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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on March, 23, 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 · 45,412 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,412 Celebrities
146 celebrities or events were found for March, 23. Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Dane Rudhyar
Dane Rudhyar (March 23, 1895, in Paris – September 13, 1985, in San Francisco), né Daniel Chennevière, was a modernist composer and humanistic astrologer. He was the pioneer of modern transpersonal astrology. Dane RudhyarMost of Rudhyar's more than forty books and hundreds of articles concern astrology and religion. The book that established his reputation in the astrological field was his first on the subject, The Astrology of Personality (1936). Arguing that astrology is not essentially predictive but rather productive of intuitive insights, this has proven to be one of the most influential tracts of "free-will" astrology, despite being written in the dense, circuitous style that characterizes much of Rudhyar's writing. He also wrote two novels and extensively on music as well, pro... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Pierre Palmade
Pierre Palmade (born March 23, 1968) is a French actor and comedian. He was born in Bordeaux, France. He began his career in stand-up comedy, and featured in two shows with Michèle Laroque more recently. The shows were called "Ils s'aiment" and "Ils se sont aimés." He sometimes writes for other artists, for example, Muriel Robin. He has done dubbing for the films, Pédale douce and Pédale dure. He is known for playing unpleasant characters in his sketches. Filmography 2006 : Astérix et les Vikings, (voice), directed by Stefan Fjeldmark... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Joan Crawford
oan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977), was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking her at number ten. Starting as a dancer, she was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played in small parts. By the end of the '20s, as her popularity grew, she became famous as a youthful flapper. At the beginning of the 1930s, her fame rivaled that of fellow MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. She was often cast in movies in which she played hardworking young women who eventually found romance and success. These "rags to riches" stories we... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn, (IPA: ) (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. Though Blur has not disbanded, of late Albarn has been more active as the main man behind the music of Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad and the Queen project. Early years Albarn's early life was spent living in Leytonstone with his parents Hazel and Keith and his sister Jessica. He has described a very liberal and hippy-like upbringing. Whilst living in Leytonstone, Albarn attended George Tomlinson primary school. When he turned ten, his family moved to Aldham, Essex, England due to the needs of his father's teaching career. Albarn then attended Stanway Comprehensive School. He met future Blur guitarist Graham Coxon at school and found ... Biography of Serena Grandi
Serena Grandi (born on March 23, 1958) is an Italian actress. Serena Grandi was born in Bologna. Some films credited her as Vanessa Steiger. She started her acting career in 1980 playing a supporting role in the comedy La Compagna di viaggio by Ferdinando Baldi. In 1980 she played the role of Maggie in the controversial film The Anthropophagous Beast, directed by Joe D'Amato. This film is well known among horror movie fans for its extreme gore sequence. After several films, she took a starring role in Tinto Brass' Miranda, which gave her the status of a superstar in her native Italy. Through the 1980's, she made nearly 20 films, appearing in sexy comedies, sword epics such as Avventure dell'incredibile Ercole and some horror films. In 1987 Lamberto Bava gave her the role of Gloria... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Judith Godrèche
Judith Godrèche (born March 23, 1972) is a French actress and author, born in Paris, France. Career Godrèche's early work included commercial modeling for a Japanese chocolate maker, as well as a teen magazine. Her first film appearance was as Claudia Cardinale's daughter in "L'été prochain". At age 14 she obtained her first major role in Benoît Jacquot's "Les Mendiants" with Dominique Sanda. In 1989, Godrèche starred in Jacques Doillon's "La Fille de 15 ans" with Melvil Poupaud, which brought her fame. The following year, she turned to a full-time career in film. In 1990 she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Jacquot's "La Désenchantée". In 1994 her novel "Point de côté" was published in France by Broché Publishers to good reviews... Biography of Princess Eugenie of York
Princess Eugenie of York (Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British Royal Family and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Eugenie is sixth in the Line of succession to the British Throne and has been since her birth in 1990. Early life Princess Eugenie was born on 23 March 1990 at the Portland Hospital in London. Her father is Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the third child and the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her mother is Sarah, Duchess of York, (née Sarah Ferguson), the daughter of the late Major Ronald Ferguson and the late Susan Barrantes. She was named after Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She has one older sister, Princess Beatrice, who was born in 1988. She was... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Keri Russell
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mission: Impossible III and Waitress. Early life Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California to David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive, and Stephanie (Stephens). She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. Russell grew up in Dallas, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado, moving frequently because of her father's job. Career Russell first appeared on television ... Biography of Marti Pellow
Marti Pellow (born Mark McLachlan on 23 March 1965 in Clydebank) is the lead singer of the Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet. He has also achieved a successful solo career. Pellow enjoyed success with Wet Wet Wet throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, in 1997 drummer Tommy Cunningham left the band and its success waned immediately. Pellow was by this time suffering from an addiction to heroin. He famously quoted, on finally beating the drug, "It was textbook. I couldn't function without it. But there's no romantic side to heroin - it's no good." On February 27, 1999, Pellow collapsed at the Conrad Hotel in London and was taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for tests. He was released the same night. In May 1999, Pellow left Wet Wet Wet in order to embark on a solo career ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is an American singer known for her 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel For You", for her smash hit "I'm Every Woman" and as a member of the funk band Rufus, with whom she recorded the legendary soul record "Ain't Nobody". In her career she has earned many accolades, including eight Grammy awards. Though regarded an R&B singer, she has in fact explored numerous musical genres including funk, disco, jazz, ballads, hip hop, adult contemporary, pop and blues standards. Early life Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens in Great Lakes, Illinois to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman. Her sister is dance music diva Taka Boom. She was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of 11 formed her first group, the Crystalettes. While still in high school, she joined the... Biography of Richard Grieco
Richard Grieco (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Born in Watertown, New York, Grieco played football for Central Connecticut State University. After working as a model, he studied acting. He played Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the shows 21 Jump Street and its spinoff Booker. Grieco's feature film debut was as Bugsy Siegel in Mobsters (1991) and has appeared in numerous films since. He also appeared in the TV series Marker in 1995 and starred (as himself) in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury. He dated another One Life to Live star, Yasmine Bleeth. Richard and Yasmine also co-starred in the 1999 movie Heaven or Vegas and the 1999 made-for-TV movie Ultimate Dec... Biography of Catherine Keener
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 1959) is a two time Academy Award-nominated American actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Keener, the third of five children, was born in Miami, Florida, to Evelyn and Jim Keener, a manager of an automotive store. Keener is of Irish descent on her father's side and of Egyptian descent on her mother's. Keener attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Hialeah, Florida. Although she didn’t get into trouble growing up, by the time she reached high school at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Keener began rebelliously acting out. She was eventually expelled from the 11th grade, although she later returned to school, and kept her grades high enough to be accepted into college. She attended Wheaton College, a women’s school in Norton, M... Biography of Wernher von Braun
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States. The German scientist, who led Germany's rocket development program (V-2) before and during World War II, entered the United States at the end of the war through the then-secret Operation Paperclip. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and worked on the American ICBM program before joining NASA, where he served as director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the United States to the Moon. He is generally regarded as the father of the United States space program. Wernher von Braun received the National Medal of Science... Biography of Erich Fromm
Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Life Erich Fromm started his studies in 1918 at the University of Frankfurt am Main with two semesters of jurisprudence. During the summer semester of 1919, Fromm studied at the University of Heidelberg, where he switched from studying jurisprudence to sociology under Alfred Weber (brother of the famous sociologist Max Weber), the brilliant psychiatrist-philosopher Karl Jaspers, and Heinrich Rickert. Fromm received his Ph.D. in sociology from Heidelberg in 1922. And, then during the mid 1920s, he was trained to become a psychoanalys... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa (Kyūjitai: 黒澤 明, Shinjitai: 黒沢 明, Kurosawa Akira?, 23 March 1910 – 6 September 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first credited film (Sugata Sanshiro) was released in 1943; his last (Madadayo) in 1993. His many awards include the Légion d'Honneur and an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. Early life Akira Kurosawa was born to Isamu and Shima Kurosawa on March 23, 1910. He was the youngest of eight children born to the Kurosawas in a suburb of Tokyo. Shima Kurosawa was forty years old at the time of Akira's birth and his father Isamu was forty-five. Akira Kurosawa grew up in a household with three older brothers and four older sisters. Of his three older brothers, one died before A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Catherine Alric
Catherine Alric, born March 23, 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French actress. Filmography 1975 : L'Incorrigible, de Philippe de Broca : Catherine 1977 : Julie pot de colle, de Philippe de Broca : L'infirmière 1978 : Tendre poulet, de Philippe de Broca : Christine Vallier 1978 : One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence : La comtesse 1979 : Le Cavaleur : Muriel Picoche 1979 : Nous maigrirons ensemble : Patricia 1979 : L'Associé : Alice Duphorin 1980 : On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter, de Philippe de Broca : Agnès Pochet 1981 : La Puce et le privé : Françoise Dubois 1981 : Pétrole ! Pétrole ! : Liza Bérian 1981 : La Revanche : Sylvie Noec 1982 : T'empêches tout le monde de dormir, de Gérard Lauzier : Isabelle 1984 : Clash : Martine 1985 : Liberté, égalité, choucrout... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He led the New Jersey Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2002 and 2003) and is considered to be one of the best players of his generation. His on-court versatility also makes him a regular triple-double threat, and he is in third place all-time for regular season triple-doubles in the NBA with a career total of 100 and second in playoffs triple-doubles with a career total of 11. Early life Kidd was born in San Francisco, California, the oldest of three children of Steve and Anne Kidd. His father, now deceased, was African-American and his mother is Irish American. He was raised in the Oakland Hills, an upper middle class secti... Biography of Elisa Tovati
