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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 1, 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 · 45,406 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,406 Celebrities
145 celebrities or events were found for May, 1. Biography of Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar( Tamil: அஜித் குமார்) (born May 1, 1971) is a famous Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. Starting his career as a mechanic, Ajith made his acting debut in his only Telugu-language film-to-date, Prema Pustagam in 1992, which was followed by Amaravathi in the following year, his first lead role. After acting in a series of smaller budget films, Ajith was later recognized for his performance an anonymous lover in the award-winning movie Kadhal Kottai. He went on to demonstrate his versatility as an actor by portraying a variety of unique characters. Ajith received his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Vaali in 1999, portraying a double-role. He went on to win... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an Indian-born English actress and former model best known for her roles in The New Avengers, Absolutely Fabulous and Sapphire and Steel. Early career Joanna Lumley was born in Srinagar, India in 1946. She was educated at St Mary's School in Sussex. Tall, leggy, slim and blonde, Lumley spent three years as a photographic model, and is said to have made her TV debut in a well-known UK advert for Nimble bread first screened in 1969. She also worked as a house model for the late Jean Muir. Lumley's acting career began with the role of a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). She went on to have a brief but memorable role in Coronation Street in which she turned down Ken Barlow's offer of marriage. In the Are You Being Served... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Catherine Frot
Catherine Frot is a theatre and film actress born in Paris, France on 1 May 1956. Biography Early life The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school. By 1974, she began her education at the Rue Blanche school and afterwards took up full-time studies at the conservatory. Career In 1975, she demonstrated her talent at the Festival d'Avignon in the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge which she founded with the help of others. From then on, Catherine put all her energy into theatre performances in roles such as the Présidente de Tourvel in the play Les Liaisons dangereuses in 1987. She performed in a number of classical plays suc... Biography of Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (born May 1, 1917 in Bordeaux, France) is a French singer and actress. Her career of eight decades is among the longest in film history. Career She is the daughter of a medical doctor who was at the time serving with the French Army during World War I but died when she was seven years old. Raised in Paris she studied the cello at the Conservatoire de Musique. At 13, she won a part in the musical film Le Bal. Her beauty combined with her singing and dancing ability led to numerous other offers. In 1935, Darrieux married director/screenwriter, Henri Decoin, who encouraged her to try Hollywood. She signed with Universal Studios to star opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in The Rage of Paris. Under the German occupation of France during World... Biography of Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard (born May 1, 1983) is a French swimmer from Aubagne. He currently holds 100 m freestyle long course world record in swimming after winning the European LC Championships 2008 final in a time of 47.50 seconds on March 22. He had already beaten the world record the previous day, finishing in 47.60 seconds in the semifinals. Personal bests Long course 50 m freestyle 21.76 NR 100 m freestyle 47.50 WR 200 m freestyle 1:50.95 Short course 50 m freestyle 21.59 100 m freestyle 46.39 NR 200 m freestyle 1:46.43... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Julie Pietri
Julie Pietri (born on May 1, 1957, Algiers, Algeria) is a French pop singer. She is part of the Pied-Noir community (French repatriated from Algeria) and now lives in Paris. The general public knows her for her successful single, "Ève lève-toi", which was number-one on the French SNEP Singles Chart (Top 50) in November 1986 (also released in English-language, under the title "Listen to Your Heart"). But Pietri is not just a "one-hit wonder" : she has enjoyed moderate successes before and after this song, including "Magdalena", "Et c'est comme si", "Amoureux fous" as duet with Herbert Léonard, "Nouvelle vie", "Si on parlait de ma vie", etc). Regarded as a "muse of the 1980s" by a survey made by NRJ and Chérie FM, Julie Pietri passed unnoticed during the 1990s, notably because she became ... Biography of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. May 1, 1881 – April 10, 1955) was a French Jesuit trained as a paleontologist and a philosopher, and was present at the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived such ideas as the Omega Point and the Noosphere. Teilhard's primary book, The Phenomenon of Man, set forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. He abandoned traditional interpretations of creation in the Book of Genesis in favor of a less strict interpretation. This displeased certain officials in the Roman Curia, who thought that it undermined the doctrine of original sin developed by Saint Augustine. Teilhard's position was opposed by his church superiors, and his work was denied publication during his lifetime by the Roman Holy Office. Pope John XXIII rehabilitated him pos... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Julie Benz
Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. Benz grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Franklin Regional High School in 1984. She later graduated from New York University. Initially, Benz followed her mother and older siblings, Jeffrey and Jennifer, into the figure skating field, and competed in the 1988 US Junior Ice Skating Championship. Benz gave up her pursuit of ice skating after an accident. Benz achieved her first acting role in a local play in 1989. She is perhaps best known for portraying the vampire Darla in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she was the first character seen on screen and spoke the first line, and later in the spin-off series, Angel. She has acted in such films as Jawbreaker and As Good as It ... Biography of Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw. His trademark hit songs include "Indian Outlaw", "Don't Take the Girl", "I Like It, I Love It", "Something Like That", "It's Your Love" (featuring his wife, Faith Hill), and "Live Like You Were Dying". As of 2006, McGraw had nine consecutive albums to debut at Number One on the Billboard albums charts; Twenty-six singles to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country 100 chart; three singles named the #1 country song of the year; ("It's Your Love", "Just To See You Smile", and "Live L... Biography of Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), was a frontierswoman and professional scout best known for her claim of being a close friend of Wild Bill Hickok, but also for having gained fame fighting Native Americans. Early life: 1852 – 1870 Cannary was born on May 1, 1852 as Martha Jane Cannary in Princeton, Missouri, the oldest of six children, having two brothers and three sisters. Robert W. and Charlotte Cannary are listed in the 1860 census living in Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri. Robert packed his family and moved by wagon train from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana in 1865. Charlotte died along the way in Black Foot, Montana in 1866 of "washtub pneumonia". In the spring of that year, Robert took his six children on to Utah, arrivi... Biography of Theo van Gogh (art dealer)
Theo van Gogh (May 1, 1857 – January 25, 1891) was the younger brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and a successful art dealer. Beginning in 1880, Theo's unfailing financial support allowed his brother to devote himself entirely to painting. Like his elder brother Vincent, Theodorus van Gogh, who was best known by the familiar form of his name Theo, was born in Groot-Zundert, in the province of Brabant in The Netherlands, son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Business Vincent worked for some years at the Dutch (The Hague) office of the Parisian art dealers Goupil & Cie, and Theo joined the Brussels office on January 1, 1873 as their youngest employee. After Vincent was transferred to the London office, Theo moved to the office in The Hague, where ... Biography of Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards singer and songwriter, known for the stunning purity of her soprano; for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, showtunes, pop, and rock and roll); and for her social activism. As a child Collins studied classical piano with Antonia Brico, making her public debut at age 13 performing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos. However, it was the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s, that piqued Collins' interest and awoke in her a love of lyrics. Three years after her debut as a piano prodigy, she was playing guitar. She eventually made her way to Greenwich Village, New York City, where she bu... Biography of Zaz (singer)
Isabelle Geffroy, best known as ZAZ, bon May 1, 1980 in Tours, is a French singer. Discographie 2010 : ZAZ (Play On)... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा pronounced ; born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Bollywood films. In 2008, she made her screen debut in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra. Background Sharma was born in Bangalore, but her parents are from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Her father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh, who was a state-level cricketer and is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides. Car... Biography of Tawnni Cable
Tawnni Cable (born 1 May 1967 in Salem, Oregon) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June, 1989 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She played a small role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a cardiac surgeon/Playmate whom Wil unsuccessfully hits on. She also appeared with four fellow Playmates on an all-star episode of Family Feud, where in one episode she was a part of an infamous blooper where when leaning over to give Young and the Restless star Kristoff St. John a kiss for giving her a rose, her breasts set off the buzzer on the face-off podium. Measurements 36" - 24" - 34" Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 120 lb (55 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Great Playmate Hunt February 1989 - page 41. ... Biography of Guillaume Seznec
Joseph Marie Guillaume Seznec, born May 1, 1878 in Plomodiern, has been conviced of murder where the victim is Pierre Quéméneur, a French politician, May 26, 1923. References ↑ « Affaire Seznec. Pas de recours devant la cour européenne », Le Télégramme, 14 juin 2007 Bibliography Victor Hervé, Justice pour Seznec, Editions Hervé, 1933 ; Claude Bal, Seznec était innocent, Éditions de Paris, 1955 ; Yves Frédéric Jaffré, L'affaire Seznec, SEGEP, 1956 ; Jean Rieux - Lice Nedelec, Seznec...innocent ou prestidigitateur criminel ?, Jugant, Lorient, 1976 ; Marcel Julian; L'affaire Seznec, Les grandes enquêtes d'Europe, 1979 ; Denis Seznec, Nous les Seznec, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1992 ; Denis Langlois, L'Affaire Seznec, Pocket, 1993 ; Michel Keriel, Seznec... Biography of Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was an acclaimed Canadian-born actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. Ford was a versatile actor best known for playing either cowboys or ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Early life and career He was born to Anglo-Quebecer parents at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City, Quebec and was a great-nephew of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. Ford moved to Santa Monica, California with his family at the age of eight, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939. After Ford graduated from Santa Monica High School, he began working in small theatre groups. Ford later commented that his railroad executive father had no objection to his growing inte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc-Vivien Foé
