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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on March, 5, 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 · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
145 celebrities or events were found for March, 5. Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat (born in Pau, France, 5 March 1964 (birth time source: Bordoni, birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is a French singer and songwriter. He is the leader of the rock band Noir Désir. At the helm of Noir Désir, he became one of the most prominent figures of French music in the 90s. His left leaning political views saw him take position against globalisation, fascism, desertification of urban areas in Bordeaux and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He married Kristina Rady in 1997. Bertrand is the father of 2 children with Kristina. His son Milo was born in 1997 and daughter Alice was born in 2002. In July 2003, during a row with his girlfriend Marie Trintignant in a Domina Plaza Hotel apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania, he beat her violently, which resulted in her falling into a ... Add to favourites (51 fans)Biography of Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974) is an American actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, and became known after a series of roles in several major Hollywood films, including 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch. Early life Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to "lower-middle-class" Cuban-American parents and was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents' divorce; Mendes has said that her mother "suffered so much to make my life OK" during her early years. Her father is a car salesman and her mother, Eva, is not an elementary school principal. As a child, Mendes was teased about her "buck teeth." She went to Hoover High School in Glendale, California and later attended California State University, Northridge but dropped out to seek an acting career. She studied with Ivana Chubbuck. M... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the guitarist of the alternative/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By the Way and Stadium Arcadium). He also maintains an active solo career, having released eight albums as well as collaborations with friends Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally of Fugazi under the name Ataxia. Frusciante is well known for his intricate rhythms and leads; he supplies a strong mix of funk and rock music, which forms a substantial component of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sound. As a highly respected and influential modern guitarist, Frusciante ranked #18 on... Biography of Lova Moor
French dancer for the famous Crazy Horse Saloon, created by her husband, Alain Bernardin.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman. He is the 7th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $26 billion US dollars, according to a Forbes report in March 2007. Bernard Arnault is a native of Roubaix, and graduated with an engineering degree from the École Polytechnique in 1971 (X1969). Business activities As of March 2007, Arnault owns a 47.5% majority of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), along with Christian Dior SA. Arnault is the Chairman and CEO of both companies. His daughter Delphine Arnault is actively involved in the management of LVMH. Arnault also owned the art auction house Phillips de Pury & Company from 1999 to 2003. Competitors Arnault's main competitors are: French businessman François Pinault, whose holding ... Biography of John Aasen
John Aasen (born March 5, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - died August 1, 1938 in Mendocino, California, United States) was one of the tallest actors in history. His mother, Kristi Danielsen, was an extremely tall Norwegian lady of around 2.20 m (almost 7 ft 3 inches) in height. It is not certain who his father was, because his mother kept it a secret for her entire life. According to some sources, his father was Nils Janson Bokke, a Swedish man of around 2.44 m (8 feet) tall. When he was ten years old, John and his mother moved from Ridgeway, Iowa to Sheyenne, North Dakota with his two younger siblings. When in Sheyenne, John's mother operated a restaurant. John attended school and helped out in the family business. In 1902 John Aasen's mother passed away. He was taken i... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jacques Vergès
Jacques Vergès (born March 5, 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand) is a controversial French lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla. He has been noted for defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in 1987 and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy in 1996. Biography Throughout his career as an attorney, Vergès has primarily taken political cases, and his clients have included both left and right-wing terrorists, war criminals and militants. He defended the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie (1987) (the Butcher of Lyon), Ilich Ramírez Sánchez a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal (1994), the Kelkal faction (1995), the Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy (1996) and Slobodan Milošević (2002). Born in Thailand and brought up on the island of Réunion, he is the son of Raymond Verg... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. Pasolini distinguished himself as a philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, in the process becoming a highly controversial figure. Early years Pasolini was born in Bologna, traditionally one of the most leftist of Italian cities. He was the son of a lieutenant of the Italian army, Carlo Alberto, who had become famous for saving Mussolini's life, and an elementary school teacher, Susanna Colussi. His family moved to Conegliano in 1923 and, two years later, to Belluno, where another son, Guidalberto, was born. In 1926, h... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (Friday 23 February 1685 (5 March New Style) – Saturday 14 April 1759) was a German-born British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. Born in Germany as Georg Friederich Händel (IPA: ), he dwelt during most of his adult life in England, becoming a subject of the British crown on 22 January 1727. His most famous works are Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible, Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Drawing on the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque, as well as the music of Henry Purcell, he deeply influenced in his turn many composers who came after him, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and his work helped lead the transition from the Baroque to the Classical era... Biography of Elisabeth Badinter
Élisabeth Badinter (* March 5, 1944, née Élisabeth Bleustein-Blanchet in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French author, feminist and professor of Philosophy at the École Polytechnique in Paris. She is the daughter of the late Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, founder of the Publicis Groupe, and the wife of Robert Badinter, a famous French lawyer and law professor. Works L'Amour en plus : histoire de l'amour maternel (XVIIe-XXe siècle), 1981, ISBN 2253029440 Les Goncourt : « Romanciers et historiens des femmes », foreword of « La Femme au XVIIe siècle d'Edmond et Jules de Goncourt », 1981, Émilie, Émilie, L'ambition féminine au XVIIIe siècle, 1983, ISBN 2082100898 Les Remontrances de Malesherbes (1771-1775), 1985, L'Un est l'autre, 1986, ISBN 2738113648 Cahiers Suzanne Lilar... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb (March 5, 1958 – March 10, 1988) was an English-born Australian singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, also known as the Bee Gees. He was noted for his good looks and vocal abilities. The early years Born Andrew Roy Gibb in Manchester, England, to Hugh and Barbara Gibb, his family emigrated to Australia within months of his birth, settling in Redcliffe, Queensland, Queensland, near Brisbane. Gibb began playing at tourist clubs around Spain's coastal Island of Ibiza, and later back in his homeland of the Isle of Man, as a young teenager. The idea of his joining the Bee Gees was often suggested, but the age gap between him and his elder brothers (more than 11 years younger than Barry, slightly more than eight years younger than twins... Biography of Shirley Bousquet
Shirley Bousquet, born March 5, 1976, is a French actress. Filmography Nos amis les Terriens (2006) .... Incontrôlable (2006) .... Catherine Convivium (2005) .... Cynthia Hell (2005) .... Tatyanna Louis la brocante Louis et le mystère du viager Espace détente (2005) .... Nancy Langeais Blandine l'insoumise La farine du diable Péril imminent: Mortel chahut (2004) (TV) .... Sandra Commissaire Moulin Bandit d'honneur Fargas Pour solde de tout compte SOS 18 Tête à l'envers Joe Pollox et les mauvais esprits (2004) (TV) .... La brune 20h10 pétantes (2003) TV Series .... Endwina (Bern Académie)/Various Characters (2003-2004) Ça va déchirer ce soir (2003) (TV) .... Nancy Julie Lescaut La tentation de Julie Gangsters (2002) .... Judith Caméra café ... Biography of Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – December 2, 1594) was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to parents from Gangelt in the Duchy of Jülich (modern Germany). He lived since 1552 in Duisburg. He is remembered for the Mercator chart named after him. Life and works Mercator was born Gheert Cremer (or Gerard de Cremere) in the Flemish town of Rupelmonde. "Mercator" is the Latinized form of his name. It means "merchant". He was educated in 's-Hertogenbosch by the famous humanist Macropedius and at the University of Louvain. Despite his fame as a cartographer, Mercator's main source of income came through his craftmanship of mathematical instruments. He returned to Leuven and worke... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Mc Solaar
MC Solaar is the stage name of francophone hip hop and rap artist Claude M'Barali (born March 5, 1969 in Dakar, Senegal to parents from Chad). Solaar is one of the most internationally popular and influential French rappers., As a rapper MC Solaar is known for the complexity, which rely on wordplay, lyricism, and philosophical inquiry. The music is based on dance rhythms. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London acid jazz label Talkin' Loud and invited to record with British group Urban Species and Guru, a member of the famous and highly-acclaimed New York group Gang Starr. He has since released six records and one live album and currently resides with his wife, French actress Chloé Bensemoun, and their only son, Roman. Early life Claude M'Barali was born on Marc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucette Michaux-Chevry
Lucette Michaux-Chevry was the head of the Regional council of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe between 1992 and 2004. She was born on March 5, 1929, and has completed law studies at Sorbonne university in Paris, France. She has been elected to the post of President in 1992 for the first time, then reelected in January 1993, and in 1995 she was elected Mayor of Basse-Terre. In 1995, French president Jacques Chirac named her his advisor. In 1998, she entered yet another term in the office of President of Regional council. She is a mother of two.... Biography of Fred (comics)
Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès, known by his pseudonym Fred, is a French comics artist and comic book creator in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. He is best known for his series Philémon. Biography Born in Paris, France on March 5, 1931, the son of Greek immigrants, Fred began his career in his early twenties, getting a cartoon published in the magazine Zéro in 1954. The following years he was published in several magazines, both French and foreign, such as Ici Paris, France Dimanche, Punch and The New Yorker, among others. In 1960, he created the satirical journal Hara-Kiri with Georges Bernier and François Cavanna. He was the magazine's artistic director and drew its first 60 covers. Fred also wrote scenario for several artists, among others Jean-Claude Mézières, Loro, Georg... Biography of Renan Luce