Elisa Tovati is a French singer and television celebrity. Early years Elisa Tovati was born in 1976 of Russo-Morrocan origins in Paris, France. She showed interest in theatre early in her life, and her teenage years saw her co-presenting a French programme Y'a pas d'lézard. Her co-star was Stéphane Tapie. Film As the years went on, she featured in many 'téléfilms' such as Navarro, Highlander and Extrême Limite. Her singing career was to evolve as she was spotted during Roger Hanin's Soleil and the more crucial La Vérité si je me sens 2 (2001) where she played the girlfriend of José Garcia. Singing career Her singing career began on the same year her last film hit the big screen. She compiled her first album whose name comes from her first ever song and single, making it t... Biography of Delphine Batho
Delphine Batho (born March 23, 1973) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Deux-Sèvres' 2nd constituency, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. She is currently a member of the second district of Deux-Sèvres, succeeding Ségolène Royal. Her deputy is Jean-Luc Drapeau. President of the FIDL Delphine Batho began her militant activity in the student union when she attended the lycée Henri IV (French: Henry IV school) in Paris. She became president of the FIDL in 1990. She became known for her activism for students' rights and the means to study. After nearly two months of strikes, the movement obtained from Lionel Jospin, the Minister for Education, the sum of 4.5 million francs to renovate high schools and certain student righ... Biography of Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (March 23, 1749 - March 5, 1827) was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five volume Mécanique Céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799-1825). This seminal work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics, used by Isaac Newton, to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. He formulated Laplace's equation, and invented the Laplace transform which appears in many branches of mathematical physics, a field that he took a leading role in forming. The Laplacian differential operator, widely used in applied mathematics, is also named after him. He restated and developed the nebular hypothesis of the o... Biography of John Wayne Bobbitt
John Wayne Bobbitt (born March 23, 1967 in Buffalo, New York) and Lorena Leonor Bobbitt (née Gallo) (born 1970 in Bucay, Ecuador) were an American couple, married on June 18, 1989, known for a 1993 incident in which Lorena severed John's penis with a kitchen knife. On the night of June 23, 1993, John Bobbit arrived at the couple's Manassas, Virginia apartment intoxicated after a night of partying and, according to testimony by Lorena Bobbit in a 1994 court hearing, raped his wife. After the incident, a Lorena got out of bed and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. While in the kitchen, she noticed a carving knife on the counter and, according to a report in an article in the National Women's Studies Association Journal, "memories of past abuse raced through her head". Grabbing the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy Noether (March 23, 1882 – April 14, 1935) was a German-born Jewish mathematician, said by Einstein in eulogy to be "n the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began." Almost universally known as Emmy Noether, she had penetrating insights that she used to develop elegant abstractions. She was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. Her father, Max Noether, was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at Erlangen. Fritz Noether was her younger brother, and the statistician Gottfried E. Noether was her nephew. Noether did not show any early precocity at mathematics — as a teenager she was more interested in music and dancing. Although Erlangen did not... Biography of Nicholle Tom
Nicholle Tom (born March 23, 1978 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American actress, most famous for her role as Maggie Sheffield on The Nanny. Nicholle Tom currently stars in the IFC original The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman as Tara, an underling at a film production company. Her twin brother, actor David Tom, and older sister(by two years), Heather Tom, have both won Emmys for their performances on CBS's "The Young and the Restless" (1973). Nicholle's height is 5' 7" (1.71 m).She is the daughter of Marie and Charles Tom, who are now divorced. Before her fame on The Nanny, she was known for playing the role of Scott Scanlon's sister Sue on Beverly Hills 90210 during its earlier years on the air. Also, in the early 1990s, she played 'Ryce' in the successful family movie ... Biography of Juan Gris
José Victoriano González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre—Cubism. Biography Born in Madrid, Gris studied mechanical drawing at the Escuela de Artes y Manufacturas in Madrid from 1902 to 1904, during which time he contributed drawings to local periodicals. From 1904 to 1905 he studied painting with the academic artist José Maria Carbonero. In 1906 he moved to Paris and became friends with Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and in 1915 was painted by his friend, Amedeo Modigliani. In Paris, Gris followed the lead of another friend and fellow countryman, Pablo Picasso. His port... Biography of Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmeen Ghauri (born March 23, 1971 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian supermodel. Her modeling career began at the age of 17, after she had made an appointment at a Montreal modeling agency. Her father is a Muslim cleric from Pakistan, and her mother is German. Yasmeen served as a longtime model for Victoria's Secret and was admired as a great runway model. Yasmeen was reportedly discovered in 1989 while working in a McDonalds. She was reportedly 'discovered' by fashion stylist and photographer Edward Zacharia. During her career, Yasmeen earned the title "the Panther" because of her movement and popularity on runways for collections and couture shows. Accomplishments Yasmeen achieved as a model were her covers for Cosmopolitan and various editions of Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire mag... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Lynn Monaghan (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress. Early life Monaghan was born in Winthrop, Iowa, the daughter of Sharon Monaghan (who ran a day care center in the family's home), and Bob Monaghan (a factory worker and part time farmer). She has two older brothers, Bob and John and her family frequently fostered and adopted children. She graduated from East Buchanan High School Class of 1994, where she was the class president and acted in a few plays. After graduation, she moved to Chicago to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago. Between studying, she did some modeling in the United States and in Milan, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. She left college with one semester remaining to move to New York to pursue modeling and acting. Career Monaghan's first... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Raffarin
Jean Raffarin (Mars 23, 1914 Vouzailles - January 17, 1996 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou) was a French politician. He is the father of the former Prime Minister (2002-2005) Jean-Pierre Raffarin.... Biography of Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups including Weezer, Raffi, NOFX, Bad Brains, Three Six Mafia, Big Pun, No Doubt, Deborah Gibson and Suicide. Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m) Solo music career The visually distinctive, very slender singer released his first solo album in 1982. Beatitude is a somewhat more experimental variation of The Cars' New Wave rock sound. A more synthesizer-heavy follow up, This Side Of Paradise, was released in 1986. A #15 hit single, "Emotion in Motion", accompanied the album. The Cars split in 1988, and Ocasek disappeared from the public eye for a couple of years, resurfacing in 1990 with Fireball Zone. One track, "Rockaway", enjoyed a ... Biography of Alexandrine Zola
Alexandrine Zola, born March 23, 1839 in Paris, was the wife of French writer Emile Zola.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armando Testa
Armando Testa, born March 23, 1917, is an Italian executive and advertising director.... Biography of José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso (pronounced ; born 23 March 1956) is the 12th President of the European Commission. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004. He assumed the position in the Commission 23 November 2004. He used to go by the name of José Manuel Durão Barroso, Durão Barroso or coloquially simply Durão, but later after becoming President of the European Comission he preferred the name José Barroso (as he was internationally called after becoming Prime-Minister) and even later José Manuel Barroso. Academic career He holds two nationalities, Portuguese and Brazilian (Portuguese by both jus sanguinis and jus soli and Brazilian by jus sanguinis). He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and has an MSc in Economic and Soc... Biography of Hope Davis
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including About Schmidt, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor and Next Stop Wonderland. She played Slim Keith in the 2006 film Infamous. Biography Personal life Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian, and William Davis, an engineer. Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Davis and her siblings to museums or to "something cultural" every Sunday after church. Davis graduated in 1982 from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey, and was a childhood friend of Mira Sorvino, with whom she wrote and acted in backyard plays. She is married to actor Jon Patrick Walker and they have two ... Biography of Corinne Cléry
Corinne Clery, byname of Corinna Piccolo, (born March 23, 1950) is a French actress. Born in Paris, she started her career in the late sixties under the name Corinne Piccoli. She first came to prominence in the controversial film Story of O (1975) (Histoire d'O). She modeled for a famous cover of French magazine Lui with a huge copy of the book. She is famous for being the Bond girl Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979). She also starred opposite other Bond alumni Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel in The Humanoid. She also starred in the film, Covert Action, with actor David Janssen and Hitch-hiker (1975). Most of the her movies, after Moonraker, were made in Italy.... Biography of Plantu (cartoonist)
Jean Plantureux (Paris, March 23, 1951 - ), who goes by the professional name Plantu, is a French cartoonist specializing in political satire. His work has frequently appeared in the French newspaper Le Monde since 1972. Early life Jean Plantureux got his Baccalaureate at Lycée Henri-IV in 1969. Afterwards he started to study Medicine but soon gave this up and went to Brussels, where he started courses in drawing at École Saint-Luc, where he was sponsored by Hergé. Early professional career 1970 - 1986 Plantu returned to Paris and attempted to sell his cartoons to the French daily newspapers. He was hired by Bernard Lauzanne, from Le Monde, and his first cartoon, about the war in Vietnam, was published on the first of October 1972. In 1974, Claude Julien, then Director of Le Mon... Biography of Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi (March 23, 1922 - October 27, 1990) was an Italian film, TV and theatre actor, director and screenwriter. Tognazzi was born in Cremona but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company. After his return in the native city in 1936, he worked in a salami production plant. In World War II he was called to the Army, returning home after the Armistice of September 1943. His passion for spectacles and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he had organized spectacles for his fellow soldiers. In 1945 he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris. In 1950 Tognazzi made his debut for cinema, in I cadetti di Guascogna directed by Mario Mattoli. In the following... Biography of Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke (born March 23, 1942 in Munich, Germany) is an Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theater and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work. Besides working as filmmaker he also teaches directing at the Filmacademy Vienna. At the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, The White Ribbon won the Palme d'Or for best film. He has made films in French, German and English. The son of actor and director Fritz Haneke and actress Beatrix von Degenschild, Haneke was raised in the city Wiener Neustadt. He attended the University of Vienna to study philosophy, psychology and drama after failing to achieve success in his early attempts ... Biography of Felix Yusupov
Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (Russian: Фéликс Фéликсович Юсýпов, граф Сумароков-Эльстон) (March 23, 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 27, 1967, Paris, France), (variously transliterated from Cyrillic as Yussupov, Yusupov, Yossopov, Iusupov, Youssoupov, Youssoupoff, or as Feliks, Graf Sumarrokow-Elston), was best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, the mystic peasant faith healer whom Yusupov and other Russian nobles believed held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II and especially over the Tsaritsa... Biography of Karen McDougal
Karen McDougal (born March 23, 1971) is an American model and actress. She is known for her appearances in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month for December 1997 and Playmate of the Year of 1998. In 2001, the readers of Playboy voted McDougal "No. 2 Sexiest Playmate of the 1990s." McDougal taught pre-kindergarten before winning a swimwear competition and beginning her career as a glamour, promotional, and swimsuit model. Since her appearances in Playboy, she has extended her career into a wide variety of appearances in mainstream media, including other magazine modeling, television commercials, and minor acting, with mixed success. She has been a successful fitness model, with multiple magazine appearances including being the first woman to appear on the cover of Men's Fitness maga... Biography of Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com (formerly PageSixSixSix.com), is known for posts covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or "doodles." His blog has garnered negative attention for its attitude, its active "outing" of alleged closeted celebrities and its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media. Early and personal life Hilton was born in Miami, Florida to parents from Cuba. He says he did not learn to speak English until he went to school. He graduated in 1996 from Miami's Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and received hi... Biography of Gail Porter
Gail Porter (born March 23, 1971 at the Simpson's Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland), sometimes known by her married name Gail Hipgrave, is a British television presenter who became widely known after presenting Fully Booked in the late 1990s. Porter has tended to present family-friendly television programmes, or ones aimed directly at children, for example The Movie Chart Show, Top of the Pops, and Live & Kicking, work for CITV , and other programmes such as The Big Breakfast and Gail Porter's Big 90s for VH1 . Recently she presented three series of Dead Famous. In the late-'90s she began to pose for photos in men's magazines such as FHM. Probably the best-known product of her many photo-sessions is one particular still in which she is seen completely nude from behind, but turni... Biography of Roger Martin du Gard
Roger Martin du Gard (March 23, 1881- August 22, 1958) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details. For his concern with documentation and with the relationship of social reality to individual development, he has been linked with the realist and naturalist traditions of the 19th century. During the Second World war he resided in Nice, where he prepared a novel, which remained unfinished (Souvenirs du lieutenant-colonel de Maumort). Roger Martin du Gard died in 1958 and was buried in the Cimiez Monastery Cemetery in Cimiez, a suburb of the city of Nice, France.... Biography of Dietrich Eckart
Dietrich Eckart (23 March 1868 - 26 December 1923) was a German politician, one of the important early members of the National-Socialist German Workers' Party and a participant of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Eckart was born in Neumarkt, Germany (near Nuremberg) in 1868, the son of a royal notary and lawyer. His mother died when he was ten years old; in 1895, his father died also, leaving him a considerable amount of money that Eckart soon spent. Eckart initially studied medicine in Munich, but quit in 1891 to work as a poet, playwright and journalist. He moved to Berlin in 1899, where he wrote a number of plays, often autobiographical; however, despite becoming the protégé of Graf Georg von Hülsen-Haeseler, the artistic director of the royal theatre, he was never successful as a playw... Biography of Franco Battiato
Franco Battiato (born March 23, 1945) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. He is considered one of the most original personalities in Italian music from the 1970s to now. Together with Alice, Franco Battiato represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the melody "I treni di Tozeur". Battiato's songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and convoluted, rich of esoteric, philosophical and East Asian religious themes. His collaborations (from 1994 onward) with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added further depth to his apparently nonsensical lyrics, with references to Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche and other anarchistic and problemat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Florian Camathias
Florian Camathias, born March 23, 1924 in Wittenbach, died by race accident October 10, 1965 in Brands Hatch, was a Swiss motorcycle champion racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Volter
Philippe Volter (born March 23, 1959 as Philippe Wolter – died April 13, 2005), child of director Claude Volter and actress Jacqueline Bir, was a Belgian actor. He began his career in Brussels in 1985. He made many stage and film appearances, the latter of which peaked with such successful arthouse films as The Music Teacher (1988), The Double Life of Véronique (1991) and Blue (1993). Other appearances include The Five Senses (1999). Upon his father's death, he returned to Belgium and became artistic director for the Comedy Claude Volter. Philippe Volter committed suicide in 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeff York
Jeff York (March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1995) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using the stage name Granville Owen. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke. During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 Lil Abner film. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in the 1957 Disney classic Old Yeller. During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in supporting roles in numerous film and television productions, many of them by Disney. York attracted considerable attention in the mid-1950s with his TV portrayal of Mike Fink, the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hug... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Teresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel (born March 23, 1957, Toledo, Ohio) is an actress, comedienne, and cartoon voice-over actress. Ganzel was best known as a recurring cast member of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, having replaced the late Carol Wayne as the Matinee Lady in the popular "Mighty Carson Art Players" skits. She often plays ditzy blonde bimbo roles, as in the 1982 film The Toy with Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor. Her eyes are crossed, a feature that set her apart from others and adds to her comedy. She is the sister of producer Mark Ganzel. She has also been known as Terese Ganzel or Terry Ganzel. Selected roles The Emperor's New School (2006) ... Princess Lalala EverQuest II (2004 computer game) ... 13 voice roles Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) ... Liza Monsters... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Craig Breedlove
Craig Breedlove (born March 23, 1937) is a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first to reach 400 mph (640 km/h), 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles that were all named "Spirit of America". After a lengthy break from world records and making his name as a real estate agent, Breedlove began work on a new Spirit in 1992, eventually named the Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV. The vehicle is 538 in long, 100 in wide, and 70 in high (13.67 m by 2.54 m by 1.78 m) and weighs 9,000 lb (4,100 kg), construction is on a steel tube or space frame with an aluminium skin body. The engine is the same as in the second Spirit, a General Electric J79, but it is modified to burn unleaded gasoline and generates a maximum thrust of 22,650... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amanda Plummer
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American award-winning actress. Plummer was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland. Her first movie was the 1981 western Cattle Annie and Little Britches. She received a Tony Award nomination and the 1981 Theatre World Award for her first Broadway role, as Josephine in a Broadway revival of A Taste of Honey. She won the 1982 Tony Award for Featured Actress for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God, her second role on Broadway. Before achieving leading movie ro... Biography of Bernard Laroche
Bernard Laroche, born March 23, 1955 in Epinal, died March 29, 1955, has been killed by Jean-Marie Villemin, the father of Gregory Villemin, a four-year-old boy killed October 16, 1984. The Gregory affair (site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6865/vill22.html, by JANET CAWLEY, Chicago Tribune) PARIS -- The story that is fascinating -- some would say obsessing -- all of France this summer has nothing to do with the government, the weather or even that old standby, Princess Stephanie of Monaco. It is "l'Affaire Gregory," a story of murder, revenge, bizarre family feuding, strange twists and surprise suspects. It has brought up serious questions about the conduct of the press in France and a wave of intense self-examination. The question raised most often is how much the pres... Biography of Julie Holmes
Julie Lynn Holmes, born March 23, 1951 in Hollywood, is an Amercian former skater.... Biography of David Vaughn III
David Vaughn III, known as David Vaughn (born March 23, 1973 in Tulsa, Oklahoma), is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. A 6'9" power forward-center from Memphis State University, Vaughn played 4 seasons in the NBA from 1995–1999. He played for the Magic, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and New Jersey Nets. In his NBA career, Vaughn played in 118 games and scored a total of 341 points. After leaving the NBA, he played in Europe, then returned to Orlando. Having saved little money from his NBA playing days, he worked a number of blue-collar jobs, and for a time in 2008 was living out of his car. In 2009, his friends held a fundraiser for him. "I bought houses that were too b... Biography of Barry Cryer
Barry Charles Cryer OBE (born 23 March 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is a British writer and comedian. Cryer has written for many noted performers, including: Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise. Cryer also wrote episodes for the Doctor in the House television comedy series in Britain. Educated at Leeds Grammar School, Cryer went on to study English Literature at the University of Leeds. After appearing in University revue, Cryer was offered a week's work at the famous Leeds City Varieties theatre, home of "The Good Old Days," the longest-running televisi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène Gigout
Eugène Gigout (23 March 1844 – 9 December 1925) was a French organist and a composer of European late-romantic music for organ. Eugène Gigout was born in Nancy, and died in Paris. A pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns, he served as the organist of Saint-Augustin Church in Paris for 62 years. He became widely known as a teacher and his output as a composer was considerable. Renowned as an expert improviser, he also founded his own music school. (His nephew-by-marriage, Leon Boellmann, was also a fine organist and composer for the organ, though he died very young at age 35.) The 10 pièces pour orgue (composed 1890) are his most well-known compositions. This set includes the Toccata in B minor, probably his best-known piece; it is a frequent encore at organ recitals. The set also includes t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Emile Bertin