Marc-Vivien Foé (born May 1, 1975 in Nkolo, Centre Province, Cameroon; died June 26, 2003 in Lyon, France), posthumously decorated with the Commander of the National Order of Valour, was a Cameroonian international football player, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premiership, his sudden death, whilst in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the world-wide footballing community. Foé started his career as a junior with Second Division Union Garoua, before moving to Canon Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Cameroon, where he won the Cameroon Cup in 1993. He made his international debut against Mexico in September 1993, and the following year he was included in the Cameroon squa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vauban (Marshal of France)
Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (May 1 or 4, 1633–March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them. He also advised Louis XIV on how to consolidate France's borders, to make them more defensible. Vauban made a radical suggestion of giving up some land that was indefensible to allow for a stronger, less porous border with France's neighbours. Life and doctrines Vauban was born in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret (renamed Saint-Léger-Vauban in his honour), in the département of Yonne, in Burgundy, France, into a family of minor nobility. At the age of ten he was left an orphan in very poor circumstances, and ... Biography of Rebecca Hampton
Rebecca Hampton is a French actress born May 1, 1973 in Paris. Filmography 1984: Le livre de Marie, film d'Anne-Marie Miéville 1996: Portraits chinois, rôle mineur 2000: Loin de Syracuse, d'Éric Paccoud 2000: Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes de Julien Seri et Ariel Zeitoun 2006: Incontrôlable Television 1992: Carré d'as, série télé de Marc Lobet 1995: Les Années fac, de Jean-François Porry 2001: Le Prix de la vérité de Joël Santoni 2004: Commissaire Moulin, épisode Bandit d'honneur 2004: Plus belle la vie 2005: Rosalie s'en va de Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld... Biography of Hilaire de Chardonnet
Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Chardonnet, best known as Hilaire de Chardonnet, born May 1, 1839 in Besançon, died March 11, in Paris, was a French engeener, businessman and inventor of artificial silk.... Biography of Françoise Laborde
French journalist and TV host... Biography of Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959), is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Her parents were both of Jewish origin, her father Iranian, her mother Hungarian. Reza began work as an actress, appearing in several new plays as well as in plays by Molière and Marivaux. In 1987 she wrote Conversations after a Burial, which won the Molière Award, the French equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award or the Tony Award, for Best Author. Following this, she translated Kafka's Metamorphosis for Roman Polanski and was nominated for a Molière Award for Best Translation. Her second play, Winter Crossing, won the 1990 Molière Award for Best Fringe Production, and her next play The Unexpected Man, enjoyed successful productions in England, France, Scandinavia, Germany and New York. In 199... Biography of Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette, Tennessee) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer. She is of Cherokee Native American descent. Early career Rita Coolidge's early career was as a backing vocalist, for artists such as Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, and Leon Russell. Her performance of "Superstar" on the Cocker/Russell Mad Dogs and Englishmen album helped gain her attention. The Delta Lady She became known as "The Delta Lady" and inspired Leon Russell to write a song of the same name for her. It was during this time that she met Kris Kristofferson; the two married in 1973. With him, she recorded several duet albums which sold well, and earned them a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1974 for From the Bottle to the Bottom, and in ... Biography of Hélène Fillières
Hélène Fillières (born in Paris on May 1, 1972) is a French actress, screenwriter, and film director. She lives with the actor Thierry Neuvic and is the sister of director and scriptwriter Sophie Fillières. (Source for her birth time : her birth certificate) Filmography Actress 1992 : Amoureuse de Jacques Doillon : la fille en soirée 1993 : Sauve-toi de Jean-Marc Fabre 1994 : Grande petite de Sophie Fillières : Laurence 1995 : Adultère (mode d'emploi) de Christine Pascal : Joséphine 1996 : Encore de Pascal Bonitzer : Aurore 1996 : Passage à l'acte de Francis Girod : Alexandra 1998 : Les Kidnappeurs de Graham Guit : Nuage 1999 : Vénus Beauté (Institut) de Tonie Marshall : la fiancée d'Antoine 1999 : Peut-être de Cédric Klapisch : Rosemonde ... Biography of Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés (born 1 May 1982 in Hostalric, Girona) is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time after rising to a rank of No. 10 in the world, and apart from two weeks he has maintained a position in the top ten ever since. His highest singles ranking to date is No. 5, which he first reached on 28 August 2006. He turned professional in 1998 and is currently coached by José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet, who has coached Àlex Corretja, Fernando Verdasco, and his brother Francisco Clavet. Robredo considers his forehand to be his best shot and red clay is his favorite surface. Personal Life Robredo is named after the rock opera Tommy by The Who, of which his father is a big fan; however, he admits that he has not yet watche... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriele Amorth
Fr. Gabriele Amorth (born May 1, 1925) is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the senior exorcist of Vatican City. Amorth was born in Modena, Italy in 1925. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 1954 and became an official Vatican exorcist in June 1986 under the tutelage of Father Candido Amantini. He is a member of the Society of St. Paul, the Congregation founded by James Alberione in 1914. In 1990, he founded the International Association of Exorcists and was president until he retired, at 75, in the year 2000. He is now honorary president for life of the association. Amorth authored two books specifically on exorcism. The publications marked a defining moment in literary history, being the first public documents to treat this subject. The two books An Exorcist Tells His ... Biography of Cecilia Peck
Cecilia Peck (born on May 1, 1958) is a film producer, director, and actress. Cecilia is the daughter of the famous Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani. Private life She married Daniel Voll in September 8, 2001. They have two children. Her son Harper Daniel Voll, born in 1999, is named after his father and Harper Lee. Lee is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, which her father participated in the film adaptation of it. She is the ex-sister-in-law of supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. Filmography Actress 2005: Havoc 1997: Sous les pieds des femmes 1995: French Exit 1994: Killing Zoe 1994: Renegade (Guest star, 1 episode) 1993: The Portrait (TV) 1993: Blue Fame 1992: Tous mes maris (TV) 1991: Ambition 1990: Torn Apart 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Royston Langdon
Royston Langdon , born May 1, 1972, is a British musician, former member of Spacehog. Spacehog were an English rock band from the 1990s and 2000s, heavily influenced by David Bowie, Queen, and T. Rex. The group comprised of Royston Langdon (bass and vocals), Antony Langdon (guitar and vocals), Richard Steel (guitar), and Jonny Cragg (drums). History Though all the band members hailed originally from Leeds, England, the band formed in New York City in 1994 when Antony Langdon met Cragg by chance, in a café where Cragg had a job killing rats. Soon after, Langdon's brother Royston joined the band, and Spacehog was born. Later when the band's original guitarist dropped out, Antony Langdon called his friend Richard Steel to join the band. The band signed in 1994 with Seymour Stein to Sire R... Biography of Dann Florek
Dann Florek (born Ezekial Dann Florek on May 1, 1950 in Flat Rock, Michigan) is an American actor and director. Known as a "folk-punk" singer in the seventies, Dann Florek also played on underground scenes in NYC as an actor. He first worked with french director Gregoire Benimeli, and with "the Greenwich Factory" on the show "How I killed my french grandfather" where he was introduced as La Fayette, drinking and eating french food during three hours. Then Florek worked his way up from the classical theatre into supporting roles in such diverse '80's films as Sweet Liberty, Moon Over Parador, and Angel Heart, thanks to producer Richard L. Parks who had seen "How I killed my french grandfather". After a brief stint as the boring husband of Susan Ruttan on NBC's hit drama L.A. Law, Flor... Biography of Violante Placido
Violante Placido (born May 1, 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Life and career Placido was born in Rome. She debuted alongisde her father in Quattro bravi ragazzi, and later took part in the successful Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo; her first important role was however in L'anima gemella, directed by Sergio Rubini. Other movies she played include Ora o mai più, by Lucio Pellegrini, Che ne sarà di noi, by Giovanni Veronesi, and Ovunque sei, directed by her father. In 2006 she starred in Pupi Avati's comedy La cena per farli conoscere, released in 2007. In March 2009 she played a role in the Hindi movie Barah Anna. In 2010, she appeared alongside George Clooney in the drama-thiller Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elana Eden
Elana Eden, born May 1, 1940 in Bat Yam, is an Israeli actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249086/ ) Trunk to Cairo (1966) .... Hadassa ... aka Cairo Campaign ... aka Einer spielt falsch (West Germany) ... aka Mivtza Kahir (Israel: Hebrew title) "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" .... Anna (1 episode, 1961) - The Hitch-Hiker (1961) TV episode .... Anna "Adventures in Paradise" .... Shasme Hasmar (1 episode, 1961) - Who Is Sylvia? (1961) TV episode .... Shasme Hasmar The Story of Ruth (1960) .... Ruth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Max-Pol Fouchet
Max-Pol Fouchet, born May 1, 1913 in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and died August 22, 1980 in Vézelay, was a French writer, journalist and television personality. Bibliography Simples sans vertu, Charlot, coll. "Méditerranéennes", Alger, 1937. La France au cœur, Chroniques de la Résistance, 1940-1944, Charlot, Alger, 1944. Écrivains et poètes des États-Unis d'Amérique, Editions de la Revue Fontaine, Paris, 1945. Aspects de la littérature anglaise 1918-1945, Fontaine, 1947. Les Poètes de la Revue Fontaine, 1939-1948, 1948. Les peuples nus Correa, 1953. Bissière, Le Musée de Poche, Georges Fall, Paris, 1955 Terres Indiennes, La Guilde du Livre, Clairefontaine, Lausanne, 1955. Nubie, splendeur sauvée, La Guilde du Livre, Clairefontaine, Lausanne. Anthologie thématique de la P... Biography of Mathieu Simonet