Renan Luce, born March 5, 1980 in Paris, is a French composer and singer. Discography 2006 : Repenti Les Voisines Repenti Le Lacrymal Circus Je Suis Une Feuille La Lettre Chien Mouillé Monsieur Marcel 24h01 Camelote Mes Racines I Was Here Nuit Blanche L'Iris Et La Rose Awards Prix des « bravos du public » au Festival de chansons vivantes de Montauban (Alors ...chante) en 2006 Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros Prix du meilleur premier album du Télégramme Prix Talent tout neuf M6... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julien Dray
Julien Dray (born March 5, 1955) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Essonne department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. Works SOS génération, Ramsay, 1987 Lettres d'un député de base à ceux qui nous gouvernent, Flammarion, 1989 La Guerre qu'il ne fallait pas faire, Albin Michel, 1991 Les Clairons de Maastricht (with Gérard Filoche), Ramsay, 1992 De la gauche en général et de l'archaïsme en particulier, Belfond, 1994 Chronique d'une différence (with François Baroin and Pierre Doncieux), Editions 1, 1998 Sept jours dans la vie d'Attika (with Harlem Désir, Gérard Filoche, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Jean-Luc Mélenchon), Ramsay, 2000 État de violence, J'ai lu, 2002 Comment peut-on encore être socialiste ?,... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jolene Blalock
Jolene Blalock (born March 5, 1975 in San Diego, California) is an American actress best known for playing Sub-Commander T'Pol, a Vulcan in Star Trek: Enterprise. Prior to Enterprise, her highest profile role was playing Medea in a 2000 adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early career A popular model, Blalock has appeared on the cover of many men's lifestyle magazines and was twice featured in Maxim's "Girls of Maxim" gallery. She posed for a clothed fashion layout in Playboy in April 2002. She was later interviewed by the magazine for its "20Q" section in February 2005.Blalock also appeared in an episode of CSI Star Trek: Enterprise Blalock's 30th birthday on March 5, 2005, coincided with the filming of her final scenes as T'Pol. During the spring o... Biography of Larbi Benboudaoud
Larbi Benboudaoud (born March 5, 1974 in Dugny is a judoka from France, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight (– 66 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Turkey's Huseyin Ozkan. Achievements Year Tournament Place Weight class 2003 World Judo Championships 2nd Half lightweight (66 kg) 2001 European Judo Championships 3rd Half lightweight (66 kg) 2000 Olympic Games 2nd Half lightweight (66 kg) 1999 World Judo Championships 1st Half lightweight (66 kg) European Judo Championships 1st Half lightweight (66 kg) 1998 European Judo Championships 1st Half lightweight (66 kg) 1997 World Judo Championships 2nd Half lightweight (65 kg) European Judo Championships 3rd Half lightweight (65 kg) 1996 European Judo C... Biography of Joel Osteen
Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American best-selling author and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. His Christian ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in the United States and millions more in over 100 nations around the world. Born in Houston, Texas, Osteen married Victoria L. Iloff on April 4, 1987. They have two children, Jonathan and Alexandria. Joel, son of John and Dodie Osteen, is one of six children. His older siblings, Paul, Lisa, and Tamara, and his younger sister, April, are also involved in full-time ministry. Joel's half-brother Justin does missionary work out of New York. Joel's father, John Osteen, a former Southern Baptist pastor who became Charismatic in the late 1950s, founded Lakewood Church on Mot... Biography of Niki Taylor
Nicole Renee "Niki" Taylor (born March 5, 1975) is an American model. Biography Early life Nicole ("Niki") Renee Taylor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Ken and Barbara Taylor, a Broward Sheriff's Deputy and a photographer, respectively. She was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida and attended Cooper City High School. After graduating, her education included studying special effects and taking song and dance classes. She has an older sister, Joelle, and had a younger sister, Kristen ("Krissy"), a fellow model, who died of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia on July 2, 1995, at the age of 17. Modeling career When she was 13, she signed with Irene Marie Models in South Florida. There she met photographer Jean Renard, who became her manager. She subsequently won a F... Biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas brasileiras ("Brazilian Bach-pieces"). Youth and exploration Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Raul, was a wealthy, educated man of Spanish extraction, a librarian and an amateur astronomer and musician. In Villa-Lobos's early childhood, Brazil underwent a period of social revolution and modernisation, finally abolishing slavery in 1888 and overthrowing the Empire of Brazil in 1889. The changes in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Reid
Charles Reid, born March 5, 1962 in Leith, is an English musician, member of Scottish band The Proclaimers. The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid (born March 5, 1962). They are best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm on My Way", and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". "I'm Gonna Be" became the theme song for the film Benny & Joon (1993), and for several charity events, such as the Terry Fox Run and Red Nose Day 2007, as well as a Molson Canadian beer commercial. Inexplicably, they have a cult following in Australia. Career The twins were brought up in Auchtermuchty, Fife. After several punk rock bands at school, including one called "Eight-Eyes", in response to the taunts they received in primary school, they formed The Proclaime... Biography of Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne (March 5, 1969) is a British actor on film, television and radio. He is also a photographer. Blackthorne broke into acting via television commercials in England. His breakthrough commercial in the UK came in the Grim Reaper commercial for Virgin Atlantic, which was hugely successful. Numerous radio commercials followed. Blackthorne's first silver screen success was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood movie, Lagaan. He spent six months learning Hindi for the role. Shortly after filming finished in India, the town where filming took place was levelled by an earthquake, including the apartment building in which the cast of Lagaan was staying. To assist the earthquake victims, Blackthorne exhibited his photography in a special show in London. He... Biography of Rex Harrison
Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison, KBE (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning English theatre and film actor. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Youth and stage career Harrison was born in Huyton, Knowsley, then part of Lancashire, and educated at Liverpool College. He first appeared on the stage in 1924 in Liverpool. Harrison's acting career was interrupted during World War II, whilst he served in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He acted in various stage productions until 11 May 1990. He acted in the West End of London when he was young, appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, which proved to be his breakthrough role. He continued to appear in London, in George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House, Pirandello's ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Talia Balsam
Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959 (1959-03-05) in New York City), the daughter of actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten, is an American TV and movie actress. She has appeared as Anthony LaPaglia's estranged and devious wife on Without a Trace on CBS. Most recently she has appeared in Mad Men (which stars her husband, John Slattery) in the Episode titled Babylon as Roger Sterling's wife Mona. She was married to actor George Clooney from 1989 to 1993 and to actor John Slattery since December 30, 1998. In 1978 Talia appeared on the TV series Taxi as Cathy, Alex's (Judd Hirsch) long-lost daughter.... Biography of Enlai Zhou
Zhou Enlai (simplified Chinese: 周恩来; traditional Chinese: 周恩來; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade-Giles: Chou En-lai) (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and subsequently in the construction of the Chinese economy and restructuring of Chinese society. A skilled and able diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Advocating peaceful coexistence with the West, he participated in the 1954 Geneva Conference and helped orchestrate Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. Due to his expertise, Zhou was largely able to survive the purges of high-level Chin... Biography of Murray Head
Murray Head (born Murray Seafield Saint-George Head, 5 March 1946, London (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an English actor and singer, most recognized by his hit, One Night in Bangkok. Life and career Head was born to Seafield Head, a documentary-maker, and Helen Shingler, an actress. (Helen played Mme. Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC Television's 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon). His younger brother is Buffy the Vampire Slayer star, Anthony Head. Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington, London and Hampton School in Hampton, London. He made his film debut in the British film, The Family Way (1966), opposite Hayley Mills and her father John Mills. Head began acting and writing song... Biography of Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 - 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the best and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history. Battisti started his career in 1966 and from 1969 to 1994 he released 18 albums in his home country. A significant part of his production was translated into Spanish (various albums) and English (one album). He was renowned to be an extremely reserved artist: during his successful career he performed only a relatively small number of live exhibitions and, in 1976, he stated he would communicate only through his studio albums, completely disappearing from Italian public scene. Musician and composer Battisti was born in Poggio Bustone, a town in the province of Rieti (Northern Latium), and move... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Jacques Henner
Jean-Jacques Henner (March 5, 1829 - 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato in painting religious subjects and nudes. Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). At first a pupil of Drolling and Picot, he entered the École des Beaux Arts in 1848, and took the Prix de Rome with a painting of "Adam and Eve finding the Body of Abel" (1858). At Rome he was guided by Flandrin, and, among other works, painted four pictures for the gallery at Colmar. Woman on a black divan, 1865He first exhibited at the Salon in 1863 a "Bather Asleep," and subsequently contributed "Chaste Susanna" (1865), now in the Musée d'Orsay; "Byblis turned into a Spring" (1867); "The Magdalene" (1878); "Portrait of M. Hayem" (1878); "Christ Entombed" (1879); "Saint Jerome" (1881); "Herodias" (1887); "... Biography of Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise in France, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He has appeared in about thirty films, the most notable being Atom Egoyan's Ararat, and Yes, in which he played the lead role. Abkarian played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond. He is supposed to play the lead role of a modern-times rebel in the movie La Bombe Humaine (Human Bomb), a political thriller written by Laurent Touil-Tartour, for a shooting in 2007. He has al... Biography of Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American film and television actor, active for over 60 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap, and currently appears in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica as Brother Cavil. Career Stockwell began his acting career at age seven. Some of his notable child roles include that of Robert Shannon in The Green Years (1946), as well as playing Gregory Peck's son in Gentleman's Agreement (1947). He also starred in the lead role of the film The Boy With Green Hair in 1948, and in a film adaptation of The Secret Garden in 1949. Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1945 he appeared in a main character ro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne-Jules Marey
