30, 1984 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Monmouth. Early years Son of Ann and Miles Austin, who were born in Nebraska and New Jersey and brother to Jennifer Austin, Austin attended Garfield High School in Garfield, New Jersey, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. In football, he played wide receiver and defensive back, and as a senior, he won All-Bergen County honors and All-State honors. In basketball, Austin garnered All-Bergen County honors as well. In track and field, Austin participated in the 100 meter dash, long jump, triple jump, and ... Biography of Raymond Leo Burke
Raymond Leo Burke (born June 30, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, having previously served as Archbishop of St. Louis (2003-2008) and Bishop of La Crosse (1995-2003). Background Raymond Leo Burke was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the youngest of the six children of Thomas (d. July 21, 1956) and Marie (d. February 29, 1996) Burke. Baptized on the following July 11, he received his first Communion on May 13, 1956. The family later moved to Stratford, where Burke was confirmed by Bishop John P. Treacy on April 5, 1962. From 1962 to 1968 he attended the Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1968 to 1971 Burke studied at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he is now ... Biography of Mark Waters
Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director. Waters is perhaps best known for directing Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday and Mean Girls. He is the brother of screenwriter Daniel Waters and has been married to actress Dina Spybey since 2000. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute and as of September 2006 has a development deal with Paramount pictures. He directed The Spiderwick Chronicles, filming in Montreal in the fall of 2006. In 2008 he shot "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" in Boston. Waters was one of the 120 invitees to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006. Partial filmography Mean Girls 2 (2009) The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) 500 Days of Summer (2008) The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Ju... Biography of Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras (born 30 June 1940 in Karrantza in Biscay Spain) is a Spanish film director. He studied law, political science, and economics at the University of Madrid also attended the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia in 1963 to study film direction. He wrote film criticism and reviews for the Spanish film journal Nuestro Cine, and made a series of short films before making his first feature film, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), a critical portrait of the rural Spain of the 40s. Ten years later, Erice wrote and directed The South (1982), based on a story from Adelaida García Morales, considered a masterpiece although the producer Elías Querejeta only allowed him to film the first two thirds of the story. His third movie, The Quince Tree Sun (1992) is a documentary about pain... Biography of Cora Schumacher
Cora Schumacher, born Cora-Caroline Brinkmann on June 30, 1975 in Hürth, is a German model, the wife of Ralf Schumacher (October 2001 - present) 1 child.... Biography of Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978 in Geelong, Victoria) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, best known for his successful 238-game career with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the top 50 players of all time. During his eleven years with West Coast, he won several of the league's highest individual awards including a Brownlow Medal, Most Valuable Player and a premiership medallion, was selected six times in the All-Australian Team and represented Australia in the International Rules Series. He was West Coast's club champion for four seasons and captain for five seasons. His football career has been marred by highly-publicised off-field incidents involving recreational drug use... Biography of Faisal Shahzad
Faisal Shahzad (Urdu: فیصل شہزاد; born June 30, 1979) is a Muslim Pakistani-American being tried in New York City for the May 1, 2010, Times Square car bomb attempt. On June 21, 2010 in Federal District Court in Manhattan he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt. Throughout his court appearance, Shahzad was unrepentant, and the United States attorney indicated there was no plea deal, so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence, a mandatory life term. Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the attempt, at 11:45 p.m. EDT on May 3, 2010, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. He was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport, after boarding Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai. His final destinat... Biography of Tamara Sedmak
Tamara Sedmak, born on June 30, 1976 in Baden, is a Swiss model, TV host, and actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1465970/ ) 2006 Handyman Jury Mitglied 2003 Meier Marilyn (TV movie) Cindy Huber 2003 Achtung, fertig, Charlie! MP officer Hide HideSelf (2 titles) 2009 Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (TV series) Herself – Das perfekte Promi-Dinner in München #22 (2009) … Herself 2007 Extreme Activity (TV series) Herself – Episode #3.9 (2007) … Herself... Biography of Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková (Czech pronunciation: ) (born 30 June 1981 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder. Špotáková was an All-American at the University of Minnesota and won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. Špotáková improved the Czech national record (previously 66.21 m held by herself since 2006) twice in the final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She took an early lead for 66.40 m in the first attempt and secured the gold medal in the third attempt (67.07 m) before German Christina Obergföll (66.46 m). Špotáková became the seventh woman in the world reaching 67 m mark. Most importantly, she became the Olympic winner in 2008 with her last throw, 71.42 m, which ... Biography of Chan-Ho Park