Mathieu Simonet, born May 1, 1976 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French actor. He is the son of Jacques Perrin, the cousin of Christophe Barratier and the nephew of Eva Simonet. Filmography (Source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800577/ ) "Clan Pasquier, Le" (2007) (mini) TV Series .... Laurent Pasquier Indigènes (2006) .... Caporal Leroux ... aka Days of Glory (Singapore: English title) (USA) Riviera (2005) .... Fabrizio Échange des regards, L' (2005) .... Adrien Ocean's Twelve (2004) .... Backpack Kid Carnet rouge, Le (2004) .... Bouquiniste 5 Méprise et conséquences (2003) .... Présentateur du JT Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003) (TV) .... André Masson Brocéliande (2002) .... Erwann Bande du Drugstore, La (2002) .... Philippe Challes ... aka Dandy (International: English title) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Owens
Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player. As a high school senior, Owens averaged 34 points per game, and helped lead Carlisle High School (Pennsylvania) to four consecutive state titles. He was considered to be the second best prep player of 1988, behind Alonzo Mourning. Owens and Mourning were co-MVP's in the McDonalds' Game. He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. As a 6' 8" 1/2 small forward/shooting guard from Syracuse University, he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1991 NBA Draft but after Owens remained a holdout beyond the start of the regular season, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for high-scoring guard... Biography of David Cochrane
David Cochrane, born May 1, 1949 in East Meadow, New York, os a computer programmer, businessman and astrologer. He is the creator of the famous astrological Kepler program.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Wes Anderson
Wesley Mortimer Wales "Wes" Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials. He was nominated for a 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums. Anderson has been called an auteur, as he is involved in every aspect of his films' production. His films employ a similar aesthetic, employing a deliberate, methodical cinematography, with mostly primary colors. His soundtracks feature early folk and rock music, in particular classic British rock. Anderson's films combine dry humor with poignant portrayals of flawed characters – often a mix of the wealthy and the working class. He is also known for working with many of the same actors and crew on varying projects. He also works at I... Biography of Pauli Rantasalmi
The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were still in high school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (drums). The former drummer Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was soon replaced by Aki Hakala. Before releasing their fourth studio album Into (2001), they were simply known as Rasmus, but changed their name to The Rasmus in order to avoid being confused with a Swedish DJ of the same name. They had a hit in 2003 with "In the Shadows" which reached number 1 in several countries. The band is one of Finland's most successful bands with more than 1.5 million sold albums worldwide, eight gold awards and five platinum awards. They have r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prince Arthur of Connaught
The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. Arthur served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916. He was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex in 1874. Early life Arthur was born on 1 May 1850 at Buckingham Palace. His mother was Queen Victoria, the reigning British monarch. His father was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. As a son of the Sovereign, he was styled His Royal Highness, The Prince Arthur from birth. The Prince was baptised in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace on 22 June 1850 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr John Bird Sumner. His godparents were the Crown Prince of Prussia, Princess Bernard of ... Biography of Richard Baquié
Richard Baquié (Marseille, May 1, 1952 - January 17, 1996), wa a French sculptor. Works Que reste-t-il de ce que l'on a pensé et non dit ? Le café du matin Fixer l'instant, 1992... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke (born 1 May 1987) is an English actress, best known for portraying Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO medieval-fantasy series Game of Thrones. Early life Clarke was born in London, England, and grew up in Berkshire. Clarke's father is a theatre sound engineer, her mother is a businesswoman, and her younger brother is studying politics. Clarke's interest in acting began at the age of three after seeing the musical Show Boat on which her father was working at the time. She was educated at St Edward's (2000–2005) and Rye St Antony before studying at Drama Centre London where she graduated in 2009. Career Clarke's early work includes two plays at St. Edwards, ten plays at Drama Centre London, the 2009 Company of Angels production of Sense, and a 2009 commercial for Samaritan... Biography of Jack Paar
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host most noted for his status as host of The Tonight Show. Radio and motion pictures Born in Canton, Ohio, the son of Howard A. and Lillian M. Paar, he moved with his family to Jackson, Michigan, approximately 30 miles south of Lansing, Michigan, during his childhood. Leaving school at 16, he first worked as a radio announcer at WIBM in Jackson, Michigan and later a humorous disc jockey at stations throughout the Midwest including WJR in Detroit, WIRE in Indianapolis, WGAR in Cleveland and WBEN in Buffalo. In his book P.S. Jack Paar, he recalled doing utility duty at WGAR on the night Orson Welles broadcast his infamous War of the Worlds over the CBS network (and affiliate WGAR). Attemptin... Biography of Sarah Chatto
The Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto, née Armstrong-Jones, (born in London 1 May 1964) is the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the second daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is 16th in line of succession to the thrones of each of the Commonwealth Realms, and at the time of her birth was seventh. She is the only niece of Queen Elizabeth II. She is the youngest grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She and her cousin The Princess Royal were the only granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, who is said to have doted on them. It has been said in many interviews that Lady Sarah and her brother David spent a lot of time with the Queen and she often took them to Balmoral during summer holidays while ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alban Moga
Alban Moga, often called Bambi, born May 1, 1923 in Bordeaux and died April 10, 1983 in Bordeaux, was a French rugby player.... Biography of Wendy Allnutt
Wendy Allnutt, born May 1, 1946 in Lincoln, is a British actress. She is the mother of Katherine McCormack and Andrew McCormack. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022046/ ) # "The Bill" .... Mrs. Lavelle / ... (4 episodes, 1988-1999) - Denial (1999) TV episode .... Mrs. Murphy - Open Wound (1996) TV episode - Breaking Point (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Lavelle - Outmoded (1988) TV episode .... Mrs. Scott # Anna Lee: Headcase (1993) (TV) .... Mrs. Hahn # "The Manageress" .... Mrs. Trace (2 episodes, 1990) - A Match for Anyone (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Trace - Steal Your Heart Away (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Trace # "Dear John" .... Wendy (4 episodes, 1986-1987) - Christmas Special: Kate Returns (1987) TV episode .... Wendy - Pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Austin Croshere
Austin Nathan Croshere (born May 1, 1975, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player. Education He went to Palms Middle School and Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and graduated from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. Professional career Indiana Pacers Croshere was the 12th pick of the 1997 NBA Draft, selected by the Indiana Pacers. A 6'10", hard-nosed player who can play the power forward and small forward positions, Croshere has shot 33.9% from three-point range over the course of his ten-year career. In 1999-2000, he had peaked at just the right time as he helped the Pacers advance to the 2000 NBA Finals, marking the Pacers' first Finals appearance since the ABA-NBA merger. He was rewarded for his perfo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Owen Paul
Owen Paul (born Owen Paul McGee, 1 May 1962, in Glasgow), is a Scottish singer, best known in the UK for his 1986 hit single, "My Favourite Waste Of Time," a cover version of a song that was originally written and recorded by American singer-songwriter, Marshall Crenshaw. The track featured an appearance from future Thunder bass player Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst. As a youngster Paul was taken on as an apprentice with Celtic Football Club but after hearing the Sex Pistols he decided to pursue a career in music. After releasing a couple of singles he had a fall-out with his record company resulting in him leaving the music industry for 15 years. Paul has made two television appearances to forget: the first was on the BBC live programme Pebble Mill, when he was meant to mime to My Favourite... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Quin
Claude Quin, born Mai 1, 1932 in Vatan, died March 24, 2002, was a French politician, member of PCF (Parti communiste français). He was director of RATP. The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP/Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transports) is the major transit operator responsible for public transportation in Paris and its surroundings. It is under the authority of the Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF), the Paris region transit authority. Its operational divisions include the Paris Métro system (16 lines), part of the RER, an extensive bus system, and three tram lines. It also operates the Montmartre funicular. The RATP was created on March 21, 1948, by combining the assets of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), which operated the Paris Métr... Biography of Scott Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (born May 1, 1925 in Boulder, Colorado) is a former test pilot, astronaut, and aquanaut. He is best known as one of the original seven astronauts selected for Project Mercury in April 1959. Created by the newly formed NASA, Project Mercury was the United States' answer to the Soviet Union's space program. This rivalry eventually became the space race — a contest between the two superpowers to land the first men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth. Scott Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and John Glenn. Carpenter and Glenn are the last living members of the Mercury Seven as of December 2008. Early life Born in Boulder, Carpenter moved to New York City with his par... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Watson
Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, known as Mike Watson, (born 1 May 1949) is a former Scottish Labour Party politician. He has sat in three legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet. He was expelled from his party on 22 September 2005 following his conviction and imprisonment for fire-raising. He now sits as an Independent Labour member of the House of Lords and is an Associate Director of the Edinburgh public affairs and communications company Caledonia Consulting. Early life Mike Watson was born in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, but his family moved to Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross when he was very young. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and Heriot-Watt University, Edin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Breton
Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (May 1, 1827 – July 5, 1906) was a 19th century French Realist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make Jules Breton one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence. Early life and training Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton was born on May 1, 1827 in Courrières, a small Pas-de-Calais village. His father, Marie-Louis Breton, supervised land for a wealthy landowner. His mother died when Jules was 4 and he was brought up by his father. Other family members who lived in the same house were his maternal grandmother and his uncle Boniface Breton. A respect for tradition, a love of the land and for his native region remained centr... Biography of Junius Brutus Booth
Junius Brutus Booth (May 1, 1796–November 30, 1852) was an English actor. He was the father of John Wilkes Booth (the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln), Edwin Booth (an exceptional actor in his own right), and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., an actor and theatre manager. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, England, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer, and Jane Elizabeth Game, and grandson of John Booth, a silversmith, and Elizabeth Wilkes, a relative of the English radical and politician John Wilkes. He displayed remarkable talent from an early age, deciding on a career in the theatre by the age of seventeen. He performed roles in several small theatres throughout England, and joined a tour of the Low Countries in 1814, returning the following year to make his London debut. Ear... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960 in Covington, Kentucky) is an American jockey. Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which (along with his small size) made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat. He rode his first winner (Red Pipe) less than a week later. His rise to prominence was meteoric; he was the nation's leader in race wins in 1977 with 487. In only his second year of riding, he became the first jockey to win $6 million in a single season on the day in December, 1977 he rode Little Happiness (three-year-old filly) in the sixth race at Aqueduct Racetrack. After that, he was called "The Six Million Dollar Man," and "Stevie Wonder." He w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Van den Abeele
Peter Van den Abeele, born May 1, 1966 in Ghent, is a Belgian cyclist. Stats Height: 5'10" (178 cm) Weight: 157 lbs (71 kg)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cyd Hayman
Cyd Hayman (born 1 May 1944 in Bristol) is an English actress. She appeared in the following films: Percy and The Godsend. Television credits include: Adam Adamant Lives!, The Two Ronnies, Manhunt (the 1969 UK one, not the American series of the same name), The Persuaders!, The Lotus Eaters, Special Branch, Space: 1999, Tales of the Unexpected and Lame Ducks. Filmography 1969 : Manhunt (série TV) : Nina 1971 : Percy : Moira Warrington 1972 : Clochemerle (série TV) : Adele Torbayon 1972 : Van der Valk und das Mädchen (TV) : Lucienne Englebert 1975 : Cosmos 1999 (TV) : Cynthia Crawford 1976 : Voleurs de bijoux (Sporting Chance) (TV) : Lyn 1976 : Rogue Male (TV) : Rebecca 1978 : After Julius (TV) 1979 : The Mourning Brooch (TV) : Tessa Bannerman 1979 : La Guerre ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Victor-Pierre Huguet
Victor Pierre Huguet, born May 1, 1835 in Le Lude and died on 1902, was a French famous landscape painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish histologist, psychologist, and Nobel laureate. His pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain were original: he was considered by many to be the greatest neuroscientist of all time. He was skilled at drawing, and hundreds of his illustrations of brain cells are still used for educational purposes today. Biography The son of physician and anatomy lecturer Justo Ramón and Antonia Cajal, Ramón y Cajal was born of Aragonese parents in Petilla de Aragón in Navarre, Spain. As a child he was transferred between many different schools because of his poor behavior and anti-authoritarian attitude. An extreme example of his precociousness and rebelliousness is his imprisonment at the age of eleven for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Heard
Jerry M. Heard (born May 1, 1947) is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s. Heard was born in Visalia, California. He became a professional golfer in 1968 and joined the PGA Tour in 1969. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 1971. He finished with a four-day total of 275, three strokes better than runner-up Dale Douglass. In 1972, he won the Florida Citrus Open and the Colonial National Invitation. Heard had nearly 60 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events in his career including four top-10 finishes in major championships — his best finish in a major was T-5 at The Masters in 1972. Heard was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open as were his playing partners, tour veterans L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pasquale Gravina
Pasquale Gravina (born May 1, 1970 in Campobasso, Molise) is a former Italian professional volleyball player. Gravina is 202 cm and played as middle attacker. After played for minor leagues, he made his debut in the Italian volleyball championship first division in 1988, for Falconara. His qualities, especially in block actions, made him a choice for a top team, Parma, in 1990. In this club he won the scudetto in 1992 and 1993. Later he played for Sisley Treviso, where he won the national title four times more. Gravina played 284 times for Italian national volleyball team, for which he made his debut in 1990 at Belo Horizonte against Brazil. He won gold medal in 1994 and 1998 at Volleyball World Championship, and gold medal in 1993, 1995 and 1999 Volleyball European Championship, plu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Reid (businessman)
Robert Reid, born May 1, 1934 in Cupar, is a Scottish businessman. He has worked for British Rail and Shell Petroleum ((source : Pulsar).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Akira Yoshimura
Akira Yoshimura (jap. 吉村昭, Yoshimura Akira; * May 1, 1927; † July 31, 2006) was a a prize winning Japanese writer. He was the president of the Japanese writers union and a PEN member. He published over 20 novels, of which in particular On Parole and Shipwrecks are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received the Yomiuri Prize for his novel Hagoku (破獄,engl. prison break) based on the true story of Yoshie Shiratori. Books Hagoku (破獄) Yami ni hirameku (闇にひらめく, 1997), made into a movie as The Eel Shipwrecks (破船, Hasen). Harvest Books 1996, ISBN 0-15-600835-1 On Parole Harvest Books 2000, ISBN 978-0156011471 One Man’s Justice. Can... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Varnajo
Robert Varnajo (Port-la-Claye-Curzon, 1 May 1929) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the first part of his career, Varnajo won some road races, including a stage in the 1954 Tour de France. Later in his career, he specialized in track racing, and became French champion three times. Palmarès 1952 Paris-Camembert 1953 Paris-Bourges 1954 Circuit des Boucles de la Seine Tour de France: Winner stage 23 1961 Poiré-sur-Vie 1962 French National Stayers Championships 1963 French National Stayers Championships 1964 French National Stayers Championships... Biography of Brigitte Barèges
Brigitte Barèges, born May 1, 1953 in Toulouse, is a French lawyer and politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire). She is the Mayor of Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne (March 2001 - now).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Weber
André Weber, born May 1st, 1928 in Colmar and died June 28, 1996 in Corbeil-Essonnes, was a French actor. Filmography 1955 : Razzia sur la chnouf d'Henri Decoin 1956 : Chantage de Guy Lefranc 1956 : L'Affaire des poisons d'Henri Decoin 1955 : Les Hussards d'Alex Joffé 1956 : Action immédiate de Maurice Labro 1957 : Ce joli monde de Carlo Rim 1958 : La Moucharde de Guy Lefranc 1958 : Et ta sœur de Maurice Delbez 1958 : Suivez-moi jeune homme de Guy Lefranc 1958 : Le Fauve est lâché de Maurice Labro 1959 : La Nuit des traqués de Bernard-Roland 1959 : Le Travail, c'est la liberté de Louis Grospierre 1960 : Le Pain des Jules de Jacques Séverac 1960 : Touchez pas aux blondes de Maurice Cloche 1960 : La Famille Fenouillard d'La Famille Fenouillard 1961 : Les Tr... Biography of Barbara Lynne Devlin
Barbara Lynne Devlin, born May 1, 1946 in Great Lakes, Illinois, is an American astrologer and author.... Biography of Robert Prete
Robert Prete, born May 1, 1941 in Brooklyn, is an American psychic, author, editor and sometimes actor.... Biography of Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher (born May 1, 1966) is an American film director and choreographer. Fletcher took dance lessons as a child. At the age of 15, she appeared on the show Salute to the Superstars; later she moved to California, where she was trained by Joe Tremaine. She worked as a choreographer and worked in this capacity for six years with Jeff Andrews. The duo worked among other things on television work and music videos. In her first film roles Fletcher appeared as a dancer, including The Flintstones (1994), The Mask (1994) and Tank Girl (1995). She developed choreography for the Oscar-nominated film drama Boogie Nights (1997) with Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore and Heather Graham – in which she appeared herself as a dancer – as well as for the comedy A Life Less Ordinary ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Joseph Weerts
Jean-Joseph Weerts, born May 1st, 1947 in Roubaix, is a French painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jos Ghysen
Jos Ghysen, born May 1, 1926 in Hasselt, is a Belgian writer and translator.... Biography of Shahar Peer
Shahar Pe'er (Hebrew: שחר פאר shahar pe'er, IPA: ; pronounced /ˈʃɑhɑr ˈpeɪər/ in English; born May 1, 1987, Jerusalem) is a 1.71 m (5' 7") right-handed Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking of World #15 on January 29, 2007 makes her the joint highest-ranked Israeli singles player (together with Anna Smashnova). Her best Grand Slam singles result has been reaching the quarter-finals (at both the Australian and US Opens); she has also reached the women's doubles final (at the Australian Open). Playing Style Shahar Pe'er's playing style is that of a defensive baseliner, or counterpuncher. Pe'er is solid from both her forehand and her backhand wings. Shahar Pe'er is also known for her good ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Hell
René Hell, born René, Jules Legendre in Orbec, Calvados, May 1, 1891 and died in Paris October 11, 1965, was a French actor. Filmography * 1945 : Au petit bonheur de Marcel L'Herbier * 1945 : Mission spéciale de Maurice de Canonge - film tourné en deux époques - * 1946 : Le Cabaret du grand large de René Jayet * 1946 : Martin Roumagnac de Heorges Lacombe - Un ouvrier * 1947 : Miroir de Raymond Lamy - Un gangster * 1947 : Mandrin de René Jayet - film tourné en deux époques - * 1947 : Route sans issue de Jean Stelli * 1948 : Après l'amour de Maurice Tourneur - Le marchand de violettes * 1948 : Cité de l'espérance de Jean Stelli - Gravier * 1948 : Clochemerle de Pierre Chenal * 1948 : L'Armoire volante de Carlo Rim - Le régisseur ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Fourcade