Étienne-Jules Marey (March 5, 1830 – May 21, 1904) was a French scientist and chronophotographer, born in Beaune, France. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema. He started by studying how blood moves in the body. Then he shifted to analyzing heart beats, respiration, muscles (myography), and movement of the body. To aid his studies he developed many instruments for precise measurements. For example, he was successful in selling an instrument called Sphygmographe to measure the pulse. In 1869 Marey constructed a very delicate artificial insect to show how an insect flies ... Biography of Samantha Eggar
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939 in Hampstead, London) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning English actress. She was born to an English father (Ralph, a major in the British Army) and a mother (Muriel) of Dutch and Portuguese descent and was educated at a convent. She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted on film in 1962 in The Wild and the Willing. Also in 1962 she played Ethel Le Neve in the film Dr. Crippen, alongside Donald Pleasence. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Collector (1965). She was also named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1964 she married Tom Stern, with whom she has a son, Nicholas Stern, and a daughter, Jenna Stern. The c... Biography of Henry II of England
Henry II of England (called "Curtmantle"; 5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as King of England (1154–1189), Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry was the first of the House of Plantagenet to rule England. Early life Henry II was born in Le Mans, France, on 5 March 1133, the first day of the traditional year. His father, Geoffrey V of Anjou (Geoffrey Plantagenet), was Count of Anjou and Count of Maine. His mother, Empress Matilda, was a claimant to the English throne as the daughter of Henry I (1100–1135). He spent his childhood in his father's land of Anjou. At the age of nine, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester took him to England where he r... Biography of Felipe Gonzales
Felipe González Márquez (born March 5, 1942) is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of the Spanish government, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996. He is married and has three children. Felipe Gonzalez was born in Seville, son of a farmer who had small dairy. He studied law at Seville University and started his career as attorney as labour specialist. While at the University he met members of the socialist Trade Union UGT (Union General de Trabajadores)that was clandestine at the time. He also contacted members of the PSOE and started taking part in the Party's clandestine activity. During that time he adopted "Isido... Biography of Donna van Toen
Donna van Toen, born March 5, 1949 in Watertown, New York, is aAmerican-Canadian astrologer and auther.... Biography of Claude Lacaze
Claude Lacaze, born March 5, 1940 in Pontacq, is a French former rugby player.... Biography of Teena Marie
Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and producer. Marie, nicknamed Lady Tee, (sometimes spelled Lady T), was a protégée of funk legend Rick James, and was notable as one of the few successful white performers of R&B and the first white person to be signed to the Motown record label in 1979. She played rhythm guitar, keyboards and congas. She also wrote, produced, sang and arranged virtually all of her songs since her 1980 release, Irons in the Fire, which she said was her favorite album. She had a daughter, Alia Rose, who, as of 2009, sang under the name Rose LeBeau. Marie died of natural causes on Sunday, December 26, 2010, at home in Pasadena, California. Biography Early life Mar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jake Lloyd
Jacob Christopher "Jake" Lloyd (born March 5, 1989) is an American actor, who gained worldwide fame when he was chosen by George Lucas to play the young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the first film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Lisa, an entertainment agent, and Bill Lloyd, an E.M.T. set medic. He has a younger sister named Madison. He is best known for his performances in the films Jingle All the Way and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Jake's latest film, Madison, was filmed in 2001 but not released until April, 2005. That year he also gave MTV his first interview since Star Wars in which he stated that he is again auditioning for roles. In 2007, Lloyd graduated from Carmel High School... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Marche
Roger Marche (March 5, 1924 – November 1, 1997) was a French football (soccer) defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. Marche, born in Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, is one of the players with the most appearances in the French top division, having played 542 matches for the clubs Stade Reims and RC Paris. He was a member of the French national team from 1947 to 1959, and became the most-capped player ever for France with 63 international matches played, surpassing Étienne Mattler's previous record of 46 caps set in 1940. Marche held the record until 1983, when the also defender Marius Trésor established a new mark with his 64th cap. Several players since have surpassed that cap total. Marche died in 1997 in Charleville-Mézière... Biography of Paul Guth
Paul Guth (March 5, 1910 — 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises. Novelist, essayist, columnist, memoirist, historian, pamphleteer, he distinguished himself in every genre by his combination of sensitivity and savagery. He wrote about fifty works on various subjects, ranging from straight history to personal anecdotes, never holding back in criticism of contemporary failings. Life Paul Guth was born in Ossun on 5 March 1910 to a family of modest means. His parents were then living in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, but his mother, a bigourdane, gave birth to him at her family's hometown of Ossun, in the canton of Hautes-Pyrénées. Paul Guth began his education at Villeneuve-sur-Lot. He studied literature in Paris, whe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michelle Auriol Aucouturier
Michelle Auriol, born Michelle Aucouturier in Carmaux, March 5, 1896, died January 21, 1979 in Paris, was the wife of 16th President of France, Vincent Auriol.... Biography of Karl Schoch
Karl Schoch, born March 5, 1873 in Pilgram, died November 19, 1929 in Berlin, was a German actuary and astrologer. He collected tables compiling planetary phenomena for antique dates.... Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (Polish: Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish-born Jewish German Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary for the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the German SPD, the Independent Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Germany. In 1914, after the SPD supported German participation in World War I, she co-founded, with Karl Liebknecht, the revolutionary Spartakusbund (Spartacist League), that on 1 January 1919 became the Communist Party of Germany. In November 1918, during the German Revolution she founded the The Red Flag, the central organ of the left wing revolutionaries. She regarded the Spartacist uprising of January 1919 in Berlin as a mistake, but supported it after it had begun. W... Biography of Amina Annabi
Amina Annabi (born 5 March 1962 in Carthage, Tunisia) is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for finishing second in the tied 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rome. Amina finished second after a countback, scoring equal 146 points alongside Carola from Sweden. Discography Nomad - Best Of, 2001 Amina Annabi, Polygram, 1999 Wa di yé, Philips, 1992 The Somebody Help Me Project 1994 Yalil, Philips, 1989 Songs 3ada El Ghazal Alguien canto Annabi Allah Ya Moulena Atame Belly dance C'est le dernier qui a parlé Diki diki Dis moi pourquoi Ederlezi ezzayakoum Habibi La mauvaise graine Lirrili Mektoubi My Man Waadileh Ya baba Zahra Movies Maman (1990) The Sheltering Sky (1990) Belle histoire, La (1992) Nui... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Craig Reid
Craig Reid, born March 5, 1962 in Leith, formed The Proclaimers, a Scottish band, in 1983 with his identical twin Charlie Reid. They are best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way", and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". "I'm Gonna Be" became the theme song for the film Benny & Joon (1993), and for several charity events, such as the Terry Fox Run and Red Nose Day 2007. I'm On My Way was used in a Molson Canadian beer commercial. Career The twins were brought up in Auchtermuchty, Fife. After several punk rock bands at school, including one called "Eight-Eyes", in response to the taunts they received in junior school, they formed The Proclaimers in 1983. The pair came to public attention when an Inverness fan sent their demo to the British band The Housemartins, who were... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Norman Davidson
James Norman Davidson, born March 5, 1911 in Falrik, was a Scottish biochemist, scientist, professor and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrien Houngbédji
Adrien Houngbédji (born March 5, 1942) is a Beninese politician. A former Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly, he is the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique, PRD), one of the country's main political parties, and has run in every presidential election since 1991. Adrien Houngbédji was born in Aplahoué (Benin) in 1942. He earned a Doctorate in Law from the University of Paris in 1967 and graduated the same year from the French National School of Magistrate, first in his class. In August 1968 he joined the bar in Cotonou where he ran a prominent law office. After agreeing to represent an opponent of the regime of Mathieu Kérékou, he was arrested in February 1975. On March 5, 1975, Houngbédji escaped from prison and fled into exile; sho... Biography of Dan Carter
Daniel William "Dan" Carter (born 5 March 1982 in Southbridge, near Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. In the 2009 northern hemisphere winter he is playing for USA Perpignan in the French Top 14 competition, and in the 2009 southern hemisphere winter will play for his regular team, the Crusaders, in New Zealand's Super 14, and the All Blacks if selected.. Provincial Carter made his provincial debut for Canterbury in 2002, and in 2003 was selected to play for Super 12 (now Super 14) franchise the Crusaders. Initially playing mainly at second five-eighth Carter reached the final of the competition with the Crusaders in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Although they lost the 2003 and 2004 finals, by 2005 Carter had moved to first five-eighth. He regularly played... Biography of Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djamalovna Chakvetadze (Russian: Анна Джамаловна Чакветадзе; born March 5, 1987, Moscow) is a Russian professional tennis player. On February 19, 2007, she reached her career-high pro singles ranking of #9 in the world. She began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother, Natalia. She travels for tournaments with her father. She speaks both Russian and English. Career Chakvetadze debuted on the ITF circuit in 2001, competing in her first juniors tournament at Minsk, Belarus, losing in the first round. In 2002, she won her first ITF Juniors title at Istanbul, in her doubles debut with fellow Rus... Biography of Jean-Marie Le Bris
Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856. A sailor and sea captain, Jean-Marie Le Bris sailed around the world observing the flight of the Albatross bird. Although he sailed around the world, his true ambition was to fly. He caught some of the birds and analysed the interaction of their wings with air, identifying the aerodynamic phenomenon of lift, which he called "aspiration". Le Bris built a glider, inspired by the shape of the Albatross bird and named L'Albatros artificiel ("The artificial Albatross"). During 1856 he flew briefly on the beach of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud (Finistère), by being pulled by a running horse, facing towards the wind so that people can not say he flew using the wind.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Tabary
Jean Tabary (March 5, 1930 - August 18, 2011) was a French comics artist. Biography Tabary was born in Stockholm and made his comics debut with Richard et Charlie published in the comics magazine Vaillant on November 5, 1956. For Vaillant (in 1965 renamed Pif) Tabary also drew Grabadu et Gabaliouchtou, and eventually the hit series Totoche in 1959, which produced another series with two if its characters, Corinne et Jeannot, and its own short-lived periodical Totoche Poche. Tabary continued to draw this series until 1976. In 1962 Tabary began a long-lasting collaboration with René Goscinny, creating the series Les aventures du Calife Haroun el Poussah, first published in Record on January 15, 1962. Shifting its focus and title name to the evil protagonist/anti-hero of the series, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Auguste Louis Fauchard
August Louis Fauchard, born March 5, 1881, was a French organist and composer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Luc Vilmouth
Jean-Luc Vilmouth (born in Creutzwald, France, in March 5 1952) is a French artist. He teaches at the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts.... Biography of Olivier Barbarant
Olivier Barbarant, born March 5, 1966 in Bar-sur-Aube, Aube, is a French writer. Bibliography • Essais de voix malgré le vent, Champ vallon, 2004 • Temps mort: journal imprécis (1986-1998), Champ vallon, 1999 • Odes dérisoires et quelques autres un peu moins, poèmes, Champ vallon, 1998 • Aragon: la mémoire et l'excès, Champ vallon, 1997 • Douze lettres d'amour au soldat inconnu, Champ vallon, 1993 • Les Parquets du ciel, poèmes, Champ vallon, 1991... Biography of Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (pronounced in French, /ˈkædɨlæk/ in English) (March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730) was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, now an area of North America stretching from Eastern Canada in the north to Louisiana in the south. Rising from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a trader of alcohol and furs, he achieved various positions of political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade, modern day St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the beginnings of modern Detroit, which he commanded until 1710. Between 1710 and 1716 he was the governor of Louisiana, although he did not arrive in that territory until 1713. His knowledge of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olusegun Obasanjo
Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ, GCFR (pronounced in Yoruba, /oʊˈbɑːsəndʒoʊ/ in English; born circa 5 March 1937) is a former Nigerian Army general and former President of Nigeria. A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, once as a military ruler, between 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and again from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007, as elected President. His current home is Abeokuta, the Capital City of Ogun State, where he is a nobleman and holder of the titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.... Biography of François Renaud
François Renaud, born in Hao Giang, Tonkin, Viet-Nâm, March 3, 1923, died in Lyon July 3, 1975, was a French judge. Hs was assassinated in the street at 2:45 AM July 3, 1975 in Lyon. The police never found the three killers.... Biography of Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948, in Plaisance, Guyana) is a British-Guyanese world-music singer-songwriter. Childhood When he was still a young boy, his parents relocated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park. Career He had his first number-one hit in 1968, when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the group The Equals, with his song "Baby Come Back". The tune also later topped the UK Singles Chart again when it was covered by Pato Banton. Another Equals' hits included "Viva Bobby Joe". In 1971, Grant went home to Guyana following a collapsed lung and heart infection which put him out of action at the beginning of that year. He promptly left The Equals to pu... Biography of Hernan Gumy
Hernán Gumy (born March 5, 1972 in Buenos Aires) is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Nicolas Pereira. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 19, 1996, when he became the number 39 of the world. Gumy won the gold medal in the men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. Present At present Gumy is coaching former world no. 1 and former US and Australian Open Champion, Marat Safin.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Matson
James Randel ("Randy") Matson (born March 5, 1945 in Kilgore, Texas (time birth source: Gauquelin)) is a former United States Olympic shot put thrower. In 1968 he stood 6 ft 6.5 in (199 cm), and weighed about 280 pounds (130 kg). Early years The son of Charles and Ellen Matson, Randy Matson was reared in Pampa, the seat of Gray County in the Texas Panhandle. At the age of twelve, he participated in his first track meet. He won the 50-yard dash, the 100-yard dash, the long jump and the high jump and finished sixth in the shot put. He attended Pampa High School, where he was a three-sport standout in American football, basketball, and track and field. He won All-District football honors, and was a two-time All-District and one-time All-State basketball player, averaging 15 points per gam... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edouard van Beneden
Edouard Joseph Marie Van Beneden (Leuven, 5 March 1846 – Liège, 28 April 1910), son of Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden, was a Belgian embryologist, cytologist and marine biologist. He was professor of zoology at the University of Liège. He contributed to cytogenetics by his works on the roundworm Ascaris. In this work he discovered how chromosomes organized meiosis (the production of gametes). Beneden elucidated, together with Walther Flemming and Eduard Strasburger, the essential facts of mitosis, where, in contrast to meiosis, there is a qualitative and quantitative equality of chromosome distribution to daughter cells. References * Hamoir, G (March 1992). "The discovery of meiosis by E. Van Beneden, a breakthrough in the morphological phase of heredity". Int. J. Dev. Biol. 36 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emilien Amaury
Émilien Amaury, born March 5, 1909 in Etampes and died January 2, 1977, was a French print media businessman, the founder of Le Parisien Libéré and Carrefour.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandviwala (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Aasif Mandvi (English pronunciation: /ˈɑːsɨf ˈmɑːndvi/), is an Indian-born, British-raised, American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. Life and career Mandvi was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to a Muslim family. His family moved to Bradford, England, when he was one year old. He emigrated with his family to Tampa, Florida, USA, when he was 16. After studying theatre at the University of South Florida, Mandvi worked as a performer at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World Resort. He later moved to New York City where he began appearin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Schöneberger
Barbara Schöneberger, born March 5, 1974 in Munich, is a German actress, singer and TV host. She speaks English, Latin, Italian, and French and has an IQ of 125. Filmography Television 1998: Bube, Dame, Hörig, Sat.1 1999: Kanal fatal, Bayerisches Fernsehen 1999: Voll Witzig, Sat.1 1999–2003: Weck Up, Sat.1 1999: TieBreak, DSF 2000/2001: Sat.1-Silvester-Gala, Sat.1 2001: Girlscamp, Sat.1 2001–2005: Blondes Gift (2001–2002 sunTV, 2002–2003 WDR Fernsehen, 2004–2005 ProSieben) 2002: ran WM-Fieber, Sat.1 2002: Bambi-Verleihung, Das Erste 2003: Die Schöneberger-Show, ZDF 2003: Comedy Champ, ZDF 2003: Comedy für UNICEF, ZDF 2004/2005: Mania, RTL 2005–2007: Life Ball 2005: Big City Fever, ProSieben 2005: Soundtrack of my Life, ProSieben 2005: Urmel aus dem... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prosper Poullet
Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet (5 March 1868–3 December 1937) was a Belgian politician. Born in Leuven, Poullet studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was later a professor at the university. He was of member of K.A.V. Lovania Leuven, a catholic student fraternity associated with the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. A successful politician, Poullet was a member of the Catholic Party and sat in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. He frequently held ministerial office between 1911 and 1934, holding the Arts and Science portfolio from 1911 to 1918, Railways and Posts from 1919 to 1920, Interior Minister in 1924–1925 and 1932–1934, Economic affairs in 1925, Justice in 1925–1926 and War in 1926. He served as Prime Minister... Biography of Brian Grant
Brian Wade Grant (born March 5, 1972, in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions for five teams during 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was known for his tenacious rebounding and blue-collar defense. During his career, he played with the Sacramento Kings (where he made First Team All-Rookie in the 1994-1995 season), Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. College career He was picked up on the Xavier University basketball team where he was second on the all-time leading scorers' list. He became the two-time Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He continued to practice with the coaches after each practice and conti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Judy Grinham
Judy Grinham MBE (born 5 March 1939) is a British Olympic swimmer. She was born in the London suburb of Neasden and was married there in 1962 in St. Catherine's Church. Grinham competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke in a time of 1:12.9 seconds, setting a new world record. In doing so, she became the first British swimmer to win an Olympic swimming title since Lucy Morton in 1924. Grinham also competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales where she won the 110 yards backstoke gold medal in a time of 1:11.9 seconds. She went on to become the first person to hold Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time. In 2007, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Nicoud
Gérard Nicoud, born March 5, 1947 in Marseille, is a French former syndicalist. Works * Les dernières libertés * Au risque de déplaire... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Clark (keyboardist)