Louis-Émile Bertin (March 23,1840-1924) was a French naval engineer, one of the foremost of his time, and a proponent of the "Jeune École" philosophy of using light, but powerfully armed warships instead of large battleships. Early life Bertin was born in Nancy, France in 1840. He entered the Paris École Polytechnique in 1858. At exiting the school, he chose the field of Naval Engineering (Génie maritime). His role model was Henri Dupuy de Lôme, who had designed the first iron-clad warship in France. Bertin came to be known for his innovative designs, often at odds with conventional wisdom, and won international recognition as a leading naval architect. In 1871, he also became a doctor of laws, showing great versatility of talents. Life in Japan In 1885, the Japanese government p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Manguin
Henri Charles Manguin (Paris, March 23, 1874-1949) was a French painter, associated with Les Fauves. Manguin entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study under Gustave Moreau, as did Matisse and Charles Camoin with whom he became close friends. Like them, Manguin made copies of Renaissance art in the Louvre. Manguin was very much influenced by impressionism, as is seen in his use of bright pastel hues. He married in 1899 and made numerous portraits of his wife, Jeanne, and their family. In 1902, Manguin had his first exhibition at the Salon des Independants and d'Automne. Many of his paintings were of Mediterranean landscapes; these represented the height of his career as a Fauve artist. He traveled extensively with Albert Marquet throughout Southern Europe. In 1949, Manguin left ... Biography of Gregory Godzik
Gregory Godzik, born March 23, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, disappeared on December 11, 1976, was an American victim of killer John Gacy. His corpse was found buried, along with 27 others corpses.... Biography of Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Lucien Aimé-Blanc, born March 23, 1935 in Marseille, is a former French police officer. He was vice chief of staff of the Antigang brigade and also of the Narcotics brigade. He led the Office central de répression du banditisme (OCRB). Lucien Aimé-Blanc revealed in L'Indic et le Commissaire (2006) that left-wing activist Pierre Goldman had been assassinated on September 20, 1979 by a commando of the GAL, a Spanish death squad, led by Jean-Pierre Maïone. According to Aimé-Blanc, Henri Curiel, a famous anti-colonialist opposed to the Algerian War (1954-62) may also have been the victim of the same Jean-Pierre Maïone, who was his informant for years. References Lucien Aimé-Blanc,and Jean-Michel Caradec'h. L'Indic et le Commissaire (Plon, 2006, 246 pages).... Biography of Sarah Buxton
Sarah Galbraith Buxton (born March 23, 1965) is an American actress. Buxton was born in Brentwood, California. She is primarily known for her work on the television soap opera Sunset Beach, which aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. Buxton was an original cast member and remained with the show for its entire run, playing the ever-plotting villain Annie Douglas Richards. After the demise of Sunset Beach, Buxton appeared on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000-2001 as the less than sane villainess Morgan DeWitt, and in 2005, she returned to that role. In addition, she played a minor character, porn star Crystal Galore, on the soap opera Days of our Lives in 2004. Buxton has also appeared in several critically acclaimed movies such as The Climb and Little ... Biography of Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian painter. His work shows both surrealist and expressionist references. Clemente was self taught and studied architecture in 1970 at the University of Rome. Following his studies he explored his psyche with the use of psychedelics and traveled to India to experience Hindu spirituality. Since 1982 he has spent his time between Italy, New York City and Madras (now Chennai) in India, where he collaborates with local artists. In 1986, he created the Hanuman Books series with Raymond Foye which is a collection of 48 miniature handmade books featuring American and European poets and philosophers, edited by George Scrivani and printed in Madras. He did some paintings in collaboration with Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the 1980s. Cle... Biography of Andrea Dovizioso
Andrea Dovizioso (born March 23, 1986 in Forlimpopoli, Italy) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He won the 125cc World Championship in 2004. Career 125cc In 2001 Dovizioso won the 125cc European Championship and also competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired. In 2002 he competed in the 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda, finishing 16th in the final standings. His best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington. He continued with the team in 2003, finishing 5th in the final standings and achieving four podium finishes. The 2004 season saw him pick up five victories and six other podium finishes on his way to winning the championship with 293 points. 250cc In 2005 Dovizioso moved to the 250cc class, continuing with... Biography of Gerhard Brunner
Gerhard Brunner, born March 23, 1939 in Villach, is na Austrian ballet director.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guglielmo Segato
Guglielmo Segato, born March 23, 1906 in Piazzola sul Brenta, was an Italian cyclist. He won a Gold Medal at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932.... Biography of Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy, Kortchnoy, Kortschnoi, etc.; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931, in Leningrad, USSR), but later defected to Switzerland is a professional chess player and currently the oldest active grandmaster on the world tournament circuit. Korchnoi is also a chess author. Korchnoi is best known for playing three matches against Anatoly Karpov for the World Chess Championship. In 1974, he lost the Candidates final to Karpov, who went on to win the World championship by forfeit against Bobby Fischer. Then, after defecting from the Soviet Union in 1976, he won the Can... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mansour Kamardine
Mansour Kamardine, born March 23, 1959 in Sada, Mayotte (Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte), is a French politician, member of UMP, former Mayor of Sada. Bibliography * Le Hussard noir de la République, par Thierry Watelet. Hagiographie de l'ancien député.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Tabacco
Patrick Tabacco (born 23 April 1974 in Toulouse) is a French rugby player. A native of Toulouse, he has played for the US Colomiers (1997-2000), Stade Français Paris (2000-2004), Section Paloise (2004-2006) and Castres Olympique. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Barber
James Barber (March 23, 1923 – November 29, 2007) was a Canadian cookbook author and host of Urban Peasant, a CBC cooking show. Born in the United Kingdom, Barber worked as an engineer before becoming a food critic for the Vancouver Sun. His lifelong interest in food and writing and his increased knowledge in these areas naturally led him to become a cookbook author. Following his retirement, he spent his remaining years on his farm in British Columbia's Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. An energetic and passionate man with a large personality, Barber strove to empower others to do things for themselves. Barber was married twice and fathered five children; 3 sons and 2 daughters. Perhaps fittingly, Barber died peacefully at his farm of natural causes while sitting at the dining ro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development. By the end of his life he had become one of the world's wealthiest individuals and his art acquisitions considered one of the greatest private collections. Calouste Gulbenkian was born in Scutari (now Üsküdar and part of Istanbul), the son of an Armenian oil importer/exporter. His father sent him to be educated at King's College London, where he studied petroleum engineering, and then to examine the Russian oil industry at Baku. While still in his twenties he ended up in London arranging deals in the oil business. After becoming a naturalized British citizen in 1902, he was i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maynard Jackson
Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994. He became the first African-American mayor of Atlanta in the same week that Coleman Young became the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Family history, background and personal life Jackson's grandfather was the civil rights leader John Wesley Dobbs. His mother, Irene Dobbs Jackson, was a Professor of French at Spelman College in Atlanta. Jackson himself graduated from Morehouse College in 1956 when he was only eighteen years old, where he sang in the Morehouse College Glee Club. After attending the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Grimault
Paul Grimault was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical in nature. His most important work is La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep). He began it in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault’s partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault’s wishes. This caused a rift between partners and a stop in production. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and was able to complete it under a new title, Le Roi et l'oiseau (there are many names for it in English that have been used in various releases, including: The King and the Bird, The King and the Mockingbird, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird and The King and Mr. Bird) (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Paul
Christian Paul (born 23 March 1960 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme) is a French Socialist politician. He was one of the founding members of the Nouveau Parti Socialiste (New Socialist Party). Along with Arnaud Montebourg, he left this party to create a new movement within the Socialist party called "Rénover Maintenant" ("Renew Now"). Other functions * President of the Parc Régional du Morvan in Morvan, France. Publications * Le défi numérique des territoires, Éditions Autrement, 2007. * Pour la République européenne, in collaboration with Stéphane Collignon, 2008.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nelly Olin
Nelly Olin (born 23 March 1941 in Paris) is a former Minister of Environment in France under De Villepin's government. From 2004 to 2005, Olin was the Minister-Delegate for Social Security. She is a Senator for the Oise department.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roddy MacMillan
Roddy McMillan, born March 23, 1923 near Glasgow, died July 9, 1979, was a Scottish actor and screenwriter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573319/ ) Enemy of the People (1980) (TV) .... Geikie "The Standard" (2 episodes, 1978) - The Name of the Game (1978) TV episode - Come to the Revolution (1978) TV episode Sweeney 2 (1978) .... Collie ... aka Sweeney Two (UK) "Hazell" .... 'Choc' Minty (3 episodes, 1978) - Hazell and the Walking Blur (1978) TV episode .... 'Choc' Minty - Hazell Pays a Debt (1978) TV episode .... 'Choc' Minty - Hazell Plays Solomon (1978) TV episode .... 'Choc' Minty "Crown Court" .... Det. Supt. Collins / ... (3 episodes, 1975-1977) - We Are the Champions (1977) TV episode .... Douglas McGillie - Humpty ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ali Hewson
Alison Hewson (née Stewart; 23 March 1961 in Dublin), better known as Ali Hewson, is an activist and the wife of U2's lead singer Bono. Biography Ali is the daughter of Terry and Joy Stewart, and a granddaughter of Hector Grey, a well known Dublin trader and shop owner. Alison grew up in Raheny, a suburb located on Dublin's Northside, and she studied at Mount Temple Comprehensive School where she met Bono. They began dating in November 1975. Soon after the death of Bono's mother, Stewart took care of Bono, cleaning his clothes, going to school with him, and cooking for him. She married Bono on 21 August 1982 in a Church of Ireland (Anglican) ceremony at All Saints Church, Raheny. Together they have four children: daughters Jordan (b. 10 May 1989) and Memphis Eve (b. 7 July 1991), ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Horatio Bottomley
Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 – 26 May 1933) was a British financier, swindler, journalist, newspaper proprietor, populist politician and Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Horatio Bottomley was born in Bethnal Green, London on 23 March 1860. He was orphaned at the age of 4 and spent 14 years growing up in an orphanage. His uncle George Holyoake arranged for him to join a firm of legal shorthand writers where he learned something about the court system. His first experience of the courts was in 1885 where he defended a printing and publishing firm of his from bankruptcy and the fact that substantial funds were missing from its accounts. Company promotions He then moved on to promoting Western Australian gold mining projects, some genuine but others based on misrepr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John G. Adams
John G. Adams (23 March 1912 – 26 June 2003) was the US Army's counsel in the Army-McCarthy Hearings. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and he worked in Washington, DC for the Defense Department before he became the US Army general counsel in 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he was the chief legal adviser to Army Secretary Robert Ten Broeck Stevens. Publications * Adams, John G. (1983). Without Precedent: The Story of the Death of McCarthyism. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 039330230X.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hippolyte Flandrin
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (March 23, 1809 – March 21, 1864) was a 19th-century French painter. His celebrated 1836 work Jeune Biography Early life From an early age, Flandrin showed interest in the arts and a career as a painter. However, his parents pressured him to become a businessman, and having very little training, he was forced to instead become a miniature painter. Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer (1836) Hippolyte was the second of three sons, all of whom were painters in some aspect. Augusto, his older brother, spent most of his life as a professor at Lyon and later died there. Paul, his younger brother, was a painter of portraits and religious imagery. Hippolyte and Paul spent some time at Lyon, saving to leave for Paris in 1829 and study under Louis Hersent. E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Mitchell
Andrew John Bower Mitchell (born 23 March 1956) is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield. Mitchell is Shadow International Development Secretary and Shadow Minister for Birmingham. He was educated at Rugby School and, after a short-service commission in the Royal Tank Regiment, graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge where he studied history. Mitchell was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in Michaelmas 1977 and the President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. He was an MP for Gedling, in Nottinghamshire between 1987 and 1997 part of which he served as a junior minister under John Major. In 2001, he was elected to become the MP for Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham. He was made a shadow minister and later appointed to the S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Leyendecker
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book, and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for the Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950, Leyendecker painted more than 400 magazine covers. During ‘The Golden Age of American Illustration’, for the Saturday Evening Post alone, J. C. Leyendecker produced 322 covers, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication. Leyendecker "virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design." Biography Early ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Henri Masers de Latude
Jean Henri Latude (23 March 1725 – 1 January 1805), often called Danry or Masers de Latude, was a French writer famous both as a prisoner of the Bastille and for his escapes therefrom. Life He was born at Montagnac in Gascony. He received a military education and went to Paris in 1748 to study mathematics. He led a dissipated life and endeavoured to curry favor with the marquise de Pompadour by secretly sending her a letter bomb and then informing her of the supposed plot against her life, hoping that he could earn a reward of cash for warning her. The ruse was discovered, and Mme de Pompadour, not appreciating the humour of the situation, had Latude put in the Bastille on 1 May 1749. He was later transferred to Vincennes, whence he escaped in 1750. Retaken and reimprisoned in the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne De Wilde
Etienne De Wilde (born 23 March 1958 in Wetteren, East Flanders) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ludwig Quidde
Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858 – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888 - 1918); the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and, finally, Nazi Germany. In 1927, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Born into a wealthy bourgeois merchant family, Quidde grew up in Bremen, read history and also got involved in the activities of the German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft). In his younger years he had already opposed Bismarck's policies. In 1881 he received his PhD at the University of Göttingen. In 1894 Quidde published a 17-page pamphlet entitled Caligula. Ein... Biography of Melissa Errico
Melissa Errico (born March 23, 1970) is an American actress, songwriter, and singer. Biography Born in Manhattan, Errico moved to Manhasset on Long Island at an early age. As a child, she studied ballet and gymnastics but was sidelined by a knee injury. Her interest in theater was sparked when she appeared in a Girl Scouts musical production and was cemented by a summer spent at an arts camp. During her freshman year at Yale, Errico was cast as Cosette in the first national touring company of Les Misérables. She interrupted her studies for three semesters but eventually went back to New Haven and received her degree. From there she went to Oxford to study acting in programs dedicated to Shakespeare and Chekhov. She returned to Yale's graduate school but withdrew to make her Broadw... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giles G. Healey
Giles G. Healey, born on March 2", 1901 in New York, died on February 29, 1980, was an American astrologer, explorer, and archaeologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hermann Staudinger
Hermann Staudinger (23 March 1881 – 8 September 1965) was a German chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for his discovery of ketenes and of the Staudinger reaction. Early work Hermann Staudinger was born in 1881 in Worms, Germany. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1903, Staudinger took a position at the University of Strasbourg. It was here that he discovered the ketenes, a family of molecules characterized by the general form depicted in Figure 1. Ketenes would prove a synthetically important intermediate for the production of yet-to-be-discovered antibiotics such as penicillin and amoxicillin. In 1907, Staudinger began a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Argeo Quadri
Argeo Quadri (March 23, 1911 in Como - 2004) was an Italian conductor best known for his work with Italian and French opera. From 1957 he was largely resident at the Vienna State Opera. A native of Como, he graduated from the Milan Conservatory in 1933. References * James Anderson, The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta. * Boston Globe obituary... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Trevor Jones (composer)
Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born 23 March 1949) is a South African orchestral film score composer. Although not especially well known outside the film world, he has composed for numerous films and his music has been critically acclaimed for both its depth and emotion. Career At the age of five, Jones already had decided to become a film composer. In 1967 he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London with a scholarship and afterwards worked for five years for the BBC on reviews of radio and television music. In 1974 Jones attended the University of York from which he graduated with a Masters Degree in Film and Media Music. At the National Film and Television School Jones studied for three years on general film-making and film and sound techniques. During this time he wrote the mus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fannie Farmer
Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 - 15 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose Boston Cooking-School Cook Book became a widely used culinary text. Biography Farmer was born in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Watson Merritt and John Franklin Farmer, an editor and printer. Although she was the oldest of four daughters, born in a family that highly valued education and that expected young Fannie to go to college, she suffered a paralytic stroke at the age of 16 while attending Medford High School. Fannie could not continue her formal academic education; for several years, she was unable to walk and remained in her parents' care at home. During this time, Farmer took up cooking, eventually turning her mother's home into a boarding house that developed a reputation for... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Muirhead Bone
Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March 1876 – 21 October 1953) was a Scottish etcher, drypoint and watercolour artist. The son of a printer, Bone was born in Glasgow and trained initially as an architect, later going on to study art at Glasgow School of Art. He began printmaking in 1898, and although his first known print was a lithograph, he is better known for his etchings and drypoints. His subject matter was principally related to landscapes, architecture (which often focussed on urban construction and demolition sites) and industry. In 1901 he moved to London, where he met William Strang, Dugald MacColl and Alphonse Legros, and later became a member of the New English Art Club. After the outbreak of the First World War, Charles Masterman, head of the British War Propaganda Bureau and actin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Watkin
David Watkin BSC (March 23, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an influential British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with such film directors as Richard Lester, Peter Brook, Tony Richardson, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack. In 1985, Watkin won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Out of Africa. He received lifetime achievement awards in 2004 from the British Society of Cinematographers and the cinematographic-centric Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland. In Chariots of Fire, he "helped create one of the most memorable images of 1980s cinema: the opening sequence in which a hud... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric De Vlaeminck
Erik De Vlaeminck (born 23 March 1945 in Eeklo, Belgium) is a former Belgian cyclist. He is the brother of Roger De Vlaeminck. The spelling "Eric" rather than "Erik" is the French version of his name. He prefers Erik. He became cyclo-cross world-champion seven times (in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973), a record. He missed 1967 only because his bike was damaged during the race. He also became Belgian champion four times (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972) at a time when there were so many good Belgian riders that the domestic champîonship was often harder than the world-championship. He also performed creditably in road races, including the Tour de France. In 1969 he won the Tour of Belgium and a stage in the Tour de France. De Vlaeminck never failed a drugs test in his racing ca... Biography of Steven Strait
Steven Strait (born March 23, 1986) is an American actor, fashion model, and rock singer. Early life and modeling Strait was born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York. He attended Xavier High School and took classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. During his teen years, Strait modeled for L'uomo Vogue, Spoon magazine, Details, Surface, Hollister Co., and Pop magazine, and worked with photographers Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Ellen von Unwerth. Weber featured Strait in his 2001 book, All-American: Short Stories. Acting career Strait began taking acting lessons at the age of eleven. In the sixth grade, he began to take performing classes at the Village Community School. Although forced into it at first, he found a passion for acting after he performed ... Biography of Monica Sinclair