Dominique Fourcade, born May 1st, 1938 in Paris, is a French writer and art critic. Bibliography * Épreuves du pouvoir, José Corti, Paris, 1961 * Lessive du loup, GLM, Paris, 1966 * Une vie d'homme, GLM, Paris, 1969 * Nous du service des cygnes, Claude Aubry, 1970 * Le Ciel pas d'angle, POL, Paris, 1983 * Rose-déclic, POL, Paris, 1984 * Son blanc du un, POL, Paris, 1986 * Xbo, POL, Paris, 1988 * René Char, Librairie générale française, Paris, 1988 * Outrance Utterance, POL, Paris, 1990 * Décisions ocres, Michel Chandeigne, Paris, 1992 * Au travail ma chérie (illustré par Pierre Buraglio), Imprimerie Nationale Editions, Paris, 1992 * IL, POL, Paris, 1994 * Tiré à quatre épingles (illustré par Frédérique Lucien), Mic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aimé Barelli
Aimé Barelli, born May 1, 1917 in Lantosque and died July 13, 1995 in Monaco, was a musician, conductor, composer, singer and jazz trumpet player of Monaco.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby (born 1 May 1971) is an Australian professional golfer. Career summary Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria. He practiced by hitting balls from paddock to paddock. He turned professional in 1992 and began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 1995 he won twice on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour), the second tier men's tour on in the U.S., and qualified to compete on the PGA Tour the following year by finishing the season fifth on the money list. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup four times, and featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2004. His best performance in a major championship came in 2002, where he lost in a fourway play-off to E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laura Betti
Laura Betti (May 1, 1927 - July 31, 2004) was an Italian actress. Born Laura Trombetti in Bologna, this blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. In 1963 she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom she made a documentary after his death. Under Pasolini's direction she proved a wonderful talent, in many films like La ricotta (1963) and Teorema (Theorem, 1968). In 1976 she portrayed a cruel and eroto-maniacal fascist in Novecento (1900), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Since the 1960s she dedicated much of her times to literature and politics. She became the muse for a number of leading political and literary figures in Italy and came to personify the revolutio... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Olivier O. Olivier
Olivier O. Olivier, born in Paris May 1, 1931, is a French painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacqueline Saint-Jean
Jacqueline Saint-Jean, born Jacqueline Le Bouder, May 1, 1935 in Saint-Gelven, Côtes d'Armor, raised in Britanny, is a French writer, professor, and poet. She lives in Tarbes. Awards: Prix Poésie Jeunesse 1994 for "Entre lune et loup" Prix Max Pol Fouchet 1999 for "Chemins de bord"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Johnson
Edward (Eddie) Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the NBA. Early life and college A sharpshooting 6'7" forward/guard, Johnson attended the University of Illinois before being selected by the Kansas City Kings in the 1981 NBA Draft. NBA career Johnson would play for the Kings, the Phoenix Suns, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Charlotte Hornets, the Indiana Pacers, the Houston Rockets, and Greek team Olympiacos (1994-1995) before retiring from basketball in 1999. Although his 19,202 points was the 22nd highest total in NBA history at the time of his retirement, Johnson was never selected to play in the All-Star game nor ever chosen for an All-NBA team. In fact, the "awards highlight" of h... Biography of Bourlem Guerdjou
Bourlem Guerdjou, born May 1, 1965 in Asnières near Paris, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Filmography (actor) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345909/ ) Un couple épatant (2002) .... L'animateur réunion ... aka Trilogy: Two (International: English title) (UK) ... aka An Amazing Couple (International: English title) ... aka Two (UK) Après la vie (2002) .... L'animateur réunion ... aka Trilogy: Three (International: English title) (UK) ... aka After the Life (International: English title) ... aka Three (UK) Cavale (2002) .... Teacher ... aka Trilogy: One (Europe: English title) (UK) ... aka On the Run (International: English title) ... aka One (UK) Tueurs de petits poissons (1998) ... aka Killer of Small Fishes ... aka Little Fish Killer ... Biography of Paul Codos
Paul Codos, born May 1, 1896 in Iviers, died in 1960, was a French aviator, a friend of Guillaumet.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugo Alfvén
Hugo Emil Alfvén (May 1, 1872 – May 8, 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Violinist Alfvén was born in Stockholm and studied at the Music Conservatory there from 1887 to 1891 with the violin as his main instrument, receiving lessons from Lars Zetterquist. He also took private composition lessons from Johan Lindegren, a leading counterpoint expert. He earned a living by playing the violin at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. He also played the violin in Kungliga Hovkapellet (the Swedish court orchestra). Conductor Starting in 1897, Alfvén travelled much of the next ten years in Europe. He studied violin technique in Brussels with César Thomson and learned conducting in Dresden as sub-conductor under Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach. In 1903-4 he was professor ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Néri
Alain Néri (born May 1, 1942) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Puy-de-Dôme department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shirley Horn
Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 in Washington, D.C. – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Introduction Shirley Horn was a master pianist and vocalist who embarked on a career in jazz, despite her intention to become a classical musician--racism being the deciding factor. Ms. Horn collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tad Mosel
Tad Mosel (May 1, 1922, Steubenville, Ohio - August 24, 2008, Concord, New Hampshire) was an American playwright whose play All the Way Home won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1961. During the 1950s, he was one of the leading dramatists creating hour-long teleplays for live television. Although he was born George Ault Mosel Jr., his parents, George Ault Mosel and Margaret Norman Mosel, began calling him Tad while he was an infant. Raised as a Presbyterian, he was eight years old when his father's wholesale grocery business went bankrupt after the stock market crash, and the family moved from Steubenville to the New York suburbs. In 1931, George Mosel, Sr. launched a successful New York advertising company. Remembering his youth in Larchmont and New Rochelle, Tad Mosel stated: My broth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ignazio Silone
Ignazio Silone (1 May 1900 - 22 August 1978) was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician. Early life and career He was born in the town of Pescina in the Abruzzo region and lost many family members, including his mother, in the 1915 Avezzano earthquake. His father had died in 1911. Silone joined the Young Socialists group of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), rising to be their leader. He was a founding member of the breakaway Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1921, and became one of its covert leaders during the Fascist regime. Ignazio's brother Romolo Tranquilli was arrested in 1928 for being a member of the PCI, and he died in prison in 1931 as a result of the severe beatings he received. Opposition to Stalinism and return to the PSI Ignazio ... Biography of Julian Goodman
Julian Goodman (born 1 May 1922) is a former president of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). His hometown was Glasgow, Kentucky. His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. References * Staff report (Jun 28, 1973). Lists of White House 'Enemies' and Memorandums Relating to Those Named. New York Times... Biography of Joseph Allen Hynek
Dr. Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 - April 27, 1986) was a United States astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific adviser to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three consecutive names: Project Sign (1947–1949), Project Grudge (1949–1952), and Project Blue Book (1952 to 1969). For decades afterwards, he conducted his own independent UFO research, and is widely considered the father of the concept of scientific analysis of both reports and, especially, trace evidence purportedly left by UFOs. Early life and career Hynek was born in Chicago to Czech parents. In 1931, Hynek received a B.S. from the University of Chicago. In 1935, he completed his Ph.D. in astrophysics at Yerkes Observatory. He joi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Hanns-Martin Schleyer (Offenburg, Germany, May 1, 1915 – October 18, 1977) was a German manager and employer and industry representative, serving as President of the two influential organizations Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) and Federation of German Industries (BDI). While serving both functions, he was kidnapped on 5 September 1977 by the extreme-left terrorist organisation Red Army Faction (RAF) and murdered one and a half months later after the German government did not give in to RAF's demands. The abduction and murder are commonly seen as the climax of the RAF insurgency in Germany in 1977 (German Autumn). Early life Born in Offenburg, Baden, Schleyer came from a national-conservative family. His father was a judge and his great-great uncle was Johann Mar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland L. Verhavert
Roland Verhavert (born May 1, 1927) is a Belgian film director. He directed 44 films between 1955 and 1993. Filmography * 1955 : Les mouettes meurent au port (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) * 1955 : Interludium (TV) * 1957 : 56,79° Noord - 2,17° Oost * 1959 : Levende jazz * 1961 : Droomconcert (TV) * 1962 : Allemande im Herbst * 1962 : Schwarz-weiss Blues * 1963 : Albisola mare, savona * 1963 : Het Woord (TV) * 1963 : Das Spezifische Gewicht * 1964 : Kerkhofblommen (TV) * 1964 : Le Lieutenant (De Luitenant) (TV) * 1964 : Oude man, wat nu? (TV) * 1965 : Ik was voor het sterven in de wieg gelegd (TV) * 1966 : Koning Willem I (TV) * 1966 : Afscheid, Het * 1969 : Gent (documentaire) * 1969 : Architek... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Camdessus
Michel Camdessus (born 1 May 1933 in Bayonne) was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000. To date, he is the longest serving Managing Director of the IMF. Among the most important events of his tenure was the East Asian financial crisis. His role has been criticized for not paying attention to the unique circumstances of the East Asian countries and blindly imposing the measures that were followed in Mexico leading to considerable turmoil and rioting in countries such as Indonesia. Previously, he was Deputy Governor and Governor of the Bank of France from November 1984 until his move to Washington DC. Born in Bayonne, France, Mr. Camdessus was educated at the University of Paris and earned postgraduate degrees in economi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antony Worrall Thompson
Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster. Worrall Thompson was born in Stratford upon Avon. His parents were the actor Michael Ingham and the actress Joanna Duncan. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, where his face was injured playing rugby. He had to wait until he was twenty-one before he could have plastic surgery to correct the disfigurement. Early career After he left school he studied hotel management at Westminster College. Taking his first catering job in Essex, it is rumoured that his grandmother refused to write to him because she couldn't bring herself to write Essex on the envelope. In 1978, he moved to London and became sous-chef at Brinkley's Restaurant in the Fulham... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander William Williamson
Alexander William Williamson FRS (1 May 1824 – 6 May 1904) was an English chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. After working under Leopold Gmelin at Heidelberg, and Justus von Liebig at Gießen, Williamson spent three years in Paris studying higher mathematics under Comte. In 1849, Williamson was appointed professor of practical chemistry at University College, London, and from 1855 until his retirement in 1887 he also held the professorship of chemistry. He died on 6 May 1904, at Hindhead, Surrey, England, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Research on ether Williamson is credited for his research on the formation of ether by the interaction of sulphuric acid and alcohol, known as the Williamson ether synthesis. He ... Biography of Danièle Huillet
Jean-Marie Straub (born 8 January 1933, France) and Danièle Huillet (1 May 1936, Paris – 9 October 2006, Cholet) were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006. Their films are noted for their rigorous, intellectually stimulating style. Though both were French, they worked mostly in Germany and Italy. Jean-Marie Straub met Danièle Huillet as a student in 1954. Straub was involved in the Parisian cinephile community of the time, and was a friend of François Truffaut. Between 1954 and 1958, Straub worked as an assistant to the film directors Robert Bresson, Abel Gance, Jean Renoir, and Jacques Rivette. Straub and Huillet made their first film together, an 18-minute short called Manchorka-Muff in 1963; it was based on a story by Heinrich Böll. Their next film, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Prévost
Eugene Marcel Prévost (1 May 1862 – 1941) was a French author and dramatist. He was born in Paris, and educated at Jesuit schools in Bordeaux and Paris, entering the École polytechnique in 1882. He published a story in the Clairon as early as 1881, but for some years after the completion of his studies he applied his technical knowledge to the manufacture of tobacco. He published in succession, Le Scorpion (1887), Chonchette (1888), Mademoiselle Jaufre (1889), Cousine Laura (1890), La Confession d'un amant (1891), Lettres de femmes (1892), L'Automne d'une femme (1893), and in 1894 he made a great sensation by an exaggerated and revolting study of the results of Parisian education and Parisian society on young girls, Les Demi-vierges, which was dramatized and produced with great succe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henry Koster
Henry Koster (May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988) was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to Hollywood. Koster's father, a salesman, left home when Henry was a young man. Koster still managed to finish gymnasium (high school) in Berlin while working as short story writer and cartoonist. Early life Koster was introduced to cinema about 1910 when his uncle opened a very early movie theater in Berlin. Koster's mother played the piano to accompany the films, leaving the young boy to occupy himself by watching the films. After working initially as a short story writer, Koster was subsequently hired by a Berlin movie company as scenarist, became assistant to director Curtis Bernhardt. Bernhardt became sick one day and asked Koster to take over ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marco da Gagliano
Marco da Gagliano (1 May 1582 – 25 February 1643) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was important in the early history of opera and the development of the solo and concerted madrigal. Life He was born in Florence and lived most of his life there. After early study both with a religious confraternity and with Luca Bati, he was employed beginning in 1602 at the church of San Lorenzo for six years as a singing instructor. In 1607 he went to Mantua, where he wrote music for the Gonzaga family, including his impressive operatic setting of Dafne, and in 1609 returned to Florence to become maestro di cappella at the Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Raffaello, the organisation at which he had received his boyhood musical training. Later that same year the Medici made him maestro d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Theodore Roszak
Theodore Roszak (May 1, 1907 – September 3, 1981) was an American sculptor and painter. He was born in Poznań, Prussia (German Empire) as a son of Polish parents, and emigrated at a young age to the United States. From 1925 to 1926 he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, In 1930 he wins the Logan Medal of the arts, then moved to New York City to take classes at the National Academy of Design and at Columbia University, where he studied logic and philosophy before going back to Chicago to teach at the Art Institute. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He was participating artist at the documenta II in Kassel 1959. Roszak's sculpture, at first closer to Constructivism and displaying an industrial aesthetic, changed after around 1946 to a more expressi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudine Dupuis
Andrée Esther Chaloum, best known as Claudine Dupuis, born May 1, 1924 in Paris and died May 26, 1991 in Lisieux, was a French actress, the wife of film director Alfred Rode. Filmography * 1945 o François Villon d'André Zwoboda, avec Serge Reggiani o La Ferme du pendu de Jean Dréville, avec Charles Vanel * 1946 o La foire aux chimères de Pierre Chenal, avec Erich von Stroheim o Chemins sans loi de Guillaume Radot avec Jean Murat o Les atouts de monsieur Wens d'Emile-Georges De Meyst, avec Louis Salou * 1947 o Quai des Orfèvres de Henri-Georges Clouzot, avec Louis Jouvet o Fort de la solitude et Ras el Gua, le fort de la solitude de Robert Vernay, avec Paul Bernard o Cargaison clandes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kevin M. Duggan
Kevin M. Duggan, born May 1st, 1962 in Clinton, Massachusetts, is an American homicide; he killed a professor, Margaret Comer, who discovered him in her house.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Newton
James W. Newton (b. Los Angeles, California, May 1, 1953) is an American jazz flautist, composer, and conductor. From his earliest years, James Newton grew up immersed in the sounds of African American music, including urban blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel. In his early teens he played electric bass guitar, alto saxophone, and clarinet. In high school he took up the flute, influenced by Eric Dolphy and Roland Kirk. In addition to taking lessons in classical music on flute, he also studied jazz with Buddy Collette. He completed his formal musical training at California State University. From 1972 to 1975, together with David Murray, Bobby Bradford, and Arthur Blythe, Newton was a member of drummer (and later critic) Stanley Crouch's band Black Music Infinity. From 1978 to 1981 he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Noble
Maurice Noble (May 1, 1910 (source: Imdb) - May 18, 2001) was an American animation background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate of animation director Chuck Jones, most notably at Warner Bros. in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc?, and the Road Runner series. Early life and work Maurice James Noble was born in Duluth, Minnesota (source: Imdb). In his last years, he learned that he had been adopted. He spent much of his childhood in New Mexico and Southern California. In the early 1930's he attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and while there the Institute displayed his works in its first one-man show of wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Ringel
Pierre Ringel, born May 1, 1922 in Montreuil-sous-Bois, died in 1953, was a French actor. Filmography Just Out 1949 Le cœur sur la main 1949 Monelle 1948 Long Live Liberty 1946 L'enfant de l'amour 1944 Le carrefour des enfants perdus 1944 L'ange de la nuit 1944 Lucrèce 1943 Strangers in the House 1942 Montmartre-sur-Seine 1941 Her First Affair 1941... Biography of Lylah (singer)
Lylah, born May 1, 1988 in Gwada Madinina, Guadeloupe, French Antilles, is a French R'n'B and Zouk singer. Discography Albums * 2009 : Avec ou sans toi (FR : #173) Singles * 2009 : Ne t'arrête pas * 2009 : Touche pas (feat. Lord Kossity) (Promo) * 2010 : Tsunami Autres collaborations Année Titre Artiste Album 2007 Reste bien assis Admiral T, Soumbil & Lylah Coupé Décalé Mania 2008 Avec ou sans toi Kamnouze feat. Lylah Sensations Suprêmes 2009 Ma confiance Akil feat. Lylah Salem Moi, moi, moi Singuila feat. Lylah Ça fait mal Video * 2006 : Tous les mêmes (Les Déesses feat. Anofela et Top One Frisson) * 2007 : On a changé (Les Déesses) * 2007 : Danse avec moi (Les Déesses feat. Papa Tank) * 2008 : Saveurs e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Pontier
Georges Pontier, born May 1, 1943 in Lavaur, Tarn, is a French Roman Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Marseille (2006 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terry Southern
Terry Southern (1 May 1924 – 29 October 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the sixties and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote for Saturday Night Live and lectured on screenwriting at several universities in New York. Southern's dark and often absurdist style of broad yet biting satire helped to define the sensibilities of several generations of writers, readers, directors and film goers. He is credited by journalist Tom Wolfe as having invented New Journalism with the publication o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Copeland
James Copeland, born May 1, 1923 in Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, is a Scottish actor. Selected filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178611/) 1991 A Rage in Harlem Jailer Crossing the Line 1990 Crossing the Line Sam Brigadista 1985 Brigadista (TV movie) Billy A Drop in the Ocean 1985 A Drop in the Ocean (short) "Murder Not Proven?" 1984 Murder Not Proven? (TV series) George Lamont (1 episode) – Open Season (1984) … George Lamont "The Citadel" 1983 The Citadel (TV mini-series) Dr. Urquhart (2 episodes) – Part 5 (1983) … Dr. Urquhart – Part 4 (1983) … Dr. Urquhart The Privilege 1982 The Privilege (short) Minister "King's Royal" King's Royal (TV series) Roderick Fraser "Strangers" 1979-1981 Strangers (TV series) Willie Mauchlin (3 e... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinz Roemheld