Alan Clark (born March 5, 1952, in Great Lumley, Durham, England) was one of the keyboardists for the English rock band Dire Straits. As a young child Clark received piano lessons. Then whilst still a pupil at Chester-le-Street Grammar School he played keyboards in working men's clubs before the headline acts came on. These included sixties stars such as the Merseybeats and Del Shannon. He continued his formal musical education at Durham Technical College and was offered a place at the Guildhall School of Music, but turned it down as he had by then secured regular work at the Carousel Casino Club in Chester-le-Street. He then worked on cruise ships and spent some time in Miami. Upon his return to the UK, he played with a group called Splinter, followed by Gallagher & Lyle and a tour of ... Biography of Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner, SJ (March 5, 1904 — March 30, 1984) was a German Jesuit and theologian who, alongside Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar, is considered one of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century. He was born in Freiburg, Germany, and died in Innsbruck, Austria. Before the Second Vatican Council, Rahner had worked alongside Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac and Marie-Dominique Chenu, theologians associated with an emerging school of thought called the Nouvelle Théologie, elements of which had been criticized in the encyclical Humani Generis of Pope Pius XII. Work His theology influenced the Second Vatican Council and was ground-breaking for the development of what is generally seen as the modern understanding of Catholicism. Foundations of Chris... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Schwartz (mathematician)
Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (5 March 1915 in Paris – 4 July 2002 in Paris) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields medal in 1950 for his work. For a long time he taught at the École polytechnique. Apart from his scientific work, he was a well-known outspoken intellectual, leaning towards socialism. Biography Family Laurent Schwartz comes from a Jewish family of Alsatian origin, with a strong scientific background: his father is a well-known surgeon, his uncle Robert Debré (who contributed to the creation of UNICEF) is a famous pediatrician, and his great-uncle-in-law, Jacques Hadamard, is a famous mathematician. During his training at Lycée Louis-... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Hoarau
Guillaume Hoarau (born March 5, 1984 in Saint-Louis, Réunion) is a French footballer playing for Paris Saint-Germain. He started his playing days at JS Saint-Pierroise in Réunion before moving to metropolitan France and playing for Le Havre, then Gueugnon, before moving back to Le Havre. He has represented Réunion in matches as well. Early career He started his playing days at JS Saint-Pierroise in his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts considered him too "thin" and signed Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Hoarau signed his first professional contract at the age of 20 for Le Havre AC. In the 2007-08 season, Guillaume Hoarau became top scorer of French Ligue 2, scoring 28 goals in 38 appearances, helping his team returning to Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain In January 2008, Guillau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rocky Bleier
Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier (born March 5, 1946 in Appleton, Wisconsin) is a former National Football League halfback who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1971 to 1980. Origin of nickname He was nicknamed "Rocky" as a baby. Bleier said "As the first born of the family, my dad was proud, as all parents are." And the guys would come into the bar and say 'Bob, how's that new kid of yours?' And my dad would go 'Aw, you should see him, guys, looks like a little rock sitting in that crib. He's got all these muscles.' I'm a little fat baby. So they'd come back in the bar and they'd say 'Hey Bob, how's that little rock of yours?' So after that, that's how I got it. It stuck." High school years Bleier graduated from Xavier High School in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1964; ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bertho Audifax
Bertho Audifax, born March 5, 1946 in Saint-Benoît, Reunion, is a French politician and physician. He was the Mayor of Saint-Benoît, La Réunion (2001-2008), and is a member of UMP.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20, 1972 in Rome), was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic. He is best known for his work with Federico Fellini. Biography Flaiano wrote for Cineillustrato, Oggi, Il Mondo, Il Corriere della Sera and other prominent Italian newspapers and magazines. In 1947, he won the Strega Prize for his novel, Tempo di uccidere (The Short Cut). Set in Ethiopia during the Italian invasion (1935–36), the novel tells the story of an Italian officer who accidentally kills an Ethiopian woman and is then ravaged by the awareness of his act. The barren landscape around the protagonist hints at an interior emptiness and meaninglessness. This is one of the few Italian literary works (which has been constantly in pr... Biography of Riki Lindhome
Riki Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress known for her work on film and in television, including her role as Sadie in 2009's The Last House on the Left and two minor roles on the television program Gilmore Girls. Early life Born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania but spent most of her childhood in Portville, New York. At Syracuse University, Lindhome was not a drama major, but was part of the sketch comedy group Syracuse Live. Acting career After graduating from Syracuse in 2000, Lindhome embarked on a career in acting. Despite being turned away by an agent, she was able to land a small role on the sitcom Titus. Minor roles in popular television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer followed. She eventually gained a spot in Tim Robbins's Actor's Gang Theater Company a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Orizet
Jean Orizet, born on March 5, 1937 in Marseille, is a French poet and writer. Poetry Errance, Éd. la Grisière (1962) L’Horloge de vie, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1966) Miroir oblique, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1969) Silencieuse entrave au temps, Librairie Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1972) Dupont le poète, conte moral, dessins de Christian de Calvairac, Éd. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1972) En soi le chaos : poésie 1960-1974, Éd. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1975) Poèmes cueillis dans la prairie, Éd. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1978) Niveaux de survie, Belfond (1978) Le Voyageur absent, Grasset (1982) Dits d’un monde en miettes, Éd. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1982) Histoire de l'entretemps, La Table ronde (1985) La Peau du monde, B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland (5 March 1932 – 10 November 2006) was an English actress best remembered for her role as Jean Abbott on Bless This House, which she played from 1971 to 1976. Early life Coupland was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1932, and originally wanted to be a ballet dancer, but she could not fulfill this ambition due to a horse-riding accident. Her music career began at the age of 11. Barney Colehan, a BBC producer, heard Coupland sing and invited her onto one of his radio shows. By the time she reached 14, she was singing full time at the Mecca Locarno in Leeds, and the following year, moved to London with her parents, where she became a resident singer at Mecca's Tottenham Court Road ballroom. During the 1940s and 1950s, she became a leading singer of the day, singi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Kitzhaber
John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947 in Colfax, Washington) is a medical educator, the 37th and current Governor of Oregon. He served as the 35th Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003, and became the first person to be elected to the office three times when he was re-elected to a non-consecutive third term in 2010. Prior to becoming a politician in Oregon, he was a practicing physician. He graduated from South Eugene High School in 1965, Dartmouth College in 1969, and Oregon Health & Science University with a medical degree in 1973. Kitzhaber practiced medicine from 1973 to 1986 in Roseburg, Oregon as an emergency room physician. Kitzhaber began his political career in 1979 as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for one term. In 1980, he was elected to the Oregon State S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fritz Fischer (historian)
Fritz Fischer (March 5, 1908 – December 1, 1999) was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. Fischer has been described by The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing as the most important German historian of the 20th century. Biography Fischer was born in Ludwigsstadt in Bavaria. His father was a railroad inspector. Educated at grammar schools in Ansbach and Eichstätt, Fischer attended the University of Berlin and the University of Erlangen, where he studied history, pedagogy, philosophy and theology. Fischer joined the Nazi Party in 1939, and left the Party in 1942. Fischer's major early influences were the standard Hegelian-Rankean idea typical of the pre-1945 German historical profession, and as such, Fischer's early writings bore a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugene Fodor
Eugene Nicholas Fodor, Jr. (March 5, 1950 – February 26, 2011) was the first American violinist to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Fodor was born in Denver, Colorado. His first ten years of study were with Harold Wippler. He then studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, Indiana University and the University of Southern California, where his teachers included Ivan Galamian, Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz, respectively. Fodor made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony at the age of ten, playing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and began touring as a soloist while still a young teenager. Fodor won numerous national contests before the age of seventeen, including First Prize in both the Merriweather Post Competition in Washington, D.C. and the Young M... Biography of Luiz Delfino
Luiz Delfino, born March 5, 1958 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian astrologer and psychologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Van Den Berghe
René Van Den Berghe (or Vandenberghe), born on March 4, 1887 in Pittem (source for his time of birth: Lescaut), died on July 3, 1958, was a Belgian professional bicycle racer.... Biography of Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school and made her first professional appearance on stage in 1964. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Beveridge
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and social reformer. He is perhaps best known for his 1942 report Social Insurance and Allied Services (known as the Beveridge Report) which served as the basis for the post-World War II Welfare State put in place by the Labour government. Early life and career William Beveridge, the eldest son of Henry Beveridge, an Indian Civil Service officer and scholar Annette (Akroyd) Beveridge, was born in Rangpur, India (now Rangpur, Bangladesh), on 5 March 1879. After studying at Charterhouse School and Balliol College, Oxford, he became a lawyer. Beveridge became interested in the social services and wrote about the subject for the Morning Post newspaper. In 1908, now considered to be t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willis Alan Ramsey