Monica Sinclair (23 March 1925 – 7 May 2002) was a British operatic contralto, who sang many roles with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden during the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared on stage and in recordings with Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Malcolm Sargent, and many others. She had a great gift for comedy, and she recorded many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, as well as the standard operatic repertory. Monica Sinclair was born on 23 March 1925, in Evercreech, Somerset. Her music studies were at the Royal Academy of Music. She made her debut with the Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1948, singing Suzuki in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Her Covent Garden debut came in 1949, as the Second boy in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Her early Covent Garden roles included Maddale... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ricardo Zonta
Ricardo Luiz Zonta (born March 23, 1976 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian racing driver. Early career Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Zonta began karting in 1987, winning his first race shortly thereafter. The following year, he was runner-up for the Curitiba Karting Championship, and in 1991, he won the title. He continued karting until 1992, finishing 4th in the São Paulo Karting Championship before progressing to single-seaters for 1993. He finished 6th in the Brazilian Formula Chevrolet Championship, and then in 1994, came 5th in the Brazilian Formula Three Championship. A year later, Zonta won both the Brazilian and South American Formula Three Championships. Moving to Europe in 1996, Zonta competed in the International Formula 3000 Championship for Draco Racing, winning two races and fi... Biography of Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence (23 March 1926 – 11 November 2002) was an English actress. She was educated in to school in Slough, Halidon House School and lived in Colnbrook. Of Hungarian ancestry, Lawrence trained as a concert pianist before becoming an actress. She made her first film in 1952 and over the next decade established a following in British films. She graduated to lead roles, but almost exclusively in "B" films. In 1966 she moved to the United States where she began to appear in films and television, and settled there. By the end of the 1960s her roles began to decrease in frequency and importance, and in 1973 she retired. She made a brief return in 1975, in the Broadway production of The Constant Nymph, playing the sister of Ingrid Bergman's character. In 1990 she appeared as Vera... Biography of Thomas Selle
Thomas Selle (23 March 1599 – 2 July 1663) was a seventeenth century German baroque composer. Life Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in Leipzig where he was probably a pupil of the Thomaskantor Sethus Calvisius. He was cantor in Heide (Holstein) in 1624 and in 1625 in the nearby Wesselburen. From 1634 he was cantor in Itzehoe and from 1641 Music Director at the Johanneum of the four main churches of Hamburg, from 1642 as well as minor canon at St Mary's. He died in Hamburg. Works Sacred Hagio-deca-melydrion, 1–4vv, bc (1627) Monomachia harmonico-latina … et ritornellis, congressus prior, 2, 5, 6vv, bc (1630) Monophonia harmonico-latina, 1–3, 6vv, bc (1633) Concertuum binis vocibus … decas, 2vv, bc (1634) Concertuum trivocalium germ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Hansenne
Michel Hansenne was born on March 23, 1940 (1940-03-23) (age 70) in Belgium. He studied law and became a labour activist turned Belgium politician. In 1989 he was the first Director-General of the International Labour Organization since the end of the cold war. In 1999 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from Belgium a post he held till 2004. Early life Michel Hansenne was born on March 23, 1940. At the age of 23, Hansenne obtained a Doctor of Law, subsequently gaining a degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Liège. In 1962, Hansenne began working at the University of Liège as a researcher before beginning his career in politics in 1972. Belgium politics In 1974, he became a member of the Parliament of Belgium, becoming Minister for French Cultu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hayes Jenkins
Hayes Alan Jenkins (born March 23, 1933 in Akron, Ohio), an American figure skater, led men's skating for 4 years, 1953-56. He won four consecutive World Figure Skating Championships from 1953 to 1956. He also won the gold medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, after placing 4th in the 1952 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jenkins won the gold in 1960. Jenkins later married Carol Heiss, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist and the 1960 Olympic gold medalist. Competitive highlights Event 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Winter Olympic Games 4th 1st World Championships 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st North American Championships 1st 1st U.S. Championships 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st Source: He attended Colorado College and Harvard Law S... Biography of Jonas Bjorkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (Swedish pronunciation: ; born 23 March 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles. On 20 November 2006, he replaced Dick Norman as the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles) when Norman dropped out of the Top 100 for the last time. On 9 June 2008, aged 36 years and 2 months, Björkman was himself succeeded in this honour by Fabrice Santoro after dropping out of the Top 100 in his turn. Björkman has enjoyed successful long-term doubles partnerships with Jan Appel, Jacco Eltingh, Nicklas Kulti, Max Mirnyi, Patrick Ra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rita Grande
Rita Grande (born March 23, 1975 in Naples, Italy) is a professional female tennis player from Italy. WTA Tour titles (8) Singles (3) 2001: Hobart, Australia 2001: Bratislava, Slovakia 2003: Casablanca, Morocco Singles finalist (1) 1999: Hobart (lost to Chanda Rubin) Doubles (5) 1999: ’s-Hertogenbosch (with Silvia Farina Elia) 2000: Hobart (with Émilie Loit) 2000: Palermo (with Silvia Farina Elia) 2001: Auckland (with Alexandra Fusai) 2002: Hobart (with Tathiana Garbin)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen
Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen (born 23 March 1960 (birth time source: Pulsar collection, Astrodatabank)) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South, and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2005 to 2008. He is a former Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. He became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Following the coalition agreement between the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Labour in the Scottish Parliament, he became Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. Later in the same parliamentary term he became Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs, and then for Education and Young People. Following th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francis Berry
Francis Berry (23 March 1915 – 10 October 2006) was a British academic, poet, critic and translator. He was born in Ipoh, Malaya, and educated at the University of London and the University of Exeter. After serving as a soldier, and then as a schoolteacher in Malta, he held various appointments in English literature. He was professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield from 1947 to 1970, where he was a friend of William Empson. From 1970 until his retirement in 1980, he was professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He also wrote radio plays, and a novel I Tell of Greenland (1977). His first collection of poetry, Gospel of Fire, was published in 1933; his Collected Poems, drawing on 11 books, appeared in 1994. His work has been praised by G. Wilson Knight and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Trzaskowski (23 March 1933—16 September 1998) was an eminent Polish composer and jazz musician who, between 1959 and 1990, composed the music and/or conducted the score for some thirty films. A native of Kraków, Trzaskowski learned to play the piano as a child and, in 1951, at the age of eighteen, helped to form Melomani, one of the first Polish swing and bop groups. Between 1952 and 1957 he studied musicology at the city's Jagiellonian University, took private lessons in composition and contemporary music theory and was active at the experimental studio of Polish radio. In 1958 he played and recorded with the Jazz Believers, a quintet which included Wojciech Karolak and Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, and worked with another quintet, led by Jerzy Matuszkiewicz. The following year he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra (23 May 1901 – 14 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his pieces are his eleven symphonies. Although he was active at a time when many people wrote twelve-tone music, he decided not to write in this idiom himself. Instead he devised his own distinctive style. His later works were not as popular with the concert-going public as his previous ones had been, although he never lost the respect of his colleagues. Therefore his output as a whole is less celebrated today than would have been expected from its sheer merit and from his early popularity. Yet ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Geoffrey Bush
Geoffrey Bush (23 March 1920 - 24 February 1998) was a British composer, organist and scholar of 20th century English music. Geoffrey Bush was born in London, became a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral at the age of 8 and studied informally with the composer John Ireland. He moved on to Lancing College and completed his education at Balliol College, Oxford, as Nettleship Scholar and Masefield Memorial Student in Music, graduating BMus (1940) and DMus (1946); he also received an MA in classics in 1947. During the Second World War he registered as a conscientious objector, serving as Assistant Warden at the Hostel of the Good Shepherd in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, 1941-1945. Bush taught music initially in the University of Oxford and in the University of London from 1952 for the rest o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Hymans
Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (Ixelles/Elsene, 23 March 1865 – Nice, March 8, 1941), was a Belgian politician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the first President of the League of Nations, and served again as its president in 1932-33. He became a lawyer and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. As a politician he became Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1918 to 1920 (and again from 1927 to 1935), minister of justice from 1926 to 1927, and member of the council of ministers from 1935 to 1936. In 1919, together with Charles de Broqueville and Emile Vandervelde he introduced universal suffrage for all men (one man, one vote) and compulsory education. After World War I, he represented Belgium at the 1919-1920 peace conference. Paul Hymans helped form the custo... Biography of Yukichi Chuganji
Yukichi Chuganji (中願寺 雄吉 Chūganji Yūkichi?, March 23, 1889 – September 28, 2003) was a Japanese supercentenarian and "...was recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest man..." in Japan until his death at age 114 years 189 days. A retired silkworm breeder, he lived in the city of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, with his 74-year-old daughter Kyoko. Chuganji was the second undisputed man to reach age 114 after Christian Mortensen. He died as the oldest fully verified Japanese man ever, breaking the record of 112 years, 191 days by nearly 2 years set by Denzo Ishizaki and continued to hold the record for a little more than eight years, until being surpassed by Jiroemon Kimura on 26 October 2011. He remains the fifth oldest undisputed man in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mohammed Farah