Heinz Roemheld (May 1, 1901 – February 11, 1985) was an American composer. Born Heinrich Erich Roemheld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was one of four children of German immigrant Heinrich Roemheld and his wife Fanny Rauterberg Roemheld. Heinrich was a pharmacist, but all the members of the family were musical. Heinrich's brother Edgar (1898-1964) became a conductor, while sister Irmgard (1904-1995) became a well-known Milwaukee music teacher and radio broadcaster. Roemheld was a child prodigy who began playing the piano at the age of 4. He graduated from the Milwaukee College of Music at 19, and performed in theaters to earn money to study piano in Europe. In 1920, he went to Berlin, where he studied with Hugo Kaun, Ferruccio Busoni, and Egon Petri. While he was there, he appeared in c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith was born in Greenville, Virginia. Her professional musical career began in 1930, when she was discovered by Columbia Records vice president Ted Collins, who became her longtime partner and manager. Collins put her on radio in 1931. She sang the controversial top twenty song of 1931, "That's Why Darkies Were Born". She appeared in 1932 in Hello Everybody!, with co-stars Randolph Scott and Sally Blane, and in the 1943 wartime movie This is the Army she sang "God Bless America". Smith began recording in 1926; in 1931, sh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Silberman
Serge Silberman (May 1, 1917 – July 22, 2003) was a French film producer. Silberman was born in Łódź, then a part of the Russian Empire. During World War II Silberman, a Jew, survived Nazi concentration camps and eventually settled in Paris. One of his first works as a film producer was Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 film Bob the Gambler, a precursor to the French New Wave movement. Silberman's most notable collaborations were with the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel. The pair, along with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who Silberman introduced to Buñuel, worked together on a number of films, starting with the 1964 film Diary of a Chambermaid. Silberman produced all of Buñuel's late films, including the Academy Award winner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 1972... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Lindeperg
Gérard Lindeperg, born May 1, 1938 in Rouen, is a French politician, a member of PS.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Byers
William Mitchell "Billy" Byers (May 1, 1927 - May 1, 1996) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger. Born in Los Angeles, Byers suffered from arthritis from a young age and was unable to continue his plans of a career as a pianist. He picked up trombone and played with Karl Kiffle before serving in the Army in 1944-45. In the second half of the 1940s he arranged and played trombone for Georgie Auld, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Charlie Ventura, and Teddy Powell. Following this he composed for WMGM (AM) radio and television in New York. In the middle of the 1950s he was in Paris arranging for Ray Ventura; he also led a session of his own at this time. Later in the 1950s in Europe he played with Harold Arlen (1959-1960) and with the orchestra of Quincy Jones. He became Jones's assistant... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Melachrino
George Melachrino (born George Militiades; 1 May, 1909 — 18 June 1965) was a musician, movie composer, and musical director who was English born of Greek and Italian descent. He was an accomplished player of the violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone. George Melachrino was born in London, England. As a young boy, he had a love of music. At the age of five, he began composing and by the age of fourteen he enrolled in the Trinity College of Music. In 1927, he began his career by singing and playing at the Savoy Hill Studios in London. For the next twelve years, he played in many different bands and orchestras. In the 1930s, Melachrino started working for bands led by Ambrose singing & playing saxophone with Carroll Gibbons at the Savoy Hotel London, and Bert Firman, and started playi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph Bushman
Ralph Everly Bushman (1 May 1903 – 16 April 1978), was an American actor. He appeared in fifty-five films between 1920 and 1943. The son of notable silent film star Francis X. Bushman and Josephine Fladine Duval, he was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and died in Los Angeles, California. In his early film career, he was often credited as Francis X. Bushman, Jr. He was a maternal uncle of Pat Conway (1931-1981), star of the ABC western television series Tombstone Territory (1957-1960). Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124287/ ) 1943 Assignment in Brittany German Lieutenant (uncredited) 1942 Crossroads Giant Policeman (uncredited) 1941 Franc jeu Frank - Dealer #1 (uncredited) 1941 Folie douce Uniformed Sanitarium Guard (uncredited) 1940 La fi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aliaksandr Hleb
Aliaksandr Paŭlavič Hleb, sometimes referred to in English as Alexander Hleb or Alexander Gleb (Belarusian: Алякса́ндар Па́ўлавіч Глеб, Russian: Александр Павлович Глеб, born May 1, 1981 in Minsk), is a Belarusian footballer who plays in midfield for Arsenal and the Belarus national team. His natural and preferred position is attacking midfielder or 'in the hole' behind the strikers, but he usually plays on the right side in midfield at Arsenal and occasionally on the left. Childhood Hleb grew up in Minsk, his mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leo Sowerby
Leo Sowerby (May 1, 1895–July 7, 1968), American composer and church musician, was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946, and was often called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century. Biography Sowerby was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he began to compose at the age of ten. Early recognition came when his violin concerto was premiered in 1913 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Stalford & Meckna 2001). In 1921 he was awarded the Rome Prize (from the American Academy in Rome), the first composer to receive this. In addition he received the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his cantata, the Canticle of the Sun, written in 1944 (Stalford & Meckna 2001). In 1927 he became organist-choirmaster at St James’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, whi... Biography of Kelly Bensimon
Kelly Killoren Bensimon (born May 1, 1968 in Rockford, Illinois) is an author, jewelry designer, former model, and former editor of Elle Accessories. She currently appears on Bravo The Real Housewives of New York City. Early life Kelly Jean Killoren was born in Rockford, Illinois. She began working as a model at the age of 15. Education Killoren Bensimon initially attended Trinity College, Connecticut as a member of the Class of 1990, but left after a year. She graduated in 1998 from Columbia University's School of General Studies with a degree in Literature and Writing. Career Killoren began her modeling career in New York City. She has appeared in magazines such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar. She was once the face of Clarins. She is the editor at large for Ha... Biography of D'arcy Wretzky
D'arcy Elizabeth Wretzky (born May 1, 1968 in South Haven, Michigan) is an American musician. She is best known for her work as the original bass player of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. During her tenure with the band, Wretzky played almost exclusively a Fender Jazz Bass. Biography Early life Wretzky was born and raised in Michigan, where her mother, a musician working as a lounge singer, encouraged D'arcy and her sisters to perform music. Growing up, she played the violin and oboe, and performed in choirs. She also performed gymnastics. She would later refer to her father, a pipefitter with a love of horseback riding, as "a very strange man." The young Wretzky was a self-described "tomboy", and had a contentious relationship with her sister. She attended South H... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ira Sullivan
Ira Sullivan (born May 1, 1931) is a bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist and composer born in Washington, D.C., probably best known for his work with Red Rodney and Art Blakey. Discography As Sideman With Roland Kirk * Introducing Roland Kirk (Argo, 1960) With J. R. Monterose * J. R. Monterose (Blue Note, 1956)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mamadou Samassa
Mamadou Samassa (born 1 May 1986 in Montfermeil, Paris) is a French football (soccer) player of Malian descent who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Olympique Marseille. Career Born in Montfermeil, a suburb of Paris, Samassa began his career as a youth with Le Mans UC72, making his Ligue 1 debut as a 20-year-old on the opening day of the 2006-07 season. Le Mans won the game against Ligue 1 rivals OGC Nice 1-0 and Samassa played the full 90 minutes. He claimed his first goal in the season's third match, against Valenciennes FC. On the 26 August 2008, Mamadou completed a move to French giants Marseille. Despite being born to Malian parents, Samassa chose to represent France at international level. He has made six appearences for the Under-21 side.... Biography of Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor
Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor, born Arnaud Poivre May 1, 1972, is a French TV host, journalist TV producer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mikko Alatalo
Mikko Tapio Alatalo (born May 1, 1951 in Oulu) is a Finnish musician and politician. Alatalo is mostly known for his long and famous musical career. His style is primarily seen as children's music and folk music but he is also active in many other styles. Alatalo is a member of the Centre Party and a strong proponent of artists' intellectual property rights to their own music. External link: http://www.mikkoalatalo.net/... Biography of Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters. Early life and career Parker is a Detroit native and a Northwestern High School graduate. Parker gained his reputation during the late 1960s as a member of the house band at the 20 Grand Club. This Detroit nightspot often featured Tamla/Motown acts, one of which the (Detroit) Spinners, was so impressed with the young guitarist's skills that they added him to their touring group. Parker was also employed as a teenaged studio musician for the emergent Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus/Hot Wax stable and his choppy style was particularly prevalent on 'Want Ads', a number one single... Biography of Antonio Putignano
Antonio Putignano, born May 1st, 1961 in Brindisi, Italy, is an actor of Italian descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701182/ ) # "Meine wunderbare Familie" (1 episode, 2009) - ...in Costa Rica (2009) TV episode # Die Jahrhundertlawine (2008) (TV) .... M. Schiller ... aka Avalanche (Belgium: French title) (France) # "Marienhof" .... Stefano Maldini (40 episodes, 2000-2008) ... aka "Marienhof: Es wird viel passieren" (Germany: new title) - Episode #1.3329 (2008) TV episode .... Stefano Maldini - Episode #1.3319 (2008) TV episode .... Stefano Maldini - Episode #1.3306 (2008) TV episode .... Stefano Maldini - Episode #1.3289 (2008) TV episode .... Stefano Maldini - Episode #1.3152 (2007) TV episode .... Stefano Maldini (35 more... Biography of Jamie Dornan
James "Jamie" Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is a British actor, model and musician, currently starring as Sheriff Graham in the ABC series Once Upon a Time. Early life His father, Prof. James Dornan, is an obstetrician, who often lectures at QUB. He was a teenager when his mother died. He attended and boarded at Methodist College, where he excelled on the rugby pitch as well as in the drama department. While at MCB, he met David Alexander, who would become his songwriting partner in 2002, when they founded their two-piece Irish folk outfit, Sons of Jim. Dornan has been quoted as saying that if he ever entered the music business again, he would do it very differently. The boys were young, naive, and under-prepared. Their record label, Doorstep Records, was named after a sandwich shop in Belf... Biography of Caitlin Stasey