Willis Alan Ramsey (born March 5, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Dallas, Texas. Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969, and was a prominent baritone in the High School's Lads and Lassies Choir. He played a leading role in the musical Carousel, his senior year. In 1972, he released his album, Willis Alan Ramsey, on the Shelter label. This album received a large amount of critical acclaim. The album included "Muskrat Candlelight" which was covered twice in short order, first by America in 1973, then by Captain & Tennille, who scored a #4 hit with the tune. Windham Hill's Michael Hedges has cited Ramsey as a strong influence on his left-handed tapping techniqu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vivien Eteson
Vivien Eteson, born March 5, 1947 in Manchester, is a British professional astrologer and author.... Biography of Jacques Babinet
Jacques Babinet (5 March 1794 in Lusignan (Vienne), France – 21 October 1872 in Paris, France) was a French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who is best known for his contributions to optics. Babinet started his studies at the Lycée Napoléon, but was persuaded to abandon a legal education for the pursuit of science. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, which he left in 1812 for the Military School at Metz, he was later a professor at the Sorbonne and at the Collège de France. In 1840, he was elected as a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences. He was also an astronomer of the Bureau des Longitudes. Among Babinet's accomplishments are the 1827 standardization of the Ångström unit for measuring light using the red Cadmium line's wavelength, and the principle (Babinet's pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Basile
John Basile, born March 5, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American musician and jazz guitarist. External link: http://www.johnbasile.net/... Biography of James Tobin
James Tobin (March 5, 1918 – March 11, 2002) was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He developed the ideas of Keynesian economics, and advocated government intervention to stabilize output and avoid recessions. His academic work included pioneering contributions to the study of investment, monetary and fiscal policy and financial markets. He also proposed an econometric model for censored endogenous variables, the well known "Tobit model". Tobin received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1981. Outside of academia, Tobin was widely known for his suggestion of a tax on foreign exchange transactions, now known as the "Tobi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard de Lally-Tollendal
Trophime-Gérard, marquis de Lally-Tollendal (5 March 1751 – 11 March 1830) was a French politician. Born in Paris, he was the legitimized son of the Thomas Arthur de Lally, and only discovered the secret of his birth on the day of his father's execution, when he devoted himself to clearing his father's memory. He was supported by Voltaire, and in 1778 succeeded in persuading King Louis XVI to annul the decree which had sentenced the comte de Lally, but the parlement of Rouen, to which the case was referred back, in 1784 again decided in favour of Lally's guilt. The case was retried by other courts, and Lally's innocence was never fully admitted by the French judges. In 1779 Lally-Tollendal bought the honorary title of Grand bailli of Étampes, and in 1789 was a deputy to the Estates-... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne Knoops
Étienne Knoops, born in Marchienne-au-Pont March 5, 1934, is a Belgian politician and activist.... Biography of Earl Woods
Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, but is best remembered as the father of professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age, and coached him exclusively for his first years in the sport. Early life Earl Woods was born in Manhattan, Kansas. His father, Miles Woods, had five children by his first wife, Viola, and six more (of whom Earl was the youngest) by his second, Maude Carter. Miles Woods was an epileptic who worked as a street cleaner and caretaker. Although he was a devout Baptist, he also had a reputation for being able to swear for 30 minutes without interrupt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Bray
David Bray, born March 5, 1889 in Honolulu, Hawaii, was an Amercian and Hawaiian healer and priset.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Delporte
Henri Delporte, born March 5, 1920 in Tourcoing and died in 2002 in Lesigneux (Loire), was a French researcher, author and prehistorian.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch (March 5, 1862 – February 17, 1934) was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Tarrasch was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Prussian Silesia. Having finished school in 1880, he left Breslau to study medicine in Halle. Later he lived most of his life with his family in Nuremberg, Bavaria, and later in Munich. He had five children. Tarrasch was Jewish, converted to Christianity in 1909, and a patriotic German who lost a son in World War I. Yet he faced antisemitism in the early stages of Nazism. Tarrasch was a highly esteemed chess writer. It was Tarrasch who wrote in his Preface to The Game of Chess (1931) the often repeated line: “ Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Sikking
James Barrie Sikking (born March 5, 1934) is an American actor known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s NBC TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser and on the short-lived 1997 CBS drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. Sikking did the voice of General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series Invasion America. His well known films include The Competition, Outland, Up the Creek and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which he played beleagured Captain Styles, the captain of the then experimental U.S.S. Excelsior NX-2000. Sikking's film career started in 1955. Sikking starred in the critically acclaimed 1992 Fox Network TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. He has made guest appearances on many... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luigi Spaventa
Luigi Spaventa, born on March 5, 1934 in Rome (source for his time of birth: Bordoni), is an Italian journalist, author, lawyer, and politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Marshall
Sir John Ross Marshall, GBE, CH, (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988), generally known as Jack Marshall, was a New Zealand politician. After spending twelve years as Deputy Prime Minister, he served as the 28th Prime Minister for most of 1972. Early life Marshall was born in Wellington. He grew up in Wellington, Whangarei, and Dunedin, attending Whangarei High School and Otago Boys' High School. He was noted for his ability at sports, particularly rugby. After leaving high school, Marshall studied law at Victoria University College (now Victoria University of Wellington). He gained an LL.B. in 1934 and an LL.M. in 1935. He also worked part-time in a law office. He also wrote a series of children's books called Dr Duffer. In 1941, with the advent of World War II, Marshall entered the... Biography of Jean Grégor
Jean Grégor, born March 5, 1968, is a French novelist and professor. Publications Zenith Transports en commun L'ami de Bono Tu aurais pu Frigo Jeunes cadres sans tête... Biography of Lawrence Tisch
Laurence Alan "Larry" Tisch (March 5, 1923—November 15, 2003) was an American businessman, Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. He was the CEO of CBS television network from 1986 to 1995. With his brother Bob Tisch, he was part owner of the Loews Corporation. The grave of Laurence Tisch in Westchester Hills Cemetery Tisch served as chairman of the board of trustees at New York University from 1978 to 1998, overseeing a $1 billion capital campaign and major improvements in the university. Tisch was also a former president of the United Jewish Appeal of New York. Early life and career Tisch was born March 5, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University when he was just 18 and received a Wharton MBA in industrial management by 20. Just five years out of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dino Rora
Chiaffredo Rora detto Dino, born on March 5, 1945 in Turin (source for his time of birth: Bordoni), died on January 28, 1966 (aircraft crash), was an Italian athlete and swimmer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh OBE (born 5 March 1938 in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia) was host of The Mike Walsh Show from 1973 until 1985. Walsh is the only entertainer to be awarded the Sammy Award and Gold Logie award in the same year. Walsh completed his education at Xavier College in Melbourne, Victoria, before studying Pharmacy and Arts at Melbourne University. After a successful media career in television and radio, Walsh began producing theatre shows across Australia and on London's West End. He has been the owner of Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne since 2000, and funded and overseen its restoration. Walsh also owns the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, an art deco, six cinema complex in Cremorne, Sydney.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilbert Dalleu
Gilbert Dalleu, born on March 5, 1861 in Saint-Pons (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), died on March 1, 1931, was a French actor. Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198078/) 1928 La passion de Jeanne d'Arc Jean Lemaître (uncredited) 1926 La terre qui meurt 1924 Les mystères de Paris Le Maître d'école 1924 L'arriviste Chesnard 1924 Enfants de Paris Vincent 1924 Le temps d'aimer L'abbé 1924 Mandrin De la Morlière 1923 Le petit chose Le père de Pierrotte 1922 Le sang des Finoël 1922 L'empereur des pauvres Cyprien Cadal, le maire de Saint Saturnin du Var 1922 L'agonie des aigles Goglu 1920 Le secret de Rosette Lambert 1920 Âmes siciliennes Piétro 1919 Au travail Jérôme Gurignon 1919 Simplette 1919 Un soir (short)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Shield
William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist who was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, the son of William Shield and his wife, Mary, née Cash. Life and musical career Shield was first taught music by his father but, after both he and his mother died while Shield was still a child, he was apprenticed to a ship-builder in South Shields, continuing however to study music with Charles Avison in Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a noted violinist in Newcastle's subscription concerts before moving to Scarborough to lead a theatre orchestra. In 1772, he was appointed by Felice Giardini to play violin in the opera at Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera House), and from 1773 he was principal violist there. On 21 February 1776 he was in Durham, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films. Selected filmography La Maison de la Fléche (1930) Coeur fidèle (1923) The Zone of Death (1917) Barberousse (1917) Le droit à la vie (1917) Les Gaz mortels (1916)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charly Grosskost
Charly Grosskost (5 March 1944, Eckbolsheim, Bas-Rhin - 19 June 2004, Strasbourg) was a French racing cyclist who in 1968 won the prologue time-trial of both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He won stages of the Tour de France and of the Giro d'Italia and on the track was French pursuit champion nine times. Grosskost came to notice when he was 19, when he won a stage of the Route de France - amateur counterpart of the Tour de France - and then won Strasbourg-Campagne by nearly 10 minutes after riding ahead of the race for more than 50 km. In 1965, he won the Route de France and five of its seven stages and became favourite for the still bigger race, the Tour de l'Avenir. There, however, he dropped out in the Pyrenees. A drug test that followed his retirement - it has entered cy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Warren