Chan-Ho Park (Korean: 박찬호, born June 30, 1973) is a pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Orix Buffaloes. Formerly he played in Major League Baseball from 1994-2010. He was the first South Korean-born player in major league history. He is 6'2" (188 cm) tall and weights 210 lbs (95 kg). Early career in Korea As a high school player in South Korea, he won team Most Valuable Player honors three consecutive seasons at Kongju High School in Kongju, South Korea. He also was named the MVP at four national prep tournaments. Park was a member of the 1992 and 1993 South Korea national baseball team. He posted a 2.76 ERA in helping South Korea earn the silver medal at the Asian Baseball Championship in 1993. He also competed in Summer Universiade in July 1993,... Biography of Anna Levandi
Anna Anatolevna Levandi (née Kondrashova) (Russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди (Кондрашова), born 30 June 1965 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater who represented the Soviet Union in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist and four time European bronze medalist. She competed at two Winter Olympic Games. Following her marriage, she took her husband's surname and moved to Estonia. She works as a coach in Tallinn. Personal life Anna Kondrashova was born in Moscow, then part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. She is married to Allar Levandi, an Estonian Olympic Nor... Biography of Fred Schaus
Frederick (Fred) Appleton Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio. College career West Virginia Schaus played basketball at West Virginia, where he earned the record of first to score 1,000 career points (1,009). He was also selected to the All-American team in 1949. Pro career Fort Wayne Pistons, New York Knicks 1949–1954 Schaus left West Virginia to join the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1949–1950 season. He scored 14.3 poin... Biography of Olha Bryzhina
Olha Bryzhina (Ukrainian: Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented USSR (until 1991) and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (as of 2010). Bryzhina also became world champion in... Biography of Garret Anderson
Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972, in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played most of his career with the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels (appearing with the team under all three of its recent names). He is the Angels' franchise leader in games played, at bats, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, grand slams, extra-base hits, career RBIs, single-game RBIs, and consecutive games (12) with an RBI. High school career Garret Anderson attended Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, California. While there, he was a three-sport star in baseball, football, and basketball. In baseball, he won two All-Los Angeles City honors and two All-League Honors, and as a junior, helped his team win the Los Angeles City Championship. In basketball, ... Biography of Beatrix Loughran
Beatrix S. Loughran (June 30, 1900 in New York City – December 7, 1975) was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating (1924, 1928, 1932). She is a six-time National champion (1925-1927 in singles, 1930-1932 in pairs). Her pairs partner was Sherwin Badger. She was the aunt of three-time national medalist Audrey Peppe. In 1997, Loughran was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Results Ladies' singles Event 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Winter Olympics 2nd 3rd World Championships 3rd North American Championships 1st 1st U.S. Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Pairs (with Badger) Event 1928 1929 1930 ... Biography of Ed Lewis (wrestler)
Robert Herman Julius Friedrich (June 30, 1891 - August 8, 1966), was a professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, whose career spanned four decades. Wrestling career Born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Friedrich began wrestling at the age of 14, using the stage name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, in tribute of 1890s star Evan "Strangler" Lewis. It was also stated in the A&E documentary "The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling" that he was dubbed the Strangler after a match in France where he applied a sleeper hold, and the French, who were unfamiliar with the hold, thought he was strangling his opponent. He was the pivotal figure in the "Gold Dust Trio", along with promoters Toots Mondt and Billy Sandow, a travelling road show that was the precursor to wrestling tou... Biography of Emmanuel Mouret
Emmanuel Mouret (born 30 June 1970) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Biography He was born on 30 June 1970 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He graduated from La Fémis (9th promotion, directing department). Filmography Actor L'Art d'aimer (2011) Fais-moi plaisir! (2009) Les bureaux de Dieu (Eng: God's Offices, 2008) (as Pierre) Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007) (as Nicolas) Changement d'adresse (Eng: Change of Address, 2006) (as David) Vénus et Fleur (Eng: Venus and Fleur, 2004) (as Homme de la pelouse 2) Laissons Lucie faire! (2000) (as Lucien) Promène-toi donc tout nu! (1999) (as Clément) Caresse (1998) Director L'Art d'aimer (2011) Fais-moi plaisir! (2009) Un baise... Biography of Steve Duchesne
Steve Duchesne (born June 30, 1965) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL with several teams from 1986 until 2002. He was a three-time NHL All-Star and was a member of the 2001–02 Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. Playing career Duchesne began his notable hockey career with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Never drafted by an NHL team, he was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings on October 1, 1984. He played one season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League before becoming an NHL regular in 1986–87. In his rookie NHL season, he played well enough to be named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. It did not take Duchesne long to establish himself as an above average offensive defen... |
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