Caitlin Jean Stasey (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian actress from Melbourne, who is best known for her previous role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club. Her breakthrough movie role came in with Tomorrow, when the War Began, a 2010 movie adaption of the popular teen novel (of the same name) where she acts the leading protagonist Ellie Linton, a girl who fought against invaders of Australia with a group of her teenager friends. Early life Stasey has an Australian father and an English mother, Sally, from Norwich, who is a primary school drama teacher at Sandringham Primary School in Melbourne. At the age of seven she spent almost a year living in Norwich, and her grandparents were still living in the city in 2008. Stasey at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fran Vázquez
Francisco Vázquez González (born May 1, 1983 in Chantada, Galicia, Spain), commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is currently playing with Barcelona of the Spanish ACB League as a center. Pro career Vázquez was selected 11th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. He made headlines when he announced that he would remain playing in the Spanish ACB League for at least the following season. This came as a surprise to the Magic, who expected him to join Dwight Howard in the front court for the 2005-06 season, and it enraged many Magic fans. Vázquez originally gave no indication that he would be returning to Europe after he was drafted and had indicated that he would like to join the Magic. The Magic retain his NBA rights while he p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michelle Perry
Michelle Perry (born 1 May 1979 in Granada Hills, California) is an American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition. Later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she was awarded a gold medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.66 seconds. Then, at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan she successfully defended her title with another 100 m hurdles gold medal performance; winning in a time of 12.46 seconds. (a result surrounded by some debate since she ran on the next lane (Susanna Kallur's lane) and made sure that the Swede did not even get a medal. But the Swedish protest was filed too late, even though it was clear and obvious in the TV pictures) Her current personal record in the event is 12.43 seconds.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Brian
Frank Sands Brian (b. May 1, 1923 in Zachary, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player. A 6’1” guard from Louisiana State University, Brian signed with the Anderson Packers of the National Basketball League in 1947. He scored 2,442 points in three seasons with the Packers, then joined the Chicago Stags of the NBA when the Packers franchise folded in 1949. The Stags quickly traded Brian to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, whom Brian represented as an NBA All-Star in 1951. Brian also earned All-NBA Second Teams honors in 1951 after averaging 16.8 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds. In May 1951, the Blackhawks traded Brian to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Howie Schultz and Dick Mehen. Brian had five productive seasons with the Pistons, who went to the NBA Championships in 1955 and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Poul
Alan Mark Poul (born May 1, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film and television producer, actor and director. Life and career Poul served as executive producer for the HBO original series, Six Feet Under, on which he made his directing debut. He directed four episodes of the series from seasons two through five. He later directed the pilot for CBS' series Swingtown, of which he directed a total of 4 episodes. He also directed the 2010 CBS Films romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan, originally titled Plan B. Works Producer Film * Black Rain (1989) * Candyman (1992) * Inside Out (1992) * Woman on Top (2000) Television * Tales of the City (1993) * My So-Called Life (1994–1995) * 'Til There Was You (1997) * More Ta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bailey Chase
Bailey Chase (born Bailey Chase Luetgert on May 1, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is a stage and television actor known for his role as Butch Ada in the television series Saving Grace, his recurring roles as Graham Miller in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Christopher "Chris" Robert Hughes (from 2003–2005) in the soap opera As the World Turns and Beckett 'Becks' Scott on Ugly Betty. Early life Chase spent time growing up between Barrington, Illinois and Naples, Florida, and went to high school in Jacksonville, Florida where he was roommate of Atlanta Braves star, Chipper Jones. He attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on a full football athletic scholarship, playing linebacker. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in Psychology. Moving to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career, he ... Biography of Martina Guiggi
Martina Guiggi (born 1 May 1984, Pisa) is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker. She currently plays for Scavolini Pesaro. She won with the Italian national volley team the 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup. Clubs Italy Asystel Novara (2001-2004) Italy Scavolini Pesaro (2004-2011) Italy MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese (2011-Today)... Biography of Tim Urban (American Idol)
Timothy Joseph "Tim" Urban (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and actor from Duncanville, Texas, who was the seventh place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. Urban's debut album and EP titled Heart of Me is due for a November 8, 2010, iTunes release. Hard copies of the EP are on sale on his official web site. Urban stated that he is now working on a full-length debut album to be released sometime in 2012. Biography Urban was born in Tacoma, Washington, and lived there until he was five before moving to Duncanville, Texas, and has been singing and playing the guitar since he was 13 years old. He was homeschooled by his mother. Urban is the sixth of 10 kids and has two brothers serving in the military- his oldest brother is awaiting Air Force pilot training a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ivan Wilhelm (physicist)
Ivan Wilhelm (1 May 1942, Trnava) is Czech nuclear physicist and former rector of Charles University in Prague. Wilhelm graduated at Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague in Nuclear physics. Until 1967 he also lectured there. In 1967 Wilhelm was sent to the study residence in the USA. Since 1971 Wilhelm joined Faculty of Math and Physics of Charles University in Prague.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968 in Karlsruhe) is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. He is mostly renowned for his excellent abilities as a target man being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal. Club career The son of a German utility magnate, Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different leagues. He scored a total of 103 goals in Serie A, one of the best totals for a non-Italian in the league's history. In the 1997–98 season, he was the Serie A top scorer with 27 goals for Udinese. Bierhoff, however, was never a success in the Bundesliga. After failing to shine in Germany, he got his chance in the Austrian Bundesliga. That gave him the ... Biography of Marilyn Milian
Marilyn Milian, (born May 1, 1961, in Astoria, New York), is a former Florida state circuit court judge who currently presides over the American television program, The People's Court. She is the first female judge to preside over the long-running court show. By September 10, 2012, Milian reached her 12th season presiding over the program, equalling that of Joseph Wapner and making her one of the longest reigning judges to preside over The People's Court. Early life and education Born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Cuban parents, Milian is fluent in Spanish. She and her family moved to Miami when she was eight years old. She graduated from St. Brendan High School. Milian earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Miami, graduating summa cum laude, with a 4.0 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wes Welker
Wesley Calvin "Wes" Welker (born May 1, 1981) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He has also played for the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. Welker played college football at Texas Tech. Despite being undrafted, Welker has had a successful career. Only one player in NFL history, Gale Sayers, had more all-purpose yards in his first three NFL seasons than Welker did with the Dolphins; Welker holds the Dolphins' all-time records for total kickoff returns, kickoff return yardage, total punt returns, and return touchdowns. As a Patriot, Welker led the league in receptions in 2007 (tied with T. J. Houshmandzadeh), 2009, and 2011. Welker holds the four highest single-season reception totals in Patriots history, as ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Benítez
Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (born May 1, 1986), also known as Chucho, is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for Club América of the Liga MX. He began his career with El Nacional in Ecuador and then joined Santos Laguna, with whom he won the award for Best Player of the Clausura 2008. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan to Premier League club Birmingham City. He has been a member of the Ecuador national football team since 2006. He is renowned for his astonishing pace, dribbling, clinical finishing, strength and great heading ability despite his size. Personal life Benitez was born in Quito, the son of former Ecuador international footballer Ermen Benítez. In 2007 he married Liseth, daughter of fellow international player Cléber Chalá; she gave birth to twins in Au... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Lenarduzzi
Robert Italo ("Bob") Lenarduzzi, OBC (born 1 May 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former North American Soccer League star, Canadian international, and coach of the Canadian national and olympic soccer teams. He is currently President of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Club career A midfielder/defender, Lenarduzzi began his professional playing career at age 15 as a youth with Reading in the English Football League and went on to play 67 first-team games with the club, and scored two goals. Lenarduzzi then joined the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps in 1974 in the team's first season. He played 11 seasons until the Whitecaps last season in 1984, when the league folded. Lenarduzzi holds the record for most games played in the league, with 312... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilbert Durand
Gilbert Durand (1 May 1921 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 7 December 2012) was a French academic known for his work on the imaginary, symbolic anthropology and mythology. He was teacher of philosophy from 1947 to 1956, then professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Grenoble II. Gilbert Durand was the co-founder — with Léon Cellier and Paul Deschamps in 1966 — and the director of the Centre de recherche sur l'imaginaire and a member of Eranos. In 1988 he founded the humanities and social sciences review Les Cahiers de L'imaginaire. He participated in the resistance in the Vercors. He was a follower of Gaston Bachelard, Henry Corbin and Carl Gustav Jung and the teacher of Michel Maffesoli. Gilbert Durand gained a worldwide notoriety and his Center is currently the small group o... |
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