Michael Warren (born March 5, 1946 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American TV actor and former college basketball player, best known for playing Officer Bobby Hill on the NBC television series Hill Street Blues. As a college basketball player, Warren was an All-American at UCLA, where he and Lew Alcindor (later to be known in his professional NBA career as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) were members of the 1967 and 1968 Bruin teams that won two NCAA championship titles under coach John Wooden. Warren, the smallest Bruin starter at 5' 11", averaged 12.4 points as a junior in 1967 and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team in 1968. Warren would go on to work as an actor in television. In addition to his starring role on Hill Street Blues, he has also had a co-starring role on the CBS televisio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luciano Burti
Luciano Pucci Burti (born in São Paulo, March 5, 1975) is a Brazilian racing driver who briefly raced in Formula One. Career His early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself in British Formula 3 driving for the crack Stewart Racing team. In his second season of F3 in 1999 he finished runner-up to Marc Hynes, but it was third-placed Jenson Button who would go on to achieve stardom in F1. Burti impressed when testing the Stewart grand prix car that season and became Jaguar's tester for 2000, mainly down to the lobbying of Jackie Stewart, the outgoing team-boss. A surprise grand prix debut came on July 16, 2000, at the Austrian Grand Prix, as a replacement for the ill Eddie Irvine. Having tested consistently well for Jaguar in the 2000 Formula One seaso... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Roussillon
Jean-Paul Roussillon, born March 5, 1931 in Paris, is a French actor, comedian and director. Selected filmography La Double inconstance de Jean-Roger Cadet 1956 : Voici le temps des assassins de Julien Duvivier 1959 : Le Mariage de Figaro de Jean Meyer 1960 : La Millième Fenêtre de Robert Menegoz 1964 : Week-end à Zuydcoote de Henri Verneuil 1981 : Une affaire d'hommes de Nicolas Ribowski 1982 : La Truite de Joseph Losey 1985 : On ne meurt que deux fois de Jacques Deray 1986 : Les Clowns de Dieu de Jan Schmidt 1986 : Etats d'âme de Jacques Fansten 1987 : Maladie d'amour de Jacques Deray 1987 : Hôtel de France de Patrice Chéreau 1987 : Abel et Bela de André Tesseire 1987 : Elle est là de Michel Dumoulin 1988 : Alouette je te plumerai de Pierre Zucca 1989... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Companéez
Jacques Companéez (or Companeez), is a French screenwriter and lyricist of Russian descent, born March 5, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. He is the father of French film director Nina Companeez.... Biography of Sterling Knight
Sterling Sandmann Knight (born March 5, 1989) is an American actor, singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his starring roles in the 2009 film 17 Again, in Sonny With a Chance and So Random! as Chad Dylan Cooper, and in the Disney Channel Original Movie Starstruck as Christopher Wilde. Personal life Sterling Knight was born in Houston, Texas. He enjoys golfing, snowboarding and guitar. Taking his guitar skills, Sterling formed a YouTube band with fellow star and friend Matt Shively named "Connecting Channels" (in this case the channels connected being Disney and Nickelodeon). Filmography Film Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes 2005 Calm Skater Boy 2006 Career Day Ben Taylor 2009 Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach Opposing Team Tennis Player U... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell, born on March 5, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, died on February 11, 2011, was an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217332/) 1981 Buddy Buddy Cashier 1978 The One Man Jury Landlady 1966 Batman (TV series) Pedestrian – Walk the Straight and Narrow (1966) … Pedestrian 1963 Adèle (TV series) Receptionist – The Retiring Milkman (1963) … Receptionist 1963 The Donna Reed Show (TV series) Saleswoman – A Touch of Glamour (1963) … Saleswoman 1961 Pete and Gladys (TV series) Mrs. Wingfield – The Insurance Faker (1961) … Mrs. Wingfield 1960 Ma Barker's Killer Brood Lou 1959 The Texan (TV series) Miss Delly – Rough Track to Payday (1959) … Miss Delly 1959 U.S. Marshal (TV series) – One of the Ten Most Wa... Biography of Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 – 8 October 1842) was a Danish composer. Weyse was born at Altona, now in German territory, but Danish at the time the composer was born. He studied music with Johann Abraham Peter Schulz in Copenhagen. In 1794, he was appointed organist at the Reformed Church in the city and served in the same post at the Vor Frue Kirke after 1805. In 1819, he was appointed Court composer. He died in Copenhagen. He was best known for his vocal works, which included numerous singspielen, a setting of the Te Deum and of the Miserere, a cantata, and above all, lieder after poems by Matthias Claudius, Johann Heinrich Voss and Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. He also composed seven symphonies and numerous pieces for solo piano. Singspiel Sovedrik... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Boussus
Christian Boussus (March 5, 1908, Hyères, Var (birth time source: Lescaut) – August 12, 2003) was a French tennis player (left-handed). He was on the victorious French team at the Davis Cup four times, in 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932, although he never played. The members of the team became known as the "Four Musketeers," and Boussus was the "Fifth Musketeer." He finally got his chance to play at the Davis cup in 1934, when the Four Musketeers had retired. He was defeated in the finals of the 1931 French Open by Jean Borotra. In 1932, he and Marcel Bernard were defeated in the doubles finals of the French Open by Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. He played twice the Australian Championships, in 1928 and 1935, and won the mixed doubles that year, his only Grand Slam title. He also won ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cicéro Dias
Cícero Dias, born on March 5, 1907 in Escada, Pernambuco, died on January 28, 2003 in Paris, was a Brazilian painter.... Biography of Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain and spoof interview series Rock Profile, as well as for his portrayal of the surreal scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the Reeves and Mortimer comedy panel game Shooting Stars. Lucas played Chancellor Donold David Dongalor, on the BBC/Comedy Central series Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. In May 2007 he placed eighth in the list of the UK's 100 most influential gays and lesbians, in fields as diverse as entertainment, business, politics, and science, by British newspapers The Independent and The Daily Mail. Personal life Lucas was born in Paddington, London, the son of ... Biography of Jessica Bohrs
Jessica Bohrs (born 5 March 1980) is a German singer and actress. Boehrs was the singer of Novaspace, a techno-pop band which performs several national top ten hits. She also appeared in Eurotrip (2004) as Mieke, the object of Scott Thomas's European vacation quest. The role required her to bare her breasts. Boehrs was born in Magdeburg, Germany, has blonde hair, blue eyes and is 5'7" (1.70 m) tall. Since December 2006 she has played the part of Nina Waldgruber in the German television program Schloss Einstein. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127080/ ) "Hallo Robbie!" .... Marion Schöller (1 episode, 2009) - Robbie hat Schwein (2009) TV episode .... Marion Schöller "Sturm der Liebe" .... Jana Schneider (8 episodes, 2008) - Episode #1.703 (2008) TV episode... Biography of Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955 (birth time source: birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is an American illusionist, comedian, musician, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free market capitalism. Early life Jillette was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Valda R. Jillette (née Parks) (November 8, 1909 – January 1, 2000), was a secretary, and his father, Samuel H. Jillette (March 14, 1912 – February 14, 1999), worked at Greenfield's Franklin County Jail. Jillette became disenchanted with traditional illusionist acts that presented the craft as authentic magic, such as The Amazing Kreskin on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. At age ei... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Burros
Don Burros, born on March 5, 1936 in the Bronx, New York (birth time source: Bonnie Svardol, Astrodatabank), died by suicide (unknown date), was an American Jewish Nazi, a member of the American Nazi Party (ANP), an American political party founded by veteran U.S. Navy Commander George Lincoln Rockwell. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Rockwell initially called it the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), but later renamed it the American Nazi Party in 1960 to attract maximum media attention. The party was based largely upon the ideals and policies of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP in Germany during the Third Reich but also expressed allegiance to the Constitutional principles of the U.S.'s Founding Fathers. It also added a platform of Holocaust denial.... Biography of Julie Henderson
Julie Patrice Henderson (born March 5, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American model perhaps best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has also done advertisements for such notable clients as Benetton. Career Henderson was 'discovered' when she was 13 at the Barbizon Modeling School of Texas. Local ads and commercials followed her discovery, and by the time she was 16 she was already signed to New York Model Management. After graduation from Katy High School, she went to France to join Ford Models, then moved to New York City and began appearing within the pages of magazines such as Elle Girl and Teen Vogue. While in New York, Henderson modeled on the television show Behind the Velvet Rope. In 2002, she was named "overall professional female model of ... Biography of Kenichi Matsuyama
Ken'ichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi?, born Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 研一), 5 March 1985 in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles. He is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He has recently performed in the dual role of Soichi Negishi/Johannes Krauser II in the film adaptation of Detroit Metal City, and will be starring in Kamui Gaiden (September 2009 in Japan).His weight is 60kg. His height is 180cm. Movies * Winning Pass (2003) * Bright Future (2003) * Guuzen nimo saiaku ... Biography of Ottis Toole
Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996) was an American serial killer and arsonist. He was an accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Toole admitted to multiple counts of murder, rape, and cannibalism, and was the suspect in several unsolved murders. He recanted and restated a number of confessions. Toole was convicted of three counts of murder, and confessed to four more murder charges before dying in prison. Early life Toole was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Toole's mother was a religious fanatic; Toole later claimed that she abused him, including dressing him in girl's clothing and calling him Becky. As a young child, Toole was a victim of sexual assault and incest at the hands of many close relatives and acquaintances, including his olde... Biography of Pierre Péan
Pierre Péan (born in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France March 5, 1938) is a renowned French investigative journalist and author of many books concerned with political scandals. Case dismissed In September 2008, Pierre Péan was put on trial in Paris accused of inciting racial hatred in a book on the Rwandan genocide. Péan wrote that the Tutsis had a culture of lies and deceit, and this had somehow spread to the Hutus. He said it made investigating Rwanda "an almost impossible task". Some 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in 1994. A French rights group, SOS Racisme, filed the lawsuit against Péan in October 2006 and was backed by the public prosecutor. The case related to four pages in Péan's book "Noires Fureurs, Blancs Menteurs" ("Black Furies, White Liars"), published i... Biography of Anita Thigpen Perry