Mohammed "Mo" Farah (Somali: Maxamed Faarax, Arabic: محمد فرح) (born 23 March 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a British international track and field athlete of Somali origin. He currently holds the British road record for 10,000 metres and the British indoor record in the 3000 metres. Based in London and running for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, Farah won his first major title at the European Junior Championships in 2001. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres, where he came sixth in the 2007 World Athletics Championships. He also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres. In addition, Farah competes in cross-country running, where in December 2006 he became European champion in Italy. In 2009, he foll... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cedric Gibbons
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1893 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish American art director and production designer who was one of the most important and influential in the field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture through the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater architecture. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. Career Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Faraldo
Claude Faraldo, born on March 23, 1936 in Paris, died on January 29, 2008 in Alès (heart attack), was a French actor, film director, and screenwriter of Italien descent. Filmography Actor 1969 : Ni d'Eve ni d'Adam de Michel Zimbacca (10'/16 mm/n&b)1 1976 : Les Fleurs du miel : Le livreur 1981 : Le Jardinier : L'ouvrier-gagnant 1982 : Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret de Jean-Paul Sassy (série télévisée), épisode : Maigret et l'Homme tout seul : Louis Mahossier 1984 : Mesrine : Charlie Bauer 1988 : Blanc de Chine : Rinaldi 1993 : Maigret : Maigret se défend (TV) : Palmari 1994 : Maigret : La Patience de Maigret d'Andrzej Kostenko (TV) : Palmari 1994 : L'Ange noir : Aslanian 1995 : La Rivière Espérance (feuilleton TV) : Ambroise Debo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Washington
Eric Maurice Washington (born March 23, 1974 in Pearl, Mississippi) is an American basketball player. He was selected in the 1997 NBA Draft as the 48th overall pick by the Orlando Magic, and appeared for the Denver Nuggets during two seasons, from 1997 to 1999. Washington attended the University of Alabama, where he scored 1,532 points, grabbed 557 rebounds, and made 262 three-point field goals. He has also played professionally in China, Finland, and for the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League. In 2010 he signed with Nürnberger BC in Germany.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marc Nesme
Jean-Marc Nesme (born March 23, 1943) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patricia Burke
Patricia Burke, born on March 23, 1917 in Milan, Italy, died on November 23, 2003 in Draguignan, France, was an actress and a singer of British descent, the daugther of actress Marie Burke. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121819/) 1974 En voiture, Simone Mother Superior 1973 Spy Trap (TV series) Claudia Mauro – The Italian Link (1973) … Claudia Mauro 1967 The Day the Fish Came Out Mrs. Mavroyannis 1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series) Alice – Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea (1966) … Alice 1966 Gideon's Way (TV series) Mrs. Gully – The Reluctant Witness (1966) … Mrs. Gully 1960-1965 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series) Norma Brent / Woman – Strangler's Web (1965) … Norma Brent – Marriage of Convenience (... Biography of Marc Cherry
Marc Cherry (born March 23, 1962) is an American writer and producer. He is best known for being the creator of the show Desperate Housewives. Career Early career After graduating from Troy High School in Fullerton, California, Cherry attended California State University, Fullerton's theater program and initially considered a career in performance. He decided to move to Hollywood and pursue writing work. His move came at a bad time; the 1988 writer's strike hit as soon as Cherry arrived. Cherry broke into the industry by working as Designing Women star Dixie Carter's personal assistant. In 1990, he became a writer and producer for the long-running hit sitcom The Golden Girls. Cherry wrote for the show, and its short lived spinoff The Golden Palace. When those shows concluded,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an American stage, television, and film actor. Early years Born in Oakland, California, Tobey was headed for a law career when he first dabbled in acting at the University of California Little Theater. That experience led to a year-and-a-half of study at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included fellow University of California at Berkeley Alumni Eldred Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach and Tony Randall. Throughout the 1940s, Tobey acted on Broadway and in stock; he made his film debut in a 1943 short, The Man of the Ferry. He made his Hollywood film debut in a Hopalong Cassidy Western, and went on to appear in scores of features and on numerous television series. He was a sentry guard who was dressed down by General ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Swaelen
Frank Swaelen (23 March 1930 (birth time source: Lescaut) – 23 December 2007) was a Belgian Christian Democratic politician and member of the Christian People's Party (CVP). He was born in Antwerp. In 1968, he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives. He became Minister of Defence in 1980 but one year later he becomes the national chairman of the CVP, which he remained until 1988, when the became the President of the Senate. He became a Minister of State in 1995 and retired from active politics in 1999 after having presided over the Senate for more than 10 years. He died on 23 December 2007 in Antwerp. Political career 1964–1966: National chairman of the CVP Youth 1966–1976: General political secretary of the CVP 1968–1985: Member of the Chamber of Representat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Epic Soundtracks
Epic Soundtracks was the stage name of the British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey (23 March 1959 - 6 November 1997). Born in Croydon, Surrey, he was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas, who was known as Nikki Sudden (1956 - 2006). In 1972 Kevin and Adrian formed the nucleus of what was to become the post-punk rock group Swell Maps, with "Soundtracks" on drums and piano, and "Sudden" on guitar and vocals. Soundtracks later played drums for Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls. In 1991, Soundtracks decided to focus on his own songwriting career, and began the series of recordings that comprised his three solo records. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist he released three critically acclaimed solo albums, and two more were released posthumo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Love Starnes
William Love Starnes, born on March 23, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio (birth time source: Gauquelin), was a French military, major general.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Bovet
Daniel Bovet FRS (23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. His other research included work on chemotherapy, sulfa drugs, the sympathetic nervous system, the pharmacology of curare, and other neuropharmacological interests. In 1965, Bovet led a study team which concluded that smoking of tobacco cigarettes increased users' intelligence. He told The New York Times that the object was not to "create geniuses, but only put the less-endowed individual in a position to reach a satisfactory m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Marsac
Maurice Marsac, born on March 23, 1915 (source: Imdb), died on May 6, 2007, was a French actor. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0550342/) 1987 Dragnet Maitre d' 1987 L.A. Law (TV series) Waiter – The Douglas Fur Ball (1987) … Waiter 1986 The A-Team (TV series) – The Spy Who Mugged Me (1986) 1986 The Fall Guy (TV series) – Lady in Green (1986) 1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times (TV mini-series) Etienne Manac'h 1985 Night Court (TV series) Head Waiter – Dan's Parents (1985) … Head Waiter 1984 The Jerk, Too (TV movie) Chef 1983 Deal of the Century Frenchman 1983 Casablanca (TV series) – The Cashier and the Belly Dancer (1983) 1983 The Facts of Life (TV series) Louie – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1983) … Louie 1981-1982 Ha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johannes Matthias Sperger
Johannes Matthias Sperger, also often Johann, (Czech: Jan Matyáš Sperger; March 23, 1750, Feldsberg – May 13, 1812, Schwerin) was an Austrian contrabassist and composer. Sperger trained from 1767 in Vienna as a contrabassist and composer. He worked from 1777 in the Hofkapelle of the Archbishop of Pressburg. From 1778 he was also a member in the Wiener Tonkünstlersozietät, in whose concerts he appeared several times with his own works and as soloist. From 1783 to 1786, Sperger was a member of the Hofkapelle of count Ludwig von Erdödy in Kohfidisch. From 1789 he was employed as first contrabassist of the Mecklenburg Schwerin Hofkapelle in Ludwigslust. He was an extremely productive composer who wrote more than forty-four symphonies, numerous instrumental concertos, among them eighteen co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ana Fidelia Quirot
Ana Fidelia Quirot (born March 23, 1963 in Palma Soriano) is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. Quirot won a silver medal at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. However the following year she was involved in a horrific domestic accident that left her seriously injured. She was pregnant at the time and gave birth to her daughter prematurely in hospital while fighting for her life. Her daughter did not survive and died a week after she was born. She returned from her accident in late 1993 and won a silver medal in the Central America Games, behind the Surinam athlete Letitia Vriesde. She enjoyed great international success in the following years too: she won... Biography of François Gabart
François Gabart, born on March 23, 1983 in Saint-Michel-d'Entraygues, Charente, is a French skipper. François Gabart wins Le Vendée Globe on January 27, 2013. François Gabart crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 1518 CET today, the youngest skipper to win the seventh edition of extreme ocean race Le Vendée Globe. The 29 year old from Brittany also became the first solo monohull skipper to circumnavigate in under 80 days, as well as breaking a speed record for covering 545.3 nautical miles in 24 hours, while on his first time ever sailing round the world. External link: http://daily.epictv.com/blog/2013/01/27/race-rookie-francois-gabart-wins-le-vendee-globe/... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kafétien Gomis
Kafétien Gomis (born 23 March 1980) is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010. He finished ninth at the 2003 Summer Universiade, seventh at the 2005 Summer Universiade, fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his qualification pool. He came fourth at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 8.12 metres and he represented France later that year at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics (although he did not make the final). He was knocked out in the qualification round at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships but he excelled outdoors that season, jumping a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabien Biancalani
Fabien Biancalani, born March 23, 1981 in Villerupt, Lorraine, is a French singer, author and compositor, perfume creator, and actor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francesco Attolico
Francesco Attolico (born March 23, 1963 in Bari) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain Attolico claimed bronze with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also won one world title, two European titles and one FINA World Cup with the national squad during his career. He was named best goal keeper at the 2001 European Championship in Budapest, Hungary.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Werner Heel