Anita Thigpen Perry (born March 5, 1952) is the current and longest-serving First Lady of Texas, and the wife of Governor Rick Perry. As First Lady of Texas, she has been an active advocate for nursing and other health care issues. The Anita Thigpen Perry Endowment at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio focuses on nutrition, cardiovascular disease, health education, and early childhood development. In 2008, the Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was renamed in her honor. Early life and education Perry was born in Haskell, Texas. She is the daughter of family physician Joe Thigpen and social activist Beunis Ratliff Thigpen. She has three siblings: Joseph, Peggy and Emily. She is a graduate of Haskell High School. She spent her... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kit Armstrong
Kit Armstrong (born March 5, 1992 in California, USA) is a British-Taiwanese classical pianist and composer. At 10 he had composed more than 15 works, graduated from Los Alamitos High School, and studied sciences at the University of Utah. At 12 he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Imperial College in London. He also attended the Chapman University in California, USA. In 2008 he was a co-winner of The ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. From 2005 on Armstrong composed chamber music works for the annual International Chamber Music Festival The Hague and performed their world premières. Armstrong currently studies with the pianist Alfred Brendel in London as well as simultaneously pursuing his scientific studies in the field of p... Biography of J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir /ləˈnɔːr/ (March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967) was an African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s and 1960s Chicago blues scene. Although his name is sometimes mispronounced like the French "lan WAH", Lenoir himself pronounced his name a "la NOR". The initials "J.B." had no specific meaning; his given name was simply "J.B." Life and career Lenoir's guitar-playing father introduced him to the music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, whose music became a major influence. During the early 1940s, Lenoir worked with blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James in New Orleans. Lenoir would eventually find musical influence in Arthur Crudup and Lightnin' Hopkins. In 1949, he moved to Chicago and Big Bill Broonzy helped introd... Biography of Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil is a librettist, born March 5, 1941 in Tunis, Tunisia, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. These include: La Révolution Française (1973) Les Misérables (1980) Miss Saigon (1989) Martin Guerre (1996) The Pirate Queen (2006) Marguerite (2008) Alain Boublil’s first musical, La Révolution Française, was the first-ever staged French rock opera. It debuted in 1973 in Paris. The composer was Claude-Michel Schonberg, with whom Alain has since collaborated on a number of successful projects, including Les Misérables and Miss Saigon. Les Misérables first opened in Paris in 1980. On October 8, 1985, an English-language production of Les Misérables produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn premiered in London at The... Biography of Cinthia Moura
Cinthia Moura, born on March 5, 1982 in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, is a Brazilian model and actress. She was ranked #68 on the 2006 edition of Maxim's Hot 100. Filmography 2005 Masters of Horror (TV series) The Deer Woman – Deer Woman (2005) … The Deer Woman... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Vidalin
Robert Vidalin, born Jean Marie Robert Clément Alphonse Vidalin March 5, 1903 in Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme and died Decemeber 3, 1989 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, was a French actor. Filmography 1927 : Napoléon d'Abel Gance 1931 : Le Train des suicidés d'Edmond T. Gréville 1933 : Les Misérables de Raymond Bernard (film tourné en trois époques) 1934 : Le Bossu ou le petit parisien de René Sti 1935 : Veille d'armes de Marcel L'Herbier 1935 : Le Bébé de l'escadron de René Sti 1936 : La Brigade en jupons de Jean de Limur 1951 : Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité de Fernandel 1956 : Elena et les Hommes de Jean Renoir 1956 : Du sang sous le chapiteau de Georges Péclet 1957 : Police judiciaire de Maurice de Canonge 1958 : Les Gaietés de l'escadrille de Geor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hillary Fisher
Hillary Fisher (born March 5, 1985) is an American model from Augusta, Georgia. Achievements Miss Sport Football 2011 Miss Playboy Club Of The Year 2011 Face Of Playboy Intimates 2010 Miss Sunset Tan 2009 Playboy Cyber Girl Of The Month - September 2009 Playboy Cyber Girl Of The Week - May 5, 2009 Playboy's Top 10 Supermodels 2009 Top 4 Miss Hawaiian Tropics US Finals 2007 Miss Hawaiian Tropic South Carolina 2007... Biography of Jean Jouzel
Jean Jouzel, (bornMarch 5, 1947 in Janzé, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French glaciologist and climatologist. He is a world renowned specialist in major climatic shifts based on his analysis of Antarctic and Greenland ice. He received with Claude Lorius the CNRS gold medal, the highest French scientific award.... Biography of Nelly Arcan
Nelly Arcan (March 5, 1973 (source: Wikipedia in French and German) – September 24, 2009) was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Biography Arcan's first novel Putain (2001; English: Whore (2004)), caused a sensation and enjoyed immediate critical and media success. It was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, two of France's most prestigious literary awards. It contains similarities between the prostitute Cynthia in the novel and Arcan’s own experience as a professional escort sex worker. This was followed with three more novels that established her as a literary star in Quebec and France. Her second novel Folle (2004), like her first, is semi-autobiographical and scandalous, and was also nomin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and former American professional basketball player. He also is the former head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with thirty. In 1990–91 he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award. High school and college In 1982, Skiles led Plymouth High School to the Indiana State Championship. Plymouth, with no starter taller than 6'2" and no reserve taller than 6'6", was considered to be the weakest of the final four teams in the tournament that year even though they were ranked #4 in the state with a record of 26-1 entering the state finals. Amazingly, they won the state title with a 75-74 double overtime victory over favored Ga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ryan Franklin
Ryan Ray Franklin (born March 5, 1973 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Early life He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and grew up in Spiro, Oklahoma. He graduated from high school in Spiro in 1991 and was named to the All-State baseball team. He went to Seminole Junior College, in Oklahoma, where he had a 20-0 win-loss record over two years. MLB career Ryan Franklin was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 23rd round of the 1992 amateur draft but chose to return to school. He signed his first major league contract with the team on May 21, 1993. After arriving in the Majors full-time in 2001, Franklin spent the following four years as a starter for the Mariners, posting a record of 23-44. He tied for the Major Le... Biography of Jovana Brakocevic
Jovana Brakočević (Serbian: Јована Бракочевић; born March 5, 1988 in Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia) is a female professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Server of the tournament. She was also a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. There she was voted MVP of the tournament. Career She played the 2010/2011 season for the Guangzhou Evergrande in the 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League. On June 2011, JT Marvelou... Biography of Kartika Luyet
Kartika Luyet, born on March 5, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian model, and a personality of the Brazilian TV. She is the wive of Italian footballer Nicola Ventola, and has a son, born on September 22, 2003.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aislinn Paul
Aislinn Paul (/ˈeɪslɪn/; born March 5, 1994) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in Degrassi: The Next Generation as Clare Edwards, the younger sister of Darcy Edwards. Career Previous roles include Hannah Woodal in Wild Card, Amber in the CBS Film, Candles on Bay Street, Isabella in the HBO series Tell Me You Love Me, and Alexa Ammon in the Lifetime Movie Network Original Murder in the Hamptons. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1327832/) 2006-2012 Degrassi: la nouvelle génération (TV series) Clare Edwards – Las Vegas: Part 1 (2012) … Clare Edwards – Las Vegas: Part 2 (2012) … Clare Edwards – Tonight, Tonight: Part 1 (2012) … Clare Edwards – Tonight, Tonight: Part 2 (2012) … Clare Edwards – I Want It That Way: Part 2 (2012) … Clare Edw... Biography of Jill Ritchie
Jill Susanne Ritchie (born March 5, 1974 in Romeo, Michigan) is an American actress. She starred in the 2004 film D.E.B.S. and in Breakin' All the Rules, and had a guest role as Bluth family publicist Jessie in an episode of Arrested Development. She co-starred in the VH1 television series I Hate My 30's. She is friends with Liam Kyle Sullivan and she also appeared in his video "Let Me Borrow That Top" as Katelyn (the girl Kelly wants the top from & who was homecoming queen.) Ritchie also stars in the movie Herbie: Fully Loaded, playing the role of "Charisma". She is the sister of musician Kid Rock. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728579/) 2007 I Hate My 30's (TV series) Mandy – Between a Rock and a Cyberspace (2007) … Mandy – Promotion Commotion, What's Your... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Aboulker
José Aboulker (5 March 1920 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 17 November 2009) was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance who co-founded a resistance network in Algiers in World War II and emerged as one of the main leaders of the resistance movement in North Africa. After the war he became a neurosurgeon and emerged as a political figure in France. Early life He was born in the Algerian capital Algiers into a Jewish family. His name comes from Sephardi Jews in North Africa, an Arabic name meaning literally, "the father of the happy ones, of the well," or more simply, "happy man". The Arabic form is from 'abû-'al-khayr; the variant spelling is "Albulker". His father, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor in the Faculty of Medicine in Algiers. His mother, Berthe Aboulker, was... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wally Szczerbiak
Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (pron.: /ˈsɜrbi.æk/ sur-bee-ak; born March 5, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life Szczerbiak was born in Madrid, Spain, while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for Real Madrid, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career. When Walter retired, he moved his family back to his native Long Island, New York, where Wally attended high school in Cold Spring Harbor. Szczerbiak competed for the Long Island team in the 1994 Empire State Games. College career In college, Szczerbiak played for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He graduated from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University where he studied marketing. At Miami he led his team to the... |
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