Werner Heel (born March 23, 1982 in Merano, Italy) is an alpine ski racer. Heel grew up in St. Leonhard in Passeier and currently resides there. He began skiing at the age of four. His main disciplines are downhill and super-G. In order to be competitive in super combined he also practices slalom. In 2004 he won the Italian championship in super-G at Caspoggio. His career has been slowed by several injuries. Career European Cup During the 2005 season Werner Heel achieved his best results in the European Cup with two third places in the downhill races in Roccarso and Bad Kleinkirchheim and a fourth place in the super-G race in Tarvisio. World Championships In 2007 he participated in the World Championships in Åre without finishing his run in the Super Combined, and placed ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia) is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. A three-time NBA MVP and one of the NBA's 50 greatest players, Malone was the most successful prep-to-pro player of his era, going straight from Petersburg High to a twenty-one year career in professional basketball. By the time Malone retired after 19 seasons in the NBA he was the last former ABA player active and held numerous distinctions in both leagues, including a championship ring and NBA finals trophy won with the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers. High school Right after graduating from Petersburg High School, Malone signed a letter of intent to play for the Universi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kader Mangane
Abdou Kader Mangane (born 23 March 1983 in Thiès) is a Senegalese football player. He currently plays for French Ligue 1 outfit Stade Rennais F.C.. On the 28th August 2007 he completed a move to RC Lens signing a 5 year contract. On the 5th August 2008 he completed a move to Stade Rennais signing a contract to keep him at the club until 2012.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe, borrn March 23, 1945 in Paris, is a French film director and actor. He is the father of Dante Desarthe, film director and producer. Filmography Actor 1966 : La Soupe aux poulets de Philippe Agostini 1966 : Pierrot dans les nuages court métrage de Jean Cleinge 1969 : Bye bye, Barbara de Michel Deville, Bambi 1969 : La Question ordinaire court métrage de Claude Miller 1969 : Judith de Robert Maurice 1971 : Jaune le soleil de Marguerite Duras 1972 : Les Yeux fermés de Joël Santoni 1972 : Les Camisards de René Allio, le prophète calviniste Abraham Mazel 1974 : La Marelle court métrage de Pierre-William Glenn 1974 : France société anonyme d'Alain Corneau toxicomane idéologue 1975 : Que la fête commence de Bertrand Tavernier le duc de Bourbon 197... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ray Gordy
Terry Ray Gordy, Jr. (born March 23, 1979) is an American professional wrestler currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearing on its SmackDown brand under the ring name Jesse. He is the son of legendary wrestler Terry Gordy of the Fabulous Freebirds. Ring name(s) Jesse Jesse Dalton Terry Gordy Jr. Ray Gordy Ray Geezy Cousin Ray T-Ray Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Billed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Career Gordy has worked for several promotions before working with WWE. Some of them being NWA Georgia and North American Wrestling Association (NAWA). He had some success winning several titles for both promotions. In 2001, Gordy went to Japan to wrestle with Pro Wrestling Noah. There he stayed and wrestled until 2002 where he joined NAWA:Ring Champions b... Biography of Georgianna Robertson
Georgianna Robertson (March 23, 1972, Port Maria, Jamaica) is a Jamaican born fashion model and actress. She has appeared on over covers of Spanish, French and Italian editions of Elle and Vogue Paris. Robertson walked numerous of fashion shows, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Yves Saint Laurent, Carolina Herrera, Ralph Lauren, and the 1997 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Trivia Georgianna came to New York at age 12. She has 1 older brother and 6 younger brothers and 3 sisters. She was a muse of Yves Saint Laurent and one of his favourite models. She starred in Pret-a-Porter, Save the Rabbit and Double Zero. She was also featured in Ini Kamoze's 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' and Stevie Wonder’s 'When Robbins Will Sing' music videos. She has her own swimwear line called ... Biography of Jaime Alguersuari
Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero (Spanish pronunciation: ; also known as Jaume Alguersuari, born 23 March 1990 in Barcelona, Spain), is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clayton Watson
Clayton Watson (born 23 March 1977 in Sydney) is an Australian producer, actor, writer, and director. He grew up in the Australian outback on a sheep station close to Morgan, a small town in South Australia. He is best known for playing the role of Kid next to Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and the short film "Kid's Story" in The Animatrix. He also reprised his role for The Matrix Online, and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the American Sci-Fi Awards. He won an AFI for his role in Always Greener, and is currently playing the lead in two Stephen King films. Acting credits He is best known for playing the role of Kid next to Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix ... Biography of Michael Nyman
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born in Stratford, London, 23 March 1944) is a British composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Letters, Riddles and Writs, Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, Facing Goya, Man and Boy: Dada, Love Counts, and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, and he has written six concerti, four string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band, with and without whom he tours as a performing pianist. Nyman stated that he prefers to write opera rather than other sorts of music. Biography Nyman was bor... Biography of Anick Lemay
Anick Lemay, born on March 23, 1969 in Thetford Mines, Quebec, is a Canadian actress. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0501137/) 2011 Frisson des collines Lucille 2010 11 Règles (TV series) Helene 2010 Mauvais Karma (TV series) Sarah Boisvert – Peut contenir des traces de vie (2010) … Sarah Boisvert – Mort, c'est pour la vie (2010) … Sarah Boisvert – Plus ça change, plus c'est pareil (2010) … Sarah Boisvert – Pour bâtir un conte de fées (2010) … Sarah Boisvert – Ça fait désordre (2010) … Sarah Boisvert 2010 The High Cost of Living Julie 2009 Bienvenue aux Dames (TV series) Carolanne 2006-2007 François en série (TV series) La femme en lui / Le femme en lui – C'est quoi être père? (2007) … Le femme en lui – C'est quoi être prêt? (2007) … ... Biography of Jan Lisiecki
Jan Milosz Lisiecki (born March 23, 1995) is a classical pianist. He is most well known as being extremely accomplished in piano as well as in academics at a young age. Life and career Jan Miłosz Lisiecki was born in Calgary, Canada to Polish parents. He has been studying piano since the age of five at the Mount Royal University Conservatory. At age 17, Jan is already making a name for himself on the Canadian and international stage. He had his orchestral debut at the age of 9, and has since performed more than 100 times with orchestras in Canada and internationally, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Minnesota Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sinfonia Varsovia, to nam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carole Ashby
Carole Ashby (born 23 March 1955) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the part of Louise, a member of the communist resistance, in 'Allo 'Allo!. She appeared alongside Roger Moore in two James Bond films, Octopussy and A View To A Kill. Her appearances were brief but they assured her Bond Girl status. Carole was also a hostess on the final (1983) season of Anglia Television's Sale Of The Century.... Biography of Maurice Jones-Drew
Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew (born March 23, 1985) is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Drew played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and received All-American recognition. The Jaguars chose him in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft, and he has been named to the Pro Bowl three times. He led the NFL in rushing in 2011. Early years Jones-Drew was born in Oakland, California; his name at birth was Maurice Christopher Drew. He graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord, California. De La Salle owns the longest winning streak in high school football history at 151 games. The football teams he played on never lost a single game during his 3-year career. He was an elusive, h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernando Hierro
Fernando Ruiz Hierro (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer. He is mostly known for his spells with Real Madrid and Spain, appearing in more than 500 official games with the former and representing the latter on nearly 100 occasions, whilst appearing in four World Cups and two European Championships. Equally at ease as a central defender or defensive midfielder, he had the ability, at his peak, to combine solid defensive play with a near-unlimited passing range and surprising goalscoring talent, which made him one of the world's most sought-after players. For the Merengues, he won five La Liga and three UEFA Champions League trophies over the course of nearly 15 years. Club career Early years / Real Madrid Hierro was born in Vélez-Málaga, Prov... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ivica Šurjak
Ivan "Ivica" Šurjak (born 23 March 1953) was a Yugoslavian footballer. He was the driving force behind Hajduk Split as it led the Yugoslav First League and Europe in the old stadium (before Poljud stadium was built). He started his career as a left-back, but with time learned to play total football, the prototype for the footballer who can play every position successfully. He played 54 games for the Yugoslav national team. He continued his career in Paris and Udine but turned down offers by the New York Cosmos and Real Madrid. He served as sports director at Hajduk Split of the Croatian First League from 1999 to 2003. Speedboat incident In July 1999. Šurjak killed a swimmer while driving a speedboat near the coast of Trogir (Croatia). The swimmer (Miroslav Didak) died a few days ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kim Min-jong
Kim Min-jong (Hangul: 김민종; Hanja: 金旼鐘) (born March 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor and singer. Career Kim Min-jong began his career on Korean film and television in the 1990s as a matinee idol with a gentle, serious image. He starred in popular TV series that kicked off pre-Hallyu Korean drama trends, notably Feelings, A Faraway Country, Mister Q, Secret and Guardian Angel. He also appeared in the films You Know What, It's a Secret, Resistance of Teenagers, and Park Chan-wook's sophomore effort Trio. In 1992 he and fellow actor Son Ji-chang launched duo The Blue (더 블루). They were playing leads in hit dramas at the time, and enjoyed explosive popularity among women when they debuted with ballads and dance music. They we... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anastasia Griffith
Anastasia Griffith (born 23 March 1978) is a British actress known for her roles on the FX legal drama Damages and the NBC series Trauma. Career Griffith's on-screen acting debut was in a minor role in the 2004 made-for-television movie She's Gone. Also in 2004, she appeared in more prominent roles in the television movie Dirty Filthy Love, the comedy film Alfie and the short film Turn, as well as featuring in The Headsman and guest-starring on the British comedy The Worst Week of My Life in 2005. Griffith won her role as Katie Connor on the 2007 television series Damages after taking a last-minute audition a month after she moved to New York City. The role saw her with an imitated American accent; she says " were a little concerned at first about a Brit playing an American, especia... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Landrain
Jacques Landrain, born on March 23, 1953 in Uccle, Brussels (birth time source: act n° 633, André Dekoster), died on March 18, 2009 in Brussels, was a Belgian artist, colorist, and cartoonist. Publications Digitaline (1989) Miguel de Alhama (1984)... Biography of Peter Schiff
Peter David Schiff (pronounced /ˈʃɪf/; born March 23, 1963) is an American investment broker, author and financial commentator. Schiff is CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut, CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, LLC, a gold and silver dealer based in New York City, and CEO of Euro Pacific Bank Ltd., a full service bank based in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Schiff regularly appears as a guest on financial television shows and has been quoted in major financial publications. He is host of The Peter Schiff Show, a radio show broadcast on terrestrial and internet radio and was formerly host of an internet podcast called Wall Street Unspun now archived as podcasts. In 2010, Schiff ran as a candidate in... |
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